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If they rest in the "conviction that all is well that they are quite up to the high-water mark of a highly pro ' gressive age, and all the time they are a hundred years behind," what in centive is left ? How shall they be stimulated to uncommon exertion, and with might and main strive to reach the goal of success, if they rest under a delusion ? "We are for plac ing the exact facts before " our read- pts. find lff. t.lipm Irnnw t.hn wnrsf. . 7 , ' For some years we have striven to awaken an - educational interest among our people. "We have con sumed many quires of paper in i. the preparation ot editorials presenting facts and urging reasons concerning ; ;' education in North Carolina. "We have tried to cooperate with others : who were endeavoring to arouse the public: mind to a proper considera tion of the great question that con cerns North Carolina. The people ,have not been deceived. They know that the illiteracy "of the State is something to "be deplored. They know that North Carolina has been behind the Northern States and some 'portions of the- South in develop ment and progress because it was be-; i hind in education. Intelligence is the great motor that moves the ma chinery of the world. ."Where you find the greatest number of educated people you will nn the greatest a.c- tivity, prosperity and wealth. ; A few weeks" ago an intelligent ' gentleman of this city, said to us that he had travelled recently in Ohio and ' .'"Knf.TinVv : ! TTipqp - ftt.atpn Ho fin nri- posite sides : of the Ohio river. The thrift, enterprise, activity and pro : gress of the' former is so much great er than that of the latter he was much impressed thereby, and it per plexed him.; He saw: that naturally . Kentucky was- the superior State, but was far in the rear in all that, consti- l- solved the diflBculty after awhile. He found ithe Kentuckians very, much more ignorant than their neighbors across the - river as a, class. They were less educated. That explained itt uuuo but; uituee ui iuc uutcicuuu 111 tne ncnes anq progress oi tne two peoples. Wliot'tlio -nrTirwlo Snt.Ti n&aAa ia crl. I T . dor can deny it. ; Ignorance abounds from Maryland to the Gulf and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi river. The money needed now' is immense. It is true something very praise wor- thy is being done for the education ; of the masses, but it is a drop in the .bucket! Rev. Dr. J. L. M.' Curry,an v Alabamaian, and a statesman in the i best sense of that word, who is the ; Secretary of the Peabody Education ai Jb und, says that , it will require $40,000,000 annually for the educa ' tional purposes of the Southland that ' not one-fourth of this can be raised Dr. Curry neither exaggerates the illiteracy or the deficiency in money. ;North Carolina, with its nearly mil lion and a half people, needs at least $3,500,000 to make the public schools ; equal to the demands of I the people - and the best educational methods. Suppose every man and woman in . North Carolina was educated well. Suppose every child in the State oyer seven and -under sixteen years of age The xni. was at a good school. ; Suppose" that these schools were for eight months in the. year. Suppose the standard of scholarship , was - high and the grade of teachers excellent. Can any man tell what a change would be wrought from Currituck to Chero kee in .five years ? We venture to say that the wealth of; the State would double in one decade. But can those things ever be ? Dr. Curry " stowed in a recent speech .why the South" was poor finan cially why it could .not pay any more taxes than it did. He said the South . could remedy - the - evil to a great extent.1 - He ,said the peopte raised nothing for themselves.' They had to sell all they raised to pay for what they consumed, and what they had bought on credit. This' is the strain of the Stab. v We have - sung that for lot these man a: years. Month after month have we ' shown up the folly of such a course one that ends in poverty. What chance can the ' South i have as long as it buys what it ought to raise and can raise. The Baltimore American thus states the case:,1 . - ?'Home production will make the ' South rich, and at the- same time independent Now, they have to buy 40,000,000 bushels of wheat,. 