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WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON. N, C:
Friday, December 31st, 1880.
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GBISllNAli COUKTS. :
There is but little doubt that an
effort will be made in the next Legis
lature to establish Criminal Courts
for the whole State or for the larger
counties. The great increase of
'. ' " ' ' i i - . J.1m(a 1am And
crime ana tne neavy uw5o
W an increase of
Buuio uuaujjo f"" .
rtnri-. fa nil i ties in those already ex-
ly ex-
lAnft
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isting, or the creation of a new court
th trial nf f.riminal cases alone. I
We have noticed that some of the
most judicious papers have
hoiin I
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urging the matter, and we may sup
pose that ft will not be allowed to
rest. If there is a fair share of good
lawyers-in the Legislature we may
expect some proper, intelligent legis
lation as to crime and its suppression.
. rrri J .! Jonnf oa tft a
. e u if
nngi fv nf fthanore in nearly ail I
the counties for the try'mg of crimi
nals. To expedite punishment there
must be an increase of legal means.
The best way, probably, is to create
Criminal Courts for the larger conn
ties. The Pittsboro Record says:
"In many counties of this SUte it. is al
most impossible to obtain redress for a
private wrong to try a civil action on
account of the great number of criminal
cases that consume the time of the court-..
The Legislature, four years ago. at.enip ea
to. remedy this by proviaing lor we
tahment i
aentof Inferior Courts, but theirvjuris-
diction is limited to the smaller crimes ana
.,,.r nrM.fIii.ir officers are eeneral V men of I
but little legal learning, so that while these members of the House. Senators
JfiMSUliTS SSSlE. .remembers of Congress a, maoh i.
tended. They may do well enough for Representatives, but Devens referred
some counties, but the larger counties, re- , lo qt,:a :9 R:mniff a Re
quire Criminal Courts of unlimited juris- to the lalXer. lhis is simply a ae
diction, to be presided over oy a juage i
learned in the law. I
Nothing is more calculated to re
preas crime than swift and unerring
punishment. A Criminal Court to be
held monthly would be more effec
tive than one held quarterly. But,
we suppose, a circuit will have to be
arranged with a J udge to ride it,
and such counties only to be em
braced as shall demand it, or where
it is manifest the Inferior Courts do
not answer the ends of justice. In
those counties holding no Inferior
Courts of . course Criminal Courts
will haye to be appointed. We ate
not concerned now so much as to the
details as to the establishing of Courts
that shall tend to suppress crime; by
a speedy punishment of criminals.
The idea, as presented in some of our
exchanges, is to have separate Judges
to hold the Criminal Courts, and to
have nothing to do with civil cases.
TUB BKI-LITIA BILK.. "
- The present session of Congress
will be called upon to tackle a ques
tion that may provoke much discus
sion as well as disagreement. It is
the reorganization of the militia.
The Scales bill, now before the House,
was reported upon favorably bythe
Militia Committee. Mr. Bailey, ot
New York has introduced another
bill, a substitute, we believe. It is
thought by some that the Bailey bill
will be preferred. We have not given
either bill that careful, consideration supervision of elections by the Fed
essential to the forming of an intelli- eral official, but he goes farther and
gent opinion, much less of dogmatiz- asks that he also be empowered 'to
ing about them. The Scales -bill di- directly administer the law, instead
vides the militia into two classes; the of leaving it to State officials."-, If
Bailey bill into three. The following this is not a bold plea for centraliza
coutains the main features of the tton what is it ? If this is not a bold
latter bill :
"It is proposed to divide the troops of
the first class into .battalions, and batta
lions only, and when called on by the
United States for active service the troops
of this class shall first respond; if more
troops are needed, the second class may be
drawn upon until both classes are exbaust
ed, then- the President, by proclamation,
r may call upon volunteers of the third class.
; If a sufficient number cannot be thus rais
ed, the President is authorized to order a
draft from the third class. The number of
officers and enlisted men of this proposed
National Guard is fixed at one for every
two hundred and thirty-Dine of the popu
lation of each State and Territory. The
. organization of the militia is to be regulated
by the State Legislatures, and the troops
shall be under tbe control of tbe Governors,
except when called into National service."
- The remaining features are quite
' similar to those of the Scales bill. A
commutation tax of $3, to be levied
; . ttPou every; person " whose income is
$500, to pay the second class troops
; -wher in service, in lieu of military
service. . Every man between 18 and
r . 45 is to be enrolled. . If .a man is old
enough to perform military service at
18 and, as was the case in the : South,
do some splendid fighting, ought
he not to be bid enough to vote ? In
other words, ought a person to be re
quired to perform military duty who
is deprived of the right of suffrage ?
