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.. lliVLEIGII, I. C FRIDAY ....i. JANUAET IT, 187 THANKS. , ' w j To say that we ate! prof Jundly grateful v for the handsome endorsement given us . by the joint Democratic caucus last night gives but feeble expression to the emotion that possesses us.. By the free votes at first of near three-fourths of the members of the caucus and subsequently by the unan imous utterance of jits wUlf the. Pubhc Printing was last bight awarded to Thx Obskevke a recognition of its character - and services that will! ever be very dear to . us.. Gentlemen of the Democratic caucus, one and all, wc thank you. THE HARROW GAUGE. . ' .v. In pursuing this series of articles on the internal improvement system of North Carolina, so much was necessary to de velop and properly present in regard to the (Central System the Internal improvement back bone of the State that theconsidera v tion of the narrow gauge idea has' been . "necessarily deferred.' - "The Btate' is engaged In a stupendous work. The people everywhere are alive to it. For sixty yeari the best thought, i .'and- forVthirty thei best energies and re sources of North Carolina have-been given to the grand idea of piercing the Blue Ridge With the central, east-and west line of railroad. . This work, still before us. is that which claims the almost undivided attention of our people. It is that which ' has occupied The Obsebvkb, for, until the Western North Carolina Railroad is com- ' pleted, until the seashore shall be united i with the mountains in the indissoluble bonds of iron rails,! there can be no real or general prosperity worthy of the name in our State. I Not that this grand idea and noble enterprise should absorb every- ' thing else, but it is; and must be of the first consideration to al pur people, those ot one section, as well as of another. This done, and the first grand era of internal - improvement in North Carolina is passed. Then comes tho (second, and as a gener- , : al distnbution of railroad facilities among all the people, perhaps the most important ,era of our progress. J The Narrow Gauge System of railroads is the system for the development of all sections of the State, and for bringing into communication with the people of the centre those who inhabit portions, of outlying territory. v Thb Obskbvsb j has carefully studied this system in all its bearings,; and its rela: tions to the standard gauge system; and with reference to its adaptability to the topography and geographical location of V our State, and the conclusion reach i ed, after a practical examination of ' the narrow gauge I roads in operation, is that it is a ej stein of internal improve ment that must engage the attention and enlist the energies jot our people from one end of the State jtoj-the other;, that this - sy stem, auxiliary is It is to our central standard gauge system, is as necessary, to it as are. the tributary streams to a great k river. ..; I The first offlcial .'notice which thenar row gauge railroads appear to have- re ceived in North Carolina, is found in the report of Chief Engineer Wm. A. Eli 'son, of the Western North Carolina Rail -road, made to the annual meeting of stock holders in 1869. Treating of the narrow gauge system of roads as auxiliary to the complete development of the central line, Mr. EiiAgON said "The 'second plan would be to build surface roads of narrow-gauge and steep . -grades, worked byj light rbllfhg stock,' oi : light rails, and penetrating very section ?- 'which could pay the'lesseneq cd&t of their construction. These plans ;Woald extend the area brought within the influence of the main road, which would otherwise be"f . dissipated or not produced at all. These branches have - been successfully worked by locomotives when constructed with grades 88 o per mile, curves of 200aradius, or 23, degrees and i two foot gaueei 'They have transported passengers and freight ai-j nueen miles per nour to tne amount of 180,000 tons of freight, and 140,000 pas sengers per year. j W ith many Buch lines constructed, your road would resemble that v most magnificent and useful feature of nature, a noble river, which gradually . swelling its current by the addition of nu- merous smaller streams, at last bears upon its 8 welling tides,! the untold riches of a nation's commerce ; while its populous shores teem with ai prosperous and active population. Thus would it be with your road; its freights and travel increased by these feeders, it would swell its vast stores into the laps of mighty cities which would grow along your coast, and sprine no on ' ita line, and remunerative dividends would soon gladden the hearts of the patient and enterprising stockholders who have used .; their means to complete iu This.was well said ten years ago, a long time, measured by the progress and rapid. ly developing ideas of this fast age. At that date there was not a narrow gauge railroad In any of the adjoining States, if fin the - South. I was then an entirely new feature in railroading, and the great majority of our people had never heard of t it, and the idea had not probably been pre sented to a hundred minds in North Caro lina, outside of I railroad circles. To- . day our people are; beginning to' realize and appreciate what a narrow , gauge rail road is. We have two operating within our borders, the Chester and Lenoir, and the Milton and Butherlin. The people everywhere are looking to this system, and wherever they have understood it, they have, readily fallen into the idea. Many such schemes are now on foot, and the present Legislature will be called upon to charter a number ; of these lines, and the 'people, with an enthusiasm never before ' witnessed in the iState, will go to work constructing themj ' ' -Having given the matter very thorough consideration, and having examined the narrow gauge system in practical opera tion. The Obsebveb is prepared to say that the capacity af a narrow gauge rail road is equal to I the transportation de 1 mands, in respect both to freight and pas ser gers, now made upon any railroad in North Carolina. Perhaps, if the Wuming- ton' and Weldonland the . Piedmont Air Lice were narrow gauge roads they might find a double track necessary, but. the narrow gauge would do all the business. This must be manifest to every . mind. when it is remembered that