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t ' " ' ! $7.00 a Year. The .Mails. Thf liiails clo,e.uml arrive at LV City IV;-t Oil'ite a- t'.llowh : . Northern through rnailn. ; Northern thro.ih' akil way mail Mails for the N. C llailroal, anI . route HUpplM-l tlM-rrfioni, in i ndir.f A. .t V. C. Kallroar,' at :i5 A. M ouUipm mail for aH iwintSoutIi, daily.... r-.,:.... I WMf-t-f r mails (C. C. K'J ) daily ' fwvvl .Sun-lay J -. . . ,- (MiyV. M. J" r,:00 A. M. Mail lorChr-raw fc DarJiiijrton K. ll. 'J:l Mails for poiiiUmbetwwn FloryK-f , afil Charh t-ton. ........... . .. . t;l. Fayi.-tUVill'-, ari'i oiIW- on Cic i't-ar Kivr, Tui'fcdas ami Krl (layn. . . v. . .- Fayettevilh-,Hily, except Suidays Onflow (J. II. ami InterTnoHatir ' ollicH-g every J'riday . , . :. ... .' . .'. . . v .Smithville inailsj by hteaiuhoaf , r. daily (except Sunday) ....... Mails foi Kay Hill, Town Creek and Shallottc, --every Friday at.. " ' AUKIVK. ,N6rtli-rn through maila. "t . . . - . Nortlieni"tbrf;utfh uhd w ay mailH. Southern inail.s. . .'. ..... . .... . J . . . Carolina- Central Uailwjay. .. ... . . --Stamp Olllee oix n I'rotuK'A. M. 1 :00 V. o;j A. M. M. ;"- . 8:o0 " r,::) . . 11:00 ." 7;4 P. M. 0:00 A. M. U1W P. M. to U M., order and and from l lit ri.-,ter; Di partnicrit o VI. .Money j pen frame a tfam) f.fllee r Mails'ieliverUl Iron 0:0O A. M. to r,:'.',0 P. M aod on iSun'laysTrom K:'V) t-o9') A. M. JlaiiijK for fia.Ie at iieral . delivery when ttarnp olliee i.-, cloned. 'I- , i , Mailri colleeteil froui t-treet bo.t( b every dav utoill) '. M. J I 1 :. ' .TlHv'Southwfvt.woleoiivs JaclvI'Vtt.st. : JAckl!ii needs liiekrl'in'. .STo? a fir.'-t-wiiter frauJ. " ' ! - - - i)ernocnit.s e wry every ward irry every in inunici- ehtion, in IJulliinore. . - Hhcrihan is f,roin to enlarge- on 'specie payments in his report. -. iStorin broke .the wires down North of JJaltimoh. Considcra-ble losses, . ' Sch r. Mary l. Tice foundored off ISew - llavcn, and captain and steward drowned. JJv a decisioii of Attorned G'tnuTal Na tional IJanks may deduct amount, invested in United States bonds at face value, with pnmiuin added, as exempt from taxation. sun 'miliiu.M.s. Till: TKtCK )l'' T11I1 STOHM. Tlie hamate in Vashingtou The Wires l)uvn North ol llaltimore Only () out oT. l'O Signal tatioa Ileports lle- 'Washington-, October; 2. A" heavy rain storm, accompanied b- a violent north east wind,, parsed over this city hist night, from 1 to i a. m. 1 he-wind was'yery high; luiroofihir houses, uprootincr trees -and do ing other damage. Owing -to tv6 storm the signal office has received onflv twenty lout of the usual one hundred and twenty ' reports from the various signal stations Tlie Western reportA came by way of Nevi Orleans The storm came frbm the, tropics. At 1 1 o'c lock on the looming of .the '20th, ihe signal service orilered up the signals at Key VYost fir a storin south ,oC Florida; on the morning of the 21st, the fttorm was to' be South of I Key West, and jOiv the vinorning o f the 221', to the East of South ern (Jeorgfa. At midnight of the 22d, it was with greatly increasetl velocity central near Cape llatteras, on the North Caro lina ctast. Maximum veloeityof wind rCr i)orted, was sixtv miles an hour..! From midnight to iuou, to4dav,.. the storm has rapidly . increa tl in energy, and was ceri Hral near I?alti" ioro. ' The pressure at the centre this morning was below 29.'.) inches. It was 'attended with an unusu il heavy rainfalL The fall here was 4i.;Vl inches; at Baltimore, 2.7 1 inches; Norfolk. 2.b( inches : Lvnehburc 2. til, inches. : and at Smithville; N. C.s 4.:V2 inches:( K ; 1 I The storm here did.great damage; around the basin, the water rose very hiuu, s-ever- . al-wharves being submerged, and there was . some daimlge . to shipping. The 'Steamer Florida :,wlh left for -Norfolk yester.-lav and returned this morniivi. reports having been badh- stove in bv a heavy sea oil' l:oint Lookout and was unable to proceed ( Also reports having seen one of the Weems steamers, supposed--.to be the Theodore Weemsj with machinery disabled, apparent lv-drifting and with.