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UJYA .An- IMI III : s I 1L i II I .11 J' II 11.11 L,;, , Jrff 1J Ifell I ill it -I I ilii7ll H-JI f(tl.l Mil -.b-4 .-.!; r ,J,-;!-ftT,' s1Iv .!if?i.i n, ,Smna Floor Fisher Butldin 711 d 11 Oi it JiX W 1 Ul M O Ml 'i S f 71 M W V A-i- .T U of subscription : r f 3 I ' 'J ' . . -7 ! Jtft ' '' . -.n - W; :. . k ; m fJJ ' : "" ' ' V . ' :::: ;': NO. 8. ' Street, nejtt to Market House. ) . . , . t 1 . PROSPEROUS TOWNS. SPRING IT IS CHEERT." ' .; tNew York Evening Post. ''Spring it is cheery : Winter it i dreary ; (ireen leaves hanfr, but the brown must fly : .. When he's forsaken. Withered and shaken. What can an old man do but die?" (Mil Sony. , i s However weary- v V ! Oat Hf e, or how dreary, Snmntcr and sunRhin will come at bur call; ! Then Thy not seek them? ' ! Surely we need them To hrlfthten and cheer "when 'tis ours to fall. 1 The leaves that are green ' - : May hang longest, 1 ween, riut all are not withered that fall to the-ground; The joyous and young v ' Are often among The old and the sere ones scattered around. Like the swan's latest strain, ( Let our song of love gain ' In sweetness and clearness as Earth's ties are ' riven7; TU1 we reach that bright sphere - i ' M"here both green leaves and sere Are fadeless and pure as the glories of Heaven; HOWARD.. THE STORY OF THE LIFE IXpHglit Jadee. inoael Citizen, 'Of Maai IIos. George Howasdi, the subject of this sketcii,.yras born in Tarboro, Sep tember 1829. His father, of the :same name, George Howard, was by birth a Virginian-, but removed in early life to the town and county of Halifax, in this State, where he married the estimable lady who . for several . years survived him. He was by profession a printer, and March 26, 1824, established in the town of Halifax a Democratic newspaper called the , Free Prcs. In August, 1826, he removed his paper to Tarboro, it thus, becoming the germ of the present Southerner. . Mr. How ard continued as editor and proprietor of this staunch Democratic organ until 1844, when he placed his son, George, then only in his fifteenth year, in charge. . The edi torials of the "boy editor," as he was called by his brethren of the presk, were copied with approval again and ain, by the,then almost autocrat of the Democracy of the South, 'the Richmond Enquirer. After a good academical education to which was superadded the instruction to ue guinea wane acting as practical printer, f. 3 IT 1 f Ae South is an exponent, but Ms sturdy independent honesty has nothing in com- Xmon with that sharpness which considers all the rest of the world legitimate prey n it is fool enough to be preyed upon; an idea which, alas,' is becoming only too common in our yankeeized South. He is a noble type of the new order of South erners, just as General Leesas of the old. There is less of the suaviter in modo in the new, bt perhaps more of the fort; iter in re. He is fa living refutation of the error that a man to get rich must make some compromise with principle,' with out any of ' that finical scrupulousness, which is either an indication of a mind too weak to know right from wrong, or a form of hypocrisy: he has always done what he considered to be right regardless of wheth er it affeeted his own interests or not. So nftich for him as a man. "As a Judge, Mr. Howard was ready, firm' and impartial. With his wonderful quickness in grasping the salient points in arguments made before him, his capacity for seeing both sides of a case, the argu ments pro and con, and his great power of reflection and analysis, he could not have been otherwise than an honor to the Judi ciary of North Carolina. : As a lawyer, he is learned in the truest sense of the wordj not in cases but inthe principles which underlie them all. He does not seek to confine justice iu the straight jacket of technicality, but rather points to it as the object in view and shows how leeal rules lead up to it. In other words his legal ideas are the result of law tried in Jthat most uncommon alembic, "common sense.'" As an advocate, he is logical, consecu tive, convincing, brief, and, when thor oughly aroused, eloquent. As a politician, he is, by inheritance, education and choice, a thorough Jeffer sonian Democrat. He believes in raising revenue bv a tariff for revenue only, ne don't believe in an excise tax levied by the general government. He is opposed to the whole internal revenue system. He is in favor, however, 'of whisky and tobacco paying a larger tax to State governments, to be devoted entirely to their common school funds. ' Judge Howard has not been an active politician, and the reason can be readily seen by . any one who has read this imper fect sketch. At a very early age he was made a Judge. He continued in this posi tion until reconstruction ; since that time he has been fenced off in the black District of North Carolina, where there is an over whelminer. insuperable neero majority. Always taking the interest in politics which editor and nublisher of a newsnarwr th voung man was sent to the Law School at-fery intelligent and patriotic man should the University in his twentieth year. There for two years under the instruction of Judge Battle and air. S. F. Phillips, he applied himself earnestly and closely to legal studies. After obtaining his Supe rior Court license in" 1831, he removed to the county fceat of the" new county,' Wilson. Very soon afterwards he competed with perhaps the ablest practitioner at the North Carolina bar, Hon. W.;T, Dortch, for the leadership of the circuit to which Wilson was the centre. Dortch on one side and Howard on the other was the rule in all important cases. , ,, In 1838 Mr. Howard was elected Read ing Clerk of the House of Commons. This position he held to the satisfaction of both Whigs and Democrats until March, 1839, when he wasi elevated to the Supe rior Court Bench as Judge of the Second Judicial District, to; take the place of Judge Manly. Judge. Howard was one of the youngest Judge hab ever sat upon the. Bench in North Carolina. He held this position until Reconstruction. He was a member of the Convention which assembled immediately after the war, and as such was the author of the famous ."stay laws" which our Supreme Court, declared Unconstitutional by a majority vote. After the adjournment of the Legislature of "fiO-'T, Judge nowARD removed to Tar boro and devoted his whole energies to the 4 practice of his profession, and very quickly Ix-came the leader of the Wilson and Tar boro bars, and has easily retained this position since. ' ' :' In the Judicial Convention of 1878 Judge Howard was rstfpported by' his friends for the position of Supreme Court Judge. He received a very flattering vote coming from all parts of the State, but was defeated on account of the Conven tion coming to the i conclusion that the East was not entitled- to the nomination. It was a position to which those who knew trim thought him peculiarly .fitted. This is a brief and imperfect synopsis of the public life of a most remarkable man ; we use the term remarkable advisedly. In 1865 he was a poor man with an in creasing family and numerous other re sponsibilities on his shoulders. In 1884 he js amongst the wealthiest men in North Carolina. No man can put his finger n a dishonest or even a, doubtful act of his . during this time. Is W this remarkable? Edgecombe county has been throttled with a negro majority . of . 