J.-A.. BONITZ; Editor and Proprietor.
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Published Semi- Weekly $4 00 a Tear.
VOL. XV.
GOLDSBOEO, N..C, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1879.
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'. Ncw.Advcrtisemenis.
NOTICE.
' rpHE Third Session of the Snow Hid
JL Academy will commence January
t 13th, 1879. For further particulars apply
-r to the Priacipal, . .
i . decl2-lm GUY LOVEJOY.
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Goldsborb Mills
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WF. CAN AT LAST ANNOUNCE
to the public that we have started
t he above Mills, next door to Kornegay'&
Co s Machine Shops, where we are pre
jared,to u.ake .'. ''
Good JtouiiJIIin Feed,e
at all times.
Pai)!hscan come -to town, bring their
Wheat and Corn, attend to their other
business, call around when they get ready
to go home and get their Flour and Meal.
Come to town and to: mill, at the same
time n.nd kill two birds with one stone.
We will buy Grain and pay the market
in ices therefor and keep Flour, Meal,
Feed, &c., in quantities to suit all. We
will do cur level best to please.
sCJ Give us a trial. ;
eef O-tf GRANT & HOLLOWELL.
Wholesale Liquors.
M. Leliinaii,
, GOLDSBoho, X. C,
linporicr and, yZeclijie7'
V7wlesa2e Trices.
Nut presuming to miake any broad asser
tions, excepting those to which I am justlj
enlitled or claim but I can say without
liejUatioa that I keep as good and as
., Pne Ryb, Bourboa and Corn Whiskies,
Apple and Peach Brandy!
is any p:quor dealer in North Carolina,
v.ot exceping some of the Wilmington
lealers (on the Cape Fear) who claim to
lie triumphant and put off on the unsophis
ticated dealer,all patent Barrels and Brands.
1 11 It . ais't right " But just gire me a
call- jvhd try our "Challenge Rye," Pure
and Original, and you will not be deceived.
. Call and examine our fine stock of Cigars.
CP Al?o Agent fo-r Ale and Lager Beer.
' ottll-tf " ' E. M. LEHMAN.
New Boo& Shoe Shop.
The undersigned beg to inform the citi
zens of Goldsboro and the surrounding
country, that they have associated them-
rtlves lor the purpose of canyiDg on a
first class Boot and Shoe Shop, and may be
found in the corner room of the Cobb
Building, where at all tlme3 they wille
pleared to receive orders for new work of
any discription, and do all sorts of repair
ing',' at lowest ruucES, lowcrthan ever
fft red !' fore in Goldsboro, and inhar
.n.ony wi'h the present law price of every-
We r.re both practical shoemaker J of F,
nvin.y years experience, and" guarantee
t,r.yj-i fat is! action? .. as ti3 'styles, fit and
price? In rapa ring wo make invisible
rati :-hcs a spa ialty.
AlPwrkprompMy attended to.
J. P. WEDDON,
dec9-lf . WM. SULLIVAN.
FOR EElSfT.
The Fair Ground Property, containing
about. 22 acres of land, suitable for Truck
Farming. '
TherAlien Vooten Property, consisting
of a comfortable and nicejy located Dwell
ing and afcont 1'5 acres of Good Land,
a!s' stntaWe for Truck Farming, situated
on jNVilriam Street, in the Town of G,ol(s
boro. , '
Jnc Farm known a3 tliellolland Place,
about 7 miles from Goldsboro, good cot
ton land, containing about 98 acres. "
One Farm, lately oceupied ; by Nancy
Mason; containing about 100. acres, about
0 miles fro,m. Goldsboro. 1
j. he vtore House now occupied by ii.
Edwards under Bonitz's Hotel, will be
rersted from January l&t, 1879.
y The Store House on West-centre St.,
iiext,toL. D. Giddens' iTewelry Store and
i'onuerly occupied by Powell & Son. i
. All of the above named Property will
be rented an reasonable teHTii?. For parr
ticulars. Apply to
- II WEIL & BROS.
i tccic-ti : ... .
Hotlce
to Debtors.
' All pers-vr.sindebtcd to' Gregory, Gal
loway & Co. must make payment imme
diately to the undersigned.
W. T. DORTC H & SON. '
nov25-'7Stf
A Large and Fresh
Suppiyof
G:vsters, Crackers, Candj, Tobacco,'
, Glue, leathers, Corn, Grain
Sacks llay, Li$ie, Plaster, Hair,
Lagging, Tics, Twine, Salt,
Alamance Yarns, Apples, -Butter,
Lard, &.C., " .. . '
J nst licceived. and forale low by
B. M.'PRIVETT k CO.
221 IS IK.
w Ti ii i iff n .4kta
IF YOtFWANT
SOMETHING 0OD
GO TO v
A. H. KEATON'S,
Whcre you will alvrajs find a full supply.pf
Family Grecsrlas & CoDfeetioaery;
sucb as bulk meats, bacon, larcf, gftt-edge but
ter, elected cream cbeere, flour, meal,large and
emull hominj, rice, buckwheat, sugar, all grades
coffee, all grade?, roasted Rio and Lag. coffee,
best brand?,: soap, etarch, lye, "potash, allspice,
pepper, sod, baking powder of all kinds, molas
ees vinegar, and oil. cakes arid crackers of all
K-Iatlr at bottom prices.
. C A E D G O O D S .
such as frr eb.peacbe?, tomatoes, cherries, straw
berries, pineapple lima beans, corn, lobsters,
cy'tCT, eardinee, Wilson's corn beef, pig's feet
RM tongues, brandy Deaches. Dickies, catsup.
pepper-sauce and horse radiBh. Plain and fancy
icatiaics or all, styles and Tarldy nuts of all
niDGs, raisin?, oneuarter, one half and whole
boxes, citron, minced meat, jellies of all kinds,
, extracts, all flavors, figs, Malaga grapes, pears,
apples, prunes, i currants, cranberries, granges,
: lemons; cocoanufs preserved ginger and peach
es, dried apples land peaches, onions, Irish pota
oe? and) codUhienun' and tobacco, all grades of
i , In-ware; wooden-ware and crockery.
