North Carolina Newspapers

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Do nojt say again that crockodiles ;:cannqt nhad team. ''rtJZinc illce lachryrrhc&fi I In 1623, - Henry Tithed a dictionary Cockeram pdb'- en titled "Alphas betioall and English Expositor. " It 18 11181 iructive. Attend, lie ' sayH, "Itudo - : t i . . ? i ' 18 vuigar ana ; AgresuoAii ;i,ni .choice 'word I hey ought to use for it,5 or, if they preferred, they intght :sa; inniead, "InimorigerouH, KusticalL Uurallj" IEe says Ithat "To nVoed ia vulgar jw the , j choice 'word s ii To Sarculate, . To ' Diruncinatel T. Avtiruacate.Vj This - U t quite enough. It, Hhoww how inany' Uglv words oame near beiug foisted into onr language. flunk of a farna'dr j the early morning upeaklng-to Jo- "llallo there, go, and dirunsiuaie the corn, and do it quiokly." "Yas saK' i.h the reaponae f ronk the stable, "buK yuu noud'ut be so immorigerous,','., - Nihan Bailey, n 1721, publisher his "UpiveiHal Etymologic'aTESagtw! Diotuwi iry.' It' wan a lonsr stridJ ah ad of all that had preueduJi But the Itixicographurs were stilt cieduicus ami iinphilosophiuai. llej says, for instance: j . . j "eAi-Unicorii, Uniooru-W hales-?-! A fi li ih leen f eet long, having a; hHil like a horse, and scales as bin I . . J . ; a mown pidue, six Urge fins like thej end of a galley-oar, and a horn isstt-j 111!' out! oi tue loreueaa nine leetiong hi harp 84 to pieicd the hardest ; bo- lien.? That is oapital... Sinca then! ther has been progress;; and n the! ri.'ht direction. John Wesley,' the great and good tit vintr published a dictionary r and claimed for it thai it was "the best English dictionar y in ? thei world But, he was mistaken. .' We have only refer to twoother interesting . - . ... time to items to be gleaned -from the sooresj of dictionaries. Sheridan, who wrote af ter Dr. Johnson j in his "dictionary? insists jtiiat Skee-i, aiid. Skee-:i-iark,i and Ghee arderi and Ghee-ide arthi3 broner oronanciations. r His standard; of pronunciation i r has , never . been f adopted In any part of the English speaking world saye in; YJfrgioia'l; : ; Noah . Webster,' j in :this '.oonntry, Htarted.out as a reformer, inno.y ator j and inventor. Jlere are some words' epeltV s,s . ho proposed ' first:.' Bride' goom, Nightmar,' Naivty. : Bat the best? scholars of the .Norths of his own New England would have none of it, and now, after seventy ; y eaW, the spelling of the great dictionary that bears his name9 but is nofc touch of Lis work after all, conforms' to tliie standard of Worcester with thd ception! ; of some' one '.hundred-h3 fifty 'words.:' Public tasto aadthe criticism of' scholars liave compelled an abandonment of most of Webster's absur lities. There , are;- editors and others wlur prefer to follow Webster in the 'one hundred and. fifty, varia tions such as traveler'' theater, Sicl although he has given up hundreds of other words he. attempted io" coin or . revamp and-change. Won prefer to follow; the English spelling as fa as possrblf. v Hence we nse Woroes Possibly our readers do not know hat the English scholara ara prepar- ng n. great .dictionary of our lan- uage. .'jFor a quarter of' centuf; be work has been considered and da . VTT T " I EngU8&wdsY3fcf? entune, are ia w nwinnw,- r-q;Boiauion to support iWa nrob.iiish did;; Dfe MBrTajnahpreieat Editor and'eis prbttdunoed yaiaslef buitdery by Ihe 0ept94&i.faspUiw 'There arot eigit Pm11fW6Fki Especial raMy alyjiTOejwsitiailMu an itoenVe 'Work,? when&6bnlplet'e, auu po8Hioiy wm oe larger tnan vveb Bter and WoroesLer . combined and in llieir enlarged editions. ; ; . ! ! pn..-.,; fnijBX and itKFoaai. I M The papers arc again discassine the importance of civil service re form. ' No "man 'of ordinary inVelii genoe . rloubts . its importance, but pnoMi, people are disappointed and disj gasted THi Hayes Fraudulent 5Adi ministration ! was:" talking ' eternal! about1 reform and was forever vio lating the simple plainest princi plen.oi Teform. The country 'grew Weaiy, and finally a thorough disgus set in, which, lasts until the presbnti jl he i jame , reasons j-hat . applied ' t? G rant i and Hayes will apply tjow,5 if n jn equal fiirceor extent. jljere is -a very great abuse of the appoint? ing power in, ine: matter if solooting favorites.' jThero- are thousands of corrupt briffclrJrpeteTfit ofilpia s who! ought to be turned adrift. f When CaVloftuiihow Idltihg the New York Evening JPost. be4 i, si r i-iS -jtv. i.jjj.jU V ..,,; . :W-.. t f, i j comes great reformer in print, as is J.he case, theu the country will receiy4 what he.saya with the utmost inor4 dulity, as he was a member fof -lhe! Hayes Cabinei and did as little as: the others in bringing about the reform they, were always prating about.' In faet, Scfeai z .vvioiated tho--plain law .laul down by Hay oa in the beginniogj and left his official dutieH to become a stump-speaker, and probably for Pay-V M ' ; ..,.The Star .would be glad to see genuine reform instituted in all of the departments of the Government. 