North Carolina Newspapers

X- ( -'1 nio,ti, mi JO ;l3ill! .,us ?a it igyJn Spirits iirurpsntine. r - I ....... V i 5 . -. Cj -1 r-s;iagaCSiK. .- f'A 7 i , ' -- T- - is urs cr . O- a a 3 "TV" - i 3 el St a WfctjejfctJ i-4 55 0 ijS?rt ,Tt ILi lfifd tlii lo ''iuuihi-i:yai EU'I i- y - - r. a 3- 3 3 3 Ml' :t g.?.-.C.l4' 5fS4 j j I.'J..t J w r ri ri a a f Jittered t Jag JPostpCse at Wilmiprtoo," !f--rKxf s flirift e-.1l' TbeiubspiiptldtiprioeoftheWKKK ' i.i Star is as 'tmamii&i&r&jt U.- Gov JarViffiftJhis fncsssge, drew the attention of the Legislature ; to the power invested in the .Chief Ex ecutive of the State to pardon crimi nals. He thought1 it was more aa thority than odght to be entrusted to any one manTbo readers of tbia paper need not be (old what out views are in the matter. For years we have insisted that such a granting of supreme power was dangerous and uurepuMwau. YYe are: glad to see Gv. ;Jrvis -taking the position he has, aud we hope to see a, change in the law BOpner ' orjater.pld preju dices and. customs ar almost invete rate, and it requires many years to ed ucate people into a different set of ideas and ' convictions. ; If the press of ,the State were united in their t op position to the: oiie man : power but 4 few years' would 'elapse before the law wonld be alter8d.; The Consti tution ought to be amended, and the present Legislature should ' take oe cehsatY: steps to allow the people to vote as to whether- or not one , man- should have power to reverse the de cision of juries and the sentence of courts in no delicate and responsible a matter a imprisonment in the pen - itentiary or hanging for murder. In a former editorial written some two or three years since we showed what the" law was in several States, ' and how certain States; provided for commutations and . pardons. There are thousands of cases annually in the Uuited Slates in which the verdfct of juries is cancelled or annulled. We dp not believe that any Governor, however wise or good or just, ought to have the, power of ; exercising clemency to the undoing of what the courts have. done. It: is doubtless, necessary, in some rare instances f or a new hearing to be ,had . npon be w eviaeoce, ana toe law ought to pro vide for. 8ueb cases. . If: it be neces sary - there should be F a pardoning tribunal, but composed of nbt less than" 'three ' qualified lawyers.'. But more Of this farther on." : .: ;"' The principle we attack ib dangerr bus, and, for that reason, if thra.as ho olh'Ve-'''Wtfld'itfst"apdtt---'ir coange rn cne oTganio iaw puiinere is more involved than danger. .'. Wheq a culprit is arraigned fo iKn . offence and fairlr triedfatid sentenced. i haff SappSdedHhitiVw nas come, xo iignu ana tnat tne cat-, prit was reajly Jnnpeei?t of the-;e?Qne,7 Such cases have occurred idTNontr Carolina, itnd bher tsia? we remember to have 1 'met 'with-1 in New , York1 re- ports.; . There, was, oo provision to a new txiai so the Governor padon, that is thebMr'hftfTtV4:Bft;i do und'er the Jtiirbu1mstancea,t : '"tetter cases occrfr in . which u appear; (ha Governor that the prisoners weta ia nocenfi and; oaght t6 have beeti 1bo quitted. fjSo he pardons. Iwyr 'L'i &l f ar lmore, lamiUar. with , spch c tsea thaa : re4. could suggest other e asses ' of cases. Sympathyj impo: tunity, political reasons, and Otlier '' consideratiops" of Ta like f kind have brought ccnVicts from their cells' and . turned'them loose npoti society. i TTie question insesj is il just to thei; communities, ,and right in itself, that we.man shall, haye.tbe. power tc andp with the dash of his;peA the action of a! court after sitting for dasibe'iring evidence anid yt&f ding justice?. Isit right that one- man should hie clothed with powers so sopreiherthat be'eafc subvert the orderly enforcement of a sentence? " Is it right for one mkn in al free. State, nnder a free constiiut tion, to:bfi invested with such supra- judicial and such anti-judicial powers? J SSI Ui I i I lVKi ft 1 I t ' I I bJJ "1 The pardoniasjoC. a,criixi(ua im arn bitrary. It interferes witkibaii exe cation bf itbli'wiIi'ife'AireP Brtfirt the lafirirrfeas;-? inis h itrfone9 it bja necesaary.iij i jjcasiWissisW that it ought not to& baoBQ byoa ttaaWbBOCeaaetaWa1w ? feA 4Jbj ftnejjf rifcr, and be ; U oorrect we , incline tQtbftD Ifcrtt cwUiat A it 1s 4 stf &48bedtaBie. It was broasht f rom be tMrtlieea? i . I i .m ISnd the Sjct waathetbhntiia onort eojtwtain of jusuce. the. fQuatauigfj butesof diyt!2matej theyldrpjasai U hiaan goWd- irtoa.agaia8ti tha!s King.