North Carolina Newspapers

r .3EBO A- &1j&0 rv .Tc : v in adyaace. - ; w o i s 5 S3 S s 3 S 3 SU1MW . Sf , -"wwoont : ... 3saaa:a!fi'a!asfisis, .w2E3SSSSS3S3S33 a a' ST- wrV 5 ABLOOM SC'! '3 L 3984t pai tB jj co ks j i; gT jjg o gj KM I J Jhi .Hi. ytfV .j i.. 'i J .J u. Si'tisi i ini't it s 1 iaoneog 1 Entered, ft- the Post OCc at Wilmington, 3 , ?fi C as second-class, matter. J . Price. The subscription price of the Wekk - '.Star f 8 as follows : 1 Single Copy J year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months. " i " 1.00 - ' ; " 3 s,r'" '"' " i " .50 A O V T B K R W i: B N A TO BS VIEWS Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has been interviewed io Washington' by a correspondent of the Louie ville Courier-Journal. - The account of the interview w very long, but inter-? eauin; The views of the able Sena- iif WVre business-like. He thinks the "almighty dollar" will control and fhape' the Garfield- Administration ami not, blind Stalwrartisra. Busiuess intereaw will dominate.' , He says: The., people, of the Uoiled Slates will i.uiiite lUoi isat:er on strictly busiuei-8 pni.c.plcs, nud Mr. Garfield will foilww 'the couiee ! trdde.' .The internal commeice of the Uuiied 8tate& ia by fat tne must iax ixjritiut luieresi of tbe American people, a.'iU thai being couJucicd ia tbe ajot fri adly posaible spirit. -Toe mercbaotB of few Yoik. would sue oat a writ vt lunncy agaiual one of their number - who would write to . bU customers that be regarded t hem a 4 set f barbarous bulldozers and au a rthriaiisu etuf people; who resort to t.rctf aud frnd to keep tbembelves in , powerj aod that be would oeiiher sell tbetn ts ia nor bay their cottoo." : : lie aays Garfield Was elected really by the negro vote in the North, and that the result of the .election was 'ii t a condemnation of the South by the buoiiiees'men of the country, ile very pertinently and truthfully says: Tuu iuk WV ii"t dry oo the poll; lists " Injure lue jiiuruaU tbatj bad so- reviled OS Wsrc nuneiitiiig l&uusaad pleasiug views ui uur luMire rcUtiooa, io which tbe dolUia ..woma circulate bctwceo ua. as., hostages of (fence. H'd bositaliiy, and 8 iok,eus f til. cu n.". ... .. ; ' - ; He thinks the Northern . people ii wii consult their pockets their ma terial interests, and knowing how much their own prosperity is involved in the prosperity ol the South they will stand by their own iiiteresti, as they can 'not afford to aid any party .in the mere manufacture of political capital" to their own very serious in jury. , . , ! There is one view he presents that is important and interesting. It con cerns negro, labor. He .i thinks the negroes will gradually leave,' in part, the South and be distributed through out the , country. Bat ... this, view is not dispiriting. He says ; the white Libor, of the South already, makes 3,000,000 bales of cotton. If neces . sary the growth of the great staple can be limited to white production to the 3,000,000 bales. It will fetch . the higher price if this (is done. . He says while immigration will come in is coming in. -.. We quote: "Our lands sod climate invite immigra tioo, and our people are williiii? to have the care of their own children. They are noV - afraid.of .ioctease.ia their fsmilie.8. ; If tben?,,was nou a . negro in Alabaiaa to-d-ty. pur , population would - be greater ia five years than it. ia now.j People . would . fl ck to-tt 4 from every quarter. : As it is, the bill couolies are Rettiojt the increase of population,, while, tbe most fertile lands are . -co; a aoily losing. , Io Alabama tbe whiie; ' i mntit!8bie Jourea9ed thirty-five per cent', - whilt; the utftcro pouotie have not iocreast'd ten ;er.veitr;iu the last lenj yeHrsf i ,; , He says the negroes are not a de- si rable factor in j.ree popular govern- ment. either at the North or South," v and that they will always vote as "a cl as e)ement." lie ia vs ihe North trn people: will neyer allow them "tei contrbl locat affairs as a mere balance of power" t This . is what the Stab has said. f We have gleaned some of Seuator. Morgau's fyiewa because we think. .s they; coniaiq: much of truth. '. We do not think it probahle that the negro deportation will be as gFeat as he thinksA We . believe the natural increase of the faegro element will . more than'-counterbalance the nam , .bera ;whol may seek homes in the North and Northwest.' The North ern people are begioning to find out, but afte1 groping in the darka long time, thai the prosperity and growth of the, SbuUi means prosperity io the a k " ' '" " ....... n orta-1 Ley nave at; last discovered that a dead ' body and 'ai living body cannot be united without endanger ing the latter.' ' " . St. ) r'-t I,f i.!. .fas' i The NewOTork Tina is trying, tb fnake some r beau capital at .the fei pengf South,?, beoaaser of the, kUeged pitmen t-MrsC