1 It would - be; glad to see the '" old '' rule agin"inTor4ce is he capaMi r Bat what jire the chances of such a return-when Schurz leadd the boats of xeformers. He was the loudest' talker 1 about reform ' and! about the1"? otidest violator 1 of ofiicial decency. ;Iiet there', be , less j talk and more action, ; The . i conntry has . . had : : theory .', ; enough; -jt -ve quires practice-. Mr.' Schura5 is a political ad venturer lot very oonside-i rable pai tH. ( lie is a strong man de-i cidediy, but, he .is not lobe trusted' His political life is.uJlof i inoonsist-! ency, and thtuwWledlhe forces' of. Greeley and, reconciliation in 1S72; ,ni8 jeats ago is in 1881 ihe ma-" figner bf lhtj South,1, whose Votes he; then sought'; forD. tlie "great enemy of j 'our people in the past. Heal9rays; ad vooates y ii seryice reform .when he j not in office. He is sure' to vio-! late his own theory and ' principles- whenever he is in 'ofiioe r The Balti-4 more Gazette, says pertinently of his ofiicial life:.., , .:..r tfT:-.wii -.-a , - n- "Irwillot .answer tot this great preten-; der ,to say that 'notjMioe removal was' made dming the last out, jears for politi cal reasons of any kind whbio the Secrets-; rv's knowledeeVFa flfeSfift what was no-; toriously m facl. thai-the sOilli system' "6r, ."the twhticaKhf flaooce: iyledi,' if that is a ; ntter term, jw&s carried. op, ja (the Interior DeDnrtaYent.durUie, Havea's administration "as openly aa'u" waif trader Zich Chandler, iod ieifms wavsi6faawfdt''the. 8iecretai rys knowkdee it is so much the worse for I rossioiy air. cnuiz was aqaiftajr into one ort.oti awdbda? while his wibordloatea were Drscticioz another sort, which he had the puliti'cfs'aaci(y neitbei;,to di&turb nor! ii only -ii tboiufihJi paily ,116 writes most elCR&flilyjij fl .fw-ingja r iB4iWiily npon poliU cal elljiCP.' bat practices them, never." . , , .if rn-ST" rtn 7u ( i -. -1 ,,(iIt: isj anJ;BfreistlB&i question haw will . the ,ibektinbtise tand?vThe probabUtyj8hapubiicans ' will coctroi, ibntit) is ia doubt; i The NewprtoriK 145eiuuliean. 343? Democrats fetid Can are elected' id place Tof Morton pendent, votes wU.tr the ltepubiicaiis, ' wjtappj i4?s ; iok; tuem and. 1 45 tor airothers. nnfc araaeh cf tfcattimB has been in 1 feacH ragfnl fta tgiVeiift uuriHiauuasiB.:i: me irnuolOSl cat society has Uhe management arid 'l t!r H,:niU 3.-' 1 ,'jn;ir 1 I --At h'iV '! . !( t Y"-95 THH TOTS ; ; OIT ,i 1 sea i-?- AUAIffSX1 COTITiENTION lo : . ,' We ha:e received from CoLi.Wi Ii. Saunders Secretary of State, an 665 cial oopy of the : vote by comities on ruary 28th, 1 861. It confirms !iwh at we satdl io: our rlUcte.ia'the jOf 4he 23d insU r-Wo regret we dsdqot r meke. rqona f or-hep, vY fym ourselves of the kifidaess 'f L' SaurWera, ,boFeye,r, Jo, copy.spmjp 0jf the votes of the counties11 The are 1 - . . . ... . . i. J very curious, si- It : is pstomsntng to note bowl variant iwera thoi tiewa of sections rior l counties--ho-3 almcst unanimous one way or theiotherlt io people of some counties were,' whi at . in others they were- .almost 'dividedj iequaily: -jdiioti xjer i4 hFat, :ii wti & AgaiosK I Alamance. - . . - 293 -. llM' AnBob, Beaufort, u500'1 i: !,H"5'BI2 Bladen, 4 fl 4 SO ri hh, inyvA60 Brunswiaky: .iitfur.eai-r,.,,,-;! Chatham, A . , 283 , 1,1 5 ClevelanaVK VJo''i: X Columbus e2ro "1a "-183, Cumberland, L Liil088 ijj "i 'a'ftil91 9 Davidsop. ijis s y 36G.; 1 'ft Duplin,,. . 1252, i rn Edgecombe. V " 1588" " T,' 1 Fbrsythj 5 ; i 1 280" Granville, ' U d 1056 U Guilford, j , .:.r. i :-1.13 .!? Halifax, : , , . 