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i GUILTY OB NOT GUIIXIf.
We expect to see tbe New York
Times yet on the side of the Star as
to the wisdom of the editor of the Lou
isville Courier Journal. A few weeks
ago it thought this paper very absurd
in questioning the wisdom s of the
Watterson. If it read Henri's fool
ish editorial on the" assassination we
wonder if it was amused or edified
or impressed as to the uncommon
judgment, find prudence and sense of
the ambitious editor. He tries to
throw the guilt of Gtaiteau's action
upon Conkling and Arthur, and says
i the crime was Committed exclusively
in their interest. . It wants them tried
- as co-conspirators. He means this,
if we can understand his maundering
stuff, or jhe means nothing, and still
in the following paragraph he would
" seem to deny it: : . . -
"Of course! the half-witted, bow-legged,
knockkneed,l bandy-shanked preaawill de
nounce ual as openly charging Conklingand
Arthur with the attempted murder of the
President Then there is a middle-class,
'soft-molasses j press that always waits for
results, which; will shrug its shoulder and
giggle, prepared to jump either way. Both
are liars, We; say, distinctly, that a mur
der haa been attempted; that it affects but
a single interest; and we demand that, if
death ensues, the coronet's jury shall sit,
and be governed by the common-law rule
of evidence." j:.':;- - . . ;
Now. we would not misrepresent
the editor1, but what does he mean in
the following words:
"Neither shall Arthur and; Conkling
great as they claim to be stand exempt
from their responsibilities as citizens. They
are either guilty or not guilty of this dread
ful crime which has been perpetrated ex
clusively in their interest; which, if it succeeds,-saves;
them from infamy and ruin.
They have no prerogativeof!a'per&onal pri
vilege' which the law is bound to respect."
If he does not mean to implicate
them in the hellish deed why lug in
their names ? j j 'So far-fetched, so pre
posterous is the boasted wisdom of
the Courier Journal that an able
Democratic paper in' Connecticut, the
New Haven -'Register, handles the
Louisville wild-man with gloves off
and treats his utterances as the-mere
gibberish of a fellow bereft of his
senses. Hear it:
' "This stuff! is nothing more nor less than
the ravings of a lunatic, j If politicians, or
men in public life are to be held responsi
ble for the insane acts of crazy men who
have no connection, relationship or ac
quaintance with them, law would become
a farce and society would fall into anarchy.
There is not la spark of evidence to con
nect Uonkling or; Arthur with the acts of
Garfield's murderer and nothing to warrant
tueir indictment. Suppose Garfield had
been murdered on inauguration day ? The
same reasoning (?) through which Mr..
Watierson now holds Conkllng and others
responsible would have warranted the in
dictment of General Hancock, ex-Senator
Barnum and the whole Democratic party,
including Mr. (Watterson. J Mr. Watterson
might have escaped on the plea of non
compos mentis, but not so the others."
The views of j the Wattersons are
not the views of the Southern people.
We have seen no man who believes
there was any conspiracy to kill the
President, t In the whole South there
is a prevailing belief that Guiteau did
the awful deed of his own volition
and without the .knowledge of any
one. There isl but one sentiment as
to the horror and wickedness of the
act. The South' will rejoice with the
most ardent admirer of tfye President
in the North when ' his recovery is,
pronounced byj the physicians an as
sured fact. As to what should be
done with the criminal there is a
difference of opinion,! but there is
none as to the I immorality, devilish
n ess and dreadfulnesa of his act
The Lincoln Progress" is nothing if
not a newspaper. In its last issue it
informs its readers that ("as far as
we can hear") there are only five
anti-prohibition papers in the State.
Thep, in the exuberance of its joy,
it exclaims : 'The press is twenty
to one for prohibition." In the Stab
of Sunday we gave the names of
fourteen anti prohibition papers, and
we can ,, nW add the' Morganton.
Blade, Winston Republican, Golds
boro Star and New Berne Lodge,
making eighteen' papers, opposed to
prohibition. Now, if "the press is
twenty to one for prohibition,' will
the progressive Progress please
name the three hundred and sixty
newspapers in North Carolina that
favor prohibition?; ' :
The Illinois Board of Health is er
ercised by the dangers arising from
the spread of small-pox. It calls on
the National . Board to have all for
eign immigrants! examined closely. ;
CD
I A staff correspondent of the Phila
delphia Press has visited ex-President
Davis at his beautiful home On
the Galf ;Coasi, snd has written a
long and very interesting account ot
what he saw and heard, r The report
is a model of its kind fair, clear and
free from bitterness and unkindness.
"F. A.' B." has done himself 'much
credit in the manner with' whicli he
has done his work, j The report is in
marked contrast Mo the malignant
editorial in the same" paper by some
bilious writer who is In sad need of
White Sulphur water. If he does
not take care the jdog days' will
prove too much for) him and he may
bite himself to death.
