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I ii i . wmm w it a uiiruiuaii. i uuibuuiuca. nuu w n iwiiiv 1 iir n nna nirrnr . - ' -i i . lf nher me is often heard, SS , do bid adieu; M AB?0 hoi iweet each loving word Wi will remember you. nUgh they may roam lar, far away- With friendship ever true, .51dtUoght..witt often say will remember you. fljugh time rolls back each passing year, i id bids eaclncene begone, ro wnnkd Hng one. lUr lorely forms and faces sweet, That here we happy see; though we them may seldom meet, tWill still remembered be. Oh When from earth dear ones are gone, That Sebright clime to see, . Help us to say when sad and lone, his belt and ana I xure D. Vor in the heat of pain and strife Think God hath cast thee off unheard ; Vor that ibe man whose prosperous life ?T6bu ehviest, is of Him preferred ; Time passel, and much change doth bring, jUd sets a bound to everything. 8ine,pray, and swerve not from His ways, : But do thine own part faithfully; . ! Trust His rich promises of grace ; Soihallit be fulfilled m thee; i- Goo nevefyet forsook in need . Tie ioul that trustea mm mum. I i 5; . "? ., - Froih4he Ge Qertnan. iTiivreary watching jrave by wave, And yet the tide helivea onward ; Ve climb like corals, grave by grave, J .But pave: the path that' seuward. - We'rt&afeh back in many a fray, - But never strength we borrow, And where the vanguard camps to-day i ; The rear shall rest to-morrow. P i. Gerald Masscy. i - ' "'vi :. - . - ; A Jewel wbidi no Indian mind can buy; Xocbemicart can counterfeit; if mftlcii rilen rich iu createst poverty. Makes water vriuty turns wooden cups Ho ! sold, M . ir? comes, to few from heaven :! jp seht, . i TliAtoiuch in little all U nought Con ; "tent. ' y . MISCELLANEOUS. l lh a Wear's Clutches. Tit Terrill Experience of n Touny Woman j m tM Wiidf of Penntylranut. HrsTEa's Rasqe, Pa., November 27, About; iunth ago' Miiis Alice Corey, of New York city, came to visit her uncle, a nQtrmanl who owns a small farm in the vounttins, six miles northwest of this place. 97 " bout 18 'ear3 oId and her TO w oo. iier uncic nas a wugaiwj.viara, aiso ; agea aiwui xo years. Her f.tnet: having but one son, Clara, has jr. ,,c,peu io uouie worK on me larm, i- i i jne .oas oecome inexpert snot witn a rills, She; lit s a mania for hunting, and fre quently jes into the foreet in search of - k fewfdajs ago Clara invited her cousin to sccomptny her on a hunting expedition. Thej itsrted from the house shortly after Srtfkfart, Alice with a double-barreled gun wdClirawith a rifle. After scouring the ood for leveral hours without much suc they visited "Dark Swamp " This wpfmraceg several hundred acres, is iraseljobded, and bears are frequentlv wi there.i The girls reached the edge of aeiwsapi t noon, and started into the thicket. j Tjey had gone but a short dis e, when Miss Corey, who was walking 1 fd4 behind her cousin, heard crack- MJ noist in the bushes a short ck. Looking around, she saw a large J jk foxing toward her. Clara, who ' frequently, encountered these shasgy mit?h cilled to her frightened cousin to petohr. She then drew her rifle to her .rl!, taking deliberate aim at the awaited until it came 'within easy '"SV-flan fired. The boar uttered a M paia and fell bleeding. As Clara1 8; !nS,o-barrerbne, she seized the barreled gun from her cousin and it,.i-tr.. i . . 4.51. : ' u,c 8rKC "" T "Mf WIS leen WnMiinrr Kf I The brave voun or g woman 1 1 into the dear's neck. At this t the 'dying monster gi 8! na fastened its claws i gave a sudden aws into the eirl's her down Her frightened f tiaabout wildly and screamed at af of her voice ; but, , aatherc W1 jwuhin; two miles, her cries were not i'as , no 6he then rein n .i , i 'I nil'"" 7 nuue Viara 1 ii oo"" ' c annual. 1 UJ I rini? 'hel4 5c girl in its grasp, but was " ; w?Ker. Tne girl was ali i wnea cautiously -to within rearhin. 11 in SttJtf the wounded animal, and t.v. ht f&om alarge leather belt cneirrlino- w h k bpne-haadled dir -t,;f :A A Cd HUSiag her knife with good effect, be was accosted by a seedy-looking wea It the dying animal blow after blow ver.