Heleri- Cawp- MKeoem'l Iwrtilr ctf s r roosf . fcmeTuTry slandered our I eople and J he .whore.' peofe .ofa(he nth r. Mts. l Caoipbellf sL NEtheid woman earning her bxiiterand blfe'a'd by teaching the art pf oboking1 in. the teace Institute , and the Tjeaf' and Dumb an4, Blind Asylnr'atltaleigh, ebose to write a' letter of approval and indorsement to a Northern pa- that ijt,wffra piet9r,ef Somite era iife."lrwill jtp remembered that Tourgeejlds ;jijtBer1io'upeo pie of North Carolina as plotting" murder and a leaving4.he communion table to go out on the highways to kill and commit other horrible out rages. The press treated Mrs. Cainp-. bell with proper courtesy, but-aug-;; gesU-d that it would be fit and pro- per for her to leave a - land bf assas-' sins and go back to' her own highly, civilized people. The Raleigb ivWsf Observer says : , "Nor are we aware that she was required to abaodoo ibe poBitioD.our understanding of tbe matter being that she acted on her own t.us;gesUon. In other ; 'wordsu KrsV Ctmpbell, biiog a lady of 'busiaess as well as of intelligence; and culture,, realized At tbe outset that sbe bad made :a- business mistake in asserting that Toutgefe's opk contained a 'true picture of Souiherri life; aud that it would not he pleasant. either to herself r her former pa'rons for. her to re-J new ner eogagemenis cere. Aou wetbinK tbe Timet does Mrs. Campbell ao injustice in suggesting that the deti;ed to return and was obliged to rehiiquisb ber position. Qur notio;i ot the matter ,ia JbaWJinder lhe cir cumstances Hie did , oL prefer to retuo. We are free to . ay, however, that - if Nortbein Udy really ibinas that the Souths ero people are in truth the abandoned abiF depraved wreicbe that Tourgee p&lots mem, sne would" not be welc med among. ub as a gueat, nor . employed by teacher." H-'.! - ua as, a t Mr. Edward T. Steel is President of the Board of Education of Phil adelphia, lie was also a member of the Committee, of Finance during the Centennial Exposition,-and -was the head of the late census depart ment of Philadelphia, lie is a lead ing Hepub.lican of that cityi and; a man of high : ohitracter. He had: been npoken of as a probable! nomi nee of the Reform party uf that city for the office of Mayor. 'This' 'drew from him a letter in, which he f stated plaiuty the precise conditions Vpon which he would agree to become a candidate.;, lie givee the world , true insight into the condition of af-4 fairs in the great Republican oity,: and we propose to oopy1 a part of his letter that the readers 'ot 1 the" Stab may; lean, from a high Ilepublicang authority how very corrupt aod.rQt ten is that party in the city 1 af erer- said. Mr. Steel says: i ' . i ' - -' - f . "The refoim movement -demands tbe overthrow of a. clique of-men -who -have usurped the governajeDt of the city- TTaey have accompljbbediabia bjuxooarterieg an army of men upon tbe peoole. wbu.are paid,, as. employes, from tbe , municipal, treasury' for the nominal service they ten der the city. These appdiateescpeadeb't upon this power ft their Blaceal ruled: with inezorableness, and are forced to ren-t uer semcea otien against ineif nonesi con-. Tictions, their rulers being 6oly' harder masters to them than to the poJblie. No department has immunity from this power, whether U be established' ior the purpose of educating children, for the reform Of the fallen, or the support of the destitute; "' "Instead of men in public offlcesnhavhsfl to consider only tbe high standard of duty. Decesaaruy requires oy toe people, wnose single interest is to have their aflalrs"well- managed, with rare exceptions .every man: holding a municipal office, no matter, how important its fonction, who must obtain a nomination before reaching the1 people fof their support, ia forced to have his mind primarily diiected to the approval! of this' utterly corrupt and selnsu pewera v? &J3e?j "As much aB I cherish the principles 'of the Republican payand-thooor it for its aobievementa, i I am eonvineed it not able to overthrow this oligarchy.".. i.K j V THE COVKnNOilfs BlksTtl'tfE. ,'. j fAocording toAbftJbrief tynogsisbf the. message 'of Go v. J ar vis: he makes' some important' recommendations . 1 ne otab would emphasKse its hearty approval of bis.; views:; cpnoerning !an increase of the school npdi It, U ab surd:;io,potgW leges Without 8Targrpprpjtp M.Xii.44kl8i thedufyf of; the 1 legislature tf raistt.''. Tfien more, intelligent peopre wmind any ? judioious - action hat jobksn gi ving tfcfi children of ths Sjate the, very best Bohool.advaniai& possibte2 Public- sehtimeor fitt-nfaitoa nwnues wituiu year, or two lowarus larger provision for j the educaiiqQ,pf the t wo races, and faobobi; wise policy will meet - with the TeipibBse thV desirable, we ha ve: no ddubt. tVeaf e gratified that the .Governor,., f.reeog-r, nizing f the . importance -of making more liberal provisions, recommend r an increase of the sehool tax.