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who have worked for its success in the
;;tat-;fii ioaae' heir e'&orts in the
siturft, . ! ' ' " i
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SOB HEBN JOPKNALIr oyEH.
:j WORKED. . .
It i$ a laadahhi ambition to doas
.mridi las oneV strength aiid tact will
allows But it is wrbheine oneself to
attempt ; more than one's physique
can stand, and iuia . wronging'itbe
pu1lic to preteiu tiy Ho more than
ipes.
These remarks apply with peculiar
propriety to the editorial work done
'' the -Sontherh press. ; With inade
'i ite.raean3 ahdj slight , encourage
ment jibe average good newspaper of
i his section 'accomplishes more than
the average newspaper of any other
section. ; Labor is not here; usually
subdiyided. 1 The hand that uses the
' Hcissors and paste brush holds the pen
or perjcil that embellishes the in tehect
ual side of the jourual. From early in
the ) day. until- late in . the i night
it is clip clip-clip' and scratch Scratch
scratch. Tlwe journalistic manrof-all-workijumps
from the telegraphic re
ports of the Associated Press to the
revise of a. local item that he -or his
solitary reporter has prepared, or to
tjte nbH-w-vecondite composition of an
""Htoi'ai on 'some jpoiitieai or aesthetic.
stBej6t about wiiiuh he.f!knows vper
haps little'save ahe bare outlines br
'- even' less.'-' lie is' expected to be'
-."' wel l?up? in. commerce, railroad, mat
tersy finance art. criticism science and
literature, a well as in the inevitable
. and :iii -absorbing political discussions
o ih day. ' If he have time to "con-
.H!i!t yjppletorj's Encyclopcedia and the
..it v of. the New Vork "liioruiiig jour" -
uuls iweil: if not, so much the Worse
(or. better?) f orchis reader. What is
lackiiig in ease of style and familiarity
'wit fr his theme must -be made up
either in timeliness or in the variety
of topic. ;Dah , ' in place : of- a
sieaiiy giip,f fervor for strength,
s iiiorotisnes. j iiisiead of - profundity
of '.' thought,. ea!y comintm place
where - g
aboiiiul
i
race
and.
cleverness might
nnder -more'
. i -
favorable
conditions flippant 8aacinet nsnrp
ing .the room of- vigorous ;wit ;twieh.
unfortunately, and yet; naturally, is
the linage in the glass which the
Southern' press reflects.
' Pale, thin,!; wearied and worried
w riter patient, Jntelligent : reader-is-
the re not truth in what is above
j -Then . what BhlL be.-done? tThe
. press U poor as ther proverbial turkey
of the patient ' man , of the, Bible.
It haVspirit, it 'ftas appreciation of
publuj ueedo,:it is notwitbout ability
' in its direction, but if money5 is fact'
ing and; reapers have not yet risen jap.
cap there ber any j noticeable improve
meutr ' 1 es, indeed, bunimarize the
: new?, Jeavje flt rwhatayhe dis
pensed with iii order to make room.
ior legitimate neWBj.giveyurieiyja ai
f ' - . '
btice interesting anfl lnstrbctie; icon-
fnuv,M uiBtjuisiuun 10 jis .proper.
wide A range, roa!k JournaUsni cath-'
olic injspiritahid lipheittutterance.'
These are a fevr suggestions jtbat ita
on ; the , surface , I of jibe' discussion..,
The subjectijs paejfde.iinteret j
fafbebn thje,hewsj)ap
xo 1 lie more tnoughtrnl reaaer , asr
;w?h iu;,u 1 ijivre ;apauie apu cuuv
bcient ions journalist !mariy otiier im
yemeritigls'ccur j
I It may be .objected that to' do the
journaliswork betteKjii tlje South
it will reqnifefgreater. outlay still of;
br ai u-streijgth and j' vual "end ur-:
ante. ; B.&t " tb f re'py is i feadyi; At
little practice wi 1 make it' possible; to,
carry out these "suggestionsiwith no,
additional worry or:lalior. Ipi truth1
the work iriav be lessened while the'
! i
prod nut ; is -1 tiiproved. ; i
" Another r thought here. Let the
overworked journalist '.take occasion
allv a 8$ort vacation, and at all sea-
sous he should rendeavor to have a
sound body; with a sotind mind.. No
man can Safely j employ all his time
not needed in sleep in; active,' unre-
mining -effort. He will break down
under the strain both in mind and
body. : Hygiene is l heref ore as neces
sary in journalism as any oilier force,
and no violation; of it"laws
will fail
in a single iostanceto work a teriible
and fateful retribution.
With earnestness and morality .as
a backbone "wei hope to see in the
South in the course of a few years a
dignified, 'sprightly,; able and remu
nerative journalism.! f m ii
. THE KLKCTlOMJN OUAKGB.
i The election on Thursday of Maj.
W. N. Pattersou, the Conservative
Candidate for the ivacant seat in the
Convention; from Orange, was a most
gratifying result. In August ex Gov.
Grahamwas elected;b 379 majority.
Mj. Patterson's majority will pro
bably be . above 600. There was a
gain at Durham .of " 13 votes over
the last, election.' The Conservatives
now hae.ar majority ;bf j two j in the
Convention. . ( Maj. Patterson is said
to be a clear-he'aded!, practical ma:i,
and will doubtless beof nluch ser.vfce.
niASONIG JQDBNA1.