Tbunkfal tj a generous public orpast patron
ige.J nope by fair dealing to continue to merit
, the same. Remember that full weight and meas
ure will always be given. Those Indebted to me
will please come forward and settle np.
j ' A Reppcct fully.
nov.S-tf
For
fihristmas,
A. II. KEATON.
Z? ON1 T STOP MY PAPER.
: A contributor sends us the following,
which appeared originally in the Printer's
Circular.
Don't itop my paper, printer.
Don't strike my name off yet
Yon know, tha timea are strlng-ent,
- And dollars hrd to get ,
' Bat tog: a UtU harder.
Is what I mean to do, v -And
scrap th dlmee together
nonh lor me and you.
. . I can't afford to drop It;
" X find it doesn't pay
, To do without a paper -i
However others may ;
X hat to ask my neighbors
To gr me theirs on loan.
They don't lust say, trot mean It. k :
.. . w By tfont yM hare your owsf
Ton can't tell how we miest.
If it, by any fate, '
Should happen not to reach us,
t Or come a little late. -'
Then all Is In a hubbub,
And things ro all awry,
And, printer, if you're married
You know the reason why. -
The children want the stories,
And wife is anxions, too.
At first to glance It orer
And then to read It through,
And I to read the leaders, ,
- And learn he current views.
And scan the correspondence
And every scrap of pews. '
I cannot do without It, ,;
It is no use to try,
For other people take It,
And, printer, so must 1;
I, too, must keep me posted, :
. And know what's going on,
Or feel and be accounted
-A fogy simpleton.
Then take It kindly, printer.
If pay be somewhat plow,
For eaeh Is not so plenty.
And wants not few, you know ;
But I must have my paper $
Cost what it may to me,
I'd rather dock my sugar
And go without my tea.
So, printer, don't yon stop it,
Unless you want a frown.
For here's the year's subscjiptlon.
And credit it right down, ' .
And send the paper promptly
And regularly on, ' .
' Anc let it bring us weekly
Its welcomed benison. ; '
LYLA BUHIWS GLOVES.
Lyla Rush ton drd. love three buttoned
kids. She always wore thaur No, I
mistake ! She wore four, tire, and even
six buttoned on grand occasions, but three
buttoned daily. A handsome shoe and
handsome gloves were almost essential to
Lyla Rush ton's happiness.
Lyla was (let me whisper it with fear and
trembling, lest some "fair readers toss, her
head contemptuously, a compositor. She
lived in a nice house, nicely furnished,.on
a nice street, with her father and mother.
To be candid, Lyla's father did not own
.
wholesale store, had a salary sufficiently
large to enable him to hire a pleasant resi
dence and support a family comfortably.
But his eldest child,' .the aforementioned
Lyla, was an independent little maiden,
who was not at all contended after she
left school to settle down to the aimless
life of many girls to dress, and shop, and
read novels, and visit, and receive visits.
She resolved that she would be no further
expense, nor was she contended to idly
fold her hands and wait for some condes
cending man to assume the bills neces
sarily incurred in a young lady's support
she would do something.'
hat shall it be ? IShe could not write
abook; she had not the patience to teach
a school, she did not like, sewing; she
would not stand for twelve hours behind
a coun ter for a mere pittance; but she had
a cousin who was an editor of a country
paper. She had visited for several sum
mers at his house, and spent many hours
in his office, and being a lively, curious
little body, Jbas made . herself mistress of
many of ti secrets.
Now she wrote to' Mrs. Cousin Tom,
'May I pay you a short visit?' To Mr.
Cousin Tom, 'May I perfect myself in
typesetting ?'
Mr. and Mrs. Cousin Tom gave one an
swers to the two questions. -
'You may with great pleasure to us.'
Lyla was down at Rockford two months,
and. returned, aperfect mistress of her
profession, to accept a lucrative position
in the city, and wear a new- pair of three
buttoned kids per month.
And one seeing Miss Rushton walking
down the Avenue and Broadway of a
morning in her neat, stylish suit, with the
prettiest of fitting shoes and dainty gloves,
would recognize"' in the pretty blonde a
thorough lady; nor dream that many.
hours of her day were spent in the dirt
and grimness of a printing office.
One autumn afternoon two gentlemen
passed out from a large building occupied
by the officers of the 'Daily Blank.' As
the elder of the two, a fine looking," intel
lectual faced man, stepped foot on the
sidewalfc, he stopped tq lift a pair of pearl
colored, three buttoned kidf.
'Some lady has lost these pretty ar
ticles,' he said, spreading the diminutive
gloves (five .and a quarter) upon his palm.
'I say, Ambrose, what shll I do with
them?' V - ..
Y- Waltert Ambrose, the son-of one of New
York's wealthiest merchants, laughed
".Why, DuJwood, you veritable women
. hater, I Veriiy believe you despise the fair
sex too ffiuch to keep their smallest be
longings about you. Now-I propose you
keep etne of those dainty gloves, and I
the other, and see who shall find a fitting
owner forjthem.' ' '
. Durwood Morrell smiled a sunshiny
smile, -nd said, languidly Til agree to
that; butas it scarcely necessary to add
that you will bo the one to find the pretty-
handed feminine.' " n
'It must be a pretty hand, saicf Am
brose, looking ' at the diminutive - glove,
then tucking it in his, vest pocket. .
'Yes,' a hand that can drum on the
piano, work in Berlin wools, and , display
diamond souvenirs of conquest nothing
else, said Durwood, cynically. .
, 'Well, old boy, what would you have a
jromaq do, V . - r'
'Something useful.'
'Nonsense 1 Most women can do some
thing useful.'
'Yes, but I admire a woman who makes
her whole life useful.