-, The indietmentsnniBt abarge it . a$saa. offense- 'agiinst ' the ' peaee of qvlt ) Sovereign Lord the King,' Qrf$g$iii8t his orowtt and dignity;' w - The Kig1. is the plaintilL - 6aitame to-pass it was the rjeriiofliigh t?,pf:fie, ng "to dispense in - any Caste, .. without compensation, with tfie legal penalty for erimea." Hence -the King par doned, &ni the people" applauded the acts of raeroy, -Ttoofeople remem bered'also, as the same writer , sug gests, that "judicial .. processes I were imperfect" -that persons uh ad been legally pat to" death for -crinies of' which they were Innoceut-somelimes for alleged crimes that had oot been bommitted, and . they ;. concluded, - therefore, f'that an artntrary. power i of interfering with ihei execution of ,r judicial sentences was theoniy prao- : tfcable safeguard against snch; an leyil." These views and prejudices . icame over with our : ancestors and i - -.- - became incorporated into the funda mental laws bfihelaadC "'I f We stop not : to consider now the law's delay,' By .makifig! punishment ; iof crime uncertain, by increasing the cnlprit's chances Of escape, -feof for 'we have considered . some or k all of hese points before:'1 ,;-We desire bow, whilst the Legislature is iff ses- siooto ecfiphaslae ottr conviction that Some cbaoge in the 'exercise" of the pardoning jpdwer sh'oold be made. If the courts are inefficient,' insuffi cient, make ; the1sf-b6tte"r., lluCrease , their numbers and improvadtbsm (otherwise. If the, JudiciaL dephrtr- hent is aneqoal to the great taska as-' signed it." then for the sake of 'society make it what it should be. The remedy does not Jie iorihe Jstecutive pepartmenti A non-judioial officer pannbt fey' &p 4 arbitrary revers Jf la , bourt's declaianyeiisi, magnify the' . yF) Qot oQdertakfi : o ; fuggest remedies,' as we, arBiBQtiawyer8.cThe KFwe to . retail penal tidi sboald- be dejp6si'ted wlthao'fiie 'cofitfeBUtbb! I ? ii-ntiri;. aiULJ fii.?ijpj t-iQBt is wo at we cooiena lor ana h6t,with one njao, ana health abn pant labors of another kid ittOOKOUr-: by his time. Webawseeir I - -- .! a -ut a 1 tl tntSX.'S luggestions made as to how remor feteyii J An hi Northern. WTi-: ter, Theodore Bnvsaysjtbat power io remit ought to be abolished en tirely except it Judicial K prOceedmg. fie says vnat criminal r courts &nouia have power to grant new trials, n ihe groeid oi newly discorered:.eVi ence. He says 'farther that no per--son 'should be 1 ncbnipetent to testify m civil or criminal cases, by reason of bonvictioij Or aedte'n that objection J;testioony. .should 4xtend . paly r o:credibUity: .7 ;Tbe Chief Magistrate, we hoUdught hot-' lo be empbwerdTotrmeddle with ihe work, of thoJuaiaai1 2 If such wterfiLgddlicg; Wceilsryit : 6u?ht iriviootyiMfeiacotuie 9ooaia thwiseip .tfty have 4o irdpqariaxepTcbjy 4adteai pio5 ieedipg. .f S oej'inrjtbp sp4eTatiprvpt tbe. Qtnooi mllstrackcut two very ihTDbrlab- feaXii4t 9 fef nied to? alloVtpeSiief8 traveuin2iipnsea;aaa aaryacferk sAs salary is insufficient, d-q.inan of teal talents equal 1 toi tta Bidatie - of Superintendent of PnrtesWuction in a. Suteb7pepplVjeold afford to servo upon ifich teis? How theq con be', afford tfl xpfn' quite" b!atf In travelling ? f flete ii J attlra- tbty good of bu to sould e lberfTxp4Xcm peintndmtry Scfeafc It o5bt tft w f -w -1 L. Jlr.--.-fc - i Jt C- - '-. t. -rt MJI t u wilmes&ton; -,K:;:x;'iiijAY;mKeH';4ri88i."-'.': mains in hia office at RalAtorh. . Ha qanoniy beefficeht' and usefui by Dein Of .thp -(eld TOnstantlyTj 1J31 - . ; r - ' - ; c' J - If the Superintendent is Dot to, tra l.tben ereris po need o a cljerk, iW If he is-, to, travel tbep he cannpli do so - without funds and a vfert p attend tftaatieg (olenoal almost en -Urely:)i2E tbis abacaoai4aA competent dbttk ionald e obtained for h&Oi M anlb,lattdbs5)weaild ot' bare: iA be! OTp3oyedr&idkwo7. iorUiree hears; dyj- liiStriifai8 aawanfartuaate; bovtho great motive powfir oi; the Whole system, and would be.ifa pro per, law. .wero. framed and the right man iii charge!' We repeat;: the dn ties of theupnnTOTdenroT Public Instruction.' if well ' performed, de- !iiiii!iiiiLil:ii'ii i-5iio;fj.fc;i crsii uiauu more, real aumiy, ;gu is ana learning than anf other office in the7 State Gpvernment.rV But this impor tant fact escapes ' entirely , the atten tion of the ordinary iegislator. ; It id to be heped the Senate will not agree to any such absurd legislation as that' favored by the House. 