North Carolina Newspapers

M ! The Weekly Star. ' PUBLISHED AT j- '. ,' WI LH I N O T O N, ;lf , C, I ; " AT ! 1 -: : ftl.&O 1'TEl R IN ADVANCE. 8SS8SS83SS8S8SSSS' lOoooopdoogdooDovno S8S888S8888SS8.88S 0 ! "MK S it 8s8owSoS8S8S8S8SS u a FT b SSSSSSSSSSSS8SS8S'i sssssssssssssssss, SSSSeSSSS,S8SS8.SSS e 09 lO t- 00 O 8 W a g 0 ;-vav s 8 8 8 8 88. 8 8 8 S S 3 3 3 " 2 5 IS 5 5 S - V" S2 , a" OB Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. G., I: . as Second Class-Matter. f j SUBSCRIPTION, PRICE V ! The subscri6tion price of the 'Weekly Stak is as follows :H f ttT' V"" " i Single Copy. 1 year, postage: paid, $1.50 " o montns, " 1.U0 " . " ' 3 months, .50 DR. CURRY AND 6ENEBAL EDP 1 CATION. Rev. Dr. Curry, the efficient and able General ' Agent i of the Peabody Educational Fund, appealed before the House Committee on Education, i md made an address on National aid ;o public schools oil: the; basis of il i iteracy. -Dr. Curry; is a statesman us well as an-: eloquent divine. He las the convictions and views in re :;ard to the structure of onr Govern ment tli at prevail in his section.. He is an Alabamiaa and doubtless holds to the view that local . self-government is essential to the safety and perpetuity of our institutions. He would not advocate aid by the Gene ral Government if he believed it was 'either unconstitutional or inimical to - ! V I - H .the best interests - of the States, and,' especially, if it was destructive of or dangerous to the t reserved rights guaranteed :. by i the Constitution, llence he guards his advocacy of; iTOvernment . aid by -insisting that it ' should . not : State ,. systems j of supersede the education, but : systems. . This "supplement" - such is a wise precaution.. He further insists that, aid should be rendered at once, and upon a scale equal to the. ovil' TT( further" limits th aid tni rudimentary education given free of. charge. Dr. Curry began his ' ad dress by insisting, first, that the per petuity and prosperity of our institu tioiis depend upon the ' intelligence and integrity of the people. This is ; correct. We will not stop : to argue - it, as we have presented that view time, and again in these, columns. His second postulate was; that Gov ernment aid is indispensable if there shall be universal education.' : He fa vors aid on the basis of illiteracy -ihat Government aid, shall- be be stowed where there is the greatest ,frhift.5niiAl riest.itnf.inn.' .TIlis-, tnn. t , - , is sound, it seems to us. But .will it be safe to have the Go-, vernment in any way help the States to educate their -citizens? r Dr. Currv . . : - - r.. rfi Insists first, that, the duty . of educa-. tion rests . "chiefly and j primarily" ' with the States. But as the States or many of-them are unable to do what is imperatively required because of the poverty of the people and the wide-spread illiteracy , then, that it is the duty of the Government to "sup plement" State aid because the very safety, perpetuity and prosperity of "free, republican! representative in stitutions depend on the intelligence and integrity of citizens." Now, under the circumstances, .'can the Go ; vernment extend aid in this direction and in, any way without danger 'to ; those "free, republican ; representa- ' tive institutions," . and without vio' - lating the precious - reserved rights guaranteed to the sovereign Com mon wealths by . the Constitution of the United l States ? ' If such aid can be . extended safely f then there is the : most pressing reason why it should be extended. ', If illite - racy abounds; if the. safety .of .the Government itself depends npon; in telligence; if the States 'are unable to meet the extraordinary demands if the proposed aid by ;tbe Govern - meiiL oe iimuea no suppieiueniing only the means appropriated7 by the States; if thr appropriation, in no r way; violates the reserved . rights" of States or .interferes with local self government if the aid tendered by t the Government shall , not authorize said Government to interfere with the management of ' the common . schools, but shall leave the States to f deal with . them, contenting itself .with merely supplying certain funds - derived from the public laadsthen I r fi vol;, xiii: why? may not, the , proffered . aid be accepted?" j " ! V' a' ' ' ' ' If we saw , or thought we ,. saw , in thb proposed j measure of Govern ment aid a ;:f Trojan horse", filled with foes, or another "Patfdora's box packed with' mischief a and: ills. we would neyeragree . to accept' a penny or. in VayfwAytQ allow the federal &Gj?vemiqiitE t , Jtft V W withJ thStatM tbeifr-ieffoits: 'to overcome the 1 1 ? '. i ng tgnoncle'f svoun the age. . It is Itrue thata'it iisi; edu cated mind that rules '. in the , cotton aetory in the joottpa field, ithema chine shop the counting "house, :! the5 Senate, and the pulpit; it is, brain- power which makes a people. Hi But we . would not , secure this, indispensar it i to-be ' obtained i by ; overriding iAnu;riguiJi-.,.K e . wuuiu,. sooner take our chances to deal year by year with , ignorance, profound And univer sal, than to allow any' pretext of the necessity of f 'National aid" to( break, down the barriers of the Constitution ! and togive the "National" iauthori-i ties any grip'upon " the States.'