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THE TURPENTINE REGION OF NORTH
CAROLINA

This part Of the state never, to our knowledge.
(says the Fayetteville Observer has been in so
prosperous condition as at present. Lands have
risen one, two, three hundred per cent; negroes
have risen probably fifty per cent, and labor is so
profitable that the country is full of money 10 make
investments. At late public sale in Whining
ton, Of fifty negroes the average price paid for men
women and children, is stated TO have been $3.50
In the lower part Of BladeD, hands hired for from
Sl25 10 Sl6l. A gentleman who had gone 10
Wilmington to sell his turpentine, in pocke,no
$1,000, remarked that that sum was the produce
Of the labor Of four hands.
As consequence Of this state of things, and
for the first time, probably, many persons from
tho upper counties are moving down. The lido
of Western emigration may be said to have ceas-
ed entirely.
The Wilmington Chronicle, printed in tho
above Turpentine Region" has the two follow.
ing articles:
T'Tpentine DisiiLIeries-Since we Iast rave
some account of these establishments in Winino
ton, they have increased in number considerablS
and several others are in the course Of erection -
The dislilling business has in fact become o,eo,
interest here, one almost equal in Importance to
any other There are now IL establishments
running about thirty stills, in daily operation and
three more, which, altogether, will have seven
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in vain, strive to hear him. We have again TO
thank the Baptist Churches of this town and
Norfolk for their very generous lberaliiy in de
voting their Houses to this service-the other
churches have wrapped themselves in their own
mantle OF self-righteousness, and refused to have
their sacred walls desecrated with profane. tenn
Perance addresses. Well, we have no business
to find fault with them, "it is their o,on," and
those who live by the traffic in Alcohol, and
those who are opposed to the cause, rejoice, at the
independence of Gods people, in Withholding
their Halls from the great masses who would be-
thus accommodated
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TOWN TRUSTEES

In the little election which took place on Sa
turday, may be seen the result of apathy, as every
member of the Board of Trustees for tho ensuing
year, except Mr. Hume. who, we understand
will not serve. is wing We are glad that this
is so for part, as the whole Board is mil.
and their acts will now be presented as a whole
fer adjudication on party grounds; they have no
troublesome political opponents to thwart their
wishes. or interfere with their acts. The men,
beTs elect are as follows:-
JAMES MURpAUGH,
JAMES g. TooMER,
SAMUEL WILSON,
WINCHESTER WATTS,
THOMAS HUME,
CHARLES ETHEREDGE,
JETHRo A. JENKINS,
GEORGE CHAMBERS,
JOHN NJ. FOSTER.
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NEWSPAPERS in OREGON CRY.

We observe by slip cut from late Sandwich
Island paper, that gentleman left Honolulu,
with press and types for the purpose Of es,ab-
fishing newspaper in Oregon Civ. This nres,
rand these types went from this city.
The march of civilization and refinement is, in
these latter days, more than in any other manner,
oeloNened by the introduction and success of the
press. In Oregon, an independent press can lust
now be of essential service if conducted upon tho
right principle that powerful monopoly. The
Hudson Bay Company, are using all the efforts in
'heir power TO nip in the bud ali American enter
prise in Oregon. The American settlers are forced
to pay tribute to them, suffer exceedingly from
their prosecutions. They have, in fact succeed
led IN buying off many supporters of American in
terests, and thus silencing them.
An independent press, which will manfully and
boldly resist the encrOachments Of this powerful
Company, would accomplish more just now than
any other agency. Let it only be free and un-
nammelied' and It's introduction into Oregon will
be long remembered with pleasure -.Nev York
Herald.
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stills, are in progress 1t is calculated ill.,,
when the whole shall be in operation. ,bsr'
VIII use up i3oo barrels OF turPen,ine daily, and
turn out 200 barrels OF spirits, besides the ro.;.
and pitch. Those in operation a, the nres ESQ.,"
time require about 1900, barrels of ,urpen,na
daily, and make l60 barrels of spirits, with ,%e
usual proportion of rosin and pitch. 0
In addition to these in Wilmington, there arr
great many dis,ileries, we know not how NAN
IN the neighboring counties, and ON the line of ,5o
railroad, the products of which are brought hero
Tor sale and shipment, and others are going up in
every direction in the country around. r :"
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MIR. JOHN 3. COUGH.

