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WM. H. BERNARD, Editor .and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N C.:- ' Friday, August -'26th; 1881." ! 7 : EETln writing to' c&ange your address, alwa& give former direction as well M full particulars w ' where jonwisV your paper to be sent thereafter. Unless you do botn changes can not be made. . ; arKotl6es of Karrlage or Death. Tributes of Beapect, BeeolaUons of Thanks, AcVare: charged - for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. AtthisrateSO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Mar nage or Death. : v i . ptf- Remittances must be made by Check,' Draft Posi- M. VQWU .u.vusj wiwj ; Vaatjm win register letters when desired. - esr Onlv snch remittances will be at the risk of , the publisher. . specimen copies lorwaruea wucu ucw- REFOHfl, PAL1TKK " -PKCTS. A5D PBOS Civil service reform: is growing . more and more, to bejthe topic pf dis cusaion in the North;! - What will bi the outcome of so much palaver and writing, it:would take, the son of & prophet to tell. There is a civil ser-r vice assooiationj in the North,, a That is a section that is simply immense on . associations.'-They j assooiate , abqu$ everything. -There is' no keeping up with the number or kinds. ) The civil E service, one has ; had a .' meeting at Newport recently If composed of professional politicians it will do but little good.. Ifjnot composed f the , prof essionals they will be abletodcV nothing bat talk and go home, i Twenj ty or fifty educated men get together and discuss a matter that is a disgrace to the ' American name, and - ha$ . been a disgrace for the; last fif teen .years, and resolve: at- last thai something mast be done. .This is the last of it until the same twenty;, or fifty assemble the next year to go 'over, the same unpleasant facts and : with a similar result.! The people of ; intelligence in every " section know that the' public funds are wasted or stolen and, that corruption and pn fligacy ramify thej. whole publio service. I It is no new; thing. - Al daring GrahVs eight years the same - abounding iniquities prevailed. Why "did not the' North rise up 'then, and demand reform? I - ' Whatever may be the peculations and venality and unfaithfulness of officials now, and they are great,7 we take it that both Hayes's and Gar field's Administrations are a vast im provement on Grant's. Why then ' have the reformers waited so. long k time before associating for reform t Why have they borne with all manner of abuse ; through so many, years? Was itfbecausej"the King can do no wrong?'' Was jit because Grant was the popular hero -the idol of the time, and it would be sacrilege to inquire into Wjhiskey Rings, Black Fridays and other enormous scandals? The public business is better attended to now than at any time between 1868 and 1876. There is less plun-f dering, less idleness, jless debauchery among office holders. , : I Of course there is great need of re form. The Stab, for lo, these many years, has been insisting upon reform'. Rascality and party , necessities and machine politicians have well nigh blighted the good name of our coun try. Eight years more of - Grantism and this country would be. one vast cesspoo of f eBtering corruption and official impurities j j and treacheries. We dc not; expect any reforms to eeme from an association composed of a few self-aDDointed : theorizers.- When the general sense of the coun try is that rascality in the public offi ees mast cease; that the publio busi st be attended to closely and faithfully; that honesty must be re- ; instated .."in 1 ; the ;J management ot pablio affairs; - that men - must be oapabl ) and of ; good ; characters, when this ; comes to .pass you will eee the professionals earnest in their advocacy of civil service reform. But there will nothing come of associa tions we believe. . The spontaneous, general uprising of the sovereigns-f fche people will bring about needed ehanges. Capable and honest men should be selected for office and their tenure j should depend upon fidelity ..and zeal. :' .. ..f ; : ; The greatest curse 'that has befallen parties was that baleful doctrine of William L. Marcy, that to the victors belong the spoils. For forty years office has been th e . reward of party zeaL : Men are partisans because they hope it will it will; pay. ; The Jns 4 are trying to keep their grip on . the money bags'-1 of " the people ; . the owe are working day and night to dig their digits into the national teeaing uoagn. Neither integrity; : nor, morality. nor aaauncauon is considered J for a cnoment. The publio interests Are to. be sacrificed amid tne clamors tot svstematic ofiloe-seekers and tenacious office holder whilst party manipulators and claqueurs fill their bellies - and laugh at the people' who. are ignorant and blind and do net see bow they are abased and plundered. We see it "announced that the Newport association iwas-Inclined to favor a bill-: introduced ; in the United States Senate by "Mr Pen dleton, of Ohio requiring competi tive examinations before " appoint ments.' Fit fappoirjtee&wiH - not be found; as a general thing, unless the examinations are fairly conducted by qualified boardsi 'ilt is certain that as long as political assessments are ev'ied for the purpose of keeping