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m'.' H. BERNARD, 2 Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. NC: - Friday, .March 25th; 1881. : CWNotlcei of Marriage or Death. Tributes o Keepecti Reflations of Thanks, Ac , are charged for a ordinary advertisements, bat only half-ratea when paid for strictly In advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Mar, nage or Death. " .' - 7 fy Remittances most be made by Chect, Draft Postal Honey Order, or Registered Letter. Poet Masters wiU register letters when desired. ;. , . gw- Only nch remittances will be at the risk or the publisher. . - ;. m specimen copies iorwaraea wneu uw. AN OLD SUBJEC1 KETOUCHBD. It looks almost like a sham to write about sheep culture in North Caro lina. It is not, however, because the State' is not well adapted to sheep raising, but because nothing is done io protect the interests of those en gaged in this industry and to foster its growth. We had hoped against hope that the last Legislature would do something in that direction, but we believe air attempts broke down and j nothing whatever was done. But still the press has a duty to per form!. It must spread intelligence! It must keep the farmers informed, and from time to time such statistics and facts must be published as shall tend to educate the people in the bu siness of sheep raising. The South ought- not to rely for prosperity upon one ; or two great staples, r It ought to raise vast quan tities of corn and wheat, and diversi fy crops generally. Then sheep cul tivation and cotton manufacturing can be attended to and by utilizing all of its great capabilities- and re sources the way to fortune is opened wide. A "writer in the New York - 8unt who lives in the South, thinks thai a mistake is made in growing cotton so exclusively: to the neglect of other crops. He thinks the farm ers fare not as well off as is supposed that they are not' far from ruin. This . is the case doubtless in many sections. Here is one calculation he makes: MThe labor of a first-rate working man who will put io all bis time, in making cot ton!, will be 4,000 pounds of Cotton (the ' average of the South is less than - 2,000 poinds), worth now about $400, less gin , niug, shipping, and selling, say $50, leav 1 ing him as his profit for bis- cotton $350, 1 and 200 bushels of corn, yielding a profit of 2100. in all $450 for the year's work. To i do this will require his whole time, leaving 1 no! time to produce what be eats. ' The same labor applied to raising corn with the improved tools now in use will produce on ' an average 2,000 bushels of corn, worth -here now seventy-five cents . per bushel. and if shipped to New Orleans will net to the producer fifty cents per bushel, or $1,000. Besides the corn canUbeSowp peas at the last plowing, which will pay to fatten hoes. $5 per acre, or $1,250 for the year's work. -The jame farmer can take . care of and feed .200 head of Sheep, which win pay $zuu more.",,- j f The U above estimate, as applied generally, would be an exaggeration. There are not many sections, we sup pose, in which anything like such re-; suits as those-given could be realized. But it is certain Hhat Van entire reli ance upon one crop is not safe or the best way. - There can be in cotton planting, as in other things, too much of a good thing. The suggestion as to sheep raising is a. good one in con nection with other farming interests. Everyfarm should have a flock of . sheep, and in North Carolina this would come to be the case but for the ravening dogs. Every one' who has msidered the matter is satisfied that the south is peculiarly adapted to the production of sheep and in vast nam bers. The Louisville Courier-Jbur- jnal has this to say: -v. .- "There are better grasses for sheep in the S juth than in the North, and io many of the States there is little or no winter feeding , to be done, as Bermuda grass furnishes pas turage throughout the entire year. : Wire grass also furnishes pasturage throughout the year, which fully sustains the sheep and keeps them' in good condition. In the States of North Carolina. South Carolina. Georeia. Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansaa,Ten 'nessee and Mississippi there is an area of WZ'JWAlU acres of land, and the number of sheep is reported to be only about $3,- wu.uou. or aoout one sheep to every ninety -. acres.. In Ohio there is a sheep for every seven acresol iana.",; .; Wt'Z. The contrast is very great. Why should Ohio raise so many sheep and the South so few ? Texas and Ken tucky are known to: be exceedingly Well'adapted to sheep husbandry and hat they do a; good deal in that way ; but there are other States that , pffer large fields for this branch of profitable industry. . : The Courier Journal says: . - "Testimony received at Ihe'AirriMiltnr Bureau from sheep men in the South shows tnat sneep Husbandry pays from 90 to 100 percent, and more on. the investment. Sheep husbandry, united with' cotton and corn growing, will undoubtedly prove far uio icuruuerauve man exclusive cotton culture." , , I