The Weekly Star; PUBUSHKD AT rtlLMIJJGTOJI, ' 'AT"' ' h jl.SO A 15 A R, I N. AD VAHCB. )58sSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 888888888888888881 iiUOK9 88S88S8888S888888 - 8S888SS8888888888 . 88S383SSSS2SSSS8S 3SSS88S88S8SS.88;SS - SSSSSSSS8SSSSS83 - -i-n-ii-i-(iMectco5 ." 8Sg88SS88S8S8g8S; 7 1- lis - as Second Class Matter. .. i S UBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscri6tion price of the WlciJ.Y .tah is as follows . i Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, ' " f 6 months, v." v '.'-:" 3 months.. -?r-- $1.50 ... 1.00 : -.so We propose to avail ourselves of some instructive figures in a striking ariiel? on "The Foreign Elements of Our 'Population,,"in the Century for Stilfinber. Nevada has the greatest proportion of foreign born citizens. Tln-y nearly equal in numbers the na tiv.' eli-ment. North Carolina halthe sniallt'si per cent, of foreign citizens. Arizona comes next to Nevada, and next Dakota Then come Minneso ta, wiih its 34.3 per cent. foreign; CalifoyiirH 33.9; Wisconsin, 30.9; Utah, 30.5; Montana, 29.5;Wyoming, 28.7; Rhode. Island, 26.8; Massachn s..iis M.9: New York. 23.09. The Germans are the most nuraer' oiis. In 1880 they numbered 1,906, 742, or 3.9 per cent, of the whole. Tlj are distributed throughout the . country. New York liaS 355,913. Tins is very important for the : Dem ocrats if they all vote for Cleveland. The Irish population is 499,445 in that State. This gives over 100,000 voters against come 75,000 German voters. In Germans, IlliniA i next to New - t York,th- number being 235,786. Then come Ohio, 192,597; Wiseonxin, 184, .T'28: Pennsylvania. 168.426: Mis- ' 7 - jf J V srmri. -106.800: Michigan. ' 89.085: Iow;i, 88,268; Indiana, 80,756; Min nesota, 60,592; New Jersey,' 64,935; Maryland, 45,481; Californiaj -42,--532 ; Texao , 35,1 25 ; Nebraska, 31, 125; Kentucky, 30,413; Kansas, 28, 034 and ho on. Massachusetts has 16,SS2; Connecticut, 15,027; North Garnlvna, 950. . The Ceiisus of 1880 showed there was ahiiiit 1 vote to every 4.J I popn- latiim. L I he; German vote : has in- creasi-ij ciiiiniderably bince 1880. In New York there are now . probably 90,000 ;( ri riiiaii votes; in New Jersey " 12,500 in Massachusetts 5,000;. : in Connecticut 4,000. " The Germans do n l reiiiriin on the seaboard but go into the interior. . The popula . tion of German element in the States is 14.0 ;percent. in Wisconsin; 8. in Aiinnesota; 7.6 'in Illinois; 7.0 in New York; 6.8 in Nebraska; 6.0 in Ohio; 5.7 in New Jersey ; 5.4 in Iowa an.l Mjeliian; 4.9 in California and Missouri; Maryland 4.8; Dakota 4.3; Montana 4.3; Indiana 4.U and so on down to a very 'small per centage as in North Cnrnlina -.' .! rlie Irish born number 1,854,571, or 3.7 per cent, of the whole.! New York leads with 499,445. Then come in '.r.h-r Pennsylvania, 236,505; Mas sachusetts, 226,700; Illinois, :1I7,343; New Jersey, 93,079; Ohio, .78,927 Connecticut, 70,638; California, 62, 9G2; Missouri, 48,898; Iowa, 44,061 and so on down. Indiana has 25,741 Maryland, 21,685; Louisiana, 13,807; Maine,. 13,421; New Hampshire, 13,:- 052; Vermont, 1 1,657; - West Vir ginia 0,459. North Carolina has but Gil. The Irish Btick to "-, the seal ""ant, si ates. Of the whole 63 per cent. are on the Atlantic north of Knrl I. n-i: . : I-.' It will be seen, how very import ant the Irish vote is. They ' can poll ",uuw votes at least. In New ion? there are more than 1.00,000 vou-rx. in Massachusetts more than . 0-,r, .. - in Aew Jersey over 20,000. Iff Ohio ' some! .O00; in Connecticut some. m Khode Island more inanj ; 8'00,); in Maryland at' least 5,000; inj Joqisiana some 3.500. Mi t ue proportion of Irish-born in the Staiesi iaj2.75 in Rhode Island; 12.7 1 in Massachusetts; lj.1 Jn Connect cut; 8.4 in New York; 8.3 in New1. Jersey jn California, andH a In' the" United States froni Great Witain there are 917,598." Of these New York has the most, 151,914 Pennsylvania 130,360; IlIinow;H30,-j 360- ni; at 4A.ir.,...i..iUian J North Carolina has 1,163 institute 1 7.5 per cent. of. Utah f 6 per cent, of JNeyada: a.o per cent. Of Vrnm;n mrA oo. nn AOn j viuiuuy mju vaa w -; riush America furnisnes7i7J57. ut these Michiean : has 148,866; M,aa..l ;.' . . v mam- - S'TLrl- I 84,182; Maine. 37.114. North Caro hnahas425. Scandinavia famishes . 440.262. Under this head is .embraced, Nor wegian, Swedish and Danish. Min nesota hasf107,768; .Wisconsin, 66,- - 4 '.,is c. ,Jti. -, Mil ', ;v f -ii:. i V 294;jIllinoUiJ, 05,4X4 Jowa 46,(j46; Dakota- 1 1 Rft a -'Now vti- v i a a 6 a . XTtab. a 2651 'North Carolina h2 92J 1 he Chinese come' tion, with 104,468 ,40?; Idaho. 3,306.' New York has It I. -cnriu t' Ant. W. b I -i - i 1.5-5.1', foreign lemenl.Thkt8e"ctf6n has 4 41 :"7f T ' tto'other sections and ndw :it is dori- spicuons tor lis immigration ot ! for leigaera. Rhode Island has 26.4 Wer cent, 'of its population f roid foreign countries. ; Massachusetts 24.9 peif, cent.. Only one-half; of .the .people have both parents native.1 Oonnebti eat has .21.0 per cent,ioreign, Maine 9.1; New Hampshire-13.4; Vermont'. 12.4.' New York has 23.9 per . cent.-: 'New Jersey 19.Q PennsyWafjiA Vs.ljj The Southern States for, ttie taost part show a - very small ;inf qsion; of - the foreign element. ' . West Virginia has less than 3 ; per cent. - Virginia has hot one foreign born in 1,000 i, and a has North Carolina far less. Lonisian 5.8, .Texas 7.3 per cent., 2.7 per ct of which is Mexican.' ' Ohio has 128; Indiana 7.3 ; Michigan 24.8 ; Wiscon sin 30.9. But two-thirds are of for eign per centage in Wisconsin. Two of its members -of , the Congress are f oreiga born. - In Massachusetts twof of its members ar6 Irish", In Min nesota only 65,7 are' native.' In Iowa 83.2 are native., But our space is np. , 1 The figures given are suggestive. They will furnish a - ba&irfpr many calculations. It is very...imiorLaht that the foreign element should love liberty, regard law and support a party of principle a party that lis for reform and retrenchment. .... i U v THB LOOSING OF THE SILVER CORD, i ! .