the ins m and keeping the outs ouMhere will be na genuine:' reform in civil service. fliaKe :in examinations as to 'character and--qualifioations thor 'rough first; then j in the second place make the 'tenure dependent upon aithful service and 'not upon the for tunes xf partyi -and- you will have honest, capable and reliable' men in the o'ne hundred 'and - eight thousand offices at the disposal of the Federal Government. The u t next Congress should take hold of this -matter in earnest and endeavor to do something with civil service reform that shall be a blessing to the whole country arid not to a meretpariy. , ; . . ;t . . TUB ;f ANlMlOfiftPOIiI,-, CWRVBIl The -Anti-Monopoly 'Convention that tlrecerillXLV.'JEtt1021 York, is attracting attention,, ., What practical benefit will come . from its deliberations is. beyond our knowl edge, i The delegates numbered fifty and they were sel f-appointed. Thejr adopted an address to the people , of New York. They, announce t thai three "principles", govern them, as follows: . . :.r i ; t "'Antimitffpoli W advocate, and will support and defend the rights of the many against privileges lor me lew. , . i "Corporations, the creations of tb,e State, shall be controlled by the State - i f "Jjaborhand Capital Allies, : not enemies; justice for both." ; .: J r .. : They then declare , that in accord ance with these principles they will endeavor t to "secure .the' following specific results: . I t "First La W8 compelliDg transporlalion companies to base charges upon cost and risk of serTicer-instead tf the new theory enunciated by them- what the traffla will bear. ; "Second Laws to prevent pooling and combinations. - . ; ; - i Third No discrimination against any citizsn or.' any class of citizsnaon public highways.-.. : 'i "i ouith A. board of railroad commis sioners for this State, to give effect to the laws which are, or may be placed upon the statute books. " ? "Fifth Laws making it the .duty, of public law officers to defend a citizen's fights against iDjastice by powerful corpo: rations.": ; .. i- !! ' "-i I' The ends in view must be acknowl edged to be praiseworthy. To redress grievances in a peaceful, legal way. is always to be commended. How far. this can be done the future must re- veal. It will doubtless 'do good to draw; attention to the. points indi cated above. In a country like ours education is a great deaL It enters into every thing. In . proportion as people are informed will be the char acter of the general bearing ! and especially does it effect social'- and political ' reforms. We judge from what the intelligent New York corres pondent ofthe Philadelphia Ledger says thai the political leaders in that State do not attach very much signifi cance to the anti-monopoly move ment. The following paragraph puts the matter, as connected with politics in New York, in a clear light. ' . The correspondent writes : ' ' . "The reasoning is that, as things stand at present there is more to be made in favor inz the railroads than by fighting them, and that it would be folly, therefore, to encou rage the anti-monopoly agitation, which has no assets.' it costs a good deal oinara cssn, you know, to conduct a political campaign in this State, and it ia said that, while the anti-monopolisis are strong on sentiment, they are painfully weak on finance.whereas the railroad people are proveroiaiiy gene rous in their disbursements to the State and local committees when they have a point to carry, and now-a-days they have a point to carry in almost every election. The deduc tion from this is that the professional wire pullers in both the Republican and Demo cratic camps are disposed to submit the Anti-monopoly movement to a purely com mercial test. It they can see that there is anything to be made out of it they -will gladly give it an endorsement; pa the con trary, if it is not likely to pay they will uh hesitatingly give H me coia enoaiaer." . So the anti-monopolists will 'have to rely upon educating puDivo senti meat as to their principles and aims before they can accomplish anything that will eventuate in benefit to the great public. ; There was one practi cal movement taken at Utica. ' It was a resolution pledging "the members of the conference to urge the electors of the State to vote for no candidate for the Legislature who1 was rot in fa vor of a Railroad Commission, and iq sympathy with the principles set lorth in the address." The names of Legis lators who were operating against the people and acting with the monopolists were published.