- Now let the Legislature:db;H:jiy; ?t: il f The QovernorV reference ito vthen colored people strikes us as eminently '; si j uti and'titielrhe ttie 'peopliof the Gatothe law abidlnTefieotiog eopleclaf!8h S ftdn hut kindif feeliogsfo tbe ''.UtbteJdio iad tey twill befgtatlt alUfforta thift tebd tb their eleva Hon; aad prosperity; jEqtfalights nd ieqaal: jostled under .the 'law ss usv Ktt inieiiigeut men aro. reauy w anoede.' and they wills indoiso aoy legislative ajotion that. wiU pro9tote the real interests of the negrot iiitek negrot ctaally, mcrrallyf and ''peeudiaTlIy. ne, pester ca88.ot, negrpesinrougu- ut nhe Sduih are becdraitigf mate artfty aoa euterprtsiug. fu k evryt tate there1 are hundreds of 'worthy", )duBtriQus(f rugal colored men v.who aWl eofeasinjgtheir1 Jpossessius and ar adding to theimaterial prosperity and power of the State. . :? ' I We shall have something else to 1 say, no doubt, iof the message when e nave reoeivea the text.' 4. revision of tie State law is now ?.prder.i Any one who remembers bat baa been done duringthe last two or three sessions of. the Legisla ture, to amjead the laws, and the time d ..money expended over ; Battle's tevisal, .will be ready to believe that ia statute laws of North. Carolina re in. a condition to need' overhaul- ig,, There is so much for, the Leg- i4latnre.to.do during tbe session of a pressing pujbUojimportance that we dp not know ths(tit anil undertake to .opntinue the old and agonizing work of amending Battle's, Revisal,.but if doeB, entet upon that expensive sinesa then.it 1 will be well to have tha statute t laws; revised by a obm-4 ission. The .Wilson Advance has modest and liinely'editonal on the 1 revision of. the laws. lta editors are lawyers,: and are familiar-with the fficulties under the innumerable endmeots of the last 'six of eight yars add repeating clauses and ex- rjanatory.- acts j which have .-been pftssed at t,he various sessions 91 the legislature," and they testify- to the pressing necessity for, a speedy re V sidn; ' Wo ' cannot !-"bettet- thaw tp copy the following. The Advance .it vV I "No more important matter we are satis- fled can engage their attention.: Tbe laws of a free people, are justly .dear to them For to them ibey are indebted for tbe pro tection ot their lives, their liberty and their property. A knowledge of ; the laws by which he is governed is . .therefore a matter of paramount impqrunce to every citizen. Aad any government which withholds such khowledge or fails o render it easily access ;aible to the people fails, to perform one of V the highest functions of government.' ns present JLCgiaiaiure co.uia not,we mine. render aore acceptable service to the peo ple than to appoint -the Chief Justices of ,11161, supreme .Court and two of .the ablest, lawyers of the State to make a thorough re vislria'ef the statute laws now in force in the Slate, and provide a liberal salary lor their services.": !":'! '.'. ' 1 '.,y "r',:;'' " : BIat B ABODf UAlliBOAD Gov- Hoy t, of Pennsylvania' has epB( beysmd Gov Cornell,' of New HCorky ini iis' -views oonoerniiig the railrbad queitioft . and freight dia criminationsV Heureea CoBereBsioflal actismtorectify abusei as they have: gone Jyond the' control of State Iie- gisiatures. UovJUoyt's opinions are bf tug circulated among commercial Jodie8r , The object is to create ;and. f dste a public sentiment that will be 'eventuallr -too strong for the 'rail toad smbhopbly.r The? intelligent pfiJtpiU Correspondent of , the ,nilad.e(p9i4sayfB his letter .of th fith inRt .! . ... .. . . . ., '.. . '. I . i f ii Bit we oiaie woveruura u u uo uivuuw bio! take the same position thus ' occupied br the great States of New.York and Pennay Vjtnia. it is believed that the National Le- . gi8lature would no i longer hesitate to place itselx in accord w4tb 1 otecentiy tne letv ter of Judgt Black, declsriug that the State: sever los.s control lover tbe . railway cur- pdratibns as' Common vcarriers, has been1 Sprinted In pamphlet form and scattered all H lit may be noted in this connection .hat -. th e MasSafciti8etts - Bo ard; of: Railway Commissioners, in ' aom manicatibn to4 the New iTork: Cbam herof Commerooy tf'osMnfitate - action .'as allowable but oppose" ihten eren'cb 1! ifiPi t t.iil weieraj Govern btbeyvdeeliretat'ft Federal f taitway would bel'dartgereus, as im ; plying a pdwe'bf-obiaCrblHng ; trans- f portatjon LhVoug1iou ttne'-tate and asj oprngalwayfpr aggres- wons oQajrigbtv,ness 'its, ppsr-j. r ware: carefully Urn ated to the bear irig of;fn'4itf of irij formation." The-4i Camber of Com- merce regard these . views as anti- ;quatpd;iiqd ftxplpd dd, and, say ,tfeey flxe tJttaaBarjrln'g ufatha" teachings of iMr J.'9-JAdamg a odlMr. Fink bo jare entirely jn thVi- idterwU oti rail- l;l PPiWntafellJaWioXrTexasi has a bni before 1 the House which' proposes to regu late internal oom- misrba beiw'eeaiTie States.' T&e other pliaiagltsv provisions. He say a! it WillprflTenf td'k XjonsidarabFe extent jiaslKise peOpfef ftitjfiisanrbal oohi fties pwduce1 bbbks and papers r dobs not propose tointerfere in the east with purely Staterporatiofjsl but to regulate commerce between the States. It does opt fix rates, and does hbl' permit' therbas'tof charge one San more than :iney charge anoiner. r?tleaean'd time expired before he :!ii'JmTIf(iJ'w.