the present capacity of all the railroads in the United States is four times in excess of the de mand upon them, and at the South their capacity is ten times in excess. Let no one hesitate about a narrow gauge mlroaxfl in respect to its capacity for transportation, rate of speed, or safety. Thsbb are ix prominent candidates for United States Senator before the Missouri Ciegislatureiviz : Gov. Phekps, Senator Armsteokq, who is. now filling out. the. unexpired term of the late Senator Boot, ex-Gov'RBTNoiis, Hon. 8. T. Gloves, Thomas Jlllxs, and Geobge G. Vest. Just at present' the - contest seems to be warmest between Allen, Vest and Glov er. Allen is from Pittefield, Mass; Vest is aentuckian and ex-member of the Confederate Congress ; . Gloves Is also a Kentuckian' by birth," tt lawyer and brother of Congressman Gloteb ; Phelps is a native of Connecticut J Abmstbosg is a Nova Scotian, .and Reynolds is a South Uaroliniaiu,... . --. One of the most marked contrasts be tween the British Parliament and the Uni ted States Congress is seen in the proceed! ings whichtake place r on the death of " a member. The American press has been full of the ceremonial attending the funeral of Congressman" SoHLEiOHEB, which wae conducted with all the pomp and circum stance of a state funeral,' whereas had that gentleman been an English Peer or mem ber of the House of Commons, there would not hare been, unless he had been a man of very exceptional eminence, any allusion even to. his demise, except . that if he had been in the lower house the Secretary of the . Treasury would, in a few days, have moved for a new writ to issue for the re turn of a member to represent the vacancy occasioned by. his death. FKlTTl WASUIAU'IUN, ' Special Correspondence of The Obsxbvkb. Washington, D. C., Jan. 15, 1879. Messrs. Editobs : The discussion yes terday in the House on the Mexican pen sion bill resulted in nothing but .a httle nonsense ' and demagogism. The oppo nents of the bill offered an amendment giving a pension to the soldiers of the late war for the suppression oi tne reoeuion; this of course was intended to kill the bill, but strange enough, the amendment passed. borne members of Congress have not the independence to vote against any- thing, which panders to a great mass ot ignorance and prejudice. ' "THEN OS THE LIGHT." This - excellent sentiment of ' Senator Ransom bad its exemplicaiion before the Potter Committee yesterday. It is now in positive proof that the Electoral returns from Louisiana were forgeries, and thai upon these iorgea reiurns nayes was made the President ae jacto oi tne united States. This great historic forgery was done under the special supervision of Gov. Kellogg, then acting as Governor, and at the same . time as a Presidential Elector on the Hayes and Wheeler ticket. This same Kellogg is now a member of the United States Senate I lhe place selected was a third-story room in the State House, at New Orleans, which House was guarded by bristling bayonets, 7 This man Kellogg, throngh his faithful henchmen, Kelley and Clark, the latter being his private secretary, had the names of two of . the electors for the State of Louisiana forged to the returns, which were forthwith sent, to Mr. Ferry, . a Washington,' and by virtue of the High Commission of 8. M. 7, Rutherford B. Hayes was declared me rresiaem or the United States I Here is the Governor of a State using all the machinations of fraud possible using the military forces ot the United States to protect his villainies; and finally resorting to deliberate forgery. for the commission of w men crime the law says he shall go to the penitentiary at "hard labor," but instead o that he is sent to the United States Senate I : ' 1 Indeed, "truth is stranger than fiction." What will posterity say of this stupendous fraud, y which so many millions of people have been deprived of their rights at the ballot box, and tne Chief Executive of the nation, and the majority of the Senate branch of the' nation obtained their position and power through forgery, perjury and fraud 1 1 THE TFN DOLLAB BOND BILL. .The House is r now discussing - the bill which proposes to issue bonds of the gov ernment in sums of ten dollars at three per cent interest. This is thought , to be an easy and ready investment for parties hav ing ohlv small savings to - invest. But Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in his speech to-uay maoe a severe oiisiaugui uu the bill. He said it was nxing arate oi interest of only three per cent, for the poor man while the four per cent, bonds now issued under the Funding Act bore a ' rate to suit the rich man. Judge Kelley of fered an amendment providing that these bonds after a certain timex should be con vertible into five per cent bonds. N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts, also made some objections to the bill, but signified a, pur pose to vote for the bill if relieved of cer tain objections suggested. ' This thing of such ready investment in the bonds of the United' States indicates that the money of the country is not being used in the , business enterprises of the country. Yesterday the subscription to the four per cent loan was over thirteen million of dollars. 1 doubt if this indicates the revival of business in the country. Capital is on a scare and is seeking perma nent investments rather than being em ployed in legitimate business. : . -.- ..--;- W. 'H. M. Madlcal impHtatloa V L iSpecial to the New York Herald, 15th. Washington, Jan. 14. There is a good deal of jealousy among prominent Rtpub licans of Mr. Sherman's Presidential pros oecu. The fact that he is about to publish a volume ot Jiis speeches, the reporta that ne is not unwilling to run for Governor in , Ohio if Mr. Thurman could be persuaded to oDDoee him. and the fact that the vv est J ern opponents of the Grant movement have begun to speak of Mr. Sherman 'as the only man .who can defeat Grant all draw upon him tht opposition of rivals and their suDDorters. It is also a gTievancs to the Republican Senators that the administia-; lion, which they dislike as much as ever, is likely to get the credit of completing the ,wotk oi resumption, ana uir. onermaa- iq this matter shares the hostility which is felt for bis chief. ; ' . . 