3,000 ver since the war kindly' feelings have existed between the Taces. There has been peace and qJt in Edgecombe, less stealing, less rioting, les murder, less intimidation at the polls, and less disorder generally in Edgecombe count v than in any other section of he South where the negroes arefn the major ity. The reason is, that Judge Howard s advice has controlled the whites and in fluenced the negroes. n Judge Howard was married in 186- to Mi Anna Stamps, daughter of Dr. Wil liam Stamps, of Milton, and sister of our townsman E. R. Stamps, Esq. Coming out of the war a poor man, as we have said, he identified himself with all the best interest of his town, county and section. A shrewd business man, of uncommon judgment and foresight, he was compelled to become a rich man,' but his benevolence ,. wrv.iia not allow him to become so at the expense of others. To him Tarboro u. .rritu inf( the : "war. He ;a itv real estate' in the town con stantly, and wooden structures were -year Hfter vear torn down nd handsome brick their nlflCIHI. vacant lots were ..a h nrettv cottasres. and the old ,T..n twwanu new and beautiful. This improvement was the consequence almost entirely of the large minded public spirit of the subject of ithis sketch. Tohow this we need only mention the fact that he another owned or controuea all the larger and handsomer brick stores r ui. w oicPTition of four, ana IB lurwru win j ' 3 that he built himself elerea. of these; nd that tworthirdss. Of . the dwelling houses thA war -were the result of his enterprise. - Unlike tha majority of mony makint? men. he haa not sacrificed -the i . j ...!;.. o .t l.iimin nature UDOB take, the State has been deprived of his ! services from the accidental circumstance of his geographical situation. We do not believffthat hedesires office or would ac cept an office, but we do think that there is no office which the people can bestow jipon him that he would not fill with honor to himself and advantage to them. Judge Howard, in personal appearance, is one of the most striking looking men in the State. He would be noticed anywhere or in any crowd. We have heard it said that he was the finest looking man at the National Democratic Convention of 1868. He is now in his fifty fifth year, but is as vigorous in mind and body as ever, and gives promise-of many more years of use-j flness to his country and to his State. ! A WILSON GIRL'S IMAGE As Reflected by the Mirror. ! She was standing in the doorway as we passed, conversing with a friend. The moon was shedding upon her those calm, mild, placid beams which make all terres trial objects seem as if they were not "of the earth, earthy." A smile which seemed like a halo of radiance poured its glorious ripples around her matchless mouth ; a little touch of exercise had tinged her cheeks with a coloring so exquisitely deli cate that the tinrings of the flowers would OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY HOW THE BAFXI8XS TAKE CARE OF THEIR. GIRLS. An Excellent Behol 1 ne of the Beat of Southern Towns. Oxford fulfils every condition as the location for a female seminary of the high est grade. Situated in a region of sur passing beauty and unrivalled healthful nesa; surrounded by a thrifty and pros perous constituency; full of business actir- . i , ai : : .t nn lues ukkiiucu Uj we atuit u.iii;n ul mi gant social life ; richly f nrnishedj with religious privileges ; pervaded by an edu cational atmosphere which is the outcome of excellent schools in successful operation for more than half a century; easy of access from all parts of the State there is little more to be desired. It is not sur prising", therefore, that Professor Hobgood, yielding to the solicitations of prominent citizens, should have removed to this Elace from Raleigh, where for- nine years e had conducted a female seminary with .gratifying success and widening fame; preferring to labor where he could enjoy facilities and advantages fully equal to those offered by the Capital city without the heavy expense and other drawbacks there found 'necessary' to the" successful prosecution of large educational enter prises. ? THE BUILDINGS are spacious and admirably arranged, and are fitted up to suit the convenience, pro mote the comfort and cultivate the taste of the young ladies. Special attention has been" given to that which contains the rooms for recitation and for musical study. These are all on the first floor, and in the arransement of the whole building the most approved models prevailing in similar institutions at the North have been closely followed; such changes being made as dif ferences in climate and temperature re quired. The grounds are ample for all the purposes of such an institution. The site was a happy selection, being sufficiently removed from the business centres to give the quietness and sejclusion needful to un interrupted study, and yet sufficiently near for the easy enjoyment of the social and religions advantages of the town. The buildings were renovated and the grounds re-arranged according to the directions of Professor Hobgood and at heavy expense, as a condition f his occupying them. THE PBIKCirAL, after, a thorough , training i the le8t schools of the State, felt himself called to the work of teaching. He Has chosen it as his life work, putting into it his whole stock of talents and attainments, energy and enthusiasm. It is with him more than a profession or a means to a living; a high and holy vocation through which he is to contribute his part towards the intellectual and moral elevation of his generation. The Seminary is noted for the THOROLUltNJiS8 of its instruction. -The Principal ,completed his education after the war, when new methods had been