we thank this gentleman for his polite atten-
tion, In placing in our hands neat little volume,
entitled an 6 Autobiography of John B. Cough"
1t is simply and modestly written, but frequently
the vividness of descriptive eoquence peers out
from its pages, that so peculiarly distinguishes
him in his oral discourses. The Petersburg Re-
publican having also received the work, speaks as
follows cit contains the principal incidents Of
his life from very early age to The present time,
containing eloquent but as he assures the read
er, faithful portrait of himselfin all the different
stages of his truly eventlul history. We feel con-
.fident that the perusa of The work will do good
and we would advise general reading oft"
Mr.. Cough since he has been in Norfolk, with
The exception OF one evening, when he was pre-
vented by severe indisposilion, (and he is far
from being in good health,) has bored'' the
ears of delighted and large auditories, whose an
petite grows by that it feeds on. To night, he
will speakln the Baptist church, on this side of
the river, and we advise those who desire to hear
him, to go eatly, as that building will, we know
be crowded to a jam. Tickets can be obtained of
Mr.. Hunter, at'the Drug Store Of Messrs. Watts
& Hunter. at the Arcade, of Mr. Miles, and al
the door on this evening.
His address TO the colOred people in Norfolk on
Sunday afternoon, was peculiarly appropriate,
and was listened to with profound attention We
were gratified to see many distinguished ladies and
gentlemen present, who were equally pleased with
this remarkable man, whom among we observed
Gen. COcke, Of Fluyanna, and Judge Baker, of
the Superior Court, now holding its session in
town
In his first address, Mr.. Cough speaking of the
different eras Of the temperance movement liken-
ed the first effort to buryDg charge of powder
in the sand-when it exploded, it scattered the
sand in every direction, but effected litle-the
great movement Of 1910, upward, he likened TO
buryDg the charge deep in the granite strata, the
great support Of the nation, the middling classes,
which, when it exploded, upturned the whole Or
der Of social and necessary drinking, and the
effect was glorious, was tremendous Now saws
he, we want to get into the "upper crust" the
high, the lofty ia the land, nd when we can one
rate there, the work will be nearly completed
Well, last night, the charge was effective in
that scale, and it was glorious sight to see the
distinguished and honored Of Norfolk como nm
to the table in front Of the pulpit, and sign tho
Death Warrant Of Old Alcohol. We canno,
and indeed, it is unnecessary, to attempt TO rive
a description Of the mighty powers Of Mr.. Gonpb
II is enough to know that all worth saving. will
hear him, who can possibly get near him bpt
we must regret that larger halls could not be Oh,
tanned to accommodate the crowds who nightly.
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DlSGRACEFUL AND DANGEROUS Az
FRAY

The papers from New York give accounts of a
most disgraceful ARRAY which took place between
members of the Democratic party, assembled in
Albany county to make nominations of Delegates
TO the Stale Convention. The whole was pre-
concerted scheme of the minority of the party, as
we understand il, in Albany city to break up the
action of the majority. Our heart sickens in read
ing the details, and wo cannot give them, but the
following movement in the Legislature. when the
facts became known 10 that body, will let the
ready understand how extensive and dissraceful
was the affair
When the rumor reached the Legislature, Mr..
Watson asked leave 10 offer resolution, which
was read, as folows:-
Whereas, it is alleged tina, the Attorney
General, the Hon. John Van Buren,, in connexion
with the District Attorney of Albany county, An
drew J. Colvin. and Judge G. III. Bramha, was
present at convention held at Adam A. Cark's,
In Albany county, on the 3lst of March Just past
and was the alder abetter, and encourager over
one hundred ruflians who beat and severely
wounded the Hon. Albert Gallup, Messrs. Law
renee Van Duzen, Hungerford, Phelps, Jewet,,
Van O'Linda, Dayton, Van VIE and others; and
whereas 1t is reported that Mr.. Van Duzen was
Killed on that OCCASION and others severely wound
ed, who are now lying dangerously ill-therefore
ResolUed, That this Assembly elect by ballot
a committee of three, who shall have power TO
send for persons and papers, and who shall invos-
tigate the conduct of the Attorney General in con-
nexion with the aforementioned proceedings, and
report the same to this house,
To this Mr.. Chase objected, on the ground that
1t was matter that belonged to the Grand jury
30 the resolution could not be received
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Ledger over all,
LET THEM GRoWL AND SMART