- " Are ye Maister Aytoun t" "Yes, "y "leased its hold and rolled that i my name." "I'm awfu gled tae .rOQgh verv muchiexhant;i.--- Tery much exhanntl "tiii u'U :r ---i " soon Vhey marked the spot where ' ' v fT 'ance oi Her nnain . Cw. r ,." ; " returned home, f ft. i ad i brother d ft 1 iJ . v .u tin; drSrUght tllC U" in. 1'ich, Ki&ffi e,Shed 34( Pounds. The S!?r?t tQ. Kew York taxider- f.' will W'keDtb iruS1 8uvcnir of r ter- p'it- &t irr'.wriun eseape. ; j From "Among the Zulus." Is the Jaws of a Liok. -I was out after porcupines, and was lying down one night come out. I had no gun, but only my Hunt- knife and a large knob kerrie, with which to knock the porcupine on the note; for that, as you know, kills the porcupine at once, I did not; hear a sound until I found the grass nearnie move, and gothispaw. onmeanuimeame up. The brute pressed claws into me: but. luckilT. mT leather prevented his teeth from daniain me Mot he earned me, holding on to my belt coai. u cuner 01 tnese bad given away, should have been laid hold of in a far I . 7 7 more rough manner. A lion is like a cat in one thing-ho can hold a lire creature in his mouth and not damage it, just as! I hate seen a bat carry a mouse. I knew the na-1 oi me non weu enougn to know that if i struggled i snou.a nave my neck broken not struggle, but quietly drew mv knife and 1 . thought what was best to do. I thought . i II first of trying to strike him to the heart, but I could not reach that part of him, and j his skin looked so loose that I could not strike deep enouglj,carried as I was. I knew it would be life or death with me in an Instant, so turning myself a bit, I slashed the lion's nosa and cut it through. The lion dropped me asl would a poisonous snake, and jump- j ed away, roaring with pain. He stood for an instant, but as I did not move he did not seem to like to carry me again. More than once"he came up to within a few yards, lick ing the blood that poured from his inosep but there I remained like a stone, and he was fairly afraid to tackle'me again. I knew a buffalo and an ox are very genitive about the nose, and a cat, tf just j tipped on the nose, can't "Wand It, so I thought a lion mi glit be the same, and so it proved. : A" Dog's Sagacitt. A remarkable in stance of canine sagacity and faithfulness was devloped on Tuesday evening in the lost of a children's department at police headquarters. A policeman who took a little German boy to Matron Webb was closely followed by a little yellowdog, that could not be driven away. The dog was with the child when it was found in the street, and at the Eldridge street po- tudein watching over it. He resented any one's approach to the child excepting the policeman who fonud ii. He would bark and drive others awayjaud then re- turuiuglo the child would (ick ita face and caress it. John Wolf, a good-natur- "i . -. . . . P , v eu uuicner oi wiuei street, i ciaiuieu me child at nolice. headquarters" and took it away, accompanied by the dog, which ex- hibited the liveliest satisfaction at this re finu Mr, Wolf aaid that the bov. who is 3 years old, strayed with one two years olt wauaered. until unable to fin1 t,..jr lume. The doff -eenied to Hniiriciate thi, fiU.t. and, tuinred at the . . a " . . elder child's clothes until he got hiurack to the house. Then he disappeared, and seems to have hunted up the other one Then, unable to lead him iack, thelritel ligeut brute followed and protected him Xeic York Sun. 4CAnoLisA, Carolina, Heaven's Bless- inos Attend Her." Comparatively ew people in narioue, we presume, anow . . m . . . : 1 I a aay who now resiaes in t city una per- haps more to do wtth the intrduction of the sonir. -The Old North State "than any oneiser not excepting the author of the i ' - - I words. Hale's weelly (published in Raleigh) I tells the story: p OurNew York correspondent asks about Judge Gaston's song. The facts