- - The eloquent Bishop Pierce, of Georgia, is dead. A great man has fallen in Israel. .Physically,- mental ly and morally he was indeed one of the most striking figures in America when in his prime. Of splendid phy sique, of great manly ' beauty, of high intellect well cultivated and trained,' -of an eloquence that was rarely, equalled, of a piety that was simple, childlike, profound, all-pern vading, our eyes never looked upon a more engaging personage. ; Said a gifted minister to the writer more than twenty-five "years ago:; lJr this world were to be destroyed by some, omnific act, and but one man of all its inhabitants was to be pre served, and he was to be of the high est type to show" to other worlds what manner of men peopled the stricken sphere, and it was left to me to . make the selection, I should choose George F. Pierce." And this would have been admirable judg ment.: There has very rarely been united in one. man so much of Chris tian grace and humility ; "so much of physical perfection; so much of prac tical talent- and sound judgment and ' discretion ; blended with i a power of "' speech : : that , made him- every .where : he : went a power in the Church." Wherever, he preached,' whether in the North or in the South, he made a great im pression. He sometimes preached in a Biinple, plain, smooth, way check ing his intellectual- coursers and re fusing to indulge his mind in those grand flights of oratory" that were so easy and so natural to him, and then he disappointed. - But when he wais at his best he was an orator to be matched with the best "Of the world. We asked that wondrous master of the beautiful and the entrancing, the late Thomas G. Lowe, who was the greatest orator he had heard. . HiB answer was prompt, "Bishop Pierce." North Carolina is interested in the death of such a man.: Aside from the fact that he visited this State many times and ,bas often - preached within its borders, he.i had excellent North 5 Carolina blood in his veins. His father, a great man before him and a great preacher, -Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce, was born in Halifax . , . ,, . .. . i . - ' - - county. In his giftedson were repro? dnced many of "those sterling and ad-i mirable traits that give stamina and nobility to the besti representatives of our people. .'. Bishop- Pieroe was; ytre think,' in : bis 74tbj , year, : but of that we are not certaim He died from a diseased throat an ronld noli eat. "All men must come To the cold 4omb; Only the actions of the jasto Smell sweet and blossom in the dust ai t A Washington special to the Bal-j timpre', S. tellspf 5 the ;dbsensidnsi among the Rads in North Carolina.! rRef erring to ,yheelers being super-, eeded by Edwards, it say: ' :- ' , . J .VCoL B. tM, , Douglas published and spread broadcast over the State the text of his charges made against . Wheeler while the Jailer's nomination was pending before) the Senate at the last session of Congress.; These charges were alluded to -in the) public. : press at the times; and were of most serious character. ' Their publi-' eation now.in detail, fathered openly by so responsible a person-and so well known a; Dnnnhlinan as flnl . Thnnalaa nit &m.nlivtt- inn us hey do several, other wry prominent jrainn.. m- w w ii.tj .... . " Jisnuljlican leaders of Dtrovs all nrosnect of that Republican har-1 i dm..u:. h.l mony and unity which is so essential to in-, sure success. UVt jilt imti W- 'i i u i'i. i i." ..i t tr il.f i fin r rn . 1 1 Vi Mini;: mn , ,, i il ' t ' 1.I1WKI.I.S IN BEBIik TO m '?e.o 'pajfcpar, M weU ; qaPPed poUUcal i ecopoiriiatA :wte4rt4M I." iiUJI 4.. -'J.ii' j , li I 1 menis otu the .isenator vconcetmnff Ffww days 'ago concerning Blaine's? MfljUJ gin letteri iecprd, Ioar xa svfry mn.. fortunate. - is not corapatabli to Scburziu Arsuine a Question of tacts: aiadV be is a mere "Chiia 'in the ahds , science.' '" -v -,'"'' ..,' -":i u iv; Vt. "k-.ijjw ! - -ii-1 ii.u.'jif.Ht' ,,vve oont ess, our (Compassion was excited ' wh'etf' w had read Mr,' Wells's, brief fet tjKrongh exposprS of Hoar's: irnorance.4"It )s painful to see.a man high in position entering field( bf debaie 0withpuV gropes quanhcations.i-i Oa i readers i know the presumptions oC" ignorincd in $k i(BP0 VV3 HI economy.--. Jvery- day: ?-we ' ee newspaper' T djscussions , w.hen it I is manifest : that'" the " writers . have really no prprcoceptirt.pf j'the subject." They have1 read a speech'5 or so, heard possibly a few harangues on the subiect, have run oyer eddo . rials prepared, by. partisan smatterers and sciolists and that is ' all. ''"They tninit. inemseiyea wea ..up aa, yio seience'and with'' ink and type eo to work to educate the nation and elec trify ihe''nhiveree. .We repeat, pp 'roan is fit to handle the l Tariff Jaiid Can handle, it, , safely wisely intelli gently who has not made it s special study. The ' great pofitPl wptera must be studied or there ' Will pe blunder and misstatement 'at , pve ry turn. m mui. J , Senator Hoar,, is ah example, 1 le is a scholar, a man of literary ; tra m ing it may be is the Senator .of the most cultured ' StatP.yIIe presnmes to give instruction ii political econ omy. His hearers, ignorant as he Is, listened and believed. It was jSo.-, for Hoar who M'as. talking. -He is1 a statesman and has. long been in ipb litipal life and he knows., .Of course. Such is man's credulity," j And yet rt all the Congress ' there are not ten men who are half qualified to maip speeches on lh , Tarjff. ( Of coarse they can talk1 and talk and keep talk-. . ing. .They can ' fill . a - dozen of the Broad 'pages of the Record with their partisan or sectional twaddle, jost as Blaine and Logan spun out their ab surdities in their-letters, but showing at every step incompetency, igno rance, and .even misrepresentation. - But Hoar did not understand the subject ' he handled, and Mi. Wells shows it. , . We cannot reproduce the reply for want of space.'' The point' taken in hand specially by Mr. Wells is "the ability of American manufac rera to find a market ..for . their pr6r ducts." Senator Hoar bad taken this for his text, together with- President Eliot, of Harvard ' Tjnirersity,-whp had been, rash ' enough to. say that Australia had been lost to American manufacturers by . the i. high i Tariff tax bri materials ased.' 'The' Senatdr was very , rough, on the President of the s TJniversity,h and nridertooktb show np his ignorance and to- prove that bis. statements were riot trui. It is on this point that he is met by Mr. Wells, and the. exposure Ts most complete. We mast make room for one extract, if no more,: as' it contains troth that may illuminate other arti cles taxed than carria era materials. Mr. .'Wella says:. , . u... , ' ': j ! "Now none of your positions and asserj tions are wlser Hf fheTflrst place, if the American manuf acfiiirer1 should build bte carriages without -putting one particle of foreign prooeU ta tbelf tompositidn hfe could not thereby escape the burden of taj riff taxes imposed , on the import of corf responding carriage material to the extent that yon respresent. , What are these taxes on carriage jrona? - Including.