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HE FOURTH INSTAL1BKNT, ; '
The State of Virginia ia end savor-'
in. ia obtain what is known sw the
pdii rili Instalment, due her under an
ad. jai'd 23d of June," 183C.
V' li.-ivc examined the argument -'of
i i
loii'Miy and AUk.xandert as puhlinhed
in .unlilct form. As North Caroli
n:i .i!il-Llm other States that were in
'.vi.tlH' when the act was' passed,
ai-f intMVted, we may take time to
give 'a few joints concerning the act.
There' was a largo surplus in the XI.
S. Treasury after 1 8.10, ' and the
statesmen of that time were too wise
and conscientious and patriotic to re
main satisfied with an , overflowing
Treasury and an abounding surplus
as a consequence. They ' knew the
danger of such a condition ; of
thmgs. What to do with the in
creasing surplus was the consider
ration with them. By taxing un
der the Tariff the vpoor; man's
necessiaries ny laxmg sixteen or
eighteen million people for 'the bene
fit of a few thousand ' in New Eng
laiel, the Treasury had been -filled
anl the surplus had been created. It
w m ih' rule then to practice rigi4
w.ny in the public expenditures!
Extravagance, waste and corruption
wi-re then scarcely known.' ' The
fat hers were mainly pure and nprightr
m -i:, and rascality and wild schemes
of Iinnler met with but little itavor
So there : was a surplus, and the
question was what to do with it. Fi-;
nallj-an act "was passed by.the..Con'i.
gress providing - the mode by- wliicli
to n'milat' "lh deposits of tho pub
lic ia!u-y." fft - was to deposit with-
tlie several States certain j?ums, in
propoi-iioii to their respective "repre
'8fnt.it iii' tn the Congress, the States
to give e. rtificates of, deposit. to" the
(T.'iier:il ti'ivernment." . The act-'de-cliireti.
eoneeriiin - these: certificates
tli.it tln?y "si iftll ex press the usual and
legal obligations, and pledge the
faith of the Stale for the safekeeping
ami repayment . thereof and shall
pledge the faith of-the States receive
ing the same to pay the-said moneys,
and every part 'thereof,' from time to
tiuie, whenever the same shall be re-?
quired by the Secretary of the; .Treas
ury, for the purpose of -defrayin'giany
wants of the public Treasury beyond
the -amount of the five millions afore
said." ! .' a
The act reqUtred"Xhat; four depos-
its should bie'made vthe ti'rst .beginr
ning January . 1st, 1837, and the oth
ers were to follow'every three months.
But the Congress afterwards passed
ah act: postponing the fourth . deposit
until January 1st, i 1 839, In? 184i;
the act of 1836 was repealed,' with
the exception of! the 13th and,. 14tli
sections, wuicu autnorizea uie aepos
its. Twenty-six States received three
deposits each. - .Virginia got 2,198,-
427.99. North -Cafofina got $1.433,.
7S7.39.' The General ' Government
tit.' .1... .. " -V-
lias never called TiponfHbe 'States for
these deposits, nor has it " complied
with" the terms "of 'ttiff.' original actj
.... l , . - -. t; . ..' - i fc .;
that stands unrepealed, j by paying
th& fourth "dtfpJssil."': - " i
The amountTrdtfe" Virgitiia n urtder
that act is $732,809.33. North Caro;
lina is cntitlecTitf $477,919.13. w South
Carolina is entitled to-$350474.03.
Now what wiirtfiVtVcn'ty-fivcr other
States do about' the fpurtn" instalment,
hng eince due i-Vill'ftboy" unite
with Virginia-and ask forltho" share
each Stateypr. ill thy Ief it go
J aefault?' .: j , ,;:..., .
i here is a larffe surplos accumu
lating in the Treasury,1 "Not lesa
than $80,000,000 possibly - touch
morewin be"in the Treasuiy-at the
?nl of the fiscal year. The amount
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VOL. XIV.
dud the twenty-sir States is $9,367t-
214.97. i liut the other twelve States
that have come into the Union since
1836, will want their share of the
our instalments no doubt.- : So if the
Congress were; to . extend the act tr.:
thep probably $30,000,000 would be,
reojiirei, r"The ; twenty-iir ; ! rSutlg'
have received in all $28.001.C44.91
;The Secretarypf the,Treasury."in
his ;report for December, 882,rsaid r
V4 What now nernlfixwi tVft RArotoV'
not wheref rom, he may get the revenue and'
enough.' for the pressing .jieeds of the Jo -vernment,
.but whereby he, thaWtum back'
into, the flow of business the more than -entosrh
for those needs that has already been drawn
from the people. ' There' are -now urine
Tresury unused -assets to j l&rgd amount,
and the .daily receipts5 IntothevTreasury
from customs and interAal revenue taxation
are about a million aud quarter." J :U
It is' very reprehensible and danger
ous legislation'that vwould have ac
cumulated the vast 'Burolus. ' Bv
wringing the-- wages iixQm - working
men; by taxing dppresi'vly tne far
mers, anil by .making the whole peo
ple pay tribute to 'Protection, the
unnecessary surplus has peen accumu
lated. What shall be done with : it ?
