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SSAitionai nsertion. , .
m .dTetlinemenU will be charged
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The subscription f rice to The Wil
MioTosPoeTis tf 00 per year; six
ajonthsll 00. 'jf j
ill coamuaicatfons on business
' mn'he addressed tp The Wilming-
BREVITIES.
fyi. Dt. TtAw&$ ! h oul west lec
turing. . ;:;, f.
French roiuforcetrtdnta are hurrying
toTonqiin. .' j
Navigatiua on th' Pennobscot river
cloaed Sunday. .,; ' .
Sight KhooU arelto be opened in the
IndiiM State prisons.', r . - ,
Cold weather in . prmoiit has caused
the factories to shutdown. . . .
i boiler explosionfat Pitisburg, Pa.,
onTuesday, killed l "Wo- '.-' .
Martin Wiley, of Histon, has beeu
jrresled lui murdering nisjwife. ; j
The cotton crop insight on Saturday
i last amounted to 3,f6,273 biles. ;
Charles L. I'er of Beaton, was
fiuud dead in his owise on Tuesday ! .
Hit ' ,: - v ; !
A large art of tbe Wwu of "Dub is,
F wai destroyed ftr (ire on Sunday.
A richly dressedffady died suddenly
in a street car in Brooklyn ou Monday.
Aechooner Kunkpu Lake Michigan
during a storm an twenty lives were
- 10I. f: - , !
... Eire in a kalUibore warehouse t-u
Wednesday dmtroyed 2,000 bales ol
c ilti'ii. U. -,
Pool", the Uepuliiicau caudidate ni
tbe first district, wiB cutest tSkinuer'd
eliction.
ODouoell, the ihurderer of, Carey:
w banged at Wewtle prin nt oiittilbu-
. diymuriiiu ' ''
Tbe tsjiiale hast clutiriiird the uouii
nation ' ot mermiS f Hbtwuu e Coin m in
niotu r Eaiif. 3,
(, -,..: ;
KeTiiue olfifiials r( rt the destruc
tion of two illicit distilleries u Lenoir
county, N. C.
Kqreeu(atie L) J. llaskell, uf the
sscoud Kauiaa district, died in Wasl
ington on Sunday.
During a dtunken quarrel in Uead
iug, 1'., on Sunday, jJacpb Finkbone
fatally . stabbed Darid Kelhenberger.
flighwayinen in Oregon robbed a
msrebant of f 15,000, railroad pay
muter of tll',000, and other persons of
large sums. ... j '. p' ' :
A cargo of 100,000 hundred we;ght
of American wheat his been imported
into Austria, the first ever carried into
that country. . ' :
FWeof the Binks county, Ga ,
klm pruonera have been sentenced to
o yean each iu the Albany peniten -
uu vi pay fotK) each. : ! y
"Al Rre"ytown. N. J., on Saturday
Simm (Utmin was assaulted by
KtytTt who Bhot ind lhen
t him until he was unconscious
RpreNnlaiiTe Skinner was. sworn in
wdnfsj,y inembe of the
x, but his ca.e has been referred to
eoamitiw. on elections for a report
" V", "wp uoaanuge cjumy,
.... . " I
r IT r "Port ol the lynching of
8,11 Kuney, as he was not harmed.
f George Morris, an aged Presby.
"o Biwater, WM guflocated by gaa
BaJiiiaoreon Sunday last, "having
r?ntw out when he 'went to
bed, . i
b NorV Iron Works, at SSouth
on. Maw, ; hat been sold U a
, Pwl,atihe head of which is Mr.
i7.l;K4B8- T Price rid Uaaidi
1o be $150,000. , ,
U-kell, of Kansas, on of the
TJ on the Republican aide of
dW W redde.ee her.
ft7-.T".0 was a victim of
Mf Mr. Haskell was .
UT of eront. Ht emirrated to
Acr traduatfog al YaU Ool
UeUmeofthe rreatpro-
cornet in UxU H. waj
Mat member of the Way. and
uSr4,1? wit lot Uif proUc
SiW of atroBc eon-
The Southern PeonleJ
Tbe population of the southern1 states
is composed of two races of men radi
cally distinct, and to some extent at
leaot incongruous. Of these the color
ed people, or persons of African de
scent, comprise only one-third, the oth
er two-thirda being white people, like
the overwhelming majority of our own
northern states. When, therefore, pol
iticians make U3e of the phrase "solid
south," they are guilty, to dome fftent,
at least, of an attempt to deceive their
hearers. For nothing cau be more cer
tain than the fact that the freed me a as
a body aro Republicans and Vote the
Republican ticket now whenever they
can get. a chance to do so. Moreover,
there appears to be a very numerous
body of tho white people in; all of "the
southern states who are Republicans
also, and who cannot be crushed out
by force of terrorism, because they be
long t a race that is not accustomed
to submit to such things. ;V
In view of these considerations, we
find that in point 'of fact the sauth is
not now' solidly Democratic any more
than the oertli i.s solidly R3pu'licia
Ever since reconstruct m wen. into ef
fect there have been rn&oy districts iu
the southern states represented in the
legislature's unu in congre-is oy the
black or white Republican-. We need
not now g into details on this subject,
for it is a f act of no sfmall imnortauce
that those who so loudly insist jlhat it
is to tbe interest ol rtulauelpuia! to be
Democratic, because of its large Bales
of goods at the south, are not correct
iu assuming as an indisputable fact
that the sjulh is solidly Democratic.