Volume 1, No. 1, of f the Jlasonic
Jburhaly' published by liev. E. A.
Wilson, editor and proprietor, at
Greensboro, N4 C, is on our table. It
contains eight pages, four columns to
the page, is well printed'on beautiful
white paper, and lis j admirably filled
with matter pertaining, to the history
and workings of the order. Price $2
per annum. '.
THK CONVENTION.
. Thcperdiem amendment, referred
to in the proceedings jtelse where, has
passed its final reading The amenci-:
ment reducing the' number of Su
premo Court Judges j from fi ve to
three passed its; 8econdreading yes
terday, fifteen Republicans voting for
! iThe Convention seems to have got-
tento work nwnearnest. 1 h
,: . Judge Gilfillan, o Minnesota, the
Democratic nominee for Chief Jus
tice, on being formally invited to'ex-
press his opinion as to thejdatform,de-
cuneu to uo so because, "as a juugene-
raust, in performing the duties of his
office,' ignore all-distinctions between
persons vwliose cbntrbversies he is
persons whose controversies he
called on to decide. . Whatever polit
ical principles iney may noia, or to
whatever political organizations they
may , Op king,, it is .. im pi-oper ' hat jOne
whose name is before ihe people 'frr
ejectioiV to wiich an ''rlicei shitild eti-'
gage,jn any idiscuMsiiHi of, ,a? political.
character or; j endeavor. i to f cbraiuend
himself to-tneieleetors by i expressing ;
bpiuibni onoliticai subjects!
We jWhoTihaji-e jBere from a(icbiv
rupt partisan judiciary kuowjipw ;to
appreciate suen an nitierance as inis
from the Northwest ! We honor tlie
man who holds himself aloof from
contamination in order that he .. may
have an unclouded conscience; and; a
firm will! to; render justice. If all the
udge8 in North Caroliaa had, been, of
tms ciass ine oiaie io-aay wouwjue,
in a bettcrondition.- 7 aishonest
and, prejudiced judiciary, spi eads the'
poison of upas broadcast over: the
land. iB innuence is, not merely io-j
titreatmeis far'a)niSeide
copfidence ahd virtue. ' ,
OUU D fc i-' J
. i .
'The jAdmihwtration prgan j iri
WAshlneton is aiarmea ai me way mines
fare 'going itflsew England, and
'advertises
for' a leader m- JiiassacnuBeua. .
WILMINGTON, N
Tbe ! Line Tel ecrapn
lit: Swift, electriaauad MrMcCul
ougb,.cootractar, have, arrived in tiro 'city, -.
atd this morning at: the bead of tlie Gov
ernment orce will commence the-wprfc'of
lajringt&e tcjra to.
iuuuviue ana uar;UttHeras.n iBe "eQes
sary material to complete the workr &s far
as to Smithville is already here; and it is the
iatentiou to have . telegiaphic; coEamunica-
ton between 1 Wilmington and rSmithville
opened in' a very shprt liraeV! ;,The fall line
to Hatteraa tvill ruubing.Vjt, Jlhought,i
;bjMthd first jbf next Januaryl' AaufBce will
be eabri8lied?a'STOith
ju-es sjwllayl ,
; xuiih wui oe a mDsmponaOTuaenierprjse;
Jfor our city, as well as a 'conyeu.ietieWto tbe
I iyeatber Bureau ahQ noble additfon to
.the humanitarian schemes of the day.; ;f '' i
j $$t:-h'. !:: I -
ITtttekerel FlMhluer. i-;-s ; A:if
I : Capt. Davia, who arrived here a few Jays
jsioc from the Straili, in Carteret County,
says that mackerel fisheries Lave beeaestab
JlisUed io thS bend iiist south of Cape Look-"
jbut,' where mullet fisheries were formerly
(located, and that jrreat many of these
j favorite fish are being cangbt in the seises,
j Mackerel have never been caught in' any
iffuaotities ia tire wters on our coast, bu at
'the point alluded to tliey seem now to have
taken the plnce of the mullets which forra-
erly reigned almost supreme in those waters.
Countjr Ceminiloiier.
The Board of County Commissioners met
.'yesterday and selected a venire of iurora
jfor the October Term of Superior Court, as
follows: , ,; ... ,- .. " j I
j First irft'i'-rAcie B..(e'rgf, John JFor
frest, Alei. Aioore, PJeflt Grady, Jas. Wal
in, Jo.-eph Bryant, Henry Kelly, Henry
Brynul, Ueury , Davis, , Quarken - Golden,
Seth W. - Davisi James Brown,'. John D.
,Nixon, William McLaurin, Wright Graddy,
Granville Potter, W. S. He wklt. George
Leonard, Wm. McNeill, John Campbel,
John W. St. George, John Curtis, Joseph
Farrow,' ' John Casteen, Alonzo . Hewlett, ,
J Joseph Wadd-ll, W. M. Fonville, Solomon
jKing, John . Uixon,' John Cash, John
'Taylor, William Farrow, Geo. W. Hewlett,
James A. Hewlett, Richard P. Hall, Chas.
W. Stokely. '
; Second TVeek Samuel Davis, Wl H.
