Tor Tj.it t- .r . 'fcar)nsaBtVg W-V SHgtnr,J"m,'"IM' n,1.Mtarr,i.t-jwtf " r. m 1, ,1 1 ' -'C - . - - ""'rO-ii.TK... -S;r;i:?::-lf '-.CC '-:.;y . : - ,I . " ' INDEPEXDIXT 1 1ST ALL THINGS. Term m gs.oo IT o r -v-Mr. VOL. X. NEW HERXE, CKAVKN COl'NTY, X. C, SEPTEMKER In- NO. 23. Time. Some have plenty, sonic h.ivo more. We have enough and so much to spire To talk to you matters concerning onr store, which ia fact anil substance is jast this, that we haven't lial any fair ehiace sooner, to tell yoa. that our new pnn gools have come in, And What is still better we have sold a good qu.uiti'y of them already, but aot enoagh to break the immense assortment In the virions branches of LADIES' DRESS GOODS m th, ,.. w loading shades, Ginghams. Pongees, , , ti- t i oroiaerea itress jvuuua Fine lin- of Notions, Handkerchiefs, Buttons, Ruch ing, Everlasting Trimmings, Embroideries, Para sols 'n various tvlo, i :-. fi ' ' w- M-.n t i-nu-in-ratc all wo have for the ldies. READY MADE CLOTHING m ny quantity for Men nd boys rienty of Shoes t all prices, besides the well known Ziegler Bros. make. Gents' Hats, Neckwear, nd o forth. Pants Goods from 10 cU. per yard to 1.7.". Furniture, Furniture, Glassware and Groceries, in truth most tnvthinc n- which you will surely to Yours iiK- rel v. OETTINGER BROS., sign of "The Celebrated Pearl Shirt." Attention! Cotton Ginners. D yo want ft Cotlan Gin tht will gin green or wet cotton satisfactorily! Tk Wny the DANIEL PRATT GIN from J. Do yo want Cotto Gin that will tkni perfectly Then bay the DANIEL. PRATT GIN from J. C. WHITTY, Newborn. X. C. frtn ntn if will Do jdu wvtt a wmj tt DAiNIEL PRATT GIN J. C - CLuIm H. Fowler of Stonewall, Pamlico county, writes: On the 2Sth day f September, 188J, I ginned with a 6lty saw Pratt Gin over Fifly-flve Hundred Pound! of Lint Cotton, making over Twelve four hun 4r4 poaad bale. Caa yoa afford to boy any other if tkia sUtement is oovrvott Jut write Mr. Fowler a posul caid and see what he says. Ifj. AaromF. Faruell of Wards Mill, Onslow county, says: The Pratt Gin dX better work than any Gin I bve trcr used. Kuns light, gins faster, I an ied as clean aa you want them, and will not choke at all. Joabaa L. Tucker, of Johnston's Mill, Titt county, says: I Lave used a nmbr of different males of Cotton Gics. hut the Pratt bought of you beats tfcewt It atrtar that there u no comnanson. It is the oniv Uin tnat i nave Ter ued that will gin wet or green choking. JTow if you want any further evidence just let me hear from you, an J 1 will ad joa a Pratt Gin on ten bales trial, and if not satisfactory, No Pay, and I will bear the expenses. I MEAN BUSI NESS, nd if you wint the Beit Cotton Gin, then buy the Pratt. It i arranged with Revolving Heads, so that you cannot break the roll. Vender the Feeders and Condensers are perfect, taking all dust out ot the gin room. Write for circulars and prices Terms .easy. tW Bemember also that I deal in all classes of MACHINERY, HARDWARE, Etc. g4 Purine KnltattMailif r Set, Walnut Bedstead. Rureaus. Ward robes. H&ttffet CHai", Lounges, Sofas, Centre Tables. EfCfitc. at ROCK BOTTOM PKICF.S JOHN SIFTER, Middle Street, New Berne, N. . cr mo cJ! b" WtiII Itnoo rtf tho HhrtTTA ShnPS fnr 3m hV ' t HOWABD & JONES, sole ft woolJ b to-se Napoleoa crossing th? Alps, with ninety thousand British cameo, in aa open boat. BUT it is a greater sight to iee the crowd going to the Store of F, T. PATTERSON, The Middle Street Merchant, TTIIO II VS A Gentlemens Furnishing Goods Cooairtiag of LISEN. and SEEUSIVKEP. Lit I FIT WEIGHT SLITS at HALE E&ICE- Shirt, Collar. CutTi. l'n lerwear for Mniiner use at your own figures. TKUNKS and VALISES, just the thin for h jt weather travrl. at way down nrlea I mast mate room lor 1".I mer Good only. o I tr.c n "TV not uk ua to enumerate our t-i .J W a w rhir r j.ljwtirn Erarvthiax jonn roan wants U replenish his wardrobe. N'ock Wear neat UlWlMCH u.opiiei r,gu. MtO Cartwtt. HoiBMpan- Shoe, they India Lawns, Piques, Em- i -b: A .it a ! 1 j i v ; ha7- procure C. W HIT T Y, Newbern, N. C. gin rapid and at the same time clean not rtinYft OT break the roll. Then ' from WHITTY, ewbern, X. C. cotton and clean the seed without Pn:'o!i. I.ic. sC( tctv sn-vi asi rocr re a: -r TfT t: JMi:S MKAS 4 MlOE r Hie JAMIif) M KANS . SHOK, arcm-Jins to vour nreLs i'oh;it j n'-ti1 EsUuuk aiiiess cur mjaiup apper p juni on tb vei. JAMES MEANS 34 SHOE T Jl ri wear so loc Li tij JAMES MEANS S3 SHOE; .- r- - v,', o rrv - - " ' ; - a .: t : r. T f -i i .I I I V ! V . S 8-' MIOK. ' ' ' Japjies Means &, Oo. C Lincoln St.. Doator.. Mass. J , agents for New Berne. KINK LINK OK Stock, Iwiico will not carry Siini- u.otoiiier the benefit of discount. i. but come ri,ht alon with the crowd - ..Vk iwiTit the nrices we "offer just wait away at tne prices we oner THE ONE MAN TOAVEH. l'.ro. Creecy ot the Eeonoir, it gets otT the following gool thing on 'The ne Man Power." The m tluence of one man is not only true in the instances pointed out here, but it extends to all occupations, and in none is it more forcibly il lustrated than in farming. A model fanner will a lew ears revolutionize a community. IPs methods will not take at first, but as he steadily proceeds and wins success where nothing but failure is predicted, others will follow, Pm hear the Kcouomist on the subject: The intluenee of one man in a community is something phenome nal. Peter, a poor hermit, with nothiDg but will force aud enthusi asm, brought on the ( 'rusades which formed the most briliant and bloody period in European history. One distinguished lawyer in a community will train by Ins example a generation of younger men emnlous of distinction at the bar. A money getter, a man of wealth in a community will