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Ve hive expressed: our views before and we do not propose again to enter upon a Uiscussiot of the aubjeot. If tti j re;i-ons given bynhe Commission,; c:iipose.l ol llor. ;.pMrge Davis and -Alontford McGeliee and Donald V. B iiu, Esqmren, are not 'sujiicieol and conclusivV, nothing we could say could justify thel action' proposed. It appears to us thej. best that can be done under the crrcumstances unless it be deemed best after, "surveying the whole field to let the North Caro lina liailroad be sold. In that event it-looks fair that the people of our Stata whi own $300,000 pf the stock 8'ioatU be consu tecL: -Tliey have a nnt most assure dly to looK to the L :gui!ature for protection. Toe maiti point aciion wilt turn, upon which the fiual we would suppose, ins recent message, and to which the Stab referred in a former editorial. tio sam: - - vl yua auree wiiL ie n this, lhs quea- i.uu net ber auy roatla are likely to be buili iU i. will render the Nortb Cat olios Hiihuad : Ivan valuable than now, becomes i impor iaiiI inquiry id your cotiSiderstion ot auy a.ijaiuieui. la fact, the whole question iiiuea very much upon tbe probable. fuiute of (be North Carolina liailroad Iu taking leave lof Ibis subject, I will o ily venture to make these suestions: Firs;, rix a price ai which you are willing . t r tuo exchaoge to be made for uew Ootids. . a ooud, give the cemmissioners tbe uu'.hori ly t ncDiOge siockj for rjonda,. giving tbe o n lhnl(Jers tbe i-ptioo, with the distinct uodeiatandtug that if Ihey decline both and c 1 .tie bt jck, do matter what it brings, its priceeds will be a!l they will ever get. If anything is done, tbe second mortgage wkes it necessary to rttain tbe commia- ibruu ibem." 1 i 1 If ihe Leizislalure. after brooer con -aideration, is satisfied that the North Carolina Railroad will become less v.ilmblii in the future by reason of the construction o! other roads, or by . new combinations, or from any other cause, it may conclude that it will be ' wise and prudent to let the road go and pass forever 1eyond ; the -control of . the people of the State. But the Commissioners take a more hopeful view. They think that the road could be leased now at a creater orice than ihat paid by the Hichmond & Dan ville Hail road. Io a word, the Go vernor, it strikes as, is correct when he says. ( that "the whole question binges "very much npon the probable future of the North Carolina Rail- "' road." ;4M'-'--''1 It mast be acknowledged that th s who : oppose the arrangement pr j wej by the Commissioners with ' m'Jah zial, offer, course that are well reasons for their worth the care- ful attention of the ' d ub'4ess they will legislators, and be- duly consid- ered by those concerned. . VVe shall be glad to know that a final arrange ment has been made that; will give satisfaction to the people of tbe State and save : a most valuable property f roni' sacrifice. COTTON TO TUB ACHE. i VVe think that one ..of the best things that could be done by the State , Agricultural Department would " be to gather cotton and to -bacco statistics and publish them tq the world.- The Stab for years has been publishing statistics of the sort. and we know that they have at- ' traded ; attention abroad. :Oai files will' show a better exhibit both as to the prices of tobacco an cotton per acre than can be found,we venture to : say, in i the statistics of I'.TTT VOL. XII. anySlae.1 The fins yel.w tobacco of a half -aen -"lie if etches a higher price irj the Virin1i:-;mrket8": than any. other. -Nay .more, -ithe , to- bscconf Granville. Person and other coontip ivigtw-thatr any: other raised on the -Acfffeao"-: continent. If ny nV.-4ott.VWhhrttire 'would like Jo ennpare atc4rate1atattalje& .41 : - s to uotton, we ar-satisfied fnlly tbst lonh. Carpliaa caTJiol(l it6wn with anyStale-iaUthe South Jn indiWdaal iastaecf saecess. la other wordsj we: belli vV tt at' aV crest relarns from cotton pliuting tn orlh State tq the Soath or.cs. VVe jeolipe. that Guy. Htjrd mc-'Jons as a ttrok eoooras-j fst thai beffcanYS6B-' iog hir ts;S he taw field;if three. hundred aci fifty acrS whiolj yielded it: ..i rK l.i.. I ton . weighing five bundled: pdunt . ' i ? .. 1 i rf. w each. , These; statistics are " so very flattering 4hat the Charleston News and Courier takes them' for a text for along and instructive editorial. It says this is equal to $50 an acre ; as much - as the land is worth . in maikeL ... It gives: some- facts con cerning hay, wheat, etc, and shows that near Charleston successful plan ters make $100 an acre raising Sea Island cotton. The News and Cou rier says : ' ' "It is difficult to realize tbe full signifl- caoce of the facts we have given, Unless we louk at tbe average cash value of farm and plantation products throughout the United States. This , is given, for the year 1878, in the report of the Department of Agricul ture for that year. The avctage yield and value per acre wes as follows: j ' . Yield. Value. Corn... ......... bushels.. 