Shortly after the above conversation,
Walter Ambrose wayridmg ur-town in a
stage, when it stopped for a lady to en
ter. W alter politely held open the door,
and just as the stage started, perceived
that she had dropped a "glove from herv
muff.. He sprang out, secured the article,
and smillingly returned it to the owner.
When Lyla Rushton (for it was she)
left the stage, the dubious clouds of the
wintery day were shedding copious ehow
ers of rain. Lyla had no umbrella;' Walter
nad", for whicri provTdence that gentllman
was duly thankful. Somehow Lyla's blue
eyes has made a strange impression on
Ambrose's heart. He begged to escort
her home, and Miss Rushton looked first
at the drenching rain and then accepted
his offer. , When Walter left her . at the
door he handed her a card containing his
name and address, and begged permission
to call on her.. .
Well, it "came about that wealthy,
handsome Walter Ambrose called on Lyla
Rushton more than once, and escorted her
to theatresand concerts. One night -he -
asked her to accompany him to the opera
the succeeding week, adding that he
wished to introduce her to his-sisters.
Then Lyla bravely resolved that Walter
Ambrose should continue his acquaint
ance with her on no false ground.
'I am passionately fond of opera, Mr.
Amb'roso, and should enjoy accompany
ing you, but I must not allow myself to
meet your sisters, or even to continue my
acquaintance with you, until I make you
aware that I work for my living. I am a
type-setter.'
Brave Little Lydia ! foolish Walter.
Of course Mr. Ambrose was too polite
to show any disapprobation, but there was
a troubled, trifling coolness that Miss
Rushton noticed and uneerstood. j
I say, Durwood, he addressed his ac
quaintance next day at the club, 'what do
you think of a daily working girl, as type
setter, wearing three buttoned kids al
ways, and and being a lady generally ?
'She must be worth knowing,' replied
the distinguished editor of the 'Daily
Blank,' with more interest than he often
showed concerning ordinary topics.
'She is! Why 1 nearly fell in love
with her.' -
Mr., Durwood Morrell gave Ambrose a
quick, searching glance, then with lan
guidly veiled eyes, questioned,
'But when you found out that she was
one of the world's work ersl' you set a
guard over your heart?'
'It would scarcely do to make a. compo
sitor my wife,' ?aid Walter, very much as
if he wanted Morrell to disagree with him.
But'Morrell made no answer, and Am
brose sauntered away. That" evening he
stopped for Mr, Morrell to walk up-town
with bim, and as the two gentlemen stood
on the walk lightning their cigars, just by
the entrance of the office, Lyla Rushton
tripped out. '
'Good evening, Miss Rushton '
'Good evening,' the lady replied, coolly.
At sight of her, Walter' heart thrilled
strangely, and. despite her coolness, he
ventured another remark, for the sake of
detaining her.
'Is-it possible this is your'-he hesi
tated, but. Lyla graciously answered hi-3
meaning. '
'Yes, this is where I work, Mr. Am
brose.' f
'Then may introduce you to my
friend? Miss Rusbon, Mr. Morrell.'
'Mr. Morrell can readily understand
that is scarcely less than a friend to me,'
said Lyla, smilingly acknowledging the
introduction. 'His face, name, penman
ship and thoughts are all familiar to me.'
Though I have been in cruel ignorance
of the honor I have Tyxd," replied Mor
rell pleasantly and the trio parted.'
Perhaps it was not odd that the most
distinguished writer on the editorial, staff
of the. 'Daily Blank' should often meet
one of that paper's compositors; perhaps
it was, considering that the said gentle
man was'reputedly a woman-hater, at all
events is was tantalizing to Walter Am
brose, who found out thst he loved Lyla
Rushton madly after he himself had
broken the smooth flow of their acquaint
anceship. rl
' Poor Walter ! how he raved privately
when the, newspawer "world, literary
circles, and fashionable society, announced
that handsome, talented, courted Dur
wood Morrell was soon to marry blue-eyed
Lyla Rushton, and Miss Helen Walter's
sister remarked, having met Lyta, that
she thought Miss Rushton 'perfectly
splendid,' and 'so noble, riot tp be ashamed
of her past profession !'
i Durwood asked Walter to be "grooms
man, but tha't- gentleman .declared he
must be in Philadelphia that week, it was
bad enough to have to send the bride an
elegant gift, and to listen to his sister's
extravagant praises of her loveliness.
- Mrs. , Durwood found a pearl-colored
glove eanefully stowed away in her hus
band'? mouchoir case, and examining it
perhaps a littla wifely jealously was
surprised to recognize one of a pair she
had lost nearly a year previous.
She greeted him at night with
'Durwood, where did you get one of my
old gloves?'
He recognized the article and remem-r
bered the circumstance. - " ; - -
'Is. it yours?' ho questionsd, with an
amused look-
jOffiouFse; didn't you know it; where
did. you get it I'
"'I found it outside of the office, and
kept it at .Mr. Ambrose's suggestion. He
ha the other. I certainly did not know
it iwas yours, not dreaming that our em
ployees were so extravagant as to wear
three buttoned kid gloves.' .
'Oh 1' laughed Lyla, fthey were always
my weakness.
'If I. had but known that sooner, I
might have a right to this some months
ago,' and he deliberately took a kiss nay,
several. - - ' v
PRESIDENTIAL PROttABILL
:;;-v!--'' ties. .
