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Captured Cetywayo.

CAPE Town, Sept. l6.-Cetywayo's arri-
val here to-day had been anxiously expected,
and the English colony turned out in force
to see the monarch pass. He is an excep-
tlonally fine specimen of the noble savage a
big black, about fifty years ofage, and stand
ing nearly six feet high. He is well proper
toned, has a fully developed frame and a
good natured, broad open face, Of the Zulu
type, quite unlike the portraits that have
appeared in the pictorial press. He dresses
now in a suit of European clothes, in which
he does not seem at all uncomfortable. He
was accompanied to Cape Town by four of
his wives, four followers and a little girl,
who is said to nave looked with strange
wOnder at everything around her. Major
Poole speaks most favOrably Of the Kings
general amiability, and says that he gave
very little trouble on the way down, except
on one or two occasions, when he became
sulky and demanded to have an entire OK
roasted for his daily meal. In Simon's Bay
he was taken or board the Boadicea. There
he saw soldiers at drill, and expressed won
der and admiration, remarking, 'Oh l was
only born yesterday. | an a mere baby.
| never should have fought against such
good men as the English, who intended to
take away my country and govern it SO much
better than | could. They shot us to make
us christians. [ ask pardon for shooting
back at them
INTERVIEW WITHTHE PREMIER.
In an interview between the Premier of
the Cape government and King Cetywayo,
the latter said:-''I was child Of the Brit
ish government. My father (the English)
came to chastise me wrong doing. | caught
the stick with which he wished to beat me
and broke it. | did wrong to fight him and
am punished. | am no longer a King. The
English are a great people. They will not
kill those who fought with them. hope
the great Queen will pardon me, and allow
me to return to my country, and give me a
place and permit me to build kraal.' When
informed that the government intended to
treat him with consideration, in view of his
valor and previous distinction, and that the
English officials desired to supply him with
everything necessary for his comfort. Getty
asked that ten more of his wives be sent
for at once, giving the names OF his favorites.
1t is not probable, however, that this re-
quest will be granted.
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OCTOBER Is, 1871

,,fore It's eyes poor Anderson was battling
"E5ranoed. let me sustain myself by
t4To Of Captain Fox, whose little
,Ian'' to throw 800 men into the fort at
p;~bt. in surf boats, after the Southerners
IA been thrown off their guard by a request
+" send in provisions, [ nave already stated.
P.J weather delayed the fleet, so that
p"a arriving he found it too late to attempt
LIs scheme, consequently he fell back on
hs secret instructions to let Anderson ''per-
;lb beneath the ruin of Sumpter. | give his
statement:
s.uere heard, and the smoke and shells
s."f the batteries. mhich had Just opened,
..n,ot Can't. Gowan Of the Po1cnee COM
mo in. He hailed me, asked for a
,.niiot. declaring his intention of going into
the harbor to share the fate of Anderson.
Il went on board and informed him hat [
,.1ropW anslccr for It, that the government
lid not crpect aay such gallant sacrifice,
s.bavinc settled Daaturey upon the policy in
s'dicated in the instructions to myself, and
Capt Mercer"
NV as the reader is aware, was a brother
;n-la, of Montgomery Blair, the member of
I ;ncolns cabinet who claims to have forced
his colleagues to the policy which began the
Wal. Fox had been in daily secret consulta-
ton with the cabinet for weeks. Fox, when
Named by the press, received %aletter from
Lincoln relieving him from blame, and sta
an Of the country Fox was subse-
onentIv rewarded by being appointed Assis-
tant Secretary of the Navy.
Fox kept Capt. Gowan from going to the
rescue of Maj. Anderson by assuring him.
THE government did not expect 1t, as 1t
had settled maturely on its policy Is it
not then the plain inference that the policy
in question was to order Anderson to refuse
all terms: and for Fox, with the feet, to
threaten to aid Anderson thereby forcing the
Confederates to attack him, whereupon the
fleet should stand of, and allow him to
Perish beneath the ruins?:'
ALL SAFE, so FAR!'
The bombardment continued steadily TN
I'll night fall-watched by the entire city.
Hour L after hour the multitudc fringed the
sea-walI, ~intently gazing across the Bay
the men thoughtful; the children awed.
and vaguely wondering what it all
meant the mothers, wives, sisters: and
sweethearts, trembling at each shot from the
dark embrasures of Sumpter as IT they saw
the life of their loved ones going down be-
fore it.
By noon, however, a messenger brought
the news,-''an we'll, so far and when this
message was repeated at two, at four, and
at sunset, hope sprang up IN every heart
especially as Anderson ceased to respond at
ter twilight.