28 8 55 Wheat............ ........ 15 ; 10 16 Oats 31 7 74 Hy. . . . . . : ... . . . . .tons. . U 10 60 Cotton.,.. . .... .. pounds.. 191 15 80 "Io South Carolina, in the same year, the average yield was: . ; - a- "? : Yield Value. CorD.:........;..bushtls..' ! 9 A 86 Wheat.......... .........If 5 6 50 Oat8..,.................w 13 7 03 Hay. ..... . . ... ...... .tons. . H . 14 50 Cotton........ .. ..pounds:. 163 -: 14 11 "By intelligent farming, improved me thods and liberal manuring, the. yield, in particular places, baa been largely in ert aed, as we. have tbown.( There is no reason why the yield of cotton, hay, bats and wheal 'oI aiDd in one county, should not be secured by the same means in- every county" ; - : ' ' .-.!; We note these things to encourage our readers. The Stab, within two mouths has published more .than a half dozen instances of cotton pf ant - -1 mlH. ' T II 1 I il I ill ing tit North Carolina where the ave rage was fully one bale to the acre or moie. . ' ; We recently published the farming of Mr. VVm. Hodges, of Edgecombe county, as reported in the Tarboro Southerner. lie made 200 bales on 190 acres of land, using mainly home made manures. : -. The same day we published, from tbe Warrenton Gafthe following: "Turner Battle, Esq , has picked 600 bales of cotton from as many acres. -; Mr. Elias Carr made 17 bags to tbe horse. A Mr. Avent, of Nasb, has picked 22 bags to tbe horse and will get more." ' ; : Other reports, equally encouraging, have been published from time to time. As to the amount realized per acre,: we have this to say: f- '' On co.rn we have known over $60 to the acre to be obtained. If you doubt write to Dr. llobt.' Patterson Littleton, Halifax courily, N. C. 1 As to tobacco, there are I farmers : in Granville county pbssibly in several others who have made;' from $300' ''.-. ' . -t to $600 to the acre; or from $500 to $1,700 to the hand.; These "figures are acurate and we can establish their correctness by the most incontestable evidence.- North Carolina literally beats all the States. - : t . . And now a word as to the cost of cotton raising. - Some time ago ' the Stab gave some figures furnished by Mr. A. "p. Ford, of South - Carolina, and asked if they could be trusted. The New York South has this to say in respouse : . . ' - "Our able and alert contemporary, the Wilmington Stab,' makes note and remark npon .'some extraordinary figures' by our enterprssing. neighbor, Cotton, concerning the cost of raising the great staple In South Carolina J. Customary readers of the South will remember, that we have more than once demonstrated that cotton could be snccesafally raised foi leas than eight cents. How much less now, and at 'all times, in fact, depends upon the cultivation and cost of getting it to , market, and the improve ments in it manufacture.": '-""'i It then avails itself of some fig ures io the Boston Commercial Bul letin as to the cost of raising cotton in Mississippi.' Here arethe figures : ' "Io'the expenses is included rent ot land at $4 50 an acre, but no account is taken of seed... .Ko fertilizers were used. . The a- cregate yield on 350 acres was 2S4 bales.' weighing 128.800 pounds, and the , cost per pound was .six. and; serenteen-twentieths cents, while : the cotton sold for nine and three-quarter cents net. Of course the sea-- son of 1878-80 was an exceptionally f aver- .Ma ma '.Hit Si .mAnM 1i..i1t':hA . f .( I A calculate uoon a stead v increase of acrease from year io year based npon these: figures alone'"- ' ' -" .e..-: . - - : ' , ; r : The county was Warren,' where TV j v 5 Is.;! WILMINGTON, N; C FT DA.T, the.laada are exceptionally rich. As a-rule we do not believe that cotton can - be. prpducedr in Mississippi aV such figures and certainly not in such yield, .But the facts, gleaned from all States eatabliskthat intelli gent, judiojous farming paya,?srhilst 4nen. grow poorer daily by bad sys tems ano: stupid ways.. . NOTES OR TflE IRAtTOUKlL Xhe ioaagaral address of Governor Jarvia is an interesting effort.