1049 " Iredell, 191 , Mecklenburg; '1448 ! '" New Hanover, ' 1781 Randolph; d s ;45.t m s Wake,, 406,, Wayne, 1250 Yanoey, 556 . The majority against Convention was 194, as wo before stated, i ,,n; D It. CURBS' AttD HIGHEU KDtJ u.: t;-. a;w :.rt'8 IIOltH-1 ! .i.i3 l'-J - As we had an editonal -: upon3 statement made by Rev. Dr. L)w. Curry, of Richmond Va., before thfe American Institute tf Instruction ie lative to the common' schools of f the Sontb, we are gratified; to find that hje was only partially reported, 'and that he claimed a good deal for the South. Mr. Hale,ih k regent letter in the Fay- vbiievinv mxtxtm7tert cupiea iruui au other report of Dr. Curry, and to th effect: : -iV ! ' I nAl As to ihe South, much xnisapprehehsfo extBis in the public mind in reference to what has beee done there educationalist The South, before the war, in proportion tt the white population, taklog .man for man; sustained a larger number of colleges,' with mora professprs, more students,' inV greater annual cost than waa done in any section of the ; Union: The ' same thing is true of academies and 'private schools. II the census of 1880, as taksn by the U sited States authorities, be correct, the. white population of the Northern States in thai year was nearly nineteen millions, and of the Southern only a little over eight mtlf lions. At that tine, the North had 205 col leges, the South 262; the North 1,407 pro feasors, the South 1,188; the North had 29, tm students, the South 27,055; the worti paid for these colleges f 1,514,293, the 8out! i .The high schools of the South prio to the-war were better than those the Norths In all New England Ao not believe you oould have found schools to equal Hornera'or, ,Bu?gi ham's for; boys j 5 or Salem, Oxford! Greensboro, Mar f reesboro - and Ra leigh for girls.' We have reason for saying that the University of Virf gima was then . superior .to ; either Yale or. Harvaid.i whilst. the colleges generally , were qute j equal to the best in the North. Thirtyddd' years ago students' at the ' University Jbf North Carolina referred to Princeton as tanyYBaybcause it was th refage foratudents iwho, could AO get along well at Chapel HilLu It i not claimed that the standard Wai I high at our University, but r merely l Li.. ;i-L ;..i:L2.i:: I'f&JLlVii tuab k vas uiguer iuap at x riuceiioui The latter has jnade immense sr4de in the right direction since that time and we Btippdse, the standard of 1881 at the' University ; of !; NdKh Carolina is higher than it was' from 1845 to 1850 If " not, Hit ' surely OUght tO be. -rr j "f iThe South: and especially" Yiriinii ahd North. Carolina, could hayepm parod with any ' lrthern "StaitW in he facilities and excellences of .the high schools for boss ajid.girls before the war. We ate not sure 4hafc those States cannoi d'o s6i at this hour. Bui af great" deaf 'remains to "be 'dope huan .learning that ,are; better, nipxe thoroughly .taught in the orth than In sthe South for thtfy tiaVe larger au vantageH a completer ap iihl.i TTT . Thfii Baltimore -American; Kepnbli; Sil US it . 1 4 woo bo snarpiy criuoizes mt ;jl o7 deaths physiciaasjawaalisinissed fror4 thearmyi aal Snrgeoci -General) J but was- 0re'Jlry,a;dg1res3 iud h Wed -b rWgiafterJl(heap8e:f nearly twenty years.'". iv .rL-' ':.": "it. !X---S : ii27' r i 1818 il in 2408- 242 1 1 "588 . - -.1- : .- i- i Vfii II .1 Ii . Ii i - I I : . 1- ... V a a - f ., . f mm ma b-h m mm x v a i : ; .r ma m mm mr-t m . i Tvair- oli:J pbbsebvb s raw vk UTHoarrY. -i Got-CrtttefalenAIisiourybasH au train,; robberies. i 1 l ' '"" ; .. ... TX "-' ' - t - -T- 'i'A 5p,aoo reward oe the capture oLtba yy"HvC1?- n fHP"Rtp l4" 1 i A1.? i I r QUorEQ T i,om.tii'o . Bnlf'iimnnito hriiisn hemntitn account, of .whicb . appeared jrytliefwooa; de - r - - a jj out lawlessness.;.- Ihe--rJnladelphiA; lwrican. a strong high-tariff pi fr iy.- n i ,. .-ji .!. ... itxi imi- it it governments are snowing a lauu uicapaciij.. for its suppresMoa; t They de hh varied lat: every py he e ectpe or , the roede 9i L acruua mo nueu wuicu ucuun ouw juriouiu. j AioO:asd ay the nedeesUytjappealingjto f the authorities of neighbor Statea who take. 'only a' languid interest wher6J .the erlrffeii;t oet or of extxaordiaarvi dBimitndd.ii .The I, conscience of , the. wsorfd oids every ; ciinL! li2ed nd- p6n8lbie tor tnp 1 life11 afcdX safety uoteaehriot iu dizahb - Th0! day , muat come wnen our colonial iracuiiona ynn witn all violators of the law that "lite-f and safety' may be protected.'