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Bvytaui the money and tool the letter in thepretene of t rt pot-naMerand take hit receipt for U. letters -nt to ne t this way are at onr risk. Reduction of Price ! ! The subscription price ojf the WKKKr lx Stab has been reduced as follows : . . - . i - Single Copy 1 year, . . " . " 6 months i.. ...$1.50 ... 1.00 ... .50 Chibs of - 5 to 10 subscribers, one year, "$t.2 per copy, strictly . in. ajd rance, " - , - Clubs of 10 or more subscribers, one year, f 1.00 per copy,1 strictly in ad-; vance. ' E-No Club Rates for a period less than a year. t Both old and new. subscribers may 1 included Irr niakins up Clubs. -; f At the above prices the "Weekly Stab iswe think, the cheapest paper in the State." and -its circulation wfll. he doubled In twelve months, if those who have worked for its success in the past will increase their efforts in the future. v - -: . OCR GREAT RAIL WAIT. We acknowledge the receipt of ;a pamphlet bearing; the title, : ' The Carolina Central Railway Company inoir of its Railway and the Adjacent t'ountry (with ' map), by the Chief rtziiiv'r. V3 . ... .. ; - Tnis dewription embraces an ac count of the country through, which the railway: pasnent the 'agricultural, mineral and other products, the popu lation and general features-.; also a . sketch of the building operations and notices of the 'connect ion with other roads. " It is apparently a" f nil" and carefully prepared statement of facts, .and will, if ; largely. cirenjaled, be of . service in itidncinir immigration and ; extending, the prosprity of the road. We hope that a very large edition -of : this pamphlet will be? printed and ' spilt nrervwhere. r This ; is onr frreat . ". 2orth Carolina enterprise. It ought to be pushed by its friends with the utmost vigor and heartiness. ' - : j e of the great advantages of this Hue is its shortness. From Charlotte to tide-water the distances to the dif ferent sea ports of this State, South Carolina and. Virginia are as follows : TTch Charleston two? hundred and forty miles. ; ' ; ; ' ; , ' - . To Richmond, iwo huridred and J eighty-three mtles 4 ' - To Norfolk, fifty-twd miles. three1 hundred ' i -1.. and ' To Beaufort, three hundred and twenty:eigKt miles.; - .- To" WltMlJfGTOJ-f, os HUNDRED From this it is seen that our city is fifty tao mile nearer than Charleston to the great depot of the mountain region and centre of the railroad sys tem' of the State. It is one hundred and sixty-five miles nearer' Charlotte than is Norfolk and one huudred and ninety-five miles nearer than is Rich mond.; The shortness of the line is a powerful advantage in our favor. It inust give uS the wholesale trade eventually of the mountain region of .North Carolina and Tennessee; and open direct communication with the great West and Southwest. We will Jet Suerinteudeiit Fremont state the lrotpects of the railway in his own words: . Run the eye along ihe line of railroad, at present extending f rom Charlotte via States Ville to Old Fort, and thence across the Blue Ridce l Ashville, down the French Broad river to Paint Rock and Wolf Creek thence to Morristown by railroad nm in operation, lad by the line via Cleveland and Cbalta ' nooea--to the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Return to Morristown, and trace the line about being completed through "Cnni berland Gap" to Cincinnati and flltbe Northwest- and what do we behold! The most important and valuable combination of railway lines in the country, radiating from Charlotte. Add one other connection that time and self interest will be sure to make, W fi . A V M V s1 h A "'aasssiair' ' ,- ' ,A -- '-'M'Jn2 ' JJUlsV"iawBawia1W '' 111 aT--L , j , - r .-.... -'-r-t VT T7" -. ' ? . V .... f , . . - - V(3I sod 1 will leave' the readefHd,! race the map to find1 farther connections. In the direc tion the Cranberry Iron Works, by avail ing themselves " of the. proTisionaof: the charter, And the ready' 'aid of the people along the line, including" the owners of (he rich iron ores at iJraoberry, ft braoch ! line trill at no distant, day be consrrncted from tb? main. stem to, connect -with the East aessee and Virginia Hailroad. : , ' t V r ti frrrjerteacMi rnilrrlaii - manau'er" who lu.5 Lintself been engaged ih ! tfte manufac turecf, iron, nod who. ia.