North Carolina Newspapers

IS' AKXOlWEMEJiT. 1 : H AIL Y JOUANAL, a 24 column paper, uiMMkiI d.iiW except on Momlny, at () p-r itr.t.Uk) fc.r ix immihs. Delivered to uy -....scrilH're at 50 cenu per month. THE NEW BERNE JOUKNAL,aS2 column pipt-r, n published erery Thursday at tiWipei AIM RTISING RATES (DAIIJD-One inch one iUy 60 cents; one' week, '10O; one month HOD; three month,', JtP.iO; six month. 113.00.; wive months, '.(, ; Advertisement wider brad of "City Items'" " cents per Jine for each insertion No advertisements will be insetted between Local Mutter at any price. - - Ni t;ce of Marriages or Uoaihd, not to exceed ten lines will be jawrted free. A additional matter will be charged 10 cents per line. Payments for transient -advertisements must be made. In advance. Regular advertisements will be collected promptly at the end of each . mouth. ; '! ' r '.' ' ' Communications-containing news or a discuf . sioii ot local ma tiers are solicited. No communi cation must expect to be published that contains objectionable personalities J withhold the name if the author ; or that will make more than one toluma of this paper. THE JOURNAL.- MEW BERNE, N..C AUG. 1881 Entered at the Post office nt New Heme, N C, . . - . as second-class matter. The Greenbackers of Massachu setts liave nominated Hen Butler for Governor. He has the reputa tion, in the South, of being: a lianl money:silver (spoon) man. The total amount of the present supply of American cotton is (3o, 322 bales; which is 550,718 bales less than at this date last year. A good outlook for a good price. The yellow fever Brownsville, Texas, sufferers at are asking , Government aid. 5 It costs much less to keep this disease out, of the country than to pay the expense af ter it gets a foothold. . The Western Insane Asylum is expected to be ready for one hun dred ' patients by ; November 1st. The State has cause to blush for the present-accommodations., for this unfortunate class. All over the country there are applicants for admission but no room in the Asy lum can be had. The increase in rice production and consumption in this couutry for the last ten years is remarkable. In 1870 71 we produced 47,:548,O0O pounds and consumed J).02.'i,048 pounds, obtaining' the larger part by importation. In 1880 81 this country; produced 11.7,7,()00 pounds and consumed 175,5.'i5,G!)l pounds; the production being near ly a threefold increase and the con sumption nearly doubled. An Ethiopian cannot change liis coior nor a leopard his skin, but my God ! fellow citizens, how quick a white man becomes a nigger when he joins the Radical party. Leach w a Hqncoek elector in 18SU. ; . 1 : '' This only illustrates the fact that the loudest-mouthed aud most abu Rivo of the politicians are the quick est -to change parties whenever policy dictates. In Lenoir county the only man that ever completely routed, and drove out of the field, the old Republican war horse, Mr; King, is now classed with the lie publicans, and made his first Re publican speech last Saturday. Solicitor for the Third Dis .. trict. Mr." Geo. T. Wassom has an nounced . himself a candidate for Solicitor of the Third Judicial Dis trict'of this State. 116 bases his claims for support on the ground that he is a s colored man and therefore should receive the sup port 'of the colored , voters. This claim is a valid one, especially when it is joined to ability, and Mr. Wassom possesses a fair amount of legal knowledge and ex perience. We do not know that he is not as competent as any of his party in that district. Hut in addition to that claim, the gentleman makes another that deserves some consideration. He takes the ground that the colored men are persecuted in our courts and therefore a colored Solicitor is needed to protect them. We 'quote from his card: . tiiee in the courts of tho east often defendants arraigned for high crimes who have not Btiiticient intelligence to , realize the ordeal through which they are about to go. Again, there has been many good men prosecuted in our courts by hired counsel of both races, and rushed into the penitentiary for some petty personal spite that his or her neighbor had against them. I again believe that a colored