. i' But j we do not . see now there, can pe danger in a well gnarded laws by j t liiaJ-irfBte -....S..l i which the. Government maj aid the i South in extirpating illiteracy. ! ine &TAK .aga.anfli again nas in sisted upon one - thing, and we have never seen the idea urged in a North-; n exchange or even seconded . We have taken this position : the North by; e might of the sword gave; to the: negroes 'the right, of .suffrage, and: having - given them this right, it is, the solemn, imperative, duty of the: North to qualify them - to exercise; this suffrage with reference to the; safety and prosperity ; of the: Union and of our political institutions. The North has not done its duty. The sum contributed, in the '.North for the education of all of the freed; and enfranchised negroes is less than that given- by "Virginia alone since tne war to. tneam.erena. i&ui ii uie North will not furnish the necessary funds to give schooling to thefne- groes shall the Government do so ? We shall refer to this matter again in our next issue." The South needs all the aid it can get, 'and if Government aid can be secured without detriment to North Carolina or , damage to Our civil and other rights; then . we can see no good, reason for declining it. We j publish -. .a communication vto- day relative to the Public Schools. We never favored the law. iWe may have - something to -say hereafter. We would like to see the "hundreds of answers' munication, as we have heard that many, of them were remarkable spec imens: of English,- fcc, from the pens of persons engaged in teachingjthe young idea how to shoot." s . We r be lieve that the 'plan of' forcing books upon a State is wrong and . f ull ; of temptation, ty looks too much like f'si job." The Stab opposed' the passage of the law, We do not re member that the Stab censured the State Board after the law was passed. We ought to have so said in the par agraph quoted Jrom the STAB.rr'vWe ought to have said that we never ap proved oi giving, he State Boarjl the authority. Of course the Board had to do as the law siireeiteL But we dp not know that sid&drfiout circulars f to teachers was the best way to secure the - best books, The opinions of half a dozen Homers and Binghams as to the best books to be used would be worth more than, the opinions of a thousand teachers representing every grade of intelligence and cultivation, especially if the majority is to rule. The Episcopal Residence In this City. C" Bishop Lyman,' Gen. Cox and Mr.-R H, Battle, Jr. , ; constituting ' the committee to hold property for the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, have recently executed to the trustees of the .i several Episcopal .con gregations in this , city a . conveyance and. surrender of the house and lot and premises in Wilmington lately, occupied-by Bishop Atkinson, and .know as'- the Episcopal Residence. It seems, ' when the property was originally purchased,: it was provided in the deed that when it ceased to be used as a permanent rresidence by the Bishop of the Piocese Jand his, family, it should be conveyed to the trustees of -the several tion gregations theh ' in" existence in Wilming- ton., It is understood that the -residence will be held and ' kept in 'repair so as to be in readiness for occupancy in' case there should arise ,a,necessity for its; use in ac cotdascewith the. design -of: the original purchasers. . , " - v .--r A cargo of steel rails (1;500 tons) arrived at mew Orleans yesteraay ior ine ixatcuez, uea Kiver Texas Kawroaa. . . v v.i; HI . j ft lrs J ........ V '-iA fc'Ut4 1ti-t!A V f 4ii t f, tt-tfi lit J f! WIEMILNfGTON, N. C, FRIDAY'MARCH ,17 '1882 i-i- Arrested on a Capias. ,;rr. Deputy $herill JIand, ; of lender county, who passed through here on. Tuesday last for Fayettevule. returned Thursday hight with J. .H4 Blackburn, of j Sampson, in his custody; !It seems that Blackburn killed a man in Sampson . county,7' and the case was removed, from there to Jeode for t,t eame np.at the ; last :tetm of i&e- Superior Court before Judge Bhipp,; and Blackburn got off on the-rdtriis of ;; paying a 2n9 of he failed to come up to the. ruirenients of the court, Jupon which ia capias was issued ana ; he was arresteav in : irayetteviiievana held until 'called.f or' by Deputy. Sheriff Hand. ,The latter left for Pender with his prisoner . vesteraay. -wnere .ne proposes to give bond as soon as he can get up with his mends. It is understood that he was furnished with 'monev in "Favettevilie to pay his way to Pehder and ' back to this j eity, ir necessary- in- 'case ne oon t : gtve oond; without cost to tne oountyj - j ; ; '-.4. - fm . i.t . iuaua,: wwiruay :i,iiio . xnvrwegmu. xiunue Mermodi Capt Andersen, .for Stettin, Ger many, by Messrs. E. Peschau 1 tis Wester- mann, with ,'3,600 barrels- of rosin, valued at $8,475; and. the. jGena&n barque, iLeuite Wiehards, Capt. Ehmcke, for Londott, by, Messrs. Hobinson & King,, with S.750 bar-' rels of rosin, valued at $7,633.8. , Total; Value of foreign exports for the day, $16,-; ins ?i - - ' ' ' ' M f Fatal Aeeldent. t " ' , U rw- On Saturday-, last, ' at: ? Bahnerman's! Bndge in Pender county,"a son of Mr. Lewis Sava?c about 14 rears of asre. in the! employ, of M j. John R. Bannerman, . was: riding on a timber cart, which had a heavy) og attached, when he accidentally fell oh!J and one of the wheels of the cart passed; over his chest, which inflicted such serious,1 injuries that , he died, before he could be' conveyed to his home. , ' . , f . .NORTH CAROLINA. InTormoBa Kfaklns Convert a KIbk Mountain The : Iieetslature to- be; Convened.'