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. THE OLE ASE \i . GRAH AM~ N". 0., JAM. 9,T882~ T. B. tldriage, ) ju ilort . J. D. Keriodle, An nccouct of a wedding tliat recently 'ook place at Yadkin College, appeaisin lbs Central Protestant. It fairly over flows with Latin and French. No doubt it is very interesting to the average reader of our esteemed cotemporary. One hundred and eight arrests ware made in Raleigh during the month of December. The Visitor tlr'nks this an indication of industry on the p*rt of tho police. That is a ouriou* view to take •f it; but there is another way to look at it. Prosperity smiles upon the Durham Tobacco Plant. The latost indication of fact is the appearance of a aemi *#ekly edition. It is not as large as ♦ho wteklr; but it V well P rinted t nawty and readable. We congratulate Brother Green upon bis success in the ink slinging bnsinrs*. 8a maay lives and ships bajre been lest in voyages tj tho polar regions, thivt h is BOW proposed to go there and back in balloons. Tho projootor of the idea iateads to go at [far north as csn safoly navigate, and then go tho rest of tho way through tha air, Ho expects to reaoh tha polo and retura to his ships ia tho course of twa or three days. If ho should aceomplish his purpose, we have our doubts about good results " from 11. _ The Greensboro Patriot man has in terviewed Collector Everilt in regard to the probability of losing his office. He does not seem to have much apprehen sion of losing his scalp. He ovidratly does net think that aiy of those who after him, will succeed in taking it. in a way to create the impres* sioti that he feels very brave; hut he holds his plaoa by a vary uncertain tenure, and may well be an the alert. Tkate are lota of hungry Republicans hereabouts. ~ - There has bean a tarriHe leaving af the odored population from some dis> ni«ts of South Carolina. A now axodus wave has rolled aver those partt carry ing many ot then before it. This time they are not going so far north. Tha greater portion of the "exedubters" are atopping in Arkansas. They won't learn anything from the distresses of their predscessors three years ajo. If they tfy the projeot far themselves may he tb»y will fael better satisfied. Sorry ths? ean't sea furthfr. Again it becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of a prominent citK son of North Carolina. On laßt Friday morning, Kon. George W, Brooks, Judge of the United States Court, East ern District af North Carolina, died at his homo in Elizabeth City. His death will be regretted by all the good pbople of tha Btate. Tho nama of J ndge Brooks will bo cherished in the memory of North Carolinians as long as the racolleotion of tha Kirk war lasts; fer it was ha who issued writs at habeas corpus for citisens who had been unjust ly deprived of their liberty, when the State oourta were closed against them. Jndga Brooks was born io Pasquotank Caunty about the year 1818. Ho rop raaontod his connty in tho Legislature in 1852 W, In 1865 ho was appointed District Judge by President Johnst n, and haa hold tha offiao over since. We acknowledge ourselves indebted to the Nsuts k Observer for tho faota contained in this artiola, The artiole entitled County Gonn> men* ia deserting ef mora than a pawing notise. At thin distance of lima from tfco ena'otment of thi existing govsrameut laws, and in view of iha ck«*ge» that bar* t»k« n place in the af fairs and condition of lbs people in tke eooa'its that then called for help from Iha State, it any well be aaked if the lime hat not coma for a repeal of the lav. The State, na logger under the derail!ion ef carpet bagger*, daee not pre aaat iha speotacle af some year* ago. Then the people of the whole State gave 1 up the high privilege ef electing their own magistrates and eeeaty commis sioners far the good of a *W counties that were ruled bj mea who had BO other end m view than their own pecuniary benefit. Do the neceasitiea of the times still require that the whole people of .North Carolina shall be deprived of this privilege for the good of a few ? If not, let the Jaw be changed. V\ i* gum t-i> hu- ;h" 'Orphan,** Friend, maito iis'nppearanc Martin unJ'i the management that insures continued publication. The editor enters upon the work with a heart full of love for the cause. He lias our kindest wishes for sftccexs. .. * The Oxford Torchlight evidently knows what became of a part of the cun ftderate specie that Jefforson Davis is Said to have appropriated at tlio close of the war. Hear him: "If Gen. JuhiiftOn but knew it be flips