- W4 1. jits ,,yl , ouid explain lartner. tnese points nil enable our readers to obtain a earex view-01 ear great question that 1 j- IsiwmlhjEpi ;t t POB AM THE O8ITIO. 2111 Just now certain Northern writers can find nothing specially superior in the pro8e and poetieal writings of Foe. V Within (a few. months we ave glanced over; several productions of the kind )n; which Poe was spoken oil as a man of clever abilities, but his 4qual or superior could be found in almost any town br publishing' office in the North, : In Europe his.repnts tion is quite different. i.Spnie; years ir bo. ago . we, popied some ot thp, opinions whicb placed Mr. 100 at the head -of all Ameiipan men.pf genius. There are Northern menwho havp. done 'Poe ample .justice, and ; some, havp lauded him excessively. : : A iforthern criticism that by E. C. Stedman in Scribner ie , tbe ablest, the most j ust , and satisfactory that wp have seen. ;.: In ; the International Review (or January, Eugpne h. di6r, a well-known Northern critic, as a reyiew , pf two recent biogra phers, from which ' we .will glean an Opinion or two. We remark first that already eight livesof Poe have been Written wniob is more than have been written of any literary man of this century. If Poe is not a man of singular parts how comes this phe npmenal interest in him? 4 .. l j Mr. Didier speaks of Poe as "an yilgiUM- vuiuo amas oajv as- iw writer of peculiar gifttf,: He quotes the opinioiTl of ' . the lata eminent Horace Bin ney Wallace, ooe of the most fastidious of Amerioan scho lars." Mr. Wallace, a Northern man, mind you, held that "as an analytical critic, Poe possessed abilities quite unrivalled in this country, and, per haps, on the other aide of iHe water." He saya he had "admiration and re-1 spect for the masculine and j aoute nnderstandine" of our greatest South- show "inventive genius both brilliant and vigorous" and lie "possessed un usual bowers of close logical reason ing,? aad "was gifted with a miracu lous power of sarcasm." Mr! Didier speaks Poe's "unrivalled gifts in j Arid yet Nbrthern penny-a-liners of the envious tribe or the whipper- awapper : kennel; say his ' was not a strong pr original mind. xut tnrougn ut' all literature there have Deer alound people' who could not appre- Foiate tbe 'really cfreat men of 'their ,age or time or race. i Cot. McGlure; in one of his letters', -expresses a con viptton that tbe wjutes' in the Sooth will hecertiain to divide 'pilitically and not lonzbenoef apd tiat "great : dembratizatioW ' to both raceswiu loiiov. .etc t " t aere is now not ne to demoralize the black manor tb divert Tiim from bis ia-o duatryand tbe education el bis children. He is ranidlv becoming the owner or lessee of lands and is hia owrL farmer, 2 and ia,- in many, mataoces, accumuiatiog wealth wun habits of Industry; but When the white man' locks borns with his fellow in the battle: 4of itnbitioD, the least artful .demagogues wjll VAi.t'ttAfitKAl Vy IfvnAPanl1 ffbn4nnAn af4' UCOV WUUtlVl UQ IKUUIOUt 1IDCUIUU sbuvs. the degradatlonof both races must follow; j Colonel MoClttre has said nothing, truer it&an when rfte depiaref ,itnafla. division of tbOjWhites wpujd. be the. signal fp.r prpBtrtution and . dempral-, izatipn. Wevhavpr.ieard gentlemen. hesex n4oegewere mdulgei such prppbeciei for .yearPt. . Whenever,te whites dlptegratp. politically, thero will be injected an element of con- . tention into the .political, struggles Of the South that caW result in nothing else put ae oauonery t ana corruption.. In North" Caiinav prior to ItiSfcWe f ree-negroes Wha old ish"'as they were called afterwards by the "newly liberated slavesvoted, and- in ann- F ties like GrantilW and Halifax where thetwerb' a hundred or ' two iToters f thla bias's there ws shameful ' d moralization both among white pbKv !tioiane" and- the negroes,' - Col.Mc Clujie'aof; ifli'SISjiW tortartBtrntest in Georgia ' -os a i VTbe4iviefbn ef Uie Whites .Io Georgia. unaer the uoiquitt ana jxorwooa nags, aent a hurricane of debauchery among the col- J! bred vote bnbatStaTerandair the thrift- KB cupioiry 01 ignorance nas- oeen wnei led for future contests j This severe trial pf universal suffrage muBt now. come, and it will present ihe problem ion unexpec ted. ftfcaseioJhe,Baiioa,:O0H:w?K