It is our own belief that if a full' and
fair canvass of the whole south could
be made in 1884 quite a uumber of the
states would cast their electoral votes
for tbe liepublicau ticket; nut. through
the influence of the colored vote aloue,
bat under the mote powerful auspices
of that portiou of the intelligent jwhite
population which is so largely interest
ed in the great question of protection
to domestic industry. A
Our readers, therefore,' will see that
the subject has a very lmportantjcoui'
inerci il- aspect, in which the powerful
Republican party iu Philadelphia serves
as an advantage rather Ilia", as a disad
vantage to th business iitercsts iOf the
city. The prosperity of the south,
about which there, has justly been so
much rej ticing has not beeu caused ex
clusively by the'piaatation aristocracy,
but baa been chiHy due to the rapid
development oi railways, mining, man
ufactures, bankuisf, insurance, internal
tr.ide. focal .. improvements, and fi reigo
coiuioerce, iaiuly under the auspices
ot iioilhu.n cai'Hal. Philadcl . North
American ' V
Eiix-r s say IJroid river, at lAu-
thouy olioais. Oa., has a volume of
PJ.OUO.OOO cubic feel of water per min
ute, and its velocity is 175 feetj per
minute, its fall iu a mile and a quarter
beinir D2 fseV The horse power is cal
culated to be 37,286, while Lowell,
the
the
fi 'vest developed water power la
Uuited
Srates, has oiiiy 16,000 horse
po"fr.
Aity Items.
All subscribers to the Post, who
fail to receive their papers regularly
will -please notify the undersigned at
once. 1 am aetermineu iq.naTe very
J . a .
subcribi-r receive his paper.
Thomas Kniuht,
'Mailing Clerk
A grand holWay ball is announced
to take place in Clement Hall, Wal
lace, Dupln county, on Wednesday
night, the 26th inst. The Italian band
from Lhijcilv will fuiuish tbe music for
dancing.. i - "
Rev. F. H. Wood and family leave
for Fayetteyille on Friday, and Rev.
Dr. Yates, who is to succeed Mr. Wood
as pastor ol Frout street Methodist
cburcb, is to arrivo here tbe same even
ing aud will preach on Sunday.
Mr. James B. Tilgmau, " for forty
has been agent bf the Peters'JUg i
-r - .. - 1 -
Weldon liailroad, has determined to
mat Vilmini7tin his future home. He
is the only auryivpr of the party, under
Gen. Walter Owyno, wha ruaae ine
.nn r .r the Wilminctoa & Weldon
Railroad iu 1S36. He comes of gooa
old Maryland stock.
" Small" Fir. .
A aotalt house at the iutraeclin ol
13th awd Market streets caught fire Ola
Tuealay evening last, but through the
exertijns of ihe nighbrs the fire was
extinguished and the butldiog saves!
TknN.ut moraintr a small frame
AMlvw - M ,
dwelling, at the intemcuoo ; of Tenth
and Market street was destroyed b1
fir. It wasoocpied by Stephen Jooee
colored.
Geo. W. rrice, of this city. U wrlUog
a biography of Bishop James W. Hood,
of Zicn'i A. M. E Church, Ute Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of colored
Mason, of North Carolina. Bishop
Hood haa beta fiUinf the thepoaWosi
of Grand Matte for nearly nfteta jean,
and In' retiring it Ida dealred by thj
Grand Lodx to seenre a proper rexord
of hU lift and erTtceaa .W
the church aad In Oaallasoate order.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY,
A4 handsome little revenue steamer,
(V. T 'II. TT . , ... I.
J. x. uawiev. r.nmmanrlpfl hv i
Lieut. Brian, bound from Buffalo. I
-J I
w j - I
a. x., to Mobile, Ala , where she ia to
be used an
in here on Wednesday for saDDliea. ;
m . mm
The recent report of Mr.
James
Bprunt, as president of the Produce
Exchange of this city, which was sent
w ironaon Dy uonsui vvaikar, of South
Carolina, was presented; to both houses All were for foreign ports and the ahip
of Parliament and ordered to be oers were D. R. Mbrchfarm A On Pt-
pnnted with other reports and docu I
i ipl:. i- . .. . . I
uicuus. auis is a niga .compliment to I
Mr. bprunt and secures the circulation
of the work throughout the world.