We would like to have ! it
in our
power to ' reproduce several , columns
of the interview. It is by odds the
most interesting one we bave seen in
connection with the illustrious South
ron. The correspondent was pleased
with his visit ' and met with that
hearty and genial hospitality that a
true Southern gentleman knows so
well how to extend to all visitors. He
Bays of his reception: '
"Senator Ben Hill had said to me before
coming to Beauvoirthat when I entered the
presence of Mr.: Davis I would be with one
of the purest, able&t and most interesting
men this country ever ! produced-f-a man
with a great will, and obe whose 'greatest
fault was hia inability to give, and take in
the management of men.. Mr. Davis cer
tainly treated me with great kindness,' and
my visit was an interesting and instructive
one. . He dispensed an easy, graceful and
liberal hospitality, and talked - with great
freedom upon all subjects." ' ' " j - -
. Mr. Davis denounced the attempt
upon the President iu proper terms,
and did not fail to recognize in it the
banef ul and vicious j influence! of a
wild scramble for office. He is re
ported as saying: I . . . ..
"It is to be hoped that the reaction which
this great crime will produce may correct
this alarming evil It b for a long time
been growing intoour system ot government
until icappears to have finally resulted in
the murder of the Executive. "The South
had much hope of Garfield's Administra
tion, and will sincerely mourn his loss as it
joins in the national sorrow over the assault
upon bis life. - I earnestly hope he may
speedily recover Appointments and re
movals for Dolitical considerations is a bad
use of Executive power." j
He is much gratified M the , recep
tion his woik has met with. He de
sired criticism. : He thinks. that some
of the criticisms were written before
the book was rea J. It will be re
membered that the Star intimated as
much days ago. v He referred to the
limited space alio Wed him in treating
the historical parls, an4 the pressing
necessity of condensation and epito
mizing. Said he : . r
"Several books a large aa either of the
volumes of "my work have been written
upon the battle of Gettysburg, and proba
bly as many more might be j written. Many
volumes could be profitably written upon
the siege of Vicksburg and other great
events of the war. More, than thirty vol
umes, instead of two, would have been net
cessary- for a complete review of the rise
and j fall of the Confederate Government
and its military history. Who will write
that! history I cannot say. Much of it, I
fear, will never be written." ' . j J
Thaddeus Stevens offered to defend
him' when in prison, but he declined
because of the line of argument be
would have used. It was this:
"That the seceding States were con
quered provinces, and were to all intent
and purpose a foreigrf power which! bad
beep overthrown. Therefore (their property
was .subject to confiscation and the people
to such penalties- and conditions as the
conquerors might impose. That Would
have: been an excellent argument for me,
but not for my people." ( - J
There is so much of interest in
what Mr. Davis is reported as saying
about Southern men, and especially
about Gen. "Lee and others, that we
will ; endeavor to copy portions from
time to time as space allow. We
may mention that Mr. Davis thinks
that if . the war had not come slavery
would have .been . abolished in ,the
course of years. He says there was
a growing feeling all over, the South
for its abolition. He thinks the un
wise . action and atterances of the
Northern Abolitionists - retarded it
and cemented the South, and for the
time crushed the feeling in favor of
emancipations We quote i. : ?
, "Slavery could have been! blotted
but
without the sacrifice of brave men and
without the strain which revolution always
makes upon - established forms of govern
ment; -I see it stated that I uttered the
sentiment or indorsed it that 'Slavery is the
corner-stone of the Confederacy.' That is
not my utterance." i j ;
..The bar-rooms in this ciiy hardlv num
bef half as many as there were five years
tgo. Raleigh Nem-Qbsener. - ' j j
. "Then, what's the matter ? Does
not that show that temperance is
making very fair progress in Raleigh?
The number of bar-rooms reduced 50
per eent. in five years, and still no
happiness for the Prohibitionists ?
Mr. Davis says it wobU be a very
great calamity to the country if the
President ahould die from the wound.
True it is, O, wise Southron, for it
will be an unhappy and bitter hour
indeed if the United Slates shall have
to take Arthur as a portion of the
J ingredients of itseup. - -
. ' The man who cannot see that about
nine-ten the of: the Republican vote
wifl be cast against prohibition ought
to provide himself with a pair of tele-
j ecopio eye-glasses.
The last number of the New York
South has a wood-engraved likeness
of Meredith P. Gentry and a sketch
of his life., lle was born in Rock 4
ingham county, North Carolina,
September 15, 1809, and represented
Tennessee in the United States House
for several terms; and of ' which he
was one of- the ablest -members. - He
was a State Rights Whig.; ' He i was
one of the leaders in this oountry for
a -long : time. North" Carolina' has
given Tennessee, ber daughter, most'
of the distinguished men who illus
trated her annals in the past. Her
three Presidents, Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson
were all born in ' North Carolina.
Gen. Zollicoffer, Gentry,' Etheridge
and other foremost men of Tennes
see were all .natives of North Caro
lina. The sketch in the South is in
teresting and well done. It is from
no less a pen than Alexander H.
Stephens's, who knew' Mr. Gentry
intimately and servjd with him in
Congress. Mr. Stephens concludes
his ' instructive sketch - with these
words :' S 1 -
, "After the collapse, and the result of the
war was known, the last hope of good go
vernmeDt left bim, and on the 2d of No
vember, 1867, bereft of fortune.with blasted
hopes, and gloomy forebodings for the fu
ture of bis country in the dark days of re
construction, he departed this life on the
plantation. of one of his daaghters. He left
four children surviving, two daughters by
the first marriage, and two sons by the last.