Sneeden, W.HI. Dart, S. P. Thomas, Jerry
jFonville, Phillip Ne wman, Isaac Northrop,
W. G. Fowler, Jr., : Sylvester Petteway,
Wm. IL Cotton, Samuel N. Nixon, Claus
Suriever, Reuben Bethea, Thomas Byrd,
Gaston N. II ill, Nathan Iteeves, Iieuben
Jones, Spottswood Allen, i
Excurtlou, Diaucing Sec.
A correspondent at Caintuck, Pender
county, ter the signature of " Veritas," in
forms us that a select party of ladies and
geutlemeu ' left Point Caswell Wednesday
morning, on- the steamer KortJteast,k Capt.
R.P. Paddison, ou an excursion to' Malls
by's Point, a favorite lesort of the young
people of that vicinity. Here, in a building
prepared fi r the occasion, dancing was
commenced aud kept up until the hour for
dinner arrived, when a splendid repast was
served and most happily enjoyed. The
comforts of the inner man having received
proper attention, the dance was resumed
and ; kept up until the boat reached the
shore, whence she bad left in the morning.
The young people concluded then to go a
little, further with their fun, and accordingly
left the Point to complete the dance at Dr.
Hawes' that night.
Dnpltn Branch Canal.
We learn by the Record XhsX a meeting of
'the citizens of Duplin was held at Kenans '
viuVon the 13th of September, for the pur-'
pose of raising funds for the construction
of-the Duplin Branch .Canal. ,and futtber
consideration of the subject, u The meeting
was presided over by : Jacob Sm ith, Esq,
Messrs. R. II. Brown, and. E. D. Pearsall
acting as Secretiirres. ,' ..;,.'.
Mr. Stanford introduced Maj. Wilton L.
Tdungj who spoke at some length, explain
ing the general plan of constructing the;
canal." .' -:v...;L. -.;- :. -r. .-ii . : - ... r- '
The Chairman appointed a committee to
open books of subscription, and the facet
ing adjourned :tiU, the first Monday in. October.-
; : ' " - !- ' : - .r ' .
Wllminaton Uetall ITJarket. . ..v". '
; -The following I prices railed yesterday :
'Apples, (driedy 124 cents per pounds-dried
( peaches 2Sc per pound;, walnuts, -'cents
tner peck; pickles, 20 cents per dozen;
lard, 18 cents-per pound; butter, 3040
cents per pound; cheese, 25 cents per pound;
grown fowia 7o80a pair; geese $1 50( per
pair? beef 1016c. perpourid; beefi (corn-j
per po,una.; uuttop, lf Oki yl .eta, per pounu ;
bamvl820 cW.per pouhd; sboulderSil.
t4 cents per ildndPtrip&0'ct8.lp''bQhch;
cts a quart aoup.buncby 5 cts.';legg,f 25C)0
nts'auo'stjntgeonV ZScls. a cbuhk 5 lbs)j
pgtatpes, ,ne w'rjsh,; 40c a .peqk(; s be W sweet,
25senU a peck; fisliT-lrout 25c.jper bunch;
.mullets-1023 cents per bunch; turnlpa,
10 ' ; ceiits 'f a "' ' buricb; ' bnlbnk,! "' 50!ic'ents
a peck; cabbages 1025 cents. a
head ;' bologna 20 eents a 7 pound;: wild
ducks 5075''; eeriis a pair';' radishes,
par ley,. 5 cents burich; onions, 50 cents a
peca; carrots,' 5 cents, a- pound ; rice, 12
eta. a quart ; sbap beans 20c a pecki'sqnashes,
bent's a'ozc
green eorn, auc ooz;.tpmatoes iue a quart;
bkra, 5 beots'a dozen-, .cantaloupes, I015.
centsV'ilcrnielfols'ilSSCf cenWiyhrimps
20c a quart; craba la, dozpnapes.SO
.4uc per peca. j
a
r It my, .be thatnauch uuequif ocal soft
money declarations: asj tlioa .in Qhio.-and
Pennsylvania are - "oolyj Jocal utterances,'?.
but.it Jakes, only; ; fe,w:.mpre such local nt-
terance9 to cause a national utterance which
few gentlemen residing on Wall Street And
thereabouts will like to bear.
li DrakeW ;?fooIt iindrCornera .of
:Ui4t h ef ti iiitt Kuzl a nti c'ba'ii" i; H
2. jyajieiMBe and1 firotler,f py
kTtoeJ,Aidlne
inoBiaiy." 1
Hit jit .-?'.';;-,.'! !
; MKssiisr' Edoks: Are 'vou. if-We niav
venlnrft!" tri ask enlhnsiastic hibliooolea
"r jvi.r i-.-.ti r-ii ..;f u..i
iWhile -ftppreciating, Jbe , v4, off afgpoctj
uook, no you coniesa iiiai'iiu uiejjuunwtawe
.? : -V:!" ? -. . in
inclined to-irloab over jich -bindinea: colden
Cages' i andlumptiibus adornments keneraily'? .
tion, asj wetdo p the attenUojci of the public,
the beautiful Octavo cialfed Nodks and
Cbrners of :keiNef England Qpast,by; Sv s
A. uraRe, just puDJisnea wuu nunareasj or
liiusiraiions, ana uounu in ueucute o-
colored masm,- ny jjiessi-s., uarper Jjros.