- familiar with the quality xnt tiese vrea, says that such a road MTQula find constant employment to itafull capacity lo" transporting these; oreaaud iron . totiJcwater at2 vyilmHjgtoohich .is bjfj cijre-llianoiie hunared. miles jneaortEft, line lathe seaboard. ; With pilch a location, conabiniDj ionecttona:'o vast and import ant there can be ho reasonable douty of .ita : complete eoecess as the rfreatr trunk! railway; iWe have, not considered .the large -locaf bnslnesa to come to this, jme at Cbarjotte, from- ifaTestern DiviaoiK the Charlotte and Btatesville Railroad, the North Carolina l;auoaa, sad the Charlotte, Columbia ana Auzusta Railroad. They - -will :add ma- AwialJjE to US l)OfiBe r witli a Kpuwieng abbve nnumerated, the reader, by'duscrv- ing the map, -cannot fail to come. to the just conclusion, thsta tail way Jias seldom been so admirably located, for a great aud profit-: able business. jNalure seems specially to hare designed the face of the country, from .the Mississippi across the mountains of this State, for a great railway line, of easy grades and short distances, between the Atlantic Seaboard and the great rivers of the Interior. . The Carolina Central Kail way as originally chartered' was intended to connect this city .with .-Rutherford- ton, under the Bine .Ridgea -dis' tance of 272 miles. But it was deem ed hesfc nnder ther present charter to stop, for the present at .least, at the beautiful village of Shelby, in sight o f onr motm tain .ranges, and in the midst of a tier of thriving counties Shelby is 242 miles from. Wilmington. For a Western connection it was con eluded to connect the Central Rail way at Lincolnton by a fjiort line with the VV estern x. kj. k. Ii. at or near Hickoryj This connection made, and the two gapS in jhat railroad, between Old Fort and the Warm Springs tilled up, we shall , have a-, continuous tine via Ashtillei'-to Morristown, where tontiectmns exist witWtie railways to Ch atlanpoga, Mem ptus.Iii ttte Rock, and the ; Pacific . Railroad NashvHle, Louisville aiitl CincinnatiJand by the completion of the. Cumberland Gap Route (about forty miles- inore) we have a short line to Cincinnati, Chica go and all the North west: ; i; I FoV thft rmrnosi'! ! of liowinir tlie forward her best exertions to secure the trade of the West, and not to be considered presumptuous inso doing, let us examine the table of distances prepared by the Carolina Central Company, in their Descriptive Me moir. From Wilmiugton. to Atlanta via Charlotte the distance is 450 miles: i . . . ' to Memphis, S14; Cincinnati, 580; St. Louis 930. "From Richmond to Mem phis the -distance is 960 miles.". From Baltimore ; to ; Memphis, 817; from Baltimore to Su Louis-929 miles; to Cincinnati 589 miles; From Charles ton to Memphis it is 756 .miles; and from Charleston to ; Cincinnati it is 680, by the proposed line by Asheville. These figures all speak for Wilniing Ion. ; :..!.,: I. . :- ; But the railroad connections are hot all. The; scheme would be in choate without ocean connection with the large. jcities of the, world. The company look forward confidently to the establishment of lines of steam ships to transport its freights to Bos ton,, New.': Tork, 'FhiladelpiaiVn Baltimore. . Besides - thia rreasonable expectation there is hope : that in a comparatively short time lines -ojf tramps-Atlantic steamships will k prv 1 ganized, putting this port in intimate t commercial relations - with Liverpool, Sonthampton, Havre, Bremen, etc. Such are the noble prospects of the great Carolina Central Railway line. Lie tn tle Scandal Case . ' It appears, says the : Tribune, to be the fate of the chief j actors in the de plorable Brooklyn scandal which still poisions the atmosphere, to move per petually atnki a cloud of lies. The latest phase of the case, the arrest of Tilton, in the multitude of conflicting stories, seems likely to prove 1 of as doubtful ' origin, uncertain purpose, and inconsequent end as any of the rest. But of third hand tattling, and the eager rush of extraordinary wo men to publish to the world what pru rient stories they have been retailing in strictest confidence for years past to all their dear live hundred friends, each day brings its larger load. Miss' Susan B. Anthony's brother is the last and nastiest of these -old women gos sips,' though there is; a venous rival in the person of a New York "artist." Meantime Mr: Beecher and his friends are gravely straining the patience of a public that eagerly waits for the proof that it may still trust them. 4 Statesville Landmark: Mr. II. P. Murdock, an Iredell farmer, planted 2 acres in tobacco last year. - After selling $215 worth, he still has op hand 400 pounds. The product of this yield is $107 per acre. Mr. Paul ' Boat, another Iredell farmer, planted 2 acres in tobacco and realized $70, net, per acre. itMlNGTON, mi, IN SLAPKN. BfmrAar mt'm trbtte lIir Named ; nr-vla-- IZ Colore! tlayer.inattee I .. i. - -. Ma A terrible murder occurred ; at Marlvijle, Bladen county, yesterday aftemeon, sbtut 4 o'clock, the vietim being i white Wo rby the name f S. H. Twiggs aatTuie fcjsrde)rer a'colored man nairied Atfahara yones; j t; .' It abDeare that T wises. atlveof 'MaiTT land, had been ;1at worJc&CVbbut'tweive months id geUlng tltoer WrQie" roltna 1 loy. T,h.djfflcuby bVigiqeet oVer some UAaAdiag. settlement between - thesa.? jJones istaltbeTwiigg three times, one; of .the woanda ,bemg in. flicted abouiB hair lnr ahgve the left; nipt pie, tich penetrated 10 the heart, rtd so other under the left loin," a Jiorrible.'gasli, cither of which .would; havaproved fitat, he was stabbed. - ' ' .