North Carolina Newspapers

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He savs Eastern Carolina, in his oninion. is better ; oft j than 'kn v, other part of the Sooth, and as a farming I v . i i -iu, -'nuu v section, take it all and in all, is to be preferred to any portion of the South he has ever visited. This applies of course to the better portion of Eas tern Carolina. He says in these por tions the houses condition bf fences, the improvements generally are ahead of any section The 1 has; visited in the States to the South of us. Let North Carolinians : be eohteh& God has given them indeed a goodly heritage. If proper industry ' ecbhoiny, And juagment are ' exercised' the in North Carblina' are as favorable as in other sections, of much and knoy litt which you1 hear: ----- We would like to see a reliable re- port of actual results of faruiibg:i the various sectionsof the State, , if A : I :t. I ,1 .. -.:(', ..... : " . " reoorts 'of corn ier: acre made in: Craven, Beaufort; Hyde and . other counties; of cotton per horse . or per acre in Edgecombe, Halifax,. Nash; Wilson, Greene; Pitt and other coun ties; of tobacco peri hand or per acre in Granville, vanee; Person, Warren; Orange, Caswell' 'ahd. otbef cohhties; of wheat, rice; potatbes;?J(eahuCs; nd. other products in ifayofed. sectio were published arid distributed "wide- ly tnen - surprise wouia . jonow. ih would be seen that no S'tate 'rivalled, much less exeellecl, North Carolina m the productions npirii- cles of food and ime:f Tue Agficut tural Department mfght, with its fa cilities, obtain such: reports, and they would be instructive: ' ; In conversation: with. a4ishgiish- ed geritl'emari" 3'6ff WewEngland lately we took .occasion , to JLell .him of some of the' i fesults familiar to ns .-'of ' cultivating : tobacco. VV hen we told him we; iebSld find ; many farmers whoi'made from: $600 to $1,700 to eacbbrid tjorked,i or from $300 to 600 per acre: ia the growth of tobaccdj h was jtbnished He had never heard of TSUch facts before, although ; Connecticut, on its rivers grows a good, deal of t tobacco that is nmch sdu'sht after; ' What is needed is for North Carolinians to learn more concerning their -bwn State and its - productions. ; and then instead of huryinV 'tp other States, to remain, and,: fay well ap plied industry, help t others place North Carolina farther US the front. ii " ti '. : n ; a., j.1,..,.., j. - r . it J-'t- - - x -.-j -- - why & The beauty, sim beyond our lines. Mtb.tee Agti- 'truthfulness, melody and cultural Board,, were er relia- jV t -of m8 bommend Die statistics ana emy-tni. ma. compact article and.pubHsh in the 1 New York Herald or jSwitl a half million people woutd'see" it that could .v.i never learn it from circulars or state newspapers. . sr , , t j '-f:;.: ' ' , Under1 tho acirciimstances it must iwsM wuw. .". ??r fi. . . part of Dakota ' into a State and ad- mit it into the Union.' 1 If there was no need for two' more Senators you Said'JKaU-tix0T Edinburgh Maga- building with a spy-glass, yesterday after would never hear a ,ord of its ad- Weyearago:e are thankful that noon, to see if they could make out the lo- . . .f-,.L.- mission prcaeuu yn tue ouier hand,if Texas with its immense area, and more than two million inhabi- tants. was in ' the North j arid Tv..ent tW it. into a hilf dozeri slicpa a many as twelve Republican" Senators could be : added. .' who doubts for a moment that 'this1' would; be done 1 The truth is there are enough sriiall I I PI ' - J s rv I I i i I i n llflCi I M y 1 j,, -31 --.' . --9MH, voL.ixmi StatfiS iilriadv.'Kt lJfiw Ynrk. with live I miUi6n inhabitants, has no more Sen. - T j-t '.1' f' . , ! . x. " A T1 j I Island an oia :-: s There are some special objections ct the. admission of Dakota, ? The . to admit is tainted like . Minnesota "andMahonexSBLwithj'epudiation.The tTiiladeiphia JnesSy Kepublican, says: " tiik I 'Yancton countv. wherein " the capital and chief city of the Territory is Situated, issued $300,000 of bonds in aid of the uaKoia ssoumern - i&auroaa.r - xius was: 1 NHfiuihr1inanif0 thMawo STyMSrl 7ouni; recelvea an equiTaent4n .tne.capital stock ui uiq nuiruau cooipany,; i;- ; : .... It got all the benefit possible and -then repudiated the debt. But there is another objection, and a very aeri ous one, ,c The - population is ' very, very mongrel. -Not half are desira ble .: neighborsl" Eyeft supposing, it hasthe'Teqftsite population, - the cha- racter of one-half the people half": I breeds, Mexicans; etc. is such as to, make it a very doubtful problem of 1- .uiLJL.L " & . " - rrv' 4 hand in shaping the. political desti- of Hthis 'greats country; The Senate committee on Territories have igreed ubon a bill requiring a special census in duiy, msz, 10 ascertain tne number f: of inhabitants. The s ' f ' ,V Ain . r.