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Th'WeeklY Star. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Frop'r. WILMINGTON, N. CL -' . Feiday, Januaby 5, 1883. the members of Congress from this State to vote for appropriations for the various river and harbor improve ments of the State.' ' ! u - - . If "Ransom' never gives a worse vote than that vote oat of which cap ital is attempted to be made, he will continue to deserve the : confidence EDWARD JT. HALE. In the death of the venerable and Venerated Edward J. Hale his native State ha&t suffered a very real loss. No man loved North Carolina better than he loved her. No son of v the State, whether at home or residing abroad,: as was his -. fate, cherished a , OUR COMMERCE Business Jor the,Year liSBecelpl ... and Exports of Ct(on Uid Waval Scores, See, In writing to change 'your address, always give former direction as well as fall particulars as where you wish your paper to- be Bent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made. and favor of the people of his native higher pride or cherished a preform "Notices of Marriage or Death,; Tributes of inauKS, sc., are ona At this 'hanks. fcc are charged sements, but only half rates when paid for striotlyin advance ResDect. Resolutions of for as ordinary aavercisemen rged hall 1 rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Deatn. . . - ... t3?Remittances must be made by CheckJDraft-. Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. , . i t3POnly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher.- - . ... ; 3?Speclmen copies forwarded when desired. RANSOM'S RECORD AS A SENATOR. We have already expressed our selves freely as to the merits of Gen eral Matt W. Ransom as a Senator. We have no doubt as to his election. But as his record is being overhauled to show why he should not be his own successor, and as the Stab was about the first paper in the State, as our : files. will J probably , show, to cen sure hisvote for Grant, it is not out of place probably for us to refer to his record again. The Stab did not approve and does not approve of his , vote confirming Stanley Matthews for'( the Supreme - Court. Nor . did this paper approve of his vote to re tire Grant ' We spoke out plainly in the matter, We regretted that Gen. .Ransom, felt : called, upon to give these votes, but we did not doubt bis . fidelity to the South , or to the Democratic party in the least. We thought he had made a. mistake. He acted upon his judgment, with a full . knowledge, of his surroundings , and the facts involved, and he is not far wrong often in his votes. Whilst we did not approve of his votes in these instances, we can say 'that we have not been able to approve of all of the vptes of other : North Carolinians iri the Congress. Senator Vance, Gen. Scales, Capt.- Jos. J. Davis, . and others have voted sometimes as we could not have voted if circumstanced as they were. But .we have not in sisted because pf t this disagreement that they were unworthy of re-election, and not to be sustained hereaf ter by this paper. . So far from this we hold Senators Ransom and Vance, Gen!Scales and ex-Representative Davis in the highest esteem and among the North Carolinians ;who North Carolina. The Stab did not like two of his votes. The Stab has not been able to .agree always with' what other North Carolinians have 'done. ' Th ey acted for themselves and upon their own judgment. We thought differ ently and so saicL . IThey ' had a per fect right to their j opinion, and , we had an equal right to 4 our opinion. They may have been right and we may have been wrong, or vice versa. We have no n guarantee that the course of any other, man, who might succeed Ransom would beaa wise, as judicious, as statesmanlike as Ran som's course has been. , His successor might offend in one session by his votes and utterances more -than Ran som has offended in eleven -years of severe trial. ".:. THE DEAD OF NORTH CAROLINA ... - - IN 1882. In the course of a journalistic ex perience extending through nearly a quarter of a century we do not ' re member that so -'many . citizens -of North Carolina either of a general or a local reputation have died in any year as have died during the year that has just closed. It njjay.be as we grow older as we get nearer to that fate ful stream that separates the present from the life to come that we observe more closely the death of friends and acquaintances, or of men of influence and usefulness in their respective see der interest in all I that concerned her welfare.,; He showed this conspicu ously' during his residence" in New York during the last fifteen years of his life Although living in the great commercial metropolis, of '- our vast country and engaged actively, and unflaggingly id the effort to recuper ate his fortune wasted by the rava ges of war and'. the . vandalism of the enemy, and x at ; a time of life when most men .seek retirement and demand-;: rest -after ' prolonged and constant toil, . his .heart always burned with profound : sympathy and love for his native North Caro lina. He showed', that he took the deepest interest in all that concerned the moral,-. intellectual and-: material advancement of our people. , He kept an Argus-eye over all attempts to traduce or persecute the ; South, and was ready with his vigorous and in dustrious pen to defend and even re turn blow. for blow. . . , ' Mr. THale was born in Randolph county, and had attained to his 80th year.