- We notice that it is urged in some of the public .jprints that candidates be called upon to de fine their - position in this issae. be- tween the people and great corpora tions. J For instance', the New York , : ''Whatever the do! i tics of the candidate. be he Democrat or Republican, let it be re itjuired of him to carry the banner Qf 4nti t Monopoly throughout the campaign! and to pledge himself unequivocally to uncom promising opposition to whatever in the system and practices lo railroad add other corporations is significant of abuse of privi lege; of trespass, upon the public rights, of bribery, corruption or tamperlutr in nny way with the machinery of legislation. " i--It will W i n teresting-to watch, the progress ofthe fight in NewYork State. If;- the anti-monopoly league can make h6adway thenlheyjmayjj hope for victories elsewhere The wealth of the corporations is trernen--. dous. : Their power: is , stupendous.' It will require a general, wide-spread, . combined, resolute; rising cp of. the. people to beat them. - f ' 809iB OP JODOE BRACK'S 4PIN- . IONS. - : : t - Judge Black, in his seoond, inter view reported in the Philadelphia Press by a staff: correspondent, has a good deal ; to " say about President Buchanan and theindividual opinion's of the members of his Cabinet Just preceding the war. r,- There ia nothing in it, however, of - special interest ,' to the South, .with the exception of some kindly references to some.; of the Southern members of the; Cabinet. Of Howell Cobb, of 'Georgia, whose father went from Granville, county, in this State, if we are not ; mistaken; Judge Black says that no one - who knew -him , could "help respecting him," for he "was honorable, upright and sincere, true to . his ; convictions, perfectly faithful to his duties as be understood them, and a man of great intellectual ability.". , . - ;;.r H S .. Of Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, who was -born at Leasburg Caswell copnty, N. C, . and removed to the . South after be had attained to his manhood, the able Pennsylvanian has this to say in his defence: .... . ...-.f;n "Having jnentioned the name of Mr. Thompson, I ought to say that the ntott in famous slander ever uttered against any public man in this country was the charge against him of abstracting bonds belonging to the Indian Trust t una. Ho was, and is a man of unspotted integrity; a committee of his enemies declared that in this trans action he was entirely faultless, and yet'the accusation is continually repeated for the gratification of mere political malice." i He has a high opinion of President Buchanan's honesty, patriotism and firmness of character. He says his fault, in fact, was inflexibility of wil and he never knew : him - but once' to change his' opinion when formed through the influence of the argu ments of others. He says: "It is true that Mr. Buchanan was con stitutionally fearless and firm, even to stubbornness. Ue listened sometimes very patiently while he was making up his mind, but when once determined he was immova ble as a rock." ' . XII E COTTON CAWfAIGN. . Let the Stab keep on its. way of f urnishing light to the'people on the great subject of cotton milling. It is not known to North Carolinians generally that the little': town of Mount Airy, Surry county, is a very important manufacturing centre. It deserves to rank with any town of its size in its manufacturing . interests. After awhile it will be in direct com munication with Wilmington when the Cape Fear '. and Yadkin "Valley Railroad I is completed. Already there are two cotton mills doing a satisfactory-business. Its yarns are said to equal the very best. We clipped from the Shop and Factory the following which is encouraging: "The Green Hill Mills, in addition to the yarn department, are manufacturing supe rior domestics and sheetings, which are in .demand and find ready sales -in various markets. The Hamburg Mills manufacture chain warpings which are sold, in New York city. They also manufacture some cotton yarns for the Southern market. The Eureka Mills, which are now being erected, and which will be in operation by the last of September, will manufacture cotton yarns and abeeiiogs. These mills will have 1000 or more spindles, 40 looms,' and em ploy about 60 operatives. We also have two woollen mills in operation, but cannot, at this time, give any particulars concern ing the grades of goods they produce.-" r 1 Batesville factory (South Carolina), burnt sometime ago, has been rebuilt and will soon be in operation. The Enterprise Cotton Factory, at Au gusta, Georgia, is to be much en larged at once. Rook Hill Factory (South Carolina) will soon run day and night. ; - :i r. . Unofficial Bulletin: There is no ma terial change in the condition of Drf Bliss. He has talked 94 ounces of nonaepBical nourishment by the mouth to the attending newspaper reporters; and, taken altogether, his judgment and skill are no worse than on the day when Guiteau unfortunately shot the President instead of Bliss. There are apprehensions that his swelling vanity may suppurate, but as this complica-f tipn afflicts him all over the doctors are making no effort to scatter it. He will probably be Blisstered as soon as he gets through .with his morning dressing. At this hour his egotism is 110; Blissful ignorance, 98; Cundu rango, 18. , , . - - - . : ! BURNETT'S COCOAINE A. JLadt's Haik Saved bt its Use Bnrnett's Cocoa iae will keep lh hair 'in a ; etroaz and healthy condition by alimulaiing the root of vienairana reswnng tntimuraiaciwn upon which its growth, deoendi. Twenty years ago a single bottle saved a , lady's hair in a des perate case where every other treatment bad failed; and sines that, early success thousands of cases of Baldness, Dandruff Loss of Hair and Irritation of the Scalp bare yielded to this remedy. . i The superiority of BuBNETT'sFLATORraa Extracts consists in their - perfect purity nd at strength. ' . .Tfie question of ; food adulteration.: Is agitating the thinking publio of Europe and :HEe fcNorth." -In ' tact legislation exhorteaJ,o interfere Ho protect the peoplei" ililkV butter, "flour are found nporr"analyBis,trrcon- tain over 15 per cent. oLadulieration. ticed id this country are those which affect a prime ntcBissiiy t)f-rich and poor aliki--" sugarl 1 hjf factjl'.V rwTdely known that the suxsr interest ut lhe United States ranks first in importance and extent of all depart ments or oquraieioe, anfl, ot ka,ft: im ports' into the -Stales, (me sixth in bulk aod value is -sugar.