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V0L- 1-IfQ: 5l 15, 1881 TTO ' I & David JDavis. BlBCTED PaKSlDIITT OF TH1 SZH ATE. ' ' ' Hon. David Davis, of Illinois, was elect ed President of the Senate, 86 yeas, 34 nays; Davis and Bayard not voting. The new President was conducted to the chair by Senators Anthony and Bayard. ' Personal. Mr. B. K. Bryan, of the Southern Express Company, whose illness we noticed some time since, was on the Btreets yesterday. C j C. H. Fowler, of Pamlico county, was in the city yesterday. j Prof. C W. Iloward will preach in Temperance Hall to morrow evening at 7 p. m. The public are cordially in vited. Rev. U. C. Bowen, of Plymouth, was in Ihe city yesterday en route far Onslow, where he has been assigned to labor the present and incoming year. He has been quite useful in his .field of labor the past year, and we congratulate our Onslow friends on securing the services of such a talented and handsome gentle vTnan. . .. j President Marshall Parks, and Direc tor E. C. Lindsay; of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, and the New Berne and Beaufort Canal Company, left on the steamer New Berne for Norfolk yas terday. j Miss Mattie B. Fowle, of Raleigh", atfd Mrs. Crabtree, "of Washington, were at the Gasten House last night, on their way from the fatted place up j the country Messrs. W. B. Duncan and Winfield S. Chadwick, were at the Gaston House yesterday. ! C. II. Fowler, Eq., of Pam lie is at the Gaston House. ! Major Russell, ofSwansbbro, is ia the city. Mr. M. T. Jone'i of Hyde is regis tered at the Gaston House, j ; Messrs. R. L. Thornton and !John B. Sparrow, of Washington, registered at the Gaston House last evening. Capt. E. R. 'Page, of Jones, left on the New Berne yesterday for Yorktown. He goes as aide de campe" and chief o staff to Brigadier General Manly, and took hie own horse with him. Mr. J.F. Norman, in business here for the past four years or more, left for Baltimore oh the steamer New Berne, yesterday, . to take a situation in that city. ilTr. Fred 3eyer, . of Goldsborough, Meyer and Pitts, wholesale dealers and distillers agents, Baltimore, is at the Gaston House. President Best, of the JTidland rail way, returned to the city last night, from a business trip to New York and Boston. ' " ! Mr. Hamilton, Stenographer and pri vate secretary to President Best, return " ed to the city last night. General flan &ddagan, of the Midland, returned last night from their visit up the Midland road. 1 . - For Yorktown. Several of our boys left for Yorktown this morning, i - Wild Geisx Wild geWbave made their appearance, and the wsatherwise say fhat winter is riigh. .j ( Pesumed Regular Schedule. Katr week being oyer, the regular schedule of the Jidland resumed this morning. Federal Court. United Stated Dis trict Court convenes at Elizabeth City on .Monday next. The week following the United States Court meets in New! Berne. . Gin Buried. The new gin of George E. Evans, Vanceboro, caught fire and as entirely consumed, together with cotton in the building No insurance. Tubs New Gas Machinery. The schooner Jtfelvin yesterday brought the new machinery for the works of the New Berne Gas Light Company. . AHiiiviD iw DrsTKESs, The schooner Melvin arrived yesterday from New York with foresail gone, which' she carried away at Hatteraa on Tuesday morning last, the wind blowning a gale, i Wood. Tb following is the number of cords of wooa received in this city froiii ! February 21st to October 12th: ' ! ) I ' February, 430; March, 1,413; April, 1,142; May, 652; June, 733; July, ; August, 658; September, 524; October, 330. Total, 6,180. Auction Saxk of Household and Kitchen Furniture. jVessrs. (Watson & Street, Auctioneers, will sell to-day, corner South ront and Middle-! streets at ten o'clock, a lot of household and kitchen furniture. CoKFxbxxAT States .Bonds!! Rap hael J. Moses, llr., 61 Wall stre'eti' New York, advertises for bonds of the Con federate States, Ipaying $2 a thousand in lots uner onle hundred thousand, and 82.50 in larger lots Hyde iOUNTT Oaops. A corre8pon aeni writes: no great changes in crona since my last rpport, except the " i ravages of the worm in the riecrop. do no think the damage done by them more than one fifth as great as. estimated. Al are hopeful at least of living prices. . . l i Attempt to colored, assaul Shoot. Wilson ed Noah Powers Brinn, with loaded gun, in the store