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THtfTrmMT' kT" n. PARKER, editor, (jjPt. £ [ These cofttsShJ ate •pen tM-thejJ* rfiscimionrft W. te (iyp'AlfEß is not rWi>(fhsiblTTor the op nitons expressed by correspondents.'} - - All eves, of a political cast, are turned "West. Ohio fa ttar«ro!»t ecirtie •# iw lore.-it- The election lor Governor -mid other state officers comes oil oh 12th of October, this day week. No state was eve? perhaps more thoroughly canvass ed, both in point of activity andability. Old Bill Allen, as he has for along time been familiarly called by liis friends, and as he is liowrfuilled by everybody else, heads tlie democratic ticket seconded by lion. Samuel F. Caty, wfy>m many of our people recollect, as having passed through this state on lecturing tour some three years ago. We repollect he made a speech, iu front oS. the Bqiibow House, in Ureeiwboro r upon tba-J occa sion of the democratic nominating con vention o# 1872 in which lie gave evi dence of both ability, information and jrreat powers as a BU«mp speaker. Ba sides these, able canvassers, in the dem ocratic ranks, both in and out of Cmio in large numbers are actively engag ed. "Old Kill Allen" is said tobesim ply irresistible as a stumper. He is a politician of the old school, always a democrat, who led a brilliant political carreer, from which he retired twenty five years ago to seek the quiet enjoy ments of a farmer's life. From this re tirement lie was called a year ago by the democracy to lead them to victory, which lie did to tho astonishment of everybody. He is a hale old mam of seventy, a native of this State, and the uncle of Hen. A. G. Thurruan, the great Senator of the West. ;• 'The democrats claim the State by a decided majority. Upon the other hand the republicans am no less active in the cflnrass, and hate in the field perhaps all equal array of ability. They have the advantage it fcaid o' u lavish expenditure of money. They, with seemingly equal confidence .claim the State. The issue is anew, ono—one of finance altogether— the democrats opposiug a'speody resumption of speeic payment, and the republicans favoring it. T his together with other differences ot policy relating to the finances of the oonntry seemsbe* the real issue, VVH 11 "PP®*" are trying to moke Otl^/fo^^ujl^jOp. ROfition to Catholics, .Al len's majority, if»*f-Jf*S#svi,.|W»a:iflpß | thai} two thousand last year r wheu the State was wrested from a large rcpub" iean majority. It is impossible, as we thirik to f&ffitfilHhe* result- "fhe Ltsue »s a new one, and one upon which there is some divlftlon in both parties. flffe sliall know fa little mare than'a week. -♦■»■•. ; TKIIPBR4NCB. The Grand Lodge ot the 1.0. G.T. met etin Fkycttville last Tuesday. The Right Worthy Grand Chief Templar was present, and from accounts, the meeting was fall, Interesting aud calculated to do much gtiod.—And while speaking oif temperance, being something like the man who said tliut speaking of gun flints reminded him of shooting, we will mention that from the Greensboro Patriot we have an account of a county temperanoc meeting __ held in that city on Saturday 26th of September, which trafc largely attended, aud presided over by our old' friend D. F. Caldwell. Most of, the tqwnships in the county appear to have bqam represented and able ad dresses were made by tip' fyv. Dr. Smith and others. Resolutions werjs addled, committees were appointed* ft day set fi?r another meeting and earnest work is evidently Intended, Frpmtbe report of the proceedings yro infer thai this was nota Aiectiug of good Tem plars, or imrXb«r;ff4*r? twt drtiply a inoeting of all those who sympathise the temperance cause. kre i»| iti—* l ■ '■ «OV. HOI.DKren BISABIMTIKN. There was an ordinance before the Convention for the removal ot the'd&J abilities imiiosod upon W. W. Holden by the CSta'rt of Impeachment by he wa£ deposed. After long debate the ordinance was defeated. 