-signals- set, but the Florida, owing to her crippled condition was unable to render any assistance. A "deeply laden: three masted schooner, with signs for assistance, was off. Hooper's EMraits, ana anotucr vessel near her bottom .up. uu mainly i oint a bay -vessel was sunk and off Maga thy river auotker A'siunctox, Oct. .23. The telegraph Jmes nortn ox iaitimore are still down. Ku'HMO.vD, Oct. 23. A heavy rain and wind storm prevailed here last night, par tieularlv for several hours after midnight. ' when the wind became almost a hurricane. It was the ' hardest storm in this vicinity , for years, and doubtless iconsiderable dam age has been done. The extent is not yet ascertained, beyoiid' the blowintr down -of signs, trees and 'fet'ices in the city, and. damage! to thc. telegraph lines. liAT.TiMoitK, Oct. 23. Along the' line of . the li. W. & P. Railroad, the stOrnj is re- porteu to nave -been destructive, but no fmrticulars have beeu receiyed. All wires eading north of Baltimore being down. At r reuencK, 31 d.; and irom other ulaces m the western part of the State losses are re ported very severe; WASHINGTON. Ruling of the Attorney General on Ta- " ,1UB iianonai janKssecretary Sherman's Report. v ASHiNGTON, Oct. 23. Attoruev Gen eral Dcvens has overraled a former derisinn lhat'national banks, in making up capital subject to duty may be permitted tod( duct United States bonds at their face value, and now decides that they may de- uuct iue amonni invested in sneh bonds hot only ar their face value but with pre iHium auueu, ine opinion is expressed in yite Ireasury that this decision will reopen hity thousand assessments made by the xcasurer since the, passage of the national ua"M"o ci, and considerable mney will e required ta refund tnc duties erronioa ly caHectd from the banka under the pre vious rnlirg3. . . John I'rtrdcdl ww arrested here to-day on the tharce of robbinsr ConCTe3man L:Viiddell, at the MetrojoliUn Hotel, last Mar. e Department employe entitled to at the November elections, will be vote 1 allowed sufficient leave o'f absence to visit their respective States, for that purpose. The President anil Mrs. Ilays, Seretary Slermah, and -Geq. A. Gastin, Private; Secretary' to the .President, left for'Curn berland,' Md., -to-night. , Secretary Sh&rrnan is gathering static tics preparatory to goin to work, upon the, annual report, which will be very lengthy, and is said he proposes to en large upon the question of specie resump tion, but will not urge any additional legislation to that end, as he regards the question settled, and before such legislation cduld be had, specie wayntenta will' have been' reached. In regard to the National Hanks, he will argue that they will be in a condition to co-operate with' the Govern ment in carrying out the existing statutes as they are now in possession of ample moans to that end. , . . The eighteenth regiment of infantry has. been directed to move from the department South, to the Yret, for operations against the Indians. Several companies of the Second Artillery will be sent south in place of the eighteenth infantry. In the Supreme-Court to-day W. B. Pit man, of Vicksburg, Was admitted to pracr tice. .". ' " . ' - The case of George P. T ork vs.. F. D. Ix-athers has been., submitted. Thi3 case is from the-1 Louisiana Circuit Court and presents the if question whether, to charge the owner with repairs to a chartered ship, it is necessary that he should be in Full con trol wjth a crew ofjhis own or whether the result will Ik; the same if he puts a" repre sentative on board to look generally after the interests of his vessel. Vessel Foundered. Washington, Oct. 2.1. A report to' the Signal Ofiice, to-night, from New Haven, - X- Tf I says the schooner Mary L. Tice is foun dered. Capt. Tullock, of New Haven, and the steward, George, of Beaufort, N. C", is drowned-. . . Washington-, Oct., 23, The Signal Service Observer at Cape Lookout reports tlie steamer Florence Wethcrbee, from Nt'W York for Jacksonville, went ashore la.4t nij-ht. ',No lives lost. The steamer will be gotten off if the weather permits. 4 - . . Democrats Sweep Baltimore. Bai.timork, Md:, Oct. 23. An election for members of the First Bench of the City Council to-day, tbe Democrats elected their candidates in every ward. THE aTmT&0. R. R. Case Argued ana Decision Reserved. IiieiiMdN.D, Oct, 23. The case of the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad on I motion for a decree of foreclosure and sale I of the road hnder mortgage, was resumed in the1!!. S. Circuit Court to-day, and was further argued and submitted to thd -court. Decision reserved Subsequently5 the at tention of the Court was occupied with a matter, of petition of petition of H. It. Stewart., as holder of certian certificates of the Virginia fe Tennessee Railroad-i the object