-It is the best wriUeu of ariy of his ptiblio document.;. ; It - is more" rhetorical. ar.i yet retain the characteristics pf 5.U tave seen -firoBr?' his r- pen--' horgngh pracUcalnesa and a broad basis of . eommoo sense. like this recent message, to the Legislature, the inaugural is welircalcalaled o arpuse orth Carolinian to. greater : : uj ji. it.s i.i IaS . . . . T. s ., higher aspirations. , It will doxuu0h more than this : it will aid in attract ing attention to the very remarkable resources of our State: We would like to know that the address was in the hands of every editor iu the great commercial centres and manu facturing districts in the North. ' We shall attempt at this late day no regular analysis of the address. It must be read in its entirety to do appreciated. 'All we purpose is to direct attention to some of the sug gestive points, and, perhaps, to use them as texts for a little preachment of our; own. The key-note of the wholei production is well-directed The Governor says : labor. Were I called upon to formulate these duties into one sentence, it would be 'North Carolina, the development of iter resources and the education of - her chil dren.'", i . i ' ! ' ; i He has pierced the centre of the situation in this axiomatic formula. The two great things to be done by the leaders and by the people, ..by the legislators and by the men of thought and action,, is to reveal , to the, world the vast hidden resources of North Carolina,, not merely by editorials or addresses, by circulars or other modes of advertising, but by delving iu the mines and letting the rich d. posits of. the earth 'tell .the story. Of course the usual agencies and appliances - for giving- publicity to facts should be resorted to and on a 'larger 'scale, than" ever," but" we. should not stop with thie. '. Rich specimens of ; our minerals and ores and woods and productions generally will speak with a greater force to the uninformed and the incredulous than finest rhetorical description or. the most precise tabulation of produc tions. The world appears to know but little of North Carolina, and to - - " i . - be incredulous as to its uncommon resources, mainly undeveloped. Says Governor Jarvis, with pardonable pride and yet not with unseeming extiavagance: "What State can compare with outs in climate? i Placed, as it were, on the border land between the North and the South, she knows the extremes of neither, while she possesses many of the advantages of both. No country better rewards the toils of the laborer. - Her cereal crops are excelled by none When they are cultivated - with equal care, j Her cotton ranks with tbe ' best; Her bright tobaccos have no rival in any market, i While she produces materials for manufactures so abundant in quantity, so excellent in quality, her water power for propelling machinery is Inexhaustible. Her ores and minerals, if they alone were regarded, would, if developed, make her one of the richest of States. In her forests she has an almost boundless source of wealth, for" here is found timber alike suited for the useful and . the orna-; mental arts. We possess, in very truth,' a goodly land. But of, what avail iB it to possess these unlimited resources of wealth if they are id remain, as they have so, long remained, practically dormant and unde veloped? If the rivers are forever to flow idly to tbe eea,' the rich veins of ore to lie hidden in their earthen beds, the lands to sleep: un vexed by the plow, it is folly for us to dn am of a bopeful future.- Wfaot does not feel that at is an. imperative duty to develop these resources and make them, tributary to the comfort and wealth of our people' and' the world, according to the manifest design of .Providence? How this development may be facilitated ' is a com-' prehensive question with which practical, statesmanship must deal, and upon which' I, will risk a few observations." Our readers can bear witness how. often we have presented the claims of North Carolina to a marked dis tinction among the great sisterhood of.. States. In editorial after edito rial Tunning thron'gh'many years we have drawn attention to the wonder ful Variety of products, to the pecu liar and ; still delightful climate, to the abounding riches of mines, to the fertility of soil,. and toother marked features of our well f avoredState. The Governor has not ; exaggerated the picture, i He thinks the great need is immigration and diversified labor. His views are eminently judicious and statesmanlike, and we Hope the Le gislature will dp all it ca.n to invite immigration and to, disseminate both in the North and in Europe such in- formation concerning the great and yaHed, resource of the State as shall . ,, : : V ,r s- -- i feifi-i liarttft 3 ANITA i i be -deemed neceBSarV. The modesiof! advertising J resorted io'bSr tJorpora- nous ana