-tools,. they range from 35 to ,90 per cent. on steel, from 33 to 55 percent ; on enameled leath er, 3g to 45 pes cent ; on. woollen carriage cloths, 50 to 6Q per cent ; on varnish, 40 ta 67 per cent. ; on paints, ao to ou per cent. on brushes, 40 per cent ; on linseed odj 1 per cent ; on wool mats, 73 percent.; oa class carriac-e size 15 to 20 oer cent. &e. I,do not here affirm that the duty imposed on any of these articles, when' import-; ed, always. . increases v the ' cost of cort responding articles ot ' domestic ; . pro4 duclion to an exaet and equivalent extent but it cannot be denied tnat tiie increase thus- occasioned, is ,- yery considerable,- and not infreauentlr. as in the case ef sueacat the present time, ta the..full extent ottha duty,-or tnat it . does not la the cisojoi American carriage augment their; cost tq the extent of 8 or 10 per cent, at the verw I J588' or lo anAmpnnt which the domestiq have permanently assured to him as a- re-j turn oa his investment. , But'ven if Jha enhancement pf . the cost .:of the domestiq product occasioned by the tariff was not more than 5 per -we ate, 4his, under the mod-) era conditions Of trate When the commerce of nations is turning on fractions of per-i ceniaeea- would be sufficiently determina-f rtive-as to ,which f r mracampeti-j iera.BhoiildpoaBesai and -control a mar ket. If, furthermore, .these 4uiff , taxes on imports da not as yu practically afflnnj enhance the cost of corresponding domestic E redacts, and if the latter can be afforded ere as cheaply as in competing .countries, why ili the name of common, sense, I ask, is there always such resistance to any re duction of these,. dutiest.' What need is there of any tariff at all en such articles whep the , Treasury . is . suffering .frdm a ' plethera - of , revenue Why keep :.up" "the statute providing torV drawbacks of these yetytaiest; Aha. .why is it that the most recent act for the encouragement of Ameri can shipping' provides that 11 wood. Iron,; steel,- copper bolts,; hemp, jjfcc. .pttable! I for the construction or carriages, jpay oe; nf hmufli in aniniA ta Inn AmnriitAn shin1 manufacturer by reason of such 9xemp- worn next in tWDuta t?1! W .iTiPI:P, ranee' aS trained attlitv"The 4o . ' CaUfornia lias P6,nts preaepte4-i. br; him, oo tlie 1 lia, Wf revieii fa rfasmjaawnmm;; - ...-mmmmm , , m, mmmm ... i ."nit: ,im i..",..-ci?-c'-t.ir.-.trrmT.. . i--.,... i -.-- 5? Jart( waatvMr.J 15Wll8 proves w Whit Hordenied. vThe reply sllows tn'e dilfbrencel)et ween confident icior IK as fQlloWA and ifcia sharp enough? SVMWe mean to be personally sre (S"S)i3f;.",S'S j' J-1.,. - a -vrJTnttaer - yoa need personal instruction, in' addition, tea sittpl teit book I am sure President jEUot, notwithstanding the almost v brutal way in: which you (have critisied him, rill Tie ahle and glad to detail some one out 'the many membera of hii Bophomore qiass, who are inHy.com petent to give iW ihe ment of knowledge ia far less thorough thanI'how-tthikitis:"'i: ' ' -'v !. d-j 4- A.F ftXr AjgCOfJT , UP N 8 HOOT- We' must, write one more paftt .graph or so concerning Marshal Ney. A correspondent of v thej London UTimes i'ia very ; interesting com- manicatioh concerning' the' late Duke l;u WLiLSAZl&l' 1 ZJ.'c fvanaMlltr tnAmn. j emivdll Am 'OA. ponnt'.of the' reported execution: of Napoleon's celebrated Marshal." he writer 'say's that' the 'late" Duke told htm that his father made a strong'ef .fprt to save the Marshal. The Dtjke said ihe Marshal brought destruction upon himself by "'repudiating" a mil itary court composed of "four of his brother Marshals" put of seypn and ''preferring the irresponsible Cham ber of Peers swayed by violent po litical passion.' The correspondent says thatQtjentlTickn member of Jthe Irish, Parliament, saw the shoot ing of the Marshal and related the facts to the late Duke. ; ' if ' But was the brilliant and skilful Marshal realjy , shot Could not his life, - haye been . spared by , agree ment? .. . Colonel Iamanouski did : not believe he thad been -shot.' Peter Stuart Ney did riot believe it. And so have many s others in, Europe doubted. The. account furnished the Times at least giyes an opportunity for doubt. We can . see .how with such a scene as is described there could hav been an ' understanding that would have saved the Marshal. Read it, and we think those who be lieve , in. the . identity of Peter Ney and the : Marshal may still hold to that' belief." The account' in the 21ms'says: !' "The Marshal was brought from the Luxembourg Palace in a fiacre, accom panied by v a commissary and two sub offlcers of police.. J, He wore a dark-colored surtout, dark pantaloons, white neckcloth, and round hat with crapehe, was in mourning for his father-in law. On his leaving the coach the picket at the gate of the Luxembourg Gardens, close by, were beckoned to the spot; the men loaded and fired, the Marshal fell on 'his face, and his body was replaced in the coach vsiUan Vine minute of hi quitting it almost before the nurse and children, the only spectators, could assemble. The official account differs in some respects. The statement that the corpse remained for a quarter of an hour in a public highway bears its own contradic tion. ...iS unreal does the history seem thai one cannot be surprised at the belief held by some that the man who bore a name very like Ney's who lived and died ob scurely in North America; having exclaim ed on the death of the Duke of Iteichstadt, 'then mv last hone is cone.' was the Prince xt the Moekowa, spared secretly at the in tercession ot me puke ot Wellington ' i'.-. The above was prepared on Wed nesdays? left oyer for Sunday. We do not1' believe that the late Duke's account is correct, either as to Ney's choice' of tribunals or Wellington's intercession. .. , i, (T Judge Cbarles J. Folger was a na tive of Massachusetts ..and vas in his sixty-sixth yelirrixspecial f rpm New York to the Philadeiphia Times, da ted the 4tb inst., -says that he died of a broken ' heart. The dispatch says: ;'- ;-' ' '-: ' !: 'y : '' "He was a person of .great political am bition and he regarded (he Governorship of New York as a. stepping stone to the Presi dency. When he received the nomination his Joy knew no bounds. The State had been giving a Republican majority and he thought surely that be would be elected. He never eot that notion out of his head either and was astonished when fiist his own town and then the State gave such oerwhehniBg majorities against him. He almost went insane at the time. His friends here say that, like Horace Greeley, he died of a disordered mind and that his death is little short ofS "PolTtTcal tragedy. , As a Judge Folger was a sound, consistent , man or integrity.