. "This brief tribute is given to the memo
ry of one of the truest and noblest gentle
men the writer ever met with in his event
ful life. No profounder philanthropist, no
one more devoted to Constitutional Liberty
ever lived iu this or any other country tban
Meredith Poindexter Gentry." .
As Mr. Gentry is unknown to most
of the present generation of readers,
we copy the. above. North Carolina
has given to the country very many
men of. distinguished mark, many of
whom found fame and fortune abroad.
We, would like to see a volume con
taining one page sketches of emi
nent North Carolinians who have be
come leaders in . other States. It
would be an instructive and useful
volume, specially as Northern writers
persist in underrating our people and
misrepresenting the truth of history,
as Mrs. Mary Bayard Clarke pointed
out in a recent notice of a new Yan
kee school history that teems fairly
with studied depreciation and misrep
resentation of -our people.
In every Southern Stale, and in
many of the Northern States, North
Carolinians have risen to places of
distinguished honor. A volume like
that spoken ot should ot course con
tain Bketohea of the real ' leaders of
thought and activity at home. A
volume, of five or six hundred pages,
if well and faithfully executed, would
be a desideratum indeed.; Our peo
ple do not know the hundredth part
of the names of the men of North
Carolina who have become dis
tinguished abroad. A partial; list
from one county alone embraced so
many names that the. "oldest inhab
itant" thereof ' was astonished fairly
when he heard them. -They were to
be found in every department of hu
man endeavor and were leaders
among men. If one of those self
appointed slanderers of our people,
like the fellow Cabot, (such we be
lieve is : his name, whose book does
our people so much wrong) knew a
little of what North Carolina has
done really, even such a creature
would be ashamed to so misrepresent
us and to so expose his own intense
ignorance and incapacity.
DEATH OF JUDGE niNLr.
On last Saturday Judge Mathias
E. Manly, of New Berne, died sud
denly. : He was a native of Chatham
county and was born April 13, 1801.
He was both a Superior and Supreme
Court Judge. A He resided in New
Berne after his 29th year save whilst
a refugee during the war. He was a
most devout ' Catholic and was held
in the highest respect by all who
knew, him. There have been few abler
jurists and none purer ormore conr
scientious than Judge Manly among
those who have worn the ermine in
North Carolina. - His death will be
regretted - throughout the State .by
the best people. He bad passed his
eightieth year and like a ripe shock
of corn he was gathered into the
heavenly garner. Judge Manly was
brother to the late Gov. Charles
Manly and ' the late Rev Dr. Basil
Manly, who spent most of his man
hood in South Carolina. They were
all men of much purity of character.
The New Berne Nut Shell I gives this
account of his death:
- .. About one ': month ago his foot
slipped from the front steps of his
residence, - ap4 he fell to the pave
ment, receiving painful hurts on the
arms and body, and s;nce that time
he has complained of considerable
soreness, .but his general ' health ap
peared to be as good as usauL? until
SatudsT, morning about 7 -o'clock,
yard, with a stroke of apoplexy, and
only lived sufficiently to be conveyed
to his bed.".- ,; ..: ... r - f
. j Within a f e w - weeks., th ree j abfo
lawyera. have-paa8edaway.-Young
Whedbee, full of promise and en
dowed with a mind ot . exceeding
brightness ana. fertility first passed
over the river. .Then theVvenerabfd"
and pure Eaton. No wr the most.dis
tinguished and eldest of them all has
gone to bis reward. .
xh f r T , '; f 'Yi
Ly m8n0?DrBpT, LLDif Secre
tary of the1 State "Historicat Society.
oE Wisconsin, ' has published a work
entitled "Kinc's 'Mountain "and Its
Heroes -History of "the . Battle of
King's Mountain, OcC 7, 1 1780, and
the Events which Led 'to, C We
are glad ill at Dr.'; D'raper has done
the work that ought to' have been'
done by 'some ' North .Carolinian.'
But, as has' been said by us, North
Carolinians are much' more.1 given to
making history tban - to writing his
tory.' , We can' but hope 'that- Dr.
Draper is ' accurate and fair. Maj.
Daniel's address5 ignored to some ex
tent the ' part North Carolina per
formed in the battle 'when as a mat
ter of fact- this State' deserved 5 the
most marked mebtlon. One of I thd
mbst ' valuabla Works bearing npon
North Carolina is by a Virginian
Foote!s N otes. w 'I No 'i son ' of ' our
Stale seems to be well acquainted
with the events and men of ' every
section ' One is well -informed' as to
his particular section,7 ' whilst another
is (equally well posted as to his sec
tion. The best way to obtain adjust
and thorough Vie w of the whole
State: would be for each section to be
well 1 written up by some 'qualified
scholarly person living in it.v; 1 :v
GEN. ALFRED Id, SCALES, ON PRO-
""niBiTiow." '
We regret very much to bear that
Gen. Alfred M. Scales is in very poor
health so much so that- his ' physi
cians have advised him to take no ac
tive part in the pending canvass. In
a letter to the editor of the Stab,'
however, Gen. Scales authorizes the
statement that he is 1 opposed to the
Prohibition bilL While he has great
respect for the motives of those who
favor prohibition, and has front his
boyhood sympathized with every
practical effort to promote temper-'
auce, he cannot endorse the present
movement, and he has not sought to
conoeal his views. " 'fy''
Gen. Scales hits the Vail very
squarely on the head when he Says .
