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THE vfEEKLY JSBWS.
TH V B-S DAY
JANUARY 9,1873
LOCAL MATTER.
- K. C WOODSON, Editor.
'oktii Cakolika' Agricultural
SrATfsTics. From the monthly report
'0f "-the Department' of Agriculture at
Washington, D C.,' for the months of
-November and December, we glean the
following in regard to the condition of
the crops, &c, orthis State :
i Corn. : ChowahGoodi Bladen
Heavy and good. Greene Ten per
ceut below average. JJaston Uniform
ly good5; 20 per cent. a'ove average.
.Mecklenburg Twenty-five per 1 cent,
greater yield than last year. Rowan
Best crop in twculy-four years; excellent
weather lor gatiie. ing. Alexander
B,uoai crops below average ; upland
crops above. Alamance Best crops
in ti n years. Perquimans Full average
and good. Wilkes. Bottom ciopa
average; uplauds one-sixth above.
Mokes Not so good on bottom, but
Letter than usual on uplands. Bun
combe Extraordinary crop, flinty,
s iund and, heavy. Iredell Best crop
iu lilteeu. years, bun ley Good in
spite of tally insct ravages; eipecially
tiue ou bottoms. Edgecombe Ears
liht. .Jackson Gathers beyond ex
pectation. ; .
' Cvtton : Chowan Reduced by
drought and rust beyond all expecta
tion Bladen Yield below last ear,'
but increased acreage may bring up the
"aggregate. Currituck- Slightly dam
aged by rust. Pa.-quot.au k Yield one-
. third i-iiort. Greene Crop shortened
) several causes ; mnny top bolls did
ii.a open, v Marlborough Yield after
hll deductions about equal to last year,
with 10 per cent, more acreage; k.lling
frost. October 12 and 13, a mouth ear
lier tluin last year. Gaston Our high
lmpejH tuby realized. Mecklenburg
Better than expected, though early frost
was injurious.. Moore Four-fifths
picked and one-halt' marketed ; fine
picking season. Cumberland Acre
age aikd yield, increased 5 per
c;nt. i ac It ; scarcity of bancs ;
lrost uij.i rains lender much
ot the later crop yellow or stained.
FraDklin Not so good as wa expected,
but increased acreage will . orobabls
bring up the aggngats of last year.
Sampson Much cotton unpicked for
lack ot bauds. Pciquimaua Acreage
double, making the product 4U per
tent, greater than last yer. . Coitou
gathered before late rams yielded 175
pounds per acre : that gathered since
ouly 125 pounds. Wake Crop better
than was expected, though late bolls
dried up. blarney short over one-
jfifth;' plants were loaded with green
bolls October 15, and utterly destroyed
by frost. Edgecombe Acreage 20 per
cent, short and quality reduced 5 per
cent., but it is tbouyht the actual yield
will be equal to last year. Catterpill irs
appeared in several pLcis August 18,
and did much damage. Ouslowi Late
plantings cut dow n one-half. Alexan-
tv.i xvivag numi - i u v iuvivwvu
greater average yield per acre.
Potatoe :' Bladeu Sweet potatoes
6lioi t out good. Greene bvcet pcta
toes uliuost a failure ; too much rain in
the soring, and loo dry in summer and
' fail. Gaston Sweet potatoes abundant
ana rine. Mecklenburg Potato qrop
short. Alamance Both kinds very
tine.; Stanley Late crops suffered from
drocuht. Onslow Very poor) : not
uvt r a half crop. . ; I.
Winter Grain: Mecklenburg Fine
Seeding season.' McDowell Fine seed
ing season ; twice as much wheat sown
as last season. Moore Fallt seeding
later than usual on account of dry4
weather. Burke E.my-sowu wheat
considerably injured by the Hesian fly ;
wriest not so affected looks welL .Per
quimans Wheat culture cinr back-
ward. Yadkia Early sown
looks well
wheat
Emigration from the State A
Thing to bb Dkploked. Wj learn
with regret that during the .month of
December 112 emigrant tickets were sold
at Uumpany Shops, on the line of the
KnMli I'urnlinii Itxitntxrt Iweiil, A lurop
ts large
numbers sdd at other points,
same road. The larger portion
on 'the
of these
imivruiil!) wen- whites, and the nrinci
D - - 1 I I
pti pumi ui uioiiuniiuu woo iTJLCiuuio,
Tennessee, from there, doubtless to seek
homes in the still farther west.
This is a most lamentable fact that
our .citizens should find it
ry, and that, too, in such numbers, to
remove to other States to make that
living which North Carolina could so
abundantly supply were only
great wealth developed:
We most earnestly call up n
half her
those in
power to devise some means to check
this tide of North Carolina's yeomanry
which is thus daily going lrom our
midst. There is but little use in invit
ing immigration ijto the State, when
we indifferently allow our own sons and
UMigQters, who should feci kindly to
wards their mother State, to go forth to
other sections of the country ; to seek
ttiat which could and should be given
them here with unstinting haojd. This
is a matter tar serious consideration,
and should be looked into by bur Gov
ernor and by our Legislature. Let ixdi
tics be forgotten in this effort to save
to iNorth Carolina that bone and sinew
which could add greatly to the develop
ment ot the immense stores of wealth
which today lies dormant in her
bosom.