.' ' . -' . ,' J By 'Telegraph to the Morning Star J ' ' ! Raleigh. March .11. Information has been received here that the Mormons have1 made a lodgement near Sing's Mountain, in, this State. Numbers of country people ares flocking to hear theftvBnd thev have made -ftbont-fifty convertaatthat poiat. ; . iUoT.; Jarvis.vtrunks that thai legislature wilL be, convened; in extra, session. :Anrit 20th, to rediatrict the fitato. The other im-j portant business wiU ;be. to extend, the. time ior iunuing . me outie ueui, wnicu expireu January 1st; and to appoint railroad om- WASHINGTON. The Chllt-Pern MTatter Ceorela Be ir'. resentatlves Seriously Hi. V By Telegraph to the Morning Star J Washington, March H Jacob R. Ship- herd . failed : to , appear to-day before the House Foreign Relations committee, to testify in the Chili-Peru matter but: asked to be excused until Wednesday next; which time was granted him. In the meantime the committee will hear other witnesses!. Representative Black, of Georgia,5 is re ported to be seriously ill. - , . " , Senator, mil, of Ua., has passed a com fortable day and is . reported , as feeling much better to-night. . ; ; R. JD. RAILROAD. The financial Condition of the Com pany. , " 4" . By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l . - ' New iYoBS, March. 11. The statement of the financial "condition of the Rich mond & Danville Railroad Company, cov ering six months' ending iMarch 81, ' 1S83, shows the net ! earnings, estimating for the I unexpired portion 0f the quarter at the rate of increase already made, to be $475,000-, with fixed charges amounting to $305,130) leaving a surplus of 168,e70-i-over lour per cent, on the company s capital stock. For the last quarter there was an increase of 4k per cent. - over the corresponding quartet pf last year. .... , .. .., ; .. THE GREAT OVERFLOW, IBxaeeerated Statements ' Coneernlnft the Situation 'tteorecated Planters' Prospees-The,W4ters SuDsldlne. t'.NKwVOsiJSAsaMar "vacks- burg j&crd sayS'ihdt 'the situation of the people drthe Valfeylsf bad, enough with- has been printed and pictured of the situa tion has done great harm. -- Where crevasses have occurred; the land, or r a greater por tion of it, isi.fOT the time -being kst; but there are very many jersona of . the -valley-uninjured as yet. No doubt fair crops will be raised in almost all portions or . the i. val ley ; while the people, in many places in convenienced and losing:s6me of their Jive stock, are not in such doleful plight as de scribed. As there are two jnonths before the cotton time is passed;-' : the flood is almost sure to subside in time to raise a. crop. - j LrrttE Rock, AisMarch ii.The wa ters are reported falling- in the overflowed districts," but. the stones of suffering con tinue to come in. and the number Of desti tute is constantly Increasing. , ' I . MabksviiJl'e, - La.; March :ll, The iJ- tiew savs : ; Bul what of ? these overflows, that carry 'much, dread with . them ? -, Do thev not enrich the land, and are not heavier crops made upon them? ' We incline to the. ..-. ' MEXICO. i).;;" i ' -? - , ki-.y1.- j. iv -i;:- i;'!sy'irt Objections to the Importation of JTearro ' Xahor ITellow- Fever at .Term Crux. By Teleirraph to, the Morning Star. J - 2rrt op Mexico. March II. --The Mexi- can press are combining in a denunciation of the -importation of negro labor for em ployment on the branch ox tne Mexican Central Railroad from Tampico to San Luis Potosir" The government is asked to insist on the employment of native labor, r The first ; death front yellow fever this season occurred in Vera Cruz yesterday; j .- -: i- EIRE AT GOLDSBORO. ! I Two Brick Store Burned tvith Heavy )if ., toss. ,;;;;;:; - 1 . . By Telegraph to the Hornhig Stad ,' j .Raijsigh. March 11. Two brick.-stores at Gcdsboro. N; C. were totally destroyed Dy lire eany yesujruay uioruiug, aucjt were occupied by ur. a. r. KoyaL A,is.ert. and J, IL Dodson. The oriffin of the fire is unknown. Loss on buildings, $4,000; loss OU stocks heavy. .4 ..t , si.. .. i "T'r 'u R . H JL1 J I i' y OUR TRADE. A Talk with fiome of Our Promises Dealers, and ' H'.-i .ifif.'-a! LAi-ntN' Hi'Hfft! Business. Taking all . the . circumstances . into cou- -sideration, the business indications for the pew, year uomu uub vv bjuu, aa. a general thing, toliave beenjyery reassuring;', IThe rather unhealthy financial j tone, . jcople with,, tne somewnat , short ipropsJ,1Jas,, com-; with previous years, m some at least :) ,oi jine leacung proauciions m,( ,inp couniryy coiuu uui) uc uiK.uu as a yi Y encouragmg ; npucauon of ; the .busmes prospects in, the I near future; butnotwithstahdingjthis fact, :'i and the evident tendency , ot antagonistic elenents to bring about a duierent .result, ; T-IT-l . 