We do not insist, but merely in q aire.
. There seems to be a real or manu-
factored desire ths tbetniKtiarhould:
bo reorganised and placed upon a
fooling something akin to efficiency.
Wo do not know, any pressing or real
necessity for this. This country ought
not to have any ambitions, aggressive
designs, and no other country will be
likely to invade the United States.
So the need of a militia as proposed
in the bills is not very apparent. Bat
we suppose one or the other bill will
pass, bat possibly with some changes
as to details.
The North Carolina Legislature
will meet early in January. , It has
two months in ;which to transact the
important business that 'will corrio
before it. If it will go to work as
soon as it assembles, and do not con
sume ten days in organizing, idling,
&c, as is sometimes the case, and
twenty days more in fillibustering,
doaging issues, nu iu
j ; MM AAAwa ia i
Pays d geuu,u
i r
innaiiilaanont Klin ' I
incanaescent nun-
I i i?.L-.il iL.:mMn1lATA Kn 1
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tL. rnn...n inn 11 AITiniA. 1 flH DcW I
bu. vuuHiimtwu . -r. i
ohintmn oilnntfid in Georeia lim- I
v r . . T . . I
its the biennial session of the Legis-
latnro to fortv davs, and
for that:
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large and prosperous Btate mis ume i
18 thought to be ample.
a ni ark it. i
is, we have no doubt. The South
Carolina Legislature, at its last ses
sion, transacted its business m thirty
days, and then went home. That
was business-like.; The Louisville
Courier-Journal wants a forty days
session for KentucKy. It says that
is enough, and no extra session
should be allowed, not even to sell a
a railroad. Excellent. Work, and not
free drinks and general idleness, is
what the people expect aud demand.
TUB
1TTOKNEY OBNEBAL'S BE
COraitl END ATlOlff.
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The Stab referred briefly to the
recommendation of Attorney Gene-
. D f ih Tjnited gtate8 t0
-. . . . . .
take control or an elections lor mem-
. Congress thereby meaning of
oers or ongret.3, mereuy """""USU1
mand. pure and simple, tor a strong
... T. ntun :a;
TO VtJllilUeul. JLb a Luu auuiuvi tuui
cation or ine grow.ug isuueut,
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among Radical politicians to a cen- I
trailed power. The suggestion of
Mr. Devens is noteworthy, coming
from the official legal adviser of tbe
Federal Government. It is more
than a mere bint, we take it. It is a
part of a matured plaojto strengthen
the hands of the Federal authorities
whilst lessening the privileges of the
people.
We do not mean to go into the dis
cussion of the merits of such a prop
osition at this time. When the sub
ject was hp in the extra session we
referred to the matter4at large, and
endeavored to show the dangers that
lurk in the Federal election laws to
the rights and) liberties of the peo
ple. We will not traverse the
ground anew. It is to be noted that
the legal adviser of the Government
takes occasion to recommend a change
that is especially offensive to the De
mocrats, who constitute quite one
half of the voters of this country.
Mr. Devens thinks the next House
will be such as he is, and hence his
recommendation:
"That the law providing for Federal
Supervisors of Election be extended so as
to include a National Supervisor over all
polls at which a member of Congress is to
be chosen."
The legal adviser of the Govern-
ment is not satisfied with a mere
purpose to so obtain control of the
elections as to insure a continuance
of tbe lease of the Republican officials
then pray what is it?. We believe
that Devens's sole aim is to enable his
corrupt party to Yetain possession in
definitely. The Democrats in the
present Congress would do well to
prevent if possible any attempts on
the part of the Radicals to emascu
late the right of suffrage nd to in
vade farther the rights of the people.
-rHE BICE CHOP.
.There is no section where finer
rice is grown than on the Cape Fear
river. More rice is produced to the
acre than upon any of the farms ad
jaoent to Charleston In fact, there
are no better rice fields than those
lying between Wilmington and
Smithville. Of course most i of the
kSSS
and labor to recover them and place
them m proper condition and make
vueui every way. aesiraDie, out tne
tune may come, will come, when this
will be done. The growth of rice in
JNorth Carolina is increasing steadily
and the crop of 1880 will be nearly
I double that of, the year preceding.
.Thft-Yioe cfp'rtheTUhiied States tislt Is'sirigulalrie ls'rao'nstroas, Wat
is so large that it is now thought it a system that saps the foundation of
will equal the demand for home con-
a 11 m r t inn . f I V 1 a . .a I m wrf nrkf " Anil I
shows progress in the right direction. i;
in .1879-8,0, the year ending June 30,;
the United States imported 51,943,-
609 pounds of " rlcer fTbe: preceding
year the7- 'Importation was mtfeh
larger,. reaching the high figures of
Vo,27I,2475 poands. If, noW," for the
year ending June 30,' 1881, the rice
crop should equal the demand,' it
shows remarkable' growth, 'The fol- 1
lowing figures are taken Vfrorn the
Boston Commercial Bulletin'.