Foiik Is 8TITUTK. As may be seen
by a reference .to our advertising col
umns, John Graham, Esq., opens the
opnng term of Fork Institute, Warren
county, on the 20th inst. This Institute
possesses the advantage of being
wuYeuieuiiy located and situated in
a section noted tor its ' health, to say
nothing of Mr Graham', experience
and ability as a teacher. We call the
attention of parent s and guardians to
iuc advertisement.
small colored 1ad living in Eiutern
Ward wtiit Waiki-wr . " ii m
ara, nue walking a fence, fell and
BuSered a ttevtre sprain in the: left ankle.
. The sailor bonnet worn far back upon
the head is the shape that has met with
most favor this season. j
The Superior and Supreme Courts are
both in session. j
'mS .SnPerior Court Commences
on the 87 lost. I
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VOL. I.
THE DECLINE OF EDUCATION
-WHO YVILLREVIVE THE UNI.
VEU.ITYT ,
It is a startling fact that the cause of
education is rapidly declining in North
Carolina. V ? .
This can be proved incontestably, and
has its origin in various causes. Among
the chief of these causes, the des-truc-.
tion of the State. University will at
once occur to the mind of the reader.
It cannot be denied that that institu
tion, while it existed, was a powerful
stimulus to the youths of the Stateto
urge them forward on the road to learn
ing and mental improvement.
But our noble University is in the
dust ! Its spacious buildings are fall .
ing rapidly to ruin and decay. The,
great solar light in oar educational firm-'
amenl 'has thus been extinguished, and
the youngs men of North Carolina are
either groping in the darkness of ignor
ance, of are forced to go beyond the
limits of the State, to receive' that in
struction from other Universities which
should be imparted at home.
We mean no reflection upon our other
State col'eges Wake Forest, Trinity
and Davidson when we say that neither
ot them has as yet supplied the vacancy
occasioned by the demise of. Chapel
Hill. These three flourishing and excel
lent institutions, with able faculties and
extensive curriculum, are moving on in
the same orbits in which they revolved
bet oi e the war; and, as compared to
the University in its palmy days.may be
regarded as bright stars in that system
of which the University was the sun.
We do not undertake to say that Wake
Forest, Trinity and Davidson, may not
some day reach to the full power and
effulgence of Chapel Hill, in the noon
tide' of its prosperity, but we do not
presume, of coUrse, either of the three
Colleges named now claims such a dis
tinction. ,
The University is down! down 1
down I and all efforts to resuscitate it
have proved abortive. No practical
scheme has yet been devised looking to
its're-habilitation.. One of the chief diffi
culties in the way is the jealousy pre
vailing among the different religious
denominations. Some persons fear
that if any change is made in the piesent
management, the institution might fall'
into the hands of the Baptists ; others
that it might fall into the hands
of the Presbyterians; and others
still, that it might fall Into the
hands of the Methodists or Episcopa
lians. Hence, all propositions to revive
it have met with obstacles from some
quarter or other, so that the prospect for
improvement in its condition is no
better than it was four years ngo.
1 he first difficulty to be overcome is
the removal of politics out of the con
sideration of tle question. It does not
suit our purpose to inquire now, by
whom the University was brought low:.
or to reproach those who were instru
mental in its' dest ruction. It is enough
to know that under its present regime
it is a failure, and there is no earthly
promise that it will shortly improve, as
now managed.
Therefore, a change is demanded,
and those who may succeed i.n bringing
about such a change, as will lilt the
University lrom the(dust,and set it again
on the mad to favor and prosperity, wity- J
deserve well of the State and of the
friends of education throughout the Longstreet, Gen. Wickham, Col. Mos
w hole country. by and others, have gone over to the
Let the sun be restored to bis place
in the educational system, and the sons
of North Carolina will again basic in
the light of his beneficent splendor 1
SECRETARY BOUTWELL'S RES
1GNATI INsrEt.IE TAI.
MENT. - ,
It is now t-tated, upon seemingly good
authority, that Mr. Boutwell, the Sec
retary of the Treasury, will send in his
resignation on the fourth of March,
whether he is elected Senator of Massa
chusetts or not.
Mr. Boutwell's management of the
financial department of the Government
has, on the whole, been considered sue
cessful, but the papers that advocate the
return to specie payment assail his policy
of keeping gold in the Treasury, and
charge Mr. Boutwell himself with being
a principal operator in the money mar
ket. 1 -. . V ' '
For instance, the New York Herald
charges that twhile Mr. Boutwell has
neld between fifty and one hundred mil-
I lions in the .Treasury, Certain inaivia-
uals or cliques in Wall street, "with
only a few millions in their hands, have
been able to keep the premium on gold
ud. and to disturb the values to the
a r
amount of many millions."
The Herald thinks Mr. Boutwell could
Drevail on Congress to pass a law to
prohibit banks from lending money on
gold, or from in any way encouraging
gold -gambling ; and by a few of the
principal banks combining together
they could resume specie payment with-;
out danger; "for as soon as the people
know they could have specie, they would
not want it, and would prefer paper
money as being more convenient.1
The Herald1 argument sounds plausi-
ble, but we doubt whether it. is in the
i , , . , .. ,
power of Congressional legislation to
restore specie payments. The law, how
ever ingeniously worded, would be con
stantly evaded, as in the case of the
usury statutes.