The fire of the besiegers, while not very
damaging, had considerably disfgured the
fort. The South and East .Jacades were
well pitted with blotches ("Brlck-dust poul-
tees, the men called them showing where
solid shot had clipped off the red-brick
walls, or burrowed therein; but as the latter
We're from s to y feet thick they could
stand a great deal of pounding. Several
guns were broken, or disabled. Lieut.:
John Mitchell, son of the Irish patriot, had
the luck to dismount two of the parapet
pieces by a single shot.
(TO BE CONTINUED.
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Tarboro Southcrncr: Rev. A. ID. Cohen.
of Windsor, has been an invalid for over
-four months. -Below Hamilton, Peter
Freeman, colored, was killed by Robert
Outerbrldge with a gun loaded with pewter
balls. The wife of Peter Freeman is said to
have moulded the balls and otherwise aided,
as did another negro woman. Both are in
Windsor jail. The desire of the wife was to
get rid OF her husband to marry his assail-
ant. Capt. Sebrill was near by when the
fatal assault was committed and caught the
assallant. Two shots were fired, the second
load going entirely through the body
The interest in the rrotracted meetings,
held at Battleboro by Rev. j. n. Andrews,
assisted by Capt. Simmons, of Halifax, and
Rev. Messrs. Belts and York, remains I'M
abated: Sixty of the best citizens in the
community, and it is one of the best in the
State, have joined the Methodist Church.
while others nave connected themselves
with the Episcopal and Baptist. Old uncle
Allen Taylor, the whole-souled citizen and
cock-tighter, The is the man who received
President Johnston at Weldon with the
Nash crow and lop), is a penitent.
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To RENovATE BLACK CAsHMERE.-Rip
the dress spart; then soak the goods in
warm soap suds two hours; dissolve one
ounce of extract of logwood in a BOW of
warm water; add sufficient warm water to
cover the goods, which is to be taken from
the suds without wringing; let the dress
stand in the logwood water all night; in
the morning rinse in several waters without
wringing in the last water; add one pint Of
sweet milk iron while damp; it will look
like new.
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Rebecca Ann Lyon, colored, who has
been in prison at Hillsboro for some time
past, charged with being accessory to the
murder of Mamie Blackwell, colored, of
Orange county, about two years ago, was ar
ralgned at the present term of Orange
court and a mol. pros. entered. She had
been held on the testimony of Robt. Bos-
we'll, colored, who had previously been con
victed of the crime Of numbering the Black
well woman, with her two children, and then
firing the house. Boswell had been respited
in order that he might testify against the
woman, whom, he said, was with him and
struck the fatal blows; but last week he
refused to testify to these facts, and acknowl-
edged that his previous story, duplicating
Rebecca Lyon, was a falsehood. Boswell
had been convicted a year ago on testimony
of Rebecca, who swore that he had told her
all about the crime and acknowledged that
he had committed it. Boswell will be
hanged on the 25th.-Duhum Recorder.
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FROM III FAYETTEVILLE GAZETTE
Yesterday evening, at the residence ofMr.
Geo. M. Rose, on Haymount, by Rev. H.
G. Hill, assisted by Rev. Jno. NJ. Rose, of
Portsmouth, Va, VIM. B.. Phillips, Assis-
tant Chemist of Agricultural Station, Chapel
Hill, to Miss Minerva r. Mcneil Capt.
w. b. Draughon has been appointed Chief
Marshal for the fair.-On Thursday 2nd
inst, Easmus Evans, died at his residence
of dropsy aged nearly fifty years. Few men
have gone from our midst whose death has
caused more universal regret. --Fayette-
vile had two fires last week by which the
drying house of the Novelty works, and the
old railroad wharf were burned. The loss
was not great.
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The Elmira Guzette gives This code of hat
Irritation signals:-'Wearing the hat
squarely on head love you madly: tip
ping it over the right ear-my little broth
er has the measles; wearing it on the back
of the head-ta, ia awfully awful; taking
it off and brushing it the wrong way-my
heart is busted holding it cut in the right
hand-lend me a quarter; throwing it at a
policeman love your sister; using it as
fan-come and see my aunt; carry a brick
in it-your cruelty is killing me; kicking it
across the street, am engaged; putting it
on the ground and sitting on it-farewell
forever"
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CHARLOTTE CHIPS.-We CLEAN from the
obScrrT The following are the commit.
tees for the Fair Ball. on the night os Nov.
vember 9th. Committee Of Arrangements
NJ Quinn. l. Johnson. \. Il. Springs.