1 Tlie Radical rammt, ' - Special to the N. Y. World, 15th. Washisgtoh: Jan. 14,The caucus of Saturday. if one may believe the hints which are dropped by Senators, lias for its ultimate object to nx tne iiepubucan platform and place the party against the South and for the national banks, with the hone that a declaration to this effect.. properly worded, will embarrass and divide the Democrats, which it is very, likely to do, . . i- Our Public Hoatf. Correspondence of The Oesxeveb. i y Gbeensbobo, Jan. 11, 1879. ,3Iessbs. Editors : I had despaired of the establishment of any system of inter nal improvements to build up, Nortn Caro lina ports and markets.. The grand ideas of old Jo. Caldwell, Dudley, Morehead, Graham, and other equally zealous State patriots, seemed to be failures. But your scries of articles in The Obsebveb, so broad, liberal and free from sectional bias, revives hope in that direction. At all events, if your views can, be practically carried out, as they can be by a long ' pull, a strong pall . tmd a pull, all v together, whether State markets be built up pr not. they will redound to the; benefit of the people beyond all yourcaleiilationsi Con venient access to markef, no matter where the market may be situated, and easy mieans of business and social intercourse, are main things wanting to the public prosperity. ::. - . ;y . But I write this forthe purpose of call ing attention to another scheme of im provement, not less needed than raifroada. I mean the improvement, or rather, the absolute reconstruction of our common highways. - -.- r . j. . i If anybody thinks that good highways form one of the chief concomitants of ad vanced society, he had better not come, to North Carolina fcr.an example.? Our pub lib roads are a disgrace to the State and o civilization. Their condition is sucJi that it lodks as if our people do not care about going anywhere, and after iheyJ get there do not care about getting away. And the obstacles to" getting oil in either direction are sources of continual difficulty, and somevines danger to travelers in any son of -vehicle, from a phaeton to an ox cart As to going afoot On our - roads it is out of the question. , Pedestrians take to the woods. 1 -j Some may say the read laws are good enough if they could be well administered. They are-not good enough, and if they were so in theory they cannot as they stand be sos administered as to cure the eviL The reader, if he is old enough, may call to mind many j occasions within the last forty-years, when he has heard judges charge grand juries as to the laws about keeping up the public roads. For instance. His Honor, after toiling in his gig or sulky over miles of mud and roots and stumps and rocks and gullies, until bis horse is blown and his own limbs bruised to jelly, arrives at the county town late Monday morning. He goes into the court house with a tem per sadly at variance1 with his judicial dignity, and proceeds to charge the grand jury. Giving in his' charge the common and statute laws generally, he saves the road subject for emphasis in the perora tion. He narrates, expatiates, objurgates, and lays down the law with a sense of its importance produced by a vivid recollec tion of the jolts sustained by the judicial carcass. The grand jurors squirm -a little tinder the vehement operation, each ane determining in his own mind that some thing ought to be done. The result is that true bills are. found against an oversepj or two ; a nol pros, at the next term of court makiS all lovely for overseer and hands, and the roads remain in the same condition, ready and wailing to refresh the learning and stimulate the eloquence of the next Judge that comes along. ( Friday -before Court has been road day, that is, the day for working the roads. time immemorial. I remember how it was in old limes, and think it has not been materially changed, except in the matter of fines against delinquents, as will be noted presently. All the "hands" in the "district assembled at the designated end of their section of road "as early as con venient after breakfast;" the thriftiest cit izens appearing by proxy, in the shape of hired boys, who did not care a cent forthe condition of the road," or whether 'there was any road at all. The bands proceeded to dawdle over their work, filling up mud hples just enough to make them nastier than they were before; throwing dirt into the gullies in such places and measure as to bei readily washed out by the next raia; and placing poles slantwise across the track so as to give wagons the severest . possible j double -and-t wisted wrench. In the eve niing the overseer called over the list of bands, noting the absentees, who were considered under sei.fa to show cause next road day, why they should not treat to a quart of Whisky. The "fines" from delinquents at last road day were produced and duly "covered into the treasury," i. e. j drunk up, and all hands went home with a nliellow sense of having devoted a day to their country. .. - i Now this was all so. I have been there and ought to know. . And it is all ' so to this day, except the "fines ;" they are not so readily liquidated as formerly. 1 have no doubt, if the Ones were forth coming, as iq days past, a much larger and livelier attendance w jiLd be Becured. As it is, the fines are mosily permitted to "slide," under force of the proverb touch ing the nature of the recovery in case of suing a beggar. - r : i To add , to the inefficiency - of our wretched system of working, the roads are often found laid out over places involv ing double the labor required to keep them up over more judicious routes. Our fore fathers had as little gumption in this re spect as their sons, ihey went straight ud hill and down hill, without regard to the engineering advantages presented by a little deviation from their obstinately direct courses. Instances are numerous and obvious, particularly in crossing streams, where, instead of taking advantage of a ravine for easy ascent, the roads have been laid out up the steepest part of the bill. It is often matter: of wonder that, in de fault of skill, they didn't have better luck Such were the ways oi the fathers, and their sons seem content to walk and ride andjdrive therein. f f . .r, ; j Is there no hope of amendment to this bur most absurd system ? Has the habit of a century fixed the evil upon us beyond remedy ? Are our ways never to be made ways of pleasantness ? . r 4 The