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Letters sent to ns.in this way are at our risk. . - - Reduction of Price ! The subscription price of the "Week ly Star has been reduced as follows . Single Copy 1 year, .$1.50 " 6 months, 1.00 44 3 " ........... .50 Clubs of 5 to 10 subscribers, one year, $1.25 per copy, strictly in ad vvance. . " i yiuus jl iu ui uiui c auumiiucis, uuc year, $1.00 per copy, strictly in ad vance. - . Jixo jiui iwiies ior a penou less than a year. ;J Both, old and new suhscriters may be included in making up Clubs, j At the above prices the "Weekly Star is, Sve think, the cheapest paper in the State, and its circulation will be doubled in twelve months, if those who have worked for its snceess in the past will increase their efforts in the future. '' j.. ' :" '-. XOO MUCH BUTLER. I - " Among the purer and more , astute puitLiutaiia aim lie wepapt-rs m me JRepablican -; party ; the cry is that tflere is too much" Butlerismvin. the Administration. The cry- is earnest and the protest is warm. , When Gram, said the party most "unload," they toot -mm to oe khjuc-ic, uih they liave waited in vain for him to start the unloading process Instead, he loaded the camel with Simmons, and-he continues' to let his Butler pile that meek animal with all sorts of bad; wares from the Kadical pautrv. This offends virtuous Ke- publicans, and they raise a sanctimo- nious iowi au over tuts iuu. Al : i . l 1 n 1 ready the Massachusetts brahmins are arrayed in threatening attitude . and the flower of the Republican party in the West is effectually alienated.r Three powerful newspapers in differ ent sections have in terms more or less amnhafin oVnroeQfxl thpii fl rsiinnrfVha- tion of the domination by the Beast of the Administration the Boston Advertiser, the New York IVmeSy and the Baltimore American. The latter say 8: . ' . ; '" Too much Uutlensm has become so evi dently tbe political malady of (Jen. Grant's administration, that the New York- Times has at last been brought to utter an earnest and direct remonstrance. . . . We fear its protest will receive no better treatment than those that have been earlier made, all of which have been disregarded as mere howls of the press. ; The effort of some of the Republi can purists to reform their party will prove abortive. They can't shake off such fellows a3 Morton and Butler, who corrupt everything they touch. T : POLITICAL EVENTS. . Interest in politics begins to height en. The elections and conventions in the next month are as follows: On the 1st, Rhode, Island election; 6th, Connecticut election, Michigan town elections; 7th; Illinois town elections, Wisconsin town elections; 8th, Ore gon Republican Convention;, 14th, Illinois Slate Grange, Bloomington, Industrial Congress, Rochester, N.Y.; 15tb, Oregon Independent Conven tion. On May 5th the Illinois Farm ers' Association meets and during the month the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention. -The Oregon election is June 1. On June 9th the National Convention of Farmers and Mechanics assembles at Cincinnati. On the 17th the Indiana Republican Convention, and on the 23rd the Maine Bemo- 1SSSSSSS I 1Year I S8SSSSS ; 8 Months esoet-b- - sssssss 3 Months r.3g5Sgg j "SSSSSSS I 88SSSSS 1 Month, gtaxoeiae .r w -18888888.- 3 Weeks e-t-oooog li8l8l" a Weeks Mnct-cng ' - 8SSSSS8 i 1 Week neieoieog . i . : :. EO : " I ;S c a o o '" ,,. - - l . 1 1 f--w- -r- rfTM srva. t . - -sv T" . j-s i . I ,- " i. llfl I Hfl I 1 HiJ in r& T l.T wv - . . . -v-w -w- -w . n a SSV - v. VOL. 5. cratic Convention meet. The J aly calendar is, -15th, Indiana and Ohio Democratib Conventions; 29th, Ala bama ConserVatiye Convention. These are all the elections for the foar months and all the conventions thai1 have been arranged. The North Carolina State and Congressiopal elec tion' will take place August 6th. : NORTH CAROLINA AT KIT, TEH- ; ' . NOW.' . i At the last meeting of the board of visitors, it was suggested by the Mount Vernon Association that each of .the original thirteen States take upon itself the work of furnishing one of the rooms, of the mansion with furniture of antique style, and, if pos sible, with relics of ; Washington him-, self.; Some of the States have already acted upon this suggestion. If any movement of the sort has been started in North Carolina we Are not advised of J. After his nativeJState, North