down the ladder every time he reiterates the old slander about Mr. Davis and the C mfederato gold. Mr Davis errtwiiily did not "awa'low" Iho whoie of it us lie is maliciously charged to hive done, for we ourselves got $2.50 ot tho money, and cmue through on the first train that went to Morehend City. The hotel man fleeced us of $1 §0 at | Raleigh, leaving us one large silver dol lar with a hole in it, and upon which our olJest boy cut teeth in 1868." ToudK but Tkuk. —A gentleman stepped into the office some days ago asked us if President Garfiuld was cen* tainly dead, and did that fellow kill him sure enough. This man has a family and can read too, but never subscribed to a paper in his life.— Kernersville hews. People who can read newspapers and do not take thvm, are always behind the can keep house without at least one newspaper making weekly visits; but there are many who do just that thing. People wbo borrow their neighbors' pa pers ate not quite so ignorant; but they impose on others for their information about current events. It is tmo that something should ba done to check the power of grasping monopolies when it appears that one oil company, the Staadard, controls the whole business and imposes a tax of eight cents more than a legitimate profit upon the consumer on every gallon of kerosene ased in the United States, and pays dividends of a million dollars a month to the owners. It buys up or crushes out all who attempt to compete with it: Its officers refuse to disclose its workings,—on the ground of crimi* nating themselves, —when called upon by courts, legislatures and congressional committees; and still the «ork of ex tortion goes on to the amount of eleven millioa dollars a year at the lowest esti mate. The Standard Oil Company is a specimen monopoly of the many which abouud in the laad. Something must be done to protect tho people against them ; but what ought to be dene and how to do it, are the questions that remain to be answered. The number of failures in busiueaa circles ia on the increase lately. Th' cause of them seems 11 be on acojunt of the shortbess iu the crops last year. There are many houses doing business on borrowed capital, and the short orop having alarmed consumers all over the country, thoso who had laid in their large stock* found DO sale for them, and as a consequence have been driven to the [ awful final business resort of making as signments. Occasionally business meets with such shocks, but this year will not chronicle as many failures, nor as muoh distress among the people, as many an ticipated last Summer The people al ways learn a lesson of economy iu such times, and tho "htrd times" may turn out to be a blessing rather thau anything else. There are no grounds for any very serious apprehensions of distress; there is plenty for all, and none need suffer. Business willrevive in the Spring, and all classes will turn out armed with new energy. Washington Letter. [From our Regular Correspondent. | WASHINGTON, D. C M ( Jau. 6, 1882. The long drawn ont trial is now com" ing close npou ita end, and it becomes more and more fixed ia the minds of close observers that the wretch Guileau has been weaving his own rope. The people of Washington, andel the country, have been Justly incensed at the dis~ graceful acenes and outrageous conduct of the prisoner in court during the I ress of the trial, but the one miligaiinj ! fact in connection with it is that all (his hat simply had the effect la make iustice surer. It has obliterated every vestige of sympathy which at the beginning some felt for the miserable creatnre; has given the experts and Court an opportunity to atndy b»« mind and character, and gone iar to enforce conviction upau the miatlk of the jury. No one who baa observed the jury during ib« last two weeks e*N presses the kasf doobt that their minds are made np beyond the slightest proba* bility ef change. It is likely thai within one week Irom this time the verdict or gnil'y will have been ratuped, sentence of death pwnoOnfced, and Cnitean will 'be "lying in 11 cell., his brava iu ail gone; :in ii condition of tiner, co\vsril> iui ! pitied pioMraiion. Alter ho litis given i»l> hope there will be no more doubt out-, side the conn-room of his absolute so cmitubiliiy Ihiin (here is wit Ii those who hayo'witnested iiis daily manifesta tions ol ungovernable malacc, brutal egotism, depravity and blackguardism, lie is shrewd and cunning when con fronted with the possible consequeuces of iti> act, and has expected by duct to fave himself from ail punishment beyond a