170, 000, 000 bushels of corn, 80, 000,000 bushels of oats and 4,000,000 tons of hay costing more than $150,000,000 per annum, to uiese must be added, bacon, pork, cheese, butter and live stock. The general result of this system of bad economy is to make the cost of producing cotton nearer 8 cents a pound than 4 cents, which it should not exceed." . : There is no excuse whatever why the South does not raise all it con sumes ' and much more its ' corn, "wheat, rice, sorghum, oats, hay, pota toes, vegetables, ? peas ; its cattle, horses, sheep, hogs. All of these can be raised, in great excess. " The cotton crop is expended in buying thesathings. : The North gets it all. No wonder, then, that there is nothing left to give to education. Whenever the South learns two simple lessons it will , begin to grow rich : first, that 3,500,000 bales of cotton and a two-thirds annual crop of fine tobacco - will fetch just as much money as 5,000,000 bales and a full crop of fine tobacco will ; and, second, that home supplies should be under all circumstances the first con-, sideration. Let the cotton and to bacco crops be not more than two thirds what they were in 1880 f or the- next six years, and both would fetch double what they sold for in 1880. If two-thirds of these crops was raised then the needed home supplies would be Taised, and the $200,000,000 expended annually , in that way would be saved, and the cotton and tobacco crops, would fetch more money than they now do. Then there . would ;be ; a surplus for the schools. Under such : a changed or der of things J; North Carolina would be able to raise at least a million arid a half doHars annually for school purposes, and possibly- much more. But we expect no such wise action. We can hope only for improvement. ANOTHER RAID ON THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE. ' There ia a class in the North who are opposed to any reduction of the internal revenue tax or of the tariff. They pretend to. -believe that the present surplus $100,000,000 annu allyis not more than enough to meet all demands. Say these finan ciers, the pension claims for 1882 will require all of $100,000,000, besides a deficiency already, existing of $20, 000,000. . Then a new Navy is, to be built, and certain very costly enter prises, like deepening the Mississippi river, &c; are to" be engaged in, and more money will be needed than will be forthcoming. Of alLthe rascally frauds yet at tempted, as we said in a ' former article,1 not even- excepting the Star Route swindles, this pension fraud business" heats .them all. Commis sioner Dudley asks for. $120,000,000 for the pension appropriations for the next - fiscal year. He says 1 40,000 pension claims will be allowed this year. The whole thing is a swindle. Many cases of palpable . frauds under the law are cominir to light. The Boston Traveller? for" instanoe, says: "Cases are - frequently coming' to ;our notice, one or two of which we have re cently mentioned as illustrative of hosts of others.. "We "mention another that without doubt could in its essential features vbe a cood manv times reduDlicated. A man in a New England town has recently obtained $1,700 arrearages, and isnow receiving $8 Ser month, on - the -ground that he was a ependent father deprived of the support of his son. who died: in . the service. The facts are that " the son Iwas a miserable, worthless follow, who for - years before his 5PJ(N enlistment was only a constant bardau and anxiety to his lather, and there, was not the remotest probability that he would or could have ever been a support to his father; yet; some eighteen years after the death of the son, the lather, who Idrv twelve 'years had held a lucrative Government position, turns up a aepenaent, ana procures - a pension with full arrearages, -, . , . a ' i It is well enough, for the press and the people .1 to watch ?. this pensioi fraud business. It threatens to be as burdensome as the .war debt itself. and to survive years after 'said debt is extinguished. fEANTASTIO TUICBLS. ' Mr. S. F. Phillips, formerly of this State, is acting Attorney General of the United States. He does not give satisfaction to either si&e' The"leaU ing Republican papers have cauter ized him. ItJs ail because -tt his ill- advised attempt to stifle justicel ; II will be remembered that Mr. Ai M. Gibson was appointed by Attorney General MacYeagh a special agent of the Department of Justice. He went to work to ferret out the Star Route rascalities, and has made a re port in , which he makes some rather startling exposures. The fact that . they were true created a howl, and prompted Mr. Phillips,'" clothed in brief authority to make an exhibit of himself that is described by the American Register as 'official pom posity." Some how this Republican worthy appears in a new role. Sam my has never been credited with very' much