Solicitor would do more to settle the tin rest of the colored people in many of the coun ties of this district than any other posi tion a colored man could be elevated to, because the colored people as a mass do as I have been n1 to observe, I have not believe that they are dealt with in tuio n no d.i-tt. lion made between thj every resect with the same fairness white and colon d man. We have gen that the white are, therefore, there ex- tleman of learning and eminence for ists a great deal of unrest among this Judges, and who administer our law vast number of our 'agricultural citi- impartially, I think, between the white zena w ho have rights and should be and colored man. I have never noticed protected in them by a man of their any distinction on account of race or own race If the charges were true, that he is here making, that colored people are oppressed under form of law, Mr. Wassom is runniug for the wrong ofliee. He ought to seek the the Judge's position where he would have some power to correct such abuses. As Solicitor, if he does his duty, he must prosecute such cases as are broujrht before him by the Grand Jury and he can do nothing more. True a Solicitor can by dishonest methods suppress indictments, andean suffer a crinv- inal to get a verdict of "not guilty" by failing to get in the testimony, but we hardly think Mr. Wassom intends to make this impression by his card, liut if not what can he mean? Wo : suggest to him to point out in the past practice of So licitor Galloway some examples of oppression of colored people hy the action of the Solicitor. The Journal admits that uot all criminals are treated alike in legal prosecutions, but this dis crimination is because of money and iniluenco rather than on ac count of color. It is the proud boast of the law that it deals with all men alike, regardless of wealth or iulluence; but.iu fact this boast is untrue for it is a sad truth that these two potent factors do ; have a great iutliienco both' with Judges and jurors, and that noted crimi nals who are rich and influential often escape punishment when the poor offender is severely punished. Hut that this influence extends to the colored people because of their race,'. we take pleasure in denying. Very often this race prejudice is shown in the verdicts of juries, but it cuts both ways, and the colored man oftener escapes punishment by means thereof than otherwise. And amid it nil, the. Solicitor is the least important factor iu the Court. The Judge and the Jnrv box are the sources of unfairness, wherever any unfairliess may exist. Air. Wassom has this to say con cerning tlie exodus of three years ,, ' , -. '':': . v ' The result of the war placed all the colored voters in one political party, which originated a personal prejudice between them, and their former owners, and to such an extent that the colored citizens have lost all faith in the judi cial oflicers who preside over our courts of the dominant race and paTty, which hsiH resulted in thousands of colored peopla leaving Noith Carolina to seek homes m the Northwest or extreme Southern part of the South. -! That this is not true we copy be low tin; statements of some leading colored men and of a young Repub lican lawyer given on oath before the Exodus Committee in 1880. ; In Exodus Report, pages 305 and 300, the following testimony ; was given by Wiley Lowery, a leading colored man in Lenoir county who was a county commissioner for a number of years: Q. Did the colored people leave vour section because they -. were not justly treated in the courts ? Ans. No, sir; I think not. Q. It has been pretended here that the Judges don't act fair, and that a colored nyin is convicted quicker than a white man. Do you know anything about that? . , - A. No, sir: I don't know of nnvthinsr of the kind. There are some people who, if they don't come out all right, will clamor anyhow, but -1 know of nothing of the sort, and I have been about the court house most of the time. . Q. Do you know that more white men getoff than colored?" " " "" r A. Well the colored men have more business in court than white men. : - Q. Suppose you would put six white men and six colored men on trial for larceny, would