Carolina has as sacred regard foT the Father ofjiis Country as "any of the noble Tbifteen. Shall we not honor his memory and ourselves by fitting up the North Carolina room at the Mt. Vernon mansion in elegant style ? We khow .that the patriotic ladies of this commonwealth will all say "Aye" with an emphasis and ; will' take" the lead in the matter. I ' ' ' ' ; THE MASSACHUSETTS SO-BLEO- :i . - tion. : ; Massachusetts has no moral or physical or any other sort of right .to get herself in a Senatorial tangle And keep th county waiting for days and davs without so much as: a prospect of her choosing a Senator. She ought to have more respect for the feelings of the average uninqu'sitive- and un concerned American than to do such a wanton thing. Here it is Sunday morning, and all Boston, church-going and unchurch-going,r is .excited over the great question, "who shall succeed Sumner?". It ought not so to be that the Hub should rbe excited in this unseemly manner. ' It shows the evil influence of Butler.' He is the father of all the wickedness done in the Bay State. The philosophers would never lose their temper, the curchmen would all look smiling on Sabbath, the shop keepers would never cheat us anLtbe' politicians would ,be pure as angels but foTButieVaj'fkte 5 the Mepbstoph1?ler. wiro -is1 always working out some fearful mischief ander.a thin and blearing disguise -the cfoAr among the swans the fiend who runs the Government behind the scenes ! He, always where r he is not wanted, always a meddler with honest men's business, always with his little axe to grind, prevents the great State of Massachu setts (perhaps) from electing some grand Celestial, some child of the Sun or brother of the Moon, from going to that serene and' sublime chamber, the United States Senate. Ah, But ler, Butler; what a naughty boy! And to .lead the gentle Dawes astray, too, in thy. tortuous and treacherous paths! - - - - K , . - THE WAR IN CONGRESS. The contest in the United States Senate between the inflationists and contractionists has been a long and bitter'dhe. ; We think it approaches its conclusion, f The Senate will pro bably endorse the action of the House in increasing the legal tender issue forty-four millions and establishing the limit at four hundred millions. Mean while the mercantile , and bondhold- ing interests of the North and East are holding meetings and their papers are making a great hue. and cry over " the danger of inflation to the gen eral interests of the country." REVIVING THE UNIVERSITY. The Board of Trustee's of the Uni versity of North Carolina will hold a second session in Raleigh on the 9th of April. This meeting should be at tended by as large a number of Trus tees as can conveniently be present. The work of restoring ah educational institution which has not been in op eration for years, in such a time as this, is a difficult one. But the work itself j is noble and commands the hearty God-speed of all .North Caro linians. We hope that successive sessions of the Board will be held until the plan of restoration is per fected, and the actual work of reha bilitation commenced. That is a beautiful idea of the committee having in charge the Agassiz memorial fund to take up a collection from teachers and scholars throughout the country" on the great teaeher's birthday, May 26." Colninbna superior rourt.-Impw-tant Civil Salt. We have the particulars of an importaBt civil suit,' which has been in the Courts for about four years, involving property to the amount of some fifteen or twenty thousand Via town of Lumberton. which Im . Inst been decided in Columbus Supe . 1 . ., , t mu- rior Court, now in session, lne particulars nnnr in upwnii 1 in iru uijuiaia are as follows: ' ' I Heirs of Hardy Barnes, deceased, e. Heirs of Reuben King, deceased. The case was removed from Robeson county to Co lumbus for trial, on an issue sent down from the Supreme Court ' The action was brought to compel the dV fendance to reconvey to the plaintiffs two lots in the town of Lnmberton that had been conveyed to Reuben King to secure the payment of $800 and $1,995, the plaintiffs insisting that the nwuey had all been paid. ' The-issue submitted to the jury was as follows , '.I."' .'