The correspondents of different promi
nent papers, writing from various points,
are giving' what they claim to have ascer
tained as public sentiment in regard to
Presidential aspirants. Of course, these
writers only get the opinion of the light
political material that floats on the surface
of the great body which is to settle the
great question. -They get what is belieyed
in the Legislatures, and is retailed about
the hotels and saloon3rYThat the peo
plethe masses may do what they will
in all probability do taking, as they
seem disposed to do, the bit in their
teeth is, in our opinion, - not only un
known, but teyond safe conjecture. That
the South will uot contend for either
place on the Presidential ticket, wo be
lieve, because we have never heard among
the'masses any such desire they are los
ing, in the South, the disposition to man
worship, ' losing their confidence in what
are called great men and trained politi
cians, and are concerning themselves
more about principles than men, more
about practices than policies. : A special
dispatch from Cinciiwati to the Philadel
phia Tinges says :
j "Interviews -with leading men of both
political parties throughout the entire
South have been collected by ' the Cincin
nati Mjiiquirer. lney bear mainly upon
the Presidential issue of 1880. The mass
of views presented is summarized by the
Enquirer as follows: Not a Southern
man is presented on either side as ihe
choice for President, if weaccept Senator ?
Bayard, of Delaware, and many ot the
gentlemen who are interviewed, expressly
state that the South will ask nothing at
the hands of the National Convention,
but will cheerfully support whoever
chances to be the nominee, no matter
wnjfcre he comes from. Amongthe Dem
ocrats the first choice seems to be pretty
equally divided between Thurman and
Hendricks; a Western man being prefer
red. Bayard, however, has many devo
ted supporters through the Soulh, and
may be reckoned a good second.
"Tilden, who went into the St. Louis
Convention two years ago, with the solid
South at his command, lias, in a great
measure, drifted out of notice, while Han
cock and. Pendleton, the, farmer of whom
was reckoned as third in the Convention
of 187G, have both a few zealous support
ers, who yet believe in" their destiny. ' It
looks now as though the race in the Dem
ocratic ranks was between Thurman and
Hendricks, and was a very- even race at
that. Thurman has the advantage of his
seat in the, Senate to . assist him in the
fight this winter against the banks, while
the failure to carry Ohio this fall tends to
cripple him. Hendricks has the satisfac
tion of having can bd his State with a
magnificent burt 1 of success, though he
has to cnJure the disadvantage of being
a retired statesman out of the ranks of
public life. Among the Republican can
didates Grant fairly leads them all. Next
to him Blaine is entitled to the place,
while Conk ling follows the man from
Maine at some distance," .
In regard to Mr. Tilden we go further
than this correspondent. All that has
happened since the Presidential election
has tended to carry him farther from the
Southern Democracy. He never had any
personal strength in" this section was
never a favorite ; was a leadeifonly on one
question reform. We do not believe he,
is the choice of a single Southern Dis
trict. "Hancock only had negative South
ern strength, and that in view of the mili
tary occupation of Southern States, and
the illegal use of troops. Neither had
any strength on the financial and mate
rial questions now controlling our peo
ple. Altogether, the views of the Enquirer
in regard to the' South, are probable
Hendricks and Thurman, both have per
sonal strength. The masses look on
them as friends. .Their financial views
find favor with the people. We Iwlieve
that Thurman is the favorite in the South,
beyond doubt, in Virginia. Our peo
ple trust tiim as an honest, conservative,
able, firm, conscientious man; not liable
to be led into extremes, or driven from
honest convictions. We believe .the East
would prefer him to Heudricks, while the
West would be satisfied, the South grati
fied and Virginia delighted. A liberal
platform on all subjects directly affecting-
the masses, with Thurman for President,
and Hancock or McClellan for Vice-President,'
will take the wind out of the sails
of all the bloody-shirt and hard-money
arrangements of the Radical party for
18S0. ' :
GRANTS FOLLOWERS AND
ADVOCATES.
Several of our cotemporaries are pub
lishing interviews with men who are in
favor cf, nominating Grant for a third
term.; It is curious and instructive to ob
serve the class in politics to which these
men, " in the main, , belong. They are
spoils-mec politicians of soace former
distinction, who, for one cause or another,
have lapsed from the standing they for;
mcrly held even in their own party.
- It is easy to make a large show for a
candidate . with very little . substance for
the superficial appearance to rest upon.
The noisy talkers in politics are very few
in comnarison with the vast multitude of
silent thinkers and voters. ,
' For twenty years a-trvellcr through the
United States could nardly resist the con
viction .that Henry Clay would be the
next President. , The great majority of
persons to be found in the stage coaches
of those days, and "the steamboats, and
later in the cars the men who mostly
'talked politics talked for Clay; bufwhen
successive ejection days arrived Mr. j
r was far in tri rear. - i
Clay was far in the rear.
Gen. Grant has nothing like the chance
even of. Henry Clay. He not only has
the silent masses against him for good and
sufficient general reasons; he has also the
tremendous force of the traditional hos
tility to a third term. This we do not be
lieve it is possible for him to overcome.
:The description ot politicians most for
ward and loudest in their advocacy of
Grant for a third term may be regarded
as an indication of thefcbjectionable in:
fluences by which he would be surrounded
if again placed in the White House. His
surroundings were bad enough before. It
looks as if, m the event of his election to
a . third tera, "they "would be worse, if
worse they could be.
REYIEW. OF THE YEAR.
At the close of the' old year and the
opening of the new, it is .interesting to
lookback, over the past twelve months
and and dwell for a moment on its' leading
event3. We condense from the fall re
cord published in the Baltimore Sun Al
manac for 1879 the following review :
Abroad the year 1878 witnessed termi
nation of the of the Russo Turkish war.
