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mm v: r . .1. i " tkAli ; Ai- TV Cg WM.'H. BERNARD, ; Editor and, Proprietor. C'i'i ..Friday, ..y,,X.5tlvi874i - ftfiTERMSTdoCLUBSi J "i , 5 and under 10, eaDbneVetff,rir.t. . 10 of more, each,' bna yeary.!. ,1.! $1:25' - It la not required that Clubs W made tap atone' , Post-Office. . The number is all that is necessary to secure the rates to those who constitute the Club, Is th paper be directed to si many different PosV Offices as there are subscribers, if desired. y Payment mmt accompany energ -orchr. -A copyof Ue paper wul be famished Without charge to those who raise . Clubs of 10 or more. t .' ', : -V ''jr' ;"'.p ;. ,. Eemfeaaces mttst be made fcygieck; Draft, Postal Honey Order,' 'or Begistered letter. - oat Masters -will renter letters when desired - "Only ancl. remittances wiU be at the risk, of the publisher. ' . 's ' " .' " - EP" Specimen Copies forwwded fcfcen desired: Ccmsemtive Nominations telL Foe Stf PEEiNTENtoKj?T bp'PuBtic Ijf- steuctiox: FORVCOOBESS, THtKD t DlSTBICT, f - llanoverV County,- Foi Jjtg)GB,vt4xif ijrjpiciAi. Pisxbict, AA.JiIcKOY'OF SAirreo'ir: Co.. - W, S. NORMENT, ofBobeson Co. ADDITIONS TO ?MJ?S -; , Many of bur .friends -who have raised clubs for the Weekly Stab, 'write5 to know if mQT.Q names can be added on the terms tinder wfiicb-th clubs ave been raiaed. Ta all' su.ch inciuiries wo. ': say yes ; aftei; ten, names, nae been sent, at one time, additions of one or more re suMcribramay b made at $1.00 per copy TBUS pBItTKNIAI.. The defeat of lie bill inngtess appropriatinK t.hree iaillions .'of dol lars to the celebration - of the en; tennial of American Independesnoe"' should not tita damper oniFeBnteT prisveeniime of the country iiidoubtedlj.vteft N ciiIoi"d,er"i arid by use of thai National thebppbsitionofa,1 Oen cq iuiU, t wy -trgh; by private -" nd .State ;mentn'A?ra3e believe: that neaityvvery body I West, North and ast vfisbes .hnadelphians good' fSrune sr undertakinsr... In on sens-it TT&tional nnn'artatins--iit Celebra' f the birth of the atMn :iIenee 4 Ijiave an interesiiihawork femg jJTbe ocitycir6sdaa. iot ctPA- turning Star is t I ast large as that -ol ally otnerir .ngron paper, ais ooumxTcirculation ja larger thatOf' both the1 btherWilming- ton Dailfei codHSihW Lr3 IIOW CO UI.J YOCt BtS. FCRH ELL? It"wekflaHfax-Mr Radicycandl4at9ffprte entf Pttblic instruction, was - uti-1 able tp.define exactly .. pis sttus.;.on the 5i'c31"Risrhts butiOnT'e'nW says soiew.e learR ,fromifcitbo ;Raleigh -News; Chat he Is -oppsed tb thSHnll and considers it t nnwise because , it places .the colorecL people in ..some measare- Ht&ItifyMfiMi friends,; on whom ' he pnnyipaUyijfre- lies fdr voteshrakfBu of their candidate?! rf a? s-sni fcaa , .11 'TOWNSH 1 P:rOBK4 We wduld Jren e w Votfr ' Suggestions coneerningr,-worki lotitheiitdwnsttips daring' ,'the; apprbachiog campaign. There is .nothing, ia ; party v organizar tion 8oimpQrt7as,;;prirnary; donein Deif?hboihoods.- slf the town- shiuiatuzatjMulbe' i i iwJiff gh the. cuartl'j' 'rgiflEion-. fiV -6tj be j1 i f the coMHtVorganiztjqp r'be'a weak so wilPtheStattf tofeanization- b he ' success1 of "the party dependpon its or- i ; ganization"; Begin flfcthtf leginruugf cominenceyof , with the small bodies. The speakersin -the icanyass? should '.. the iieeesnity for gygtpniatici steady and earnest wbrk in all the townships." mm ' ; I". ' JBCWOVY?ARPfjOHIfcBCI,tDOMi To the Eriglisli the' landing of the Muscovite Czarion their shores yes - terdaywas an eyent fraught, with in "' terest,: - No w? ithatEnjgland's third Prince kiy said to have a lively .t concern in the ' affairs of the. tJnited, Kingdom. Tjrhp f riendlynieetiftgOn ithe stepHSOf Do 'ver mayror may not prevent; -.the An ticipated', 'hostile ' meeting : on - ,the steppes of Tartary:at some future day when;Hb$,'aggreveRuss ahall lock rlongmglyri overiinto ithe snug Inda. possesions of the Britishk lion, si : ffs u f 'l-'J ,!-! ' -.i''.'' '-7 jlso w 13 tne time for "getting up. Clubs to the Weekly Star, s" Show the pa-. per to your neighbors and; friends, and get thenuto' 3oii in.'We want the biggest subscription list in North Carolina." V", -w; ms;:m.:"'' an important1 "general ?ectibn .,; in which all North Carolinians are inter ested. -AiLdon their utmost to increase our circula- '.''fUr.r.i'i j-.