-' i,,ii r?'-Hi',z'-tiSe 1 ..-.VThese road-acts iadicle-tha; vastpess of the sugar consumption nd the fact that 8ugar'eDt6rs largely-iol nearly-all forms of infants' fopd fbal are used as substitutes or their mothers milk, is a cogent reason why dangerAUB Idtilteratidns of 'sugar ehuuld-be prevented.,?', j . , r,fcV. j i , Where the remedy lies it.would .be hard to tell.. The truihL js thet. laws aireaav passed to a conRiaerame ,ex-. teot.r havev been in.operative.j...jBot lawmakerahould not cease to try. to devise ways and means .pf; suppress auch.vile attempts upon health and the pooket-books of others., . r , i ! . England Is importing immensely in arucies or iooa. - xIl ih uam in at a great deal of the money that is real ized from investments go to pay for foreign importations1 of food articles. Prof. 'Sheldon has .been -jgiving tbe British peoble some needed light on the subject. :, He: gives the following to show ho w ' th e import ation of 'dairy and other prod act? has grown in ten years: n 'i.-t-rj.'t- :0 ' ' :ti - low ' ' loiV. i Eggs, v.lue... 5.034,265 $11,478,600 Baiter,.,.,... . 84,'61ot)50; 51,897,255 Cheese, , ;;iS,16,25a'" J9.I20.085 Bacon and hams. val. 12451,300 44,401,115 Pork, value.,....-.. 2,879,125;., 3,556.810 Lard.; j?as.;,;;4,653,o80; 7,100.405 i But hdw oati the Britishers' alter these . figure's ? We "suppose they do about all they cariJ- Th ey must oon- tipue to impprt or eat'fes'sV But wt Jt Englishman is willing to die in iebted to ns - stomaouf ) .m It is estimated that the Methodist Ecumicioal Conference soon to meet in London will1 represent' 4,600,000 actual H membership and 7fi8,bbo,OO0 whd are Methodists in sentiment and association. This is wonderful. John Wesley, the illustrious founder of thisWast discipleship, was born at Ep worth in 1 703. His father' was Rev, Samuel Wesley, an Episcopal minister. . His mother; a wise and devout woman, was Susannah Wesley. He He died was in an London " in 1791. -extraordinary man. endowed with - tremendous ' energy and V great administrative entsj He . travelled!. 270,000 tal miles on horseback and , preached 40,000 sermons; He wai; a scholar and a gentleman. Not dead but ninety years his disciples ot every name cover the civilized globe and number as above. One of the great events of the jeigh-f teenth century was the rise of Meth odism. The July number ' of the JEtigli&h Review ' contains an interest- ing.i and instructive paper on this great religious denomination. A laboring 1 man of Richmond, Virginia, attended the meeting-s held two weeks ago at Lake Chatauqua; New York. He made a speech. It was a sensible one and well calculated to make those who heard "him think less evil of the South. ' - He denied that good, well-meaning people were ostracised, in the ' South, but 'he told them of a class that were not desi-f rable, either as acquaintances or set tlers.: ' W e quote a paragraph from him'! - ' : ;' : " --J-- : 1 "ll is true that, when one comes along proposing to upset the social status of the races in, lhe South, he is not so readily taken to the hearts' and homes of the whites. Neither whites nor blacks in the . South think it beet to pursue a course, which; though slowly, yet sureiri Would lead to an amalgamation of the races.' . Here, where there are ninety-nine whites to one colored person, you may be disposed to complain of this 'caste spirit,', as yon call ft ; but, if you lived in the South, you would most likely feel and act just as we do." , i a: j i ' It is 'evident that the "Northern people have about lost hope - of the recovery of the President.43' It is now known that his condition is extremely criticai and I that ' he i bfis bTitsl rpoor chance iif the battle 'for life. 'Bliss whistles to keep his hope up, but the pbuntry is about prepared to hear the worBtf ' Such is ; the ' prospeot ' as we Write.;"; Later - intelligence i 'may im4 part f a more hopeful aspect,1' but' we do not look now for his recovery." mIU:?,- ;-' - " Henry M. Stanley the famous Af- rican traveller, is dangerously, sick in the. wilds of that country. , He is foieignjbornpbut-hails -from the United StateB, and wa first sent out by Bennett. ; We hope be will live to complete 'allot his 'explorations! j! - Maryin, the "mueh, married" rascal has had the pleasure of beipg enter tained three years in the penitentiary i . parents must' not ind fault if their sBorf bills are double what they need, be, and at the Same time their children's toes are rag gd,-if they i neglect to buy shoes ;whieh haya improvements that protect them from wear at tba toe, and that are not objection able in any way. - The A. 8. T. Co. Blsok Tit) Prevents all these evils. ' ' V 1 f - - . .