Whenever the South turnspits at tention to sheep cultivation it wil fJiave opened op another avenue to prospemyi uombine the various in dustries if the great resources of the South would be If ully utilized. ! The legislators 5 of North .Carolina wil (never protect the - interests of the ifarmers as long as thefafmers;neg ilect their own interests. ; . Whenever the farmers see . that sheep raising oan bo made a great source of profit they will then compel legislators to grant; protection - from carnivorous ddga not worth, the powder and shot to kill them. (. "Virginia. " We are pleased to note that the news irom Virginia is full of encou ragement and hope..;. Mahone literal: y kicked his fat into the fire when he deserted to - the enemy' He thought that all of theReadjuster Democrats were such as he is. This is a very ..... ....... ...-.. - , ' . . - common mistase among, tricksters and trimmers.' They measure' other people by their own low standard and slip up' in doing so The outlook for Mahone amorjg his own people s not lovely. The Virginians have not so far forgotten their glorious re cord as to follow the leadership of a man who is consumed with selfish ness and is destitute -of consistency and 'fidelity to public trusts;"' "The Norfolk Virginian has been visited by Hon. ; George D: .Wise, the suc cessor of Gen. Jo Johnston,' as Rep resentative of the Richmond District. t reports as follows :' ;s:Vv f - ' - : "He - considers that the prospects of the Regular Democracy in' Virginia were never prrghler, -sod .that tien. nianone oynts course io the Senate has committed a ridi culous blunder, alienating from his support a large majority of Keadjuster itemocrats who have stood by him on ; the debt quea-? tioo. He says the Democracy of the val ley and Southwest' can never be carried over to Republicanism, and. that they will spurn the treachery of the Senator. :- Nor does he consider that the Republicans of the State, men of the. stamp and character of Gen. Wickham, who have been Repub licans through thick and thin, are prepared to submit to the leadership of Mahone in Virginia, who will not now pronounce himself a Republican but who is seeking to secure spoils under two flags.", - - - ... THE REPORT OF.THG BOIBD OF HEALTH. ' ' " """ We have? received a copy of the "First Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health' for 1879- 1880. It is a volume of 200 pages. It is replete with information that is important. - It ought to prove an in-' teresting volume, and will do so if read carefully. From its examina tion the public can see what is the purpose of the Board of Health and the character of the wort, it-la engaged in. As the Board and its work are better understood it will be the , better v appreciated: The Board is a new thing for North Car- olina, and. as yet that elass of citizens who ought to take an interest in its operations have not given it their at-" tention or cooperation. "There; is an important . work :. in North Carolina for the Board of Health to perform. If sustained properly, as itshpuld be, it will so enlarge its sphere of opera tion as to reach every sook and cor nerof ' the tState, and.Jthe benefits therefrom will be so manifest that , an. enlightened public, sentiment will de mand that it be given every possible facility for the prosecution of its im portant work. . This first yolume is ' well arranged, and, we are .pleased to see, indexed properly. By' consulting the index the reader can see at a glance both the nature and value of the work of . the Board. As anMtastration let ns torn and see what one: letter, will furnish. Turning a page our eye falls on the letter I. ; What is indexed under this letter ? -. Wei have: 'Illustration of direct drainage into a welL Illustra tion of a dry ash closet: Illustration of ordinary privy. Illustration of Rochdale pattern closeU Intestines, large and small, examination of. ifln structions for sending samples.. 'In struments to be used in post mortem examination. Iredell county, table of statistics of. Irregatioa of water." Let us now turn to , the letter ,D, as we desire that our, readers, may see further the nature of the topics illus trated and enforced in this yolume. Here we have: MDeath-fates. Death rate lowered by r Banitary;work.f jpis- eases dangerous to public health.: Disinfectants and how to use them Disinfectants, prices of Diphtheria; limitation and prevention of. . Drairi- xiaiuige, i;uuipiei.r.n tjLrainage, subsoil. I Drainage into wells.Prink mg water. Drinking waters; of North, Ca"rolina.r"Drinking waters Dr; Lo donx on. ' Dry earth system! Duplin county, table of statistics of." y- : ' Of course this can give only a mere glimpse of the work. : It will' show how varied and extensive, the" topics treated. .The ; Board js'.veryf fortu nate in securing the services of ench a capable" and efficient Secretary as Dr. Thomas ; PA Wood, of this city, He has. rendered a great deal of labor,' and without pecuniary remuneration In (act, it Iras taxed both' his time and pocket. .. The , Legislature, wisely en larged -the appropriation :from $200 to $800. Tbe allowance is Very small when we consider that North" Caro Una," five, hundred', miles , in 1 length from .Currftnpkio ,Chewkeej Js. jhe field of its operalidris;s-Vrhe legisla ture" ought " fearer appropriated. $2,000, and we hope when jt raeets in extra session that: it will do d Tba public -'health is a : tery 1rajortant every wise and humane legislator. I What is a man worth to the State? 