- lie was, we suppose, exceed ingly well preserved physically up to Ms last sickness. Intellectually he seemed in his prime. . He wrote two columns or more weekly as a corres pondent of the Fayetteville Ex aminer and the Charlotte Home-Democrat. His wisdom and judgment had broadened with his many years. His mind seemed as strong and ; as acute as it was thirty years before, into the spirit world.- Many of these were men of high abilities and most admirable characters. Some of these deserved 5 to rank , with - the best minds in x North ' Carolina. ; The Church, the professions, the useful callings of life have all been be reaved. .Many of, the dead of 1882 we nave nad the' great pleasure of knowing, and as to their merits, in tellectual and personal, we have borne already willing testimony. We speak in charity and admiration of the dead. Let us learn to sDeak in have been tried and can be thorough- charity and good i will of the living. iea uiey siana nrst among tne The "man who , bears malice; in his turns although unknown to us. Du ring 1882 a very considerable number and his interest in public affairs was of able and useful men have srone I undiminished. foremost. of the effort just now to overslaugh Ransom because of some of his votes. But let' us: descend to particulars. First as to ;Grant. Lamar and Gor- : don surrendered with Ransom at Ap pomattox. k They, like Ransom were in favor of retiring Grant. If they erred,' it was a matter of judgment . purely. ..' .'.' . " As to Stanley Matthews, Ransom, voted with Pendleton, Lamar, Ben Fill, Jo. Brown, Gen. Butler, of S. C. If they erred, and the Stab thought they !did, it .was a matter of judg ment .8im'plj"-The' Teasop ' sf or their action seems to have been this: while Matthews was in the Senate he was the most liberal Northern Republi- can towards the Souths He voted for the silver bijl, (which indicated that he was not the tool of the "bloat ed monopolists" as charged), and he aW voted to seat Senator Butler, of : .j in place of the capet-bagger, pretender. Jutler was admitted but hrpne ' majority. .We, antagonized Matthews because of his previous re cordhis connection with the frauds of 176 in the Presidential ; election. . As to his vote on the River and Harbor bill, we have no complaint, but indorse jit squarely. We stand firmly by his course He served the South, He was' very instrumental in securing much heeded help for North vHuuuaiina other Southern States. cuauieu tne aoutn to get some $7,000,000 of some $1 9,000,000. This is the first titae the South ever got a ' good slice. Ihe appropriations have been f goinff on fnr -i - 7 j cs. o auu lUC Nftrtb rrnt. n mi - v " o u. xnere were no jHous ; growls from the North until the South came in for a portion but not half .by a great deal. - Ransom did right and he wa in excellent icomjanyl j Whv do we say so ! Ofthiky Southern Senators twenty-seven voM for the bill. A majority of the V. C .Representa tnres did ihe samk thing. Senator Vance voted; with, kansdm for the last bill, j When J&ge Merrimon was in the Senate heand Ransom mvanably voted togeher for the Kiyer and. Harbor bills. V V :' ""' How absurd it would e to con demn Ransom in view of former Legislative'action. 'If ourmorv 6."iTy.jr h iauu tne Gtaeral ssemoiy; of North ' Carolina . several times unanimously insti heartland "nurses his wratbT to-keep it wiirmjcarries aljbut un' that which will rob him ; of the highest pleasure and sendihis burdened soul to the lowest depths of despair.. r Let tne . motto of 1883 be Malice for none and Charity for all. Let us act al ways upon the Shakespearean maxim "Gently to hear; kindly, to judge." "In Faith and Hope the world will disa gree, , vr . j- But all mankind's concerned in Charity." As we sit down to record some of the names of the jdead of 1882 these thoughts have arisen in our heart un bidden. -May the. lesson be not for an hour or a dav. 1 hn. tnr tKa oa. that(is justopenihg to us all. .Nay, ?8 Tfminencesof thepas mnho La txt:m v. m wh,CD he had been a leaded He l Mr. Hale has played a not unim portant or inconspicuous part in' our State politics. For some thirty years or more ghe was the j editor of the Fayetteville Observer's, paper that had more influence in the State than any other paper that was the expon- eui, ui , uig principles. . lie was a most decided partisan in those times, and was even accused of bitterness ; and uncharitableness. That he was most sincere in his convictions no one doubted. That he was the true friend of North Carolina was patent to all, ' He was of scrupulous integ rity, and of generous and noble im pulses. He was a( very useful and promlneut'iueuiber of the Episcopal Church, and lived and died, we must believe, in the hope of an. immortali ty of bliss. ' . , ' ., All over North Carolina, from Cur rituck to Cherokee, the news of his ueatu wui oe received ; witn regret. Having, lived his four-score years in the nature of things he could not re main among his friends in the bond age of the.esh for many years. And yet because, of bis physical and men tal activity jve haL hoped ; that he would liveat least another decade to instruct "by his practiced pen and give The receipts of cotton "at the port of "Wil- i x ... l TV 01.1 uuugwu tor iae year enumg uw. oxa,r 1882, footed up 123,572 bales, as against 129,792 ales: for 1881; spirits turpentine, .83,669 casks, as- against 85,525 casks for 1881; Tosin, 476,869 barrelss as against 432, 654 barrels for 1881; tar, 72,674 barrels, as against 60,534 barrels for -18815 rude tur pentine, 72,070 barrels, as against, 91,458 barrels for 188L" The cotton exports during the past year footed up ' 117,258 bales; of which ' 72,624 bales went coastwise and 44, 634 foreign: as agai&st 125,429 bales-for 1881. of which 67,765 bales went coastwise and 57,664 bales foreign.' The exports of spirits turpentine , footed up 87,908 casks, of which 34,620 casks went coastwise' and 53,283 casks for eign, as against 87,658 cask for 1881, of which 29,181 casks -went coastwise and 58, 477 casks foreign: The exports of rosin footed up 444,318 barrels, of which 105,414 barrels went coastwise and 838,903 barrels foreign, as against 486,138 barrels for 1881; of which 40,479 barrels went coastwise and 445,659 barrels foreign The exports of tar footed up 71,445 barrels, 'of which 55, 938, barrels went - coastwise ;,and 15,507 barrels foreign, as";against 50,491 bar relsfor 1881, of which .85,582 bar rels went coastwise and 14,909 barrels for eign.-1 -The exports; of crude turpentine footed up 2,309 barrels, of which 2,179 bar rels went coastwise and 130 barrels foreign, as against 2,437 barrels for 1881 Of which 2,335 barrels went coastwise and lOS'.bar rels foreign-. - : - ' . ,, . otjb sinprrNo. J ' " During the year ending Dec. 31st;-1882, there arrived at this port 481 large vessels; nearly all over one hundred tons burthen and none less than sixty tons,-of which 283 were American and 198 foreign, as follows American 81 steamers, 10 barques,12 brigs and 180 schooners. Foreign 144 barques, 44 brigs and 10 schooners. The tonnage ag gregated ' 201,266 ton, of which 130,979 were American and 70,287 foreign. The largest number of vessels" arrived ' during the month of December, as follows: Amer ican 10 steamers, 1 barque, brig, 17 schooners. Foreign 34 barques, IS brigs, 2 schooners; total 68. 'The aggregated ton nage being 30,061 J tons, of which 14,634 were American and 15,427 foreign. ! ' A So-Called Prophet cm f a Comet. .. A colored . woman, who. gives her name as Lucy Hines, and says she t lives in the "County of Pender, Nortlj Carolina. Scott's Hill, appeared at the City Hall yesterday morning and inquired for CapU Brock, to whom she told a wonderful . storv. which showed that her mind was seriously affect ed on the subject of' religion. ' ?We ques tioned her somewhat, and in response she told us that she was the -Prophetess of the Comic Star in the East; " that the ''comic' never made it appearance until she was convicted of sin and of a judgment to come, and that when , she arose with glad heart from her knees the star .also arose in the rew.e.-: 6hc-y i e tmariting' tho cireusarnved here the Lord - told her she must - commence' : preaching, and that ; she has been ; preaching . ' ever since, On Tuesday, Jhowever, the Lord told her to come to town arid have her "mes sage" published in the papers, which would save . her the trouble and - inconvenience of going from house to house and proclaim, mg it She was asked what the messae6 was. and she replied : 'Come to me. come to mer That was all of tt. She is a ig j f Prepossessing, pleasant featured wiuicu umau, apparenuy aoout 35 years of age, and talks with good sense on all other subjects but that of religion. " i An order was secured from the county and she was sent temporarily to the county jail for safe-keeping, until other arrange ments can ..be made, or her husband or mends come for her. CO ZTFTK. COMMISSIONERS. Synopsis of Proceeding In Adjourned 1 ; - sewion. ; , ; . . rhe Board met in; adjourned session, yes terday afternoon. " , t ","3 Jl he:" Treasurer, submitted his report for the month of' December, 1882; the general fund showing a balance on hand of $2, 575.85. School fund, balance enhand $5,- The Register of Deeds submitted his re port of "receipts f or " marriage' licen ses f or the month of December, 1882, and exhibit edn receipt' fromme' Treasurer 'for - the amount of $22,80 paid over.'-i -) - . . ; Lemuel D. Cherry, Surveyofrelectfor the county of New Hanover, submitted his offl cial'bond in the sum of $1,000, with S. H. Manning and H. E. Scott' as 'sureties, and was duly qualified as such. Robert ISweafr, Constable-elects of Wfl mingtoa Jflwn8hipv failed to .give ; the' re quired bond, and - the, .office, j was ; declared vacant, when Thomas O. Bunting was put iq nomination and elected and offered his official bbnd in the sum of $1,000; which was accepted and ordered filed; and be was duly qualified.' - . 