experience of other States might safely guide any attempt at improvement. I doubt whether any thing short of a ju dicious tax will secure the end desired. Such tax would afford more gratifying re turns, in the easy transactions of business and in pleasant axial intercourse than any other that we pay. , It would not proba bly, be proper to depend entirely on tax ation for the procurement of road labor, in view of the fact that, from the f ounda' ioo of the commonwealth," -the "able-bodied men of the otate ; have been looked to for the performance of road and military duty. While there was doubtless sound reason at the bottom of this custom, a strong infu sion of the financial element would now work wonders, t A tax might be so ar ranged as to be discharged in work at the option of the citizen. A road commission er of good judgment and some engineering skill, for each ; county or other .specified district, would be found a serviceable offi cer in this connection. , . 1 This matter is worthy the consideration of a joint select committee of both Houses ot the present uenerai Assembly. . a. P. S. The above was written before 1 saw the Governor's message. It is ques tionable whether the convict labor would not be too scattering to be efficient " But anything to improve the roads . , ! A Good Divide. The administiators of the late L G. La&b distributed $150,000 among the legatees on last Tuesday as the first installment. . , ,. - t Watauga Weather. -In. Watangacoun ty the thermometer last week was 8 de- trees below zero, and most cf the streams frozen up so that the rnms. coma no no . .... .,,... I grinding. 4, . ; ... t1..,. ,r Vance's Correspondence of The Obsxbvkb.) - : . - Raleigh, Jan. 16, 1879. Messrs. Editobs In your . paper of tbis morning, in your article in relation to Senator Vance, you say : , "Mrs.v Vance having fallen very ill. Gov. H olden, at the solicitation. of some of ov. Vance's friends, and in, recogni tion of i the protection extended to him when the raid was made by Confederate troops on bis printing oflicj in Raleigh, wrote to President Johnson iu hi3 behalf, and he was' permitted to return home on parolej and was finally released-" j x N- J the facts are as follows ; Gov. Vane, was in prison in Washington, and Mrs." Vance :wassick in Staxesviller CoLt Tod R. CaldwelL ( afterwards. Gov. Cald well,) who had just: returned from a visit to his family in.Morganton, and who was one of 1 mv Aids.' informed me. on the morning f the fourth of, July. 1865, tna' Mrs. Vance was ; verv sick : that it; was believed her sickness would prove fatal; and he asked me ;, to teletraph to Irre sident Johnson to allow Gov. , Vance to return to! Statesviile on his parol to' - be -with Bis''! afflicted family I telegraphed at , once to , the Presi dent," and in the course of an hour or so I received the reply that, in accordance with mv reouest. Governor Vance, had been paroled, and was about to leave Washing ton for Statesviile. So I did not write or telegraph the President at the solicitation of some of Governor Vance's friends," and I am sure that, when J thus telegraphed ihs President, I did not even think of the "recognition of any protection which he had previously 'extended to me. If I had known that, Mrs. (Vance was sick, it is more than Drobable: that I would have telearaphed or written to the President of my own accord ; but the facts which have given show that to Governor Cald well is due the credit of the act which led to tne release of Governor Vance on his parole. t Very respectfully, , . (, W. W. HOLDKK. BlkniarcK'ii cnristia.nit . Correspondencelrf The Observer. Messes. EirroBS I have iust met with an extract ' from the diary of Prince Bis marck, the great German statesman and diplomatist, which recalls the "beraimem mr la Ghrutianitme," which appeared in The Obsebveb not long since. The fol lowing is the , extract, which equals, if it does not surpass the utterances of the great .Napoleon: "1 cannot conceive how a man can live without a belief in a revelation, in a God who orders all things for the best, in a Supreme Judge" from whom there is no anneal, and in a future life. If Iwefe not a Chrisdan I should not remain at my post for a single hour. If 1 did not rely on God Almighty I should not put my trust in princes. . I have enough to live on, and am sufficiently genteel and distinguished without the Chancellor's office. Why should I go on working in defatigably,' incurridg trouble and annoy ance, unless convinced that God has or dained me to fulfil these duties ? ' If I were not : persuaded that this German nation of ours, iu the divinely appointed order of things, is destined to be something great and good, I should throw up the di plomatic profession this very moment Orders and titles to me have no attraction. The firmness I have shown in combating all manner of absurdities for ten years past, is solely derived from faith., - Take away my faith, and you destroy my patriotism. But for my -strict and literal belief in the truths of Chris tianity, but for my acceptance of the miraculous groundwork of religion, you wouldvnot h aye lived to see the sort of chancellor 1 am. Find me a successor as firm a believer as myself and I will resign at once. But 1 live in a' generation of pagans. I have no desire to make prose lytes, but am constrained to confess my fai'h. If there is among us any self-denial and devotion to king and country, it is a remnant of religious belief uncon sciously clinging to our people from the days of their sires. ! For my part 1 prefer a rural life to any other. Rob me of the faith that unites me to God, and I return to virgin soil to devote myself industri ously to the production of rye and oats." Comments on the above at the present juncture are surely unnecessary, for your readers, making the necessary changes for country, &c., will not fail "to fiad in it food for profitable reflection. With best wishes for The Observer, I am,. Very respectfully, An Old Friend. The FarlUiMjf Per DriQk L.aw Correspondence of TheObsexveb.) Messrs. ! Editobs : So far from control ling the use of ardent spirits, the present license law Only plays into the hands of monopolies who can hold the power, which is money ; and when might is right you cannot blame them for wanting a tax of $500 of privilege to close all other -shops, and command the