-. . , appoonmenti151,912, is proposed as the ' minimum1;' population allowa- Vil (a. 1 lair rvr. aJvMiflaiAn -There' are5 many : precedents to! jus tify as small a population being deem ed sufficient, but " bad ' precedents ough t not "to be . copied. , Colorado had- less 1 than ;; 100,000. Nebraska hi 60,000 less than the bldbasis of representation . wnen aamittea. a ne t olio wingl is instructive. ;. we copy from the Philadelphia Press: 1 V'iTevada had less than one-third of the ratq when admitted in ; 1862, and has in : creased but' verv little since. Oresron had 5.469 at the date of Its admission in 1859, while the ratio of renresentatioh was 93.- I '433. Florida fell equally below the ratio when admitted m lo45, . with 54,000 lnhabi- i tants. Arkansas was received with 52,000 in 1836, Illinois with 34,000 in 1818, Ohio: with 41,000 jh18P3 ; but so low was tbe ratio that the new . States,5 even with this scant population, in no case ; fell;'; far short of . what would . justly entitle them' to -. oae U raembet: . ia : the ! House. On the' other. hahd,yAiannS iwss with . 144,000 people" when tne ratio was 33.000. Maine with SKJ6.000 when the ratio was 33,000,; Michigan with 200,000 with the ratio at 47.700, Texas with 250,000 with the ratio 70.680, Winsihwith 210,000, ratio vu.you, minnesoiawiui wu.uw, rauo w,t6Q. Iowa. Caliiornia and Kansas each had a noDulation exceedxns the ratio of represen tation as it then stood. ,',Of the twenty-fi ve States which have' been admitted since the formation of the Constitution only six had a less population at the time of admission than would nave entitled tnem to one mem ber in the House of Representatives under the apporapnment law then in force." There . no need of another State at breseht.1 ITiirty-eight States are anlple..; i litriakota; wait Iiet' it pay its hbBest debts;- and when it has 250,000 orj . . ... a- ;000 inhabitants, and not of the mdnOTel stripe, then let it be ..... ;H 'i-it; A .-A .Vi- aamittea. n is an l imposition upon the States to admit it rio arid under; the circumstances, .. . y.-j z ItKlCRY iTrADSWOilTH liONGFSI.- Longfellow is dead. America has lost brie ' of its irreatest poets, ' and :ny.'willl?'yf.it-'grea'te8t poet. Without undertaking to . determine a question off taste hnd judgment, , we can say unreservedly that a man of very real and pure genius has passed away, in Jno-iand - ne was oetter known, wak more generally read than any other poet of our country. . With the solitaryj exception' of Tennyson; .whose poems are more widely known than those Jof any English poet of the last hundred yearsj Xiorigf ellow's pro ductions are more sought after by the middle ; class than those of any living author, " It is not difficult to 1 1 to-al; kmdof ta8tes and make -H, iri WfrPh. f r , r- o -i ing. His j muse was most chaste. Nothing impure, -nothing ; unsound, notoing fklse' will bfo'urid '. among his- voluminous writings i He .was true 1 to 'a Ifgti ideaf, ; true' to ' art, . ..... jo j! : f jti :rv.;t!!rvrr'.r: rrr...-i"T-.i r wbnldoC bear the full light of day pr tbe gprutmy of the Judgment Seat, 'AtlLs. iue pru, ago uj poet aj liongfellow, . whose extraordi- f nafy' acc6tnplishmerits;andr research, tfahd devotion to. his ; hieh calling can Wot Jb 'overrated? "His rirodnctions I must al wayaQQmmand our deep at 1: mVwithb great 'beauty of .thought 1 and very "elegant Action.";, .15. x j i J...l''.tr T' 'wlJ'V: Puritv of dirtion?nsipiwt:&(W I rich imaginatipivthe select eat Vob: . '.. T-. r- I. 1 attuned ; to 4he ioftest. harmonies command overmany forms of metre, equalled by few; asimpUcity that 1 added a peculiar, charm -to .arwljft 'pAin'tFMW tnese, as tney"', appear" to ns, J-Mfi fpwere induced, to csoinenere hy the managers the marked and . manifold ; . excelwl' ot the Carolina Central and we aW laS 4& i excel lences ;.of his finest and' highest n v.i"uoiiiLf,. jjuj.. v uu..uumai workmanship.' Many, of iii poems ..;.t , - 'i. . WU1 uve wxu ae nguage, we may 'his "Seaweed, his "Rain in Summer," I "The Warden iiue Vque i Port," all poems Of beauty'andsome - . vfl a 'a AVtx.f 1 , th miaV: p. 'teA I ! - w ni raBnt?AtMM, w a 1 - ' mnai. . few of most noticeable . poems. was constant and unwearied; with an Imagery that;' was " varied,1 choice and abundant, with "' an i insight imagination equal' to . su-. preme moments, s loixgielJow1 gave to the ; world : poeins : of almost unmatched 1 beauty and tenderhess. We can attempt no r elaborate analyr sis or prolonged discussion of his noblest works. ,IIis . two novels, his many pems, his admirable ; transla tion, we may not stop ; to particular ize. America' is bereaved. A tnan of pure life,' of very high qualities, of admirable gifts, has'jdiried ". ;;t i "The innumerable caravan, that moves , . To that mysterious realm, where each shall .