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"Foreign, rice is far inferior to the native
article, and can .successfully compete with
the latter only when it can be - offered at a
lower price. Last year tne American crop
consisted of about 100,000 barrels from
Louisiana and 75.000 tierces from the Caro-
Unas, or a total of about 65.000.000 pounds, I
as the barrel contains some 225 pounds and
the tierce Is equal to about two and a half
barrels. This vear the TjOuisIanA crorv is
lty?
: o trk nf u.. . t i
IIOS It JLVU,VW UCIUCB, UUftlilJ a lumi I
0f 112,500,000 poundsan increase of
MvA.l RA AAA OA A nnnna loot cor -
Prices have opened fully a cent a pound
lower lusn a year ago, ana me prospecu -ii. i
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that the lower grades of American rice will,
be said at a less pries than 'RaDgooDS, and I
coDsequently the latter cannot be imported
at a Drofit. It will be seen that the largest
tnnnoin in I Iha ; A msrionn. rmn had tnkp.n I
pjace jn. Louisiana, where the aiea under!
uulll v Oliuu tuia jcai a a-i uui avo utu
oo.uuo acrea.
The North Carolina rice will com
pare with the best, and, we have but
little doubt, is better than that grown
elsewhere. At present there'are rice
mills in Wilmington, Charlotte, New
Orleans and Savannah. We- hope
the rice crop in this State will be
stimulated andincreased.
Since writing the above we have
received a letter from Sheriff
Taylor, of Brunswick, which con-
tains matter that may very properly
conclude this article. He says:
i. IUIU&. lucre ia a uciivi luuccuw iwi
Brun8Wick. Turpentine, ur, &c . are or
KIT . t t. -. : U ,11 . ..,..wnrv t . mm . 1,1
soon will be exhausted; but c jiton and op-
- HTwin h,
ltkDU rice win itt-ko tuuu yiatu nru co
Z"..i:;::'r.7:' Z" s:
mure Hiiiui.ijr
Ulcus auu tuuusuiUB ui uugii ui w", oo-
vanna day subsoil lands in Brunswick Ibat
will produce from auto m busueis or rice
to tbe acre, that will not produce 5 bushels
of corn per acre, or scarcely anything else.
With a little manuring they will produce
40 or 50 bushels rice, which is more than
tbe average on the Gape Fear river lands.
Ten acres of uplands can be cultivated in
rice witb less expense than one acre on the
river lands. Some men have produced as
much as 70 bushels per acre on upland, and
any 8liffclay lands will average 25 bushels
Der acre, which beats cotton all to pieces. 1 1
per i
think. Mr.1- Editor, when all the river rice
lands are reclaimed imo a high su e of
cultivation, which I hope will soon be the
case, and people get fully into the upland,
our long neglected county will come to the
front in agriculture."
The second railroad horror, this
time near Charlotte, is very distress
ing. Surely the passengers could
have been advised to get out of the
hindmost car when another train was
following fast. Five persons lost
their lives through sheer neglect.
Are not many railroad accidents tbe
result of culpable carelessness? We
have known two accidents that pro
per care would have avoided. In one
instance the conductor acted against
the cautionary advice of others, but
he shouldered the responsibility, and
had a collision with another train
within-four hundred yards of the de
pot, by which several Twer e bruised,
and one man had his thigh crashed,
from which he died probably. The
conductor, "having shouldered the
. responsibility," made tracks through
the woods iu double-quick time. Ac
cidents will occur under the most
watchful care, but many can be
avoided. We must commend; the
cool, splendid, oourage manifested by
Engineer Wisenburg, in the late ca
tastrophe, as be stood by his engine
and awaited calmly the fateful shock.
It was a fine instance of genuine he
roism, and was at. grand a display of
duty and pluck as could be seen on a
battle-field.