0 y f The refnsal of the Seaate-to appro priate $5,000 fox the YorktowK cen tennial, it strikes as, , was judicious under the 1 eircamstaQces, . iNorthr Carolina made no such appropriation' fox celebrating the centennials of im portant battles on - its own soil, and we see no reason why an exception) should be made in favor of a b&ttle. fought in another State. ; It would be much better-to -expend -that sum in givmgiuie-proauois or me oiate a first-class 1 showing ' at the World's .bair in JSew York. : .,,jjo Maaa.;,: , rrtv. -: .A. gentleman living at -Troy, N. tC, ; writes as , a -vigorous protest against the removal of Holden's disa bilities. He also objects to pardon being granted even though ; Holdea 1 snooia con less , nis sins ana sue ior forgiveness. He takes - the position. hrst, that the .Legislature baa snp power tP remove them. He says the Governor has not the power,' and that it is a waste of money to be fooling With iV He thinks, the Convention' .of 1875 might have : done so, the people ratifying the same. He. thinks ilolden is incnrable th&t "Ephrahn is joined'tb hU,4 .He goes: for the exGhovernor with jungloved hands, and does not believe jthat he ought to be- restored to the" xtsjof bitiaenship evennpon?cbn-t. f ession, because - he is not - to J ; be :trusted. ILKpetBrestSred, then he ys- tbc 'pfiittiaW con Ticts ought to be restored. frfor, none U( it. 1. j .L . . T-r 1 fUA uiu ua9 uoue ue meanness 101 pefn'hasand besides they, kaye done a good work in grading our railroads jand levelling bufwistei n mountains." Pur correspondent also rather pitches' ihtbj Ben xTUl'.lfor $U nuation? oatuab vuo um iwe v. ? uigs, ttuuuv Which kaylatiiieVthinks theld' irae Whig atef as:, true and - Jrustful ; . as , .the old lino Democrats, and that neither will touch the "-BQKpjblipaja ;partyi" cawaiiS and 8HitjSil'VaY - j There are;hee 3gd Routes, o connect the ; Atiantip Jide:cwitb; the Pacifies side Ope' Is ; thb ;Pao4toa; route. - J -The French gtneIMa: Lesseps, - hasbistf-7irand.; , The second is It nown f as tha Nicaragtian" I Jaf'JSnL'J?-! "il w.V' .f-i route. . : auo iniru is we - xennanvepeo roater This last .is the ones saleeted by Capt.James B. Eads f or th eOn first is to be a canal- like: the- cele braf atruated by TPeXewepSITS r third k mmIir, it t WaMoteetOfnlifta I s&bejenllMP FraclpM'SamE ing and -"loTig7pe1rtrneM namwr ei me .yorc M.merican .Lie vieiff ,'eays:'T " , 1 L- ' that the jstbnras which connects IJorthand ouuj -America is as. ;iong the instance -between New Yorkxaty and the month Of tne eawne nver m Texas. - J . j Me says further: . , , t V'A.&ttiaahia from Korf elk oCharles 1 6b mast travel flfteea-handredJtfiHes'1 1therJorfeiM;hher.4e!Uinauoa.tiiasne would li sue snouia cross tne Mexican ismmui. zisiatots nave.ian.eL sureiv to uh form themseltei of the real duties of ttbTCdtii'i iJtsTaoiaa. i507;niile. i s Theario wttc rokves Sao3 Frincisbd' for Europe jntstvrsl tbe. .teegtb of Jh whole: Isthmus, and tthi be delayed six or seven dtyt more taaa t would be If U crossed fc .Tehaantepee.?'V gv.,as; viizob R - Ha says at will reqaire . six days ;"to. pwihghjtieNiearagaAn,caoaas MWlUc-tiai iiRipe i lb,- length .Af the. SicSCanalVich requires fcwj4ya andwmbavsnndry; looks eqiunng: extra time. 1 Aa tP thePanama rente,) stCl J f arthefisoatTi, it would, idquire! bat one.;dayv the canaUwoald be bat?: fottyinetloogvsands w4tbtsl(jks.'i He' say by -! this ffiUte ; ' tbe Jlmraense -'commerce . of tbw eWorld keeking-ta-passage tenths) Qkiet orstoi Califbraia; would have to ft rate! 268 vdilei'fartherrthaalby! tbprbposd-Jlexlcan .OBlCehaante. p6jQuteifc iInr other: word j & ship from ewoQrleaaB to SanCErancisco? by? the -PjCAma Wute: wonildUbava toi go iaa maclr f arther . by the .Mexican; ronteas it ia from 27ewTork city to the eastern boundary of Oregon. ITbis is f or steamships. He says the distance is very much greater for sailing ves sels, that.' are mainly :used in comw mercei