the white men get off better than the colored men ? A. Well, sir, I have seen that in some oases. ' Q. Is it because the white man has money to pay a lawyer, and is a little sharper in hiding his rascality ? A. Yes,sir;i think so; for vou know the lawyer works for money. Again we quote from the testi mony of Mr. F. I). Loftin, a young lawyer of Kiuston, who is in full accord with the Republican party, and whose means of information as to the practice in the courts is as great as Mr. Wassoui'8--although as he is a probable contestant for the same, position sought for by Mr. Wassom, his views may not be as weighty as Wiley Lowery 's: Q. I have called upon you to testif v in regard to the treatment of the colored people in tho circle of your practice. A. yes, sir; 1 have had, since I have been practicing, quite an extensive criminal practice, particularly in Jones ami lireeno counties, and a good deal of oppoit ii nil v 1i observe the courts there, lean state t. (he committee that so far color, Q. It haa been said here that more white men than colored men go free in proportion to the number indicted for off ense8. How is that t A. My observation is, that more white men who are indicted are convicted tnan colored men. I have noticed that where a white man is arraigned for lar- cecy, or a reiony, as Ins social condition is more afiected than the negro's, and I think the juries are more severe on them than on the negroes. But the following testimony given betore this same Exodus Committee by Mr. James E. O'Hara will doubt less command the assent of Mr, Wassom, at any rate he should answer it or retract his own asser Hons. Q. I will ask vou if the asnerities and harsh feelings between the two races have not been d isappearing notably since 1876, and gradually giving way to a better feeling 'f . . , , , , , A; , I do not know of any State in the American Union where there is a better feeling between the white and colored people than m North Carolina. The colored Republicans of the South nave more to fear from the white Re publicans than from the Democrats. Q. Do you feel that you have suffered in your associations with the white peo ple, on account of any race prejudice ? . v eu, no more than the nreiudice growing out of the peculiar institution of the government as to the two classes of peoplo: no more than I probably wouiu nave Buuerea anywhere else, There is, of course, a feeline of Dreiu dice, such as one would naturally feel itiut expect. , (j. W ould you not encounter that in New York 'r1 A. I would encounter it in New York more than in North Carolina. Q. (By Mr. Blair) What objection have the colored men to haviuz other colored men on the iury ? . . .. mi ,u . . mey ieei that they are more easily swayed; if they can get a white man on. the jury who is friendly to mem, iney Know it will take a p-reat deal more evidence to sway him than it wouia a colored man. : - Q. Then thev are rather nreiud iced against their own race for jurors V A. As a rule, I should say they are, on the circuit in Which I practice. Q. Are white men punished for crimes against colored men the same as colored men are for crimes against white men i1 A,. Yes, sir. , . ; ; , ,. Q. There is no race nreiudice at all down there? ..,.... ; A. There is the same race nreiudice that there is between white mpn nrl colored men everywhere, but to, a less extent than in some Northern States. The Egyptian War and Cotton. The end of the troubles in Egypt seems to lie far in the future and it is of interest to us principally on account of the effect on the price of the cottou crop of the South. , The cotton crop of Egypt may be set down at about one million of bales, and the loss of this crop ad ded to the small supply on hand, resulting from a short crop last year, is calculated to enhance the price this fall. The Scientific American gives the-following inter esting account of the industries of Egypt and the results of foreign intervention: Meantime the industries of Egypt are grievously deranged; trade is at a stand-still, all manufacturing operations are suspended, and ag riculture is largely interrupted. . The geographical and the social characteristics of Egypt are pecu