trade with its enormous profit Such dealers are classed with school teachers so far as their certificate of good moral character will go, and surround them with more -friends than those that have lost nerve, fortune, and all save the homeless family, V Local prohibition will be accused of driviDg off the capital. When will enor mities have an end ? What is the effct or principle of this law ? Does the State commission, or endorse the salesman, and thereby become a party to the consequence; or is money the motive power of the County Board who is called on to compro mise the future waal, and fall back on hard times and good economy ? Now, if it is a money making machine, let the State at large become engineer; under me proper restrictions, ior me cenent of tne state and her .worthy asylums. Other States have found the' plan to work well," and a farthing or-less lor each drink has lifted heavy debt Abridge the right of no man that will give bond to become collector. In The Observes of last week your New York correspondent H , approved the plan; we all love and believe him, but be was perhaps hot! aware that many of our good members"" were 1 hesitating on this matter, like their fears of ths sheep law and public; health, i We ought; in good time- to have the members from each county served with something like the fol lowing' vf'r-:u'.; r'";'; X- 'l- -- . . . ' petitios t ' '"'.'- V,;T.:f Whereas, The object of the liquor li cense law to regulate and equalize the tr&mcnas been defeated, ' we tne undersign ed citizens and , constituents humbly peti tion and pray the Honorable body, the Legislature of North Carolina, for the early enactment of a - law similar to or an improvement on the Moffett Bell Punch law. imposing a small tax on every drink of ardent ! spirits for the benefit of the State and her Asylums, and lighten the burden of tax from real and other taxable property, and 'for the relief of this and otner grievances, your petitioners ever pray, etc Signed by every Petitioner. . -. i - . vp . ; , Does the road wind up tne mil aU the way ? . Yes, to the vera end. -. . Will tae aaj'a joornev take lae whole long da j ? -'. Jrrm morn U myht, wy nena. Bat is there for the night a resting place ? ' A roof for wben tbe slow, darH boan .begin ? May not the darkness hide it from my sight ? . You cannot misa that inn. SSall I meet other wayfarers at night?" - Jhte who have gon before. And mast t knocs. or cad when Just In sirhtT They trill jut keep you standing at that door. Shall T find comfort travel-sore, and weakT Of labor you shall find the turn. Will there be beds for me and all who seek? Yea, bed or all who cow. s --Rcmettti. Uov. Ilolden and Gov. . . - . Parole. Xbe Pleaitant Journey. Matthew Henry. ' ' v There are twelve things that ' help to make a journey pleasant, and there is some thing like to each of them which may be found in the way of wisdom, and those that walk in that way. x . i 1. It helps to make a journey pleasant to go on a good errand. He that goes a prisoner in the.bands of the ministers of justice, whatever conveniences he may be accommodated with, cannot have a pleas ant journey, but a melancholy one. And. this is the case of a wicked man. He that goes towards a' far country to receive for himself a kingdom, whatever difficulties may attend the road, yet the errand on which he goes is enough lo make it pleas ant. On this errand they go who travel in wisdom's ways. . ; r -s '. , 2 It helps to make a journey pleasant to have strength and ability for it. He that is weak, sickly and lame can find no pleasure. They who walk iu the ways of religion are not only cured of their natural weakness, but are filled with spiritual strength; travelling not in their own might, but in the greatness of His strength who is mighty lo save. This it is makes the lame man leap as a hart, "lean do all things through Christ strengthening me." 3. It helps to make a journey pleasant to have daylight. It is always uncomfort able travelling in the black night. By day we are in' bo danger of losing the way. This is jlhe case of those that walk in the light of tbe Lord, for the Sun of righteous-' ness has risen upon them, and will no more go down. Wicked people walk in daikness!, -aod are in continual danger, and so much the more if they be nol in con tinual fear. , 4 It helps to make a journey pleasant to have a good guide, whose knowledge and faithfulness one can confide in. A traveller, though he have daylight, yet may miss bis way, especially if it lie, as ours doth, through a wilderness where there are so many by-patha. But this is the safety and the satisfaction of all true Christians, that they have not only the True Light, but they have also the Spirit for a guide. They walk after the Spirit, and are led by the Spirit. This makes tbe way of religion such . a highway that wayfaring men. though fools, shall not err therein. 5. It helps to make a journey pleasant to be under a good guard or convoy, that one may travel safely. The promises of God are a writ ofprotectijn to all Christ's good subjects in their travels ; gives thern a holy security and lays the foundation for a constant serenity. God Himself hath engaged to preserve their going put and their cpming in, from henceforth and for ever. No evil shall befall them, and by such promises and by that grace which is conveyed through them to all active p be lievers, God carries them, as upon eagles' wings, to bring them to Himself. ! b. It helps to make a journey pleasant to have the way tracked by those who have gone before in the same road, and on the same errand. Untrodden paths are not pleasant ones. But in the way of religion we are bidden to follow those who are how through "faith and patience (those travel Hog graces of a christian; inheriting the promises. It is pleasant to think we are treading in the footsteps of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, with whom we hope shor.ly to sit down in the kingdom of God "We go forth by the footsteps of the flick.' Let us then take the prophets for our ex a cn pies and being compassed about by, the cloud of witnesses, let us go on in our race, looking to Jesus, the great pattern f all. What more pleasant than to pursue liis track who said : "Follow me?" : 7. It helps to make a journey pleasant to have good company. 