Guilfvd Holliday, who has been act-1
ing as special policeman a the rail
road depots for some time past, was ar
rested Wednesdairmorning for exceed
ing his authority in threatening the ar
rest of a man without a warrant, wbn
has been guilty of no violation of the
city ordinances.
A meeting to arrange for the repre
sentation of Pender county in the pro
posed State Exposition at Raleigh, was
held in the new court house at Rnr.
gaw on Monday night, ' Captain :R. P.
Paddison was elected corresponding
secretary, and Messrs. J. F. Foy, C. O.
Woodcock, D. Shaw, Robert Durham,
jr., and others, were appointed a com
mittee from their respective townships
to collect speciaens for the exposition
and to solicit voluntary subscriptions.
Cliuiatit-al Condition.
. iverr, iormeny otaie ue-
..i u... ... . . . I
",uB,ai. more-iaiieny counected
o. oirveys, was nere uunng
the present week, and on Thursday
went down to Smith's Island, wishing
o, l..f it.. i I
lJ 1131 ,UB correctness oi tue theory
tuat me isiana m qiestion, which is
the largest ig. North Carolina, is as
mild climaticalty speaking jts any spot
in the United States outside of FJorida.
On Tuesday he was uear - Maply, iu J
mour couuiy,.wuere mere is an area
t : - i .i I
u. very nigu lanu, or a very large bill
toyereu wnu pino trees, aua uoon
actual measurement he found the ele
vated tract t be fuilsix hundred feet
above the leva', of the sea. Prof. Kerr
intimates from the mildness aad dry
ness of the atmospheric surroundiogs
it would bj a iiapital placi for the lo
cation of nh sanitarium. :
Cirnud Lodge ol' Colored 9Iasons
The GraudLode of Colored Masons
pf North Carolina had ' staf fourteenth
annual meetian in Kinston on Mouday,
the 11th inst., Grand Master James W
Hood presiding. rThe body established
a beneficiary fund department some
years.ago .for tbe relief of widows and
orphans.; ' Under its jurisdiction relief
has beeu sent to many of the unfortu-1
hate, the reports showing that over
$5,000 was disbursed in that direction'
The following named officers were
elected iand appointed for the follow
ing year:
QGraud Master James WTellair.
Deputy Cfraad Master Jas W Hood.
Senior Grand Warden Stewart Elli
son. ' ,
Juuior Grand Warden Wax Pelhell.
Grand Treasurer J as H Young.
Grand .Secretary Jos C.Hill.
Grand Tiler R D Bailey.
All the other . officers wtro filled by
appo.nitneut. Toe session was closed
to meet again at Siatesvilic in Decem
ber, 1 SSI-
Death ofau Old German Citlaen
I Mr. John U. liauman, one of our
oldest German citizans, was seized
with a paralytic, stroke ou Friday
evening last, atd died on Sunday
Minrnlnir
The announcement of his
death caused profound sorrow in the
EW- MIW. M " H
community, where he was creatly roe-
loved and respected. Decease J came
to this country . from Germany about
1S3S and settled in Charleston. In
1S43 he accepted the position of clerk
hi the store of Mr. H. B. Filers io this
ritv! a. .-cfte here to live. lo IS44
he com- otd the business of a grocer
himself rvscninti on the corner of
pmnt ii.) Market streets, ia the build
ing now occupied by Mr. B. Solonwu
if. ... m.rrl! twice and leaves seven
.ktui... .- t.lt Junrhtet-heiiir the
wife of Mr. Kduard! Peachau. Genua,
. -. , t .ili- til ...
imperial ivui v wu
S.t: h- oraniiia of St. VmmVm
U.thr.a churcniathciiy, i. iSjS,
and was
. i .i ik
i
Cburct ecu. Ili was second littt-
- . .i .
tenant of ue vttnnaa somnwresa,
fine mUiury company that existed Here
w.. ik -r iWaaed retired from
vavinuv .
' ..r kl- are ainaa
and has heU a poaitio. in the .tore of
DWira v - - j
Mernrs K. r-ecan I A Westemaw
ti. ... i. the SA4rear of hi. are.,
..v rm wu ranl a
.-r .ar- " "
Lnlhtran chorch on lovuy after-
W !r, .k. -amai ml -
the reaaaiaa were tUlowed
ta Oakdale OtaMtery hj a larrecoa-
cahin of moml.c relatirt.
and
trieada,
Mr. A. A. Nathan, this citvl ia
Knnf tn nnsn t. T -- . .