introduced; and when he became Principal of what was known as the Raleigh Female Seminary, he realized that the changed conditions o Southern society required a radical change in the methods of the edu cation of our daughters: and was one of the first Principals of female schools to raise the standard of graduation, and to- make written examinations the test of proficiency. Since that time he has been gradually ele vating the standard as circumstances per mitted, and Oxford Female Seminary now ranks, for thoroughness, among the best schools in the South. The course of study .is wisely arranged to meet the wants of all classes of students. For voung ladies of limited means, an English course is provided, consisting , of j the schools of iEnglish Language, Mathe ! matics, Moral Science. Natural Science, KINDERGARTEN STATESMEN. : , . New Tprk.Worlo. ' ...... The new school of politics may;nqt, se- , cure many, pupils. It is not attractive. ,But it is very meritorious , Therft is about it a self-denying virtue , which cannot be too highly commended,, . t. It. is a kindergarten. Jt teaches the pu pils to be good,,' But It confers no degrees and distributes no prizes, . ; The old idea was that political parties are formed with the obpect pf combining together men ;whose principles are in har mony, in order that by unity, energy, and wise management they may.obtain posses sion of a government and carry into effect the general policy they believe will be beneficial to the country., The new idea is that political parties are formed to formulate one particular theory and announce a particular, economic doc trine, without regard to success, practical results or the effect en the public mind, and despite the fact that they are certain to insure defeat in an election. Old-school statesmanship was supposed to be -the ability to conduct a party; to vic tory. New-school statesmanship is the faculty of dividing a party and going down with colors and "convictions" flying. The difficulty with the new system is that the convictions of one set of kindergarten statesmen may not be the convictions of another set in the same organization, so that the singular sight may be presented! or a great party going nown piecemeal with the same colors but totally different convictions "flying.?' ' The kindergarten school of statesman ship is at present confined to the Demo cratic party." As to tne itepuoucans, iney do a ereat deal of talking in the " eonvic tion" iine, but they belong entirely to the old school. , When they enter a campaign they march in serried files and with an un broken front. ' Two or three times they have appeared to be on the verge of disso lution. But when the time for voting ar rived thev were found with their convic tions in their pockets, their ballots in the box and their colors waving high instead of going down. Their statesmanship is of a grade above the kindergarten school, They hold on to power, whether by steal ids the Presidencv. purchasing the Presi dency, or getting shot into the Presidency bv the bullet of an assassin. Kindergarten statesmanship is not a foreign product. It is of home manufac- ture. Gambetta, Bismarck, Disraeli, Glad stone, and other Premiers, have pursued the policy of playing their cards to win." Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madi son, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Silas Wright, Marcy, Seymour and Tilden were not afraid of using policy and expe diency, judgment and practical common sense." They have not laid hare their hands to the opposing players in the con viction that it was unstatesmanlike to con ceal them e ven though they should lose all their tricks. The kindergarten school ab hors all this. The corner-stone of their new creed is that there must be no such "cowardly" and despicable thing as policy or regard to practical results. Fortunately the new school has not yet obtained a footing in military affairs. When it does we shall behold the remark able spectacle of a great army moving in opposite directions and satisfied that inarch ing to defeat is the 'greatest triumph of generalship, so long as the road is paved with convictions and the colors are flying. ' We must confess that we axe not converts to the kindergarten system. We are ac customed to the old-fashioned belief that to gain victories bv real principle and a wise policy calculated to hold one's forces together is true statesmanship, and that to 6tublxrnly pursue a course leading ,tp cer tain defeat is political imbecility. The Flan nbo Grew. NEW HANOVER. - BEGINNING TO LOOK HP. The Bnsine and Business Outlook of our North Carolina weapon. and History For young ladies who are able to take a more extended course, a course is provided have been a botch in comparison; her consisting of the aoovc scuoois wun latin (irpi DcSTLlCvl Willi lllUfc ciciuitj wi uuu rivuvu uviuiuu uuuv.v4 altar of .elf, but in hi career of prosperity Judge Howard has carried along with hun not only those who are bound h to Jam by fnd shin, but alao the whole community iniwhich be Hres. -,Ao-. who commands, sq great a share of the respect and confidence , A., i vim tat he. does. la. his energy, progressiwoess and J poh e ; " ,i ? VX,1 Lrith that idea of which the which flings radiance down into every nnnk and corner of the soul, and scatters the light of hopeful inspiration into the direariest recesses of man's darkened na ture; moon-beams, woven into a sheen of mellow light and gemmed with the twink ling glances of sly, peeping stars, were the ornaments which were entwined in the wavv tresses of her golden hair. As she stood there it looked as if all the woman, except the angel part,! had been ethereal ized, and what was left was but a piece of radiance and of loveliness bundled up for man's delectation and rapture. "Train up a Youth." f Oxford Torchlight. J It is always a pleasure to me to report progress, tnnit anu ibuu aj-nu.