- ; - t Mr, John D. Roberts is .Chairman of the Greenback and Butler Coiri mittee ; at Meriden, Conn. He has retired arid Spill support Cleveland. ' N. C State ExpMlUoai r Me. . .Alderman, ?. of ..the ; committee on Crayons and; Photographs for the coming State :i i Exposition, :. has.i we are. informed, been doing some good work for the exposi tion,; He on Friday made a trip down the jTiyejr .tp , the uVRockB," taking numerous : photographs of the. different points of in terest on the river. Gapt. Harper , kindly . furnished free transportation for the party Yesterday he made a trip around the! city, taking VleW 6f;the different churches and of 'toth'er'poirits of interest Capti Southerlahd kindly furnished a two-horse team'4 free for ' the use of the party. The work wfrFgo on land we are' sure a very creditable exhibit will be made in this line, Time is getting snort. Hurry up your ex- hibita. ; - Bcllglena Bevval ij We learn that a very - gracious revival has been in progress .at the Moore's Creek Baptist . Church, in , Pender county, con- ducted by Rev. Messrs. Kennedy, Bryan; and Oliver. The series of meetings com menced . last .Monday And closed Friday! night, and xluring the time! there were quite a number of accessions to the membership of the church, j The mlnistersabove named came down on the steamer John ' Dawson FridaV "night and' left on yesterday morn i... - I; 1UK B UB1U 1UI HIOI UU1UCT Tbe Ro1blaa Sbootlns Caae, lt From'ine'Jf the Stab' W the wife t eprinciptl In'! the unfortunate shooting affair pi Monday night last, it would seem Qwl jealdusyl was' uui,, tut cause oi iuo irouoie. i(i.le Miner vras seni rom He iaii 'to Mra llipbbiasjyes' terday: " ' -'- l'' -',t , My Dear Wife: It. was .nptyourjkult; bof it 'allcaih'i roni' iaT bnirmkmBjand it got the best of mei si. ami suffering from 1 onnking and itakJiBg laudanum -right flow. 4 cannot sleep at niKtxt. Jxo, my dear bne, I will defend tdiHri evervthilic: and ai foe i killingyour-Biter', yotf both" well knw I, uiu dokqow wou l-iwas.qing,fiqr!i i iave not been' right in some time. . My de ir,;I cannot write "any more, as ami too ner vous.1' Pleaw&endhte'some'Bto'eoffee . ' I have not Been A papet this week it Get! one WW UOq me..n i vtourjoying - ( , P,nle;lpcliiTit.w iriH.R4t The schr. -June Bright eommen !- h load ing at -Meara.n J; S.n ChAdbourn $sisa.'8 milt .on Monday morningj iAajpfstxlh, . t f AM t . . . . . . , . . luoKUUjsfjuuy 4ji oi-nwoer, aw jyavefjuf, day -aomiBg"aTrived ini Portland, Maipe inus loaaing ana masdng tae voyagafin ten dayaif-:i'f -d h,e.U-i Ik tiiam!. , The June Bright is a beauUfnl schooher,' about ; twa ears oldr and id .owoed by Messrs.- J.p B. JOnadbonrnl & CdVt G. M Lewis ot Boston- Samoel-WatU ff Thpm aotrkn . and ITi r tn ! 'A t l)6ptak.i. Vha loftov commands her, nd is acknowledged, by all, who snow nun to.oe an ox perienceu, i care , . . .. . . . L t'P A correspondent at Porter s Keck, in this county, writing to the ( Fayetteville over the signature of "P"' says ther talk of a raiiroau from tne , pound to qon-i, nect with the W."5& yt.1 fiaiiroad ai tJastle, naynes, a uistance oi some seven or eigui miles. . ; 1 A correspondent' from Onslow to the Kinston Free Press Says the people of that county are very anxious ior me proposeu road between Wilmington and New River,' the survey .of which has already been mane.1 'I '" be milcn An Independent Out! Aw. . , Parties well acquainted with the talked of Pomnev Sneed sav thev saw and talked with him Thursday night, in the (vi cinity of Fourth and. Nixonr streeta.7 He said he supposed? there ' was. a ctewd ut looking for him, but be didn't seem to be at all afraid i that he would fall into,.thpir clutches, but .walked around picking pis' baBjo with as muchi, nonchalance as I if he; were in a land whero, outlawry and sheriff's posses had neve been heard of. , . Persona residing iq the eastern section of the city heard a good deal of - flring going on somewhere in the direction of the; ceme tery, Thursday night, and imagined that Pompey and his confederates had been routed from, their hiding place and were perhaps being . captured. We i , have not heard what the firing meant. v' ; , The Cape Fear Bar ' and Blver lm- provementa. . V'-' ' Tri ' At Baltimore a few days since .Messrs.: Ross & Lara and G. Z. French were award; ed the contract for supplying stone for the further . closing of what is known as Corn cake Inlet," at the mouth of the river, the former . to ' furnish 9,000 tons and the latter "21,000. These gentlemen are already delivering upon their contract and the; work of closing the' Inlet will go on expecli tiousiy.:; '."' ' ; ,. . ' ; j The contract for dredging, we are. in formed, on good authority, will assure, a channel of 16 feet depth at low water, by thelstday of July next, from the wharves of this city to Smithville, enabling vessels of 18 to 20 feet draught to go from our wharves to sea without any detention, j . Vessels drawing 151 to 16 feet! have passed over the shoals below the city du ring the past month, and .vessels drawing 181 feet of water have crossed the bar du ring the same period, a . ? ;;.'. .. j Saaapaon County Democratic Coatren- At the Democratic' County .Convention, held in Sampson on Thursday the. follow ing excellent nominations were made; : ,2 For the Senate E. T. Boyken. -- For the House J. W.. Robinson,, J. ; A. Beaman. .. . ., ..: . . . i , ', ::- ' For Sheriff B. Hilt: , , : , ,. . I For Register of . Deeds Josiah Robin son. . ..... ; s For Treasures dk-ft-Ghesnutt. 1 For Coroner Dr. F. J. Cooler1. ! For Surveyor A." Lee.' ' ': 1 '.. 1 i vThe Convention; was large and harma- nious. .. ., ., 1 The Survey Between Wilmington and ' FayettevUIe. 1 ;. 5,7;,;; ;.. 'j. 1 The expfirimental survey between thj city and Fayetteville has been completed. and Mr. Roderick McRae and assistants have -returned to this ' city. Mr. 'McBae is not yet ready to make a report, but says the line as surveyed is a little over "82 miles; ip length, though as' line ; might be adoptefl which, would be a trifle shorter, t The peo ple along the route are anxious for a con nection with Wilmington by the proposed extension to this city of the Cape.. Fear, & Yadkin Valley Railroad. ' r j : I Ballroad lMtm.