"CI" m BW1 .U MHISJtUIBE
tb hn.i
v W WUUIabkW MI1N4W JMAV
firm name of A A. NatlutB & C0w A
lh Xorwe&An Barque Jermaei, ,Ue
Norwegian Barque Palasdex. the Kor
wegian Brig Baak and the Norwegian
Brig Congal, cleared from this port on
Saturday last, with carroea of navaf
stores and cotton rained at $85,219.
ercon. Downinir A fVv nA Mr A sTT.
. . i
ureen.
Messrs. J.lL. Cooler and D.; P.
McEachern, the former of Richmond
and the latter of Robeson county, were
nere a iew aays ago in the interest of
a Scotch immigration scheme, in which
they are assisted by Scotch lady of
Dundee a Mim McLeod, TheyViay
that a party 'of one hundred! ahd
twenty-five Scotch immigrants will ar
rive here about the last of January. '
We learn from Clerk VanAmringe
that 141 cases were disposed of during
the - late term of the Superior Court.
which adjourned on Friday last, of
which 90 were continued, in 80judg
menta were rendered, Id were non-'
suits, 4 were compromised and settled
and 1 was abated. . A special term was
decided upon to clear the docket of the
large number of cases upon it, and the
recommendation to the Governor to
that effect was signed by Judge Phil
lips and a large proportion of the
members of the Bar.
Som hosr r in K roii..
J " i
roflkino- rhnrcho. nA hp,tr.or h
nnt nf th .inln. Tl, Vrt
Baptist and Lutheran edifices have re
ceived their ecial &ttention. A num.
ber of giM1C9 ia toe windows of the
former were smashed on Sund-y last,
between th mornimr nd vninr .nr.
viceJ!. A member of the church siw
n r i h rort. thrnn .nH if A
hurled bv a white bov. The authori
tiea shou!ll atoD lo outrageous
J . j. ' .
conduc, ROd Hhe perpetrators should
be severely punished.
Nnvnssa Guano Company.
At the late meeting of the stock
holders of the Navassa Guano Com
pany, held at the office ot the com
pany in this city, the following officers
were elected for the. ensuing year :
President Hon. R. R. Bridgers.
Secretary and Treasurer Donald
McRae.
Superiuleden . f .e2ci?fj---t Y
w. ju ueitosset.
Agent for. New York .City Walter
E. Lawton. ,' .
Directors R- R. Bridgers, John C.
GrafUin, Edward Kidder, ' Walter E.
Lawton, Winfield S. Dunan, Smilie A
Gregg and Donald McRae.
A dividend of 10 per cent, was de
clared out of the profits of the past
year's business, payable on the 1st of
January lo stockholders of record at
the date of meeting.
City Matters;
The Board of Audit and Finance, at
a meeting oa Monday evening, in con
junction with the Committee on Streets
and 'Wharvea of the Board of Alder
men, approved the contracts entered
into bv the Board of Alder Tien ijr
- - w
paving Water street.
Tbe action of the baard in agreeiog
to pay O. G. Parsley $445.71 in full o
a.11 damages to property at ihe corner
of Ann and Third street, by the heavy
rain of June 3d, 1SS3, wai also ap
proved. ' , . '
The matter of dredging certain docks
was postponed nntll the probable oust
can be ascertained. I
The matter of repairing the floor of
Ann street enzine house was referred
j to j. jOQeSf with power to act.
An application from the W'laington
Hook and Ladder Company for a set of
awingiog haroess was granted.
Fire broke out Saturday morning in
a small boose1 on An. street, next to
Fourth, which was occopietLby a bed
ridden colored ma., said to be upwards
of SO years old, named Prorideoce
Bryan, and the flames had gotten no
I der snch good headway when discovered
that Ue poor leuow was wii u.cui.j
rtecued from the burning buikiing. and
his bddif a.4 the other few jmides
Ike ivMaeeaed were coosamed. The fire
i r-
coeamnnKated to Ue bniUi-g adjeia
ing. a tl aho, oa the eoathweM cor-
m mr a a e - a a jm
i nor tf Ann ataa rw !, w
that wan alio y
wkea
I tk. aiMBf Litile Otaat r a
. , l - , ,
oa is v - , " "V T
I another was started throngh aeectwa
I . . - . .J . .W.
1 of nose lT9m m si. '
I . , . .. .-
near the rac
wa. 7 T
tjosme adjolalac
I nrsv bt le aasaea ww y
I v. tasanaead ta
i uaxTasa-w r 7.J V
Osi. W . L DeEosart and tho eh -as
aaeBW
other tnsiooa
tion.
The
hat
DECEMBER 21. 1883.
The graded schools of Wilmington
are said to be growing in popular fayor,
and the public are becoming more and
more interested jm them every day, as
is evidenced not only by the increasing
attendaee but by the number who visit
the schools from- time to time to wit-
neu the , exercises. Teachers from
abroad, too, frequently go to the schools
to witness 'the peculiar methods cm
ployed by the efficient Superintendent.