"This issue is - not always fairly
stated."! He takes the ground that
all good men admit the evils of in
temperance but that they may hon
estly differ as ' to the means of sup
pression n -: k
. But this gallant soldier and
Christian gentleman covers the whole
ground in ' the following seventeen
words, referring to prohibition :' "I
BELIEVE THAT IT WILL NOT PROVE TO
BE INT THE INTEREST OF TEMPERANCE
OE GOOD GOVERNMENT."
aukrothb Law.
The
Star expressed its conviction
that when the Congress meets it shall
take in hand at once the question of
Presidential succession . The whole
matter; should be so arranged that
every possible contingency should be
provided for amply and unmistakably.
The Philadelphia Press has followed
up its editorial, from which we copied,
with another discussion in -wbichthe
following ! important point occurs. It
says:
"There are objections to including either
the President of the Senate , or the Speaker
in this succession. They are neither of
them permanent officers. When no extra
sessions are; called the Speakership is ne
cessarily vacant eighteen months in every
Presidential term . The President pro
tempore of the Senate holds bis office only
at the pleasure of the Senate. They are,
both of them, liable to be of a different po
litical faith from the President they would,
succeed. "They are chosen without any refe
rence to their possible qualifications for the
Presidency, and they, would, be under the
temptation to use their brief and accidental
tenure of office to advance the political for
tunes of their friends irrespective of any
benefit to the public." , - a .
It is possible, unless -some Deeded
change is made in the law, that thd
time will come when there shall be a
vacancy in the Presidential oipce and.
there will be no one to succeed. In
such a case the most irregular or un-
authorized methods must be resorted
to,jbuch :as the Cabinet ruling the
country or some other extra-Cousti-
tutiqnal way of meeting a difficulty.
We have no plan to suggest. . We
are careful only that the law shall be
made plain .- and broad epough to
oover all. possible contingencies. It
would be better possibly, as the Press
suggests, to confine. theBuCcession to
the Cabinet and the Supreme Court
J ndges, in case there is no Vice Pres-
idebt. . But whilst it, might be de-
irabl for he Secretary of State to
be j the next . in succession after . the
Vice President, as by that means, the
p6licy of the Administration elected
wopld be carried out the more cer-
tainly, sLilJL .there are objections which
ara oiierldokedyilva. :PrjM..
That able paper saya;
"The only obiection to havine the suc
cession in the .Cabinet laiaihexaaa of the
impeachment of . President who a
Originally Vice President; when the Cabi8
netrflembex.Jiextiiixiderjyould.ba p.laced.4
in a ratber delicate posilipn. Inv tbo case
of a "derelict Presider, loo, ihe Cabinet
would probably be eixcely less obnuxiou?..
This would fee more1 lnmorian!. however, if
Ihe Gabi bey cpicter . jcceeded to a term of a
. ----- - T I 11. W .1
years luaiBaw ui term iil iuuuiiis it a
flisrant off-ader.Via would, himself tie lia
ble to impeachment; if not. his conduct jXJ
the Government pending an sppi-al to the
people would not seem to menHC tucb
danger as to call for nrecauiini y h-gif-lu-
MJa 'Pmif?)1? orally
there is no, evidence .f))tow. tbat. be
did pot,, drink i rrg o uly;'jw a tr( during.
thatj lpngj ume w fexiraqidary
-eqough to ttracj. tlo8J(aueiUon
of au scfentisisajnd DAysu:ians. ucti
a Ipheoomenon cannot;, b jinored.
Sijrely, f ,a,. sttopg(mAn, ingoo
health, can . abstain from. all. food du
litg.a period f forty -xm: no
yttle light must rbe thrown uiereby
upon the physical capabilities upon
Jtbs ose of starving undef oettainicf
crimstances, upoq the fato of the ship
wrecked persons and; upon dietetics
generally.; If the medical profession
cannot learn some 'profitable r lesson
from. Tanner-and ,GrifiCom' experi-e
mentstben it is less progressive and
out-reaching thn,-we" have given it
' Savannah is enterprising: 7 We note
in .a recent numbeof "the1 Ne&s that
a hundred barrels'df rice' have been
.shipped by one dealer to Colorado.'
Why not?;-- Is not-Sooihern rici'aai
good as the Uiwaianrli rlbejnare en
terprise the Soutb: displays -ihe
greater iba prosperity : h ' '
1 I)r. Frederick Heed 'of Ha'rlfordj
Conn.,- committed ' suicide ' recently.'
tie was suaenng rora a ht: of omental
aberration caused by, takjng. anjfex
cessjve' quantity -of bromide of potas
sium. ;He took it as'X prjveniive"3)f
sea-sicKnesf ana ai ter wards: j umped
bverboard.;'
-.r
t-f f.-'r
i3t everyanoia-ACiiojiung to
his judgment and oonvictiooe.iBut
for the ' sake of i indepenoe hod c6n
sistency,; vote one way. or the other.
i
It is said to be an undeniable. fact
that
le comet '. .was seen- with the
n aked ey e before .any of the astro 00-
mers had discovered .it.