THE ULCER OF POLYGAITI Y-HO W
TO TREAT IT.-;
If we may judge f approval by
the tone of the press there is nothing
in Hayes's late message - to the Con
gress that -meets with such uniform
indorsement as his remarks on the
necessity Of extirpating the curse of
polygamy. Not that what he says
amounts to a great deal, for his
recommendation does not strike deep
enough does not go down to the
roots "of the evil, but it- is felt that
something prompt, and stern should
K Anna on natma af laoct onnma
I that he recognizes that a -blistering
shame exists and a very serious curse
with it in the institution of polygamy'
in Utah. It is that recognition which
pleases much more than any remedy
that is proposed. The curse and
blight is not confined to the Terri
tory of Utah, bat its emissaries and
on of-the fellows have been
in North .Carolina endeavoring to
sow their seeds of; corruption audio
allure men and women to their undo-
ing. The evils are spreading to the
adjacent Territories, and one of the
J Governors has appealed : to Congress
fnr nrnt.anflAH nwninnt. tha Kalfni
. .C. l ;..fl
lUDiuiouB ueuiy mtu 19 at worn,'
all society; that destroys the virtus
aF rtm rn tin A tkrt mil rr m n A T Irt 1 a t.Afl I
the laws Of yrod and of man; should
be allowed for adaylll-What" a
mockery,- that a Mormon delegate
a dirty Jfellpw j wfco-spiU ; up'a the
laws anrd Convictions arid' prejudice 8.
and!, sanctities , pf , the v country. -
should have a seat in the 'Congress
Of the Union, as a delegate from a
Territory in'whieb polygamy is the
religion an 1 j tha "' practfo ,
relisiW'and ' tha actioj. aid 1ie
himselfa leading sinner inhta direo
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tlOn. . ' ; .r, : .
The American legislators do . net
appear "equal to 'dealing, with the
Ottrse, and the press of the country:
:8.ho.al? agitate the matter until the
whole land is Btirred and such an ih-
dilation !s armiaad there wHl bae ho
L. S081 . " . 1 " ; Jy
I Aaiaiirit if: TTnAl 1 H priat inor Iawa
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is imDOssible to ; reach the ulcer.
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An exchange thus suggests the diffi-H
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oulty:
Lrtw -against polygamy exist in.uiaa;
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but before an
i elder witb a dozen wives can
be puoisUed for tbe crime, be man be con-
Ticted by the uaaoim jus verdict of a jury i
and sentenced by a c .mpetenl c jurt. jNow,
.r nut o .nru fiirlu iulat,t f rum tlm oitui
zena, which will find euca a verdict is not
Mormon sympathizers or hirelings .will be
uiBLk - vaiic. - vuo ui iuvid jiwiuivuo - vi
found on every jury. and. one such is
enough to prevent a verdict of guilty.
TXTU. : ... U A ... m !-.. JiAnll 9"
llo w the evil is to be met we may
not be able to determine, but the
lawyers of the country ought to be I
able to devise a plan by which . the I
great crime against civilization and I
-uin L j:.j pu I
morality suau ua erauiuateu. xuo i
following suggestion of a cure may
ave a gooa aeai in it, ana it is wen
worth the attention of the Congresi.
Abe lialtimore American says
"There is one plan that, it seems to us.
would not be opvp to these objections; that
is divide the territory of Utah between Ne
vada and Colorado. Let Utah disappear
from the map. The right to pass such a
treasure can hardly be doubted, though tbe
consent of the two States would be neces
sary. The question would then 'be under
tbe control of State law, which polygamy
would find it hard to evade. Tbe removal
of a case from one part of tbe tben en
larged Colorado or Nevada to another part
might by Slate la'w be made by tbe prose
cution as well as by the accused, supposing
that a fair trial could not be had. A fair
trial of a person charged with polygamy
cannot be bad in a community a large por
tion of which hold polygamy to be no
crime. To remove the cause to a part of
tbe State where ibe laws are respected
would require neither the alteration of jury
law nor the pacxing of a jury.
ll strikes us that this is abetter
plan than that recommended by the
President. It will be certain to meet
the question boldly and squarely, and
will result in sucoess. Hayes's idea
is to reorganize the Territory by ap
pointing a Governor and Judges, and
debarring all persons who practice m
uphold polygamy from holding office
or voting. This may answer, but it
has the objection which is repugnant
to Amerioan ideas of fair-play of
packing tbe Court in order to obtain
a verdict. The plan of the American
will place the Territory under ' the
control of States - to be absorbed id
them, and this will forcjs the Mor-
mbns to either abide by the laws as
all good citizens must do, or to leave
for "parts unknown." The blight of
a : Territory being devoted to the
viciou8,monstrous,degrading,heaven
defying system of Mormon ism will
be removed. '
Something must be done. There
is no sense in delay, for the cancer is
eating away all the time and the virus
is spreading into the adjacent mem-
bers of the body politic. If any one
thinks that the Mormons are fright
ened, or even disturbed at the Presi
dent's message, he need only to con
sult some of their papers; They have
been so long allowed to defy the laws
and to flaunt their, wickedness and.
immoralities in the face of the whole
people that they think nothing will
be ever done, and they may go on in
definitely practicing their indecencies
without fear of molestation or dan
ger. v , :
One Mormon paper says:
"So far. as the recommendations con
cerning Utah are concerned they need give
no Latter-Day Saint any . uneasiness. JThey
are too unpractical and Jin-American for
serious consideration by statesmen, and the
Lord rules in the earth beneath as-well as
in the heavens above.'