-ture, knowing it always to be of interest to your readers, a iew uajs g" i with an old friend in passing in his seventy seventh year, digging and raking up the fence corners, jduck. leaves, vegeiauic .,ii while hi hands were engaged in other work; about the farm. This old gentleman has fine, fat stocK, sneep, norses, cattle, hogs; always makes his own sup plies and a fine crop of tobacco every year. ins DanK account m i j iin-uug. the credit side. As the result of his indi vidual labors it is quite retresnmg! to view his luxuriant lots ot clover ano wneai around his house. Bj tonit, energy, in dustry and economy, his land originally has been made lenue as garucu, and as it were the "desert to blossom as the rose." Greene County's Prosperity. Wilson Advance. Thpre is not. we think we can safely say, a county in North Carolina which contains so many thrifty, well-to-do, educated, cul tured and intelligent farmers as are to De found in Greene county, iw are mere more voong men (many of them graduates of leading colleges anu u ' mem mwm cent) beginning life as farmers and becom ing Dioducer8--the backboneof the county. prosperity, we would not ascribe it so much tothc fertile lands- and systematic work as to the wealth of the brains of the t , Tf ia a o-reat relief to go to a county where the young men-are sticking to the farm, and making money, in prefer ence to rushing into town and studying law, or medicine, or clerkuig often sure roads to poverty.- . Star Routers Indeed. Mocksvule Times. I The negro that totes the mail fremWin- lt wWl. walker. . He leaver that place in the morning and arrives here about five o'clock, and returns to omuu that evening, making thirty-three miles a day. fAshboro Courier. The mail-carrieretweenhere and Troy walks one hundred ana sixuspu uuim week, is always on time, and is opposed jto the sub-letting business. The teachers in the Literary and Scien tific course have been drawn from the best schools North and South. During the present session two of the graduates of Vassar, with other teachers equally as Able, have been employed. New and approved methods are introduced, and it is claimed by competent judges that the school is fully abreast of the times. In the schools of t MUSIC AND ART also there is the same thorough instruc tion. During all the years of his teaching the Principal has made Music and Art prominent features of his schools, . The Music School.! presided over by an ac complished German professor, with com petent assistants. The supply of improved instruments is large. The? Art School is in charge of a lady who took a thorough course at Cooper In stitute and who received the high compli ment of having one of her paintings select-ed-to represent the work of the Institute at the Pans Exhibition. Crayon Drawing, Painting in Qil and Water Colors, 'on Porcelain, Silk, Wood, &c., are, taught according to the most im proved methods; The Domestic Department is conducted with referenceto the health as well as the comfort of the pupils, and the records of the institution prove that these- arrange ments have been wisely made. HISTORY. In January, 1 871, Professor Hobgood associated with Rev. Wm. Royall, D. D., who was then Principal of the Baptist Fe male Seminary, Raleigh, N. C. In the Fall of that year he succeeded Dr. Royall as Principal and conducted the school with a constantly increasing patropage and; a widening reputation until 1880, when he. removed to Oxford. Tbev.schaol has grown' steadily in popular favor Until in point of patronage also it stands in the front rank? of the female seminaries of the State. The Principal is still a young man, thoroughly equipped for his workv of lofty aims,, abounding enthusiasm, and unfailing in dustry. There is a future for him and the school over which he presides. The 91 ethodlsts. Methodist Advance.,) , What a wonderful increase Methodism has had in these United State since the first Conference was held in Philadelphia in June, 17731 Then there were only 1,160 members and 10 preaehers in all, 1,170.; Now in the M.E. Church' South alone there are about nine hundred thousand. The increase during he last Conference year has been twenty thousand. , .' Greensboro BughvJ, .,. :,u.: . Bishop Parker, of New Orleans, will pre side over the North Carolina Annual Con ference, which assembles in Wilmington this year. This we learn from . Rev. Dr. Burkhead, who passed through from Nash ville,, Tennessee. Bishop Parker is one of the recently-elected Bishops of the M. E. Church South. ' ! Detroit Free Press. j One 'day last week a Detroit mechanic was going down Michigan avenue, and be j came favorably impressed with a pair of j pants hanging in front of a cheap clothing i store. The price was low, the goods seemed I all right, and he made up his mind to pur chase. " ; " I gif you de word of Andrew Shack son dot dose pants are shust like iron,1' said the dealer. "I warrants dem efery dime." After three or four days' wear the pur chaser found the bottoms, of the panto crawling toward his knees, r It was a sad case , of shrinkage, and he1(got mad and went back to the store and feaid : " You swindled me on those pants. See how they have shrunk L" The dealer looked him all jover, felt of his head, pulled on the pants, fiud finally said: ' ' " . "I shall gif you one thousand dollars a month if vou wiU travel: with me." "How what?" , " You are shust giowing right up at the rate of two inches day, ead I dakes you aroundt the country on exhibition. Dose pants are shust as long as efer, but you haf s grown oudt of dem."'.: " I don't believe it ! " shouted the map. "I am forty years old, and quit growing long ago.' - ' 1 - "I gif you de word of Andrew Shackson dot you vas growing." ' "I don't care, whose word you give! I say these papts have shrunk nearly a footr ' ' " Has de top of dose pants shrunk down any?" softly asked the dealer. " Why, no.' " Shouldn't de vaistband shrink down shust as queck as dose bottoms should shrink up? If it's in de clott; one part should shrink like de odder, eh? When I sold you dot elegant pair of pantsifor tree dollar I don't suppose you vas growing so fast or I shall haf put zuru straps on de bottoms.' ' ' 'Well, 1 don't tike this way of doing business," said the purchaser. ';" i "Shust like me. sells such elegant pants as dose to a. man, and he. grows out of dem, it damages my trade. You haf damaged me five hoondred dollar, but I haf low rent, pays cash for mein goods, and make you dis fifty-cent tie for five cents.V The man walked out to the curbstone, and turning around, shook his fist and said : - "You are i a liar and a cheat, and TIN dare you out here!" " Such dines sink deep into my heart' HiVhed 'the; dealer, as he took down his ' pipe. "I dinks I sells3 otit ' dis peesness and beddles some vases aroundt; Den when. I sells to aomepody it makes no. dif ference how much dey grow." ' ' James G. Burr. New Hanover countv is situated in the south-eastern part of the State and,' before its division, was bounded on the North by Duplin county, on the Jwist by Unslow county, on the South by the Atlantic Ocean and on the West by the Cape J ear River, that river dividing New Hanover from Brunswick county. It was formed in 1728, and