1 : . ,-.:v. o-.f i . . . t tne. cstaie f. oappose oy reauuingtue th rate throuhont Nnrth Clarrt- ! death rate throughout North Caro- ina you save - from death that year one thousand able-bodied smenhdw much , have you Contributed thereby to the wealth of , the State ? T.banita- i1!- ' -' . . .. ; towards ,,r improvingt tne . public 1 tion and' science can, do much health and reducing the vital statis tics. Une , thousand ; men saved to the State is equal to not. less than $300000. - Save this number, every year and you see what a great thing it! is when viewed from no higher standing-point than that of dollars ana cents. , . . , ; T , , .... . . . " It.is "possible to reduce, the death rate in every county, in ,t every com munity. Pure water, pure air, , pro per sanitation,proper food these and other things conduce . to health and happinees. Medical science has add ed within two hundred years not less than three years to the average of numan me in xs,ogiana ana iue u oiipu States. " It has thuB added thousands of milliona of dollars ,to the' wealth of the world . . ? So the public health is a very pro per as well as a very important mat ter for the- consideration of legisla tors. . Viewed " only commercially Jt is extremely important. .Viewed , in regard to human happiness H is of the utmost importance.. It is a great deed when a human life is saved' It is a noble work philanthropists and men of soieuce are 'engaged in when they band together to prevent dis ease, to preserve health, " to save life. The Stab, from the first recognized the value of a State Board. of Health. It has 'done something; in drawing public attention to its work'.' It has watched with interest the progress it has made, and it views with satisf ac tion the volume before - us which sets forth the character and extent of its operations' for two years. A.NBW 1MOB. It is not known generally that six teen of the National Banks of Maine applied to the Legislature for .char ters to return to the old State bank -.i" .... . ; - - . - - ej-' - system, i Such was : the : fact. The Legislature ' passed such a bill, but Gov. Plaisted, the Greenbacker, ve toed it. He takes fthe position that the General w Government has the right to control the entire credit cir culation of the country. It is thought that a new issue will be forced npon the parties whether the Government oan control ' the biroulating medium of the country or whether. State Le gislatures have the right, to create . a banking, system. ; It . is known that the, Supreme: Court' of the United States has decided squarely that Con gress has exclusive control over the currency . Chie f Justice Chase de livered the opinion. ; : We .find refe rence to this decision in the letter of theiNew York - correspondent to - the Philadelphia JDedger. r?. He says : "The case was brought' by one of the State banks of Maine, jwbich denied the authority of Congress to legislate the State banks out of existence," and . was argued for the bask- by Reverdy Johnson and Ctleb Cashing. .The Greenback Governor of . Maine, while like all his party, despe rately ppposea io tne national bans system, does not want State banks to be invested with the privilege of . igsuing circulating notes,,but wants legal-tendera to be the only currency.". , By reference lo the proceedings of the Senater:on-ther22dntr:will be noticed 5hat'SenatbrV"6orhees in tro duced resolution, relative . tactile hostile.Attitude of the National banks and their effort to dictate the lesislan tion of Congress. Some of the banks too k action at once, Detore tne j? ona ing bill had Lbeenjvetoed, j botitbey were very glad to retrace their steps' lasf sooq ;as; thjsy learned that 'Hayes waa on their side. It is insieted that y I. refusal of Hayes, to .'sign the Funding bill he prevented a reduo- rtfonrf taxatiPandavbrethe bondholders. Mr. Carlisle introduced the bill" to f undt; 3. per cenUa He is reported ots .'saying that t Hayes cost the country s6me"sixteen million idol- Jars er .mbre.by hiSYetp:', -The 'calbu-" lation is thus given 'o'Vza sd x I -The people are paying 5 and 6 percent; interest on $650,000,000 of bonds whin tbey ought ; to. ber paying only' 3 per cent.. In otnerworas, tne people are paying as in terest on the 'public1 debt at present at the rate of about $16,250,000 more per annum than there-is, any necessity for. and tbev will continue, to. pay this until the high rate Dooas are . regeemea m run s tbey fail flflA 'fen " ' ' ine: iepubucan . papers made a great howl ever the course' of Dem pcrats in he i Senate id : turning out 6mmau3J2tbeoppUon. We have; befote on a Jist of the