-Wniti a paper of a people' depart 6ne: ih h, from fcne plain pain fof the' Cbristili -: tion it'or they5 are f6n a incline plan s,' and are ready to' ru3h into thfef d'eb est, darkest vortex of governmental, VJehralizition. j The1 Stab ; has- bf teW affirmed that the ItepablioaDhaVe no proper sense of the genius of cur l government, and that those'who had mastered 1 the' underlying1 principles had k'o far forgotten them or "were so little appreciative of them were ready io substitute them for a go-j Li:i 2. ji-'ii; i.t.fj . -i '... -ii.rf.LJ- vernment as umiKe tnat oi me lameia as 'tho strong ' gbveriAnVnt' bf fl ami tomans' Is unlike that bf the inonardt dhy. It is tioi heoesIarV to ' break do 'State barriers to bv er take ' and 'punii scbundrels. ! Crimes 'flourish in 'eve State aua every portion of tfto wona.j ..do.irRussia: ''A'ohgress of ;ai-. sassirii meeis ight nnder the nose o'f Vtifl ant.ohrftt riF all thfi llnssiaifi and lie is i bbwerless tb ' prevent;' His o'wh lifje J is not safe for a moment,"and he is a prisoner of tieoBssity.' f There Jare' tip real or imaginary lines' in thV way1 o'f the strongest of all governments: and i:iUif -UiiJU '-i tt.-: I fltl11 crimes bf the most flagrant, ter- iriblo kind are rife." Let us all istahd fey1 'the Constitution. i Ljtus -niain-1 tarn tne jjeaerai ana otate auuioni Intheirpropbrpheref 5 "!fJj Hi We wrole the above twd days ag We bolice a good editorial in Our es teemed contemporary, the Goldsborp Messenger, on'ihd sh'ggesive opinio i !of the 'Arkericdn:' Referring' totha views of the Btrong government a3 -vooates, it well says: J' v" ' "AnijODSta'clo to the svcet will of th s holy ahd immaculate people is gotten rid Of by the sophistry that ,'tbo existence of the government' 'demands its JremoVal.'iJIp amazement ,; the simple-minded Souther j rustic .asks: Well,, wasn't the' congtitntion intended to Dreserve the . country and lits ljgove'rnmentf - Net so, replies the Nortoerp sopnut. , .it society is not. protectea as we think it ought to be under t(us consutuuoq, ...... a : " i ' '' l write strictures about Squihern ahootipg anfl ..Western train . , robbing and jresiaent-asi-Bftssinat ons . much longer, for;, we, of thb .'white-slave. , mononolv-lQTine .NoslE :and J-ast re going to make 'our . colonial trad i- tions give way to tho aemana ior Jaw- . J i . ' . THR GSBJlT SOUTHBRN EXPOSl- 1 ' We iutve received Circuiar Nb: of the International Cotton Exposif- J i .-j i, I -s M Ui ' ii It'iS J : nii t 1 thb f -tii: m...xl bus 3':;uiru I year. Llms. uireniar-is connnea.w- minerals and woods., Ip has a list at minerals that "may be, secured from each State.V . Korth Carolina is; hof nore with ; the largest list; as it den served to be. , We, hope our ota will be well represented. It is to reeretted that the Legislature did not spend &n nour in preparing ior tne very important, exhibition of Southf em prpducts it i,t siwas known,, to it Let private liberality prove equal .to the occasion. North Carolina should send its best samples bf all' kinds of Ft l7? of our State as to minerals alone.- and i'-fU .i ; i .-r-' i.iit: i:iri4i' it is valuable enough to preserve: . ! LNoBTHCABoi.rTA Antimony in Burke coutify. 'Asbestos in ABhe.Jackaon'.Mitchj ell, -Polk; and Vance ' count ies i sBarite ip Cabarrus, Orange, Union, Gaston Madisoii afad Wilkes cotmties." CoaI,antbradte and rwumiirous, from JDetp t and . Dan rivfcrl Corundum or Emery from Guilford.Macoq. ssdisoti; Clay, dastori ami other 'ccrtrritiea. Copper !ronx Ashe. Caharrua, f .GuUford, MeckleBburg and Person counties. .Galena .romt "Alexander,' AJregnany, -lurae," v;a harr-s, patbam, Cierokee QaBtprj,Idore, Madison. Monteomery. Kacon. Lincold, Kaiidblph,1 Bwaiay Surry'1 WataugaMand . W jlkes cottnues, Gold jirom , Alamance, Mobro,' Guilford, Randolph, Montgomery, Btantv: t Usiod. Cabtrrus. Rowg'a. Meckt- lepbnrgifi.GMtpn.i,;Cwbs ; BorkvM Dooll, Rutherford ;Cleveland.i4 and counties surrounding these la the The American then favors giving up the (beory 6 tat'e Ju'risdTctionF1 ' and ? alio win cr' 4n6r nation to eaf I - tm .w.eVwill afford the necessary protection , ib ; our' judgment without reference, to 'the fen ter of the constitution - Eflglishmen sha'nlt 4 tion to be Ke4 October 5th at Atiaii ta. Georr-ia. nd to, close with wooas, minerals, cotton, tooaoco,ri( so. i Here is what tne Circular- ss ji'A:;si'l tbit!li7 a-. i .it v isft1 ' i.S-It. --- w inaiijtJO LjJmiV f 'westettt ,s'&fad 'soruffiwestern 'porttohs kf ffilaSia i ritocoro.'