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ft ..Onus fDBUUlD AT" $1.50. a Year, in advance. SSSS3SSSSSSSS8SSS 1 SSS8SS8SSSSSSS3S3 sinuojl 9 SS8S8SSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSS8S3S3SSS83S3 S8S888S8888S8S88S co id as j jo as gj gj gj g ej g 8SS888SS88S.S8'888 eo ici go o t- ei co w o ot o o as ej SSSSSS3S8SS388S88 - e oo d o go os o v-i o V o se to TlALI 4 It'?- as : pi 00 ! .f - -t ti i tt at e at in i mm t Tim r,. u., as second-class matter. J . , Subscription Price, r; The subscription price of the Wekk i.t Star is as follows : .".;.-?-"r.-'.--j' ingle Copy l'year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months. " " l.w " 3 " i " ' " ; .50 IHK HOD fll't ADVAN1AGBl IN COTTON MILLING. Fhe1 Augusta Cotton Factory has j averaged 20 j per cent, every year J Hince i sea. in mat town tnere are 120,000 spindles. Do not the Au iiBla people believe in manufacturing coiidnL think Lhu first six you? ijjOne mill during months of 1881 made 1100,000 clear on a capital of $000,- j 000.. Will hot that do? In what other legitimale business can so much be made? 35 per cent, for one year ought to satisfy. It is believed by the Miperintundent that the hix month from! July 11 will turn out as weil. The Langley j mill paid 8 per tsent. - oil six months and passed 10 per cunt to its surplus. The follow ui friu a cotton milling authority in Augusta, 'Ga., is well worth con siderinp, fur it is important, as there ar- hard years as well as i;o(m1 years. "Tin ie are experiences in cotton mili iiikr, as in other kiuds of business, when the lean vears Hike the ears of G'ltll lit E-iypt) jeat np the. fat yf am; ie profits in good times go to when t iiav tii5 tosses in hard limes. Says i - :S - - Mr. br Uncis Coffin : j: . -' tl Dd 84eiit:al advnntBes tf i ho 8uth over milla iu New 1i.dk- llh.i Mil tie btHt Hliown when tbe times are hani mirl tmde is dgprefsed.- When lhu Nrw li Hiid mills are not making a dollar, luuix iiifilie 8ou:h pioperly tnanHKtd can trilivili-iids. i T vary the p:oiMai!ioit: VYc cn sell cloth t half a cent a ynru I'RS li'iH rht- New England mills, and eveu U;i iliM'ouiii make more ainty than 1 i -US tin .V !o. lo ly. i tin out make thi atatement jbm of myj own factual Riiowl-djte I aii.l Air. in the Cogiu has spent his manhood business of manufacturing. He knows what -ho is talking about - - : . when he says ' that 'the Augusta and olher Southern factories can sell cloth at half a cent a yard "less than liie New England mills can and still make more money than they do. do this All Southern mills cannot simply because all have not the proper not well managed.- Southern mills aeilities and are Mr. Bassey, of the Eaglo and Fhoeaix mills, confirms this statement. 4 He says the South ern manufacturer . has one and nine teuths cents (1 91 o) per pound the advantage over a Northern mannfao- turer. There This is a fortune in itself. is every encouragement in I these statements made by practical I business men who have experience aud knowledge.' It bts to flight the adverse! opinion of the Boston writer I -I on cotton, Mr. Atkinson. Like the I old woman's proof of the pudding, ! the nrofits of the southern mills con- I L - ' ' ' - - I firm all that is said.- j a Here are the figures of the mann- factories of Baltimore, of all kinds. We copy from ihe American: yapuai luvcaicu... f . w" . I Number I of bands employed, 62.933i Value of annual pro ducts. ....... .!.:.. ,1....... 71,744,772 Annual wages;.. J . ...J....... 13.376,493 AutiUal cost of materials. ...... 44,054,383 Agg. cost of labor: and materi- . . als............. ..... ....... 57.C30.87 Deduct ibis from the, annual product it leaves.... 114,113.896 V This is the statement for 1880 Taxesv wear and tear, &a.t are to be I -deducted. - These amount to 3,893,- 892. The American says the ; net profit is 4l0.220.002i or more than . twenty per cent, upon the capital investod. This calculation embraces . the whole operations, large and small. i here are maiviauai enterprises mat, show greater results. t Ye men of business and capital thick upon thoso things. i - -' ; Mr. Farnell's candidate in Tyrone was oeieatea. ins canaiaato, ivev. Harold RyleU, " received less than ne-sixth of the votes cast. Mr. lected by a small majority over the - . nr. 3a ; . k. VOL. XII. U INSTALMENT P H O N HhNATOIt ?1M!E. , : -' We publish another instalment of Senator VaneeV very able letter in reply lo Capt. Andiews'n letter. Ii a, introng, paper.. - When Senator I v a ii uo Hianus uy iuo peopie ne may i reui assured the people will stand by him. Lei tho Venule un! v unite, and o corporation, vhowerer .