Isw years in an asylum, mean while having secured the notoriety he so much covets. To one who watches liiin In the court room this thirst lor notoriety seems suf« finieiit in itself to account for the mur' der of the president. LI is ogoiisin, and the imm'inity he has managed to secure during a lon** series of petty offences, probably induced a belief that ho would escape serious punishment lor lhis last crime. He had, unhappily, many in stances iu the records oi criminal trials to base a theory upon that temporary in sanity would furnish him an available excuse. There is not a redefining trait in this wretched creature, !ea6i of all the excuse of unaccountability. He seems able to recognize no msiiyes except such as animate himself. Ho imputes to wit nesses only the most vulgar impulses. His iej >inilers to counsel lor the Govern ment aro the snarls ol a kicked cur. His vituperative treatment ot his sister nud the lawyer who so patiently has con ducted Lis case far better than eveu a raoro skilful, but paid course! would have done; his-baso ihreats against the wjmau who had once been his wife; his references to the lather who bore with him so long, to his dead mother, to the brother who can gain 110 benefit from his attendant on this trial, are develop* ments of the most astounding evil charac ter (bat has perhaps ever manifested it self to the world. In making up its iudgment of Guiteau the country cannot compare him with its experience olother crimiuals. He is unparallelled. I have been told by experts and others who have had intimate acquaintance with eonvieU, that so bad a man, with wicked ness so mirrored in his face, they have never seen. He has excessive brutality without courage, vulgar assertion withs out selr confidence when fairly confronts ed, abnormal inalace without the ca pacity of strong hatred. Instances of bis cowardice are known to his jailer which hagp not, and cannot be told in print. He is a bestial wretch and capable of any crime, but as responsible for this act as any SHCII human brute can be. I want simply to add that, in the light ot recent developments, the injustice of the criti cism upon Judge Gox is fully apparent. He has had a hard case to deal with and has shown patieuce aud wisdom through it all. Congress has assembled again but nothing of consequar.ee will be dona lor some days. The holiday recess has been an exceptionally dull one in this lecalijy. New Year's day, however, w«s a stirring time, and the reception at the White House was very largely attended. The impression hus g«ne out that the usual receptions every two weeks during the winter are not to be given this season, aud so everybody in towu endeavored to avail themselves of this opportunity to sco President Arthur in the White House as well as to take a look at the mansion ineits improved condition. There w«s in consequence a great jam. The recep tion lor the general public was preced ed as usual by the official reception ot nrmy aud civil officers and foreign min isters. It was for many reasons a notable reception, marked new faces and now names, with a new Chief Magistrate, and the almost total ignoring of old customs. The President enjoy* d the day, and when informed that his recep>- lio was larger than any ot Mr. Haye*' aud exceeded iu number all of Granl'6 but one, he expressed satisfaction for the compliment. Yet it was not altogether to be interpreted in that way. By the way, speaking of Giant, now that he ban suddenly come over to help undo the }>reat injustice that has been done Gen. Fritz John Porter, there is a good deal of curiosity to know what his friend Logan will d*. Logan smashed things right aud left last winter in apposition to the Porter bill iu the Senate and it he now takes the same position it will be the first time he ever disagreed with bis chief. A Crest Work Completed A dispatch announced that the first train passed through the St. Got hard tunnel Friday afternoon.. The tunnel, which was begun in the autumn - of 1872, ! had in three succeeding years advanced 5,084 of the 16,925 yards, or 9i miles, of its entire length. In 1879 it was calcu lated! hat it would be finished during the summer of 1879, but ii seems that it has taken nine years to get it ready for use. The cost ot the tunnol has proba» bly been ten million dollars. The rail way of which it forms a part costs seven teen millions- Of the whole cost, Italy has agreed to pay nine millions and Germany and Switzerland tour mil lions each. The St. Gothard Railway ratis from Fluelen, ou the Lake* of Uri, to Gomeriata, in