The theory suggested by the Herald
looks well on paper, but when it comes
to be practically tested will, in all prob
ability, prove a failure.
E
CRUELTY OF FEDERAL
OFFI-
CIALS. -
The cruel and oppressive conduct of
Federal Deputy Marshals in North Car
olina has been often dwelt on in these
columns, but we have not yet heard of
a single instance where well supported
charges of their outrages have been in
vestigated by the proper authorities.
True, Judge Brooks at the last term of
the Federal Court in this city dismissed
one Porter, United States Commission
er, for. exacting unlawful and exorbitant
fees as an officer, but with this excep
tion, we have seen no official cognizance
taken of the illegal and inexcusable acts
of certain Federal subordinates, who,
according to the testimony of gentlemen
of the highest respectability, have been
guilty, of the most disgraceful and dis
reputable practices in tbeir official po
sitions. - :
The last Hickory Tavern Eagle con
tains an instance Bimilar to many others
that have transpired in Western Noith
Carolina,and which deserves more than
a passing notice, Sidney Yoder,' a
highly respectable young man of Ca
tawba, recently died at his residence in
that county. His death is attributed; to
the treatment he received at the hands
of Ransour, Deputy United States Mar-
shal, assisted by Peter Sharp and John
Miller. ,.
The week preceding the November
term of the United State Circuit Court
at Statcsville, these three indivi iuals
went to Yoder's house at night and ar
rested him as a Ku Klux. Before
making the arrest, the trio fired several
shots, at the house, greatly alarming
Yoder, his wife and children. At that
time Yoder was quite an invalid, yet
notwithstanding his feeble physical
condition, Ramsour had him tied, and
''run him about the neighborhood that
night, hunting other victims." "
The correspondent of the Eagle adds :
f From this night his health began to
decline visibly, and continued to de
cline until, he sank away to his eternal
rest, on the night of the 24th ult He
leaves two poor children and a dis
tressed wife to mourn his loss. Whether
his blood is upon this inhuman wretch
Ramsout or not, such circumstances
were bar barious and should cause his
removal from the position he occupies.1'
THE EARLY-B ARRINGEK CON.
TltOV:KSY.
We published in substance General
Earlv'a letter in answer to General
Hood's speech at Raleigh. We subse
quently published Gen. Rufus Barrin
ger'si reply to Gen. Early, correcting
several errors in Gen. E.'s letter. We
did not publish Gen. Early's rejoinder,
because we did not deem the statements
material to the issue as it contained
no new facts other than had already been
substantially given, and was besides too
lengthy for' our (columns. Howevir,
this latter objection would not have
weighed with us if we had deemed the
ends of justice or the truth of history
would have been vindicated by its pub
lication. Gen. Early's letter contained some
very severe reflections upon the conduct
of deserters "who have gone over to
the enemy since the war," and this
Gen. Barringer construes into a personal
and political attack on those Confedcr
Tate officers who,- like himself, Gen.
I Republicans. Whereupon, Gen. Bar-
I ringer publishes a second letter, which
we find jn the Charlotte Observer of the
4th inst, in which he pitches into Jubal
A. With gloves off, and criticizes with
great severity the military conduct of
the distinguished Virginian, as well as
his subsequent flight to Mexico, "leaving
his unhappy comrades and ceuntrymen
to meet, as best they could, the untried
and untold horrors ot subjugation."
We regret that this controversy,
which was started with the view of
eliciting historical facts, has descended
into gross personalities and unkind
flings. It has been one of the main ob
jeets of our paper to steer clear ot per
sonalities as much as possible, ana we
have therefore fiequently rejected com
munications that were calculated, if not
intended, to r fleet upon the characters
of individuals. We know the difficulty
of out position, and that in refusing to
gratify the public appetite for disputa-
tion, we are liable to give offense to
our correspondents. Yet we prefer to
be censured on thii score rather than
prostitute our columns - to , scurrility
and vituperation.
' Having refused to publish Gen. Ear
ly's second letter, we must likewise de
cline to publish Gen. Barringer 8 reply
thereto, because we do not believe
the publication of either will subserve
the ends of historic truth or benefit the
public. . , ,.
The truth ol history cannot be vindi
cated through personal defamation and
rebuke, and if a controversy,' which we
were' desirous would lead to valuable
information concerning the events of
the war, ends in nothing more honors
ble and useful than a war of words and
, . . . . . .
I bitterness between two ex-Confederate
J , ... .
Generals, it were better such a contro
versy had never arisen.
' A party of young men recently trav
elled 150 miles 'on skates on the Missis
sippi river.
A concert in behalf of the Boston
relief fund is to be Riven in Paris by
the French Urenadier Band..
RALEIGH; N. C, THURSDAY. JAN. 9. 1873 ?
STOKES
CONTICTED OF MUR
DER.
It will be seen from our Sunday night
dispatches, that the second 'trial of
Stokes in New York for the murder of
James Fisk, Jr., has resulted in his
conviction of murder in the first degree.
