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.- ; 7v I. - -S 1 mi i -.! i. m Hi 'V -,J
. fi4 $ 1.50 ta .Yiear- in advance.
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. T.iiafioDi5.aiaoeo'io
J t t 9i secpp-clMa matter. ..
- SuDScription Price.
,! , 'A'be sabeeriptioa price of the Wkrk
t:. Stab is as tallows . - -t
.mgle Copy tyeir, postage paid, $ 1.60
, f , 6 months, 'J1 : . l.oo
.50
II
t)aiffi . .i mil,'! ,,.2
rt'lti QUESTION OF POLL TAX. !
..j In several f3taLe exchangeB we have
.oViced eitDmla favoring a poll tax
qualification Tbis is; no -new mea
sii re1 umir the5 Stab. Two jears ago
Jwe tbdlt gtotttid ih favor of it. ; We
, Jd6J not beKeTeyoa can get a North
Ctrolina Legislator e to do three
jhnsgtp.Jeyj; a, sufficient tax .to
, iu ke , cochnMq schools,, efficient, to
pass v: a vtringeot measure - to foster
htiabiindry, and to enact a law
tni' Wilt fc3mef ai,'nian-"'to" ay bis
Pi-ll tax fw'fore" he a qualified elec
tor. ii ts.hease we- have no hope
of iraprovenmit m tlrese particulars
that we &m ;aot' disposed to devote
much time "to 'their consideration.
, VVe ll a v4 ' ne ver heard or seen a good
reason' why ian who aids m choo
g, uthe,,o. eshplders . hoald not be
' taxed to-"rnaliiUin them in their
offices. In other woros, we have
. jWver 'met with a decent reason why
ail uen should not help eustaiu and
oVryion.,lhp '.Government, that pro
tben ;ln life, liberty and pto-
ij-r-'.' -i.Vitc TU - I. .i i . ..iJ-
Why 6hould you or any one else be
r inoted to dooMnoe a Government that
pirV.l protect tokfers and bumraeis and
thieve aud drones who do uothing for
tejuffBetyetior for society, but who" are
;l-ui Hud mt&y and insolent in elecliou
tijn; anoy can -out ''vote you at tbe
? r No man who fails to pay his
pu1).uz(when;, not exempted by law)
eUtsuld be allowed to vote. Every
vae:giynby some, fellow who does
not bohlributti penny to support the
' government of Abe country, kills the
vote Of some 'honest, deserving tax
1 payer. - There is no sense, there is no
jostifce in 'such a regulation . , '
' li. may b necessary to make cer
. 1 air. exemptions from a sweeping law,
but the principle is sound, that no man
is fit to bear the responsibilities of an:
tWclor who does not share in the bur-'
net of government, ! ' r
- i: We find an argument in tne Pitts-
ifteectr i.bat is to the point, and
concerns the poof and helpless,'; That
..t iit;..:! iWnJ-f, .v-.w:vr.l1 ,L
, , AecorDBtd our exiatine laws, one-
ftiurtb ef lBe- Mxea collected from polls is
applied td tbe, support of tbe poor, and tbe
irmaiRBlDg's:threeH0uTtb8 to tbe public
ecsbols' - Of Us will admit that these are
Wurtbf" objeetsi and are -ebutled jto all tbe
money tb.M tae' law intends them tot have;
and - yet, 'becaiase' so many 'people' do not
nay tbeir poll-tax, oor panpen and public
sefaboN ire debri ved: tof a large portion of
tbeir revenues'.1 If this polNtax qualifica
tion foir-'stiffrage. was enforced- paupers
and.' tJUlie '.etbodlsirwould ?receiy e (every
doJfOTlntebded ror them, '-'for eVery rain's
Wxottld be pald.9 j'
' Ve do not argue in favpr,ofv a law
requjnpg th payment f,;a poirjtax
bti e. . exerelfli ng 1 the -i fight! of suf
f:W dlJf'MchJrai
. aiU As longtas.the negcoe8.are entt--
;-ilHdi8ttes wiV:nt
ibe'WOay Vighis as electors, iToefe
h .so.arfie.lj. pnftp: t.hoolore kspver
rfcten's-'wbo' d8ntfbt parV ihe'small poll
taiWKiiat JeY'w ?V?r ibere js a
v tl6 tnvifris 'atl v Whfefl ln7me
.: twa-.i adl. .tat-.t. it k.uiu.U-:n j.-j.w-
; gfpefv and a- oerumr c ass of t whites
whate qaaty"negHg1!; find'' thai
,aia:;9Fla.Ii6. ritsU autre-) c-a- -;?.:-.
loi w lei stney, mast' pay, you wilt nna
ejilffiAll$
. What would-be the jresnlt of sQch
Does no e Very one ee that without
ifjf f r'jij$$g 'j'einft'tixe's, (rgBi
txnWm fAnl&Aih AsrM V i rifirRRflrl j art
aa, aJcp58e,qgncer!tJ,hiV ,panpqrlKiand
otamfl4boPH f and' 6uTdf b "in!