-riohnaud j pverbeartng and unjust, can ; with- j Btand ihem.i l he intelligent readers I of the Stab, know why .we fought the I sale to Mr. Best. ? It. was because the I State could complete easily the Paint Rock road; which Senator Vance -cjf-.-irA1': u I amriua 10 uave, ywu uie oae , aim because we did not believo Mr. Best could or would Koomplete the; very J costly Ducktownraitroad.v He could nnV an 'in anlA nnt: in Ttnfnrfl HIva i n s-fo Vno tntia Ka'.I '.,! t , t :J..,, iney aoteu. uuioru vuimwu,-f wure before the Senate Uommittco op In- ternal Improvements that he did not intend to do 'any morethan suited their own interests, or, as he put it, I only so "far as the ability and interest of the capital they represent would allow." The sale was made, we believe, in July, 1880, to Bu ford & Co. It was April 30th, 1881, when Capt. An drews said to ' the State Commission ers that the Buford crowd had about made up our minds to go to Duck town." t-r-.---. :-;v'-;:.-- i-: That route was almost everything. Bat how arc- they eoine to - Dnck- town ?; By the widoogauge as on the Faint Hock lint? Senatoi Vanotf says they are building a .,'narow-gauge.,, Capt. Andrews refused the full five hundred hands the Stale was to fur nish becauso he was in doubt "as to the ownership." The people are now in a fair way to got at "the bottom I facts." They will find out that the j position taken by the Stab was pa triotic, judicious, and ; proper,! and that it was a mislako to sell out over seven millions of propeily to. a weak. concern like Best represented lor a few hundred thousand dollars.. The result in the property, that cost so mne.h aud ia of. so much teal value-, is j in the hands of a great plethoric, ag- j gressive, grasping corporation witn ou mul or conscience, that is de tfiuiiiifd to swallow up every other road that caii compete with it in the slightest way; that hesitates at noth ing, and thai is doing what it can to injare ihe reopie of North Carolina. The people - tho voters the sover eigns have their eyes on. the men who are;warring:against their inter ests. Tiet them take heed unto them selves. The people have some rights left yet. Let the violators of these rights ; beware. J No man can - stand by the corporations that war upon the PeoPle and set the support of the people, T ohticians of an aspiring turn will please put that little piece in their pockets, and after, commit ting it to memory then commit it to their pipes and puff away in peace if not in hope. -: - -- - POOQBEIS IN TBE SOUTH.' ... . . 1 The Northern papers during the last two or three months have had a great deal to say about progress in I the South.' At first, under the teach- 1 iogs 0f Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, Massachusetts, the Northern press . . - accepted the theory that JNew ifing- l land had the advantage m , cotton I spinning and . manufacturing. ; But I m m : " f m t I under tne ngni. oi aiscussion mis error has disappeared. ' Recently the New York Herald said : .ihil :". i ii-'-. A.iAA I .llyj in th TiautiAA of a lahoriocr class acens- I I tomedtothe work, and perhaps somecli- I -.. nnatinnai and social influences, But in tbe long run labor is sure to find its . - - - -- i market, and the cotton staple is unaouot edlv to be largely manufactured where it is grown.: But, as the Industry, advances, it win be lonnu mat new jngiana money and braina are in it. as thev are in pretty much everything else that is adding to the welfare and development or tne country. j We are glad to- know that New England "monev and brains" are al- ready engaged in Southern manufac D ..v - , turing. It is a good way tor ooutn- ern capitalists who desire to em bark in .cotton milling to combine with one or more experienced British or New England manufacturers men of intelligence, of means,and who can come well indorsed. . After . awhile the South will have enough experi enced superintendents of its own for all practical purposes. Tbe days I of carpet-baggery4 are over now and the animosities of ; the i-:---' . . , .-. past are gone witn -cnem. it is true there are extreme .men and extreme u"u m. .