Italy, and it completes a direct railway route, followiug that Which haa been used by tho diligence lines, from Pari® to Maples, by way ot important towns io Switzerland, aud through Milan, Florence and Rouie. STATE AND GENERAL. Washington Territory has a female Territorial Librarian —Miss Eliza Newell,, daughter of GOT. Newell. A young German crossed the Dan River horseback when the current was a* strong that the ferrymau at Milton was alraid to veature ou the stream with bis boat. The legislature of New York is com posed ot 17 Democrats and 15 Republi cans in the Senate and 67 Democrats and 61 Republicans in the Assembly. But John Kelly controls the voices of 3 Senators and 12 assembly mon, which compete homage to htni6etf. Col. Thomas McMahon, of Greensboro, received a premium of SSO for the ex cellence of hie display of spokea aud , handles at the late Atlanta exposition. Mr. W. H. Snow,ot High Point, in this county, received a similar premium t»r his display oi the same article.— North Stale. • .» * ounfy Government. When our piliseni constitution was] amended eo as »o make tin. Justices of! life Peace elective by the General As sembly, and the Hoards of County Commissioners by (lie Boards >f JUKI ices ot Peace lor (be various counties, it Was to provide for an order of things entirely abnormal. Our State had 'been flooded by adventurers, soulless and dis honest, who seized upon everything from which there was a promise of gain, j &:id calling to their aid the vote of- the colored people, who lent willing ears to their deceptive promise*, thoy instituted a regular system of plunder upon the people of such counties as they could control. By this means a number of the j best oouiitics in the State wtfre despoiled, ol the means that ought to have paid their current expenses and provided for • lie education of their indigent children. Corruption, malfeasance in office and defalcation, heretofore unknown in- Nor'h Carolina, came to bo ot frequent occurrence and the voice of the outraged communities cried aloud to the good people of North Carolina lor relief. To meet this order of things the Gen* eral Assembly, under the amended con stitution of 1875, passed the present county government act, aud thereby hulled from place and powr those diss honest men, who by their unhallowed greed had made i change in our organic law necessary. This much wan accom plished by the strong arm of the Demo* cratic parly, a power which thieves aud plunderers will not soon again be willing to combat. But the evil having been corrected it appears to us that the time has now arrive 1 when tho county gov> ei umeut act should bo repealed and the people themselves should decide who should be Iheirjcouaty officers. It is not meet that the whole State of North Carolina should longer continue under an unsatisfactory system for the sake of a few counties which have already reaped all the benefits to bo derived from the late change of the constitution. The remedy has proved adequate to the mals aby to bo cured, and the Democratic party should now cease to administer medicine after the disease has been abated. In fact it was never contempla ted that (lie people should give up the election ol their officers longer than nec cessary to correct (he evils above alluded to as evidenced by tho elastic provision of the constitution which confers upon Hie Genet;*! Aasenlbly the povya* 10, change our system of couuty aieut at their will. That (he preseut system Is unsatisfacs tory, after the correction of the evils above referred (o, uone acquainted with public aflairs can doubt and we give our voice in favor of transferring back to the people the election of County Com missioners and Justices of Peace. —Tos bacco Plant. REVENUE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE,) COLBCTOB'S OFFICE, sth District, N. C., V VVinston, Dec. 30th, 1881. | THE following property stored in Graham, N. C., viz 13 barrels containing about 395 gallons Whiskey, 2 Copper Stills, 2 Copper Still Caps and 2 Copper Still Worms Seized for violation of Internal Revenue law from Jno. P. Albright on the 15th day of November, 1881, having been declared forfeited to the United States according to law, will be sold to the highest bidder in the town of Graham on the 18th day of January, 1882. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M. GEO B. EVERITT, Collector sth Dist. K. C. Jan. 2, 43—2t. 