states in tne ixortn turni&n such ' examples 'as? may STiewrsily.Jj copied..' Gov. Jarils, trishbw'1 hbw. much we need fSoj ulatiorJl'loontra its Massachusetts, on&'pf 51 the' weaitKi sst of Stales, with ; -our - 0wtrSiStale','ahd1 says: -' "At the censuS 0f7a'ira'acfiuse jts. tbeoly natural . pre actiootftnlo1i are 4& ice ana granite, hp t, apopxiiatio or .qne,. mile. North Carol: ' whicbj as shewn bx the same census, r- iced every, crop .bien grown in the Unl,. i&les. bad 6ntv rwsnv ty-one to the squar,; Je- Netfjh Qatojiia J compared wiln ner cpactty to sustain pup utation. may almo&be'jegarded'aa'uaip : Amid the ble?3 4 Puerility the one. State reat And hrix'4 gl population haa sprn xt$t. wereaUi most every human beis is, iductea where .tbr school-bor-v1 a,1(l Cbmfj3ri4X.te,r&dthe 4hurctK spire,' and the cosy cottage or tbe imposing mansion dot the scene, and where tie clatter of machinery and the busy hum of industry and multiplied activ ities give assurance of that earnest ness of purpose and unflinching ener gy and resource that win fortune and snatch the prize from the drone and the man who works upon the do-litte and the to-morrow principle. Amjd the bloom and beauty and diversified scenery, of another; State, where j a. beneficent aod smiling Providence has lavished with rich and royal munifi cence its treasuries of, wealth; a land of corn and wine, where bounteous nature responds to the efforts of hus- , . ... . i bandman or pomologist as-it does in few places in our. land in this God favored home where there is so much to invite,' and where man has done so little, a thinly scattered population; is found, although three ; hundred, years have passed since the , white, man first planted his feet upon its soil. " Here the mines, rich with mil lions of precious treasure, lie unde veloped;' here the swelling acres J-ej-. main untitled j here the school houses of the most primitive and nucom forlable sort, are scattered at remote intervals, and the dwellings and. fences and even churches .dedicated, to tbe ever living God, reflectjt,tut little thrift and taste and progress; in this rich land a veritable land of promise to these wio canjbear .tbe voices of the ages an4 read the signs of the times in this goodly heritage of our forefathers ignorance still pre vails to an alarming extent, and hun dreds of thousands of eur people cab neither read the blessed story of the Cross, decipher the ticket they depo sit as eovereignSjOor aflix their Signa tures to a legal document even a marriage license. Shall these thin continue ? The Governor Bays no and so should every loyal and ,ru son of North Carolina determine. We have the homes . for., honest and patient toilers; we have a. State that offers unequalled: opportunities for diversified labot; we have poor honest in the malr frugal, .and law-abiding population, if ignorance does prevail so largely, and alt we need ,is inausiry, economy, soDriety, aesira ble immigration,' inflax of capita bd ucation among all classes and cdnqi tions, and a wise, benevolent, toster-r ing government, State and General aad North' Carolina must, lake tna place among the tates o the tTnibn; which was intended by the Almighty when he dowered it so richly. ""? " ' The next point considered at fargc by the Governor-is jthe education pj the people. As. we, from time to time, are discussing this suhiect in its, man liuiu ueanoKB we wtu not pursue ie to-day, but may use hereafter somel of the reflections presented in the in-i .augurai. , --.v , - ! NOBWClBOUna TUtBEBn! ; Professor. W;C Kerr Sute 3ti ologist, exhibited some 5 seventy ner; more specimens of North Carolina; woods at the great Berlin Exposition,; we believe, and thayattraoted isuoh attention.' c Latterly Ja very1 oonsidAr- able impetus has been givebA to the sale of the timber m the' Western: seotion of the State, and large quan titles have been shipped i to the North and to Europe, v Teu will see in the papers advertisements f ft oak, walnut, white asb, hickory and other timbers, -and in quantities; that' will surprise : T;you;K Thelie Voods fcIare shipped, and are worked up inte? Ve-r hides, furniture farming1 ' utenstlsi Yeneering, cooperage,i)o.ii f-te-i w 4 Within a year mere than one' tn lion feet of walnut alone have been shipped Northfrom 'the neighbor hood of Old Forti ThCwalnttVof that section i unusually valuably f t- i ! aT,2BftllB81,.ro-- 1 tandeiitcelLenti VOwie iontbe li- bmatecth'erwrarHiBnt'fsw "-defects jor kataa4jd4tjia:higbIypTized.amopg f biaitsBaMfafetUTers1n?New Eig- i land andTtberi4etions;i itis?re f -I ferred to the timber grown! ?io' the' North wes t, because it is- freer frtjm' blemisnes aha wSfks up easier . ab2 'Bet'fer, fmade Ho il .'1x!l,T till nl HU-th "iAriit laoncB," put upon .me : markets, par Sh'a bVoWd'eafUoutSSrihl L'ib t-tti-k' tirJrifJ-i ' i:-ra I . A wuu rtuseu luu raw uiaterrau . tt-Twi hHl:.vUvMttm allied .tnsiH.