-: , . "J .The-murderer immediately fled end : at last accounts had not been captured, it be-. ing the , opinion of many, that he came in the direction of this city. . ' . . -;-J - Deceased was about 35 or 40 years, of age and leaves a wife and three -or : four, chil dren. The murderer, Jpnes, is a compara tive youth,'; being not more than 20 years old. We learn that every, effort - will be made to effect the capture of the murderer. Improvements, Enterprise, lee.' ; While strolling along the wharf a day or two since we remembered having heard of the reconstruction of Stanly's Pine Oil and Tar Works, and so concluded to take! a look at them.. On our, way we found that Messrs. Cassidey . Bros. - are reconstructing their Railway and in a short time will have it ready to take up the largest ship that comes to our port. , . . " , j . Just below the Messrs. : Cassidey's yard we found the tar kiln, built of brick, stand ing up in all its majesty, ready to yield what the proprietor claims as the best article jot tar that nas ever been maue in ana arouna Wilmington. The present kiln is built of brick, as before stated, is circular in form, about twelve feet high and capable of hold' ing about seven cords of wood. Mr. Slanij contemplates putting one up that' will'hold twenty-five cords. We saw some of the tpur and think it such an article as the Chamber of Commerce will be pleased to recognise as extra No. 1 yellow tar. ; In close prox imity to the tar kiln we found two large re torts, laid in and enclosed with brick. These retorts are for making . the pine; oil, fpi which there is considerable demand in Bal timore for the-mixing of paints. This pro- cess Is called, destructive distillation, -and duet consist of a certain number it "of crn'iTc iotmr bfack vatnlsti gallons pyroligneous acid and charcoalJ', Each product is. properly prepared for market We hail with pleasure the efforts "of ) Mr. Stanly to secure success, and as the works seem to be substantial, and rendered free from the danger of destruction by .fire which was formerly an objection to his kilns, we trust that it may remain as one of -the many improvements of. our prosperous city, and that he may reap a rich reward for bis un tiring efforts. ,' - . r-.---1 Wllmlnston Retail BlarbTet. " v The following prices ruled during yester day afternoon: Peaches 40$50c per peck; whortleberries, 10 , - cents '. per t, quart; blackberries, 10 , cents ..per Viurt!; apples, (dried) 10 12J cents per pound; dried peaches 25c per pound; walnuts, 50c per peck; pickles, 20 : cents per dozen; lard, 15 cents per pound; butter, ; 3545 cents per pound; cheese, 25 cents per pound ; grown fowls G080 a pair; spring chickens 60 cents per pair; geese $2 per pair; beef 1016f MDeuta per pound;-' bfeef, -'(cbrne4, 12115 cts. per pound; veal, 12i&l6f eta. perpound; mutton 121lo2 cts!' per pbund ; ham, 1820 cts. per pound; shoulders, 'l0 12 cents per pound ; tripe, 20 cts. per bunch ; clams, 25 cents a peck; open clams, 2025, cents a quart fsoup bunchl 5 cents.; eggs, 20 J cents. a doz;8turgepn,-5cts. a chunk (5 lbs); potatoes, Irish, 40 cts. a peck sweetnw $1; fish-troot 2550 cts. perrbunch mulfcts 1025 cts. per bunch; Shrimps, 20 cehts a quart; turnips, 10 cents a bunch; onions, 10 cents a bunch ; snap beans, 2530 cents a; ;peck; cucumbers, 1520 cents a dozen; squashes, 1520ca dozen ; spring cabbage lo 15 cents per head; tomatoes,'' 5 cents A quart; green apples, 2550 cento a peck; cantelopes, 5I0 -cents; watermelons, 10 Z5 cents; beets 20 cts. per bunch. , '? A Rabbery. and a Foot Race. A colored man by the name of Ren j. Mc Nair was sitting in a doorway near the foot of Mulberry street yesterday morning, when he dropped asleep. While in this condition another colored man by the name of Jeff. Thomas approached him and succeeded in abstracting six dollars in currency from the watch pocket of his vest Two other col ored men, named Joe Martin and James Davis, who were standing not' far off, and who witnessed the transaction, called jo policeman W. II. Howe, informing him of the robbery. . rAi this. Thomas hastily trans? f erred the moneyzto the hands of a compan ion by the name of Sam Kelly, who "darted off in a run, pursued by offlcer