- e j. mmmsm a w w a ami ran ibv i iir iiriitr i-mmm Strife and sectional antagonisms have worked injuriously 'in. many ways. They kept capital .for a long time from ' coming into t the South, and they have retv&Tiigrattoiw' But there has besn tnoreof the latter in many oouinern states man is eup- posed generally. - New England and the Middle States nave ..contributed a good many immigrants, and they have. been, generally.: valuable addij- tions. Texas, Florida, Arkansas,iilis- souri ana south ,warouna nave neen favored specially in this particular. ) NortH Qarolina ; has receiv"cI 6me worthy' and' welcome citizen from iurX Itl'r'rl L-u V:Xd I uiubuwib uuu,.; bera as thbwStates nameTJioUst 1 eenauswaaa.great surprise: to , the J North ; hence the very many editor J ls von" meet with in .. tho DaDers of I ihitt Afttim nnnflmino-; the growth LiJi R' u FruDiciiV f lr"v t. -1 Very tew tor eign immigrants pave found -their way Southward.? The influx" has i been- chiefly 'from the - N orthern States. - he UounerJour na? saya pertinently: "Southern prosperity did much to cause the "boom" of 1879. The different pec- tions of tbe country are so intimately con- nected in their commercial and in their industrial relations, that . when misgovern. ment paralyzes to a great extent tne pro- I ductive industries of one section all suffer j to a great extent. The restoration of the I South was a condition precedent to North' em prosperity. ' ; "Never before have the people of the Southern States been so industrious. The labor problem is settling itself, giving leas cause for . anxiety wan any wnere eise. Agriculture is advancing m everyway; it is becoming more intelligent, more systematic, and : consequently more profitable. - Tbe mineral regions have attracted the attention of capitalists, and lands ; that a lew years ago were considered valueless are now in active demand. The railroads have been vastly improved and extended, increasing tbe transportation iacumea in every locamy, opening new territory, building up cities and aiding all new mining and manufactur ing enterprises. i What is needed now is a continued development of alllcinds of manufac- turing, and specially of cotton. The approaching Exposition at Atlanta Will be of great benefit to the South ern States -md will bo an advertise ment On a large scale. ; The terrible drought will doubtless, interfere to some extent with the character of the Exposition, but that it will be a most pronounced success wo have no doubt whatever. ; KNOW ONE aNOTHBK. Henry Ward Beecher, in one of his sermons, discussing . the duty of the members of a church to know, one another, says that churches are like hotels; each lodger has his own room and calls for what he needs, and does not feel bound to take care of any of the other loderers. He says better that they are ''spiritual boarding- houses." The occupants of the dif- rant rnnm An not know each other even at w Xa.hnAara I are not acquainted with other pew- holders, and those that go to the I Lord,fl Table do not recognize neigh- bors on the right and on the left. But the best thing we have met with on this subject is the saying of a Bostonian on a sermon on "Recog nition in Heaven." lie tola tne preacher he would preach more to I fhinfc if h wonld "nreach about the Recognition of friends there" Said he: "I have been a member of this church during twenty years and I 1 do not know any of tbe members.7 I Is this the spirit of the Gospel of Je- hms Christ? Are isolation, coldness - . : m I dignity that ireezes, pnae oi.persou and soon the fruits of the Spirit ot holiness? . What a curious "brother- 1 .al - m. 1. .la Z .A MA smWt nooa" is tnas wuere eau hub to the other. An TCno-liahman of intellif?enco told : a l ns some vears ago after having spent saVo hat ninth. . , , i tsJ ins was a great aeai cneaper in U1B . . country man jn iwuiuhw . .1 . 1 I I . 1 . He showed us dozens of articles that were from thirty-three to seventy- five per cent, cheaper than they were in North Carolina. We are reminded of this by an argument made, by ex- Representative Frank H. Hurd, of Ohio, to show how the laboring man ia iniured bv a Protective tariff. We , . . . , . . , . copy the illustration : . T: I visited the house of a friend of mine in Toledo the other day, who had a family of Avon children. - He bad a waee oi au.ou a dev. bringing him, in a year, an income of S40U. 1 a&Kea mm now muuu un nam lur the clothinff of his family. He said $100, at lP.aHt . 1 told him be could have bought those clothes in Canada tor S73. i aemon- --.tail t Kim that tin naid in a voap nnarlv u.." . T . . . . 