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Friday, January 14th, 1881.
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SCHOOLS: COLLEGES AND, THE
VN1TEU8IVV. . ' j
Again the Stab would express its )
hearty indorsement of Gov. Jarvis's.
recommendation to the Legislature to
raise the school tax to twenty-five
cents on the one hundred dollars of
property. Upon the : Legislature
rests the entire responsibility of the
efficiency of the common schools of
the State. Without a sufficient fund
there cannot be efficient 'schools.
Without intelligence among the peo
ple there can be no safety to our
civil institutions. Education ( of the
right kind is a uecesaity. Either
make the schools better; either make
them equal to the necessities I of the
people and the demands of our form
of government or . abolish them and
save the taxes. WevULnot say that
the present system is worse than no
system, for that4s not f true. We
think thaWndifferenand limited as
plishes '' considerable good, j That
is to say, there are girls and
boys - in various sections : who
derive ' benefit from . the . few
weeks of schooling afforded ! them,
but there are tens of thousands who
are neglected and who are growing'
up without more intelligence than
the negroes under the old slavery sys
tem. This ought to be remedied. It
is the duty of the Legislature to re
spond to the Governor's recommenda
tion and give the largest possible
school advantages to the poor chil
dren ot tne state.
- An increase of taxation even to en?
.lighten the mind and give to the peo
ple larger and higher enjoyments
will provoke a growl from dema
gogues' and ignoramuses. : But intel
ligence should despise such , cheap
clap-trap, and rise superior to it. We
are sure that the more intelligent peo
' pie throughout the State, unless there
be found an old aristocrat here and
there who is opposed to popular edn
cation,; will warmly respond to the
action of the legislators ' in behalf of
the children of North Carolina, and
will defend any course that tends to
the elevation of the two races. If
the legislators do not watch the peo
ple will be the leaders in the matter
of education when they themselves'
ought to be in the front. v
' Let ns here repeat, very briefly, an
idea often advanced in these columns.'
The present school system ia very
defective, i It ought to be improved,
and it can be improved. We would,
to this end, respectfully suggest that
some of the best teachers in the State
be invited to consult with a joint
committee on education in the Legis
lature, and see if some efficient sys
tem cannot be set in motion. The
Presidents of the leading higher in
stitatidhs 1 would ..respond willingly,
no doubt, to such an invitation.
There will be no'good public schools,
even though the requisite sum of
money should be raised, unless there
are better qualified teachers and a
longer school term. There mast be
an aggressive, earnest, able Superin
lendency ; there must be .faithful,
intelligent, competent school-boards ;
there" must be teachers who have
good education and real devotion to
theT cause they espouse. .Without
. ' . . . -. . . .
lueae prerequisites mere cannot be
such a system as shall be equal to
the imperative demands of the times
and. the people. :
. - r
The first demand' is for primary
schools schools for, the people. Let
the common schools be then amply
supplemented by secondary schools,
where a higher education can be ob
tained by those who have time and
inclination "to go up higher. The
Legislature, in its plans, it appears to
us, should not fail to devise facilities
to give the best pupils in the com
mon schools better! advantages than
they can obtain in the primary schools.
We throw out the idea no W: without
elaborating it. It is surely worthy of
their attention.' Go to Boston, New
x oric, Uincinnat v and other cities of
the North and you will find the idea
we point at in practical operation. r
Then next there comes in tha wort
of Jnjen ' and' women in the higher
: schools; ' Individual ' enterprise will
always dohi part of the work ad
mirably and 'without 'aid from the
State. We ared to know that
Norib Carolina haa) now 80 many
high schools of ,a superior grade.
We doobt if there ! are any.,, in
any' Northern Stale '.trial -.will com
pare, favorably-with Horner' Bingham's,-
Lynch' and other schools
that might be named
Some of the
Female . schools .. are .well worthyof
commendation and generous patron?
age. ; Other schools will spring op.
The field is large and moreworkmen'
are needed. Every town and village
(if there are any of the latter to be
found) should have a good high
school. These schools are the great
feeders to our .college's. '.f''T
!' Now a word more sis i,o rivalry
among the ; colleges Latterly we
have noticed several articles in our
exchanges relative to the respective
merit of certain institutions.; , We
think all of our colleges are doing an
excellent wort for North Carolina.
Men of influence, of intelligence, of
nigh morality, are to'be met with in
every section who have gone out from
these important . nurseries of talent j
and education. We would be glad to
know that each and all were crowded
to the utmost of their capacity.'
Just iu proportion as the public se
condary schools and-' the private
high schools -flourish will the col
leges flourish .also. These ' schools
must be the feeders. We hope be
fore five years end that Trinity and
Davidson and Wake Forest will have
three or four hundred pupils- each
and that the "cry" will be "Still
they come." . We regret to have
noticed a disposition to depreciate
the usefulness and importance of the
University of North Carolina. 3 We
do not purpose taking' a hand in the
ungenerous controversy. ; The Uni
versity. began its great work in 1795
when North Carolina did not ' have a
quarter of a million people. It was
sowing good and precious seed, many
decades before the other institutions
had been thought of. For forty
years it was sending forth men of
talents and education who were to
become President of the United
States, - Vice Presidents, - Cabinet
officers, Foreign Ambassadors, emi
nent Ministers of the Gospel, dis
tinguished Soldiers and jailors, Edi
tors, Professors, in Colleges, and so
on, before the Colleges of . the State
had any history or even existence.