We'hppe that the Congress in Seal- lng with Mprmonism wilt not endea vor to give it a party bias. The Dem bcrats'are no more in favor 6f legaliz- ng polygamy than '' the' Republicans areand any effbri to jmaWii a'party question will not bef sustained. ' We lay this because of the following pa ragraph in the Washipgton letter to be Richmond Staid. ITBe obrrespon- dentlivrUeslThesubjecVof restrict- ug tue spreau ot iuo puivgauijr pcou 1 mdbl nlmtelyl erid receTyed'riew teresV'ytheV.prom resident's mes sage, and if the present Congress does np'auempt, to stamp s it, : out by se- ere la wsthe he w Republican Conj ress j will haver a . cbahcoto apply heifhigh, moral ideas.' A Repubh pan who is reoognizedtas one ; of r the ablest Ja wyi'rs on the Republican; side says his party: would rather let the 4ueptooXT5$. rest, sothat they may:-handle the Subject to ; sui themselves; thatif pressed no w the Democrats . might itnderiake to admit 0tah as a 'State. K.i.4 I:' We judge- from some intimations We have seen 'that the electoral count pill will not be pressed by tbe Demo- orata,' ?-' a"1' "!- " S rorelen Staipmenta, The foreign shipments - from this port yesterday were as follows:) Swedish barque. -rr paii&ti vCapt3'v7eaterlund,i fori Liyerpooli Messrs., Williams . & Murchison, with ,2, bales of cotton; the German : brig Tcrmann treutrich, Cnp. Neijahr, for Liv- erpbol, by Afesan. JLlex. Bprunt & Son, rith 1,081 bales Of cotton; the British brig AOnenne,. uapu Jones, tor j xsristpi, Jng,,; by Meaara. Paterapn, Downipg & Co.,: with 2,856 barrsjB of ; i;osin the German brig pnma. Capt tierber, for Bristol, England, by MessrW Alez: Sprtini! & j Son; with 8, $25 barrels of rosin ; and the schooner JSofv W A.' White, Capt.i Bellatiy, i for i Aux Cajes, Hayti, by .Messrs; James H. Chai- bourn & Co.. with 10588 feet I of lumber. Basrclaa trosuNatiTe isiie..- , - .!,.. I Sf? New, Beree, sends bs by mail , a sample of cotton bagging made from native jute. ; The bagging was made In Charleston, and is claimed to be as good as can be made in the; United States! Mr. Oliver promises to furnish soon all the necessary information wanted by our Co lumbus county correspondent, In regard to culture, preparing, etc. In his opinion it will pay far better in land that; is adapted to it than cotton' The land - best adapted ,o it is tuch as is not sailed for cotton .hence the two crops can be raised tp great ad van- laze. The seed axe planted in April, New Haorer vooatr xaxea. Gen.S. H.1 Manning; Sheriff of New Hanover county, forwarfled'b (he8tate Treasurer, yesterday, '. the sum of j$18,- 8U 64.beiiig NeJl?. Hanover's; .quota of ; the State taxss for the yearn1880. .The amount for 1879 f footed up ($1J5 increase in iavor or ioou oi a.vjz.i.-a. iftxl Mesr. ;Worlh & Wdrth ate in receipt atefcsrramfromFavettevUle announcing that the steamer Qwrrmyfatih was snag ged aod sunk a Council's Bluff, about thir iy miles this aide of jrayetteville,on Wed nesday morning last, while on her upward trip. "A" messenger was .forthwith sent to FayetteVille'ro report the di8aater,when tlie steamer -Ai P. ri Was dispatched; to the Assistance pf i the unlucky; steamer. .YvSteanf pumps wil also be sent up f rpni, Wilming fon to aid in raising her, which will not be a very difficult matter unless the thaw now. olog on among ibe show and ice in Uie up- ef- CapeTear should 1 precipitate a heavy eahet 1 upon her before she i has been rought t tha i urace',rtfh pargo, which yJajtj0nas saved. J1;;.c; .:v j li TheJa'test hewififjeivedn regard to j tb steamer Atfowr ! iyorW is to 4he esect that she,. iappw ,completery UBde.rcwater WMgiO, jresneiin ipejcivw, .ana tnat has been decided not to attempt anything ,cJjjJs VIA! tviii h Hft'i '-Y;r wards raising ner until the. water sub- ides. ShestruckbriLtbe' Bhftg about five 'clbck Wednesday mOTiiingi or about an Sour, .bei'! or ao' after teacsidentpeionr it wta discovered i that she WaBleak'iBg sd'-dlyj iV beidg'a ver CommoScVrene 'fop. thesteajnjeV'tb! strikVWsapfc age. i- AH i he rtufchitore and fixtures were -sVveor.'iThe'.bbaf is welf secured and no ap-" prehen8ion"M TellthaCInl will sustain w L injury fron?thCfresheti: : v. - .' --Thei latest accounts from the river are there has been about a a. prospect of still more iFfrlshet abates. The up per wbrks;6f(nete:inier Goi.crfh. which was soak rieaf fJodncil'aBicdl on Wednes day.; ttoifcfe cafe fjkiw ,t eported to be carried yaw.ayhjtiheulprTent of water pre: eipitated down the river, and it is now ap prehended that ihe will prove a complete 1 T f wreck. .