As customary in such cases, we expect
of course that anj appeal will be taken
to the Supreme Court.". ' j?-
We do not rejoice at. the conviction
of Stokes, but at the same time we must;
express our gratification at the vindica
tion of the law and the triumph of
right and justice. ,
For the character of Fisk, we have a'
a supreme contempt, and regarded bis
death as a lenefit to the community.
We believe that he was corrupt, unscru-:
pulous and utterly depraved and his
example upon the young of New York
and of the whole country highly perni
cious. For all that, we believe his mur
derer ought to be punished ; for,
even if the character ot the slain were a
mitigation oi the offense of bis murder
and - the deed itself a blessing J
to the community, surely the slayer
cannot in this case claim any motives of
humajiity,as personal hatred and revenge
were the only incentives to the crime.
Stokes, in point ot moral character,
is very little if any better than was
Fisk, and the world will not be much
worse off by the loss of both.
The acquit als of criminals in New
York, especially in capital cases, have
become so common in the past few
years, that crime has terribly increased
there and the law openly defied and
laughed to rcorn.
ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
We have before referred to a bill
which has been introduced in Congress
in favor of abolishing the Electoral
College, and allowing the people to
vote " directly for President and Vice4
President of the United States.
The Washington correspondents af
firm that Senator Morton, of Indiana,
one of President Grant's chief fuglemen,
will deliver in the Senate in a few days,
a lengthy and able speech. on the sub
ject, taking the position that the Electo
ral College ought to be abolished, and
that the recent Presidential election
demonstrated that fact incontestably.
We have never been able to see any
good reasons why the Electoral -College
was established, but no injury has as
far as we know ever resulted from the
system. It seems to rs unnecessary, but
has proved harmless thus far. Emer
gencies might arise when it could be
diverted from its original purpose and
made an instrument of corruption and
wrong. Therefore wedo not object to
,its abolition, but we do not believe toe
people feel much interest in : the ques
tion, one way or the other.
PINCHBACK TRANSCENDING
HIS DUTY. -
Monday was a day of great excite
ment and trial in New Orleans. A col
lision between the two opposing State
Governments was at one time imminent,
but happily no disturbances occurred,
and comparative quiet, has been tempo
raiily restored.-
The trouble grew' out of the order of
Pinchback, issued on Saturday last,
which threatened to disperse the Con
servative or Fusion Legislature, in case
it should have the temerity to assemble.
General Emory, the commander ol
the Federal troops at New Orleans, re
ceived instructions from President
Grant, soon after Pioehback's procla
mation appeared, that he must not
allow any interference with the Conser
vative Legislature; " that the United
States troops must be used only to pre-
serve the peace; that any lody of citi-
xens, staling themselves what they may,
have the right to meet peaceably, for
any purpose not unlawful ; and, that if
any attempt should be made to disperse
ny such assemblage, they shall be pro
tecUd." i
It is evident Pinchback was laboring
under the impression that any high-.
handed measures be might adopt would
meet with the sanction ot Grant; and
be imagined, if he could disperse the
Conservative Legislature,' while the
question was pending in the Courts as
to which of the two Legislatures was
the lawful one, the case would be at
end, and the Radicals would be at once
established in power.
But ti e President could not go that
far. His oi iginal order sustaining
Pinchback, was only provisional or tern
porary, and was not intended as finally
deciding in favor of the Radical State
officers. The question as to which set
of State officers was legally elected, is
still before the Courts, and until that
question is decided, the President will
not sustain Pinchback in his efforts to
disperse the Conservative Legislature;
for that Legislature may. in the end
prove to be the rightful and only legal
body.
" If Pinchback attempts by force to
prevent the Conservative Legislature
from holding its meetings, the Federal
military power, which be invoked to
his aid, . will, by the order of Presi
dent Grant, be turned against him, and
be will thus be hoisted by his own
petard. - -
As an evidence of thrift on the part
ot the colored race in Tennessee, it is
noted that since the price of a marriage
license bus been fixed at $10 they gen
erallyloregothatexpcuMTtluxttrj;
:r ;r- t f f - - v,.
8TOKES SENTENCED.
Edward Siokts, who was convicted
in NeT York on the 4th inst, of the
murder of Jutnes Fisk, Jr.,- has been
sentenced ly Judge Boardman, to be
hanged on FrPiy, the 28th of February.
This, as the telegram informed us, was
the Khortett time that could be legally
allowed i he murderer. '
.The Jutlue is represented as having
delivered a feeling addiesi-oQtthe occa
sion ot sentencing the accused, in the
course f which he alluded to the
prisoner's youth aud social surround-
'ings:" ' J, wi';.;. ' '.'LI'".' ;' .
The conviction of Stokes will excite
general surprise, as the failure of the
jury to agree on the first trial created
the impression on the public mind that
a second trial would result in his ac
quittal. "
It may be that the recent disgraceful
murders that have been committed in
New York, have operated on the
minds of the jury with more effect than
the strongest arguments of the counsel
for the 8tte, in showing the necessity
of poaishing criminal! io order to stop
the alarming increase of crime in that
city.
In this community, the verdict of the
jury in convicting Stokes s?ems to be
universally approved, as no one seems
to entertain the slightest doubt of bis
guilt. The only sympathy felt for him
was due to the fact that the individual
whose life he took, was a man of bad
character and .exerted an immoral in
fluence on society.
the usury law in Virginia.