owing to the northeast trade- i winds and the . calms Pf the Caribbe anSea. gr; 2 tju.se .!svS josfcs'i siii' x Capt. Eads discusses t length ther advantages! Pffered by 'the ? shorter route in time of war, but we will not enter apbn thfs part 'of the subject; The 'Mexican - rou t 5 woulii be 1 p re ferred by'every ohe.be 'says,-if ai cahkl ; were practicabie But such is tidt- the - fact,' hence her 'proposes "-a 1 sbiprailwayV and disbusses elabo rately the question of its feasibility; ilia argument ': appears cogent and satisfactory to show that such a rail way can be constructed and 'used with -the utmost success."' " In these views ' be te sustained by many men o - have - considered the matter' ; 1...: , t -. . . .. thoroughly. , ..; u l r t i . The bUl befpre' Congress to aid in the construction of this ship railway; failed in . the Senate. :Tbelcbmpany! asked of Congress to, guarantee; six per cent, dividends on $50,000000 for fifteen: years. ..The total , oapital of the company is,. $73,000,000. . The law wm not to take; effect ; until the praot)oabihty-of;.the. plan had. been: established.:! It was proposed -. tnat ten: miles. of the,, road -should be first built and fully tested by transporting a ship and cargo; ten t miles at six miles an hour, and then replacing her in. the water again without injury, to her or to the railway or tbe terminal works.. Even with this success only $5,000,000 was attached. As each additional ten miles . was completed and tested .in ; the; same way a cpr responding guarantee was asked for.? The ' United States, - was , to-be granted certain important priyileges in war; and .in peaee. Mexico ha$ offered the right of way and jip .gives tbUi eobntr the . -right r to , control tolls, etc.; hUj;ru.-ai:.nt Many of the first engineers of the f world have expressed Unreserved con fidence in; the praoticabilityr of the scheme,-whilst none: have given'ani adverse opinion publicly. Cap(: Eads didj wonder; in tbej jetties . be oojj-. atmctedat the mbutb of :the Missis- sippi, and in the face of ridicule and opposition.; j H&.i is an engineer of : ; great resource and ability, and fie ben : Kevei fully In the Tabuanteeo routes ; He' shows what immense traffio would seek this xbuter naturally and neces-; sarily. .rWelhOpe that the.; ship-rail ; -ay . will be oonstmcted j and lif the' J United States cannot or will not take: a .band in hp; great Work that ; capi-j tahBtfl Wilk shoulder, the risks and have ifc buUt atthe eaTliest. day. - It Will require. but half the. time that . it ; will require, to construct the Panama: cabals and the cost is very much le$8. I Til 5 -7. r BftaiN STIlttTJ- j VNHBaiiTHFXJIa IiARTS '4 : i The circulating 'libraries of the JMortn, To" aid and encourage the acquisition 'of knowledge was the aim, but the" 'muitiplying .of cheap 'and low-grade novels ( hasjiad jthe effe'ei to supplant books of sterling nierit and usef ut ness. ine resuiii oif investigation 'show's th'aVduitP tnreefburtbs Pf ihe books read by . those whpr patronize ithe'pubfio libraries are, "fiction, ani that a large- majonty . of ,the novels; are bf a highly sensational and inf e-" rior &ina. vv e nave irieu many ums to, discourage the 1 promiscuous read ing of novels; 4 We believe it is both 1 a pleasure and a duty T to "readhe Dest nctipn. uut we long ago aaoptea the rule to read no no vels except by the best authors, and,' as a rule, to .i-;i t are not answering tna pur- for which they were intended 1 read none the- value of whioh bad no beeh' ascertained; f airlyt- lYon; would do wellnbt to read'at all ratbeHhatf spend your. lime over a 'pbdr: novel, especially if it' is of Zota," Oaida sort.' Asa rule avoid tas! you -would 5 the yellow 1 fever' French bbVels.S'NoW and theuv'there is one ; that inay- be5 read wltb saf ety,1Sttt dP BPtltbueb1 the'nf Ifntil the best critics1 hive5 poM nobboed judgment upon'tbem.' P"' The evil otv vicious- aoveP reading! is so great that a BosXPfl man of let-" &i iwites a long article f for ifie J&- tematioAal Review i;upon it.-Hei closes bis discussion' with this im-portabphint-. 11 A .'C -1 Were.