- L 7 r.w- m l A telegram wa was received by Mesflr;3. Worth & Worth, yesterday morning,' to the effect that there- hid' been a rise ' ot about iweltjfifiW feet lintbiPCapVlatiSed i b"y the( great lhaw of icenndsnaw goirig on Up therjver apdthat tbe water was still rising. -i y " " ' - . i h to the effect that, orty feet hse,rwitA F waili ef ore ttie N0.;i2; tbi ranerai i uiip jiiunHi ;;i j I The funeral obsequies of Jhe late. Bishop Atkinson took, plaee yesterday mororug. at, 8 James' church. Long before the arrival of the body at the place Vf interment.tne build ing was crowded to Ua utmost capacity, ex-, cept the seats, reserved fbr the family and iheir immediate friends and tbe vestries of Other churches. At a few. minutes before 11 p'clock the vestries of St. James', St. John's, St. Paul's and St Mark's assembled St tbe Episcopal resideuce, and. when the - iolling bell announced that the hour ap pointed for the ceremony had arrived, formed ia procession, the s- ve8try V of St. park's in - front; followed by that of i St, Raul's and St. John's and St James. ;Im- mediately behind the latter came the casket containing the body, with the. following Clergymen in their robes who acted aYpal TiearersrthTKetVMr; Ambler,' RevT Dr., pdtter8on and Rav. Mr. Pitt, of -this city; theKev. Dr. Marshall, Rev;: Mr; Rich and Rev. .Mr. Smedes, of Rileigb; the R-jV. Mrs, Lsrmour, of Goidsboro, and Rev.. Mr. Bron ton, of . Wilson. The body waa carried to the'ehurch by the younger frierida of the family; who -were eager : to testify in this 1 jraj their respect and affection for the de barted - prelate,, Ai the Jfuneral: cortege moved onward, slow, melancholy and yet most impressive, the streets through which it Dassed were hushed as if to listen to the footsteps of those who thus bore their dead I bishop to tbe graved i r ever within our res collectidtj have we witnessed such universal' j f . ... i - respect shown and; such deep emotion ex hibited.. Arriving at the church , the pro-; Cession was met by the rector of tbe parish, the Rev. Dr. Watson, accompanied by the tf Rev.. T. B. ' Lyman, Bishop of North Carolina, and Bishop Whittle, ot Virginia. 'I'he casket was' borue up the aisle by the Clergymen already mentioned and deposited J A 'm. i : l i . : . . i - : i : 1 wuum.iue cuaucei, a puriiua yi uie rainug haying been removed for that purpose: The hurcb was draped in mourning, not to any' extreme,out wun great simplicity ana oeaut tycur native moss blending most harmor piously with the dark symbola of griefs ikopve the altar and on eachaide, was a hfeld; on onewas inscribed the words, "At feat," ana on ihe'oiner, "i am the resur rection," both' most tastefully arranged." The sublime service of the "Burial of the bead' . then .commenced by the, choir i inging the anthem. .After : its, conQlu i ion 'the Rev. v Dr. : Watson . ..read the esson- from the fifteenth chapter ."of St. '. haul's first Epistle to the Corinthians, the lyinn "Asleep in Jeaus" waa then1 sung, i nd at its conclusion tbe casket was low i ired . beneath the . altar , pf..-St .Jam$B fhurch.... As t it rested wiMa lbs(j6rypr - 3 i . . s- r- t T T - :- -a- prpviueu lor-ii fMsaojruyajjnr, -niirx.ccp emotion, committed the body to the dust from which it sprang, and the closing por tion of the service was moat, feelingly ren dered by the Bi8hop of- Virginia. The hymn "Jerusalem the Golden" was then lung, and the immense congregation slow ly dispersed. I It was the largest, most decorous and imposing funeral we have ever witnessed lu Wilmington. All classes and all de nomination's participated in the ceremo nies all anxious to do honor to one. who was not only great, but good; one of nar lure's noblemen, a very prince among men.. f Among the clerical gentlemen present We imitted to mention Jtsisnop Liay, ol Jiiiston. Jeing a near connection of the. late, bishop, ie took no part in the services. ' j , riie Xaie Blibop Atlclnaon.- ; f I We supplement our necessarily imper fect report in relation to tbe lamented pishop Atkinson,1 who died in this city on Tuesday night last, with the following fads from the Baltimore Sun which were .not accessible at the hour at which we wrote, and which Will prove interesting to the many friends of the venerable prelate throughout the State: ; ' - ' Bishop Atkinson, third Bishop1 of North Carolina, was bora io tMnwiddie County, Va A iirfiiot K 15M17 FTa nntorarl "Vlo College when quite a young man, but ia his junior year was transierrea to uampden Sidney College, Prince Edward: county, Ya.; where he was graduated in 1825. r He studied law, and practiced in that profes sion for nine years, when he abandoned it and entered upon a course of theology. He Was ordained deacon in Christ Church, Norfolk, November 18, 1836. by Bishop Wm. (Meade, and was .ordained Priest in St Paul's Church, in the same city. May 7, 1837, oy Kichard Uhanning Moore. While in deacon's orders he served ' for a short time as , assistant minister in Christ 0hurcb, Norfolk, during which time he- was elected to tne jtiectprsuip or et raura Church, at that place, and; upon receiving priest's orders, assumed tbe full duty rT wo yearslater he removed to Lynchburg, and became rector ot bt. raurs unurch, waere he remained nearly five years. In the autumnof. 