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Raleigh, N. C, Thursday, ; Novernb6jr;-::13th, i,1873.
No. 22.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1873.
LOCAL AND STATE.
'6ub Insane. The Legislature
at its aDDroachinEr session shouia
take some steps to provide for the
many cases of Insane persons in the
State who on account of the crowd
ed : condition of the Asylum near
this city are without proper attention.-
It is due to this unfortunate
class that they should be cared for
at the expense of the State, and in
order to do this it will be necessary
either to enlarge the present Insti
tution or erect another at some
suitable point West of Raleigh. It
is three hundred miles or more
from Raleigh to the Tennessee line
and the travel from the country
West of the Ridge to Raleigh is at
best a tedious one. If an Institu-
.tion for the Insane were established
at either Morganton or Asheville it
would not only be a great advantage
to this unfortunate class, but would
really be of advantage to the
people of the State in the way of
expense. As the case now stands
tho different counties are compelled
"to take care of their Insane when
the condition of the State Institu
tion is such as not to admit of their
being received; and as the counties
.only take charge of the patients
and make no provision for actual
care the consequence is that the
patients linger out a miserable ex
istence without any chance of re
covery. If such an Institution
should be established west of the
ridge with an officer in charge such
as we have in the person of Dr.
Grisscm, many cases now consider
ed hopeless might be restored to
reason and to society, and the pres
ent Institution might be relieved
to such an extent as would allow
the reception of all cases in the
Eastern part of the State. The
Western section of our State is as
healthy as any portion of the globe
and the prices of provisions are
far less than in and around Raleigh.
If we mistake not some such course
has heretofore been suggested by
the present accomplished Superin
tendent of the State Institution
mr. Emreno Grissom)and we think
that his experience should entitle
his suggestions to the most iavor
able consideration. Wo trust that
inasmuch as the coming General
Assembly will be the last we shall
have until the winter of ISTo-'TG,
they will not overlook this matter
but will make such arrangements
for the care of the Insane of our
State as Christianity and humanity
demand.
Unfounded. A rumor was cur
rent on the streets a few days since
that J. II. SeparkEsq., had suspen
ded operations at his foundry in
this city. We are informed by Mr.
Separk that he has not suspended
and that he does not intend to do so.
He says ha intends to work as lonp
as he can, and will not discharg
any of his hands if possible to avoid
it If his .work should fall off.it
will be shared by all of his work
men alike, at such rates, and for
such time as he can afford. Mr. Se
park is himself a hard working
man, and no one inthis communi
ty, is a more sincere friend of the
working classes than "he. Let all
employers pursue his course, and
things will work right in a short
Important Suit. A very; im
portant suit was argued at cham
bers before Judge Russell in Wil
mington on Friday last. At June
term of the Superior Court a decree
was obtained by the Carolina Cen
tral Company directing the. Re
ceiver of the late Wilmington
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
Company to turn over a fund of
about $36,000 left in his hands,upon
the , Carolina Central Company
giving a bond in the sum of fifty
thousand dollars for the forthcom
ing of the money. The decree was
obtained on the gound that the
bond Holders of the Wilmington
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
were entitled to this fund and the
Carolina Central acceeded to all
their rights. In the foreclosure of
the mortcraere a larsre amount of
detached coupons were unprovided
for, which amounted to $200,000.
The attorneys of the coupon Hol
der moved to strike out of the
decree so much as directed the
money to be turned over, claiming
that holders of coupons were en
titled to the funds in the hands of
the Receivers and that it should
be retained subject to order of the
court in their hands.
His Honor sustained the motion
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on oenaii oi tne noiaers oi ine
coupons, but gave his decision in
the alternative, at the option of the i
Carolina Central Railway Com
pany, that the motion might be
continued until the special term in
December for final decision : or he
wculd reform the decree as asked
for by the petitioners. Messrs.
Adam Empieand Wright &Sted
man appeared on behalf lf the
tiolera of t-tiw coupons and Otl-- Xt.
Strange for the Carolina Central
Railway Company.