honesty of intent in joining himself unto the Republican party, : for Sammy has been an inveterate, chronic oflBce-seeker and office holder from the first. He was a little late in 'coming over," but he has ..been well rewarded.; Whilst we have not been among those who wrote severe things concerning him we have never given . him credit' for the smallest degree of honestr con- viction in allying himself with the party of pelf and plunder. Like" Longstreet, and the .other men of mark in the South who joined the dominant . party, he got office. He was not one of the "disinterested pa-? Iriots." Just in proportion as he had ability, learnings . and - a certain fa miliarity with the philosophy of go-; yernment and the deviating nnder-; lying principles of parties, was he to; be censured for - turning against his people in the.hour ofJJ their extremiT ty. Mr. Phillips knew . better than to act ' as he did. His whole life should have prevented such a politi cal summersault. . He . feathered his nest welL They say he is a big "man in Washington and scarcely recogf nizes his old acquaintances. We do not know how this is, but he is re ceiving just now such attentions from the newspapers that must be any thing else than gratifying to his 'official , attitudinizing and personal vanity. ' vi i-v; ; r I As we understand it, Mr. Phillips does not-undertake to show that Mr. Gibson's facts are not trustworthy that his report is false J but he raises an impertinent question of official eti quette and undertakes to inquire as to the character.in which Mr. Gibson appears whether- as- agent or detec tive. He turns from the weightier matters of the , law to tithe mint, -anice, and cummin, ' He shuts his le gal eyes to the enormities of the great rascalities whilst he mounts - his legal Rozinante and goes tilting at the windmills of his own erecting. Whilst Gibson is intentupori exposing frauds upon the people's pockets,.. Mr. Sam Phillips, acting Attorney General of the United States, is showing that he is of immense dignity: and conse quence and in true, Hudibrastic way " "He can distinguish and divide, A hair 'twixt South and Southwest side' The able New York Times, Repub lican as it is, does not spare Mr. Sam Phillips, late of North , Carolina., . It pickles him for his assumption of un wonted .dignity and "commanding importance," and says he "seems to have no eyes or ears for anything else." It says, vigorously.and point edly; . . ; "To him a matter of mere official eti quette is apparently more than the interests of Government, than the interests of justice in the pending' trial. Iff Mr. Phillips were one-half as earnest in the prosecution or Star route thieves as he is in chasing an. t; i. a. x. : -T Jl v: . Tit imaginary bujiit upuu uuuscu, uio pusiuuu in this matter would not awaken : painful apprehensions in Washington or elsewhere. The fact is that the actinz Attorney General, like some other Government officials, needs to be reminded in a way which shall -com mand instant attention that the star route conspirators must be tried,J convicted and punished.". ; : v .; ; . Mr. Sammy,aoting Attorney Gen eral, must have sauinned a little bit when' he 'read the very plain rebuke , 1881. of the Times, one of. his owni house hold. - - The. Democratic papers' have treated ; our lat " Tar Heel Hadlcal exponent to such castigation' as his offence appeared to require. We give one sample. iThe able organ of the party at -Washington, the Ameri-. can Register:, says of ..Mr. Phillips's absurd posing:- ,i j 'The . uneemlv exhibition which the act ins Attortiey-General and his. sunerser- viccabler clerk havo made of themselves is not calculated to weaken the suggestion attribu ted to 2r. MacVeagh that efforts to bring Brady and Dorsey to "Justice would be thwarted by,- certain official influences here, and the ridiculous and pompous in dignation of Mr Phillips and his matt Fri day at the sending of -Mri Gibson's report to the Lepartment ot Justice, would seem to indicate that' the charges . made against Bfady and his StftRroute confederates-em bodied a personal indignity to them- which needed to be resented m the promptest and most public manner. We fear that these officials, as well as some of our professional brethren, will learn, soon or late,"j that the people who have been ; plundered by Star route agencies are more anxious to arrive at the exact truth- in regard to this stupendous yillainy than to cavil at the means by which such . corruption and rascauty are un- earthed." ' -:r . That man who above all others was wisest and also knew most! of the human heart, Baid this : . ; . ' . ,"But man, proud man I Drest in a little brief authority; ' Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, llis glassy essence-rUKe an angry ape, - . .Flays such fantastic tnets Derore high heaven . As make the angels weep.' Col. J ohn W. Forney, editor of the Philadelphia Progress, died yester day. He had been a prominent edi tor for more than; thirty years and was the author of three or four books. He was a man of nluch mental clev erness but without genius or great ness. He was a man of generous im pulses, broadly charitable in his views and opinions, and a .warm friend of the South.