- fur people must learn one lesson Wst-imbortSnt'onl1' wbodidld' b xaJj Carolina' VmbeV- bwneriglhothlhg, a!, to prolStjCom- pared with I that f; realized :, by r the Northern manufacturer 'of furniture or vehicles.' ' The timber'm a bureau ,.'..1.. . . . . 1... T ... i . . ,---: or wardrobe will 'cost say $5. It is worked up and sold for $25, $50 or $75. The profit is just, here. The iron that comes from a mine is sold for a few cents ; it is worked into bolts or something else by machinery, and it fetches five or ten fold what the material cost. The road to wealth lie in working up our native products. Manufacture our rich and beautiful woods into '. furniture, wagons, buggies, 'carriages,, ploughs; &a, and let onr cotton and various ores be changed at' home into articles Of Use, and ' then ISTorth Carolinians will have the profits and not men in tbe North. We throw out this idea now without attempting to elaborate or enforce it. A' word to the wise ought to be sufficient. 'Western butter is becoming heavier than it " used to be. The Grocer says: : . Y ' -1 ,l "For instance, a tub the contents of which used to weigh 50 pounds, now weighs sixty pounds, though the tub is exactly- of the old standard size.: This seemed strange, and yet the most experienced ' butter-buyers could detect no foreign substance in the article it was entirely mysterious." i - After much perplexity the problem has I been solved. . Powdered, soap stone is ' freely used.; The i "Cincin nati Facing Company'?.? sells quanti- t'terofMs delight fal dietetic article .to butter manufacturers. The Grocer says:-- ;. m , 5;;.; si-y'vti ':-:: 5 "This powdered soa pttone is white and fine and tasteless, and is sold at $20 a ton. From six to ten pounds can be mixed into every tub of butter so as to defy detection. It greatly increases the weight without af fectiog the bulk very much. The discov erer ascertained tbe names of, certain but Iter packing firms in Cincinnati which are now using the toapstonein this same way." . ! ,' : - i f '. ... ' -: Think of it, ye housekeepers. You are now able to seat your guests and to offer to them various choice Wishes into' each bf which' enters that1 pleas ngj stpmachicrpojyclered f soap stone." ?, , -r - L Many readers of the Stab will re gret to learn of the death of "the in comparable Sothern. ' " Dundreary is ea.'N'mah' lives who can: ' porj Itfay htm1 can place him J with lisp- ing tongue and mincing gait before the' iatrghter-smitten audience. Peace bexwith' the rriaster bf'i fun V Coinus It Ibwf df ihfinite iest,6f rmdt excellent ancy.!:l Wh ere b'e: your gibes how your gambols tfout songs ? yout iDsiseff of lernmeht, that, were ont ito set the table on a roar f - - ' j n.:iM. f- svt f-? . - . v h j jThetiTAB. favored two years the razeeing ofcertain salaries. It sees no cipno jundoiiigwhat ;was 4one.; fvbr'M ireasTbf; the salary of eMppeKtliienent of abUo Instruo-I tiori ' whetieyer Hfce school law: is ''soj inrnrovea sr; jaqmaiB .mm reauy lefiiltentrand of benefit to the children ot ijt.onn varonna. . Ane jd ayetteviue dmmegtves a rltie note of warn-; UiOPl:.i .iOs'J -.t-.tvn. ! "This is a delicate subject to handle, and 'we warn'members Of the General Assembly to be careful howthey vote to increase sals atie's. 'Tbe last General Assembly for ex-, cellent reasons reduced the salaries of matfy of our offlcials- the Senate tbe lamented JuniuaJ Scales, of Gailfprd,.a gentleman of exalted patriotism aad great intelligence reported! and advocated . -;the:ill, and It passed by 4 large majority: - Can the State ''afford; to pay large salaries tq its officials ? Km -h t. , ... , , . CTI r ;VirginU ittO: have" iftt'ilghts burg a white girl Tag smissed from school beoaaafl. ahft.li veil with a negro Iftjnrjy: and ,had,-. a reputation : some larsquit whenr she i entered. J ,So it shntJiphop 'Saife his jbeen brought igainsihe' sFinjMi joard xxy am iUA rfeki dearoftbef uVnitdre" from WorlK' CWma 1 woqdi :b4aciVoin!oudi?tuf eripfpekt 1 theofd 'iWrf tf ife6ttbi,tlwhrcW is rowP fiereUraris orted NorlhV ftfanS'fict'uretf rit8 weeps at his" grave. Alasl poor Lynchfeurg. . t - -r ..-i insiber X.ndmarlc Ooaie. : $ Yesterday morning, just before the "first peep of dawn : persons whose basinesa called them down tbe street at a very, early hour weie puzzled to account .for; the te mendous thumping, knocking and bam"4 mering i going on in tbe' direction : of thai lower end of Market street. - Upon nearing the scene of the un wonted tumult, , howev er, tbey discovered a .