200 more for articles requirea cy nunseii and family than they could have been purchased for in VanMa-"a. this was the nefarious result of a proctective tariff." y- " The Cincinnati : Commercial: says li - " . , . . , - ..; - i there have been twenty murders com- I v!tf 1 !n TTAnnaa Citv' within the last mitted in Kansas City within the last ? mVv fh;fl Tt. la w-fnl. biiiiiiiiii nmia at u uuiwi , w m - JJ- FlllDAY's STOIlJJS. FUKTHEE PABTICtjABS OF THK GREAT GALES OF 'FBIDAY LAST DAMAGE TO VESSELS; .BELOWr HOUSES ) AT TOET TISHBK SWEPT .AWAV DBATtf OF OJIK OF THE VICTIMS OF TUB ! W.: & W. FREIGHT HOUSE DAMAGE TO CROPS, TUEPBNTISfE .A! stroll through the streets ;ntf alone; par wharves yesterday ; gave us a. much, Wore adequate conception of the taTasesof be tempest on Friday than wo bad pfevi- pnsly entertained. - m fact, in tue wier to, bivit . allowed us alter the fiubflidaDcetf tbe storms e bad very: little ospQrnoiF iO ttCq1Jai0t ourieirea wftb -all the patUcu- arfl0f wimerous disasters which they totalled ' upon tbe people ot Wilmington ind its vicinity. 1 The destruction of shade trees ihrough- out the city is not amonR-,the least of the ivils entailed upon us by tbe terrible blow It is probable that at least six or eight hun dred of the finest trees in tbe city have beep prostrated, while others have been stripped of moat of their limbs. The most of the elms stood the blastremaikably well.but the mulberry, chinaberry and some others stood no showing; but a great many even of elms and oaks-succumbed to the fury 0f (be gale, especially in exposed - .' i ... thA .lxr w ff -era r"- " . . lying upon the ground, and the sound or hammers could be heard in every direction. as the busy workmen toiled to remedy the damage done. . It is an eld saying that "it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good," and the truth of it is verified in this case, as it is probable that carpenters and other workmen will be kept buay for some time repairing the damages resulting Jfrom the storms. The scene at the Wilmington & Weldon and Carolina Central depots yester day was a fair indication of the fury of the hurricanes. We found those who witnessed the sight of the roof of the W. & W. shed on the' wharf being taken ; off bodily and hurled through the air a distance-of one hundred yard4 or more and thrown upon tbe hill in the vicinity of tbe machine fihopp, and they describe the scene as a fearful display of the power of the tempest when in its most furious mood. Some of. the flying beams and -rafters and tin from the roof camo in contact with a tree just inside of the inclosure, near the machine1 shops, and twisted the top off of it, leaving -a large portion oi tne tin aangung irom the trnnk. ::" ' f -- f - A- ADDITIONAL PABTCUIiAE9 ' The house on the southwest corner of Ninth and Red Cross, streets, known as Browning church, where religious ser viets are frequently held by colored people. was blown down. A colored woman who. was in bed at the time made a narrow escape, one oi tne Deams naving iaueu against the - bed-post, but she was rescued from among the rubbish without much 'in ju ry. Tin from the roof of St. Btephen'a A. M. E. church struck the Peabody school house on the other side of the square, and damaged it slightly. Several of the pillars BUDDortine the nPner piazza of Mr. W. G. Fowler's residence, corner of Front and Ann streets, were blown out, but the piazza remained in position. remained in position. The tin roof of the rina mill nn Pnint Potpr hnlnnoSncr to tbe w F. FtiUer estate, was blown off. Qae of the chimneys of Capt. Divine's reel dence, on Mulberry, between Third and Fourth streets,, was broken off ana thrown down upon tbe roof. Some of the windows were also .blown out and carpets, etc.. damaged by water beating in. "The severi ty of the gale was greatly felt on the still- yard of Messrs. Morton St Hall, who had allot their still chimneys blown down. eds broken: in, and a portion of the roof r of ' their spirits ' turpentine shed taken off, water-pipe broken, etc.! Mr Morton was standing in his office door and witnessed the taking off of the entire east- ern side of the roof of the spirits , shed, which was whirled into the air and prec i . 11UU1 IUD CUWU AAV BflUIUHIVU $200. Tha fitnrn And residence of M Cnaa schulken, corner of Fourth and Swann streets, was unroofed, and his fur niture was badly damaged by water, and tho store and residence of Mr. J. W. Robins, corner of Fourth and Nixon streets," was I anrvert in thn Mtnu wav.' while the whole neighborhood was blockaded with trees. I A dwelling on Third, between Red Cross I and Campbell etreeta. occupied by Mr. H. , -A - .vt - i . - . . i ijio we. uaa me un uiuwu uuui ura tuun The Tin roof of the old Roberts foundry, or clarendon Irou Works, was blown off. ; : . I'-.- i - v ?: IN ' THE ' Ticnsm . ; ' At Mr. J. F. GarreU's Sans Souci planlan tion, on the Little Bridge road, near the city, a new and large barn, 160 feet in length by 36 feet ia width, was totally de molished,' the timbers being twisted and. broken almost into fragments. 