11 Would have passed, bat for the reason that the Con vent ion, under the restrictions contain ed in the act calling it had no power to pass encli an oWlnAnofe. To have done so would have r»ten au act of legislation! and to legislate is one o! the things the Convention is enjoined from doing r There was however introduced an ordi nance to so amend the Constitution as to give tfij'te|ftslattirc power ©{" pardon ill such coses uudcr certain provisions. This ordinanoe will doubtless pass, and then when it becomes a part of tho Con- 1 stitutiou' the legislature will have pow er to act, which shonjd satisfy the friends of the pmsWfbeia Governor. 1 Mr«. ClemsoH, tho last surviving child of John C. Calhouu died in £outh * C ©WTSNTI#!*, The Convent ion has been in session, now twenty-live days and has dqp jpnuch. It is tiAC n||- a greafmany f amend flints hovel bc&i passed®heh» fir ual readings, yet preliraij jaryyoi haQope doi w be forts any important matter is really adopted, has been done in the case of many use ful and important amendments. The ordinances have been prepared, have passed the scrutiny ot committee rooms, a J'W been debrted, and iu~ ninny stances have passed some ot their read ings. All this work had to be dine, and it has been as rapidly as could, have' been under the circumstances. We j have given as full a report of the pro- . ceedings as we could well. !,( would be impossible for us to report synopsis of .speeches, and the full reports as given , by the daily papers. ■ We note every- | tiling that passes, and such other of the { proceedings as we deemf'df special inter- ; est. The democratic fhajdrlty is so small . as to be not entirely beyond the an- | noyance ofr the republicans, who are | seemingly .doing alf they can to cause j delay and confusion. They are trying i to make party capital for another cam-; paign. The waste of time—every hour | of it—is changeable to the republicans- j There is little doubt from present indi cations tMt the body will adjourn by the middle of this month. The ordi nance submitting the new Constitution to the votA's of the Stato at tho next regular elcctiou has already passed. . -' r4 ... . V Delano, who has become notorious if not famous as Grants Secretary of the luterior. has at last resigned. Ho ap pears to have been driven to this course by the force of circumstauces. Some months ago he tendered his resignation but it appears to have passed unnoticed' until now. Possibly au understood mat ter between the Secretary aud his chief. Ho goes out under the cloud that has for a long time overhung his Imputation, as an honest man and faithful public servant. Grants officials are urtifortunate in getting under clouds, and it seems next to impossible to dissipate those clouds to the satisfaction ot the public Will the day of'jobbery. trickery, fraud peculation and dishonesty in high places and low places of government, ever cease to be the rule and not the except ion? 1 ■: . "• COiKVBNTISN. NINETEENTH b'AV. ( , Resolution introduced to adjourn- oh the ith of this, month. for the different ordinances, forbidding white ancl blnak ehildilen going >to Seh'jol togetlier was adopted. publicans vobMl agahißt tHiS'ortßWArtci. The resolution ttt"k«Aii I 'il^"Hl^" highways by taxation was passed oyer informally. SVvV In regartj to tjie an oßfli nancc passed its second reading provid ing that fines penalties and forfeitures should bo applied to the School fund in the county where they were imposed aud collected. Many other ordinances and resolutions were taken tip and de bated, some of which passed as far as theirsecoud readings, and which will be Noticed as they are disposed of. TWENTIETH DAT. ordinance applying the monies raised from fines, penalties and forfeit ures, to the school fund of the county where they were imposed and collected passed its third reading. Ordinance requiring the rotation at Judges passed its third reading (It requires that no Jndgo shall hold oonrt in the saline coun ty oftener than