.; Another, of the organs of this de
fiant and immoral class -declares con
fidently:
tlVn arlratno monQtirOB 1.1.(1 PBnPP.iftll V
such as are monstrously 'vicious, unkind
1 and unlawful in themselves, will accom-
I niifih anvthioff. Consress perQaps unaer-
bianiio itil. If Mr nB ilnpa tint - Wa
need have no fear ; that a prcvisional go-,
vernmeht for this Territory will be pro
vided, nor that tbe 150,000 persons in this
and other .'Territories, against -whom tne
President raves, will be deprived of any
more of their rights:'?
;We repeat, Congress should take
firm ! h old - of this verv ; important
hW;: dMl with it aa one
M ' ..
i 4 f . I a
would deal: wan a poisonous serpeni
de8crooted on, .Nothing
th6;i sternest, .sharpest, treatment
wUldo., .
or a; dangerous, aog. ;it must oe
I D TT 'V ,
is prepared according to the directions of
Professor E; N. 'Horford, of Cambridge,
j Massachusetts,: the well-known . authority
I on nutritious bread and the cereals. U8e-
ful in Dyspepsia, Nervous Diseases, Mental
and Pbjrsipal Exhaustion, etc. ?
TABlFR.RBTI1IOH . j
:Thef Philadelphia American,.
strong Republican high tariff paper,ia
C . I. v. a as n
a. revision oi tne present
tariff.? Thu is significant. Ii.m pupr;
lished in the greatest manufacturing
city and in a State where the iron in-
dustries'arej'pore benefited than pos-
8iblyny-other by the war rates that"
now prevail." The -American thinks
it unwise to allow the matter of tariff
revisibri to drop. ' It says if tbe'i?ro-
tectionists and they were numerous
who favored warmly revision be
fbre the Presidential campaign caused
such a flatter give up the cause now
they will "be pursuing a most un
wise 'courae,n and -"will 1 be playing
into the hands of their enemies." It
does not' hesitate, vigorous protec
tionist paper that it is, to ad mU that
the present tariff contains' "unfor
tunate and inequitable detail.": It
says that the advocates of Tree trade
are strengthened by "a good string
of tariff abnses,' and that tbey' will
b9 deligh ted" to see the protectionlsta
doing nothing to reform present
abuses. "r"' ' " ' rv
Before the election the fnh Vas(
stirred because John "Welsh and
other rich Radicals pretended that
Hancock's eleotion meant destruction
to the manufacturing interests, and
that the plank in the Democratic
platform a tariff for revenue was
simply awful. No greater fraud ex-
ists than the present tariff. It is a
standing shame -and reproach. The
: . ij . . ,
xliiktimi ia icu 117 say ;
"We do not know what is the streoetb
of the prty of inaction among the Pro'ec
tiomsts in Congress We do not even know
the name of any person that favors that
policy. ' We ttusl and hope that it is not a
large one. We tqualiy hope that they will
give heed to the renewed declarations of
the Iadusinal League and of tbe Iron and
Steel Association on the subject. If they
do not, they will be guilty of what would
be both a blunder and a crime.
The two bodies referred to are in
favor of a revision a reconstruction
of the tariff. The Eaton bill ought
to pass, unless, it were possible to ob
tain still more radical changes.
It is not generally known to our
readers that the African race has
produced one actor of very conside
rable genius who played in all of the
great European cities. He was born
at Belair, near Baltimore, in 1804,
and died in 1867 in Poland, just as
he was on the eve of starting for a
professional tour in the United States.
He had the physiognomy of the
genuine African, but muBt have been
an actor of no little power and originality.-
His first wife was an
'English womao-j bitr secoud a Swe-
dish Baroness. He played Othello to
the gteat Edmund Kean's Iago, and
also appeared with him . in other
plays. He was decorated by some of
the European kings with titles. - His
career, altogether, was a very remark
able one. A negro lawyer, a man of
ability and cultivation and who
writes well, T. Morris Chester, of
I lew Orleans, has two very enter-
I tajining papers upon him in recent
numbers of Forney s Progress. The
nfme of the eminent African trage
dian was Ira Aldridge. ' - i
jt Professor Abbe, the gentleman
who attended to the scientific part of
the Signal Servioe under Gen. Myer,
I says only about one fourth of Ven-
I nor's weather predictions come true.
We give ; an interesting paragraph
from a recent scientific .talk : about
weather and its prognostications, as
he, Prof. Abbe, is reported in the
Washington Post'.