about it are these : ; About the year 1840 a band of strolling Tyrolean musicians passed through Raleigh, and our old friend, Mrs Mary J. Lucas, now jof Charlotte, but then teaching music in Raleigh, caught one of the melo dies to which they sang one of their nation al songs, anil played it by ear on the piano. The venerable and venerated Mrs. Jas. j F, Taylor took a fancy to the tune, and asked Judge Gaston to compose a song for it, unicu neuiu. , - - . , ..f n. A.i:.hrr ;trt. ...l it was tturing a consultation one afternoon j " VV ' v v ' W I Judge Gaston wrote the song, writing intervals during the session of the court lliiPmr ovicbj iiiituia niui uijju- sounding name invited Professor Aytoun to an entertainment in his honor, in rec- oguition of his merits as a poet. Tliis was rather a weak poiutr Aytoun, ntid 5nJ iciiiuc o iiu utuv til Biuiiiui; uiiud m baJt k. His bardshin duly arrived, t p..Lw n.nin-.r cutinn m.i iAoL-mI - mj uvwkivu, huu lyv-v- '"uuu cijjcvviiijj iu uo ictcnu uj , potation. Observingjio one; particular ne maae tracks for Country square, wueo Um. .. , 1 iicio a Buventy-augnc o us, auu wo io a poets." . P ' : h The, Oxford Torchlight sayrthe farmers of Granville who produce the fine yellow tobacco and sell it for 'fancy prices," are greatly indebted -to their wives ;and daugh ters for their skill displayed in (picking, as sorting and tying up this tobacco. The ladies of the household are the best judges of color, and can "tie a knot'Mhat alwajk dJmmandj a premium. - .W wW. mMnf K th 8UDd ,Q a cemetery l a great laestion Just now To bury op not to lury the body of Mr. Coppers, is ex- ercising the minds of the Roman Catholic cemetery trustees. Thecourt liave ordered them to , . . j , , , .. Fcu tu uo ,wneu ue Dougnt ins - But they say he is not one of their sort of Christians, and his body shall not eo into their consecrated j . . i . blwUHU vueoi wiese pnesis satu io . e .x m, a reporter of the Telegram: "Consecrated ' ground, if used for the interment of those who are cut off trom the communion of the Catholic Church, would become desecrated just J J ri l 1 l m enieu oy a nemous, crime. 10 permit these rebellious children of the church or those who are outside its pale to use such ground indiscrimin ately, would be to surrender! our faith in the efficacy and purpesj of conse cration. It would be a severance of the sacred link that binds the faithful here on earth to those who have cross ed the threshold of eternity, and let me tell you this is one of the most cherished tenets of the Church to which she will clinsr to tne end of time. To this end she sets apart sol emn ceremonies to carrv this consecra tioii into effect, and prescribes specifi cally that the unworthy shall not en ter there. 'But suppose4he trustees should be compelled by the civil power to inter the remains of a person contrary to the discipline of the Church in a certain plot, would that interment affect the consecration of all the other plots?' I 'Certainly 'What course would then remain?' 'We would withdraw the blessing Irora uie parucuiar g.uvu ui p.uu The Church must maintain its authp- rity uuder the"diviue injunction. 'He that heareth you hearcth Me, and lie tl,at despiseth you despiseth Me.' If . .. . . e . she failed to enforce her commands , . . and preserve unsullied her doctrines, she would crumble to pieces. There is no method for a compro mise?' 'There can be none. Compromise pertains to things of this world, but the Church of Christ is not of this world.. I am simply laying down the doctrine ofUie universal Church, which is as unchangeable as the Di vine Founder of the Church." One of the trustees also said that they have full control of the question as a matter of business, but it is a nuestion of Church discipline to be ijj b thc ecclesiastical authori priest should extract the lies' - ai we pr i,uu Oiessing irom iuei(,vins . . . 