'J- SI ,V,0ilil-Np.;28. NEW BEBNEj ' 'N;':'Ut:StrNiAY,' SEPTEMBER TWO CENTO I i 7 1. V J J -A- V iI . 8 I I ' I J V-lf ,W LV V 1 I - S I ! A . - VI - ' 1 I V V F 18, 1881 1 a. NEWS. NEW BEHNE, 1SL C. 1 'PRESIDENT GAUFIELD. AJL ARMING SYMPTOMS. DAILY r EIe i Has r a Stfvere Cliill. UIGIl TEMPTSRA TV RKQ VI CXPVLSE 1 AND RESP1RA T10X ATSQOSS - :V .-7. :.:' 4 ' ; : : v ft ope'rainr Lower-Puls aftotas piralion Slower im the Evening. OF Fid A I. BULLETIN 6 I M, I Lbiti Branciiv S Sept, 17. Noon ex- j animation of t the President . showed temrWature 1Q2 ; nation 24.; V 'At 11.30 mom - chill. laiting half pulse, 420 ; reapi ng,- he had a severe an hour, followed bv inspiration. Since noon there has wen . . . i . i r . r .. .. a gradual ; falling! of, temperature and repifatlon. ''p.'"'; - .-. - 'EVeninz examination shows lemperar. hire 98; pulae 102 1; respirationlB, V He hts ttlept and takeu nourishment at iuterraN. . ' Great StoMtl ofl79. '1' Letter to Commercial Kewi. J Wilmington, September 16 From a late number of your paper loHowjnir:- : I clip 2he "The Wilmington Star says that Fri- : day was the anniversary o( a great etorm oflTCO. Does our joldest inhabitant re member to.have heard he tradition?" j ! The Worm referred to by the Star, oc curred on tlie Ttlirf'thSmdfSep ember, 17C9. AniiitereBtingdePcnptior jriven of it in a letter from Thomas Clifford Howe, then collector of the poft of New Berne, to Eiirl llillsboro, dated Brunswick, September 10th, 1709. lloweV letter is pllihed in ffill in the Kaleigh QWijTer of Augiiht 23rd, 1879 . If you wiih I wdl have ft copy of Howe1 letter made Tor yon. a. D. , We will have the etler with pleasure, if cur old friend amf former townsman will oblige ua.- -Kditor News. TEMPEKACE UALL4 ltev. O; W, Howard To-Day. Bey. C. W Howard, of Ivinston Colle giate Institute.will preach in Temperance Hall tonight, at 7 o'clock. The public lire cordially invited. , r Accident At TM15 'Platk FAcroar. ' George Brooksj a email colored boy, fin j ployed at the plate factory, had his . thumb split open yesterday while work ring the stamper. A 'Full Cargo op Prodvck. The pteamer Xontentnea arrived irom the Upper Tient yesterday witb a full cargo i of corii, cotton and turpentine conhlned i to merchants of this place. . 1 Largb Llxfs of Coal. The schooner ' James 3. Watson, from .Philadelpliia Capt. Walker, with coal for Goldsboro, discharged at the railrjoad wharf - yester-- day lumps of coal as large as a flour barrel. Nem-" Berne Academy.---We again di : rect attention to the opening, on Mon daj nejtt, the lOth inst. Prof. Fetter - is good inst ruetetr, has grown old in-eda'"' cationaLeenice in our Slate, and de Mrvee the pupi ort ar4 palrotiageof onr jeople. The ,fortrinesof ; war, and V the' Wreck'and Tuin which followed, lett him like many -another, stranded upon the shores of adversity, W' he labors as cheerfully iii the cauee tp whch he has devoted his life at the head of an acade my as when occfupyig the j proud posi tion of profesfor at 1 the Uuiersity at Chapel Hill in the Vparliment days of that grand and noble bid institution, s 1 PferMfnal. r i ; i , ,nMr. P. M. Drane-y, toUr South! Fron hanlware dealcr.returned from the 3forlh yeeteday. i ' Major A. Gordon, of the Egypt; plan tationis)jnfthefcity; hHe,iii sid to be ! . j L.J.