Masonic Election
At the resmlar meetine of Concord
Chapter No. 1, held Monday evening
following officers were elected for the
ensutne term: c :. i
WHChadbonjrn.HP.
M tlKttz, E. .
WWAileri,e.
H C Prempert, O II.
R Greenburg, Treasurer.
HJames O Munds, Secretary,
W A Wiiliama.TP S. " ;
J W Woohin, R A C. "
r
J McD French, M 3rd V.
J M Forshee.jM 2d V,
J H Hanbv, M 1st V.
B G. Bates, Tiler.
v 1 - : V
A 30 Biblical Prize. 1
The publishers of RuUcibe's Monthly
offer twelve valuable rewards in their
Monthly for January, among which is
the folio wing;
We will give
$20.00 to the person
many times the word
telling us how
Bethlehen occurs iu the IVcw Testa
ment Scriptures (not the New Revision)
by January 10th, 1831. Should two or
more correct answers bcireceived, the
reward will ba divided. The money
will be forwarded ib the winner Janu
ary 15th, 1SS4. Persons trying for the
reward must send 20 ecu is in silver (no
postage stamps taken) with their an
swer, for whichthey will icceive. the
r tbruary Monthly, in which the name
and address of the winner f the reward
aud the correct 'answer r will be pub
lished, and in which several more
valuable rewards wiil bi" oflVred' ' Ad
dress RUTl EDGE PLTiyLISlilHU C'OMl'A-
NY, Eastou, Penna.
liuights oT Honor. r
At a meeting of Carolina Lodge o.
434, K. of P., held Monday night, the
following officers were elected lor the
ensuing year:
R D. Walter ismaUbones.
Dicutor G A Pick. I
V. D. J C Fore.
A. D. JobnW PerJew.
Reporter J H iPugh.;
-Ii.HPQxter John JU: Dudley
Treasurer WA.WiHsonJ
Guide E D Williams.
Guardiau T F Bigley.
Sentinel J M McGowau
Medical Examiner Dr F W Potter.
Trustees Owen' Fennell, Alex Johi-
son, John D Taylor. !
Representative lie Grand lVxlge
Clayton Giles, j
Alternate J A Springer,
Officers will be installed on the hrst
Monday iu January, 1881.
The New Diocese and
' Bishop.
the New
The primary Dioceasan Convention,
which couvened in Newberu on the
12th inst., far the purpose of electing a
bishop, for the newdiocee recently es
ttblished in this I state, unanimously
callei to that position Rev. Dr. Alfred
A. Watson, rector of St. James' church
in this city, a'.rl it was decided io give
thenew diocesa the title of the Dio
cese of East Carolina. A large number
of delegates were present and the ses
sion was very harmonioui Bishop
Watson is 65 years of age, aud every
way qualified for the high trust confi
ded ia him. In administrative ability
andx?al for the churc'i he will have
few equals. His consecration rill prob
ably take plica early in the ensuing
year, as the first regular convention of
the Diocess of Eut Carolina will take
place a-. Wathiogtoa in My next
The election of Bishop Watson seems
to have given general satisfaction.
A meeting of . the lot owotra aod
Tmetees of Pine Forest Cemetery was
held Wednesday uiht io the Mayor's
Coartroom, at the City Hall. Daren
Burney acted as Chairman and N. G.
Satnpeon aa Secretary. f
The report for the fiaancial yearead-
ieg December ISth, lfr3,i ait ready
approved.
A vote of thanks
was tendered t
John G. Norwood, tre-urtr, fuc hta ac
tive aad cUnt settkts ia behalf I
Pine Forest tVaaetery. 1 '
Oa moUoo ef Geo. W. Price the
lowing were neaaiavaaaly re elected di
reciMK J- W.TcUaIr. Uak U. Uewe,
Jao. G. Nersawd, Lbaa Ltliraade,
Jaa. P. Greeae, Edwird IXxm, JaSa
M rot. of than is was aaaaisaoanly
tsjadendto the ilayo aad Chief U IV
lica. A ad the hjard and
fsaeseted ta ae every eari to
late aaoex all the Vat koiiT a gtvater
prii. la the faaptuiaaveat U kxa.
SIsgle Co; tn 5 Cents
LOCAL SUORTS.
Bishop Watson is 65 years of age.
There was a slight sprinkle of snow
on Monday morning last.
Five marriage licenses were issued
daring last week, all for colored couples..
The ladies of the Front Street Meth
odist Church had a festival and bazaar
in the city hall on Tuesday and Wed
nesday night.
The weather tk
early part of the
Week wai very winteriih. The ther
mometer on Monday mornine reeis- I
S", o o
tered aslow as 26 degrees.
