North Carolina Newspapers

I" 4 s i The Weekly Star.. PUBLISHED AT L HI I MO TON, w i N m C AT , i 1- A YEAH, IH A SIVA. NUB. iiiiiiiiiiiiiigii ' SS8SSSSsi88888S 88888888888888888; '. S8S8SSSSSSS8S88SSr SSSSS0SSSSSSSSS88 1,""w 1 '"a5sass'8is8s;ssgs v"7' . . jsS8SS8SS888S8SS88 .SgSSSSS828S8SS88S " fS38SSSS88SSS8S88. ' 33 -. . - ',' ; ' . 5 t k .; t -t: ' '"- '- si:i-ssssiSSSU' ; & '.i"1 ' -"- : ' - m - t-t e o 1 J J rrni. reii at the Post Office attWilmlngton, N. C, . . as Second Class Matter. - is inscription micE. 1 ... The subscription 'price of5 the WEKkl.Y Star is as follows : f i e i . Single copy 1 year, postage l"u, .ft. 50 ; too . i i.GO 6 months, 3 months. TUB STATE C AN VASS-StfAtES AND f e have read the outline reports of. the -discussion 'between Gen. ScmN's' ami Dr. York at -Newton that ai-:.i-l i the Charlott,ft,. Observer tlalMgb News-Observer. YVa the reports have been gi yen. an. an It vx ill rnahl readers to see what' til.: )(initH were in the discussion and to i in in Min'e opinion as to. the mer-. its of. the two speakers as campaign ers. Of course yon can only form an accurate judgment after '. hearing them, r at least after reading a ete nographic report, but those .given in the two papers are enough probably to authorize one to form and express an opinion. : We wish to say that WO have un derestimated Dr. York's ability. His letter of acceptance was so extreme ly weak' and infantile that we could not Mec how the author of it could ' have c.ijacity enough to . conduct a -campaign, although prompted and (h illed by others and posted by news paper reading. But he is evidently a man of some force, and. whilst he is playing the demagogue with a brilliancy of execution worlby of a belter cause, he gives assurance that the Democratic nominee will not be allowed to have it all his own way, although ' the noise may be on the DeiiKx-.ratio side. - ; If there is to be a joint canvass, to which we were and are opposed, be lieving tlit' it is a mistake to give York a big crowd to speak to daily. we hope it will be conducted fairly J on both Rides. Dp. York is entitled to a respectful-and-patient hearing, aiid tecause he has been invited by the Democrats to a discussion. At New ton Dr. Yrk was interrupted in his speech by loud hurrahs for "Scales!" "Scales!" and ""there were other in- ternipii.uis," says the Charlotte Ob server. This caused York to make the following prompt hit: "Sitinc of you fellows who are cheering will lie applying to me. as Governor, to get a pun Ion out of the penitentiary I his at tempt to stifle my voice is an attempt to throttle civil liberty iu North Carolina. "r V "I'lie Democrats of the State can not .alford to be discourteous. They will lose by being so. Iet us have fair dealing - all ' round fair treat ment and fair reporting. We imnst Hay further that whilst there is much in York's way of putting things and in his selection of topics that are cal culated to deceive the ignorant and unwary, he cannot possibly deceive for a moment any voter who lias a fair knowledge of events since 1865, and especially in." North -Carolina. The fact that Dr. York has been a ; Democrat since the war, and, a very extreme one at that, is ,'enough to cast a strong suspicion upon j his present attitude and pretensions.! No man can be relied upon for leader shin who sells out for office, - If Dr. York had withdrawn from the Dem ocratic party and allied, himseff as a "high private" to f the; Ilepublicans we would never write a ; line to "his 'discredit. -. Men have, a perfect right . tod . to he honest the v must . act from principle. Parties are merely instru ments for carrying into effect certain "Well defined principles or policies. If a man is convinced that the princi pies arc unsound or the policy un wise then he ought to , ceaso to. at tempt to have the principles or policy ' ieu into practical operation, in other words, he has a.? riffht";to: act with another party that is endeavof- lng tjirevent the execution -of the" policy and the . enforcement of the aforesaid principles, i '. '.: i liut if a man whips around, and laki a office at once he" is to be sus pected. If Dr. York - was still en gaged in pracljcing medicine and should vote for the Republican bom neesjio one could have any right to censure him although tber e might be surprise at his course, knowing fia anticedeats and nltra pemocratic T'ews in the past. But not so. r Df. ?ork acted with the enpmies, . of bU ld party during his-r session in the Congress, although he bad been elected as an Independent Pemo crat. Now he is is the nominee of the Republican party of the State and a mere handful of office-seeking, disappointed, aspiring Democrats who have deserted to get office. And YOL. XV. still Dr. York pretends that he is not J 9 Republican., Such pretense is dis- creditable to him. ; The ' people are not blind. ; They have" eyes to. fsee.' i . i it'll. ' t - ' .ucj( mc uui uuiii , mey uavo- ears j to hear, ill not a Republican he' is J in bad company.. If not a -Republi can "then he ought ; to go home' aqd not make an exhibition of himself. The disguise is 'too thin." , He can not masquerade as & Democrat, r He must traverse the . State in his garb, fighting against the banner Of Reform and against his. race and State. - V "j ; " -: -1 j ; Gen. Scales developed more ability as a campaigner than wo had giyen him credit for. He shows himself well posted and ready in retort.' lie handled his side with skill and we think the cause of " the Democracy j is safe in his hands. -. Of course his high moral qualities and large polUU cal experience will help him n m thCcant aSs iTe cood V North Carolina really like candidates of pure lives and .high morals.' They like to - know ' that -they have men against whom the breath of slander is powerless. 1 Gen. Scales has a re cord of which - to be proud: - We Idp not write under the - excitement of partisanship but calmly, and delibe rately, and we say again that the ca reer of Gen. Alfred M. Scales is one to be commended and is- everv way worthy of the admiration of the peo ple 014 North ;; Carolina.; His : Jf e. puoiic and private, is pure. His war record is excellent. He did good service from first to last and among its' tens of thousands of brave sol diers he deserves a high place. 