train an generation to the love of money and the ambition of accumulation. So with ot her clashes of d is! in cr ion A man who acquires distinction m a community becomes an uncon scious educator of an unconscious generation of men who are touched by the contagion of his example and thus acquire a momentum of which they kuow not the original motor. Pi the olden time at the I "Diversity the New Heme boys always bore otV the victory in competition with their boyish peers because Stanly and (Jas ton had fired their hearts with the love of honor and distinction. They were all familiar with their competitive triumphs at the bar ami their wordy thrnsts were at their finger tips. Cicero Hawks and John Backhouse; and before them ! Charles Speight were made orators. I and dispntanta by witnessing Stan j ly and Gaston's gladiatorial com ! bats in the court room when thev : were bovs. The elder Judge Iredell of the Supreme Court of the United judicial Ixjnch in Edenton which A bona fide Jadge is a bigger man there than in any other part of North Carolina. And that feeling ! of respect pervades all classes ot the commanity. We remember an illustration. Somewhere in the forties Judge Pierson rode the Edenton circuit and Gorham was landlord of Uornablew's tavern, where the Bayview now stands. Gorham had the phrenological or gans ot fassinesj?, approbativeness and self esteem larse. lie had been exwetinz the Jndee darinz the dav on Saturday "from Gates court and had prepared himself for his reception by putting cn his best clothes and steadying his nerves with an extra touch of red eye. Toward evening, a stranger, with an easy, nonchalant air, poor ly dressed, walked in, soon ap proached the bar, where Gorham was standing and called for a drink. Gorham enquired if he would have the best, to which the stranger nodded affirmatively. Having finished his drink, Gorham slapped him familiarly on the back saying : "Old fellow : that's good enough for the Judge ain't UP' Just then a lawyer came in and approaching him addressed Judge Pierson. If a chosen thunder bolt had struck Gorham, he could not have been more alarmed, dumbfounded, mortified, frightened. It was some minutes before he could speak, when he yelled for his servants "Big Foot, Black Sam Little Jack come come, run, tlie Jndge, come!'' Gorham could never recover his equilibrium. He . retired earlv and next morninc did ; not make his appearance Gorham ! was dead. (i. Iirown tioode. Th v Fish Com mlssioner. KeiTeii Journal: Judge McCue having declined the office of U. S. Fish Commissioner, va cated by the death of Prof. Baird. the President haa made a selection of Mr. O. Brown Ooode, the beet appointment, in our opinion, it were possible for him to have made. Prof. Goode has a knowledge of the American fishery, unequalled by any other citizen of the continent. A few years ago. aa director of the American display in the World's Fishery Exposi tion at London, he figured as the most conspicuous exhibitor in consequence of his surpassing collection. Competing against the best governments of the world, he brought away all the most valued medals and awards, as tokens of the largest and most wonderful display that had ever been made. I: was while getting thin collection together that Prof. Goode so greatlj enlarged hid kDowleege of the industry, and in formed himself of the conditions and needs of the fishermen of America. While Assistant Director of the National Museum, has been, every day, for years, intimately associated with Prof. Baird, and haa gained a knowl edge of the methods of artificial propa gation and the general conduct of the work in all its departments that will enable him to dispatch the business in 1 hand with ease and satisfaction. Prof. ' Goode is known by nearly all the Com mission employee and is much esteemed by them. His task should be pleasant and his laurels great. He enters the field under favorable auspices, age of about forty-nine years. at the The President's Picture Iu St. Louis Chicaoo, Aug. 8. A Times special from St. Louis gays: "Trouble is break ing out here over the recent CleTeland picture excitement at Wheeling, and it now seems probable that the scenes will be re enacted here during the national encampment of the Grand Army of the , look to US tor their supplies. ll Republio. A gret many Democrats : m inKton uow has to pav a large have expressed an intention to haBf , t, c,o ib-iv., tho e, P.-i.nf ntMn,. r .ha tr.. i pnee lor the corn she hu s, t he in front of their buildings, and doubt less the Grand Army procession will be given opportunity enough to go under or around it. Street-corner discussions over the matter are frequent and warm and two Democratic papers of the city are having a dispute over it. One takes the ground that the Army was invited here by the city and that the soldiers should be treated as their guests and nothing done by our citi.ens to cause them to regret their visit, and expresses the hope that no Cleveland pictures will be Hang to the breeze during the encampment. The other claims that the Grand Army invited itself here; that it treated the city shamefully in the Cleveland invitation trouble, and in asking our citizens to haul down their Cleveland banners upon the arrival or tne veterans it is asking what cannot and should not be k THE oNM.mv I! VII. UO Vl. The New 1 '.erne ! i KN a I. ad dressing its remarks to Wilming ton, says: '-Fifty-two thousand bales of cotton went down Xense river, through Pamlico sound, to Norfolk since the tir-r of Septem ber, and the crop was one third short in this section. Puild oiir railroad through to New Pcrne in- stead of sto pm at New river. you can get a trge portion ei t hi: will a: 1 in loadini cotton, whir your tramps.' The alxive paragraph, taken liom a reivnt issue of the Messenger, speaks for itsolt and should cause onr people to cease all opposition to the building of the ,.