'I was a little amused last Tuesday morn
ing,' said Professor Abbe, Ho hear ever so
many people remars, as tney made tne beet
of their way through the heavy enow, that
Vennor was indeed a wonderful man. Tet
he did not, as I understand it, predict this
storm in the slightest, tie prophesied.' if
he said anything at all, a beavy snow storm
on or about tbe 22d of December for the
Dominion of Canada and the New England
States. The snow, as everybody remem
bers, was to be eleven feet deep. . Our
weather-map will show you just how near
Mr. Yennor came to his predictions. The
storm did not extend further west than
Columbus nor : further north than Phila
delphia:. He was just about . 500 miles
away from his mark." ' :
.The Railway Review tells how
distance is to be annihilated between
New York and Philadelphia, The
distance is eighty miles and a frac
tion. It is thought by the new route
I proposed an engine
of sufficient
power can make it in aa hour. On
the trial trip of the Baldwin locomb
tive, No. 5,000, it ran at the rate of
eighty-one' miles an hour on an
ascending grade, and no donbt on a
level road it wonld have run ninety
miles. Mr. Le Van explained how
I he proposed , to make a-; locomotive
that can perform the latter distance.
: John Robinson's big elephant,
i tinhinf" th 1tiua
cJr
tremendous hug in Cincinnati W the
26th, ; His nam. is Sullivan and it is
feared he will die. " : He "undertook
"to prodgick" With him.
would not be without Dr. Ball's Cough
Syrup if it cost five dollars a bottle.. It
mast as a, wonaenni remeqy. . The price la
oniy no cents ootie.
Edwin Booth is gaining ground in
England. On Monday night he
played Bertuccio in the "FooI'h Re
venge," and with splendid ttuccess.
The London papers are very cordial
in their praise oi the personation.
The Times says: - -.
.-'There are BCene3 iai thecFooVaRevengi?
I i n which Mr. .Booth confirms ibe opinion
tnat be is a most accomplished actor; but
neither in his tenderness, rage nor despair
was there sufflcjeot depth. He acts in tbe
last scene witb admirable skill. Mr. Booth
was badly supported.'' '
u The Irish Home Rulers are waxing
more determined. At a meeting
held in .Dublin on Monday there
were thirty-seven members of Parlia
ment, present, s They resolved "to
sit in opposition to every government
measure that refuses the just demands
of the Irish people, .especially that
for legislative independence." Thir-ty-8even
resolute; 'united men some
of them of good abilities must
make themselves felt.
Here1 is something that concerns
North Carolina and one of its mining
companies: The New York letter to
the Philadelphia .Ledger s&y 8 :
"The King's Mountain Mining Company
has been placed in the bands of a receiver
Jonathan Brownell, on the application of
Chauncey T. Bo wen, a creditor. The com
pany was incorporated September 10, 1877,
with a capital stock of $1,200,000. It had
500 acres of mineral lands in Gaston coun
ty. North Carolina, tbe buildings and im
provements on which were valued at $200.
000. Hon. Andrew. Curtin, of Pennsyl
vania, was President. The last sale of the
Company's stock was on December 23 -300
shares at 60 cents per share."
The friends of the venerable Major
N. H. Hotchkins, our old railroad
man, sent him a Christmas stocking.
It contained $1,200. We never heard
of an editor's stockiog, except the
heelless one he hung up to catch a
few hot bpnns from Santa Clans.
There is another diplomatic scan
dal. A Washington lady, Miss Car
rie Carroll, was married two years
ago to W. H. D. Haggard, an attache
of the British Legation. The fellow
has abandoned her,leaving her in Eng
land. Mrs. H. now sues for a divorce.
Marshal Fitzaimmons, of Atlanta,
Ga., is now known to be in arrears
$5,000.. He will be removed, it is
thought. He is one of Hayes's Dem
ocratic selections. It was not a good
one.
Blaine is going to Europe and will
be absent on a tour of eight months.
Such is the report from Washington.
This is denied, however, and another
report is that he will be Secretary of
State under Garfield.
The .New Orleans papers antici
pate considerable immigration from
Germany during 1881. The first in
stalment some twenty-odd in num
ber arrived a few days ago and ob
tained work at once.
The last news from Tennessee con
cerning the United States Senatorship
is more encouraging. It is now be
lieved that the Republican plan will
not succeed.
Dr. J Marion Sims, a native of
Georgia; and one. of the most emi
nent physicians and surgeons in the
Union, is now very dangerously sick
in New York.
The Cultivation of jnte. :
: i Mr. ; W. T. Hall, of Bogtte, Columbus
county, sends us a specimen of jdte raised
by him,'frbm seed sent him by Mr. Don.