1! j : We. shall watch the progress of f he canvass with interest. , We expect the banner of 'the noble party i of principle will be carried successfully in Gen. Scales's hands, and that the" November election will close amid the triumphs and shouts of the White Man's party in North Carolina. We say White Man's party because Dr. York has forced that issue. I His civil rights advocacy is disturbing and dangerous, and compels the white men of the ' btate to meet it promptly and resolntely. THE TWO POLITICAL ECONOMISTS Blaine and Logan are victims of a singular and preposterous idea: They are - both fully persuaded that the only things needed in ; this country are the Republican party and htgh taxation that true prosperity pends upon withdrawing large siifms of money from the pockets' jof the people. This is the jist, the cream, the essence, the output pf. their long- winded pronunciamentps. With high taxation the prosperity of all is guar anteed. Such is the residuum of .the Blaine-Logan letters ; when : bofled down. ' Since the ; Romans and Car thaginians first levied taxes therefhas been no such absurd and monstrous - . - - . . . ; i . - economic bosh and stupidity as that. The United States have had high taxes since the war. During one- half of the years the country has been in more or less financial - distress. - .. b ' The trade outlook has been unsatis factory and f unhealthy: and failures have abounded. All this time the .Republican f party have had posses sion, and taxes have been piled upon the people such as no free country has ever borne. Not only has the sWar ...'..".--- . , -. i debt been ! greatly reduced, aijd a most extravagant, wasteful and cor rupt Government been kept running, but each year a great surplus above theft and waste ; and necessary iex- penditures has been gathered into the U, S. Treasury. ;'! 'If taxation be. tho way to prosperity ours is indeed a Wondrous-. ly favored land. Blame and Logan demand that the high, burdensome and unnecessaiy taxation be con tinued. That is the height; depth; breadth and solidity of their states manship. In their political - science the whole qaestion of economy j is summed un in the axiom: "A. coun try's sure road to prosperity lies in high taxation" Logan is.so full of this theory that he wants a Chinese Wall all around the land Jto shut out all nations and their products; Logan calls that po litical science the science .of shut ting bat and shutting in the science; of barbed-wire fence construction. The country for a year or more has peen on the eve o a great panic; In- JUUSLMCB aits r nab, Uitue la . uaiaijwi) capital is luumg itseii; oauKs are closing up ; failures count by the tens 'of thousands; men." and women are ont of work; the army of tramps is moving, and the cause of .all this, Never before was there such utter blindness, such ineradicable stupidity arid fQlly, r , '. Qur friend of the Raleigh J$egts- er did a good thing in havings the speeches of Scales and York steno graphically reported.. We read the opening speech of Gen. Scales and jit. is a good one better than the crude: ontline reports led us to suppose. We shall nse portions of this report! I as our space may allow. apcormug m 4uSw.mVv Roflnesque and others tnat is on loot tie of August bin, says; "it - a. hAOA mArrnifiianT tinan. i ... . m . -n . i :oi anA nnYitiaal omnincs. Dr.Blaihe I ta tniM tfimiKrh thfr TiiAmni Swumn I day since 1 wrote yon r v?"7 ZriL. .-J I llLy:: water -comes- higher on ana - jne roo, - is rnvro j -j. v-1 uo uat Bint afguia tuv . Bjnoe igtfo. .-The cotton 5 -'"T"' Tp' "J'ji "J-i . . okant and the AKPi.K-vfUCE. ;..Gen. Grant, ina letter,: J. Ii. CJornet, of Philadelphia, tells wha he knows abont the 'historic "ajjpie aa iV '. A U ViUitt,..! : h s .ppwmtu! vvuti iwifift ? .gf51 partrominehfe; He 1 urt use I'of'the pie tree story is this.' 'When I received a from Lee asSiug to meet ine aV'Apift at-. tOX. wnere fit! then Was T wmlrirH ote ite I saying I would be there as iBoon asii There was, u-oltT Apple orchard bri tEe Side. OPDoaitllSTnifi'iritnnaA ttkmA Rho I advance 01 array had halted 'when I the white flag wasexhibitedr-Afatnt ad ran . diagonally aps the I at iuih. , Auo jOQiuean. nouae isi on the road, or street if you please, lejad- ing from the Court Hoose to: AppW mattox Depot,? three tmiles f distant: - - . .... . . i It is tw8toiy,l'bjdck. The "abjile-, tree is nearly three-quarters of I l h pv.. vp. tot,,he PP04' ' B4 after binding lltf la vilTdrva in 4-IV a rtToAofiAfi AtMkiA around a road for some half a mile you cross a creek and begin to ascend a hill. On the left of the , country road and beyond the creek was the "apple-tree." Here GenIiee hel da be he consultation with his officers as held his horse by the bridle as was grazing, relative to what should be done. , ( ' '- '. ' ' :' Grant misses the whole story, as he i often misses the truth' when he writes through others of his military performances. The writer of this was at Appomattox Court House in 1870, and was taken by a citizen to the McLean house and shown the room in which Lee and Grant met and where, the ' terms of the surrender were : agreed upon. It was the .left room as you enter, and not the right, as letter writers and others have said. Over the mantel hung a rude, picture representing the positions of Lee and Grant in the room, and those of their officers who attended them. He also took ns over the whole field of ope rations; saw the field near the Court House in which - the Confederates stacked their arms; saw' the remains of the apple tree, a mere stump; saw the position of the Confederates be yond the river, and wrote an-iccount of it soon after for the Fayetteville Eagle. Gen. - Grant is wrong; as Senator Ransom and - others can tel him. .,-. : . : :Ai &oap is coming in as yet very slowly into the Radical laundry. But the begging circulars abound. What the Heavy Ralna ore Dolaa ' Passengers by Friday night's train on the W. &W. road report a flood of rain be tween Goldsboro and New Berne on Fri day. The train due from Morehead missed connection at Goldsboro with the W. & W. train going north and the train on the N. C. road, on account of the delays caused by the wash-outs on the A. & N. C. road. These were of quite a serious nature. At some points dirt had to be thrown in and timbers placed under the track before the train could pass, and in one instance it was found necessary to let the train go separately over a place in the road where , there, had been a particularly bad wash-out, after which the passengers got out and pushed the cars over the chasm.'