-'i- ', i '. J . ,-'.' rt'li:'. tion, as. they can thereby, contribute materitothracceBSjOjt Qqti-' servative ranseiiA vj in Uat' : JWe have no cljab rates' for any but .yearly snbscribe'rs ; but for 10 or inore sus6ribers the ppef is only $1.00 per, copy per year.r C:uX r -j Bestir yonrselTes, 1 friends,' ' 'before the- campaign s fully opens.' .Nothing; iB eWtntoseroa'cltib" of 10 or 20.sscribei q.E;i44ag5i;;v TBK WISCONSIN RAILROAD ,W A. 1 The fitfht betweertrrihe people and 'tji fallwajf m6nodli8ts in j the ':sVVst . nas.reacnea a pointnere sOjmejiping must to determined. . .Tbe compa6ies refuse to "submit $ to' tbe Jaw passed bjy'tWegislaturJegu1 charges. ' The Sovefnor' has issued a proclamation. warning them toj abide byf 1 the . law. : Some amusing i things havV occurred since this Complication L'i.fciJV;f- t.J:-WL- oi auairs was oegun. . vv e una recora.-,. edt a , Iittie i: incident Hbat . happened on the" Chicago; Milwaulceo ' and St. Paul-.' Railway,- lasWednesda'y; A numlef ,of passengers boarded : the train westof Madison; with - the in 'tntionof visiting the capital." Wheti the conductor' made his trip ! through' the oar to collect tickets,- the v c poun try folks" tendered the legal rate: of 3, cents a mile-the sum specified ;'in the lawJ ; The conductor 'was some what buzzled, but he finally decide to. : refuse the.; proffered;.! amohnk .i'Very well," coolly said the free-born ciuzens, wiiu eyiueuuy tuew a-i,uiug i "But you must pay fullare !" as sorted the conductor: f ' '-' t We just offered -full fare The State is taking a hand in 'this game. now,' responded ,bpe, : as ;he leaned comfortably back, crammed his hands in1 his pockets andalifeiatalizing- ly upon the.ticket-puocber ofDaih., endu Nxh beV lanoaty com. 6t coifC don't pe per mdejKa the rate presc If j you won't take tbat,r d me on; witbi Vour old apple carU 'We'donVcafe. are not goings to torce you io take the money, bnt 'we will go: to Madi-. son!"-:' r m,r : .; i-;:, !- ; .; . : ., ,j i!; ted, but. had sense enough' to with stand the temptation- to' call-in the brakemah and put the passe'nget eff at the nest 7 depot." "The result' was that the country gentleman got free- jideH fatal "scLi-.0'T-"t5'T tl il l The railroad people 'profess ovbe: confidant of ultimate Trictory. f They say 'that as they can t operate, under the jaw arid f make expanses, ;! they won't run any trains.' Their" notionr is th'atjby -stopping thef running-'; of trains .the people can be : overcome. The defects in the new law are thus pointed put by the Chicago Tribune : NoW the!:presumptibn isthat the law is anutijast one either to : the 'companies or the people; It Is preposterous to think that a legislative committee, without examining the" books of f.faec6mpany, could hit upon a; just schedule' of ' iailroad 'rates,' or. say whether the. existing3 rates "were -equitable; or nor The Wisconsin Bchedule as framed was a guess, nothing irnore, and a, guess 'made, we ;believe, by gentlemen -not par ticularly versed in 'the 'operation of. rail way a This was obe grave .trror upon the part of the Wisconsin Legislature. Anoth er was the equally arbitrary, division of the railroad companies of the State into classes. no good reasons being assignable why cer- ima raiiruitua duuuiu uc jiui iu uuc nvieo nttber thn in - another, ur wiy any di t iu ci ion of clasgwt-iniutt1 BeTnade.at all. Everv roal siiouid have a- lanil I u ua. own 1 , A third error wua making U4 tariif tinelaritic Railroad comoanies are ..poo, tinnally varying their tariffs1 -with the cost' of labor, tne amount 01 frame, '- rates charged by railway companies, are: quantities many factors, and a cbange in any ontrof the factors necessitatea a change io tbts rate itself. .The -Wisconsin law.. is defective in not havigg taken' tliese1 facts into account . 3y a stranee oversight, tbe Legislature fixed the schedule of railway rates first, . and then established a Board of Railroad Commissioners. U ascertain and inAke returns of the actual cost of each rail way, its, total gross receipts, " Its total net earnings, toiai- uopueu inueuieunea, cic. f Had tbe action of the Legislature been re. versed, it would have been wore Beusibje. -!-'The fight henceforth will be in the courts where the' roads are bound ; to go To get there they , must violate the law. !A;COPY.FBEE. ; 1 T ' Notwithstanding - the present i lo W price of subscription, .we have decided ..'' ! j ' ' 1 2' ' ;' to send one copy of tqe Weekit Jstab free to every person! sending a club pf 10 or more;cash subscribers. This la eojuivalent to 11 -copies for $10,00 i . . -- ; -r .iivj ' : or, apoutw cents per copy,.. ... I i x IHBted 1t r fabedbv law.