- - A We are glad IP Team that' work is pro gressing finely on the 1 Clinton and Point Caswell Railroad. ' The grading ayeragi about a half mile'a week. " ' ;Jl In this connection, we hear that a propo sition is on foot to extend" the !'toad to Rar leigh, while' it ia expected that the Capf Fear and .Yadkin Valley' Railroad, in It extension to Wilmington, will pass hear thk Point Caswell terminus of the road, whibh will do away with the heretofore anticipa ted expense of an eventual' extension of the C. & P. C. R. R.1 to Wihafngton-. - J Cnarse Not Snatalned. t E. E. Shutef4rm-ne-of our neighbor ing counties, had an eiahiihftio'nVbehy Justice Millis' yesterday morning, charged with 'ganibllhgat cards andbettirig money in a house ' Where spirituous liquors were sold, in violation 9? section 4$4xbapte 25, of. the Cpdeof ; North Garolina-'j Aj the close of the investigation the case was. dismissed at the cost f the prosecutor. - Capt W. S. Jormentjappcared for the aetendant - i s $f Seaward the Star ofEmpIre'Takea It .-.;Wa are glad to. hear 'tbat'v Messrs.' J. 8, Westbrook - Ooj, et-f Falson, ? Dapliq county; prominent fanners and frail grow ers, have purchased what Is'khowVas the Grant property about six miles peipw;,' thia city, which ia traversed by the turnpike! toj Wrightsville, 'with the view "of 'growing 1 peaches agd pther fruit. ' - :. 1 J !J VT 9 t ' t.U" fare - ! 'f't k tf -li.'J I'M MlX-P tijL ton! 1 .il loVtJ tHir'.ni.-iliHf n'if--iIi .o) ni f ni l '.il H t St. Asv BLAINE. r.uU bv V ''JVhF ... 'i tUm-Acrlenltnral Addreaa at the Obea- 1n;iB) ortbe NewrEnktMafdFalrL oi . - - . - i ' i Manchester. - N. . H.. Sent. 4.-4-The feurthdaVof the New'-EnsIaridFairorJeBed witn nie weatner. bftojuy arter.i p-qioqB; a barouclie containing Hon. Jas. G. Blaine, e-UoV;vBmytlie Uotr:ie.-K. Lorlnd and1 Mayprt Ppftmant iWasiriYen.Tuppnl Jhe grounds, and was. followedhy other invf- 1 reo guests in: carrige..i-'ne-Hrrivaiiwasi greeted with ckeersv. , When. the jartY were I seated the President of the "New Eoeland' jAgrieolttiral Secir fldn. Georgd'B. Iek' -rSte-W-rWftHsnpl .esjj j fOllOWs: . .. -j. f I IX ,Ixuiiand Giarac.'4-It fapleasaitV) end ourselves , in, ap assemblage wherf we 11' bear the riane'0f higher "honor th'a'niany' . a ' 1 1 : 1 pany iiai-flmgnaieaa, an ..aesembfaa which we meet en the broad nlane. of. Amur in, f fcan f cftizehshipi -and; rejoicinlg ice that as 3 w4tself,conui(Wting ,crfi nietincUoh of . Jlhfe faTmer'paflianienl!.,, -Ott Una day TiM vcm, this occasion thc;njot independent class j oi citizens speas to tne wora by worapna deed? for "thatgreavf imdamental princjnli on whicb.thepuhlice8ta.f onits security anu iui prosperity. xi lias uoms uuiio a . ILL.. T. 1 . T . - - DoviiM. -th.tJtJiMntijtnltiii'llinithA nMvl on. wealth,!,. The full, measure of the staterdent may be comprehended when we remembel' thatfln thlsyear '6f- grace 1884, i the-T tbtal vaiueof prodDctay-pm farm) and upcBinltne United States' willrexceed $3,0OO,t)O0lO0; an amount ' btsoaght r forth-' in n: iide vear. vastlv in excess of the .national debt ariU highest poiht.a,We afe'ndf 'inltmf hflhil br considering JSyw-Engtancrs' she-- cially distinguished for .aguculture,andthe, knnual produce froiri hef soil is'grektei hV value! than, i-ail 1 the .-.gold 1 italten:; from ftler: naiads of California and Australia in the richest year of theit mbuWus y ieML J ' 'he farmeji is a true-rand always snecesiful miner, in the extraction of money from the eartha" fact most 'strikingly shown in the! history 01 uaiuorcia, wosespleadniarcn. to wealth and' bower onlv fairlv herah when the tfrievrtes f her pebpie were turned s to.tiie production of , bread for the wprldjin-, stead' of cola.- The prodigious corisump? tion' of 56,000,000 people is brought! strikifag- y before., us. iwnen fwe rea,lize,nqw .yata a proportion or eur aggregate product is usea at home ana now small a snare is exporneaj The hundred -and- oddmillions of New England farm products .do not support her" own-people, and they are compelled to ex-4; change -the I fruitB ofi their ,meenao.ical mdustjy, to, an enormous ameunt,. every, vear for the means' of subsistence. I so lavishly outpoureA.from itho' granaries of . tne mwe it,xuio vr esi auu, luja iauv. vuv one of many which show'th ifadepend-r ence of our peoplej ahri Mbe vastiextentjot our internal exenanges, : i ne scene 01 10 day has an enhanced1 ihici est when1 we re- Ifleet that tbtouahout ' the goreeous attumn upon .which-we nave 3 uss entered it wslibe reproducedr m -v conntiesscommuoiues throughout our land. Prom ocoah to ocein, from the northern lakes to the-soBtnern cult, the richness of -the harvest and scen- tentment and happiness of the people' wii be shown on fields aa fair.. and :bt displays as brilliant as. these which now delight bur eves and gladden our hearts. " Nor will autumn exhaust the- ; inspiring iscenfes. When tho ehiU ef wiDter on the northern border.of the Union;, shall have made ttie southern sun seem genial and . wejeonie, our , brethren,; of ,f the, po)ion region wjill continue;, the r, wondrous -i storyj- .Thby ,invitcr iUs; to .witness in ,the commercial emporium.; of. the . South , the ; great trf- umph . ot , &outhernff Agriculture ; in . tpe production of tbataingle plant .which bias revolutionized manutacturcs. iney najve the finance of the world which has enriched the United States beyond the reach; of im agination, and has added incalculably to the comfort, health and luxnry of the hp-.. man race. I heartily congratulate the JNew England society on the brilliant .success bf this exhibition.and I bee to return my sin cere thanks to all for the personal kindness and cordiality witn wnicn 1 nave been honored. " -V ' nuin 4i-t - 1 At theeonelusion-of MrrBlaine s remarks he was given three cheera by tho. crowd, to vhlrh hehowed his acknowledgment As ter 'the -cdnclusidn of hW " 'address; Mr. Blaise was esccrted to his carriage-and driven directly" to the residence of ex Gov. Smyths ... -i-4'4- "")!