There were six interments in the va-
rions city cemeteries for the week end-
, c, , jt i l e i-- u
log OC Saturday Ist Of Which one was
whitiiFni) fnnr rii .-ntnrail
wnito ana lour were colored, , .
vt fV--m "' ' !-n i. r,,. . . :
Next Tuesday Wlll . be Christmas,
e :1j-'Tu- .'i: i
happy
Rev. W. J. Jones,!
:v. W. J. Jones,!' Whose parents-re-
in this fit is' here on a visit
in mis city, ia nere oa a
M ill ft
Next year he will have charge, of tbe
churches at Beaufort and Morehead.
The Norwegian barque Tros, Capt.
Brager, which cleared from this, port
for Liyerj3ol ou Wednesday, takes out
2,350 bales of rcotton,valu?d at $108,000.
Peader Snjierior Court Judge Phil
lips presiding, has been in session at
Burgaw during the present week, meet
ing for the first tint 3 in the new court
house. .
The ladies of the First
Baptist
church had a package tarty at the real-
j.,.a ,- p ii rirniiire Vmh nn
deuce tt IU. ll. Wct-iUlgg, lsq., On
-i .1
Wednesday n ght, lor the benefit of the
-- . ' ,
poor of the church.
poor
-Rev. T. Page Ilicaud, pastor of the
Fifth Street church, who, has beeu ap
pointed to tho Washington station for
the uext Conference year, preached his
farewell sermon last Sunday.
Governor Jarvis has ordered a spe
cial term of the superior court of New
Hanover, to conyene on the 14th of
January and to continue until all the
business before it is disposed of.
A meeting was held' at Burgaw, Pen-
dor county, on Monday night last, in
the interest of the proposed State Ex
position, and we are told that it was
largely attended1 aud very enthusiastic.
Mr. Samuel 11. w'iley, a Salisbury
1
baujter, was here last Friday to see his
son, Mr. Willie Wiley, off to the Medi -
it- r.,n;;k'k.m... nt-Hft
Vjl IAUCAU Jl VUQ aauu ay a va-- amaiV
which
saneu irom inis twt on mu
dav.
The receipts of cotton at the port of
Wilmington for the crop year, from
Sept. 1st to Dec. 15th, footed up 71,
237, bales as .against 80,934 bales for
the corresponding 'period Lat year, a
decrease of 9,697 bales. J 4
An incendiary attempt was made late
Monday evening upon the Union school
house on Sixth, between' Nun and
Church streets. Neighbors extinguished
the litotes before much damage was
done! There was no general alarm.
The Norwegian barque Nordenks-
jold, which cleared from this port for
t)uecntown or Falmouth for orders, on
Tuesday, takes ouUl.ftO balea of cot
ton, value-l.rt f 17,5y6. ' Mr. A. H.
Grreue was the shippe.
Wilmiogtoa and vicinity was visited
by a good rain on Kridsy last, the first
of any consequence in about three
months. Itwaejjcme to every
body, but especially to those who are
dependent on
wells and cbtjrns lor
water
."' Mr. Tho. E.
Bond haa teaig.td lie
t f rk- V.. VirV
it ur the ew. lor
pouuou Oi agent tor lue .s-w tera
t tv.i .t.'. r : -. t
.r .
.,.t.
lake eflrcl in a iew day. It u said
that he will curare in business In
Baltimore. His succeaebr has nol been
nnoin'r I :
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, . ! , ' . .
The only two r socers from Pecdtt
a nnr coca r iail were take, ua io
-
Burgaa 00 Monday last, tot tital be-
fore tbe Superior Court ia ealo there
this seek. " They are Georg- Mitchell,
committed 00 a peace warrant, aad
Levi Jyhnjn, charged with larceny.
A new aeaaer 1 has bees parchad
by Mesara. CXewtoo, I IJ. Pr"
aad Wat. Wetkt,of Smith viUe. to .be
pat on the HeeJoetweea that place aad
Wilaaisxtee), Captain Weeks to have
oatsaand. t'aeir a e eall feere!r ef
tons, bat baa k acesmavialee
iW pesirs, ih cams here frta
Huk, Maiae, aaj as aaawsl itm Lrmaee.
WktUtea l-aictr, taiaeJ, ak
aajWKsy awapf eared: frvss Use
heme '? hl brtlW , W. IL ff,
erer the raraad. oa ariay avoraief
laat, has tsraei epaa aaa af the haada
aa the kW, American !. lie ta
osJflBa eansaBseftsnawvJf (ssaaesp
car haljsre aT tiiaari war. msaeed af
hi.
m ituuw vm iiicuiu uo wuipuuicaw , countyj Treasurer. 1 tneu ueinandea ui
f the aeasnd ish Vma m
Phrintmaa r.nrl a hannv New Yr " I This was in BeDtemhex andTcarrjr In OctO-
Ml
NUMBER 52.