. "Did Hardy Barnes pay Reuben King any amounts of money" to7" be applied in satisfaction of the mortgage : debt ($800) and the trust debt ($1,995), or either of them, and, if so, how much." , ' The jury found that Hardy Barnes did pay Reuben King the sum of $800, which was in full satisfaction of the mortgage debt, and the sum of $1,995, which was the price paid to the Trustee, R. S. French, and that both payments, amounting- to ; $2,795, were in full satisfaction of these sums re spectively. ' ' '".-, ; , f Cols. W. McLw McKoy and Nat Mc Lean appeared for the plaintiff s, and Leitch. & Rowland, McLean & Norment, Cols. W. F. French and Robert Strange and Capt John W. Ellis for defendants. Runaway Damsels. A dispatch was received at the office of the City Marshal, yesterday morning; about 9 o'clock, from, a person at Mt Olive, on the W. & W. Railroad, requesting the ar rest of his two daughters, giving their names and a description of them. About a half hour later a second dispatch came, say ing: " Do your best; no matter about ex pense you ' shall be satisfied." The dis patches were placed in the hands of an of ficer, with instructions to look out for the damsels. No explanations accompanied the urgent request to arrest the parties. InterBatlonal Exhibition. - An International Agricultural Exhibition will be held at Bremen, during the present year, from the 13th to the 21st June, inclu sive, under the protection of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the German Empire and of Prussia, the oc casion being the 25th anniversary of the Bremen Agricultural Society. It will com prise the following sections: 1st, Cattle for breeding in five sub-divisions, viz., horses, horned cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and rabbits ; 2nd Fat Cattle; 3rd, Poultry; 4UW Fish Culture,' and Products; -5th, the Culture of 7th, Agricultural Products and Agricultural Technical Manufactures; 8th, Horticultural Products fruits, "Vintage; 9th, Agricultural Machines and Implements; 10th, Results of Scientific Researches in the spheres of the preceding sections. H. H. ,Meir is Chair man of the Executive Committee, and alt communications are to be addressed to the "Office of tbe International Agricultural Exhibition, Bremen, Any further information can be had by applying to Eduard Peschau, Esq, Imperial German Vice Consul at this port. V T . Wllmlneton Retail market. The following prices ruled during yester day afternoon: Onions, 15 cents per quart; cabbage, 1025 cents per head; carrots, 60 cents a peck; apples 75c.$l per peck; apples, (dried) 10 12J cts. per Tb ; dried peaches 25c per pound; walnuts, 50c per peck; pickles, 20 cents . per dozen ;' lard,' 12i cents per pound; butter, 5055 cents per pound ; cheese, 25 cents per pound ; grown fowls 80.'$1 a pair; spring chickens 50 cents; per pair; geese $2 per pair; beef 10l(5f cents per pound; beef, (corned) 12i15 cts. per pound; veal, 1216i cts. perpound; mutton,' 12J16f cts. per pound; ham, 1618 cts. per pound; shoulders, 10 12 J cents per pound; tripe, 20 cts. per bunch; oysters, New River $2$2 50 per bushel or $1 00$1 25 per gallon; (Sound) 80 cents gallon; clams, 25 cents a peck; open clams, 2025 cents a quart; soup bunch, 5 cents; eggs, 16f cts. a dozep; sturgeon, 25 cts. a chunk (5 lbs); potatoes, Irish, 60 eents a peek; sweet, 30 cents; sausages, 1620 cts per lb; fish shad 75 cts. per pair, trout 2550 cts. .per bunch, mullets, 1025 cts. per bunch. Confirmation. . Advices from Scuffletown, of yesterday's date, confirm the recent report of the mar riage of Rhody Lowrey,. relict of the late Henry Berry Lowrey, of infamous memo ry. She was united in . the bands of wed lock, on Wednesday of last week, to a man named John Chavis, who is represented to be "nearly white." " County Convention. The Conservative County Convention will meet on or about the 22nd of April, during the Spring Term of the Superior Court. The Chairman of the Conservative County Executive Committee will issue an,offlcial call in a few days. FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ' There will be a meeting of the Conserva tive Executive Committee for the Fourth Judicial District, In this city on Wednes day, fifteenth day of April. - 1 Every member is earnestly requested to attend, as business of importance will be submitted to them. - . , , ' ' Chas. M. Stedman, d&wtf Chairman. - - The Register of Deeds issued 5 marriage licenses'during the past week, of which 2 were for white and 3 for colored couples. Wilmington, n cM Friday, Knight of Pythias. - On Wednesday morning, the asti, "wl W. a Gerken,P.; C.. in company with W. Yopp, D. G-Cofthe wuming- ton iJistnca leu thiscity for the purpose of aiding in fife Institution of a T;ai, frhev were met kt Mnffnnn v . . . . 