Howe, who left Thomas in the charge of Martin and Davis. ' Kelly made good time and it was not until lie had arrived ' in the neighbor hood of Hilton that" the officer succeeded' finally in overhauling hiih. He was'' then taken to the Guard House, and, in company with Thomas,' was locked up to await a hearing before the Mayor to-morrow morn ing. ' Thomas, we understand, was only dis charged, from the chain gang on the 29th, after serving a term of thirty days. . The Oxford Herald reports ar rivals of visitors from the Eastern counties. r N : C. FRIDAY. AtJGUSHt Wii Robbery at Castle laIoer, . -, : The store of Mr. ClaUs Schriever, at Castle? Haines,' about four mills "from this c.Uy, was entered tythiefcslycsterd tween 9 aBd.So'clockiapdrojbbedof money to thft amount.of biy?:?S pcara that the thiervnmTprcurea.ra;Ficii. axe and triet ta biKthf bj wheh secured, the front wiadowt fatting m;wbica he got a piece of T)bard front a art near by. ..with which he beafc against nne' back aoor jui the key 'which secured the bar on the inside was! 1o8tled tut(jwhen tfidroipei and tBe-idcor1 Wiur "bpcnv "? rTBcuHevefo siepi ih a room aa joining iio wrx. Tt , the noise maacfDV ''ef-rubber.-iut A was i)iowing knd raining at the time and, he' at-! inuuieu ii to iuo acmwiot iue.wiHu5aifjo a sbaupratpuig fit jm sort,,,; 'yli'alpi.,w8a coming to Uie city yesterday on some busioespf and had ruestid-a-jnAn to awake, hiin at 3 'clpck.j S;cordlngly at lbs hourapfnted the rto;'? jLfl ffld5 so he'encouhtered 'a draft ol ftu-and upon . goingto the back door found it open. ,,It is. evident that the tUieijwas m the -store when we man came tocaU.Mr.' S., as a pair of 6hoes rera found at tire back door, which; must have been left by him in the hurry ?. of bis departure. But for this timely Jnterrnption-. nod much more would have been'stolcni nL E.anabermena ConYehtlon ac.If erralh; ; 'A convention of lumbermen o and North Carolina was held at Norfolk on Tburstlrty. There were 41 firms represented, with a ,! ;i!v capacity of mills ff 410,000 feet. .. v , . j j , it. j. Neely, of Poitsmoulhi'was inade President,1 O. T; Waring? of JamesvIIle, N. C.', - Humphreys, .of,,Saulabry,. M, and W. H. Collins, of Natfolk,3Cke Presi dents, and D. .C. Crowcll, of Norfolk, Sec retary and Treasurer. " ' " ' ' 1 " 1 ; r A committee' was appointed t ptepare a programme of subjects tote tafeen.up and discussed by. the convention, with v request to report at the next session, i-5; ; 1 : ; :: A series i of resplatidns were passed,: re ferring to the ruinous prices paid for yellow . pine lumber in . consequence. of the supply being greatly in excess of the demand, pro viding for Jbe .organization pf a permanent association for tlie protection : of that inter est, to report at ah adjourned meeting, and resolving that a committee of three be ap pointed by the chairman to prepare a saita--ble circular embracing the objects ;of this adjourned meeting of the Convention, wijh statistics showins the present condition of tlie lumber market, and direct one to everyyj manufacturer of yellow pine lumber inVir ginia, North Carolinaand Maryland, asking Uielr attendance and co-oratioB at tbS atl journea meeung. It was also earnestly recommended' to reduce their production as rapidly Wpfafc licable, in view of the great' excess noWdn the market over the demand. - ' j " It was determined to defer the organiza tion of the contemplated Lumberman's As sociation until the next meeting ih order to have a fuller representation. . . . T . , Committees on Constitution and By-Laws and on Circular and Statisticts . were ap pointed, after which the meeung adjourned until the 3rd day of September, 1874 " Naval New.-!o"t:i . . -r - . ' i We publish thefikwing from a Port lsnd paper for thS'befildt thosa" of our readers who are" interested '"in the6 service and from the fact that Lieu Ribnai,' men tioned hi thcleifra is weft known here, having been' connected with ' the" Revenue Cutter Sewary-" -' - ' " The Rcyenue'steamer A, 'Ji 'Jk&as went into commission' yesterday!, -This .vessel was inspected a few days' ago by theehief of the Revenuef Marine i and thei Superia tendentot CaMlictioniiand1 pronoiunced one of the uofstujsKlaJn. the service. The following is list of her officers: Cap tain, Cfiast-T. ChasevlST LfehtenanW Thos. VfiZsjt SadLieWeriantj Wiiriard H. Hand; 8rd LieutenaoK WaUeTi S.! Ho wland; Chief Engineer, D Q. Chester. (.LieutIE. Biondi, iho has been stationed in this city in con nectibn with, the supetintehdeUce Of this vesseCvUlP be igrantedT -leave' bC absence!. .The Dallas 'will go ta Boston. In a day or two to nave her engine tested by the Navy I Department ; t . . : . .YJA lHarfcoraBferB'Rport;i.v ": -r SProrn Capt-BBates.Marbor; Master, wo have the following report of the number of arrivals of yessels, &c, for the ' month of July: Steamers, 17; barques, 7; brigs, 9; schooners, 17. 