1 - A J", . . . 1 I yy uiuuunoa uaa aieauuv ami constantly, ini- proved in all the essential particulars jWhh go to build up a city and establish, it upon the high road ,ta prppenty , i.WjOjtooke, paius yeajerday 'gond-Qnsoine' jot our leaAitiir rnRrnhftnta and get their yews as trttthe business of the f placejThey: don't , seem ;tq think we are mucn on ,j aecune. , : ynes , oi our oldest j retail grocery dealers told us that the busi- ; ne88..wasr better right now,, and had been : since, the new year , canae , in, ..than jt had been before in the past twenty years. , One I mportant feature, .he said, , was the large increase in cash and, consequent decrease i n F. the j credit , business. r ;Yery i little was heard abouf credit now, : he remarked. , An other retail grocer .'said his business-.had. increased during the past few months near-! y fifty per cent! and the indications for the; future .were most encouraging. I, A. ,promi-l neuf dry goods dealer - informed us that; that there had been a considerable increase; perceptible in his business,' and it was of,a; much healthier i j character than; ; for-i merly, there being more' cash" and bet-j ter collections than in ' many past - seasons. ' One prominent dealer In clothing informed; tas that his business had doubled itself thus; far this year; ; and that there was more de-t mand for finer goods than, formerly, sliowji ing a healthier state of .finances, among the; general public , than ; had previously pre-j vailed. Stocks in this department, we are assured, will be largely' increased to meet the prospective .improved i demand.' One; hardware dealer assured, us that , his ousi-. ness had improved at least 25 per cent., and others not only admitted an increase, but the prevalence of a healthier , tone in the business. - ; - . ; ;; . ; ; I i Prominent wholesale grocery -dealers rep-i resent their business as improved from 15, to 25 per cent., with encouraging prospects aheadr and the wholesale dry goods dealers speak with, equal satisfaction of their past; business and confidence as to then future prospects; and so on through all the van-f ous departments of trade, : eacn snowing a manifest improvement, not r only t in the increased volume of business, . but in the healthiness of itstone.1' ' ' ', A' Young Colored Man . Attempts to Swim Ashore from a Vessel and Is Drowned "... , '' '!, ' f Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock,' a young colored, man, by the name'' rj15am Smith, employed on the Schr.' American Eagle, Capt. Schroder, wnich Was lying at anchor in the stream opposite Capt. "Skin ner's marine railway, pulled off 'his' pants and jumped overboard from the schooner with the intention of swimming ashore, but had reached a point only about twenty-five yards distant from the shore,- or a raft that was lying at the wharf, when lie sank and was drowned. Some boats in the vicinity, in response to his calls' for helpj put ' out with the intention of affording him assis tance, but were too late to save himj Capt, Schroder was ashore at ' the time,' and the mate was busv and did not notice the man when he jumped into the river. ' - .Deceased was between lo and iso years of age; and eame here from Norfolk, 'Virginias. The body bad not been recovered at last accounts.' A Sad Fate. i The young; man Havener, ,. who was drowned off the steamer D. , ifurchison a few -nights since, an ; account of which ap- peared in yesterday's ' paper, called at the City-. Hall, the ', day . before leaving: hewf, stating that he was from Texas; that he formerly Worked in a factory in Fiyette-: vuiethat he had barely enough money left to pay his way to Fayetteville and buy something to eat, and requested lodging for the night, ,' .wbich ; was granted, ; Chief Brock says he was neatly brewed,; talked intelligently- and aetecMn a manner calcUT lated. to, make a favorable 'inipfession. Judging from his conversation,' the young-, man; had, gone to Texas with the expectation of bettering himself, put, nad failed in so doing, and was anxious to get back once more to what he termed his ' old stamping ground." Poor fellow 1; Just as he was on the point ofrealizing the ipiwi hope which had buoyed him up through his long 1 and wearisome ; journey, the dread summons came and he was snatched . from time to try the: realities of a never-ending eternity. .. Jttay he rest in peace. . Foreign Shipments." tV,4 " : The f ollowingompriscd ' the foreign sUlpnMnfe yeaterdayf :The 'Oermatf barque August, Capt, Lonnies, for: Liverpool, by Messrs. D. R,! Murchison & Cb-.lwitb! 1,592 bales of cotton, weighing 753, W pounds,' valued at $84,793; and the British schooner Julia EUmbefh, Capt - Ingraham, 'for. Nas4 aau, Ni P.", by .Messrs. Cplville & Co., "with 15,000 feet of lumber 50,000 shingles etc. valued at $500i:.'. Total value pf foreign; ex ports for tie day $85,293.' 'e ' i -' Another Seaman Attempts to . Ashore and Is Drowned." ' Swim 4 Through thTcoUrtesybfehna Ofllf per. at mithyiiie, we learn that one oi the crew of the schooner City of Chelsea jumped overboard .from the vessel yesterday,, evi dently with, the: intention Kof r swimming ashore to make his escape; but sank in deep Water and was seen no. more. The man was a Spaniards t'lae Uftp of VMlMaJi&a a I great deal of -trouble with her crew before. going down the river. , ah& cieareq on the 9th Inst. for Arecebo. Pi U:? with ' cargo j r .i ll -.. i-ij.M il( ;-r lt. f! ..tr THE GREAT OVERFLOW. . SV - -.