We are indepted to the Wilming
ton Star of Saturday last for most
of the facts in the case.
Relieved. George P. Peck,
Revenue Collector of the 2nd N. C.
District has been relieved and R.
B. Keogh has been appointed tem
porary collector.
An examination discloses the
fact that Peck's accounts are short
between six and seven thousand
dollars. We are informed by Col.
P. W. Perry Supervisor of Inter
nal Revenue .....c the Government
will lose no'' injr as Peck's bond
will be good l'ui- ilie amount.
Too much credit cannot be given
to Col. Perry for his prompt action
in this matter. -He watches with a
keen eye over the interests of the
government and wherever any
malfeasance is found in his depart
ment the offenders are promptly
removed and steps taken to pro
tect the public interest.
Mules. We learn that many
horse and mule dealers are return
ing from the South with their stocks
on hand. It seem3 that the panic
has had a bad effect on the horse
mnrkpt as on pvprvthiufir else. The
following from the Statesville In
telligencer notices one of the many
tradres who have passed through
that section :
A Bad Sign. We notice many
horses and mules returning from
the South for the want of purchas
ers. L. H. Bryant, of Grayson
county, Va., passed through States
ville on Wednesday, homeward
bound with forty-five head of horses
and mules. He had been South for
five weeks and only sold six head.
Two droves at this time are being
Wl at no little loss and expense in
the country to their owners who
went South some weeks since, but
railed to effect sales, and had to
drive back all their stock. The
panic has driven horse and mule
dealers to despair. The South Car
ina market is flat, and we hear of
whole droves of fine mules at$7o
per head.
' 'The lecture of Co?. Waddell fn
Wilmington for the benefit Of the
Memphis sufferers netted, $48.'
1 North Carolina Ahead. Vle
are pleased to learn that the "Dia
mond Cotton Chopper and Culti
vator" invented by J B. Under
wood, Esq., of Fayetteville, N. C,
took the gold medal at the late Fair
held at Macon, Georgia, although
it had to compete with many otber
implements of the same class. We J
understand that Mr. Underwood
will have his improved machine on
exhibition at the approaching Fair
in Wilmington on the 9th of DeV
cember. ; : ? .
En route for Albany. f. B.
Hill Esq., U. S. Deputy marshall
brought to this City on Saturday
evening last, Wm. Woodbury a coN
ored man convicted of robbing the
mail of a money order at Wilming
ton about eight months ago.
He will be sent to the ' Albany
State Prison for the term of five
years.
Forty Counterfeiters in the Ashe
ville jail attempted to escape last
week by removing some of the
gratings with a case knife. They
were discovered in time.
Dr. Blacknall and Lady, are
in New York purchasing Furniture
for the Yarboro House.
Delegates. P. A. Wiley, N. S.
Harp and W. G. Upchurch, have
been appointed Delegates to the
Cumberland County Fair which
commenced Tuesday November,
11th at Fayetteville. ' ' .
New Carpet. The ladies of
Hickman Lodge I. 6. G T. had, a
feast last week. The proceedse
to 'go towards purchaai rig R s&xfa$t
for their Lodge room.
Fire atLockville. A destruc
tive fire occurred at Lockvjlle Chat
ham County on Thursday evening
last, destroying the cotton gin and
stables of Capt Isaac N. Clegg. Sev
eral bales of cotton, a quantity of
loose cotton and about two hun
dred bushels of wheat were destroy
ed. We understand Capt. Clegg's
loss will amount to nearly $4000.
No insurance.
Conference. The North Caro
lina and Virginia Conference will
convene on the 14th of this month
at Graham N. C. The introductory
sermon will be preached by Rev.
W.T.Walker of Montiuello N. C.
The President of the general Con
vention will be present.
Wilmington has a perfect curiosi
ty Duck. It has four wingo, two
of them where wings ought to grow,
and two where they ought not to
grow. It eats and drinks like other
ducks and fans itself very compla
cently. We can beat Wilmington
all to pieces. We have a thousand
ducks in Raleigh who are so pretty
they ought to have wings. They
can eat as well as any ducks and as
to fanning, just go to one of our
Churches on a hot August day, and
you would find that the Wilming
ton duck was nowhere.