A bill has been introduced in the Vir
tiinia Legislature to reduce the legal
rate of interest in that State to six per
cent Against this measure many of
the leading papers of the State are en
tering their protest, and are urging the
Legislature to permit: the law to stand
as at present allowing twelve per cent
on special -contracts.
We trust that the North Carolina
Legislature, when it assenibles,will adopt
the Virginia rate ot twelve per cent, on
special contracts allowing the legal
rate to remain as at present six per
cent, where no special agreement is
made.
We copy elsewhere to-day an article
from the Norfolk Journal, in regard to
the proposed change in the Virginia
usury law, from which it will be seen
that paper takes strong ground against
the proposed reduction. It quotes an
extract from the Nuws, showing the low
rate of interest has driven thousands of
dollars f North Carolina capital to
Virginia for investment, and the Journal
might have even gone farther, and stated
that the city of Norfolk itsell had receiv
ed on deposit for investments large por
tion of this capital, and that her bankers
and merchants were reaping much of
the profit and benefit derived from such
investment.
It we judge from the tone of the press
of this State, we think ' the people are
anxious that the rate on special con
tracts for money be increased, while the
legal rate remain as at present, where
there is no agreement as to price.
MRS. WHARION ON TRIAL
. AGAIN. y
Mrs. Wharton is to go through an
other ordeal. Accompanied by her
daughter Nellie, she- ha ; a-aio put in
an appearance at Annapolis there to
endure the pangs ot a new trial for
felony, on the charge of attempting to'
poison Vanness, in Baltimore.
We have no information through the
papers whether or not the trial will be
a protracted one, but , there seemed to
be an impression that this Second ar
raignment was more a matter ot form
J'than an actual prosecution, aud that
I the prisoner would be speedily dia-
charged, after her triumphant acquittal
of the murder of Gen. Ketchum.
If the trial is to be a lengthy one, we
shall have the same old scenes re-enac-
ted the same witnesses, the same tes
timony, the same disagreement among
the learned doctors about poisonous
substances and chemical tests, the
same arguments of counsel and pathetic
appeals, and the same verdict ot not'
guilty. -
Surely, if Mrs. Wharton is an inno
cent woman, Bhe has been ereatly
wronged and is one ot the most unfor
tunate beings that ever lived. If she
is guilty, she deserves no pity and her
sufferings are merited.
Roger U. Tambt. The Springfield
(Mass.) BepubUcan say : "Roger B.
Taney was one of the purest men tn at
ever Bat in the seat of John Marshall ;
upright, inflexible, fearless, as tranatic
a devotee to duty as Mr. cumner mm
self. Now that be is dead, we ought
to be able to see the man himself
behind bis warped conscience, and
hereditary prejudices, and perverse
politics. If it is a purely political
reason that still keeps bis bust out of
the 8upreme Court-room. Republican
statesmen Bbould ask themselves wheth
er this petty, posthumous vengeance is
.quite worthy ot them or ot the coun
try."
The merchants of San Francisco are
filling a subscription fund of $50,000 to
establish a Sailors' Home, lor tbe pro
tection of poor Jack from his natural
enemks, tbe boarding house keepers.
In tbe sulphur mines in Lower Cali
fornia it is reported that about 1,000,000
tons of tbe mineral are already un
covered.
Omaha has a select assortment of epi
- I zootica simultaneously affecting hones,
i does, rata, and oxen
dogs, rats,
NEWS
j STATE NEWS.
. Wilson is to have a first-class fruit
nursery. . On last Tuesday Greenville shipped
159 bales of cotton.
Elder P. D.'Gold will issue his paper,
ZiouU Landmarks, at Wilson.
Mr. J. B. Reynold a, a worthy citizen
of Lenoir county, died last week.
Eiizalteth City has now a population
of 4,000. Two years ago it was less than
1,500.,
The kitchen of Mr. B. D Stitb in
Wilson, was destroyed by fire on Christ
mas hight. ; ;.
' A negro man, name unknown, froze
to death while drunk bear: V Enrield
recently. '!!: rr.. ,::':J,'i
' Mr. J. J. Ed mundson died at his res
idence near Sauls X . Roads, Wayne
Connty, recently
The Howard Hotel, Tarbor.i,was so!d
on Saturday to Dr. J. H. Baker, of that
place for f 10.950.
They are talking of organizing a
company ip Elizabeth City to build a
large Cotton Factory.
The kitchen on the lot of Hon. Bur .
ton Craige, Salisbury, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday morning. ' '
Up : to the 18th ot December there
had beeu ten cases ot small pox at Nash
ville, and five deaths.
Dr. 8. A. Bernard, of Battleboro, was
prostrated Sunday last by paralysis. At
last accounts he was improving.
A negro by the name of Dick
Draughan was killed a lew days ago
near Enfield by the accidental discharge
of his gun.
Stephen Lowrey, the last of the Rob
eson county -outlaws, was seen in the
edge of Burnt Swamp, near Lumberton,
on Friday last. f
Dr. M. A. Wilcox, of -Halifax,, is the
oldest living member of the Legislature
ot Nash county, having represented that
county in 1825.