3 ' 1 . , r--?rMj a delegation 1 ni n nno 1 vui ma iua in . oi nSUVUa. iAwge o. 10 under the com- SJ W...vIa T -..1 . IT- Jl mana oi y. j. uarroll, p. D. Q. of Mag. nolia Disfrict, and J. D. Robinson PC' of Goldsboro. " Carriages were in readiness to convey them to ClintSn, at which' place they arrived by 4 o'clock P. M., when they were received by Dr. C. T. Murphy, who conducted them , to, the Clinton Houser where they were joujedbv P rv taa Straughn and others of Fayetteville After refreshing themselves and strolling" around the town, the members' of the fraternity met in Masonic HaU for the purpose of in stituting Clinton Lodge No. 14. After ini tiating 13 candidates, the following 0ffl cers were elected for the current term' and duly instolledVF.'G. C.-Qerken, assisted by the above Knights : iW. F. Battler, C. C; J. A. FerrUl,V C H. McAlpine, P.; W. A. Johnson, of R and S. ; W. T. Stetson, M. of F. ; S. Brock dale, M. of E ; Edwin Kerr, M.' at A ; M. C. Richardson, L G.; A, Johnson, o! G.; C. T. Murphy, J. Jones, Attendants. C. T. Murphy, John Jones, M. E. Rich ardson and Edwin Kerr, wereelected P. C's. Clinton Lodge. No. 14, we learn, is com posed of good material and its friends pre dict for it a glorious future. The representatives from this city re turned last evening well pleased with their trip. , - - Tournament at Point Caswell. , Thef Uwrnament at Point Caswell on Wednesday last is' pronounced on all sides to have been a most gratifying success.' We learn that there must have been at least six hundred people present Indeed, we have it from a friend that from the vast number on the grounds, and the many strangers among them, it was suggested that the eruption of, Bald Mountain had certainly occurred and as one of its" results the sur rounding community of that much dis turbed spot had been suddenly precipitated to the Point - The tournament was considered a grand affair. The Knights were addressed by C, R. Hines, Esq., in a speech of taste and beauty, fitted to the occaion, R. Beverly Frayser. Esq., introducing the speaker in a few neat and appropriate remarks. The speech of Mr. Hines was well received and highly'applauded by the large auditory. , The tilting then commenced and the conr test resulted in favor of James Colvin, Jr.i as winner of the first honors in the tourney, Whereuponjfclr. Frayser proceeded to ad dress the Knights as follows: ' J ftou,rwuAmghfy; in obediencesto-lhe spirit and priocrples of aa institution wBfeh wtuiunca iwuuw oeen sanctioned M "Comsu?adcd-bv lb adlnttt nrC tt lST tytB hate met this day on the field of i" those who dared with you to contrast their powers.V That the strife is now over, and your claims decided, it has been made my duty to announce Jhe arbitrament of the impartial and enlightened judgment of those selected to decide the issue between you. I will therefore complete my task by hand ing to each of you, according to your suc cess in this struggle, these, the precious emblems of your triumph. k The knights then proceeded to crown, as they found them, the ladies of their choice. The Queen of Love and Beauty was the beautiful Miss Cora Murphy, of Franklin Township, formerly a portion of this coun ty, but now belonging te Sampson. In response to a call Major Engelhard, of the Journal, made a brief speech, and then the crowd, the ceremonies being over, pro ceeded to the building prepared for the ball, where the night was spent in frolic and fun. : Thus ended one of the grandest occasions ever experienced at the Point, and one which will long be remembered by the good people of that place and vicinity. Progress of the Carolina Central Rail ' "way. From a gentleman who has recently travelledoyer the route from this city to Charlotte, we learn that the grading on the Carolina Central Railway has been com pleted to. within about ten miles of the lat-' ter place. It is expected : to commence track layinir very soon on the portion of the -road now graded, and it is hoped to reach Charlotte during August It is understood that from 700 to 800 hands will be placed on the ungraded portion of the road, com prising the ten miles above alluded to. This looks