-crowd;pf workmen .engaged in putting in the initiatory blow3 towards demolishing the venerable pile at; and 'near the . intersection of Front' and Market' streets, heretofore, khown 'as the '01d Market House " Bv the time citizens generally ibadplacked up "courage ;.enoi!irfl - tpjcome upon 4he streets; aapbj a, rearj rainy and disagreeable morning, cpn8idea Ble progress " had - been " made' tbwafda bringing11 it to? htf l grcWdf ' and jhef -work ot Ydeaaolldotfcontiisaedimtlf; i .slighio larmisitoaotjl, about; 4. lptki jWhen Vhe jtOjWr.eU and carjew fttJ fhjs I last timber .of the. "ooble' 6trucltire" tial aaa eo xong aaorneainat particular -bdo ciry,erufoa rible railroad "gmash-op'.' or the; result a, destructive cyclone. -The syerjerablej building, which is cow no more, was, as was stated in our issue of the; 16th of .,De-j cember last, when we gave a history of it, commenced in the - latter pari of the year 1847 and completed in February of the year following, Col. John McRae being at' tbe fftma Xfantotiata nf Pnli.0 '' two lflflrn. thttl. Wi IIIUW . ut iu.1 k..vy u. . a w.iww. , 1 v w , .mm. u . u . the timbers were found yesterday to be , . , v j perfectly sound, though they' weje placed in position thirty-three years ago. - '-? : Well, another "old landmark" is gone. and it will be missed tbe more frguMhe fact that it occupied so conspicuous a posi- ...... . v. , ., ' - ' i - V. - ; tion. . . i . . j r. The work of demolition was carried on Under the supervision of Alfred Howe, col ored, who purchased the building for $150. Well, the "market question"! may, not be settled, but the "old market house" is,and no mistake. ; -' , h - . - . . .. . m-wtmr ' jiJ 1 - VennorU Prediction for February. ' Z Thus far. in January Vennor's weather predictions have been verified with remark able accuracy. ' For February! the follow ing predictions are made:. The mild spell with which January closes will probably continue well into thia month with the ex.- ception of a day or two, up to the twelfth, of the month, ' with balmy, spring-like wealher prevailing in many patts and snow rapidly disappearing. ''A couple of days of blustering weather, with rabi or snow, will be foljq wed by , saow , storms and cold weather throughout Canada and the United States. ThiB term will be followed about the sixteenth of the month bv storms. Of wind, rain and snow, previous to the set ting in of a colder term. Wita ihe iwginj-1 ning or tne last wees oi tne monin.oniitam, ihild, spring-like weather will again appear, melting the snow and rendering sleighing impossible in some localities Tbe nW Railroad. B I Under this head the Raleigh Ifem-Cbser. tKrhas this to say of the visit of General Imboden and Mr. Hyndman to that city, and the object of the same: . , : y j "We bad the pleasure of ' meeting last evening Gen. J. I). Imboden,' bf Virginia,' and Mr, E. K. Hyndman, of Pennsylvania. , These gentlemen are here tor. tbe purpose of procuring a charter from the Legislature' entitled "The South Atlantic & Ohio Bail- road Company." It is proposed ' by this company to build a railroad from their coal mines in Wise county, Virginia, to bmitn- ville, below; Wilmington, in this State. They wish to utilize the ' Carolina Central and cape irear as xaaain v alley .railroads, building the gaps between all points where there are no railroads along their proposed route. The distance between: the mines and the terminus at Smith ville is about 404 miles. i This coal mine is owned by the VTiasalia Coal and Iron Company." Tbe coal fields are said to contain one-thousand million tons of coal, Tbe qaalities of coal are known as canal, bituminus and splint. This company Bay they want noth ing but a charter; they ask for no appropri ation. It will require only about 120 miles of new road to be built. - Reference was made to this subject in an article republish ed from the Wilmington Stab 'in our yes terday's issue. ' This ioad will pass through some of the richest country in iron ore iq the State. It opens up a part of our State! hitherto shut . oute Gen. Imboden ' says much attention is being turned towards the iron fields of North Carolina, and their dei velopement is but a question of time." We are more than anxious to see capitalists come amongst ns; our waste places must be built up, and we should do all in our power to compass this end most desirable. Let; oilr legislators now assembled act wisely and prudently in using every means lawful ly that