once in four years). After some futher business the "special order." The Robeson county contest ed el&ctiou case was'taken up when there followed a of iu parli-. mcntary tactics, and 4 sceue of flllibus- porhaps wltno|§cd before in a deliberative body iu this State. Wo caonoit attempt au account of it. The wildest excitement prevailed. The re publican members'in a body, at one time left the hall for the purpose ot de stroying a quorum, but in this-they failed and the remit of the whole dart debate and maneuvering was that the whole matterSvas refered to a sptocfal commit tee, with powers to send lor persons and papers, to investigate and report upon the case. The entire day was con sumed. TWKNTV-FIE3T DAT. During this day there was no ordi nance or resolution passed. The que*' lion of abolishing tho office Of Lieut. ] Governor, aud of abolishing the Senate branch of the General Assembly , alto gether, or cuttiug down the number of Senators very much were among the important matters discossqd. A va riety of view# were expressed. Other matters, of coarse, claimed the attention of the body. HotMng was dofiuitly set tled however. TWKHVTftSKCdNb DAT,'' The big excitement of to-day was tbe Robeson county case again. There was a motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution bad passed referring the whole matted to a special committee. Upon this motion to reconsider It was objected that the two delegates from jKobcuon, whose seais are contested, f should be permitted to vote. The chair I ruled the.v had that right, n" 'Phen followed hootings and veilings ! frorAhe repubttetm wdeiAl the hone, I whiflkire characterized ap disgrgpefil. [EveSliiiig posubl# ws .done m thp' i repylicans e tojfrrry {pheiX poiat, bjp 'as in their other efforts tßevfailed, aud the motion to reconsider after a stormr'tinic was tabled. Quiet was at last restored, and the convention ad jour nfetl till tomorrow ten fc'clook. , XWJUiXV-IHULD BAT. An ordinance introduced to confer upon the General Assembly | regulate charges ou freights and travel jon railways tfec. Resolutions instruct ing the Committee 011 Privileges and elections to proceed at one® to the dis position of the Kobeson county case was adopted. • s •> L . j | The ordinance providing that the Gov* ! eruor, shall, by and with the advice of : the Senate, appoint ail officers whose | offices arc established by this Constitu tion, and whose appointments are not +• I otherwise provided lor passed its final 1 ; reading.';- A motion to reconsider "was I made special order for Tuesday the sth ■ October at 12 o'clock. II An ordinance was adopted declaring | that amendments adopted by the COll - vention to art. 4 should not have the effect of vacating any term of offlqe,, uy.'j vij n /, ! TWENTY-FOURTH DAY. An lorbiding the call of a Convention hereafter unless it is ratified by a majority of tiie voters of the Stale at a regular election, and that the c&II must first be made by two thirds of the Legislature. All 01'diance for the I repudiation of the special tax bond! gave rise to considerable debate but nothing was doue—no vote was had. MASSACHUSETTS. Hrpabliran Slate C«n rent ion—-The PlaiforM WRMIMUM of State tick et. . WORCHESTER, Sept. 29. The Republicans in mass Convention asaoinbled reaffirm their allegiance to the great purpose and principal Of the Hepubliean party. They congrathlpte themselves that nothing lu their record makes it necessary for them, to give pledges that they accept and abide by the settlement of war issues made in the 19th, 14th, and 16th amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and they congratulate the country that the Democratic party has at last formally professed toabandotiits loug, bitter itid desperate bnt unavailing struggle to prevent and afterwards to overthrow thai settlement. We declare against a fhiito terin. and affirm thdt thfe Jfatiomil governmeift'iff'sacrcdly bouud iqtne Hl retest of the common we)ija^ ft |u gopd