This wtn k is hot only a guide to the traveler
aloug tub most picturesqub coasts of North
i.- ;...L Jw'i.
iii nil if ii in iii ii Til 1 1 1 1 I'linm ti in i w in i i
America, but Contains a comprehensive his '
tory of ; all the earlier j settlements, with
narratives of English and French valor tried
to the uttermost in its conflicts with savage
men atjtd savage seasons;tlebate of aborigi-.
nal tribes,- and, the hostility of the elements
along " an i n n, and rock-bound shore."
Fac-siri?iar ofk antique townships, which
have long disappeared in the progress of
Civilization; arid of the first rude maps and
charts of ocean ; harbours, alternate with
well-executed Avood cuts Of the portraits of.
such gallant old worthies as Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, Jacques Cartier, Pierre du Guast,
Samuel Champlain. j and the indomitable
Capta;n John famuli. ' ' ''
Th in.' jn'-iof tlx; latler is particuiarly.
.8trikii'a;;:f liv-f iiresented ) the brhaie,.
eI.iii-,rMk: tiriii.U At the pencil; with majestic
i iui-v tiirown uacawaru, auu a set or, mous-tucii-.
s tiui.ferOcious stiff uess of whicii sng-
irt-hts a perfect checaux de jfrnc of levelled
pikes i i tie uercenesa or ms glaring eyes,,
anil the sreel-like rigidity jof his lips; his
corrugated foreliehd, and .bristling beard.
are H in admirable keeping with the defiant
liJume: and are calculated to impress us
witli the idea hat the cuttiHg off ot Turks'
heads, and the impalement of Infidelson his
lances, were but ' commori-place diversions
to so stalwart and irresistible a warrior I
Passins to later later times, there is hard
ly a shoal, headland, or islet, dotting the
long Northeastern coasts; Which Mr. Drake
fails to connect with some historic event.
or in default of authenticated-history, with
some suggestive superstition, or legendary
tale. ,
At length rfe comes to the weird, half
desolate " Isles bf SboalsJ' his description
of which is particularly interesting.
Christopher lievette was the first .bngiish-
man who saw and landed upon these Islands.
The first place, saysi lievette, "I set
my foot upon in New England, was the
Isle of Shoals, being islands in lue sea,
about two leagues from the main.
"Upon them I could neither see one good
timber tree, nor so much good ground as
to make a garden, f , ; - !
1 he place is found to be a good fishing
place for six ships; but more cannot, well
be tnere,ror want or convenient stage room."
Apropos, of the fishing of those days. Ca
bot notices the Cod under the name of
Cacalo;" Jean Alnhonse speaks of the
" bacailos;" Capt. Wing calls it "bacca-
lew," while the Indian, ujame was "larn
wock." !
Smith says the--New Eucluod fish were
far better than those taken at Newfound
land, which he styles ; contemptuously
poor John,1 ta nickname current ever since
in the Mediteranean. One of his ships in
1614, loaded with dry fish for Spain, where
the cargo brought "forty ryalls,"! or i five
dollars the quintal.' . i '!
(Jharleroix believed this fish could turn
itself inside -out, like a pocket!' He de
clares they found bits of glass, iron, and
even pieces of broken pots in the stomtchs
of fish caught on .Newfoundland Banks,
and rashly adds, that some people .believed
they could digest them! !
After the Istes became-permanently in
habited, this fishery: increased in prosperi
ty, until the period of the war with Great
Britain.' But f rom; that time ' the fishery,
dates its decay. -: '
Very pleasantly Mr. Drake leads us from
these singular islands, noting the curiosities
of the coast line here andj there,', until we'
come to Irrovmcetown, and thence to Nan
tucket, Aquidnack, 'Newport, New .London
and Norwich, :,s A 5
The chapter devoted to Newport is full,
trustworthy j; and entertainine. Aided, as
the . letter press descriptions are, by throngs' !
oi spirikeu engravings, vue reaaer wuu nas
never visited this famous! place can never-'
thelessr obtain a very accurate notice of its
peculiarities. And, indeed, we may say as
much bf almost the entite book. It not
only prof esses vraisernblahce but has actually .
secured ihij-?' ! - r ,-,,v:;
A cuide book, a historv and a record of
legendary lore, , we look Upon Mr. Drake's
compilation as ' toe most vaiuaoie wore oi
the kind issued oy the Atoerican. press for
many years.:; . '?'' v ; !
Every literary age has had some marked
characteristic of thought, or of art, to dis
tinguish it from any other age. Thus,
what may be styled the English rennais
ance of the 16th century, was developed
almost wholly in the line of the Drama.
, ')Tbe ,17tli . century development was
lyrical; while the lime succeeding it, ;tbe(
iavs of Pope. Addison, Swiff, '&:, Sc.,
8 ui wed, -amid ! the general decline of all'
reJJy passionate, or inguiative , pptry, la
distinct, tendency lowar Is the didactic,
whether iri 'bro'se or veiseh which 'tendency
.ciflmmated,1 some years iHjtep, in the fantas-j
hiind,.,a'Hd in - What , stinbody disrespect
fuilv ndettianatefr a the " itoodv. imwdv.
styfe'-'uf Misa Hannah More, on the ..ottiei !
kt . . . .!..'
i iNOW,; in our own ifc?Mryi r icjiom, ynp
embodied in the Novel and Konjance), pile's
much the same part whict Jhe Pram a (, did
in " those spacious times of great Eliza
betb;"and any man, who pretends to igpore
the influence of Fiction upon . our thought
and , social Jife, must be intellectually,'
l.r.o.vul,(n hiii'm.iiorallnn'' ' ' ti-t. ,
"If f oll6w8 therefore, that i neither the
perusal, not the criticism of a novel, cap be
necessarily regarded,as time thrown awav.