creaBea very-oajsiflfiiahJy 2 Tal,e an
lMraiiorbf f At; co6i Wtbe
r wt ,ftf tha'3rikid?fi
Veceipibefbre a3j vote is cjast. iThe
. 'It in estimated Ibit there-" are:Bot "fess
st jtt.-itr i as j 5 nA, f ft iH n
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VOL. XII,
I StlH.I
than .eHtblera. bOBdrttf1 mitf' id GfaflVtll
county tw. so'enalettly every feloUooL
aod yet wb:i do not py ooe cent tRWtdf
sappofioe government, ejiber on, poll
or prpery.?': Of ihi ferge7dtmVe 'atlealjt
Hie en to s. are oaioceoi 1 4 oit t tf ttiti;
nromot action at the hands of tho mmim
osea to Dlace
L i;, u t -T
itself fair!r nt '&ilWtrtlrta. iiKhiof
and demand fioee.tned ji fur ibis aiarmiB
who baa not first paid bis poll travdfca
8F ys receipt r9C me BaBas., t 6EiT
The Charlotte ;ier'takea
similar view aird;8ai:ftlnls! .,tUJ
Hit ijo'mere'potick!5 -'olr parVjaw 'inaV
ter U fs a qaeatloo or ri&bt ibd irbhir
aod every booest ma in. tbe . Steoav wbHi
or oiacK. democrat or KppaIiviJ
lerested. and esDeciallv interested in mil
log all TOters bear !be1f "fair shari in ,
fraying publld eapensea.i Wby honld ese
be mad i9;ay.ftiai(we another i4
helps to elect by-bia- ote Republicans!
wuo psy taxea sooaia join ue,mociauo tax-f
The Legislature is ncoimpteDt1
to, pass a law. Vt'ii can euojait ad
amendment to , tbe Constitution,
the people,, as. (the JFrqi. nciu sug-f
gests.v One such amehdi&eiti as1 'this
is worth a hundred such aml&dmeWW
aa the one submitted by i! the ast'
Legislatn re and adopted in ignojance;
ujr a majoruy or trie otej, d& we
are not hopeful or . sanguine that!
anything will be done.' The old iyule
will remain in f of cee1 liavefuf litl
tie doubt, and intelligence5 and' ylr-
whilst ignorance that, does do thing
and pays nothing! for t good ' govera-;
men t or government of Oh? xihd wfll
walk up and kill all 'measures that
tax-paying intelligence , prefers, n-d;
asks for. ' . . ..." . '.,..... ,. a r ' I
TBK NBGKOB TUklK GttOVTB
That in the cities' and towns the
mbitality among' the. negroes" is 'far
greater tbah ' among jthe whliep is
known to all. But it is a jnistake to
s oppose that this is the -case oo :tbe
plantation. We have known fdr
years possibly for- ' decade that
the idea . which 3 has 'prevailed, ' was
erroneous,' to wi'tiiat,utUe negroes
were dying out and in he 'course pf ;
time would become exterminated.
Years ago our attejaljioft t was idrawn j!
to the facta of th Mati 'oensos--that
of ISTOwhichnloutlirJrlge'
York Sun. has bevnr:, examining iato
some of the facts. pfthe cepsas just
taken, and the statistics, do. aot war!
rant any , opinion j adverse i to ., the
growth of the negro. popolation. -Ih
faet, in : the tural - districts : there ia
great increase among the ' negroes. i
We give the figures as presented by
the Sim for they areinsructiyeJi I
- i nputation. Population. JPer ,
State. in 1870. iI880. cent..
Alabama, 1? : waJta.Y... 106,63Si ii 13681 r18 SO
coaattes.... colONd.. , 86.438 , lM,54a JTI.60
8, CavoUna.. , waite.... S89,67-iv 891,071- 85.M
colored.. 41S.8M 8045 4SJiO
Nth. Caro. IS wbite. ... 847,07 80785 S5.00
eooaUec....- colored ; 78,0i : V, S-i;685 . 70
Dla t r 1 e t of white.... ' 88,178 . .11838 , 83.93
i oiuhidia,, eotoraa.4 j w .o
Balte. city white. .. .83,818 1 851 6, .3180!
aod o ntT... coiored.. 47.081 ' S4 804 'S4.10:
Delaware. .v; wbitei.;.. OMni v; lSS;l-8,;17.&Si
' colored..- 83,974 ' 86,639 18 09
New Jersey, wbtte.. Sfikon ; 6ta. 11.74
la eoaoue. coiorea.-. u-4i! . vsjuxtlbu,
Philadelphia . white.... 681,854 , 816,184-i.OO
' colored.. : 88.147 r, 81,788 4S.60:
New York, 18 wtaiU '. ::tl88,m 'i,-2-3 '87.86
coontiea.... . colored 17,198 -.' 89.049 1 4A88
CeBneetlcat,4 whiter.. 803.798 8359,. 19.73
eonntiea.... colored.. : 3,783 S,74-C8t.C0
Khode Island, .white..... 818,819 j. 869,938 97.19
;, ,., , S;colored;iJa ASm'ttM
Haesachaaetta' white. 4 1,443,156.. 765,068 tflfO
l colored.. 13,947 19.004 S8.80
Vermont.... . white.... 889618 831jl44oa0
It, Hap. Ql' wBiWi-." J116,073i Wmo.'BSOU'M.'n
Illinois, 8 white; ;.' 188,703 ' '40.69S SK90
coonuea.... coiorea.. b,kj Tta.ufJ
b nt tnesfthgures a, not dsxftseesste :
if the statistu!of;thTe entrrfenta&gus
shall turn out to be $r acWflitice
with thealrgrVet fifthe
above estimate, .4Jses iotoewbat
snrprisin e result' k slifo wtt.13; K iS 'ffiat
the nggroes. are ' increasiog actually
that ibis ;rnle ot : icreAsejiSi spr
except in the i little iSateL1oi Pela-
This: unexpected1 ''result '1' snbuA
cause tuu 11 unuern nauicai , psyeiB
Mi tVJEj.'t -.Vii.;-3'j;i3- -su7 uF .lf.j tCf
South :Jty, slaqderflfts., charges mand
that accused at of ooantiif thersre
yards in the Wnsus'in f ofdeHVIWU
abUq:TiewT njrns, gafe ajfehfi
census in all lbiSieS ' waS"tafeen'e
of liadieal voters thab'6f!DeniboTab
yplers. j Jv;ve.ry8 ?eiikal.jhftt
tbe negroes should hav- rricreased In
HtrT Kf m:s&;i siij aaa-oi jiaMin09i
a ratio more rapid . than the wiaiie
and that, tooT wTippin,
Radical; paper ihey arajiatelaeted
hyteaaofrBosandsihd? fenb
e
counter and we hppefpr alljUme.,tJn
Pf of aflfih increaM 1 .fRwotf .