. It was thought at one time that the train would have to re turn to ' New Berne. Between Kinston and LaGrange, where great fields of wiving corn and promising cotton had gladdened the eyes of the passing traveller, it . i was noticed that much of it had been ..literally washed up by the roots, while all of it roust have been more or less damaged. "'. Republican Blase meeting. ' ; A Kepublican mass meeting was held in Harnett Township yesterday, which was AiMi-MUMl hJ H Whilpnun W T Hnt- lar, Aaron Willis and James Richardson, all colored. The National ticket was en dorsed, but nothing was said about the State ticket. For . Congress, O. H. Dock er y; for Elector, - Dr. R. K Norment; for Senator, W. H. Chadbourn; for the House, F. W.,Foster; for Sheriff, Elijah Hewlett;; for Treasurer, John H. Whiteman. The; latter read a letter, from Mr. Hewlett who stated that it would be impossible for him; to be present on account of the dangerous: illness of his - wife and another member of his family. .A Short Railroad. A wooden railroad, or tramway, is being constructed by a Btmiber -of the; leading citizens; from1 the Rreway. section, m Co lumbus county, to Calabash, a small sea; port ' village" in ' the lowei part of Bruns- wick, near ine aouin uarouna nne, a uis- tance of nine or tea miles. The . rolling stock of the new road will consist of an en- trine and four cars and Is intended to bet ter facilitate the transportation of the large productions of, the.Pireway section to ft suitable locality for shipment. The road is expected to be ready for use early In Oc tober.' - : ' - ..... j an apn A Botanist on HIa Travels. . i Jlr. Gerald McCarthy, a botanist; from Washington City; a student of the National Deaf Mute College, 'has for some jweeks been on a botanical tour after the old fash ioned manner of the pioneer botanists has botanized about Wilmington, adding items to the famous Carte's catalogue. He is now about to make a tour through Bruns wick county, and we trust that the good people of that county will give him : every facility. Mr. McCarthy is collecting for the Agricultural Department, and for the State Exposition. v - " In some sections of Duplin the crops are suffering to some: extent from the late heavy rains. "A heavy wind passed through a portion of the county recently prostrated much of the corn and other crops. :f 'Weo X reached- Appomattox "C xiuubc, .Aice naa oeen t in Aicuieati s n for some time. '-'AH there is 4f the' o little 1 11 XrtSrt rHV -4wa.n-jnnsjB.ajeav4-rf'-T3rrWf " rrr."""- -r-per 'Tl'rXii; - ,1 there Were three "sknnks" for each side in Avnlrt aif T '""S a'ouB y ou pass lurongo ine 'r . . .. - - - . a- - t . i . BUpie-Pl I . - - . - . , N , 0,,r I MnM ninniuD nn ; On Ilia fi nth inn nil IKo li.v,,.-,,,, , r- ,? i, 1 ,i ! - r JV ,n ,1 J 1, u , U). - -..-. 1. ' . 1 ' ' 1 T. - . . ' .1 r r f I WlLMINGTbNN. ClFEIDAY AttGUST lfejl884; J - ; ' XllE imTlONAI, GAME - EielUns fiave ,fceftween tl0 M A . large crowd .assembled at the Side.Park yesterday afternoon to wither j tba match game. of base ball betweinithe I Vecljanic,' of CplumW Sides' of this eitv- - The came was called !-:.: A , i " 4 r . -v.'-A. utriiuti vvumuia. iub umpire; juessrs. o.atw:i .A:T -itt.. J.t' :iinini.' 1 . " 1 . . . . . : .. f ... : oL.u ' ,P.wo,;ft i lulhMBgli the'Vw,,lu ?J""" 1 I.jmnutfis it was seen that the Sea-sides'Jnaa 1 mev "JEoemen woruiy.ot their sieei. PWA . . -n rra wi oi:.- .t.. t--"-,siuli fw? !.rJWw.?f jrl .n?-l mniid nnrl all was priilpmpnt ' thn i j ji ii - , ? a.-.- t. .n.4 i f J ."ii." I I'NIIIH I1H I.IIH IUUVIrK LUHIIIIrllVra VII I LI in I fourth inning the 'Mechahics"madc kwo 1 rounds. and on the fifth inning the' 'Sea-1 c,.;ll::A" -ii.-?Lv;2&:iL'l Hi 1 tdes 'made two;puttiDg the latter even with mires mane Lwn!nnuinir lihi iailpt evrn wuu i "Sea SMes" were "skunked" and the 'Me- chanics" made one round, and this gave them the victory, . , . - . j .Every thing passed off most pleasantly, and it was conceded by all that this (was the finest game of base ball that has ever been played in the. State, and .bom. dubs are entitled to the 'highest, praise for their most excellent playing. . j Mr. Ray, the umpire, received the com mendation of every one for his impartial decisions, and he reflected much credit on himself. . . ' . ': . The. Columbia boys,. took the train last night for their home, and seemed much pleased with their visit. Thus ended the most excitiDg and interesting game ever played here. ,., , . - J ,. - The Sea-Side Park Club intend . chal lenging the Hechanics for another match,; but have not yetjdcc'ided on the date. L Below we give the score of each cluu: . Inning ......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91-T. Mechanics' :..0 0 2 000 0 Sea Side..,. ...s...O 0 0 0 2 0 ft 0 d-2 aa - . From the Land or Flower. I A correspondent at Orlando, Florida! un der date of August 5th, tells of a boy and: a horse being killed by lightning; that it had been raining hard nearly every day for three months; " that the yellow fever is raging at' Tampa Bay,' in 95 miles pf Or lando; that laborers have a plenty to do now; that two young men from . North Carolina (Fred. Robeson, of Bladenj and Henry McMillan, of Wilmington.) are boarding with J. E, Croom, but expect to return" to their homes by. the 15lh of De cember; that orange groves are looking well how saw a 1 tree1 to-day containing 1,500; that land is extremely high, but hun dreds of people are buying; that Orange county is full of lakes, but . good health seems to prevaH; that livery stables pay well in Orlando, both Sundays and Mon days; that chickens and eggs are extremely high, the former being 75 cents to ft per pair, and teggs 23 to 40 cents per dozen; that old cithseaa of the to am eay they have never known so much thunder and light ning before; that meat is very high, being from 4 to 5 cents per pound, bacon; 12, flour 5; that lemons are getting ripe fast, and that pineapples are selling rapidly. n an eg Fight in n Bar-Room A Colored Man Seriously Stabbed. - John Gibson, colored, a stevedore, was seriously wounded in an affray that oc curred about 9 o'clock last night, in a bar room on Dock,- between Front and Water streets, kept by Josea and Fred Hawes, colored. Gibson was cut in three places his upper lip was laid open, a severe gash made in his right side and a long cut across his abdomen from which' the intestines protruded. The cutting isveharged upon Fred Hall, colored, a carpenter, and : was caused by a quarrel oyer a game of cards. Hallwas arrested by Officer Millis, jwho happened to be in the vicinity, soon (after the affray," and was taken, with the waund- ded man ' (Gibson) to J. C. Hill's office. where Gibson's wounds were sewed .up by Dr.Macumber