-; BtvnwimMiffiw-M'iv n-t b w-w? m w- rA nA anl nflvr lvo the slavaof party, nor can weoler' ate tie7 slavery of partyism:. But betweeShesele followb ers, tne seryne accepiauuw i puitcies i rwilboiit the privilege of remonstraiice or comment,' ana mat nnosieriyie "wnTcti 8c6TnsncTa1mX"o interest, auu wor.s umjr w.eu. The former is 'galling tb a freeman ; personal aggrandizement , at the ; tain counties a disposition On the part but T to' run . independently, .of nomina-, tions. This iswrong theory, if we , areo have parties,and doubly wrong ' at'theSouthin this juncture as a pnn- ., , v , ; - i - ciple. How are we toinaintam organi- . oti without subordination, .without I j-y .ivvM.tiv;!, .-'U"Utw:i a I or. :or that matiferl:' in North Amer- ica better, than all his associates; and I moreldeseVmg-or .v m:mmi:-:-:m ;m thiuks so? This lis the bottom f allil thiat indeDendenttOHisineBA rest9 iuV 4;:.-;m " ! Now we . would appeal - to these I gentlemen ahrrasktberri!f thev hSvl f rib love; alVKatpfKelf andself; I iduciV' thrbg't)reordeatn8Cai)ied '? 1 We have hot heretofore alluded to U-; !rt;ia .thimatter, npt , deemmg the, danger. tothe partyintegrity sufficient to jus- tify the attentiohiiNor do wel think 1 this fever of independence hasmjle' 4 .-V ' ' ! '-i1 "i ' '".iVi';: v, f r--1 ' ttt ' . r-- I able, extend .jWeraise, our voice asaj party journal against it, .because on general " principles :we bold it to be a rlprhiei6us praCticefftlrough U -Aifiir, Ht ';rV0ni0k: ly ' selfish "t a .Hat : U1JVI ; UMVM a i: tenoen ization and " ruin uiicauus guuu cusu uu iuiciuoiuh.m i aIU 1 Aril q t anrt n rr vn.A"7r7--7 -f mmee iia uwiareu.. xu - i-i - i:Vurf.!.. t.., -1 mas vthroughoul would be better, for the independent candidates to". withdraw f before' they suffer discipline at 'the 1 hands of . the Indignant "voters who ' rem ain ;trne to; .thc party.v ,: 1;, Vl ;v, T MUTTEttlNGS OFjt FOBEIGN WAR It is well known that since tbe con?. cluaiou of the war between Germany rliirtnantr. it 'narrnwlv ojirnhincp hurl We would -arraicrn .them before.... the Irr-t bar of their own consciences and them I ;ttan8om and . Merriraon. will f see bring their. selfish,": unpatriotic con MU through:the Senat&teglf of ithe'people1 to ' believe that 'they 1 their cr4it,pn the first aftotmajt SnlVint tneir foot on this system of I J TTA4ila8onbQro,:r $i0sHolljv ;f;:Yetakable terjr.rro $30$ 75-,:Holly, $16S73,Cape Fearil65j fof ""tealndependency. This resolution) Federaf piptol, $3885;HarneiV$Hft; Jraut, end u rance mere1 nas oeen no gooa i. - w pqm. jprwnsangageu. . inline iraqe, are f eelm-tetweerithetwo nfeeople x. ! t' 't.'.. -s ! -v . -i 'I to rlA an mvmir ns lhpir renann Ufeftti -a- T. .v 'i' 'i.t":,'i'a',t&les-ai? privateternw, TJntilthe laie.enemy. hexpo$ition, being that of rnmA ih 'Jiu - armeQ an usiii wuserxanuu. alt jier Josses', "of .'.meni -rnean's and prestige, th'eVe - is hO' ?military- ria- $A&ii MrttWdbW" i Jl. &y m'Z ifo eauer as .France'. "The p-reSenV ,, ?;.. (. ' ,i ii . gcryernnletttfoT 13 jUfposes ; is ar.su peribr'to be tittleacioping 'sarcastic bui apt epithet-anid atr no tirpesinceDamoarrier andtheeldef T ' ; . rv- 1.41 -L'-if Napoleon led h'erbatiahoiwhaa 'the orafe of tletfe Jbl -good! . Thw. improved 'feffieiencv; ioitheOFrenbh seraiceiand.thereatnesor French, miHtary irtesOurces keep the gteai hSar: ,iaIa0aav,0lhtiU,ctS.ofiho(San State iri perpetual unrest. r Not that know , however, that such a power as --;;,- ,y j . - of tpnoe, under a government that with .the llepublicau . form and some of thb Hpntiblican irhnnlsP. Aanriot ---- -T--r . r.: i. ?v. .. I for :very- long . be repressed. And vjermany is too great, a power to tol erate a rival in Middle and -Southern Europe." r She ; feels '.'that . what she failed to acccompluh in '1870 she must accomplish at 'some new Sedan. and , Montmarte at a no very distant fntiirel : LTeuee the gradual approxi-; matiou to a war footing iu her armies, and hence the solicitude of Moltke to get the new ;. army bill through' the Reiclvstag'o i. ii. ,i- ,.!, ' ! We are not only able to make ' otir ' v ' -.i - Anrn-iaiiAtinnA'Tinin tho W4r lira lnyri force in France and greateroefficiency in arms and evolution, the' surround lUgOl JariD uy eiauuiatc auu iuicuuou- to-be impregnable fortifications, .'but , .. - ,., ' " ances oi .one ui inu oiueBVl capable statesmen, ot HiUrope. jLn "T "Tmy. "Z :mmm " P - .'way be tbe "; Diatulers" an -aggressive altitude" bit the' part of Convention, or Association, which met in , - , , ,r. Charleston some time aee. has hroduced the' the French at a crv ea.ly day. fhey oepn-wli.