-. one of the best farmers in the county J Major John Hughe? arrived home a trip Jiorth. yestenlay morning fromi He retnrned via Berrysvi le, Va.,! where Tluis. H. Hill, of Philadelphia!, is regiaiejed -at the Gaston Hctust?. ? !lle represents thcwprld, renowned seed; house of Laiidfeth & Son of tljat cjty. A Mr. George Allerl returned to the city i yesterday morning from a business trip to Raleigh and Qofdsboro.Cr'With the better transportation facilities which the' Midland , Boad. promises tp , afford, no doubt the enterprising house, of which Mrr Allen is the head, will extend ltd business largely into the interior, j j ' Cat. J. W,' Andrews, sujierintendent and civil engineer of the Midland North Carolina Railroad, former fjr, ' eiigaged on the Vi.gipia, Midland extension through the Piedmont region of this State, yvili leave to-day for WinsUrif where he will .Mi - J J. . ,1. . J. ! ' meet the stockholders and directors oi that line, ta lay fbefore .them, the results of the past year's work of himself and Col. Yates the fbrmef chief engineer of that company, and to tender his resign a tion on that work. . s, i:-,tU i- n Expensive Auction.- Watson and Street,) Auctioneers, were engaad yester day and agaiu at niglit selling the. large stock rf partially damaged goodn by the fire, in the Stanley buildingf, some weefts since, belonging to A M. Hanff,and"wll continue from dav to day! until the entire tock is disposed oC Fifty Miles of it Ail.- We are offi cially infotmed that thefHidhttid Syndi cate, iti ??ew York ve-fiterday, closed a contract wilb a Lfvefpcfol firm for.,fiye thousand toffs of steel fails to be delivered atMorehefid City, $OYrnberr December and January. . This is equal to fifty miles of track.- -" . -.!'-- , '-hf To BaEiK Ghouni). The M dland syndicate, we learn telegraphed the A of fice here yesterday issuing positive (in structions for the work of construction to begin on the . Midland extension af Goldsboro on Mondavi The line finally bgar. to be located yesterday and (he work of grading will posiliy ely com ineuce the tJfst of this week. Tgt A larking Symptoms of THFi IDENT IlYestk'rday The' symptoms attd condition of the President, described in the six' o'clock official biilletml which te publish elswhere, taken aa d whole loobs grave and serious T ie severe chilljn. the absence of rna laria, indicates, in the opinion of j raed ical experts, .another pus. formation-; taken in consideration tith the high rise of temperature, quick pulsfe, and respira tion, and their sudden fall, approaching the normal condition. ; ,! Theri isno longer '.any. rwrri for;dotrbt ing the existence of blood poison, and the indications are that the. long struggle Tub Hatteras Impedisibxts to Our NaVkJation. The officers o f North em vessels, trading into this port, ; express the opinion that but for the difficulties thrown in the -way of navigation by the swash across Hatteras Inlet, and the liability to become wind bound at that point,' iew Bertie would be the most desirable port in the country lor Vessels engaged in the coasting trade and but fori ttese it awbacke our Itarljor Woi.ld be corT . i - i i ' l.. j j . f stantly filled with thatclass of shippings it is a well known fact to own era and masters of veasehritoyaging'tp and from New Berne, make more money than from. any other port on the Sou h At- 'antic Coast. Jn view of such facts, !'s." and ihe great with ref- advantages' which' we possess, ito the trade ofi,heihlerior,fit will be a matter of .surprise, if the men" inter- estpd in the' dotrliie!r6e ; Ctf New Bertie l l i I', r-t , s A- i t, : . - : ueiiie longer 10 i organize an enon looking to the