The. Congress ,'mWt' attend, to this
pressing question. If eaunot be ap
plied ' to the ipublic " debt, because
there ia too much money to meet the
debt as it falls due.' ' It would be well
probably to carry out the act of 1836,
and deposit $30,000,000, more or less
with the States and then make 'still
another deposit, until the surplus is
reduced greatly. ' ' 5
But mark yoi wof do not believo
First, that there vught.to be a sur
plus, And . ,V ' V i '
Second we do ' not believe that it
is right to1 create a ' surplus in order
to deposit dnstalments? with the
t. . . . -. . . , - .
States. , r " .
Third, wo believe that the present
"Surplus should. be . diminished io a
. . s-. ...V . 1 1 i t . :. j-
minimum sum , as soon as- possible,
and that this should be done as wise
ly and safely as it can be. 4 ..ri-
Fourth we believe that the present
Tariff ought to ,bo r so reduced ...by
putting the articles in universal use
upon the free list, .. that it shall not.
prod uce more than $75,000,000, or
the sum actually v .needed to meet ex
penses. " -
Fifth, we believe that the tax on'
whiskey and tobacco should be so
be .. not more than
enough to meet the demands of the
Government, after the commodities
iir universal use shall be placed upon
the free list under the Tariff. In
otlier ' words, so regulate . the Tariff
by taxing luxuries, -and so regulate
the Internal Revenue by taxing lux
urtes, that the - Government shall
have enongh revenue for all legiti-'
mate purposes when economically ad
ministered, and no more. " "'
We would not in. the future oppose
an income lai Dn what a man has,
provided the sum to, be thus raised
did not create a2 surplus."' By stick
ing to ':-tbe . wealth and luxuries for
taxation and letting,re all commo
dities in universal -use we : would ar
rive at a system that would bo just,1
equitable, humane and .wise. . :
; "We diink nine thousand nine hundred
and ninety-nine readers out of tea thous
and would read the above and never have
the shadow of a doubt as to its meaning.
And yet the Wilmington Stab affects to be
in; doubt about it, or says Vtbere i is a dif
ference of opinion" as to 'its meaning. k
Salisbury Watchman.
lf fiouio papers hadwritten that it
would not . have . surprised , us., We
ate surprised to find such, a para-r
graph in - the Watchmant If the
Watchman, reads the State papers it
must know, this: first, that the Stab
has never doubted that' the-Demo
cratic Convention did: pass a , very::
unwise resolution opposing' the tax
on luxuries; and second, that at least
three I Nortlr Carolina Vapers vbare
had within a few weeks editorials in;
which they conlerided that the State
Convention did not mean what ,the
Watchman thinks. So the Stab is
Misrepresented .'in;-: the above parir
graph. , .ti j -
I We are delightedto read the f oU
l "i 1 vtlT :ti' n.l
Tipr-Jfytirnals concerninff Randall's
prospects;,
Tha talk of the New York TrSmne that
he has pledges enough to" elect him-is -gam
mon. rne vourter-tuur -
Ani in. iiyritincr nearhr enounh committals
from members -of the- next House to defeat
hfmJ These were obtained bypersonal cor
respondence with the writers." i ,
! Gov;' Hamilton;' ,of . Maryland
' tlas 'written another letter" in ;ivhich
h'e says thathe is iiot nd will not
be a candidate ,ior renomination,
Unless "an 1 imperious necessity
amounting to a command of a-united
party" Dat ish bedder.
WILMINGTON,
: i ' - -.;.' hi iq;:
,ldry. ?lom iiems rrrom' hi flTerent'
- K.ealIUe-iA Perliou ? Journey Ar
'iVal of tne . 8teamanlp tlesalator
r, TVhat J. Sne Ilcporta U-f otfalns J-rom
- il ! . '.'-"5 ' , J ,-f'i . f
1 ; gontlemaa , who "arrived 1 'here, 'fro'in'
Whiteville'yesterday a eporta thae the. late
stoi:warer;;a6vcro -mireTaielir"
-being vry Vlestructive'' fencbr)dgcs'
trees.i nd I. the ; crops, rnperiorj'court
wad m'scssion, hut very little "had been Idohe
up toWedneaaa Baornin .naccQuatbf ,
.the inability -of .mtnyrorehevi
who were interested ia thdoceeitings; and ;
those who'arrlye thiirV Miilla Jin'ffivato:
conveyanoes; j were unable'' Vo- leave' until'
Wednesday.'! tlw'J r
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further investigation that their loss will uot
be near so serious as at first 5 anticipated.
They have recovered . their duets',' imuch 'ofv
the imatenal r ot ; ..their f sheds and many of
their terrapins: It 'seems ' that "the hrtter,'
having been in'lhe neh v86 tongwere be-T
wlldcred when they found that the whole
boundless ocean Was'theirs' and we're 'easily
retaken: ,u One of thef colored hands caught,
forty on the VRocks";. The Messrs, Davis',
having recovered f their nets, were ready to
resume their " Ashing opcrationaT yesterday
morning.' '.They., pow think their Iosh VittV
not aggregate more' than $400. ..The men
on the island remainctl in the safest of their
Bheds during the storm, , which threatened
every moment to - bio w it to atoms, and in
the meantime the-whole island waa envel
oped in a cloud of spray
CWof theJ gentlemen of 'the: party on
Federal Point, an account of .whose perils
was given in ' our lat, met r with' quite a
serious adventure. Finding that the pov-
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em men t house, vin which alt hands had
taken refuge, was uncomfortably crowded,
there being about forty persons in it - al
together, he decided to return to the Club
House, 'where he thought he would be more
comfortable. - He told one? of the men who
still remained at the house to awake him if
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anything should occur, and then turned in
for a nap. Tbe others seem to have wooed,
the "drowsy god" also, and in the .mean-
umts vue winu huillcu io we tuuiuwut. uuu
the' tide commenced coming in. .-rapidly.