the signing of peace at Berlin and the-
conclusion pf a new treaty by a congress
of powers defining the future status of
Turkey in Europe, the occupation of Bos
nia by Austria, the ceding of Cyprus to
Great Britain, and the latter's declaration
of war against Afghanistan and practical
victory over that power. A remarkable
feature was the coincidence of socialist
demonstrations in Germany, Italy, Aus
tria and Spain. Two attempts were
made at the life of .Emperor William, of
Germany, one at that of King Humbert,
of Italy, and one at King Alphonso, of
Spain, while Emperor Joseph I of Aus
tria, is said to have escaped only by he
timely discovery of the conspiracy. The
Paris -exhibition, which opened on the
first of May, proved a moderate success,
and American exhibitors carried off a
handsome share of the awards. The lat
ter half of the year was signalized in
Great Britain by the failure of the City of
Glasgow and West of England Banks,
with liabilities aggregating about $50,,
000,000, and the beginning of a period of
almost unexampled business and indus
trial stagnation. . Among the many disas
ter which occurred during the year the
more notable were the loss of the British
training ship Eurydice, with 300 lives,
the steamboat Princess Alice, with 050
lives, the German iron-clad Grosser Kur-
furst,.with 300 lives, the steamship Poj;
merania, with 54 lives, and the steamer
Byzantin, with 60 ilives. Three serious
colliery explosions occurred in Great
Britain, the first at Opedall, involving a
loss of 35 lives, the second, , at Hadock,
200 lives, arid the third at Abercorn, with
280 lives. Mention should 'also be made
of the memorable panic at the Colliseum
Theatre, Liverpool, when 37 persons were
trampled to death.
i ROYAL DEAD.
Among the distinguished dead of 1 878,
t it TV n T . m
are victor jmanuci, rung oi Italy ;
Queen Mercedes and ex-Queen. Chrisii-
na, ot ft pain; I'nncess Alice, trrana
Duchess of Hesse ; Archduke ' Francis
Charles Joseph, of Austria; George V, of
Hanover ; Prince Napoleon Murat, of
France; the King of Burmah, Sultan of
Morocco and heir-apparent of Japan.
DIPLOMATS, STATESMEN, ETC.
Bayard Taylor, minister to Germany ;
Baron Adelswocnd, Swedish minister to
France; Don Manuel Freyre, Peruvian
minister to the United States ; Senator
Benj. ' F. , Wade, Congressmen T. J.
Quirin, of New York, J. E. Leonard, of
Louisiana; A. S. Williams, of Michigan,
and Beverly Douglass, of Virginia, Lord
Russell of England, and Leitrim, of Ire
land; Senator Henri, of France; Scnor
Rivero, of Spain, and Count Sciopis, of
lta'y. .
'. IS THE CHURCH.
Pope Pius IX, who has been succeeded
by Cardinal Pecchi as Pope Leo XIII ;
Cardinals Franchi and Cullen ; Bishops
Rosecrans, of Columbus, Ohio, and Gal;
berry, of-Hartford, Conn., Archbishop;
Dupanloup, of Paris; Rev. Dr. .Charles
Hodge, of Princeton; Rev. Alexander
Duff, the Scotch missionary, and Right:
Rev. Bishop Wilmcr.
THE BENCH
. Chief Justic Pearson, of North Caro
lina;. Asa Biggs, United States Circuit
Judge at Norfolk, Va.; Alexander S.
Johnson, Circuit Judge of the . United
States Court at Utica, N. Y.; Associate
Justice .W. B. Eagan, of the New Or
leans Supreme Court; Judge Sidney
Breeze, of the Supreme Court of Illinois,
and J udge George F. Shepley, of the
United States Circuit Court of Maine.
Right Hon. Wm. Keoh, Chief Justice of
Ireland, died insane at Geneva, after
nearly murdering his valet-
! j ARMY aND NAVY.
General Thomas C. Devin,' Brig. Gen.
Israel Woodruff, General Daniel McCal
lum, Gen. Robert C. Buchanan, Lieut
Benner. Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding,
and abroad, Brig. Gen. Julius Hayden,
Counf Achillee d'Hilliers, marshal of
France ; Gen. de la Mamora, of the Ital
ian army; Gen. Sir "Wm. Haly, comman
der of the English forces in Canada; Gen.
Hermam, of the Russian forces; Mehemet
Ali, the Turkish commander who was
assassinated, and Count de Paliko, of
France. j; . '
; OTHER PROFESSIONS.
James Hamilton, the marine painter,
George Cruikshank, the caricaturist, and
Wm. Cullen Bryant and Richard Realf,
among the poets; Samuel Bowles, of the
Spaingfield (Mass.) Republican', John A.
Graham ' and Col. Thos. B. Thorpe, Bri
tish war correspondents, and Col,, Jame
Johnson, proprietor of the 'London
Standard' the English, novelisWCebrge
the
Henry Lewes, Captain White Neville and j
Sir Wm fi:.T:.. T 4v j " . I
v" "u" uiuuujj i'nincu, aii iuv u ru
matic profession : Robert Heller, George
Vining , Bowers, Henry J. Mentague,
Charles Matthews, Wm. Fredericks,
Miss wary Wells, (.Mrs. Ktchard Sta-
pells,) Miss Lily Davenport, (Mrs. Frost
Thorne,) Arthur Cheney of Boston j Win
Niblo of New York; Frederick Gye of
London. Among the roll of scholars may
be mentioned j Professor Joseph nenry;
of the Smithsonian Institution, and Dr.
Peterman, thfe Gerrnan geographer. - Not
included in any of the above clasifica-
tions are John Morrissey, of New York ,
Wm. Welsh, of Philadelphia; Gideon I
Wells, ex-Secretary ot the Navy; WTm.
Orton, President of-the Western Union
Telegraph Company; Theodore Roosevelt
the New York ' merchant; Wm. M.
Tweed (the 'Boss') Dr. James C. Ayeri
and Minnie Warren, the ftprous dwarf.
THE HARVESTS OP 1877 AND 1 878. , '
The following table, which we copy
from the Sun Almanac for - 1879Was
compileJ from the official returns received
at the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington : ' '
Acreage
1677.
1878.
Wheat
.28,000,000
.50,000,000
,. 1,790,000
82.000,000
61.000,000
1,775,000
1,790,000
18,260,00
Corn
Potatoes. 1...
Barley....... .
Oottonf
Buckwheat..
i fitl'noo
ye
..... 1,820,000
12.760.000
UJtS
' . Yield
1877.