Sampson countv brags muchly on a
family of swine, consisting of a sow aud
two pigs, which make an aggregate
weight ot 1.55 pounds. 1 .
Rev. S. Scherer has removed lrom
Rnwau county to take charge of the
Alamance pastorate. His P. O. address
will be Gibson vi lie, Guilford county.
Ou Friday ot last week a little claugh
ter of Peter Powell, colored, at Nash
ville, fell into the fire and was so badly
burnt that she died in a few hours.
The residence of Mr. J. H. Carlisle.
near WLitaker s, Edgecombe county.
was destroyed by bre last week. - lbe
origin jot the fire is supposed to hive
been accidental.
The inegro Mabson, representative of
Edgecombe county in the present House
of Representatives, was thrashed in
Tarboro on Christmas day by a negro
politician there by the name ot Scott.
There have been seven deaths, from
small pox at the residence of Mr. Reuben
Koger&i Franklin county, ana the doctor
has little hope of the recovery of several
others in the same neighborhood.
A negro by the name of Roger Tones,
who sometimes calls himself "Governor
Vance," was committed to jail in Green
ville last week on the charge of having
murdered a mas in Lenoir county.
Mr. David D. Colgrove died at his
residence in Newbern rn the 2nd inst.
Mr. Colgrove came to this State from
New Ypik in 1865, and was a member
of the Constitutional Convention in
1868 from Jones county
Ou Christmas morning a row took
place in a bar room at Rockingham
during which one Julius Leak, colored,
stubbed in the left breast one George
Leak, colored. The wound is a very
dangeious one. Julius is in jail.
A vounjr man in Rocky Mount recently
attempted suicide by shooting at the
reflection ot nis own pretty sen . in a
mirror.! The nice young man was said
to be suffering from a conglomeration of
Nash brandy and feminine cruelty.
Some of his friends call him an ass, but
we feel sorry for him.
Two men named Ensly and Leander
Burtoni of Scott's Creek, became jnvolv-
ed in a Ifuhi the other day, during which
Ensly wis shot through the arm and
Burton badly cut about tbe throat and
head. It is thought Burton is fatally
injured. Whisky was the cause of the
row.
Savs the Southern - Home : "On the
Manson land, in Sharon, Mr, John O,
Alexander raised 6,000 pounds of lint
cotton and 200 bushels ot corn. This
was done with one horse and without
the use; of commercial fertilizer.
In the same township Mr. J.. H
Stewart raised 30 heavy bales of cotton,
250 bushels of coru and 20 J bushels ot
wheat Mr. Stewart used .wo mules,
He put; 300 pounds of acid phosphate
upon each acre of bis cotton land. He
speaks very favorably of the Pacific,
which be has also useo." - ,
The Southern Home tells of the follow
ing horrible accident : A young man
of seventeen, named Hartsell, was going
to Monroe, the day before Christmas.
and coding Stewarts Fork nusned with
water, lie took out one of bis norsec to
trv the ford and made two attempts to
cross, i The horse became frightened,
ran off and threw the young man, whoee
foot caught in the gears and be was
draezed a quarter of a mile. : The horse
in tunning knocked down several panels
of fence with the unfortunate young
man, crushing, him into a shapeless
mass."!
On Christmas morning, near Swanan
noa. 15 miles from Asheville, Mr. Mil
lington Lytle was killed by Mr. Lewis
Ingram. It seems that Ingram, and one
or two others, were at tbe house of Mrs.
Elizabeth Stepp, and engaged in a per
sonal ! Quarn.1. when Lytle came up.
Seeing the difficulty be approached the
parties . and commanded tbe peace,
whereupon Ingram turned upon him
quite suddenly, attacked him, cutting
him with his knife, the blade of which
was about three inches in length, from
which fa died almost instantly. E. R.
Kerley, Esq., a Justice of the Peace for
that township, was soon notified, and.
earlv on the mdrnins after tbe murder,
appoiuieu m special curuuci iu iuiwu
rata ihe affair. Uoon examination the
. . , i t . ti
above lacta were eiicueo. woercupno
. - .... i ,
1 Lngm was arrested by rputy Shenff
K. a. loung ana commiueu w jau.
NO. 44-
VIRGINIA NEWS. "
Gov. Walker has returned to Rich
mond.' : -1
In ' Portsmouth wood only costs $3
per cord.
Mr. Nathaniel Nash died in Norfolk
on Friday. . ,:
Dr. Lewis, the Brunswick murderer.
is hopelessly insane. " I
Miss Leah Good wyn, aged 90, died in
Amherst Friday. I ,
Mr WesIev Phillioa. of Bedford, is
dead, at ihe age of 78. 1
Norfolk had two shooting affrays on
the night of the 1st inst I
Senator Lewis is not ill at his resi
dence as has been reported. J.. . ,
The gold crop of Virginia! last year
exceeded a million dollars. I
Deaths in Lynchburg during Decem
ber, 83 white, 8 ; back, 25. j
The Petersburg Ice Manufacturing
Company has "busted" up. I
Mr. John M. Shriever, of Isle ol
Wight county, died Saturday. , t .