For nearly a century it has been the
great literary centre of the. State.
Before the war It . numbered nearly
five hundred ., students who hailed
from some twenty States. Its roll
of illustrious men greatly ' sur
passes any institution in all South
land save perhaps the ' Uni
versity of Virginia. With the
exception of the days of Radicalism
in North Carolina.it has been fostered
by the true people of the State. The
iconoclasts of Reconstruction smote
it and it crumbled into nothingness.
Under ihe nursing care of Democrats
it has been warmed again "into life,
and now it gives promise of more
than its old usefulness and prosperity.
We do' not stop to consider what it
should be called, or whether it equals
the German or English Universities
or not. We,; know its historyi: We
know that if what it has done in the
past for North Carolina, not to speak
of what it has done for other States,
were to be blotted out forever, that it
would place us in the rear of . all
States so far that we would be' de
scribed as the Boetians were described
in the days of St. Paul. , We would
be fifty years, if not more, behind
-what we now are. ..We would be the
laughing-stock of our neighbors.
The true men of North Carolina can
not afford to see the University de
stroyed or impaired; i Whilst the
generous Vanderbilt, of New York,
is giving his ten ; thousand dollars,
and the kindly,, liberal Deems, a
Marylander, of his poverty" is'be-f
stowing his hundreds to help the Uni
versity in' its great werk,let not North
Carolinians at least be found striking
at i its foundations or seeking to
undermine it in the public confidence.
Then rather let all help in develop
ing and improving it and making it
in all respects equal to the best, so
that itj shall meet every requirement
and , expectation ' and be what its
friends greatly desire it to be the
great University . of the South, We
desire to see its standard so high that
the shaft of envy or malice can not
reach .it.' We desire V to see. it so
strong ' in its . patronage, in : its re
sources, in its. endowment, that no
hostile blow ..aimed ;at it can shake
even the dast on its -walls' much less
jar its1 foundations, it ever enlight
ened public sentiment fosters it as it
should be fostered, then it will be all
that its true friends can desire or its
enemies demand. So be it.
' ; These f be th e words ; of,
Washington; ' ' '; '
George
, "Promote, as an object of primary im-
portancr' i&aiitutioua Torlie general di Ja
sioo of knowledge. Ia . proportion as tbe
structure of Government gives .forces to
public opinion. It should be enlightened .V
Said' a greater, than Washington,
or any other ma?: - " "t
"Now. 'tis he spring, and. weeds areiiaN
- low-rooted: :. T
Suffer tbem now, and thej'll o'rgruw the
garden, - . , . , -t
And choke the. herbs lor :Want pf.ljubaa-
NOrEI Ot( TUB GOVEBNOU)! N B
' We are late' vi, again deferring ! (d
the Governor's Message, but it was
only pn Mbnday that ;we received a
copy It impresses us as a well eon
sidered and instructive public docu-
VI iw -i i , . i v I 4 li 1 i il. Hi 1,0.
ment. t It is, plainly, , clearly written,
and covers a ; multitude of subjeots.
all ot wbioh are of more or less im
portance. We, .do, not propose . to
consider all the points he discusses,'
not to give a general abstract of the
entire message.-. We vwill .from'day
to. day refer to such points as we may
deem necessary. . As a whole we are
much pleased, with .; it.
intelligent discussion'
, Jt is a wise
and embraces
a great deal. ;We quote! ; The Gov
: . . . j
ernor says: . ,v , si .
1 "By reference to the Auditor's and
Treasurer's reports, you Will see that -the
total receipts for the fiscal .year, ending Sep
tember 80ib, 1880, were. $546,995.04
Total disbursements. . . '. . U .,' 492,720.38
our ;-ti ! tv V, - LA.i: '
Balance id favor of receipts.'...' $54,275.71
i 'If all tbe expenses incurred in tbe quar
ter ending September 80th bad been paid
in that quarter the balance on hand would
not have been so great; It is likely, bow.-;
ever, that as great an amount will not be
paid in tbe quarter ending September 80th,
1881, so that i this need not : alter Ihe esth
The Treasurer thus ' far has com
promised the old debt io the auiount
of $7,470,245, and' in lieu thereof has
issued $2,2 1,816 of 4 per cenu bonds.'
The interest on this was paid Janua
ry l.vift:r;1f,;;vn-,-S': t iHf''fe;liw;-.f!
s The Governor proposes the erec
tion of two "neir government build
ings: one for the Supreme Court; and
another for the Governor to reside in.