- take . --u :s. : - H; .v His chamber in the silent halls of death." His life was so, 'ge'nfle,' bis amis' so j high,' - his 1 works so - good, ; we may hope: that the sweet and benevplent arid refined poet in his :-last days and: last' hours was "sustained arid soothed by' ariifefaltering trust" in the meriis of the Crucified One. - Mrl liacf ellow. was born in Port land, Maine, in 1807: Hw fatberwj a distinguished lawyer.' lie was grad uated at Bowdom College in 1825. He "visited "j Europe f; ;two :or ; three times. In 1839 he removed to Cambridge, 3Iassachusetts. '? He ' was elected . : to r sucbeed ' the distin guished author 'of "The History of Spanish Literature," George Tick- nor, ; in that ;year, as :! Professor j ot mod ern languages and literature at Ilaryapd Uniyersfty, -'His' first vol ume was . published in " 1839. From thatr time until within a few months hls pVri has:;bpr6lffic;'; At-n ripe ; . j,J ,v,ut.: :i -iiL ase.i hontjred-t roverea ana ? lovea from his i native State; to thev- Gulf, and indeed wherever -pure literature, in its most engaging forms is' culti vated, Henry W. j Loiigfelloir has ; died in peace rhis historic home at; Cambridge., -tiii-t; ; A life of honorwlth'auageofe-se . ' And all his . prospects brightening at ; the uJast nvf i"r.i:i zl:r . . ; !: 1 His heaVen.'Conunences ere the world be f past; The Wilminsrton ' SfAB.i:finds . it uphill business teaching the Northern ; press how: to spell -Trescot,' ; We -.never j expect .to. be" able to teach .that, bull-headed "jwess: XHy-1 thins -ourselves-f-that is about;-Southern men or their actions or n&vaea. Richmond State. - .'-' ' ' ' 1 If the best Southern papers were to spell j the historian . i Prescott's name with' only one t the ' Northern papers Would speak-of Southern ig norance and very , properly ' Every man has a right ' to spell ? his bwri name to suUlmself'-arid'jitlfs 'ah abuse of privilege even for a riews- paper to Qorrupt,ii - f Fire in the Woods. jZjXi s f i . The dry windy wealher:of the .past few days has resulted - in serious fires in the woods in every direction.' A gentleman j who came up from one of the sounds yes- terday. says the :roaringof the fire as he P488 along the rbafl was fearfuL Several of our country frlehds.'who were ia the city fire all Friday m-znt to keen it on their fences and other property. ; A party went up on the top of the. Bank of New Hanover cauonoi a neavyvonuueoi Biuoieiaeyuo- ticed suddenlv aDDearins. and they were of I 4h6 opinioh that it came front "Wrightsville Sound and ' were - apprehensive that some ( building waiTburnuig fhere;hut others sup-. posed that W in the woods had got into some "bay" ia that direction where, the growth was very thick,' Which caused the , thick black' smoke! ' 66 far, we have not heard of .much destruction of property "in that particular direction. , the Ship," Us vsm'nnplbiy: Wf-? 'H'i???. , hisPrometnWhis'Two Arielg,". hne ftm the tnffesewtoa-.A .s. . .. vt ' .! v - Catawba county, the omective terminus of ' nis vine w araen 01 W ith, an art that was patient and Norfolk & Western Railroad, to the Ohio Secure; with a learning that was ; full ver. This . would jve us the shortest artd accurate, fth devbtion Vthat fe rtP Jftf'l ''(, m IJT, :.' O.V FRIHAY MAECK, 31, 4882 L i-'"-",-L' -'- 1 -"Hi .' U.WIIIH'.," VLV'l V 'i F-- ' 1 - .Welcome Visitor, Ir"' wV,VwIfl "T. t ..-- . -i ! .;-,,!.- .. yesterday on a toar of bbserratioiTas'to thi ' terminal facilities of the Garoliaa Central Itailroad and to inspect the' adrantagfes' of -.J . th tU't'kir ldarn that the impression L they formed our port was, I -i r aalmost"JfaVd'fable' 'fhese' ; -. . n ;. n ;v vr;-, u , ut: 3 , gpnuemen . Are , largely - mieresiea m xne 'M andiutne 'event of their 'yTelnungton would be selected as the tnost a.e Chester &' Lenoir1 Railroad; 'which connects at 'Lihcolnton' with the Carolina mute over it to thislace.' Affain.if this arran'ment is decided upon, other capital- if8 propose completing a road now under tonstructon from the Cranberry Mines Westward from 4 Johnson's City on"the jiighlyesUble, j It is riot a visionary 'scheme,4 but one of practical moment, and i is more than like-: ly that' steps, will be immediately taken looking to its fulfillment, upon which wef bbngratulate bur city and people.: ' This1 movement,. Induced and influenced entirely; by Cot, Jbri M.'. Robinson, argues well' for the advancement of Wilmington, ' ' and proves clearly that the riew( owners of the Carolina Central have a live and practical interest in our prosperity,' and have at once begun to display their, feeling in' an uhnuW takable manner. , ,( , ' '" t . , ' j Destrtietlve Flre In Pender Coanty. A correspondent . Of .the ; STAB,writing; 'from Point CasweUV saysjUuit one of the most disastrous fires that , has ever occurred in that section began Wednesday last,"' on the plantation of Dr. .' J. R. Hawes. about : six miles -above Point Caswell, and swept through the pine fdrest and over the fields, destroy ing everything in its way ;Boxed trees, tar kilns, and me fencing on the farms of Dr. Hawes, Mr.