The kitchen of DanL H.. II at ton was
burned in Chuckatuck.- Loss $500.
There is to be a new line of steamers
between Norfolk and Providence R.L ,
uucoiuotiTea io , uie neaapeaKe s
Ohio railroad are now burning 'coal.yiW'!
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The ueasels are prevailing around
Chuckatuck ; also the - matrimonial
fever. - "
There have recently be"en a number
of destructive fires in the Northern
Neck. '." N . -'''.':
Dr. Francis Murphy, an old physician
of Alexandria, has removed to Wash
ington. x -
Mr. SmaTlwood Thompson, the
Janitor ot the Norfolk City Hail, died
on Thursday. j
R L. Saunders, Richmond, was taken
very ill on the night of the 81st, and
died in an hour. !
A colored woman near Earlysville,
Albermarle. produced three boys at one
birth last week. i
The Executive Committee ol the
Conservatives of Portsmouth, are tak
ing steps to reorganize, t
Mr. Samuel Fuller, originally from
New York, fell through the! ice in Pa-
muuky river Monday, and was drowned.
The Protestant Episcopal ! Church of
Lexington made the Methodist Church
a Christmas present of a superb pulpit
Bible.
A colored man by the name ot McKcnzuT
was badly injuied in the leg on Thurs
day morning in Petersburg by a
runaway horse. 1 j
The new Presbyterian church on
Middle street, Norfolk, wa dedicated
Sunday. Rev. Dr. B. M, Smith preached
the sermon.
A beautiful communion service. of sil-
ver has been presented to O'd St Paul's I
Church. Norfolk, bv the ladies of the
congregation. U f
Mr. Edward Hobgood, who was so
badly injured at the depot of lbe York
River Itailroad in Richmond a few days
ago, died on Thursday. I
-.
The Mayor of Norfolk on Thursday
issued orders to the Police to arrest all
persons carrying concealed weapons of
any size or description, j
Twenty-five toy balloons, floating
aKve an Italian's stand, in Norfolk,
burst while over the fire, and burned
his daughter severely, Monday.
A colored man was waylaid. roblcd
and killed in Chariot! sviile on Suuday
night last by a party ot "whites and
blacks who had been drinking.
Wm. Bowman, residing a short dis
tance from Edinburg, Shenaadoah
county, tell dead at his break In st table
on Monday morning of apoplexy,
It is stated that lithographic stone.
which has hitherto been obtained ex
clusively from Bavaria, has oeen found,
in large -quantities in ftockbridge
countv. i - -
T . tt ii j J ..:..,i
niuries Mondav. at Norfolk, from blows
received at the hands ot E. E. Kent,
first officer ot the Boston steamship Mc-
Clellan.
The murderer of Grafton Banks, near
Charlottsville, is still at large. A re
ward of 100 for the apprecension of
Geo. Houchers. who lelt on the train
Saturday night, bas been offered.
A netrro boy, named William Griffin
went out to look for a cow near Ford's
Dt-pot, on the night of the 2nd, and got
lost, anl w .a lound two diys afterwards.
He had been fn2en to death.
A case of sma'.l pox was brought
i
down on the Atlantic, Mifsisfipul and
Ohio Railroad the other day, and put
off near Willeville station. The! con
ductor didn't want to collect the fare.
A boy by the name of Joseph Alley,
while playing on the ice in the anai in
front of the Tredeaar Iron Works, on
Thursday in Rtehniond, broke through
and was drowned. I The boy was 11
years old.
Gen. John D. Imboden h&s sailed tor
England. He noes to promote emigra
tion to Yugioia, and to persuade Eng
lish capitalists to make investments, in
tbe State.
A coal p.isser on the steamer Isaac
Bell, on Saturday, r at Norfolk, while
standing on the paddles bad bis head
badly injured by being caught between
the guard beams and wheel,
A negro by the name of Bland in
Petersburg the otner day knocked a
fellow darkev in tbe bead, and then
sought salty from arrest by tight, but
. . . . i r . i i ,
ue was caugm Dy a aog ana neiu until
his parruers came up and secured him.
On Christmas day, near Mt. Sidney,
Auzusta connty. there was found, frozen
to death. Abram Duke, a colored man
nearly 70 years old. Ferdinand Vena,
a colored well digger, was irozen to
aeatn on jnonaay nigui, near oprmg
. .a W 1 - I . J ...
IiilL
Miss Virginia, daughter of Rev. Dr.
I Cunningham, of Abingdon, made a lor-
I . r Jk . .1. nn
. vanue eauape uum uouu vu vwhumm
I nieht. Her clothes caught fire, and in
I . . - - . . a i e . i
i exuncuunioir ine ntuiii ner iiu
hands were badly burned. Th6i young
, ua, escapcu wuu jr,.
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GEORGIA NEH 8.
Brunswick is to have a sabre club.
Janauschek is soon to appear on the
Atlanta stage.