The former is a necessity and that is
enousrh to authorize its erection. A 1
State must have enough public build
ings in which to transact, the publio
business. The new mansion for the
Governor is a necessity it is said also;'
The bid building is not in the right
place on the score of health, it is
thought, and it is too remote from
the State House. By selling certain
property in Raleigh and using some
$J7,000 already in hand, the build
ings can be
erected without taxing
the State to
any great extent. .: We
two buiidiogs could be
suppose the
built for $75,000. and be " handsome
and large. enough .to: answer, every
purpose and to reflect credit opon the
State. :;--',
We have
referred before to what
the Governor says about the educa
tion, of , the! people. We are 'glad
that our views, as expressed so often
in these columns, are so muchia har
mony with his views on this most im
portant subject A most important,
in our judgment, "lhat can occupy
the attention, of. . the . Legislature.
Governor Jarvis says the salary of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion is not large -enough. ;H The Stab
has again and agara insisted that the
ofiice of Superintendent of Public
Instruction is the most important one
in I the State--that: it - requires the
highest talents a
ud the rarest combi-
i
nation of gifts
man of strictl
of anj ; that only a
r first-rate abilities,
with superior learning, could, fill it.
We, were neyex more, confident 6f
anything than-w). are of the. correct
ness and soundness of this; opinion.
t j l -
We have learned something of the
requirements of snch an ofitce by
what may be, seen' in Massachusetts,
Missouri and other States, where the
ripest, wisest, fullest, most thoroughly
furnished men only are made Super
intendents of Public" Instruction.
The; Governor ! is clearly right when
he asks for an Increase of salary.- If
the office isCver magnified ; if .it is.
ever made any thing else than a use
less sinecure, as is the case now? it
must have' a larger salary attached
to it. ;Thc Governor says : 'C V; .
"Then, as if to belittle and cripple tbe'
office still further, the same act declares 'he
shall not be allowed any sum for travelling
expenses," '' Nothing Is clearer to my mind
ihan that the Superintendent of Public In
struc'tion ought to go .out in the different
sections ot the State and address "the peo
ple, inspect the schools. Instruct tbe teach
era and encourage the children.- .Tbis, ips
deed, and much more, 7 tbe . law require!
him to do. as will be seen by ' reference to
Battle's Revisal, chapter IS. He canno
do it on bis present: salary and pay his own
expenses." -4-rs-c :r---:r
i This is what the Stab has iterated
and reiterated time' and again as its
,l-
files , wi
I
show. . Make , the salary
$2,500,
give', the .Superintendentv a
tnorougniy j competent meters . at m
salary of $800, and then compel him
to bef eight iiiffjii inihjjfyh&&
ing1 schools and lecturing on thesub
ject of education, -"and " showlog
teachers to 'itfstrorct;" and you
wilt begjri to haye J 'a4 edijoational re
Cumtuck to Cherokee. ma ; as
Caxjyle sayswith fir'e m bis belly,-"
a' ban of Uil&& tiiergf tftQ't Intense
elu h u si a 5 mTmaTTo F " gl It s with" t he
tongue and with the pen; a scholar,
full and ripe: a man of r clear' undeii
standing and practical ju Ignient-i
such a man CouLi do fwcider ifor
NorthJCarollca. -i-Sucli a man- Wul44
be worth thrice $2,500 to the State.
inferior, man at the head of ihe pab
lie school ystem will never.be feit-ri
willjneyer.be a mighty agentin' ad-r
yanciog the! , great . ed ucjatipnal , . irjrv
terestSj of fourteen hundred thousand
peopjet;. The trtfoeUingfxjnsea of
the Superintendent of coureo should
be j paidWe will 4re erf other
OT11 at H N t KS ON TBI at W BS W A li St.
I Ajtov. J arvu mentjtops t.hat of the
169 students attending the Universi
ty ' last .session , 89 paid no tuition
1 his. is surely doing a most imporr
tant wof k, aud lor that class of
young men who could not obtain col- i
legiate eauaatiou wiiliout such help.
They wouldjbe cujt 1
large ad vantages without this gener
ous bepefaotion ;;VVe quote, from the
message: i -X; ;;'- Url
1 'Siape the. reopening tbe iUoiversity has
given tuition free of charge each 3 er to
a like proportion of tbe students.1 . A small
annual appropriation of $7,500 would re
lieve its embarrassments, and greatly, en
hance its usefolness - Upon the - reorgani
zation of tbe University -in 1875, contribu
tionsvere made by fiiends of the institu
tion, out of their own private means, to the
amount of about $20,000,. tbe greater, part
of which was used ip repairs "upon the
building; all of wbicb. belong to the State."
Ther Univer8it"gts?-n6'"gratttity
from the State). - It ought to have an:
annual appropriation, land we hope
ihe time will come' when the legisla
tors, in 'response" to eolightened pub
lic opinion, will fedl warranted iii giv
ing the. University suoh help as its
necessities ' require. ' Because It ' re
ceives the interest on $125,000, which
is juBtly due, it agrees to educate free
of tuition onel young man of good
character 1 from v each'
county.