Finally our friend was aroused by the ex
clamation, in tones of alarm, that the tide
was upon them and that they must hurry out
fortheirives. The building was rapidly ffll
ing with water and the kitchen was' already"
tottering on its foundationsI: The three or
four men comprising the party at the Club
House then commenced their perilous' jour
ney to the, government: house,t sometimes
up to their waists in water, the driving mist
beating ; in their faces, ; ' the flying spray
enveloping theiu as with 4' mantle, and the
deafening roaief the the breakers sounding;
constantly in their cars but they persevered
bravely, bracing themselves solidly and
flraily against the ever recurring shocks: of.
wind .;and ' tide and blinding 'rain,' and
finally reached the, place of refuge, in'safe-'
The hero.qf . the .occasion Informs, us
that he 8 topped not .for- the-ordfir'1 bf his
going whenhe left the Club House and that
his atUre was hardly such as, would have,
rendered him presentable in a 'first-class
parlor. . In fact, lie didn't stdp to ascertain;
whose habiliments he was donning. - It was
no time for swapping horses, ".though: the'
swapping of pants under'' the' drcumstah
ceS wijs Jiot to be complained of,
By the wayv , tho Wilmingtonians speak
in high terms of those on the Point; alt bf
whomy white and black, seemed ; willing
and anxious to do everything they could
for the comfort- and convenience of; ihe
visitors under the trying circumstances of:
the occasion.- -
til
5 A correspondent at niithvilfe, writing us
on Wednesday, Bays: trir -.--
u What'rfbonlrasrto yesterday'is'ta'dsyl
The skies ai bine, me September "sun shin-
iniB- brhrhtlv. and the Waves art as bYme;s
d moled, smllins ana treacnerous as ie utey
had never aided in all the wild carnage , of
yesterday. All the pilot boats are injured
more or less, and many driven far tip Into
the creeks: few; fences remain, and- the
treoa the pride and beauty of-the town '
are laid low; twisted ana torn.xney jiook
like wounded giants after battle." rSeveral;
houses, small ones, were blown down ; those
of Dr. L. Frink, Capt.' C. C. '- Morse, and
Mrs. Stuart -were unroofed. The! damage
to; Capt. Morse and Mrs. Stuart was per
naps greater than to any others, anil coming
on Mrs. Stuart in her old age and affliction
is, particularly distressing. There, are ; no
bath houses left, and no bridges, to any of
the -wharves, jthe landing being effected
from' the steamers in small boats, a This is
written in great haste to catch the boat."
-We learn that the storm was very severe
id Pender county. ''A son of Mr. Wi 8.
Pridgcn: of Caintuck' sectlon. told us yesV
lerday that bis father had the shed blown
db wn in which much of his, fodder ' was
smoked, which was badly damaged by the
rAin. -:The crops are all considerably am-'
aged i only the sweet potatoes and peanuts
escaped.. The former ; weren benefitted by
the needed rain in many localities. Black
Wiverls two iecfc.auove jue usumwuc,,
Many fences and trees were blown down. v..
The steamsh1pr ifejvf irrrived from
Nw York vesterday , morning.; It was
known . that 'she I was' out !iri the gale" and
considerable anxiety was MfeM ' concerning-
-and found him ready and rwilling to impart
"any information "ith'at4 would be of lejrvice..
He Bays the gale commenced on Monday
morning, at 4 o'clock, ;at, which time the
vessel was abreast of umtucK about Jhe
dividing line between :-Virginia and Northt
Carolina, and it iastea uniu lueuuay uini,,
N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBEB 21, 1883.
about L 9( o'clock .being nearly forty-one
hours of continuous- storm., : During this
time the wind blew, from the north-north-
eas to the south southwest, with a very
heavy sea and gradual change in the wind,
which at times reached a velocity of seven-
tyflve miles per houV at the least calcula
tion. ' The ship stood i Up bravely under it;
however, ana came out oi the bis storm
with - only i the- loss oi some of her head
sails. , i-When the cale -moderated on Tues-
diM at 9 P. :L, the "vessel was" about five-
s to' the southwest v of Cape Lookout
Is. None of the cargo below, decks
damaged; and 4hat-m -deck but
sli
tlv. L ,
v:Qapt.. Doane reports having seen nothing
of flie steamship" Benefactor, for New York, j
wmcn saiiea from hia port on ' Saturday
tmofnine last: and wen to sea .about 2 P.
If. the same day., or of the steamshiD Jta
t-whifih. sajled from Baltimore for this
port on;baturdayjv In ict the .atmosphere
so charged with' rain and spray that he
doujd scarcely have, seen a - passing , vessel
at any distance. . Sev-ral passengers came
in Jon the HeffHlatifr amna wnoni--'Eaa-.
Cpt. SneH, - formerly .of . the steamer
Bldnche who went from here to New Yotkv
on the steamer Mdej 'and1 Master ' J. "X
Smith', a son of Mr. Thomas H.- Smith.