The barn of Dennis Tarlton in
Anson county was destroyed by fire
on last Friday.
We regret to learn that up to Sat
urday last there was no improve
ment in the health of Judge Boyden.
Hartly, the elocutionist, lectures
in Favetteville on the 2nd inst.
A new hotel. has been opened in
Goldsboro by Wm. R. Barringer.
It is called tho Weil House.
Messrs. McGuire & Camp of Nash
received the premium for best bale
of cotton at the Weldon Fair.
j Mysterious Disappearance.
John Armstrong, Esq., of this city,
received a telegram a few days
since stating that a brother of his
Mr. Thomas Armstrong, Of Brook
lyn New Yort, had mysteriously
disappeared and had not been heard
ora since the 4th inst. The par
ticulars of the case as far as we have
been able to gather them to this
writing are as follows: On Tues
day morning November 4th, Mr.
Armstrong left his home in the city
of Brooklyn for the supposed pur
pose of crossing over to New York
where he is engaged in business as
a member of the firm of Campbell
& Armstrong, Merchants No. 164
William Street. For a few days
previous and at the time of leaving
home Mr. Armstrong was laboring
under an attack of mental aberra
tion. He was about forty years-of
age, a gentleman of considerable
wealth and is represented as having
fiine qualities of heart. We are in
formed that he was to have been
married on the 5th inst., the day
after his disappearance. Mr. John
Armstrong left Raleigh on Sunday
evening last for New York for the
purpose of ferreting out if possible
the fate of, his only brother. It is
said that fhe warmest affection ex
isted, between them and we sin
cerely hope that the wanderer may
turn up unharmed. Mr. Armstrong
we are informed did not draw any
money from the Banking House in
Brooklyn as reported. He was
however finely dressed and had
upon his person a splendid gold
watch and chain and wore in his
shirt bosom valuable diamond
studs. It is feared that his appear
ance attracted the attention of some
miscreant who for the sake of gain
dealt foully with him.
Bids for Stationery, &c The
bids ror statumery.for the use of the
approaching General Assembiy aad
State officers were opened last week
in presence of the Auditor and
Treasurer of State as the law requires
About fifty proposals were received
from New York, Baltimore, Rich
mond, Washington, Petersburg and
Raleigh.
The following bids were awarded
being the lowest :
Neuse Manufacturing Company
the printing paper.
John Armstrong Raleigh, binding.
J. V. H. Nash, Petersburg, Va.,
blank books, stationery, pens, ink,
&c.
Dulano & Co., Baltimore, station
ery with printed headings, envel
opes, &c. -
New Paper. Capt. Jas. O. Rob
ertson, of Asheyille, will soon start
a new paper at Murphy, Cherokee
county, to be called the Cherokee
Herald. The paper i3 to be neutral
in politics, religion and temperance
and will be devoted to agriculture,
miningj manufacturing and such
other, matters as tend to develppe
the resources of the State.
Arranged.-The difficulty be
tween the W. N. C. Railroad and
the Southern Express Company has
been arranged and the Express was
resumed. on the 1st inst.
Dead. Rev. John Early who for
sixty-six years past has been one of
the most prominent ministers of the
Methodist Church in Va., died in
Lynchburg a few days since, aged 87.
Hector McMillan of Richmond
county i3 dead.
A band of expert pick-pockei.-operating
in Wilmington.
ure
In Jones county, 30th of October,
Mr. Joshua Scott to Miss Jane An
drew."?. Ceremony performed by
the Rev. J. A. Suydam, of Nc
berne.