employes and a majority-ePxthem-'arei Reptiblicans.' Thinkth:n;6verhalf ,'of the salaries, were drawn; by Republicabs 9nder the rule of the 'rBebel; Brigir diersf s?f if'hownnderstobd f-the fiepablicnj will not bet so , generous bu; wilJtsraliaUepcei ; for- their friends 4n4followers,o . -1 i. I j T""v'r'iHx. - ?caB wmo; - The death rate in New York has been excessive latterly, and it is said lo "f,8""0"130 V t ur eap condition ; ot tper jStreeta'aria the imDure water that is drunks -The r -.jl. New York- Academy of fl Medicine discussed the 'matter last Saturday and iecldedMatfouJ.wateR'knd, foul' "ti-eet'flf combined 'caused the alarming m"ortalityV:.'VVe quote Tfpm an -ex-. cnange as to wnat was Eaiu: . '? "Aelfti'cg of zvmoiic "d!8ea8t;a,'it wai atated; wou7d huw-that the water Waa ie 'A elflicg of zymotic "disea&ed, it was .sponsible because of the presence ..uf ..ie-t quantities or dead nsn ana t-mer aecayiug ;maiUT absolutely i!pot80Don8 u pereons drinking u." , . .jy yft , It is well enough io,' draw .the, at teutiou of Qur people, to. this, v .aP7 dreds of people have. died in fNew York within a few w.eek8, : aud tbeir 'death, according to the ,.opinion of a large number of men of professional skill and reputation, is, to :be: traced directly to two sources of impurity -r foul streets and bad. water. IV ja known ameng all scientific .meo. the world over that one of the most fruit ful and; certain, sources'. of. death is foul water. The vNorthern;, papers, just now, have ranch to .say. about offensive water. Our people cannot be . too particular possibly . in .this very serious matter. , There is death in impure water. ' . ' " ' ' ': - The State Board of Health has al ready done some work in "the direc liou of .causing to ; be analyzed the water irora wens id tvunungiou auu elsewhere.' This ought to continue. No family '.ought to use water until they have ascertained, that it is 'free from poisons, Th6 gteat point 'is to impress upon the people the fact that a great source of sickness and.'death is foul ; water.; 'Thousands ' are' .in credulous or ignorant, and they must be taught this important' fact just as they are taught other important facts by giving line upon line 'and analysis after analysis. - -The aotion of Premier Gladstone in making peace with ! the - Dutch Boers will be anotherrfeather in his cap. The'' fact that he is bold and just enough "to propose or accept peace while at war with a -weak ene my shows that he baa tne courage of convictions and dares Co pursue a ha mane and considerate policy iu the face of a jealous, strong, hostile and restive minority. The ' trouble with the Boers is to be laid at the - feet; of C . -'"5 , j . Beaconefield. The . making of peace is to be credited to Bis great 1 rival now in power. Mr. Gladstone ia the only living statesman7 who attempts to carry the high morality and high I principles of private life and of chris tian teaching into publio affairs. Men who' admire bold and -unscrupulous and showy political charlatans', can not understand the underlying prin ciples and motives of the illustrious statesman who is at the head of pub lic affairs in Eogland The making of peace with the Boers will be very popular in ' England,' we have1 no doubt. :.c:oli.i 'iLic ,Vj vt There ia a difference of opinion among Repnblioans in the .North as to the . merits "of Secretary Schurz's management of Indian affairs. "".One side denounce his oourse io unequiy- ocai terms; wnust anotner set praise him for what .he bas dohe and give him a pubrio 'dihner'as' was the case in Boston. ' The' New York Times, ot a late date, tninKs it nas qisoover ed great improvement in .the cocdi tion'of the Indians' since Schurz took charge. " Several Republican papers have commented upon bis treatment of the Pohoas "inc any thing else than complimentary' terms. It Is curious that there should be scion an attitude' taken - by Republican paper if censure.1 -We are; pertain ,that there are excellent reasons for. the charges against him, and nothing but parti- ' . . : , . . ,. , i-t- .n-i ' ; . san pre ua ice Diinas men to tne tact There are none so blind as they .who wiu not see wuai ties rigni oeiore their eyes.- i, ; . -Nearly every '.leading 'Republican paper, whose opinion ' we have' aeen iann favorable to the reappointment' of - 3tAbleyl MattheOas Sapretrie Court Judge; Sbme': of''lhem speak out plainly in the"matter.r j The Phil adelphia American says : quite nn- toittakably i Vf&x .; PI r We VegreVtofsw1 that MYGarfield has renewed - the, tiqrnjoathotij Mr -i Stanley Matthews . for v a place , on 4he Supreme Bench. We do not think' thai Mr: Matthew la a fit man for JlhaJ post of great lesponsi-; nutty; ana whatever. Mr. Ofrrieid'a per sonal : opinion; we should hive expected tbat the decided nd .general opposition to tne nomination would have deterred bim from this step.