-' I ANOTSER candidate. I IV, t t i ' . .fi-lt.i-V i ; H : " - ' Plra Belva A Loekwood Accepts tne; Nomination - for President of tne Vntted- States ' by the Wemen'a ' 'Na tional Equal Bigots Party , t i i ji Washington, D. ' C.. Sept 4. Mi. Belva 'A. Lockwood, the well known' wo man lawyer in this city, has bean , notified of her noniinathufoT President of the United States,, by the "Woman's National Equal Rights .party" in California. MfS. Lockwood has accepted the nomination arid; haasent a letter of acceptanoe tq Marietta L. Stow, President; Eliza J. Webb, Secretary, and mariy others of fte party:1 '"-f"" j. Mrs. , Lockwood says her anti-monopoly. and civil service policy "is funny," and that her 'Indian - poHcy 'is good sound sense."., "I, madeia bid,'' shesayA. "for all voters Irish, German, Temperance, Mb hopolists, Anti-Monopolists, Capitalists and ijanorers, ai t.aia, nojti kqcw now -to get around the Germans, because I am tenk- perance o I said, dae consideration wi be given the nonest, industrious j ana.. home-loving Germans: .J J" ' ' 1 ' Mrs., Lockwood's letter . from the. West- ern women says:' sue was selected rur President because i Elizabeth Cady Stantoh was "too , old," Susan B. Anthony, "lop much of a spinster, Mary A. Livermoie "too opposed to certain classes," ana Jbucjy Stone 'too narrow." The new candidate to-night wrote a letter to her Western friends asking about .the' Vice Presidency, .saying that was "an important and serious ques tion " . ;s .1 ) . .i... .-!- I VERMONT."1 if - 1 T i .Election Return Reduced Republi i., , ri. can lalajorltlea. ., .i, j " hite RrvsB JtracfipN, Septenijberiif One hundred and ninety-eight towns give Pingree, Republican; 86,614; Reddington, Democrat, 1 17,417; . Saute, ..GreenbackeiL 4,811; scattering 18-majorUy for Pingree 18,748. The same 'towns . in 1880 gavp Farriham; .Republican, 40,832; Phillips DemocraVia562;' Greenback vote 147-f- majority for .Farnham 21.Q13. Pmgree majority is less than rarnham s by iZ,4q. Representatives elected Republican 16a Democratic 23, Green backers 3, Independ ents 3; no choice in one town, and fortyr two towns to be heard from. ; Congressionl al voteJ 133 towns in 'the Second District give Grant; Republican, 17,336; Goddardt Democrat, 7,123; Cummings, Greenbacker nnrl Brltprino- 129-Orftnt.'n maioritv 10.002L In the First District 84 towns gave"Stewarti Republican' 19,845r'SimmonB, Democrati 4,870; Kidder. Greenbacker.aoaTrSteWart'i malority 8,713. i dlT U WW M. . 1 I Sodden Death of Secretary Folger at i his Home In Geneva New Issue of BOnda of the K.. A N. R. R. Co. :' TBy Telegraph to the Mornloir Star.f Geneva, Sept. 4. Secretary Folger die at his home 111 5lilf"aUl 4.45 o'clock thii afternoon. It wassbManthattmYewai not offered to summo his' children to his bedside,, and neither of then waahero.,. t ,.,New. . Yoniv Sept 4,-riConeerning the new issue of $5,000, 000. six per cent bonds and $5,000,000 fiVe'per cent, preferred stock non-aocmhul&tiVe, - 'nothing ; : further ' 'has, transpired, aay ! the Louisville & Nashville Railroad directoW. - Stockholders, wjll ; be, offered the entire amount, which is eqniva' lent to 20 perjcent pf their Present hold ,ingsr PjerredstockTviri receive the firsf 'S: vet centr.Hhen fhb common will' be paid h a like amoanU;. Aitervthat r ooth canno and prelerred will , snare and share alike. The Company 's floating debt will be retii m". O .1 H.T..2 1 T 1. Qhio, which olod ka issro some, time ago having made good its impeared capital, has been authorized by the acting comptroller td resume business. . ,i i 1 I ""H ' .rr NO. 46 WMB Wm FORK iKEFUBI,ldAN8. Trylncto Get RlC or the colored iteW- ........ .. .'. . . ! . I rataiaim on m Slate 'Electoral vlTl1.'ivV vi i ii )t Mii I CBy Telegraph to the MonuneStar.j j , . "HBW XOBK, Bept. 4 The IteptiUiean -Btata Oomrnkteci ia koldinff-an- MrftpH I iussion this arternoon. upon the question ef -t successortd ReV. W. D; JJerrick;c61)red,! fc Jion therfitate electoral, ticketff Renn AJt.l. a.1 . 47.1 A T i . , " tives of various Republican colored orkani igations'called'on the committee td-dayt and asked that nerriek'a Bam- f,.iini,rti nn F'lKA tir-tot ' rvrri.'t- ;n LM and stated! thai le; had not5 reVignedJ He ejahna o luwrtoe ; a Jetftsr sJblice ftnmmiHinnpr Van P.ntt oa vino- that, hii An. kfeaas nastiw of. tWllil choreh woitM ifctpr. . - 7 ifere wjih the properperfonaiaiicaof his du ties as elector, tie afterwards, he savs .' .rwithdrew-thetetter.ti A propositloa to ub- sutute wm. au Jvarta or aome other wttiite .man on tne ticket Was not acceded to. .': . f " t - r . . .: . A cracy Cterman la'cmeinbart KXUa ipa .SOTeetneart-A; Blnrder in Penn- ayl vaala BefalUvfrM a "Poltttcal DUeaaalon-Parrt , rAo!' Rhode la s' laad-rSljirder and .4vV suicide . In Portland, Be. A CInctnjbt Hur- (iu nanii nuamiamnpi iohi. ; , aamlnatat Sitting BttlfcJri MlnneaAta. .CntcntKAn. Sent. 5.t A German named James Greiner became' insanelv iealoua of a; young 1 eoAatrywoman i named Gretcben ung, a-domestic in; the ..house . of f Col. sight tbaf Mr. rot tjectedbim from the nouse. . Heslinnpfl in attain at 1 nVlhb- u.ua luuiuiu); LUC gill W Ho CUZLgUU 111 neuseaoia duties and shot And. killed ler." Mr. Parrott heard the shots and attemrfted to arrest -Grelnef;0 who 'after 'endeavoring .Soiishpot Mr; .ParrotV Was captured by ihe Sliort frinvla eneaeea, in a neatea oouucai oiscusaion last night and finally Mullin became soln- grytbat he drew a knife and plunged itfin- to snort Sr side, lnnieung a mortal wound. JUU1UU I1H WXU lUfCSlGU.:' fl 'VrpdckrotscK' R.5 1 .' Bept 6 i-Wm'.1 Sla- , vin,-who keeps a low . rum , shoo at OI nfev- vukt, near iuc euu oi lue ciainneia stieei horse-car line'. waS Bhet and instantly 'killed inis fjernoQU by ;nis son, John t.ttlav n. The murder was the result of an old fe id. J PonTtANB,' Mi;i'Sei 5' thomas J. Libby, proprietor of the i West Point Hoi se, at rrputs JSecK, and Scarborough, absut 'fifty years of age and married; came to the Citjjr, Hotel hens at 11 o'clock last night with Lydia Gnew, of. Pine Point, Scarborough; who is reported 1 to havd been working! at his house. . This morni ng four shots were heard from his room. It was found tat Libby had fired two- or three shots at ihe woman, one of which passed through the left cbeekand lodged in the. bead; another pied , Jrough .a. paftitipi into Ibenfxt room, where the uullel was Tound. lie then shot hfmseff behinU the'efer. Wit th buQet glanced off and only inflicted aslight Wound. He was arrested and taken to the station nouse to a clear state or mind and no evidence of liquor was found. T. Bdth werA fniinrl Tiiltv rlrptaptl- 'TIia wnrhaniia said io b uimarried and between 20andfeo years of. age, and of. a respectable family: a v caaau mJj ble family , L Ati-'ujn-'' anu neretoireoi goouTepuie. XftNCiNNATt, O., September 5. known, man. caucrht in an attemot tat burglary last night and placed in Avbndale JIHJ 41UUgV.U U1U1DV14 uui LUIS UAUII There were letters on his person addresstd jo "Tnomas uranam, Minneapolis. . St. Paul,' Minn., Sept 5. It has hist become known that an effort was made at the Grand Opera House, Wednesday night. to assassinate Sitting Bull as he was leaving the theatre. While still in the foyer one of .two unknown men suddenly drew a pistol, and without jaiaing hxrmedi at Uie trreat chief, but his-compaBion knocked the wea-: J - ' i . . t i I. .1 : i Li poa uuwu ueiure ii uuuu ue uiscuargeu. Both men followed the Indians out, but ho further attempt oa their lives was made. Sitting Bull is now constantly enarded. even In the hotel a" guard ' being placed at his door. ,. ., : ' WASHINGTON. Arraneements for the Obsequies of the I.ate Secretary Folger.