Jr-, v. Z. Balkan. Committee u Invi-
tatlon.-J II. Ross, f, F. Young. ". r..
fegram: II. /. johnson. Committee on Fl
nance-W. &. Maxwell. l.. Davidson. {. r
Spratt. G. II. Brockenbrough, r. II. Jor-
dan. Floor Committee-A T. Moss. 4. l.
Smith, K. NJ Miller. Jr, T. h. Springs, W.
+. Myers, ". Il. Johnston.
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W~adesboro correspondence Raleigh o.
serrer:: Mr.. Leak has recovered some OF the
clothing taken from his house on the night
of the I'd. The burglar was a negro who
left this country with the Yankees when
Sherman passed here in 1865. he returned
He = a bold rascal; was about town til! quite
iate in the day Yesterday, but left just before
It was found out that he was the man. He
was oyertaLen by a party in search of him
last night, but escaped them before they
could arrest them.
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Milton Chronicle. Oxford is looking up
and when she completes her railroad,
Henderson and Durham may prepare to look
down. And if we can get our Narrow
Gauge Road to Roxboro' then Oxford will
lave to roost lower or extend her road to
Roxboro'. Mark it.
Rev. s. G.. Alexande reports IN the n. z.
Presbyterian 20 additions at Mt; GARNER,
Fayetteville Presbytery. Three additions al
Ashpole church.
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he daughter of the DR.. Peripetetic Pill
aSef! N~Ahyeress of So, OOO, OOO) has bought a
a,e,e IN Paris, prince Phillip D'Aquila by
taIppeliatlon, Che measly individual to whom
'ne appSenidage belongs being thrown in. The
naal dldn.t cost a cent and isn't worth a
I'm uam It's hard to say to which of the
TT S the marriage is the most degrading.
I Lme prince wouldn't look at the girl un-
SIn as her seducer without her money, and
nmo "o1ld desplse him minus his title al
M L;m as heartily as she will hereafter Ge3pise
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saith a Spanish proyerb-"When

Thus saith a Spanish proverb-"When
you choose your wife, shut your eyes and
commend your soul to God" But that is
because IN Spain when a man marries he
does it for life. Up North when a couple
marry they begin by asking each other
How many weeks do You generally expert
ment before you apply for divorce ~ Or
What was your last three or four husbands
names
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DEATHs.-On Wednesday, Annie C~ornelia.
aged about 5 years, daughter of Mr.. y. Il.
Broughton On THURSDAY, Mrs. Amanda
Parker, at the residence Of Mr.. \. III. Tenn
ple--On Thursday. in Wake, John X
Moore, aged 93.-In Clayton. October
18th, Mrs. DR.. G.. II. Dodi-In Wake
county, at the residence Of her father. pr.
}. /. Leach. August :, Mrs. Mamie T.
NcCullers. wife Of Charles McCullers. Esq
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FAIRs.-Alamance Fair begins today.
Weldon Fair Oct. 2o-2ith. Elizabeth City
Fair Oct. 21-29th, Charlotte Fair, Noyem-
Der 18th. Fayetteville Fair. November IL
18th. Wade>boro Fair, November ls-22.
Clinton, Sampson county, Fair, December
9Th.
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In the Superior Court of Union county,
Judge Buxton presiding, the trial of Robert
Parker, for the murder Of Leander Stack,
about six months ago. The two men, who
had been friends, were riding along together
from Monroe, and became engaged in a
quarrel. One of the men cut the other in
the face with a riding switch and they fought,
Parker drawing a pistol and shooting his
antagonist lead on the spot. Parker will be
defended by Messrs. Bennett, C%ovington,
Vann and Payne. A reward of 500 was
offered by the Governor for arrest and dellv-
cry to the county %iailor. Parker surrendered
himself to a friend with she understanding
that the 800 which the friend would get
would be devoted to defraying the cost of
his defence. The Solicitor becoming cogni-
zant of these facts stated them to Gov.
Jarvis. and we understand that he has re-
fused to pay the reward.--Charlotte Observer.
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The Herald says that one night last week
an ~incendiary fired the barn of Col. j. c.
Carraway, of Wadesboro, and it was burned
down. 1t was fired from the second story.
There was one horse in the barn, but when
| the incendiary entered it is supposed helcft
the door open, and the horse went out.
1t will interest railroad men to know
that the proprietor of the Pullman car in
%vention reports that paper wheels have run
400, 900 miles under his cars without re
pair, while the average running power of
an ordinary wheel is from So, 900 to 60, 900
miles.
