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EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS.
NE.VATOR GORDON.
An Kloqueut and Patriotic Speech
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22. Senator Gof
don, in his speech before the Legislature,
after referring deprecatingly to the recent
speeches of Senators Blaine and Conkling,
and Secretary Sherman, said : "Will the
masses of republican voters sustain these
leaders in such a policy of oppression ? I
cannot believe it.' I cannot believe they
will be sustained by that wing of the party
which supported President Hayes in his
patriotic recognition of the fact that war
was ended in the withdrawal of troop3, and
leaving Louisiana and South Carolina the
rights of self government. Applause.
I wish you also to know my countrymen,
that there are hundreds of, thousands of
patriotic men in that party who, if they
saw their danger and 'the reactionary dan
ger to them, would unite with you to
avert it.
There are thousands of christian men in
that party who do not sympathize with
these wrongs, whose hearts bled for our
recent afflictions, and whose purses were
employed to relieve the Southern sufferinsr.
Applause.! That was the spectacle that
presented the better side to these men, and
was the spectacle that touched and moved
the great southern heart and caused it to
beat once more in responsive throbs to the
.great heart of the North as deep calleth
unto the deep f loud applause, and that
.Southern prayers ascended that Jehovah
would not only reward them a thousand
j oui, out tnat tnis great boutnem woe
made national by God-like sympathy might
become the grave of all sectional animosi
ties. But now what revolution and con
trast, at the very moment when Southern
sunenng anu xsortueru uenencence were
" binding together these estranged sections,
these grave Senators seek to reopen wounds
that were healing and revive passions that
were dying. At an hour when good will
was being restored, when races were at
peace, and when both races alike were en
joying the blessings of education and good
government, these leaders bring out the
bloody shirt again, run it up the. party
stall aim ny it as a symbol of new civihza
tion and restored union." 'v
Kau ftnan Presents a Sword.
Londov, Nov. 22. A Berlin dispatch
to the limes says Gen. Kaufman has de
livered a costly sword to Murdsha Mo-,
bammed Hassan, chief of the Afghan lega
tion at lashkend, to be transmitted
through him to the Ameer of Cabul.
When presenting the sword, Gen. Kauf
man delivered the following address :
"3iy illustrious sovereign, in whose em
pire the sun never sets and whose raised
finger causes millions of soldiers to take
up arms, sends this pledge of friendship
and unchanging "affection to his friend and
all', the noble and chivalrous ruler of the
Afghans and Beloochees. History teaches
that Russia ever espouses a just cause, that
she has always known how to protect her
allies from the attacks of any enemy how
ever 'powerful. Whoever sides with Rus
sia, peed not fear that a hair on his head
will be injured. The power of the Russian
sword is great. This is a fact known to
the enemies of Russia as well as to her al
lies. May God protect and preserve the
two powerful sovereigns, the Czar and the
Ameer. May uod promote the welfare o
the two allied countries to the benefit o
Afghaus, Russians and humanity at large
May the echo of these words awaken con
solation and hope where oppression and ty
rami v are uaramount.
The blade of the sword has the following
inscription in the Persian tongue :
"May God give thee victory over the in
hdels."
A dispatch to the Times from Philipop
pons says: Words ot uen. lodleben dur
ing his recent visit here made a deep im
pression. He told tho Bulgarian Russian
authorities that they must conform to the
treaty of Berlin, adding that on his recfen
trip .to Livadia the Czar expressed a firm
intention to execute that treaty.
Austria and Russia.
Pesth. Nov. 22. Count Andrassy, the
Austro-IIuncrarian Premier, has informed
the delegation that Prince Labanoff, Rus
sian AniDassaoor at uonsianiinopie uus
declared to the Porte that East Roumelia
would only be . evacuated three' months
after the Porte signed a treaty replacing
the treaty of San Stefano. Austria's views
being asked by several Powers, she declared
that the treaty was a Russo-Turkish affair,
but that the postponement of the evacua
tion of East Roumelia was contrary to the
treaty of Berlin. Russia admitted this
view, aud disavowed Prince LabanotTs
declaration. Russia has since emphasized
her wish to conscientiously execute the
treaty of Berlin, only demanding that the
Porte shall do likewise. The expectation
that the Porte will do so is justified by the
benefits it derives from the treaty.
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Liverpool Cotton Circular.
Liverpool, Nov. 22. The weekly cir
cular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers'
Association, in its review of the cotton
trade, says : Cotton has been in fair de
mand throughout the week, but the market
has been generally dull, except for long
stapled, which has advanced. For Ameri
can the demand was fair, but quotations
are reduced l-16(a d. except for ordinary
grades, which were unchanged. Sea Island
was in improved demand ; medium grades
of Florida are rather dearer and the supply
is small. In futures business was limited ;
an advance of l-163-32d. was obtained
last Friday morning, but was mostly lost
during the day, ana the market has since
gradually weakened, closing l,32d, below-
last Thursday's prices.