As "much wisdom, and suggestive sentimerif'
'have been f wreaked' upon expression" in
:our 19th century 'novels,, as could be called
j- fron all thq treatises pi alitiqu, ,, ; ;
.at me Bouiu, nowever, a lamentaoie ae
gree of ignorance continues tp'tJretafil upon
this tbpicii; oi:.-r-tlifll'Btot 9il ite'ult "
,m Ooe rmeets with . well-meanine moralists
who look , upon "Rasselas' as a doubtful
performance and '.Ccelebs in Search of a
Wife" as a some what. dissipated tale, and
to whom, in consequence, .jtbe very word
"fiction: is; a J heresy.'.and iofferice.' . we can
36aly nit v the narrow-minded bigotry of these
persons, and hope that a dav of .enlighten--
ment may dawn upon inem oeiore tney aiej
What,' ohl Teader, must be the1 mental
condition of one who baa never made the
acquaintance of. Baitie jNichol Jarvie, to
il by no taeans a matter bf 'Indifference; to'
oujbut Jbaton the contrary, youar rlher
nt., U . . Uu." .sill
. 1 ' ;
,whbm jThe- Antiquary", And IvanhbefJ
Hire unkIroWd,, Who simply honors ytm with I
k a Stare should- Jou'roetipn 'Davd .Cop-H
perneia ana ." ine two mues," ana who i
falls f ntb '4f species bf -collapse or synebpe I
5, Meanwhile the development of art-power
in ncxton progresses aay oy uay,-anu cer
tainly one of its' most -note wort by illustra
tion .pecura in the "Story , pf Valentine,", by
Mrs. Olipbant, lately "republished by Haf
Dor S'Bros. For many years Mrs.. Obnhant
!i lias occupied a bigh, if not the very highest.
ttbsltion asa writer. BUt in "Valentine and
His. Brother theurhasses herself.- Btrange- i
ly original ;in plot, .full of dramatic, effects j
and picturesque contrasts;' 'with 'a fityle of 1
characterizatioiBO viyid and truthful that i
i many of the personages; depicted, . seem J
! branded iBto one's memory. JWb ifoHow j
tiiia tale with absorbing mterst tli rough al
its complex involvements and startling rev
elatiohs, and finally close th& book - with a
sigh, apd ,the : Instinctiya , 4ba eyea
in AiVi t i m a tPA rtnry vrt OArin arnflAt tr 1-wlr
tpol itslike Bgain4ii.-'i ;;.Ciai j. 1
irThe central fizure of a- most elaborate
i picture, crowdea . U&ongtt not overeromea
rwim reij tneperwuagey wnom waare
. .
puzzled and bewildered.: yet always fasci
nated too.'is the Tramp Woman, Myra, the
mother of Valentine and cf Richard,, twin
children, . and - through their aristocratic
father heirs of the ancient property of the
Eskstdesiu Scotland. In his hot, undis
ciplined youth, the Hon. Richard Ross, the
next 'in succession to the Eskside Barony,
meets with: a beautiful Gypsy girl, is over
powered by the "glamour of dark eyes
and queenly formand commits social sui
cide by marrying her. s He is soon made to
repent his folly. Neither through the wiles
of love nor the influences of education can
he so far tame the . wild blood; in. Myra's
veins as to make her tolerate the most ordi
nary restraints of civilization! . The air of
drawing-rooms , and conservatories stifles
her; pay, the glooming of any roof between
her vision and the free heaven of Nature is
like the weight and disgrace of actual bonds!
Soon', therefore, after the birth of her twins
in some village of. Italy for Richard Ross
had fled with his unpresentable wife to the
South), the poor bewildered forest creature
suddenly abandons her husband, taking the
bovs along with her, and nothing is heard
of 'them again for a period of many years.
i The Hon. Mr. Ross becomes attache to the
British Legation at Florence, and tries, . in
the gentle and languid role of Diplomat, to
forget his past troubles.
He yearns to regard bis hasty-marriage
with a species of loathing, and ignoring the
memory of wife and children, leads a wild,
Sybaritish, very useless existence at the
minor Italian Courts, where he cultivates
the fine arts with a special liking for Bric-a-Drac
and a real devotion to antiquated
China ! Meantime, the old folk at Ross
cray, Lord and Lady Eskside, are bitterly
disappointed by. their son's conduct; and
yet, they desire (Lady Eskside in a. passion
ate, yearning, ; unreasonable, way), to ' dis
cover the lost Myra and her offspring, since
otherwise their ancient estate must ulti
mately pass out of the direct family line
a calamity of sad import to your genuine
aristocrat. I
i One stormy autumn evening a startling
event occured at Rosscray.
r Into the main. hall, between the gusts of
wind, a child of six or seven years old, is
thrust by unseen hands, and left, scared
and half whimpering on the floor. ,:
Lady Eskside immediately divines who
the little lad really is, and" the description
pf her joy and pride at thus recovering one
of her grandsons, strikes us as pathetic in
the extreme. .' 1
Nor has the old lady's, instinct deceived
her? : It subsequently appears that, prompt
ed by some wild sense of justice, the wan
dering Gypsy mother had given rto his
kindreci oue of her boys; retaining the
other, who does not - come upon the stage
until the lapse of very nearly a decade.