- His paper -is Iridepen- dent Democratic. r For sixteen years or more he affiliated with the! Repub licans, but he . supported Hancock heartily with tongue and pen, and since then has been quent in favor of earnest and elo the Democratic party and a restoration of good feel l- ing between the sections. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat before the war and he never got weaned from the grand old principles of liberty and law. ' He was" prolably 65 years of age.. He has been a conspicuous figure in his day and was well known at home and in Europe. ' WAR. "The War for a season which did fail. Now trebly thundering shook the gale." "1 y ' . rSCOTT. : The fight over the Western North Carolina Railroad is renewed; this time by the Governor of the State. In the News- Observer of Wednesday he - appears in a five-column article. We do not purpose copying the arti cle, as we have published in full none that has preceded, v It is a perspicu ous and plausible document, and un replied to and unanalyzed is " well calculated to please those who antag onize Senator "Vance in his great fight with the Big Buford Syndicate! We have but little doubt that Sen ator Yance will be able to reply sat isfactorily to Gov. Jarvis's' defence and assault, for it is both, upon , the main points. The latter seems to be" successful in replying "to some three of Senator Vance's . pointsj which after all, are not vital to thes discus sion. As we understand the j matter, the important facts remain unassail ed, and Senator Vance thereon stands vindicated. i t . , The tw6 important truths, facts; remain untouched: first, the Big Bu ford Syndicate, ' through their own needless and voluntary 'delair, let so many months glide by unimproved that they failed to comply with the terms of the contract,and were forced, as a consequence of neglect on their part, to ask for an extension of time. Second, that the Big Buford i Syndi cate : did in many instances violate the agreement or contract in discrim inating against North Carolina towns and individuals, and in.- doing so did violate the spirit and letter of the contract. ;lf these "things are t true, then the B. B. S. had no claims what ever upon the long-suffering,the mag nanimity, the liberality or sympathy, of the Commissioners, and Senator Vance showed only a decent and pro per regard for the welfare of .his peo-i pie when he refused to Bigri an exten sion r. which f gives Jv actually 4 seven months additional : time to the road: . We dare say that it is our delib-. erate opinion, Gov. Jarvis ; or any one else to the contrary, that if there had been no Zebulon B. Vance on the Commission there would have been no serious attempt to build a road to Ducktown, and that the Stab was right when it declared. that the road under the contract with Best would never be built.: We have not the slightest belief that when Buford and his set assumed.; Best's ; obliga tions that they had the remotest pos sible idea of ever "throwing a spade; ful of ,dirt" on the Ducktown branch. We believeL their action, after as suming the responsibilities ? of the contract, show that they, had no such intention, Vance-: spurred ,. them up ' to do their; duty.- :-, '.u ,,- There has been a dozen t or twenty side issues brought into i the discus sion- by-the (B. , B.. 8. andLitSi awift friends. ?i-The attorneys got some ad vantage over Senator Vance in techni calities and ; dates, it may be. . And so with the Governor. His paper is Well prepared. There is a sort of clever art about ' the way : facts; and dates are handled. 