Criminal Record,
Bkidokwatbk, Mass.-i Geo. B. Stelsou,
for many years the selling agent of the
Bridgewater Iron Company, with office in
Nevy York, and who had also been a direc
tor and president ot that company unti
quite recently, is alleged to bo a defaulter
to the amount of $23,000.
When a tramp demands a meal or an
Arkansas woman she sticks a pistol under
his nose, and tells him to "eat that.,?
wasiii.;to.'
The Xew Orleans HintOrsraiiizcd
Resistance by illockaders.
Washington-, Nov. 22. The New Orl
eans mint will be reopened about the 1st
of January.
Commissioner Rauni received a telegram
rom Collector llravtoti, dated Columbia.
Nov. 21st, stating that Captain Hoffman-
telegraphs that his detachment of the reve
nue force was surrounded' last night in a
hou3e where thev were " stopping, in. Abbe
ville countv. near the Georgia line, bv a
band of armed men, about--fifty in number.
and ordered to leave the countv. Their
ives were threatened and a number of
shots fired. The officers withdrew to
Abbeville Court Hou-e to await reinforce
ments, which Bravtoir ordered. ' lie says
warrants for the arrest of the offenders be
obtained and executed. Also that Special
Deputy Sandfurd reports the seizure, noar
Spartanburg, of two horses, a '.svagbn and
seventy gallons of whiskey, and the arrest
of two blockaders.
The Commissioner replied, instructing
Brayton to reinforce Hoffman sufficiently
to overcome all resistance and make all
proper seizures, and arrests, and concludes :
1 wish it distinctly understood that I wil
oppose any lurther amnesty in your btate.
Ullenders must expect to be punished to
the full extent of the law."
In his report to the AVar (Department
General Gibbon, commanding' the Depart
ment of Dakota, after- describing the mur
der of Edward Frazier by the Indians, ten
ders his contribution to. the literature ol
the Indian Department. After stating
what would be the effect of placing the
control of Indian affairs under two depart
ments, he says : ''The average Indian
agent, while preparing the red man for
heaven, as he thinks, is actually making a
hell upon earth for him by leaving him
unclothed and unfed, while frequently the
price of his clothing is put in the agent's
Eocltet. The army officer, on the other
and, who has been educated, account for
every cent's worth of property received
from the government and are anxious to
have the Indian fed and clothed to keep
him peaceful: If the system of responsi
bility which prevails in army existed in
in the Indian Department much of the now
well foundered charge of looseness ' and
fraud would .be aVoidCd." ,
The total estimates- of the-Secretary of
the Treasury for the support of the govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June 1880
are $27r.137,2f0.U4. The aggregate for
1879 was 280,G88,70G.3S, showing a re
duction for the next fiscal vear of $f),5f)l,
545.44.
An order issued to-day reduces the al
lotments to be spent at the several navy
yards twenty per cent., taking from Nor
folk $5,000 and Pensacoia $3,000.
The warrant for the fishery award was
to-day drawn at the Treasury foV$ii,500,000
and placed to the credit of the Secretary
of State. -
At the Cabinet session this afternoon
Secretary Evarts announced that the Por-
tugese authorities have placed Angell, the
defaulting cashier of the Pullman Palace
Car Company, in the custody of the U. S.
consul at Lisbon, and although no extra
dition treaty exists between the United
States and Portugal his return to this
country may be expected as a matter of
international courtesy on the part of the
Portuguese government
The Secretary of the Interior has for
warded to the Attorney General the re
port of the agent sent to Florida to inves
tigate the depredations of the timber lands
with the request that those who have vio
lated the timber laws be prosecuted.
- Dr. Scott, United consul at Honolulu,
has submitted to Secretary Evarts an offi
cial communication arguing that the reci
procity treaty between the United States
and Hawaiian kingdom should be amended.
He says the value of the articles imp6rted
into this country from the Sandwich Isl
auds is six times that of our exports to
tliem, anil that we receive no adequate re
turn for our relinquishment of the customs,
duties on Hawaiian sugar and rice products.
The House appropriations .committee
commenced preparing the annual appro
bation bi ls-to-dav. I lie impression is
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that no more material, reductions can be
made from the totals of last vear without
detriment to the service.
The 1
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and King 3Iumlert.
London, Nov. 22. Dispatches from
Rome to the Times says the;Popedid not
telegraph directly to king Humbert, but
' directed the Archbishop of Naples tocon-
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VllV Hie CAUreSMUHS Ul im- J. u 'v; o itcuui
of indignation at the execrable attempt on
his .'Majesty's life.' and also the hope that
his Maiestv might at length recognize the
danger of the policy which by violating all
divine and human laws, had so thoroughly
demoralized the people. The statement
tVint: tbfi Italian government, had granted
an exequater to the Archbishop of Naples,
is untrue.
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.More Cieorgia Judges.