1 .Total, 5a Aggregate ton nage, . 19,135; aggregate-foreign timnnge, 4,278. .. it , . (; .:; ' :. ' . . : The following is the report of soundings on the bar and rips at low water:.. . Western Bar. .... . ... .1.. . . .;. it ft Gins. 'Rip...... ;.j-.r...;.:...-iT?' " ,s " Seward Channel (very low tide) ti " 9 ' W ' (ordyiotfuVflO " c " Newioiet.!-r:::::vi'"v. 7 u Rip; .v; : :1 Ml.t,f : 9 " c A New Firm. ;-h-t '".rihfb " ' -Messrs.; 3eo.. 0. Lewis formerly with Messrs. Munsoii&o-aird Mr. 8. W. Ds vis', formerly wtttf Mes"srs!Jf.;&h!.Sam8on, will,' on or: about the 1st of September, open U first Class diy goods establishment in the store; UexV 'adjornirigVr; A. 'ft 'Brown's, . Tormerly occupied by Mr, , C. A. Ynce. Messrs. Lewis and , Davis are both young gentlemen of fine. business capacities, and .?f?.u lnilop a good trade. , There was ;onJv' onetlhtennfpt in Oakdalftppg''p week and none the week ' previous; ; -Iurinj? the month of July there were only five inter ments, of which one met death by drown ing. ....... .. . ; - The Register ot Dgeds issned 6 marriage licenses during thapast week, of whieh 2 were for white and 4 for colored couples. UBg person knwljiytlm4pog call'I thrnV upon which h dressed anofi eBttJ&iJL C -ra:iik?- Tbo Boss Uaa he lettfer of the susniinn. W5J. totheewYorkiaWn grave enarges agamst-Mr. Ross. .ih father ot tbe stolen boy,, has created bolh excitement and .'iNfim,.i:n SJ ? Uadelphia; A reporter caueu un jur. uo on Saturday in relation td the article, ahd was aathor izedvtosay for him tha:while some' truth had been here and there inter woven interwoven intn th- aT w- Uetter ws bh the whohjJa base'and iTu Caa al" Ro farther a!? teD( man with aByaohl in MMfeJooe. sqchfhing, arhe waaat. firet dispoaedlto. ow-i'tiV-bM f; .gentlemen, fnendhad advised him to pay no further attention to thci''iinb1ept.n'1 thorbughlycohvinced of thejwncerityand truth' of Mr. Ross'Cans w w3itlumvirTPavin t.Wa rr9f iWcfcen pafenCt his 8ad re-' fleptlO k,Mr. ,RoSS 1 nfmnW. )',noM. Mioiei-lrVeE the onlamW." .Kl. Tief alien him: and the hifii. KUc of his chird is; sadly r telling uponrhim; y." ""Miuay auernoon he wassodta tressed and broken down that he could scarcely stand. The publication of the letter above , referred to has also been severely . condemned by gentle men longaud personally acquainted Vith JUr. Ross. They characterize its publtqation as both false and cruel cruel, particularly at a time when the father is suffering the most intense griei at yie ioss ot one of his hbiiso- hold. y ; Toons nd Old. Wit. , uDad,M said a hopeful sprig, "how many fowls are there on" the table?" "Why," says the old gentlemau, as he looked complacently on a pair of finely . roasted '. chickens that . were smoking on the dinner table, '.'why, my son, there are two." "Two!" re plied the smartness, "there are three, sir, and I'll prove it." "Three!" re plied the old gentleman, who was :a plain, matter-of-fact man and under stood thihgs as he saw them, "Id like to see you prove that." "Easily done, sir, easily done. . Ain't that one f laying his fork On" the first. "Yes, that's certain," said dad.? "And ain't that two ?" - pointing to, the '. second, "and don't One and two make three ?" "Really," said the father, turning to the old. lady, whd'was in amazement at the immense learning of. her son, "really, wife, this boy is a genius and. deserves to be en couraged '.' f of it. Here," old lady, do you take one fowl and 1 11 'take the second, -and John OI I mav have the third for hu loarntnVri' : . ; : - -" . . .... .- p. ;- be irilnneBota and WlaeonBlu Crop. ..- tSf Paul Pioneer, July-giV-1 Weresent this morning full crop . - - wuj rt.c uwu ui ii. c liiuab py coufaging character, 6 wiug to gras-; hoppers in some "sections,, and'. He general drouth that has recently'pre vailed all over the State. The yield of wheat will fall far below tliai of last year, and cannot reach the 'gen eral average of :a series of years, yet the crop cannot be termed afaiTtfre. In some counties there is 'a prospect of aJ good yield. .' Harvesting has commenced, and the small grains will soon be out of t danger from . grass hoppers. ' The ? crop -'reports ; from Central Wisconsin continue to oe hn f avorable, and ; it is 1 predicted th4t unle8s rain falls in abundance ' withib a few days; the. wheat 'crop' will'.bb almost a total ' failure. J81any' -fields are heading; oat and turning! yellow, although the 'Heads are 'scarcely ja foot above the' 'ground. : Corn" and potatoes are -suffering badly Fatm ers are beginning