McRae, of this city. The stalk measures
ten feet in length, and Mr. Hafl informs us
that .the one sent us is not the only
stalk that will measure that much,' nor he
the Only . oner in , his section that has
grown themj that high. . The. seed were
planted about the middle of June, which is
considered very late. It seem3 to thrive
well on sOff clay lands. Mr. Hall and
other planters in his section would like
some information as. to the cultivation of
jute and its preparation for market.
ForeiKQ Shipment!. .
; The Norwegian barque Stanley, Capt
ElliDgsen, was cleared from this port for
Liverpool, yesterday, with a cargo of 2,364
bales of cotton. Messrs. Williams & Mur
chison were the shippers.
In addition to the above, the German
barque Uteres, Capt. Hansen,- was cleared
for Hull, and the Norwegian brig Dolen,
Capt Dietrichsen, for Trieste, Austria, the
former with 250 casks spirits turpentine
and 2,930 barrels of rosin,1 and the latter
with 200 casks spirits turpentine and 3,000
barrels of rosin; both by Messrs. Palerson,
Dow'ning & Co. ' ;-
. A wpman started from Laurinburg f or
this city a few days Bince and left her baby
on the platform at the depot. She didn't
miss the little one until the train bad gotten
some distance from town, when her dis
tress was painful to behold. .At the first
stopping place she got off and footed it
back to Laurinburg, where she found her
baby, but her mind was so upset in conse
quence of ; the incident that she concluded
to indeflDitely postpone her contemplated
trip although her 'Saratoga" awaits her
in this City, s? c- - . :-r: ;. ,'
I A dispatch from Fort Bufort savs that
VGall," one of Sitting- BulPs chiefs, who
Has been deilant, urrendered-uncondition-ally
on Monday ' at Poplar Creek, with
twenty-six- lodges.".' It is confidently- ex
pected that in view of this surrender and of
the severe weather, BittinR Ball with: his
one hundred lodges will surrender abon. !
Ppir-T - Turpentine
The Legislature
Wednesday., . .
in eels
uext
Statesville American: TheSiates
ville post-offlce has been rased to 'he itradi
i na,"8idenlU, fflc;' w salary of
$l,000vin accordance with a suggestion
raada i the American a few weeks ago
Si iducL for printei's ink;
; : Washington Press: We notice
with pleasure ;ihe growiDg iocrease in favor
of a general prohioitioa law in all sections
of the State. , Halifax and Chatham coUn.
ties; tUrough : thtnr boards of county com
missioned bay5 already refused to eraut
arty more 1 caose fyr retailing liquors.
: f-;Mr.; J: Si. Tomlioson has dis
posed of the Hickory Press ta Messrs D H
Tutilo and W. P. ' ' rumlov wT wm
bive edi-otiil charge with, ibe next num
ber A plensaot nud protitaole time iu nil
coucrned. The Press will begin iu
eleventh annual volume with Its next issue.
... Charlotte Home : The Meck
leuburg Rflemen gave a pany. at the resi
dence of Mrs. Mrgaret Brother, kst
Tues Jay evening. - Grace Everttr, a
colored girl, was ariested Friday, charged
with haviog destroyed herinfint by throw
ing it into a well. She is now in await
iog trial. '
Italeigh Star: A telegiam was
leceived to-day by D.. R. Lswis, of this
city, announcing the sudden death of Mis.
Geo. Wm . R. Uux, yesterday evening, at 5
o'clock, in ihacily of Philadelphia. The
lidy was iu thai city uader roed'cnl ireHt
ment, but her ' death was euutcly unex
peeled, anci is a gre i shock i der many
trienda jn ihia cny.
-vv ilson Adoance': Up to the
presiiit time 15,537 biles' of coitoa hve
beeu shipped from this place. There a: e
500 moie wuieii a wail shipment. Jude
Sch ick and the uiembeis of tbe bar id
attend luce upouXJourl at WaBhiogton,
Baaufor- oouuty, indulged in a little "mu
tual admiration and congratulation," at the
ciose of the Superior Court for that couuiy.
Will this example be followed ? -
The Charlotte Observer an
nounces the death of Mr. Arthur Armour,
the first settler uf the land now occupied iy
Davidson College. He at one time owneii
nearly .ll of iu He bad lived there nxiy
years. He at one time walked to New .
York, where be took a steamer to Irelautl,
where he was interested in ihe settUmdiu
of an estate, and on his return from ub: utul
walked back home. -Such were the me,i '
of that day.