-low and Fast irolina Railroad, and to bend all our energies to complete a road that would undoubtedly inure more to the benefit of Wilmington than any srheme ever before pro. jected. This may seem a broad a-ertion in the lace of the line re.-ults of all our railroad enterprises: et I think the assertion susceptible ot demon stration. The want of proper out let to the sea has alone prevented New Perne from being not only the metropolis of the State, Put ubo a city (if niiieh importance. S:tuaed on Neu-e river, which a few iniVs bei-o.v N'-w P.erne merges in'o tla broad expanse ,t Pamlico sound and ;l close and complete conilee tion with Albemarle sound, in iaet for commercial purposes t!i' two sounds may be called one. 1 take it that the position of New Feme. acco:iipa:i:ed b abundant depth o! water at ILtttcr.!-. would i:;ni:iVed Iv command the commerce of the sounds. As i' is. New p, I tie's sea outlet : s now pract ica !! -i ' Vuiolk. Va . I ij iaet. Norfolk in all times past ,as h.ni ,i complete monopoly ot the sound trade, and that por t;o:i of Fistern ('arelina bordering on the sounds, and a most profit able trade it has bee-i to her. For a long time her connect ion with the sounds was by the way of the Dis mill Swamp and Chesapeake aud Albemarle canals. but she has found it to her interest to build a road to K' some seve lton via Flizabcth Citv. b V ot Id miles so that a ,a,f:" 'W1"""1W, l"lul ' in that is un portion oi .ioemarie sound doubtedly secured to Norfolk and cannot be taken from her. Nevertheless, in order that she ni3v obtain the trade of a large por- tion of Albemarle and the whole of Pamlico sounds. Wilmington pro poses entering the list of competi- tors with Norfolk, and breaking a j few lances for supremacy. I f there arc fifty-two thousand (.31'. 000) bales 1 of cotton sent to Norfolk from New I Berne, which lies at the southern extremity of the sounds, what must th"re ljl' troIn th'' Pamlico and Tar r:trs. irom n asnington ami irom tln Koanoke, at Ph mouth and other points mi the sounds? Am 1 out of tin- way in saying that there are one hundred thousand Ioommi bales maikevd from tha territory.' 1 think n.'i . Now. the Wilmington. :i-!ow and Fast Carolina Faihoad will reach New Feme with ninety ; '.mi, miles of road, taking in the rich and valuable territory of Onslow and Jones counties, together with Grant township. id' Pender county which of itself will main tain a well-paying road. That this road to New liver, m Onslow roun to, will soon be Duilt is now, I think, an assured (act: the balance will surely lollow. When we tap the sounds at New P.erne, then the competition with Norfolk will com mence. Wilmington's chances will con sist of a single trunk line of ninetv 10 1 miles length, a cotton market equal to .onoiivs ineer iespeci, ... 1 . . x- , - . 1 1 . . . .- .. . and in some superior, and a harbor of sufficient depth of water to float and load steamers of two thousand (2,01m)) tons burthen. Norfolk, to reach New Heine, will have to traverse the entire length of the two sounds, which cover nearly one-half'-i A i the water front of the State of North Carolina, and theu must needs be transported by rail some seventy odd miles lrom I'.denton to her doors. On which side will the facilities of transporta tion he.' I have already observed that as a cotton market ilming ton, is at least as good as Norfolk, it' not bettor. lb- mint ; tliat Ct'tton: but the cotton trade, as valuable as it is, is not by any means all that we expert to reach by this connection. The sources ot trade there are many. I will in stance first the grain trade. Sixty years ago .North Carolina was ranked as the third grain State in tin- Cnion, and it was the pro ducts of these sounds tha; in tde it so. Albemarle and limlir. sounds are surrounded by fifteen l.") of the richest counties in the State, and I doubt if, for grain purposes, they are surpassed any whi-re. The aggregate products of these coun ties must be estimated by the mil lions of bushels of wheat, rice and corn annually produced there; east ern corn is famous all along the South Atlantic seaports, and much oi it iouna its way ooutii oy sman craft to Wilmington. Charleston. Savannah, etc., but still a large quantity was marketed at Norfolk. Wilmington is a large buyer of corn; prob ably from one to one aud a quarter million of bushels are an nually brought here for home cou- sumption and to supply those cot- . ton and turpentine counties which most of it being brought here by rail; inconsequence she can only sell to her immediate customers and is prevented from extending her sales by jobbers and extending her territory by being loaded down by the heavy cost of transportation which he has to carry 0:1 every bushel of corn she buys. With cheap transportation from New Berne and the sounds, however. Wilmington could be made a large distributing point, not oniy lor home demand, but for lonugn points. To show the ihiliculties under which we labor, this tabh- of rates speaks for itself. P.ATKS 01' CHAIN. From New Heme to Wilmington !"0, 111 mill per 1 ''0. upi; From l' 1 7 mile i; 1 1; i mi i 1 " ro ! 1 1 I'll' m:!c It! lIO Fr.cn 1 iii lit "'. pei I. us hmond td ' ! u i : 1 1 : t o n . 1. per loi). v :. ih I i ; ion. i qua! to ii'.ngtun, equal ; A i r i o . IF'. its. ;alt i iic . lie. t'e to "iiniiligtoIl. Met Kin. equal to C F; 1 oo rents. From i ' : n ( in na! i to Ililles. J Jr. pel V 10 ' Imiiigton. equal to 1 1 os pin rents. Fiom t'iiieago to Wilmington, miles. :'Y. per Phi, equal to 1 1 1 o I I cell is. From ( 'iiic.igo to Pichiiioa miles, ,,.r 10H, equal o l : 'J F'O rents. 