'About one mile of his fence was also prostrated. He had fifty acres ia cotton, which was pre senting a splendid appearance before the storm, and he now estimates that it will be damaged at least one-half. The ground yesterday morning; was; almost literally covered with green bolls. : He has ' two hundred and fifty acres in lowland rice, which has been damaged considerably by I . . .f T - . J . . . .a i tne neaus nemg turasueu uu, uui w j exactly what ,: extent he : ; cannot , now 1 sav. : Nearly all of ithe i fine grove of trees at what was formerly - his Sans Rnnil T rpniilnnnn were also blOWn l dOWD. 1 n. iV.nn ttalno loft ataniftnir i 'Mr I uuiv lire m iiudo uvwj .-ji j Brayj his overseer, estimates Mr. GarreU's loss at not under 13,000. loss at not under t3.000. At .the Fair amall bnildin? was left an the remainder followed in quick sue- : ; TTTTf' lib;;-:;;.. cession.'5' A ' colored woman, ' her ", growo daughter and two or three cbsldteo wcrfejn one of ihe, hpqseSj bu mrmged Jtdolpa : : - s : iir. - H I.J r I I mVt)Wi. crop near the-cfty wasbad iThe' corn -cron id Brunswick county, wo I IbMV ing t,eaum-tff hoistalks-i Judge RM BellV Luss iu coltoa.' H Js estimated, :f ill teach $ 1,300. The rice orops are also badly, jdam aged. The gale played havoc witfi the . . ' TUaPENTINB TEEES.. ;. k gontlemau stated jk7ef pae-tbird' of 1 are J tufpenJhae- treea- from- TowDi Creek Brunswick county,- this ityj wero blown down; and another stated. that on the line ine or what is Wwn, ... . . ; . l f'Niircrfir . Head' them were proWatecL In h some ' places j--t...j t 1 4 : .,i.':L--ii.-: 1-1 pniy a very icvr are uuw oiauuiajj. wvu u the Little Bridge, toad.to a distance of about four of five -miles, vi8 a great 'number were prostrotedrirffi-v:1 i..yr, V ; ; . ; THE DA2IAGB BELOW. " . At Fort Fisher, where there is a small fishing village, all tbe houses but one were. aATit miv . Ttia one atandincr was form- I MMTSk " i "nffli' AMriPn - and -it I had its piazza carried away.: One house, I located near I the water, belonging I to a - Mr. Mayo - and occupied by a Mr.'; Thomas Smith, was washed entirely away, . not ; a vestige of it being left, to-, gether with all of Mr. .Smith's furniture and clothing; the family barely escaping. with their lives. A party from this city who was there 'at the time, left about 2 o'clock that afternoon ' and walked home,' all the boats, nets, etc , being washed away. Capt. Harper, of the steamer Passport, who gives us the- abovo information, states that tho new dredge, 2. V. White, is all safe, but the scows are all high and dry at Price's Creek and will have to be launched off. The" schooner Em, loaded with lumber, .1 ' . . .. I sunk at her wbarr at Smith ville. Tbe pilot I boat J. A. Leverisaler; the schooner Siam, j the pilot boat Swift and the schooner Plant are -all high and dry on the "Rocks" between Smithvllle and Fort Caa well. Tho pilot boat, Uriah limmom collided with the barque Glacier and sunk in the channel, all hands on board saving themselves;' and the Glacier , aftetwards went ashore on the "Rocks." The tug Alpha, the steamer Passport anct the reve- nue cutter Colfax all pulled on her yester day morning, but failed to move her. The pilot boat Mystery came inside Friday morning, when her sails were blown away I and she drifted outside, and soon after- I wards Went ashore down the beach about I four miles from Smithville. The captain and crew saved themselves by swimming ashore.: .The Mystery, which is a total wreck, belonged to Mrs. Smith and others.of Smith ville, and the Uriah limmons to Capt. 0. C. Morse, (the latter; it will be remembered, being the boat that rode out the great storm in safety when the pilot boat Mary Sprunt went down outside the ; bar with all on board some years ago.) . In Smithville very little damage was suffered, a few trees and fences' being blown down. ' The wharves and bath houses weie carried away by the previous storm. ;The revenua cutter Col fax came in from Georgetown and reported no sale in that direction. She took off two men that had been left on the ship La I t.:s k 'iAnM'At'i..iM mhhi Louisiana, who would otherwise probably 'have perished, jj -; f : DEATH. FBOM THE 8TORJI. j Isaac Shaw, one or the victims of the disaster to the freight warehouse of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, during the storm, died yesterday morning, about 1 o'clock. He had one of his legs broken in two or three places, and was otherwise in jured. There were four men in the house at the time! and thev had eaten