Qapt Doano. of the Beaulatar. renorts
thejabsenoe from her moorings of. the Light
Ship at Frying Pan Shoals. He also re
ports haying Becliroh" Wednesday," a three-
malted schooner ' at anchor. . east ' or the
shohls and abreast of the slough. ; r , ;
'JiThe steamer River" Queen: CaDt. Baelev:
which arrived from Bannerman's Bridge,
repprts r having picked up a wrecked flat
xn the way,; with thirty-two barrels of ar.
on ber. There was no one on the nat r
which bad probably been abandoned. ;. -
- From below-we learn that, men are busi
ly employed lightering the schooner Rover,
which wnt ashore on "Big 'Rock,' near
Smith ville," during the storm, . and it is
thought she will be gotten off to day. The
steamer Blanche and the rest of the tugs
are trying to haul off the various pilot
boats which are aground.
Mr. J. W. Taylor's floating saw mill ar
rived here yesterday for the first time since
she left some eight or ten months ago.1 'The
wind carried away her smoke stack and
broke her Whistle, and she has come down
for inspection and "repairs: " - v 5 '
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I RAIN' STORM.
Rain 'In Torrcnta Buildings Floo0e4
r
p8tret Torn Up and Washed Out
j .Amount of Rainfall,' &.
i Clouds
overspread the sky yesterday
and about 9 o'clock there was
morning,
a heavy fcho wer of rai n. About half past
10 i o clock , there . was another and , still
heavier Bhower. which flooded the streets :
and sidewalks in some localities to such an
extent as to make them ' impassable. The
clojuds were very low down and they seem
ed J to ' be" charged with oceans of water,
which was poured down in torrents. . The
alley leading from. Second street to Front,'
by ; Messrs. ' Hart,- Bailey & Co. 'a foundry,
was , a' complete torrent, and the water
rushed through if into Front street with
the velocity of a cataract The foundry
shps ' were flooded to the depth of about
one foot, and at 11 o'clock the men had to
all: cease working. In ihc meantime Front
the corner or Dock, and Dock
: . .. . I.-. i
street from Front to the wharf,, was a com
plete sheet of water om. v- h-a -' . r i
s The cistern in the hack' part Jof Mr. C.
Xfi Xf'v Trf-kV otro KnfiV flfrt ? n nr iVin
spice underneath the elevated portion, the
water bursting through to the floor of the
k' "store and damaging' quite a large
ntity of paper and other articles. A
piano 'was also ' somewhat injured. - The!
water in some placed on the floor was two
inches deep. V, . r' , ".' '
The basement of the New Hanover Bank
was . pretty badly flooded, caused ' by the
water backing ., in , the .cistern pi pe, and a
laree number of; blink checks were dam
agbd:' ' ' ; ' J
MrlV D, A Smith's V stdre was badly
flooded, the tin having . been , removed to
make Borne repairs. - ' All hands had to go to
bailipg: t - ; ; -
The ; Messrs! I FrenchValso suffered ' to
some extent. In - fact, so heavy was the
rain! thai very few buildings escaped with
out a leakage.- , , . - ,
.There were a large number .of washouts ,
in; different sections of the- city,' the dam-'
apje in- thia(respect being more serious than
that caused by the recent storm. ; Among
the worst is the sewer'on Third street, be
tween ""Market, and. Princess.' one of the
pipes leading to it having burst, causing a
goto of whirlpool and finally an overflow
aijdj caving in of .earth,' The 'main sewer
jsr i'atacU A sufficient' guard, -has ; been
erected to prevent any one from getting in
to! the large hole left cm the eiige of ; the
.sidewalk then there is a pretty bad wash-
bqt at Third and Campbell streets;' one at
Fifth and Princess; one at Third and Prin
cess; one at Secondhand - Walnut; one at
Siird and Mulberry;, one at. Tenth and
arket, and one at Second and Orange
streets. .Tho warehouse ot Messrs. Hall &
Pcarsall " waif ' also partially , flooded and
some of their salt damaged, .'.
- S At the Sicmal office we were informed
that the rainfall up to 3 P. M. amounted to
4.70 inches, and after 3 to 0.18 inches. The
rain was almost entirely a local affair, very
little being recorded elsewhere in the Bontb
Atlantic belt ;The fall in Savannah was
".28 inchest in Charleston,' .02 inches; in
Charlotte. .19 inches; in 'Augusta, .35
dnchea: in Jacksonville," 1.19 inches; in At
lanta, .81 inches, and - in Key -West, .25
inches. . '"
i lTh6 rain in thls cltrVas one of the heav
i& exnerienCed in a lone time. - 4. 1
tThe total rainfall this week jso far amount
; The last heavy rain was about 8 o'clock,
nriikna'ttan Trade, 'f ''t . i , v. - !
I The - receipts of cotton at this port du
ring theweek closing yesterday ( footed up
1473 bales, as tagalastJ738 Jales for the
corresponding week last year. ; f ;., i(
The receipts for' the crop year from
Sept 1st io" date; foot uj 2,120 bales, as
against 1,244 bales fof the corresponding
period a last year, snowing an increase oi
nnic
shop
,wa4
MARINE , DISASTERS,
Tne Charleston Steamer City of Atlan-
- ta Disabled in tne Late - Storm
Towed Intft . Smltnvllle fcy the
.Steamer British Empire and the 17,.