1 his deceives the time, and takes off the tediousnees of travellers as much as anything. Amicus pro vehioulo. There are not many walk ing in wisdom s ways, but there are some, and those tbe wisest and best, and more excellent than their neighbors. The com munion of saints is a great help, they quick. en one another as companions in the king dom nd patience of J esus Christ. . 1 hey go from strength to strength, increasing in number continually.'till they appear in ion before God. It is the will of God that His people should thus encourage one, an other, and strengthen one another's hands, and it adds much to tbe pleasure of this intercourse to consider that God is pleased to take note of it. "He hearkens and book of remembrance is written for those who fear Him and think on His name." 8. It helps to make a journey pleasant when the way lies through; pleasant ways, by still waters and green pastures. David speaks of his experience herein. The children of God find prayer a delight, the Sabbath a delignt, and the word of God a delight. There is a river of comfort in gospel ordinances, the streams t whereof make glad tbe city of God; and along the brink of that river their road lies. 9. It help to make a journey pleasant to have fair weather. Wet and siormy weather add mucn to our discomfort, bu travelling is pleasant when the sky is cle.ir and the air serene. 'And this is the hap piness of those who travel Zionward, that ail is clear between 'them and Heaven; There are no clouds of guilt to interpose between them and the aun of righteous. iess, and to intercept nis reiresnmg beams; no storms of wrath gathering that threaten therm Reconciliation with God makes everything pleasant. Those travellers can not but rejoice all day who walk in the light of God's countenance. 10. It helps to make a journey pleasant to be well furnished with all needful ac commodations for travelling. Gjd's tra vellers have always wherewithal v beir their charges, and it is promised them they shall want no good thing. , If they have not an abundance of the wealth of this world, which perhaps will but overload a traveller, and be an incumbrance rather than a f artherance, yet they have good bills. They have access by prayer, and promise that they shall receive. They have an inexhaustible treasury to draw upon. "Jehovah Jireh, the Loird wiil provide." Christ brings forth bread and wine, and provides a baiting place "at noon," and rest at night. . Return to thy rest, O my souL" It. It helps to make a, journey pleasant to have singing along the way. This takes off something of fatigue and exhilarates the spirits. Pilgrims used it, and God his put a new song into the mouth of His people. He has given qs cause to be cheerful, leave to be cheerful, and hearts to be cheerful, and has made it our duty to rejoice in Him always. How pleasant ly did the releasedjcaptives return to their own country, when they came with ; sing, ing unto Zion. With this let travellers re vive one another. "O come let us sing unto the Lord." 12. It helps to make a journey pleasant to have a good prospect ahead. No trav ellers ever could look about them with such pleasure as the travellers towards Zion can. All things are theirs "the wrld, and lifo, and death, and things present, and things to come.w The whole creation is not only at peace with those who are at peace with God, but at their service. They can look before them with pleasure; not with anx iety, or uncertainty, but aq humble assur ance not in terror, but in jpj. ' Every step- We take is so much Dearer a pleasant end. We have a prospect of being short ly with Christ in Paradise yet a little while, and we shall be at home, we shall be at rest, and whatever have been the dif ficulties of our way thither, when we come to Heaven all will be well, eternally well. Wab's Losses. There were buried in Turkey in Europe 129,471 Russian soldiers, and of the 120,950 sick and wounced sent home, 42,950 died. Total, 172,431. Democratic Senatorial Caucus ISpecial to Baltimore Sun, 16th.l J Washington, Jan. 15. An important caucus, or tbe Democratic r Senators w held this morning, in the course of whie i three prominent subjects were brought p for consultation and discussion, . viz : the proper course to be pursued r garding tr,e appropriation bill, the resohitioua of Mr. Edmunds concerning the:, thirteenth,: 'four, teenth and fifteenth amendments 10 the constitution, and the provision, in the re vised statutes presenting the test oash f r jurors in the Uoiied Sates c aim. The point as to the appropriation bills was whether it would be goodDol cy 10 pro? tract action ou them so as to prcvei t the passage of one or. m ievof the important bills at this session. . . , - ; V There did ; not seem .to be any strong opinion in favor ot delaying action on these bills, but it "was agreed that it would be expedient to have a conference, with the House Democrats and then determine what was expedient. , Concerning the jurors test oatn, .wnicn there is every reason, to believe was purposely inserted in the new edition of the Revised Statutes, and not by mistake, there was unanimi'y in the view that it ought to be wiped out with the least possible delay, as the Southern Senators showed bow easy it would be with that provision on the stat ute books for tbe United States marshals to pack j .iriea to suit themselves. A com mittee of three, with Senator Morgan as chairman, was appointed to copsider the proper course to be taken with regard to this matter, .who will report at tiie next - caucus. , The . resolutions of : Mr. Edmunds, ,- reaffirming . the validity : of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments, were then discussed, and the opinion was expressed by a number of the Senators that the Dtsmocreis should not vote for those resolutions as. at present worded, although practically considered it was conceded that they amounted to little or nothings A critical analysis of. Mr, Edmunds' language was made, and it was asserted that he had, as usual, in specious terms, set a trap to catch' the Democrats. Other Senators said they had no objection to voting for the resolutions as they stood, as they did not think they were worth making any fuss, over. It was 'finally, however, determined to appoint a commit tee of seven, consisiiug of Judge Thurman, chairman, and Messrs. Eaton, McDonald, Gordon, Saulsbury, Morgan and