-effecl (?) Tha:Mr.Kor.S ui- speech ui. the British Parlifi- Russell said that -the. to SJ'.rmP. ZE& ereia little dotibtHhat .mean wn,' were ntr. -i- 5. 'ua nerseit ine ovjef of f 9r Tlt. T-.'-i n";;er- f abU ' aa ; - uiinority, iFranceUo8 thktffc'AfAia iV-rti? iJJ2fJ mA . urope. JLike .a giant new win France under MacMahpn codteniplates with terrible erne8tn, . the I aji. V,,r, 'J S-rii p .V(' ; , dark autumn days when her proud ''auJa 'Aim- ';-'i -'iu.fCJ! k?, i''it'-'i" miliationbexote -the men of JRhme P488 lower.House of Coiiffress; -.niongube sums appropriated under for J the'" Cape m?' -3 m Mf . 7 W& h'ihWm. d:,t&MM 't & far 80 ' good. Our devoted ttepreseptative, , ColWaddelaa been of vast service J to this 'city and district: in securinjr approprijttionsi year after year, for ; eirivtfehti our narpor. jjouotiess senators the Common Sel,oei, :n i li.er ' j.:coanty.";" - ' 'mmmj: ,y ; "olI?!riDS w" 8nwthe amount ex: pended on schools in New Hanover county tiie yeara i87,74.u - : , . tr F&MasonhteroToWnshio: $50; Columbia, $372i Hollv ; 1C8- Cane I 'Fear;-v$80;!Federal' Point,' none;' Harnett,5 1200 RS- TTnlrion oA li T:? oon." union, ZW;. i 7gl Total 533 04. : LRr aW.ftMasonborQ, none; Columbia, . $100; .Holly, ; $45; idape Fear, ; $30; tFedWaiPohjt, $56 65; Hfjrnett, $294; HbMen ahd Kocky Point,. $S90i Caswell. $320; GrakW- $80; Xincoln nAne-Uniony- -, jjjj ionowingtown8mps afeTe dues to Tilraingtpn$436 .rWtol,-$758:31 1 s ?rdL-MaiionborA. 7 ojt nnlm :Wilmin5Wn !W3 " TVitaT 41 R1S"S1 JT 69, which will giva'ta the 8,3iTpu- pils about 75"cents eaclfrATI money nnex- - pended goes over to tne next year. Wilmington and Charleston a Naval ' ! Storea Marlsets. . ..i s . . v- The Charleston ITetc and, Courier; refer-1 ring to the navel stores market of that city, and of the complaints of correspoodents of the vagueness , and incompleteness of its re-; ports, alludes, to the same disadvantages which are. experienced by the newspapers here . as ,, the ; . cause of. the failure J of i that paper to ; give fuU reports." s It says: . Tffri , i. . mvmir s thal their importance to the xommercial interests of the city, and to' themselves, tthtt' there should be published: daily the sales of naval lotS;;the:grades.rand fit 'H necessarily be.ub- satisfactory to'the public .and damagihg tb r. m . this port-. Whenever the dealers are ready furnish:to: our commercial ; repbrterthis informatiDnir it will be" caned for and wil promptly and accurately! published." 4 bis ConhecGdh our contemporary pub-; e8 Sti: X' L Oaklet, N. firft I&,"Hay 6,-1874. IpVMUtor eftWNnu and Courier a J naraM Rosin, strained $2 20; crude turpentine raSK " Roam, strained .$$' 25, crude turpentine, yel-: SSSSX. more foryellowdlp turpentine than (Charles """-""" f Durciy, uuipDine iacii- ry hardly upon a cluss pf our Heople who are unable to conduct a larse tiirnehtine bu?ine88 Aad are oblised f0hWcet in its crude state, u- They only are sufferers. l"""vc uo m.eanl? help themselves, .u v. . . '. t : i vuu you uoi come to tneir rawnri tliprpliv placing under obligations both them and ; ' ' ' !" ' CatTOB TUKPENTINB. -!" CAPTAIN NORItlajiNT'N LKTrm OP ACCEPTANCE. . , Lcmberton, N. C, May 9, 1874. Col. John D. Taylor, Pres'dent of the Demo cratic Ccmaenxitioe Convention: - f, - - LlEAB dir: Your letter of the 7th iost ant, I informing me of my unanimous nomination for the office of Solicitor of th Fourth .In. dicial District by the Democratic-Conservative Convention which convened iu the city of Wilmington on the 5lh day of May, and requesting my acceptance of the same, has just been received. . , . ,c ui - ,; -. - ' Thanking you for the comulimentarv manner in which you have made known to J me tne action of the Convention, permit me 1- to.say that I accept the nomination,--arid If . I 1 . .. .1 : 11 . .. . . . . . cicuieu wiu enueavor to discharge tne amies of the ofllce impartially, and with an eye ninfrle to thn Vipct ininH. f nsnnio nf I the Fourth Judicial District - J . , ' with great respect,- W. S. NORMBKT.. . ' ! - . " ' T . " i r Gen.. J. C. Abbott has : been 1 confirmed as Collector of- the port of , Wil mington, tq , supersede Mr. Rwmley,.