enlargement of - the, It ar-' iowefJreekSh p Canal. " . ' I , "It Js.the easiest tluiig fh the wCfld to otTlain trpra the gneal government the fiaieesary aid t6 complete and perfect this worki:; Our people t only to make ah organiieJreFort in. that direction, and the money will be appropriated next eesston of Congress. , ;,v;J.. -. ' f . We call upo n triefii to move in the matteri land to tojye at once, and 1n earneat. "Notice. Tlie female laborers of James City have struck for higher wages and have agree not to pick cotton fof less than one cent! per,, pound, or work for l&8 than fifty efFecl on and cents per day. To go into la to after Monday September 19th, 1881. All whfr break this rule Will be fined the sum of five dollars.' The above appeared on our streets yes terday afjtetnoon in handbill form. The attention of the promoters of this move ment are adf isd of their liability to inn dlCtment for.aj conspiracy.. The words : "All who bfeak thijfuleywill be-neC"tdvanca, tfie sum of fife dollars," - conafitute a provision threat, arid intimidation, which, if the jfrork of one or , more persons, amounts to a!conspfracy, punishable by law and in volving severe pains and penalties. And any attempt tocollecti fine thus imposed, will be' an offense against the rights and libert'es of the cltisJen of a land vr'hidh the laws of liberty dct not tolefate,- arid we warri these colored people of (he dan gers and perils of the course (hey are pursuing. " ' -j ;: - j . f fur ceftta a d&f is a very low rate of WagewTor a cotton picker at fifty cents per huritykd even'fUchlle one dollar per hundred oundi for ipiiking 6iii-raid-'ilB8ke the a vjerage wages for that !abor1.50perday at the very lowest. This is conclusive evi dence, to our niind, that the chief agita- tors and promoters of this labor move ment are not only noi laboring men but know nothing j whatever about the yalue of labor.and if the colored people" propose to submit heif Iniividual rights, actions,' privileges and liberties, to the dictation of such leflder8,ahd take counsel and advice of'tliOs'fe who liv6 not i?, "but on laoor. they will bave themselves Kktfiank for l fie consequences that must inevitably oveatake them. To demand one dollar per hundred for picking seed cotton from the boll, is to demand one-third of the crop for gather ing it. "What laboring manK or man with any knowledge! of the productive value of labor, ever" hea'rd of siichjt propositibi T (One hurtdred . pounds of seed cotton vill yield about thirty pounds of lint, which, at present pfiCesf j bring from three' to three dollars and .1 thirty cents, not counting the costs or tolls for ginning, or to market. le expenses of transporting Now, to say that fbif laborer shall receive about one dollar out of everv three of the raaket value of the co(ton crop ior gainenng iocks irom me open bolls is simply absurd and preposterous. an extortionate demand which the com- mon sense of the colored p'eople (ells them the farmers canntft submit to. It is pimply" the rjutn and destrfiction of tfie agricultural. Interests of ihis portion of the State, ah'd for cotton pickets to sav thev will not woik for less than $1.50 per day i equivalent (o eayiffg tbey will not Work at all. Picking out cotton" by machinery is demonstrated.to be practiCabfe, and bas been tried with entire j success. .Culti vating cotton with; labor Saving ma T nm':' , n nitsri Farm r. chinery ia also - found to be a successful man Who labored oft a cotton' farm ' before the war-bau failed to observe how much less labor Isrequhred to cultivate the same number of acres in cotton now than! then. The introduc tion and -nee of labor sawing machinery, the cotton planter for example, improjtedj plows. and other einfiple ! appliances, to-j- gether with the use of guanos in, place. of the home uade fertilizer which form, j erly required eo much more labor to j produce, have brought about the change When lalor becomes scarce and the price thereof out of poportion to its pro ductive value, tfra6htm?ry U .called into fetjutsitlon. So U will be with trie pro duction qf the cotton crop here elsev wh&re, so soon fls labor becoffies too lifgh 16 be profitably employed: Ih its production; . . The steam dow Hhit (lie cotto'i picker ar hot tbingi of the future. They are in exigence and at work now; and id f lew of this, ftnd , the fiirtiier fact, that the entire cotton crop of tne United j States, ihsidej of five years, will sell for less than six cents per pound, the colored! people: here and elsewhere, who are engaged ih i 'i . . . t unsettling the labor system of the couh' (ry, are simply quarrelling with and (timing the-r backs on their meat and bread, and it is our dtity to tell thent fio'j and we do tell them fio plainly ahd hfi fflistakably. ! I The laborer U worthy Of his nffe,- find always entitled to a faff days pay lor a fair days work; bu( he' 13 Entitled to no irtofe. As the orit'c cT meat and bread advances, so mtjgl (life price of labor man must eat whether for n3k are high or lovfc, and it re f quires as lich food to sustain life with provlelohaat one price as at another, feut the piicb of provisions lfasriot doubled, nor likely to, neither ; has the price bfcotton advanced, and the pros pects are that cotton will notrbel mate rially higher than 1 ast year. No Service at Cnaisfs CiiuRcti To DAt'. Owing to (he' absence of the Rec tor, the Rev. Mr Shields, there ivill be no service at Chri3t'ffHfhurdii to-day either morning or afterhefon. , Postal Re3K)t As The city poatoffice was yesterday moved back Into ite-old quarters, the jihterlor arrangements have been changed and greatly improved, a fid tlie public will now be served with its mails more conveniently than ever be fore. Cliurcli Services. Christ Church, Pollok street, Rev V. Vf . Shields Rector. Seryices Sunday at 11 a. m., and 6 p. ra.; Wednesdays at 9 a. ni.; Fridays at 9 a. m., and 6 p. m., and all holy days at 9:30 a. m. Sunday School at 5 p. m. The public are cor dially invited to attend. Seats free to all viritors. Ushers always io attendance First Methodist Church, on Neuse, be tween Metcalf and Hancock-streets, Rev, Fra.uk H: Wood Pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m., and 8 p m. every Sunday Prayer meeting every Thursday night at 8 p. mi Sunday School at 4 p. m., J. H. Bell Superintehdent. s : First baptist Church, Middle j eti tet. Rev. f'red.W. Eason, pastor Services every Sunday moaning. Services at 11 a. 21, I Night $$?vice at 8 p. if. Prayer meeting Thursday night. bunday School, Stfn day afternoon at 3 P. it, Seats free, citizens generally and strang ers in city are invited, and will be cor dially welcomed. St. Andrew Cfeapel.AiM. E. t. Chiifeb, Hancock street Services: Preaching. Sundays at 11 o clock a. m. and 7?30 p. Praver m. Wednesday evening at 7:30 meetings Friday evenings. Elder Z. T. feafsall Pastor. Sfabbath School at 9 and 2 o'clock Sundays, C. C. Sparrow ! Superintefldeht. " I Clinton Cunpel, A. M.: E. Zion Church, Crooked street : Preaching Sunday at II tufrn., 7i p. m., atfd W:ednesday nights at & p. m.; Prayer meeting fridar nichts. Rev. F. B.' HoaSe. Pastor. Sunday School 9 o'clock a". TT tA erne Rnfprifilpnlpnt m. Elias Ebenezef Presbyteriaa Chrfrfcli, fasteuf street,! rfear Rallmad detfrit Rev, A. A. Scott, i Pastor. ! Prencblng fit 11a. in., and' 7:30 pm. every Sunday. -Prayer meet'ng everv Thursday evening at 7:30. Sabbatb School at 9 a. m., E. K. Dudley, Superintendent. Rue Cnapel, A. M. E. Church, Rev. .T. J), yimmons. Pastor. Pieachiug Sun dav at 11 a. iii.. 71 p. m and VVednes- day; nights at 8. p.m. Sunday School UvSp.W., Jf .2 Wailis,,Supcrintpudcnt.. Arrival? at the Hotels. GASTQN HOUSES. ! R. $rrtt I " S?ptem.ber J7; t IHSIj r? .r -V Thos II Hill, J ?hihwfffC!iht; WL.Mbhw,. MNCUIL A Gordon, F C Roberts, E Tate, i i Crtti Jam8towTVN C; . Tlie Weather VetXertlar; Temperatffre at 7 .A.f,.. Temperathre at 2 P. M; 7"J Temperatfffe 4t fP. :M. . . V 74 HumMii:at 7 Ax0'MJ.rT.-.TAil-x. W Huinldit atfPiM;. . , W ilufh-mity Ht'tf Pv ft WJiid- at i7 "ihi M. 8K BE 8E Wind at-2 P. M. V . Wind 'at-'0- P. Mi , CITY A UT1CE3 i :t1 Jlry Gooffs Kraportuci.Wil ijam Sultan and CU;ntlM VYMnftitf Building, liave aat returned frrfa. the' iohh and are now receiving their t&tfc Sfifl carefully Elected stock of dfy gobOi, ladles dress goods, ladies'4fcl6att gentle mens clothlnir. add ftirnffhing gooda, cairpets' boots, shoes, hais, caps, etc., which they are offering at great Wgiln. T " " i r ni juti'- Jewelry -A beautiful ,ai4)elegarf assortment of Jewelry jiist purchased; ft? New York, at Bell's, ' the Jeitlef. Any aiticle ever sold that Is d bt as was 'feprC sented can be returned 'and ' the-'IS&lie will be refunded. " ! " .' ;. Family Grocerlesr.Korth Carow Una Hams, N- rth OaroHna Lard, Water;Mill Jeal, ; Cream Cheese, $n9 full line f choice Groceries at i, x ALiEjjt. jm i Li LiCiit , on liroaa r3C SPECIAL iNOTUES, lyu LEINSTER DUFFV ; t ( .Dialer iii.. -'.r;1 DRY GOOl3, 1 ,GROCERIEf : ! j ; BOOTS, SHOES;, HATS, CAiv It fit. TOBAGO CIAttS.-elc At Cheap Jollies; Corni j Middle andSa Rts.; ' ' j ' ! ' ' T adz 13-,'J'm ALEX. ' Wholesale and Rfetail DeatorinV CHOICE GROCEfclE& ;AD I MERS'Slsi-r1' The best quality oP rbderiea gdafkh- teed at the lowest cas1 drices. -- f ' h ' f GIL,T-EDGt lIUTTEil : 'I1' i -"i - ' . " constantly kept ott ice Daring- thV Sani-t mer Afonths. ' I , Highest Gash PficeS daia 'frt'anHkinAr oi country I'roduce. f i m . ' . . I 61 and 63 Broad St.; New4 llerne,'- Ki & j.1 j. Toi,so&doy DrylGoods;- r - - . i: . - Choice Family Groceries and ; Prchriai ions of all kinds. Best eilt'edire Bullet' Popular brands of Cigar ' Kti&.iklkdMH B OAI) STfeEtff; NVEW lifeltKrl; C ' aug 13-3m f ' i ii. a- ixxxi-,. LIME, H A 50.; At Patterson's Union Ioim Watfeotis ba-t lust received a larfee Idt'Ct ROCKPOZ2T tXhft AND ' . ! Hay $1 25 per cwL 1 epltyiy NOTICE TO SHI"PI1RS TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, MiDlCC, Railway Ai-DW New Berne, N. C, SepU It8SU NOTICE IS HEREBY VlyVX W shippers over the Ahjttn l&lwa?.- that literates heretofore ecUUstiMil for the Associated Railways oCVigtnlii and tliK drolinss, which weft temporarily withdrawn, have been re-etatdibed. and1, Ii.kk A. ill lu. lift flptcnfinn ttt Vtthrii. V X 'III! WW W wmwvv f 'jn v derangement of the tariff over ttrtP Jad ttud Railway or its coniujctions;- j J, W, ! ForWardiuActi. tf. efence

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