liar, and of such a nature that war affects the country far more disas trously than would be possible in any other land. . .... The Europeans who have been driven out : furnished most of the capital for all commercial and in dustrial enterprizes, filled most I of the positions requiring scientific knowledge or mechanical skill, and controlled the majority of the means for making productive and profita ble the labor of the native masses. In their absence a speedy revival of posperity is impossible, even if the war should end at once. , Within the past twenty years the agricultural products of Egypt have been nearly trebled by means of the capital aud machinery intro duced from Europe. The irrigation and consequent cultivation of vast areas of sugar and cotton and corn land have been made possible by, the introduction of steam pumps' and other modern irrigation ma chinery. Were the natives able to operate such machinery they can not now do so for lack of coal, and so to a serious extent they cannot produce the crops on which their prosperity depends. The cotton-ginning factories and steam-presses, by means of which the cotton crop of Egypt has beeu made fit for profitable exportation, were introduced by Europeans and largely operated by them. The same is true of the sugar mills and the railways and other means of rapid and economical transporta tion. The natives themselves are incapable of operating the railways or of conducting an export trade, were such trade possible in Egypt in time of war. As a consequence the gathered crops are lying in the interior unsold; cultivation is large- !y upended, and thoiaui1' f na ti e workpeople arethivate:. 1 with starvation. - . . : The commercial and industrial arrangements incident to the war are not confined in Egypt. Even if no harm befalls the Suez Canal, aud there is no supension of traffic tnrougli it, England cannot but suf fer severely, though indirectly, iu her commercial and manufacturing interests. Fully two thirds of the cottou crop of Egypt, averaging 280,000, 000 pounds, has hitherto gone to England. In the Bolton district alone five million spindles are em pioyea on Egyptian cotton; and in the whole of England some twenty five thousand workpeople are em ployed upon this staple. The stop page of tho supply cannot but af fect them disastrously; The large dewndeuce of English industry upon Egyptian products is iurther illustrated in the case of cotton-seed, about nine million dol lars worth of which is imported annually. Last year Hull alone took 120,000 tons, and in its crush ing twenty-five: hundred men and boys were employed. Still more se rious will be the effect of the stop page of the supply of Egyptian cot ton seed npou English aericultu risis, wuo uepena very largely up on cotton-seed oil-cake lor leeding tneir cattle. The English soap boilers use about fifty thousand! tons of Egyptian cotton-seed oil a year, ana must likewise severely leel a cutting off of the supply from that region. , England also draws from Egypt annually six or seven million dollars worth of wheat and beans, three million dollars worth of sugar, and more than two mil lion dollars worth of wool, ivory, gums, and other native products. in return lor all these, Egypt has taken manufactured goods, machin ery, coal, and cotton fabrics, the producers ot which cannot but lose heavily by the ruin which has fal len upon Egypt. How tar these English losses will react upon American ; trade it , is mpos8ible to foresee. , The defi ciency in cotton and corn can be made good from this side, but it is doubtful if any marked advantage will accrue to American producers unless the war should involve other powers than Egypt and Great Britain. ortony:ue, Sorghum and Tube . ,?: ' Roses. ' ' ' ( Wilmington Review. ) '--j We stated several days ago that the dogtongue traffic had assumed large proportions along-the line of tae W. &W.R. R. We have been successful in the past two days in getting some statistics in regard to the , shipments of dog tongue or vanilla leaf. Messrs. Newbury & Southerland, . at Mag nolia, are, possibly, the largest shippers in this . section of the State. Last, year they shipped 100,000 poundsj aud will double