-1 That hehaffagaln'seot Mr. Matthews's,; eame (o, the ,Seoate, a either shows that he baa" been following the lead merely of Ohio opinion oruhat'he does not - hesitate, to. act on bis ,o wn, "convictiona of . duty; at the risk of openibg bijadminislra , tidn with a bitter, and ?uhp(iem86nt :coniroi versy,. That the-nomination, will; be de? feated, we see no reason tChope." f' X. -Ahs I ' - ' ? ' '-" ttd&s ! Bpring. brioga tbe , blosaoqaagAaiumn brines the fruitand aWOoMr W for which nothlne wiDerior 10 D. BurPai Cooffb' Syrup has ever been offered ta the .nnblie. J iP'W' J 'Hi kIwkvr rtirps'. Prlo OTnin' ,' X rv.H a i ' J - - . t : A-Xrpoaet" Consiatui io tne con lira.. G meral 'Robert Pi cston, President of the Montgomery Memorial Association of Virginia'aCd Mrs. Mary Means, bothof South', Caroltni. but now residing in jVir' gioia. ave rtquested Gen. Lane to solicit, eontribotidfiS from the people of Wilming ton to enable them to erect a monument vetlthX Confederate dead at the Mont- 1 IT . ! . l,t-fc O 1 A buried i ;lrgt number of Korlh Carolina soldiers, f; Aa the General hasn't ibe time to solicit cpmribuiiontiin person, he; hopes the people wili respond without . being asked individually, and give him the plea-: sure of making a remittance to these most estimable and 'patriotic ladies. t ; Br bcig 'Flying Cloudy from Cienfuegos for New York; before reported abandoned : the captain and crew being taken off on the 15th1t8t., by the barqufr Idia Peachau And brought to this port-was passed March l&ib,' i at, 83.- tong.;;76 53,, by 'iihe Jerque John J. Marshi lker, at Delaware , Break water irom eagua. yapt l . slates that the brig was apparently in good condition and did not appear to be leaking,' that the cabin 'doors were opened, rand hogsheads of su gar, could be seen in her bold, .zali.iaifhh 'V-' ijchooner L W. Wheeler, Bowman, from Navass tia ton Cny February 37lh.'for Wil mington, N.:C:was "ababdoned at- sea March 15tb, in 1 at.' 80.34, lo'ag.l 70.47, wiih fuur feet of water id her bolcj and the crew exbausted..T:Theyv were taken , off ( by the barque Arthur C. Wade,f and landed at the Delaware 'Breakwater on the 2 1st. The schooner was owned io Bristol, Me., 333 tons burden andTwas om insured. -She was loaded with guairu! and. phosphate y 1 J " Stephen''. ' Jones, colored,1" who bad a hearing before TJ." 8. ' Commissioner McQuIgg, a tew day 8 ago, on the charge of selling tobacco without a license, and was committed to jail, to await his "trial at the next term of the TJ. S - District CaurL, gave the necessity bond ' yesterday, and .was. ren leased. '" " " 1 .. . -. i ; i We are reqnested to stale that the regular quartetly-Conference of. Myrtle Branch' Baptist church, in Brunswick county,' will take place next Sunday, at the residence of Mr. John " Nelson; - deacon.' There will be a btpt'ism at about 9 A. M. and'.tbe. sacrament ..will be.; administered directly after the cervices. : The church is about six miles below the city. r . J 1.: ' : . ... "- -' im -i:;' 't V Aa -SmptfrtaBtsftaiiroaiA Coateetfon Dr. R.:, HL Eaoea, who ; represents the; Copper Knob Mining, .Company, tq whom a charter was granted ' for a railroad from either Statesville or Salisbury, to that point, by the late Legislature was iu.; Statesville last week, and the American says "he wasr looking . to .arrangements for f beginoiog a survey.of the line, , and expects to place a force in the field at an early day. He Says tne road is certain to be built as early as possible; that the company have plenty of means, without applying for outside aid, and that a connection will be made at this point with the Atlantic. Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, and with tba Carolina Central Road at Charlotte, lo tido water at Wil miogton the guages of all these roads be ing the same. By this line the company win snip tbeir freights to Wilmington, con netting with a line of ocean steamers,' and obtain, their supplies by tbesame." i .: . Tne'cottOB WvemBii.: 'S-f ia The receipts of cotton at the port of Wil mington, for the week closing yesterday footed up 943 bales, as against 410 bales for the corresponding week last tear. show. log an increase io favor of the present year of 539 bales. f : The receipts thus far since the 1st day of September, the commencement of the cot ton year, foot tip 113,500 bales,' as against 74.865 balea for the .corresponding period last year,, snowing an increase of 37,635 uatea io lavur 01 loot. ' How Indian! Rmnrn dais a. : -"MilwankeetWisOiSunl"5" : 1 o A party of Siout Indians were guests at Reading Milwaukee hotel, and, the. ladies, had a, greatrdealiof arausemeiit with" them studying their customs: That' is; they all did except one ladyl "The ladies called Upon the Indians, and, the savages returned the oall almost.beforeU.be ladies got to their rooms. " One lady , called .on a chief and then went to her room and retired,' and- pretty :6obn' there was a knock at the 4oor and she f onnd that ;it was. :the xhief.n . She. told him 5 tp come in the moving. The lady, un locks her door in the mornjng so the porter can come in and l)uild a fire before: he::geta: pd She heard' a knock in, the morning and supposing it was the porter she said: VQome in." The door opened and iff walked 