-... . . . , Paper from Pin straw.' r-;- Ttae Columbia Eegister mentinis the fact that the Bath Hills, of Aiken : county; jo that State; furnishes . it with specimans pf paper made put of pine straw. -.One SectV men is a thick board paper of the ttiicknees of possibly a-sixteenth of an mcb, htrvteg at son of plnitea fibre; the other is n excel h ut paper -which- can be furnished by the Lmlll at three Jour th of a cent cheaper per pound ihatf the "sameTcIas of 'pspCfji "TioTapeTiSesTon'or tfie i araTnephysician, be for lb- New-Yotk-'-.-The mill is5tiow manu- Ifactufing twii haudre4 reabre pe dyi' The Begiiter-ildilff OCjeoorsft zkr& baver no. knowledge. of the cotof redupinglhiapirJe straw to palp, bat with the vast pine forests oi tne oouin carpetea witn tnrs straw, mey would seem to afford an illimitabte Vttpply Tbf raw ttateriat";' f-ls-M' J" -'J 1 -1 ( Largev quantities f f pine straw i ia Jits -prude state have been. brougUt,- to, this city for the past two or three-years for shipment, to the North, where it is used in the manu- iaciure or mavireajeB aua iyr various oicer 'purposes, ? alter undergoing certtfti prq cesses, by the first ol which a kiB,l i-f-oil Is Extracted frpm it.- Tbejtra in qgYsjoir is becoming a valuable article in the commerce of the Southland the large amount of it, in this section wilt uo doubt be soon utilized in the same tnutraer atr abovtJ; as it is very likely thai one-or more-paper- millswill be established o :Wilminguo of, us vicinity at an early day, to manufacture paper from wood and straw pulp.-, v.-. - ,Jj Hall roads in Proapeetlve. .' j j -' Our friends in the-Eastern - counties' are seeking a: better mat ket f for their- produc tions, and very naturally their eyes turn in the, direction of Wilmington, where ithey have reason to Expect to find, a ready eale and ihe best of "prices for' their corn and other produce. That they are in earnest is evidenced' by extracts frond papers ia that -section; - The Washington Press, ot.. few days ago, under the head f ' What Washr iogton Needs, 'I sayer "A railroad from this place to 'some . i)6int on. ihe Wiimin gton & Weldon'road would make this a frie corn maiket; it would' help -OT and our -flyde county" friends laud pay the stockholder s .Qaot we have V! 7 -lw J . J-.i;lnsJfe j ' ; And following right on- the beels o(; this comes the Oreeovi He 'Express with this pa'4 ragrapn, under lhe bead of iOQod'': ")The Wilmington & Weidon liallfoad is prospect!" log along 4 be line of the river with-a view of-constructing a railroad to transport corn to Wilmington, tine of the best grain mar-i keta in the Souih. Qo ahead I We've got tbecorn and will hilp builct the road 16 take it to mat keU" . :, r ,.V c .., , r a jj Tire i. Lambiruu. 0 .'.C T-rsJ V ul : When -the train Qu .tbe.Carolioa. CBtral: road passed Lumberton yes erday.moroing about 5 o'clock, a fire was raging in the neighborhood f 'the depot .which was found to have cousumed the still and fix-J tures of Messrs. Berry God win & Co.', ('ha Co.! being Mr- J. McD. French, formerly of Ihiscilj). logethernith their, stock of rosin, crude turpentine and spirits turpentine, a valuable eoeioe, a ' w'are houEe contaiLite heavy . groceries; Such as rcorn, baeon, .flour, , jeic'., and - five or sX guano bouses. The fire, which was Under conliol when-the train pasted, broke out about 4 o'clock, and ; was 'the work of an incendiary, fire, having been set to the property In three different places.; Messrs. Goodwin & Co. couIJ not com rectly estimate their loss. at the timer but it; is supposed that it will range from $3,500 to $5,000, upon which there was no insu rance. Their store, which was Borne dia-' tacce from the other buildings, and was 1 - - :- 1' - .. .... .. ." ' insured, was not destroyed;. ' Look Oni for m Miorm. ; , ; A telegram from the Chief Signal Office at Washington, dated at 9 A. M. yesterday, ; and addressed ,to "All Observers at' Sea-: coast Stations," states that it is reported lb the Chief Signal Officer that a hurricane ': was central Tuesday night a short distance , northwest of St. 'Thomas, West Indies with: maximum hourly wind velocity of sixty miles, the wind backing from northwest to southwest. One vessel was blown ashore. The! information given ia not sufficient to determine the path of- the storm, but the; centre will probably move northwest, and,' Unless it recuiyes to the soulhweBt, it will resell the Atlantic coast. .. :"- While storm signals will not be displayed at present the Chief Signal.-Officer con siders it advi8abi: to send special warping to all' Atlantic' ports ana caution shipping against possible; 'danger' for the next, two' or three days' from this hurricane. ' ' ' :" '" ' : Cotton and Corn. . ' A gentleman ot this city, who has just returned from a business trip by private conveyance through Brunswick and Co lumbus counties, in this State, and Horry county, in South Carolina, informs us that the cotton crop iio those eountie- is badly damaged by the drought, a pd tbaVtbe yieid in the sandy lands will,' In all proba bility,' fall short fully fifty 'per cent. In some few instances, in fact, there will not be one-fifth of a crop. made... Ia the stiffer lands, however, .the damage has not been so serious. The "com crop, though da maged to Some extent, he thinks will come fully up to the average. :,, - u;; ,v, Win Leave Ue.