S. Steamer Colfax Arrival of the
Steamer ' Raleigh ' from Baltimore
i: Slightly Damaged A Resened Crew
The steamer City of Atlanta, Capt Lock-
wood, from Charleston. S. C. for New
Yofk, with thirty ;three passengers on board',,
waA towed into . Smithvillc yesterday eve
ningly the Revenue Cutter pkfaJii, which
encountered the Oity of AtlaniayrhlleBeeiL
ing! for ; the .missing Frying' Pan Shoals
Ijg&t ship. This City of Atlanta' was ia
wivj ui iuc akcuiucr jyruvui. AimyiTe, irom
Vera Cruz and : Havana for New York,
The latter fell in with the City of Atlanta,
120 miles southeastof Wilmington.leakTng,
and asking assistancewhich was rendered'
and the disabled "Steamer taken in1 tow? ."?:'
ttdtar passenger on. thei7Z iif. Atlanta
we et ihe following particllars: 1 '. V ; '
The City of Atlanta lef t . Charieitori '
on ! Saturday . and on f Sunday. "( - en
countered a heavy gaie '" f ro'm - the'
northeast, which increased to a hurri
cane Monday evening and ? night; " The
steamer leaked in the after-ports, which put
over seven feet of' water in' the hip and
drowned the fires. The City of: Atlanta
driftedfrom 4 P. M. Monday Until 10 A.J
M. Tuesday, when she was taken In toW by
the steamer British Empire, and towed off
Frying Pan shoals and thence to Smith-.
ville by the Revenue Cutter Colfax. ' f
The action of the captain' of the British
Empire is criticised by" the passengers of
the City of AUantq ag deserving of censure.
They say that when he first ' spoke the City
of Atlanta, about 7d miles west of Port
Royal, S. 6, he refused to tow, but offered
to take off the passengers, which would
have been almost impossible, with the heavy
sea running. He then said he could only tow
to Norfolk, as he had the Mexican mail and
was behind time. Capf. Lockwood of the
City of Atlanta, tried to get " him' to "go to
Charleston, but he' refused, and finally
offered to tow to""Port Royal. A hawser
was made fast, but' soon" parted." After a
conference -between," the captains ' a
start was ' then made .for Norfolk, Va.;'
but on' Wednesday, after steering "wildly,'
it was determined to' make for Wilmington. '
The vessels arrived off Frying Pan shoals
at 10 A. M. Thursday, found the lightship'
gone, but met the Revenue, steamer Colfax, ,
the captain of which kindly- offered to tow
to Smith ville; but here again the English
captain was stubborn and . refused to cast
off, and towed . the City of Atlanta, in sight
of the bar, when the Colfax took her in tow
and brought her to : Smith ville, the British
Empire proceeding on. her voyage.- '
The City of Atlanta has been pumped
out. and will proceed to - her destination as
som as' the necessary . repairs, are made.
Most of her passengers; among whom there
were several ladles and ehildrename up to'
the city last night pn'the tug Blancfci JOne
of the officers of the steamer British Empire,
Mr. W. II. Fernald, also came up with the'
Thepassengers of . the City of Atlanta
speak In the highest terms of Capt . Lockr-
wod, commander' of the disabled steamep'
The steamer Raleigh, from Baltimore for
Wilmington, concerning Whose safety there
was some apprehension, 'was reported by
the passengers, of ..the' City, of Atlanta,, as1
having arrived at Smithviiley and being on
her way up to ! the city. . They . reported
thkt she had lost her smoke stack, but ap-
peared otherwise to be uninjured. : .
The steamer British' Empire 'reports hav
ing spoken- a Russian barque W ednesday
having on board the rescued- crew- of the
barque Bone, of St: Johns. . -' - '
The steamship Raleigh, the pioneer
steamer of the new line recently established
between this city and Baltimore, arrived at
her wharf yesterday, morning. '-' No' little"
anxiety had been felt for her safety,' as it
was known that she was to leave Baltimore
oa Saturday; ; Capt. LUtleneld reports that,
he! left Baltimore at 6 P. M. en Saturday,
anjdbad pleasant ' weather . until after; pass
ing Hattcras . on - Sunday, at 7 P. M., when,
a gale sprung'; up . from the northeast and
Monday, by which time it had . reached the
magnitude i of a hurricane. On -Monday
about neon it was found that the vessel was
ncaring the' Frying ' Pan 1 '. Lightship,
the barometer " aL, the . . time - being at
29.02. r At this crisis it was1 de
termined if possible to"run clear' of the
storm-centre,1 and the ship's bow was there1
upon "directed to" the northeast,' -on which
course she continued to run until about 8
PI Ml; when a heavy sea started her boiler
and broke her blow 'and' feed-pipe connec
tion, and carried away ; a' portion- of - her:
smoke-stack The loss of the pipes made It
necessary to put out the fires, which caused
the vessel to lose her speed and put her for
the time ' being at the mercy ; Of (the elp
ments.i At 12.30 A. M. on Tuesday the ba
rometer seean to rise, and at 4 o'clock the
.wind shifted to the southwest, .the "weather
moderated,, ana ine, vessel was neaaea unr
der saiL towardst the lancLJSy Thursday
morning'she was read. for. steam again at
which time she was off Cape Lookout when
she was beaded southward and "crossed the
bar at 6 P, 3I.,on Friday. -The rain, fell id
torrents during the entire gale. ' -
' I The Frying-PanShoals-Lightship,
which broke loose from her moorings du-.