's ,r : . -.. , The following magistrates made- their annual report for the year 1882r James A Montgomeryi W. W. Harriss, Jos. , C. Hill and F.' A Grady. '" r ; Furnishing medicines to the outdoor poor for the next two, years was awarded to Jno. ,1 reported that be wUl.be bjjj-ied at Nice be- K.. Mcllhennv at 15 cents for each DrescrirP 81uo.Jlls momer. ine jrresiaent ot tne lie ; 'i GAMBMTTA . The IiUt Stomenti of the Illnstrioa ; Statesman Tne freneli Nation Over whelmed at tlie Annonncement of bis Death Comments of the British .- and German Press. -jbt Cable to' the Morning Star.1 " Pabis, Jan. 1. M. .Gambetta died at his residence at Ville DA vera at midnight. : He was quite conscious to the last. .. The death agony lasted two hours... M. Spuller, M. Etienne and Dr. Fersenal wete; present at the last moment. The physicians who at tended M. Gambetta state that his death was due to pysema caused by suppressed erysipe las.; A clot of blood which- had formed, in the ' heart suffocated ' the deceased. ' A plaster cast of the 'face, was taken -this morning. There ,will be an : autopsy , to morrow. A State f uueral, it' is expected, will be given to deceased., ...Xondok, Jan. 1. Baring. Brothers give notice to'day that the senior partner of that firm." Mr. - Russell; Sturges. retires-from active commercial pursuits, . The business will be carried, on by the -remaining part ners. ".''-Sr.' I .X: i 4 - "' - " ' -7 . .--- .. - Vibjswa; Jan LThe suicide of ; Count Wimpffen has caused great consternation here. - Shortly before his death he addressed a letter to Count Kalroky, Imperial Minis isterof Foreign Affairs. , The letter is now en route here, and may perhaps furnish a clue to the cerebral disorder with. -which the Count was afflicted. -- The deceased had no prof essional trouble !- -' ' " Paeis, Jan. 1. The death of Gambetta has created ' an - immense sensation here. Groups were gathered on the boulevards by 9 o'clock this morning discussing it. Gam- ueita nnaiiy aiea-ouue peaceiully. ; -It is Spirits Tjirpenti "; Pittsboro Iteoord: Mr t t Hinshaw died on. last Thursday fm V jawr caused by his arm being crusi. J .cotton gin. His sufferings are'MiH 7 V0 been intense. In the death of him i18 R. S. Stone Chatham county has i11' very, useful and highly esteemed ci? who will be greatly missed, i m Pr- Washington Gazette1: Mr t Pinkham, of Jiong Acre, broke hi .'Jlno- Monday. .- The schooner Cora n 00 Gaskill captain, reached this nort L, from the; West Indies, - with carWeek signed to her owners, Messrs. 8 Ti & Son. .The Cora brought 100 'hivr0wle of molasses and the tariff on the samf r cents per gallon; amounted to $726 56 Shelby Aurora F This year Shelby merchants will ship ll.oob hi cotton from our depot. This eVincS ? ' growth; in the production of cotton kM we consider that fifteen years &so nL , county did notrraise fifteen Kb December :16thj- 7,460 bales were VeiiS at the depot. . This, with other oyjiKA iiciu. UiaiLCa 1 LiiR TrPCflr,t SheTby.ePmbe8lSt;Ver 8'0 bS Salem JPress: The Baptist n, tracted meeting at Waughtown 010 !: Sunday, 17th inst. We learn that persons professed religion, i w I , been informed that, at a shootin? J? near Rural Hall - in tn. ! cu. jxjger, jr., on th ; Whiskev at tl.P h",?.Cntl: Tuttle Struck Geo. Kieer. Jr . nn t,'"T: with a inim . TTiwr ia ao? v c ue8Q n. , Ti ft nnlnrprl vnnfh ;n .1 cal condition. it--.- tion. j. . " '.,r . i' ..John W. erdewwas .appointed Stand- ard Keeper for the next two years. ' " ' ' The contract for the burial of and fur nishing coffins for the outdoor poor was awarded to Nora Sampson; i i i.. Ordered that the salary of .the Superin tendent of Health be . fixed at $900 per an num. .". - v : Application of D. D. Barber to place a flat at Hilton ' Ferry, to continue until a public - ferry - shall be ' established, '"' was granted." - r -1, j . , r' , .John H. Savage was reelected keeper of the county .poor : house . for the next two years. " ... ., , ' ., It appearing, to the satisfaction of the Board, opon the application of E. J. Penny packer; President of the Champion Com press Company; that the v delinquent tax upon guano stored .with, said company, which was charged against them, is in ex cess of the true amount, the same was ordered to be corrected. It was further ordered that the said company ' be allowed to list the said property at its true value." - Ordered that delinquent tax payers whose land? have been sold for the taxes of 1881 be allowed Until the first Monday in FebnV ary to redeem the same, and all such lands remaining unredeemed at that time shall be sold to the highest bidder according' to law.'-.'.. ,ii : i . r-'- .-. :: .:?!i-y;:s(i Ordered, that all;, visitors . to , the ! Poor House be required to obtain permission of the Superintendent before they shall be ad mitted to the premises or any part thereof. The following venire-of jurors to serve ui, uie r eDruary term ' of the Criminal Court was drawn: A Prempert,' Ji B; Far rar, J. F. Craig, Edward Green, Thos. W. Meares,' Washington Howe;' John E. W; Georee. Clavton Giles. R n Jowott ' i?8- ?