like business and is a cheering indica tion of the near approach to completion of the important enterprise which is to con nect our city with Charlotte and the ereat West ; - A Hlzh Compliment. A special tejegram received from Phila delphia yesterday says of Col. Waddell's address there the previous evening: "A stranger to you, I wish to say thatyourpeo ple should be proud of yourRepresentative WaddelL He made the speech of the even ing at our Centennial meeting last night." Medical Enterprise. The Medical College at Edinboro, Robin son county, under the management of Dr. H. McLean, is said to be in a flourishing condition. A hospital to be attached to the institution is now in process of erection and will soon be completed, which will be de voted to the treatment of all kinds of chronic diseases. The College is about 20 miles from Fayetteville "and the same; dis tance from Shoe Heel. j The Temperance Movement. memonaj was presented for the action of the County CornmissionerB wwrtav. signed by one-fourth of the qualified voters or union township, graying that an elec tion be ordered in that township on the ii. ouoimay in Jttay, to determine the i""0"01 -wcense" or "No License" for me retau oi spirituous liquors. april 3j-i87:. Swamp Angels. 0 XT TLA TP HI 8 T O R Y. EL1X. .is I Robesonian. CHAPTER II. James B. Harris was murdered by the Lowrey band on the 15th of Janu ary, i860. -ne was a man or remark able courage, and what might be termed reckless daring, for. after he had slain with bis own hand three of the friends and allies of this band, notwithstanding' their threats to take his life, he continued to travel through the neighborhood, seemingly without fear of molestation, until on the day above written he was met by their deadly bullets, while riding in his baggy on the public road, and hurled into, eternity -without a- moment's warning. Harris had it seems, at one' time, the confidence of-these peo- !)le; but when they Began their law ess course, he exerted himself to aid the authorities in bringing them to justice, and he being a determined man in all his undertakings, these out laws became alarmed and conspired to take his life, and his grave on the bank 01 Lumber, liiver. at Harper's Ferry Bridge, hows too plainly how wen tnev accomplished their purpose. The writer passed the grave of Harris Dut a lew days since, and. my reflec tions were called back to those days that tried men's. souls, both at home and abroad. : I he time -seems to have been but yesterday; but the two pines on tno grave of llarris shows that time has .passed since the day on which" was enacted this bloody trapi- edy. There are two beautiful "pines naturally growing on his grave one at the head and'one at the foot. -. ' When our distant readers observe that this,' 'the second, . murder was committed nine years ago, will they not be astonished that the sturdy yeo manry 01 Kobesou county did not arise, in their might and avenge theit wrongs and bring tbe guilty parties to a just pumsnment t 10 such we would say," the good people are taw- abiding people, and. although they had been outraged by this band, yet they forbore to take the law in theif own hands, but patiently awaited the slow process of the civil 'law of the State, which the authorities were powerless to enforce. ; ,; , Soon after the killing ; of Harris they visited the house of Mrs. Dri McNair, at Argyle, and fired into the house, but were kept at bay for considerable time bytbe. brave and daring lady who promptly ? denied them admittance and defended her- -joUkadpropertr with a spiritvdl J junfat hjuaf, the brAvost-seldieroa3i battlefield.. ; Her shots, are - said .to have taken effect on at least one of the assaulting party which caused the others to beat a hasty retreat outside of the yard, when they commenced firing at the house. ' This gallant lady is now the wife of our esteemed friend, Alex. McRae, Esq., of Robeson county. - ' ; About this time they' robbed the houses of Messrs. McKay and William Sellars, and shot and wounded Mr. Daniel Baker at his own house, who was as harmless and peaceable a man as there was in the county. Their shot caused his leg to be amputated, above the knee ; thus disabling - hint for life. During the day of Recon struction, instead of being restrained, from their lawlessness, it seems that they were rather encouraged m their crimes by the military