- tbft)nhlM jtlihrariea thrdaxhoati tne country to cease circmatioe stories. and. novelsf-I am confident that the'labor-nof the amyiorjbftippresflionootcYice would in no long Umf be greatly , lessened: and the demand f or ibHUetatme which it' Uadeatarsio; duJ Woul bsrifaduaUjl mmimsaea oy tne arylng up, as it were, of tbe most fraitfuT source of eviL5 a?? .0. j iKi "TTTr""T!r'jMrTi u- c LI : Charles Scribner's Sons send us a, good sized volume entitledj Chinese, Immigration in 4ts social and eco nomical aspects," by'' .George F Seward," lelprnitlistec to China The bbok is ';well prihtea and neatly bound in muslin.,.. It is a plea in favor of Chinese emigration. to the United States... Mr. Seward's. character is such that his advocacy; or anything may well arouse suipi cion. He is a. man of mtelheence and a careful observer, and there may. be more in his book than we have taken pains to. discover. Hid views will not be popular, but he" will make converts. . .." Senator Carpenter was born" n Vermont oh December 22, 1824. s Hp ' was at West Point for a':while. - He was a very superior lawyer and a man of eloquence. . . He was unqaesUonr? j ably one of. the -ablest .'men-.aowi;ia this country and hia death is loss to all ;- sections Hai laclced l.fixity of purpose and consistency .of opinion and was a hard worker. The: Wash mgton 'Jx8tj, Democratic, pays the' eminent Repnblican jurist and states? man this tribute: -; : . - .:-." ...... "The death of Matthew H. -Carpenter re moves from the'Unlted States Senate 'one of the very few intellectual giants of ihai distinguished legislative body. rM?. Car penter was a great man in a broad sense of the word. ' -' -a-- 'i-i;-- "He was a graceful and most impressive speaker, always appearing to believe thor oughly in hiB utterances, and convincing his auditors of his sincerity. There have been many greater masters. 01 rnetoncai eloquence but few have equalled Mr. Car enter in power ox producing, conviction. 'Or his skill lu logic was equal to the ele ganceof his. diction ir us u a tMisiX-ii..ui-. "At the bar,- in the Senate, or in the po litical arena," Mr.- Carpenter - was "a man whom few cared to cnauenge, ior alt vast resources made. him a dangerous antagonist for the ablest men 01 our time. - - ;r. . ; -. .... ' .' " I'v.-J 1 1 111 iij 3.-.. f The following is of, speoial ipterest just now in view pf the organization pf tbe next Senate, v It may, be that the death oft ,Sejtor:axpwj-tta-f give .the Democrats ithe opntroi ; , t "Chicago, February 2CrrA private disa patch from a welNinformed gentlfimin at Madiaoni Wiscbbsmisays ; VOur Degisla ture will be notified of the death pf Senator Carpenter this evening." Under ihe l&w of Congress his successor eahnot regnlcrly.be elected .until. March. 9,-.the, vacancy? not havinit occurred "durhig a ;recessbof the1 Legislature.. ;:Tb& suggeattoo bssbeea made that the Legislature. adjourn, after indicating Its preference" for Senator, and ?5rmit the Qoveraor to appoint a successor, he question might arise,, however, as, to the legality of such appointment and action by the IieHsiuTe?!i .-' ? v .... yA jrliS' :: A commission: to aonst differences betweetf xailrbadi: and-.lhe ; people would :iiQ doubt be nsefbL and ao- ceptable to' all partiesiin Interest; but a hybridized bill like that sfow'pendW ingiia the Legislature Pan: Accomplish nothing unless Its object be to-c ripple railroad investments Withoutsecurmg any benefit to shippersi r: Mr Clarke's bill ; "to t prevent : blind j legislation? ought to be read in both Hoases 'earl; and.oftenKfWs-dilw &m $i r iOur friend Evans,-' .iha henior, of the Milton Chrpttida, who ;has rierved long enough in the edtiprial ? harness CP know a' lineal descehdint of SokH mon f rom a fellow ,whoYjnev:er jum that man of-wisdor haaja wtj pOQt opinion of the . : Solon . .who drafted the nice little bill about legal adver? tismg. He sayaijv .a.v; vh-.