derives its name from the House of Hanover who were then on the English throne. The, county borders on the ocean, and has a coast line or tnirty five miles. The land is level, and in some Krtions rich and productive, the products ing cotton, corn, peanuts, rice, peas, naval stores. One of the most important battles of the Revolution, that of Moore's Creek, was fought in this county on February 27, 1776, which shattered the power of the Tories in this section of the State and thwarted the plans of Sir Henry Clinton and the loyklists, and was the first victory of the Revolution. It is a remarkable historical fact that not only was the first .victory of the Revolution gained in North Carolina, hut the battle which made York--town possible, and finished the war, was also fought in this State and is known in history as the Battle of Gujlford Court House. The County was divided in 1875 and Pender county was formed from it, which latter contains the larger portion of val uable lands, New Hanover county as now arranged is divided into five townships, viz: Federal Point, Masonboro. Harnett, Cape Fear and Wilmington. The soil in Federal Pblnt township, which extends to the ocean, is sandy and barren ; that of Har nett, Masonboro and Cape Fear is very good and productive. There is a good deal of swamp land which rhas not yet been reclaimed ; when that is done it will add much to the wealth of the county. There is quite a variety of timber, gum, dogwood, oak, 4c, but the yellow pine predominates largely, indeed it may be regarded as the principal wood, and its value is so well known that a description of it woidd be superfluous. WIUflKOTON, the largest seaport in the State, is the county seat of New Hanover and its pop ulation at this time is fully twenty thous and, perhaps more. It was settled in 1730 and is located on the east branch of the Cape Fear river. It is in latitude 34s 1', and in longitude 77 35'. The limits of the city extend from north to south 2 miles and from east to west about 1 miles com prising a total area of about 2,400 acres. The general contour of the city is that of an elevated sand ridge running parallel with the river, intersected with rivulets which empty into, the river, and adjacent streams. It is the terminus of three very important railroads, the Wilmington and Weldon, Wilmington, Columbia and Au gusta and the Carolina Central, and has daily steamboat communication with Fay ette vilh: at, the head of tide water. For many years it has been the largest naval store market in the world, and still ex ercises a controlling : influence in that branch of commerce, though the opening of new fields in that industry further South has somewhat lessened the volume of business heretofore done. There are now ih operation twenty-seven turpentine distilleries with a capacity of 1,500 or more barrels per day, aad two rosin oil stills from .which are produced four grades of oil, tar oil; spirits of tar, metaiic paint oils, devk and spar oils, bright and black varnishes, Venice turpentine ior printers ink, navy, shoemakers' wax, brush makers' and brewers' pitch. The exports of cotton and naval stores from Wilmington from April 1, 1883, to March 31, 1884, were as follows, which have been furnished me by the courtesy of CoL John L. Cantwell from the books of the Produce Exchange, of which he is the new efficient Secretary: everything seems to be instinct with life, there is no confusion nor lagging by the wayside, but vigorous activity and sys tematic despatch. The capacity of each press is fifty bales aa hour, 'and as they are run day and night during the season some idea may be formed of the extent of the operations. Of course the large in crease of vessels to the port adds, materi ally to its business and increases! the cir culating medium among the people. It must not be supposed that naval stores, lumber and cotton comprise alltke articles of export from this port. On the contrary there is nearly every .variety of produce, rice, peanuts, shingles, staves, vains, dried fruits from the interior, and other articles are largely shipped, and it is a remarkable fact in the business history of the town that no vessel has ever been known to leave Wilmington without having secured a freight of some kind. In former years the freighting business was generally car ried on by small sailing vessels, but ex perience has demonstrated the economy of increased tonnage for that purpose, the ratio of running expenses being greatly in favor of larger vessels. It is 'supposed that when the improvements now being made on the Cape Fear river are com pleted that a depth of water sufficient to float vessels of the first class will be ob tained. The work, bo far as it has pro gressed, has been attended with the most favorable results, more than realizing the anticipations of the most sanguine; a greater depth of water is now obtained than ever before, and ships of a much larger size than those formerly trading here, are seen lying at . the wharves re ceiving cargoes. There is a bright future for Wilmington when that great work shall be finished, for it means " cheap through railway rates on grain and pro visions from the Western States, to- be handled and trans-shipped at less cost in Wilmington than in any other Southern port; the development of our1 almost in exhaustible coal and iron region in the Deep River Valley now waiting a cheap outlet; the enhancement by one hundred per cent in the value of real estate and es pecially of our three miles of water front which is now of so little value ; the substantial encouragement of all our man ufacturing industries; the establishment of regular steam lines of firstfdass ahips at cheaper and more reliable rates of freight to the principal- seaports ; of the world, enabling us to compete more sue DURHAM. TttK "GOLDEN BELTWCOIJWTY. Cotton to domestic ports To foreign ports ,. Total Bale. . 39.388 . 47,242 Spirits Turjeutine -Domestic ports . Foreign port . . . ,. 86,830 Jiirrel. .. 29,809 .. 49,162 total... ..:..., 78,971 Rnrfii TlnmMtlc txirts 65.990 Foreign ports 368,377 Total Tar Domestic ports. . i Foreign ports... ...434,367 ... 55,631 ... 29,599 Total..:.... Crude Turpentine -Domestic ports. . . Foreign ports .. 85,230 .. 31,652 314 After Awhile. After awhile '" All masks shall fall away; False usages, mere forms, and phrases wreen ing . . - i Our other and our inmost e elf from sight., ..;..,. All social silks and broadcloth, intervening Shall moulder wlih our bodies in the clajr; And, clothed htisraes of translucent fight,' ,:" We shall look back on these with pftying smile, After awhile. Total....... 