'The ab-'e lates aie v, hat is now paid ! ;- r a , ' i'o ul t ran spo: t at ion or corn to Wilmington liom the several j.!,:ce a lined. Now what will it cost Wihniiig tsn to o,.; ,v h it com can be sent Irom New p. riie to this point by the ninety miles of Wdmington, Onslow c. il i; Carolina Railroad f Tin- i:,nety !)o miles haul lrom New Peine to Wilmington, n the basis lrom New P.erne via Golds boro to Wilmin-t n, would bed " lno edits per bushel: ninety miles haul same basis from Rich mond to Wilmington J l'7-10o rents per bushel. It would 1 e safe to - ay that, with our road budt .ninety miles to New Perne with proper facilities for handling at both terminals ele vators, etc.. the cost lor transporta t on of cam would not exceed three cents per bushel. With the siitlieteiiT energies ol our New F.ei ne friends bv putting up eievators at New Perne and placing proper light draft steam crait in the sounds that can go easily in the shallower parts of the c Hind, no diilieulty would be en sum bered in controlling a large quantii of corn that is annuallv marketed from those sounds- New P.erne must play an impor- tant part in this scheme; it must be by the energies of her merchants for their city to become the Chicago of the sounds. New Berne must e the distributing: point : Wil- via mington can only offer as good a went down to make them a speech market for their goods as any other ' aud w hen the invitation was ex point, and the benefits of our deep tended -5 others placed their names water for foreigu shipments, both to the pledge, making a total lib at of cotton and wheat grain, can be Centreville. Miss Cynthia Tull, taken up by the South American of Kiuston. who has been engaged and West India markets, besides to take charge of the primary de- shipping out large and increasing ; home demand. e desire to be connected with New Berne for many reasons ; besides being of in- finite benefit, commercially speak- ing, to both cities, it will connect : closer than ever two peoples, who are so alike in sentiment and North Carolina tradition and pride. In closing, j will say that there is many other articles of trade that would be naturally beneficient to hot li I erritorics. Wilmington, from her large lum ber facilities, has a large West India and South American trade, in whose niaiketscan be disposed of a large quantity of the salted fish that Albemarle Sound so large ly furnishes, and, if 1 mistake not. a considerable quantity of red and white oak timber, valuable as shook lor niol isses and sugar. Now to my Wilmington friends: Let us cease quarreling about the propriety of building the W. O. & F. ( '. Railroad :' it is going to be built to Onslow certain. Let us look to it that the scheme goes clean through in all its parts. Let us sav to those gentlemen who have the W. O. oc F. C. K. 11. in charge, that we expect them to carry this scheme out in its entirety, aud give us a road that, from the nature of tilings, must hr n Wilmington scheme, making no difference into whose hands it hereafter falls, for one fact stares us in the face, that anv management ot that road which has not Wilmington as the objective point mustail. Without Wilmington the whole matter would be a farce. K. D. II.. in Wilmington Messenger. - Trade and Travel. From an extract republished from the Guld.-toro Argus it will be seen that some new arrangements of steamboats and railroads are contemplated by the managers of the N". S. Railroad, the E. C. D. line of steamers and the A. & N. c. n uiroaa. inis. we hope, means a mere convenient communication for passengers between the Pamlico and Neu-e river sections and the N. S. Rail road. Trade and travel are natural companions and go together or follow each other, and it was a serious incon venience when the facilities of travel between New Berno and Elizabeth Citv. furnbhed by the old Dominion Co. was suspended. The E. c. D. line furnishes ample facility for freight, but travel ovt-r the line is toruulaen. itus is a great inconvenience to the people Albe- .""'' -" marie and Pumlieo sections, and should hawk fluttering in the load. On be remedied, and we hoe the meeting approaching nearer tliev were sur of the managers of the lines in Golds- prised to see a black snake coiled boro. and which the Argus regards as aroumi the hawk's neck. Strangling significant of new developments may be ;r the hawk struel in to es significant of a restoration of communi- 11 auU ,r , -, , V v i i V cui-ii between the sections Economist, cape. 1 hey kihed both the snae - - aDd hawk, which was a large blue Hoods iu Texas. tail chicken hawk. Don't you Ciiic.v, . Sept. l. A Times special guess the hawk was try ing to catch from Morgan. Tex., says: The hardest the snake, and was itself caught? rain that eyer ieii in mis country began Tuesday night and has continued with .. .. out cessation. 1 he damage to farmers in the low valley lands in every portion c f the country is estimated at thousands of doliars. The Texas Central and Gulf, v oiornuu anu ojiiio ci.aniuaus are oaa- ly damaged, and it will be many days before either of them can move trains. Nine residences were washed away. Besides these houses, which are entire ly Rone, every house in town is dam aged. Life is all that many citizens have ft. At Whitney, twenty-two miles east, in ilia county, a number of houses were washed away. At Merid ian, a man whose name could not be learned was swimming to his house to try and save some of its contents, when t i ft ivntor hocimp tnn Swift fnr Kic strength, forcing him into the current an l drowning him. S iiiietliiiiur I lipaper. 