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NORTH CAROLINA.
Great Exeitement-A white Soldier
Shot by Negro NiIitiaman-More


ArTests-
WASHINGTON, August IA special
dispatch has inst been received from
Raleigh, which indicates considerable
excitement, resulting from a collision
between United States troops and col
ored militia. On Monday morning one
OF Holdens negro militia sentinels, on
duty at the camp in the heart Of the
city, challenged a United States soldier
who was intoxicated and coming toward
the line Receiving no answer, the SEN
onel shot him, thirty PAGES distant,
through both legs An examination OF
the affair took place before the Mayor
to-day, and upon the evidence OF Colonel
Clarke, Of Iiolden's First Regiment Of
State troops, 10 the effect that the SEN
tinel had obeyed his instructions to fire
upon any one coming toward the guard
line, after being halted, the sentinel was
discharged.
United States officers testified as TO
army regulations, which require in time
of peace to challenge, and if not obeyed
then to arrest, but not to shoot. They
took copies of all the evidence in the
case In consequence of this the
United States troops here are furious,
and have to be kept IN camp strongly
guarded, with frequent roll calls TO pre-
vent their coming to the city and hay-
ing conflict with the negro troops.
The small arsenal on the Capitol
grounds is constantly guarded by the
negroes, and a sentinel is posted at the
Governor door, also one at the State
Adiutant Generals door. The Cover
nor will order Kirk not to deliver the
Allemance and Caswell prisoners in
obedience to writs issued by United
States District Judge Brooks.
Holden's organ said President Grant
will sustain him and that the Chief
Justice OF the State Supreme Court sus-
tains him, when such is not the case
The Chief Justice thrice reiterated his
opinion that habeas corpus is not sus-
pended, hut that he was pOwerless to
enforce the writs issued by him.
Judge Brooks, it is said, will lay the
whole matter before the Federal au-
thorities. He has complete power to
act in the matter under the act OF Con
gress of 1887, and he is determined TO
enforce the writs.
Kirk continues to make fresh arrests
daily. Twelve machinists were ar
rested by his troops at the North Caro-
lima Railroad Company shops yester
dav
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The Parkersburg Branch Railroad
The Oyerissue of Bonds.

4 meeting OF the President and Dr.
rectors of the Parkersburg Branch Rail
road Company was held in this CITY on
Tuesday. when the subject Of the deyel-
opments in regard to the late Overissue
OF the stock were inquired into Mr.
p. G Van Winkle, the President Of
the company, who had not been before
in the city. on account of illness, since
the disclosures Of the irregular Issue OF
stock, was present 1t appears, a we
are informed, that none Of the stock
certificates signed in blank by the
President have been used for other
than the legitimate purposes OF the
company. The overis-ues, 20 far as
they were presented, were, it j. stated.
found to he forgeries Of the signature OF
the President, and TO have been cut
from other than the regular books Of
the company, and TO te numbered IN
duplicate or enormously. An adyer-
tisement Of the Board, inviting holder@
10 present their certificates tor verIiica-
ton. appears in the proper place IN this
IAItT. llt lFHlAN4A iAAiOA'''Na N''N
Board of the death. since their last
meeting, of Benjamin Deford and james
Cook, Esq-, two Of the Directors.
Committees were appointed TO prepare
suitable resolutions, and A Schu.
macher and Galloway Chesion, Esqs-,
were elected Directors in lieu Of the
decedents. Louis McKim, Of this city,
WAS appointed Treasurer in place Of
John L. Crawford, who had resigned
We are further informed that the late
Treasurer. mot Secretary John l..
Crawford, since the arrival Of the Presi-
dent Of the Company in the city, has
not been seen, and it il reported has left
the city. The Secretary OF the com
nany i Mr. ". W. Van Winkle, OF
West Virginia, Mr.. Crawford, as Treas
urer, having been authorized heretofore
10 act a. transfer agent in this city.
-BaLtimors S,1, Aug'aSt H.
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Russia and the War.