perrtyHigMaterja.tbjsnbiyiflofBbtheij'
friends could ffcava ibd4icfoV,Hi
Rnrlinal emrkrieSre1 atdrt do
state or airairf.f ,We.,)j Ui.eSl,rQadf,an(l
tinmistsisd ground ftaj 00 mab, white or
blacfc shdufd btftrmtffefffo 68,a' haMot
payers m aenjpdina:, aw reuniting, all
voters to : py.ra .poll ttax at least op onit
ineir representavion . m vongress
riressednffHlieasufeVe
census will nail' such . lies ,to , .to
. I J . 1 1 . - - I i I . ' I I
ftj t'
till .-iiiXM
'tiiV
i nit.
atintly,) unrentittingly' endetvdrla
icr maKe; tnenr msconteflted tatfa" to
etice0tnem W leive" ttie 'Soothbr ' a
1tt
.wrtnt pxQdaativd xSouthyt with aits i
k)Bg i seasons -da. which1 td-work an
d'shbrtWhie'hehe
t I T--t sf. jti vu i
jtp.Btayr-tQ.UQ a.par.pi
if
the South into the North andtlNithf
, wgsc, we snjfcuift nxpeci me i ja"
deiicei1"aetreai6 itd'a f ewf eiVk. Thi
iPQjLydgrow, c?flftB warm
olimatefif andwam6n.na? 'people wTlc
nRfteran,d wemi, tnoroagniy-i!
they i&' hmi Wd will ' regain hh
m spite, oj! All fEarta to allure tatr
ftVaylt is the 1 tiart' 6f htlmahltyf kHc
Wisdom, itOitreat, ithemi. well !ve
tion aadt deyelpment 'far andwsrf
edttoatioirJ-4n ' educating v th& heart)
tellectttal pans'of Van;1' The Bait!-
.i.'j remandlBg, them to ignorance,. hyj
IniUag-tbeir c pacilfea.; f or , self-improTe-j
mentf, by shuttis. tbem QUt from .ail sye-j
Stincts and canaoltieaiof, the raca miicrbt be!
DjujateaanfUt miBfl become a- standina
menace tft our ciyilisatiQP, s hflUb.edplydvaj
tx; WeuaW wiflintf1 ce'rtairily : tose
JLhem.educated, to see thsm. elevated J
oitieena. 4.The Bepublicans, thus f arJ
hate mwmas'mfti&mm
seeihem elevated toiofficss of -mudhl
: tabbed. ivBttt the negro1 is av fixndl
.iwtrjiiw
tereat of all that lie should be eoi
as to qualify him to discharge Strtei-J
ligently anJ7iJp?H!l th duties
and responsibilities of citizenship. -
I lAll i.
II- SII.VBK.
-'Thd TTpork ;toto6nea5,'beto in!
these ooiumns that Secretary Sher-
jman wonld h reoommsnd i Ahe increas-l
ingf tbii weight of the silver dow
iati he aolrat' of our ,;daddies-H
fTom'4lia grainswili hotTfailj
to arrest, the attention of the country J
'xxr'. ul'lT" sjrl'l' V si " '1 ls. s J
f o uavn uu tuea .uat uus pro pool wyuj
ywill be 5 adopted, or .that, it i will re-l
ceive the support bf all of the memn
berskf his own! party1. The Phila
delphia JfVi
ipma Jtress, "-Republican .organ 2
snows in one Dnet . statement tnav
the , advantage.
pf .ji.the. proposed
change will not be oextain or as great
as the Secretary of 'the' Treasury;
kuppOBesvfllt'Bayir r: ":; I
is a very considerable sum tbe advantage
of it ought to be clearly manifest. feiTbel
present silver dollar is worth about eigbty-j
six cents as bullion. I Mr.' Sherman'a dollar;
Of 450 grains Would, at - present rates nej
worth 93 cents. -A. silver Mollar.'j whoiei
buUKsa-tUie wol eousl tbt M a gold
dollar, would need -to contain r about. 480)
jgralbabt pilte Wlver f,'" 1 ' '
Sl!natsff thcaBe teMay.8 -ibabtrow
oraiext week these figures' would ptobablyj
nead.in entire revis4n i .The demonetiaa-j
tion pi sdver. oy uermany caused. Its dei
preciatien ifr tb markets of the world 29
percebUiIts remonstlz&tioo by -thn same)
.Jpwer wonld ,wlpuv5!iwnpt caus ajcpr-i
-''WithHir8'tahaaTd8 6rfal,a
iWjllvbe fluxtaaUons naw and . then,,asj
.dialaib thi value iof ohe standard in
above. GeWAby distnrbed the mar
is ow: statea anat' wer
is' anxH
TnojiteHwBtarfaarast'-i
The Kepublicans made a great5pry
gainsAthe Mranaetteatiaa by aUem-j
JBulbUspite:of all opposition theeilrerj
-dollar kri "gfowing-i i A 'popular o favor
JfifllifccBliiyia4 yiaififahis
sum ?4Yvtw,gy Uios 201 iMve.rs jiwact .