faith, and In the light .of. and history, to ; .tyltyl fts promws bjMlie speediest possible return to speoisxjftay-* meut; that an irjcdeeuaiblo currency "is a national evil, and when it continues beyond the necessity of its creation a national reproach. On the first ballot for Governor, Alexander H. Rice received 451, Geo. B. JLoring 382, and Chas. Francis Adams 253 votes; scattering 48. On the sec. ond ballot. Rice 497, Loring 225, Adams 261, scattering 64. Third ballot—nec essary to choice 499—Rice received 576, Adams 249, Loriug S}9, Pierce 96. The balauce of the ticket was nomi nated by acfclainatiou aud is as fol lows. i .1 t For Lieutenant Governon, Horatio- G Knight; Stats Treasurer. Chas. Endl cott 'Auditor, Julius L. Clark; Attor ney-General, Chss It. Train. A llaif fthot at Secretary SritUv ■Se Xa AccaeeS oT ShMUhg •■clal . , j !- ;%.)'•!' • f CHICAGO, Sept. 29. A Chas. H. Ham. customs appraiser at this port, who without notice ha*;-been removed from office, this morning pub lishes an open letter to the Secretary ot tne Treasury* Bristow hi which, Wbffcs asserting that repeated investigations only confirmed the honesty and correct ness Of his management, hemakes seri ous charges agsAfisf tbe Secretary for covering up frauds in the New York Custom House, anft siiyi that the report of Mr. Blodgett, detailing the mouStrous frauds which honeyobaub the customs service of New York, was suppressed, and the author of it was permitted to return to New York to continue the reform ho had inaugurated as Geaeral Appraiser of the port of Philadelphia. $L The Wilmingtoa Star says, Ex-don gressman Beck, of Kentucky, is confi dent .as are all the Democratic politi i clWhs in Ohio, ttfkt Gov. Allen will be re-elected by a tremendous majority; ■ and while he isofepion that Ohio. Indi ana ane Illinois me not inflationist whh in the strictjaaaiag of the word, those Stales are not ready to rednte Valnes to a specie basis for several years to come. » Inspecting the influence of Ndw York i in the presidential canvass, he said t& & i Washinton reporter tbat selecting a can i didate from Nt# York in 1868 and 72 ■ would give the West a claim to recog -5 uition, and he believed a Western man would be the choke of the national eon. i vention I •».. * Local, State and General. W. T. JOHNSON. EDITOR. - wm.'. C. RoArmoe, al Vofiplay Sfcap», himi/r MlLrlM a«-af rrVe. teive aaae. ' • ' "I Our readers must excuse so little read ing matter. The circus ir responsible, • bnfrit is seldom wc have it pays trfadvertige yofc kBDw. We will ♦mahenpM tUU. tfife picttfrfes" and excuse us. I A GOOD CHANCE FOR ALL!— Mr. ED. Small tie great photograph man will be at Company Shops on circus day, and one day after. This is a rare chance for all who are wautixg some Of his I fine work. From the Shops he wiU go to McbanesvMlc for a short while only. J '" t 11 ' ' "II i ■ 1 ' 1 i' 1 The Shelby Banner comc9 to us il Instratei and rejoicing at the completion [ of tlfieTtaflroad to thatHourishing moun | tain towt}., ,W$ it upon its happy feelings. We wish, there was a ' railroad extending to every town in the Stato. Ii i>*>ll 'i „ i The Raleigh Nbibs says: Senator A. S. Merrimon has accepted an invitation to deliver the address "at the next Sampson couyty Faiiv. The people of that county ■ may be certain that Senator Merrimo n will deliver an able and interesting ad dress. . The attempt of Ames to invoke Fed i eral interference in the Mississippi ! State canvass was thwarted by the com. I bined frowns of the good men of both political parties, and now the canvass is progressing smoothly, nobody being frightened. The sabbath school at Providence Church bad a celebration and pic-nic last Saturday. There was a large crowd present including scholars and teachers. A number of other sabbath schools were invited, and quite a number from them attended. The exercises showed the care of teachers, as well as the attention of scholars. The day was most pleasant ly'spent. A good dinner was spread upon the grounds, sufficient for all, an much to spare. Rev. W. W. Stale) was master of ceremonies. " OU« LIVING and OUR DEAD.