their din- ners and were sitting down, waiting for the bell to ring for them to recommence work. when they saw their danger and attempted -i. - - '- . . to escape, running in the direction wnere the most, danger ; was to ; be expected in stead - of in the ; opposite one. The men were named Isaac Shaw, James Davis, Gilbert ; Halladay and i Daniel : Sanders. Davis is Baid to be in a somewhat critical condition, but may recover. Gilbert Halladay, whoso ribs were fractured on the right side and who was bruised on the back and shoulder, is doing as well as could be expected- Sanders' injuries are not con sidered serious. : Shaw, who lived on Han- over, between Second and Third streets formerly resided, in Goldsboro, and . was about 24 or 25 years of age. He bad no' family, we understand. The hurricane struck the steamer John Damon while she was on her way to the city and about fife miles from the mouth of Black river. ' Under good management the boat sustained bo damage, but Capt. Sher man had a narrow escape. . He was blown bodily from tbe hurricane deck, but in his fall managed, to catch on the upper deck of the boat and save himself.--; f -The dwelling house on ; Front street, corner of Walnut, bad a narro w escape from burning during the height of the gale, The proprietor and his wife were absent, but fortunately Mr. Sanderlin, who boards in the house, was at dinner when the alarm was given, and managed to extinguish the fire, which bad caught in the woodwork around one of the chimneys. . . . The loss, by the two storms in Wilming ton is variously estimatedV and will probat bly reach as highlas $100,000, if. not inore. ; T 1CTBTLB OBOVK SOVITDj. ?.; .. ; 'jas.' W. Green, (colored) writes to. the Stab that the storm did considerable dam age on the plantation of Mr. R. B.; Freeman. It unroofed and wrecked a large pea-house, and blew down the' stableB, cart shed and fencing; much damage was done, to, Mr. Freeman's pea crops, r Fine trees , were blown down in all directions,and the main. road for foureeen miles is almost impassable on ; this account jonn 'is. ijuitcneus John E. Mitchell's kitchen was blown down, but no one was hurt. NO; 46, - ON TU t WESTERN ' BAlLROlt).'1 C REASONS" FOE niS ACTION. disposing of the. Andrews Senlr V.n,A in hia loLlerin . . vi.' I :ftJfenj ftt oa-him in the sale UomWJ. Best. We copy what he 'says of the ability of the State to have trJ"LA t vl;nV i?vnto nA heiecessity 6F buUdirigHhe road t6 ttcKtowoj the otner route: - i MItkiHlstndt be forgotten that the tttof Ano;atin . sf that. -mIa.wii I be building of the' road from Aahei Ville to Duoktown. - At tho lime of f to THno'Riiro boort overcome Ana.luears were runmns? a 0Yercftmean4laQars.: were, runniq a - r n a. m-. k-t i m . m v0! the shorts line down thol Fwiiwn TiWvarl a mattfir of eas'ir accomplishment, one-third being al4 j tAxt nraAeA. Thfl Stato could easi4 ly have finished it in a short time with h nonvirtt. lbnrnr nonld havri I found other:? parties quite ready to I take it off her . hands. The great ob4 I lAnt wiu ti find nartins who would cut I thronTi tho ':mnnntRinfl.' 145 miles tri1 Ducktown. As is: known, Mr. isestj by the desertion of his associates, was left unable to perform his contract, How this happened it is not now ne cessary to inquire. , He next tells of the transfer to Bu ford, Clyde and Company, and thus "goes for" them: i 1 "Re1 luctact as X was 10 see this ; road fall into the hands of a corpora tion that had already done so much tn rArlunn "Mnrth Carolina to a state -f nmiT,firciftl vassalaffe to an ad-4 I , o : . i joining State; by diverting its. trade! from our own towns and cities, yet so great was my anxiety to see this work completed that I determined to; aid as much as I could, the assignees' to prosecute it with all possible dili: gence and energy,' depending for the. protection of our people upon the provision in the act. of sale, which forbids discriminations against North Carolina, towns and cities on the part of the 'assignees. I soon found, how ever, at least I came to believe, that they did not intend; to . build the Dnoktbwn branch, i In other words, that they did not intend to pay the price for which the road was sold to them, j I came to believe. also that in defianoe of the law; they were deter mined -so to discriminate against the interests of our own people as to ruin many and greatly injure all. By degrees they have secured control of I ! . i - a . . . trt . . - neariyi every roaa in rvne oiate or leading into I it west Of Raleigh. They have now so got the commerce Of North Carolina in their grasp that they