authorities un der which we were placed, , they be ing in "full accord' with the powers that existed at the time. ' After the reconstruction of the State: of North Carolina, in the summer of 1868, the. militia of the county of Robeson' were enrolled and placed under com-; mand of Sheriff B, 'A. Howell, ..who was also commissioned Colonel of the county, and the campaign was opened against them, which only -.ended in a military farce, and the outlaws left in their old haunts to harrass the peo ple of the neighborhood. Their dep redations in these times were so nu merous, that it is ' almost' impossible to collect the particulars of each robbery. About this time they shot and wounded Mr. Alex, mclienzie, and committed depredations on his and Mr. John McNair's property al most past numpering. . Alter tne Killing 01 narris in icoo, their next murder was that , of JiiX Sheriff Reuben King; (who was ? bru tally assailed and murdered in his own house, two miles from the toWn of Lumberton) on the 23rd day of January, 1869. ' He had beeiun Lum berton dunng the day making col lections, and they doubtless supposed he had a large amount of money in his possession, which they coveted. It is said that Henry Berry Lowry entered the door while Mr. King was quietly seated by the fire, and demand ed his money, at the same time , pre senting his gun, when Mr. King arose from his seat and seized the gun as it was dicharged the muzzle was downward, and- the; charge, did so harm, only made a large hole through the floor. During the scuffle one of the gaug, supposed to ; have . been George Applewhite, fired from a window inflicting! on Mr. King a mortal wound. . In this engage ment Mr. S. E. Ward, who was spending the evening with Mr. King, was painfully wounded J ; After disa bling all the men in the house they proceeded to ransack it and carry off Such articles as they wanted, includ NO. 23. ing money, wearing s apparel, bed clothing, &o. It was supposed to have H. B. Lowrey, Stephen Lowrey, lieorge Applewhite, Henderson Ox- endine and Calvin Oxendine, who Were in this bloody affray, though Henderson .Oxendine denies (in his confession made a few days before his execution) any knowledge of the affair, but it was stated by John Dial that the above named parties were at the killing of bhenff King, and - that George Applewhite was the man who fired the. fatal-, shot. . For this crime George Applewhite . and , Stephen Lowrey were afterwards tried and convicted which I will say more abont hereafter.' CHAPTER Ill After Shenff Kinff was murdered, Sheriff B. A. Howell went to work to ferret out the perpetrator of ; this foul deed, and succeeded 1; in arresting Stephen Ijowry, George Applewhite, Henderson Oxendine, -Calves Oxen- dine and John Dial, when; the latter turned State s evidence against , the omers. . .iney were arraignea at xue Bar of Lumberton, and succeeded in having their trial moved to Columbus county, where the counsel for the Oi dines moved a severance, and the trial of Stephen Lowrey and George Apple white was' proceeded with, and tnat of the Oxendines continued for the term. 'Lowrey and Applewhite were convicted and sentenced by His Hon or, Judge Russell, to be hanged, when their counsel craved and obtained an appeal to the Supreme Court. '- They were confined in Wilmington jail to await the decision of the Supreme Court. John Dial was also commit ted" as a State's witness against the Oxendines it was on - his testimony that Lowrey and Applewhite were convicted. Before the meeting " of Supremo ! Court " Stephen Lowrey. Georere Aonle white and Henderson uxendme made their escape trom tne Wilmington jail and returned to their old haunts in the swamps of, "Scuffle- town." t,TVt;"i Henderson Oxendine says, ia his confession; "I don't know much about how we got out- of : Wilmington iail we just broke out; nobodv helped us that I know of." It Was'ia evi dence before the investigation the day after the escape that they were fur? mshed with tools from the outside with which to cut through the-wall of tbe iail. The other prisoners stated that a man who was stopping in the city as a detective in the interest of the United States in the Hornet case, furnished them with chisels, &C with which they cut out the masonry large enough ' for a man to get through. Oxendine says, "We-went to the rail4 road and crosssed first river over the bridge, and