- ' v ' I Gen. James. HXane. of . this city, has been eleeted Professor of Mathematics,: in the School of Mines and Metallurgy of Mis souri, a branch of. the University of Mis souri, and has accepted the' posUion'Tbe many warm friend of Gen." Lane In f Wil mington, while regretting to lose bimSo soon from among; them,. will, be , glad to hear that he has been; tendered a ppsUipo so congenial to bis tastes and inclinations .:;. was ? The, Norwegian barque AMheim cleared for Hamburg, Germany, yesterday, by MersfPaterspn, Downing & Co,', with 2.750 barrels of ; rosin ' and the schooner W,B. Mackie; for Portau-Pi iaco, Hayti, by Messrs. E. Kidder & Sons, with 196,400 feet of pitch pine lumber and 25,000 shin- 1 t ' y t3HRONIO .i LQOSBNE3S . 1THB BO WBIS results from imperfect digestion, The cause lies In the torpidity of the liver; and the cure is take Simmons Liver Regu lator to aid digestion, stimulate the dull and alngglsh liver and to regulate the bowels. - Genuine prepared only by J. tu Zeilia &Co. Quarantine i Hoar!. ... The QuiraLtfne I ard taet at Smitbvtll'e yesterday. It regu.r session. All the memberaof (be Bjurd Dr. W. G Curtis, Presideii, D.-. Thoai F. Wood, Secretary1, and Dr?J. C. Walker were present. Mat ters connVcted wlttithe qutrantme regula tions :of th.s port were dUcussed,.aod an ordin ance was moved and adopted that all na visiting any vessehin ottarando'e by fatwiM tmu Timi nil mi n i w w i iinarr t -rrr - persona required io obtain a permit in writing from the BUperinterrdeht';of health before being allowed i: retnrn to- the city, and that' all ste vedutea ,tr s other persona engaged! in load tog a. (ves8el, at.quaranMnenhall hae their clolhirg ; fumigated, and procure ia certificate io thai 'effect before beting al lowed to return to the city'; and all ligbfersJ orvesbela of iny kind.-so engaged,' shall be certified ;l,a have been .; fumigated l and cleansed before returning to the city the I expense of fucb'clea using and fumigatjog io te pata oy tne. captain or consignees of the vessel -leading' or; 'discharging; arid jfurtber; thai "the"' names of " ail L personsi and i vessels 'engaged in the business of floading vessels atquarantide shall be furnished tohe Superintendent: of Health of New Hanover couqty, whose duty it shall be to collect' and examine the ce'rtificate3 mentioned." Any person vio-latiBg-the provisions ' of - the ' above ordi nance to be liable-to a fine of $10 for each offence, and to- be sent beyond. the city limits- to remain until the 1st of November next following; vessels violating the ordi nance to be 'subject to a fine of $20 and re moval from' the' city limits Until Novem ber 1st. ? Thej ordinance will be published in full for the i information and guidance of all concerned. .,-.... .:. t .1 Ilatarall In the Cotton. uli.,t' a:-. The following is a statement of rainfall in inches and hundredths, at stations of the Signal 8eryicel:U.'a A-Jin the Cotto Belt, for week! ending: August 19, 1881: i;; i a South -Atlanuc. States--Atlanta .08: Aui gusta .97; Charleston : 43; Charlotte .16 Jacksbhville l.lVBavanriab .11; Smithville r ,04;; , TdtaUS-Sf' Eastern Gulf States Cedar Keys .49; Montgomery .17; Pensacola 30; Port E ids 29; ycksburg.00 Total 1.25,; v r j V Western Gulf States Corsicana t ,00 Denison .00; Fort Gibson .00; Galveston' 1.26; lodianola .00; Little :Rocfci .01 ; SaU Antoniar;00; gbreveportill. -Total I.27;! f :-, .Obi Valieyj and Tennessee-rCairo .00; Chattanooga 40; Cincinnati .19; Indian-! spoils .00; . Knoxville.27;; Louisville .OOj MemphiB ,78; t Nashville l:48; Pittsburgh - Reports from Wilmington, Mobile and New Orleans are missing. - '" septeniber Cotton Beeeipia. . , -4 f I : The port receipts of cotton for SeptenH ber, 1880 (August 28 to October 2, inclu4 sive), Were 511,665 bales.- For. -the same period of; 1879J they were -.413,470 . bales-; On account of iho dry weather, causing; premature opening; 1t is ; highly' probable the receipts for September, 1881, will reach 6UU.U0U bales, i fat Adnlteratlon ot Sarar. Ia England, as well as in this country, the subject of food adulteration is attracting uncommon attention, and legislation has been called upon to assist in protecting the .innocent consumer, upon whom countless frauds have been committed. ; Many of the staple articles of food, such as milk, butter, and fiour, were found by a recent, analysis to contain an average of over 15 per centum of adulteration. Ia some cases the foreign matter, was . found to be merely harmless, but inj many more cases the adulterants' were noxious and highly injurious to health. . . The jmost extensive adulterations prac ticed in this country are those which affect a prime necessity of rich and poor alike sugar. It is a fact not widely known that the sugar, interest of the United States ranks first in importance'and extent of all depart ments of commerce, and of the entire im ports into the . Slates one-tizOi in bulk and value is sugar. h .:, .,, . - . ..: ;. ;.. ' These broad facts indicate the vastness of the sugar consumption, and the 'fact that sugar enters largely into nearly all forms of Infants' food that aroused as substitutes for their mothers' milk is a cogent reason why dangerous adulterations ot sugar should be prevented.