Atlanta. Nov. 22. Thos. J. Simmons
is elected Judge of the Macon Circuit', for
the full term and . L. liner for the short
term; Gen. llillyer Judge ot the Atlantic
circuit aud V . L. Crisp tor the teouthcaet
em; Robert "Whitfield Solicitor General
for Ocmulgee and Thos. jG. East on Solici
tor General for Oconee.' This concludes
the elections for the session.
The Irish Linen" Trade.
Belfast, Nov. 22. The long continued
pressure on the linen
trade, shows its ef-
wte The iauure oi a
largO. firm of- flax
spinners and power loom weavers is an
nounced, with liabilities estimated at from
50,000 to ibu.uyu. .
The flax spinning and power loom weav
ing firm referred to in above dispatch as
having failed, is Mitcbell Bros.
lloiler Explosion
Cincixxati, Nov. 22t A special dis
patch says the boiler of an engine of the
Co-operative Coal Company at Springfield,
111., exploded last evening. One ..killed and
several scalded, two seriously.
Eight !IenKllled.
, Tebre Haute, Ixd., -Nov. 22. The ex
plosion in the coal mine at Sullivan yes
terday, was caused by the ignition of gas.
Eight men were killed. There were at the
time tventy-seyen miners at work, of whom
fifteen were in the lower yein. Seven were
saved after the lapse of an hoiu The
twelve men in tho upper vein were badly
etqnned.
.WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY,
IV A R COMMENCED.
The Fighting Opened Afghan
iiun .Silenced and Fort Aban
donedThe Vice Uoj'h
Proclamation.
Kiiyber Pass, Not. 21. At daybreak
this morning General Brown stood on a
little plain beyond Jumrood, watching the
march to tbe front. A picket of the ene
my's cavalry was visible on the top of
Shagai Ridge, beyond range. The advance
guad marched briskly on and presently
crested the height, - whence, at 10 o'clock,
a skirmishing fire was opened on the ene
my's picket. Theflatter retired after a des
ultory reply, our force, pressing on and
occasionally firing, reached Shagai Ridge,
whence Ali Musjed is clearly visible. A t
noon Ali Musjed fired the first shell, which
burst in the air. The second shell was
well aimed, striking the flagstaff on Shagai
Ridge, and, without bursting, going be
yond. A long. halt was necessary to allow
our heav battery to come up, and the in
terval was utilized by the horse artillery'
in placing the guns on the height. To
our right Fort Ali Musjed replied aud the
firing became somewhat brisk. Meanwhile
firing was heard to the left of Fort Ali
Musjed and some persons construed that it
was McPhersons turning movement on
our right coming into operation. But the
Afghans about Fort Ah Musjed held their
ground, although thus apparently threat
ened on flank and front. Our horse artil
fery fire was fairly served. The Afghans
replied with spirit from Fort Ali Musjed
at first but' afterwards slackly. -
At 1 o'clock p. m. forty-pounders reach
ed the scene, as also the Magenaiss nine
pounders. The horse guns then moved off
the ridge and gave place to the nine-pounder
battery, while the forty pounders played
against the right of the Afghan position.
The Afghan guns slowly but steadily re
plied, making good practice, especially
from their seven-pounders in the central
bastion.
About 2 o'clock two forty-pounder shells
crushed into the central bastion, crumbling
a great portion of it, and apparently dis
mounting the gun which had been so stub
born. Lo.fDox, Nov. 22, 6 p. m. A special
dispatch from Jumrood dated this morning
and published in an extra edition of the
Daily Neics says :
"The Afghans abandoned Fort Ali Mus
jed in the course of the night. General
lytlen s brigade having occupied a defile
in their rear we took possession this morn
ing without firing a snot and dispositions
for advancing are now being made."
The proclamation of the Viceroy of In
dia recounts the history of the relations
between India and Afghanistan for the
last ten years. It says : In return for the
kindness of our actions and intentions as
witnessed by the Ameer's reception at
Umballa by the material aid offered to kirn
from time to time, and by the commerce
with India accorded to the Afghans we
gained only ill will and discourtesy. The
Ameer openly and assiduously attempted
by words and deeds to stir up relig
ious hatred and bring about a war
upon the British empire in India
and although he had repelled all efforts for
an amicable intercourse by the Indian gov
ernment, he formally received a Russian
embassy, and finally, while the Russian
mission was still at Cabul, he forcibly re
pulsed the English envoy, whose coming
had been duly notified to me, and met our
attempts to promote friendly relations with
open indignity and defiance. The Ameer,
mistaking for weakness the long forbear
ance of the British government, thus de
liberately incurred its just resentment with
the Sirdars and people of Afghanistan.
The Indian government has no quarrel, as
they have given no offence.
"The independence of Afghanistan will
be respected, but the government of India
cannot tolerate that any other power should
interfere in the internal affairs of Afghan
istan." The proclamation concludes as fol
lows :
"Upon Ameer Shere Ali alone rests the
responsibility of having exchanged the
friendship for the hostility of the Empress
of India."
Indian Outrages.