-, I??rne- - D- Morrell, W. B riuiis, v. tt. oagers, jftorris MCFarlati, John A-Everett, H. W, Bryant, Edward Stills. Samuel Bearfc Jr., D. D. Futch, Ben jamin Farrow,' 1 D. E. Sadgwar Charles Clyne,-James W. Jackson, R C. Bowden, A C. Johnson, S. P. Collier, Thomas Beck. John A Hewlett; M. F. Beasley. ; ' - The matter of settlement with the Sheriff was leii 10 ine finance committee. public, Grevy, was much affected by the news. . ' - 1 ' - ; - ' -' - - - London,' Jan.-' 1. The- Standard says: An intimate friend of Gambetta states that he had become a confirmed hypochondriac. Weariness and disgust at the failure of his projects may explain much that is myste rious about the life just closed. -; A Paris dispatch in the second edition of the Times says that the .death agony-of Gambetta began before - midnic-ht after great suffering, rwhicn ceased when the ag ony began. The Bepublique Francaise, of which he was proprieter, appears in black, but gives no details of the : final scenes. , Messrs. Arnoud,- Proust and Hecht were present at his death-bed. It is stated that he left no political testament. He made private wm on csaiuraay. a deep - im pression is produced here. Papers report ing bis death are selling on nearly , every street and crowds are struggling to procure thorn. "Telegrams were sent to President Grevy, and other authorities immediately after his death. Gambetta died 'in a state of unconsciousness, but in the course of the afternoon he exclaimed 'je suis perdu il est ' inutile de dissimaler inais jai test souffert que ce sera une deliverance." His death is like a thnndpr atrnka a bewildered nation. - London, Jan. 1. I he Pall MaU Gazette, of this evening, says "It is thought that the death of Gambetta will not break up the Republic. ; It will have minor- effects of very obvious importance.; .Though far too sagacious to be other than a Convinced par tisan of republics Gambetta has always been very susceptible of the force of French tradition. He thought himself a new Ma zarin or Richelieu. Liberalism all. over Europe will deDlore the loss nf t.hA and retharkable figure of the statesman who usea nis truiv vinle ploy .of E.'Belo. har. Occasion to reme the folly of fooling with a pistol. SJS On .TllACQTF i .. time to coma carelessly handling a pistol it fired off Z hall penetrating :0ne of his arms nSith. wrist and Dassim? ' nnwnnla moHQ .. we rfiesh wound.- -',"7 T . Greensboro - State: i The dried fruit trade of: Greensboro the past season has been an: unusually large one afJ seen by the figures.appendedj The firm 07 Houston & Bro. furnish us with the follow mg statement .of their shipments- pJZi peaches, 84,444 pounds; halves and'quwa peaches, 85,374 pounds; blackberries Ho 933 pounds:. plums, 3,815 pounds; cherfi 'nW185 aPPtes, 69,035 pounds;! all, 379,124 pounds. Messrs. J. W Scott & Co. report to ns the shipment of 320 5 tr" " "uus on enumerated abo Messrs Odell & Co.shipped 372.093 poundi lhe; above shipments were made bv the three largest dealers . in town, and other heavy shipments have no doubt been made by other firms engaged in buying and shin ping fruit. ; tj, New Berne Journal: From some misunderstanding between Mr Thos. Gooding and Mr. Thos. McCleese on last Thursday, near Pamlico, the former took three or four shots tat , the latter as he was leaving his premises. , :sNo i damage done. About one hundred people assembled at the Methodist Church at midnight on the 31st to offer thanks for the old year and to ask blessings for the new one. - Atthe colored tournament yesterday Walter Ea-banksthe-Knight. of the Cutler, was the only Knight. that was able ; to carry off a ring at all.; - - The Democrats should be slow to condemn the votes of Senator Ran som when they remember that the whole party voted for Horace? Greeley for Presi dent on a Republican platform only ten years ago. V ; -, vroldsboro Messenaer: We re mind " fnr- nnhlo cause, and who will live in French historv t gret to hear of another failure in this ritv among the most courageous, acute' and ef- - Smith, who but recently bought fective founders of the Republic. .The out & B.t GoeleVEsq., oh Saturday last measure of his loss is the secret or avowed made an assignment to Col. J. J. Baker for satisfaction with which it will be hailed by benefit of certain creditors. The asseto the reactionists and enemies of free govern,- a?e sufficient to cover all liabilities ment all over Europe.", j ' V ( Hon- J-'L. M. Curry, the eminent agent of t-ARis, Jan. i. (Jambetta'e f aceis neace- I ue ieatwdy fund, will address our DeoDle .ma -1 I in fha TT ... . ..r . ... iaio vspem xiuuse. on ine nignt ot tne lotn in the interest of education . We are animating ; principle i , L';of the : whole . We do not undertake to give the names of but a few of the men of local, reputations who have passed away during the Old Year. We give such as we are abje including, we be lieve, all of the more distinguished names among the . dead of 18821 Judge George W;!Brooks,Dr. C. Tate Murphy, Prof. .William Loftin Ilar grave '' Hon, Lewis llanes. Red ding ? Blount, , , pr. Hanson , F. Murphy Dr. Robert C. Jen kins, Captain David R. Murchison, Judge Robert S. French, Rev.' Wil liam M. Jordan, Dr. J. F. E. Hardy, Dr. A. H. McNair, Major Richard C. ; Badger, Maji. Basil C. Manly; William If. IT. 