to fe"ar ra ' general drouth, asthere 'is rxo ''prospect of a chaiige in the weather. ' , , ".' i The Happiest Period of Hamaa A.ife. ' I am su re there is only one answer. It is how If I am doing my duty, to day is the tbeSt I'ver had. - Yes terday had happiness of its bwo and up to this morning it Was theibest jof alL ! I would -:not,! however, live; it over again. .I string it, as a new bead, on the chaplet of -praise, and turn to the better- work -and ' the higher thoughts of this present time'. Of all the many days of my life give me to-day. This shonld be Our feel ing always, from' the ; cradle to the hour when we are ; ' called no 5 come higher. ; Childhood is! bestf for chil dren manhood is best for' men,'f and old;Jge for the silver-haired.' J' We will join i. in - a- chorus ' of common thanksgi ving to God, : and when askod, "Which ' is " lh happiest periods will say i-childhoOd and old age alike?---"0, Father, it is noV).yr (t'eo. Jf. flepioorth. - 1 ;?s i '. il 1 a aai a ' . , ''::;'....i;.ihata CaBla ?:'I ;V. . ' A kentleinaii from Baltimore , was travelling in the mountains of .West em North ; Carolina' rot,; Ipfig? since arid had for his companion a youthful nati vewpf the mou n tains whose bppor tunttiespr acquiring " book laruin" had been somewhat limited. 4The'gen tleman,.to test, the extent of. his knowledge, questioned him, with the following result:; " Do you know who General Washington was?" "No, 5r." ;: Did vou ever hear of General Grant?" "Never did." "Do you know, who General Lee was ?" "N& sir." J What js the capital of North Carol" ?" . .Pon't,know, sir."-4 .SWell, said ihe gentleman, ,nalryj IZU ever.hear tell" of Jesus Christ ?" Oh. v aM ttovntK brightening up and assuming the air , wuo knows a thin 1 rr or two, " macs cussin'J1, : t T"611800 hd Rocky Monnt Jn tB 01008 P'ayed ;- match game Sf 43 1 25ay" The lattcr won bv a 80016 , . Thirty Centurlea Old. The oldest relic of 'humanity extant is the, skeleton of the earliest Pha raoh, encased in its original burial robes and wonderfully perfect, con sidering its age, which was deposited auoub inree years ago in tne untisn mnseum, and is justly considered the most valuable of .its archseological treasures. The lid of the coffin which contained the royal mummy was in scribed with.-." the: name of the-occu pant, : Pharaoh Mykerimus who -suc ceeded the heir Of the great builder of the pyramids, about tetf centuries before Christ... Only think of it The muuaruwuose crunioung Dones ana deathly integuments are now exciting: thek .wonder : of numerous cazers in London, reigned in EgypV before Sot' omott was born, and about eleven cen: ttti5e8or so after Mesriam, the'gttm'de son .of' old Father Noah, and the first of the Pharaohs, had been gathered : to his fathers! Why,- the tidemarks. of the deluge coujd barely have been obliterated, or gopher wood knee timbers' of the rAVk ?bave rotted oh Moun t Ararat, when this matt of the early ; world lived ana moved and had: his being, arid the "date of. the "cruci fixion is only about midway rbetwen his era and ours. . : - :.;.;-' ; i. , Rratai fllnrder In Soatb Carolina. . ;'::r '; : Phoenix. I ; , : ; "' The following dispatch was receiv ed at the Executive :Office' Wednes day nigjit:- ' ;V" - Andeesox C. II., July 29. , .; Gl ov. F. J.: Moses: A German im migrant, named Henry;; ZigerJ'muiv derel a young lady, named Mary; C. Tucker, in this county, "last nigjbi, by suuuung iter iu iu iieau wiin a.-pis tol. Use your utmost endeavors to have him captured, as he has escaped. The murder occurred bear ' Savannah nver, and near the Abbeville line.. Offer a large reward for his arresU He is about five feet four inches high twenty-four ' years ; bid : 'sandy;" hair; .light-colored moustache; ' fair com- pic.viuii, wiisiuciauiy ifiuuey , , , soar over, right or. left -., eye j bow-legged ; quick spoken ; feminine voice; speaks broken English; weighs abdut ; 140 pounds; bad on light suit, black.siripe down 'seam Of -pants. It was a cold blooded and most brutal mufder. " ''. ' -'" ;-; Jonjr CocmtAjr'. ; ; ; ..' "r. ' stlek ?la Uere. -f t 1 TIw ifBi1t of A finf i1Wti tin factory entepi8e,, 'says the NeVYbrk Sun, are Such as to ehedurage 'thel oomnern people to iurtoereirorts.m manufacturing. :The "dependence; of the South on the North' for "manufac tured products was shown Strikingly during the war, when, with cottda in bu udance.!