.DiCKes, ourryv rerspii, yviiucbmu 4 jVtitahtf Davie. Foravth. Gaston. Gnilford. Havv a. Hiin m rr i iiiwkii . nuu'JiHJi. r.ti atau LeotofibklB cwyi m.-l. T a nit avn ftjrnn. . TLT if aK a 1 : V AWT i and other counties. ' Plalinrim Tromurtel iauthtfota OT(iyauceFcooMe&. Barnar- and. Wtcheii ndKoMna l.rirl UU iiiBV hWaaaua laaiia Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, j Jackson MM . . V . . . 1 . I 'exb&itfedf itratlveod tbaA otfehtJ1 tosefi Jsome sfpedimens5' d tht,this'fi'ba,ld b'on' tha'ri Hhat ia-P jipq aisnjcay snau pe. maae fc xvateien. Let-bur!tebbfeiBwith,'cpi tb it? that NorLh Carolina is f ull v reDresent- Hons, ii lh Circular says of ..woods t . . llS isbt'aeeniednfecssafy trfpoiht1 but Bpedifrcatly the ' various Woods. Which', may be exhibited. JSvery Kind for use, for orna-: ment, j OJ; .poseeBskog peculiar- j prdpertieB, should find a' place in the exhibition-!-' rough, dressed; varnished in sectiotrs of togs,. in planku Braves,., shingles, . lathes, eppkes, hubs, felloes, shooks, masts, knees, railway ties;' beat work1 timbers prepared by saturation er otherwise m res?st aecay.or any ptner iorm , wmcn may suit ine ancy or thte'ebhtenienceof the exhibitor: f "Jlailroad,. companies: pwoers pf . Baw mills, contractors, carpenters, cabinet makers, wagon- tod carriage" maauf acturerp, win ana to tneu; interest. $o mase mis ex hibit an attractive one. The present inquiry for; timber, and the growing demand for all useful woods, make this a most favorable opportunity for such exhibits. The South ern States especially hold large reserves of timbered lands, which will be a source, pi Immense wealth in the near future, if com petition, is aroused through a grand display at the Exposition.? " . -vu , ; j There are only two months to pre pare for the Exposition. No "time should be lost. Cannot the Governor take the initiative set the ball in i'.i Whilst' in England HcGrUan McKi ve it t ' b ave a" true - bill found against them for attempting tb blb up the town hall, ,the manufacturerst of tie internal machines shipped rek cently to England are found' io fee' a;t jreoria, xninois. oo ai pi iuu ubvij; jfry'is not' io'tefpund jin the Souln, after alT. ' ;Now' what will tne tTmtejl States Government do about it'? Td- manufacture accursed instruments of diaBru'ciion wiCit 'purpose to' assassi- ..1 iii d-iis t Jii u .ii', "I tif.iJ. ' nate ougni to do regarueu as mon : diabolical business and those cpn- cerned ought to be punished if there be any law against "it. At any rate the authorities should 'be very vigif lantl to? prevent an otheF; snhjilar shipments if that be possible. . ' ; It ia! being discussed in New5 York if O'Donovan Rossa had anything to &o with jth sending of the infef Qal. tnadhinesl f''1 1 ' i .lie aemes mat tney naye peenent. But, as tho boys say, that is a little teo, tluo." luJnyhis;! paper, Trishmen: be has had a; good' deal to say about England 'and . be wilLbja called upon .to explain! 'some'of; bis T.-i,:.'! t J .;J; fA,s av 4, J editorials ( Fop instance, as , we sea it May 14to ho said this: atir asm j : " "Jfiach Land Leagu'e Club could take orie -Itnish'Bhiivuader its' "protection; and ' we would ' tafl . itu ddight "the sinking" pr blowing nputt' every ship cArfyThthit piratp flag. '!i)o yout work, put 'dp1 it dis creetly. 'Dbht involve the?lShd ph loye by blowing about what you are going to do, oc how.you are going ; to dm it j. but i when the deed is done let it be untraceable. ! and lerit be Baidr Wise whs be that did'n."ir 11 On June5 llthfhe again saidV1: ' v renvervLand: LeSeue Club now aoj ganiaa itself ppfn the blowingiip of an Epg' lish snip or an Jngnan casue, or an jnii- P . .. . ., i - 1 . It will certainly bi' In iordetKlfoar 'Mr. ttossa xo tea tne autnoniies iwnav lie meant it he shotild -W arrested' for plottirig to kill innocent i peopleiyrp New Yorlc the talk is that bis plan of operating: is ealeulated' todestroy American passengers as" WeU as Eng lish' people and English ' ships. He is a 4ef ugee herey and if ' he is abualnk in s -a1 tnost' aastaraiy ananagrans way- American hospitality " he ? rna learn something soon "to his'advan- I, ' T. " .-f rhoiVt mere is, t mncn Daq l. ie .,,... .... " , I 'I" -nf J.- t'VJitt . if'e'fntspaifi't'fceinst' the ."French f . . . - - -.