Mow Valentine' was educated, what tem
perament and "disposition" he exhibited;
what were his ad venturas in love and strife ;
how, when and where he finally encounter
ed both his mother and brother, without in
the least suspecting their relationship j and
the consequences of this strange meeting
are they not all to be found in the tale it
self most vividly and vigorously portrayed ?
Why, therefore, should we attempt to des
cribe them ? It is enough, . if by a few
random hints, we have anchored our read
ders interest in a novel' so unique in" con
ception, so admirable in execution. , - ;:,
Some of the individual scenes are simply
yet grandly dramatic. The death 'of Myra
among the nowers; her instinctive s turning
towards the son who had always been with
her, and always kind, in that solemn hour;
her eager watching for Valentine at an ear
lier period, when the ladlittle dreaming
whose eyes were Upon" him," used to navi
gate his "out-rigger", along the -Thames' ;v
above all, perhaps the honest, nooie seit
6acrifiee of Dick, who finding himself to be
the eldest of the twins, by a few hours, nev
ertheless resigns to Valentine the honors
and the .estate, which from childhood the
latter had been led to consider his bright,
all .these scenes are managed With, jcpnsum
mate skill and leave upon the mind of the
reader an indellible impression. Iri brief, -
Mrs. Oliphant's last performance, is. a mas
ter-piece, and everybody who can, should
peruse it. ' s ' - -;
. "The 'Aldine Publishing Company of
New; York" met, some time ago,', with a 'se
rious misfortune in the destruction - by 'fire
of a larenart of their establishment. But
" Ike Aldine Monthly" (after the briefest
possible interregnum,) has again, made' its.
appearance, and we cannot out pronounce
the August number a model' of artistic
beauty. Our limited Space forbids; our en
tering into, particulars, but all persons fond
bf art should procure this periodical.' The
literary department (by the way) under the
management of Mr. Henry Munford, is full
or clever sketches, poetry and criticism
PAtl- Hj Ha,N.
' 'i The Dead. Do fSroait Nomcilmei. I t
i It appears that a man afteirrihe, la
vef Uably . dead an, g4rpa.n.1(.J.)r., ,E.
HollanbTasserts the grim fact in a let-"
te'lb the JSr'itish Medical JbiiHial.
J.-B-i age 6?f hanged himself.'" The
suspension continued two hours;, and
as the rope was slackened fromf.yhe
neck, air escaping from the thorax
.through the larynx ofhelate J. B.,'
a prolonged and rather sonorous groan?
r . c tt
Was me ,;COUBCijui;uuo. ; , . ..4J.C-, u
dead," said , the doctbr's assistants;
but! dead he certainly was. Dr Hol
labd's theory ,;is that the 1 suicide
bracea his body for the final throe'by
t.altJrtiT a ripen breath : and when nan r-
f ing lis, the, method used, .tlie, constrils-
I tion at the air passages is too immp-"
diate'an'd 'effectual 5t6rallb(;thr31'air
to. escape lDuii tne roper Deing; reiax
edj laogs and thorax contract with,
force sufficient to produce a noise like
a groanj'bven an1 nbtiif aftbr3 deaths
The fact is 'wbftB" ndtirig.?frltlmay
save euperstitioua fear as well aa pre
iVn delosiy hope,fyf ng ,
U " Moonlight mechanics is the
Troy Press latest name ior ourgutrs k,( i f
when you, irespectruily asfc his opinion of
Charles Reade's p Mra Lewes' latent pro- ,
auction? v .MMtm m:tim:muii i
Spirit of1 (he' Preaa id the Vmtlbui
! -8elen-rTke ( Folltleal r. Ontlook-
ComBtiiti an Ptrninlnnliili A
(IS f"';iw5.--
The platfoHriof j th0 PennsylvahMi
xlemocraovu hasij a! i trne. ringJ and
goqd; enougb:forho jNoqaph
yention next Mav . f
, , rrJNJibrk UriOun. Ind.x W'
Mm fepbWomi;inatlb
gusnoW'lhatPAhey
next NatnaIiJiemoerati'Convnr:
fiiv(opsi, excellent reason
fbr this' Tjeliei:1 ,
The bapture of sbi important1 a" State
Convention by-the Hag-mohev crowd
jnaa, -uuupuoieHiyo maae.ii r raucn more
"difficult 'tq preserve tKe . Dembbratin
" : J .it la . ;
National Convention f rbhr "a llkb-f ite'
nextear. vBut it baa also mad ijt!
much more probable that we shall see
a break-up of parties and aev deal.
' New York Tribune .' The pre
cise figures of the decreased Repub
lican majority in Maine ' will bb
known only by the official' returns.
Enough is sh tVwh by th e ti rst : fi gu res
to indicate more clearly than any po
litical event of the year the serious
ness of the peril which besets the
party in. power. The further signifi
bance of the result may possibly at
tach to the personal fortunes of Mr.