Cincinnati, Nov. 22. A special
dis-
patch says John Taylor with his wife and
-two children, and Miss Clatz, left Spring
field, Missouri, in a wagon for Colorado
two months ago. Nothing had been heard
from them until a few days ago, when a
letter was received from Miss Clatz, which
stated that the Indians had captured the
party and murdered all except herself She
was afterwards rescued by United States
troops. The letter graphically describes
the fiirht with the Indians, about 20 of
whom were killed and wounded before cap
turing Taylor.
. France Duel Recrimination.
LosDox.'Xor. 22. The Times' Paris
dispatch says : '"The conditions of the duel
between M. Gambetta and M. de Fourton
provided only for one exchange of shot?.
At the conclusion, seconds shook hands,
the principals lifted their hats and all left
the ground. Rifled pistols were used, and
the conditions of duel was a single fire at
thirty-five paces."
1 he duel will excite laughter and sur
prise, and will add nothing to the reputa
tion of the parties. As M. de Fourton had
choice of weapons, his seconds probably
laid down the conditions. M. de Fourton,
in a speech in the Chamber of Deputies
Monday, said, "If I had done my whole
duty you (the Left) would not be sitting
where you are." The Republicans are
greatly excited at thb threat of a cokjj
d'etat and the talk of impeaching the De
Broglie mintstry is revived.
Month Carolina. '
Charleston-, Nov. 22. The Spanish
Consul at this port, Louis D. T. Bermudes,
died to-day of paralysis.
The Sheriff and Deputy of Sumter coun
ty was arrested to-day, charged with re
sisting the process of the United States
Court in arresting Sam Lee, who it is al
leged was already in the custody of the
United States Marshal as" witness in the
United States Court.
Rev. R. E. White, Baptist Minister,
who was shot in the head while going in a
buggy with hU wife to the- Baptist Con
vention at Sumter. It is supposed he must
have been mistaken for gentleman who
took an active part in. the late election. A
negro named Coleman was arrested to4ay
on suspicion, -
.Mail Robbing.
Fort Fjxtertan-, Nov. 22. The mail
which left Fort McKenney on the 2oth
inst., was robbed by two masked men thL
uiuiuiiij, - l units cvuiu ucic. 1HU paj-
sengers lost all their valuables. The mail
bags were cut-open, the letters nearly all
torn and scattered over the ground, and all
the money taken out of them.
The Public Health Association.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 22.-In to-day's
session of the Public Health Association,
the executive committee reported that the
invitation of Governor Porter, of Tennes
see, for the Association to hold its next
session at Nashville, had been accepted,
the time of the meeting to be announced
kexgaller. The Association elected the
following officers for the ensuing term :
Paesident Rrof. Cabell, of the Univer
sity of Virginia.
First Vice President Surgeon J. S.
Billings; United States Army.
Second Vice President Dr. Choppin,
of New Orleans.
Treasurer Dr. Henry B. Baker, of
Michigan.
Executive Committee Dr. C. B. White,
of New Orleans; Dr. T. J. Turner, United
States Army ; Dr. Ezrie M. Hunt, of New
Jersey; Dr. J. D. Plunkett, of Nashville ;
Dr. C. F. Falsom, of Mississippi, and Dr.
C. D. Hewett, of Michigan.
Secretary Janes, of New York, holds
over another term.
A resolution was adopted appointing a
committee of five to urge Congress to pub
lish a catalogue of the medical and sanita
ry library, . now ' under the direction of
Surgeon General Woodworth.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
that they have duly considered the resolu
tions presented by Dr. Baker, of Michigan,
in relation to obtaining legislation by
Congress on several subjects pertaining to
the public health, while they cordially ap
prove the subject and matter of these
resolutions they deam it unwise and inex
pedient to commit the Association at this
critical period of public agitation of kind
red topics to any definite formof organization
of a public health service. The Committee
think the object sought can best be obtained
by the appointment by the Association of
a suitable committee on legislation, em
powered to secure the legislation necessary
to the organization of an adequate public
health service connected with the General
Government. They suggest that in such
an organization each State represented in
the Association shall have a member, and
that the chief medical officer of the army,
of the navy, of the marine hospital
service, and ot the Commission ot Educa
tion or such officer as they may
desij
rnnt o
shall be members together with
dent of this Association. This
the Presi
committee should have an executive committee con
veniently located to act together during
the session of Congress, to whom should
be referred all resolutions on matter per
taiuing to Congressional action. The re
port was adopted, Resolutions were also
adopted, as the judgment of the Associa
tion, that it is the duty of every State to
establish and maintain an efficient State
Board of Health, to protect the public
health of the whole country.
The discussion on yellow fever origin
Eortability, contagion, &c., was opened
y Dr. S. S. Herrick, of New Orleans, who
was followed by Drs. C. Halliday, of New
Orleans, Sternberg, of the U. S. army,
Vandeaman, of Chattanooga, Mitchell, of
Memphis. A. L. Gibon, Medical Inspector
of the U. S. navy, Geo. E. Trescot, of
Greenville, S. C, T. J. Turner, of the U.