of the- holders of, said certificates beingjo have them recognized as a lien superior to that oF the Atlantic, Missis- sippi. k unjo mortgages, utner noiders of the same certificates which auount to p. i j y x i t eight and three quartermlllion3 of dollars were represented by counsel. This cause, which is known by the title of Francis SUiddy and other trustees, vs Atlantic, Mississippi & .Ohio Railroad was arcrued nd also submitted to Court. TIIC YELLOW FEV'liR. Ice at Chattanooga. Chattanoooa, October '23. For the twenty-four hours ending at 4 p. m. 1 three deaths. The new rases were tour, includ ing Mayor Carlisle. Recorder Monger Is somewhat bet'ter but still in a critical condition. The thermometer fell rapidly last nighl and ice formed in sheltered places. The doctors are more hopeful. 1 Irs. Ijee and Olmstead, of- the Atlanta Hospital, will return home this evening Dr.-1 lope taking charge. 1 he Relief Com mittee have onlv three days supplies on hand. The destitution is very gTejat among ihe colored population wno win nave tope r'U H r, u,,l l,",J',u,A"- ,"ll up- ' ii it ri ; i i lotai numoer oi cases on n?. It is clear- and cojd to-night. liuslucss Suspension. B altimork, ' Oct. 23. The races to have takea place at Pemlico to-day were post poned on account of t the: tracks being flooded by a severe, storm of rain and wind last mrht. "'.-'' The banking house of Clabaugh, Wilson iV o., have 'tailed and made au assign ment to J. Aler. Freston for the benefit of the creditors. The failure is attributed to losses of, the senior partner, W. H. Cla- bauirh, in the St. Clair Hotel' ( of which he was nropneor), shrinkage in real estate and genera dry rot in the business of the banking house. The liabilities of the bank ing house and hotel are about S100.000. of which .)0,000 are secured by assets, con sisting mostly of real estate and book ac counts. ' ... How It Strikes the Star. .j . r Morning Star, 23. The Wilmington- Sex made its appear ance! yesterday. The mechanical execution of the paper is good, and itl columns are well hlled with interesting reading matter. including sprightly. locals and timely edi torial topics cleverly discussed. It strikes us that the Wilmington market for daily newspapers is rather crowded wita three in the field, but weshall be more than glad io nave me resuiu prue iua uuiwV and to do it handsomely. To adopt the lan guage of our cotemporary. used in another connection, "We sincerely trust that .pro fitable work may be found for all, and that all legitimate investments may prove re munerative. - 1 :The acquisition of Cyprus is not consid- iered so glorious in4 achievement as it was at first in England,' and even the journals which support the government find it diffl-1 cult to say anything in favor of thatswel ' tenng pest hole WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, ' ' - ---i LATEST MAILS: HOltKOKS AT ST. CliOIX. Tbe Outbreak' of the Ulacks Ilarnrn Arrival of Troojw Murders ami Mutilations, &c, &c. ' Herald C'orrenpondence. St. Thomas, Oct. 0. By one of those strange outbreaks peculiar to the free col ored laboring population of the West India Islands fortunately not very frequent, yet, when they do come, fearfully' disastrous in their character the beautiful island of St. Croix has been brought to the verge of ruin. That a worse story is not to be told, and one that would appal Christendom, may be attributed to the evident absence of premeditation and preparation on the part of the negroes.. TJIK H.V1TIATOET OUTRKAK. The 1st of October is the day on which the labor contracts are at au end. On that day the negroes are at liberty, and go from estate to estate to form new engagements, or flock into the towns of Christiansted (commonly known as B'assin) and Frode rigsted (alwavs called West End). ;.0n Tuesday, October 1, it was noticed that a" larger number of laborers were, in West fEnd, and the people now say that theyhad a surly, determined air about "them. The town rejoiced in the possession of nine po licemen and three soldiers, A bout midday q mfndful of laborers, getting drunk, bjbgan to make a row, and on being met by two dolicemen they resisted and the policemen had to run. for the fort: Uere they armed themselves'and. coming out, ordered the mob, then consisting of about fifty, to dis perse. The mob jeered and hrew some stones, when a couple of' blank shots were fired from the fort, the mob rusr ed on the police, who, nnng again witn bullets, wounded