iThe Treaadryi hoidfri IJlTjIO 00,000. of
-etatntiosaapfni England t kudu France
iladl-baa. j'ttafafaii iA-aosJa'iV ho;3 i f H 5 Jji
-The-follow1fttettie'sibtetaent'Tii
- ofi of bna 8"i1j!'rjltti isooiiibba iiw .aides
U iii 890ifiji Ji-'d! aosnha
'The Bank of England held last October
$14U?7,p
Bank nf lTrnnha, At Jfiftftm data. 119.-
the percentage of gold - in the Treasury of
4b United !StateslJ &4.4i abdnhepeiickit-
gsiaf .silvan J85A" ed i?iii ,OiloiaO
6nar.Renibfielsaion ws xiot fs
titeadre and(b'Ticj b''J'iS Irfeibrifeil
Tcugtxntlaodad at ?NeW i.TorkO tQf
-thsse7 lrelandvf urm&hedr t108' 4nd
AhlHAV VnAWA inhAMi4Ah,A nil m n
the sotiali political and material ' f ac
iid; ifie 'circulation'? 06 w-vfery1 coiS
imWe etnaie'lfs tW2bBere
jht shermau-wiil"rjever B-reP0a-ttledienelaMd'ard',ttlv!
1 K-' "'J-'W
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il tOr ttOT4lVI.'tt&lr0R6BBi,l i t.
: We have, reoei ved Jroml Messr&i iEL
Editor of "the Richmond' Commmi v
?wi,,.an0 c tavyeipbUity.
.:,'rtH4
tors of tho IZfiTitoirfrH Iteik faom I
i 1 '- - -w " J 1
mnm
hi ifrmrmffrlW'tmhM I
acquitt)Sdni .W iWBreliend. that ;n l
FWmtfmMW mm WWm
1 1 ' J M. -L A 1. ? I I
M?twM
and. brinr out in- clearest .lichiLthd I
brihertaiing;(
l,,.OOO0l
copying but ; hayind
iloy. O'i
gfJe f jSrmAV JSM
cwnieut, oursei
, MfVyaU'
Vr.W8?r
: . u . i . u
Km nnmoob-a tha nrn 1
tender.' He then shows that Tourgee
is utterly unable to portray Southern
a faithful picture of the South in the
years immediately following the war
ana the advent of tbe carpet-Daggers
Tdargeo among : them Hi 1 denotes:
some fifteen pages to al truthful; and
ample history of- iTourgee and th
corruption fund and ihid ooanection
..5, iU. , M
with Swepsou and Littlefieldi .If arry!
Ifariy!
-, . r
SinnOi
J
vNertbern man. believes Tdurgeeinnd
cent let: ium read what j Mr, Royal
ttoyall I
sb tellvsayg.'.r!it,The . treatment
Northerners in the i South" i.is- nex
discussed; then ; the Northern Jide
oi;, tne jaepe or iaaier-- is 5 puncture
and ' exploded. ' j De " then elanees
$rjefly.$ti .h '.'psuaimji wisphj be-j
tween- Northern and Southern Civu-
,lzaton4",vjBut,;the- most, impprtanti
and instructive chapter is the seventh
in wmon tae great uibudoiivb .uiuh'-
ence between" the "Democratic ana
Rfepubhcau patties is elaborated witbj
Marked ability, This'chapter; alohej
r ti' worth the price Pf the book because
,.?.f,:mauoP ana wn;(;. I I
u 11 afe said cates tM
fr; Planw?S!P!
e commend it to our readers, :i(JJ
i;:01
tolcnow that it meeU wUh large safe
in the North.-It will dp good w
hope, -wejtnow nught-toaogooa
ior 11 is ine ixuuu x
. . a . ,
PBOGHasss in routi cabokikaJ
The last year has. marked 1 much
Jrbgefa Norih Cjarojina' .lople
generally are I better ;'bniitarq
trading more freely as a consequencej
WeHsuppbBe:'dudri
pp08e:'darioi
ih;e fQorease ibbpdiatibti !in
Carolina has been more marked
In 1 870 our popiilatiow was 1,076,000 j
now in 1880 it , is 1.40QJ300
K either . Vireinia, nor Weprgia shows
mi in iiLJiiiit,-. ;;. iu. '.ui, ia aty'Ki
r' 'ButNprth tjaroli na h i
IK Wwr W&tt 10 4feal fHj 111 IfUftBftU- u6-4
1 servinl old CommowealtQ&l ad-
m y produce 3 a, gjeaWdi?aIoQrLd
puiy pp iJ,KSMuMWo'Mi
tobaneoi elnr& .tiia. cer.eali,bad
,ftf mployflieut.
WBBtU OpeTaHoaw we poiwn ww
TieofW State, 3'' setetal mm
pfJcbuUfiit Vatf.enr'yarsaee.