Blaine as a Presidential candidate;
but of that it is too early to speak.
- Cincinnati Commercial; Ind.,i
It? must be clear now to everybody,
as heretofore to the more competent
observers, that if the Democracy win
in: this State, the " Democratic party
will be carried headlong rand by
.wholesale for the , inflation scheme,
the hard-money .Democracy of the
Eastern States holding .out at most
for a feeble phrase in the platform,
over which they may equivocate.
St. Lodis Republican, ' Ind. :
If the Democrats carry Ohio .and
Pennsylvania and it is evident -that
these two States are - helping each
other two things may be accepted
as settled: first, that the West will
control the Presidential election; and
second, that anti-resumption and the
abolition of the national bank system
will be the leading pjank in the Na
tional Democratic platform! ;
-- Chicago Times, Ind. : The
growth of this repudiation or bottom-
lass debtanoney sentiment since 1868
has beensteady and vigorous, as all
political events and appearances now
combine to, show. That it will
"sweep the country" in the approach
ing Presidential contest is not among
the most improbable events or the
future. If Mr. Grant should . aarain
be placed on the Presidential course,
there is hardlv a reasonable ground1
for doubt that the party of repudia
tion would prevail. Add to. the bot
tomless debt-money delusion the ex
tensive political and personal dislike
of the Long Branch junketer, and ' it
is a safe prophecy that the repudia
tionist "Democracy" - would carry
everything before it.
Detroit Tribune, Rep.; All
depends on Ohio. If that State goes
Democratic in October it willbb next
to impossible for the Republicans to
carry. Pennsylvania in November;
and if Democracy and inflation should
sweep both these great central States
oi ine u nion, ine ouiiook ior nonest
finance is dark indeed.' rBut should
the inflation Democracy receive & de
cided -check at.-he x .Ohio , election,
their fate in Pennsylvania ia sealed.
The action of the Pennsylvania De
mocracy, therefore,1 will increase the
already intense interest which is felt
in the Ohio election. t ;.. . !
. ? -Petersburg Jndex-AppealtCori'
aervatiye: Money is no doubt a ques
tion of gre"atJJ dignity add moment;
but a free 'government rises to a
higher pitch -of merit. It therefore
behooves all the people who have re
coiled: in disgust from Grant and
Grantism to unite in support of Dem
ocratic ; principles, whatever views
they may entertain on the ; financial,
auestion. First .. let; us make sure
that we have a country worth being
i IL L : Li! L' -fiji i u & 1 i i ' ' 1. -jC '...: .U--' '
concerneu aooui, auu uieii may
concern ourselves as- to what kind ' of
currency .its people may circulate..; i i
A Chapter f HUoryV "' ! '
4. A letter has 'just ' been published,'
written April, 8, 18G7, by the ; late?
Horace;, Grei?le atid . addressed ,to(
Chjef(Jnstjce ;hca,( "f, the New York
Marine Cbur in reference t'o'ihe'late
f U'OfnVe.'. BebMnrrdg'e and his ' retnrn
from extleJ In lln.s' letter Mr.; txree-,
ey5 .referred x the a action of 5neary,
all the military chiefs of the South in
ad vising' their people 'to accept the
'sittfatibn' unresbiVedly ; indicated1 the
heed 6f Geiieril- Breckiuridgefa jwiaj
counsel . in .Kentucky, and, desiring
Mr. Greeley's assurance should . be
communicated to the' general that
u his es?eifce iii this boun try - (which
is still bis oou'n try) is neededfapd Iwill
not provokevany exhibition ,of Jlljwill."
Judsre Shea forwarded the letter and
6en. jf3f eckinridge shortly' afteTWardsJ
returned.' l-' (;s )
:itr!- rBifi Baibe, A of
s Whiteaburg, Ky.yj are physically a
very" remarkable married I couple.
;Both measure aixj feet, eleven,; and la
half inches in height. .The5hp8
is" twenty'-eightj ' years ' of age "and
Weighs' four 'Imndred ' and 1 sbverity
eight pounds. i.Tbewife ia twentyi
aeyen years ,of age, ;i and weighs pu?
hundred and.4 twenty-three pounds.
$148,3X0.76.
ThJmreffer,hM
been inpveitoiwoir tA? I2l
Patteridri'a; majority in Orange
ior ueiegate xo ine uonveouon, twaa..uj
lne semi-wjeekly edition of the
Goldaboro Record arrneara thiarweek. and is i
gwv. . . ,v;,: .
' ' Mrl R."'A. jehkins.'5r lias been i
apeoihtedgeni of he Great Southern Dis- ?
patcff Fast- Freight timV&Mr?iJihnQfk
Yobug. with headquarters at rGreeasbortJ.
ibftc againsV the correspondence of the
New,5?ork:J2yii f nuttRaleiirlii reportia -
ae proceedings of the CoaTeatiofi 4 1 a yfy-.
The Warrentbnoee vs:
Hr.,James TTwittyw while fireuring to-,
bacco oaTnesday, ruight of t last week, had
his baru and a,Uh'e. tobacco burned.' t :
u..&nead.,Jil8q., member of-
the Seriate from Granville! has tendered has
resignation as State Senator, in consequence .
oi naving: oeea. ieewiy ,-jaad& Cbenff of
progressing at the Baptist Church in Ox-,
ford, under th conduct -6t the Rev. Mr.