The correspondent Of The Eastern
Budqst at ST. Petersburg says, writing
on the 18th instant:
The whole Of the national press has
taken so decided line against Prussia
that it seems impossible for the govern
ment here to take part in thewar on the
side Of that power. At first the semi
Official GoloSs seemed to hesitate as to
the tone it should adopt, and published
some criticisms Of the conduct OF France,
for which it was sharply taken to task
BY General Fadieyeffs organ, TIE E-r-
change Gazette, as 'shortsighted and un-
patriotic" while TIE .Nosco,c Ga-6ttE
obtained nothing but praise for it strong
and anti-Prussian opinions. This hesita'
ton has now quite disappeared, and the
Goioss vies with the other papers in
abuse Of Prussia In a recent article it
declared that Prussia, and not France,
is the real disturber OF the peace Of Eu-
rope, and that Russia interests demand
that France should be victorions in the
coming struggle At the present time
it urged thar Russia should remain nsu.
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t al, even if Austria and TIA " should
Ike part in the war, as she can only
gain by the exhaustion of the other
powers. The few advocates OF war
poll cy in Russia, il says, have not been
supported BY public opinion, and as for
the treaty Of Paris, it can be disre-
garded by the Russian Govern
m ent without drawing the sword. 1t
also points ont that Russian commerce
would greatly benefit by her remaining
neutral in a war VIII ch must paralyze
the trade Of two such g eIt commercial
nations as France and Prussia. The
Withholding of the war. kilograms from
the Russian papers, to which ! alluded
in my last letter, is described by the
MoscoU Gazette as an offense against the
Russian public which calls for the
strictest inquiry and proves how injuri-
GUS it is for Russia to depend for tele-
graphic and postal intelligence on the
Prussian authorities As for the policy
of the Russian government in the war,
it seems to have determined for the
present to maintain the strictest
neutrality, though it is max
ing large preparations for all
possible eventualities. The number Of
troops in the kingdom of Poland is to
be increased to 100000, among whom
will he the Imperial Regiments of the
Guard, which have already been order
ed to Warsaw. There is little doubt
that the object Of this measure is not
only to prevent an insnrrection in Rus
sian Poland, bnt also in the event Of Il
Using of the Poles in Posen after a
Prussian defeat, 10 assist the Prussian
government in restoring order in that
province, and, if necessary, TO occupy
it with Russian troops during the re-
naming period OF the war.
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FRENCH ACCOUNTS.
The Emperor DenOunccd-Mar>h
NcMahOn's Report OF the Battle on
Saturday-The Prussians Prepared
for the Declaration Of War-NO
Cause fer a Famine.

PARIS, August l2-The journal Off
ciel publishes decree declaring the
Department of Nante Gueroure in a
state of seize.
PARIS, August l2.-The Pays pub
fishes letter from Charles Desmantus,
dated at Nancy, denouncing the En-
perors bad generalship. He saws Nc
Mahon, gallantly struggling, was beaten
for lack of support though there were
multitudes OF armed Frenchmen at
hand eager to save him The passage
of the Rhine was undelended.
The commissariat was utterly made
quatc, and the soldiers were compelled
to eat some fruit and raw vegetables,
and take the consequences.
Prussia to-day has Alsacc to-mor-
row she will have Lorraine. The reo-
pie are desperate.
The soldiers believe themselves to
have been betrayed, and clsmor for a
leader.
PARIS August l2.-The journals OF
Metz publish Marshal Mcmahon 5 re-
port 70 the Emperor The report says
the enemy in greatly superior numbers
began the attack at : o'clock Saturday
morning. The first attack having been
repulsed above Woerth, the enemy re-
opened the contest, throwing forward
numerous sharIshooters, protected by
six guns in commanding position.
Masses OF infantry were then brought
rp. and at / o'clock Mcmahon was
forced to order q retreat, which was
effected in good order. the enemys pur-
suit being without igor and hy no
mcads troublesome. The Marshal was
able to send only partial list OF the
killed and wounded
\ dispatch from Metz, dated August
II. >.lj 7. NJ, saws Ii has ralned all
dav. The armyis concentrated around
this place II is being revictualed and
reinforced. The retreat Of McMahon
and Failley has been accomplished In
excellent order Bazaine is engaged IN
visiting and inspecting the troops nm
der his command
PARIS, August 12-AdviceS at head
quarters represent that the best
understanding exists between BaZaine
and the other Generals Among the
German prisoners taken at the begin
ming OF the campaign are members o.
the landwehr, who were called into
service six weeks ago. This prove.
that Prussia expected war before it wa:
declared, and was no, taken by sur
prise, as her government repeatedly as
serted.
The apprehension that famine vii
be added to the horrors Of the war, il
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Tragic Death Of General Doua,.