and a commitment waspiade out for Hall who was then sent to jail to await the result of the injuries inflicted on Gibson. : : Hall alleges that 'a general attack was made upon him' by Gibson and several other colored men in the'place, and that he wss knocked down and beaten with a chair. He does not admit' the cutting, j The weapon used could not be found. Chaso After n Boy with n Stolen ;Um- '. nrella. . . - . j ' A colored boy snatched a brand new um brella from a country cart in the neighbor hood of the Front street market, on Thurs day morning, and ran all the way to the neighborhood of McRae and. Mulberry streets, closely pursued by the owner j(a co lored man). Here the boy dropped the umbrella, but continued his flight unmo lested. The owner of the umbrella was so mad that it would have been dangerous just then for the boy to have fallen into his hands. J I .... .l--B-S Protection to Birds. ' . Perhaps 4t may be as well to remind those interested that section 2834, chapter 2nd, of the laws of North Carolina, says that ("bo person shall kill or shoot, trap' or net any. partridges, quail, .doves,- robins, Llarka; lmocking Mrda or wild turkeys, be tween the first day of April and the fif teenth day of October in each year; apd the person so offending shall be guilty of amis demeanor, and fined not exceeding ten dol lars for each offence." : .' -', 'The Rains in Brnnswiek'. , . i ." ; '. Sheriff E. W: Taylor, Writing us from Winnabow. Brunswick county, under date nas rainea every on the ora. 'ine Town Creek than crop- is about (or will he) ruined. Crona In Peader. - 'i''";5 1 1 v Dr. S. S. Satchwell, who was Jn the city yesterday, cays the late heavy Tains have done considerable damage in Pender. The old born and the peanuts are not hurt, but the young corn and cotton is pretty badly injured. Thero has also . oeen too much rain for the sweet potatoes. : T : , ' A jolly steamboat captain, who. was in the city yesterday, accounts for the I . , present-Usaiay speH" in this wise. . : He MiraVmnnr thn wonthnr man sbirtfid it nnrl ihAn rlifid and since then there has been nobody to stop tt. , - 7-- TTTHi n cvwv Tumi? a trrarn ftv he Iia been ZartalBe hrnr Brl of Trade, mill tar;, JPlrenjieii v CMmem Geacorxll-ne la RIf eh -f&a, Thosrvls: Goverhor of Nerth Carolina.' who'Tiart ftpfln nri ' hnnnrpH -viJitnr owt city during the present week.tuWing atpred 'Lerefo us tWWW met with Arecdptipnm efer FZVLwiviei. -'-. i.A-tX6 dc- I o-r y---e wwi.-" y-i ,i gtate!-.'? ' .".rf".: I ' - I TiiJl.! - inJUC.nt tt.a t J,.T, 1. TC 7 '--r. TT" l- virau?. anu ouier uigniuu-res . ue ui b nnrirai a y MyuinM--. AiMisir - v m m ?yu S? w'f. -f .""f" v down tfcriW? "Pha "hAit tr?ihid Mthn ""---c-iZ, i"i 77i vt rfwww ijJweHwj pe-enon to-iofenaunseu. wnrus top T.n im nrnvomoni: nr niip mrnnn Ttm-"h&b' iiUvktyttjj-fii I l M i: rj t "--r , . fiMWJ rw , has thus farbeeii atf t6watd tmpletiBg 4 ork .whicheitWdi ad vioek 1 wnmiriiifA. id A!'!n"-v.,nnnVirii, . . w.ao w sSIenTof the Chamoer jt -3omnerce j being of the party, posted the1 Governor in. regard to the improvement, and be appeared to be much'gratiued at what he sawjand heard. .. The ' party were next landed at Smithville and escorted tb the hotel, wnere the Governor was called upon by appm- ber of the prominent citizens. " '"While waiting for dinner the Governor and party were entertained "by," 'delightful : mjusio In the pavilion. At 2 pm. dinner was an nounced. At the table Col." F.' W. KeVcb ner presided, with Gov. Jarvis on his on1 rir.1 ' A ' XT Wallnll nW nfo toft' ! Col. E. D. Hall, ; Mayor of Wilmington, occupied a seat at the opposite end o tte table, with Private "Secretary Dudley on his right and' ex-Mayor Fishblate on! Ids left. Among others at .the table were ex Mayor Ai H. VanBokkelen, Lieut. Hand, of the Revenue Cutter Cotfax and CapW" J. F. Divine, Superintendent of the' Atlantic Coast Line. The party, much pleased with' their entertainment, left at 4.30 p. m.j for,1 Wilmington. We are assured that the Governor and party were delighted with their trip and the attention shown them by Capt' Harper, of the Passport. " , j At night, after' the grand ratification meeting in front of the City Hall, the Gov ernor was- spiritedly entertained by the iuuuiKau uuaiua, nuu kicuoucu uiuj Mayor Hall and various others. On Wednesday, after the meeting at the Produce Exchange, where our business men listened to such comforting and en couraging words from ' our honored " Chief Magistrate, the . Governor and his escort Btarted for Wrightsville and took dinner at the Sea Side Park Hotel, Which was hearti ly enjoyed.. After dinner the numerous guests were severally introduced to the Governor, when an adjournment to the sharpie and a trip to the "Banks" was in order. Here a short time was spent very pleasantly. The party then returned to the mainland and repaired to the Pine Grove House, which tbey reached at 9 p. m. At 9.30 supper was announced, when the dis-' tinguished guest and his escort revelled in the delights of pig fish and other sea side .luxuries. . . - j i Calls " for; s:ecXiies ' followed, and re sponses were made by . Col. Kcrchncr, Mayor Hall and H. C. McQueen; Esq. The pleasures of the afternoon and evening were somewhat marred by the rain, but the party returned to Wilmington at midnight by the light of ah unclouded moon, which shed its radience upon the beautiful shell road and made the drive home a charming one. . ' . ' Yesterday Gov. Jarvis was called upon at the Mayor's residence by a number of prominent citizens. At 12 m. he Was en tertained by the Wilmington Steam:. Fire Engine Company with, an exhibition of the efficiency of their engine the "Little Giant,' uuu iu icaui avuu aLfuaia.us. . iw uuiov. were in their stalls. The gong sounded and the horses were in position at the engine, harness on and hitched up in seven seconds, and in twenty seconds they were on the street. . The songine andi reel were driven down Princess street to Third and up Third to Mulberry, when the horse with hose-reel attached came' back at a swinging pace. There was a large crowd present to witness the exercises, and the Governor seemed delighted with the effi ciency and skill displayed. Onv Wednes day the feat of harnessing, hitching up and getting the horses aid engine on the street was performed in eighteen seconds. ' Gov- Jarvis was subsequently entertained at the Cape Fear Club room, where he met a number of the members of the boarus of trade and others and a season of" social en iovment was indulged in. f Afterwards the