-' " r f i Washington. Sept.' 5. At a meeting of the chiefs of various bureaus of the Trea sury Department, to day. Comptroller Law rence, ' Commissioner Johnson, Treasurer Wyman", Commissioner Evans and Solicitor Real were appointed a committee to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of the- deceased Secretary. A number or Treasury emnloves exoreBsior a desire to attend the obsequies, arrangements will be made, if. possible, to run a special train from Wash ington to Geneva, a) Y.. the evening prior to the funeral;- to return immediately after the ceremonies, so that ; ofllciftls' may be t their desks 'Ihft following morninff. - The Treasury Department is closed to day; the Duildlngis being heavily draped wun btacx, and flags ar flying at half-mast Mr. Coon will issue an order ' to close sub trea suries and.custom houses during the bouts of the funeral ceremonies. - I :Actine Secretary of Stale Davis ' received a telegram front the. President this morn ing, directing that ah executive order be Issued - formally announcing' the death qf Secretary Folger.. , . , ; ; TBE BLAINE SCANDAL. Defendant's notion for Plaintiff to t i "'V Ann-wit tnterroeatorles. LmiABArous, 'Sept 6. Another step was taken in the Federal Court to day in the Bmine-inwn matter, by flung the fo lowing: "Defendants - move the court for .a rule against plaintiff herein, toAnswe interrogatories under oath' as recited and : filed with answer of defendant and that the court shall make such rule returnable at such time as may be deemed by the court to be reasonable for the purpose of said ao-tldn-as by statute provided and required.!' Argument could not be heard on the ' mof- tipn to-day and masmucn as J udge w aras goes to Fort Wayne on Monday, to hold court, the matter will probably not be ruled upon . for several days. Plaintiff's counsel have not refused to answer the in I terepgationsw ; i ' NEW YORK. I i Sudden Death of J. Nelson Tappan4 - The Blarlne Bank's '' Judsment AealnstdrAnt St lard.. i ..Adirondack, Sept5. T. Nelson Tap pan died suddenly this riiPming of hemor rhage y I He was formerly chamberlain - of New York city, -and was very - conspicuous in the complications or-the marine Bans and the bra or urant ..wsrL; ? r--New. . Yoke,, gent.-. 5. Judgment fo 750,000 was entered In the Supreme Court todav in: favor of the Marine National Bank asainst all the members of the find of Graat & .Ward, excepting William Ci Smith. , None of the defendants answered or demurred to the comnlaint - ;., -., it ' TWonarkeS-lfoases and a:Doaen Stores -Burned Loss About $ 00,000 j RAiiGir. N. C. Sent 5. A destruCBvo fire at NewBerne this morning destroyed twd market houses and burned out the stores 6f Ferdinand Ulricb, James F. Clatk. Codper Howell (colored), n. I ; AiOviek, . w J Scott Jl W. Moore, James Redmond, Ji W. HarrelHcoloted),! Watsen & Daniels,! Lee J. Taylor; D. N. Xilburn, U. 8. Mace - and Peter Jones colored). - The estima' loss is fSO.OOa Partially insured. - .;i VERMONT. Additional Rstams from the State i If'taeetlonw lf;'i itrt i . . Whitb 'RtTish:7TOpTioN',-September t, Returnrf ronraieaTaddinohal towns, re- i ceived to-day; increase the majority of Pin eree. itepuoucan. dv osol maKine tne iota in 223 towns.' 21.364: leaving1 three towna to he heard rom, which will not materially Change tuese uguros. I 4iltn.' Httj'V-'fr. ? f, 1 , yM -v -, iv j-,! s'-ii i neignoors anq aenverea to the ponce. . 1 . LaWson. PA.-. Sent K Ramnpt st and W.'J'Mullin haretntnm fast f lpirits' jliiientdne ' Fayettey Ule 'Observer ; r We ret- foipearnthalf Mr? f - Luttefloh re BUS- tinned considerable loss by the burning of a tohacjco harBSthl cpyntry place last Sun day night. There was about 5,000 pounds of, tobacco in the barn at the time nnderero- ing-me process ot curing. '"- Wilspn. '.Mirror; 'The nesrroes met .in the court house on SntorHav fnr th purpose of organizing a 'Blaine and Logan anu iora:,;iuD,.ana we think: we put it" miraly when we sav that Rprtlam Hn,it. ... bedlamed in the meeting, for at times con jfuston 8nd dhwrder and bitterness, with all J their unbridled passions, ran in riot with t.h Vllrlost funr lX"nrT irvi,v(!1;.,i.i.t-:w:-:i: ;, 'Tarboro jSottAernfir The .corn Crop in this and adjoining counties is so Boou mat next year Knowing ones say three dollars oer barrel will he & feirr nri --miiiu tne.aotn or this month there iS be aprofcssiopal gams of billiards be- tween MriEL.8jBocke,! 6t. this place and Mr. Roger APryor, Jr., of Danville, in the Opera House. : Mr.' Pryor is the best y5r4VirIi?J&' SAJftr. JtPFkeisinthis tey.I-t-'Whf isthrf RebUblfcan nurtv like a mule?rVBecaHse is has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity: Raleigh Visitor: The Gran- . ville claVof Oxford beat the Banner eliih -of PWaPfterdy WBttphgame Qf base ball at the former place. The score being UranvUle at Banner 10. -Some months ago it was decided to establish in ' St John's Hospital, Raleigh, an endowed cot forc .children; io- memory ofkthe late Bishop Atkinson. . In order to do this it will be necessary to raise a fund of 2.500 the interest oav which" sum will be used U meet the expenses, of the cojb, which will be freetochnareh'Trom"a,r sections of the State. Overv-tSeo bave already been re- ceived.'; . - Revival "Results ' published in Raleigh ISicrder: Mountain Creek, Gran- ' ville county, 40 professions and- 32 addi tions; Flat River, Granville, 12 professions. 8 additions; Island Creek. Vance.