'Tucker, TOr. Edwin Barnes, Rev. Thomas R. ' Owen. Rev. Dr. William Closs, Rev. AT E. Bennett; Gen. David Clark; Joseph B. Cherry, Oscarf J; Foard, Rev. Dr. Braxtonj : Craven, Dr. : Preston Roane, Henry. Lilly, Dr. John M.' Carson, Henry A. London, Senior, Richard H. Battle, Senior, Bartholo mew Fuller, Col. Nicholas M. Longj A. J. Hubbard, George BadjjerHar-j ris, Col. John H. Wheeler, John Bj Gretter, Rev. Elias Dodson. Dr 'I -j. i . . never held political office, we think; To be the editor of a very influential paper was a position as full of respon sibility and requiring as much of hu man attainment arid information as well as of intellectual ability as to be LllllnKton River ImproTementa. v Work was commenced on this river on the 13th: ult. consisting" of cutting over hanging trees, trimming banks and points of all brush and removing all logs, snags, sunken trees, flats and other obstructions from the river. The force at work have cleared the banks" and river for three miles Some deviation from' the brisinal nlan f lmprpvementwill be made. Several points will be cut off and three cuts across narrow necks made. After clearing off trpm :ni Proposed MUHmry Convenlloii. V We have hitherto omitted to mention the fact that a call has been issued, signed by Messrs. J. L. Cant well, M.' S. WillaW, T. C. James, F. H. Fremont and 'Iredell Meares oommittee for a convention of the members of .the State Guard at Raleigh on Tuesday, the 23d day .of January, o me morialize the Legislature;' then in session, for an annual appropriation to defray the expenses of ent for annories. an annual encampment,' and the proper maintenance of the Guard. Each command is requested to send as large a- delegation as possible composed of its best men. . reoardU -e ..'..- v v ful and hia Una wcor a omiin Berlin, Jan. 1. Almost all the news papers; have, articles ' on Gambetta. The (semi-ofnciai) Post says that Jthe most emu hent politician of France has departed. He was a man , of strong passions and great power, who seemed still destined to play a great part m history. . It is a significant question; whether it would have been a bene ficial one. " w5j- v - , . . . , . .' The National Zeitung says that German v uas loss a great enemv. flmrhotttf tn rank. iri office in ashinfirton or iri thewl I -blasting out stumps at those points and cuts. viVo nf Wa Qtnti . i. ' a areage wiu De used to complete the work v ice of the State at home. , As editor when the riverwiHbe navigable for steam of the ' Observer, he exerted more posi- era of )hree hundred barrels capacity. ,; wveauu aireci, innuence Upon the 'for MatUns; from Wne Straw. tunes pf. bis party, iri the State than dii any one leader of his: time among the spe'akers arid officials. Mr. Hale will be long remembered by the peo ple'. of North: Carolina. . He was a true-Wn . every ; inch of him!. He was of sterling worth honest and honorable,1 a conscientious jour nalist who jtood by what he con ceived to be the truth and toberthe right; and who magnified hia import ant calling. - T.t, He was trained for his profession under the elder . Joseph Gales, who fourided the Raleigh Register nearly eighty years ago". ; He served under him as did so many other . men who were afterwards r distinguished ; jour; nalists Joseph Gales, Jr.', William t. oeaion (the founders of the bid uxunonai 'JLntetliotinw -arhi . 7 1 " tiiVU We examined yesterday a specimen of mattmg manufactured from the common pine straw shipped North from this and other North Carolina ports, in its crude state. ; It makes an excellent matting, which Is used extensively, particularly as a coveruig m railroad cars and other places where it is necessary to keep the seats and other furniture from exposure to roueh usage, dust, etc.,; Why, cannot a inanufac- m?17011? gooda established here ? M.r. U. H. Bisseneer : had thn PTnminul . . ; ... . . . Cambetta Token or Reapect. j ' The overpowering grief with which' the announcement of , the death . of the. great French statesman and patriot, Gambetta, was received throughout the French Re public, Vhich' found such W devoted friend irihim,: is not. altogether without its coun terpart in this land of f reedorn and free in stitutions. ii( He had many warm friends and sincere admirers this side of the Atlantic who sorrow deeply at his -death.. Yester-.y.- J acoh Loeb, French Vice-Consul at this port, had his consular flag at half mast, as a token of respect for the deceased we examined. Jllovement of Cotton. ' ,'r - ' The receipts of cotton darin? the past uionin looted up 25,149 bales. ,778. bales up to the same . as against .period last bins great , wniar orsranl - Lumsdn nt the New Orleans Picayune, Weston rw Crales and others. . -..: - As we.said, Mr. Hale, never! ceased to love North Carolina and to take a profound interest in all.that concern- u ner weitare; i,lving abroad, his was witn - ma c; uoiumbus Mills, I-Dr. Joshua Walker, and W. P. Phifer i Others may be able to supplement' ,u list witn such names as were prominent in the many sections of the State.' We shall hereafter refer to the distinguished dead of the U nited States and Europe. We can-" not now make the list perfect enough to answer our purposes. ' "'Ti8 J?e great birthright of mankind tri With might TlDi-ii-hla Goldsmith a Ti VrTT- u' t .. lie well say: ' :' I iKer!L'er 1 roam' whatever'realms to see My heart, untravelled, fondly turns to thee?'' ir..