-?; .:. i. - .VTae authdr of the bill bai evidently got ten iqto the wrong .'House !' .3 His constitu ents unquestionably meant to have sent him to "tha itunaio: Afljlnml t For ercredit of the tvnoeranhical craft we honeba-did not profess to know anything Jabout the art"if prmtingi'niiaaie pui jsa noicniooj ansnrcirf tv an insult to ihe .oress because it la a batch of nonsense seekinto get' le2af ad-. vertiBing done for nothiog, br ata price that : would put theblggest jCheap John, in the5 State to the blush! The bUl 'oflerl halt a-cent a ,wotd:fot tout eekt'.ptibllcai tion t . Why. one cent a word for each issue would be iessian,. publishers , apW; profess 1 to charge for advertising, includlbs Uank space, for: Which this bill allows iothingj'' The new Pennsylvania ; Senator now claimed by both the Republican, factions. C.LI Oar Bar aod BBproyinenta. t -In; conversation yesterday morniaRwhtf Oapt.! Wv J Potter;1 a Caps Iaf Pilot pf lonn experience aod, by the way, veryntel-f ligent gentlemaa, he gave it as hiB opinixQ that it would be displayiog a very.unirise policy on thie part of the government to withhold at this time tne needful: appropri ations in behalf of the Cape Fesr KireVaod Bar after bringing the work to its ; present condition of .'forwardness. . Now, in, his judgment; Uj the very jtime of all others for j- 1 the government to manifest a liberal, spirit and inake ample provision fpr carrying on jthe work, 6 promising of good results,-to a succeuful compTetioa- To begin withholds' ingthe necessary aid now will. be. to retard the ope;8i'ipBipfpgre88iDg so favorably and reader tbe. work already accomplished la- ble to injury -and to eventually, become ; worthleae, ' tbua yirlually ihtbwlng away 1 uJLLJ--JitL0--xAr Ivhio bl ioped that CoBgrea-will 1 take tbjB PMpex vlewLpf this Jmptsnt. cmatte meet, the preseBt tKlremenUi of the work, not only inxarrytng it forward 'tb h-greater I degree of pirfectibn, out in -pf eservLb'g and perpetuating7 'the s;rand results a already achttveo.rT j5c WSiii zdzitv-si se -fc Seateae Commnted. er Hargett. the' colored man Who wis convicted ol burglary, with an attempt to ebmiBitirabetatJa. Jate: term:pf xPuplin Superior Court,.where his trial had been removed fromPender, . snd. Who was sen tenced lo suffer the 'death penalty by hang ing on yestedkybaa had hisjsentence com muted by the Governor to' imprisonment for life, and was lodged in the penitentiary os Wednesday last. . He was m lail in. this City for several; months prior 10 hia trial and conviction. - a.:' natter aaa TIiIbcb in Baleisn. Qen. 'Manning, who" has just 'returned fromTElaieigtiV: gives it'.ai his opinion that the Legisliture will 'lake no action hxre gard to the Criminal Courts, in consequence of the conflicting influences that have been developed since the matter was.brbught to the attention of the two houses.'"" ""I"1 As to tie queatlon'of prohibitibnthe .Qe'neral is confident, from wbst he saw and heard while in Raleigh, that the great preW sure brought to bear.opoa'.the General A sembly will result in the : passage, of 'a prb- bibitory law in some snapetnougn u may not be altogether as strlncent la its nrovif sions as some of the friends pJ the' measure. may desire. , ' ' 1" - ttaatal of an Ol CltUan f Fayena- Mr James Kyle, a well-known and high ly respected citizen of Fayettevjlle, died that town on ' Wednesday afternoon last at the advanced 'age of 78 years, Mr. Ey le bad been a leading merchant of Payette ville for about fifty-six years, during which flme WeBjoyedatkablJte esm;anrgoodr will of his feUowcHt Si??1. - zens. Foreln Snlpmenta. - .,p . j - The foreign shipments'from this portyes- terday were as follows: ' The Ger. barque Baltte, ioT Antwerp, by Messrs. Fatersbn Downlngt&Co., with 3,850 barrels of rosin the German barque FQvorite for Hamburg, by Messrs. Robinson & King, with ; 8,025 barrels of rosin ; tbe Norwegian barque Eraio for Gf anion, Scotland by - Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co with 2,583 bar rels of rosin. Total foreign exports for the day 9,458 barrels of rosin. i BaiA;pj-Ifaw HaaoTer Slaetlvn or Ofieeri. . -- j. . At a meeting of the Board bf Directors of the Bank Of ' New Hanbver, held at - the banking house in this city; yesterday, the following officers were re-elected ; J: r . Pre8ident--Chaa. M. Stedman. ' . 1 .Vice Presideniisaac Bates, i . I Cashler,'D. Wallace." . - ' V iTerWL. Smith, Jr.- ' '-" -Clerk B. G. fimpie. -' An the" old officers of the GoWlsboro and Wadesboro branches were also reflected. neb in telle.. i -. ,N.tC, Feb. 18, 1881. Mrjuro yi2ffltifyi""Jh8ptteh; Please ' insert this article'in your paper for the bene fiiof society. . Please ask the other papers to. copy, ; : :..- Yours trulyj - . Elias Dodson. .