'But as far as the Star is concerned, it has this to say : Grant that Senator Vance's memory as-to dates - or certain points is at fault; grant that' the Governor makes an ingenious and. plausible defence of his action; the real question still re mains nave thcBig Buford Syndi cate failed in any particular to carry out the terms of the contract;! have they either failed as to time and by their own wilful neglect, or have they discriminated against the citizens and towns of 'North Carblina inltheir charges? These are the vital points,N as we understand them, and neither the two Commissioners who stand by the B. B. si nor the attorneys for the same, as far as we have seen, have been able to make the opposite apr; pear.; :. . -!; r' ;;4"4;l:-Sl? ; - These facts remaining, Senator: Vance, stands vindicated, and! the people of : North Carolina owe j him renewed gratitude for his constancy,: his courage his devotion in their be half. For twenty-five years he has been the friend and servant of the people. It will be indeed an! evil day for North ? Carolina ; when its people turn j upon Senator Vance to -i?end him bcausa b hMdared-ta op pose the policy and plans of a soul less corporation that cares as much for North Carolina as the remorseless tiger cares for the crouching : animal it will devour presently, 'l : j- We do not touch v upon what the Governor says in defence or explana tion of his ! promises to; th.e, Boston Syndicate when he signed the mem orandum drawn up by Maj. Dowd, May 25, 1881. He promised certain things therein. ' If he ever kept his promise we have not heard 6f . it or read of it. I We must note the confi dent opinion of the Governor 1 that f there is not any cause to apprehend danger to ;the people" from giant corporations. -Whilst many of the great men of botH parties are sound ing warnings of the aggressiveness and ' power i for evil of , the monopo lists our Governor is satisfied that there is really no danger to be feared from them, f - Benevolence and a pub lic spirit of a niost unselfish " charac ter have always !' distinguished mo neyed corporations, especially of the B. B. S. type. . , Sanguine Governor! May his confidence not turn out to be. misplaced. We suppose Senator Vance will be heard : f rom after awhile. - . i Colored People Fair. k "We learn that the indications are very fa vorable for success to the Colored People's Carolina Agricultural Society's Fair, which comes off at Wadesboro on the 20th, 21st and 22d of this month. We hope every thing possible I will be don to encourage them. Alluding to ' the matter our friend of the Intelligencer 8&yB: , ; ; . "We note with pleasure that there is a wide-spread interest among the colored peo ple, and that they seem determined to ac complish something - before they are done. The leaders in; the movement are not; mak ing much noise, but they are quietly can vassing and pushing ' the enterprise j with great vigor.? Throughout all the counties in this section! of the State the Pair; ques tion is being agitated, while inr some of the South Carolina counties . much feeling is manifested.' If the weather is favorable, it is perhaps safe to conjecture that there will be quite five thousand people in attendance. Among other features calculated to attract a crowd, there will be three brass bands in attendance." ., , , - , Navassm Guano Company. . -The annual meeting of the stockholders 6f the Navassa Guano.' Company was; held at the office of the Company in this city,' yesterday at 11 a. m., when the following "gentlemen were elected for the .ensuing year: ' ' 1 - . ; iPresident Hon..R, R. Bridgera. ; - Treasurer and Secretary Donald i Mc Rae, Esq. - " ' - 1 Superintendent Col. C. L. Grafflin. ; - Supervisor of Agencies Col. W. I. De Rosset. Directors Walter E. Lawton, John C. Grafflin, W. S. Dunan, R R Bridgers, Donald McRae, Edward Kidder, Smilie A. Gregg. - 1 - 3 The report ''of ' the Treasurer was very satisfactory. Bhowin? the increasing popu larity of the Company's fertilizers, the de-; mana ior wnicn Keeps iniiy up to their en- larged facilities for manufacturing. . i -. . ; , yU; -y ;. fWffM NO. 7 Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad ;" : 'Meeting: In Clinton. -:-'."-; :. An enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Sampson county was held at Clinton on Friday evening the 9thinst, to' consider and subscribe to the proposed railroad from that place " to Point Caswell, in Pender county ( ! ' f - '. - ' t f Judge A. A. McKoy waa called to the chair and made, an 'excellent speech. . Mr. Ferrell was made secretary. ' ' Remarks were also made by E. "W. Kerr, 'Esq., Col. John Ashford, J. A. Ferrell and R. P. Paddison,1 Esqs. , which were received with applause and much enthusiasm. !i - ' - The- hooks of subscription were opened. Several thousand dollars iwere immediately subscribed by those present, and the opinion was I confidently expressed that v $25,000 would be subscribed in Clinton and $25,000 merely the three townships through which 4 the road will belocated. , f A-icommittee to solicit subscriptions and report to an Adjourned meeting to be held on the 29th inst. was appointed, consisting of the following named gentlemen T Hon. A. A, McKoy, J. A. Ferrell, J. R Bearnan, C, C. Patrick, J. A. Athford, Everett Tur t nerEL B. Giddings,"W. H. Moore, fA.F. The meeting' adjourned with sanguine i hopes of success in this new and important ; enternnse. , , , . s . : A Young Railroad. j' . . Jttessrs. . wufcinson & Fore, of Alma, ! on the Carolina Central road,! about two miles east; of j Shoe,: Heel, Kobeson county, are; quite au enterprising firm They are con-: structing a raikoad of their own, and al-' though it is not quite equal to those of some ot the sindicates and railroad kings, t it will, when completed, be quite suited to; their purposer It is intended to run from! their place to Little Rock,j. S. C, just jbe-l yoild the border of Robeson, a ; distance! of about thirteen miles, about six of which (to: Alf drdsville) have been constructed upon the r best- of , cypress ties.) .They ; already; have a locomotive ' engine suited to their purpose, which was built expressly ; for them.- .The road runsthrough a richly timbered section, and is intended to supply, their mills with timber, , but at the same; time they expect to make ft pay for itself in freighting guano, cotton, naval stores, etc., 1 in their season. f . .;.i - - ; There are seVeral -other "short lines'! iu! Robeson and Bladen, built for the purpose' of transporting timber. J ' j 1 Foreljcn Shipment!. j - , The following shipments to foreign ports; were made yesterday; The German barques Amanda, Uapt. bhultz, t for JOayaguez, Porto Rico, by Messrs. . Pirsley &.Wiggins,i witn a4,v4 ieet oi lumDer, valued at 3, 771 21 ; And the' Schr. Jno. . S. Ingrahavi, Capt. Packard, for Ponce and ArrdyoJ Porto Rico, by Messrs. Edward Kidder Hons, with 238,07 feet lumber, 100,000! shingles and 16 barrels tar, valued at $4,4 846 65. ! Total valuation of foreign exports for the day, $8,617 86. -I For tlia Pnltinttarv.L. i- . - The foUowingfconvicts lof ther lae term' of the Criminal Court were taken to Ra leigh yesterday, in charge of Deputy Sheriff Daniel Howard: , Wm. iPhlnney, coloredj perjury, 6 years. Wm. Price, larceny, colored, 2 years, ; Amanda Furman, colored, perjury,'! 13 months. - . . ' . i Also Wm. Hope, colored, the escaped convict. '- f Deatn of a North Carolinian In Ala4 bama. ; : : ' .j:4.--':;!'i(:-: ' Dr John W, Sandf ord, a nativa of . Fay? etteyille, in this State, but a resident of Mo bile, Alabama, since 1870, died in that city on the 5th inst.; . Dr. Sandford entered the U. S. Navy as - Assistant Surgeon in 1858,r resigning when North.. Carolina seceded from the Union. , He, then entered the Con federate States Navy, and was in charge of hospitals at this place, Smith ville and Sa vannah, during the war: Since 1870 he had held the position of book-keeper and cashier in the Western Union Telegraph Office at Mobile.; : ' M f P Capt. Price, of. the wrecked schooner Ourran, which, went tol; pieces at "Corn Cake" Inlet a few -days ago has arrived here, and states that he and his crew made a very narrow escape. - The small boat in which they bad taken (refuge when the schooner struck and commenced going to pieces, filled with water and they would have been swamped but for the fact that the schooner swung : round just at the criti cal moment in such a way as to throw them to the leeward, thus breaking off the force of the sea and giving them comparatively smooth water in which t relieve their boat of the water and save -themselves. Of the f! ' cargo, , nine bales of ' cotton, six of which belonged to Mr. Dougald Mc Millan, two to Mr. R J. jNixon and one to Mr. -t W. H. Woolvin, and from sixty to eighty barrels , of turpentine, with a few bags of peanuts, have been" saved from the wreck and were on the way up the river at last accounts, on , a small schooner.- The peanuts, however, are said to be in a badly damagedcondition. -! ; f 1 3 "-. ":::f " f-' Jfii -1 :- Important to Snjpmastera. ' . - ' 1 .- Dr. Thomas F. Wood, Secretary of the North Carolina Board of j Health, has . laid on our table a pamphlet entitled "A Guide to Shipmasters Visiting the Cape Fear and Other Rivers," 'which ' doubtless contains many valuable suggestions; which shipmas ters generally would do well to treasure lup and heed. The pamphlet can be had free of charge on application at the office of the Secretary in this city. I . Regularly Incorporated. The Alma & Xiittle kock Kailroad, re ferred to in yesterday's Stab, is a regularly incorporated institution, a .