— Tho October number of thfs valuable mag- our table, "and a.s usual is'l jfj®od things. The acta from, the qpeegb of jib* Hoifc, Throat ladling* span aloue is worth'the price «f the magazine. Tf the •mterprfae -ttAes not | prove H gratxT st4cteeß« it "WHf yWrtjiiiHy ttt V.ot because it dpes ( not . itj Wc * receive*'no jobore valuable pe riodical- «AM> are anxious to read it,assd if not well sustained it >is a re flectioirnpoU the people of the Whole State. The editors and published are doing thefr fall drity, and if our people, will bpt only half v\ ay do theirs success is assured. We will notice the contents, of this last number hereafter. k •#/ Says the Goldsboro Messenger m reference to the LOWery outlaw: "It really seems that tho gallows is to be cheated ont ot a deserving victim.—The notorious Geo. Applewhite, arrested here some months ago. and for which the State paid the reward of SSOOO, Wal arraigned at Columbus county Superior Court, aboot two Weeks ago, to be resentenced. Applewhite claim ed the benefit of the Amnesty Act, and his case was.posponed till. Spring ferm of that court, to afford the Solic itor further time tor investigating tbe the act, which, as it reads, exempts from it benefits Steve Lowery Apple white's companion, but unfortuately says nothing about Applewhite. Aftfcr March court the notorious outlaw will probably resume his occupation in Goldsboro* id a i ■ - GRAND LODGE I. O. G. T.—This bddy was in session for four days dur ing week in Fayetteyille. The at tendance was larger than upon auy pro. vious occasion,, there being some ninety Lodges represented. The order wss found to be in a flourishing condition throughout the state. There are two hundred Lodges in working order with a membership of over eitftt thousand. There was much business done of im portance to the order. The meeting wa&gpntirely harmonious throughout. Tkemst year increased the pf Lodges about sixty. The following Grand officers: N. B, Broughton, of Raleigh, reelected G. W. C. T.; Dr. 8. D. Booth, of Granville, couutv, G. W. Counselor; Mrs. Eliza beth Oaksmith, of Carteret, G. W. ▼. T.; Rev. A. T. Cohen of Edenten, G. W. Chaplain; Rev. Mr. Bowman, of Mitehell G. W. M.; Mrs. Worth of Ashboro G. W.D.M.: S.J.Fall of Raleigh GJ W. 8. ; Rev. Mr. Hall_Payetteville G. W. A. S.; Y. Ballard of Raieigh G. W. T.; J. R- Tlllery of Rocky Mount G. W. Mes. Next meeting of the Grand Lodge will be held in Raleigh, the seo ond tuesday in Aug. next. (Tassius M. Clay Is to take the stump for Wm. Allen and inflation in Ohio. THE GREAT NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS ZOOLOCUCALUND EQIJ ESTIVA N EXPOSITION.— be seen by an ad vertlSßEent inJE- paper to-day ttffc im-" meusAnstitumK exhibits in Compkuyj £ho P *hurs#October 0 ber 21. It copes)! lost tbe pi-dhk-iu. other cities. By a review of tbe adver. tisement we perceive it comes by Rail, using 50 freight cars to transport it from ppipt to point. Has au innumerable ' number of dens, cages, wagons, &c, to QQiit>>Mt«ita«MMMMUaveariaßifcia8 > lagnnge, &c. It requires and use#,a f'city ! ot tents" (so to express it) for exhibition, purposes, which at uigntareso brilliant ly lit up with gas that everything is dis cernable as in day. Among the animals enumerated are ''monster living Alaska Sea Lions, exhibited, in mammoth tankri' holding 40 barrels of sett water." Thijs will be truly a novel sight, as they are the only ones alive outside of the Pacifc ic Ocean. We notice the announce ment of a huge living Giraff eleven fecf, high; "blaze bok, African hartebe s W> the gnu or wild horned horse, the wap iti, tbe giaat'OStrieh, all of whom arc very rare and interesting antmals. Also, lions, tigers, elephants, camels, hyenas; 1 croebdiles, sacred cattle, Villas, manatees, (first ever' exhibitcd).' koodoos, viacjie varkes, bar. boons," in