A Twelfth Night celebration was in-"
dulged in at Atlanta, j
The Henry county election resulted in'
a Democratic .victory, .f
. Mrs, Mary Franklin, an o!d resident
of Glynn county, is dead. ,
Large numbers of negmes from Mid
dle Georgia are going West
The Max Strakosh Concert Troupe
is to appear shortly in Savannah. ! ,
Mrs Iddi ) Ballou is e-Hfying KW
lauta with lectures on piriiuaiitm. -
Dr. James F. Bpmin is to be th
agent of tbe Georgia Railroad Bank i
Atlanta."" --; ---j-- --
The Columbus Ice Company propna
to increase their capital
five per cent.
stuck seventy
Mr. Hardy Bratten, oj" Cobb county,
lost his store and its contents by fire
during the holidays.
Colonel Bleckley, of Atlanta, li spoken
of in connection with a seat on the 8u
preme Court bench. Tf j .
; Bishop Janes, of New York, officiated
in the Loyd street Ml K Church in
Atlanta, on Sunday. j i a? .
Troup, Greene, Coweta,Fulton, Henry,
Harris, DeKalb and Muscogee counties
elected the Democratic ticket.
Master Tommy Paine, of Marietta,
wl.ile shooting a . Christmas pistol,
wi un led himself dangerously.
A man named Davidson, residing
near West Point, was killed by btinir
caugiit in lite gearing Lot a gin
last
week.
Two little boys of West Point, sons of
Professor Seals and Colokel Mooty, blew
themselves up by firing h bottle ol gun
powder on New Year's day. -
Joel T. Scott, of Columbus, was found
dead in a passenger car
jof the Western
road on Suuday
auce.
ast Intern
er
Some negroes are und
ll'T arrest in
At
lanta charged with placing obstruc
tions on the Westerti and Atlantic
railioad.
i he Georgia " Senatorial rare has
narrowed down to Gen. Gordon 'and
lion. A. II. Stephens. 0 n.'Gartrell has
withdrawn in layor f Mr. Stephene.
On Christmas day, in Bartow county,.
CoIodcI Frank Fcrd used mi uxe helve
so vigorously on the head of Mr. Jen
Addison, that it is fearetl the latter will
die. ' I - -
Mr. Monroe Davidson, "f Meriwether
county, made forty -seven i-iilrs of cotton.
besides corn and pens
i n- Ugh to feed
bis hands and stock th
only five plows.
s enr, running
On New Year's morning, the largest
single body ot emigrants that bas left
the State, departed from Atlanta to
Arkansas. One hundred and seventy
six able-bodied negro cotton hands were
the emigrants leaving Middle Georgia.
The Atlanta Sun begins the new year
by reducing its subscription price to
eight dollars. It is now run nnder the
following ', staff: Alex!. H. Stephens,
political editor; Samuel A. Echols, as
sociate editor ;.C 11. C. Wilminhum,
assistant political editor ; Pascal J.
Moran, news editor ; W 1L Moore, A.
J. Hulsey, city editors. ,
The Arlington Hotel of -Washington
D. C, for the third time since its open
ing, has undergonw a .conVplete
embelisbment. It wan originally fitted
up in grand style.- with every con
venience, elegan e and luxury that
experience, taste and j judgment could
desire"" and money accomplish. Dur
ing the summer suoc-ecding, it was
beautifully frescoid and renovated
throughout. Within the past two
months all the chambers have ben
covered with the new style of cor-
I ruscated gold and silver paper. Tbe
I House has been re painted, re-carpeted
I and a number ol the rooms re furnished.
From the constant efforts of trie Messrs.
w,,c' w r":l"f r
"The Arlington" is! now far more.
luxurious and I mauniflcenl than when
first opened, and is I beyond question
what they designed 1c should be 1M
Hotel of the Capital,
Ow.
Arkansas Affairs.
Little Rock, Jan. 7. The Legisla
ture has been organized.
Boxter was inaugurated Governor.
His address was brief and conservative,
and was well received by all parties.
Both parties arc pus'iiug matters be
fore the Federal Counts. .
Foreign News French Commercial
Treaty witn tnxiand, etc.
Paris. Jan. 7 - The
coiniiierria! treaty
England has been
between France and
signed, and now aw arts raruameniary
. r i'
confirmation, i - t ''-... '
The QaieVU deVrai.ee states that Don
Alphonea is in the Province of Ealvet,
with 7,000 men A vigorous campaign
is expected. - '
A Domestic Trarey . Involving the
Dealfc or Three rersoas.
Aubcrx. N. Y., Jan 7. John Hills-
man, a dentist, formerly ot Madison,
Ga., shot his wife, her alleged paramour
and Himself dead. The paramour Is a
highly respected farmer, and leaves a
wife and three daughters.
Iadiaas Fiffctiat;. '
Omaha. Jan. . 7. Tbe Sioux and
Pawnees are fighting, on Republican
River. Several Chiefs have been killed.
Troops have been sent to protect set-.
tiers. I
. Death of Prominent Citizen.
Baltimore, Jan. I 7. Judge Charles
G. Lang, a prominent citizen of Hagers-
town sp.iCKlett. A breacu ot promt
suit perplexod him.! He leaves a large
estate . !
Works Karat. '
Lebakoh. Pa. Jn. 7. The Lebanon
Manufacturing Company's Works have
been burned. , The tire was the work of
an incendiary. The loss amounts' to
175,000." ' - v "'I:- ''' '' T-'"
The Charlotte Democrat enters opoa
lu ji$t toiume, lt ytay.
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