Hickory Press: Hog cholera is raging
fe%arfully in Cling's township. Anumber of
the citizens have lost nearly all their stock.
-Messrs. Hall Brothers have shipped
over seventy thousand pounds of dried fruit
and berries during the past week.
The Winston Leaaer learns that on Thurs
day last, in Quaker Gap township, Forsythe
county,, Owen Smith, a youth some IL years
Of age, shot and killed Henry George, color
ed. The affair grew out of some difficulty
about some hogs.
President Battle, of the University, and
Prof. Chas. G. Mann, of High Point, will
deliver addresses at Randolph county fair
on the DIST of November.
In Granville county, a few days since.
Miss Ruthy Woodif eloped with Lunsford
Weaver, a man who is as blind as a bat IN
sunlight.
A crazy fellow in Macon county named
Eliphas Robinson beat his wife badly and
nearly killed his son, seventeen years old
Raleigh Neps:. Chief Justice Smith and
wife and Mrs. w. w. Smith will be absent
- Now N,rl- (ttv q month or moro
Mr.. V. W. Rice, of Mecklenburg, has
invented a cotton press that not cost more
than S25, and do good work.
John Rogers, an excellent citizen of Ma
con county, died from injuries received III
being thrown from his horse.
Miss Anna keitt, of South Carolina, i
said to be the prettiest girl that has visited
Asheville this season.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, broke his
collar bone in the Yosemite valley. He Is
now in Washington still a sufferer.
The State Sunday School Convention will
meet on the 18th of November, and not "a
before published.
There have been several killing frosts in
,urrv. Tobacco has been considerably dam
lged.
Rev F. r. Underwood has resigned
he pastorate of the Baptist church of Or
ord.
Salisbury is to have a phantom hop on
he evening Of the reunion.
Wilmington now has the telephone. ire
larm with ten stations.
Cumberland county fair commences No
18th.
Marshall, Madison county, Is to have
ewspaper.
Cotton receipts in Wadesboro last week,
O6 bales.
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Weldon Nems: We are panied to announce
the death Of Mr.. Joe. Shields, of Scotland
Neck, which took place last week. Mr..
Shields was a good man.-Much sickness
we learn in the lower end of the county.
Mostly of malariaI form. --The glass ball
shooting at our next fair will be a grand
success. Many fine marksmen have enter
ed their names. The prize gun IS very
tempting.--Three or four years ago one of
best Tar River farmers of Pitt county, sow
ed five acres in highland race; Inc yield
was very great and he shipped it to Will
mington and sold it in the rough state.
Not long since, while talking with INN
about it, he acknowledged that with half
the trouble, it had made him more than
any five acres be had in cotton. When
asked why he did not plant again and more
largely his reply was "Welr don know,
am used to cotton"
New-York tribune., 1879-03-19
PUBLISHING THE LAWS.
MR. BAKERS AMENDED BILL CoNsIDERED-A PLEA
FOR ECONOMY.


FOR ECONOMY.
rrpoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNR.l
ALBANY, March 1S.-The Assembly con-
sumed considerable time to-day debating Mr.. Bakers
bill in relation the publication Of new laws In the
newspapers Of every county in the state As originally
January the bill provided for the abolition
practice OF publishing the laws, but the Judiciary
Committee amended that the Board OF Supervisors
of each County directed to appoint as publishers
the two newspapers each of diverse politics having
the largest circulation The bill has naturally met with
a great deal OF opposition from the publishers OF
newspapers throughout the state.
To-day the bill was severely criticised. It was de-
cared that it was an almost impossible task to learn
the circulation OF any newspaper. Mr. Mann, OF Troy
said that tour papers in that city authorized TO
nriut the Official OF the cOrpoatOn but that there
were so many disputes circulation that SIX news
napers now we're doing the work. The city had also
been involved in lawsuits after naming the papers Vi
largest clrcuatiOn Other members stated that they
thoght the boards OF supervisors ought not to be re-
strlcted as 10 the newspapers they should select
amended Si his original bill providing the abol-
tion Of the publication Of the laws lie then MADE
louu speech in of his motion. He argued that the
ratification of the laws unnecessary burden To
faxpyers because their publication was already pro
yIded Tor m ways less expensive. The aggregate eA-
nenditre i'm the several counties OF the state for pub
iisn,ug the session laws IN two newspapers III each
county during the past years amounted TO not less
tban 100000 Tns estimate was made up from Of
ncul reports made in every county OF inc ctde' tte
regard was paid act limiting the publication OF he
laws to wo every county. In The county
OF Rensselaer, for Instance III the year lolo' t"elt
newspauers were employed. which were cacn pald
5000 1877 fourteen papers edch fecelNtu IKE
onnunt-makmg the SUN of $4,000 divided among the
newspapers IN thdt county during TWO years, MI.