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o copy tne .folio wine useful r
article from the daily JYews of Ral
eigh for' the information of our
readers. It will do to cut out and
file away; . ,'r
Statistical. Edgecombe is the-'
largest cotton producing county in
the State having reached in 1832
18,361 bales. Halifax U second on
the list at 11,716. Pitt corner 'in,
third with 8,814, being five more
bales than Craven made, which;
stands fourth rate. There are 2f
counties in North Carolina thai
raised no cotton at all in 1872, viz,;
Alleghany Ashe, Caldwell, Clay
Dare, Forsy the, Haywood, Jacic
son Macon, Madison, McDowell
Mitchell, Person, Randolph, Rock
ingham, Stokes, Surry, Transyl
vania, Watauga and Yancey. Gasr
well, takes the lead as a tobacct
county, producing in 1872, 2,262,033
lbs. Granville follows close .upon
Caswell with 2,134,228 pounds
Rockingham is. third on the list ait
1,441,971 pounds being just ahead ;of
Person which foots up 1,237,150
pounds. Stokes and Warren are
the next largest, the former raising
844,145 pouuds and the latter 751,r
045, Warren though is divided be
tween cotton and tobacco, showing
a product of 1,818 bales of cotton lo
none for Stokes.
Chatham has the largest yield of
wheat showing a product of 156,753
bushels to Davidson's 152,726. Ran
dolph raised 134,727 bushels; Guilr
ford 132,785; Rowan 126,753 and
Granville 110,209, Onslow, New
Hanover and Dare the only three
counties that produced no wheat at
all. :
Lenoir produced 500,000 bushels
of corn and stands at the head of
the list. Pitt is second with a pro
duct of 448,662 bushels.
Guilford is the champion oat
county, having produced in 1872,
169,847 bushels. Chatham and
Davidson follow in regular order
after Guilford for oats.
Davidson produced 6,904, tons of
hay, Guilford 5,761, Randolph 4,546,
and Alleghany 3,078. '
Wake is ahead on the productions
of swine, having raised 23,467, head,
leading Randolph by 81. Duplin
had 20,767 and Johnson 20,530.
North. Carolina produced 144,431
bales of cotton, 11,150,087 pounds of
tobacco and 23.758.400 bushels of
-corn in'ltt2.y.fo?i-thrj!' ..'. ,-r -
Na rrow Escape. A stranger,
said to be a native of Switzerland,
made a narrow escape from being
run over by a train of cars near the
Poor House a day or two since. He
was walking oh the track when the
cow-catcher struck him and knock
ed him off into the ditch giving
him considerable of ajar, but resul
ting in no injury of a serious,
character. He was taken up by di
rections of Superintendent Scott
and carried to the Poor House,
where he still remains. Witming
ton Star.
Bro. Cameron, of the Hil!sboro
Recorder, who is always levelhead
ed on matters of public interest,
complains of the lack of postal fa
cilities in Orange county. That
clever Republican, Col. Tom Long,
can make the crooked places
straight, if Bro. Cameron will
make his petitions known. The
Colonel ignores politico, when duty
points the way, and has the good of
the reading public at heart. (Jon
cord Sun.
Fayetteville Gazette: Two ne
groes, Albert Smith and Charles
Walton, living in the northeastern,
part of town, became engagedin an.
altercation Tuesday afternoon,,
when Smith seized an ax and struck
Walton once in the side nd twice
on the head, inflicting very severe
gashes. The physician thinks the
wounded man will recover. The
attack, we learn, was unprovoked,
and was made in Walton's own
house: Justice Baldwin commitr
ted Smith to jail.
Married. In Newberire at fhcJ
residence of ; the bride, on Thurs
day morning November Cth, by the
Rev. E. M. Forbes, Rector of Christ
Church, Capt. John A. Richardson
(Senior Proprietor of the Gaston
House) and Mrs. Mary Amyett.
The bridal party left the city up-
on the early morning train, on ort
extended wedding tour.
Atlh residence of Col. A. M.
Faisoii, near Warsaw in Duplm
County, on Thursday the 80th Oc-,
toberby the Rev. A. A. Watson,
D. D. of Wilmington, Mr. Edwafcl
B. Roberts, of Nowberne, and Miss
Elizabeth Ivey Smith, of Sampson.
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