JnntiAn Af tatn (if ffnnraa tk.n
abundant Bcowsratidtipportunity fo:
... . . .jMin?.jtf, aoino: tSiii.i t
.jatnjit, a,iJia;isj.i'Lii t
jibjoffltibjiflj:,
isaiWiiniklg ea.ieweMVfeipr
ertiyt thit ldeitiried 'obner
-StatsB poasesses, uia.maoy catacal,
8teiiioPdiThoiO'Who shall lire Unti
1890 will aeewn 000)00 pebpld
JSJul 1 tpauaaudit Oabacoptao
tories at work. They will erf ih&V
UfuiHals' i& Bbny NewJSrotk, a cttpy o
fiPi MfefiojTai. the. rthVeaeVef rftbiV UaiWIlxM
JeIy IdHiefotfle TbTgerihd f fJll
ImflB frnm 'lanAru IhAt. i tiia. first. i feJ vcl
is progresseq
m other ways than in population
-f luu: .'J.--n;f-. fiiJ , ffyifi O'iil'l j
. When the statistics of the census arq
published it wiu.be seen that "OldJ
Rip, as onr tradnfiPMand "witlings'!
TaotPfres ar6 to reourfle or " ereewpn. aWslontisiHintav-iiho.i
me piouaouoQ oi cotton nas Deenii wmduw. durinntbe leienQO.n. ana got
-.... ..wtm 'JUi'-ta :i'ini9ln Ma auuS'lf. iaunHj.A'H .thJi.i.ri;.
c;reaiiv stimuiatea an.a the increase is i right hand painfully lacerated, wan tne
IdrateW'to glvbtb&a&ai enviable 'hfLA
nfengrter, States.!We
Ill
JU TO! Oi
Hi
Uii.
is' .! a iu it ifsyMjfi J t,
i if -
"rSgnlmortp
toes&twlft
ttt'tftf jH pSSwn. Wshot.lnbi
54 f
A
'TwMtitvears afeftkm Mrini
unared varieties,. of the., pearl
i s rtnnrnpr . nanr omn
d'
tner - eentieman, in. iranvinei
CTT1.
ne
;u vTOS!he peaj
fubgm delciou;.a1i
th; oranP.. ours M thn dliniateKfan.
-.-.t ' L- ."In, .I i
Vd&Mi Wftxt naarigai
-- ' j., . -. 1 - -.v k . -. - . . I A
North CawlmyJncXa
rfourf the irraDdsotharave become
, wPa k t- .-.,.-...noiou
World FaSas heldNew York
imkft we, thinltYewo hiehest
' - - ( . ......... a i
two NorlT ffha pmologUjt
alfc,we,8o1oipurpo8e en
rgft and eUfvelyupon,thf rb
ductious of our 'State.
We meant
merely to notei 'ihe j progress we hay 4
made and to venture . a pMpicf, P-
growth anddev elopmeht la.wljy.tars
to come, We must add that in pop
utar education there. has" been very
iat.i..twnii di 'j jeffiSoii-A' '"tt-ft4k
1 great progress since 1870. . unde
fczj - i tfj. ?..r vumioiituf jitLl ia
t
pxjml taS, .T.r viinnp.Uti w aji-'rti'rt i
1 TJeraocratio rule the number p
lJjiil''. dJ Ui fifvdrw m-n v;vl 'sot
I schools, school nouses and pupils hai
iViii ' .v"tS'--..-iiw -A iii o i si 1LJ
tne naft iV doli'e."1 .Warao8BfeJ
higher ande&rthln'TheM
an unmistaKapie awaseuiag inruugu
M 'Si!aUwib!8 riehair1 of1 genera;
education.
prpgress both in BchHjIastio advantages
,1
:reMaoirfalatyv:iror
the StataLirflie' iegislatbrsdare
'becotoethe'leidira in ihe'catis cif edj
hcaiiou ioot ifite1'
ties Vu aPancof1 pubtio sehllnientl
; hLastl fcorttf'1 fJarblihadeservei
thefiiiaraetib evety sbri; native
v abptedVTnenstio 'better
State; thereaWh truer peiople1:'xIerb
Libtyound kn !eariy!abidihg placej
abd hereahe will dwU wheashe ha
kihoBi elsewhere North Caro4
Mgh to great eelfi
awicrifot, dr extreme bddstfnlne8s, hftt
Ithekhow -their 6wo manhoodjwhioh;
Chey-hate11 asserted for t wo! hundred
add fifty yeirs and 'upon bunarea
battleneldsi and 4hy arevpotfdi
theirl'oirf niother.'' Itth standi
by her. 'Let them never desert the
Ancestral home or the ancestral faiths
Mi BiaW Kkndall'Hhlhkafhg -Mc4
pi8ia BfiWairMmseff haaTJeen BttW
le'nbg frdia thSgbut11 J" iiI
JH.1
..Vila VrMii . t. .
For a while Friday night it was tfie genn
ralWlo-n mw.mf4
genuine, unadulterated, "simon-;pufe;6n6wJ
I a awnrnArlMx vatolAida v nnp atrMtu Anif
hfua!w6r'mlMbl&
iBhaStiljghii rtha
conunea t0 fall duVhiffJthe'iday served td
i &ihi
.'ett lea was MtjioB?Cra: re-
NdWonttviafe (ew'Werry iddl
roed fleieradtmi
freaa .falfobf hoWn!