The wheat crop in France can turn
out hardly an average one.) In both
the south and northeast it is poor
Hoo.O. II. 'Dookery is tsaid to be
'booked" for several anti-prohibition
speeches tnis moatp.-,
F The more they get ibis thing "mud
dled" the worse it will be for the De
mocrafs in 1882. - -r ' ;:
The election takes place just three
weeks from to-day. . ! if I ,
The ffleibodiai District Coafereoce. , ,
The deiegilcs from this city to the Wil
mington District Conference, which was in
session at Elizabelbtown, 'Bladen county,
during the past week, returned -yesterday
morning via the Carolina Central Rtilroad,
the river beirg so low that ihe boats run'
with great uncertainty. . , ; . . ,
"1 They state, in addition to what we have
already published, that on Saturday ihe
various reports were made and ' interesting
discussions were had 'on' the same 1 The
general interests ethe chuccJi seemed .to
be progressive. - ..r i , .. ' . ; .,v .; ,
f A resoluliODuf regret that this was the
last year during which Rev. Dr. 1 Butkhead
could seive this District (hia Tour years ex
piring with the present Conference year)
was onered, and called fortb reeling: re
marks from both preachers and laymen,
which were responded to by Dr. Burkhead,
who sails for London 00 the 'steamship
BerUn on the 6 h of August, tV attend the
Ecumenical ' Council, which ' -'meets there
in September.! ; .' ;. ;.' ,
Rev. Dr,',ytes preached a powerful and
Impressive sermon Sunday morning to a
yery large congregation,; probably the
largest that has assembled in Eliz ibelhtown
for : years. y ?;-;--'-v' ' ".! r-
The delegates elected to the Annual Con
ference are C. C. Lyon - G. D. Maddox, A.
J. Johnson and W. . M. Paiker. Alter
nates, J. A 4Evans and I W, J. Parker. f
, Resolutions endorsing prohibition were
introduced by Rev. Dr. Yates arid passed
unanimously: ;i-''--i " t?': .'''5i'i
. - The Conference - was entertained in a
princely style by the good people of :Eliza
beihtown, and to their credit be it said
(remaiked oQr informant, who is one of the
"dry' kind) that no liquor is sold within
ten iojles of the ancient village, and sot an
oath was beard by him during hia stay. .
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Tlie JSuamona Fropertv. , r. .
Mr. B. T. Trimmer, of Philadelphia, has
purchased the Emmons property, in Colum
bus county, about eighteen miles from this
cityj and on the ' line of the' Wilmington,'
Colambia & Augusta Railroad. , The tract
contains about two thousand, acres, adjoins
the lands of Jodge Cantwell and Messrs.
Cronly & Morris, of this city, and) was for
merly the property ot. Prof. 'Emmons, our
late State. Geologist j-i 'niniK,J.
:';HOW TO PRRSEBV& AUD , BBAUTIFT TT ''
ij Many,, persona abuse , this delicate,: apd
beautiful ornament, by burning It with aZ
cohotic washes ' and plasterlng,rt whn grease; '
Whith has. no affinity for, .the skin, and js
not j absorbed. ' Btjrnktt's CocdAiKB, . a
compound of Cocoanut Oil, etc., 18 snrival .
led .-as a dressing, for the' hair is .readily
absorbed; and Is peculiarly adapted to its
-various conditions, preventing "its' falling
off and promotiagita hadthful growths-
uossekeeperssnouia wsisiiDjpoa jobtaia-f
.u.viow
lriA7aGaai8S10NEnMiM
Abairaet of Proieai&j IaHa;alar
"ion.
v fbe Board iaet in regular monthly ; ses
sion yesterday, afternoon. I at 2i o'clock:
preseni, p a.. laaeg, ciiairmaD, ana i;odi
mis8ioner Roger Moore, : B G. Worlh, E.
Pearde and 'James A Mbotgomery.
j The following changes were- made-in
poll-holders for the ensuing August election :
1 First Ward, Upper DJvisim Hlrry
Thomas in place of J. O. Nfxon - H
m rr s t .... . .9 . .
--rtrsr warulweiTTivisToTFTinri
Brown la acefas-ALowrvl
f Second , Wardrj-Wask. MeNeill lin-Dlac
or, gnas. Alaijeit, r
X AbDlte&tlaln of '5Ji7'McttowanJ 'fir
licensti to tetail apirituousliquoisito otim-;
mence July.lst. ,. -v 1
j The Treasure iultterl'hli'm6,nthiy re-1
It.forfuoias. ttUm;tmHnm wit
-Balance, on hand , . . . . , . i ,f .$2,314 , pj5.