13,1 u.uuo
Wheat, bus.,
Corn, bus........
Potatoes, bus
Barley, bus
Ootton.t bales....
Buckwheat, bus..
Rye. bus
: 3,000,000
.1,342,000,000
. 170,000,000
. 24,000,000
4,750,0.') '
. 10,t70,000
. 82.141,000
l ;ooo,'ooo I
124,000,000
5!2oo'ooo
tMwoooo
Oats. bus.
406,000,000
Tobacco 25 per eent. legs than 1877.
411,OOJ,000
Yield per cre 27.6 bushels for 1878. ' ,
. t Estimating 450 pounds to the bale. ,
THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC.
We take from the Sun Almanac . for
1879 the following official returns of the
yellow fever epidemic received at the of
fice of Surgeon General Wood worth, of
the Marine Hospital Service of the and which the most advance Democrat of
United States, up to the middle of No- his time would never have approved. Af
vember, which show a total of 62,403 tef a time'Kimpton saw what a bad bluiv
cases of yellow fever and 13,536 deaths der had been made, and he surrendered'
during the epidemic of 1S78. Owing to himself to the authorities of South Caro
the disorganization of the local govern Hna, and had Gov.; Rice acknowledged
mentsin the South during the preva- his error no harm would have followed his
lence oftheplague.no complete , records decision of this case.- But the precedent
were made at many points, and in New wa3 anj the order was not revoked.
Orleans and other places daily additions Pretty'soon Massachusetts sent for two
are being made to the list of cases and criminals who'had ;fled from the " Bay
deaths by physicians and undertakers State" to Little Reody,"jind,' although
who failed.to report them at ah earlier pe-
riod.
lhe first case reported at Pew Or-
leans occurred about the 17th of July,
and is supposed to have been imported
from Havana, and the epidemic may be
said to have terminated on November 1 9,
when clean bills of health were issued by
the authorities for the first time. The
first death at Memphis occurred on the
Cth of August.
THE FATAL CURRENT.
The Macon (Ga.) Meenfjcr in a recent
issue says: "The extraordinary phe
nomenon displayed on the Florida -"coast,
by which not only the-coast waters, but as
far out as one hundred and fifty miles into
the gulf, have been rendered so poisonous
as to kilLthe fish and create a pestilential
stench in bays and harbors, where -the
floating carcasses collect, should receive a
thorough investigation. We have seen
no other explanation of the poisoning than
that it comes from inland waters the
Everglades prominently and penetrates
the gulf in stratas of dark reddish water,
which kills all tli3 surface fish so soon as
it reacnes tuem, and even lur ueyond any
I apparent contast. Tins poisonous out
noTOOAJetatetl to have been nearly fatal to
the fii?h trad'j between Florida and Ha
vana, the smacks finding it almost impos
sible to select a route in which the fish in
their wells are not destroyed by the
poison. , ' '
The Key West Kiy says : "The smack
George Storrs, Capt Zob Allen, attempt
ed to run to the westward in hopes bf
escaping the deadly waters, -anl when
fifty miles west of Tortugas, in twenty-five
fathoms of water, lost his whole fare of
fish in a very thoi t time. Ha describes
the poisoned water to the south aod west
of him, as far as he could see. The largest
fish, such as a fhaik, jew-fish and turtle
were floating around his vessel. . He
pointed his vessel eastward, and cnteied
onr port on Tuesday last, almost disgust
ed. Fifty miles, west of the Tortagas
would make the locality indicated 'Lib
west of Cape Florida and not very far
from mid-galf a reach of shore poison
ing .unexampled and almost incredible.
The evil is probably beyond human rer
medy but the cause of it should be scien-
tifically investigated .and inquiries made
into any possible danger to public health
of coast cities, should the evil continue
till next summer." I j
POWER OF THE VOICE OVER
CHILDREN.
It is usual to attempt the management
of children either by corporeal punish .
ments, or by rewards addressed to the J kindship of humanity,
senses, or by. rewards alone There isL
one other means of government, the
nower and imnortance of which are gel-
dom regarded. I. refer to the human
voice. A blow may-bo inflicted on a
child, accompanied . by words so uttered
as to counteract entirely its intended
effect. Or the parent may use language
in tho correction of the child, not object
tionable in itself, yet epoken in a tone
which more than defeats its influence.
Lt any one recall the image of a fond
mother long since in Heaven. Her sweet
smile and ever clear countenance are
orougnc vmajy to recollection. 3o aiso i3i
c . ... . - . - . I
her voice ; and blessed is that Darent wLo
is endowed with a pleasing utterance,
- . .. ... .. . ,. ..
What 13 it which lulls the .infant to re-
pose? It is no array cf mere wordal
. . - . . .
Ihere lino charm to.ihe untaught one in
ickicie, pyuau::st auvt -mviitcj. ik im iug
sound , which strikes it little ear, that
soothes and composes it to sleep. A few
x. - ' li mi
nutts, nowever unsKiuiuiiy arrangca, u
uttered in- aJsofT tone,' are found to pos-
sess a magic ' influence. Think we that
this Influence is confined to" the cradle?
No, it is .diffused over . every age, and.
ceases not.wbilo, the child . remains under
th'e parental roof. Is . tie boy growing
rudo in manner, and boisterous in speech?
I know of. no instrument1 so suro to con
trol these f tendencies as thegentle tones
of a mother! k She who speaks to her son
harshly, does not give to hU conduct the
sanction' of her own exam nlo. Shhrkoiirs
oil on the already raging flame. In the'
pressure"of t duty, we are liable- to utter
ourselves hastily to our children. Per-
haps 'a threat is expressed in a loud and
irritating tone. Instead of allaying the
passions of the child, ', it serves directly to
increase them. ' Every fretful expression
awakens in him the same -t spirit which
produced it. So docs a pleasant voice call
up agreeable feelings.' Whatever dispo
sition, therefore, we would encourage in a
child, the same we should manifest in the
tone with '-which we address them.