- at (uick work. . . .-m I a- : . s - Tbe Lavte SbootlnK Affair Tar Land' likz OmIow Coantl-Tn Victim I i i, : fi- - :' ' " 0eaI-ArreiOf b.e Perpetr16r i - .. . ! f r.-- -'- -iv:j : of trie Crime; 4c..-";i:-; KS: ": '., . ' .-,;, ?'t&immmhj'-' 1 f t Mr: 11J T. Lanelev: the store-keeper' at ! Tar Landing, Cfaslow county, who was iBhot- attbe door of bis own residence on, Mon; day of 3a8t we an account" of 1 which ap Pred'raarap4r shortly after the occur- rTeoce 6T IBe affair, Bieairom ms.injuries dnlSaturdayghi Wt," tm ihe" day jpre TiotM two colored 'b6'ys,'!eich;age'd about 15 years, were arresiea en susjjiuuu ufus inriiitted themurder'ind are?nowTin jail at jMsonvilleAftersthe, arree Ql0Wij hoyfe one of Uiem, 'finding that affairs were i- beglaning to .wear a very serious aspect taraed State's evidence 'against the other, Btafo'JthatHhe wlti the view of - assisting him in the com- misfipa of the deed j that ; upon arriviDg at branch in the vicinity of. the jtiouseJie,, stopped while his . companiqnr went fotihe house, dij the shooting and returned, when they weit off together. '. m v; '";." '' '!' ! No" motive can lie - assigned -which could hazeled to the perpetration ol the deed of blood, except the,.fact that the, boy who did he shooting was caught in the act of. steal ing a pair of . shoes from jtbe store of " Mr. tangley, a short time previous and that . be might have wished to make way with deceased for 'fear tie jmight hav1; Uim ii; . dieted ;ior !the'ft; 'ThWe 'iarei many'; who . ' think, however, that ; jthe boys must have, had some greater inducement ttan. that to cause the commission of such a terrible crime. - "? . . . - ; llr.! Langley was about 85 ' years of -age,- nnd waat as we have previously stated, well' known in,.tbis" city, where, he 'has been in . 'the habit , of doLngmpst of.', his grading.. I He leaves no immediate, iamuy, pui nas a fitheri'two 'sistefs and' a ! brother lmhg.1 Inere IS,' m voiunr, vvuuuuauiB. www ment Jn the -community - in regard to the 'affairj :y ii(t - is J ii'Ui -i.it; !. h'lJ - if Wins; of the Flamingo .We were Shown yesterday, at Mr. H. P. II m o g.w.uj , pair of wings and?lbreastwliich::formerly belonged to a bird known as the Flamingo; and which has just been-received by Mr. S. J. West from the ?reat Inagoa, One of the; Bahama Islands. ; The inner,; portions of the wings are of a Dnuiant rea, wan wmcn nothing oauld ' be more Deautuui,1 ana tne outer of a jet bhtek color, the contrast con stituting a charming eff ect ..The breast is of d reddish 'white tint and is very beauti ful 4 And soft to the touch. Their average height is about four feet, and Mr. West, who has recjntJybjeaj6a.ja,visit.to the to receive 'a Muffed specimen.--of the bird- itself. , . . ... . Adrentmre With a Alnle. ,? ' 9::?-' -1 Two young gentlemen ;.pf. this city me with quite an adventure on Sunday -.They, had -fuasion to go over Into Brunswick cojinty.'and lidinff in a buggy 'about two and' a half y miles tieyond Brunswick Terry, when they were spddeiy attacked by a vicious mule which-wasaTlarHe. 'The wuimai was penectiy tunoua in his demon- 8th.tion,anti'BUCJeeded hi oehlt :sjsiai Lj votO, veuicie m wmca. tney wero naing, from which the young 'men narrowly escaped with their lives. " 'The animal attached to the baggy was also badly damaged by the irate mule, and the brute was only- driven off, finally, -when one of :the .young men had' Succeeded in borrowing a gun from a family residing in the vicinity and "put sevr eral shot mtbhim. '1 The vydutog men then1 patched up their buggy as-best they could and walked home -' v- V i- ' . ' '---..1- Health, of Hon. Jefferson DaTls. , J From a private letter from Hon. Jeffer son Davis, tb Frank H. Alfriend, Esq., of this city, .dated London,.; England, (April 28th, we take thq following extract, , which will "be welcome intellifirence to the numer ous f riend's of the distinguished gentletnan fOiroughbuithe SbtnhV"; 3'oi ' "'-: :' ' f I have improved in health by thevbyage- across the Atlantic, arid though Tyet -veak hope to return soon and bculirelyjrestored I .,r It will be remembered that the health of Mr! Davis was considerably impaired when h& left this country.1 iiJ f''5'? in , Prearlns;for . the ftaclas SeasanJ ' "It will be a source of gratification to inany to learn