- thai wealthiest 'citizens rertr 01 at ; enornlo gold' prices clothing brought oyer iu blockade runners, while the poorer classes wore the roughest of home spun, onice toe war several praise worthy efforts have been-made by Southern capitalists to make their sec tion independent. - 1 be most success ful of those enterprises in the Angus-, ta cotton factory, started soon after the war. , Only sixty thousand dol lars were ever paid in, and the com pany has paid out' in dividends $1, 068,000, has property worth $1,200,-, O00 at the lowest calculation, and a Burplus of 265,860. During 'the. fis- cal year just ended the company has expended $550,000 for new machinery and for the enlargement and improve ment of the buildings. Yet Georgia only consumes 25,000 bales of cotton in "her mills! about one-twentieth part of her own crop, - while moil'of lthe other Southern States are1 if Shout cotton mills," and have" :to send" their whole crop elsewhere to be manu factured. - - -" . ; . The WlaeonBlnlRallroad Ltw. .. -f The application of, the-Wisconsin state, autnoruies ior an injuncuon to compel the Mil waukee and StPaul and tbo Chicago, and Northwestern Railroad Companies to comply, wjth the requiremeuta , of the -Potter law, will be heard in Madison on . .Tuesday next. Tho; delay . alio wedfc;by; the Court, it was thought,; would . result iii a compromise by which further lit igation would be suspended, until the decision of the United States Supreme Court can be bad ia October, but this anticipation has not been realized. The Companies . are not disposed to y ield. . A a parjtial . concession might be regarded as recognition of the law, which would be a weakening of their position. The indications are, there- fore,;that an energetio; defence will be maintained. - Although the : cases are precisely alike, the - two compa nies will have a separate bearing. In addition, to the points raised at tbe recent . trial in the United States Court,, we understand some new ex ceptions will be made that are' relied upon to .dismiss the. case. The ans wers have been put in by the defend ants. , The International Congress, sitting at Vienna, to consider, the best means of checking the spread of cholera or, as some dreadful people call it, the v international Cholera Congress ; propose to create a permanent com- mission,, wnose memoers are to visit all' places where the disease rages. The application for positions on this commission are hot numerous, al though; there will no doubt constantly "be vaoancies to fill. '". ; . ; ' . ; The Charlotte Observer says a complete reorganization of the Fair Asso ciation has been effected by the election of A. B. Springs, Esq., President, J & Sten house, Esq., Vice President, Col. John L. Brown, Treasurer, and CoL D. G. Daxwell, Secretary. Preparations for holding a Fair this fall are already in progress. . Tbe QneBtlon of Recesa la the Aiem - bly-Important Speech of Gambetta la Favor of the Republic Adjonrn ment or the Body to November, dee. -" . - ' - Parts), Aug. 1. In the Aasembl v to-day the question of v recess came up and Gambetta made an ixn- ' portant speech proiesseaJy against proroga tion of the session, but really in "favor of the Republic." Prorogation. he said, was simply intended to conceal the impotency , 01 the Assembly, which, although--ll arro gated constituent powers, bad done nothing ' uutauwcHiicij rejcunu. &uunn iviuh w eovernment The RiehUwas resDonsiblo for whatever might happen, and he further . argued that the organization of the scplen-. nate was al impossible as that of monarchy. He made a powerful anneal : for the estab- :. lishment of the Republic, which would give ; peace ana union to irance, and concluded by reminding the members that the state of ' siege must be raised: ' v The speaker was tomultuouslvannlauded . by the Left-. ... " : During 8ubseauent debate the. Marauis- de Frouclieu. a Lesitimist. declared that bo considered it his rightand-daty to do every thing mnia power tore-cHtablisn monarchy. This caused great excitement -and tbo Left . called for the views of theJ cavern men t on the subject ; ' 7. v . ; ; . " - rcBerai4jissey repnetr'-toai me- govern ment would seek.with irmaess-and imnnr- tialitylOntake hsvpowers respected by. all The niotion to raise the state of siege was ; ejected byrssAto-SSftnaya ; . j A motion to adjourn from 6th of August njin4.il NOVeuibeY-was 'finally carried by a arge;maiomy.f ii The JovmaS fwxwwturges'the French government to recognize the present 8nau ish goverti men t'li says Fraace had belt 'rT -act nowxnan ioiiow tneminauve ot- tatr xerun -governmcotti iaio.jr r;ine nanger vs poiatea out or auowinjj jermang tq-gain ar . . jobfin'inSpala.'' "-' . . " - - Other WirtaladMs more-fritniill at-;-, titude tQWBrdspiafotimUar reasons. -..' 