- i ----- - ' jGoeiomeoU-. It is nowf! known that five hhn'dred Spaniards were killed by the natives Af Tunis, they,being,tqn- aimed WAplJyln vented oihemif romi carrying. arms. land) Spainvnltalyaandisoiirevof tthe i ji .. .m. n pieaseu at lwcoareei' xuw.ixvpiuiiu is not acting under good jadtice t--,MrJi Jr'HaUtbhy bf 'New il bernU has fallen helr'to bTer ftSO.OOQ'left bimf jy aBJp;nclawhp?ded repeatly in Virginia, i ' ! I J rancev coaoUeSi., drooii nreSi-rmajEoaiite.. , con, ourry, tt ase ana w pses conmiea.- i , a 7- MkpVitm iIpW tnere.wiiiBlD'e;' 'most, "or eai tame -ex- oik .iXfetis muefef 4n9Di)p4t' . 0 in. J i ... i . j - - - " - J : d U enoJJ-li idj frt I ' -r 1 f "! I TtkxtWfi lives'? at MaVf H1& - Nll Y." lienii : . .1 . fi .. . .. ' ..1. 'if l uil 'i ' ! ryooay noias receptions in- xnose -jej. i uoruueuiuoa.Kiii, - - - j -- - j. 1 . pietedWmtn. r .jroei'Slom wa&V: bn:it Vith the , monev his;Bricks r - j ' : y " y y : ,j , 1. W lt hnK';KH.w hXMrrhLiJlim?.' Hn' iwaaiiw tfaaiii i i mnji mm a-v U U . Illllllli V ...UU V LklUll . . w . . u.u .INcnriil Caroliria hocdUJSew. f gettiite Itebie' f s a-ftsinpivTemerit r. WcL.fleeritJ menUoned that? iGo Journal t9,jPopose .yiate juiejeoutri. should; aid i them .at-hiSj-hpujrjlt . s.ays: . , Ant.l a t, .rcli ' TneS6mh-frarTT0to duty tb perform in ihis emergeHfoy ; she should . send j-dssidnarisand phool teacher's' to the, benighted tnea f Wisconsiri. If sbmcthingb this kind' is nbt dbno. WiHcbnfiin and other States Will sink. intb utter barbarism.'' ! . i ...... , ... . By all means send the missionaries and school teaohstsii AC 1 ft Thete'Was - excitement a - Albany oany over a suDnosed attemDt ubpn Got.- .Cprnelrsr. life. r .A drunken fellpw. named Patrick McLane was arrfisted With a gun endeavoring to entii - v tbje it 1 1 "O. ... ! A gentleman informed '.us yesterday tha he Was id Florida ;bn7 one' occasion; durldg Viio,uiciuu eeaauiii . nucu uo wan obacu w become poe'ef a party who'' were about to commence, an onslaught upon some yerv nne watermelons-JliiesQ tneipnst ne earn,: how they could be raised in that way, be ftBceiveft: tni8::explaaaddD '-frbm one" of thje part,Lwho was enabled by practical expo-1 ricBcev.toigive the necessary inlormatiorl: f ' Wkefl" the yine.has commenced runsingj"; saulfce,' "and , the branches have attained -to some considerable length, tnrow a quan-; tuy pi am upon one or more or the joints of the branches,' when Ihey Will shortly ; take root f then' sever sueh brabches from the parent stem nd the melons grown jon these, branches will pe devoid of eeed." j 1 L4ht otoin'M. OniinAr.-lili.h irrltoiwt at Savasaab, Gait JIr&5tb. reports, having 1 passed A reektibbui JSf miles N of ttattey-- ras.f 'I'trp masts and all; attached were haag ing to the wreck. ' She is supposed to be a lumber laden vessel.ahd is lying right in the track bf navigation', ' very dangerous tb Ves sels passing, tt night especially. CaptHa lett Went as closi as possible lo her and en- deavored to ascertain, her name and destina-. tion, but was unable to make out anything. The vesBef was probably wrecked' within the ast few days. ' ! ;j ; " 'h ' Major p. ,C. Haines. United t Stales Army, engineer Sixth Lighthouse district, '-." .' lS..."1L-'"i,.'liii.fi. its. rcpuria vu tuo vuaefc nuu ucuucuu ourvey omce, at wasmngion, 17. u.,' mat a new shoal baft been found near the outer, bad bf Frying Pan Shoals. , The shoal, having but J3 feet ptLwater on. it, lies nearly east and west, about one mile in length by a quarter in breadthwjth.C.aj N. by W. I W., distant about 13. miles; the Cape Fear lighthouse bearing N." N. W: distant about 1? mlleVand Frying Pan Shoal Hgt)t vessel bearing S. fii by S.:, distaat about 2 miles Irani its. centre. ' I yy VioiaiiDK m City Ordinance. ;i Th-Edeaat chtid .with -violaGng the maiket oidiaaaciia obstructing the cross ing ai the southeast corner of Second and Maifket ' street8,i(h hismarket cart'Was 'head by Mayor Smith yesterday mor hio g. Messrai Hussefl & KTcadd &ppearing for the defendantvanid Mr.1 If. II. D4rby, City a tornfoi ;'the city. IMrEdens was order ed ib i$jinW $5,. frona which decision 'he appealed, to the tJrimlhai Court: and was required to enter Into dodcT in the sum f fAVJrrYn appearance. s iflB oona was fuiuBhe4 seapt was discharged. Corn anA'"Jotioair"t"ter l?pper Cape i M R BicBry;ana.rpf- .the.Fayetteville Examiner, informs us that the corn in the upper i Cape Fear section, including the counties of ' Cumberland,' Moore, Harnett, $$,ii!as beei dahiagerl qtiite'; seriously by urodght, and it Is not likely that more than .two-thirds -of taa,uaual jyield will :be real gized. ,He reports the colbm crop in the same section, however, as in very faireon- ditton. ., -.j i i i:u a ft . . Foreiao Export.. '':.':. . ', .. 