- " ' --' -- . ' No Improvement la tbe SltuatlonCon- tinned trains r assd -Bislns Hlverwh -it. Thousand pf . People oft. the Verge j, pf f Starvation - A GWomy Outlook for the future. '"." , " 'i Ri' T 'TByTele!Ptok6r4lWstar.I!;j Jy J ri5mtenxATr Marcb 9.-i ; specM'ia. atch fibm Kasbville isaysit The Cumber-! land fiver, rose five .f eet laatj night and con tinues rising with .'alahning rapidity; iPhere Is every'prospect'df 'a' repetition ' of 411 e January uood. i s a. bt Nkw vOtLK&NB; -March A dispatch frpmi-dexandria LasaysTho Jevee ave way, this morning at 4 o'clock.. , i ' 1 K dispatch frofe: Shreveport0 reports that the.weather at $ Ai -Mi- was clear, but that prcviojus;te that rain had; fallen , for. -forty Jhours, and the, river was rising rapidly. v,f i two bad'breakSBaVe1 ecurted iiir' Point !Conpec;lQVeev between Red StorefandRed ,Churhnangering, t Jare ;r .districts of valuable sugar plantations. ' " r" - CmcAW?$i&cii,9i spepialf ?roni!Lit tie1 Rock'i Ark. , Wys 'that bv. 'Churchill Jwas fdund thlsrmorning lin his .private juuuum, uuu tuu.aung uuspmcnea m response to telegrams for Immediate aidV The?x:! tent, of the disaster can hardly be neaaured, he said, in answer,-ai question and I feel; greatly depressed 6ver the; situation. '.The situation is appalnng'. l Aspeniel county re-i porta 1,000 pcasons;on the verge; of starya-j tion, and ; Chevot and ;'Despa.. haye each as j many if not more.' Cross, Crittenden, "Mis-! sissippi,"' Lee,' Sti! Francis,? 'Monroe and Phillip counties have thousands. Of sufferers ju destitute, circumstances, v-1 should judgei that there are nearly, if not fully,' 15,000 persons heeding aid !in the ' State to-day; j They- are tenants and 'farmers: of Bmalli means,- who have lost their all by the. over-! flow; houses, farming implements, stocks,' eyerything," has :been Bwalowed Up by the: flood.1 I fear that many will die of actual! atarvation t Belief boards .are( busy dii tributing government rations at all availa-j ble points throughout the Overflowed dis-i Congressman Dunn Is" of the opmibii that ah'equally large" quantity -will be1 needed.; It will.be many weeks before the sufferers; willbef abjle ito keen .themselves, and. the tnreatening aspect of tne . weatner indicates that the worst has not yet come.' 'It may be, the generous people of the whole-coun-, try will be appealed tai for aid.. No one without expenence ..of 1 such, i disasters caa form any correct conception of thapresenl; irouuies.-s '' -- j.rj3a-i.j.H?-.jai'Ki w fc:t i; f Gen.' D,' McRae.As8istant ! Secretary of State; said to-day that the overflow had set Arkansas back ten years. i It would be im.-! possible, he thought, to raise any; crops in the overflowed district this year other than cotton, and that could - not be done - unless the water subsided shortly and allowed the ground to dry i out ' somewhat in ; time for spring planting, si Experience demonstrates the fact that corn-will not grow on land im mediately Succeeding an overflow, and thus thousands of acres will be. rendered wholly Worthless 1 unless j the water .recedes r-and gives the planters - an opportunity : to plant the lands m cotton. i. Gen. McRae also said that the effect of the overflows would be to drive-' hundreds of people ; from the State ; that the colored people in the overflowed district were already ' peginning to migrate to; Tennessee- and Missouri mlaTge num: bers, And that more would follow whenever they could get a boat to take them aWay.- ji LfTTlRockT March.M: earris! who was ''sentf ' dowii" to ." Despa -county bt overnment supplies to person rendered estitute by tTrff ovftrfl5w7 returned yesteo- day. In an interview with, a reporter hfi said tnat. along tne river front or iespa county, one hundred miles in length, .the distress is bevond description. The water has reached an unprecedented height, and scarcely a farm-house or residence m; tne bottom has escaped inundation. The people have, been compelled to build flats in their houses and seek safety'on the higher lands; where in rudely . constructed : camps 1 of brush,: boughs and cane, they sit and fear starvation and death; It is appalling,, and without government; aid liberally and very quickly bestowed, there is no telling Where it will end. Many persons have been feed ing on the carcasses, pf dead cattle drowned in the overflow.: Personal investigation, as well ' as assurances of respectable gentle- men r convinced Hams that not less than 600 families,; averaging; six persons to each, in Despa county alone, are dependent Upon the -charity of the government. '' He; be lieved, it to be no exaggeration to place the fross .number, old . and young, . at , 3,500. ndications point to a long continuance of the Overflow; : The most sanguine haidly dare to hope for its subsidence before May; New Okieans, March,. 