fact a world ot birds, reptiles, Ac. " Thcgallery of wax statuary will prove a very interesting as well as original part of the show, i the entire commu nity has read of King ftalakua, King Alphonso, and the Beecher and Tilton scandal. Life size representations of these persons will be found in the gal-* lery. The new invention, one that will astonish everybody, is the Steam Man. Walks and ruus unsupported; a mechan ical marvel. Its circus bids fair to out-rival any establishment we have ever had, both in point of numbers and scale of mer it. Many English artist, who have an excellent European reputation, and who make their first appearance in Ameri oa: Miss Minrfhie Marks, the greatest ie male rider the world has ever produced; M'lle llosanaCooke, with her 6tud of Menage and dancing horses; M'lle Ro siland, the beautiful character eques trienne; William O'Dale, tho electri fying equestrian; A. VanZandt, Who ' appears for the firtt time in this country n his f xtraordinarv and original Act, on l the' 'English Jockey's Pauline's," the greatest the world has ever known!— Hiram Marks, jester, the r most veoß&tile ring htimorist living: George Adams, the pantomimic wonder and king of tbts stilts; M'lle Jessie, slack wire equilibrist; Yonng'Leon, the'puly rider.who manages to ride aqd idrive nine horses; the Milton Jaspers, the three flying men of the air; Wm. Uatch ellor, the champion leaper of tbe world; ' Mr. Abraham YanZant, Holland, Mur ray, Molenture, Long, Davis, Hart and Rice, the extraordinary gymnasts. Many other celebrities are. mentioned that we have not space to designate here. Robert Freyer's troupe of trainod an imals. His ponies do the ''see saw." £he riding dog Kaliko jumps hogps, ban ners, bridges, &c. The deer eclipse all in jumping with their monkey rider. The racing «amels are very fast. " " From'irtdicitfbrts the parade' will eclipse anything and ,everything ever attempted in that line In America up to the present time. •Fourteen dromedaries '(truly a novel team) will draw a music par at the head. Tben appear the ladies and gents on priceless steads. tbe open lion den, their tamer seatedamong them. all , of whom are exposed to view. Then tbe fbrty dens ot living animals, tbe largest Zoological collection in this eountry. Then Zingra aud Ibis plate gloss den of fcerppnts, the reptiles seen coiling around and about him, and obey every word of command. Terminating with the Parisian steam calliope, a mon ster musioal instrument, played by steam,anddrawn by 10 powerful horses- At the tent another gratuitous display i* offered daily; at 1 P. M. a ladv as cends a single wire 220 feet in mid air from the ground to tbe top of tbe pavil liou. exhibition given at 2P. M. Parties liv ing en the line of the Railroad, have (he benefit of reduced fire on that day.; All in all a very pleasurable and mem-, arable occasion will be the exhibition day. — The New York Son with gnat fcrce remarks ; 'lf tbe people of the North generally could only *er for themselves, or realise the atrocities which have been commit tod upon tbe peopleolfthe South b/ tbe leaders of the constructed States the Administration which has snstained these thieves in their villainies would be overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pop alar indignation which would not leave a vestige of tbe existing Republican . organisation.' It is said Carl Scbnrz is to get 910,000 : lor eight or ten hard-mouoy speeches in I Ohio. BADICIL INCOItSISi;J6HJP¥i. [Lexington Central.