1 gave a brewer o mighty valu- hint this forenoon." he said. ie sipped his ginger ale mopped forehead. ab as hi Wiiat was t hat .'" 'fold him of something he could use as a substitute for hope." Anything seen-t about it!" Not to you. It was tan-bark." Ah, I see. And what did he say.'" Well, that's where 1 was a little disappointed. lie said he was miic 1 ublidged, but that tan bark was too dear just now.'1 Li . 'ulumbus Tunes : We have re ceived a bunch of rice raised by Mr. Isaac Pone, of Pogue town ship. It is ; feet high and there are F"i aeies oi p. which the best judges say will tin:- out l.'KiU bushels. Flizabcth City Carolinian: A gentleman from Tyrrell informs us that the late storm was the most seven experienced for many years and that it - 'Hislv damaged the crops. We . similar reports from diH'erent localities The de along the to Kittv struetion of property coast from Motehead Hawk was great. Jiillsboro Pec idef : sorry to note that M i William IF Thomas has We arc and .Mrs. left Hill.s- boro and. gone to Piverdale, ( 'raven county, t heir old home. M r. Thomas was book keeper in the'entral warehouse lor .sometime time and during his short stay with us had many friends. Wo, however, hope that he wild soon return. Kiustou Free I '; : The house of Henry Jones, colored, living in this county, was broken into Wed nesday week, when he was at woik in the field end everything of any value stolen. The property was supposed to be weitli S-l'ior -spi, m-ariv 1 th r..-gn. hail. The I To be a tall, dark .'ianger ;:i that t hied' is suppose negro man, a neighborhood. Gohlsboro Argus: very high i:i !oth Ne: i iveis: higher than i eighteen ears, so t ! The water is :se aud Tittle t has been in iOse sav who ieineinln-r to hive observed the ireshet ol Jv,. llowever. we are glad to be able to state that thus far but little damage has been done, we believe, to crops. This is attiibutcd to the work of the gov ernment in having these streams cleaned out. The water iuus of! more rapidly now- and is less sub- ject to ovei llow. Greenville Hetlector: The Kelbroi Club committee went to Centreville two Sundays ago aud organized a new club with M members. Fast Sundav Major Ilenrv Hardins partment of the Institute, arrived this week and is present at the: open. ug of the session, News and Observer: Col. F. L. p0ik: addressed a mammoth meet iDg of farmers at Anderson. S. C. dt week, preaching the true gos pel of hard work. The action of the Judge in the matter of confirm ing the recent execution sale of the Atlantic Hotel property at More head, lias been continued to the loth lust., at which time the report of the commissioners will be re ceived, and eonsideied at chambers in Ibirgaw. J'ender county. Wilmington Star: Mr. das. liobe son,ofTar J I eel . writes the Star, that the freshet in the Cape Fear has caused great destruction to the crops m the river bottoms. One year has passed, since the earth quake which made such sad havoc in Charleston, and last Wednesday night many timorous persons gazed tremblingly upon the dial, every moment expecting, as ih." o'clock drew near, to feel the earth the ordinarily satisfactory foothold of man rocking like a vessel at sea in a storm. The hour was reached, and passed without the slightest sign of last year's disturbance. Durham Recorder: When the little girl of M r. and Mrs. Reuben Ilibberd had diphtheria and died, an older daughter who was visiting fiiends and relatives in Raleigh, was not permitted to come home, Lhe parents fearing the contagion. iwo nays ago .mis. inuueiu re ceived notice to come to Raleigh iinmedietely as her daughter was suddenly taken with diphtheria the day before and was in a critical condition. The wages of la borers in the cig rette factories of Durham average, everything as a basis, b per week. In the smoking tobacco factories d per week. In the snuff factory, ' !- per week. The two last named employ chielly colored labor. The making, pack ing and stamping of cigarettes are done altogether by white employees. Chatham ' Record: Did you ever hear of a suake catching aud killing a hawk .' If not. then hear this. On last Friday afternoon some col- ored people were returning to this place from a church meeting at Mitchell's chaved. and. when about . , . .-.., - ,t- n i ,1 lrAJii blirii t hat- Lin- O Tn ,ilnstration of the low valuta- ;,-, nf T.rnnovlv in t iic nnntr f L1W1J i'LVL"-1 ' -"""y i would mention that, according to the last returns of the list takers, there were more horses ill Albright tnxx-n ci , , t ,in 1 n nnv ofh.-r nru yet there were only seven horses in that township that were valued as high as apiece. Tarboro Southerner: The crops of this county are short, but how much is beyond our ken. Corn and fodder have been damaged from fif teen to twenty-five per cent, the whole county considered, but in Conetoe and a few much smaller sections the damage is probably one half. The rains of last week were also unfavorable for fodder as there was much of it down. The shortage in cotton is variously esti mated, but close and intelligent ob servers like Col. Klias Can- place the fall oil' in cotton since duly 1st, at -o per cent. Tibs would make the crop about li been per cent short of an average one. Much fear is expressed that the seed in cotton will be so heavy that the lint yield will be very poor. These fears the writer thinks aie not well grounded. The crop is short but until the gin house returns are in, fifteen per cent is the greatest lading off that the Southerner is willing (o concede ) 1 ji. jk. J ( rao-:i .iui!y SUx U i lb' : ! ;-. .