'iThe'Nbrwe'gian brig Brazilian was clear ed from this'porf Wr Antwerp" yesterday by Messrs; - Pattersob, Downing & Co., with 900 casks spirits . turpentine aad 1,631 bar rels of rosin v and the German brig Express pr. Hamburfo. by Messrs. Ueliosset Us Uo with ?,726 barrels bf rosin.' , i f ; X -' - mi m mm ' ' -')! f i; jTHe ottbU H and naval stores jnackets yitte lopkingp in yTUm'uigton yesterdsyy Copa adya.ncedppe-fourth of a cent per-pound oa eaoh--grade, tar ffd Tanced f rom Ja 60 to 2.75 oer barrel, and J fii- me'.ne2roea'iwkedja Eouse in jrwjco.$b)hor;H temperance, - near jrinpYMie,, ajecxienourg County. ,tStiriti:XtiXpfe'atiiie. lluthcrfordton - Manner: - The p'eoploiof Rutherford couoty aiq ibyrouftljly aruasedjis to Itheimpcrtanco !uf Ijavum a rail.road.' "arlburg.; K.. jiBalie point to wVitb-ftrey totrtih totniildrfcfeh-fiiiilr.mdj Bid Uicy propose t.eto woik at 'dncu io ftr.f!fmnliafi fhiir rMixf Tii'mimii.,i.y t.i.iu I . . . - . . 1 been apnointcd to raise funds tor the t-ur vcfyof the Rutherford' &;fcfpartiiiiburii Rail- Toad, and to Ink immediate si'ens for- tbo org'Shfzatidndf; eJmpaB,r,u6dcri the cbftrter redentlygrahted by the Legislatures bf both tm!m'K,,''uy'- Greensbbf o BdtttiiGround- Oa ' tVe'dbesday- last;-UrsJrDr". x Miltard' F.ix. vi xtuiiuuiiju, uidii at iun itniueuuc ui Air. lSavid llnnter, of Fen tfessto wnsbtp ' xaiss Laura, a lovely girl just budding idio womafthobdl' daughtef oiaptatn! Al M. Smithy dSedsadderrly .yeattrdBy mrniog, of a congestive chili. !.--- PtoLeave, of musical Jame at ljsbary. has been com missioned by Adjutant General Jones to get op a band bf tWenty4rve er mofegood mu sicians to accompany ? te:North Carolina Brigade totfieCTOrktown Cebtennial. Vharfolie MerP;f ;f rSalet- - vi . cu uci c wo limn 'ttiav xu.Uii J( aaemrnent practical miner, has discovered otftfie'Wara-iJonacza mio'vnir prooerty: in Davidson: county; -formerry knoWos the w acdvAUne,. a. large quantity of what, is Known on 'the Pacific" elope as hale." wbifch denotes the presence, in close' prdx- umty.Qi a suD8tratumiot.Iwrint is also called W6tr-ornoebble8. easilv reached'bvsifik- i Ingia shaft,, which is niw.being dopa t This water-WQro peOtOiea .out Wept, it js ,sid. sometimes yieia inousanas ki aonai 11Srsper tony and the yieioVubder all circumstances iSvcnorroous.. ' '-v-. ' ."- ; ? 1 miX t,i E;w. thud. ----- .& -.,' f Raleigh JtvB- Obsevyet;. ftij r ain claims a sale of farmers1 tobacco foot-" haml ing up4he fOuftd sum of $34,000. and'it is stated that in one day at one sale, inclu ding tobacco 'received from other points,' $50,000 was reabz9d.v;'J- .A? ;f ew fweeks since there came j.ear being a destructive . Qte in the Heck- Williams building at Wake ' Forest Ctoltegw-iii-ProfUilSimmonsof Waae Forest College, was in the city yes terday.-' He said; in conversation, that the . prospects, .of i the; College - for;; the ?coming -. session, which, begins September. 1, are very gratifying it is thought that 150 pu- pua wm ne present the nrst weefe; and 200 during the term. The libraries have been - added to since spring; some' 3C0,: books baying been.purchased. ''j'iAy$3'ftWii.h C. R. R. .is making regular echedula con- nectiohs daily St this -depot,' e. Alexan der's. ; It is now the terminus of .the road. In a few day's Marshall will be ; reached, and so tne wore goes bravely on? - On , Roan mbuo tain, Mitchell county, there are very many visitors. Large numbers flock there' every week. ' It is a point no muntain tpqrist , should; fail -.to see.' -7 Some months ago an effort was made by some re lations and 'friends of Prof. Mitchell, after whom. Mount Mitchell Iff called, to procure means with, which, to Jbave erected a neat slab over his f grave,; on' the' summit of the1 mountain. It was successful, , a very neat slab being purchased and shipped to Hen- ry's btation, where, we are mortified to learn, it has remained. .: '. , . ... ..: , ., , . ICharlbtte Democrat : .The city ofCharr&tte' isi thbroughly ''dry.There , bas not been rain enough Pn ihe city since the 27lh of April to enable a parson to set Pht and keep alive even a' cabbage 'plant, . we aeKiiie uoae uommission to rein- Slate. in" the laws . of ISbrth " Carolina 'the death penalfy. . forr"bnrglary.