j;an crush to death all of it except that portion ; which they foster for the- benefit of Richmond. I came to believe also that they did not intend to prose cute the - work even on the French Broad line with the 'diligence and energy required by the contract, but intended to take their time and finish it at their convenience. The circum stances which induced me to believe that they did not intend to build to Ducktdwn are many. Is the first place the fact was stated in my hear- 1 fner tUi onferenca in Sentember 1 mg at j a conference in September : last, between i Messrs. Best, Clyde, Logan and others, in the city of New York, and; was not denied by anyone present. "Another reason is touna in tne sworn testimony of Col. Buford be fore this Senate Committee of Inter nal Improvements, in February last, : in Raleigh, in. which, among many ; other intimations thrown out to the : same effect. ; Mr. Buford declared j aihe parties contracting with Mr Best toofc. thesign or m8j comraoi, wim hw bww wueu -i mo7 I noma :ahartlnfoltr notoUBftrv. in thAil tt; : :ZZ luauuei uoiouuiuio Bwre " u" . jl intention to carry it out in good faith I as far as the ability and interest of A the capital they represent wouta at- T.m i i - ( ; tOW. I .:!,- : . ? ; . - - 'Again, at the meeting 1 of the i Board of .Commissioners in Raleigh, 1 on the.30th of April last, when Col. ed ns his application for an extension of time with the remark, 'gentlemen, I think I can say to you we have pretty iioell made up our minds to go to DucklownP And still another reason was that up to June of this year almost all the work done was on the'French Broad line; : : ? 3 : -"Lastly, they began' to ; build the; Ducktbwn line from Asheville as a narrow gauge road, being advised, as! -Col. 'Andrews said, they could build it anv ieauge they pleased." ;; He gives corroborative evidence, and says that the Governor tendered Andrews the five hundred convicts, but they were hot received. He shows that Buford is Co. did not have any bands until May last on the Ducktown route save only convicts furnished by the State, ! and did not have enough I hands to complete the road, as per contrauii, iu iigouu wuu.uj uij The Senator adds: . j "My modest opinion is that but for the withdrawal of my assent to that application for an extension of time, .nS t h threatened danger of a for- and .the threatened, aanger oiaior ieiiureni meir uuutraui,, vucto wuum not now be any except the convict force on the French Broad - branch, and none on the Ducktown Branch. . 'In the matter of discriminations on freights and charges, forbidden alike expressly, in the contract witn W. J; Best and his assigns,' and in the charter ;of i the Piedmont Railroad, I against North Carolina towns and cities: against one '.town in North 1 rai.i;7r fnr nf nA1if nl XatVatUfct awi va va . HHV-iiw! ., mm against all roads connecting with ' the Jttfef.-" SMyi.-.' m: - .... JSorth Carolina toad, ,ie would fail ' me to expose them. Tiey are obvious" and glaring- each'tovii and de-i In the State f rem Raleigl ; west $ ha s - ' own tale to tell, -tljf e 3tutliori- tyof some of the mW ; promt nebt f merchants inj CharJcte forfsayingrf some,that they haWtopay the'riSsel v ' the freight on gora .sotd s south 'of ' this point; others,); freights so far Souib soldrabiir- Cheaper than jtoj thia'pOinfroriDer citiesjana 8io seii jucir, .pe; have to paytty Vv"Wer?EAteainsi , them, ; And still others -say tbafwhen they receive ah order for goods Vonv any l any point on the Western North Var-f "WlKr?" Prt., - fXOeP B11'"1 TW-lt "T ' v " - v. A Richmond to be shipped direct o :3ed J" sv y'vv tfr -, T 5ast discrimination; .-Tie. says of the dominating company: j ibe Richmond ifc Danville , Coro- vwj own or coniroiu rufuwwi, land these thev are said tObefliego- - uk iuu.anu.-wm rjVuu . Jl . V Mfi - I 1 1. Mb iit-aBnvwvwmBMn puoiic prints Mas, iney nave,pur-; chased the .Virginia Midland., 1 he hsult of this, if true, will probably be to : discontinue the -work now in ' progress; to extend, it from Danville tO Mooresville, cuttings olt the only.. fcpe f the people alongthat line for t a raUroad, and completea or not, oe- Stroying also the last hope Of this seo tioni to Qbtaitt X:. competing : I line. Then the coils ,. will be: completely :1 around us. ,'; We will bo absolutely at ' the mefoy of strangers.' A foreign corporation will dispose of the wealth,' if there be any left, rand dictate the . i policy; of Nortfr Carolina. The at that taxes the earnings' o bur people . . issues from the; city of Richmond," 4 HeThen comments. On their course I towards