-: U?. ''.;' ''; . All laws that have been devised prove practically inoperative so far as protects ing the; consumer who buys in small quanti ties, for though the refiner who makes a business of adulterating sugar may . be required to label his packages "New Pro cess," or" even name the " deleterious substances with which pure sugar is de based,' still the consumer rarely sees the original package, or if he does, is unlikely to examine it closely. The principal substance-nsed in the debasement of sugar is starch made from corn, commonly known as glucose, which although not as harmful as many other substances ' with , which sugars are adulterated, is still comparative ly worthless,, in saccharine power, and, therefore, fraudulent when offered as sugar. Btit the danger of putting into the delicate Stomachs of infants, sugar that is contami nated with muriatic acid, muriate ' of tin or other harmful substances, cannot be exag gerated, and ' the! us vt "New Process" Bugars should be discouraged "by alt reputas ble dealers, and rwith greater 'emphasis by consumers who can demand sugars that are known to be pure; The most extensive sugar,; Refiners ia -the world are i Messrs Havemeyer & Elder, and it is a satisfaction io.be able to state 'that every -package of sugar-sent out from their refineries (which in extent are like a city In themselves in Brooklyn, E. D.) contains a guarantee that it is absolutely pure, . The wise consumer will not need to, be. told that it. is better economy to buy pure sugar, or . syrup than that which has been reduced in strength, f Of course the safest way to Becure pure sugar is to purchase ! an original package, and at! the extensive . refineries we have named nalf-batrels are put up as well as barrels,! and contain the guarantee to which affidavit was published Nov. 18, 1878i In buying a diamond or a 'piece of silk, 'the purchaser: who . displays -. Uie greatest Wis dom is the one who relies on the reputation of a great name; as a guarantee of the ex cellence of an article of which he is com-, parativeiy ignorant, and an affidavit issu ing from the great refineries of the Have meyera Ha, as eertaln.a guarantee of the purity of EUgar as is obtainable. It is an InterestiDg fact to note that the guarantee ofthe. Havemeyers is not an indorsement or their 1 sugar based r npou the reports of foreinen-or other1 subordinates, but a state ment of positive practical knowledge of the active members of a vast industrial esiab iUbment. ,vs'i r , ,.. The Sinitary Engineer, a journal that has made itself an authority on matters of by giene, remarks ia a . receat issue that each of a number of named group of food, in which adulteration is practiced Mconuins material f or years of careful investigation and studyby the gentlemen .appointed by the State. Board . of - Health. Pending the appearance of reportl . from, these; gentler meat hich IwUl i probablyfevejdimanyi strange facts,? consumers ef sugar at least rtewArW-j ftrk limes. :Avg. ivm, lOOl,. . . ! .V JL i ... -. . ,.: . ... ' -: .t . i. j... -rt - ,T trie 'ri. n1 J- iHpiritFYTnrpenTjinR I lialeigh NeubdObseroerxi 'fhe1 teachers' institute for .the colored teachers1 of Wake county will be held Tor five days' beginning -lay. .Capt Dagger will be in charge. -B.8h,vLyiHD, who w8 in i jured by;, being thrown-, from his butrev near Wilkesbnni, has improved veiy rinl ly, and leaves to day for the west. He wil,l begin his visitations, oeXt! Sunday. Av,3 uhU Bk.uaiiaii vuuu;u. .... - : :'. 4: lialeigh Recorder: Re v. c. s Fume, has Teceived n. call to the church in Hicksford, .Va-,"and will probably accent -rA letter just received from Dr Yaiea informs ua that e has greatly improvctl and js hard at work pleaching and trana' latiDg the gospel.- tllev.- Dr. Yateo, wlvl of VVake, county, has been missiouary t.. China for more than thirty years, ami is fe gardedi.as the best ia ihu vast country luiBomeiime ne nas neen in poor "health Star-.-'V- . . - , i Carthage Gazette: A few days since a Kit! a daughter of Mr. Geo. Culber soUj living about two miles from town, u0t into bertanda a vial of creasote, and child like, put it to ber nose and mouth, and bv some means got a portion of it into her noeV and, down ber throat. The little sufferer lingered until Monday last, when she died A very interesting meeting uss been going on at Centre Unioo Methodim Church In this county. : The result whh iweuiy cuuveria, wnue many others went away awakened to their souls' condition. r'u New, Berne Nut Shell: We uo ticed Mr.' Robert Mallett io town yesterday He says they are daily turning out good from the Clear Fibre Company's Factory -Ooi.:Gardner, CapL Wmv Cain and Mr. Lallan the engineers of tbMidland. Railroad, surveying the road from Salis bury to - Goldsboro, are now in tbis city giving a report of their respective surveys' This looks like business- - We learn tbat they will begin The actual work early in September, by which. time the surveys will be readyu and the contractors can goto work. - ." -v. "'.'" ' . . ' Statesville Landmark'. The aw ful majesty of ; the law: was vindicated Tuesday, when a little darkey, about ten years old, and who might be wrapped up in a newspaper of this size, was arraigned, tried and convicted in' the Superior Court of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. At that time, perhaps, one in every ten meu in the court house had a revolver in his hip pocket.. -Alexander Moore, Sr., ditd at his residence in Shtlob township1 last Tuesday morning,; in the 91st year of bis age. He came to, tbis county from Cald well" thirty years ago, and has resided bete ever since. Mri Moore was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was probably the last survivor of that war in tbis county. 