- J. ; - H.. Murphy, Mrs, Joel Moore, Messrs. Eli and D. Gj Larkins arid others were . burned. It is estimated that at least six miles of good fencing have been destroyed. The large dwelling of Mrs. Taa1 ITnnM tx7 a ty of A tinm in oroo t I q t frrr , ,j. O a strong rate from the northeast all day and it Was' impossible i'to stop the fire. :i - : s :' The " correspondent adds:! At this time (8 P. M. Thursday) the fire is still hUrning, but Is held'soniewhat in check; It isim possible at present to tell the extent of dam age done, and especially to , the turpentine trees. It falls heavily on the farmersi as most of them had just finished their fences preparatory to planting. Dr. J. R. Hawea, ' who I suppose ii the heaviest loser, was in your eity i and returned to-night on the steamer 2tetcn." '..', -.:: .Spirits Tarpentlne on tne Boom. Spiri turpentihe hasbeeh on a sort of If boom' in this market for several days past, and yesterday the price went up to 55 cents, the highestgre reached since ' the memorable f boom in 1872, when on or about the 20th of JPebruary," the quotations were 86 cents for; regulars, 86i cents for NewYorki packages. . At the, same time rosin was quoted at $4.25430for Strained and Good Strained and tar at $2.752.80 per barrel. ; In looking through the books in the Produce Exchange we , notice that spirits turpentine went up to 49 cents on the 20th of December, -1876, was quoted at the samQ price again from the : 12th to the 25th of March. 1880: went up to 5U cents1 on the 23rd of September, 1881- to 51, cents on the 29th.October, 1881, and to; 54. cents on the 28th of November, 1881, which was! the highest point reached before yesterday since the big "boom", in 1872, already , re ferred to. ' i r: - - ' ' usu ! - ; "r-r ' -'1 Aoeldental Srpwnlne ttn Wf1 Rebecca Pierce, aged aboqtfjOyears, daughter of a Mr. Pierce, formerly of South : Carolina - but for pro years past a resident Of Shallotte, Brunswick county,' crossed a small creek in that vicinity on Monday last, accompanied by a small colored girl, and on starting to return later in the day found the foot-Io? upon which they had crossed had been -submerged by .the : rising. tide. They ventured to : pass . to the ? other side, however, and in the attempt the white : girl was swept from the log And drowned. The little colored girl gate the; alarm, -but her cries Were not heeded at first, and when her father at last Went to the: creek to investi gate he found the body of Rebecca. Pierce floating near; the surface, being upheld by ber clothing, and quite dead,;-: , . Cotton Receipts.. , ; The' receipts of cotton at this port for the week ending1 yesterday footed up t,649 bales, as against 970 bales for the corres ponding week last year. ' ' i , ' The. receipts Tor the crop year up to date foot up 120,713 baies', against 113,470 hales td March 28th.1 1881: showme an increase Messrs. Noirdod Giles o., of th9,CwoIma JliceMins .have decided to establish branch business at Washington in this State, arid will soon1 crinurietice- the erection of the'ne'wssarybuilding1 for that purpose. iU , , . , , a. ii u is uiereiun:. ui mjurst:. aconsummaunn 1 , .i-.uthri jv4.$jjj:agton. 8en4te Executive SessliiNortb Caro Una Appointments Considered Pen nypacker Conflrmed as Collector for jlne trilmlnstom DIstrfet A ' Dead- Lack Over Tom Cooper's Nomination r-A North Carolinian Nominated as minister to Liberia Tbe' Stair Route CaserrnrAnttPolyeaKy Bill sisnea by, tle Presidents ; IBy Telegraph to the aiorninjr Star. ' ! ' t Vfusatsr&tox March 23. The President td-day nominated John H. Smyth, of North rolina, to he Minister td JLiberia. c Tne sub-committeeof tn&Honse Elections commiitee.. on the , Florida contest, havo "agreed to report favorably to seating Bisbee j rne secretary 01 1 w ar tc-aay iasued in-, structious that fifty additional hospital tents be forwarded from Philadelphia to Vicks--burg, Miss., for the benefit pi the sufferers rrom.tne nooas.- , , . The Senate in Executive session confirmed Enos J. Pennypacker,' of North Carolina, Collector or ; toe (Uustcinis iJitnct of 5 W u- The greater, vart of . to-dav's Executive' I. session wa .eonsiHned ha cpnles oyer theA nommatioh ; of Thomas N. Cooper, as In ternal Revenue Collector of the Sixth Dis trict of North Carolina; 'iHis confirmation was earnestly opposed by , the North Caro lina Senators, on the j ground that the ap pointment is iObnoxious to them and a ma- lontf of the people of the State. - A vote on the question of confirmation resulted, yeas I 90 n A u 41 Q A Kilt m mfirn - w.iw r. l T. . I rejection was Immediately entered,- and all efforts to lay this motion on the table were' successfully resisted, by a resort . to fillibus-, tering tactics, and . the Senate? adjourned without final action. ? The vote was a strict : riarty one, except that Senator , Davis, of lills., umted with the Uemocrats in voting against Cooper's ; confirmation, and '0811, Uameron and JLioean did not