The
Governor says: -" ' ;
) "This prbv!s!onhai seriously diminished
the number of paying students. . The Uni
versity has been in. tbe habit, io addition to
this, of receiving all indigent young men
of good character free" of charge for tui
tion. I know that the institution is doing
good work. ' Its faculty are able and seal
oua. iThey are educating larc numbers
of worthy young men, who, without tbis
great benefaction, would grow up in igno-.
r&cce. .. Tbe. number, should not be cur
tailed but increased. I respectfully recom
mend that each county shall be allowed to
send to the University two beneficiary stu
dents, instead, of one, and that in coneide
ratidn of this an additional seven thousand
five hundred dollars be appropriated annu
ally to the Institution. WUb this amount
the truatees could enlarge the faculty and
go forward in its liberal . and beneficial
course." " tji ' '-
I The Governor recommends that
the large bodies of swamp lauds be
longing tor the Board'" of Education
be made subject to entry and grant,
like other vacant lands,' and sold,' the
proceeds to be applied to educational
purposes. ' He wisely considers that
it is better to let them pass into hands
that will reclaim, .develop, and
them pay taxes than to have them as
they. have . been" for, half a century,
yielding nothing, The Legislature
will doubtless attend to this, sugges-
tion ot tne c;niei nxecutive tnat is
practical and proper, 'rr i ;i
; The Governor considers the condi
tion of the various charitable institu
tions, and. says they are all well man
aged. . He says there are fewer crimi
nals now in . the. penitentiary, than
during .the last three . years. The
number, on, October 30. 1880, was
993. 1 .He says . the .sure ; way . to di
minish crime is to make., punishment
swift and.certain.HejBay s:. J
I "Evil-iioers must understand that while
the law will not' permit cruelty In officers,
it will not tolerate idleness in convicts, but
will require; and .. enforce hard, constant
work.' They must 6e taught the lesson
and driven -by Texperience to learn it, that
it is easier to live at home by honest labor,
than in the penitetflTajy by enforced labor.
I The Insane Asylum is crowded,
and there are .1 90 or, more; applica
tions still on file : for admission. ' The
buildings need . repairs.;.. The . able
Superintendent has .been shorn of the
means of usefulness i to some extent
and we hope the present Legislature
will not be attacked with violent
symptoms,' of economy and retrenche
ment -- when 'they are called -on 'to
minister to the Bad condition and
pressing needs of God's own smitten
child ren 1 who-are helpless. 'No' ex
travagance ought to be allowed, but
a - mean' - and u paltry niggardliness
ough to be shunned. The Governor
says: piji.sIo -15
;' "The obligation to provide for the safety;
comfort and proper treatment of these un--fortunate
people. is so weighty' that nothing
can Excuse its longer peglect; I beg that
you will make' a sufficient appropriation. to
complete at bncelbe wing and main build
ing of the Asyium at Morgauton, so thaLit
can be occupied by the insane not now
provided for,' who are the -objects of the
charity and car of !b$tate.jw&iVBV;?6('
I j cThe Cplore
has, Ql -t palien ts. Theexpend ttures:
haya been ; economical, o,Goxt t Jarvis
says:rj,jjj siSLn ;r?KV
! "The. institution iieeds some: legislation
for itsmanagementr I call, your special
attention to tbe '.report of the commissiob
era, and the nficejB8ityfpr;an addiiional.ap
propriaion of tjventy thousand dollars to
complete the north Win?. 1 CThefr tbe wine
Uncompleted tjbie ;'nniidg,Mtistbogh't,:t;'
We.would not pay, yery high fey- an
Jiefelgnijndrdm
"w HI" be'suulcle n Fiu &u;Guuuuie'"ihe "co
lored insane ;aof nw State. It will be both
humane ao i piude t to make tbe appropri
ation, andhus Relieve the countiesas
speedily ks,' poer .le of tbe expensefand
care of, these per os.", - L.
1 be Depat meut of "Agriculture
- occupie'i' the attention of the GoV
ernor, and at Rome length, as it ought
tp jhjay-rdTjT jAfhatever concerns
8urelyeiijiec0jn8idera.tioitpf lr
gisl a tor tf and .ttTatesmeti diThjsi J)e-
paument wrf oar ieg cifamjigration,
and to tbat eyd lias an; ageDt oew in
England, uThe Governor; mentions
the fact ,.already k now a to the .read
ers of the Stb, tliat; Col f ? APopef
representing eettaiu railroads, if ab-s
tivelyH'OQperatiBg with ; the Board in
its efforts, .to proui'Heiimnajgratioa.
We quote f torn -this mesijage I :jiat to
another. pomtjai'jiJ
I 'If nothing litehd bw&Qvn:; tboptOr
lection given to the farmers against; worth
less fettilizers, has mote than ten-fold over1
compeB sated f or all tb labor and expense;
of tbe department,' . Before-this depart
meat was istabiishetfJlhH-e jvere many
tons of : sluflv sold in; tb: Sttue called fer
ttlizet8, which" wtre ul worih tLe cost of
L 1.
. triTiBporratUjii-1 'This loapoiiuoB aneot be
renewea aq-; long as ue , nepartmeot ooes
its
duty, ana tne farmers rely upon tne
analysis made by The- learned Chemist " em'
ployed by tbe Board." .y ., -: -. ... i. ... r .
i A new and excellent -map of the
State. will:, soon , be published.' It is
the work of Mr. Washington
Kerr, the raUleand--'enorgetio- State
Geologistand-tfiebien'diP' says' it
has cost him'"yeair8 of labor and re
search." -It is so accurate, full-and
completeUbat: another survey !will
not" be; necessary J 'in many years to
come.- '-A second .volume of his "Ge
ological Report"? will be published 1
in a few weeks. i T'bese MReport8of
Prof. Kerr have attracted attention
abroad in Virginia and' Missouri,
for instance as wehappen to-know
t-and are regarded as highly credit
able both to him c and to ' the State.
