Prof. McArthur has entered
on his new duties as assistant
principal of the Academy, with
a vim, aud his students express
themselves as highly pleased
with him.
Mr. Samuel Summerlin, a
pensioner of the Mexican and a
soldier of the late war, has
lately died in Smiths' township
He leaves a wife to mourn her
Joss. Verilv. a faithful one
has departed.
The Alliance pic-nic at Sandy
lains on the 21st instant, was
a grand hiiccess. mere was a
arge crowd gathered from Ons-
ow, Jones, Lenoir, and this
county, an abundance to eat
nothing intoxicating to drink.
Prof. B. F. Grady, the orator
ef the day, spoke for an hour.
Ie advised the people to im
prove themselves intellectually
and morally ana to improve
their lands; then in his own
masterly way, he exposed the
iniquities of the protective tar
iff, the Natioual banking system
and other evils. Ought not
Prof. Gradv to be put m some
osi'ion so that the people could
get more benefit from his great
accomplishments ?
Under the above head a
porter for tha Wilmington Mes
senger, who was hero last week,
has the following to say of our
town and its people :
"We thought Clinton was a
little staid, conservative, town
like many others in Eastern
Carolina, but our visit has been
quite a revelation. We find it
not only a beautiful but thrifty
and progressive town. While
being shown over the town to
day your correspondent saw
many handsome residences
which would be a credit to much
larger places, iu one of which
resides one of the youngest and
best judges iu thei State, the
Hon. E. T. Boy kin.