-. . l jurs. ueorgeE. Pittman, Newberne. N . . . - vw WAA V HJ ' lillM 1 IHTlflTilla I '. t ' effect of Brown's Iron Bitters." . 4 " . , Row to Save. All hard wnrWa kidnevsL?? JW attack save" 3T aicknessriKm! nelay at; sucrtimes means danger.-!. Press. See other column. year. ' The receipts for the crop year from' September 1st to date, foot up 112,852 bales asagainst 127,894 bales up to 'the same wJl ori 8,howin? a decrease for 1882 oo of 15,042 bales. ' m mt ,.m ::ft;? Foreign Shipment. , . v The Norwegian barque Jasva, Capt So rensen, was cleared from this port for Liv- pooi, yesterdav, by Messrs. A. Sprunt & OOn, With l.Rftfl halca nnttnn i..Im) knv 000; also the Danish -barque Louisa, Capt N VArZZU XT-jj n ' Jsuiaica, Dy Jttessrs.' iTrd di& Son-w 165.532 feet of ?m32 fl1 shingles, valued ?d ld2. 01. Total value of foreign ex ports for the day, $93,132.01.' T : .a t . . ' .- - . : - . ,- , . , f v AecldentaUy KlUed. , v.. A colored man by the'riame of James was accidentally shot and killed at Lumberton on New Tear's night by another colored man named Toney Rogers. A shot gun was the weapon that did the work. - -v , HORSFORb'SACID PHOSPHATE In Abuse of ' Alcohol. Db. ' Joriti ' p WmsELER. Hudson, N. Y.; says; "l have given jt with present; decided benefit in a case of innutrition of the brain, from abuse of alcohol." " - - ' f : Foreign Exports Dnrlns tbe Tear 1 882, el and tne Valae of the Same, j t ; ; . During the year just closed, as We find upon reference to the. books in the Custom House, the exports of cotton, naval stores, ,etc., from the port ; of ;Wilmington, have footed up as follows: Cotton 42,451 -bales,' -weighing 4,054,-' 975 pounds, and valued at $2,124,906. Rosin and Crude Turpentine-335,043-barrels; valued at $706,324.-. 1 , Tar and Pitch 15,503 barrels, valued at $33,996. i . .. ' .- ,-. Spirits Turpentine-2,570,685 gallons " valued at $1,184,320. ; ' Lumber-8,179,000.feet, valued at $149 - , Shingles-1,925,000; valued at $12,007. "' Miscellaneous Value $1,866 25 ' :' ' ' veSelf ISsow -f th y.i American Lumber and Shlnsles. ' ' f'-h'' wTih 6?lumher from the port of t?dJxnaS the year 1882 amounted ' 00 Ieet' or wlucn 31.217,061 feet went to coastwise, and 7,793,166 feet to : foreign ports. ; ; t JA exPrts of shingles dunng the year footed up 6,635,851, of which8 4,45e76 went to coastwise and 2.181,175 to foreign ' " Hne and. Liberal. "J " d When the Hops in' each bottle of Hop Bitters (at the present price, $1.25 per lb.,) 5st "Spre than a bottle is sold for, besides the other costly medicines, and the quality and price are kept the same, we think - it is honest and liberal in the proprietors, and do One BhOUld cnmnloin Ktt A- ,- .1. less stuff, or cheating bogus .imitations be cause the rrice is less. ' - that his reputation in the fnturo v with a war of revenge and his whble enersv ui - preparing r ineretor. vf He may be said to have constituted himself the Permanent danger f the peace of Europe:' Th? Tagblatt saysf "The man of uncom promising, revenge is dead. His decease affords tu ' better -secarUy for' peacethaat any sort . of alliances. . His 'grandly " con stituted character commanded a certain rev spect even from his enemiesfbutnaw&er? is no" i .- . - -. " T, Pabis, Jan. 1. For nearly twen-houra Derore fcrambetta became unconscious he complained that he wa5 tortured with pain,, as if a ball of red hot ron, were inside of e aaa recently become asthmatic, therefore not . permissable to ventilate his room properly. Several times during his illness he spoke to M. Bert, member of the Chamber of Deputies, upon some matters weighing on his mind, but always briefly. ' MM. Ranc - and Spuller were summoned" to his bedside for the pur pose of receiving a communication, but the' syncopepreceding death! had . begun when they arrived It is believed that - the hope. S2. n? the buetins issued during Gam-1 betta s illness.was due to the advice of Dr. Charcot, who did not wish the sick man when papers were ad to him, to hear any thmg that might have a depressing effect J?'3?' 1-TThe funeral f Gambetta t ,Dducte(i wlth Purey W1 rites. lUe lamilV am nn-rimia .o i i :i H P156 t Nice, but friends ad vise that it take place at Paris.; In conse- iPVS of the high functions the deceased uau unea me authorities have thought it expedient to place seals on his papers. ; But few papers have appeared to-day ia - 86- quence of its being a ' holiday. 