1 X are people ignorant enougn to &uppuat that the man would be worse On than ho is now in a vault. A Shoeblack's Sermon. A little shoeblack called at the residence of a clergyman of this city and solicited a hrpflrl jmiil some water -The JIVW servant was directed to give the child bread from the crumb basket, and as the little fellow was walking slowly away and shifting the gift between ,. fin era fr a-piece large enough to , p, y , m back luiicn, me m nrav. Ou receivinsf a negat.ve an. ... swer he directed him to say, "Our pajier but he could not understand the familiarity. "Is it our father-, vnup father my father?" "Why, . , r-. , . j certainly." aub uuy ...... awhile and commenced crying, at the satue time holding up bis crust of brea(j an(j exclaimiug between his sobsl' "You say that your father is i , , . :. my tatner; areui. yuu - 6-. ,-rtitf little brother such stun to eat I vu. I WOcU you llic j o .- rnP yourself ?,' New Orleans Dem. A rountf ladr at Jackson, Tenn., was entertaining a gentleman friend the other whan hfi offered her an msuu. ci,A t once drew a putol, compelled him to kneel on the floor and remain there .:i ntur mme fn and heard the UUHl UCt whole affair, after which she allowed him to'-sneak off. The New York ladies are again in the field against the practice of -ten- i 'deriug spirituous liquors to tneir gen I 'tlemcn visitors ou New Year's day. i , a certain seaport jin England, a mna ..MLI- Ink amohg the docl& and Wne forl the captain of a vessel "There is one coming over the side; of that ship," said a sailor who wai strolling along smoking his pipe. It tjras a merchant ship, so up to the vcaptain the boy went thinking alii tne time what a nice, kind-Iookin? man he was and tuuehed his hat. lit MWell," said the captain, "and what do you want?'? ' ! r ; ' f'l want to go to sea Sir." ; You want to i go 4 8e Jou and who are you guing with ?" fl should like to go with you, Sir, if you'll take me." ! Have you ever been to sea before?" "No, Sir." "And what do you want to go to sea for?" ; "To send my mother my wages, sir. Sl is a widow, and I want to keep her from going to the poorhouse." The captain liked the honest, open look of the boy, and the way in which he ; spike of his mother, and said, "Well, what is your Character 1 "Character ? I've got none, sir." "No character ? O, then I can't take you "O do, sir ; if you would but take me, indeed I would be a good boy !" Can't do it; it is against our rules. We never take any one without a character of some sort; you must try to get one somewhere." William was avy heart, foi - . I 0 J I teavy heart, for he knew it was too;, - . m.,Ka nttUa nnnc;etaA far to go back where he came from, to get a character : when the captain's fc; 1 11 eye luii uu. 111.1 iiciiL uuiiuic. I J I What have you got in that bundle, bov?" ' "Onlv mr clothes, sir." "Only your clothes; what is that j w just there?" - "Only my book, sir." "What book?" "My Bible, sir." "Qjyou'vc got a Bible have you ?" said tne captain. " we are not mucn uetl'-to Bibles )n board ship. Well, let me look at it :" and turning it over, IP cur vvrii ten on the Hv-leat that it ne saw wnuen on uie uy iei mat ii had been presented "as a reward for diligence and good conduct at the Sunday School." "That will do," said the captain, and he engaged him without any further delay. Protestant Worship at Versailles. English and continental journals Jm are maKinsr note oi a iaci which is w spoken of as the irony of history. Iu a recent issue of the London Times it is said "the Protestant Church at -Versailles bein about to be rebuilt, tho congregation through the efforts O O -: oflM. Jules Fa vrc. who has married Protestant and is himself an attend ant, liave secured the temporary use ofia rootif .under the CEil de Boeuf," which is an apartment in the Palace of Verailles. Commenting on this, the Glasgow HcraM remarks : It is difficult to realize that scarce ly a couple of centuries have elapsed since the time of the Dragonnades that not two hundred years ago the fairest and most prosperous regions of Ffauce were being subject to a