The .uon;fsvr gives the following aC-
count OF the death of General D0uay
AZ the battle OF Weissenburg The
General was from the beginning in the
,hickest of the fight When he saw
the dav was lost, after he hal done all
he could TO retrieve it, not even bat
TALON was left him. He called his
aides, one by one, gave them orders,
and sent them away. As soon as the
last was gone, the General, spurring has
horse. rode some distance to the front,
dismounted, and, taking pistol from
his holsters, shot the animal: then
turning around, he slowly walked
toward the enemy. His soldiers Vainiy
tried to stop him. Amid the terrible
firing, he deliberately walked on. The
retreating soldiers, aroused by the spec
tacle. turned again upon the enemy
hu, fell in heaps around their General
who still pressed forward: Another
tremendous discharge from the enemy
and Douay. almost alone. fell dead,
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THE WAR F!
AMERICAN ACCOUNTS.
The Diaiculties Encountered by Cor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Me"s'
ure.-The Battle Mt woerth.

Loynoy, August 12,-The special cor,
RESPONDENT of the Tribune at Metz
writes that he was arrested at that place
on Sunday, together with Simpson, OF
tho I,ondou Illustrated News, and Hen.
ry Mayhew, as Prussian spies, mobbed
by the towns people and with difficulty
protected by the soldiers They were
repeatedly examined by the military
authorities, released and re-arrested,
their papers taken away and finally
carried before General Cofinieres, COM
manding in Metz, who threatened them
with death. After some delay they
were again released and ordered to leave
Metz instantly and quit France either
hy Boulogne or Dion. They chose
the latter. He writes again from Dion
that he is under the charge of gaard
but was allowed to stop one night in
Dion and would proceed the next day
to Italy.
New YoRK, August l2.-Thc Tri-
huncs correspondent telegraphs from
London: All France must have gone
mad about Prussian spies, as our spe-
cial correspondent, .iourneying from
London.so the front, by way of Amicns,
Reims and Chalon-. says he was stop
ped at a little place called Terquier and
questioned by the Custom House officers
and gems arms. He was asked re-
peatedly to produce his papers and
was finally allowed most reluctantly to
proceed when they were found to be all
right. Yet this correspondent is a
French officer. After his examination
was concluded the authorities apollo
gized for the trouble caused him, but
said they were compelled to question
everybody, so great was popular snspi-
cion.
LONDON, August IA correspon.
dent Of the New York Herald, who was
present at the battle Of Woerth, tele-
graphs the following from Carls-
rhue:
The French official accounts OF the
hattie at Woerth are wholly untrue.
McMahon was completely routed. The
French abandoned everything and fed,
leaving behind their killed, wounded
and prisoners, numbering 10000, out Of
$4,000 engaged. The French held a
strong position, but the Prnssians fired
with terrible precision. The French
were very badly cut up. Both sides
fought desperately. Finally the French
gave way in panic.
The accounts representing Strasburg
still in communication with Nancy are
untrue. Strasburg has been completely
besieged since Monday, and the gates
nrc shut. Heavy artillery i now on
the way for the Prussian- Stout re-
siStence is expected.
The Crown Prince is vigorously push
ing Mcmahon, and another engagement
is expected 1t is believed the object Of
the Prussians - 10 get between Metz
and Paris
4 special correspondent writes from
Paris, Wednesday evening, as follows: /:
Extraordinary precautions were taken To-
day to protect the Corps Legislatif.
Beside infantry and cavalry, two bat
terics of artillery We're in position.
Seventy-nine Deputies voted for the i'm
mediate discussion Of the proposal to
increase the National Guard and l10
for postnonement.
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hall were crowded with ladies. The
President will leave for Chicago at ten
o'clock this morning on a special train
bv the Chicago, Alton d ST. Louis Rail.
road. and will arrive at eight in the
evening. A splendid new commissary
car will he attached TO the train and all
precautions taken for a safe and speedy
trim
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onstration before the Palace and the
British Legation.
The Times this morning says: The
pride of France is wounded and her
prestige dimmed. Who brought this
on her must suffer for it. victorious
or discrowned is Nspoleons alternative
on the next battlefield.
Prussian accounts say nothing at
Koniggratz could parallel the destruc-
ton Of life at Worth. The same ac-
counts say it is believed that Napoleon
was on the field with Mcmahon.
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consequence Of the late drouth, has
been dissipated. The Gaulois has re-
ports from eighty-one departments,
which show that the wheat of 1870 will
exceed the yearly average so per cent.
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President Grant visited the Merchants
Exchange yesterday at St Louis and
spent a few moments with the mer-
chants. A large number Of citizens
were present ard tbs galleries Of The
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From Belgium.