'Mrl' Indian . ' She took one look at him and pnHed the bed clothes over her bead.;. He sat .down -on the side7 of: the bed and said,Hor Well, she, was so scared that "sheJ didn't lenb'wj f'How frdm-Adam., She said to him inn the best; Sioux .'that ' she' could : f'PJease,. Mrt Indian,, go away until I get up,'f' but he didn't seem to be in a" hurry. "HeJ piokei pieces of her Wearing apparel from:' the 'floor dif ferent articles that be didn't seem to. know ynything;CabQU;-wherecihey were worn, and made, comments on them ''in the ' Sioux? tongue. The Btocking9'seemed to paralyze' his hri tutbred mind the inmost.' They were those long, 9Q degrees in-f the shade Stockings, an4".thyiWere too mhch for his feeble intellect. He held them up by the'toes and said "Ugh!" -The lady. trembled nd '.wished) hewould go awayHeseemed to take agreat delight in examining. the hair,on the bureau and, Hooked at the lady, , as mnpb 'as to s'ayIior girl,rsomehos-v tile, tribe thastmade , war! on, the pale fac an4.taken rnapy8oalps.3 Finals ly, she happened to .think of the bell, and she rang ' it' as though "the1 house i ww on nre,-ana prettv soon the por tefecametand invitedi the Todiatf to jjTOva.! AiatokIbe lady looked thdooroe. quick,: and "will iiev'iiV.iii'oph Cftein when there aferItidiahs in town. She savs ;her Jiairoa the bdreau f airly turn- a . r . - ... ... : -' -. . 7- ... . 'i'V ..-:' r HOKSFORfo'S .'iCtb" IPHOSPFTATTi' ?8IBl' ja .Nervous; fleadache, JBtfwar Tbe Uanoiaciare oiapirlu In noriU; vV;v:;,yi-fXiuInaw::! Ralefeb Ne s-Oberver. ' Ve are enabled to lay before our readers some statistics with refereoce to the manufactured spirits distilled- from grain in this btate. . - senator itansom. having audressea a letter of inquiry to : Commissioner Raum, received'in reply an official statement of tbejabljyhicwill.be. interesting at. this juncture, when the' question of prohibition is on the car-.-pet' for discussion.' The department reports that the quantity of s spirits; distilled from grain in the .State of North Carolina during the last fiscal year was 442,957 -gallons, the value of which,' above the tax of $398, 661.30, may be estimated at an ave-' rage of forty cents per gallon or at a': total value of $177,182.80. f.4 ,.. ' It is to be observed that, this is the estimated value of the spirits at the; time ot manufacture, and the distiller has the option of retaining the spirits, in warehouse for a period not exceed ing three years, and that , the value -very considerably increases' with time.' ." The materials used for the produc tion of, spirits during the same period are reported - in -bushels,, as ; follows: Corn, 156,876; rye, 33,618; malt, 21, 928; " wheat,: 1,237; mill feed, ,.393; other, material, 19; molasses. 208 gal lons.: Making a total "of ' 214,071 bushels. " ' ' The total ntfeibersofjigrain distil leries operated in North Carolina da ring the same period was 359. These distilleries are small and differ ; but little in capacity An estimate of their average value, including build ings, stills, furnaces, ;&c.;' is made at about $1,500, or a total, valuation of $538,500. ., The number; of persons, beside the .proprietor! employed , at each distillery, is not reported, but it is improbable that more than one' or two would be needed, i j . " -; ., So it appears that- the tax" paid the government bv our 359 distilleries is $398,661 80; the value of the product with the tax added ia $575,844 10, aud without the tax ; is $177,182 80. There are probably not over 1,000' persons directly en eased in the dis tillation, and the amount invested is about $500,000.1-. - ' " ' t1- TKANSPOUTING CATTLE. IMPOSTAKT DECISION FOE EAILEOADS ;i 'AND SH1PPKES OP LIVE STOCK. " ' ' if Atf the - last jterni of the Superior Court of . Richmond county James J. b pears obtained judgment against the . Georgia Railroad : for a. horse which was killed while being, trans ported from Atlanta to Augusta. The evidence showed that the horse got down in the car and was tram pled upon by the other animals con-: fined in the same car. There was no negligence in the running .ot " the train or anything appertaining to the mere transportation of the animals The railroad company contended, first, that, as to live, stock, it was not A common carrier; that its. legal duty, was ' only to furnish proper trans portation and; eonduct -it- sately; and that it could not be ' held liable for any loss .which occurred by reason, oi me vitality oi tne ireignt or its natural qualities and propensi ties; and, second, that Spears, by two contracts, one made in Nashville and the other, in Atlanta, ' the considera tion of each being a reduced rate and ia free passage" for himself, released the railroad from all liability result- log .from anything' except negligence in running its trainspi t r z yj :.i:jcr i The . Supreme Court of Georgia, in a ' decision rendered yesterday, re versed the judgment against the rail road and sustained both- branches of the defense,: holding ?rthat the-railroad is not a common carrier of live" freight, and both the