31,966 The receipts were as follows: Cotton, 90.284 bales: spirits turpentine, 80,800 barrels:: rosin, '437,430 barrels; 'tar. 86,485 barrels; crude turpentine 60,869 barrels. The amount of sawed lumber, the Wroduct of the steam sawmills located at Wilmington and from the adjoining counties contiguous to railroads, which is annually exported from Wilmington, is more than 40, 000, 00 feet. For the year 1883 it was; distributed as follows: 9,074, 085 feet was fore! en shipment, 5,532,400 feet went ttvBoston, 9,862,827 feet to New York and the remainder to other coasting ports. The quality of the lumber manu factored is as good if not better than any made elsewhere, and for ship-buildftig; owing to its toughness, it is particularly de-! sirable. . Lumber can be had further South, in Georgia and Florida, of a finer grain, but for all general purposes there is no lietter lumber in the world than the pitch pine of North Carolina: In the early days of the milling business i Wilmington a large and lucrative trade was carried on between this port end the West India Islands it was to those markets that the sawed lumber was principally shipped and cargoes of molasses and sugar received in return. Of late years, however, that bus iness has fallen off, owing to the overpro duction in States farther South, and while a considerable quantity, as the exports show, still goes to foreign markets, : there has been a steady increase in the amount shipped to Northern and other coastwise ports. It is a business that requires en- ergy and industry, and which has to be driven, and we may add that most of those engaged in it have prospered. : One of the most important industries of Wilmington, of recent introduction com paratively, but which ia adding much to' its prosperity are the cotton compresses. There are stow three first-class cotton com presses in active operation and the bus iness haa steadily increased from year to year, from 1,500 bales the firet year of their organization, to mora than 100,000 bales during the last cotton season. The cotton is compressed for foreign shipment, and it ia. exceedingly interesting- to wit ness the operation of pressing and loading ships during the. basy season of the year; cessfullv with our Southern neighbors in those products which now depend for movement, in a great measure, upon slow sailing ships, extra insurance premiums, and fluctuating rates of freight." Probably no agricultural interest suf fered more from the results of the late war than the rice culture on the Cape Fear river. Prior to the commencement of hostilities between the States,; the large plantations on the banks of that river were the seats of an elegant and profuse hos pitality. The proprietors, from their pat; atial residences, could gaze upon broad acres teeming with grain, the.- reaultnof the labor which they alone controlled : the surrounding forests furnished game in abundance and the waters nearly every variety of fish. With the exception of sugar, tea and coffee, the comforts and the luxuries of life were raised at home in abundance, and of the choicest quality. A more independent, and perhaps a more aristocratic mode of living, after the man ner somewhat of the old baronial times,' cannot well be imagined than that in dulged in by the planters , an the Cap Fear. They were men of wealth, mteui gence and -culture, generally living up to their means and enjoying all that the pres ent offered, without much thought In -re gard to the future. They believed that the old order of things could never be altered or disturbed and that like the laws of the Medesand Persians; it was hxed, immutable, and so they planted from year to year, adding acre to acre, increasing the number of their laborers from time to time, and continuing the habit- of lavish expenditure in which they had been reared. The war came and not only destroyed these illusions, but brought ruin and desolation upon the land. The ifielda. were untitled, for the laborers had been freed, and weeds and brambles rioted in rich luxuriance over pastures which had once been kept in the highest state of cultivation and a howling wilderness soon usurped the place of ?n advanced civilization. . The rice raised upon the Cape Fear river was of a very superior quality; and always commanded the highest price in the mar ket. The grain was larger, more pearly, and bore the -pestle much better than that raised in other localities, there -.being a much less proportion of broken rice after undergoing the milling process, i Prior to the war a large proportion of the crop was nurohasfid in the roueh bv dealers in other States and sold as seed rice the best,vi- dence that could be given of the superior oualitv of the grain. Asalrcady remarked, this interest was paralyzed, by the results of the war and comparatively nothing was done in regard to its cultivation, but. for the past few years interest: has een again awakened; laoor can awasi oe comxoueu and each succeeding year shows a gratify ini? increase in its production, and we can safelv predict that the time is not far dis tant when the rice lands of the Cape iFear will be allreclaimed and this, section , re gain its prestige in regard to that industry which was generally . conceded in , ante bellum days. .:..!! i This is but a brief, imperfect sketch of Wilmington, its business and its possibili ties. Nothing has been said of its manu factories, which are very valuable, particu larlv that of the Navassa Guano Company, nor of it. Kau Koaos and otaer corpora tions; the limits of this article would, not admit of such details. ; We have , simply attempted to give a hasty glance at things: connected wun ine ciuer'neajwrt ui iuuri good old State. Nor have i we said! any-, thing about the public spirit Of ;oir'eiti zens : the fact that they subscribed to the capital stock of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, that great work of internal Am- r provement, aLIarger amount toan tne value of the entire taxable prpperty-of the cityv ; at that time, is tine best evidence, of .the existence of such a spirit, and we may add without egotism, that in U enterprises intended to advance the interest pf iforth Carolina, this section has never t been lag gard nor lukewarm. i The climate of Wilmington is an ..ex tremely pleasant one; there i are neither extremes: of heat nor cold, but an equable temperature well suited to invalids.. It ia more healthy than the. adjoining-, country, the death-rate averaging not more than seventeen to the thousand, f The! sea wast is easy of access, by . steamer twenty-eight miles to the month of the river, .and by turnpike seven miles to the sound. ;Good hotels are at both places, and one can enjoy the luxury of the sea-breeze fresh from the ocean and those delicacies which can only be obtained at our salt-water sounds. In fact,, whether for business, or r pleasure the advantages offered i by . Witadngton ' Sra equal to any that can be found- elsewhere in the State. - ' - What It Ha m ft NwW1mI It Will .... Have, SnKated. . 