S. navy, and "William Selden, of Norfolk.
SHORTER TELEGRAMS.
The Pall Mall Gazette says that Parlia
ment will be summofted to meet in Decem
ber next.
The Oil producers continued their ses
sion in New York yesterday. The meeting
was strictly private.
A Bristol dispatch says: "Inconsequence
of the continued inactivity of emmigratiou
the Great Western Steamship Company
will discontinue their line to New York
dnring the winter."
A meeting of the railway managers wa3
held at the Grand Union Hotel, Cincinnati,
yesterday, the object being the formation of
pooling arrangements for the east bound
freight to maintain its preseut rates.
Secretary Evarts has instructed Bayard
Taylor, Minister to Germany, to investigate
and report the case of a naturalized Ger
man citizen of Wisconsin, who went to
Germany and expressed himself to freely
of the conduct of that government, with a
view of interference in behalf of the citizens
by our government.
A New York dispatch says : "Owing to
a rain storm which prevailed during the
night the mails on the' principal western
and southern roads, were a hour and a half
late. The AVhite Star Steamer Republic,
remained outside the bar during the night
with the European mails on board.
The trial of Capt. Hudgins. d( the
t sehooner Maggie Grav, for the killing of
tnenrsimaie w.ii. weaver, while on a
voyage from Baltimore to Rio Jaueiro in
June last, commenced in the United States
Circuit Court in Baltimore yesterday, and
was concluded to-day. The jury returned
a verdict of not guilty on the plea of in
sanity. .
Farmer and Mechanic : In many out
side regions the idea prevails that North
Carolina is unhealthy, yet we boldly assert
that in no State in the Union is the aver
age of longevity higher. For example,
the average of all the deaths, of adults, in
our "Death Notices" this week, is 70 years
three being above &0. North Carolina
has increased the number of her live stock
nearly 800,000 in number, and about $4,
500.000 in value since 1st of January,
1877:
Raleigh Neics : A rather strange acci
dent occurred near Smithfield. Johnston
county, a day or two since, to Wm, Riley.
He was turkey hunting on horseback, and
riding up in gunshot of a number of tur
keys, dismounted and fired at them. He
held the horse by the bridle and the animal,
.frightened by the report of the gun, ran
away, throwing the unlucky tisportsman! to
the ground and breaking thefingerS6r6ne
hand, which held the bridle. The gun was
also smashed, So disgusted and hurt ;was
Riley that he did not even look to see how
many turkeys be had killed. .
Hussey is making a good paper of the
Raleigh News, " s ? :
NOVEMBER 23,
LATEST-MAILS.
; A Goidiiboro JIarriase.
Su:i - Cor rttptjiule net ."
Goi.nsBor.0, N. G. Nov. 21. This morn
ing at 9 o'clock Mr. J. H. Adams, th.
courteous General Claim Agent of the
R. & D. R. R., was matrimonially united
toMissSudie, youngest daughter of the
late Jno. B. Griswohl, of this place. . The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. J.
W. Larmour, Rector at the Episcopal
Church, in the preseuce of a large number
of friends of both the bride and groom.
The church had been previously handsome
ly decorated with evergreens aud flowers,
a beautiful floral marriage bell being -suspended
within the Chancel.
, The following ladies and gentlemen were
the attendants :
M.isi Mamie Hodges, of Portsmouth, and
Mr. F. L. Custer, of Goldsboro ; Miss
Mamie Adams, of Goldsboro, and Mr.
Walter Griswold and others of the road ;
Miss Mary Smallwood, of Ncwlern, Mr.
Arnold Borden, of Goldsboro, Miss Georgie
Raine, of Goldsboro, and Mr. Ed. II. Iee,
of Raleigh ; Miss Carrie Borden, of Greens
boro, and Dr. Slover, of Newborn ; Mr.
Robt.. Glenn, of Greensboro, attended the
groom. The bride being escorted by her
brother, lrsHpnorjEd. Griswold, Mayor of
Goldsboro, who "gave the bride away," a
brief reception was held at the private
parlors of the Gregory House awaiting
the arrival of the train from Wilmington.
The groom and bride, amid the adieus of
many warm mends, left lor Kiohmond.
their future home, and your correspondent
but echoes the heartfelt wish of all in
wishing them a future of unbroken hap
pines?. RESUMPTION.-
Interview with Secretary Slier
man. UaUimore Sun Special.
Washington, Nov. 20. The secretary
said that he had studied the;Jaw so often
and so thoroughly that he knew it by
heart. He said that so far as New York
is concerned the law is mandatory, and re
quires him to redeem all the greenbacks
presented in sums of not less than fifty
dollars. But while the law is mandators7
as to New York, it contains no inhibition
as to other cities. The secretary said : "1
hold the meaning of the resumption act to
be that a legal-tender dollar shall be Just
as good as a gold dollar anywhere and
everywhere in the United States on and
after the first of next January."
lhe question was then asked ot the Sec
retary whether he-would redeem the green
backs in Baltimore, Boston, San Irancisco,
&c, the same as in New York.