1843 he -removed, to Mary land, . and , became ; rector of St. Peter's Church, r in ; : this city." , Io 1852; , he became rector of Grace Church, Where he remained, however, but little more than one year, having been elected to the episcopate, in lS4o He received the degree of doctor of sacred theology from Trinity College, v HartfordVirConneclicut, and that or doctor or jaws, from the uni versity of North' Caroliua in i 1883. "The degree of doctor of laws was alto conferred Upon him by the University of. Cambridge, England, id 1867. He was consecrated Bishop of North Carolina; in St John's Chapel, Hew, York, October 17, 1853, by Bishop Thomas Church Brownwell. assist ed- by Bishops Charles Petit McIlVsine,: ueorge ;-w.-uoane and James tl. Otey, together with'-': George Trevor Spencer, Bishops of Madras, and - John Medley,: Bishop of Frederictoo. Bishop Atkinson was the author of a number of pamphlets ana lectures. .--.. - ftrohiSltlon at Smitbville. ' j At a prohibition meetiog held at Smith- yille, Rev. R. B. Windly presided, and Mr B. P. Thorpe acted as secretary. The pren. sident explained the object of the meeting, urged the necessity of prohibition, and the importance bf being' identified with' the movement" Other gentlemen spoke,' after f which Capt. W. J. Potter was appointed a delegate to the Prohibition 'Convention at Raleigh on the 12lh inst 'Our informant states that he will take a long list of names with him. Spirits iTjlrjj fit 1 1 Tarboro : Soutdirner i - On , the other band, many able .lawe.ra, among whom we believe stood tbe lale-Ctoh I- Jus-7 tice Pearton, think the LegisUmre ha no power to. permit th popje Jo- It-j: wt-, as would he the case if the question f piubi- oniun was let t to tbe peoriie:; b ' .?i'?.iY$'f lialeieb - Visitor:' - TImj: friends Sideatoo Sueet Ct':te : prrn uiwl . Iiim with a handsome )joti atcu y -id?y u token of their loveaDtippw iHKi, :. Gov. J arvia was one ursine Ji xm j iwiui Ts, j "A ietteir Iroui itevi Dr : D. fcui- hT. the Church of ihe SiraniiiefSNew t Yvi kCiii , . BDoounccs tnat wm. li. V-indei hiU, js q., the uotcd miiiiori 'air b s aonati d com lortable sum -t en' ihousniid dollars to J whatis known hi be Deemi luiid." lor the purpose of aiding, indigent youths, io obtain ao education' at the TJotv-mity of North Carolina. ' : vr; i Raleigh t fetes Observer: The pewa of Bishop .Atkinson's death caused general sadness yesterday. ''- '- We are requestedi to say.tnatj tbe Slate Journal will s tdake ita appearaoce again tbia week "and in; form more.' frequent than heretotOre. ' ' f The Senate comprises many , of tbe .. men woo nave; snspeu public senlim ut 8nd legislation fturina the decade, aa .tin- Usually large proportion, of tbem. being j bien 'wbci ia 1878 had'sests in- the other eta v' Of lhei capital The editorial 'fra-, f ternity furuighes three .members tu tha House io Messi b. Greedof Orange, Brad-' - Shaw; bf Raodoiphand Wehster.of liikj toguaui. aii pr-taeae are ne .inemuns. . but the editcrial Banciuru la nd b-.d School for legial4torsv, and vq have filed dhcir, name8'for future reference., . ! . . instpn' Sentinel: Thermbme- tera ran downed 12 15 and 20 degrers bt-i '' low zero the paBt week- s Its haf dly etm - probable, but mercury, never Ilea.' --.-' Qne of our ; noblest' youog ( inen expended- ? 0vertl60 on Christmas nresents: for iiia girl only to be givin 'he'sack the ft How-' ng evening. - Tha Winston Lij?ht iii- J actrv has received an invittihii tiihenrrii. - $tii and take part in the Inaugural cefemo piea bf Garfield.!..-- Our worthy Register of,'DeedaJnforma ns that he issued 181 - marriflgejlicenses during the year" 1880. -r- JUr. SiddaU's record s for ope , Week, oots np as follows : 1.475 robbins 4t rab- ', bits arid 110 partridges with an outlay ot ' Only ; half a pound , or powder i and twoa Ecunds . of . shot. The Yadkin atd ? Ian rivets were both frozen over Horses Walked across tbe ice on the Dan.- . ; J . j tGreenville iSxpresi : j'ust as w"e!! go to press we leam that Mr. N. Schuliz was waylaid and robbed of between S6.000 and $7,000 about 5- o'clock this morning. , Mr. Schultz and bis son left home for Tar- i bord; at which place the fonher was to"tke passage for New Yoik r About three bho- dred yards from the bridge , the horse of , fir, Schultz was stopped, be and" his son-'' were seized aod the valise contammg .tbu ; money was taken from, the buggy. r,A-re- C' raid of $100 has been offered for the arrest ' nd conviction of the j thieves.