L.
They would bite if they could. We are sorry
TO see the Washington Union, continually taken
up with explanations, contradiction, and so forth,
of the everlasting falsehoods and misrepresenta
lions of the wing press, and the whip letter
writers. Leave that ignoble warfare, Mr.. Richie
-trample under foot this weak and paltrv cheynu,
de- JIise of whggery, and deal your blows Justify
on the crown Of the enemy's principles. This
trick of the wings is like the little red flags used
by the picadores in the Spanish bull fights to
worry and distract the noble animal who is BROUGHT
out TO make sport for the multitude The fol-
lowing defence of Mr.. Woodbury. ia entireIv
gratuitous. VIVA, does he care, or what need he
care, for such attacks? 1t never was his desire
to please whiggery or receive its plandits; and
we feel sure !! never will be. How very sorry
the EXPIRES editors must be-how chary of Mr..
Woodbury's fame. We pity their excrutiatino
agony
As an evidence Of the carping and ilIiberal
spirit Of portion Of the whg press, we repubIisb
the following from the " New York Exnress );
with the remark that the author of the ayoved in il
that he had not the honor of any acquaintance with
Mr.. Woodbury. and that the letter was publish
ed without consulting Mr. W., and probablv
without his even knowing that it had ever been
written
JUDICIAL lMPRoPRIETY. We regret TO see
that The Hon Levi Woodbury. has allowed
political letter on the beet of the tariff. adj
dressed TO him from Lowell to go into the Union
with his name connected with it. IF it was
necessary to publish the letter, it was not neccs.
sary TO connect his name with il.
We the more regret this impropriety. az we
have before expressed the opinion that Mr. WOO,
bury, now that he is on the bench, world devote
his whole mind and attention TO law. and tho
study Of the law, and wholly abandon the field Of
politics"
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BAR8AROUS TREATMENT OF ROMAN
CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN RUSSIA

The Cologne Gazette gives the following letter
from Berlin, dated the 3lst ult:-" Ninety -seven
OF the Roman Catholic Priests prosecuted on &C
count of their religion, have been made to work
as day laborers in one of the town in that empire.
They were afterwards banished to Tobolsk,
where they were confined in dark cells. They
were threatened with still severer treatment bu,
were so fortunate as to effect thei. escape. Some
OF them have made their way into Prussia, and
others have directed their steps towards Italy and
France. Some Of our ecclasastics have made \
collection for them TO the amount of 3,600f and
1t is believed that the king will give them per.
mission to reside in the diocess of the catholic
pTelate of the kingdom The number of these
Priests who have taken refuge in Switzerland is
fIty.
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NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.