Hickory Carolinian: At Ex
celsior, some robbers entered the dwells
hou3c of P. L. Estes on Sunday night while
lhe family were at church, broke. open
some trunks, and stole some seven hundred
dollars of money. Mr. Robert Car.
son, iiving ten miles east of Taylorsvilie, in
Alexander county, lost two barns of lob&c
co last week. He had fired up to keep his
tobacco from getting in too high case.
Raleigh 'Visitor: The Supreme
Court meets in this cilv next Mondav.
Early on Sunday morning last the body of
Sidney uinton, alias Sidney Baugb, ws
round on the west bank of Reuse river
within a few feet of Milburnie bridge, six
miles from this city. From the evidence
elicited before the coroner's jury, it ap
peared that the unfortunate man bad beeu
chinking freely on the evening previous,
and was seen going in tbe direction of the
river.
At a McDowell mass meeting;
Mr. W. H. if alone, an old legislator, said:
in my opioion this is a bappy era tor
Western Koith Carolina. Railroad and
telegraphic communications have been es
tablished with tbe outside world we are
no longer pent up amid impassable moun
tains, and our natural facilities are une-
qualed. Here in this great undeveloped
empire we have discovered a new source
of wealth. Here we have found tbe "gol -den
Eldorado" tbe soil is recnliarly adapt
ed to the raising of fioe leaf tobacco. Ex
periments have fully demonstrated thi
fact."
Toisnot Home : Kev. J. E.
Carter of Wilson, and Rev. W P. Blake of
WeldoD, assisted by others, organized a
Baptist Church in this place, last Saturday,
with about fifteen members. From what
we learn, it is contemplated that early steps
will be taken to build new church.
We learn that Spencer Harper and a negro
by the name of Joe Bunting got into a dif
ficulty at Eason's Store, Nash ' county,
which led Banting to draw a knife. and cut
Harper in several places. Harper, at last
reports, was in a very critical condition,
and not expected to live. . Bunting made '
his escape.
Fayetteville J&xaminer : We
learn that the Commissioners of Harnett
county have come to, an understanding
with the holders of the county scrip, by
which the former submit to a judgment
against the county to the amount of about
eighteen thousand dollars and costs, which
judgment is to be satisfied and discharged,'
provided the county shall pay twelve
thousand! dollars two-thirds ihe amount of
the judgment.. A farmer of Cumber
land, who was in our office not long since
gave us an item which we place before
the farmers of this - section . He stated
that from the sale of a One horse crop of
cotton made this year, he had received the
sum of twelve hundred and thirty dollar?.
This statement may be relied on. What is
the value of land that will net $15 to $18
per acre annually and without deteriora
tion? Death of Mrs. E. D. McNeill.
Intelligence of the death of this estimable
lady reached Fayetteville on Tuesday last.
She had gone to Raleigh for medical treat
ment only last week. The remains were
brought : to Fayetteville on Wednesday
and interred by the side of her deceased
husband, the Rev;. George McNeill, in tbe
Fayetteville cemetery. 3
- Charlotte Observer: Cotton re
ceipts for tbe week so far, only five days,
1,666 bales. The largest were on Wednes
day, when 448 bales were brought to town.
i There are many, ingenious couplings
which would do away with this wanton
exposure of valuable lives, , and among
them the contrivance of Mr. Charles Brem,
of this city, is conspicuous for it simplicity
and perfection. iHon.. Horatio C.
Burchard, Director of the United States
Mint, has ordered the compilation of exact
statistics in regard to North Carolina mines
and the amount of gold production. Prof.
HaUna, of the mint here, has just returned
from a tour: of Mitchell, Burke and . Mc
Dowell counties, with this object in view.
He reports, generally, that the interest in
mines is active every where, and a number
of new mines are being opened. - It is
reported that an accident occurred on the
Air, Line day before yesterday- by which
one man lost bis life and tbe train was en
tirely wrecked. Nothing could be squeezed
out of the employes of the road, and this is
all that could be learned, except that tbe
wreck occurred ten miles this side of Allan
ta.- Tuesday.Charley Traylpr, a lad.wss
fooling with a gun inthe front door of
Maloney's store, in Salisbury, when it was
discharged. Mr. John H. Enniss : add bis
son, James,' who were standing in the drug
store just opposite, received shot in their
faces.. Neither was seriously., hurl".
None orthe ' in jrjred in the accident
on the Carolina Central have yet returned
from. Lincolnton. , Tbey are so badly
bruised up and so sore that they have to be
abed. The .remains of those burnt, not
being distinguishable, have been boxed up,
and will probably be interred together.
tt; The ; Mooresville Qcuette says there
have been 54 cases of measles in Frontis &
Leaaar'a school within the last two months.
There. have been about 710 cases la town,
I and there is a chance for about 50 more,
-There has been but one death thus far