'tW.uer.' ' .. Durham county adjoins Wak (in which is situated Raleigh, the capital of the State) , Chatham, Orange, Person and Granville'. Its cojinty:seat is Durham, twenty-si miles wesi of-Raleigh and fifty-flve miles jast of Greensboro, situated on the North Carolina Railroad. I ", The population of the: county is 15,873, and of the county-seat and its suburbs 4,500. Area pf, county, 280 square miles, Assessed value of taxable property in 1882, 2, 923.747 ; number of horses and mules in 1882, , 2038; bogs, , 7,546; sheep, 3,323; cattle. 2. 161,,; Its waters are Flat, ino and Little rivers, Jfew Hopej Third Fork, Ellerby. and several smaller creeks. T . Durham is tfow the centre of the famous "Golden Belt:' of North Carolina, the home of the fine, bright tobacco. .The town of Durham m famed throughput the world' for its great smoking tobacco manu factories., to which have now been added the manufacture of cigarettes, long-cut smoking tobacco and fine-cut chewing to bacco. In this town are located the facto ries, of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Com pany, who succeed W. T. BlackweU & Co., the owners of the standard "Bull" brand; W. Duke, Sons & Co., who are widely known by their 'ilDuke of Dnrham" to bacco and cigarettes, besides many others, The TJhited States internal revenue tax paid by the various smoking tobacco f ac tories in the year 1882, aggregated the sum of $733,817.80.; , In the town are five white and several colored churches, the spire of the Methodist beins the highest in the State. There are many churches throughout the couhty.j In.the town is a graded school for whites, wUJi a membership pf fou hundred, besides several excellent private schools. There are twenty-eight fre pub lic schools is. the county for whites, and twentt-one for the colored, , , The pricipal productions of the county are, in the order named, tobacco (of fine, bright color) cotton, corn, wheat, oats. hay and rye, , Fruits of all kinds usual in peaches, plums, grapes, pears, figs and nuts growing in abundance. All kinds of garden vegetables and Irish" and sweet potatoes, melons and turnips are produced in, profusion. The usual yield of corn is from htteen to twenty-nve bushels per acre ; wheat, ten ; cotton, hve hundred to one thousand pounds; sweet f olate, three to four hundred bushels; rish potatoes, one hundred bushels. The soil is, varied, from gravelly and sandy through clay to the black w axy land. The lands around the town. are poor, but in the southern portion of the county are magnifi cent bottom lands ; in the northern . part are the finest tobacco, lanas. The land is worth from three to twenty-five dollara per acre. The tobacco raised in this county brings from, $3 for the lowest grades to floO for tiie "highest grades, aid is highly esteemed and eagerly; sought after. The forests are filleA with .whiter rnd, black, water, willow, post, Spanish and chestnut oakr pine, willow, silver and sugar maple, gum, hickory, persimmon, dog wood, sassafras, sycamore, holly, poplar, Cliii, asu, w&ifiui, cmuqiicpiii, lovuot, unn mulberry, cherry, plum, apple, gweetgum, beech cedar,' ironwopd, alder and birch. In the town pf Durham are two banks, and three leaf tpbacco warehouses. The health of the cojintj is excellent ; the, wa ter good, except around the town it is strongly impregnated with ymestone. Win ters mild and summers temperate. Aahevfll. Mr. E. I. Holmes, Secretary of the Ashe- ville Tobacco Association gives us the fol lowing interesting information : Bales lor the (month of Aiarcn, lam, 349,576 pounds prices paid for the same, $73,102.28. Average, $20.91. From Oc tober 20, .the beginning- of the tobacco season, to April jl, 1884, the sales in open market were 2,011,737 pounds, for which was paid faoa, SG0.no, an average.oi some what over' nineteen cents. - We remember; Danville in 1872 with its annual receipts of 11,000,000 pounds. We remember Durham in 1878 with its receipts of 5,000,000. Now we see Danville with 34,000,000, Durkam with 15,000,000. Two years ago Asheville felt, large on receipts of 250,000. The end is not yet. We predict that in three years the receipts of this market will reach 12,000,000; and this without hazardous boast, for whereas, two years ago Buncombe and Madison fur nished all the supply, now Haywood and Jackson and Swain and Cherokee and Yancey and Henderson and Transylvania are added. WTere is the end of this up lifted tobacco section? Anheville Citizen. Worthvllle. Worthville is situated on Deep River, in Randolph county. Here are the cotton mills of the Worth Manufacturing Com- any, under tha personal supervision of r. Thomas C. Worth, son of Hon. John M, Worth, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina. t The river is liaed for many miles in this section with maaufactorieaof cotton fab rics, and new settlements of a busy, grow ing and thrivingrpopnlation. In a stretch of three miles, in sight of each other and almost touchingi-each other, are the live towns of Randleman, Naomi Falls and Worthville. Further down the river are others, until TVanklinville is reached, seven miles from Worthville ten miles Pf whirling machinery and humming of thou sands of spindles, No other stream in the State, so far as 1 know, is called upon to do as much duty in the same space, and perhaps no other can. Deep River is admirably adapted for the use ,to which it is put. North Carolina Rrebyterian. Durham. It is -not our purpose to blow, or to mis represent facts, but we come to-day with undeniable figures. It does not require any prophetic vision to see Durham, in the near future, as a considerable city. Only three months of the year 1884 have passed, and ninety-five dwelling houses have been erected. Colonel W. T, Blackwell has built forty-two, T. S- Christian five, J. A. Bivens eighteen,: C. .Yc Bcnnette hve, w. H. Stevens -.seve, td T. iQ, Oakley nine teen, making a grand total of ninety-five. This is over on house a day for every day, Sundays included) since- January 1. And these houses are being occupied as soon as they are completed. Every contractor is busy, and they report the outlook as boom ing. These are facts, carefully collected ; in the view of which we repeat that Dur ham will soon be a rousing little city of ten or twelve thousand inhabitants. lo latco Plant. ' ! The" Stajte Guard. -Asheville Citizen. 