Strange to say those admirable "Re
ports" are valued! more highly be
yond the State than at home. Now
is eot that quite like North Carolina?
Governor Jarvia reoommends that
the Agricultural Department ; have
the selection of a Geologist just as
the Comm'rsftioher and Chemist 4ure
appoinledand that a suitable Agrn
oultnral
Building-! be - erect sd. vi Ha
L -
says:
I The rents paid by thia department
amount to nine hundred dollars a year.
The Geological Museum is probably one of
the most extensive; and -valuable via any
State in the Union. - This nauseam is much
Visited by persons in search of information
concerning the wealth and resources of ihe
State.. and here they "find specimens from
nearly every county to interest and instruct
them.- This valuable collection ought to be
permanently located in a building belong
ing to the Stale, known as the 'Agricultural
Building,' where it can be safely preserved.
And besides it is but meet and proper that
there should be at tbe capital i a handsome
building; dedicated to. tbe great agricultural
interests of tbe State, so that when those
engaged in this pursuit visit the capital
they may know there is a place where they
can learn something of the agriculture and
resources of all sections of their State."
I We can see no good .reason why
these two recommendations should
not be adopted. r;'If the Agricultural
Department is valuable really to the
State, then it should be fostered. -.'.It
cannot continue to operate -without
a suitable .buUding . and . the ; rents
alone' would soon be equal1 tpth
cost of conaUncUo4i,Ouriaforma-
tion is not minute
enough to allow us
aj9t9thenfent8and
to speak positively;
usefulness of the
LAgrlcuItBraliDe-
partment, but. if it
k what Its friends
it deserve to be
claim: fori it; then
sustained amplj by prudent .and en
lightened legisJation. We shall: ooa
sider: ollbar 1 points of the. message
.hereaftprVf-kiq -jSlI .wO:;1' .Tgjfcl?
Our Foreiso htppms:.. f " .V
1 From the records jja-the "office of the
Vice-Consulate of; Norway, Sweden- and
Denmark we learn hat 49 Scandinavian
vessels ave arrive.d at this port , for the six
months from Jul; ljit to( December 3 1st
1880, inclusive, representing a total of about
20,000 tons . ' The expenses of these vessels
while in port have averaged about' $1,200
each, according lo character , of cargo, re
ceived, those loading - with; cotton being
under7 considerable Hmore expense ;than
those Moadingithj n avai Stores. For. In
stance, the Danish ; bitrque : 500 tons
burthen, which loaded with cotton, left be
hind in amou n t of expenses $3,625. s,The
total expenses of the 49 vessels,; at the
average stated, will foot up the' handsome
sum; of $58,800. 'In other h words',' ' they
1 - & a' . a. ? . m . t
leave mat aiuouni;ueuiaa mem laaw tu
mington the result
loading, joadi ig, ihe
lot the expense of un-
etc., etc.
; Mr. Owen Tennell,ta promioent farmer
of Sampson 'cotinty.'attd well known In this
city; harvested last fall seventy, bushels 6f
rice from a small: -fraction over bae acre of
land,-using onlylwia Jhundred, and flftj
pounds or .Xiavaasa guano. Tpe total
expense of the-entire crop was under $10.
Mr. . Fen nell, who is a large cotton farmer
thinks rice a more profitable crop thao cot--
tonj It; can be ' made cheaperrand on any
ordinary land that will not produce cotton,;
peas,' or corn,'1 Who pan beat this v 5
Wield omwm.. -;- . ',: v '
. At the annuaf "meeting" of the 8eSo'od'
Re gimen t: N. C. S. 6 . , 1 held in 6harlolte
on Tuesday Col Albert H.; Worth-was re-
' elected Colonel ; . First Lieate.aant.Thomas
V. James, or tbe. Wilmington . Light . Io
fadtry,1 Lieutenant -Colonel, and -;Cdptl J:
M. Davis, of Mecklenburg, Major. ,
HORSFORD'S-' J ACID PPHdSPffATB
, afford nourishment
to the Cerebral and
.nervous systems.
AleeilBiK f Coif nir om. .aaloiier
' rtealtie-of Ma& iiraia.&e.,
I The j.Boara of .Cout fy Commissioners
net in adj joroed sessiattm Monday; pre
sent, fCbairrian Sbawnd. the Commis-
aloners.-
The minutes of the last tegular meeting
were read and approved. f- - i'v'n
Alfred C. Ward, ShCrftf1 elected
fSrelecteaWtirf
adjourned meeting of the Board DeeemUtr
17th 1880, tendered his official 'too'ds,' ag
gregating $30,000,' with thelf oiiowio'2 stfrI-R
ties ' i who tttstifled to Ihe K neceMfT
tmoanlii Jaa.,E. Ward. KPof leu fTAV
B,B.NewkIrk, S. PJBand JfeB
ring, w . t. , Jiannerman, a. ,v. yobqson.