a few. About this time nno Mr FnntAine. n nlanter. arrived from rnuTJtrv " ml attemr.ted to nush his wavthrourh the crowd. He was hemmed ; . o m, and then attempted to draw his revoi ver. At this one of the mob struck him over. the temple with a large bar, felling Mm senseless to the ground. One or two white men rushed in, arid the mob allowed the insensible body to be removed to the house of one' Mr. Johu Moore. It was now irettinff toward dark, but still the mob had not begun to burn. They con tented themselves with rushing from place to place stealing rum. I was evident they felt thev had complete charsre of the town. Mr. Dubois, the English Episcopal minis ter and British Consul, was actively, en gaged endeavoring to quiet the people. He several times got the mob partly out of town, only'to meet a crowd coming back, when all would rush "from and the orgies recommece. THE BURNING COMMENCES. About eitrht o'clock in the evening some one cried out, '-Burn ! burn !" This was the sienal. and the mob scattered over the town andbesran their work. Kerosene wras used to help the flames and make the work more sure. Mr, Fontaine, still alive, but as the doctor had declared,- unable to re cover,, was in the house of Mr. John Moore, At about eleven at night his house caught fire, and Mr. Moore, unable to get aid, car riied Mr. Fontaine to the garden, and there with a pillow under his head left him. Mr. Moore himself had a narrow escape. He was seen, but dodged away and, getting to the beach, he remained in the water up to his chin till near morning, when he got into the. fort. Many families ;had also entered the fort, arid the churches and the dwelling of Mr. Dubois, the parson, were used-as places of refuge. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Dubois. Throughout the night he was here and. there, using his in fluence for peace. The answer to his ef forts invariably was : "Go wav, parson ; we won t hurt you, but you can't stop us." The mob cried out to many ot the colors sho'pkeepers, "We no burn you," but un fortunately the rum stored in the adjacent buildings left.no chance of safety to them. By morning not a store nor shop remained. Attempts were made to get aid from Bas sin, but it' was only at 1 o'clock of the morning of Wednesday, the 2d, that news reached there. arrival op TROOPS.' Immediately Lieutenant Ostermann with twenty-five soldiers left for West End. On arriving on the outskirts of the place Oster- mann sent ine vwo carriages wnicn nad brought him down, in charg of two sol diers, with instructions either to drive back initio, no.. to Bassin or so to a neighboring estate. rIM v ,r.i n-i Alley CUOOC luc li&LiC4, nuu uiuic iu vauc ton, where themob, driven Irom West h.nd, encountered them, and they were murdered and horribly mutilated. Ostermann, with his twent--nve men, then attacked , the rioters, numbering some 2,000. At first they showed fight, but they had no fire arms, and bullets and cold steel soon carried the day. Many were shot, and Ostermann and his little force charged through them and relieved the fort, the inner gate of which had withstood the attack of the rioters, lhe mob now retreated to the country and beiran a regular systematic burnmer of the estates. Meanwhile the out m A est End, and had the mob returned in force it could have murdered every one The barque Carib was at est End, ana the captain (Tittmarsh) went toward morning ashore, right opposite the fort With his men armed withevolvers and he armed with a Winchester repeating rifle, he kept the mob at bav while they trans ported the women and children on board. . ACTIO.V OF THK AUTHORITIES The fire had been seen in St. Thomas, and V ednesdav morning the. news came that the rioters were marching on Bassm The Governor at once issued a proela mation placing the Island of St. Croix in a state of siege. Ilere follows an account of assistance rendered bf foreign vessels. THKJ)AM AGE CAUSED. T The damage and losses cannot be over estimated. Alons the north of the island runs a range of hills. The estates on the north side of theses hills are the poorest rn the island, and they, some twelve or fif teen in number, have "escaped. To the south, running from east to west, are what are called .the centre line f estates, and further south still, the south side estates, 0 f the centre line and south side estates, out of some sixty or seventy p0$ more than ten are unburned. These estates, part icu, larly those in the