Harris, to consider the subject and c report whether it would be expedient to debate the reso lutions, when Mr. Edmunds calls them up for action, or to offer any amendments to them. This committee will also report at the next meeting of the caucus. Time's CU&Mges. rFrom the New York Times, Mth. A little less than three hundred years ago, yest rday would have been the first of the new year. The arrangement which makes New Year's Day come a week after Christmas Day dates from 1032. Up to that time the Julian Calendar, by which dates were regulated throughout Christen dom, assumed the solar year to contain 305 davs 6 hours: the Gregorian Calendar made the year consist of 365 daya 5' hours 49 minutes, an estimate that differs only a few seconds from the true value, and this error ia compensated for by the institution of leap yt,-ar. """Not withstanding tbe almost perfection of thf . calendar introduced by Julius Cse&r 46 I3:-C, it involved an an nual error of ir;. minutes, a difference which, after the lajjse 1,628 years, had grown to tbe portern'ous one of ten days. If this had been allowed to go on, the time would have come when the months would no longer have coincided with the seasons. December would have falleu in autumn, the month of May have been most dismal instead of merry, June have retrograded into midwinter, and Christmas have been celebrated in the dog;days. After consultation with the leading astron omers and mathematicians of his age. Pope Gregory XII. brought out a new calendar, which is the one now in use in all countries except Russia. This change was made Oct. 12, 1582; but England clung-with such fervor to her Protestant principles that she continued the use of the old style until 1752. ' The last Pro estant country to abandon the Julian: calendar was Swtdau. The Eastern or Greek. Church still refuses lo adopt the new style, although we believe steps have been taken looking toward a change in this respect. OwiDg to the year 1800 not being considered as a leap year, the difference between the styles is now 13 days, so that yesterday was ths begin ning of the new year in Kussia. The Fresoh Lottkby. The draWiDgs of the French national lottery began yes terday, and, as the tickets were offered for no more, than a franC apiece, and twelve millions have been sold, every gamin of Paris and every "provincial" in that great country, from Brest to Frejus, and from Uunfcirfc to I'erpigoan, s likely to pass sleepless nights and feverish days until tbe drawing in over, There is a capital prize of $30,000 in money, but lhe great part of the prizes are made up of numbered arti cles selected from the late " international show.- These' articles, are said to range in variety from a steam engine to a row of pin?, and their selec'ioa as the basis of a grand lottery is a good instance of the thrifty way the French have of dealing, with such mat ters. , Of course lotteries are- the most, wasteful things in the world to the people, but the French Government by this means has probably been able to dispose at good prices of a great quantity of articles which it would otherwise have been compelled to pay insurance and furnish transportation for. The distribution will be likely to have its humorous features. The idea of a newsboy drawing a piano, or an old maid a steam engine, suggests irresistibly the old yarn of the man who bought an elephant at auction. Th Cypress akd Myrtle. -The mnr ri ige feast and the funeral bakJ meats follow each, other with 'strange rapidity of )at in tbe royal households of Europe. The .wedding of the Princess Thyra of Denmark recalled that of the late Grand Duchess of H'se, which was celebrated under the shadow of the death of the Prince Cons irt of England, ber father. It was noted at the time of . the Grand Duchess's wedding, by the way, as of evil omen that Q leen Victoria refused to doff her weeds even to brighten the marriage of her favorite daughter- And how within a : week from lhe wedding day of his brother, King Willum III. of Holland, Prince Henry of the Net bcrlands has died, leaving his own bride of less than a year a widow, to darken with the gloom of hsr bereavement tbe approaching nuptials of her sister, the betrothed bride of H R. H. the Duke of Connaughu JT. Y. , World, lith : vv -;r ; j . m mm g . An AccoMMODATisa Cocbt, and I a Mo k Thought? ox Culpbit. A ; court manial assembled at Bismarck, last week, to try Captain French for drunkenness, and had to adjourn over till Monday to allow him to sober up. Xbe Bird Lt looe : j The hird let loose in Kastern skies. When hastening foniy home, 5 . -1 Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies i Where idler wrt)!era roam; i ' i BjU high sh shoots through air and light, f Above U lewd -lay, - Where nothing earthly bounds ber flight, Nor shadow lma iter way. 1 So grant me, God, from every eare i .And su a of passion free, . Alo t, through V.rtue'a purer air, , To hold my course t Thee 1 . - i No sta to oloudv no tare t sttiy 1 : My soul, as home she aprny?; Thy aunsame ou her joyful wa, : I v ' ' ; . lliy freedom iu her wings! ! ; v . ' -rTmotna$ ttoore. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' DRV J. B. DUNN, . Office No. O Mahler Building, FA 1 ETT h Y IlXE STREET. . f Messages lelt at the Drug Store of P. H Ji rU will receive prompt attention. . Janeiro . , . . lortpf Sale. PURSTMNt to tne powers contained in a luw ig .ge Ueed, execute! July .1, S76, and recorded in the Register's offlc , for the county pi Wafee, bonR 44, page 604, we will sell tr pub lic aUCtlOn. at r.hi Vnrt hnnu Intl.. .u. of Raleigh, on k , , Thursday, 20th February, Next, -I.-; i A. TALUABLE , HOUSE AND LOT, TJftW nrnnipd hv Phil Thim Van -p.