} eSmpaignin this State one bf tbe most potent and oft repeated , "drfcada'' tho Radical party urged as a legitimate argunietat against tbe call of a Convention was, that the Conser vative party would not abide by tbe restrictions imposed in the every precinct in Davidson county, where speeches were the Radical candidates read frbm the "Salisbury tbe Charlbfte Demo pfa*#dhorkil9in tlfoseyapcrnandiargu • M tlmras thefcrf Wftrdorgdikafthe Con servatfve pttHy, that they 'showed the fi£fifientfoQs L ot the' OoniervatrVes if elected, stot t6 regard r tho& restrictions. • lIWK ,Conservatives to a man, without the least objqqtfftvtqr dcky. took the oath ■ to aHide by the restrictions. Really 'wPMUffflLih relate one of the leaders,if #ot'|the the Italcal' party in the Convention Judge Ttfurgee, Introdttc&fatid dtfeftd VresotWfon to ,0 leave tne convention Tree to disregard ffidin. Funny Aiu?t it, „ that suet, a jqevc Bhenia have originated-in Rad ical -ranks ?- ——■- . .. > SHI *•«.- ; ■T m , ("HI —*—( t ■F SAN AWFPL'CRIME. —L&stMortday eve. > ning the eittz ins of Durham were thun derstruck with the announcement that One'Yerban Castlebdry. a mau at least fiftV years old; had committed rape upon the person ot Emma Webb, a i little girl ten years old. The community was terri bly moved, aud our best and most in tjiat point to elevate tbe rascal iu the 4h- witbout'trial orjury. At 3 o'clock he was arraigned before Justices Parrish and Watson. .Mr. P. M. Briggn appear ed for Castlebury. The little girl posiively to the fact of his attempting to commit rape, and there was no evi dence to contradict her testimony. The magistrates, decided to bail him in a bond of SSOO. If he is cleared upon the charge of rape, he" will certainly be con victed of an attempt to commit rape. Castlebury is known in the communi ty as a very bad man, and this is but another of his hellish deeds added to a long category of crime. All that is ne cessary is that justice be meted out to him. Since tbe above was in type, Castle bnry IMM been committed to jail in de fault of sufficient bail.-Tobacco Plant. THE Rose llASHANA.— Yesterday at .6 t>. m.. our the Hebrew faith commeheod t# celebrate the feast 5636 of th6"creation of the world. This morning interesting ceremonies were held at the new synagogue over thestore of Mr. Roßenbaum & Bro., Fayettville stfcet, conducted by Mr. Grausman. The celebrution of the fbast closes at 6 this evening. During the services this morning the Shafir (ram's horn) was sounded and si nee re prayers wore sent up to God for the peace and happiness of all maftkifid. The new synagogue is plainly but neatly fitted at), and the cur tain of the ark, containing the Holy Bcroll, and tbe covering of the reading desk are ot elegant white satin.—•Senti nel 30th Septr. — The negro Virgil Stewart who at tempted a rape upon a Miss Ennis in joh||Bton county a few weeks ago, of which we gave an account at. the time was at the recent term of Johnston Su perior Court convicted and sentenced to the pe?ttrtenfiary lbr-fke years. A boy recently found a pocket-book and returned it to its owner, Who gavo htm a five cent piece. The boy looked 'at the coin an instafch and then handed it* reluctantly back,' andibly sighing, as hqsaid: "I can't change it." We learn by tbe New* that the Ex ecutive Committee of the State Argri cultural Society hsreAttanimoosK ten dered an invitation to Hon. Jeflerson Davis to deliver an address at the Fair to commetice on tbe Ifth proximo. The presence of Mr. Davis on that occasion would add gr r atiy to the interest of tbe week, and would give anivereal satis faction. • V V . . W »-.s!*■•' ! ' ' ?• j ' The Jackson, Miss., Clarion says; "The testimony in the Clinton riot shows that it was « fiendish and pre meditated plot to massacre every white Democrat and Conservative on the ground." t 11 ; —uti I ■■■ rt The Philadelphia who was aire', ted in Delaware for horse stealing wrote home to bis Mends that be was tempo rarily detained there by a heavy pres. sure of stocks ' •• 1 A Wisconsin type-setter who refuses to insert quotation marks has damaged Mihon so mnch that the friends up there are banning to, cry oat. .' . 1 1 : !v." • •. An Oswego billy-goat did tbe world a service, the other day, by butting two base-ball nines off the field, breaking up the match, Jeff, Davis has been bobbing around in the Colorado mountains*
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