JDurham, of Goldsboro, has been meeting
jr-Oii! the WtemeaTolinailail-V
road when a rascal throws a rock at a pass
ing train, tue conductor etops- the Ira n and -shoots
at the fleeine , miscreant.- perchance '
knocking off a finger or drawing'blood from -;
anotner partoi tne.ooay. " : 5 ;yiff
. The Newborn Journal of Com'
pierce announces that it will commence is-
aning a daily of twenty columns size during
this week. Terms for subscription, 'fifty
bents n monthjor five dollars a year. Ad
vertising rates moderate. The paper wi'lbe
Democratic. : -: " " ;J ;
:-' 5 Raleigh Kews: We have of U n
seen the "party; lash'? applied, but were
rather amused yesterday to see Mr.' Tour
gee, on the floor of the Convention, apply
the party "cluck'' by napping his fihiieis
when he wanted "his side of the house'io
rise. It answered the) same purpose, hoiw
cver. ' P
On Wednesday, says the Rich
mond Enquirer, the Board of .Visitors of the
University of Virginia elected PrOf. Wm.
M. Thornton, of Davidson College, -.N. O,
adjunct professor in the department . of
mathematics, and assigned him to the duties
lately performed; by Prof. Boeck. ,-i - ";
Last Friday while some' of the
Conservatives of Durham were celebfatfng
the victory in Orange county, a cannon
.was "prematurely ; discharged. Mr. Perry
W; Austin, -formerly'-of - New York, had
both of his hands blown off,-and Mr. J. Ii.
Morriss, a native of Durham, was wounded
severely in both hands. ' ; . 't
JTIalnb and. Pennsylvania.
If anybody-hasnt-supposed, says
the Philadelphia Times, thai the Re
publicans haven't won a victory i n
Maine, let him , read .the all hail ;f
.Cameron's organ, given elsewhere. If
8,000 of thb Republican majority in
Maine is lost On a vote of 114,000 bow
much would such a victory elect Per
shing by on a vote of 700,000? If
our memory serves us right, accord
ing to Pike's old system of multipli
cation, there would be some 45,000
short on the Hartranft side to greet
the all hail of the organ. It is prob
able that with a Maine'. victory in
Pennsylvania ilthe shbut of the Tele
graph would' be either decidedly se
pulchral or feebleP-
AVlllidrawal of Palace Car.
The combination trains of the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company- have become mi
heavy : recently that it is stated ti e
managers of the roail have found it
necessary to. reduce therp, by some .
means." ,The travel bv the Pullman i
cars having been so light as not to
pay expenses betweep. . Baltimore aud
Philadelphia the. Compan, it is un
derstood have concluded, to: relieve
their express train by discontinuing
the sleeping eoaches hereafter. ;The
limited:: express ! trains, j which 1 - are
made up exclusively of Pulman palace
cars, will be continued as heretofore.
iBeecber Scandal Acaln.' , :
The Beecher scaodal breaks .out -again.
Beecher is desirobs bf enter
ing a nolle: prosequi in his case against
Moulton for libel, - Monlton, how
ever, demands a trial to defend him
self and f: prove0Beecber , a liar. , . lie
asseverates, that his charges agaihst
Beecher, are -true and that' the Al- .
mighty will Bhow up the man's true
character some day, if earthly tribu
nals do not. Moulton,. is evidently
determined to bring Beecher to. the
wall, and he probably will as he has
got GenBen Butler with ' his large
capacity for scent on the trail of the
"true inwardness of the loathsome
hiisiness. , . . J.
...'-' Depreclatlnsr Credit. , :
:f:';, 1, ,r LN:T- BulletinO ;,
It has become the . fashion ' with
Wall street 'speculators; 1 when they
wish to create a temporary ipaniei in
stocks, 'to make attacks on the credit
.market by circulating " rumors detri
mental to the standing of banks,
bankers br merchants. ' These Blories
are' made up' without any regard : to
facts, and to make them the more jtf-j
fectivb they., are generally made top
relate Jo conspicuous firms with larguU
credit connections; in a word, the v:i--'
nards are made as alarming as possi
ble,iin jorder that ,they may be the
more'effectiye ,-(-ti, ,'n-f,i;i r-, ' !
CbMrieaiton Pdllile.' ' ; "
1 ' I Union'
I I'M 1 1 "I ITTIB I ' -
The wblitics'bf 'ChaWestoir are in a
terrible muddle .The Ww
.t0ourierr, atid Codressmah Mackey
are f upnuig Cunmnghanl j ' an but'bud
out Republican,' for Ma'yOr; while the
J)aUmeis ' CC., Bowen are)
.running jGen, 'AVagener,' an out and
but Democrat,' for the same' office.;
Nbwy we'd' like" to know'. which' i
wbiohiaBd f who's who'? in that race.!
Tne Berlin Punch Make a UU. I
mmaddfadateti
does nbt often -deal very plainly with
politics, buiit evidenlyi f cels; , no re-f
jBtratnfe yvith.;rega;rd to' Turkey. . It
pictures ., ihatv power5 as taking1 her
: place on !thb stage' -aa member :of the
European concert u trdupe a while a
lackey bands her the request . of 'the
direction that she should leave, "Out
or Europe wnn ner'.is ine legeuu.
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