Governor was dined at the Purcell House, being the guest of our excellent - friend, Mr. J.; H. ' Currie,- one of Wilmington's most prominent and enterprising business men. i . u The reception given the Governor last night by the - Wilmington - Light Infan try Company, at their armory,-; Jittingly ended the round of attention's to his Excellency. s Many prominent citizens and members of the Veteran Corps of thej Com pany were present, " and numerous -toasts were given and happily responded tof u , We understand that Governor jarvis has been very much gratified at the hearti ness of his reception in- Wilmington, and the generous, ; 'unstinted : hospitality of which he has been the recipient.. Accident to a Base, Ball .Player, Mr. Alf,; Williamson, .first base f thet "MechanicaBase Ball Club, of Columbia, .; U., was, severely, wiurea.auring me match game with the "Sea Side Park' Club Thursday afternoon, by coming in collision with one of the Sea Side bays. , He re- rivpf n BAwra lilnw nn tha head and was knocked down. He remained Tiaconscious i anUl early yesterday morning,' Dnl M last accounts Was improving.' Evefyflnrfg pos sible was done for the in jured'feentjeman, and much sympathy wai expressed ion all sides on account of the unfortunate acci in Scco Capt. dent. : Capt. Ri! M. McDdugald, of the '"Mechanics." remained at the' Sea-Side Park to look after Mr. TFVilliamsop, and Capt Smithi of the 18eaide"rCluh, also detailed a-tofltwemain with him. f . , P. a Sincef ,writintd the abbve Dr. Bunn teienhones that Mr. W. continues to improve, hut that be bad been aavisea not to attempt to carry" but hisj ititcntioQ ; of . . . '' V , ft ' ' Jk A 1 1 cnunl4 "P Irim. f 'b w vino buu ,uxiu& I the train for Hnrna last nlffht. Carit ' Mc I Don (raid wMexnected uo last evening, en route for Columbia. I , i " ; ' i XX i .rtt WASHINGTON. ' j ni Reaalor an laTestlsratlon of the New ynaui rwinMM ire lucmeiencj u4 , IrreswlarUrTlie Poatmaster'a Son Charsed wltb Meallnc I-etlera. ioy nieKrapato sue morning star. I f WAsnniTOsr. Aueust 7. The SDeicial commission which has, -been investigaiine the condition and management of the Scw 'B Orleans fpoetofficb' submitted itr reoo to the Postmaster General to-day, Comiois-, Bioners eurt, uice ana Abels say in the re-' port mat iney round Mbei racilitiesoflthe .office ample, but the . force, emnloved 1 in emcient throi efficient through lack' of" nfoner trnlninoii 1 f . ! j- ; , . , i k m or iscipiHie;uieyav. aoes nps exiss in me omce. nor. aoes anv svstem the Office, nor does any system of Promotion based nnon'fnrtivtrtiial merit aad they add that they foundeverv thine "ranged appafenUy more for the penonaT 1 convenience ot cierss than iot the necessi- J nmfcoiuuaiuess. - iney say mat ine, post- i uiaovti inrancBflca aitiiiin in mi avimw miui m - -Si .r.r .Vffil. A ul "uu at tna naAaoov necessities of - the service: rarelv vishintbe;w( Visiting the working floor and seldom con- subrdinatesthat while too much ought not to be expected of j the assistant nostmaster.1 Jin view Sot hi nnAb assistant pbstraaster.'n view k' his com-. l Mrajjyejyrrecent appointment, yet, they fee constrained to say that his selection for , w r L J . the plitce'wtB imwiseecause of ill ftrfe-1 Bav inai nis seiecuon tor. Wniiute. vnnn, t. 2L i -i yior judgment, lack of discretion and ina-1 bility to maintain discipline. They sav. further, that they found the mailing divis ion without organization or discipline; mail maaer; esaeciauy t newspapers. bemg'badJy 1 -11 i 1 .1.1 a fill . . j liiuiujeu auu ueiajeu.. uat uiey luuuu that no i accounts had been kept of mail sacks, which latter in many cases were be ing unlawfully used by persons other than employes; they (the commissioners) baying found 140 tof them in junk, shops, and lath ers used as cotton packages or made Into hammocks'.1 ( They express the opinion that the want ot energy on the part or the chief of this - division is in part oWing to the; rairare oi bis superiors-to support aim. They say, also, that the office of the col lection clerk, with a salary of $900, has been beld f or some time past by Geo. W. Merchant, son of the postmaster, who has rendered very little service, his work hav ing been done, by the cashier, and they add that this omce is entirely unnecessary and should be abolished. Thev report hav ing; lound an employee carried on the. tolls as "porter detailed as detective," who ren dered no service himself, but' who had hired an old colored man at $8 per month tq do a, lutte sweeping, that being! tne servida which ; called tor the employ ment of a 1 porter; and they recommend that this office . as well as that! of chief porter be abolished.'- They also recommend! that the . title , of the official now; known as "Secretary and Au ditor" be changed to .Official r Secretary, and that the salary of the office be redaced irom f i.&ou to ? l.auu per annum, i uey recommend increase ia the salaries efj cer tain clerks aggregating $1,100 per annum: and a reduction aggregating $2,450. They also report having made inquiries relative to depredations on the mails, at this office, and the failure of the postmaster to report them; and say with respect to this branch of , their investigation that it was found that just before their " visit fifteen letters, addressed to M. A. Dauphin had been ab stracted from the mails in the office, under such circumstances 'as 'point conclusively to the son of the postmaster as the person who stole them. When the facts were re ported to the postmaster he obtained - pos session of and burned certain fragments of missing letters, and thereby destroyed im portant evidence against the guilty person; but that be, afterwards promised to exclude bis son permanently from the omce. TEXAS., A Bet perate Flsht with Winchester Rifles and . Bowie Knives All tho Combatants Killed or Fatally Jared. j '" ! . .-.-' Pr Telegraph to the Xorning Star.l J "-STLonralAug 7. A - dispatch from irreaonia, ' iexassays' a. desperate ugn. occurred ten miles north .or this place on Monday evening, in which one man was killed and three men were mortally wounded.! Samuel Faulkner and Henry Allen met. two brothers named Woodall on the road and attacked them with Winches ter rilles. The party dismounted and fought from behind ' their horses. Nearly fifty shots were exchanged. Allen was shot through the heart at about . the fifth round, one of the Woodalls was shot in the shoulder -and neck and disabled. The other Woodall and r Faulkner then closed with bowie knives and a fearful combat en sued, in which Woodall was stabbed just below the heart . Faulkner then turned to look aftet his dead companion Allen, and as he did ,' so he received a bullet in his breast from the pistol of the elder Woodall, who was lying on the ground with his neck and shoulder split open. aulkner may possibly .recover, but both the Woodalls will uici. iuc . uicufc. wus we reauik ui u old feud, which originated in Arkansas," where all the men once lived. Both par ties were goisg . to a camp meeting when they met, i WASHIJN GTON. ( Appropriations for Improvement of Rivera and Harbors in North, and South; Carolina.;,.