THE. SPREAD OF A BAD EX
AMPLE.
Without known precedent, and certainr
ly contrary to both the letter and spirit of
tne Datonal organic law, the Governor of
Aiassacnuseus,. non. Alexander Hamil
ton Rice, dropped his ministerial charac-
tcr an t0k ke 'responsibility of inquir-
ing mco tne motives oi uovernor tvaaa
Hampton of South Carolina, in uttering
a requisition for one Kimpton, a fugitive
from justice. ' This juridical inquiry was
the first false step, and it had to be fol
lowed by others, of course." The motives
were found .to bo political, and the requi
sition was dishonored, an act as disgrace
ful as" it was illegal. In spirit it sought
to establish a State right that Alexander
Hamilton wonld have scorned to consider!
Governor Vanzandt was willing to honor
the reouisitions of Governor Rice, he
thought it best to inform that official that
he questioned his motives and would fint
investigate them. Mearmhile the scoun
drel9CJcaped . the Y'lulchvp of thtr police
and arcstill at large. Nor did the bad
example rest here, for recently Governor
Hartranft sent requisitions to the' chief
magistrate of a Western State for some
persons charged with high crimes and
misdemeanors who had fled from the ju
risdiction of Pennsylvania, and they are
yet unnoticed or unanswered, because
Gen. Cullom, the Governor of Illinois,
questions the motives ' ', of Gov. .Hart
ranft, and will first inquire into the cases
of the alleged criminals before he delivers
them up to the watching and waiting
" riiinions of the law from Pennsylvania."
And there is no telling where this danger
ous practice will stop unless some one
brings the case before the Supreme Court
of tho.United States for final settlement
THE LATE BAYARD TAYLOR.
B.ivard Tartar. United States Minister.
, j -
dIeJ at Berlin. Thursday afternoon, of
dropsy, ' Mr. Taylor's official career has
bean so short that it is chiefly as a private
citizen wo must fpeak of him, and it is as
a writer that he will longest be remem
bered. From the time when his "Views
Afoot" were first published in the .New
York' Tribune, down to the present time,
he has been a most industrious literary
workman. Few Americans have cou
tributed so voluminously to the different
departments ct our literature. He was
m ' ..." . V
first known as a writer of travel and
poem; in which the same poetic fancv
arid charm of diction that prcvaded his
prose was christalizol in verse. Ills firs
effort in the field of fiction, "Hannah
Thurston," liailcdat the time of its pub
lication as the American novel for which
critics are still awaiting, and in the "Story
of Kennct'.he has given the local color
of 4 his native town in Pennsylvania
which, citizen of the world though he
was, the only place where he ever had
leiral residence. , In his "Poems of the
Orient,", he translates into strong Eng
foh thatdreamy llfef the East that has
alwayff facinated the imagination of the
traveler, and if he does not stand in the
front rank of our poets, we. have had
none who has written with a truer instinct
or a broader human sympathy. When
we wanted 'a centennary ode, wo coul
find none worthier than he to write it,
A great traveler, he has not , been a mere
collccter ofclentific or geographicU ; he
looked at people with a "Teeling of the
I Great Reduction In Durham Smo
king Tobacco.' ' Reduced to COc. a pound
j at Griffin Broa.', under Gregory House
in Ppst Ufnce.. , . . : " . t
Tartics wwhincr presents for their wive.
children or sweethearts, should go to M
E. Castex&Co.'.' : ; - : - t
tor Best White Linen Shirts in town
for $1.00 at M. E. Castex k Co.'.
An extra fine 4-Button Ladies
Kid
Glove, at $1.25, at Strouse's. .
t
.Highest Priz9 Port Wine.
- . . ' . .a t.,Vi-
Thebegt wine in the country thattook
iha ut-Vp-t nromium nt - the Centennial,
h, Sneer's PortGrano ; Wine, which -has
1 , 1 i , , m J i.:
Decome saceiecrateo.. anis wmo an
P; J; P? 'arf sJi
I Thvician. evervwhere who rely u
fh' a, mn tKo surest and -Lc
so.a
i rjy uniggi.-"t?l. ', I Or
' & Hill - - $
sale- by Prt Kirby
. , I
STATE NEWS.-i
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The &!cm Press a good and true pa-
per every way ha jnst entered its 27th
year. "
Tho Lum bcrton 75m Jas aq'pendcdl,
publication, and sold out to the Robeson-
ian, of that place. --
Hon. Francis Tl Shobcr. who fortrrtrly
represented the Seventh, District in Con- "'
gress, is ill w Washington of Bright dis f
ease., , t . ft
. A Wilmington lad had the only efro hi
had left so badlv ininrcd bv firwrrl ir ,
exploding near it that he will probably bo
totally blind. ' '
ci ii j '" ' ' !? ,'
bholby iMrora: Petitions arr beinj
circulated for tho signers, in the Vtriou4 .
portions of this countjf asking tho next
LegUlai urate rttsitho riloctXaw; i x z'.
Raleigh Netcn : About five tons bf rail-
road iron passed through this city yiter- v
uay, io dc tain on tne vy extern lUitroad
of North Carolina to the. Gulf, in Chat-:
lam county. ; ". '; ' '
Raleigh Oftettwer: It ik raid that all
candidates for Unitc3 States Senatorial
lonors are to bo invited to address thif
caucus of the approaching Legislature.';
Jjus was tho custom some years og..'), :i
The descendants of AIexndr anrf-'
Margaret Ixjve, who, in 1775, resided rn ' '
Fishing Creek. Craven countv. .N. C...
can hear of something of interest by' ad-,'
dressing box 181, Pottsville, Pa. South-
cm papers copy. ' "
Concord Sun : Three nocrrd men living '
in tho lower part of the county left their
r i .1 i . .