vote with the Republicans, - but were understood to be ; paired with each other, although it was not stated,,: --v,;?v:.. . ... .:cvj: At the opemnsr of Slupherds testimony to-day, before the . Foreign Affairs commit-, tee, Shipherd. waived his objection to nam ing the mysterious Senator,.and said it was Blau; of New' Hampshire. "(Blair afid one other were the only Senators or . members who hadhecome interested ih the affairs of the Peruvian Company, or who. had been, approached on the subject He declined to ' name tne outer man, or say wnetner ne was hi the Senate or House. . Shipherd then pro duced a copy of his missing letter of May ' 21st, to the President, and it was read by the clerk, '! It was quite long, and rehearsed in detail the claims arid places of the Peru vian ' Company. The 5 letter - made refe rence to a number ,- of inclosures, naming the prospectus of the company, a draft of an agreement with Peru, and. stated that it ' was deemedHjesfr-tcay--thewhole matter before the President and to avail of such suggestions as he might deem proper'to he. made in the premises. That no difllculty was anticipated in a settlement of all t the differences without asking, -further govern-ernment- aid than that already indicated; j It spoke Df. the magnitude ot the interests. involved, and the estimated value ot guano at one thousand million dollars, and indi cated that ex President .Grant would be offered the Presidency of the Company, and that its board of j directors would in elude gentlemen equally well .-known . and. capable. The witness was ; uQweil to-day and the examination was brief;. ; i ; - " . rWTninol WW " " - "TI..1K J tip ,'J day; 4bef ore Judge Wylie, jbuTTE f endants Were nofc reswy , they yWerer post poned untumujiiaynjenjne necessity of pleading to the indictments will be per- Tne .fresiaent nas sisrned tne ajui Polygamy bilL ; , tvmi -.v,r -i Cadet Whlttalcers JDlscharge The Pe- . ruvlan Investigation Postponed National Educational Convention. v CBy Telegraph to the It oraing Star. i WASHXNGTok, March 24. The Secretary of War has issued a special order ; dis charging Cadet ,J.C. Whittaker from the Military Academy." on recommendation of the Academic Board, because of deficiency m studies. . hM,-'-r:Ao.t n? ji - Jacob R. Shipherd sent to the House Foreign Affairs committee this morning a nysician s cerxmcaxe oi luness, anu me 'eruvian investigation was adjourned, sub ject to the call or the chairman. - The Senate and House committees on Iklucation and Iibor held a joint meeting to-day, to hear arguments presented Dy members of the NatiormHSdueational Con vention now in session iffttils eity, ia advo cacy of their . appeal for a Congressional grant of immediate aid to the Southern States to supplement their efforts to provide for' educating all the: children within their respective boTdersv .j,V . 1 Amops those who addressed the commit tee' in advocacy of ?an , appropriation were Dr. Dickinson, . secretary ot the v.' . Board of Education; State: Superintendent a S Orr flffla.! t. iS.-Thomnson. Citv Superintendent of jj Charleston ; , , Mayor; ttourteney, ot , Charleston; Mr; uryan, son of ' U. S. District -Judge Bryan, of S C.i ReV. Dr. , Porter.. of Charleston, and-seve-i ral pronunent Northern educators. . ? Sen-; ator Blair, chaiiwnjofjhe. Senate commit tee, adawssed seyeiaiptians.to the dele eates as to the amount of , eoyemment aid desired, the period during which it should De artoraea, ana xnememoas oi aisxnuuuon. In reply it was stated that fifteen millions a year for , ten years. : would be , the smallest sum needed to, effectually , supplement the efforts of the States. 8 ' ' - - ' f ; i In the U.S. Supreme Court to-day,Tiddy, of Albany,(N. Y ,;filed a request for leave to file a petition for writs . of habeas corpus and certiaraji to bring the case Of Sergeant Mason before; that court.' The Chief Jus tice took the papers and said he would try to give an ana V)gjBptKj$.- Arrest of a Murderer Marine Dlsas- 4 '!s'!rByTelegphtblfie l Lvnchburo;- -: March rlnf oimatiori reached ;hete from Amherst Court House to-day, to the effect that James Rhodes, the murderer of ' the Masseys' in Albemarle, was captured near Cunningham's Mill, in this :county; on - Thursday, evening and carried to Lexington and. there lodged in . Norfolk, March 25. The steamer John Hopkmsr from Boston "for Baltimore ' via Norfolk: esteftteTl rescued theo crew i of the ;schO0ner - James "Martin. ? from i New York.. for ; Richmond, with a , cargo of cuano; The Whobhe? became disabled in a gale on Thursday I hight, - and Was aben doncd in a 'sinkins condition. .:;-;. s -!. i The schooner -A. H. .Leoning, fromRich4 mond for Elizabethport. New Jersey, loaded with raroades, utua here to-day forr repairs. one came an cqiusiou lasx nignx- off smith s i'omt with an uhKnown vessel and broke her main-gaff and tore sails. . - A Galveston (Texas) dispatch says that a raih-oad wreck occurred ' FridaV on the In ternational & Great', Northern' Railroad, in r -i v -v - - t : " . - La wjucu XiUguteer jjuug -was insuwuy iuicu ; j vs. ;n?..,4 - ' - - ' ; ' tit l MISSISSIJPFT. Ml' Cradnal Salient, of t Overflow- 1 1 ?1 i' tBy Telegraph to the Morning Staf,l ' 1 ', Yazoo Crrv, March 23.