4- TbelneTltabILeeer-Tlltoa Cafee- nidnlsht Scaalem of the loveBtlsat. inz Commute. T" ' -T j - . sirYfmk Aug. 1. :v Tho Beecber ' Investigating Committee ' sat till midnight of Friday. .aNotliing is kndwn,'of the proceedingsexcept that the proitereu testimony 01 . v tctona u. - vv oou huuwho rode, to the door .in a-carriage, was rejected.; '' ' ' " ' ' ' t s 'ji : mn.ll J-I. . iu is auppuseu jura, a mou- was aain ex amined, as at the conclusion: of the suUnjr a lady, closely veiled, was escorted by a member of the Committee, to Mr. Oving ton's residence. . . Mercantile Intellisenee-i. New-Ar raneement of jCh'arg-oi oa Shipments and Conalsnmenta. - E - " ' ; HakAnust 1. ' Fifty merchants bf this" city have enie'red into an agreement to charge, ohe per cent above regular, rates on alt : shipments and consignments, or disbursements, on' beha) f ot vessels,, and on all freights obtained or invoices collected therefor,' and one quarter of one per cenU on -all bills1 of -exchange negotiated on commissions; jrrom and after this date the proceeds of such extra charge are to be paid the Government as a con- triDuuon towards its mainlaioence. Ei.EcTsnorAJta;B.ri-, A neero was hanged Fridav bv the neonlc of Shreyeport ;Lal:Ioj:raierf"!r victim of the -outrage-was a; fourteen-year ; old daughter ofa widdw'woman, - - The'schobner ?oha Romerran down' and sunk a sail boattLoog island Head; witli tbr.'Ki$boflrd:lhQ8e . '.names are un knowiH all of tybdukwere drowned. - , AH the warehouses, of the-Londoii ' and fHar.RihaO - : at. STTTlMk- mas Ont; five w nfimb6r;Togetherwith a" private dwelling, were burned on Friday -night '"-";t- ;:j.cr::.d v;v;; Ritchie's steam mill at New Castle, N.B., was consumed by lire, Friday, and a young man named Holton, an employe in the mill, perished in the flames. The loss is very heavy. .-'' ;- " ' : ;' r.r-- ; '..-' "TheN. Y, bank statement shows a loans decrease of 2i million;, specie decrease 1 million: legal tenders increase a millions de posits decrease 1$ million; revenue increase H million., . -. ' . ,.. .:.,. , , A fire broke out in Muskezan. Mich., at an early hour Saturday -morning and des troyed nearly half the city. ' The 'fire was in the eastern portion of -the city and it is believed that a number; of ; mills have been destroyed. About ten squares., were destroyed.--:- - . - - . .' '" .-'. A fire originated in ' Hart's boot and shoe store; corner of . Western Avenue and Ter race streets, thence the flames' swept away everything up to the Chicago and Michigan, Lake shore Railroad depot, Nearly 200 placeof bosihess and about one hundred 1 were destroyed, , No estimate of le-'Ios lias yet been made; 1 The 'insur ances are comparatively light. u ; ; . . August Von Netta. tbe alleeed foreer of California bonds,- recently arrested at Tren ton, jx. J., and transferred to tbe Hudson county iail at Jersey city," to await the ar rival of an officer from California, took laudanum Friday night and will probably die from the effects. : - r ; '.- ,:.'. . WASHINGTON.. ; - ' , ..-' Postal .Treaty . between France and tbe United States Naval News Gov ernment ExpenRM, -:"'': ; v"; ' ' - The poal treaty with France goes into effect to-day. . The postage to France i nine cents to the half ounce. The Canadaigua has arrived at Key Wesf all well. The Ossippee has departed thence for Punta Rosa, i 3 ; . . . The government expenses for the -fiscal year ending June 30th, have been two hun dred and eighty-seven and an eighth' mil lions dollars a decrease of three. and n quarter millions.- . ; v President ; Hinckley, of "the: Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia Railroad, con sents to run the postal cars until Monday. Tbe Post Office Department threatens "in connect Baltimore . and Philadelphia via . York and Lancaster counties,, Pa. . ; The debt statement shows a decrease of one and a quarter million dollars, and in the Treasury there is seven and an eighth millions in coin and sixteen millions in cur rency. - "'- - - - r.-v. ' . The Rnatlan tThnrU.- : The Russian Gazette of -Moscow learns that some important modifica tions are, contemplated in the inner organization of the Russian Church.. At present candidates for holy orders are required to marry befpre they are made, deacons, and should they sub sequently become widowers they, for feit their eligibility, for the office of bishop, ; unless they; previously take monastic vows and enter a religious order. This condition deters a. good many eminent divines from accepting episcopal promotion. It is now pro posed to leave. W with the bishops , to require marriage as ia prerequisite to the making of deacons or the ordain ing of priests or not, at their own dis cretion, and also to admit unmarried or widowed priests to the episcopal office, provided they have passed their fortieth year. . '..'
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 7, 1874, edition 1
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