-- J VtU AX0l.t VU bUC South wes' corner of Cabarrus and. loodworth' mreeia, lirsaiu ciij. '" TERMS CASH. GRAY A STAMPS, janlftdtds Attorneys fpr Mortgagee. . IMORTANT SALE. BY -VIRTUE OP THE powers contained in a mortgage from J. P. H. ljuss- and wife to J. T. Leach, registered in Book 45, p. 440, Reiriater'8 offlce.jof Wake coun t, t shall on Monday, February 17th. 1SJ8, at the Court House door, in Raleigh, proceed to expose to public sale the interest of said Russ and wife in 110 acres of land, lym on Walnut Creek, in Wase county, and bounded by the lands ot Wil liam Scott and Thos. i. Jenkins, Thaa. Howie, J C. Biake and others This tract is subject to prior nion gages, which will be announced on day of sale. J T. XEACH. KSADE. BUSBBE & BUSBKK, jam 5 sot Attorneys for Mortgagee,- DISSOLUTION. I . : ri-SFLR CO-PAUTNERSHIP IN TH $ GRO J 1 eery Business b tweeu th- undersigned Is this day dissolved by mutual consent F. C Christophers Will settle the i.usin'ess of the late Arm J ' F. C CIIKHTOPHERS, i 1. P. M E ACH AM, W. L. HARRIS. . P. a Ohr'stophers- ' M. W. Sorrell'. Dhristoplicrs S F. C. Christophers, of the late Arm of F. C. Christophers, A Co., aa i M. W.S rrell, successor to Sorrell Jactson, . having formed a co partnership, will carry on the GROCERY 'and COMMISSION BUSINESS at the old stand of Fi C.CIIBISTOFIIERS& COMPANY, Harwell sireety Will be pleased to have our numerous friends and customer to qal'. Having tue experieuce of a numoer of years in thn Grocery Business, we can compete with any house In the city. MKVT MARKET. We make a specialty of Fresh Beef, Pork, Sausage and Butter. "Also TOBACCO.! ' TOBACCO A full stock ot all grades on hand, wholesale and retail, at " a. llvn it Sorrell. jan'.4-tf Norffl Carolina, .sllorior00,ir,. Wakk Countv. J W. WYNNK) GEO . Against , TllKO. L. DUNN. J rilE DKKKNDMx'T, T L. DITN,J, IS HBREf L by uotiQed that Geo W. Wynne lias Com menced ai action against nim in the- Uferior Clourtof Wkex)untv, State of North Carolina, ent itled as above. That tliepurpose of said ac tion is to recover the sum eff two hundred and ilitty-tw . loi!ar.s and lifteen ceuts, and interest due by draft and acceptance of T, L. Dunn, fhit-jd ac Kaleigh, t.ctober 13, 18:s. '1 hat the compl dnt in said action was Illed in the Superior Court of Wake county an the 'M day of Decem ber, WS, said Theo.'L. Duuii is' hereby re-, q ured to appe tr at he Court House in KaUMgti, ! ia the county ot H ake, at the term of the Supe rior Guri o said county, to be held on the third XLmrt-iy in February. 1SI9, ami during sau- term to answer "or demur to tfie waidjompiainsor the. plaintiil will apply or the relief therein demand ed. Aui Theo. L. Dunn ia further noticed that on the "il day of Dec mbcr, 18 b, a warrant of attachment against his property in Norta Caror Una waa issued from said Superior Court of Wake county oulttie application of plaintiff, said warrant teiurnabie to the Superior Court of Wake county, at the Court ilouse in Ilaleigh,n the.Sd Monday in February, 18V9. chas. i. upcnuBcn, ; tiecft-law-6w. Clerk Superior Court.. NORTn CAROLINA, ;Jn the Soperior Court. -WAKK COUNTY, Paul Faison and wife, Anna H., William Fi. Poo!, Sherwood Badger and Thomas D. Alartm and Kd ward 8 Badger. . r . VS. i Thomas Badger, George Badger, Margaret r Williams, John 0. WU tains; Klifc-toeth Williams..- Haran V: Williams, Alxauder tl. WUUaius and Anna H. Will ams. i In the nbove Special Proceeding, . It appearing from the Affidavit oi the plaintiff ) 1. That1 the defendants, George Badger, Nai garet, John D . ttlizaoeih, barali C, Aiexautu-r 11. snd Anna B, Williams cannot, after duediiij igence, be f ma t In the st ite. i II. i bat the said named delendants are proper parties to this special .Proceeding, aud that tins Special Proceeding is instituted tor the purpose of having partition by sale of a-teitain ftt of land la the city of Kaleigh known as the Badger Lot . ' - : It is ordered, Tht Ser- ice of the Summons be made by publication, in TBK Observer once a week to.- six successively J am said summons shall be deenftd tu have been s rved at tne ex- piratiou of the time of publication presented by rhis Order. . . Given at Raielgh this 6th day of Decemtier, 18,8. - CJUAS D. 'UPCUUKCu, clerk Superior Court. WiAKE ' COUNTY IN 'THE SUPERIOR COURT. ' r ' , ' ; ' P&al F. Faison and wife, Anna H., Wm, R. Pool, Sherwood Badger, E. S. Badger and Th'os. D. Martin, vs. Thoms Badger, George Badger, Margaret WUiiaios, John 1). Williams, Biizbeth Williams Sarati C. Wiliiama, Alexander H.WU llains and Anna B. vv uii-ms summons for Ke lief. The State of Aortli Carolina, '1 o the Sheriff of Wake County Greeting : You are r.ereby commanded to summon Geo. Badger, Margaret WUiiam , Jno. D. WilUams, Elizabeth WiUiams, Sarah C. Williams, Alexan der H. Williams ana Annie B. Williams, the de fendant above named, if .they be found within your County, to appear at the omce oi ihe Clerk of the Superior Court, for the County of Wake, within twenty daya after the service of this summons on them, exclusive of the day of auch seme, and answer thdfcoinplauit, a copy of which will be-' deposited in the office of tne clerk of the superior Court for said County, within it) days irom the; date of "ttns summons, and let them take notice that if they fail to answer to the said complaint- within that time, the plaintiff win appiy to the Court for tne retitf demanded in the complaint. Hereof fail not, and of tais summons make due return. ,1 Given under my hand and Beal of said Court, this the 6th day of December .8."3. : CtlAS. D.r UPCHUKCH, Clerk of the: Superior Court of Wake Co, dec 8 iaw6w . STAIE OF lOigOUIA. Sutler Court. JAMES BAH.K1C 1 Against v FELIX G. MANGUM.J - ' ''pUJt DKKENDaNT FELIX G. MANGUM,1 JL is hereby notaned that James Bailey has commenced an action agans.liun in the' Supe- . nor Court ot Wake county, state of North Caro u a, entitled as ubove. Tha, the purpose of said action is to recover the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, due by note dated November 2l. ibis, with interest thereon from date at the rate oi 8 per cent. Tnat the comp aintin said action is nitt'in said Superior Court of Wake county, ou the 4th of Dec-, uiber, Ibis. The said Felix G. Man Mim ia hereby required to appear at ihe. Court House In Ka eigh, in the couuty; of Wake, at the wna of the Superior Court of said couu y, to oe hei i m the thira Monday m Fvliruary, lSt and during a id term to answer or demur to ttie haid cornp.aiut, or the pialniiff will apply forthe ; renef demanded tneiein. ihe said Felix G. Juanguiu is idrthcr noufled that on the4th day o December 187S, a warrant of attachment aga ast his propeity in North Carolina was is sued from said Superior Court of Wake county, retainable to the superior Court of Wake county at tuts court House in ftaleign on the third Mon day of February, I8t. CtlAS. U. UPCBURCH, J. dec6-law-w. . . Cleit superior Court, mil 4- 4. i. .
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