visita- At the annual dinner of the St. An tion compared with which Bashi-Ba drew's Society at Pelmonico's, Chief Jus- nnfrtirroa sink into insignificance, for it was conducted with the sanction of thp law and under the blessing of thJ Church : its instruments were the! wildtere who 'had sustained the glory of France ion a hundred : battlefields, . . i. ii l. and its leaders were, in ineir own ue- lief, the only true representatives ol the Gtjspel of peace and goodwill, and ahored man unlimy cause wuu me sauction-iind approval oi uie auccebsor -. . . - i ,i of Peter." . This hall where rasteur uassa con- . - ductecLProtestant worship otpd Protestant worship oh the 1st Sunday of November is thp ante- chamber of the room in which L)Uis XIV ended his life, Sept. 1st, 1710, d beneath the room in wnicn ne 1 I an e the revocation of the Edict of sign Nantes. M. Jules Favre writes to Pasteur Bassa : ir lnve vour church because it de- fenilsiand represents true liberty of iliicrht on matters of religion. 1 love . L :ir Pomut me to add that 1L 111 1 13 CI I. a l. ' . . . :. .-,-i, ..ti. love it also in you, " ""4"v r--- and the eloquent aeienuer ui u.uoc high tniths of which it is! the palla diunkJ I love ifc lastly because it is iu Pi....t, nf mv dear wife, and I fihoulj be a monster of ingratitude if I was not grateful to it for having fiir me suoh a treasure, I 1 1 rr i:iiuiii m"j ' gUtv- Capital Punishment. -1 The JV. Y. Tribune alwava nnnnsml S? j r J . W a mm w mm WEmmn W W JlMI mm Jh m,-m & - H v.,u viiuc, very uau- daily! remarks: w w "It was one of those horrors which furnish the believers in the total de pravity of human nature with a strik ing argument, and whfnh moU ovn th. ,pecal.tivel; benevolent doubt , ... . J uuuufc wucMier wieir perpeirators are ht to !,ve ,onger. It is a remarkable (act, tb which such a case calls attention, that however strong may be the cur- rent of nnhli nmnm :of . I punishment, there are sometimes crimes committed which seem to put an eiid to' controversy, and which really , do so for the time. There is a grim general acquiescence in the jus tice of the fate of some murderers. Nobody entreats the Executive to pafrdon them except those having a personal interest in their perservation. Tt ; -.. : . J r.J. i .4 . r i i luut wuiie a uonsiueraoie num- ber -not so large, however, as once was is anxious for the abolition of the death penalty, all save an incon siderable few now assent to the opin ion that while the law remains noth- mg snould be allowed to interfere a. . A with its stern and unflinching execu tion. Considering that pertitions for its repeal are now comparatively rare, and that there seems to be hardly any n.,f,1 ,Kn0 tha Ur Jf is safe to assume that society is not vet rpndv fnr sn rrcnf. an altofi ttnn rf r . - w wavww MM W. W . w . u .a tliA prim 1 11 ill frrlp nnn that. rnifol with a omewlint Iiiirhpr hnmamfv ; Li u i j thau has been sometimes supposed." -r ,i . Y tKJ flint ta bo ' m , A Bear Killed with an Axe. Some two weeks since Ben Hahnor of Catawba Creek, Haywood county, killed a black bear weighing 500 lbs. under the following cirenmstances : He heard his dogs (which he prizes highly) barking furiously in the woods near his house. With an axe in his ill . t 1 . ii nana, ne run io tuotwooas to nna ii is dogs in a deadly struggle with a bear, and into the fiffht he waded with his t ii. iii... . axe, ueaiuig aucu oiows to tne animal lt. .. . that he caused his bearship to give up gnost, but not, however, Delore one of his valuable dogs had been sent to the spirit land by the slapping and hugging powers of the bear. I Morginton Blade. i he Heroes of King's Mountain. The "lorkville Enquirer says that Rev. Robert Lathan, (a gentleman, by the way, who has special qualifications for the work) has be gun the preparation of a series of sketches of the heroes of King's Mountain, the first of which has appeared in the Enquirer. It is stated to be the '-object of the author to present these sketches as