-The: river fell two inches at pis point last night,-) making a total fall of i four inches since noon on Tuesday. .rt j.t t,f ,t;i '"(, ri The City of Yazoo arrived from; Talla hatchie river and reports a' fall of ffifteeii inches it Sharkey, ; and; that the jiver is falling at the rate of four inches in twenty tour hours." Heavy rain fell at Greenwood which caused hi : temporary .fcheck iu- th decline, at rthat place. Along the'j Yazoo river, beloW Greenwood, the fall averaged five inchest -The extreme suffering reported .op Tallahatchie river was greatly exaggera ted: v ' According to - statements tof 1 officers of the steamer City of Yazoo,, thepeople in that section , of the, cpuhtiy are wellr pro vided for; and in some, places preparations are being made foe planting props., ft .kjt , ( Vicksbubg March 23. News from the Passengers by the steamw Sunflower from Sunflower river. - famish me ioHOWinar particulars' concerning the overflow in that- regiouf 'Tfom Burtentono-bVmutH'of the Sunflower the- Water is from two to; three feet higher than eve fenowftThe steamer landed at every habitation --.from; the mouth up, and - made special 3tnquiry concerning the wahts and eondijionf iof the? people. There was ho-:' demand : for pro- visionsas almost every One had enongh on hand to last-fen days.-v!Gmm foryeedine stock seemed to be the principal heedJoand was freely supplied:-' -aA -tea i- lfihmsiASm 421. The Situation in the , Overflowed Dls- trlets Great Lou of St6ek-Megres DentorallzedV-nanters'tUl Hopefnl. By Telegraph to the Horning tar. I New Orijeaks, March 24. The ISnies- nocrat says the .steamer Tensas? arrived at Demi yesterday, ! f its correspondent tele graphs a graphic description of' affairs in that section and along Black river.-At the mouth , of the river, information r was at): tained that Hog. Pond crevasse hadsub merged six large plantations. tThs stock generally has been sent out of that section to the huls in Mississippi. ' ' Oh the.Way up to Delhi the steamer ? picked, upn several ) tamuies who were ia search of high ground, J After reaching the mouth Of .the 'Black 'river the ' entire, country ' presented! the ap- giarance'of a vast inland sea, not a spot' of rid being visible anywhere."1' The rhouses on the farms are .abandoned, j Only:, the chimneys and roofs pf the houses were seen above the S flood. ! ' The ' occupants - had long since removed the stock and household eroods to the hisrh lands further up the river. Nearly all the women and tehfldreji in this section have been sent to the hills.!, but the male portionfwhite and colored, are living in gin-houses and corn-cribs, the .'floors of Which are scahoiuai uu auuve"-the water. They are working hard to save theiristock by conveying them in flats to the highlands. At least eight plantations 'on - 'Black1 river are submerged, with nothing to- mark their. r A Delhi, LaX; special saySthae Blaekand. Tensas rivers and bayu con-are rrising. rapidly, and fears are entertainedrthat the stock scattered al0ntheeeshorM2iwiir;be orownedoTjieloss otstoqklaaw M. estimated at $50,000. (Fifty-eight thpusana: peopled live i along these streams i itada JboMyate lca,CW-arwjflaf!;jr The overflow in Concordia parisff exteiwi ram Black riveIto, the JMississhmi. ikduH tance of thMyrfiyeiniles.1,. The-people are all in good ; "health, and" say" that the' water subsides by the middle of May they will make, a full crop. . ' ; I : . ... Prominent planters on the Tensas nver stated that they were opposed to the , issU,- jance of government rations, as there was no destitution .ong .' that river So treat that the people could not relieve; and the rations would demoralize laborers,.; Plantersgener- ally are . able to feed their hands until the flood is over. The nesroeshad alreadyrefased to assist in conveying out stock, saying that the government would send them rations. Other planters, however,' said that many of them could not get.' the city merchants to advance supplies, ' and Unless the govern ment furnished rations there would be great destitution among the colored people,v: : Operations of the State Treasurer , in Reference to -gnndlng tae -State Debt. - V:r;l4 U .; ; if- ; : j By Telegraph to the Morning itar.l a . .. Raleigh, March 24 The operations of' J. L. Worth, Treasurer of North Carolina,; in reference tb funding the State debt were made public to-dayr He has funded $8,-: 819,745 of Jold North Carolina bonds into! new four per cent, bonda; and given; in ex- chanee S3.oa8.oo ot new oonas. 