.Special fond, showing balance ') '.
doe-Treasarerwuaii- i'X arf l89 37
School Pand, showing balance r t
I bn hsnd-.1: .V.. 7,925 8f '
v The Register submitted his repoW for fees-
received from .marriage licepser fqrlhej
iboDtli of June, exhibiting hia receipt from
the Treasurer for $28 8Qv :tkKlW
. -ine vnatrman statefl; (9 the fioard, that
the Finance Committee,' to which the same
had been referred, Awarded the contract for4
tinningihe Poor House to Messrs, Parker
& Taylor at the sum' Of $350, and the con
tract for. building an addition to the Court
'House to Messrs. B. D, Morrill & Son at
the sum bl $2,297.0ai'f " M ti-:'?:
There , bepg no, constable In Harnett
Township, and no application before the
Board from ! a resident of the Township to
fill the vacancy,) and the application : o
Nicholas Carr being supported by a recom
mendation from citizens of the.Townsbip,'
it is ordered that, Nicholas r Cart, be j ap
pointed to fill the vacancy.";'-;; :: ;I:;;,t
, It was ordered by the Board that Judy.
Burgwin be : allowed to list her taxes In
Cape Pear Township.: J ; ' , : w ;
!- fhe Board proceeded Jo5 draw tivenird of
jurors to serve as such at the August term
of tbe Criminal CoutJ; ; 4 , -7. U": ,
I Coienian Twining,': George' "W Harper,
Wm. A. French, W. T. Eilers," H. JWi
Ford, E.' J. Eagan, W. AEckle, Wiley T.
Johnson, ' John Leitgen; "T." J.' Herring,;
Real. :' Farrow, Sr.,. i G. Wright, J. W.:
Dula, Simon F; Craig, W. W. dampen. A.'
Shrier, J. H. Hicks, T. A. , Watson, j 3:
Wifl. J.'C. Bornemari, Samuel G. Nor
throp, C. H. Alexander, R. F. Langdon, J.'
G. Skipper; James F. Mosely, Jr.,4 EphriamP
jDisuop, r-. neinBDerger, u. b , w. tsisain
er; DaVid Pratt, Henry P. West. , , 1 1 4
. It was ordered: that the contractor . to
.build and keep in repair the bridge across
Bmun'8 creek, known as Iiittle Bridge, be
notified that said bridge is reported Jo be
out of repair and that unless the contractor
shall forthwith repair the same, the Board
.will cause the necessary repairs to be made
and for their outlav in making such repairs
wilj hold the said contractor and bis sure
uesresponsioie, ana , will aisr otnerwise
proceed to cause a prosecution to be insti
tuted against the defaulting parlies; . 4 .
' The Board then adjourned to the, first
Jttonaay m August; at 2f o'clock, k ;:-
Wllminston Dlatriet Conference.
1 The Wilmington' District' Conference of
theHIelhodiet E. Church met at Elizl
bethtown, ; Bladen county, on ? Thursday
last, and was orgsnized at fl o'clock: A. M.
by calling on Rev. Dr. Butkhead tq pre-
sMa anil T?17 T . T . ITddiio f r ant ma QoiJ
retary Kf'u v-1 y
I Conference : ordered that a Committee' of
one be appointed on each important inter
est of the Church, and the same were des
ignated as follows: . :.
,On the Spiritual State of the
Rey. Mriivey, of Sampson. '"
Church
1 pa EducationfRev: A. D. Betls,j6f the
Duplin dircuil.p ;; 1 , 5' " ; J, -uirl
1 Oa Sunday Schools Rev. Mr- Hull, of
Topsail Circuit. 7 ;;; . , ;v.j-- j '
; Oa Church Literature Rev. Mr. Carden,
of Whiteville Circuit.
1 On Missions Rev. T. Page Ricaud, of
Wilmington. ' r-iw "!.;- j .-.
; 'The reports from the various charges in
dicated a;decided improvement upon last
Vs!'. . j ,-;i l' ,f
Services were conducted as follows:
.. - On Thursday morning,' by ' Rev.
Mr.
Ivey.'
On Thursday evening, by Rev. Mr.
Hull; on Friday morning by Rev- Mr. Car-
aen, ana on rnaayj evening ny 1 ttev. Mr.
Crisp, of the Cokeabury Circuit. : The; at
tendance was good,; the . preaching was
more than ordinary, and j he weather was
exrjeeding y sultry. Oar informant stales
that he had beard of weltering in human
gore, but ; on these occasions, the. people
literally weltered in human Bweat. ,
" Conference ' was expected to' adjourn
Saturday night, though the delegates have
not yet arrived home. - .' .
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' The Ithica (N.Y.) : Uhican observes :
"Oar druggists report that St. Jacobs Oil
goes off like hot cakes." :
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A' If AKnER'S FORTUN E.
FIFTT THOUSAND, B0LZ.A.BS . BBAIJZBD
: . PEOSt AN INVBSTMBNT OF FITS DOL
:J IJLSS BY A LUCKY' YOUNG ' TKNJTES-
The " luckiest maa : in ; Tennessee, and,'
pr&bably, the happiest individual at present
in that State, is Alexander : McCrosky. a
young farmer residing near Sommerville;
ior ae nas oeeo greatly ravorea by fortune,
and suddenly elevated from moderate cir
cumstances to affluence.