fully and truthful- & i ly as possible to do so with the limited amount of data at his command ; and he de- sires that should any inaccuracies appear in anT cf tbem, that he be notified of the same, that he may have an opportunity toinvesti- gate the subject fully." We presume that there are many persons in this county who could greatly aid the author in the prosecu tion of his self-appointed and grateful task, as many of them are descendants of those who were prominent in that great battle, and it is to be hoped ihat they will under- take to do so. Charlvtte 0herter. tiee Dalv. in resnondinc to a toast as President of the St. Patrick's Society, re ferred to the time when he, as a waif ii in the streets of Edinburgh, grew hale and hearty upon oatmeal, aud said: "amce then, I have been back to visit the home I ..... . . of my ciniunoou. in tne course oi no journey I fell in with an enthusiastic old Scotchman, and after telling him about America- couciuueu witn a uescription oj i . . our great metropolis a very comprenen- sive description, I thought "Ah,7? said the niaur'i nave nae uwn I . . . , .1 X 1. is a fine city, but ve n uiiiik naunu o u when ye see Dundee. unen i was Politican, tinrty or iorty years ago, the eagtom to ci,aiienge a voter who va8 BUspected of being incapable of vot- I , . . . Mng, as there was tnen no system oi regis- try. A distinguished Alderman, M.Hox ie. waa about to vote, when a Scotchman, -rln rn iii rlijirce of the ballot box. challenged him. Mr. Hoxie said, "I rec- town of Renick, Randolph county, yester oguizeyonr right to challenge my rote but, day evening. The residence of By rd at the same ume i am a name io manor born while yon aie a foreiguer, "Yes," re 1 1 1 came to l.t- I mvi back ,1J IO V'Wlfl Ull J M bimi W w and that is more nor you ntw i i, -i.i ,i -kirf nn w General Grant will exhibitiu Louis ville to-morrow, supiurtetl by ; Mrs. Grant, and a powerful combination. the weather is all thatconld be desire! U cXpectetl that the city will clear $50,- n00 by the extra consumption ( of 'our inash alone. ; The Divided House. Slmrp Discussion 'Between the Ttco Winns f - 4L- - T-k yj -f iryiHui democracy. Richmond, December, 12. Th elec tion of State officers was completed to-day in the General Assembly, the office of State railroad commissioner being the on ly one to be filled. The Readjustee elec- ! ! P; Rodge Jr., over Col. Thomas Carter, the present incumbent, whose term, however, doe not expire until April, 1831. The nomi- nation in the Senate of Col. Carter, a UBin of va mde by Maj. Jobh W.Daniel, of Lynchburg, in a speech of Mlmnt fwn hmin in Mnru nf vlit.1 he discussed at length and with scathing invective, the combination existing in the Legislature between the colored Rennbli- cans and the readjusters. He denounced I the party of Readjusters for going beforo the people on one issue, to-wit : A reduc- j tiou of interest on the publie debt, and then after their election by negro votes, gotten by deceiving them into the belief that the5 were not bound to pay auy of on to-day nothing whatever could be found the debt, thouch eniovinff the. beiiefits4f the magazine, where it stood was a hole which contraction conferred unou the 0f t .. . . . . State, attempting to perpetuate their rule h,y turning out all tried officers of the State and planting themselves ou radical ground to purchase the co-operation of the color ed niembers. He compared the party to a burglar entering by the back door with a skeleton key, then tnruing a dark lau tern upon the contents that he might se cure his plunder. Mr. lliddleberger, of Shenandoah, who is the leader of the Re- adjusters, replied ably, defending his par md turmug ma"J Daniel's points to their, account. He defended Gen. Mahone I mw Ilia Mflrrr trfti tti ntTitL-o t Itiirr Dsmu aild clarmed that it was , iirllt to 1 ..:i i.. ....1 ... ri 111 1 I H n KIHIIIN f I . 1 I 1 I I I . 1 1 I t.irft KPAHinn wrh tAlcn nn wifli tlin tiuunig sionJwhich was marked with meat abili I a ; it - ? ji CJ TOMI Maes- Federal CouRT.