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NEW BEBNEj ' 'N;':'Ut:StrNiAY,' SEPTEMBER
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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.
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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