contracts made by Spears; are "valid and protected the railroad v- t . aj ; crjBBKflT' connsNT. i -. j - As a matter of course the De mocrats were very sore over this de sertion, and expressed itl in language as ..strong as the courtesies, of the Senate allowed. At this some Re publican paperSjSasj publican Senators, prof esa to be very indignant, and' undertake to shield Mr- Mahone, ( poor lamb!y. from these injurious aspersions. The plain truth is that Mr. Mahone was elected to the Senate by Democrats, and as a Dem ocrat, and never prof esaed to be any-' thing-else until this wdebate..; It) is true that .be.? needed, and received some: .Republican jTotes; but these iwere given 5 him for a price which wasi paid, , and that ' bargain was closed. KHUf action! of the party-en-. dorsed the nomination ; of General Hancock,' and put before the people a list of electors pledged to.'vote for him. i It is not bo long since 'these very Senators and newspapers would have resented .as slanderous the in sinuation that they had any affiliation, with Mf; Mahone or he with them, and -would have - used ' language ' as . strong as; that; employed : in this de bate . by ; Senator Hill laqd.t other. Southerners. Philadelphia Ameri can, Rep: '--t t-. - . ; ti- ---y ' i" The Washington Republican is edited by Mr. ; Gorman, a Rep ublic .can:: candidate for Secretary of : tbe; '.?nitedBtote8.'3enatelHeiuc-howe exults , over General Mabone's aUi- anoe' with the ; Republieans: "Now let us see a Republican who ' will ad vocate: a Bourbon-Republiean r side- olijw iu -uiuor w ..curvKjri yirgioia io1 the Bourbon . DemQcracy. . rNoWj let us see any " Republican who will ad-:. -vise the President to disregard 'the counsels or doubt the information he may receive, from the administration Senator frorVirgtnia.RrcSmowt? " 1 The secret of recruiting the vjtaf prin ciple IsLdiscovered 1n Tutt's Pills.' Io Liver " Affections, Uizziness? headache,' Costive nesa, uyspepsia, jrevera of all kinds Dysen tery.' Flatulence Heartbnrfi;'ruption8 ot thetakirv.IJervou8ness;, BUiotfas CoJk t Lose of Appetite and all trouble of tbe bowels 'their; curative effects' are marvellous. Tbey' ate truly the afflicted's friend. 'Jx-lt.r Bvixts ,Turnentine. v KaI8lgh"-FwOl?JA ruxuor is affrat that there is a prospect of ex-Gover. ' nor Holden being removed from hia post- -tion aa poetmasterat Raeigh.r -The fevhng " -' of the' community' seems to be adverse to ! ibis action, as the present incumbent is re garded as an efficient offlcer. ? - i iJ - 'i , : : r-r We have already drawn atten tion to - the North Carolina ' Educational JinrTioi, published at Chapel Hilt.-It is do-' lng good, substantial work In behalf of ed .noation in our -State,: and ; every ' teacher should lake it-as well as -those interested specially in the advancemeat.aC our people Prine 60 cents a ye&r. : ! i r " -i 1 - i Elizabeths : City ; Carolinian: I More 'new buildings 'will be erected ia ' El-Zibetb City this summer, than ever be- IcTe. i A. number are now io progress. John Nichols and wife,- who moved- from ' Pitt to Chowai two: years ago, have both die i of pneumonia, the former on the 4th and tbeatter oethe Tthvs-' A. number ' of Northern sportsmen have -had a good lime among, the wild fowl -in Currituck ' Sound. -More duck and geese have been captured and shipped this season than any previous one." " " .: j ; f ; Oxford Torchlight : t Strictly "speakiog the fine tobacco classed in foreign markets as "Virginia" leaf -is in reality made upon the soil of the Old Nojth State, ' and the most splendid specimens invariably hail from Granville. Pursuant to a Call of the chairman of the Republican Execu live Committee, quite a number of Radicals assembled at the court house on Saturday evening for consultation upon the Vance county bill. We learn that it will be the intention of the Republicans to join with rl1 good pedpleopposed to the dismemberineoi of Granville ., county and 'defeat it at the polls -. : r i i , i Northern exchange r ' Some re mewkible yarns come from the Tar Hetl Siaie. The last story is to the i effect that W. D. Baldwin, a reputable merchant of Shoe Heel, while returning home a few nights ainqe. from .a horseback ; rWe in the country, was furiously attacked by about twenty dogs-who bit bis horse and made frantic efforts to pull bim from tbe saddle., lie finally put spurs to his horse and escnped with bis .life. The Shoe Heel Guards turn -ed out to hunt the dogs last . Sunday, and killed many of them. The curious part of the whole story is that the dogs belonged to the. people in and around Shoe Heel, , and no one has yet been able to explain their conduct or to account far their-combination. Hydrophobia was suggested, but those who witnessed their behavior say that it was not such as to justify this theory.- 5 k ilaoa. Advance'. A protracted meeting is in progress at the Methodist church. Last Saturday at Jerusalem church, near this pla'cej Mt. Wiley Flower' horse ran away and ran into three wagons, hurting three ladies who were on the wags ona, and breaking his own shoulder, which produced so much pain that the horse bad. j to be killed to relieve him of his sufferings.