- . . chufa. ., Every farmer should plant chufa for hoes and chickens to save his corn. One acre of chufa will yield five times as much as an aore of com. Let the. drills be two feet apart,,- and slant one seed to everv nine inches. Some say an acre of chufa will fatten Mri O.WimamsofRaleigh;;lTI C. has these. It $ is v said one tree Yields five, bushels of pecans. . If twenty trees yield each five bushels, the crop would be equal to 100 bushels. JThis amount given to hogs tnight fiaye 100 bushels of corn. in. North Carolina are excellent for pigs, ducks, chickens and tur&ey8. - The Thomas grape ahd the Flo wers Rrtpe come after the other grapes are gonethat is, in. October., and; Np yember. ,.;They are large and sweet. Col. Thomas Memry, Whiteville,:N: C.;w6nld send a handful of cuttings bprnail for - a small sum. ' People could write .to bini and get his terms. . - orrrra . i are' dying but for the want of food. A few Lynn trees from the mouhtalhs planted would - feed a great many. 8901 say an acre of & buckwheat will teea ten scanas. jtnere are macnines to take the honey out bf the , cbmbl The1 bees save' a' great ; deal "of time abd make muoti.more honey by put2 ting the comb bapk. s-:or'.r ' E. Dodsox. Raleigh ; Visitor V I'herevival at the first Baptist church o&U&ue with unabated- interest.--- The -order of the Royal Arcanum is tBetirg-wjtU'inicb suc cess hefeT '-Jatnfes' Wilso'd.'ctrored, of Harnett conntyV Was cpaihUted l4 jnlthia morning for robbing a man by ihe oame of -John Flowers io this eoUnty, 00 tbe 9lh instant.: : w-.r.'i r.??' ri '"'r-rv Ki ostbh' "3to urndtljnek dipnia has been making sad .havoc amona the col-. pred people 1 juhis . coujmuuUy, Three hearty men have died wiihih the last week. - One day last week Miss Cartiu. More ton, a yonng girt in' WoodiogtOn. lOwiiBhiD, was io n neia - wnere ine - grass was- Being burned, and ; tier dress took firei: burnlDe har:badly.;4 ttzcxmZ? teams are now engaged in hmolipK rills for the p4 Jt-Bt this end. r We op pose others are engaged along the .line of the road, adJ soon tne: iron hotte wHPbe coming from and returning to Oxford., A pretty 'scene twenty-five' whie-to'p to bacco wagons1, coming Into low Monday evening at onetime.,- , t r ; Carthage Gazette: illia,- many, friends will be pained to learn that Mr. J. J." Lawhoo, ofDraioi Creek.instftined'a' severe injury last Satarday, in havia hia thigh broken. Mrs.lfancy Leonard was adly .beared '.by a cdW oear-Ooie'tf Mills.' io Raosolph couniy, The unfortua ate lad? received a wound in the ab'domen aboar 14 inches ta leogia atat OciJ at ave mcaes aeep.v.. y a:a, -a 1 Blnclafr, formerly pastor tof the Presbyte-' riaarCOBgregatkm .to CharloUe,- bui wb ia now int charge. of a. pastorate at M arionr Ohio, "was In the city-yeaterday on a Visit to tbe :faimly of his father lalaw, Mr. A: B.' Davidson, -bat has . returned - hamelr , The police records' for this- year are, the City marshal, esys, the largest in the : annals barlotte, and yet be says he'll sell the 1 receipts from fines at f 1,000 and less.-' Warsaw Wrtef- iMentiohifo regret to learn that J. Pyi r Beamab,. Esp, lost his barn on Coharie. with 'five or six hundred bushels of cotn: The second month of the present term of the Warsaw High School closes next Prfday with" about fifty pupils ia "attendance, twenty-seven ot whom are boarders. We. nave last heard that our frieddCTT. Brooaonj Esq., of Lisbon, N. C, lost bis . dwelling :bonBe, kitchen and smoke bouse,, by fire, on. the night of Thursday the 10th, with their f en -tire cohtents. : ' " i- --h: i'1, t : Wadesboro 7M imek: 'At ; thean-X nual . election .eft officers of. the ? Ansob Guardsi held in Polkton.on the 22nd. the following gentlemen were elected: Captain T. J. Paudle; 1st Lieut. J. U'. Benton; 2nd Lieuu.i.J.: WvJljlalecJr.-SndcaLieut, M. L. Horn. .The company is in an active nd flourishiog condition.. : r In conse quence pf the strain upon f the colnmes of the i limes, , occasioned ; by its greatly. in creased advertising patronage, and a desire to do full, justice to its readers, we have de cided to enlarge the paper, to thirty-two COlumna -r?h mi ' t W.-' tlrr irfl Raleigh correspondent, 'of the Durham Recorder:-, Whatever- Mr:r Bledso (not Moses, the son, J. Eaton.) is in politics. as an-orator he has few equals in the House, and always commands attention; ' His rival n graceful, brilliant. 'and' impassioned ora tory ia Mr. Day,' of Halifax,1 with.