ANTWERP, August Flo A. NJ
Advices from the seat of war states
that great battle is momentariiy e1-
pected. =.
BRrssKIs, Angus, l2---Last night
there WAS an enthusiastic popular dem
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noBFRT LUKE. AT HIS LIVERY
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and for sale. wholesale and retail. the purest
lake Ice ever brought 20 this market For
sfjufnent II j. wen packed in sawdust, In
t,arreIs. and will keep forever. II not opened
ivfa ROBERT Luxe
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-10-14

We learn that difficulty occurred on the
Chesapeake g. Ohio, Passenger Train oil
Saturday, near Hewletts Station, between
Mr.. J. W. Walker, member of the Legls-
,ature from Madison, and Mr. Jas. Bar
bour, of the Enquirer. Mr.. Walker de-
mandel an exclamation of an editorial when
appeared in July last in the Enquirer,
which Mr.. Barbour declined to give. The
matter thus ended for the time and Mr. Bar
bour was reclining on seat talking to a
friend, not suspecting its renewal, when
Mr.. Walker came up and struck him aud a
scuff1e ensued. Mr.. Barbour is much the
smaller man of the two, and was held by
Mr.. Walker and prevented from drawing a
weapon, before the passengers interfered and
separated the parties. During the scuffie,
Mr.. Barbour is reported to have spit and
kicked Mr.. Walker in the face Mr.. Walk
er left the train at He wlett's and up to this
time we have not heard Of renewal Of the
affair, though we learn that Mr.. Barbour
proposed to settle it at another time and
place.
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A SINGULAR STonY.-The Carlisle Ky. }
Mercury tells an extraordinary story Of a
father and son living in Fleming county
The father is about forty-fve years Of age,
and the son is not yet twenty. When one
has any complaint the other is similarly at
7tected. If the father has the headache, the
son has it at same time; if one suffers with
che toothache, the other also suffers with it;
when one gets the cold, the other gets ii
/ also /; and SO it goes on through all the
catalogue of ordinary complaints. What is
] still more marvellous is, that their appetites,
astemperamonts and general actions are alike.
sThey have the same likes and dislikes fol
Afood, and if one be angry, gloomy OF un-
happy, the other is. They dream the same
dreams, and in fact do everything after this
SdoEble fashion
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j ELECTION OF PRINCIPAL OF ST. JoRN Col
sLEGE.-We learn that at meeting of the
3board of visitors and governors Of St. Johns
college, held at Annapolis, on Wednesday
for the purpose of filing vacancies in the
faculty, James NJ. Garnctt, of Hanover
county, Virginia, was elected principal Of
! the college. Mr.. Garnet is graduate Of
distinction in number Of the schools Of the
university of Virginia, and has taken the
degree of Master Of Arts. He has devoted
I his whole time to teaching and selfinstruc-
] tion, and has just returned from the Uni
versity of Berlin. Prussia. He was re-
scommended by most Of the scholars in the
country. Mr.. Garnet is quite young man,
labout thirty years of age, is nephew Of the
sHon. R. NJ T. Hunter and brother of the
I late Hon. Muscoe Garnet, Of Virginia =
Major Richard s. Smith, of Philadelphia, a
Sformer United States officer, was Mr.. Gar
nett's principal competitor for the position.
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A CHARACTERISTIC INc1DENT.-Amon

A CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT. Among
the many striking incidents Of the late food
h Virginia is one related by a Fluvanna
county, Virginia. correspondent of the Rich
mond Wing which we have already publish.
led, of the attempt Of the three heroic white
|citizens of Fluvanna to rescue colored
bergman and his wife at the ferry-house at
The junction Of the James and Rivanna
rivers, In making the attempt these three
brave men, by name Davis, Fuqua and
IAgee, the latter a youth, lost their noble
Lives, The incident illustrates not only the
Iself sacrificing courage of generous and
brave people, but the traditional friendship
sof Southern whites to the colored race. 1t
lis an indication of genuine Southern senti-
rnent in that regard much more reliable than
the inventions of the manufacturers Of South
Iarn oIJtraoA
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REMARKABLE IF TRus.-The Dorchester
county (Md.) Neaes publishes story Of a
remarkable change Of sex. The daughter
Iof Mr.. Stack, of Fredericksburg, Of that
county, suddenly disappeared in male attire
land went to Philadelphia, but has since re-
turned, insisting that he or she is g man,
and refusing to don any other costume. A
5moustache attests the truth of these claims to
Ia masculine nature. For twenty years this
singular person has passed for girl. We
can hardly credit the story .--Baztimore
IAmerfcon.
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FEMALE ScHooL TEACHER KILLED ]

Oct. 8.-Miss Ella G..
Barstow, school teacher in Canton, Mass. !,
died to-day from the effects Of a brutal as
sault with stones made upon her last We'd
nesday by four Of her scholars, named James
Cogswell, jeremiah and Daniel Keikler and
John Coffee, who have been arrested for
murder. Miss Barstow was twenty years
old. and was in bad health.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-10-14

The election of members of Congress took
place in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Iowa
and Nebraska Oh Tuesday last. The re
turns received indicate Republican gain Of
of in Pennsylvania and 1 in Ohio, and a
Democratic 6 iii of l in Indiana and 1 inI
Iowa
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BRITrsH EUnoG1UM ON GENERAL ROBERT
sE. LEE.-The London Standard contains ar
article written in anticipation of the death
sof General Lee, by telegraph to be lying al
! the point OF death in Virginia. The article
Ssays :: GA country which has given birth to
such man as Robert Lee may look the
dproudest nation. in the most chivalric period
aof the hist ny Of Europe, fearlessly in the
afaee; for no race has many age produced a
5nobler soldier, Christian gentleman and man
5than the heroic Virginian captain"
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New Advertisements.

INOTICE.-The subscriber having associated
IN with him in his business, from the 18th
1of Sept. last, VIM. F. SUMMERSON the business
Twill be conducted hereafter under the style of
A. III. Taylor & Co.
They are now receiving a large stock of
lSTAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATs
" . GRO cRRLEs, &C.,
making their stock very complete, which they
are determined to sell at the lowest possible rates
Ito cash buyers or on short time to punctual Gus
5tomers. All kinds of Lumber and marketable
produce taken in exchange for goods.
octl4-tf A. FL. TAYLOR & co.
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Who will not say that the cause Of woman

soy WY S"ef"o 01 Uot1+'''1
suffrage is progressing, when resolution
lin its favor receives 139 votes to 1876 against
lit in a Republican State Convention in
Massachusetts As there are many thou
sands more women than men in the old Bay
Estate, female suffrage will place the control
% its politics in the hands of the fair sex.
] WELL, they can't govern it worse than the
srnen have done. That is some consolation
30 the opponents of the movement.-Cin.
Enquirer.