that amount this year. The leal', which grows wild, is gathered and dried. It is then carried by the gatherer to the dealer, who pays three cents a pound lor it. It is then packed into bales by an ordi nary cotton hand press and is ready lor shipment. The bales will average 550 pounds. Messrs New bury & Southerland use Rocking ham sheeting for baling, as it is about as cheap as - cotton bagging and makes a much nicer . package. They have now ready for shipment about 45 bales, and unpacked leaves enough to make ten or twelve more bales. The supply is almost in exhaustible, and wagon loads of the aromatic flavored leaves of dogtongue are carried to them dailv. Mr. . A. II.- Morris, at Teachy 's, is also a very" large dealer in dogtongue. He shipped one mndred and fifty bales last season and will increase his shipment this year. He also deals largely in roots and herbs and is building up a fine business. There is no telling what are the resources of this State. Leaves, roots and herbs which have been growing wild and undisturbed for centuries are now beginning to have marketable value. We . notice that quite a large amount of sorghum cane is being cultivated in Duplin county. , We are told by reliable parties that there are about 400 acres of cane now. growiug in that town. There are seven sorghum mills in the county, and at this season of year they are kept very busy iu grinding out the sweets. The cane is first placed between large rollers, which crushes it, ' and the syrup drips into a barrel made for the purpose. The barrel, whert full, is placed on a tripod and the syrup is turned out, in quantities to ' suit, into a pan supplied with small gates. The syrup goes through a process of evaporation very much like that used during the war in making salt along our coast; The mills now in nsehavean average of 70 gallons of sorghum a day. It is estimated that an acre of cane will yield 140 gallons. The product of last year's crop was sold in Goldsboro at 40 cents per gallon, and was shipped from there to Baltimore. The crop is an easy one to make, as it re quires very little cultivation. The leaves of the cane are used as fod- Vr, while the seed is fed to chickens, hogs, etc. At Magnolia, considerable atten tion is paid to the cultivation of tube rose bulbs, for shipment. Messrs.Newbury& Rivenbai k have about ten acres under cultivation. The seediugs are planted in the Spring, and produce "flowering bulbs" by Fall, which will not bloom before the following year. An acre ol tube rose bulbs will yield about 1500. The bulbs are taken up and dried, and are then assorted, packed and shipped. The prices of these bulbs range from 8 to $125 per thousand, according to the quality. Mr. John Meyer is also cultivating bulbs, but on a small scale. We are told that the pro duction of the ten acres under cultivation is already sold, and there is a demand for treble t he amount. NAG'S HEAD HOTEL, Dare County, North Carolina. The above hotel will be open for the reception oiguests June lutu, 1882. BOARD PER DAY, $2; PER WEEK, $12; PER MONTH, 3S to $40, as to location. Clitltlrii (not urapyinR goats at tlie Orst table) and aervnuts, halt price. The new sldnwlieel uteamrr ShemincloHh "nil utenmer Kewberne will call at NagV Heal on trips to ami from Kiiziilu'lh City, New Heme ane Washington. KaMdeitt physician nl the Hotel. muysH-am j.u. ftKKY, fnipnetor. COTTON SEED MEAL. , THE BEST- STOCK FEED AND FERTILIZER. , Exceptionally good tor milch cows equal to tlorlc pens nt half the price 75 cunts per bushel FOR SALE BY . , JBk.. XX. SeuiilBOU, may 6. d-lv ' New Berne, N. C. CENTRAL HOTEL, . W. E. PATTERSON, I'ltoi 'ii, , NEW UK ItNE, N. (5. IHIS WELL KNOWN ANI COMMODIOUS hoiiKe, as it n.'iuiv imiilii'i.. is silluil.