- more of culture in bis style, and with more of grace ib his manner.1 Many other good speakers in the House rarefy Indulge themselves, but when they do speak they 1 make us regret their selfdenial. Messrs. Manning, Rose, Glenn Of Rockingham, ' Grainger, Sparrow andJ Boy kin are all - strong' thinkers and .. strong talkers. - A ; '--,'i ; Raleigbr iVHJ- Observers In the polished writer. We have-also-received a . good 'many communications from gentle men m different parts. 01 state, on the same j line, but we have been obliged to withhold I them because of the crowded condition of our columns.' We believe nearly all ot the! papers in the State favor the appropriation,! and.we are, glad to know 3 that the almost universal sentiment in that regard finds a response in the Assembly, and that tbe bill as reported by the committee, passed tbe House on yesterday unanimously. Monroe Jxpreas : A great ' deal of cotton remains in the patch in this coun. ty.- .Immense quantities of guano are being hauled out by the f aimers. . One house ; here ' has already sold' -: 800 tons this season. -: Died,, in Anson county, 00 the 17lh'lnst., Rev. , Dr.' John. S. Ken dall; aged 88 years. - The deceased was the father 01 Kev. T. w nenuaiii or tuts place, and was a highly respected citizen.: The cotton receipts at Monroe for this sea son to date are 17,519 bales. Mt Is estimated that we will not receive, for the entire sea son, less than 20,000 bales probably more. The total receipts Jast season were 14,022 UK1CB. . . Raleigh' Visitor: Now, if the North Carolina Legislature would . pass an act entitled "An act for the destruction, of dogs and bad roads" allowing so much for the scalp of a dog, and. levying a tax to keep up the roads sue would not oe very far behind Colorado.- The" Durham county bill failed to pass the Senate by a vote of 22 ayes to 18 nays. A highly respected farmer by the f name of JoLa-T. Howell, living o miles from -Uxlord, in Granville county, deliberately jumped into a well forty feet deepT killing. Mmaelf al most instantly. - William Wynche, a farmer living near Franklin t in 'Franklin County, bad the misfortune to lose his old est daughter on Wednesday of last week, his Wife on Friday night, and his second daughter on Saturday, all from pneumonia, and his third daughter ia. now lying at the point of death with the same disease. ' V' ' Fayetteville - Mcammer i ' Mr. William B. Buries, of Cumberland county, is the proprietor of a newiy. invented col ton planter' for which a caveat has been filed at Washington, and a .patent . applied for. , We learn from a correspondent in Sampson county, that the kitchen, cook ing stove and several articles of value, be loneioe to John R. Fisher, of Little, Coha - rie township, were consumed by fire on the night of tbe 12th inst.' No. insurance . Loss considerable. .' Mr. Fisher sustained a sim ilar loss about two years ago. - North Carolina has something over a half million head of sheep altogether. " We can see no reason why she should hot have five- times that number, and of better breed than those noW kept; except the want of protection by proper legislation. - The legislature which will give a good dog. law to North Carolina, wiH have erected a monument to itself more lasting than brass.s:.'risttroii Rsleigh Neto8" Observer: i- The report of the Insane Asylum shows 273 in mates the building being' filled to Its ut most capacity -with 194. applications ; on file, awaiting their , turn. , .Balejgb's height above tide level is 803 feet "' On the Raleigh. Gaston road the . height Of vari ous places is as follows: Crab tree Creek 228 feet, Neuse River 228 feet, Warrenton 451 feet, Summit 807, Gaston 152 feet, Wei don 75 feet About a mile this side of Hender son is the highest point 509 feet. On the Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line : there -is : a tremendous grade from Raleigh to Cary. . Raleigh is 803 feet above level, bat a point only four miles away is 498 feet, being a rise of 193 feet. Cary is 495 feet, and Apex 602 feeti while Shaw's Ridge, the' highest point, is 510 feet This is between Keyset and Manly. - At Deep River 'the height is' poly; 199 feety and at Haw River crossing v onlyl90feeL .'..-' . .. . .1 f. t t t : h ft v r I t -i. i- Si M s . ?! h : h . 1 . . p - . f ' 1 1 t t . 1 I A-