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ROOTS and SHOES, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. WOODEN and TINWARE, DRUGS, ESSENCES, EXTRACTS. dsC. The Largest Stock of th ® oonnt y- GOODS Sold at LOWEST CASH PRICES. PRODUCE BOUGHT otf EXCHANGED. and examine their STOCK. They take pleasure in showing GOODS. • Nov. 21, 38—ly. Look to Your Interest! Dr B. A. Sellara, at Company Shops has tho largest Stock and most oomplote variety of Ladies' Dress Goods, Hats and Bonnets, Neckwear, Trimmings, Readv-made Clothmsr,:.' Piece Goods. Men's and Boy's Hats, Boots and Shoes, Crockery Hardware, Groceries, &c., t Vit, hp has ever been ahl« to offer to the public, and at prices as lew as the lowest. The pub lic will do well to call and examine my stock . ( Before Purchasing Elsewhere. Thanks are extended to tho public for tho liberal patronage heretofore received and hope to merit a continuance of the aaaie May 16'81 JNO. O. REDD, THOS. N. JORDAN^ Henry Co., Va. Caswell Co., N. 0. FAKMEBS' NEW. . BRICK WJtREHOBSI On the popular site of . . * v i* ?' THE OLD FARMERS WAREHOUSE, DANVILLE, Va. MOT MMMFMM. OTPEIIOT HMH3S GEO. S. JTORMAN, Pittsylvania Co., Va., Floor Manager, J. J. WILKINSON, Pittsylvania Co, Va., Auctioneer, T. W. BARKSDALE, Halifax Co., Va., Weighraaster, STAN HOPE F. COBBS, Chief Clerk, CHAS. A. HOLrCOMBE, Assistant Clerk, To our Friends and the public generaly: It is a well known fact that our house is of GRAND PROPORTIONS, of Superior Lights, en the most popular location in our market. We intend to exert every effort for the welfare of oui ' patrons and Especially to Attend Closely to the sales, to see that tobacco brings Market Pric. or no Sale. We have, good storing rooms for tobacco left with us, which will receive attention. With a popular and attentive corps of assistants, the public are well assured of a hearty -wel come, and faithful attention to thci-- interests at the f iiiir s isw mismisi. With this, we very respectfully ask a liberal share of your patronage in the future. Checks all baggage given by this house. » Bn „ s YOUR FRIENDS, REDD k JORDAN, PR OPTS. J >. ■ A nice I Ea 9 present .. published. Illustrated with more than ao Steel ?ortnUtjof the Ladies mII ITT UHIIOC 11 HUUot. as*-.*- aa'aEar« w e i '. > oii.H : IT IS I I 'IO WnlE port ot Fulton BtreetPrayer-Me€tingr-ALOIRA wo JTH ras fF® i lay. lth 7SoW) (aniipM rodt t no^l£e«isJJn FRESH. FAITHFUL and FEARLESS. Family Groceries! r 1 is impracticable to mumeratS in an adver* tisemeut every articje comprising my stock. I will simply say it is varied, and comprise al most everything likely to be' called for in my hue- . •••' v , „ Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Cheese Lara, Kero sene Oil, Bacon, Canned Fruits, Canned Meats, Fish, Oranges, Leu.on?, Raisins, Rice, Pickles, Spices, Catsup, Mustard, Cakes, Oackeis, * French and Plain Candies, Soap, Starch, Blu ing, and many other things 100 tedious to men tion, all of which will be sold for Oasli o* on the most reasonable terms. I will also keep the Largest and Cheapest STOCK OF .FTQTEHXTTOE in town! All who desl-e to purchase anything L„ 11., will do well I. JT«« "Jgfo, Aug. 89, 36 —6m. PROBATE COURT—Alamance Co. Peter Summers, aa adm'r of Jacob Summers, ye. Noble 6. Cryor and wife, Margaret, Elizabeth Summer., Jacob Summers, Geo. ** u °* U a *" d wife Catherine. Geo. Bummer«. W. N. anm mers Pinckney Summers, Nat. Ware and wife, Karet, Thos. Pritch»tt and wife, Lizzie, William Ware and wife, Caroline, Jno. W. S, James W. Summer. Peter and Rufus A. Summers, of uU Eliza h#th fttallintrs Nwnnie Summers, Thoa Sum- \ Aifr.d Summer., and Rufus Summers, infante. This is a special proceeding for the »ettlc ment of estate of Jacob Summers, dec d, aad it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Rufus A Summers is a necessary party thereto, | and is a non-resident of this State, it wardered that publications be made In the ALAMARC* GLEANER for si* successive weeks, in lieu of ne'sonal service of summons on him in this Drcceedingiand that If he fail to answer or demur to complaint within twenty-one-days after such publication is eompleU, then judgment pro con fesso will be rendored to him, and final decree ,i nraved for entered. Done at office in Oraham, this day of Dec., 1881. A. TATE C. 8. W. ATtKITIOS, f ABM KBi ! T , the Impreremcat* in th« Old America Farmer f.r «SS». Increase in size, number of issues, intsreit and topics treated. '* Prizes offered for Essays in various depart ments ,)(Farming, Btock Raising, Fr«rit Grow ing, Market Gardening and Tobacco Planting. These Essays are oxpected to be 1 rominent features during the year. 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