- .';'.vj; Washington. Aneust 8. Cant. Hinman of the Corps of Engineers)' in charge of the improvement of rivers and harbors in the States of ; Virginia.' North Garoli na and South Carolina, has made his annual report to the Chief of. Engineers. Appended is a statement giving the wors contemplated, the money available;: and the money asked for. for the fiscal year ending June 3.0th, 1886, in North and South Varouua: : Mehernn river, N. Lki dreaging.avaiiaDie 4866. asked for 7.500. , i it- . Currituck sound, TJoanjok bay bank and North river barf improving channel, avail able $8,00p1asked for $50,000. . - , ldenton nay, JN. c. improving cnan- nel, available $10,000, asked ton $8,000. Pamlico and Tar river N. C. removing Obstructions, available $7,333, asked fpr S5.000. 'J -:! ; i..;1J Neuse-river, . u. , - general improve ment, available $25,862, asked for $10,000. Beaufort Harbor, N. C, general im provement, available $31,198, asked for 20.om . i Clubfoot. Harlo we and New Port rivers. N.C. ,general improvement, available $9,805, asked for $50,000. Trent river, N. C. dredging and remov ing- snags. available' $10,000, asked for S10.000. , - COhtentnea Creek. JN. u.. removing on structions, available $50, 000, r asked, for 20.0001 -.... .. .. - Cape Fear river, available $22,497, asked Yadkin-river available ,f 33,laL i i . Great Pee Dee river, JM. U, removing Obstructions, available $8,154, . asked for S10.00QL -,: ;!'(! ,rt-u. . Waccamaw river, a. U., removing on- structions available - f 6.330. ' : asked for ; Santee river, S. C., general improvement, available S32.049, asked for X47.427. Wateree river. 8. removiug , obstruc tions, available $5,161. asked for tS7. Georgetown Harbor, 8. C. dredging, available $12;oyo, asked for f a.lal. "1, H il I MASSACHUSETTS A General Snnt-Down of Cotton BtUls at Fall -River A Cotton mill Bnrned at urbrleeatar. ? . r' t j- , FAiii Rrvxa. Aug. 9. A general shut down of all cotton mills has been decided uoon and will begin Monday.- The only mills not approving of the shut down are the i Border City. Pocasset. King Phillip, Union; Narraganset and Sagamore; but it is auite likely UieV-'will'stop within h week. The cause of closing the mills is dull markets for prints. : ' " 1 Wobcbstbb. Ang. 9.-Thb Columbian mill, at South Bridge! 'with office, board ing house and tenement house, were burn- - I lUjt,HUUOB UUU IbUKIUVUI UWUOU WW v V anon m mm ed by a supposed incendiary- are tms I morning." The mid had 9,00V spindles Of - 1 I cotton and employed sixty hands. It was owned and leased by Providence parties. j j v - " ) . l; l NO. 42 rr- TUB IEAI UEROES. j The Arctic Keller Fleet mtf New Fork Fnnrhil Hnor io thef Brave 5x- piorera-TAe Names of tho Dead and we mipeuuoB oi tneir.Bodles., - I 4 IBV Tn)Th tA ia nhli 1 - " .NEW YoaKi Aneuat 8i The. Alert. Bear and Thetis, ,of the ' Arctic .Relief fleet. which lay in the fewer "bay all last nujht, weighed anchor soon after 8 o'clock ihis mnrninir nnil ntvamofl olnwlv nn tnnr.ro 1 ine' liar dot. - rue troops " on Governor s Island were early on duty, and at 9 o'clock Gen. Hancock, with Generals 'Whipple land Jackson; and other officers of his staff, bad. a funeral escort and saluting companions under, arms. A lookout-man was potted on . the terreplane of Castle William, to 'sig nal the coming of the fleet. At . 9,30 o'clock the Navv YarH tutiala'marr ved; ManoT with Cbmmodore. Fillebrowa knd uaptaiBs Jtirkland and. Watson on board. uu nuvr arrtua io .data nom NAAMtam '- warwncoin. uenerai nenoan ana uene ral llazen, .with the members of their stiffs, who were saluted bv a ?uard of hdrior on ilaading at the dock, r, - , j At 11 o'clock the watch on lhe f Ore an nounced that the -Thetis was in - sight, land the casematedjruns on the .first and seooad llAPa 41uf flaallA luunn ft. .Am n fAMl I v uuwv An-,LL. v. IJIW C 1UU.I1I . ioaintA nr tvAntvwma .rmia Tka dm launches Gen. Green and CatalDa and; the steamboat Chester A. Arthur at once start ed ont to meet the fleelw ; 5 , ? j It was not until afternoon that the bodies were transported from the Bear C to the dock on Governor's Island. : Thev ramp on the i tug- Catalna. Followiatr them ' came Gen. Hancock's barge, and after that were Commodore Fillibrown's barge and (the steam launches .Dispatch and Minnesota. The flotilla was commanded by Lieut. Com mander R.. D. Hitchcock, U. S. N. There were aoout iour nunared troops in 7ine, madeiup from six batteries of foot artilferv. together, with mounted men of the light battery;1 " - - ; f s.'.The names of the dead are as follows j-ucuk. duuies xj. ijockwoou, wnoseuoay wilt' be sent to Annapolis m charge of Lieut. R. G. Peck, TJ. 8. N., who acts for Gen. II. H. Lockwood, the father of! the aeaa iiieutenant; - ; . j ; ; : ;. Lieut Fred F. Kislingbury, whost re mains will be sent to Rochester, N. Y. 4 for interment; .v j m Sergt. Israel, who will be buried at his home in 'Kalamazoo, Mich. ; : I Sergt. David tl Ralston, whose bodv will be sent to Howard, Knox county, Ohio; j eergt. David Lcnn. whose bodv win be buried in Philadelphia; bergt. Wm: Cross, whose remains will be forwarded,, to his widow in WashingtoD, D. C; ' T ' Corporal Joseph Ellison, whose -broaher ,in Pottsviner Pa.,' will receive the body; Private Wm. Whistler, who will be buried by his father in Dethai Ind. ; and , private Wm. A- . JiiUis. whose mother will take charge of his remains in Clyde, N. Y. . ; ; CROr : REPORTS. ! The Average Condition of Cotton Bet ter' than In jnlr Grain' Crop in Good Conditlon-Tobaeeo Pranrislng a Large Yield. :. . ' , ' By Telegraph to the Horning Star. j , Washington.' Aug: 9. The Depart ment of Agriculture reports the. condition o.f cotton, improved in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. (The improvement is especially manifest in Mis sissippi and .Louisiana. In North Carolina and Georgia its average status is unchanged since the July report . In: South Carolina,' Florida and Alabama