centre line, are the finest ixi the island. Strange to say, invariably the negro huts on the, esUtes have been left unluched. The 'great house, the man ager's Louse and the works are entirely gone. . The canes are uninj ured. In West End alone the damages, are estimated at over o0,000.. narp.ow escape or a tics cocxskl. Mr Armstrong, of the firm of Moore fc Armstrong, started from an estate near Bbssin on the morning of the 24 for West End. He had seen the fire, but know noth ing of the disturbance. Halfway he was surrounded and made to get from his car riage and ordered to prepare for death. The rioters are largely composed of Eng lish negroes, the scum of Barbadoes and Antigua. Mr. Armstrong is the British Vice Consul at Rassin. He answered them coolly, "Of course you can kill me,, but (slewing his official buttons) you know me and you know what will happen if the British Consul is killed." Some still cried, "Kill him!" but after some consultation the ringleaders decided no. They refast ened the traces and sent two men to guard himjo the outskirts of West End. CAUSE OF DISSATISFACTION. The Labor act has been a great cause of dissatisfaction. , By it no planter could en gage a laborer for over a certain sum", say ten cents , per day. This act, though it came to an end on the 30th of September, was. still practically enforced.. The misfor tunes of the cbntral factory, which was started this year, added to the disconcent,' for this factory labor was engaged at from thirty -fire cents up to seventy-five cents per day-. The factory became bankrupt, stopped, and the negroes there employed spread themselvesover the country and der maude'd from the planters the factory wa ges. These they could not afford io give, nor could they legally, if they wished. Again, many estates broke up their works and scut, their canes tov the factory. The latter becomipg bankrupt, were unable to pay for thocaues, and the planters, in turn, unable to pay the laborers. A rumor is current, moreover,' that many of the Eit glish negroes had demanded either higher wages or permission to leave the island. I . THE KILLED. The only people killed are ;the two sol diers and the planter, .Fontaine. lAbout two hundred rioters have been shot in the country by the soldiers and volunteers. One of the worst of the women, nicknamed "Bottom Belly," has been captured. It was she that put the torch to the. custom house at West End. - RETIRED TO THE HILLS. Advices last night by cable state that the rioters have now all retired to the northwest of the island. , Two expeditions were to start, one from Bassin and one from West End, to crush them out. A drum hebd court martial has been held and thirty-seven of the rioters shot in .the fort -yard at Bassin. Up to now noue have been 6hot at West End. ( Till: COLUMBIA TL LEGltAMH. One Who Ought to Know Thinks Them Supremely Ridiculous. Columbia Iieqlater. The publicatipn of alleged telegrams in the New York Tribune, purporting to have been sent from Columbia pending the count, of the Electoral vote in 1878, and which seek to establish an attempt to pur chase the Radical Returning Board of this State, has induced a reporter of the Reg ister to interview Col. R, W. Cathcart, of this city, who was manager of the Western! Lmon telegraph Company at the time it is alleged these dispatches were sent. It will be seen from the report below that .Col. Cathcart thinks the publication iu the lrtuune has been manufactured for politi cal effect, as-he denies that any such dis patches were sent or received through his office. The following is the result of the interview : - ' ! , Reporter Wereyou-connec'ed with the Western Union Telegraph Company during the campaign of-1876 and the win ter following 1 '. Col. Cathcart "I was manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in this city at the time mentioned, had been for ten years previous,- and remained in that position until November, 1877, when I resigned to go into other business. R. "Have you any distinct recollection of the telegr&ns'forwarded in the early part oi November relative to the electoral vote in bouui Carolina, , by whom they, were sent, from. whom, answers were returned. and the nature of the dispatches ?" C "1 regret my inability toanswer that uuession. 