4uuo x. oiana, ueo. w. vyara, u. vv.
Alderman, R. j; Williams, 'j. WBoney,
M.L. Frijar, Wm. Frijar, A.-J.10ob80o.
! I Mampftoo; tbey were approvel,andiorvJ pjaloij when the weapon was -accidentally -dered
to be recorded and the path? of vffieo, I discharged, -the 1m.11 nleriDgj one of his!
admtnisirered.
'..v-iAij.OHt
'iThlonlctalrenorif
ilif, tifTi
W. JU.C1H-
tire; J. P:; was accepted aW'ofd'ere'aYo-oe
ij a. uceuflgei dusiices oj ine 1'tace was
held the' same day as afeove to' appoint a1
Finance Committee; and "J an orderof the
Board.; !of: County ; Cdmnitesiobers ! Was
passed asking the jLegisldture to pas an -act
for a special tax to pay the indebtedness of
. :: '.! .-r : ' . ' .-.t--XT--:
we couniy,
ASmraFall.r Sj. '.,. .. . '.., ' ;;
j ? Mr. John R. Paddidon, of Point UasweH,
Pender county; left the steamer Johripaah '
sen, it the' foot of - Prineesi 'street; on Moa
day i; evening, . to-' altebd the' ' temperance'
lecture at the Opera; llouse, at which time
the tide, was sj high lhat a person could
step from the boat to the wharf or from the
'wharf the'.boaVwithouta
,nucuusiiuuni nikcr tug luccuug wag
oyer, the. tide had fallen' cnnslderablyiA
causing the boat to he some distance below
.the cap of the s wharf,' and he,' not being
familiar with e wharf owith the actions
of the tide, attempted to stepson board of
the boat, when he slipped and fell a dis
tance of about four feet .upon the deck of
the steamer, his head striking one of tbe
fenders, r by which be xeceived a severe
gash oyer one of 'his eyes,' besides being
badly. s!iocked.' A physician was called,
who pronounced his injuries painful but in
no wise serious. -:
ailcS lafavaitteid In Fender. ;
1 A young colored female," about t lwenty
years of age, was brought tothis. city yes
terday morning, by Special Deputy Thos.
Payne; under a commitment from
Justice
R. Kl Bryan, charged with the mtfrder of
of her dwn child. -It- seems that
Payne
Jus-
found the body in a pond Monday
ihgt'ahd reported theVircumstance '
tice Bryan, at his residence" at "Scotfs Hill,
when, suspicion pointing to Abbey IIow
ard, she. was arrested, as the inhuman mo
ther who bad committed , the; foul . deed..
She claims, we understand, that aftep the
birth of ; the child,! which was an illegiti
mate one, she ' was turned out of doors by
the parties with whom she was living, and
Jlhat tbe little one died from exposure in
consequence, ' when . she .threw the body
into the pond. She will be held in the
county jail in this city to await a further
examination. " . i"
To lite coatrarr Jan ibe Ueyene.!)
; ; Under the head of "Mecklenburg Trips
New 'Hanover," the Charlotte Observer a
few days since stated that the State tax for
that i county would foot - up - this year
$17,213.37, and : that aha Sheriff claimed
this would give Mecklenburg the . second
place among: -the tax-paying counties.; In
other words, that whereas last year it'stodd
Wake, New Hanover, Meckleh1)urg--thia
year it would ataad ' Wake Mecklenburg;
New Hanover. We are sorry to spoil this
little arrangement, but the resulsbowa tha
General Manning, - our. "Sheriff if .pays into,
the State Treasury this year '$1814.6 or
$1,601.27 more than Mecklenburg; fe'rr?
HlWeam from a " Iegra: througV the
Blgn'al bfnee at Smithvllle. that the dwell,
ihg house and khchen bf MK S; if ARobi
JSins; at 'thathi
ye8terdy nri
proved a total' loss, there feeing no insure
ance upon" the property.3 , We are further'
informed that.Mrt RQbbins,wbo is engaged
In tbe blacksmttbiag business, . had about:
$3,000 tn money In trunk, ' which Was
consumed with the ,nbu se,: '; The Stewart
of the.sleamer Pastp&rttrwhie assisting Hr.
Robbins to save the trunk; got ' one of hu)
hands iadlat'lj the; f urhitire
was, , destroyed.";; Mr.; Robbins had held a'
policy of insurance: on his' house, but ft
had expired a short time before and he had
neglected to renew; it -The fire is stid to -
nave oeen acctaenuu a - j u
- i sS'i '
cotton. :
1NV X Financial Chronicle, j ' ?:
Fridav.-Y. M7TJan. 7. 1881.