5 Nonb of the articles published so far reflect; on the pohtical effect of fiambetta's death, but confine themselves t6 deploring the loss of the statesman who-did not despair after Sedan. .. ----- V-;-.' J.' The Bepublique ?Frahcaise &&jsihkX at o'clock yesterday evening the doctors in the room with Gambetta perceived that the abscess ; had burst - internally. ' At '10 45 o'clock Gambetta recovered consciousness sufficiently to thank his- -friends for their attention, which he did with perfect cahW ness His breathing then i became more difficult. ' -" -. - r - : A Btream of the most noted Republicans is now passing through the death chamber. The face of the deceased has already be-' come swollen and is greatly changed; This afternoon a man selUng copies of the news paper. Le Radical containino- article concerning Gambetta was seized by a crowd on the boulevard. His papers were destroyed and the police had great difficulty in rescuing him from the excited populace. - ; . Washtogtoit, Jan. 1. The foUowing was received to-day: - . , , . , ,, , . o "Paris, Jan. 1st. To M. Frelinghuysen, Secretary -of State,?' Washington D. C : Ihe death of Leon Gambetta has caused a profound sensation in France. In his death the government and people of the United tstates have lost a. devoted frisnrJ great admiration for our; country and its : institutions was expressed on all occasions. Uis death is, to the' members of this lega- ro'-a reat 1088 and Personal sorrow , LSigned - - - r , "Mobok." , . ,'' , Beauty Kesalaedi The beauty and color of the hair may be" V J sr . z u. U!UD5 Jfarker'8 Hair Balsam, which is much admired for its per fume, cleanliness and dandruff eradicating ourry ut learn mat tne mumps is again making its appearance in om town. It is -quite amusing .to- hear jthe Senatorial question discussed by . our Republicsn f riendi Some of them "go "so far as to an ticipate another Merrimon squabble andi similar result. : There is no danger of that, Mr. Dortch rests' his case in the hands of the Democratic caucus. ; - Charlotte . Observer : The as says bf bullion at the, mint in this city dur ing the past month amounted to $5,993 39. r-By an accident at Third Creek, on the Western North Carolina Railroad, a day or two ago, five ? box cars were tumbled into the ditch. , No one. was hurt. Presi dent J. M.' Robinson of the R. & G. R & A, and Seaboard and Roanoke roads, gave each of the engineers on his various lines checks for .from $75 to $100 as a Christmas present. .. Mrs. Langtry plays in Atlan ta on the 24th, and it is suggested that Char lotte might possibly present her enough in ducements to get her to stop here one night C&pt. Chas. Harrison yesterday sold the S. W. Reid lands, '45 acres, in Steel Creek township, for $20 an acre to Mr. Wm. Todi . A change in the management of our neighbor, the Journal, has, been made, so we, are informed. Mr. Hugh W. Harris, the city- editor, has bought the interest of Mr. Wt C. Wolfe, who retires from the pa per. : t a detective from Columbus, 0.. came to Concord Sunday morning, with requisition from the Governor of Ohio, and. arrested : and carried away a Jewish mer chant named Summerfield who has been doing business in Concord for a number of months. - The charge brought against him is that he obtained money under false pre tenses. The freight conductors and flagmen on the Richmond & Danville Bail road have, received notice that hereafter they are to be paid by the mile. The through freight conductors will receive 2 4-1Q cents per mile and the local freight conductors 2 6-10 cents. " s - ; - ' ' - Raleigh News-Observer : The dogs have had their day in the State ever since its settlement. The time has now xsome to ' give fthe; sheep a showing. -During December the -city police made eighty-five arrests. - - D. A Buie, col ored, while dancing at a colored ball at San- " ford, suddenlv fell to the floor, dead. . The ' cause of deatkjwas . supposed- to have been neart -aisease; - - On Thursday some twenfivo or thirty, convicts will be taken from . tne , penitentiary to 1 work on the Quaker Bridge road, near the Trent river. in Jones anu unslow counties. JO"" Nobles, who some ten years ago came to this section, and made his home out in the Rhamkatte section, died last Friday night He was a strange man, a regular cosmo poUte,' f err he had traveled the world over. For manjr years,', it is ' said, he managed a circus which made its headquarters on board a schooner. It went to Australia, all along the coast bf South America,&c. , being on the voyage, altogether, seven or eight years. - The Alanta Ckmstitution says of Judge Samuel Hall, recently-elected to the Su preme Bench of Geonria, that "Judge Hall has never been in public life, -but among hi professional brethren he is known as a law yer of great culture and a man of tne ability. He will, no doubt, do credit to himself and good service to the State in hi new position. He will take his seat on the second .Monday in January, when court again assembles. " Judge Hall was a stu dent at the University in the same class, w believe, with Frank Blair, j: His parent Were from the Cape .Fear, where he wa born - and married. Hickobt, N. C- Jan. 1. The drug store of Dr. E. H. Bob bitt & Co. and the confectionary store of H. S. - Suttlemyer were burned to-day J noon.-. The origin of the fire is unknown. ; Most of the good were saved. The stock and most of the buildings were partly i sured. ,' .' j - . Mrs. J. H. . House, Littleton, N. says: "I have found Brown's Iron Bitto a. safe and- pleasant cure for general dv
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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