Baker tnen said tnat his blll had been called An act
lor the suppression OF intelligence" lie "ouiu "thN
thc fairness of THIS criticism No doubt there we're per
sons who read The session laws III the pu
me- believed the number very small 1he laws were
uubli sized months after they WerA approved ~
ihe Governor. aud frequent! IN tne s9",ies. ppE,
i'm supuIrmeuts Il was absurd To think tat the people
rrod tnetu IL would be more useful TO nave thtHl
Ell as fast s passed IN the Ohcts OF the OouhtH
Clerks of mo several counties. Every law, moreover:
wort or notice was SUMMARIZED IN me newspapers or
the state at time lis passage In conc uslol M
BYkel moved thai bIl be considered aHothef da!'
Tho IIoiIOu Has aduDtcd.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-19

When buildings fall and persons are buried In me oeDrs,
the Fire Commissioners required "a use All celerIy
in eXtrcating tLem and the expense, IL any, sha po
paid by the Controller OF the city,
Senator Wagner has reported avoraby from the COM
mttee Railroads the bill 10 prevent the construction
and operation of an elevated railway upon La'ayett
DeKalb Atlantic, Bedford and WashiDgton,aves'' ana
Clinton, Fourth and WashingtOn-sts, III BrooKlyn'
Senator Pierce has introduced bill to e1tehd tno
time for the completion Of the bridge OF the Hudsoh
Suspension Bridge and New-EnSland Railway Company
until July ], 1855.
Senator Wendoyer has brought in a bill when pro-
vdes that any person from through whom tho owner
Of property shall procure policy OF insurance upon ms
properly, shall be deemed the agent Il the company
issuing the policy.
In the Senate today the following bills were passed
To confer additional powers the marsha OF the CIV
OF New-York accepting the sovereignty OF por2a OF
the town OF Farhaven, w.; relative 10 renting or 'ed
ing tenements IN NewYork City; to suppress the manu-
facture and sale Of poisonous fabrics
The Assembly passed to-day the bill relating TO ana
reducing the expenses of the city government OF Long
Island City.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-19
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
FIGHT FOR LOCAL POWER

JOHN KELLY PROBABLY OVERTHROWN.
| REGISTER LoEw AND SHERIFF REILLY MAKE A
KITCHEN DEAL" WITH GOVERNOR ROBINSON,
AND THEREBY SAVE THEIR OFFICIAL HEADS
Mr.. TILDENs TAMMASY sACHEMs LIKELY TO BIB
ELECTED AT THE APRIL ELEcrIoS-rHE sUBoR
DINATEs IN OFFICE WHIPPED INTO THB
TRACES "-THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE ST.
cRETLY TAKEN POSSESSION OF BY HUBERT o.
THOMPSON, THE NEW CLERK-PRoBABLE LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS BY Mr.. GUMBLEToN.
The removal of County Clerk Gumbleton is
generally recognized as simply preliminary to
that of the Police Commissioners, and "a part
of general movement to obtain possession
of the political machinery of Tammany Hall
under the guise of "Reform." There is no
question that Register Loew has made his
peace with Governor Robinson and Mr.. Tilden,
who really directs the movement by agreeing
to support in the Tammany Society the
Sachems to be nominated by Mr.. Tilden.
There is little doubt that Sheriff Reilly
and his adherents in his office have
quietly agreed to do the same. OF
course the members of the Society in tho
County Clerks office will have to agree to do
likewise or leave their positions; and the
forthcoming changes in the Police Board viii
still further strengthen the opponents of Mr.
Kelly, and doubtless effect his defeat at tho
election in April. This is the true complexion
Of the latest reform movements of Mr.. Tilden.
The Office of County Clerk was filed by tho
appointment of Hubert o. Thompson. Deputy
Commissioner of Public Works. Understand
ing that Mr.. Gumbleton had taken measures
to hold possession of his office and force tho
new appontee to take quo warrantO proceed
ings to dispOssess him, Mr.. Thompson took
secret and forcble possession of the Office Oh
Monday morning before daybreak, and Mr..
Gumbeton is now put in the position of as
suming the initiative of quo warranto pro-
ceedings, an obvious disadvantage AL
bany, the Tammany Democrats in the Legisla-
ture are very angry with Governor Robinson,
ard they assert that the removal of Mr.. Gum
bleton will injtre the party.