About three weeks ago ' Mr McCrosky
sent to the ;office of the Louisiana State
Lottery Company in New - Orleans for half
of a ticket in the grand drawing; Which
'took place June 14th. In due time he re
ceived the ticket,and last Thursday dis-'
covered to hia great ioy that , he bad won
$50,000, half of tbe first ; capital prize of
$100,000 in last Tuesday's drawine. 1 '
One can; imagine tbe sensation created id
Aicurosky's neighborhood by the announce
ment of this' exciting fact, which so well
illustrated: the : saying that it .is the. unex
pected which happens, j : . " ... ;
This gift of Fortune seems to' have been
conferred npon a very worthy individual'
The winner of the grand prize is described
as a hard working, industrious young man,
of good family, and formerly a resident of
Mississippi, in the vicinitvof Hollv Snrinim.
The prosperity so surprisingly thrust upon
aim uu nm, 11 is.saia, impairea nis equa-
nimtty.' Like a sensible business man he
deposited (he ticket, N01 47,943, for collec
tion iwitb the Union and Planters' Bunk nf
Mempnis. f- A reporter' for Vao Picayune
learned from Mr. Edmund Bj Shoste, ex
change clerk in the Louisiana -National
Bank, that the 'ticket had been received
Monday moraine from : the TTninn end
Planters' Bank. On beinznresented to Mr.
M. A. Dauphin, at the office of the LoltW
Company in NeWXMeSUSTa efieclffor t?50 -
000 on. tbe Louisiana,? National Bank -was
immediately issued, and this amount wm
forwarded to Memphis by bill of exchange
un new. rerav.-.o mat weanesaay,; Mr.,
McCrqsky wfll find to his credit ,in -bank a
sum sufficient to support him -comfortable
for , the rest) of his dava-New QrLuivtmX
: 1 mm m sein Tr; TQi.gf,
'The more costly the shoe worn fav chil.
drenjthe more important it is that tbey
should be protected from wear at the toe
by the A, 8. T. Co.; Black Tip, 'as ;they
uvuuio iud wearing vaiue pi me snoe. and
:- y?is JaxIh.z.vi i
military company. "''.- .. s
But one-hoosebas been -burned
in Salem since 1782-,
; j the tobacco- crop, in Stokes
county rorftises & mnsV-ajeatapl,,,,
I a II ore. j . .
f H'The;:Metb6disl8r-of-':purham
haVe; 3uat eamoleied ; and dedicated their
new church.? Ax coat them 18 000
-i i- .
I IrCharloite Ofttey-AWulnoon 1
Sunday, Captc Alexander Grier.'a promii
and useful cuizen of tbe county, died at h a
residence, OnLSleeiUretk; cholera m0r4
1 iylJThB''Jd
. weather jBMtia.ardensre ruiDed, aod
. tf pt doesn't sooii "rain: upland cord will be a
cuiupiera 1 aii ore. rue drouth is geltioe to
l!?9KS'Sr"--!- ; I
: jowerne ijAeK;; We stop
dr forms ou the way to press lb announce
that our mactrroved-towD8maD, Dr. E. P j
Stnallwooii, who bas foi aahort; time been
cjiuuaijf ih, umjo m e wte noer,last night
Shelby Aurora : The. thermn
mfter in this place siood at 105 last Tues-i
day eveniog. That is a little above the
standard for this section. -The crop9 i
in jall sections of this county, are beginn'toe
Jojsuffer for want of raifi..- 4 j
g I t- Rockingham : Spirit, 'f North'
Carolina hams brought 15 cents per pound I
byj the wagon.-l.oad, in. thjs ipwa onlast
jWednesdAy,' ' fTbe thermometer gut u p
to 104 degrees 'fn" the" Spirit 'buiiding lasi
.Thursday, at 6 o'clock P. M.
Tf- RecfrdnUih
Wl Skinhr?of EderMyn'diea4' at-fHkiirr;
N.j C, June30lb, in the 58th year of her
age.IT Her huBbahd to a' brother of Dr. T I
E. j Skinner, of this city, A - Oa July M
1 assisted Bro, p. Conjad in.constiluting
wimcu ui pjgnieen memoers, in JLjexiog
tori.vVThe prospects aW bright 'for us there
JB: Richardson. , 1
: f Daniwry Jieportert ssA aiumber
of farmers j o town Mendjay last report sick
ness among their hogs, and in some sections
4iuite a number have iiicL-r- Harvest is
about over and the, wheat crop is said to bj
tbei best known in this section for ' years.