we copy the following paragraph from the cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Spri, of the
Times, TO correct an error into which the writer
has fallen. There are t,oo Democratic Naval
Constructors, Mr.. Grice and Mr.. Hartt, either of
which is well qualified to fill the Bureau of Con-
s'ruction, Equipment and Repair. and if either
was there now, he would be found blessing to
that large and respectable class of men who are
dependent on the Government work for liveli-
hood -
son Saturday, l visited, in company with a
friend, the room at the Navy Department, where
Captain Crane committed suicide and there saw
the chair in which he sat at the time The lefl
arm OF 1t was wrenched off by the firm grasp of
his hand; and the carpenters had just finished
planning the lloor, to remove the stains of blood
All this excited in US feelings of solemnty.
nave heard many rumors as to his successor-
Some think that Com. Morris, now the Chief of
the Bureau Of Construction, Equipmen, and Re-
pair, Will be appointed to the vacancy-for this
reason, Way the law of August, 1912, this
"incer is required To be " a skilui naval constru
tor but MIR. Tyler made the appointment with
out reference tn the requirement. Congress- last
year, came near withholding the salary-S300O-
from the Commodore on this account, and unless
II can he shown that he is sltilful naval cum
structor," it will be done during the present SEES.
sion. The Commodore has the qualifications for
the post made va mt by the death of Capt. Crane,
and 1t is thought he will be transferred. There
are, believe, six or seven naval constructions
one OF them only Democrat. Ii will not there
lore. be difficult To choose head for the Bureau
"i CONSTRUCTION, Equipment and Repair, if poli
hcS be made the basis of appointment /"
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The New York Globe informs us that on the
night of the 3lsi ull., the Astor House was sci
on fire in three different places, and damaged 10
the amount OF $4,000. On the same nigh. the
Howard Hotel was also fired, and the furniture
In two rooms in remote part of The house was
destroyed, before the fire was got under. On
the night previous the City Hall, kept by VIII,
lard & Jennings, was also fred in bedroom at
the top Of the house.
This, says the Globe, is pretty bold work for
two nights.
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ECI.IPSES

The Snn will be ecipsed on Saturday, the 25,h
Of April, commencing a few minutes before II.
A. NJ, when 683 dgts Of the Suns southern
limb will be obscured Sillman's journal pives
this account of the eclipse
" II will be last large eclipse that will be yisi
bic TO US, for upwards Of eight years, and the las,
that will be total in this vicinity until August 7.
1869
"The duration Of the centre eclipse on the
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TIRRELL'S confession

The pretended confession Of Tirrell, SAYS the
Boston Post, that he killed Mrs. Bickford, proves
to be false. We have before us alTidavils Of his
wife, mother, and sister, that no conversation Of
the kind reported took place between Mrs. Tir-
rell and constable Whipple, and that Tirrel new
er made any confession of the nature affirmed bv
Whipple, to either Of them, in their presence. or
to their knowledge. We shall publish the All
davis on Saturday.
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BEGGAR MAKING IN ENGLAND.

Forty five thousand seven hundred and sixty
nine acres Of land are employed in the cultivation
OF Hops and one million acres of land are employ
ed to grow Barley, TO convert into strong drink.
According to Fulton's calculation if the land
which is employed IN Growing grain for the
above process Of destruction, was to be appropria-
ted to the production Of grain for food, il would
yield more than four pound LOAF to each Of the
supposed number Of human beings in the world;
or IL would give three leaves per week to each
family in the United Kingdom If the leaves
(each measuring four inches by twelve) wero
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FANNY FORESTER.

(Mlss Chubbrick,) who has recently sprung
from the mists of obscurity, and become famous
as an authoress, is to be married to the Rev'd Mr.
Judson, the Missionary of Burmah She is de-
voted member of the Baptist Church, and emu
lons perhaps of the martyr fame of Mrs Adoniram
Judson, is anxious to devote her life to the same
glorious cause. She is however, too weak and
fragile in her constitution to Withstand the hard
ships OF an Asiaic life, and WILL fear, soon have
10 record the willing of another lovely flower he
meath the torrld SIM of tho Indian cline. Mr..
Judson is old enough 10 be her grand father, and
there may be moral fitness in the union, but il,
is not natural. [ would not graft the tender lly
on the hoary oak, or entwne the eglantine around
the tall pine. But if the motive be Christian
one, God speed it, will be the prayer of all who
know her = Correspondent Charleston .Nevs.
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LAUNCH.