Te the Voters of North Caro-
Keetion. i
I have pnrposelr dalayede-xpoaiac tll
o-eaJled TOMaoeravUo Commmlonwn of -Bladw
ooanty till my anger had Ixcoiue
cool and my prooXs conclusive. ('
I shall make a plain statement, and
facta, not assertions, shall be presented. I ,
I am prompted by a sense of self-rcepect.n
and not animated by paaalen.' Among my
objects la the hope that oppression to others
meyi be avoided : while my wronta ere
fresh In pubUemeruory. I
Regardies of politics, and without ref
erence to tbe man. I am cenAdeut that one
end all will condemn, personally and offi
cially, a Board of Cttmmiaslonera. whose
prooeedlnKB on tbe lint Monday la Decern
ber were never equalled for oppression,
even by the far-Tamed "Courts" under the
Spanish, inquisition, or the dreaded and
dreadful tragedies enacted in the "Star
r;,-mK-M nf KnrllKh lvrnnr - .
Chamber of Kngliah tyranny.
The facta are -as follows: Tbe Commis
sioners of Bladen county sued me at 8prlns (
Term, 18S3. of Bladen Superior Court, and
Major o. Q. McRae, of jrayetteoiiie. Baror as
he had made his report, and BaroRK the
Tax Booka for la iwere due, the -Board'
appointed, a Tax Collector. Baroan aid'
gVea terminated, and kkfork tue Tax
Booka were ready for delivery,, I paid, nqt
oalr the amount Justly due. but the sum
claimed, for which 1 have receipt from the.
ber. I Klght here let meaav.a few haodrodt
counted by me, and! aaked Ihe Couniy
Treasurer If he demanded them.' He aaid
report of them would not be due ti l
the first Monday In December, aud they
would not, by universal cuaioni In this
county, be payable till January aud Feb
ruary following.
A. few daya before the lceujber luevllnt.
W. J. Parker, Chairman of Ihe "Board,-' in
formed me that at raid meeting 1 would tie
required to make full bonds asBlierill aukl
and Tax Collector, notwithstanding 1. 4
Uall "was Tax Collector, and bad the Bookja
for 1SS3, and notwithstanding no other Thx
Books would he due or placed in any one
possession till Bkitkmiskk, lvsi, uearly h
year I hence. The Chairman further, an
nounced to me that Mrs. J. T. Council, U
registered free-trader, whom far years this
same "Board" bad accepted as une oi vay
sureties to the amouut of fourteen ttooif
sand dollars, would not be "Kood" with
him. I at least, at the lXwmbiT meeting.
Heelne that It was preludeed that my ollice
I should, law or no law, rmutor wrong, lV'
statu with friends, decided to louder all
thebjnds. 1 thought that. 1-oshiiiL.v, eve,
the "Board" woil not refuse bond thaf
I.KKHU iruiu Hit., l. iu uiuur lj ftuun in r
wi01nl,y r,e' fut better inau i, or any
I other rofll' lal In this county, ever U-udered
I before. 1, therefore, ou Moiidno-. ;i of lt-
cember, lvi, offered to the aug.ut "Hoard '
the following bonds: : - i
Process bond for t-t.UOU. w ith .1 . A. Hultoir,
J. D Gilliam, Kvhu Johnou aud U W,"
MoCall as mrelies, all property holders in
Bladen, and who iustllled lor $,0U. This
was the same bond which bad been acct
'.'Ty
the same "Board,'' and under which I had
acted for twelve mouths as tsuerlH.with no '
complaint that said liond was not amply
good.! ltwss even strougcr by ,ouo na m
and by SMKXi than any former bond, being
signed by L. W.McCalt (lor ft.uoO.) whuoe:
aignatnie did not apper r on my loriner
bond.i 1 had the judicial a tlou ol tho .
"Board-' oa the former o riou, with no
complaint on their part, lu tho Interim, to
'bellve this bond would he accepted, it -
suggetlled by the "lloard ' that twooi tuo
Burettes were under morigage. AdmltUMl.
I mortsagea when '-the were taken before. I
Uiit t ri j a i u i I ivit tu ral 1 est av A ii tr. ar
also ouerea to strcngiueu tue ouuu i nic-
essarFi
Bond for State tae lor llJ.lw (over
double the actual amouut of taxes; to be
collected), with the following sureties, all
Lroperty holders in li laden, was offered :
utner Cromartic (my late l)ciiiK-rvtic o.-
fionent before the people in Noveuibei.
SK); K. J.lArider, H...I. McKwiu (the lain
1 it. c McCoitam, jamesr john..u. u. w.'