thkt efforts are being made by the Carolina Yacht Club'tb" ggt'up a first-class regatta, to take place on the river in the first week or ten days of June.. The ' Resatta' Committee'" can ' name ten yachts already' 'that wfll 'participate' ' in the race; six of which are new and have never yet Bhown their keels in our waters. We learn that quite. a number, of persons from the. country have, signified their intention tp be present to witness the race, should it take plate.7 ' m'L - ', Good Ktwf. ; 'The"Hou:5er'f Ittrpreseiuutives yesterday passed the . Harbor and River Appropria tion bill, and it now goes to the Senate for concurrence. "The bill appropriates $100, 000 to the improvement 1 of "; the Cape Far River and BarrJoThisiWill be good news to the friends of .this great improvement, so vitally important to our commerce and the future prosperity of our city. There is every reason to believe that; the -bill -will pass Hie Seriate without difficulty, Hchr. ittary Wheeler. , . Messrs. Ii. W. Beery & Son, of this city, left on a schooner which .they had char tered for the purpose,yesterday morning, with the view of getting "theJBchr. Mary Wheeler afi. New River beach,., The Mary Wfieeter buffeted the waves a long time be fore she. found , a , resting place on. the beach,' but It is thought she is not. so. badly injured after all. 2?- Fr;ora Jackson villei Onslow; coun? tyi we have just received a fine club of new. .subscribers; and we have , the ;.promise of J anDtheir club from, the same place.cv ; " Mr,, George iiauder'.'bas been nominated by. the President aa postmaster Island - alluded to, says they are to be seen in lairge 'numbers. Mr. V, 'expecijsoon XIMELJL 'i;i4?CS. The -Richmond papers give an account of the mournful scene at the, Virginia peniten tiary when W. D. Coleman, late a State jomciai, coiticted of appropriating public 'unsasfrlelribve The. prisoner for the first lime lost his fortitode, and even 4 the officials of vt he jnstittition, albetTini i pieman KaoccuiedaThtghvsocial ppsi- tion, .but intemperate habits; it is said, had actual: crimei In !il WmarkS- ;dn! this sad sad fceene the Baltimore rSuri chseiives that it is. notewory,!$ati Vlrnia, which has been often reproached fbr..the aristocratic ideas said to be prevalent there, rarely fails to punish dishonesty without regard to- the sociaj'pbsitfori of the'oehder fact which1 f ? Cannot be averred of some : eommanities professing to be moreltemocratic;'; Another obvious reflection; suggested by this. '. -sad' event 1 is that yielding to- anyj yiee,t,ev.eu though it be not recognized by the; laws as a crimefmay'ultimatelylead laws do recognize as criminal 'and punish' accordingly,;; -I A.11 leXperienceV; saysthe5 Sufaj 'tteStifie, where Tone evfl; passions or habit obtains the mastery of a man4t;wills in the endif neeessary to itf .jteaiipi'J make nim sacrififtfl virtnpiiin xvhirli hp cnn. sidered himself strongcst:'and commit acts1 tb w'hicW apart frbm th influence of the: maiterpasamn-he-beVertelt inclination temperance and thecSd? mi "'v. j i. . ..J r. tabe haye.badmuchtodoithttemn &&f yevdappe. I'io ine nne iemaie. cnaracters m History 1 mustdw be added Madame the hbb'ie " wifeMarshalBainbgVeSutt- " """'""- "s.1""1 ful,.talented and with wondrous powers ot fascinationi.she.withdrew. herself from the gay wpri aqdjShareSjWi and disgraced Jord his lonely island impris-. onmeni. Ao,repiy io a compumeniary, re- i ? JUy TesoiUlons ontpeMCOntriary al- , mark of Col. Blairfb'n Duncan; who wiirthorized the creation of a commission permitted the pieas'UTe'tjf Ja onversatfon 1 with 4imaev0tedair shersaidt-UlfSxicol- overtures for the initiation of negoti the women as wenas- themen are all.bravej iatibbs for peace,' not upon separate Ilhey never . desert friepds, e action,, but upon the great prin- vvnen l married the Marshal l. was seven- teenHe was V siimmitof rpowerf withfortbne'and friehdstb1 sbWhisin turehdriotashadbwtb overcast itmm gavemetiikt bright and enyiabk p and when . .that -power ;and;fprtun;;apd kfriends.have .vanished my.placeisby his f,",T 4".lt?1 r " T T4.