-The only case tried yesterday was that of R. R. .Swepson, of Richmond, Va., (brother of G. W. Swep son, of this State), against the commis sioners of McDowell coanty in reference to certain bonds issued by the county for the construction of the Western North Carolina Railroad. The plaintiffs submit- ed that the facts in the case as to the manner in which the bonds were issued were the same as those iu the case of Al exander against the commissioners of McDowell, reported in 70 North Carolina Reports. A question as to ownership of bonda was submitted to the jury and ucciueu iu luviir in t-iihiin. ills iimitir I A : - r.. e ls . ti: it , , , . , ... Judge Dick decided that the plaintiff 'was entitld t6 the coupons on the bonds. A motion for a mandamus to issue against the commissioners compelling them to levy a tax for the payment of the coupons was continued. The plaintiff is suing for about $5,000. Judge Menimon appeared for Swepson and .Messrs. W. H. Railey and W. W. Flemming for the defendants. Charlotte Observer. A Pennsylvania Town Destroted.- New York, December 12 A special from Bradford, Pa., says the town of Red Rock has been entirely destroyed by fire. At an early hour this morniug a tank of coal oil containing twenty thousand bar rels of oil caught fire and exploded, and the flames spread with fearful rapidity. In an incredibly brief lime the fire had attacked and destroyed the entire village containing 200 houses, and in a few hours rendered more than that number of fam ilies homeless aud utterly destitute. Immediately on recept of the above ; disiatch subscriptions were started at the petroleum exchange by Manager b. i . Strong, and the members respoued liber- ally. Funds are remitted by telegraph as fast as received. Ikiiumax Desektiox. A Youth with Small-Pox Deserted by his Family He Devours his own Flesh His Death. New Ybrk, December 10 An Ottawa, 0ut.,pecial8aysashockiugcase of neglect has jh?t come to light in Hull, near that citv. A bov. seventeen vears of ace. was tai,en with small pox, apd Iris family desert- I - m I m v , dijin, Theneighbors heariug of it, went wUh foKl to the house where he was stop- On entering the room they found the vonrh covered withbloodaudatthenoiutof (leatu. y00& being placed to his lips he raveuougiv devoured it. An examina- tion showed that he had eaten the flesh I i- . from onej of hU ann8 in llig agonj and lmn. a He died a few minutes after the arri- H vai 0f the ueiffhbors. MissoCRi. Fearful Storm Dwellings Destroyed and the Inmates Killed or Wounded. St. Louis, December 10. A A n . . non.1 4l.. I . - pyle waa torn to pieces, every member J krll. f ' 5lir i .iB.mnh..i,B ininrwl ..j o .i- r i . 1 1 rn... I l I ana air. i vie liitan. iu iiuhdu i uu- 1 : m geph Patrick was blown down, and Mrs. Wright, a visitor, teceived injuries from ... i t. : ri. t - wMeii sue aica iai -mguu .vmug nouse oi oan uuimicuu iu uiuilnicu, It I anj 3lrs. Bulkhead seriously wounded, it sPPSii ,;tiier huges were considerably , J damagi '.ed. ed, and fences, trees, etc., destroy - Soldiers Called into Service.- T Altia rtAM 19 ... T 11 il a. some two or three weeks tgo a deputy jCm ted States marshal, of Texas, attempted ,tq arrest several men in one of the Pan Handle ! counties of that State for alleged jlolakionl . of the revenue laws; that he was , jresisted f and himself arrested by State authorities., and it was not until he had pbtwped mhU tary force from Fort ElUott that he succeed ed in . taking the parties wanted. !' These , j men, eleven in number, were taken t Dallas and yesterday discharged, the. grand jury failing to find a true bill against any of theuu A good deal pfelmg is manifejted! ia the community against what (a charged as an outrage, and District Attorney Minor has demanded the removal of deputy mar- ant Flippen; the latter colored, of the teM Cavalry, who furnished troops to assist Ihel deputy marshal in makin? arrests, and .who have been indicted by the -grand jury for unlawfully permitting United States soldiers to be used for the above purpose. A Terrible Explosion. Amhcrstburg Ont. Dec. 13. At the scene of the j explo- sixty-five feet in diameter and sixteen feet deep, made by the explosion. A goodly . number of the unexploded mica, powder,; and cartridges are lying around. Tlie shock was felt so severely at Fletcher, oa the Can-! ada Southern Railroad, forty-four miles from here, that the people ran out of tlieir houses in alarm. The opinion of many Is that it was the work of an incendiary. The)ebt of Trtmty Collegk. At the Conference, held in this place, ' steps were taken (see report) for pajingtTie debtof Trinity, the Jfethodist College. The in debtedness of the college amounts only'to $10,400 and the members of the Conference- are quite sure that more than that sura can be raised during the year 1880. ! f : Trinity occupies a deservedly high place as an educational institution and the Meth-. odistf will not be so inactive as to let it pass rUfc U1 lucir Ju""wu-",WWB rt ; ,1 : - : tttu i . : Extertaixixo Mormox Pbeacuers. A few evenings since two well dressed men approached the residence of a gentle man and asked to be entertained for the night, supplementing tlieir request with, the information that they were preachers. They were taken in and kindly eared for.' The next morning they begau to discuss polygamy in the presence of the '.gentle' man and members of the family, who in the meantime had discovered that they were Mormons. He told them the best thing they" could do would be to leave, and to leave at once, which they did. He says they appeared to be men of learning; one about 21 years of ae, and the -other about 30. Lenoir Topic. ' f Fali-s witjj the Harness Ox, New York, December 15. The services in the New Reform Episcopal chnrch of this city yesterday were interrupted iy the' sudden prostration of Mr. Payne, the clcnrvman. In oue of the climaxes of his exhortation fell behind he lost consciousness and the pulpit. There was an. immediate r.ish among those present to his aid, and still unconscious ho was borne to the residence of a parfkhionerj near by, and medical attendance called.. He had been stricken down by an attack of heart disease, from which he had been suffering fof some time. Last niglit ho was still alive but his couditiou islegardj ed as critical. P Next year New Jersey will present thfl anomaly of a State with tho government that is no longer supported by- taxation. The coming report of the Controller will Bj)OW tlm t the special taxes on railroads ant t j, funds n0w invested, the income Gf wnich is available, will afford sufficient income to pay all expenses for the coming, year and leave a snrplus without a Stato tax. Gov. McClellan will, it is said, inip corprate in his annual message a recom-; mendation that no State tax be levied) hereafter. ' j The United States produces annually; between 400,000,000 and 500,000,000 I nonntl.s of tobacco, l no worm a annua m K product is estimated at from 1,500,000,000 I 1 to 2,O0O,(XX),OOO pounds. In the .unites States fully 50,000 pereous are employed jn the manufacture of tobaceo, earning ftu fioo.OfKJ in waes. aud turning ont a product worth $72,000,000. Tobacco ranks i - ' ' " " .ixth on the list of our exports, andast I ... ... r.k year we sent abroad about s;xmjuu,uuii worth. Germany is our best customer, but Great Britain follows closely. Thns were the visions of innumerable "candy stews," dancing so euennuuugry liefore that darkey's eyes ignominously dispelled. Wilmington Star. J A darkey in Wilmington, rolling oa a stolen barrel of molasses. A Poluemau watching his movements frightened him? He ranawayjiud left it lying la the street; and never came back to get if. 5' Washixgsok, Dec. 17. The Re4 publican National Committee, at tho meeting to-day, elected Senator Came4 rou permnneut Chairman, and deci ded that the next National Bepubli-, can Convention should be held at Cbitiigo on June 3J, 18S0, ' J! S- V H