9.In response to numerous jteraTecgived from planters and others, representing tbe danger caused by waves of steanatsjMaj.' "H,B.',Ricb ardson,' chfef State engineer, makes official request that pilots and captains pass their steambbats as far , away, from the levees at exposed and threatened points as possible; and to run slowly and carefully when pass ing near such levees as are Unstable. It has also been Specially requested that if possi ble Bteainers .cease; -running altogether in Bayou La Fourche. for the present.' . j Mississippi , Levees StUl Gtvlns Way ' nd the inundation Spreading Great ! Iioss of Property and Sufferlns of the! People The Tennessee Hirer Out of U Iti Banks and the JS. 4c C. B. R. TJn- .-j.derjUTater 1; -lW -,f--.j: I , .. t..By TeleRraoh to the Morntog Star.l , . , Batotj Sara, .March 10. Point Coupee! crevasse has not affected the stand of water1. yet, although there is a fearful mass of wa ter escaping from the river, at that point The levee is stall giving way rapidly, as it Is all of green' earth and crumbles as fast as the Water pushes against it -- The-gap-is now about one thousand feet wide, and the water as it goes through is about ten feet deep, but is ranidlv. diffffinff deeper, spreading water far and wide over thei country? and -will overflow a -part of this parish and all of West.Baton Rouge and portions of As sumption. Iberville. St" Marie. Iberia and Terrabonne, the richest ; sugar ; district in Louisiana.' a -False i River and. Gross, Tete county will soon be inundated, and the loss of property and suffering of the people will be terrible. Mai. H. C. Brown. State En-' gineef, sayS iff is useless to .attempt: to st0p tnerevasse;.f ;ihe people ot jjayou rsara are making a bold fight against the flood.' All of the stores are closed and every man is at work updh the levees which protect ine, piace, wiiue a uxaiuug uuauuiue ia ui is. inff flsrairist the fearful TOressure. ' J , Memphis, ; March " lui-r-Passengers from below, report a break in 'the levee eleven and a half miles above .Friar's Point, Miss. The ' break occurred 'yesterday. , and', al though Friar's.'Point will be overflowed from the breaKtne town wiu not suuer Dy the river maklng,ffir6ugh,i as at Austin, t J New Ori-eans, " March 10. The NeW Orleans, , Chicago & St' Louis Tlaflroad is again submerged; and it' is mipassablem the heishborhood of - Water '. Valley.. Miss. This overflow 4 hair assumed alarming' pro portions, ' inundating all" ; that section of 'timiVJ'-fiJfiK li NOr 20 country. ' ' Trains 1 are ' unable' tbJ proceed turther north tban Coffeeviltestation, this side of Water ValleyT. ' ' - . ! Capt. Richard Sinnolt. ja In from Red riverj reports 250 families below Alexan dria living on rafts and in a deplorable condition; He thinks-1 that the) Stats' should send them, rations! at onceor thatrsome private provision should be' made to rfelievfe them of their great miserysoo' .winrh I . , The gauge at the ; head of Canal street shows the river 'One foot' below the' hi A water of 1874i! The. fall Sa attributed to the Point Coupee, crevasse and a change In the Wind."t mnrt Thef Jeveea ifonr the New Orleana- citv front are iBspected daily,, aVe,well guarded, 2he"weak points 8trtefen! rfrfiiir Pprecautioni taken -tpijprevent a; crevasse. iiie same precautions ,are xasen ail along the line from Baton Rottltdtae-GuUPtt-K- 'cent heavy rains in North ,;,Alabama , haye causea tne lennessee river to overirow its banks and have'weaken r the railroad env bankment : Three -washouts occurred on Thursday niffht fait the Mferhnlils AtJiarl. toil Railroad near. Tuseumbi Alabama, and , orders nave been received that no tickets areto be soM tooitifs west' Of that cstt&f or 4hfirty,six JUoiirs. n i TbeneCessary . sayrjie roattafh bede i!'-;! ; fidurs after erraf(bsides.i'' V4 ten' i;i ft. THE DtTPLlltf CANAX c6mPAlSini A meeting of tb'lf stockbolderV of the Duplin; Canal Company 'was held at MagnoliaJN. C., Marck0tbvI884 4 -y-- Bannerman--was lax&i'Hi! the 'cbair and f DMdBarriWas madcletaraVfter -thNtbok present; land represented wasi verified, and it was ascertained that a udruni ' The miriutes ' 6f ihe ' last ' nteeting: were reaa and accepteav wnereuponl Win. Larklns, Rf MeKoyWm.! alder,' G.iW.' Williams, Wi?P;feann nerman, David Brocki - arid W iJL. Young, were; ; elected rrectorsforj the ensuins year. , - ; I The f offowiho: resolution1 was ' fn-l trbduced by S. C.: Register, and wasi unanimously adopted a -.a ;i vi .li,? Jesoivedyhskt, the I)U'ectj?Vs of tjlje Duplin . Canal Company be, and are hereby required tp conduct the affairsj jof this company VpOn the Feakh l svb4 tern ; and to that nd noldebtashall- bd eontractqd unless there, is inpney..Qnj hand to pay, the. same. ," ; : - J. i , Resolved, further That',' the Dij rectors ?6f the company be 'pf oh'ibif eq from mortgaging the-: canal, its; bed j or ! i superstructure, lis rignps,. tran-is chises j an4,'-privUeges,;unlessfso au-' thorized 'by the stoclbtderff-them-! Heit?e6&Tvef, TJiatf or the purpose of obviating the; necessity ( .of raisind mLphey upon, a inortgage,that the pre-j seiii, slock, paiu iu aiiu bucu uiuer stock as may be'5 subscribed and rtiiii in, that ihe same shall be(and is herei by declared preferred stock; and fehall 'be-prior to a 'first mortgage.! ' 