-il in the central and business rlhin if the city, hence recommemte itself for -its convenience to the travelling nubile. Affonliiur solicitors everv opportunity of vu-itinir business correspondent. It has atteuliye servants, and its table In always furnished with - ' - 1 -. Every Delicacy of Season. Its rooms are large, airy and well furnished. AN OMNIBUS or the accoinmoilation of tmesis to and from trains and steamers free nf ehn feature in this city. All tne appurteuances, of a modern , . ; FIRST CLASS HOTEL,, , April 1-d-ly. j i M. II. SULTAN, LOW PRICES MUST RULE. MY MOTCO-GOOD QUALITIES, THE BEST AND NEWEST STYLES AND CHEAP PRICES. HAVE JUST RETURNED i'EOM NORTH with a good and fine selected stock of Ladies' Dress Goods, Clothing, Boots and hoes, Hats and Caps, Trunks and ! Valices, Notions, &(5., &c. COME AND COMPARE QUALITY AN'D PRICES, AND YOU WILL BE TO BUY FROM . M. H. SULTAN, !prll l-l-ly. NEW BI2BNK, N. C. EOBERTS &BROS Keep on hand a full lino of Hoots, Shoes Dr jr Ooods, Crookery .... NOTIONS :. AND A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF i FAMILY GROCERIES. . Cull on ns before making your purchases,' at Sooth Front St. near Gaston House. Mur.30,1j d w ........ . Manwell & Ciabtree, BLACKSMITHS, MACHIN ISTS, Iron and Brass Founders ' . -AND- , , BOILER MAKERS. MAKE AND REPAIR E S tt I X E S AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. Oder's solicited and promptly attendel tn, CRAVEN St, between Tollock and South Trout, . ' , New Berne, N. C. Apr 4, tfd 1 -'. ..... ' , W. M. POWERS, Tin and Sheet-Iron Worker, Roofing, Guttering, nnd all kinds of Till Work done. , Stoves repaired at short notice. Give nie a trial.;'. First door west, of Corner of Middle and South Front Btreets, next to Lein ster Dufly. ... jly8-dCm KIXSTON c:llec:ate l.titute, KINSTOX, N. C. Joseph Kinskt, Principal. Clarence L. Dowelu 1st Assistant. Miss Bettik Kiksky, 2J ' " Miss M. Blanche Robey, Music Teacher. ,. .. ... . . .. . terms:. ... Tuition from $ 1 to ?3 per month in all English branches. i . . , . Languages with Higher English, H per month. , . .. ,, . Music, including use of instrument, ?4 per month. School taught aud conducted ou Graded School principles. ' Fall Term opens August 28th, 1882. a.it4-Jif OREGON AND WASHINGTON. Every ono of our readers should become iufurmed about tbe wouderful resources of Oregon and Washington, where the wheat production is larger and the death rate lower than in any other section of United Slates; where good Government laud can be had for the taking, and railroad lands be bought on ten years time. Industrious men become independently wealthy there in a very few years.' b nil iu formation in the West Shore, a hand somely illustrated journal published at Portland, tbe inelrxli8 of tl e Pacific Northwest, at 2 0O year or the publishers will vend two specimen copies, of different dates, for 25 cent. Address West Suoke. Portland, Oregon. ALEX MILLER, WHOLESALE & RETAIL ' GROCER. , Constantly receiving a full line Ohoice Groceries , aud . .' :'( . FARMERS' SUPPLIES, which we oiler as low as any house in the city, and warrant all goods as rep resented. ; . Call and examine onr stock 1 and prices. Stables lurnished fiee to all our country customers. ' ' ' Goods delivered free to nny part of the city. ml2 W. Si. I). ' ' ? N. S. Richardson, ' ' ' PKAOTICAI, - ' BOOK ANI JOB PBINTIilt, Opposite Post OQioe, NEW BEHNE, N. . . .. I GOOD STOCK, ; NEAT WORK, LOW PK1PES. Onleis solicited and piomptly Apr. 8tf Roberts & Henderson; " ' i General Insurance " Agents, . - JSTew Berne, 13". O. : OnK first class Companies repiesent- . en in , , Fire. Life and Accident Insurance.'' Total Capital over Forty Millions of Hollars. ,' .Iu21illy.- .' SEA BREEZE HOUSE, Morehead City, N. C. Will be opened for the rect'Dtion' ot guests on 15th of June. Tare and gen- -eral accommodations equal to any. JLl'UUS llMMIfllllf. T, L. HALL, Proprietor. lif . -. ; ; - : i V Elizabeth City Brewery, ELIZABETH, N. C. Jenkins' Ale. This Al is manufactured nt tills 'jrewery, i ' GENUINE AND PURE, Brewed from Pure Malt and llopx. I a line tonic, superior to and much better than anjr Beer made. Has cured dygpeiwia, and in a preventative u malarial (even and chills. . . ,- i , Dealers supplied la barrela, Veen, or bottled in Crate. i IU'cuimnendeil by phvsicinus. ' : ' ' ' ' Address, ; " ' . THOMAS M. JENKINS & CO., : Box 98, Elizabeth City, N. C. auK6-d(jin Elizabeth Iron Works, CUAs. W. PETTIT, Prop., 280 aud 282 Watet street, Norfolk, Va. MANUFACTURER OF ENGINES, BOILERS, Saw and Grist Mills, SHAFTINGS, Pulleys, Ilangrers, FOEOJXOS AND CASTIXQS, Of Every Description. auglTwly 0 If-