will bring, about the developement ei tae viu .worm Diaio. -. - New ilaooyer va. necklenburs;. -We would say to our Charlotte contem-j porary, the Obseneri that in fixing tbe rela tive positions of New Hanover and .Meck lecburg, as tax-paying counties, we Etill insist that reference was only had to ihe amount paid over to the State Treasurer by the Vespective sheriffs, and that New' Han over, beat Mecklenburg $1,691.25. As to the Ofaerper'e allusion to bur failure to quote New Hanover's school tax,. we have only to refer it to the issue of the 15lh inst, and it Will find a detailed statement of New Hanover's Slate and county taxes. ' A Caumouat, j : ;. ;;r ' ' J The excitement on Front street yesterday was a huge wild cat killed near Hilton bridge, on the west side of tbe river, yes terday morning, by John McKoy, the noted colored Nimrod. : The animal weighs near ly twentytfive pounds and is about two and a half feet in length. He was on exhibition at Easprbwtcz'8 cigar store during the day ana attracted a great many visitors. h ' It is understood "that ! Blaines cordial approval of the Grant pension bill arises from his wish to get rid of the Gene ral. , It will be observed that the warmest friends of tlrant take no part in tne contro versy, -.The movement is cartiedonby those who wisb to deprive Conkling Of tbe Use of Grant's name in pushing his own m terests in the Republican party.-ejPtZode 3Kiiajng6J4a irUl'waa 16 iiave pua limes, inn. 1, - J Track-laying was commenced Monday last on a railroad which is to con nect Norfolk; Va., and. Elizabeth Cry, N.' C, and it is to be pushed toearly cmple tion. JBenaTCI &Jfc nl " said that the money to -build tbe.ro.il was raised in the: North; Iwitk tbtt'cxrepJinn , $25,000 by Elizabeth Cisy. RaleagliiSar:-.EMrA:-yiolet Grimn,wj(eJotCoUit. B. Grtfflo.f Nash ville. died,in,:thai. town jHMirJittitttry I lib. aged 73 ye.a.aadl0'-muntbsi.-f..7--iroriy " theriffa have paidahetj Anxt s t the Stale Treasurer to date. Tbe,.bH,.u incor porate the Fayette Yillc & ,Win8U(i I jilroal passed.in tbe Hijus- lo.day without "oppo sitiou J - ...Jv---- : j ...i-;1.ri!'iSlir k-"w"',- t .i'ne t Jr V:frbjB:GMi8boto.-j-Viirordailyf . ia again, out,. we a e gld to -set; biljjlit 'aud ; good -aeveff "Titf the way.' ihat " w?s i?"?cb' MPWAh "P"f O d Mux 11 W43. e,nough to txeue 'be envy ' of all of his aaabciatts and frieuiia, llewns faithful in life and died true tbii'record. He was a good old : horse, tbe Patriot was good enough to adJ. It was a welfnierited iributa.: t. ?'G6rdboriJ Mes&ngeri'llx., Eve rest rfferrrdg,to Cf Kenansf itle?lown8hipr .Ouplfpfmjdty, laSt ,week. killed two j.jgs tharsfeiglied 1085"pouod aer; 3lr. W. B. Midaietoq,,fn" the ; resme neighborhood, kifled one1 weighing 530 pounas neC 'x- A"carwsponrde;ot,WThitig us from ibe jl4ngo sectionf.aturso.n.coaniy, arises the Lseis- : latureio form V.new.'counry out of-s oart lature igt form V new- 'county oht of -a j Of. Sampson; JoholsTd? Wayne;! Cumi bei- land". and -Ha'rueft. r'--Jochfe MtKov is bpldibjj Th.r$pctaf erni Tot "SQperldf Court -for SampsJotf;ct)unty.;,rTLT-J" Bradly s peen arrestea'pu a,pnarge or .attempted 'vesterdav.' : fcRaleigb Visitor : brl T. H. Pritchard, President or Wake Forest Col-' lege, was in the city to-dy. He says the college is in a flouriahn g condition, there being 172 students registered for matriculation.- J Mrs. :,Elizabeth Felton, of this, city, one of the most aged. ' and highly esteemed ladies, feli on Thursday night . -Q " UM WW g U. V ToUrt hasbeeU engaged since Wat Monday . I inlbesnng transcript- and argument in the last ana nroae ner infgh. Tbe supreme case of Lockhardt vs. John J.' Bell, from Northampton county. . There are seve ral) propositions to cut off portions of Wake for- the- formation of new. counties. We find that there is much diversity of opinion upon the Bubject among our country friends, but the sentiment in the ctiv ot Raleigh is strongly adverse "to having the county dismembered. -. ' -' j - ' Greensboro Patriot : An im portant meeting of the State Board of Agri culture was held in Raleigh yesterday. CoL A. jrlope, general . passenger agent of the Piedmont Air Line and other railway lines in Virginia, North and South' Carolina and Georgia, was elected general immigration agent for. this state. This is a very wise selection, and we nope some good may .re- suit from it. - Among tbe many rumors afloat Is one that Col.; L J. Young, bf Ra leigh, at present collector of internal reve nue for. tbe metropolitan, district of North Carolina wants td succeed tbe Hon. Green B. Raum as United States Commissioner of Infernal Revenue under Gen. Garfield's ad ministration. . We call special atten tion to tbe draft of a petition to Congress on tne suoject or a memorial to -ueneral Greene; also to the communication ot bur esteemed correspondent, touching tbe pro posed centennial -Celebration or tbe battle of Guilford Courthouse, the 15th of March next... -v. , " .. :-t. --K;v: ' f New Berne Nut hell: 1 Plenty of oysters in the market - yesterday prices ranging from forty to sixty cents per bushel. !