- 20 nro- t essiona, 14 baptisms ; Flat Rock, Franklin, 20 baptisms; Poplar Grove, 13 baptisms; Hern, -23 baptisms; Beulah, 16 bap tismsii Maple Springs, 6 professions? Re publican, 39 baptisms; Pleasant Grove, 20 baptisms; Hebron; 26 baptisms; Ebenezer. Camden, 23 baptismsjF New Hope, 7 bap- tlsmajL rjati A'orestUiaich,nin. baptisms; Mason's Grove,-19 baptisms: Morgan , Hill. " 44 baptism's; VJ ' ' ' " 2 Durham ' Recorder;' 'At house building ,-CoL ,W..T. Blackwell has been equally successful, until he has .100 new dwellings elegantly finished and provided with every convenience. Yet he is not sat isfied ; he has ' just had surveyed and laid off into lots the Nithols place, at the west ern edge of town ; in this he has laid off three broad streets three quarters of a mile longhand these - are crossed at the proper distance. On this piece of land are 187 lots, each of - which he proposes to adorn with An -elegant dwelling house. These lots are covered-with beautiful shade trees, which mafco this one of the .most desirable parts of the town. .:, Elizabeth City Economist: Ber tie county dot: Our cotton and corn crops are both good,: and on the Mars Hill road -the crops look weHr Camden county item: crops are improving and doing well. Fox and deer driving are the principal pasttimes of our people. Perquimans notes: 'Cotton andpeanuts" are improving on all sides. , r Tyrrel and Washington jottings: Crops' that have been thoroughly cultivated, jare jfine,- ttt JKeligious meet ings are uefng neiu mrouguout wis section. Pasquotank point I saw at Dr. Pool's, a few days ago, the painting that was nick ed up. on Nag's Head beach, many years ago, ana is 'supposed to be the likeness oi lheoaosla Burr, Alston, the gifted and un fortunate daughter of Aaron Burr. It is a fine painting. m . - - Greenville Reflector: Eiffht cap ital cases are on the docket for trial at the N September term of Pitt Superior Court, five ' of them for murder.1 Manager War ren has a pear for .the county exhibit that measures' 13' inches in cireumferenra nnd weighs 2 ounces. Pitt county "is to bave a lair this year. As will be seen by reference to Manager Warren's card in an other .nlnmn:' thn 17th anil 1Sth ; nf Hon- tember are the days set apart. - - We were informed last Friday of another mur der in Pitt county. Irving Land and Moses Barrett had a few words at the house of the latter, -on the plantation of Mjv L. J. Bar- rett, In Farmville township, last Thursday mgnt, when liang seized an axe and buried it almost up to the eye in the head of Bar rett,; killing him : almost instantly., . From what we can learn the murder was most un provoked. ' : ' '" '. . Clinton Caucasian; JSIrr Wilfie Johnson brought to our office yesterday a sycamore leaf which measured 22 inches aerriwt J - There mtr now 100 nn nils at the College, and a good prospect for more. Mrs. , Jeannette Baggett, of Mingo township, is 90 years old, a member of the Primitive - Baptist church. She has 14 children, 88 grand and 86 great-grand chil dren living, and not a single Radical in the crowd, iCapt. R. - P. -Paddison was here yesterday. . He is pushing the work on his contract to build and equip fifteen miles of the Point Caswell Railroad, beginning at Point Caswell. He is grading half a mile a week and proposes to continue the work to completion. He informed us that there is on.foot a proposition to hSveahe. charter of : the road extended from unntpn . to Raleigh. , . , V we publish the death of Col. Ben j. Askew, pf Trenton, who died on the 4th inst, at his home in that place. The loss by OiA flm: an far-an aarartainert ' ia an follows: F. TJJrich, $10,000,. insurance $5,000; J. F. Clarke,' $5,000," ' no' insurance; Cooper & Howell, $500, no insurance r Hugh J. Lov- -ick, $7,000, insurance $2,000; S. H. Scott, $7,500, insurance $2,500; J. W. Moore, $7,000, insurance $3,000;.- James Redmond, $7,000, no insurance, but stock and fixtures-' 'partially saved; J. W. Harrell, $200-; Wat son & uanieis, ice nouse ana; ice, 3,uw, insurance, $1,500: the old market house. about; $2,000, no insurance; Lee Taylor, no insurance: U. S. Mace. $9,000, insur ance $6,000; city market, $1,000, no insur ance; Peter, Jones, wood yard, . $1,000, no insurance. , - , .'; fGoldsboro Messenger; ' Grim monster Death put in bitter work at Snow Hill last week.. Mrs. Ed. Albntton, John R." Dait,. and the aged mother of . Sheriff Luby Harper, have passed sway since our Inst issue. We are informed that Mr. Ivey Smith killed a very largl bear in the upper portion oi lmpun a weex or so ago. A friend who is well posted in Lenoir county politics writes us: Politics highly encouraging., - we are going to eiect jesse Grainger by at least 10U majority, ana win carry the county for Cleveland snd Scales. Our young friend: and former mailing , clerk, Cadet Tom. Washington, who has been "absent for two years on board the Constellation, the training . ship of "Uncle Sam's" Naw. returned home last Sunday, tJh a 30 days furlough. - The Duplin county Democratic .Executive .- committee has so far made four-appointments for its county candidates, vfg: mm owamp, cy press Creek township, Friday. Sept. 19th ; llose Hill, Saturday, Sept. 20th; New Road, Hunters store, jmday, - vet. 3d ; Aium Spring, Kornegay 's Bridge, Saturday, Oc tober 4th. - ; - Pittsboro Record:1 Mr. J. R. Jones, of Gulf township, has forwarded to the State Exposition two beets weighing 13i and i5t pounds respectively, and he left several more of about the same size in his garden, - One of our countymen re cently challenged another to -fight a duel. and the latter being miprmea tnat ne naa the choice of weapons he selected, as the way of settling their difficulty, pulling at a hand-spike. That ended the duel. We saw here, on last Monday, one of the most remarkable looking specimens of humanity that we have ever seen. . It was a colored boy, 18 years' old,' named Abner Dorsett. Hie headwas three-or four times the size of. the average, human .head, . being nearly as large round as a half bushel "measure. His .body ; was so drawn np: that: his hip bones and shoulder-blsdes met together. His feet and legs were twisted and shruken, and twere utterly pselees. - Mr; Alsa Mitchell, pf this county,. died last week. HiS .wife died about six years ago and was buried roa, the plantation- - Mr. Mitchell re quested to be buried at Bell's Church, and desired hiS"wife'S body to be exbnmed and E laced beside, hiSr and when they dug into er grave her body was found to be as firm and solid as A-rock, having become petri-fiedv- ,Her features were not shrunken and the face was as full as a healthy live person. Her dress looked as natural and perfect as wueu aue wz iuai. uuueu. . a-t..wnsa