The movement bf the crop,' as indi
cated by our telegrams - from the
South to-night, is given below. For
tfale p week; - ending , this evening,
(JaiC 'j; 7J, the total receipta have
reached 110,735 bales, against" 196,435
baleslast week, 237,980 bales' the pre-
.vibus . week, ad;23,8,490r baleji three
,week8 since, inaking the total receipts
sihcB the '1st of September 1880, 3,
54,834 bales against 3,?16.34i' bales'
for the same period of 1879-80. show
ing an inerease : since September 4;
I The exports for the week ending this
evening Teach a 'total of 116,644
bales, of ' "whioh 65,994 were to threat
Britain, 7,803 to Francend 42,844 to
rest of the Continent, while the stocks
as made' up this evening, are now 920.
157 bales.' ' " f -y
i jFrorh i rthef foregoing- 8tatementrlt
wlL.be seen that, compared with the
corresponding ; jreek ; of: last seasons
ihjer Js-an increase. : in the. exports
ihia'treek of t.5 9,085, bales,' while the
stocks to-night are 12,366 bhlesmore1
than l they were at ; this i tim& a : year
- fi L ' . , -avsa a i
if 0t far' greater value- than houses and
lands is health;, , therefore' - ..preserve it
against the effects of Coughs and Coldsfby
promptly using Dr; -BuirGoeh' Svtod.1
All druggists sell jt for. 25 cents . A
-puns; Tur,
i Mr. iu.
r:- Uurrii. has taken.
tharge of iheditorUl department of the
J3ickory Carolinian, lit'. 11 M. Blair re-
teainsln charge isl tW local 4epansaent.N '-
i ,! We have never been able to find ,
oui wUTTiiere larriCt a i:y mail between ;
Wilmington and -New Cernt. We j nearly
always -gtt two nlaM.ed at cuces sort of
ItUwtekljatfi"..!. - y' r
I s:4-iiincolutoii'i.'Vc-T5:' lit "was a
hardened -heart "Ibd .ey la unu-ed to tears
j htdid not acknowledge 11 consoling les
ions. I the. tender, palhoa atd th;SoleninL
iyapaihj i f the f I unerarst'i vices over the-;
mertal 'jemaina etileasLS- rmitb, Bloom .
Pew nvtrac grtve r zi QTte corpses ia onr
l3n;5ret mortal eyes could not tell or
Uiglinjtu'nib one front theVt'usr. ' " . j
Chf'tslmas day Jimes.Hayescdlored, aged v i
IS v r." or da . la lulu.iil. I. . m J I i 1.. J.J
iiacds. a After suffering much pain with the4
Wound until Siturday nightf. last, lockjaw
set in and tbe boy died in great agony on 7
Sunday.- W. J. -Best and bis secre
tary, J. B. Caddagan, of New York, and
F. A. Dearborn, of Boston, who are stop
ping at the Gaston Hoaae4 axe in I our city, "
together with Capt. Appletoh Oaksmitb,
in ihe interest of tbe Midland railroad.
1 I Hickory Press: The ; goipel
ratn 'also moves through, our ''town, with
seven coiches. viz : Meth-d 1st, ; Qer mad
Refurmed. Presbyjeriaa,' Lutheran, fJap '
list, Epjecopalutn, Roman, jCatholic-fpte'-;
sides bavuigithree separate coaches for the
colored brethieu. ; Mf. Lee Rhodes, a
j onng tttitn who lived .near Juatbwo.; met
with a fatal accident a few .weeks ago by .
cairymg a concealed weapon. By Some"
me jds lw pistol Was 'discharged,' the- balr
entering ttw left side, f from the ffecta of
which died the next day. '; L . i , .
J ! ; iticwsYJQliriidniJXbe Ca
tawba Manufacturipg Company. .situated ' -near
this place, engaged In the manufacture
of plaids or checks, commonly called "Ala ;
maiice,' have recently increased heir ma- ,
chiueryfabont 'bne-lhird jdre 'which'en !
ables them to increase their; capacity of :
work. . (Tbey are now making every day .
2,900 yards of Alamance cloth 12.000
yards a; week 52,000 yards a month 624,- ;
000 a year. At 9 cents per yard would
amount to the snug little sum' of $36,160 a
year. . ' ; - ,.v . .
! l Salisbury JWatchman: Some,
of, our citizens report an ' unusual sigh i.T
List Monday ' evening . , they .Saw av most
beautiful saow bow. " A little, negro
boy," near Mt. Vernon, 'killed, and picked
up already dead, forty rabbits In one turn .
through the fields, one day .this week.' He.
is Baving the fur skins. - -Beports come
in from all sides of frozen birds oar-'
tridges,"; laika, sparrows, snowbirds, &C
: Mr. j John Fisher, who lives on the ; "
Yadkin,! informs us that he is planting a "'
vineyard, and now has between eight and.
nine hundred vines growing- 'He will have '
L several hundred bearing vines this year: '
' t i 6oldsboro.Jfssenr': We are ' J
requested to announce- that there will be a ,
meeting jof our citizens, friendly to the
cause of temperance, in the Baptist Church, ,
this evening at j 7 o'clock. The object of
this meeting is to promote the Prohibition
movement. A colored man, ; nametl
Frank W mated, dropped j dead at a boue
in tbe northern part of this town, Thursday
evening. 1 Several hundred colored la
borers left here last week for the turpentine -sections
of South Carolina, ' -Georgia i.l
Florida. ; They, had been gathereil up in
this and adjacent countiee. . , v ;
"j Charlotte Observer: It waii
stated that no one Was hurt in the States- -vllie
collision; ali the passeogera ha ving got
oat. But it is' now learned that Mr. Will -.