-lwo hundred and sixty bales of. pine straw are being taken , from tbe railroad wharf and placed on the schooner Sal lie Evans, and will be taken North to be man ufactured into mattresses, &c. w The straw was gathered. by JdLr. QharAjylaeiLiat v JKiverdaie.wno nas now four hundred bales more ready for shipment ; - ' The burn ing of the O 1 Dominion 4leamship Com pany's warehouse 'in Norfolk has. we un derstand, entailed considerable loss to seve- ral of pur merchants who bad eoods en route for this place without insurance that were lost in the nre. . A colored wo man leflber small child alone in "her house and a few minutes thereafter - was ' recalled home by the cries of. the child, when sbe found that the little one's clothing bad caught fire from the -burning wood in tbe fire place. To add - to tbe calamity f the child had jumped on the bed, the fire from her clothing having ignited the bed cloth ing. The mother by strenuous .exertions quenched the fire, but the child has since died from the wounds received.; - Raleigh Neaosr Observer'. . Mr. Thomas Biggs is preparing a plan for the new court house. The design is to add wings of 20. feet each to' the sides, thus ! ' giving "a total frontage -of about. 75 feet. The- front is to be brought out in a line with the postofflce. ,t robabry another story will be added, with a belfry in front. . Mr. Henry Gorman, one of our oldest citi zens,' died ,-yesterday . morning. He ; was aged about '75 years, and had been very sick for several months. - - A corres pondent writes: The ' project of forming a new county to be called Durham .isTeini discussed 1 in several Stale papers. The people of Granville have. something to say -of it. But a few years ago a slice was taken from Graqville -and given to Franklin. Then, during .the session of the last Legis lature,' we came near losing a good slice from the .northern part-o be given, to the county of "Gilliam," with Henderson as the County seatr;': Now It, is proposed to take away from Mm Democratic voters of Gran ville our arkoj safety, Dutchville, and give it to Durham This will never do." ? Gran-, Ville asks for little and never receives even ' the smallest crumb that falls from the table of Democracy. All we ask is to be let alone. r Charlotte Observer i Jim French, ihe unfortunate man who was knocked from the top Of a freigh car ht Salisbury and run over by the wheels of tbe caboose, is dead.. Amputation; of vtbe crusHed arm was attempted in Salisbury, but the injuries Were so severe that he Hed during the ope. ration. Rev. J. M. Rose," who waslor some time, in charge, of tbe Presbyterian mission chapel in this city, has been called to one of the largest Presbytrian churches tn 'Memphis, Ten n. He is a native of Fay- ettevllle. It is stated that the cotton factory lately., established by the Messrs. Oates, is the only one in Charlotte owned by native North Carolinians. This we think, is a -whole- -volume -on . immigration.' ' - So deep is the" mud at ' the Carolina -Central and Hichmond & Danville depots that the horses have been made sick, from standing op to their knees night after night waiting for trains. Mr. Thomas H- .Gaither, it is understood, will bring suit against the Air Line road, for .the injuries he received in the disaster.. , Things have grown' decidedly better for, Messrs. Welsenbery and Lockman. Tbe latter was released this morning, Mr- R. T. McAden becoming bis' security for his reduced bond of $5,000. He is again at work on the Air Line for tbe present" at ; the depot 'here, other arrangements having been made with his train during his imprisonment. v-Ea- gineer Welsenbery took his. engine out this morning and is fully, reinstated.' L 7! Best really after anything except to j get possession af the Atlantic & North Caro lina RailroadrV ; asks the Wilmington Stab. Possibly, naught else. Io :-. any event, his proposed 'midland railroad from Goldsboro will not be built by the company he has organized. . TThus far the cry for the light to be turned on has never yet resulted in revealing the features of the man with the cardinal mask. --:;.--..-. of T .tafc;en place be fore,- Justice ; I). E. Sle ve n 4 ;