'xVoj- istdfid , I however, iyspaaaA amount of said stoek shall be .paid in to construct the canal' to the North East river at' Burton's old field befori the same shall be so-preferred' T; - f ; Jse tt resolved. That? the Board, of Education, be requested to pay; per acre, or in some other form, f of th$ lands that have been already drained by the Cduipany, and fori such bthet lands as may be tdramed. r bereatter lying in 'Angola Bay belonging ,to tne scnooi iuna. - , , ., ; , Be it resolved. That the county of Duplin and the town of 'Wilmington each be requested to . give, aid- to , the Company either by loan, or by taking stock, as is provided for in the char ter of the Company by the lieneral Assembly of North Carolina - pm Mr. h Gibson ? J ames presented the following petition:, ,y .. . ' ;f iMAG2Tpi4AyN.;C. starch, 10, To tockiotdrf of Jthe,, i&upfifi t: Gdnali Company ': yl ' GENTtK : I reispectf uWask, iii behalf r of ! the 'Angola Tramway Combanv the rijrht of . way ? across the Canal we, the .Tramway ,Gom- pany, to construct our own onage. . Respectfully.' n""'J" n brlBSOX J IBSOX J AMES, . xxesd t. f , The above petition was considered aiiii was sriiuueu uuhuiiuuubiy I y The ' foUowiiag resolution' .asof A MesohedS. That after ten days no-. tice shall bejgiven to thfi delinquent subscribers, that any legal .prrrOther espehses that j may accrue to'' the Company in making ebllectiotis,! the- amount tot- the said expenses snail oe charged, to the , delinquent .stpckbol ders and the' amount deducted from the stockholderafjjdjyienA yhij'fjrr. the Company may declare a dividend. y ; Judge Bannerman moved that res olutions; of thanks s be voted to Mr. and Mrs. Ilamlin for, having, volnn tarily furnished the hall for the use of tne stocKnoiaers . .ana omerwise ex tendinsr' many courtesies." ' ' ; David Brock moved that this meet ing., no Wj .adjourn, , ft-o meetj twelve months from to-day at such place aa tne Jrresident mayf seieex. , . , r j J W.jT. Baeeman-'. if D. Fareiob,"' 1 " ' "- President.! - " Secretary. - 'u " 1 1 'Magnolia, KC. March 101882. j COTTON. -.ss. ; Tbe -Atiiat YtstBto tori be World -;"l i Receipts for Past Week, jf : i IBf Telegraph to the Mornlnj? Star. .-i ' - New Tobx, March ll.-The total Visi ble supply of cotton lor the world Is 3,049, 478 bales, ot .which 2,SiJ0,Z39 Dales are Amerieans against 8,008,150 and 3,535,078 respectively last' year.- Receipts of cotton at all interior towns for the week is 28.442 bales ; i receipts : from' platttatlon 31,643- najesr erop In sight 4,8a6.l3 bales; i r . - . .... I -1-... n i bpints 'ijiTpTitiiie Snow aboot and shoe merchant of our place, tas failed. ".He. made an asslirnment otiv-uay last&t hi3e.ure stocJiof goow. - : We regret lo announce that Mr. Cald cleugh, whose prpstratiou .from paralysis we announced a few days ago," digd about 1 o'clock this evening. -. .1 :ri A- reward pf $30Q, offered-. by Gov. Jarvis, is now outstanding for the ar rest of John Hoskins, "the "murderer of Mack E :tlcr; white In the Plymouth: -riot Th& following is i ihe i description -of Hos? kins: He la black 5 feet 10- inches highf ' weighs about '170 pounds,? stammers or Stutters and When j last " setn woreside; whisker ;',y. 2 i'-ZJ i Harding showed us a lemon last week - that was growtttm Mra. James Mi h Eornegay: near tseven Springs. - it was a -v very fine one-as large as we - ever saw but it was the only one pn the tree this season; ' -i The"princip1es Of toleration' bughf evef Ho kiltdnrf)fc "'"And' ?ihe cfluutly Ransom vbted to retire . that boor manjjraut ou a big annual salary. ; Well, ' sirs f War Wbnders' never' ee'ase t --A correapohdeet- writiaar from Long's Mills. North Carouna,. wants, Jesse Holmes to go tdrGevernbr Jarvis t er thinking' about an -extra session pf the Legislature; ,-jLet Jarvis aldne-he's no fool. " ": 'i'.Tl" " IriaTcLal Fairclbth who was Indicted for -the, murder Joshua McTlaniel. was going s on ;n'the Superior Court Of this county last -week whBh'f0went-to jpre8s.fuThe jury, naffer a short absence, brought in a vcrdkt ;i of "not guflfyr''; " -After' a protracted i .'Aha r--J - ' -Uln,',vM. TlA?od or o i f J verify ' 7th' 1882; .. .-" p - '-n , . . V.,- .'. : -Trrra.-.i. jr..-i.Ji YstefdaV TOornine as lie Northern bound train from jWUmington,- waf passing a crossing four mues sou in oi tfoiasooro, it-ran into a xwo hofie'JagonwMch wa8;completelvdemoi- : 4shefl, ;both of the horses attached to it being killed. : -'lnatt 'and 'Woman'.' whoT:werein i the wagin, wr,e thro.wn put . aa&i Sligbtiy 4 nurt, the man having one of the small bones, of hii'leg broken.1 ? i"im : i nam . . ,c,Tdisno HomerSl Mrr Tt i N. Joyner. of Nash county,: died .on Thursday the 2nd inst, of pneumonia; aad about 45 ; ears.'Jifi MrJ Johtt .H.uRaekley avery WSbrtTespeeted ;pjd, gentleman, f of Nash wuj, uicu,, ml (jucuuiuum, oue uay laai. week1 at 5he advanced age of 72 years, tt-r-r Rocky, Mount dots ;: , Mr. P. XL Bunnf who was accidentally shot ifl the knee a few days ago.is not doing agiwell as his many f rieids nopeu.fne would. ,. ; The receipts of guano at tma place for the last two months will Teach eleven an twelve; hundred tons, a stg pomes. M) - ; Raleigh