ring the recent gaie, nas oeen discovered on
Myrtle Grove Sound, and' at last accounts
the Revenue Cutter Colfax had gone to her
assistance, : . . . .j., -1 . ,
.'LWe are gratified toT btfable ; toMan-v
nounce . xnat . vue t- suauusui v,iie7uqcwrf
hence for NewYork, i for whose safety ;no
little apprehension was felf passed Sandy
hook - yesterday' ai-ajfjuia leiegram
having been received by the agent Jhere to
thateiiect ' t - - : -1
.0.' 47
WILMINGTON VS. SA VAN-
IVhleh Is ' the . Leading ! N aval ' Steres
j ortt The QietUos Anawere4-Lt
flllmlngton Come to the Front . -
The New York Commercial Bulletin, al-. ;
luding to the annual review of the trade of
ffln! TVrAf ?ia rro nnah Vki vKl fori a1 J 4 I Z
Wopting New of that city, says f -Cotton,'
as usual con tiD lies to be the chief . source
of fa CQmmeroial actitity, (but. ttberejs r a ,
martea growth in naval stores. Savannah.
in fa, now. jdecupies the first place in the".
World in this trade, which is usually 'at 'Its "
nwiuii wucu me uoiioa season is over. 10-
show what iust claim eur sister city has -tb
the' pro oil, distinction . accorded, her r by t our,
disfateregted .contemporary, in' New York,.
usually, so wtel postedn wmmercial ; mat
teri we applied at the Produce Uxchapce
ioricorreCT ngures. . 'ine caretul and at-
teotive 'Secretary bad them dbwn to a dot,"
and here they are? u" ti V . i J: k ;':
Fob the' year ending August 3Ut i ssa i
Savannah received, iu barrels and casks, of
tiaval stores. 536.976.
Wilmintrton. dlirintr thff Ra.rotrvrirUi '..
ceivedin casks and barrels of haval stores;
64Tk117. ' - i:C s'M ti Xz'i.i
Rxcess in favor of Wilmington duly 10,-
Well, as Wilmington has not been pushed
quiJe'Qut of 'the '.world' yet- by ; (ts vvery
enterprising and goaheaditive 'neighbors.
she! may be allowed to still contest the palm
with them in. the matter . of naval stores
supremacy, and when the ; time comes if
it ever Shall When she can-no ' longer lay
claim to tbe distinction of surnassintr them'
in this respect,; thenil will be tune enough'
forWilmington to "sing low.'.' - .
We are prepared to say. in addition to -
the facts already given, that uptto the qnd
of the naval stores year in April last, ; Sa
vannah had not handled any single 'article
in jftEMW pfti.JIamingttmiy: Thent 'too. it
should be borne: in mind, that the" article of
pitch in which there.is a considerable busi- '
ness doneby-Wilmington; is- not '' included
in the statement given above. ,;, .
We hope that our usually well-informed -
cbtemporary of the' Bulletin will correct
the wrong impression its article will be like-'
ly io' create' to the disparagement and Injury
of our port - " ! '
Since writing the'. above"? we, have been
furnished the following by. CoL J. L. Cant-
well, Secretary of the Produce Exchange :
1 1 " .Comparative Statement., r (.y .
t-.V ; STOCKS.' -i; " ; .
Sent 1. 1SS3. SDts. Rosin. Tar. Crude. Total. .
WUmineton. ... 7.048 83,132 1.328 ? ' 610 94718
New'York.,..: 380 84,859 9J1 . . '.. 88,200
ChirtBston.1.-. 4,043 40,661 ..IV 44,704
(aTannan...., i3,5i 79,4ea t, ,.s. , 7ij969.
) '"I" w. . RKCXIPTS. :, li. . ;
Year ended -j . , fl , ,j
SeDt. 1.1883- Sots. Rosin.. Tar: .crude." Total,
WUmlnjrtoil 87,767 435,775 72.64i 63,881 647.117
Charie8tOTL.' 71,230 30t,6!8 37A848
Savannah. 115,615 421,5C1 ' -fv::i4 536,976
Brtnswick ... 19,060 r74,584;;... v,, ;L93,640
Jfoblle. .. . . . 10,044 170,431 , . , ; w.. fclO.465
i END OP NAVAL STORES YEAR, .
It: l
-a, Ana 1st--Stocks 1883. '.-. . i
i ' . SDts. Rofin. Tar. Crude. Total.
Wflminrton.. 2.877 74.760- lO.f 45 2.525 90.717
New York. ... 2,635 16 851 : l,S3ifJ?'iV. 20,718
Charleston..,. 1,618 28,765 . .... . 30,378
Sayannah 2,437 , 46,678 . ,... ..... 49,115
RECEIPTS FOR.YEAR iNDED APRIL U 1883
. I ... - -j Spts.-. Rosin. , Tar. Crnde. Total.,
WBmlnprton.. 88,186 43300 73,528 63,574 663,558
Charleston.... 7i06 299.567 .... ; . .... 371.619
Savannah..:!! 88,153 390,287 ' ' ... 478,440
J Col: ;Cantwell aceompanied .theTaboye
statement with the following forcible re ,
marks, .showine: that he was warmed, up
on; the subject of the injustice so often
heaped upon our port: v ' 'i
i I send you-the 'above hoping that our
newspapers will-take interest -enough in
tbfs port to contradict the claim so persis
tentlv made bv Savannah to be -'the lead
ing naval stores market of 'the world, and
which has no foundation or excuse save in
the ignorance of those who make the claim.