of the latter; sriapped a cap J aud was arresUd and locked up. Arraigned before ! Mayor Howard, Brinn failed to give a justified i tin ' ? oona ior nve nunarea aoiiars, ana was sent to jail. Jokes Court. The members' of the New Berne Ear in attendance (on the Superior Gourt! of Jones county have all returned, roin what we learn the ses sion was not an important onej Judge Sbipp goes from Jones to Onslow where he holds court next week. Finest Oysters of the Skason, Captain Hill, of the schooner Kiiow Nothing, is in port with" the finest and largest cargo of Core Sound oysters, that nave been in Our oysters are the market this season. finer now than s at any- time last year, land the trade fr0m this point promises p be a very large-one," "i j WashingtonJCounty. A letteij writer pays: It is stijl dry over hefej. Our people are becoming wearied at the high price of provisions. Farmers want $1,00 a bushel ifor their corn and mer chants offer 80 cents a bushel. Meal has 1 i sold this week: m riy mouth as high as S 1,25 cents a bushel. Hog meat has been selling from 11 to' 15 cents by re tail. Beef by wholesale, all round, 6 cents a pound. pPamiy flour $9 tb $925 cents a barrel. Rice cutters are" getting their sickles ready for rice cutting. More Jdte tor Atlanta Exposi tion. We were shown yesterday by Mr. Wm. H. Oliver, some fine splcimehs 5 i f ot North Carolina jute, which I he has collected for the Atlanta Exposition. These specimens were grown byj Dr. D. TI. Abbott, of Pamlico county, j j Mr. Oliver also showed u some pre pared jute, ready for manufacturing into covton tyaggiirgj, and some bagging made from North Carolina jute, by the cotton bagging factor at Charleston, BfcRGNER AND EnGEL's BOTTLKD BEEIt Mr. James Redmond, on Middle street, opposite the olid market, advertises Beig ner and EneTs bottled beer, i by the dozen or in crates The brewery of Bergner and Ebgel, Philadelphia- enjoys the finest reputatidn for its beer.iof any yet introduced into this part j of the State, and is the beer called for at places where it is sold on draught. That which Mr. Redmond advertises in bottles is the very best of the Bcrgner and1 En gel Brewery, and those who "wfsh a" fine article in bottles, should call on Mr. Redmond. j i n - 1-, , rrn . Nsw Advekttsemknts, --Attention is called to the following advertisementa new in this issue: Mi S3 Harriett Lane. -Millinery Open- o , - Coloue.3 "Excuhsion to Kinston. n exccrsoi) yf colored DeoDle. under the - ; auspic vt Israel & Abbott, Esq., went up to Kinston yesterday accompanied by the Elm City Brass Band. J Cotton and I?ick. The Mary Bryan, Capt. S. S. Gibba, came to this port yesterday morning loaded with forty-two bales of cotton and two hundred and fifty bushels of lice. The cotton for shipment and the-f ice for sale. Mrs. Day, residing on East Front, be tween Pol lok an d Broad streets, is very ill, and her husband jbeing away on one of the Baltimore sleamers.she is wantinff in proper attention. We maM this note for tha information of the ladies of Christ Church congregation, to which Mrs. Day belongs. j Beaufort Station M. E. Church. The Methodist Advance says: Rev. J. B. Babbitt, D. D., at the earnest solicitation of Dr. Closs, the Presiding Elder of the Newr Berne Dis. trict, has consented to take charge of Beaufort Station tb remainder of the present conference year, filling the va cancy occasioned l)y the death of Rev. J. T. Arrington. Dr. Bobbitt will enter upon his new work immediately, and will fill bis pulpit in Beaufort next Sun day. Western Railroad ; Matters. We print the letter of Messrs. Clyde, Buford and Logan, in reply to Commissioners Jar ris, Vance and Worth respecting the proposition that they surrender the West ern North Ra'lroad to Mr. Best on hi reimbursing them for all outlays for it by the Richmond and Danville Syndicate. It will be seen that tbt Richmond and Danville people decline to entertain a proposition to voluntarily relinquish the ownership and control of the West ern Road, but declare their perfect readiness to give the Midland Road at Salisbury every facility for business over the line of the Western North Carolina Railroad as it if were part of the Midland line. NTEREST IN THE MlDLAND. The Raleigh correspondent of the Goldaboro Messenger savs: - The liveliest interest is felt in the country above, in the progress of Mr. Best's work. Peoele are delighted to o earn of his steady and I persevering ef forts. t At the junction of his road with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, it is evident that a place of some importance will arise. It is understood that he will visit Chatham this fall in the Interest of his road. It is unfortunate that, of jail years, the people of that section should have suffered so greatly this season, as greatly to affect their prospects for giv ing substantial aid to the road, but they ardently desire it. aid will do what thiv can to uphold the enterprise. While we do not usually attach much importance to declarations of this sort from rival railroad corporations, nor re gard as of any account contracts entered into between them, on such bases, we should look upon the Midland Extension i Lo iSaiifibury as a natural connection for the Vesteru- North Carolina Railroad, And Nortl Western connecting lines ' be yond,. ric do not view the possession of ihe Wtsteni Road as at all essential to the complete success of t he 1 T - T 11 xuiuiana scheme. Verv manv neonle. howsvpr lnnlr af - j 1 1 1 7--- the matter in a different light, and be lieve that the Midland Extension is con tingent upoh the ability of Mr. Best to recover the Western Road. We are advised to the contrary. The Midland Extension will be built toSalis bury, without regard to the Western North Carolina Railroad, - butin-the meantime, Mr. Beat will of course resort M'leoirw ior me vindication ot hie L'ial rights. - i , i . Arrivals at tlie Hotels. I GASTON HOUSE4S. Rv Strut, j 6ctobm U, 1881. t I Major Russell, Swanaboro; W B Duncan, W S Chadwick, Beaufort; A Gordon, Egypt; C H Fowler, Stonewall; R L Thornton, Mrs. Crabtree, John B Sparrow, Washington; Miss Mattie B Fowle, Raleigh; M T .tones, Hyde coun. tv; R G Jfalliitt, Riyerdale; F Meyer, Baltimore; Geo H Brown, Hyde; J H Neff, Ohio. . - x JRAILROAD MATTERS. Reply of the Clyde Svndiciite to tlie Couiiaissionei s of tiie Western fVortli Carolina Railroad Ta Cy Decline to Sell to Mr.Rest-Tliey Propose to Build the Ruck town Branch. New York, September" 27, 1881. j To lion. Thomas J. Jarvis, Hon. Z. B. Vance, Hon. J. M. Worth Commissioners, iRalelgfi, 2ST. C: Gentlemen: In reply to yours of the 14th, we beg to exprees our regret that our letter of the 24tli of August to the commissioners should: have been so ma terially misconceive! by them as to its import, tenor and spirit. We think any impartial judge "would say we had suc ceeded reasonably in the effort. ! Your communication, bear in i mind, was not merely your! brief letter, but also the agreement of;the commissioners with Mr. Best of the ,25th of may, of which a copy was sent and intended to be taken as a part of j that communica tion. That agreement revealed a new, an unknown and an unexpected attitude of the commissioners towards us. V"as it not most natural that we should be startled by such a revelation, and to feel" the uprising inquiry, j What does this mean? Do these commissioners mean to put their ofiieial and personal pres sure upon us, to make it necessary for us to abandon this contract, and return it again to Mr. Best? j The communica tion looked that way the letter and communication, taken together very much that way. j : i But, recurring to wha e understood of the history of the whole . matter, we did not see any conceivable reason for such a reversal of position by the com missioners towards us, and thought it was due alike to the commissioners and to ourselves that we should not mistake the true purport of their communication. Hence the reply we made. Nothing in it wap intended, nor,' as far as we can now perceive, can anything be fouud in it disrespectful, either in expression or implication. i We attempted to make a plain states ment of facts, as we j understood tht-m, without color or exaggeration, and for the reason assigned by us in our reply. We are not conscious of ?ny inaccuracy in that statement, or! haying done the slightest injustice to any party referred to th erein. We did not, in anything we said to the commissioners; make any reference to their motives. We referred to facts only and . for the purpose as signed, that our transactions witb the commissioners should be in no sense ambiguous or the resoles inconclusive. While we.were thus without motive, dis position or apparent effort to be in any sense discourteous in our reply, we are at a lost to conceive why it should be charged. We respectfully and absolu tely disclaim it, and refer to a careful and dispassionate judgement of the doc ument for cur vindication. In reply to your proposition to sur render to Mr. Best and his associates our rights and intereetsacquired by as signment from him, we beg to assure you that it would give us great pleasure at any time to gratify your personal des sire, but in this matter our situation compels us respectfully to decline your proposed request. When by the final assignment from Mr J Best we became the absolute proprietors of the Western North Carolina Railroad. tU menta and restrictions in the act of Marcn 29tb, 1880, compelled th crea- tion or very large obligation in the necessary organization of tht . capital adequate to the undertaking, and the better to secure the soccess of tie en terprise we have deemed it expedient, at a large outlay, to acvuire othtr Jnttr ests, connected with and ! denim.Unt upon the Western North Carolina Rail road. ! !. lntheaccomplishmentofthese arrang ments our interests, as derived from the assignment, have become so blended with, those of olhera that we no longer have the sole personal control of this property and, therefore, cannot properlv azree to surrender it without the consent of others, who decline to release their interests. - j ; We are performing all our obligations as we understand them j under the'eon tract, and desire and intend to do so if permitted. We, therefore, recognize no just or reasonable ground on which its surrender can be claimed or expected from ui. ! In declining the request proposed to be made to ua, we desire further to say that we do not wish lo hinder Mr. Best and his associates in anypurpose enter tained by them to construct another road tof Salisbury. If they do so, it will be our interest and policy to accord to such road impartial access to the Western North Carolina Railroad, and4 upon terms just and equitable to every portion of the State to be benefitted thereby. We take this occasion to express tlio strong interest we have felt in the sue cessful prosecutii of j this enterprise 5 from the date of our present connection with it, and by some of natonganlerior to that date; and to signify our cordial sympathy with the citizens of North Carolina in their desire to see this ini- portant work fully completed, and even extended to its original design, until connected with the railroad systems leading to the Mississippi Valley ; some of our strongest and most influential asso ciates urging with earnestness the direct extension of the line from Murphy to Chattanooga. We assure the commissioners that it is our intention and purpose to haveihe work prosecuted on both lines of the road with diligence and energy until they are completed to Murphy and Paint Rock; and in every tning,( to cause the contract we have entered ' into tp be faithfully and literally complied wltbV j We hope to receive from you en couragement and co operation that noth ing which can hasten the work or help its utility shall be left undone, nor anything . done which may retard or impair it. j Very respectfully, yoiVr obedienfcW vaots, Wm. P. Clyde, T. M. Logan, A. S. BuFoab. New Berne and Beaufort Canal Companv. At aiueetiDg of the persons nominated in the Act of Incorporation of this company,-held in the city on yesterday, Hon. Wm. J. Clarke in the chain I It appearing to the satisfaction of tht meetin&r tliat the minimum'1 Ammint tt stock; required by'the charter. hadf tofi'V i . ' ....! 1 1 .... . . w boruLjide snbsenbed for, it was ordered 1 that the same be certified,' and that a s record of the same be entered on the books of the Reffiater of CrAvh Thereupon the subscribers to the stock! met, Hon. Wm. J. Clarice, ' was caliedf to the chair, and Marsh air Parks, Esq.; of Norfolk, Va , was appointed Secretary. " wiuiuiuce uu muck and proxies, nav injr been abbointed. reoorted that fiVt ' cf stock was represented in person or by fivAj "ucreupuu me uieeung pTpceeaea -to the election, of a President: when . Marshall Parks, Et-q'i, was unanimously chosen. The following persons",. -were1 elected directors of'the company forrthV. ensusingyear, to-wit ; M. Courtwrigh Washinston Reed. P. C. Lindsav &l vreorge Alien. It is the intentidn'df the cdfnjaiftta ' take active measures to prosejWil' til. i nportant work" tOi conpleicl, aji ,n early day , ' , ' n 11 ' ! "
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