To this he answered : "It is. a 'question
of expediency. I do not yet know exactly,
but I do not think the law prohibits us
from taking legal tenders for customs dues
at Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco or
anywhere else. I assume Ahat the law
means that a greenback shall be as good
as the best dollar after Januarv. I shall
give it a full and thorough test, and round
all the sharp corners to make it work '
smoethly."
'How about the relusal of the New-
York banks to take silver on deposit?''
"Ihat ofhcially I know nothing about.
It is the bank' affair, and not the affair of
the Secretary of the Treasury."
I he Secretary indicated very plainly
that all the ability of the Treasury Depart
ment would be exerted to have resumption
go into effect simultaneously at New York
and all the other money centres, and his
disposition to receive' the greenbacks in
payment of customs dues would seem to
meet the point made at the meeting of the
Baltimore clearing house yesterday. It is
understood to be the policy of the depart
ment that the gold coin will not be con:
centrated at New York beyond the amount
considered necessary to provide for all con
tingencies, but will be distributed
other poiuts as far as may be.
among
Representative Baker, of Indiana, who
was in the secretary's room at the same
time as your correspondent, was anxious to
obtain some light on the silver question,
and the following is substantially what
passed : -
Mr. Uaker. "Mr. Secretary, how are
you getting along en the matter of slvcr ?"
" The Secretary. I cannot get the silver
away from centres, and the consequence is
that the'' dollars come back into the treasury
for customs dues. I have no doubt that if
we could distribute the silver all ' through
the country it would stay in circulation."
Mr. Baker. "The trade dollar; how
about that ?"
The Secretary. "It 13 a sort of fraud
dollar. It is simply bullion in its intent."
Mr. Baker. "But it was once legal ten
der up to $5." ''
The Secretary. "Yes. But that feature
of it was repealed before it got iHto circu
lation here, and it ought never to be made
a legal tender. It was intended to help
China trade. It is nothing more nor less
than so much bullion, and should not by
the government! stamp be made subject to
the whim of the importer or exporter, who
is guided by the cver-changiug value of
silver."
i : : m 1 mm
v5Inrder or a Minister.
Special to t1 Charletton Xeirt and Courier.
Scmtf.r, November 21. The Rev. R. E.
AVhite, preaching at Kingstree, Mount
Hope and Forreston, who was married not
a month ago, while coming from Manning
to Sumter to-day in his buggy with his
wife, was shot in the head and killed by
some unknown person. He was carried to
the nearest house, that of Spencer Davis,
nine miles from Sumter. He lived enly
twenty minute?-
Mr. White was educated at the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary, aad was
a voting man of great promise. He was
born in Ireland-- Uewa a delegate lo the
Baptist Btate Convention w Hich assem
bled here to-day. . There is great excite
trant to-night among the few who know
this sad event. CoL Walsh, acting coro
ner, Dr. John S. Hughcson and others will
leave immediately to hold an inquest and
post-mortem examination.
1878.
XOTES ORTlI AROI.IXIAX.
There whisper of nw tore in YAexl
too.
Shelby is wtll supplied with revn of-
ncers.
Shelby's oldest citircn, Mr. James Uv
is dead. .
The Swannanoa tunnel k ahnt com
pleted. 'Possums abound in Statcsvilie
wise "tatcrs."
An inhuman igro mother, near Wind
sor, burned up her new born bal in the
ashes, and escaped.-
The University has one hundred and
seventy-five students.
Col. Patterson, of Salem, has purchased
the Wilkesboro Wit n ens.
Rev. B. L. Beall returns from Texas to
Lenoir on account of ill health.
Clcaveland county has sent to the peni
tentiary E. B. Curren, white, for larceny.
In for twelve months.
Meetings are held nightly in the Pres
byterian church, tJreensboro, Iter. Ir. J.
II. Smith, pastor.
The ladies of the Edenton Street M. E.
Church, Raleigh, netted $75 by their fes
tival Thursday eveniug.
A nest of thirty-eight highland . mocca
sions was found a" few days ago by Mr. Al
bert Lassiter, of 'Washington county.
Capt. Henry T. Jordan, of Henderson.
and Miss Annie Wynne, of Durham, were
married in the latter place Wednesday
evening last.
Mri Phil. Abrahams, formerlva member
of the firm of Davis, Abrahams S: Lyons,
1 .... ....
well known in this State, died 111 hmfh-
burg Sunday.
The Knquirer learns that the people' of
Hertford are getting up a stock company
for the purpose of having a countv fair. It
sajs the movement is assured.
Brother Shotwell, don't you know Dan
Russell well enough to see that soft soap
would be wasted on him? He ha the
grease, and sowe just give him the lye !
Mr. P. H. Winston, Sr., of Bertie, has
sold his Cedar landing farm to Mr. John
G. Mitchell for$l 1,500. Mr. Winston de:
clines an offer of $15,000 for an adjoining
larm.