I think it becomes the situation to deny it
inltoto and plainly, and ' so that they will
not forget if'. '.." ' '
rLe
The Boston' Exposition North Car e
X i Una Takes the Palm. .' ' ' ' '. : '. 1
Mr. -JEf. A. Hayes, oC the firm off Bray &
Hayes, importers and agents. 99 and.. 101:
Broad street,1 Boston," an old ahd reliable
hcjusel in a letter to a member of the. Na
vassa Guano Company, uses this language;
,1 '"The North Carolina exhibit .-.takes the
palm, and is the glory t of the New';Eng-,
- LAt last the old North State is awaking
from her years of lethargy : and Rip Van
Winklcism, hi shaking the . drew drops
from her garments, and taking that posi
tion amonz her sister States , which she
might long ago have occupied' but for the4
native modesty which restrained her sons
frpm publishing to1 the world her claim to
the high distinction to which she was justly-
entitled. She has, now. come to the front,;
and let her stay there. , . i
" .
Rev. Dr. Prltchard. - , J."
jReDrl EatonintheNew .YojkJJcajTi
iner, referring to the changing of pastors.
saprs: "Dr. James B. Taylor, who worthy
ly wears that honored name," has 'done a
good work in Wilmington, and ?Dr. Pritch-1
aid is lust the manu to follow him.'.' And
f drther; on : f.No State can afford to lose in
quick succession two -such workers as Lan
sing Burrows and Thomas ' Henderson
JtYitchard. The J&bucal JSeeoraert says:
lPr. Pritchard',s; short Stay 'in' Louisville
Ky:;rWas- a : great' -success. r He" not- only
oaid the heavy debt on Broadway Church,
bit added greatly to the efficiency of thf
church.,. The, Baptists of North Carolina
heartily welcome him back.' 'i ne neeoraer
year's work in Kentucky: Baptized,-23: re
ceived bv letter. 32": total additions 65.
Dismissed by letter; 24; died4; expelled,?;
net Cainrof 24.7 Present number of mem
bers, 382. Pastoral visits, 1,276. -Money
raised on church debt, $15,000? for church
expenses; $4,454.45; for missions, .State,
home, foreign and city $1,985; for Rich
mond College, $300 ;! f or Orphan Home,
$500: for: 3erman I Missions,, Orphans'
Uome,etc, $1,500; other objects, $2,860.55;
t0tol, f25,u00.",." " !
lsi
ii
f . ' i : -u i in .
r-H'f-: Ine diphtheria is prevailing at,
Rochingham, we regret to learn from the
Spirit of i?ie South. .,'.',; '.i , .-- ;
The North Carolina Presbyterian
reports 9 additions at Steele Creek church,
Mecklenburg, 14. at Carthage. . -
f-. Oxford Torchlight . The no,
fence law. is. now iu existence in Neuse '
tofnship m.Wake county. - - We learn that
the next township ; to Granville is so much
pleased ' with " its - Workings In Neuse that '
thery too will soon ' take a .vote and adopt '
the no fence system 'r t -; '1' ". , .' '
' fi' Raleigh'. Visitor: ' The 'North
Carolina exhibit at Boston is beginning to
bear fruit already. Several parties? from.
New England have come . to our5 State,
looking for places to buy ores Umbers,
etc They were induced to come by seeing
ouf exhibit Which" was being then placed in -position
r... . '
X J RaleighT Reorder. Rev.'JS. C.
Oen has fifteen .awaiting g baptism at
. Eb2nezer church, where he closed a meet-
inn idqt . H-iriijL .... a .1 1. .i aat
me tnbers was organized at Cooper's Station
on the '27th 'Of August' Brethren' G: W.;
Ha rmon and I W. TTiHinrH
Rev.'E.I; Morsan'a meeting.' at "Roiletn
aui is up 10 additions by baptism, t ; r
i- Winston' Mlot;, The whipping.,
rai is of Monday and 'Tuesday, says Mr.'IL-J
O. duller: t of. Germanton Stokes rrmnt.v ' :
tore on and injured the lower leaves of the -tohjaQco
plants, while the top. leaves were;
beaten and blown until thev are as hlaek aa ,
f : 1. Hi.':. - : i " ( . -rrrj -
leayesout of the average of ten to each
stalk; will be a dead 1oss,t1 i u. , - , - .. ,
r-' -L."I.nnii 7Tir - "flnAn -il,r.
method, in 1879, four acres of laud pro
duced ; 11 . bushels of wheat, worth $1 L-
JUnper ,the "intensive system," in 1882,
three years after; the same four acres pro- i
dueed $60 worth of clover bloom and $40
woj-th of hiy $90 against $11 nd ' there "'
was no plowing to. do, . In ,1883 the saipe ,
four acres produced' 105 bushels of Wheat
worth $105, against $11. ' . ,
... t Revivals reported in. Raleigh
Relorder: lion's'HHI; Cleaveland ' 14 bap
tisai8; , Antioch, . Halifax, " 13 baptisms;
Shady Grove and Yates, 24 additions; San- t
dy Plains, 10 baptisms; HickOry, 7 bap-' '
tissosjMt. Zion, 18 baptisms; River Bend. -
o baptisms; Christian Harbor, Hertford
county, ;11 baptisms; Fellowship; Gaston
24 1 professions; Providence, Rockingham
county, , u - professions; Olive ! Branch. 16
baptisms; Sandy Level, 8 professions; Bap
tist Grove, Harnett, 18 baptisms.
l Charlotte JmirnnJU OhstArrtPv ;
ensalem. Moore county, and Big Ridge
Jackson county, - are two newly established
postofSces in this State. On the 11th Inst
a new postoffice called Geneva; was estab
lished in Camden county, with Jerome B.
uos as postmaster. A new office was also -established
in t: Mitchell county, called
Trout, with John C. ' Bellinger as post-,
master. A little negro boy named
Hoskins fell from a pair of stilts at the old
fair grounds yesterday and broke his right
arm, besides dislocating the elbow joint. -
r ''Haleigo Farmer and Mechanic:
Another- sample; of - what tobacco does.