1 have always regarded tele grams as privileged communications, and their contents could -not be made known wsth any greater propriety than a post master could break the seal of a letter. I was summoned several times before courts and legislative committees, ordered to pro duce telegrams which were claimed to have passed through my ofiice, but I refused to testify or produce the dispatches, and was directed bv the companv to procure coun tel. My idea of doing- juatite.to the pub lic and protecting the! company's,, interest being sustained by points of law produced by counel on the different occasions, there was nothing disclosed in . relation to any communications passing through my office, ami in eery instance i was successiui in defeating any attempt made to violate the privilege of the public. I am urfwilHng even now to disclose anything that came "tp my knowledge as manager of the West- em Union Telegraph Company, and would regard it assa violation or honor to do so. R :"If vou have seen the dispatches printed in the New York Tribune of the 16th instant, please state whether orinot you think them authentic ? . C l win state in repry to. that ques tion, that while I have already stated my inability and unwillingness to disclose the contends of any telegram passing over the cdmpariy's wires, on reading the telegrams alluded to I was not only surprised at the pretended contents, but they mipressedine as being supremely ridiculous. There was nothing transpired, to my present recollec tion, that 'wjrranted the slightest suspi cion on my part. While' stating my opin ion as to what was not done, I do not pre tend to give what was done by the mana gers of either political party." . -Q '-Doyen remember rfmith M. Weed who Was here soon "after the election, and whether any of his dispatches to the North indicated that he was trying to purchase the electoral vote of South Carolina from the Repulican Board of State Canvassers? C I remember Mr. Weed, and do not know of his having a" purpose of that kind, OCTOBER 24 1878 . y ueer susDecteri it. ann nover i i .n ... mated, aud i know of nothing that to oicate such a purpose on hn part. His sojourn was quite brief, and be visited the omce very seldom, transactiuj very little uusiness witn it. R : 'Then, Colonel , you consider thit the Trt bv. n e dispatches, to whirh vnnr ntfm. tion has been directed, are sp'urious and mahufactured'?'' . C : "I have paid very little attention W them bevond a casual fiiny v. struck me as altogether sensational and for pomicai enect, without. aftv tbanlatlon as to tug w. How the Sun StrilieBthebfcrvcr. Raleigh Ot.tcrrcr f The first codv of this new dnilv tt.nt t,-,c X - F iiU. been placed on our table came to "us vester- dav, . n, is a neai seven column paper, fall good reading and news. Mr Cicero W. of II arris., the editor, ft Vnnwn lrt'Vnrtl, (V ol r f r - w - - . . A ' V V. - ina iournalism as a writer' of forr nn.l elegance. He was for a long while at the head of the Star, where he did efficient aod acceptable service to the Democratic piirv auu us pnncipies. iir, . ade H. Harris, the citv editor. tVrvnrh nrw m youngest, is one of the Bprightliest fiews- management is in good hands, and we wish the Sun a long and prosiKrons journey. Philippe, the English Racer. New York Herald. Monsieur Philippe made hi3. first public appearance in the'Graed Criterium, about one 'mile, Paris autumn meeting, Sept. 22 last, but did not show to any advantage. He.was then sent to England; and arrived at New Market three days later. On the 27th of that month, he ran in the Rous Memorial btakes, making a capital strug gle for victory, but was beaten by tJeneraJ reel's i'eter, first, auoJ Mn C. Alex ander's Teace, second, there being only neck between Peter and Peace three-quarters of a length separating Peace and Monsieur Philippe at the judicial chair. Of this race the Svortt'na Lift . September. 28, savs.i: ':Among the new comers who ran was a, French coU, Monsieur fmllippei .a son of rlutus, the sire or Flageoist, and oneof the niost shapely and best looking youngsters seen in public this year." Monsieur Philippe is engaged in in the Great Foal Stakes.' Newmarket First October Meeting. 