lamuies iac wceK ana ran away,- cacti
takincr a white , woman with hitn. f Wo
don't known which to pity but frcl.hat,
tho negro men are tho worst off -f r the
swap. . - - r, -
The Targcst hog thus far slaughtered in
ho Sfate, during' this winter, in ;
'onyth and belonged to Philip Kted. '
le kicked the beam at 854 Dounda.- Af.t -
tcr that do not let us hoar , anything fur,
l..."i r i - I I. i .
un;r uuuui luur r live liunnrtvj pouOU
pokers. ' ! - - '-;
Concord Rrm'ster; Wm.' KichoWi,
and John Mcacham broke jaiF. and e-' -
caped, rriuay morning, Tliey were both ;
in the cage, and with a piece of gas pip ;
they drew the staple, orcnl the door,'; -and
with a' rope mado or their blanket
reaenca tno crnnna. icnoison was
harmed with murder, and Meocham with
fraud and obtaining money under' fatal
pretences. ..-'.
Charlotte OUenrri, A 'family., inclu-'
ding seventeen persons, besides a grand-,
father and grandmother, camo down. on
the Statesvilo train, yesterday afternoon, .
en route to Florida. There were io many ;
children that the parent hid to resort to '
the plan ot tying a red ribbon around the ,.
hatnofcaeh in order to kren them to
gether. Fact. They were from Virginia, '
tne niotner m RfarKmn '
Raleich A 'e tec : During the nast Vekr
tho receipts of Internal Ilevenue in thh '
collection d Strict for each month were as
follows. Japuary $C4,908.19i. Evfcruar, ;
$43,305.92; March f7S,3941 ; , Apnt .
December 1 45,COo.Of . The total amounts
for the year amounts to $873,214.75.
Ralcizh Observer: Wvatt MelvcrMc..
Kcnscy, who was in NoTcnibcr lat con-!
victcd of tho murder of George Ooode,
made his escape from the fail of Hi king- '
ham county on tho night of the 2Gt'h,'to-i !
gethcr with other prisoner. Tlwy mad.
their escape by burninz tho. floorand
prizing tho iron bars of their cells. "'Mc-
Kensey is sai(j to be a threwd,' bold, dei-"1
2HS.IM); .July 80,2()5.00 ; Agut $99,-:
423.75; September $SO.C89.02; October -$9G.;Cf.30
: November 1 82.839.74
pcrato man, and tieing .uvored in his en-vv
terprise by tho fall of enow, which alraoat i
obscured his tracks, it will be a wonder if ,
he is ever taken. '. .' J ' . '
According to tho Salem Press Adam
Butner and wife,of Ftryth county, hat,
eight children. Here are, tho ages of
seven: Christian, -Mrears 2 months
and 5 days; IIcDry Harmon. 1 80 years 2
months and 14 days; Daniel, 81 years 9
months and 10 . days Adam, ' 78- years .
nnd 1 month; Annie Elizabeth, 74 years
and 7 months ; Jacob, 72 yoara 1 , month .
and 12 days; John, f0 j'cnrsA) months
and G days, aggrrgatinjf a total of 550 '
years 2 months and 17 days an.d arf nTer- "
age ago of 7:7 ycarj., . , , .. ,:
Washington Pw. Tho' ligfct drauffht '
lats .to be used for- tho'aurvej. of Tar
river as far up at TarLoro, have.i arrivpdi
and the slcanicr with which ihcy nro to
act in concert is hourly expected. We ' .
are not at this writing deflnltel' rnform
cd as to the object of jhe fcnrvey,: bnt Jro .
prcsutuo that , it is in connection ; with v
the proposed great coat t lino .canal. .
which is to form inland ltrijnUDirstion
tohir from Bjfton to New OIcanp,
and ibis, we understand, isanexperimoo-' .
tal survey to asccrtairi tbo mot rractural . . ,
routc- ; ; -., . y , V
Captain N. Dumont, an cx-FoJeral
soldier, and for several years after the war
in charge of a Federal Signal Servioo Ob-
servatory ii Massachusetts, of which
State he is a native", wo believe, has-js '.v
6ued a call for a convention of (Northern
men, who have resided in- the South suffi
ciently long to judge of thamcrits of the
location, to meet in Charlotte on the 15th:;
day of January, to prepare a .fcfaternent
make addresses,, eta, for publication in '
Northern papers concerning the advao-
tages and disadvantages of llie Slates of.v '
rfoTth Carolina, . Koitth- Carolina "and
Georgia, as homes for Northern men.
Wilmington Suit J A gentleman from. 4.
the lower portion of Pender county, who ' '
was in this city yesterday," tells us aboat 1
two colored menkillinga curious looking.
animal on his plantation New Year's day. $
The negroes, who are farm hands of in-
formant, aixl named Joho Paolsani Jahr1 :
Pickdtt, took his pack of hounds and
wentoutona fox hunt. About dirmer v;
time, the barking of the dogs in a thick t
forest attracted tho negroes' attention, m
and making their' way-iota th, wood
th found all the dogs squatting 1 arnnd .
the free and barking at. a queer, lookiog. ' .
noimal that was quartered among- tho -
tODmost branches. ; Tho dark if s at once
set to work cutting -down' tho tree, but
bewrethey had half finished; the t4rr
mint attemoted to lesn.in an adjoining
tree and fttll to the ground ; an?ou the . ,
dogs. A severe fight at once ensued, but. , ,
,tho dogs were finally victorious killing
the animal after receiving many lloodr
wounds among thetnselvos. The animal,
iri appearance, resembled ft young tiger,- .
apd ou Pender? friend Fys that all who ,
have seen it, pronaanew it to be of tno
geouino tfger spoqio-r. lie ha-Ithohid4 -taten
off and will exhit.it it' in onr city as
soon it cart be stuffed., . , . t,-' "
" rij Purer Window
than ever: also," Furniture
of every uo-
senru , at v ry jowct prices,
at Fiirh-
tier & kern s t aroiture btore.
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