T-hVegetahlea are iabout as scarce here
doW as :at any time during the winter
mopths.' ! : ' '
j j-tSiatesvjlleiintr: fA cor-
re8ponaent or tue kimteigiiAewsand Observer
Writes up at great length tbe poison spring
on I the place of Mf.1 F. 'F; Linster, near
State8yilie. ; -t -A Baptist ,hurch is in
course of construction at Jefferson. Ashe
county, v- - A citizsn' of Statesville says
there has. not been a gopdgardening season
here since he moved here, twenty-eight
years ago. ' .tt S . .
j 4- Chatb a m Record: Carteret may
be called ,a "watery county," because it id
so permeated with water courses. When
at Morehead City last week (which town is
in Carteret) we were, informed .that nearly
every mad'a dwelling in that county could
be reached by water, and: that the sheriff
always travelled about tbe county in a boat
instead of riding a horse. " Duriog our visit
there we saw only onbfcotsa a j
fylp.KaleighTsitorr Geo. Howard,
the I deaf mute of this city, ' proposes to
walk from Raleigh to New York in ten
days, provided a purse of' $3,000 be made
up fot him. r-Nortb Carolina Sermons,
volsme one,' edited and published by Rev.
L. jBransos, will - be ready for delivery
promptly on the 14th day of July. This is
a new book "of 208 pages; 1 beautiful pica
type. ; It contains sixteen sermons by liv
ing North Carolinians,' ministers of differ
ren denominations, i s 'v-- j. ;
:We learnr from the : Kinston
Journal that William Pete was found dead
at his residence in Vance township in Le
noir county; on Tuesday of last week. It
seems to be the result of a quarrel,, between
him. I and' West" Vause, colored. ' Pate
struck Yause several- times. '-Vause fold
him if he did.not quit bitting him he would
cut his damn throat. Pate struck him aod
Vause cut - him in three places, a slight
wound behind the left ear, , a wound in tbe
hip about 3 inches ' deep, another wound
about 3 inches, above, the : deep" wound iu
nis back, about It inches in depth.
-j-t Raleigh
News'' Observer: In
Conversation with Mr.
SweDSon : vesterdav.
we learned tbot Mr. (i. Rosenthal, of .this
city; and Mr. E. M. Cooke, Superinten
dent of the mills,' had cone North to 'select
.machinery for the new. mills. . Theyi will
putu the new mills 80,000 spindles. , The
peoplemp at Swepsonville are making biick
rapidly, despite tbe intense heat.. A
considerable portion of Caswell county was
visited on the evening' of the 8ir with a
very severe wind . storm, attended) with a
driving rain, doing much damage, pros
trating trees, fences, unroofing bouses and
robbing many a chimney of, its stem..: The
growing crop was not seriously, damaged,
butf cornt was badly v blown. J"Leasbnrg
suffered, greatly in the way of losing trees.
..X jStatesville . -Landmark The
Thompson murder and robber and the suc
cess of the criminals in eluding arrest have
borne their legitimate; frails:. in Alexaoder
county. Wednesday night' of last week
three men went to: the house of Mr. Jacob
Deal, above TayJorsville, and knocked at
the door with rocks, but were frightened
away. Last Monday- parties 'Went to the
house of Mr. Jacob Dagenhart. a deaf and
blind man and robbed him of $40. - We
remark with pleasure that tbe' oollook for
tobacco manufacturing here is. exceedingly
bright. ' It is almost certain that next fall
at least half a dozen j factories w ill start to
work here, and. others are looking in that
direction. ' The threshers are on the
rounds, and we are satisfied that when the
wheat is all threshed out it . will be found
that the crop is altogether above the ave-
" i i-xioldsboro tJHesatnben We are
requested to sute that, the annual Faira'ers'
iuiu oauipsun cuuniy, wut taae place
Thursday, the 18th of An gust, ; when a nice
time is expected, -Tbe stcckholders'
meeting of N&rth Carolina 'H'ailroad "will bp
held in ) this city on the 14tb inst'J r '
Thursday was excessively hot, the Jher- ,
momeler standing at 103 in our office. The
terrible heatof Jf ridaV was followed in the
evening by a heavy wind. -- A tornado
struck Selma about 6.80TVM.Friday,i de-"
slroylng the pump and car house belonging
to ine rauroaa, u. tl uraves'. large ware
house. Waddill's blacksmith ehnn: Orahtim'fl
blacksmith shop; aod blowing the roof off
of 14 Richardson's house.'Many chimney's
ireea ana rences were aestroyed.- " ' : '
' rr Statesville Aniericari? 8 Herirv
Sharpe, k youth about eUbt or tenvearsof :
age, jwho was subject to fits, while playing t
neara orancu- witu nis two smaller brothers,
his mother being absent from borne; is sup
posed to have been ttken,wit,h a .fit .and
drowned IastTuesdavi-Aboiit 1 o'clock
last Wednesday a tornado of greit severity '
struck Ibis place, doing .considerable
damage.' The tib rbolt'bf the 'A. T. & O. "
Roa was liflei.pff And i atonionf,lhe ;
end Wall blown down damage estimated ,
at $500: it cbimneVof the! reaidencE of W.
D. Turner; was blown over npon tbe roof- !
damige estimated at $100; a kitchen of W. ,.
Li Westmoreland - was -demolished ; two
larger trees, in the yard of jlhe! Presbyterian
cfiurth were blown down, one of which de
molished a window,- aSd' a 'narrow escape v
01 tue eaince, witn otner casnslties."
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bricks for the Egyptians without suw.-yef -
lb thte, country we, can put op- a neat firer
prppl crtnnerSrnhdtric,inX
tin
another 6olumu;"iifiJ'?fnos surd YiJiifw
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