then took- towards,South ri veigot yffta Caper fear on; a raft. vW ndicn't gejf5nachto-eatf -Jcneckedj over a pig Once and cooked Jt Over fire had no bread. It was ovr four weeks before we got to Scuffletown." During the summer of J1876,we think in June, this band visited the house, of Mr. N. McLeod, in Cumber land county, and murdered him and Mr.'D. McLeod, an older brother re siding with him and severely wound ed Mr. John McLeod, a son of MrJ N. McLeod, and slightly wounded Mrs. Neill McLeod and two of her daughters; after; which they proceed ed to divest the house of such articles as they chose. This Was one of the most diabolical of their many crimes. Reader, just imagine the spectacle! Two old men, nearly seventy years of age, lying side by side, : unprotected, in their own house, weltering in their life blood, and that by the hands of these blood-thirsty wretches, for- so other cause than a desire to take, for their own use the property of their victims. ' ". " . ; 5 On the 19th -of March, ; 1870, the brave and daring Owen C. Norment was shot and mortally wounded with in a few feet of his own door,' in the presence of his devoted wife, and lit tle children. . He was shot about S o'clock at night, t it is. supposed, by Zach McLauchlin, a white man, who was identified with these outlaws. Henderson Oxendine says "he knew nothing, about the killing of Norment never heard who killed him until I had been in jail. I have heard some body say that Zach McLauchlin killed him. I have heard Henry Berry say tnat JNorment was a meddlesome fel low, and laugh about his being taken off. but said he didn't kill him." ; Mr. Norment was wounded in the leg, which rendered imputation neces sary, which was promptly and skil fully performed, but from the effects of which he could not be rallied. He lingered until the evening of the 20th of March it being the day after he was shot when death put an end to his sufferings.' Thus died the brave and patriotic Norment a sacrifice on the altar of his county. He had, up to this time, been conspicuous in en deavoring to bring these desperate men - to justice. He obeyed every call to hunt these outlaws, and though he lost his life in endeavoring to bring them to justice his bereaved family has the proud satisfaction of knowing that he died a martyr to a noble cause, defending his home and little ones against the encroachments of this lawless banditti. - It will be impossible in this work to record all their crimes. We can only record, a few of the most heinous of theif deeds. Every pages of their history is stained with crimes of the blackest dye; and to a civillian" it is no pleasant task .to write a history, entering "ex parte," when such crimes have to be recorded. It is reasonable to suppose that those unacquainted with' the facts of the casta will sav afe prejudiced unjustly toward t Dana; Dut such;, are the facts, " Truth must be fttrttntrer than tioni" Wb will tnll ntt. xirV-iirrnl: the stealing of Leach's Brahdyj and the killing of Stephen Davis. , ,. . " "v ' - ' '- 1 a. - ' - 4 Spirits turpentine , There is one case of smail-poM in Raleigh. ; . Lewin W. Barrinser and ladv will go to Europe in April . Frost fatal to oeach . trees in Wakecounty. A grange "" was organized at Winston last Saturday. There are now nearly three hun dred granges in the State. " An enthusiastic religious revival is going on at Rocky Mount Thaddeus McGee, :Esq., a Rat eigh merchant, is dead. ,; , .. . The Hickory Press now heads its State news " Volcanic Brevities." Gov. Vance is to repeat the 'Scattered People" lecture soon in Norfolk. - With yesterday's issue the New-. bern Times suspended publication indefi nitely ... - v -; The Concord ''Sun. say s the gin house of P. M. Morris was burned Tuesday night - , ; . ' .: Michael Gary, U. S. soldier,.was r. arrested for forcible trespass in Raleigh and e0mnutt.ed.t9 jail. ; ; . tr'-.