In. .imr. f-ii thmh ,a Bh0w4
ma
el tito. toeaiCSP attebtion' wareQuiredb
bilThb nibsioef mA1 rrfallh, .weva'tiywara
t Ijnoiyoit.sucaa serioniiCnaraqjerKus W
- . - i
were sa fprlunate arf to keepi
linlemfi4
PfaWd
The bpnlationWwaaH
I ffiWS&i
re
e4.a0faninrofi;Wl arAslesj
aad 11.438 femalet48 "'"je
mie twenty-five. Reader? unless
have eaten some of those varieties
UOOK Te80luuon,;to ,piaoe vrranc uu
lr, rfrbrl rTsi.'kSh' tne'rull taV arid
-Pretry 'iooti, b0Wever,; we- begah 4b experH
by pedestrians to Aeep , from falling: and,'
as it was, not. ate w slipped5 up on -the,
freWrbavenW
poor creature eu uuu uiu& uiu icz. . , ;
as irlTen truths omcial
-:tti i iff. : 4 8 1
jiJ stf-msO'xl
ii taifl Rial
ftf dtitj-' ail. I
1 OlflMKR jb tofp wiMiialr.'M I :
1 . it ' - w . : r t . . .
nerciamtdmnUw'nf be siyanfiaV tfi'i
foeTby bf 'cotton at ' Jthia'port for ttie year
4 isadrng 1 Jecemberi 1 3 ieli IS8O1 footed p P
year endiDg December 31at, 18Z, sowinkij
an increase, in favor or 01
brSS0 toot U,l:H6joU cis4a? asf!aga
rebjas Against 632,870 bsraU iair i Wr
or
4Mg7embet 31$ 18Ml, fubtednup 10666
haleaj nf which 40,843. bales waal coast w48f
and 65.71? bales f oreiRni g .agajnat 87.738
bales for the. year eQdiag December 31;
l87&rf wHich.60" 1 baYea' weo t'ecfastwise J
'mWm baleaVXof eo llTheT exjf t
of splits mrpe'dtrae3 fur" 1880 foot up 102.
(TgJ JOastos; 6V Which : casks LwontT
coas(wi8e sd. 69,453 casMs foreign ; agates!
88.224 cask fpr; 1879, of,;. which; ,22,243
tasks went coastwise and 6d.9o2 casKi
oreign; rosin 447,710 banela! of w'htch
.OtVV WCUt JUAO W lO auu iaiiwa
forbigsVs sgftinst 510,901 fearrd far 1879
bti Wbieba.44,8dl i barrels t oast J?i6ei
nd 46010 barrels, f preign v jar 53,4414
reia, Oi f wnico, OV .vv uarrew weui., tuast-
f t - rr, r, A 1 ....... :
" wi8e.And 14,032 barrels- foreign;; aa againsi
04. ota sarreia lor 1010, ui nuniii i.a.j
bafrfelk weBi cbaatwiaafand .221721' .Vwf feli
f or eigaf cf ude t drpea U n a 3,358 blifralsjall
Ofu Which i.wat.. coastwise, aaioajOS
It 'may be of .'sbme Interest' to those'whQ.
tleal' in cotton td kndw that the 5,7l8 bales
"of s cotton shi ppedV Jietd u Wilmington -i ap
loreigd ' ports dnrios aSSO. : weighed .Jasi
0.787?75 . ppuqdsi-an that .Xhe. .value M
the same, was put down at $,od23?.
r"-'t:V;'tf OUK .SUIPMiNO. 'tf . - -j
Bv reference to. the records in the omc
of Capt; 'Joseph Price,1' Harbor" Master,'" w
una that 480 vessels arrived at this p'ort du
ring tbe year jaat closed,' of whieh 6t wera
stpamstupa, 152 batques,79i brigs and, lw
schponera t . Qf. these the Ijsteamfhjpst 4
barques, 18 brigs and 178 schooners wer
American; .ana 149 Darques, oi onga an
10 schooners were foreign. 4 The aggregat
tosnage -amounted ta .176,h38,; .vtt wbic
103,425 wereAmefican and 73,512 foreign,
t should, bpborne in mindj that vessel;
under 60 tons, river steamers and other in
and water": craft are not includea ia'ln
abbve-statetaenw'f '!i!tUi Pf'.f,.
Tlia. New. Ter't Entertainment; at
iBr. A. It, TatnBokkelen Ileal
4enee. : !iivi4i'i
i
In- accordance with tbe .invitation' ex-
tended to the members ahcP subscribers of
the Chamber5 of CKimnierce and Produce
Jbcchange, as puhlishe'd Via ' these colomne,
quite a number of gentlemen . beloDging .tp-
these, bodies assembled at the Exchanged.
yesterday at 12:30 o'clock and marched, to'
the resiaencs of 'A j H.' YanBokkelen; Esq. 1
where' they joined' those who had preceded
them; i, Here the jnvited guests aH Jaaaem-j
bled m like parlor, SQd, at bqutj;haU-ptsj
t o'clockhe d,oors to an adjoining .room
were thrown open and the gentlemen proj
ceeaea, at me inviiaiioa oi meir uum
io'rpfireshj thV'1toinnertWB,,.; f fOnf tn
large boifl of -poncfi, 1 brewed J spe
clallyi for the occasion, ; preparatory'to the
more solid . and subBUntial .enertaiDnjepj
act in the programme . the guests returned
to the parlor and enjoyed a short interval
in'sbciaf converse It; thla edd 6i wnicvVjae
genUemeu were cPbdueted into- the dinibg
fopm, wliere a handaome iadimostjsump
tUous-repapt:W4 spread ol Which all Mf
fti.??8KnaW S9tirfieo! ,CPHH9
Burate jWith t the character of tbe cjip.cej
edibtes and, tempting vUnds 'under 'which!
th'e larii tblevf airly gfoahed:A' ' -
iJ And ; next Commenced heftbasiVin
first ol which bisfpB!eredby Csjfe. AV:L
DeBosset, itt.:-. compliment' to.. theie geh-
erous hpst,.fbe PreeidBt ;p the Cbamhe
nt rVimmprrjt unit was flttinolv reanondedl
to by blm, after whom tne noor was suc-4
ceislveiy bccuplfed'by - lttr-i' AiexaHder
8brunt, 'Mr; E.' E3odef, Mf.' C. H.lEoblU
sonwho called out Honi i A. M: Waddel
iRone pfiLlis neatsnd characjerislip rp
responses is. iescau, JSfq.,i$jferm.aAJ.m
periaf Consul : R E. Heide, Esq. , .Vice
CoBsui'tbr Nbrwsy, Sweden1 ksdDeum&Irk
abd;bthersV-a t.V-H- sJ?.f?