'inree million, nine hundred arid seven' thousand and three hundred dollars of old bonds re main outstanding, unfunded The period within which , the exchange: could be madef has expired under the act of the Legislature' SOUTH CAROLINA . . Opposition to the No f enceXaw In- -t'-.;'i;-!;' endlary "Threats.) s-5 ' I 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star.J ,h v j , , Columbia, ..March ; 24. Masked riderf have visited the farmers in this county, who were getting their pastures enclosed to com ply with the . stock law passed by the. last Legislature; which goes into effect April 1st; Threats lave been made f faicendiary fires if the fences are; removed aridlhe par ties endeavor to cultivate unenclosed lands. The recent fire . ia Eichland. and one in Kershaw county, are attTihuted to the stock law opponents d -r.r,i j; Reports from the Overflowed DlstrUts vr jpaU oi -the; Waters Ioss of Hors ,j and Cattle. , ; j'1 ' . . ! " By Telegraph to the Mondag Star.J VicksbUko, March; .25. The steamer Tributary has arrived from Steele's bavouJ he reports the ' Greenfield piantation ; of Col. E. Di Richardson fully Qialf out of water at least one thousand1 acres and that at Capt. G, B. Cowen's' Esperanza -place there are fully six hundred acres out. But a slight fall is -reported in the lower portion of the bayou. z !Ht f About -t&OOO in money s and at,large amount- of provisions and , clothing have been ! raised at Stv Louis for the benefit5 of 8uff erers by the overflow tof. the; llississippi river. -,' ! ; : i ' . '' j - j----'-'':-. :F" 1 - Capt' Lee; in charge of Ithef government relief expedition up the Sunflower and: Ya zoo rivera.. estimates the total loss' of hogs in Yazoo comity, and-the loss of cattle, at fully. 7o per cent., and all, the fencing with many of the smaller houses, sere destroyed. He recommends the distribution to continue at least two weeks at-John3onville, and three weeksin the lower' Yazoo country by which time he thinks wbrtwill begin In the fields, and then the people -can probably take care of themselves. ; i u,,. - .... f) -rtjnn7-' no Rale!-y AdloJateTl Betts dfiXtunlin ciriuIi.Ji'ritesf-Old'ind New. In a ministry -of forty nine years .Rev. TL O. Rnrton baa tiavpi Wn TrocifHnfr lEldet or Pastor in DnplinbefbreJlSCa. .HeJT has just made his -first visit to us as R "EL His sermons were clear," forcible and quite short. In the- quarterly Conference he speaks very softly and makes a fine impres- ,sion. ! Pittsboro' Jt'eclrd: Mr. " W:' Ti n' 1 Hutson, of Matthews -Township, has in - i vquiea jinu. nan patentee a new. rn pian-"-. tA" 4.Vlftt will .bairn tYia laKrvp rt flir rr.n. .'''4 t t -,r"' r T".r . '" 'iiw 4M gTaidildren audi maim- juuiuuvjb- i iisjim XJX. AJT-U1X A UWlMr . i , 1 seventeen great-grandchildren. Her .oldest ferandchQd' is fhirtvnne veflra : nM :- ' -l iWe are pleased to hear, such favorable re'-':?,' ports of the growing crops in thiB county; ' Vi Charlotte tteriey? Mrs, rElla"1 ", Dixon,.wife of Mr, T. -W Dixonv died last ntght -at 10.SD o'cleckv Mrs. Mary . jliraham, of , Mr. Robert Graham, died " T al her home, three miles south of Charlotte,' last-Monday: Irs; Grahamwas in her 29th year. --untter the -cotitoct madefy the.ctty theip Were forty-flvehydrants erects ed by the Water "Works Company; all of them doubie-wmch is 'perhaps amrily sum- ! A lcent iniamberr tomeet the necessities of -x the city.T , ' r . . ppribr Court : has' entered upon 'its second r. r i veek, having still the consideration, of the State docket before it. upon which there ' ' : were 180 cases.- In -the .case of Wilhamuii Johnson,' indicted for murder, the.defen- , . aanj is not tasen and the witnesses are dis- ' charged. ;t The Old leases against Miltott ; S: j Littlefield for consniracv and John Pool i for .libel, "stilf appear at the head Of the 1 J 1 ' I - J ' . ( 13 Rockingham, Spirit : -, Fifty ar- f rests were made by the. town-police siuce r may iasi. nixie Doy. son ox xne jate: v Dempsey-Gibsoni of Beaver Dam township.; v -accidentally shot himself in the hand, with -ari old pistol last Saturday morning. -' A colored man; .Whose ' name : we failed to , arn, 'Was brought to town and lodged in" j. LiviH rsto n. thared with .. caoturinp a orse and bugfirv from a white man on the public highway in 'the lqwer'part of tbis ' countyii :t!ij-iu 'j-Ai,i , - , .,f Vtl,, ! -j-fHWadesbproi Times: Eleven more Immigrants will arrive here from West Yir- : ginia to-night. ' They are:a good class bf immigrants.: ? -r-The ; cotton,, receipts, , of , Wadesboro, so far this yeait a little less "1 tbari : last seasdh-i-undea thousand bales,; Wb underatandj ji--rMr. John, T , Patrick has handed us a phial of the cotton" seed toil," and a biscuit made with It ased as lacdj - The oil is clear and looks just like oliye oil, -, and is almost tasteless. The biscuit is white 1 jand 'light and tastes as - good as. a lard bis- . . icuit., i; iTT ;LUesvillecorrespbndent v Of i 'course you read Duncan KMcRae'S bbitu-"' ary hotiee or the. late Judge. Jfrencnt and ot j icoutse pronouncedit scholarly, eloquent, t true, elegantly' conceived 'and beautifully ' ' iwritten:: How? could it; be otherwiset . by j Isuch a writer and on such a theme T -: ! ;' --. ..'