1879, which origi nally had '430 enteies, fifty-eight of whom only declare forfeit, and iu the Grand Prize of Pans, 1879, The' Sculpter Story. Mr. -William Wetmore 8 tory, officer of the JLegion of Honor, is the most promi nent American sculptor at Rome, where he has resided for many . years. Ho is a son oi tne eminent jurist Joseph Story, was born aX Salem. Massachu setts, February 19; 1819, studied law, pub lished several -law books, the "Life a Ad Letrers" of his father, several novels and five volumes of poems, besides his recent classical drama entitled "Nero." He resided in Rome more than -thirty years and has executed mahy fine statues. Among which are those of his father, of Edward. Everett,- George Pea body, James Russell Lowell, Josiah Quih cy and Theodore Parker. His large alle gorical statues, Medea,- Cleopatra, and The. Atrican Sybil," are well known. On his first return to the t nited btates two year ago, after many years' absence, he received the most flattering attentions from the literary and social clubs of New York and Boston. He is now iu Europe. Thn nonulation of Paris, ono-eifrhteenth X" -1 O " of that of France, navs nearlv as much as - ' g m all the rest of France put together in lo cal taxes. The Vienna New Free 'Press 'cdmnlains that the export of Hungarian wheat is al- most as a standstill, partly m consequence of Americans underselling the Hungarian markets. Thev were punntng badlv, when Smith said,' "Iowa man two dollars," and Jones replied, "Ohio a ni40 too." Funeral notice to-morrow. The returns of deaths in Charleston.-for the week ending October 19, shows a total ot 29 8 whites and 21 colored, including stillborns. t- , It is estimated that General Butler's chances for winning the Governorship of Massachusetts are bv no means bad. His enemies concede them 90,000 votes. Work is progressing favorably on the Central Railroad of Guatemala, Several miles have already been cleared and pre pared for grading, Wd a mile?or two is now ready for the rails. ' The Madrid Epoca publishes a letter, dated Mangier, October II, staling that the United States representative has been publicly insulted by the Moors, and that the offenders have not yet been published. The fashion in ladies coiffures in Piris is tc- brush the hair more and more from the neck, so that the. modern female bead TrwA-s like a POmoeian cameo. Powder is coming into use again. Atthe -races at Long Champs there were two ladie, lorm erly blondes, who appoared with canary vellow hair. v T.hey were very pretty and so no One said Anything. A St. Loui3 young man's chance of mar ry mi ng an heiress, to whom ce wa3. en gaged, was spoiled by the use of his diary as evidence in a law suit. . The record shQwed that he frequently called ou other girls, that he had been rejected by two of them since hLs bctjotbal to her, and that be?had borrowed" money , o e rvai when he got hold of her purse. "A private letter, from Mogador givei a fearful account of the famine in Morocco. It says: "The famine here to the,, south ward has been, and still is, something frightful. You may see living skeletons of men, women , and children jrropiug in. foul refuse heaps for hideous bits of oflal. Down at the Waterport poor starring wretches are constanty scratching and sift ing sand, dust aod rtud for stray grains of rice or barley .i" " t The Bishop of Manchester has been hmu kmg a long speech before the Cfcurcb Con gress In session it SbeEBeH. about the stage and its effect upon public morals. He spoke in terms of the strongest condemna tion of filthy play3 of the "Pink Domin" variety, bat said that he did not altogether believe in laying the ' reiponsibiHty . for these production at the .doors of the noo agers. If debased and immoral public demanded dirt the supply was rare to be forthcoming. OTK NORTH CAROl.l If AFT I igeons are preying 4ooth lion. Jo. Hivi, was to speak in Raleigh 1 tie pn' f M rs. Iach's . poems hai oeeft rctuc Hkkoryfrsr; Preparation will (iooc begin tobniM arrTTpWopal church in thia place. f ' ' Hkk The llillRboro lit c order of this wwk devot even columns and a half p&ce to Oraogu. Superior Coort The railroads generaily, are offering .to puss delegatoi to and froui tha SuUf Sun tny Copvculiou, soto beheld in Raleigh. Yetcnlay was discharged from the pen itentiary. Allen Shaw, col., of Cnmbe Und. convkted . of manslaughter and senW.e?d in 1877. The Rakish Atr. is glad to learn that Mrs. Vauce ;s easier, and that the Gov ernor hows to take bcrU thaV city with him the. last of. the week.. ieven denominations wre represented in the ckrgy present at the Harmony Hill camp-meeting, Iredell county, which em braced the second Sunday in October. The Graham GUatKr sayg diphtber.a siill rages in the vicihitythough there have been only two fatal cases in town. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Albert Mitchell haT lost seyeral vhildren in the past week. Fayettevilie corepondence Ralcieh Ob- $erver "Saturduy ended the protracted aud secoul trial of Balaam Kvaus, colored, accused of rape u.jxn the person of Mrs. Frauccs Barnes white.. The, evidence was voluminous, as on the previous trial, when the jury could not agree; but the State failed to sustain the credibility of its chisf witness a3 successfully a tbeu, and ver dict of not guilty from the jury was ren dered, aftr about an hour's absence from the courtroom. This week two other im portant ckpital cases will probably be tried. The case of the State vs Lee, moved from Bladen and referred to io your Bladen correspondent's letter of last week. The prisoner is said to le a desperate vil lain. The other case is that of the State vs. Hansil Godwin, but recently captured iti South Caroliua, charped with thr muri der of Polly Blackmou by -poisoning with strychnine some three or four years ago, about which' thinie he he fled, and was out lawed by judicial proclamation. 'Jellerfcon. Davis on Northern. A Id. The following is an extract from a letter written by Jefferson Davis from his home at Beauvior, not far from New OrleaniMo to a friend in New York aTetf days beiofe the death of his ion. It not "only shows the hopefulaessifcof the man in regard to checking the yellow fever, but proves that there is a less bitter' feeling in the South Howards theorfh to-day than there was a year ago r , " J he time is at hand when frost may be expected at Memphis, and , tha affect it produces has usually been felt for several degrees of latitude south of the place where it occurred ' e are here surrounded by fever and the circle steadily narrows, but my residence is so isolated that we may tairly hope not to be .invaded by the infec tion. The disease, however, has this year som characteristics hitherto unknown and the suffering has been and is more general and severe than of any previovs epidemic lhe noble generosity of the Northern peo- pto in this day of our extreme affliction hits been felt with deep gratitude and has done more for the fraternization of which mauy rdly prate thanv wonld many vplumes of rhetorical assurance. , Waddell at Kockfikh. 1 Cumberland ,Co.f N. C., Oct. 19, 1B78. LF?,lrtn llohlsnnian : On' Saturdav last, we had the pleasure of hearing our aole Itepresentative, lion. A. m. wauaeu, dalivpr n rolitical address to a respectable audience at Rock fish village, in which he showed that there is no necessity lor organ izing a third party relation to a currency based on the credit of the general govern ment, and sufficient for the businesu.of tbe people. Inasm ich as the, record of the action ol the Democratic party in congress for the nast fifteen years. ha3 been in favor of thp policy now advocated by the Na tional or Green back party. ! ins experi ence in the, National Legislature for the past 8 years; his' good jiersonal . appear ance, and his high order of talents, renders him calculated' to exert an influence and command repeet wherever such qualities are properly appreciated. Z. Punishment by Torture. Some persons have doubted whether the Babylonians were guilty of such "extreme fnrJttr" an in r apt -persons alive Into a burning fiery furnace, as io tbe the case of S.hiulr&fih.. Aleshech und Aheuoeco, men tioned by Daniel. They are' strangely fnrrrpifnl r,f innumerable fierv martyrdoms, verv much more slow in torture, and there fore more cruel than the scyen times heaiea fttrnocc of Babylon. Mr. If; F Talbot has difecovertd ample proof in Assyrian writing that ootn mis punisnntenK u that of casting men alive into a den of lions, as - flan;!- wajr treated, were in common use at Bobyloo during the reign of Assarbanipal,. who proceded N buthadnezzaron the throne by less than t tx-n W jrL Slnlmneiha. the voanjrer brother of As.-urbanipaT, having rizen in re- riiion ajrains uio wicimui failed in tho attempt was not spared "7f an Vgrv brother. The following brief record U sufffcient to tell it own Ule, "My rc-U-IUoui brother, Saulmngina, who made war with me, was cast into a burning, fiery furnance." Many of Ssnteugina's adhe re nU were treated in the same manner, and the remainder otherwise disposed pf in the followiag way, as AssurbaDipal verv pithi ly says : iSThe rest of the people I threw alive among bulls and lions, as my grand father, Senmacherih, used to act ; and I. foilowing his example, hare . thus treated these rebellious men." . J International Eeviei7. 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