Thompson. Wm.Sh-rman. H. It. t'rldgeu
Democratle oandiilate lor the 1 t'ulMalurcv
i t-r
iH.tXKr l 1 . .' I
Bond for county, poor and achool tases
collected), with tbe following sureties.; wi n
jcbtified (swore ou the hlbiu they Weiu
worth) to the amouut oppotte ihur uamer:
Luther Cromartle... I a,'-i
arcui Disiin . ....
Hev. Wi, H. Melvln
ltobert Smith, ...... f
Itobert Lee.....?...j..- i ...
.. ; l,t
.. i.;
'Capt. T J.Ureen.olslmr. North fiat.
OepU W. A. Itobeaoo, of sltur. Wave,
CapU J. U ami th. of Fayette v 1 tlc.w Uu
did not Juntlfy. but slened....,
CepbJ. D. UobesiOj or tmr. Wave,
Uen. Alio l U. Brad, of 1 ayeltcvtlic,
I , W
Tota lamouut justliled.. !...: te"V".1
Tbe certinoale, under otti i.l seal, or T:
8. Lulterlob, C. . C. of Combcriauil coua -ly,
aocompaoled .this bond. aaylDKUcu. a.
U.Brady owned very large rent u((r
aonal property In CvimlKTind,.uJ liuu
tlficallcn lor &), was utuvh Um Ihau hi
worth. ! A. Overbaugh, of r ayriievine, ai
ftlrttwl a.-MrtJflr.t.A .L.tfirii? tti.l li.n. A (i -
I Brady, was a man of 'very ci.niderahio
property in Cumberland oauuiy, and that
he waa a large Uepooltor ana t kluwd.r in
the i'eopl. s NsUon.l litnk of Farettcvllle.
Mr. Uverbengb slgaed Ui arunisia a a
Director of the said Peopie Bank. T!.r
bonds were rejcctel as a wiiei a l.v the
aVmrd.nihe member, refuting l. roullet
them separately,. The cltairma:; ci ttso
"Caucus' Coos mi tue, ' bro. . W . Jonc.
staud"tby regarded tftis last bo id (Ine
strongest ever offered an this county) a
worth about ll,""," IhonjU it w as ,.igat
sad J us u fled lor hi,' T the kbic mnowi
geaUemea. -
, Jy attorney asked th "Iksard ' .to gjve
hint rtasonabie time, e ven if lltcy tji!id
aa many honorable f rtilirmr u wi.d w
had) per;ared Ui -n 1 r by Uiir judiitr
yond alt donbt, br irjal ti!
1 Vf1cX eoiveaey of my bond,
I mij my would cottar .ib
uoos to koixM, to cou viet the - umn i
10007, of II'
1 he " 1mu4 '
l m4 j tbey
I it dT.
be mmiir uu
r, tnl ciTthim aotica bvSur tb4ry
ft - mc. Next day (ab, that mraorU, .sii
I dav:.aot ten minute alter the 'ix.td
I trom uoet of tt. -ivri. .im.-rt..
&3mZm"m'&VyZZ:,
tbe prooUaed nrira. IH.t was lbs -tuJag
sreae in i Art V. ol the raged yo k.og la
roi sea of eomfletioa by t -Ha d -!
S, tr gang. taa4u( r vm j. IUjo.-
fJ Heard.
HCM4)MniTBIIlI AIMVIU Wa-
I nJtpJI!'!vm,f'i . .. . .
fne ml a alee of Ute "Ooaro. "
I refer t
: Tbe Ixtnotreta atd- lir a ., w W.
ar-ere witee ' who - a ia
Vleoaa." I f
1 rer tet
J. W. I-tsrdje. a siteb 1 1 114.
I liwvaii te ei ;t Trtf . v . j. vi
ee tee sa seat us of ( "bVmrw, ' was
aes a party t Ue antrace yiimtii t,
see, aad, I Wsar si it ta.as.v w :
btga awsT ead Mat c m teats.
gr-w r mm a. u
fee mmirtt-mmi' ye-red.
I sav take greMr esa sie I taii a ntj
tce see ft ty eg ies.ureu la k ir . -bttMS
eg gtratmse.'sewsse
cw4Msa te aie a( a. -taosre ' eaotsa
tscrns--r ue rwasMw,' tn fnf. '
- as a sf.nne ( iiMsutaw. Ui a
ywa Uum asms. m4 ta saw i twtv mt taw
ija-a.' I ti-.t eswMa..ir m
timin I la kuaery ed u.
AiU-m mm l eoavg 1 ,
1. wr. r. t-wfc. af rwj? ax-. ,
X O. WT. !.. say 1 rM nmf. .
X M. X teteam. say a iwnsUww...
VP,. II man ems. awM iit m tiie 4.
t l.V,rtrwt)aM,
rha-a '. u t.me
tavieewa say . 4 a.-,.,
1 mm laiat anaa te gepog ta-a. as ..
ias ar Vl, m- swvnw.
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