Fielding Knott, of Granville, a dozen years
ago paid $8 tax. now he is the iarjrest tax
payer in Granville, except William O. Gre- -gory,
who, we believe, owns, 16,000 acres
of tandv . Mr. Knott's' crop this year' will ;
run near 50,000 poHnds: It has averaged.,
more tban ao.000 for. ten years past, and
th mice aVerajred 830 oer hundred. ' Nine ?
thousand a year is a good income for any .
rarmer.- - "
( North Carolina Presbyterian:
M." Mills in the Orphan's Friend tells of a
Mr. Powell having died leaving as he sup
posed $2,000 free of incumbrance to the
Orphan ABylum ' at Oxford. The execu
tors have had charge one year and have yet
,a year' to serve, and now" the "prospect is
there will not be a cent coming to the Asy
lum. .Unon this showing Mr. Mill sug
gests: "Better give the orphans ten dollars'"
while you are alive, than leave them ahun-u
dred dollars when you die.'.'
; Clinton t Caucasian: t he otab
is Certainly one of the best edited and most
newsy, papers in the South. - May it coo-"-
UDUb io iwinKie anu wun ureaier jusire.
-t Last Friday afternoon little Henry Ben
nett son of our friend Hardy Bennett; fell
from a cart and. broke both , bones of his
left 'arm just above the 'wrist " The
storm last Wednesday evening was of great-.
er magnitude than we at first supposed. Be
sides blowing down fences and growing
corn to a considerable extent, it crushed a
shed attached to one of the buggy shops do
ing some damage to a buggy standing un
der it.'' i . ' :
j Revivals ) reported i in Raleigh
Auvocate: Pleasant Grove Church, 18 ad-
ditions; Turnersburg, 12 additions.; camp
meeting at Mathews, 27 accessions. 85 pro
fessions; Davidson circuit, 18 professions;
Cape Fear circuit, 187 professions, 165 ad
ditions; Pitt Mission, 22 additions; Berca,
13 additions; . Forsyth circuit, 50 profes
sipns, 35 additions: Rutherford circuit, 17
prof essipns, 10 additions ; Elizabeth cir
cuit, 5 additions; Deep River Circuit, 46
professions, 34 additions'; Craven circuit,
40, professions, 28 additions; Wilson cir
cuit, 5 additions; Wadesboro circuit, 18 ad
ditions. ..
1 JL .Goldsboro 'Messenaer: Nahunta
Academy, is having a . prosperous term..
l ne enrollment tnis weeK reacnes iao.
4 The storm and rain of Monday night
did great damage to the crops in this see--
tion, both corn and cotton being badly in
iiirivl i iThe new Mftthndint Ohnrch in
this city., is now assuming handsome pro-,
pertions, .' and ' ivea evidence of lieing, ;
when, completed, one' of the nicest build?
ings of the kind in the State. The
name of W. T. Caho, Esq., of . Pamlico
cdunty, is urged for Congress in the First .
District ; Mrf Caho would make a vigor
ous canvass and prove a strong candidate.
. ! A novel ceremony, perhaps the first of
the kind ever performed in North Carolina,
took place in this 'city on' Sunday last, at
tbe i residence of the Jewish Rabbi , Dr.
Bjocb. Mrs. Bertha Eve Berger, wife of
Mr.; Jos. B, Rerger.renounced the Christian
religion and made a; formal profession of .
the Hebrew faith.. . , , - ,
4 j Winston jLeader . '.Nineteen
persons "Were' baptized at Enon church, on
Saturday of last week., -r- Salem Acad
emy commenced operations on ; Thursday
?last, with forty-one Hoarders -The
case of the State and Joseph A Davis vs.
-T A. Lyon andH C. Edwards, editors and
'publishers of the Kernersville News, charg-1
jqg them with libeling Davis in his official
capacity as J. P., was tried in Guilford Su
perior1 Court last week and resulted in a
verdict of guilty. .After the charge of the
Judge the jury retired, and after Borne de
liberation returned a verdict against the de
fendants and fine of $25. There was an
appeal prayed and granted to the Supreme
Court. On the piazza of the Central
Hotel.! nursaay last, mignt nave Decn seen
an old lady,' in plain attire, wearing a sun
borinet and:' a 'meditative expression upon
- hr, f ace. It i was Mrs. Jemimah Russell,
oh her way to Nebo. .Two years ago she
aoved to Henry county, Indiana. She re
arked to a Xeader reporter: "I like In
dlanny very well, but North Ca'liny better.'
. I Shave -not seen a peach, a straw berry or
L hhckleberry since , I've been there. , No
truit scarcely. 4 Com bread Is not as good
ttyere . as i is here. iThe com grows too
fast. , I am going back to Nebo; I am 63
Treats' old.' and T Nxmnt to snend mv last davs
T in this ptate, My son will sell out i n In-
dianny and will be on in a few days, lhere
ii no State yet like Caliny."-'" -' "i