-charter for ithe same having been obtained by Messrs. JJ B". Wilkerson and P. A. Fore from 'the last Legislature, as will be found by. reference to chapter 233, Laws of . 1881, a fact which, we and . doubtless many others had 'lost sight of. The capital : stock is" $15,006,4 which may be increased to $100,000.:: j-. Important to .Tar Blaker. i t t ; . -. . - We learn that a new rule has been adopt ed by buyers of tar in tnis city to the fol--lowing effect: All barrels weighing over 800 pounds will hereafter be subject to a deduction or ; discount ,'of one-tenth . in the price"; all over 310 two-tenths, and all over 320 three-tenths. :: It - will be - important therefore, for makers of i tar to be careful and have their barrels made , as nearly as possible in accordance with the- standard weight; which is 280 pouuda'- 'P i f- s Turpontino. Monroe' Express: The cotton re ceipts at this place . for this season, to the first day of December, were 8,280 balesj r ' Warsaw J3rief. Mention:' Ve deeply regret to learn that Mrs. Lewis G Bass, of Magnolia township, died last week. 7 She had been in ill health for along time. 'Raleigh. Visitor:- Mr.,A.,H. Dowell will begin the publication of a pa per here about the middle of January, to . be called the Daily Chronicle. It - wfll be . independent in politics. v. : -, j v Durham Recorder rThe rapid 7 increase in our tobacco manufactures 6mce last J anuary is a wonder to every 6ne. Last -' year there were - sold in Durham, to our ' manufacturers $600,000 worth of stamps; While fronv'June 1st, 1881, to June lst, 1882, there Will bo more than $1,200,000 : worth of stamps sold, and .the business is - " increasing every month. ' , " ? Elizabeth Gity Economist: Mrs. ' Ferebee Perry died in Perquimans, at her sou's residence, on. Tuesday,- the 29th; aged r 70 years. -Mrs. "Martha Corprew, wife .v5 of John Corprew; died near Plymouth, on ; the '27th ult. ' The Old Dominion Steamship . Company will have to put some ; more steamers on their lines to points con necting with the railroad. The New Berne and. Pamlico are tasked beyond their qapa- ti;; city. The negro rioters who were m- . . carcerated at -the fast term of the Superior Court, Judge Bennett presiding, ? hare all been liberated by . the. clemency , of Gov. w Jarrisr.' 1 ' , Elizabeth City .Carolinian: Jas, BMunden; of lltiJJermahin this county,'1 died---on the 21st ult p and last, week hia: gnef-stneken widow foDowedAiim - to the -grave,.leaving seven small children.- How sad. Trade is brisker in Elizabeth City- now man at any ume since ine war.- - ' . - The colored people will hold a fair on the ;; ' . grounds of the Albemarle ' Agricultural So- ,. -;'--. :: ciety, on the: 27th' and ,28th of this month.'. t::. v . - Courtesy is a powerful refiner. .Treat even a base man with respect and. he will-; ? make at least one desperate - effort to be re--.'.,"-spectable. . . . . ' '.'-J -v Ex-Gov. Holden, of North Caro-Vv lina, in a letter to the 1tegfi3Obmter,f writes: "As the result of appeals to , Presi- - ' . , . dent Johnson, while I -was m Washington 'v l--in May, 1865, he did for this, his native c ; 'r ;" State, what he did for no other Southern K ,-' State. He authorized me to collect and sell y all the cotton, rosin, wagons, horses, mules, : f'' and indeed all the property-which had be-"" C--- -.', longed to Gov.Vance's war department,and - , . ' use the proceeds in the work of "restoration,' ; - Vv " as he' called it. He also, as the result of Ai. " cogent argument written for me by the la-;: r mented John Al Gilmer, and copied and V?V . forwarded to" me, released to the private - 'v."'r-..:' stockholders the Piedmont f Railroad from :.- ,- . Danville to Greensboro, -which was then in . ; process of confiscation; by the- general gov- ; ' ; ernment as a Confederate war road, ; Gov.' - j. , Worth, who was -treasurer, collected under - " . . . . -my direction and sold the property; thus "v:-; : , given by President Johnson to the State at my requests . The amount realized for it in" . -: . cash was about one hundred and fifty thou- -.; . sand dollars. This amount, with seven v - -T -. thousand five hundred dollars allowed me H;;; by President Johnson for office expenses, sufficed for all State expenses for seven;-';.- V. months." -''-.- ' m , -i : Raleigh News-Observer : . The ninety-fifth annual communication of the V. . Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accept- v - ' " -ed -Masons of Nbrth.Carolina Was convened Z at Masonic Hall, in this city, oa Tuesday ' f evening, and opened in ample form.'