JVews- Observer; W. L. Faisbiti.' of 'VCaihton;v''Samps6n f county, was yesterday eppomfed a Notary Pubhc. The revival mfifitinff n.t Pp.rsnn - RtrMt , MethodiBt Church icointinues kfad theatfiend- .anoa ist large. t--4 We .had .the, pleasure yesterday oi a call from Jdr. ;i)uncan W in- i ston, of Bertie, from whom we learned that the crop, ja. Bertie las); season was fairly , an ; average one, and the people are in good cdnditon. Bertie' is ' essentially a cotton county and heeds a railroad, s It is hoped ' that one will be built from Suffolk to Wil- liamston. i connecting with , the ;' .Tarboro road. ; . j--r-: There seems to be but little ; . doubt that Judge Russell will get the place . now hekTbyJJudge Albertson District At-; torney f r.. the, .Eastern. Distoict Judge Russell's last appearance on the public stage : was as aureenoacap wjngressman. t, gentleman' who has traveled quite largely ' . i i-L L', . aii.'i -L a t . . ti .. in me western, poraon or ine otaie ' wnics i . ua that he does not find any great sentiment 1 1 among.the western Democrats, in favor, of i j abolishing the' "present system"- of. county ; j gd vernment but that he does - find objec- tion to allowing the County Commissioners s to determine the question of issuing licenses i , to sell spirita.; ,! JJe fthinks.ljiat : if. the! law : ; were changed so as to place that, power in the hands of men elefcfed ny tne people- ail ;., Democratic; antagonism. to the present, sys tem would disappear. He suggests "that : Mha matter of issuing licenses i be- left with ; iHeiMgis'-uierKamienerjauf-ofLj, 1 shocked io leirit that Prot'Jbhttinmbcrly was tqund ny a member of hisiamny dead: in, his bed on Monday morning.' He had retired .the., night, previous in his usual health, but was subject to, a serious . auec tion of the threat, which was probably the cause of his death. He was a native, we ; believe, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was pre- rviousto the war, and subsequently; upon : its reorganization, Professor of Chemistry id the University of North Carolina, occu pying' at one time the same position in the -University, of Tennessee. J He has been ; living in this vicinity for a number of years, engaging somewhat , largely in agricultural and horticultural pursuits. He leaves a large family. ! :He i was twice married, his first .wife, being a , lady, of ,Edenton, N. C., and his second a l' daughter '' of Judge ;i ' Manneyi of Nashvillfii Tennessee. John B.; Weaver, of North uaronna, has been appointed consul to Bolivia." ' It may be confessing ignorance, but who is John B. Weaver. Charlotte Observer. In i Answer to the above we reply on informa-: nonr receivea nere tnat tne party reierrea w is Dr. . John B. Weaver, - a citizen of Bun combe county, with residence a few miles south of . Asheville, an Irishman by bjrtb, identified by marriage and; residence with. " this section, a good citizen and bearing ex cellent character,: at onetime the; Collector of this District,; and a good party man upon whom the rewards of party service fall very feppropriatelyitt :irj- -t : i .-;W4pn, -ZV , The "town" of Weldon had, according to the last census, 1,003 inhabitants, attd since theft there have .been algopd many additions by immigration and otherwise, which will probably run the number to 1,400 or 1,500.' The daily pub lished hereniust be the, Kauroad .Jacket published for free distribution by J. A. HarreU. Eeq. -Weldonhasnotbeen a f'city" , 4p? ten years. a,- The protracted meeting which has : been in ' progress at the' Metho- dist1 churcb 4tf this place for. i the past two. Weeks stilLcontinues this week. ? RevDr. Closs preached on -Monday' mght -JKev. Mii Cunningim is conducting the meeting. H t the . extra r Congressman . can .. be elected without an extra session we think it ought -to. be done and save the, ex pense of an extra session. Besides, should the Legislature meet there is no telling what i harm might be done ' to the party. On Friday, while a little daughter of Mr: R. . Edwards was walking along- Se cond street a. cow ran . to her, ; caught her in her horns and threw her up in the air. Thii 'cnrl fell tri the -BrtfvtmAP and the now bent her head for the purpose of tossing her again when a gentleman saw the affair in time and drove the cow off. ; The little girl was not seriously hurt, r Halifax items : Died, at the residence of Mr. J.'N. ' Brown; in this place on Tuesday night, the 28th ult, Mrs. M. J., widow of the lament ed Rev; "Thomas Q. Lowe, aged about 56 years.' ; Mrs; Lowe was apparently iiTgood health up to about 10 o'clock that evening, and died before Or about 11 o'clock. It was supposed that - she died of heart disease. Scotland Neck dots : A negro, Judge Dickea,' was : burnt ! so badly .a few days ago that, be died from his injuries. He was standing, by the fire and his apron accidentally caught fire. . rThe railroad is expected to be in sight of town by next featurday:" A' big "jollification' ' meeting .ought to be had, when it ,ia completed. - It will be a joyful day for our "to be city." - Mri W. R.' Bond, who- tried nuking , tobacco down here last year, we learn,, has sold his crop at an average of $ 125 per acre.