- "T j privations with' the same devotion and af- I fectioh that were duo to him in the zenith J of Tate- prosperity. -Madame Bazaine1 is a I I natijre of Mexico. Her mother lives at the I - I ... ... . .. .. : I capital of, tnati country jn tqBite moaerate I circumstances. , Wnenijaainemameuaiei; he was Wealthy, and honored His present income is five thousand francs! '; '- ' ""''' An English' author1 IJ given us the ety drMti mology of various nkmes of ; persons and ,ut -ytuiuuo: utauxes ut, ucihuu ouu 1 . .1 5 ?T'se ;a" sm" part -.of laoors. oesiae me piam ana eyem r ongm oi many names, as uavidson irom i pavic; we nave uawes ana jjawson irom mesamsorigiaJVmlsaaciCame'IkkTesJ llikkee Hickson and? Hicks, ' From Wal 1 yrTku;, ujli "ula, Avtkm and.otb 1 from John Jenkins. From , Upger comes I tiogers, itoagers, Kodgerson; and from I noage. tne nicKname'or Koger, Uodgkms I . .. . . , . - - j . .1 AUtcbkins, Uoskons; Hodgkinson andllod- . . . ' t a sont with others. . From Ralph' comes Balf, Eplf, Bawes, Uawson, Rawlins, Bawhnson, Rollins, Rollinson, Rawkins,? Rapkins and Rapsons.' . From Hugh'' and Its miss-spell ings,'.; Huggins,1' Hutchins,' " " Hutchinsbn,' ! Hugginsoni Hullett, 1 Hewlett; Huet, Hew- .t, Hewetson, . Howitt; i Howsbri,' 'Hughes andHowson. .The. Welsh name Pugh is' from Hugh., ; f -iJ: t Macaulay was a political . philosopher of ho mean propbrtibns. one of liis most remarkable pa&sagesTiesSdlharif there is any proposition universally! tru9 in poMtics it is that disloyalty is the frnjLof domestic misrule; that it has always been the. trick of jdespota ko goad theBP BUDiecUiritblnsur-i rectioa and then complain' of "disorder ; o' 'diyige jsociety an theujcomplain bca."use it is not united; to govern as if a-Jsection . were the whole, and to censure the other Bectrohs fbt want of pairipfib spirit 'Bul ers," Jie adds; !4must riot; bb suffered 'thus tb absolve themselves of their ;solemn re sponsibility tIt does not lie hi theii mouths 4 te say that a. section is; not, patriotic ,I? -is their business "to make it so History 5 and reason clearly 'indicate the 'means. 'f , In writing the history of the pdstbettiim 'diffi culties in this; country iow apV'are these words of the illustrisus historiani-H'T The. pbarlotte Cbserter. says i g jThe time . will come, no doubt, when the Confederate dead will hi 1 as little remembered as those who died an age' ago fighting for American Independence; but, generations must paisi: ;away beforethat.time comes" We think pur contemporary; wrong in assuming 'that, the heroes of the first Revolution are little remembered. The glory of f he last war was .so much greater than that of 'the first war for independence it has in a metisure ob-" soured some of the fame of "our ancestors, : but time will never serve to efface the grands eur of Washington,- Waynev : Oreene, La Fayette, and the nooihty of . their achieve ments. . That fame will last forever. ,-; . We cin never forstet 1 " 'Tis a warrior's yet 80 much has been said concerning the political prospects and the' intentions of Senator Schurz' after the conclusion of his present term in the Senate,' which soon, ex pires, that he concluded to make a: public! statement through. the medium, the .St.' Louis Bepuhtican, the most influential jour; nal of ; the TransmississippL He informs a reporter of that paper that her has '- no in tention, of leaving, St Louis and rib present desire to leave ; political ,life ..and-,re-enter journalism. ' He will ask a renomination at the hands, of the independent or anti-mo ,oopbly element in ifis'soufi. : If he failsi he - will resume bis'plaCe.as editor of the ' West--UcheFort. This statement' pots'busy rumor to rest, m XIIK BELLICOSE CEOBGliNS. . - Old Ma Stephen Has Bfaf Sar'l ln ; 'Which He emstoJDenonii$.;Exa I iretden t DavJLa wUhHIr, Hill for Donble-DeaJlBCii r sfc-: I We quote fron;ffiet (letter of 1? llbn.n;tebhjnsmf SUfiSM r-It now. seems froni Mr. Hill's man V&o and. confession that he and Mr. Davis , were both; acting - with ; the grossest duplicity towards' me, and. w F iir confederation with Mothers, formed TA' Jf, wut .vuuBjniae iv . use trie fc. Blair proposition" with no M other rbb- 2 I ject whatever: but to .def eat another 5 mission of a very -different character. ? ' uiuu ie was weii: utruersiopa at tne time would be instituted bV Congress V eariv.iuu uejLt. wees. .,j nisj commis sion, nnder the authority of Couffress. - ' was to be raised in aeoordauce, with me resolutions prepared py me early -in January, tri- whicb Mr Bill refers. The 'Mect of these: resolntions. and th1 W a' I i amplated missiQn under them, utirely. differeritlfrbm those, at by the Blair . proposition. ked BOlely to.ahd Co vered noth it a secret riiilitaly7 conveiition.. i.p ftbp. bf Jagerents with a viewy- f I -eigl. 8tabli8hmen,t:o,f:a:i; ieoch. Empire, ; in .Mex-bahe .; ;: t? '!f oFthe Monroe-doctnne, ;lri thisav-iT rMrBlairtlght, asIr? 1 gtat Mme-a-fraternltion'wr and "peaces beultimately.fobtained bVv" 7, r. . t; -- "r.7;, . v-"r UUJF 'u' U'e poutneru X tat HPPion . was nt for a peace. commission in fany rpYoner sense of the words at alC nor did it v l00k to anv directovruro of r.Pr .