-Cv. : t 'l 'a. - - A retorm mass-meeting will be held in Raleigh' Wednesday, but the speak ers axe Jo noiuen,: Jim Harris, eta - Thm Hickory Press is fearfullv - funny oyer the distressful state of OldBaldy anu ms neignpor mountains. Ninetv ; counties of the State have received their part of this year's ap- propnauon.oi ine.scnooi iunu. A ship-yard is to bel established in Edenton to build barges for Northern coasts. - --, . Wake farmers are reducing area of cotton in cultivation, and propose to raise their provisions. Neble idea. The three story dwellingof Mr. H. Hays, of Harrellsville, Hertford county, was aestroyea ny nre on the 13th. ;- Mr. Cullen . Battle, telegraph operator at Wilson, has resumed. Mr. Gibbs, from Lynchburg, Ya., succeeds him, . A- New - Yorker is in Raleigh trying to' buy some black lead mines near there. If tbe sale be effected, he will invest some $30,000 in machinery, alone, for taking up the lead. , j ' ' Press : A man from Watauga says that since the Bald Mountain excite ment commenced the Grandfather has been heard to chuckle in day time and his snor ing at night can .be heard for miles around. t- Ane u-oidsooro jaessenger says Mr. Joe Williams, .while driving a young lady in a buggy across Bear Creek in a freshet, missed the crossing place and bare ly saved his own and the lady's life, while his horse was drowned. Greensboro Patriot: Two sons of the Siamese twins' passed through here Philadelphia with the remains of the t and the world has no further us4f or 4' ' now. ' - ' ' ' f ' Enfield J Times Wef nro oi pur citizens a? gressional honoi ley, of Craven; and t colored men, are. Congressman ttojSrthj iu rosier wi hSiTppTunted the following additional or Special Uenuties fQatit&mxh GranVe the State : Dr. R K. Smith, Haywood, Cli ham county; L. P. Erwin, Newton, 1 tawba conntv- W P MmrM T.;nmV Davidson county. , - - committee or the Agncultural Society on Tuesday for the purpose of revising the important revisions made was one UiVUUUUl Uflll 1U1 tilxG 11ICBC11L VC2U - J regard to winesr brandies, etc: They Te solved to offer no premium for these liquors. Wilson Plaindealer: Abont ten days ago a little child of Mr. J. H. Sharpe, about 3 years old, in Gardner's township, this county,! was attacked in the yard by a vicious mule and pawed so badly that its life was at first despaired of. Later ac counts represents, the child as improving and it is now thought that it will recover siowiy. Id Enfield Times: The names of Governor Vance and Honi . George Davis have been suggested in connection with the Presidency 1 of the University. ' Either of these gentlemen would make a very compe tent President of that institution, and we should be glad to see either of them, or Judge Barnes or Hon. W. N. H. Smith, or Hon. W. H. Battle, filling the place which oou Jrcoi has so long disgraced. - The Rockingham Courier has been revived, we ; are are glad to : see. . It comes out with long editorial en new par- We believe a new, party formed without exclusiveness, submissive to a strict con struction of the constitution as a preventive of misgovernment, and. under a pledge of unification and reform would be greatly beneficial to the countrv and esoeciallv to the southern people. -, : Crescent: An unusual number of deaths amongthe older class in the South ern section of Wake county have recently occurred. Mr. Pool, Wiluam Rand, Sr., and Mrs. Wood, all living near Rand's mill, have lately died, in two or three days, one after the other. ' And old Mr. Dupree," the oldest man in that section, is now at the point of death. - The , mumps, whooping cough and measles are all prevailing along the Johnson and Wake line, and have proved very fatal among the children. Ah investigation: of the damage on the University buildings, has been made and the estimated cost of repairs is six thou- ...j j.n. rri n m.. v:u iugs are not m sucn oau . piignt aiier - au, though the thieves have now commenced stealing the bars 'of iron from under the arches of the fire-places. The library rooms, in the topmost part of new build ings, are considered very, unsafe. They cracked and haveuready sunk down in the middle an inch or two. The sleet storms of winter have laid low the fine old elms in the campus, and there could have been hauled out from forty to an hundred loads of wood from the trees blows down and broken limbs scattered all over the com mon. THE MOUNTAIN EARTHQUAKE. . Very Latest. LSpecial to the Raleigh News. Maeion, N. C, via Saijsbukt, ) j March 23. f News has just been received here that the shocks on Stone JHountain were more violent last night than at any time since the volcanic excite ment began. I will return at once this morning and will report by special couriers if occasion, requires. Woodson.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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