excessive raids have caused weedy growth and shedding of forms and has prevented cultivation. In Texas the drought has caused the loss of one point and raised serious apprehensions for the future. The temperature of the past month has beeti either normal or higher than the average in the Mississippi Valley and lower on the Atlantic coast ana in Alabama; the region of increased rain fall..: The cotton moth has appeared in the Gulf States and worms are reported iu a few counties: but no damage has as yet re sulted. , The plant is . generally "reported late and deficient, as yet. in fruitage in a condition to give good results with fa vorable i .weather and deferred frosts, or show heavy depreciation with i con tinued excess- of rain in one sec tion, and drought in the other. The average of condition has advanced from 86 in Jul v to a little above 87. So far this is favorable, as in six years of the past ten, tne August report has shown a decline from the record or the preceding month, the excep tions being 1876, 1880 and 1882. The State averages are: Virginia 88, North Carolina 87. South Carolina 91. Georgia 90, Florida 97, Alabama 92, Mississippi 89, Louisiana 85. Texas 79. Arkansas 87. .Tennessee vz. Advices since the first of the month indica ted an improvement from seasonable rains in rexas. - The condition of corn averages the same as in the July report and is higher than in any August since 1880. It has been ex ceeded but' three times in ten years in 1875, 1879 and 1880 when it j was sa in each, instance. Drought has prevailed in portion's of the Ohio Valley "and in Texas. witn considerable severity, reducing mo condition of corn six points. The averages of the principal States are' New York 91; Marvland 94. Virginia 95. North Carolina 97, South Carolina 94, Georgia 97, Alaba ma 99. Mississippi 90V Louisiana 78, lexas 8d, Arkansas 91, Tennessee 99, , Pennsylvania 90, Kentucky 91, Ohio 81, Indiana, Illi nois 92, Iowa 103, Maryland 102, Kansas .101, Nebraska 105. , . ! . . The report for wheat includes only nuc sonnsr wheat reeion. The average is US- one point higher than in the two last Igood spring wucJi. years uuu uigucr tuau iu uujr year since 1877 k ; v -j The average for condition ot oats it vi one point lower than in 1883. ' " I Tobacco promises a large crop. : aasa chusetts 85. Connecticut 92, Pennsylvania 82: Marvland 102. Virginia 97, North Car olina 99, Tennessee 103, JS-entucRS iVi, Ohio 74. ! , : ' ' ' . The prospect is favorable , for another large Crop of potatoes. Not so foil as that OI last year ou au area urce ier ueuvpuiiui er. i rcaoui luuiuauvua j)oi,ut ui i about 10 per cent less than thatr with a larger difference if future conditions should be less favorable. ; 1 GREELY'S arctic search, Interesting' Relics of the ' Ill-fated 1 .ijh Bxpedition. ! .y j : By Telegraph to the Morning Star.) New Yobk. August 9. The orignal pa pers comprising the" record of Gteely's Arctic search and the jnoet interesting ' of the relics of that ui-iatea expeaiuonj were to-dav dolivered into the custody of Major General Hancock, at Governor's Island; by1 Lieut Sebree, of the Thetis,' 'llierej were four boxes cbntamihg"cTothing, papers and curioaitiei accumulated by different nerh-- bers of the crew. Many of them were preserved as memorials' of the dead he- rdps who ppllected4bem., in, theoretic re trions. In the bottom of tne launcn nay a broken top gallant mast hnd the battered WA ! ive feet in length and three int width. ,, It was1 one 'BUuafaCtaied by Lleuti Greely from broken pi jces of the small boit iaad fastened together with strbng strips of skin. - it was snoa, wa , siriRfoi iron, reu iU : " " .ZVZ?. ' t boandtraPPV largVja k would have served as a buov and kept the Veports from being' lost in case of colli- SiOO. , . . . . i . . . , , , . -'.'.''- ar m arc m s The ProblMttontsta to, have , Fall. I .. state Tieket and . PresldejijUai Elee- tors. .... . . . - , j.iJ-,; Lawmhicb.: Ae.- 9. The State CeDtral- Commiliee ot the. ;ProblbitioaT party .met luM vmIahIiiv onrf vill inane a call for a Convention, ;to meet in1 Lawrence' Septem ber 2nd, to put in aoninaUoa a tuu state ticket and Presidential electors. SpintSj -Turpentine A colored hcintnl at: d.t&M Ka negro woman strychnine by mistake and -.- U killed hfiF TTnrl hn O linjnoo In ....nllno " . from the State ' Board f -Bnch1 nhisances ought, to be suppressed, itis; v ':' McDaniel of the east side of fhe Cape Fear river.has- a stalk of cotton that has- nnn J L this year to the height of eight feet and ten - tucjwav nu as,i:D01jSttf; j's j - BaltimbreJ& . , 'Arrangements I are making by enterprising firms to have the industries of Baltimore fully represent ed at the North Carolina State Exposition, ' which will be held at Raleigh, beginning October 1st and contiauing until the 28th 3 of that month. It is rmirhlv Miimotftri I that Baltimore's trade with North Carolina ' aiuuuuu io.qverfi3.ouo.ww annually. - -v- :-- t New .Berne i Jotrai . The re cent heavy and continuous Trains- have caused much anxiety about the cotton crop. i and the general opinion is that if the rains -continue intuch longer it .will 'beserjously damaged.' jStone wall dot : Two of ou r -oldest and most respected citizens died do-; ring the firetPpart of the week Mr. CharW MtV?! IrtedMr. Joseph McCotter, of Neuse river. Mr. Brinson- ': f was 70 odd years .old and Mr. McCotter aoout . - ..j Raleigh Visitor: The following are the officers 6f the North Carolina State ' - ; ' K'- i . 'Wm lit AKqclJitioar PienU-W. B. , -- v.; Lane, Joldsboro; ; Viol President Miss-r - T Lessie bouthgate; Durham ; Treasurer W. J. Brown; Raleigh; Secretaryr-C. B. Hart, v Raleigh. : An eleven-year-old boy in " Wake sawed penaioe until he iiad a dollar, with which he bought a goat.. With this he cultivated 'two acres of land. "He has " already sbld many dollar's worth of vege- -tables, and will make a bale of.cotton.ri'.J -! Newj Berne ournalx. Nick "Best came near Jhaving his child murdered -a few days ago. . Mr. Best says the nurse, a colored girl about ten or twelve years old, ran away" from his home with the child -and was gone some time before Mrs. Best missed .them, After a long and diligent v search Mr. Best succeeded in 'finding the girl's track, and followed it three or four . miles, through a large pocosin, to an old well. The girl was in the act of throwing the child into the well, but on seeing Mr. Best she put the child behind the well and made good her ' escape-through the woods. Wilson cfoaracie; From present indications there