-..! Talk. A -;ih". ii.i.c. ( '. . Aug. ji. EiMToK Jonrxal I have 1 .c! l!;.. article 'Another Proi-ositi-.n."' Lut am not j. ri pared to advocate a s do of the county s stock at SCO to any corporaticn or pyndic.ite, for the timple reason that do'ili: that amount and niro can be had for it. from any and all f'anies wisUiuvr it for the purpose cntiie.). Sc-cuijdiy. the amount received woul' be but a bagatelle to the ta.p-iy ei - of the county in compari-on to the divi dend the ftock can be inade to ;in.v in the hands, of any corporation if the rr-a i is extended. Tiiirdlv. tlie roa i hh..-ml,i never pa-s into the hands of any ccr)0 ratiou whose terminus is not at New Berne or Morehead City, otherwise the shipping of New Berne is a d ead-U 1 1 -:-r. ana Now Berno itself is put at the abso lute mercy of a foreign eorpora.t i ;n with all the evils which that impli.ri. New Berne has plenty of fdcilith-s for getting what ei has off f the State: she n-.-t.-ds facilities for rer -hing the in terior of tie? Slate up p. r o;ol i to -with the tves of oth'T Stat.' h Hichmond and Norfolk, in r ih ,t she and not the cities of VirsrinF. :a .v uceouie tutf u isli 1 u uii r: ..viaer . : t.ios' products of Nonh Cai.Jina f- r w l.l-h the interior of North Carolina aiTord-i a market. . And again, it will b? an ev day for the counties alonp; th--- line of the A. & X. C. R. It. when those pirtirs referred to in "Another Propositi :n " as having tho "actual control .f the private stock." lieoni? th" a'.-o'ooi--owner? of the whole of it. Tle-ir v-rv first plea, t wit., that "in making thf purchase of the .'-took bo!oiii;:n to tin counties! their sole object a v.-e .-ir informed ii to become p .;..- o l -f sufficient stock to make ic fort v. -r im possible for tho Atlantic road to nfsrain become a bone of contention in I -eel politic: " C the verie. t br-h. a-' :;r.y cn who can put two and two t--'tie-r cn see. The sane inanaK.-nicnt who thr.-w it ict l.-eal politCs to the d;-f..-.,t f Democr.iioc cmdid-ite.; i s-t y or -.v.;; continue to control it. an ! la.--' v.). . know some of the "capitalists .1 .1.::. to make the purchase. " if we are ri .;l.t as to their identity, know that they care no more about the "discord" in New Bsrne t'nan they do about tho people r f New Berne. Those pleas are v.y re :11V terfugi-s. calculated to delude. L--. at the other foreign corporation-- -.; trolling railroads iu tlie State. Yi. . inlluence have the discords, th v.:. or even the in'erests of the r ; ;. along their lines, upon their p except in so far as they coinri ie v. :!. and conduce to the interests 01 the rail roads themselves'' The railroad-: in North Carolina have taught the people of North Carolina a lesson which the people alon the line of the A. S: N. C. R. II.. and the counties owning stock therein, will do well not to forget. Let them remember the onslaught made by one of thim on the greatest and the heat loved man iu North Carolina. Zeb ulon B.Vance, for daring to dtfend the people from what he considered excessive rate3 and unjust discrimina tions. Let Lenoir. Craven and Pamiico go slowly and consider well before they sell their stock to anybody, and espe cially to a syndicate whose own interest does not compel it to keep up a line of steamers at New Berne or Morehead City, If the "capitalists desiring to make the purchase" "mean .business." and propose to extend the road and to run it upon business principles, and not as a political machine, wherein is the necessity for a sale of the stock of the counties, except the desire of the afore said capitalists to own it'.'' 'hy ear.r.'H the counties be stockholders as well ac the few capitalists, and thereby receive in divi lends some of the "large profits" that will certainly be made, and which will cot only extinguish tho county debts of Craven and Pamlico in a very few years, but forever thereafter, as do the railroads of New Jersey, yield a yearly revenue almost sufficient to pay their t .xes. And again, c-ir . Another Proposi tion" does not strike me favorably, be cause the scheme you have been advo cating, of joining the A. oc IN". C. 11. R. to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Ly a link from Goldsboro to S.inford. and putting the whole line under e-i.e man agement, is, in my opinion, tho only one that will eyer give the countits along the line of the A. & N. C.an.l the eastern portion of North Carolina inter course with tho interior of the Stue upon an equal footing with other sec tions, and form the only line possible, under existing circumstances, that will give us direct communication with the cities and markets of the great West, and whose own interest will compel ic to develop New Berne as a port, and to make her one of the great distributing points for the traffic of the inte rior of the State. Permit the A. N. C. Kj.iu to pass into the hands of any North and South line, and you necessarily, with the ex isting North and .South system.;, bottle up (ioldsboro and Kinston. cut ol". as at present, except by circuitous routes, communication with the West, and de stroy New Berne and Morehead a? ports, and when that is done, every man fa miliar with the rules governing the transportation of freights well knows that the farmers and ail otht r con sumers dependent upon those points for their supplies will have about 0 per cent, added to the eo;t of ertry thing they buy. With the C. F. vc V. Vdey. this -late of things cannot exist. Au V. in and West line, it is essentially ar.d neces sarily a home line, with one terminus virtually in the great V.