1 A large, high tree, which must be 160 or 170 years old, stands about 75 yards from the residence of Gen. K. A, McLaughlin, of this vicinity,, and maika the corner between Oen. McLaughlin, Dr. JJ J. Molt and Col. J ulian Alien. It is called for ia a grant made by Lord Gran ville to Robert Simon ton io 1754, and is spoken of in the grant as having the letters "Rj S." cut on the south side. Sletesisilte Landmark.- It is interesting to know tbat the tree under which the English Barons met at Runnymede, on the Thames river, between Windsor and Staines,. near Lon don,' Lis still standing. This as A. D 1215 666 years ago. : New Berne Commercial News; The managers of the Midland Koad sny they are determined to restore the' business of the Atlantic Road and to augment ami multiply it. . They are reducing freight a- d passenger tar riff, and are going to offer every inducement for the business of the interior to find an outlet through tbe pons of New Berne and Beaufort. C'apt. Wm. Cain, of the Midland Engineers, found between Salisbury and Pitisboro the finest water power be has yet explored iu the State.. He thinks it strange that tbe Yadkin River has been so long cegtecled by the Stale, capitalists and manufacturers . Corn sold in our market yesterday at 63 cents, the cargo, scarce and in good de mand. ' : . 1 Hillsboro Observer: Miss Eliza beth Bingham, eldest daughter of Andrew ' and Helen Mickle, died at the residence of her father, in Chapel Hill, August 4. 1881. Last Saturday night lightning struck and destroyed a stable belonging to Mis. Jennie Garrard, a widow lady, living two miles south of Red Mountain. About $100 worth of oats, &c , were consumed. At New Bethel. Rev. J.: O. s Guthrie, the pastor in charge of the circuit, was assisted in the meeting by Rev. J..W. York, of Ox ford, and the result was twelve' conversions and four accessions to the Methodist church. At the Walnut Grove meeting, the pastor was assisted by Revs. J W.i York, S. Y. Brown, of Leasburg.'and Tr A. Si one, of Chapel Hill, and the meeting retultea in twenty-five conversions, fourteen of wboui joined the Methodist church. Charlotte Observer : Saturday evening last, in Union county, four mil west of Monroe.Key Secreet shot and almost instantly killed Wash Helms. He struck Secrest,and knocked him down, but either while falling or while getting up, (the wit nesses disagree), Secrest fired. The ball struck Helms just above the heart and ranged upward.". He struggled towerd Secrest struck him several blows and then fell. He died within three minutes after he was shot. Helms's wife, it is said bad hold .of him, trying to get him away, when the fatal shot was fired. Secrest made no attempt to, escape, but delivered himself up to the authorities. He is now in jail in Monroe, He is a brother of Hoke Secrest, whose trial two years ago for the murder of his wife and ' acquittal on the plea of insanity will be . remembered. He hea-s a very good character in Unioo. Toishot Home: We learn that twenty-eight persons were baptized at Rackley's mill last Sunday. - Benjamin Lindsay, of Cooper's , township,. Nash county,-split his leg open just below tbe knee, while cutting with an axe, op Mou -day last. Almost the entire edge of the axe was buried. in the flssh and bone, in flicting quite a painful wound. r-The revival at Rackley's mill, in Nash county, to Which' we referred last week, is still io progress, and we learn that forty odd have connected themselves with the church since the meeting -commenced.- -Castalia (Nash county) items: Simon High colored, of this place, whipped . bis, wife most un mercifully on last Monday morning. Uu used bis teeth on her to euch an extent tbat she has not been able to do any wot k since. f-Mr.' William Rich and one of the road hands by the name of -George' Strickland, had a fight near here last week, while working the road. Strickland struck Rich several blows over the bead. New Berne Nut Shell: r; Satur day afternoon, about four o'clock, one of the boilers in Mr. Daniel Stimson's steam saw mill exploded, causing death and de struction and creating considerable excite ment in our city. . Peter ; Blount, a colored man about 85 years of age, was at work in the tog pood, when a portion of tbe debris which waa.Vflying through tbe air, struck him on theVback of the . bead ')) breaking bis skull, no doubt killed him iu stantly. s c He fell into - the pond. -Our young townsman, Mr. John Lucas, a lum ber clerk, was standing near the saw in the mill and was dangerously scalded all over the back and arms, and on bis ears and nose; by hot water from the bursted boiler. Isaac Crawford, colored, the engineer and fireman, was in tbe engine room and tbe scalding water terribly burned almost every portion of ; bis body, face and i limbs. At this writing he is in a very critical condi tion, but it is hoped there is some chance for his recovery. Mr. Sydham. was badly hurt. Others slightly hurt. ; .., 1
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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