will, be no opposition in the ranks of the Democracy to the return of lion. xeouion is. .Vance to hia seat in the U. S. Senate. ' ; We think now that the most enterprising weekly paper in the State is the Raleigh Register, of which Mr. P. M. Male is editor: On Monday Scales and York' met at Newton and ' opened the cam-, paign. On Wednesday the Register pub lished the speeches in'full, as taken down by a stenographer employed for that pur pose. That's enterprise for vou. and we are glad to see it. Rockingham' Rocket The speech of James T. LeGrand, Esq., . placing dudga Bennett s 'name before the Convention at Lumberton, and that of D. A. Covington, Esq., in seconding the nomination, were both creditable and thrill' mg productions. The nomination of- : Col. , Alfred Rowland as Elector, and by acclamation, too,' was a deserved compli- : ment to a rising . young son pi.ttobeson county whose people seem to love him as- David did Jonathan, u His speech before the nominating convention at Lumberton, -accepting the honor tendered, gave evi dence sufficient of his power as a can- " vasser. . , . -. Wadesboro Times: The 1 selec tion of Col. Rowland for Elector -in this District was most eminently fitting and proper for the Democratic cause will find in :. him an eloquent, fearless and able defen- der. Dr. Andrew Easley lives at Black Walnut,. Virginia, and deals largely in mail contracts, selling them out at a pre mium, but this Ume "the biter is bit Dr. Easley took- the contract to carry the mails from Wadesboro to White Store. Jones Creek, Hornsboro, etc. , for $342 a year. . He has been trying to sublet his contract at a figure much less than he took-it for, but as yet he has not succeeded in finding any one who will take , ty even at the $342 -a year. - . :. , : -:t Charlotte Observer: Dr. John Moss, of Cabarrus county, was in the city yesterday, and reports 4hat. crops every- wnere are tne finest Known in years. In the year 1879 a young man named J. C. Fulton. of Stokea county was shot and : killed hya. maBiAaraed George Hairston; who afterwards fled the state. Arewara ot $400 was offered for the murderer,- and is yet offered. - Hairston went to Texas, but afterwards moved to Appomattox, Va.,with ; his wife, who had followed him faithfully. . Last week it became known that Hairston was at Appomattox, Va.,1 and an ineffectual ettort was made to capture mm. , uaptain James M. Irwin, chief of police of Lvnch- burg, and Mother to: Sergeant Irwin, of Charloite, was the hero of he adventure, which was a thrilling one. - Kalegh JVews-'Observer . the Danville Grays will hold an encampment - at Warm Springs, beginning August 11th and continuing ten days. Senator Vance . is. if such a thing be - possible, as popular in Virginia as in North Carolina. The gal lant Danville soldiers therefore name their ; encampment "Zeb Vance Encampment" ' President Primrose read a full report in which he stated that 20,000 pamphlets, full of useful information, had been printed and circulated widely The arrangements for the merging of the State fair and the colored fair . into the exposition are com plete. The special premiums for stock, agricultural products, etc., are for the former $3,000, for the latter $300. ,the ex hibit by the colored people will be made all during the exposition, in a special ana commodious hall.' The Secretary; of the colored industrial association has agreed to snake a thorough canvass among his race ia the State, and to use every effort to secure a, fine display, so as to show what 'the col ored people are doing in North: -Carolina. The educational building is yet to be erec ted. The exhibit of live stock, which, will jbe.by far the finest ever seen in North Caro-, Una, wall be maae irom uctooer pjia to tne 28th. k'"'"''-'-"'- ' '" ' - . : Ti.;.t- t-.l.t - T -ci T it , . xvaieiga j.,ecoruer -urowr . j: . o . Wiggs; of Hickory, reports a gracious re vival at wariicK s fjnapei, wivn niteen con versions. - The meeting at Mt.. Vernon closed on the 24th of July with nine addr- tions tolhe church -Rev. : J. J. Lans- dell, of . Roxborq, proposes to ' remove to Durham at- an - early day, and begin tne publication ' of - The Lining Preacher, a . monthly periodical, devoted to the. propa gation and the defence oi tne aoctrmes ot irrace. at $1 a year. Rev. 'W. M. baptised a large: who had made . a profession, of faith in vjnns. uuring ine meeuug. i usieru. Carolina corresoondence Over forty fruit- . evaporators were received lately, at one of our depots on ine west isonn. uaroima Railroad.i This country is destined to have a large revenue from.dried.fruU;; In pushing towatd Murphy the authorities of the WeBtern North Carolina Railroad ena ble, us to say that the track is now laid across Tuckaseize River through the Cowee Tunnel and a few miles, beyond, making it about, 25, miles from waynesviiie, ana within about '15 mues from" Charleston. Boon, the, trains Wnl be. ratang into Geor- J gia, as well as Tennessee. Raleigh ' .Parmer '& Mechanic: The funeral of Rev.1 Dr. Xjrfcy'? Was very largely attended; the cb,urch being unable to contain the' assemblage. ' Durham county held A big picnic at Evan's Store, in Oak Groyos - township. ? . Judge paniei u. . John Moring,1 and Caleb a. made nspeooliesj'.-J uut I, it is proper to add that the Fair was in no sense a State Fair. - .Not obe tenth of the counties were represented, and only a single specimen of . fruit came 1.. r 1 il. VM--..i. 1 itran..moontain and cis mountaia regions i guppod to be the natural home of fine ft""-- ar?e counties ; Uke Mecklenburg, I Rowan, Iredell, Catawbanneombc, nay- 1 wood, etc., had no renreseniative. , I ' . ts:h:.j tuvi k... ; 'Thomas Dilhard Johnston was born in -nr . :n . - . 11 -f 1049 flnAAfa atCoL8. T3. Le8 i Acadcmv. . near Asne- . 1 Vr r" J ' ' , . , 1 Served in Gov. Z. B..,yance7s company. f 4th N.; C. ;"and at Malvern- Bill received three severe" wounds., Disabled, for more active Bervice, he was appointed Captain inti the CtonuniSBary rDeparttnent. W as nominated to the House bytbe. JJemocrats in 1870. and - made a thorough canvass xairrylng the counW' by . 460' majority a fain of 6w lor tne, party. . fiiecieu w iuo enatein 1876. ' ,f f- 1 . l Kennedy writes from Warsaw :,W closed f Y&sn I a meeting here of great power yesterday. I OI ilOOO, i V 1 n l..l .nilui.ttvf IUnlrfl - f ii a lrsiuocu a mice swuwi - . wuvv.w, It. M'- 's -' ii - iii W i;-.iVl,;,.:I,n ml - va,;. '- '''''"! ' mi; H-1 m h-. Sr.- : i. 't-r 1 7:-l -.."1 -fK'l .---:V;;VJ-.i,., -v.---f-I-r. -m -,- i k i . ..: