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i - . v y-' . a:C; - - . : - , t ; V 1 ' .ev Pr.rlUr.. IXIKPEXDEXT I3ST ALL THUSTGS. Torma $H.OO ; f VOL. VII. NEW BERXK, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, J AXl'AIiY n. NO. 41v t r "TOT 4 DYfV nv All that owe u 1 N"t- ir j k ii Account VfQ beg to come forward and 1'AV I P. We Need Money, ' '-and cannot indulge longer. V rAccount and Notes not paid very shortly. 'fo. expect to TURN" VKR to our Attorney for Collection. OETTiWCER i u - 4 V VKinston, November, 7 ANTED! 100,000 BUSHELS OF RICE, i-'.T wllek wiD py the Highest Market Price. We will wll Rice, Corn, Cotton, ia thU or any othor marki-t. for One Commission. LII5ESAL ADVANCES MADS ON PRODUCE IN HAND. - V ..WE OFFI-Ul FOR S.LS A VVIA. LINK OF Choice Groceries, '-a itock saa o rris),t KOCK BOTTOM PRICK- f r CASH, c..ni.ting .a fart of . ' SOUls. "Ewkm Fair." Floor. , 50 kMs. Vwj" Floor. . SO bbt. Wito Swia" Floar. . - ' Za kii. Ilytl's aioice" Klotr. - rl bbU. 'Nortk Lake" Flour, : Sa Itk yM Bettor7 Flonr. ' SO hhU.at. Oeorg' Floor," tht i i c .-i a. i- m.).-. 25 Sekt Bi Coffc. - 10 SmVj UmsJT.,, "J" ol uM.H-b - 25 hblm. Potk. 10 boxra L. C. Iioll'.n mnJ IU--k, .- 28 tabs Botr; 23 Cke (bot creamery'. jm v- 50 koiM Crsckew nl '! 3 III. .Ho!aMr lad Syrup. " -. 20 iU. U roar yr "Fruit" Viagr. LSkblJuSofW. Tea. 8pics, lliicis. et--. etc. "W eaTy M 4o lia o 0aosl (loxi vn can he found in Uw 1 1 y . 1 ,C bote of Cfarafiram $1.10 to 15 (X fr hon ir, d. IotuWI aaI GU aod A Sooff aianofictarer's pru-e. Tobfc-w cheap b lk Vox. - M bux Soap. VT off,r a JriV ia Far er Saekj. Ifvfl 3j no! tkiak ara ia mt, c!l on .r wa i v .ar or d.n iirl rnj WMa jo or aroIae to ' ."W'sxl-toi? X?. ZBxxx-x'xis & Co., H4 Tront Stor, South Front St.. New Berne. N. C. .5. . oct 14 di MAX SCHWEEIX - THE NEW GRAND OFFER FOR .. . '.Ot il:!:sI:Mng Redaction in Prices of Clothing. ".,' . :o: W karf W4 tha price oo all oar OoocU an-1 r- no OUR FINE SS0 SUIT KOR t O) . k' ocr fine i:s .crr roa u.w " ' " OUR riNE li SUIT KOK 13 , , J OCR HOBBY 10 SUIT FOR 'fliiwwa. TViy a C3ching. Jd Cheaper Ondr of I'lethit.,; i i N- . 1 ! at n alraOae redoruoo. Oaaaa4 loukatovr LaIia' Cloak and ShiwU fulllinoof BooU and Shos Oenta Funiihing Goods. Dry Goods. . : . Hmts, Umbrellas, Etc ' XIX wQl b aoU at IIJLRD-PAN PRICKS. Rep-tfoliy . s:hwerin & ASH. .' y hlJte atnet. tTle lijn of thi 1c n r i r ; u Fttwrn ( Vr-.trnl 1 i.a -I '26 Cotton 1 AM SOW PRETAKKI To .. il lL Gia of T. S. Hor on Jloit Favorable Terms. IaHIl also boy Sed Cotton dJ " Baxgiaf ao4 Ti fu rn'..". -.i I will pay the Highest Market f ua also prepared t. t 'iv r . 1 ' ' f ! aim W Arns 1 r i -i : liri.iii - ii . i a i:h. ,'orfici: ONE DOOR north of cotton exchange. r. AL1MIKI' W . W ( )( )D. 6E0. ALLEN A CO.. di;ai.i:hs i General Hardware, MACHINERY. M.IU I I. I l l; I. IMl'I.KM l. r Hl l I I la K Btiek, Lim. Cert-.-.t. Pl.tit- r. H.itr. F i: F-r.tv. Gl.uwr, K:- Solicit ('onMiriiMMT.N ! "'i-: 0T MO'!' 1 ' A (i;.i;i.i Insurance Agents tnr ROS WANTED! GEORGE ASH. STORE! THE HOLIDAYS! Growers ! ',xy Highest. Price of the a' Cost Price ' - Cotton Seed n- ' Sice. t'.t e'.tn x'. ! w Hr- k ru . r References given when desired ! V i l l i I V.ir: I ' I I : M -. Fire ami Lite roliric i iiHKi r v m k ot ros k isix. r li f Furmni K'lrmnh Again. r , 1) Tii interested in the rt'-:il:s of .i com ; it i tn.i! in pi li' able cotton raising :n (leorgia. .i-i recorded b tlu Atlanta i'on..fi ' r i . ). S.-vi nty live planters par r: -:pated in the trial. A fertilizer oomnanv in the State Ii.nl offered hki in gold for tlie host cotton made on ground yield of nriehed A'.th their fertilizer, and four Jersey ;.ii!U tor the Ix-st ield produced by . bibs. The lushest yield was i. ;r. aere. ' ' " 1 w 11 aei e. pound ot int cotton to the it three and . n n ds each . I. to pounds. one hall Pales ot The lowest yield nr a bale to thr The averare ot the eventv- tivi- ; iiineri iv.ii 774 pdtmds, or ne.tr! lai to the acre. To leeure t h ii. they used an average n' ii-i v.iiiinli of the fertilizer, whieh e.nt A 1. .." 1. The eotton brought yil'.ijir,. leaving a net profit ni U.1' tn tlie aere, the cotton se-d nearly p.i for the cultiva tion. At a bale to the arre above the oivit of the fertilizer, any farmer ran get rieh," say s t he (onxt t ution, , and the seventy rive made more than that average. The returns irorn the State of Georgia show- : hat on an average three and a half layer by layer until you get it as acres were required to produce one high as convenient, then cover with bale, or seven acres, under the old six inches of rich earth from fentv method, to secure what the new corners, and leave at least a week: method produced from one aire awhen ready to haul to the field cut demonstration of the profits oT "im- with a spade or pick-axe square proved farming" which will not Ik? down and mix as thoroughly as pos but on the planters of the cotton sible. Now, we have thirty bushels tn'lt. The corn premiums produced of manure weighing nine hundred results equally gratifying. There Iounds, and three hundred pounds were sixteen "contestant-, and the chemicals in the first layer, and average yield was eighty-one bushels to the acre, the lirst pre mium being taken with 1 Km bushels. The interest in these contests, and their success proco that the South ern planters are abandoning the Iihisc, old plantation methods, and ' are ieginning to see tne prone aim comfort in small farms well tilled. In this connection we have thought it well to reproduce the I'urman formula which we jirinted l.uit year and the year before, with decided benefit we have understood to many of the farmors of this State. 1 1 is gi en iMiw : -When I determined to go to farming, five ears ago," said Mr. 1'nnnan "I saw that it would not do to farm in' the old wav. I saw ' f.rm.-r. ,.l mo era 1 1 I n rr i rr, r r- every dav, though they worked like cotton took out, your soil is evi- slaves. I saw them starving their dently richer. I've shown you the land so that each year theiryield was money profit iu manure. I've scan. tier and their farms less vain- shown you the added value it gives able. I saw that it was still the!to laIil1- There are many other plow following the axe, and that as advantages. You make your crop fAt. ils th. i irmpr stAi-vod mil. a oaicker and with less danger. 1 m-. nf lnnd hf cleared nnr A new . piece. Worse than all I saw that t my own land rented to small farm ers WAS .11 I'KE CENT POOKEU AND LESS VAI.UAJiLE than it was a few years ago, and that it would soon cease to pay mo rent. I knew that Georgia was blest with the best conditions of season and soil, and that if properly treated it would yield large results. T therefore .selected sixty five acres of the poorest land I had and went to work. The first thinp, of coarse, wan to enrich the soil. To do thu there wa.s but one way, to fetsl. and pive it more food than the crops took from it, ami above all to give it proper ftod. I knew that certain phosphatic manures stimulated the soil so that it pro duced hcary crops for a while and then fell oft'. I wanted none of these. I did not Indicve in soil an.ilsis. That was not exact enough. hat I wanted was to know ex tcllv what a perfect cotton plant took from the soli. That ascer tained, then to restore to the soil exie'Iy tho.-e elements in larger 1 11 .in r 1 r y than the crop had at iracted them. This is the basis ot ni'ensive fanning, and :t will al w.ir, give land that :s rich year after ear. I had a cotton plant analyzed, and found that I needed e'g'..t elements :n my manure, of which commercial tertilizcrs only Pirni-ihed thre' and the soil only one. I therefore determined to buy c he nr. ca ls and mix them with humus, much decayed leave.s, stable manure and co'ton peed till I had secured evacth whit was needed. I did -. and at l.it produced a perfect compost lor 0 "I'll. I then ascer tained ih. 1' my crop of eight bales had taken out ol each a.cre of my ! liid a- much of the constituents ot co-'en a was held in I'.'iH 1'ounds of r:. coini...-:. 1 th iclotc o'l ea pur .'"o h acre, ( I op I'I ut. The r hales i- o: i omiMit drub;,- what the ar t'eiore had taken v a that 1 in ule li I then re: ored 'lull tile 1 . 1 1 e Sale-, had taken out hat and ell! ra th: ; : ve ell b lies. doubled ear and he Ilex bales. I doubled have at 'east ig.n ear .:.Ie 1 ost n:e . iiil a ;:.i!s. The first ear 1 ids to the acie lost . or 1 1 1 lop sixty - live :n;. crop n 'se t pom eigii ' ies, the extra tour bales .'on surplus. .T .! net i.e. N c ' 1 a r m to push it np to three bales an acre. I have a few acres on which I put 1M,(MK) pounds of compost as an ex periment, and every aere of if ni l give me three bales tln.i year." T II K fo K M V I. A liii: i III". ' "M 1'i'S'l . Hero is my formula: Take thirty bushelsof well lotted .stable manuie or well rotted organic matter, as leaves, about t muck, etc.. and scatter it iree inches thick upon a piece of ground so ,-ituated "hat wa'er will not stand on if. but shed off in every direction. The thnt. bushels will weigh alnuit nine hun dred pounds; take two hundred pounds of good phosphate, which cost me A'JL'.od per ton, delivered, making the JIM) pounds cost and 1 K pounds kainit, which cost me by the ton 1 I, delivered, or 70 cents for 1 ( M Miunds, and mix the acid phosphate and kainit thor oughly, then scatter evenly on the manure. The next thirty buheii gTeeli cotton seed and distribute evenly over the pile, and wet them thoroughly; they will weigh nine hundred pounds: take again two hundred pounds acid phosphate and one hundred pounds kainit. mix and spread over the seed, be gin on the manure and keep on in this wiiv, building up your heap thirty bushels cott-on seed, weigh ing nine hundred pounds, and three hundred pounds of chemicals in the second layer, and these two layers combined for the perfect compost. You perceive that the weight is li.400. Value at cost is: 30 bushels cotton seed. 124 cti... 400 pounds acid phosphate 200 pounds kainit Stable manure nominal ToUl Or for 2.4C0 pounds a total value . 4..-.0 1.4' . ?0.(!5 if sy.ftj 'This mixture makes practically a perfect manure for cotton and a ! splendid application lor corn. It t- y V"' , restores to the soil everything the cotton took from it, except silica, which is in the soil in inexhaustible quantity. So that when you put in a UlTer OUantllV OI tllCSC tllilU Tlie mado last year mado la.st year, mark this, forty sevefi bales on sixty five acres in three montliH ami five days. It n-oa ,.l , f Ail Ton,-, "l.C o o .1 t 1 w", n oitiLiiv-i rJUUC ,.111, iluu I nu . , , . . , , caterpillar uniMieu it on epieiuoer moTt! lbjiu counterbalanced by the pro 10th. I showed the agricultural' tection fiom the winters snow in a society a stalk five feet high w ith 12t bolls by actual count on it The seed from which this plant grew wad planted just tifiy-nine days before. Cotton grown this way can be picked with halt the cost and time ot ordinary cotton. On my cotton land this year I raised 1 () bushels of oats to the acre, aixl after cleaning oil' the stubble 1 planted the cotton, one stalk of which I .showed the conven tion." One is notto drop the cot ton seed iu a continuous row. but simply to put a few seed 111 the hill where you want a plant. l!y strewing the seed in a sprinkled row there is a great w:u.te. A cotton seed is like an egg, when a chick is born there is nothing left but the shell. When the seed is sprouted theie is nothing but the shell letr. The fertilizing power of this seed is lost. Worse than this. It draws from the soil for the elements that make it grow. It is left to deplete the soil in this way for two weeks at least, and is then chopped down, leaving only one out of twenty plan's to grow to fruitage. S plan is to plant lour or live seed 111 a lull. The lulls to stand in foin feet squares. Of these I would let two plants to the lull grow to per fection. It takes from two to four bushels of seed lo plant an acre II) the old way. 11 y my plan a peck to the acre is enough, and the soil i not drawn to support a multitude of surplus pi, tuts for two or three weeks. Planting in four loot squares is better than the old way. Cotton is a -un plant and needs room lor its roots. When cramped to lL'or 1.1 Miches 1; cannot a't.r.n its perfect growth. My aim is to put t lie pi a 11 ts two toget In foot squares, and average bolls to the plant. This me a pound ot seed cott plant, or t hi ce bales to I h " 1 never Touch it w 1 in 1 to our l.ln w ill give 'II tot iiC arir. Tl th grow t h tpreadu;. 'i cotton Iilanient root and s:io ed mo lion Ic.iol "Ut liom the these ale c feed : the gl o w ' Ii stops until they are restored. I am satl.slicdthat three hm-iugs lo-.; nie eighteen day s ot' gn.w ; h, m' :x day each. I run a shallow plow alone the co' ton rows, and never go deep enough to cut the loo'-. Hat theie an men I a ; W I.ICll 11 i I'll thing is ; he 1 n r: n l' ,1:1.1 a iliilcr. l'h u '"HP I I -t s 1 m - ' age Call M What I have common seed heap manure. and any man. without. price or pur- i h.iM'. can do what I have done. I am satitied to make my money out oi tin- ground: I want none from my lcllow farmers. The diflienlty with us all is that we try to farm too much land. I'm good for s.;,()oo with two mules and si.xty-tive acres. Next year I'll bi ar thii. In the meantime, I am "bringing up" twenty-rive new acres. 1 never want over one hun dred acies. These I will cultivate with three mules, and I'll make Job bales of cotton on them, besides all the corn and oats I need." T am anxious," he added, "to see my plan adopted. If it is done we shall have the best State in the world. Why, look at France. Her recuperative nower is t he wonder of the world. Ami what is it based on? Simply that she can raise two crops one of those a lentil crop in one season. lint in middle Georgia I can raise three crops per season on a p:ece (it laud and leave it richer than when I started, viz.: oats, cotton or com and peas. ; There is nothiug like it. Give ine ltd) acres of land like the sixty-five that I own now, and I don't want an oraiirre crovc. or a factory, or a truck farm, or anything else. lean live on mvlOO acres of Georgia scrub land'like a kinsr. and lav un t'.in v seed, no land, done ha been with on poor land, with money every year. Any Georgian late election, iiou!d s.wiv them to cay have this' in live years if he I be insuperable. But, believing- as wauts it. The rule I have followed we do, that, the reformed sm cm will bring it just as surely as the cannot be held to be securely es sun brings heat and light."" 1 tablished until it lias safely passed the ordeal of such party change. Iterne and Sen Berne. and recalling with much satistac- In December, A.D. 1710, a eoloDy of tiou and confidence .your public ex Swiss and German Palatines, under the pressions favorable to reform, and leadership of Louis Mitchel and Chris topher. Baron de Graaffenreidt, landed n r the Tti i I inn villa cro nfPllatt-ylba at-tVio confluence of the Neuse and Trent ; ndentiy commend this cause to your rivers, and founded a town, which, in patriotic care in the exercise of tlie honor of De Graaffenreidt. who was a great power with which tiie Aineri native of Berne, in Switzerland, was ! nan i.,.o tr,Kto.i called New Berne. This town wns in corporated by act of the Legislature passed in the year 1723. frI0- ? a?c - institute in 1S70. sneaks of Berne a8 ' follows: "Berne, the capital of the Swiss Con- teueracy. is in appearance thoroughly a Swiss town of the old school. Its site is a boM j,ronjont0rv nearly surrounded by the Aar, a tributary of the Rhine. The appearance of the town is yery quaint. Entering it from the south, "J k oui., at intervals from each other, beneath towers which mark so many epochs in the extension of the walled town. Be fore the use of artillery Berne was a place of great strength, the site having been selected in the twelfth century for its military properties, by Berthold of Zahringen, the founder of the city. Tha ironts 01 tne nouses in tne principal sneeus, r, i.i liic iLtiiiau towns ux tne Middle Ages, rest upon arcades, which . piacaicai leioimin tile Civil ser form covered walks for passengers. The I vice is demanded is abundantly heavy piers of the arcades render the established by the fact that the , i 1 v . . shops dirk, but this uops u-iik. out una inconvenience is town almost among the Ips, and at an elevation of sixteen hundred feet above the sea. The streets are provided at in- 1 and, by the further fact that the tervals with fountains of curious de-: sentimen t is generally prevalent vices and rude execution in which, be- j amoug patriotic people calling for a si.lcs the figure of the bear in various ! ,. 1 i,. c . .1 "armorand attitude." are warriors and falr 111 ll iest enforcement ot the goddesses, and remarkable above all, Iaw which has thus been enacted, the terror of children, the great Kinder- I regard myself pledged to this, frcsscr. or ogre, who with the head and because inv conception of true shoulders of one poor innocent in his Democratic' fait h and public duty gaping mouth, in the very act of swal- ,,,-,.,. n .1 ,-, ., ; ,, ,., " Fcwing. hus a bag full of similar choice -'JUH that this and all other mouthfuls about his neck, apparently statutes should be in good faith and struggling to escape the fate of their without evasion, enforced. ;ind be comrade. In one of the towers is the cause iu many utterances urate famous clock of kindred taste with the " ,.H.afACVl?ua-:0.ck El representing Father Time reverses his! hour-glass, and opens his mouth as if to cry aloud to the careless. At noon is the grand procession of the bears, who, mar?!i.iled by knights and soldiers. is?ue to the s uind of music and pass before the figure of Time, first on all fours, then half erect, and finally rampant, liguric.g thus the different conditions of the town, of which they are patrons. The tigure now raises a wand and strikes the hour upon a mimic bell, keeping time with the striking of the clock: the cock again flaps Ins wings, and for tweuty-'c 'ur hours the bears have rest. The regard fm bruin in berne has been the grow tli of the ages. The accidental ki'dmg of a bear by the Duke of Zahrin gen on the day of founding the city piaced tlie i lligy upon the coat of arms, and perhaps gave name to the infant city, for Heme signilies bear in the Swabian dish-ct. The effigy of the bear was connected with the conquests of the warlike burghers, and the living animal kept to amuse the people by his amies. A whimsical old lady left a handsome estate to the town to maintain a family of bears forever, and in IT'js the animal became associated with the misfortunes of the canton as it had been with its rise and prosperity. The sav ings in an the estate of the bears shared the Lite ofth .se of the canton, when the I-'rench armies appropriated the th.rty millions of specie in the vaults of t:.e tre.isurv. The bears themselves wa re removed from their ditch and t ra n - nor 1 e I to 1 'a r is. the huge cage c on -t in. ing tic father of the family having 'ij-'M :t the in-tilting inscription, not y.-t f..rgotten by the people, of Avoyer President of Heme. One only lived : . ret'ini to his home at the general r- p -ration of the spoils of Europe, but 1. e hears . I the present generation up. ar to hhve forgiven or forgotten the rrows of their parents, and. all 1111 nscious of tiieir own present depeml ; stale, are as diligent in climbing It s. and as active in begging and iuarreling bre..,l a 1 always bee and cubs. "In 1 ict .anions ad b r nuts and ginger : the present bear-d itch had n the abode of both parents tober. Is:'.!, the Confederated dopted a republican form of nt. wl.i'-h de dared the sov- 1 v . - r n 1 1 1 .; . ignty of the people, the liberty of the lie . the right of the representative ...unci! to originate measures, tolera :i ii f leiior.n with an established n;i- V. tir-: ry gra. iti.en is an and every tl: t t: 1 . s an elect, r of votes for the 1 Hi the Is'th day revised federal was ad .pled, ry similar to s. 1 nly jiaving ace t" States V 1 cut : ve power Pa 1 I eie. t- d i ' V . 1 1 , " chairman .-ted Hre-i lent . tne 11 fa el. t I. It. Warren. Ha ci vii. skk I ( ' f. in-: i o;:-.i. A Letter from land Ofdiitns; t-llciil i leu . je t. New Y'Kk, Decembe following cm re.-pondt no itself: yttionn! M'iri! Lfiitur. Of'ift t I'i a: s'n I he. I'll, ls-sl. Hon. (In T ! e explains ilfci 1 t. (T ( 'leve land Sir: We have ihe h address you on behalf of l tional Civil Service K'eli rin 1 an association couni,.., d ol' ot all parties, whose .-die pur indicated b its name, and takes no part whaiever m a uue. i;: ii-- 'M' is pal ty ise iii d in a ve vice. controversy the number Tii va :;iei " enga the ii i - in; ; he it ry in r: v c il' the Civil Service am mischiefs a:;d dangers general pi i which for i-ci iptlon in half a ceiitu lowed the change of p Mi!. I of the National Administration, have produced so piolouud an im pression upon the public mind that the lirst effective steps toward ie form were taken with the m opera tion ot both parties in ihe passage of the reform act of .laiiuarv d a. 188.'). The abuses which that ;.cr seeks to correct, however, are so ; strongly entrenched ditions and usages of in Ihe tia both pavtk-s. that there is naturally widciprend anxiety lest t he parly cnangi national executive, effected in t lie by t he your official acts as Chief Executive , of the State of New York, we con- Kespectfully yours, . George William Curtis, President ; Wro. Potts, Secretary; John dav , Moorefield htory, J. Hall J'leasants, W, . Montgomery, Everett P. j Wheeler, Frederick Cromwell. Morrill "Wvniau. jr., Carl Schuiz, bilas . liurt, A. S. Macdanaugh, Win. Carey Sawyer, Wm.W. Aiken, Executive Committee. PRESIDENT-KI-KCT CLEVELAND'S REPLY. AL1LVNV. Y., J)CC. L'oth, 1SSI. Hon. ('t'.rc William CurtU-, l'rrsi dent, t(c: Dear Sir: Your com munication, dated December L'Uth. addressed to me ' National Civil on behalf of the Service Uefoiai League h been received. That i 1 , - ., : statute reieiTed to iu our com munication to secure such icsul; has been passed in Congress with the assent of both political parties: nrior to mv elect-ion ..is Pie approved bv the party" to w alellt , itch J belong, and w ich 1 have no lii.-jio- uuion to disclaim, l nave m cilect promised the people that that .should be done. I am not uiiiiiindl't:! of the fact to which you refer, that many of om citizens fear thai the recent parly change in the national executive may demonstrate that tic abuses which have grown tip in t!a civil service are inexorable. I know that they are deeply looted, and that the spoils system lias been supposed to be intimately related, to success in the maintenance of party oigani.atioii. and am not sure that all those v. bo proles-, to be friends of this icloi v.-' ; 1 .'.!! liell way lilv :ted era- firmly among its advoo.i', they find if obstrueting ii to patronage and j.lace. Uut. f appreciating the trust coninii; to my charge. 110 such ct'-nsiii tion shall cause a relaxation my parry of an earnest t f!'oi enforce this law. There is a of government positions which 01: iil'i IV,: Ilot within the letter ot ! he ( service statuti disconnectt-d v administiiitiou which Ie policy rciii"'al lln'ocllts -e n: a ie 1 lth t th from of present opinion should m the terms for wh iointed. solely on lir t 1 ich II I and for the their places t litical arena iowci. lint such posifio pill j llOSI I w; ni. lis II--. iti : I: just claim to icteiii'oii. they Inive Used tfiei: p! arty iiirpose.s. i 11 i 1 si ,-gji . duty to ! he pcopie, and bee Stead of decent public they have proved iheins 1, sive partisans and u 1 . - : maniiiulatoi'.s of local par: incur, should The be icssoii. lileill Hi ollicials, ; should be tan lit lies anil devotion t ne coud in .ubli( and alii vidtial able me. If I Wen friends I is 1. ' 'I! sure ol lob lit pio the Dei I lie' fill 'I' to I'clli 1 J, a pait KKNEKAL NEWS. Cm A; i. Dee. A dispatch from Pierre. Dakota, say.-: Pierre is one s -ethiiiij; iikus ot 11 one ami all eil'orts of the citizen s are unavailing to stay the fire. Tlit) wind is blowing a licrce K'de 'lid the mercury is down to twenty-five d.-.re. s l.i low- zero. All the puiiifis are 1 r 'Z. n sol i. I ale! it is im po-sible n secure viali r. 7ili u. women ami children are working desperately, endeavoring to save laoj.erty. caring nothing for the intense cold and looking only to the a-sistani-e of ether.-. The lire is now , sw eeping ImvanU tlie river. Mi'!:a. Dec. ;I0. At Granada to-day a Te Deum was sunt; and prayers were olfeivd tor t he cessation of the earth ijuake. At Priego. in the province of Cordova, the shocks came while the tlie. are was crowdi d with ieoile. A ternldv' panic followed. .Many persons jumped from the galleries and from the windows upon the crowd below. Two ere killed outright, and forty were !.'!' or less seriously injured. At .'iL.iaga two lofty chimneys, forming a pari ot the gas works. P 11 to the earth. : le- patients m the hospital were so ter- j i hie i that they forgot tor the tune being l their mala lies and lied to the open air. j The convicts in the prison refused to, enter their cells and remained all Uigiu m the court yard. Albania ' and Santa Ciu. were completely I destroyed. The soldiers are at work j clearing up tin' ruins m search of ewri'-es. v. nii'h are found in larire num bers. .Many of them are horribly dis figured. The number of persons killed is .mil unknown. There is no doubt, however, that tin1 report which fixed the number at 'JUO is an exaggeration. There is much distress among the survivors. Mawiih. Dec. 30. Every fiesh detail rec--ive.i from the district in which the earthquake shock was severest adds new horrors to the great calamity. At Nerja. a towu of 5.000 people, in the province of Malaga, and 27 miles east of the city of the same name, the earth quake was followed by a hurricane. This lini.-hed tap. destruction of rVoVif houses which had already beeu brouuht to the brink of ruin by the previous snock. The inhabitants tied in terror from their houses and camped outside of the town. Much suirerinp; has been caused by the scarcity of provisions. The alarm in Malaga, however, is now subsidnit;. and affairs, it is believed, will soon resume their ordinary course. London. DvC. 20. To-day is Glad stone 's seventy-fifth birth day and the ojcasion is being celebrated with great festivity at liawarden. Birthday greet ings reach the great leader from all f' .V:. ot the empire. The Prince of Wales has sent, cordial congratulation,,. Many liberal bodies take advantage of the dav to present the "grand old man'" with aaurtsses expressive 01 continued confidence and , rofoond a.lmirati.m. Tim newsr.nners wi.honr rlistincrion of .,,..,. ,i..,-.. i. .,. I'ai i , , vn.-,o.e ic'ie-iiug aiLiuies to the! : Z ' " ",' xi-i ..i.oa..uLt..j. oichndinci Hero, from YY llmmgton, N. C, for Port 01 opain. arriveu at .Nassau on the ,'utn. 1 short of coal, and with her boiler tubes ! leaking badly. She will await material to repair from New York. Little Rock. Ark.. Dec. 31. The i rainfall hero continued until six o'clock I yesterday afternoon, when it slackened. I Telegrams from all quarters of the State ; record continuous rains. The Arkansas j river at this point had risen up to last : night four feet in the precoeding 13 t hours, when it was one foot ten inches I below the danger line and still rising. ! All other rivers, north, south and east, ; continued to rise and additional damage j to fences, houses and stock is reported, i but the extent can only be conjectured, 1. as miles of .bottom lands along rivers j rfre Hooded. The total rainfall here for 1 December has been over sixteen inches; two t birds of it fell in the past ninety hours. At some points on the Ouchita river it spreads through bottom lands a : distance of ten miles. Three miles north oT Arkadelphia there is a break over Xi'JO feet lung, and the water rushes at tile rate of twenty-five miles per i hour; while there is another break, be lieved to be worse, reported half a mile . further north. Gal vi-sTu.N. Tex.. Dec. ;tl .Terrific ram .-tonus have deluged this State j and Spain to sign the Sooloo protocol during the past four days, doing great I all j ignore Germany 's pretontions. " h mage to railway and other property. , DlbL1n. Dec. Cl.-The Nationalist i rams have been flayed I and country (.-monstrution which was announced roads rendered unpayable, owing to . to take ,,iace at the village of Coal Island, bridge washouts. ; COUDtv 'Tyrono ha8 beeu ,)roclaimed bv OltlijAGO, Dec. 31. The temperature the authorities, because a counter-dom-has f-llen 30 degrees in this city since onstration was threatened and it wao midnight. 9 O'clock this morning it - feared a collision might occur. Extra stood S-j degrees above gero. At Omaha I police have been sent to Coal bland, ir stood 4 degre.es below; at t. Paul."1 above: at Keokuk 4 above; at Fargo 20' r b low, and at Winnepeg 16 below. Nor(l' farolina Nrerolegj. Columbus, O., Dec., 31.- The officers I As is our custom we reproduce on the of tlie flocking Valley, railway and coal i first day of the new year some of the j.-hange report everything quiet in the i more important deaths that occurred in -.a: v this mornins;;, thoueh thev North Carolina during the year lss.). e ' l i css the opinion ,, tnat there ..I be some trouble to-mght. 'y ie y sayjie deruoustrators last night t.uh d ta take an active- part for the reasons that the strikers were met with such a strong force of guards at a point whore thi-y expected to make an attack. They eons id. r the unusual dem onstration.; at this time as an effort to keep the iaii. their ranks a:: of tiiern have .! breaking from nv! irk. as many ide I to do. Early this 1 morning scy. 1 a 1 1 hippy Hollow . !. d anage. raid thi outward demons the unlawful .-! ; shot were hred at lout doing any ill with was the rat ion . tent ot the :h. part of 1 I. -lid. it. I'lCed. istc! lilferei.. e stoi". kl.oW 1 1 ' 1 t li nt 1 tin Konl pose A. I 1 I i. 11 a Pi. -1- iks as W. ek it d a. 't a .ii . 1 . t s lor cine- re su-.jiie- U is". . nle I I carts, tents and sheds. All around the ruined town tower snow-clad nioun- tains. The picture altogether is striking and impressive. The shock a', (iranada last night was more severe than any since Thursday. The people wre afraid to remain in their houses, and occupied the f.fre.fa nil niirlo if Kin r tVirt .,,.,! shock since Thursday. The panic al- 1 ready prevailing among the sceptics was greatly increased. Ten thousand per- I bons left the city yesterday. I Washington, U. C, Jan. 1. Pay master General Rochester said to-night ! that all the information received here ! concerning the disappearance and al- ! leged defalcation of Major W. II. Smyth. , pay-master at Savannah, Ga., was adis patch from the clerk atthat.'fRce, which came to him yesterday, stating that Mr. Smyth drew ifa.auO from the Mer chant's National Bank of Savannah on Monday and had not been to the office since, but had been seen on Tuesday w ith his moustache shaved off riding in a carriage on which was a new and cheap looking trunk, and that it wan 1 supposed he had left the city by tin southern train and had gone to Honda. Gen. Rochester said that Col. Carey, of the paymaster geneial's ofhVe. has been directed to go to Savannah and to take charge of the office and papers there and will leave the city to night for that purpose. He said also that about Sa.OOO was about the amount of govern ment funds subject to Maj. Smith 's draf ( in Savannah, but that about ?.V0U0 I more was subject to his draft iu New ork. He did not know whether Maj. Smyth had drawn this sum or not. Maj. Smyth has been in the pay department of the army for about two years and until last February was stationed in Montana, but was tran f erred at that time to Savannah. He is about 30 years of age and unmarried. He is a son John F. Smyth, of Albany, N. Y., formerly superintendent of in- ..,.,-..... i . . 1 1 , i . : e l , 'wr u iiuuueu Gen. Hancock, in whose department Savannah is, of the disappearance of Mai Smvfh iudj. omj in. T.I-niVfJTOV Mich Ton 1 Tka H nl ' & Pequimett steamer. No. 1. left Mil-! waukee last Tuesdav nurht with a nnm- . . r ber of passengers and a cartro of1 Hour and lumber. After a heavy! passage the steamer reached the pier at Ludingtoh at 7 o'clock i yesterday morning. While attempt- ing to enter the mouth of the river i the wind drove the vessel to the north 1 of the pier and it was blown sideways ' on the beach. During the excitement j of the disaster a steam pipe connected I with the boiler burst and Joseph Slice, i iyreXv"thn.wte?;i .' uau Y mjurea, DUI it wtnougnt, " " TT' ' . h 1 I crow.to"k otTe messengers and the , . t , - ' . . - ! boat ,S. .'PB 1D a dangerous position. and with the present eea no help A 11 .1. 1 I ' 111:1 C (1 11 reach her V. ,uu. "J K u t uocu w ciniitrii uvtiiuiiaru. hi u k h i i kh- I stack and rudder are also gone. If the ! 1 ls not broken the damage mav be . ies8 than it is feared. London, December 31. Tlie Standard this morning publishes a dispatch from 1 Madrid under tl e heading: "The Inso- j lence of Germany.'' Referring to the failure of the protocol 'regarding the j Sooloo Archipelago to receive signa- tures, it 6ays: "There was a positive agreement on the partof three countries 1 interested Spain, England and Ger- j many to affix official signatures on j Dec. 19. At the last moment, how-; ever," the dispatch continues, j "Count Von Salms Somenwalde. Ger man plenipotentiary, in the usual re- 1 cent high-handed style of German dip-1 lomats, produced the novel claims of Germany, showing a desire to infringe ! upon English and Spanish rights in Borneo, the Zooloo Islands. Germany I has also given Spain to understand that 1 she does not approve of the commerciul 1 concessions which Spain is making to England arid the United States. ISoth ' Germany and France insist that their ' exports shall be admitted to the Spanish West Indies upon equal footing with ex ports from America. Spain is not dis posed to yield to such snubbing. The newspapers counsel the close knitting together of Spain, England, Italy and the United States. Thev urge England It is of course incomplete, but it em braces all of the more prominent names, we think, and those of many usefu ! . es teemed gentlemen who had local repu tations. The death roil of lead ing names is unusually large. Men of learning, of talents, of distinction were among lie dead. The pulpit, ihu bar. the medical profession, the farming community, are all represented by able and excel lent citizens whose deaths arw a great loss to the State. Among the dead "ill be found Confederate soldiers wh served their State with fidelity and con spi "nous gallantry. Here is the list : James G. Scott. Maj Thomas Spar row. Col. John I.. Hridgers. . K. Smedes. Isaac 11. Davis. Col. William A. Alh n. Henry 1. Graingir. I ' r .1 I.. 1 1, nder-on. l'r. 1 'Imrles N. ( har,.ii.i. Hon. Jos. ph l.):.on. Hr. Pet-r W. V. ung. Het. r '. IV-01 I. W. II. Or chard l'r. .1. H. Pucker. Rev. Dr. Sam uel C. Hharr. l'r. David T. Tayloe. Maj. lliiniiin J. Devalue i'npt. William M Sutton. Alexander Sprunl. Capl. It. .M Allison. 1 diaries W. Galloway. Edwin M. lb.lt. Jiis. Harv. v Moore, kev. I has ( '. 1 lodson . A . D. lvo sti r. Key. J.ll ( 01 inn . 1 lis P. M eii.ieninil 1 . Rev. In. I'nirv Lac v. apt. I'.v.tard Hall, l'r W I.. Hove. Henry H. Hurwcll. Ibai. ,f l,:i Hool. Thomas Dickson. J .ph II. Wh son. Dr. William D. IVnd.r ( d. I ! u a 1 d E. Sumner. I . v 11 I - .1 lb v. . L'r. Jcs-e(,. Hrvan. U illi..m 1 . 1 me It v. Dr. ii. 1 1 . apman ' . Il.nrv apl. H aid well. Dr. .I.11: ( ol. . s M. W. - It'. Sprum ,1. HloW . St tr ( .1 D. Id,.' I ' d Ihe dep. it 1 lu pn 1! . I 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . p II, vial, nip oi-' rl'i an iisiia 1 that tin low the . hut li -N ill h, rate live r; Professional Cards. CHAS. H. BROWN, T ) It N E Y A T - I. A W , KRKASSV'ILLR. H. C. 1'r.u'l lien I a 1 1 ie Conn Uot of Duplin, Lenoir Craven. JulieH Mini limlnw. Col ieetloll ol I Mai 11)8 H HpOOlAl ty . Corri.BKndeiicP Mrltd. KurAwia J OWEJN II. GUlONf j ATTORNEY AT JLAW, ! Offlr formerly M-(niplMl by Rlmmon A Manly, oi)hhiI (jiiHUm lioluc Will prartlro In the CounttM of OrTM' I vrJrHutn ar2M-dirlv. C. R. THOMAS, ATTOKNEY AT LAW. 'litre on Craven iirwt.1 n Htanly HulMInf ' ' l'"llN k .treet. iicnrfctwlr C. R. THOMAS, Jr. 1IEAVFORT, N. C. Cfll con fouler of Tnrnernnrt Kront mtnta. Will (Tart 11 conn! Ii-n In t.'arteret ftlid MjolntiiK 1 'i 1 1 1 1 . t at U'D Hon to fyillertlon of eltttna. iiovi lwly WILLIAM J. CLAKKEr COCNSELLOR AT LAW, Atteuilnnll thn ronrtii hehl North faroim. at New 8m, to oollMttng ( I'artlcular attention paid I olairiiB, ami oonveyKuclng. I nltHd stat.'H ;omin IbNloner Kent. IHtd. ISM. dw MOORE & CLARKE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. New Heme, N. O. W1U pmctlne In th Ctotirta Of 0rtt,Cr- ven, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Ouh and Pamiieorountie. 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