.-i-.i .',( i t ; rrn-Miltpn, hro?ticle; i "Mn wants but little here beiow.V ' AridlTmve learned 1 'that he generally gets it when hi ihe newstj paper business. lfe. . Kurrect, Bozy. , -j Ghron..- 7-Arid how Oxford ' gallantly ; steps forward and proposes to build a iraiW ! road from that townrto the Person line, in i the direction of Roxborb." ' Noble - little Oxford ! Wheri'did shel payJofE her dehty; 1 for building ,th road to Henderson ? . ' ; And South Boston,' daughter of bld'Ylf- Jginia,: emerging from her egg-shell wlU- . 1 build a fine broad gauge from the North -i Carolina line clean to Lynchburg? ' Person can and will surely carry it on vk:Roxboroi j to the Oransre line, and the. srallant Durham ! bull. will paw the'r bad frorii thePersori nrie to Ourhami jua IfhOWieasy. it ; is tof build. 1 magnificent raijroads-pn ,aPer ' ' Winston Sentinel: On last Wedr' nesday, near iWestfield,- in Stokes' courity; Ephl Moore-,' belored went to thehonsejaf l?skgples, ?MloreoV whenAe was ordered ft by Bnejv who had uisx4 'returned frbirt Worki Whea-1 Moore drevv a" Ulsiut-Miii. him in the head; killing him. instantly. ,A1- uxougn Aioore met a magistrate notiar irom : the scene of killing, and told :him he had ; killed Staples we learn that no warrant was issued Until next day, arid by that time the murderer had made good his escape. - Our crop prospects were never better at this season of the year. ' Wheat bf ! which a larger acreage was sown than usual, is looking remarkably well too well. some Of the farmers say; "So far the fruit 'crop has not been injured, and promises, a large yield. .Extensive preparations for a large tobaccoj crop are Deing made. .'.". - evuie uwvzvn: ur. u . x1 . xii. Hardy, an old and prominent citizen, pro nunent in the annals oi Ashevuie tor more than half a century, died in this vicinity on Sunday morning, in ; the 80th year of his age. Letters patent bearing date of Jan, 1882, have been issued - to ; Hosea . Lindsay and Emo. H. -iMerriman, of Ashe ville, for a new and useful improvement in corn and cotton cultivation. Some to bacco from Jackson county was brought here by Messrs. Teague and Terrell, . and : was sold at the Pioneer warehouse for $12 per hundred. A good price for a new to- bacco county. uapt. j as. w . -rerreu, of Jackson county, who was in the war as a captain of scouts and afterwards a quarter master J informs us that he is under the be lief that the Roster of Thomas Legion was never furnished our state authorities,, out was sent direct to Richmond. ' He made out that roster. Capt. Terrelr was connected with that force. He mforms us that the Legion contained 1,800 men, includmgf our companies of Indians. r In its latter stage of existence it was divided into two regiments, . one squadron bf cavalry and one company of artillery. The First Regiment had eight companies of whites and two of Indians, and was under the command of Col. James R. Love. - i The Second Regiment, under Col. McCamy, had. six companies of whites and . Levi's Battery, which went through the whole --j war. In-1864 two ; companies , of whites and two of Indians were added, and if was made a full regiment. : t day closed seven weeks of court in Meck lenburg. :,,The first was the special term . held by Judge Bennett, which lasted- ' three weeks, then came a week, of the Inferior . Court,.which was followed by three weeks Of the regular term ot tne superior uourt. Quite a siege, though the dockets still show., unfinished - business. The religious. meetings at the Second Presbyterian Church are largely - rattenoed w e . are in formed that Mrs.. Loula, wife of J.B.'Har-" risof Poplar Tent, died at her home yes terday. ' ' Mrs. '' Harris, was the daugh ter of Colonel L. L. Polk, of Raleigh.' This is the first ' year in which ' Charlotte will" holdno " municipal 'election. i'The ; new charter gives a two years term to ' the Mayor and Aldermen. I - Postal! "Notes: New Jorth Carolina offlcers: Scalesville, Guilford county, N. C. Pinekney Wall, postmaster Roberts Madison .county;. N. -C.. Jackson D. Roberts, postmaster ;; Gray, Alleghahy county, & Ravis F.s oag.' ; postmaster f Cases, Rockingham county. N. . C.,. James Highfill, postmaster. Postmas ters commissions sent K John; .Fti-uooD, Cobbs ; ; Mrs. Sallie P. 2larshalL. Salem Chapel?. Thomas. A. Hobbs,"WarreUsvSlle; Thomas C. Worth Creston; Frank Hawes, iReedy Creek; Miss Sarah . 8tewartT Wolf Creek; Judson J. Edwards, Ivy: James 5 Hl'Tbompson,i Mtv -Mournej ;rWJ- JJ Y. -. vThnrston, uiayton; yy. ju. jones,, uarey; Lewis B.' PenningtonV'Ilocky Mount; -John H. Moored Lick Log Creek; Miss Florae B. Oatts iRock ,f Springs Samuel . Brooks, Brooks. Mrs. Jx F. Edney. Bat , Cave: V John B, Harrill, Forest City" :