the. Atlantic &lNorth 0aro- f Una Railroad with which our readers $ are acquainted. He next refers to the power of rich railroad corpora- : : " tr a i - 'll : : rrl .1 lions ana dib own. uourpu. ie ciuoeo . as follows: i'i ' - - 1':- :. '" - . "I know that snob institutions have insidious and1 irresistible methods of corrupting legislators of suborning i the press and forcing- public opinion. ' I know full well the danger I incur by attempting to thwart the purposes of ' pne of these vast combinations of cap- ital, whichjdeifying the spirit of gain, , i embody the very essence of selfish- ; rliess,1 and go ; straight "on to their . r object, regardless of all , considera tions except those which 'contribute -, to suocess. I knowhow powerless an agricultural people, of moderate , means,' spread over a wide extent of , country, like the people of North Carolina, are to contend with such a power. If I consulted my own ease , or convenience, I would retire from the contest. But the representatives of the people, confiding in; my integ- ; rity and faithfulness, chose me as one . , of their commissioners to superintend the execution of this contract. .1 Bhall justify that confidence, or try to do so, let the consequences to myself be what they may." . Li , rs ; Spirits Turpenmie ; Rev. Dr. Deems writes for the Raleigh Advocate, y;.-; ; " s; u. ?-4-Gov. Vance, says the Washing ton correspondent of tbe Greensboro Pa triot, bas bought a . residence in that city, and it is being put in order. . ; - Toisnot Home: j It is getting to be quite dangerous to travel on the rail roads in this part ot the State. We. are f informed that some oneshot a ball through U car. on the W. & W. road just above Enfield, on last Sunday evening. The Greensboro Protestant re- , ports revivals in tne jueinouist rroiesiani Church as follows: Monroe circuit 8 con- ' ' verts, 7 accessions; . Stanly ' circuit 30 con verts, 10 accessions; Catawba circuit 14 converts, 17 accessions; Surry circuit 8 con verts, f 2 secessions; Whitaker's Chapel 6 converts, 5 accessions. '. .. t f - Winston Sentinel : , There - are 229' cases upon our court dockets 'for re tailing liauor without license, and tbe question that arises for our commissinoners ' "J"" .? tinnance cf this trafflo as it at present i n itij -.. . . . . , ' . - . ' - ' itaieign . M.oA30ca.ie xne new Methodist church in Raleigh is to be of brick, 55 by 90 feet, and the steeple will be ieet mgu, ouu cuvereu wwu gaiyauiaeu ! iron. I The style will be English Gothic, II ..,1 hnfh mill hp thafinngtlnHiaoilv Its seating capacity : will be about 1,000. 1 Rev. A. A. Boshamer laid tbe . first brick I last Monday. 1 : Wilson Advance: Last Satur day night Calvin Sharp, a colored boy. about 11 years old, who lives near M. B. ., Atkinson's, in Edgecombe, was holding a light while his mother was pouring kero sene oil on her bed to destroy chinches, when it ignited, burning tbe boy so badly that he "died that night. , The . mother was not injured. , ; . - Henderson Tobacconist andJle vicw; The farmers tell us that tobacco is burning un on the hill; it retains its green color, and attempts at flue curing have I been very unsuccessful. It is now thought I that not more than one-fourth of an average Crop Will uv uiauo, - aim wo tuaiitj vi uio will be far below the average heretofore. ! The cotton crop is about as bad. . -I i New : Berne News'. The ; last number of the PoUce Gazette is ornamented with tbe carte ae ttsae 01 tne gay ana iesnve J. Volney Ryan, who sojourned in this city . during the winter and spring of 1876. Tbe occasion of his appearance- in the PoUee. Gazette now is breaking jail at Sedalia, Mo., where the citizens of that locality had him 4rTa1 fnr nhtaininir 4!t. 100 an a hnfrna in : surance agent. , . ;- ...i. Einston Journal: Kinston Col- egiate Institute opened on Monday with 106 pupils. This is the beBt opening the Institute has ever had. J ust as we go 18 PreBS we learn that Mr Coward, aQ cjt5Zenof Greene county.was found : i oead at Mr- John Dixon's gate this (Wed- nesday) morning. ' He .was at Snow Hill on Tuesday and,' the report says, under the -inflaenceof liquor.,, ti-l- .Vv- ' Charlotte Democrat: A fashion ably 'dressed colored man, who has been flourishing about the city lor some time -past, was arrested on Sunday last, by Chief . of Police McNinch, charged aith commit'" ting rape on a negro girl last ; year in At- lanta and escaping the law. .- - In con--sequence of the extraordinary ' dry, hoi Ing throughout the city, but not of a very InhhAVil TArm ' . .-i - i ill v nuniini)ti m n iiii ajiai v& mmb) av