- . We -i . regret to record- the death .of Dr.'Wyatt Brown; a former resident ef this place,' and:' protnerjto ut, w, ai. a: tirowo. : lie died at Maco'nMiss., on the 24th of December. ' 1 Hej was a noted physician and- Burgeon in a the late war and a gradutte of- West Point, Pitt county has seldom had a more distin- -guished and worthy son. . ;! f --' M Salem 'Press ! The foliowinEr i will Interest ; North .Caroliniats. although -i the scene is In South America: The school of civil and military engineering "or the'' Military Academy of : the .United Statea of Colombia, . South America, has, recently , been the scene of a slight revolt amoos the" tadelB, whrcde4jK Je,tragidea.th pf ' 'pneof their nTiffiberr Keuf."Lenily, of the 3d u. s. Artillery; the tactical; instructor. and who has bu rooms in tbe college build, -s ing, was called, and putting only a small ; revolver in his pocket went mon tbe mu - : tineers, and by bis resolute conductquell -ed the riot and look possession of tbe arms. ' Lieut Lemly is a native of Salem, and it is ; very pleasing to hia many, friends here and v elsewhere to note the very complimentary " manner in bhich his resolute conduct is -spoken of t y the press of Bogota, and the officers ol the government and of the ; academy. t ;tr o liois-q:-:. : j Toisnbt5'J2bmr - Atjthe -jresi-1 : dence .of Mn Henderfi.n Rice, near .this '. place, en Tuesday niKht.l!i8t, Mra: Polly,'! . Taylor, the beloved wife of Capt. A. J. Taylor, of Earpaboro, Johnston .county. , ' -I l wo negroes were Killed at "rilew Begun,", the eastern suburb of Pactolus, Bit county, day before Cbrrelmas. Whis key is charged with instigating the crime.. , Toney Parker, colored, of Edgecombe' county, afier. drinking freely oh Saturday - Slept in root ot the n re with a blanket around liim which :caught fire, and when '' aroused his clothes were dearly burned, off ' Of. himt: r . Killis Hines, colored, wBo . lives three miles below Wilfion,ort the plank . road, was shot in the hand and breast by r one of - a party of negroes who, had been Oatlhunting Christmas.' A very relia-'f bte citizen , of ; Wilson informed us afew days ago that W. H. Hearn says he "in tends starting a newspaper in Wilson soon! With Ibe avowed object of building the Greenville & Wilson Kailroad." , , Weldon New: Last week it was reported that J. JC Squire, of North- " ampton, had killed Dick Bradley at - tbe -Summit but it was all a mistake. : Mr. , -W. T. Sledge, while walking along the railroad the other day in town,! accidental-. y caught hia foot in . tbe frog of a switch, , and: in trying to extricate it, wrenched it bo' that be broke bis leg. f The ! Roanoke-!J Light Infantry has been invited to attend ,: the inauguration of President Garfield, by H. C. Corbin,' Assistant Adjutant General I and Corresponding Secretary of the Exep-.,. I' if tea ftnmmitlaa r9" f nanftnifltt ti JiArAtnn iui vvuiuiibtvs va jiuauutativu bCtctutr" Sies' Davis Dickens, living near, shot : i. i ball through hia t left. hand a few davs , ago,' inflicting a wbQnd' which' will make him. wish iie had hot Jet his left band know r; what hia right band wasdoing rr -Op x. Christmas day, John Davis, colored; living ' onjlr Ua Bt Pope's place, while carelessly handling a pistol, j accidentally. shot him self through the band,: inflicting a painful :" thpugh; not.ra SjBrioastiweuhdWv f-rrMfc . J. j J. Good wyn had his arm broken a few daj s , before before Christmas, in a small scrim-" mage with a neighbor.. Another of the inany Christmas festivities,, H j,s , ! L I Charlotte- Observ&ivz&wv more - ceited yesterday, over the ' Atlantic, ' Ten-" " nessee di.Ohio.- roaxk, it ?w as i distributed - '-' .' gratuitously to the needy. " We under- ; stand that there is a project on foot to urge ' upon the present Legislature tbi passage of p law looking to the appointment of a rail-. . road commissioner to regulate the manage- " ment of the corporaliOos witbio ouc br-- i ders. Such an office exists in several! of the Southern States. It - being1 difficult i to define its duties,- the office may or may sot be worth the salary! attached to' it; its usefulness t w almost entirety- de- -': pendent upon the, man. who fills it, j. f- The extension of the Carolina Central Railroad ia accordance with the terms ot ibe. original charter , ia again being talked"- . ab5ut In a well written' contribution to tbe - Shelby; Aurora, ott the sabjeet, the- -writer ealls attention to what be. under-- stands to be the fact,' that a line" through Hickory Uqj XJap, tbence tbrougli North - J Georgia, Alabama and. Mississippi, into . Texaa, if eighty miles' 'shorter than' any " othef route, from the Northwest to thp At- lantic. cceao,, making Wilmington tbe port ., ' iotowSich the products of the West Could ' -empty themselves. It is not to be.expected . that the 8tate would or could lend any ma-, -terial aid to thd' extension, hiving already u exhausted her resources, but it is very well u.- to put ma matter oeiore tne people. A I -.7'