1 The North Carolina State Guard hum- I bering some twenty-five ' companies, " or i near a thousand men, and mamtamed at a trifling cost,- has been brought to a high state of distipfihe hd effectiveness, after years tof'peWvr1hg effort !in the face of all sorts of difficulties by" those wh6'have its destinies in keepin g; r It is a thoroughly efficient force,' ana' is Sufficient for any emergency likely to arise 'within out obr-; dem. They stand ready to obey instantly the call of the cpastituted ' authorities in anj emergency; -and so perfect is the or ganization, -eqiri patent, and discipline of the .corbs, that, as we are tojd by the Ad jutant General, the' entire forte could be Eut in the field for active service, in a few ours or as rapidly as teiegrepfri'eV orders could be. distributed and trains bear the companies to point of concentration. The Citizen has ever been a friend to the fjtate Guard, and feels that the recent lawless - spirit prevailing all over the country justifies the wisdom 'of the advice that it should be fostered and encouraged by the Staite Government and by" every community where a company is located. The presetjrje1 of a good organization, in any town acts as a conservator of the peace and prevents disturbance'. An ounce of preventlori is Mwavs worth a pound of cure." ! ''' ' ' . Fayette vine. . The ntjws pf tiie erection of, and plans for, so many new buildings in Fayettevilld has gone abroad Two1 good architects will locate here, for I time at least; and if the boom continues, make this their permanent abiding-place. f it dependaon that,,they will stay. The site of the Whitehead store will be bought by a party who intends erecting a threetory iron-front building, modern sty le. fayet tetiHe Obmver. Smlthfield. Nearly twelve' thousand bales of cotton hav been sold m this market during the past .six months.) Herald: .:, . i j , ALWAYS BEATS TUB WOBLO. GrcciMboro' Bncle Blotting Wfnaton .t JQiensboro Bugle. ., . We spent yesterday afternoon in Win ston; but don't ask ub anything about the trip if you have any regards for our feel ings. Two hundred tobacco wagons spest Wednesday night in town. It took -worn! 9 a.m. until 4 p. m. to sell the tobacco in' the Piedmonty.and two large varehonses' were not reaehedj iiNot a vacant dwelling in either . Salem or Winston.- .Twenty seven tobacco factories completed and fall of tobacco, with some hands picking, i Sev eral more houses going up for tobacco fac tories..: , Let's draw the curtain. '' . j-.., i . . , , t Hi.: i - . : . Bata BrtBuer Patrick ByV,,i'. " ' i I WaynesyUle News.J ; i7.(. Napma Liner wife pf JohniLiner,,,waa: born in. Haywood county, December 1 1797 ; is eightyrssven years old and-is Out mother Of. sixteen children, one hundred and grand children, ;ne hundred, and twelve great .grand children, and1 thirteen great great grand children, and .ia this number there. have been, born. si x: sets of twins. She hs lived in .tw.o .counties and has never moved. ,s he,' fUl- Uag w4 there are fair prospects for an innumerable) number of children, ; yet to jointhe family army. . , .v r--ti 1 . : '.TTb Hard Sirnffgle. " . . .I've looted on peverty undismayed, .- . His cold hresih on ay cheek, , hri I've seen inn crouching at my bed, ...., L When winds blew shrul and bleak. . I've" watched him crawling to my hoard,' ;' " i To snatch inrseaartyfood, i in '.-m But never suffered bun so, not , ' 1 To scars mo where ! stoodj-riT But - That Aiulhr - AndconiedhuntohUiacl , I've struggled sure of victory . 4 " In pride, although in pain, . -Wli soul serene, and head erect, And to-I'-wOl again. ! u " ' KTen 4b Nalaaacra. '' ,W4niington Star. Mr. Daniel ' Savage, foreman for Superintendent Savage, Ht" the county podr-houac, shot and 'killed a monster hawk on Sunday, which has been preying oothe chickens there for the last two or three years. The hawk weighed seven pounds and measured five feet six inches from tip to tip sf his wings when ' spread out. , Mr. Savage says he has destroyed twenty-five chickens for him first .and last. He showed us the claws of the slaughtered bird, and they rere immense. . j, :i4 4 ' : - Iron Bridcea in the Wet. 1 Asoevllle Citizen. ' , It happens that the transmontane section has 4one more than any other in the way of permanent bridges j Asheville has the best county bridge.. in the State, an iron "bridge costing $18,000, also a. bridge, iron, across the Swannanoa costing 4,000. Bunoombe'has yus authorized two more, one across the! French Broad , at Alexan der's, to, 08, $8, 000,. and another across the Swannanpa ht Gudger's Ford to cost i4000; Then Ithere 'is the newly com pleted bridge across the French Broad ' at Marshall that cost $12,000. Is the west land of . barbarism? More iron county bridges than in all the Stat, put together. Nothing to brag of, but to show other counties what miiy,: ran, and ought to be done; 1 ' . i--."-- :' Fatal Accident in Johnston. Smlthfield Herald.) . , Monday nighi just outside of .the Cor porate limits of he town, the eight o'clock mail train on the Midland road ran over Mr. Guion,Earpi of tlusuntj, andulled him. ' Mr.' Earp,' while Crossing a trestle between town, and the warehouse, got his feet' entangled and feU on the trestle with his head' and a portion -of his "body above the- tfestle and his feel hanging ' down through the opening of the same, in which position he remained until the train had passed over Mmj... , TrneiaS Freaehlnjr. " r jlbesonian. , While We sayfliiay,we 'Aihklt eminently proper for soma modern Old Mortality to go around occasionally and renew the let--tering upon the impnumenU covering some of ,ourIane-W,ideailt, ., ... ..; j ... 0 scara uic wjucto nwij-ti,., s , . ; fought him, upright, like. man , hat only feared disgrace; ' " ' ' : 1 bit him hard; aad laid bin low; ! - ' !- l..-: 8Btnams lrcresa. . rcilnton Caucasian. ....... ' High Sampson is booming. Her swamp are" -being' cleared" and drained,' ind her people are- getting tSch by hard work on modern principles.1.. i -- J!'; '. 1 t!.-h,.,s,i ,. He;Vlea.- "' ;.(T tIPliitonCaucaslaii.J-ts.j 41 . In little Coharie township there are four 4 inen Witii the riven name of James whose weignts are as ioiiows . soy, w if an in
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