Raleigh Observer correspondence from
Windsor reports the burning of Mr. B. B.
Gillam's uninsured cotton gin with six or
seven bales of uninsured cotton lielonging
to Mr. Wiley Bernard.
(Joldsboro Messenger of Thumlav : The
case of Lewis Taylor, charged with the
tuning 01 caivin mnenuge, anu removeu
for trial to Duplin, was called up at Ke-
nansville. yesterday. Hon. W. T. Dortch
and A. K. Smedes, Esq., appear for the
prisoner, and Solicitor Galloway is assisted
in the prosecution by Messrs. John F.
Wooten and Theo. Edwards.
X OTKS SO rTiri-A It O LI X I A .
Charleston kept thanksgiving ou Thurs
day. It is proposed to pay the expenses of the
men hauled before the courts on charge of
tampering with the election. Good.
Governor Hampton's vote in the State
reached 119,550 by official count of the
board of canvassers. The board has ad
journed. "
The Flora, or -orth Carolina.
Statesvii.le, N. C, NoV. 187P.
Editors Landmark : The medical
plants, indigenous to the State of North
Carolina, form a collection of hundred of
varieties and when classfied, as , they will
be, shortlv, their number will exceed two
thousand. These plant3 abound and are
inexhaustible, in her meadows, swamps,
forests; likewise aloug roadsides, m old
fields and cultivated fields ; in her ditches,
vallevs and pastures : along the seashore.
as well as her boggv places. Every plant
1 ii: ,i "i it r a. : t 1
nas us lauiuui aim umuui uuciiux. iu i
name or to particularize each plant, would
consume much space and timef consequent-
ly the writer must use brevity.
Our eminent botanists, Curtis, Chap
man, Darby and Porcher, have not given
in their standard works on Botany, the
proper credit due to the fertile soil of the
Old North State, relative to the complete
Flora of North Carolina. Not detracting
from the merits ot these distinguished gen
tlemen, it mav le well to remark, that the
fault lies in their inspecting tours, anu
that at certain periods they were absent,
during the flowering season, and conse
quently much of the Flora, which v& in
digenous, Jhas unfortunately remained ob
scure. Every locality in the State U
lined with a Flora as varied and beautiful
as the imagination can picture. The skies
of Italy, nor California, 'whose soil is a
carpet of beautiful flowers at all seasons,
cannot equal the inexhaustible quantities
and immense varieties that may be found
within the borders of our grand Old State.
It may well be termed "The Flower Gar
den of the Union."
Florida, with her many magnificent va
rieties, and her genial latitude, may come
in for a share of nature's grandeur, but the
brilliancy of North Carolina, alone with
her Rhododendrons and Azaleas, far sur
passes all other rivals. Her sand hills, her
pine barrena,' her rocky places, all - are
clothed with the varied tints and hues of
her lovely petals, from the commencement
of the stormy March to the beautiful In
dian Summer of October- And many, very
lift their heantifnl heads. OOlv to
droop and fadeaway, by the icy finger of
December. .
The re-d isco ve ry of ma ny plan U, together
with the re-discovery of Sbortia galereifolia
will place North Carolina as the highest
peer in the Union, relative to her intrinsic
value for her flowery domain an4 well
may fche merit it. The discovery of the
above named plant, alone, is more valuable
to the scientific world than all the other
rare plants found elsewhere. This disco very
is a crown rich in itself and will be delight
ful for scientists to reflect and meditate
upon ; besides which, many, of the most
eminent scientists will flock, next season,
to visit the grandeur daily to be seen, at
every point and avenue, in oar much .be
loved State. M. E. II.
Owing to the great increase in regutered
mail matter between New York and Chicago,-
the mail service baa been doubled. ,
3 Cents a Copy.
Tllcteu Campaign la teaajWa
' alaC
A promiaent Democratic polHiciaa (
IVposy Irani, who has been in Washta.
Jon for several days in dot conJcrtac
Jrith the manacrrs of his party, report
that Mr. Mr. Tiiden U acUrtljearafvd im
farrjing out pUns toserare the next Dem
ocratic nomination for the Presidency.
Accordine to this jrtnUrraan Mr, TikWo
convinced that he can Dot secar Um
olid support of the Galf State, d U,
therefore, lirtvting hi attcntioa at pres
ent to Pcnniylrania. In this h is aud W
havr the secret aid of Sprakcr ILasdaU a&d
W. IScottof Erie. Mr, Scott will be
recollected a Utiof Uti ioMraJMttUl,
m company with Senator Barnanr. in se
curing Mr: Tildcn s nomination in 1814.