-t. ar.d the other upon the ocean, and ainio.it en tirely independent of the North and South lines, it will be bound to pour its freights to and through our own ports of New Berne and Morehead City there by developing our shipping, and giving us all the benefits of cheap water trarts poratioc. Connecting with th? coal fields of Southwestern Virg ni.i. More head City would soon become a coaling station for our coast line steamers, which traffic alone would make au im mense business for the roid. while a large portion of the cotton r.O'.v finding its oulet through the p-u t of othi-r States, and a large p.rt of the wh "-t f the West would inevitably l;::d '. e r way to Europe throuu'a the p r: f Morehea 1 City. A cotnnumication of this nature is r.ecer-saril'y tuo Itnrit -o. to discuss ail tlie point-, involved in a proposition to buy the stock of the c -unties, but realizing fully, as I do. the .'. i vantages to our entire section that will result from a consolidation of tlie A. oc N. C. and theC. F. & Y. V.. aud seeing. a3 every man who has studied the true interest of his section, must si e. that it is simply out of the question for them to flow from any other connection. 1 cannot with the present light-; before me favor "Another Proposition" or any proposition for the disposition of the A. & N. C. Road which intends as this does the shutting up, so to speak, cf Goldaboro aud Kinston. and the virtual sealing up of New Berne and Morehead City as ports. There are interests touch ing the material prosperity and future of our people involved ia tho sale of their stock of many, many times more importance, that the payment of S-0 or S30.C00 on this county 'debt, eras to that the paym.nt of the whole de't. and before any such step is taken, the question should be. as I an quite siuo it will be. fully discussed in it to or ings before them . Don't let tho watch v.o.c i '., o.oy thing or anybody to build ;h-c, Berne, but ihat thing and p'r- n wi: -will best ar.d most per man- mly no serve the interests of the j 00 1 : .;, -velip her industry s. f Itepresoutal iou el' (lni t Augusta, Ca.. Aug. Ci ties have prohibited, rs the representation cf Ch Virgin in a Pissicn pipy b people tonight. 1 . i.i . -The autl r 1- -religions, in t and the ,- 'Jv1 r ' J :-;evs notes. ii ...y Vj'dur.l is " on, ing to the front .1. ".' tn.ro :al matters . ': .. ; an 1 pi i:ic r f lie' Central I. . : i'.of 11 in Nf.v York promises to i oo- - r -.': 'i..-- l'n ;id. nt has appointed S. S. C:.ii: -ie. of I.ouiriana. to bo minister ; e 00 nt and consul-general to Bolivia. i.Uo Naihun Lew ij Hatfield, one of the 1 Mr- t ;.K.i !;,-: t prominent physicians of r..ii b. '.: 1 died Turfilay. aged 83 '. A . '.uni-beli. exteiisivi) ceal deal er, 11 t n. ru-qierided payment Wed-in- !;.y. I .i -liji 1 1 1 ii s y?j')r) C'JO, with 38 f I f I ...'. 'S.l. C. ii. Wi-kinp, the ixtensive lumber io.io ai.d boat builder ot Kittaning. v. ho : !--vi:tly inad- an assignment, ha? ii- 1 1 1 ',.i;ad I. i .. 1'- !.!;- h atiia lieuifieratic Con . t-iiu-i ;i;i i Wciinesday at Allentown, i ail n -iniuat.- 1 Ja lge J. Kjss Thompson f r Su; leni-Jud;'-and 11. J. McCrann f r S.at- Treasurer. It is antiouncc-d in New York that Mr. T. ". Powderly. general master work- i man f the Knights of Labor, will pro ceed v I rel ar.d at an early date to take on a tivv .; t in th- national move- '1 i." ' .. ie -i.r.iy ,i.-t of Mexico. was :i !l. W-.inep.lay. But lor a c inihll iho-jsat. cf acres would lu.'i' 0"i i;;r;,-ii. iio' lo-s a very (.-.ivy. Th fir,- rr.uht from an engine n thi -. .: o.g , nn 1 Alton. Tiu-re has 1 n : . ; . i n i;;-- the - 1 cf .1 a ! v. 1 1 new Annul. -Villi. im- -tort C lair We i tn . Ir.eoday morning, is feii ah ait sixty 1- et 1 0 Charl, lore Rild'.ud B ;ka Idka aud klile .C.leV d, .and Juhn we;-.- fatally A.-crt A. M-.-ide shot and killed Ilar v.. y Mea-Je, Joe Downing and Mr. Hands or. F.-idsy last in a fight over the Las hue milling and mining property at Coo l Hope. New Mexico, in which they weie jointly interested. Fred. Meade, after b(ing fired at five time6 by Albert A. Meade, wrested a Winchester rifle from him shot him through the heart. A coroner's inquest resulted in the atquitt'd! r f Fred. Meade. The Denver News haa a dispatch to the elTeet that Colorow and all his band arrived at Ouray Agency last Saturday, and say they want no more fighting. Everything is quiet there. The Indian chiefs all counsel peace. Indian Com missioner Aikins ordered that all per sons whose presence tends to disturb the peacj and quiet of the Indiana be forthwith removed from the reserva tion. FOKLIGN" NEWS. N.U. o .VKKNoK KOH 1! VUi AK1 A . rKl:si!Ui;.;, Aug. 30. The No- i vosti says that the Porte has accepted Russia's proposal to send (ien. Ernroth as provisional governor of Bulgaria and Eastern Rournelia until a new bobranjo shall legally elect a prince for the Bul garian throne. The paper adds that tho Porte is seeking the assent of the powers to the carrying out of the propo sal, and that the Sultan has' guaranteed that Turkey will assist Gen. Enroth to carry out his mission, and 6upply him with a Turkish army if necessary. A NEW ri.-IIF.l:IES (COMMISSI' IN. ;don Aug. "0. Sir James Fergu son, parliamentary secretary for the foreign otlice, announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the government had agreed upon a new commission to represent British in terests in tho North American fisheries convention . lie added that he was glad to say that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had accepted the ollice of principal high coiumi :ioner for Great Britain. 10: :T!0 Tl o lOji: liKITISU SCALKHS. E 'NUe-N. Aug '.'0. The Times protests against the treatment to which British1 sealers in Behrings sea are subjected by the American authorities in Alaska, and suggist- that the government send a cruiser t Alaskan waters to secure stri. tH- e go! treatment for British ves- :C-. l.l'-.