Those of our citizens who desire to witness the
beautiful spectacle of the launch of full rigped
and handsome vessel into her destined element,
will have fine opportunity afforded them this
afternoon at AZ o'clock, by visiting the ship yard
OF that skiful mechanic and estmabe citizen, MIR.
VIM. ii. Hunter Norfolk
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THE COVENANT.

This valuable periodical for April is on our
table. and we take pleasure in recommending
II TO the public patronage, and bearing testimony
to Its increasing worth and growing Importance
Besides the editorial and official matter, there is
fund of light reading and poetry, which is not
only pleasing but improving and Instructive
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DEATH OF DR.. O'FLAHERrY.-We have
melancholy intelligence from Salem this morning
DR.. OFlaherty, universally venerated by Catho
lies throughout the country, died suddenly at 8
O'Clock last evening, of an affection of the heart.
He was pastor of St. Mary's Church, where he
OBLIGATED all day the week previous to his death.
DIR. O'FIaherty had many friends among all
classes of Christians, and his death will be uni
versalIy lamented.-Boston Transcript.
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DO YOU WANT A PAIR OF Tw1Nsa

We copy The following unique advertisement
from the Detroit Free Press -
TwINs.-The undersigned, having recentIv
lost his wife, and leaving a pair of daughters
which ne would give to some good family that
would like to adopt them their own. The in
fants can be seen at the house Of Mr.. III r. por
ry, Woodward AyenueaDsfroit.
ISAAC DIEFFENDERFER
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1t is great mistake that the picture promisso-
ry notes of corporations are money.
1t is sad error that bank notes add to tho
wealth Of a State.
1t is foolish idea that it is moral and ripht for
bankers 10 receive interest on their debts while
individuals pay interest on theirs
1t is absurd in the extreme that gold and silver
impoversh nation.
1t IS all moonshine that banks make wheat and
corn grow, and regulate the weather.
II is all humbug that paper banks are better
than hanks of earth, sand banks, or oyster banks.
1t is ridiculous nonsense that protective tariff
is ut the least benefit to the farmers of Ohio
1t is wholesale ialsehood that it is the expor-
ter of foreign goods, and not the consumer, who
pays the duty
1t is palpably dishonest 10 tell laboring man
that 1t is his interest TO give half of his earn.
ing to Massachusetts manufacturers
IL is vIllalnous 10 claim that government should
tax one portion of its citizens for the benefit of an
other
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GOOD THINGS OHIO.

The democratic press of Ohio are waging no :
BILE battle against the rotten rag money mills
which have been chartered in that State under
wing rule and policy. The Cadiz Sentinel, under
the head of popular delusions of the day." laws
down the following incon,rovertible axioms,
which it would be well to study in other States
and localities
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A RIET

Made. says the ST. Louis AmeriiSSn, to decide
dispute, is proof that parties aretnore willing to
pay for their folly, than to acknow ledge it.
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NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.

Tho Philadelphia Ledger, in an article on It's
patronage, gives the following astonishing state
ments. Here is support 10 a newspaper, which long
experience OF The most shrewd and sensible trading
community in the world, has proved is the most
advantageous and profitable expenditure that can
be made. Yet we find hundreds in other commu-
mites, who think that 1t is useless expenditure,
and go on from year to year, doing starving
business, while they have evidence around them
that those prosper most who advertise mos, libe
rally. We have, in an experience of twenty
years, found that those who do not patronize the
press are far behind their neighbors in inteli-
gence, and far below them in worldly gain, and
liberal sentiments. The prices of advertising
in the Ledger are double what is charged by the
press here, yet we find difficulty to get paid even
for what is done. The advertisements in that
paper are =" cash in advance"
For the week ending March T. Ledger, 1918
do DO do. all the others, 759
Ledger over all, 32I
or over fifty per day more.
March Ia, Ledger, 1895
All The others together, S15
Ledger over ALL $50
which is nearly sixty per day more.
March 81, Ledger, 1855
All The others, 765
Ledger over all, 400
or over eighty per day more.
March %, Ledger, 1855
All others, 748
Ledger over all, SOY