ifJThe occasion.-; was,' a i very! happy!. and
agreeable.pneaaadvwiJJ-lpa
redpy. those, wnp pajcipdntv,,,'
iiThp Jcjeigurhipiqent8f f rpn a $is por C
vesterday, consisted f the following feNer-i
wegian barque Ciito, Capt. firogar, for Bre .
enVWfthi.SOt 'bafesWtioynVthe"'Norwe-
glati bW9m2Rnimil: iienrlkseb
foVUverpPpl; with 85 bales f6ottPii afiol
theiNorwegiao! barque, Opii, 3Capw3hr'iB-j
tens.n,( .with 1,602 ..bales cotton,. LTptal
3J965 bales! Messrs; Williams ' &" UutchM
son were the ehippersi.fi In: addition tehef
abbve ihe brig Eugene. Hale, Capt. Lordj
wasjfeared1 for Arrayo, Portd 'RiPd;'tjyf
MepBrs; Northrop Cummiag, witb,231-i
630 leet oi lumner ana iw,pw snmgies.
, jasiinburg u High SchowlMr
LlE. CLy jiuakeobaab iPnira1patii3niajt8ty,
gourjshisg cqpdmpn, Tbere.J;.w?EWjQ0i
naniiav in attenaanpe ias esiop,. as a
team jrom tne circular ior iu Kpurpauuiog
. " . . . i . J i :
eeaaiua, waica oezins uiuuai; 11. , . ,
ho -rr, Gilbert. bidder,! of) .this;
.yaroHna. av an
uiuiiug uuaiucss. - - .
1
leva: and crude turpentine. lua.zat oarreiai. j
VgaiuVtk; 1,11 i
WixMiSif'WM Wyfear Wif 1
-T- . -
tb PsohibitKip Prg". wardoly. espouses
of tne'iftffii ifS oSuitvr
last, Dear jtr8itfr JJ fcjtfiewHnto Mia
4! Kiriaton''Jurn'al'TayeVt
from the jury of alllasuea found lor pUfu-
gft U C4rwexJtiaokbia-iai8t
mirwwrfls;
C&apsotm whlai-fclidln iiH'wellIaqho
QlunAndnrt'o nlti Ml a f jnn KH.rlTtnelAit i
dajkben jbarbaroasb dnctice ot j'i'iiki ngjt
- " . -. ? - ia
mnpn meo v;-tfl at w
Sfeardta' 'fellow
haudumou.bad 6nJayeMlybwailiilid-
ing at a turioua rate, ii tea to poae t&aticx
hrdugbran iron Hbk.?K fW'mtfatay
(faot!ibt fe.wjiPf IJkhcmj al jiyr JtitteiV-
filaleigi ilar. enuring lawijana WTVlaun
ltiy.D6Wpunea!ftgB. .eamlfliniv.flbuji
se.iiojt!histepJ
,.taevUe'af
PJWatts, oftJupT Spring TbwnshMftfi the
tarber-ef a-eMilJ-J'rfdi.utWer.i.wao' fikw
iil iiuuuus uunug luio mu biiu wiiucr.
she has froifled efeh at:vratao)f a pouad
wees.,.-Ur lathes ntt mqipeF. are both
ar'ge people. one weigft1nfe'200 abd 'the
othel llfglttlyaaves this? bnt the. 'child is al
ready J.arger ibafl of .iber grand parents
and 'weighs' niore'than inyuncle' ou' her
fatnerMsideurjXbis child h:a; lisUfe sUter
T-a baby of. the family, who , ia now six
yearsWana1 weiiibsr79l pounds. Af 1 we
asted MQtejw(jse5hri4fthd tWilbteat
these?,- .. .. J ,
f 4-if t ' " !i r-i. Ai if--'
Raleigh , Vtjsitffy ' To take ' an
lore 'advantage 'of a crisis; "Which' 'bears
Ra!
uad
birdj.uppn:; the impeeueioius pjjrjipo, Ah a
community, is'far from'conrtnenil'abfe '
Oi-V '..t t 'A.rA. .TAil,. ,.ltn
T-rPiedat hisreaideace, near pmithfield,
Johnston county, on the 27th Inst.,'. Mr.
'JinKs MlrtMneri aged 71 yat Thfrde-
.cessefl j.wsa vhigBly respected; rcitiZ3n, :.
havipg once' represented hi.8 ico'unl'y in the
Igis!atareVJ--ftt. i C; ' Joadao, 'deputy
sheriff, Qf. IxedeU coupty, . brought', down .
tbe following named 'prisoners to th'e'peni- i
tentiary: Henry Edwards,T3arcenyiione
year; Julius, Lamberhn seven'yearsj,. .bur
glary;1 Thbmas Ca'Uipbelltouraer," three
years; all coldeed,i' 1-mb don't wast any
of the 8 and t9. cords oLwood ia ourn.