-I AN A ITA'.'K .N I liANc E. . Sr. Pi'.n:i:-i:uij., Aug. 30. Prince Mt.sh Tchersdi, in the Crazhdanin. now the ofii. iiil organ of the Czar, makes a iolent attack upon France. Ho says: ' "A. nation w hose patriotism only exists in phrases cannot be an ally of Russia. " j i: 1 TI N ON T)tn n'liRADY ESTATE. Li i.MN. Aug. '',). Tho evictions on the O'Cra iv (states at llerberstown be gan t-wiay. The baililfs were reinforced by le ' soldiers and 200 policemen. All the houses occupied by the tenants were barricaded and guarded for defense. The house of Mrs. Crimmins. a widow, was the lirst advanced upon by the bail iffs. The widow and her friends were well ai med with paving stones and boil-!.- r water, and both were showered tip. n the b :i!:lTs with such telling effect that they were repulsed no less than feur times. The sheriff's men in their attacks attempted to crowbar their way through the walls and roof, and Mrs. Crimmins had the scalding water poured over their heads faces and necks. After the fourth repulse of the bailills ilie police attempted to storm the house. They were also driven back. Finally a joint rush was made by the baliffs and police arid the house was broken into and captured. H was found that the defenders of the widow's habitation numbered but nine persons five men and f: tir women. All were taken pris oners. A large crowd had collected about the house to witness the contest. The crow, J all sympathized with MrB. Ci immins and did all in their power to cheer her up in her battle and to annoy an i exasperate the officers. When the widow's party were at last overpowered the crowd became frantic and pressed closely up towards the house. The prisoners when they led out sang "God Sive Ireland. '' The crowd joined in the singing and so demonstrative that the police hod to cut th'jir way out .N egro Hi a Prevented. 1'lT1-:!,i;! or. i . . August 3 1 . The prompt action of Mayor Jarratt last night in Cilii."-' upon the military to be in readi-r,.-; in e .se of an i niergency. doubtless 1. .. i t lT-or of or, let ing the belligerent i. i t t. is community, as every V. l..y (-.a?, b, en pi rfectly quiet. demonstration of any kiud has n.iue. The military who ronaained ir armories all night, were dis- inC-- d this afternoon. This morning tl; J layer dismissed the ca-e of Lr. Hin i n. charged with slapping a colored :i 1. t'-y lining ihe doctor ten dollars r. i -iving thc.i the case was not anile.:- ;:! to that i f the negro who had .. o.oulted Mrs. !) Jarnette. and who . 1 been lined fifty dollars and jailed. The other cases, resulting from this af fair were dismissed except tho charge of libel against editor Barham, of the In lex-Appeal, and others which will be ':.- or 1 tomorrow. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marral ot purity, trengt.h, and wbolewmeDm. More eoonomlcal than the ordinary kind, and mi not be sold In competition trlth t hi mnltltwH of low test, abort weight, alnm or phoapbat powders. Hold only In nans. KoTitBlcn Powdib Co.. 106 Wall-st.. N. Y norla-lTdW For sale in Newbern by Alex. Miller. Take Notice ! Our store is filled with Provisions, i riiocries, Canned Goods, lry Goods, (.'rookery Etc. We koep a full line of tho Celebrated Prison Boots and Shoos. AI.SO C. S. Parsons & Sons' Boots and Shoes, Every pair warranted to R've Mtia- faction. Country merchants tnd the people generally are requrntrd to call aud ex amine our large stock before purchas ing. We will givo you low figure. We job Lorillard Snufl. ROBERTS & BRO., South Front f.. New Berne, If. O MOST BRILLIANT, PURE & PERFECT LENSES In tlio 'World. They are as transparent and colorless light itself, and for softness or endnranoe to the eye, cannot be excelled, enabling tha wearer to read ror hours without fatlgne. In fact, t hey are PEHF EOT SIGHT PREBERNERS, TeBtlmonials from Hip leading physician! In the United Stales, Governors, Senators, Legislators, stork men, men o' note In all pro fessions, and In (llilereni branches of trade, bankers, mechanics, -tc, can be given who have had their slht Improved by their use. ALL, EYI'S FITTI31 AND THE KIT GUARANTEED BY F. S. DUFFY, Druggiat, NEW HEItNE. N. t iy K. R. J03ES, Wholesale and Hetail Dealer id CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES General Merchandise, BAdGlXO M '! ICS Ete. Consignments of (irain. Cit on and other Produce solicited. Prompt Attention Ciiiia : ;: nteed. N. W. Cor. South Front and Middle Sf NEW BI1KNE. X. C. ALEX. JUSTICE, DEALER IN Fine Flour of all Grades, Selected Teas, Pure Coffee and Spices, Butter and Cheese, from the best dairies. The Largest ftiul HeM Selertnl Hlorh CANNED FRI ITS AND VECETABL ever before brought to New llerne. Also, a full vnrleiy r other K"lfc. usual kepi in a Kiret-t'lHSS Slore. (liKHifi delivL-K-d nt any p:i:t of the free of cimre. 'I'l-iKMSi CASH. Broad St. - .New Kerne, N. mat L'7 d wt f FOR BARGAINS IN Furniture, CALL AT THE New Berne Furniture Store WEST SIDE MIDDLE STREET J Wb re it can be found in great variety. I urniture not in stock w ill bo ordered at a small per cent abovo cost. A liberal share of public imtronaga solicited. J. M. IIINES, Manager. marl4 dwtf REAL ESTATE AGENCY w. is. Boy a. Ilelna lu coi reBpondence with several ptr O'b North wl.oileBlre to make loveatmenta l:i f.trn.K, etc., Iu this v lclulty , person! hT- It;:.' iiuiii or woo l land foi 6ale would do ! Mr. .. o. i; -. , a il( sci lplioP , with prIM el N - 'i :. a fci'.le 16 not effected Ci i., . i o : , r.e, t- v. In .i saios are made. V 55. HOYI), -.o,:iii Krout atreet. "in , -is: of aston Bonn CLEMENT KAKLT. P. ft H I V C7 O C til Nit L I I ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will praetleeln the Oonrtsof OrTen,Jon Onslow, Carteret, I'amlloo, Lenoir and nd In the Federal (urtat New Tern, fobs !4wl) i i A, i fem,ai u oth" good at low t-Kicts. j " n "?To7 M - '.'v- , Ji