- ! Monday, evening an old geoilenban from Franklin county who had imbibed alcoholic refreshments too copiously,' beard for the first time that the .Prohibition la w had passed, and, in a drunken condition, being infuriated by the action of the Legis- : nature, ne mouniea agooas box ana; made, a powerful speech in favor of intemper ance,! equal rights, etc.; ' to the amosemen t rt fV Knntor Horn Salisbury .Watchman; The North State Mining Company are writing' on paper with a heading which reads aa follows: "Office of the North State Mm -;-ing Company's Railroad, from Salisbury to" Jefferson." . We are glad to note this Net, as it shows , that the management . favor making Salisbury one of the termini of tee new road. At a festival, gotten' Tip by the darkeys, on Maj. James Craige'a plan tation, Charles Wester threatened ?ul' be 7 would shoot some one that oigbt, and du ring the evening did eboot Ben Ellis ;.The ball lodged ' in i tbe " boWefs. Some! old grudge was at ? the bottom of the affoir. Tbe wound is probably fatal. As yet Wester bas not been arrested. He wa9 ' drinking that night.;. , . . j : ; : Goldsboro : Messenger'. . Frank L. Mehegan, a printer and newspaper cor respondent, for many years connected with ihe Tarboro - JSouiherner .office' d it d Friday night of consumption. Befote . adjourning the Legislature passed a reso lution saying, "that it is the, sense of the General Assembly that no lease of - the' At- . Ian tic & North Carolin a Railroad ' ah all be made unless with the concurrence of the : uoara oi uirectors or saia JKauroaa. " f i The larcre dwelling house of : Mrs. Raliie Strickland, in Johoston county, , was de ; Biroyed by fire a fewdays' ago, togeihrr .with a considerable portion ; of her f urhi- tnro u Tha fir. A.linnAlail trsm an..l.n nn kbatCapt..C.:B.;Denson, fora number of years the efficient and courteous . Secretary of the State Agricultural Society; is an ap- " plicant for the position of Clerk to the new Code Commission. Capt. Denson isanin- j defatigable worker 'and would doubtless L discharge the duties with abiiityiaod credit : to the Commission. , . ; ' Monroe Express : ' The revival meeting at the Baptist church closed with ; thn Rrvir.PK nn.Iant Mnnriair niaht..Tha ti.i result of the meeting was sixteen accessions to the church. We have probably said v il before, and if eo, there is no barm in re 7. peating it, that in bur opinion no county in thB State 'ia' in: better condition that this county. .:Wet are- out :of debt and have money in the treasury, while the people are becoming more: independent abd progres sive each year. Monroe High 8cbool commencement will embrace the third Wek in May. Judge Augustus S. Merrlmdn. of . Raleigh, has consented to deliver tbe litera- , rv- addre8 on tha BecalnriJin 1?p iT T: " jDagwen.oi unanpiie, to preacn tne sermon. ; Tbese selections could, hardly be better. " ' - The bill chartefing- the ' Lancaster & Monroe RtiUoadv-jnttoduced in the L'egil- ." Vntnrft ho f:nt Mn.HjiTil'ov "nm nnMunm. 1 a . vf . a - J .vf... WM.W , WW. .W..U(U.U . live, failed "to Daas that bndv. nwinir ti the fact that the t25 , f ee reonired br la w to be . paid into the State Treasury before it.could - ud bucvI. upon, was not-iuroisnea oy me friends of tbe bill. This was doubtless owing; :-t to a misunderstanding, which is to be re gretted; b-v: c-rT?i; vn..U s-Sss' r 4-r. ynariotte.terwittr. 4. i.; , tod ftnnntr. w9ln: lh H wutarAmv H. ' i;anBlP.r. nr ItlVPr Kon1 tnvneh n ta (Jii.. gives some lacta aDout sneep. raising which . are worth reprod.uciog. .;He has been ex-lV perimenting in this particular branch of in- . austry ana baa reached, a result: from a, sheep two years old he clipped 9i "pound .1 ui wuui: iium one a year oia. ne cimoea 0-; pounds, and from another, a ewe. the same.. . The stock is common, or what is known as r --oia neia ineep. - xne uastoma f- I xette claims that its town has tha follow. no-- needs: A stove and tin shop'; a lanyard, a. warehouse a brickyard, -and. a, furniture: paay are writiDgon paper with? a beadhjc : .whicbireads aa follows: ; 'lOfflce of-tbe - Aiwiu c oiaie juin.Dg uKjmDanv a an t 'The DeoDle down the nrnllnn pAnrrai re" beginning to talk already about the Wadesboro fair. Whifeh haa w- hppnmp tu Institution. The surveyors . of the . Georgetown' Lancaster Narrow Gasge' Pal nnA - .... - - is the purpose of the directors of this road i to coooeet with the Cheraw & Chester ad '; Li ocoloton , , which- would give them a, c$- r tinnous line1 from Lenoir to .Georgetown. fi-f Union county sja the town1 ottlbnroe5 areal8o . put of. debt, -so. that Cabarrus toft;- Concord eannot carrv off iiw hph i ne peopie : oi jwncotnton bare beerf told ' ! that the Cheater &. Lenoir Narrow-Qiui to Railroad will be completed to that place bjf lhe first week ire ApiIU; rij. bi-'i ci.T i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 25, 1881, edition 1
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