-The oldest' inbabUant Bay s last night
was me corneal aiuce j.oi&.;tii i-.:-i,u
Qpldsboro i j tMes8eno4 r: Lieut.
aa.h TTaKn ett tna TT VJ ' A wmv Kvnttiap
to Dr. Geo. L.Xirby, left here yesterday .
to join bis ; command si Busaio, ss: x..
alter, bayiag pleasantly; spenj a. Drier visit
atnoDg Ilia Friends and relations in tbis seCT
llonl - -Th celebratioovg,eniu honor
of Maj,., Latham's election to. Congress, t at
Plymouth recently, was a decidedly pleSs
ant affaiWi hai colebratnoa was kept - up
tul late in. the nighty and quite a number or -handsome
cresents" Were awarded ' .ab fol-
lawef. AiUandiomedlamood )cingi'ta "the
Bellp pf the Ball" The lqyely Miss, Julia
Woodson Ot riy mottln.was Chosen by" bal-lot.v-.
The contest' was quite: spirited.: , The
ring was valued at f 100. , 7-7 . And now
comes the clamor again for 'hew counties.
Already we see tbat a j pubHC ' meeting waa
1.,1 A a t ... K,,.A .nmnneiut nt .itliTuno it
Johnaton, ' Wake, franklin abd Nash Coun
ties, and it: was. . resolved to petition tne
General Assembly for tbe formation of Lee i
countv in that seetioni to be named iii honor
of the lamented Gen: ltobert vE. Lea.. ,tlt
is to be hooed that the Legialature will
make bo 'new :county.!i;ThBfe ; are1' more
thas PBpngh aiready.ue. i repert,r
Star. -.r..V' :'. ,vk,-;'.-t '
Raleigh iVews- Observer v jThere
are - some oueerly-named people in 'this
-world of buTYyesterdayMtsIeeBopWi of .
Sarryr county, obtained .a grant or 840 acres
of iabd.'ibtbat county, by paying to Col.'
8auoderii!8eereiaryiOf?JSt4V? thej pm,-ot h
such lands, 12J cents au acre.v I he
83d' volume bf tbe North Carolitis'Sapreme
Court Reports ate peisg d.istribuied py. lbe
secretary or otaie, 1 ne .remains oi
tub lite Mrs.3 tebi'W Ri 0daiUl arrive
here, to-day at 1250, M,, from . Gplda-
boro. The funeral services will take place
from Christ (Episcopal! Church.' at 8 Pi M.
'Mrs.' Janet Whiteheads moiber in-law
of CbL T.' C.rFaller, died at her residence
la this city Tuesday night She; was a former
resident of Fyf tvillpi rand 9.years old.
-The Supreme Court will assemble in
fhw clt oa Monday next-the. 3d: arexlmo.
The, first two dsys.of the firBt week will be
devoted io the examination of applicants
for UceBse to prseticfe lawj ThBrtmaisder
of the n'rst week will be devoted to hearing
ftDbeals Jrromithe,Pir8tVJudteiVDitrct.
LBhouldAppeals from the .First! District nbt
e concluded tne nrsi wees, xaonusy anu
Tuesday !bf tfis second week will be assign
ed tp;AbatjWujinfit0TBe .emaif mg ajis
tricta will be called as, follows: Second Dis
trict,' secobd Mud 1 hird Weeks', Thlttl Die-,
triok. fourth week: .Fourth? District, fifth
week: Fifth District.sixth week; Sixth Dis
txict. seventh week: Seventh BlSttitt,elhthi
week; Eighth DisUioV ninth., weekj Ninth
District, tenlfr weefc'The foregoing is pub-
..... 1 . .1 r&l. j kW.lfl!j-MnA
-?jS?WecMi. ft -viisa f,Tj0i uziii mh
i Charlotte." (?5en)er;;,There 1 ia a1
room lb tbe Metropolitan Hotel which has
.:tH?PheKlWTamWJe$l:!to he
I rforiieyms s Pfthe? Jlmamsf .Tha .er- .
f mometer last night reached away down be- ;
rbw: fcere-' i degreeaBd-sctoPsay 'that . '
lbfiir:aflwept.4pwatOglO llpwAb9taeaj.r
hs most too loop after Christmas tp trust.
aitbeBiorneimonelbTVtbat'HKet4bai;
vesterdav Was Tonr 'inches (hicK on the .
1 pdndh An threainch;cf tbii lrosa-idaring
,Uie ntghU, .wooa cannuea iq enng .
Tj-rirltrr tb ialiy; herd - yesterday, ivtifta
Lcoal TemaiBSdvat 1 $ft aatbhio Aa Mm
Juias tiazeune xxorwouu; di nnwuuru, mo . .
Orsa-jTan ; Aw'ay. aBdT f-thE. coraenf
Trade and .Tryon streets , was .turned,, tb
"sleigh twas5 suddenly overthrown etnp-f
vtyingi Jtbfem';bows iBtoimeioowiJtiMiM
"Norwood received a Alight cut.acrossjhp
' face abd! was k little hart About 'the sbouU
dr but, p& at all seriously, 3 Mr.;Balerit
caped ntihurt. , - On the 23d a meeting
-was heftf ttT'Dalfai t6coBsfderthe "project
j pf.A rftUroad froto JhevCross Reads, a wint
on" the Air Line near "Wooten's, Via Dallss
4hdBtBvsa's8Statiod, otiye t,CarbTin
Centra' to.Mooresville. to connect with the
'North Carolina Midland.' The . meeting' '
was unanimous la favor! iBsvpto JeettH A
(Ml. shi
J ' Carnen ter.: Alexander , BrevaxdAnd Joi.
a.jMbrjaon; jnupbe,, liberftlsfub-
cripiiuus wcio uiauc
, eompanv Wea,. formea ww5;Pieq'tne
.Wbotebs, Alboresyjlle. Jallas Railiwl
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