The d.Acuvery of a combination betweta
the friend of ex Governor Tiiden and a
fraction of the Penwylrania CVmocraey,
headed by Speaker Randall and Scott, of
Kne. ho i one of Titdea's henchmen, to
sutv in the National DcsaocraUc Coo,
ventiun the cu-adfat uppert of tho Pona
) Irani delegation foe Tildcn. baa excited
much reeling, among the leading Democrats
of the State. Thev are of the opinion that
when the convention bTheld to appoint
delegates to the next National Conventioa
that Tildcn will uot have a corporal
guard in the State, aud do not believe that "
he can carry any considerable portia
even of his own State ; that the sooner Mr. -Tildcn
makes up his mind that he is a dead
cook iu the pit the better it will t for the,
Democratic jwrty.
ItrltlMh.Ilonuee la pras.
-W- York llrrlk. '
The story of the arrrit of Major dt Ce.
nola at Cyprus on the charge of having
disregarded an order issued hjr Sir Uarnet
Wolseley prohibiting 1 excavations in tie
soil of the 11 and and the carrying away of
any articles that may Iks discovered, is
told by Dr. Hepworth Dixon in an inter,
esting letter published in to-day's Herald.
1 1 is impossible, without a knowledge of
the local laws of the island (which we have
no means of obtaiuing), to judge whether
this prohibition of the Military Governor -has
legal warrant or is a mere arbitrary
exercise of power. Hot giving the British
authorities the widest latitude and conce
ding that Sir Garnet Wolseley has not ex
ceeded his rightful authority, the case as
told by a wholly disinterested party, and ,
an Englishman to loot, is not creditable to
the new retjiui and demands explanation,
if not reparation. Majo jtnnola, who is
a naturalized American citizen, is shown
not to ha ve Unobeyed the order in question,
having ceased his interesting exploration '
as foon as he received notification of its
existence. The seizure of his property ac
quired before the prohibition was made is
little better than a robbery, while his ar.
refct aud incarceration are violations of the
rights of a citizen of Jhe United' Slates
which may demand redress. The swagger
of the young English officer who, acting a
a commissary of police, was charged with
the duty of arresting Major Cenuola, is not
worthy of notice, such insolence being
natural to snltordihatcs armed with "a brief
authority;" Dut the arrest seems to nave
been made by order of Col. AVhite, p, re
sponsible British officer, a Cotnmisrionrr
for a district of the island under the Eng
lish occupation and rule, aud to hare beeu
accom panied by aggravating circumstance?.
Major tesnola had voluntarily sought Col
White for the purpose of explaining his in- .
hocencc of the oflence with which he was
charged, when he was seized and thrust
into prison, apparently without any evi
dence having lccn produced against him;
Ofconrseit is unfair to judgu a ' cke
upon the hearing of one side alone. But
the story published to-day cannot be con
sidered exactly an ex parte one, inasmuch
as it is told by an Englishman, who would
not he likely to needlessly or unjustly can-,
sure his own countrymen.
Two women, one calling herself Mrs.
Wilrton, the other Miss Annie Kable.have
been arrested at Fredericksburg for swind
ling fieople oat of money on various ap
peals for bogus benevolent purposes. The
istar says thev both have the Yankee
twang. Doubtless, when they get back
Xorth, they will join in the universal cho
rus of all the frauds in that section against
the barbarous and solid Hontb. '
LAW CARD.
J HAVE RETURNED TO WILMINGTON
to lire, int-nJlnsr to devote myself extla
Ively to the practice of the Law. I will at
tend the Court of New Hanover, the eUm
of the Supreme Court at Kaletgb, and will
accept tpeetal retainer In anjr of the Federal
or other Court of the Btate.
For the preeit I may te fouud at the OftV
of Thomaa W. Strange, Eq., Market Street,
Wilmington.; D. K. McRAE,
nov'JS-tf V
Call To-Day at
II0TT & CAIIPBITfl
4 JfD GCT IOUB CHOICE BEEF.
A PORK, a,AMB, AIJAGB a4
VttAlVat Bottom Prices. We mean bttst
e. Call and see. a CAMFEN,
WZMt North StJe Market St.
FORECLOSURE SALE.
nr VIRTUE OF THE POWER CONFEB
H red bf sreertato Mortgage Iteed eweotad
bvVoba McLtee to the WUmlnton Bafldia
Ays2atfc bearta d.te the Stb day of Jalj,
island KejrUered 1 Book I. 1. 1., pag
410 417 and 41. uf the Record of New Han
over Cooatx. the undersigned will offer for
ale. bv public auction, at the Court House
door bi the City of Wflmiacton, o SATUR
DAY, the iWib dar of-DECEMBER next, at
13 o'clock, the followta described lot of
jjtnA in the City of Wilmington conveyed by
gaJd M ortaee : Beginning: at the Southeastern
comer of Third and Queen Street, and rua
Bia thence Eastwardly eighty -two (83) fact,
tbeoce Sooth sixty-six GG) f4r 4hetee We
eighty-two (83) feet- and thence North to the
beginningr, brlog- the Western 'hall' of lot No
(1) one, Block sixty-one (61), as laid oat to
Turner's Plan of the City of WUmInsto , ,
Texjcs ox Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay.
for papers.i j A LEX! T. XONDON, I
not 90-30V t . Ashjiiee to Bankraptey ,