Meares,; well " known in this city as tbe -'
popular salesman of the New York clothing ;
bouse, of Edmund Bates & Co , received a
severe but not serious gash on j; the leg.
Considerable indignation has been ex pressed
over tbis accident,1 it being asserted
that tbe engineer of tbe gravel train came
up to the depot with much carelessness.
Mr. K Kaufman, of Galveston, agent r
of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, -has
been In the city some days arranging '
for the ; uansportation " to Texas' of field ;
hands. ; About -100, were expected to go ;
but only 30 have been booked." These aru '
mainly from the neighborhood : of - Fort
mm. jir. oonn i3ioomt ine son oi. me .
late Mr. JT.", Bloom who perished in the.
Indian Creek disaster, has already deceived ;- -papers
appointing him successor,' to . bis ...
father as mail agent on' the western divi
sion of the Carolina Central Railroad. " H
r-1 Kinston Journal: It was - the
coldest snap, we suppose, in .this section
since 1857, when" the snow was iWo feel " :
deep and the river frozsni solid for - some . . .
time.; : ,The fall of snow .in Kinetoo has-;
been very light. ; About a dozen Eng-
lishmen arrived at .New Berne on Monday : j
direct from Lincolnshire, consigned to Geo,
Allen, of New Berne. -Tom Best,' Col-
ored, confined at Snow. Hill on a Charge of
larceny, broke jail on Sunday and safety ;
made hir escape. Hilliard Joyner; a - 1
colored man, living -on Joseph Darden'a
plantation, had the misfortune to slip up on '
the Bnow last Saturday evening; just before4
lfiaving town, and a wagon ran over bialeg, .
breaking "one of his ankle bonea. .
Several carts loaded with' peanuts: came ia
from Onslow last week. The v were; sold
at $1.50 per bushel, and We learned from' ' "
the owners that vthey raise about t wenty-f
jfi ve bushels . per .. acre. 4 a-Mrl . James'
Williams' dwelling-house, the old Williams "
homestead,: oo .. South west A creek,; was
vuiuca uj au iuv.cuuiaiT.uu .uuiauajr.UlKUk . , ;
of, last week.v f .-Ia f v '. i
I -TClia!ahot.hV!itr 7isnnr.miat 1. W i
regard the' meeting on Saturday to organ- ';
I7Q inn a i nnmavia i ttt a mwmm fcM VnAiAi . . -- j
as an important step in the right-direction. - -We-need
here many things in every direo-' !
uuif, uui uuusk ui , ait - we.- ueeu iupuk jut '
without an increase 'and a large incrtase in
MM. MnA. . A, ' ..... , ...
nilr nnnnlalinnnnf mhn. a,na .,k.ni h. .
supplied ; Greenville items: A negro
namMl (Whanvrat annlhpr nna'a thrnil in '
town Christmas night." ' Each one' or ,:
the five . members pf the , Board of Com-;
mis8toners; of Pitt county: over aver-
gCU ' Ml i (IUUUU i U( HOI GUUOD l( fQO
acre 'on the cottca , crop ; the past year. ;
Can-' any I county show a better habd.
Williamstoo . 'dots : J." M Bitleraod '
made an assienmect of his Drooertv to John -
Watts, trustee, "on the 24th of December.
Liabilities about i $7,000. - Dr. i Bur--'
bank, of Wilmington; will, locate in Wil- ,
liamston to practice bis profession. "
It will be impossible to try any civil cases V
at the spring term, as the Grimes murder,,
case has been removed to this county from '
Beaufort, land it will conaame the wholu , -
weeki , , At the late term, three genuemfn r ,
or color were sent to tbe State prison for
one,. ; two i and '. five :year-'respectively;- 7
i 1 jiThe arrest and trial of Tnhn T.prirftt m
m lew uuvh eiru. ueiare jiuucb r.ni nr
been the-aeasailon. of the tnm fnr anm.
davs. Leecelt. who is a vounc man. La
been employed by 3' !A. Robers m fr ' i '
numoer - or years,- ue disappeared "WUM
$800 of Roberson's money, and ob'Wd-" '
nesday he was arrested ia Greenville by"
jSberifl Hardiflon, He. gave, bond f for ,Ws ,
appearance ai the next term, of tht; Supe
rior Court." A Bulgarian mock' W the v
Greek Church, of Jerusalem, in Turkey ,who t j
calls himself Rev. -A.' H." Experidan, lec
turedtn "Willlamston oo Thursday Sight to y v
an audience of .about one hundred persona.
iits suojeci was, mi- calvary, tne noiy
iSepalchre the' Rains of -Solomon's Temple; Vl
River-Jordan, the Dead Rpa nn(l"thi Tnrkn- .
Russian War." The audience enjoyed the' '
lectare; and the children.-from hia neeuliaii ,
dress, took him for old Santa Clause i J
'T. ii r J ' - -j J Inn