-"; If the' law aoesnoi nang ourgiars, ine , people wnoso houses' and family and lives are endangered will do it aa a last "resort "for" protection; - -It is about time to hang another house' breaker and thief. -The hanging of Henry Home here last " year stopped the depreda tions of theives for some time, but they have broken out again, aqd several' rob beries have occurred here recently, b6sidca several attempts to enter dwellings.!" Th hooa.". -in. railroad stock :4s -goinfc downward; , There never was any", good . reason for the great and sudden advaoce in . aenstacltiwhicltttcftatlytookiilMc-: . ivWeldbn : New? The 'prospects for good, ci ops are still excellent every where in this section . With ths excsption of a want of rain in some places, "there is little or no complaints Corn and cotton both are looking well.' " Mrs. WeBley Peebles, of Scotland' rxeck, died at the resi dence of Mr. T. W Harris last Wednesday. At 4 Seaboard, on Saturday, a, white man and : a. negro became involved in a difficulty about . rent, which resulted, in a fight; the white man getting the worst of it; being considerably bruised about the bead. On Saturday two negro mfin, Junius Harris and Jim Manly living near here came to town and -imbibed a little too freely, when they got as far as the fair grounds on their wayhome; they1 began to wrestle with each other in a , playful , way and accidentally broke a bottle of whiskey. ' This misfortune brought on a fight and it is reported that another negro whose name we did not learn, held Manly and Harris cut him in the- thigh,: inflicting a wound about six inches long and two inches deep. . I lr Kafefgh Farmfrdnd Mechanic: The Wilson - Normal School cost the1 State $720. ; Superintendent Sylvester ; Haasell acted very generously . He gave ttie use of his college building, together with his. per sonal services, and seven set lectures, free "of charged State Geologist Kerr, who has $2,000 a year from the State, delivered fonr: lectures and charged $50 and bis expenses. -----Therd is living in Granville an aged and respected lady who has: 850 descen dants children, grandchildren and great grandchildrenall bom during her 90 years of life, i One hundred years hence her direct lineal progeny, will number . 1,000 souls. Dr. Chapin, who 00a month ago "said Chatham would give 25Q, prohibition ma jority, now says . the outcome will show as large a hole on the other side of the hill. - r-.A friend . writes of the: crops In Or- . ange:T"We are in the midst of a dry, cold spell, and vegetation of all kinds is drying up. The drought seems to increase as wc go east to the Granville line.. After we come to the sand oh Flat river nnmbers of the .bushes of -shallow 1 growth wilt , in the ; middle of. the day and seem to be dying. : The crop of email grain cannot be said to : be more than a half crop, while corn and I tobacco of course make a poor showing. ; ;The Agricultural DepartmenfcAas de- i cided to withdraw its European agency .for ; immigration and allow things to drift for a . . while, t We hear the question of funds is very pushing. : '.The Department is now in its fifth year, and bas bad the use of $100.- . 000.: The . Popular Science Monthly i for August has a. review of Prof. W. C. Ken's paper in ttp American Journal of ! Science, describing the frost-formed earth beds, or glaciers of rock . disintegrated by ; the action of intense frost; and converted : into earth, interspersed with minerals.. One ' 'of these beds is at Yancey county micaimine. Our Northern readers who imagine- North Carolina tp be a "low, marshy? re- : gion," given up to Messrs. Tar, Pitch and : Turpeotine," should visit Durham (which : is low. in comparison with the , average of . Central North Carolina), and see Blackwell & Can's artesian welt-augaT going- down through 1.10Q feet of dry sand and return- -ing without , either water piLchjills and fever, or 'Muachetoes.', Pleased; to hive a visit from that wide .awake . Edge-' combe planter, Capt. James R. Thigpen, . who has about 700 acres under cultivation, and employs nearly one hundred . bands, on his premises. . He is a -strong- advocate of home supplies, home fertilizers,' and .small store accounts as against all cottop and all the profits to the merchants. f) Ho has., re duced farming to a system; charging every penny to the farm and crediting it ..with all its products. . . j if f 4 G