- On either" side, or the terms upon which it should bbabKshed.'u ' ' empowered s to . initiatev.or;-to-''h.iakeii -. mia ,v"- rt" ,"t "h"';mv: 'straggle jested, and npn whici the ; h4?16 fabnc of American freemsti-' rrXru i: ' ' KhflTftfttftr f tK(, fftinfc i!trB;fwwhnv.!; . d ianterns which sometimes gUmpses . Of the most diabolical, underground, niidniffhtldeeds'of the most fiendish - criminals it seems that he, Mr. Da- Vis, and others' were aiming at rioth- ing in acceding to?- Mr.r Blair's propo-- . if . . tr ft . i - siuon, oui "'iO.8i;pp.ir. -Diepnens,;' ... j ana io neau anu ueiei uia uoveiueui of nfingtu .'the war to 'a close upon those principles, on., w.hlch 'alon e con -. StitutiOnal . liberty can be preserved on this continent.' It seems that what Jlri Davy..told me' about his haying . ' - xv ..... m a'Ti n mnnriAnAn rhn onninrir .Ar tV1 1 kIaim'li Kpogion to any brie but Mr. Hun- teWaSOtei' Htf had tbld Mr. Hill all about. .it. and that, bfit for tho ignoble devica thevrre80rted-fatMr Stephens" resolutions :would have been adopted thQnext week.wX ;. 1 fa. this ijielw Si the subiect and confess that tt is' not at; all improba-' Die tnat iitr. liitl may nave ' been in "TIT - 3 1 T 1. t . . Avtcnmpna, ,, wnen jl ieic assured tnat j - t; r . - rm .... . - he. was in 3eorgiaT . That statement of mirie that he was' in Georgia when Mr: Davis had the subject of " the Blait conference- under consideration was based upon .what now. seems to . have been a too confiding.reiiance hy me on the truth: of what he and Mr. Davis toldine-' i;iif -J ' !;; -y As to.; what he . 'says ; about toy agreeing to write to Governor Brown nqVto call the Legislature, together . I would support my resolutions, I haVe J rid tecbllectidnhof iany thing! of :the sort...,: I , do. .not -.usually.. make -bar-: : t gains , of.such.a .character (. More over, x ivuuuguii at .; luo viuib ib wan highly expedient that the Legislature should be convened inU brder to take -proper, action to arrest, the demoral- ization set forth in the. letter, of Judge Ilarisell." l.havo" no ' question . ' that ! assbred -lthe delegation that I iwould use my utinost iinfluence with -Gbv.. Brown . against -.recommending , ; any5 separate State, action looking to 'the mthdraw'jbf; Georgia from the Confederacy;' and! making sepbrate terma of peace tfor.Iherself -with'' the ' Federal -authorities,! ?3X had jflO idea i. wovernor Jirown ; contemplated - any ... such " thing. How cpuld 1 or ' any body .entertain 'srich;ran - opinion 1 of him in; the face of -his letter im reply ; to: an, overture pf jlhis charac.cer from .. General Sherrnan? . . . . "' InGoyi Brbwri"'s "reply "to .Gen. Sherman --lie 5 said :,w,Come weal or -come woe,? the : i.tate :of 'Georgia' never. shnuid;with hia , consent with- '! draw. 'from. .the .Confederation,,. in dis- ., horibt.'f sle will hfe'ver make separate terms -with the . 'e'n'erriyj Which' :may -tree her territory from invasion, and leave her. Confederates.. in the lurch." ' I may have assured the delegation r that in case I discovered any change of policy bn the part of Gov. .Brown ' in this retpectf that L would nse my -n utmost influence against . it.;; J , ...t W'ith the views of my brother, lloni Linton 'Stephens,' I1 was fully " acquainted.: We wemiri almost daily1 1 correspondence and the imputation cast .upon, his memory, by .Mr, Hill, that he was, to take the lead in the Legislature for a" movement- looking . to the. making of separate terms of peace by.Georgiaiis a8.unf bunded as, .. it-is unjust. . , ( . r r . , . : . . ' - A!B68ton man was cursing an editor the' other day when he fell 'dead. Several similar instances have - heen lately reported. tvMen should be, '-. careful in speaking of any thing sa- .r, Aewyorkpaper, considers tKatTre't' Harte Js "more than the-,.; successor of Dickens." '.We consider' .'' that it ' knoWeth not 5 whereof it so-t-flippantly affirms 4 v-.'- - -ih- ;
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