- The ! ' :J committee on credentials reported - eighty three lodges represented, which numberhas been largely augmented since. - The Grand Master delivered a very able address, giving vaiaaum iui uiuiauuu mau ve w , uie uuum ; , -tion of the Order in this. Stater ' The' very -"; ' interesting report of ; Superintendent J ll. . Mills, of the Orphan Asymm,was presented and referred to the , Orphan Asylum com- mittee: He stated i. at- -the . contributions - ; for the past year to this noble charity by the people were quite liberal, notwithstand ing the severe drought which has crippled 7'; every interest throughout the State: The Grand Lodge elected J. H. Mills Superin--' , tendent of the Orphan Asylum," and ' the - following Grand officers jf H. F. Grainger,-: . of Goldsboro, Grand Master; Robert Bing- : . ham, of - Mebanesville, Senior Grand ;War-. den; C. H. Robinson, of Wimiington, Ju nior Grand Warden; Wm. E; Anderson, of " Raleigh, Grand Treasurer; Donald W. ' . . Bain, of ' Raleigh, Grand' . Secretary... : : . From an article elsewhere! printed we gather that Mr." Best expects to- go ahead -with his road; and that t Governor Vance' is hopeful that the. Midland will in the end ' i control the Western North Carolina, and :: make it a part of a through lino from Beau-. '- -fort to PamtRock.i4-i A little daughter V of Mr. John Doyle, who lives near Riley's' X Roads, Wake county, was burned to death on Monday last .The parents had locked two of the children in the house and . gone aWay. We-learn that the.Uni-; versity Railroad ."will be completed to with-" in two miles of Chapel Hill by next week, : :. and ' :as soon;as completed CoL Andrews will put on a train to irun direct from' this point near Chapel Hill to Raleigh," arriving ; here every morning; and returning every : f evening;.;;';";;- . ' : y ' "''" ! Tarboro 5 Southerner: Ors That the postoffice in Tarboro will soon change hands,1 and that W.' P. Williamson, r -Esq., - will be the new; postmaster, v. Col. David McDaniel, once a resident -of K Hash, the great turfman of New Jersey, : has sued Justice McMahon- f or $35,000 for false imprisonment.; CoL DcD. borrowed $100 "from the Justice, and left his fine ' v, mare. Lady "Alice, as security;-' The Jus--tice declared there was an out and out sale, " whereupon Col; MeD.-forcibly took his --!". horse and was locked. up.. The CoL. was honorably, discharged. . It. our mer- chants, are not - coining :cash then- appear-'' ances are very , deceptive. ,." All the stores are crowded during business hours every .. day. : While m Rocky Mount . laBt V Thursday Dr. R C. Tillery showed usa : letter tendering hurt the chairs of 'Anatomy . :and: Physiology, ini the- Medical School in St. Louis; Chas. H. King's steam en-; 4 girie, employed in running the cotton gin ' at Mr. Cornelius Staton's, about five mues ; from town, blew up on last Friday morn- -.; ing, shattering the engine into fragments and badly . scalding : two -men,' - break- . -ing the arm " and legs - of one of . them. - , Maj. nenry J. Rogers, Vice President, -and Capt. C. L. Me Alpine,, chief ..engineer of the S. & R R.- R, passed through to Williamston, last Friday, on business con- -uected. with the above road. They returned late yesterday afternoon and informed us that work will be commenced next week upon the Williamston and Tarboro portion, the contract having been let to H. - D. Rob inson. " The building of the road, .we are' assured, is a fixed fact for the near future, ' , as all the' iron and spikes have . been pur- - chased, and things - are working smoothly, ; -Dr. A. B. Noble made with two plows sixty-five bales of cotton on fifty4wo acres, , , and four orf uve bales were 'beaten out in -the patch. Dr. N.. says .Thos. Griffin, (a Colored tenant of 'his) made 'twenty-nine -and i one-third bales on twentyrfive acres, and in addition to this, two -hundred and -fifty bushels of corn, forty bushels of . peas, two hundred bushels ofpotatoes and five .: stacks of fodder. - We were informed 1 by: Assistant Secretary A-WI Arrmgton, 1 that the Rocky Mount-Fair receipts were . " $6,815 79; the' disbursments , $5,737 83, , leaving a clear balance of $1,077 83. There -were 822 entries, and 205 premiums, valued at $314 i'., j AParis dispatch of the 7th to the London Dailv Neto- says Abbe Bichery; t. : chaplain to Pere Hyacmthe, has been re ceived into membership ; by the jAmerican. Protestant congregation t Rome. ; v- " -;. fA ' i.r . V. I'M 51 . Si! p ft ' -Si ' !!? 1 rt ft- it I !! -il Pi Hi