North Carolina Newspapers

0n dfliafl, air jjkoqi Cltft TO WW a H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOR AKD rROrBIETOK. or ADVERTISING-. Ay Ay 4f Ay u One square, one Insertion, - -One square, two Insertions, - - 4 One square, one mouth, 1.00 1.30 X.W TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: eory, Tr opjr.ilxnioalhs . M WP7. ttirte ioat f2.00 1.00 VOLUME 3. PiTTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., C., NOVEMBER .25,1880. NUMBER 1 For larger advertisements liberal contracts will made ..JW O Railroad Schedules.' TIME TABLE Cape Fear & Yafliin Valley B. B. To tale Effect May 9, 18S0. Leaves Fayettevllle at Arrives at Gulf at : I,eaves Gulf at : Arrives al Taye tvlUe, Daily except Sunday. : : 4.00 r. m. 7.3a v. M. ; 6.CW A. M. : : lO.'JO A. M. L. C. JONES, Sup't. Carolina Central Railway Coiiip'iiy. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. OFFirs GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, 1 WH.MIXGTOS, N. C, May II, UM. I ON and after May 18. 1S80, the following schedule will be oierate1 on this Kailway: FArtSEXGEU, Mill. AND ExritESS TRAIN : f Leave Wllmlugton at Arrive at Hamlet at Arrive at Charlotte at I Leave Charlotte at 6.0 P. M. 7 00 . M. I .'25 P. M. Vo. a. I Arrive at Uamlet at 12.3; v. M. ( Arrive at Wilmington at 8.30 p. M. No. 1 train i dally except Sunday, but makes no connection to Ualeiti on Sat unlays. No. 2 train is dally en-ept Saturdays. Sleeping-car accommodation on through trains to and Irom Charlotte mid Wilmington. There will als he through sleeper run to and from Charlotte aud Wilmington. V. Q. JOHNSON, may 37 tf General Suierlutendcnt. Raleiifl&AnstaA.-L.RB.Co. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. KrPElUNTFXDENTS OFFICE, 1 Ralcieh. N. C June .", f ON and after Friday, June rt, li?79, trains on ho Raleigh t Augusia Air-Line Railroad will run daily Sundays excepted) as follows: No. 1 Kalelgh, Cary, Ajtex New Hill Merry Oaks Moncure OitpHxl San ford Camera Manly hlutf'n Keyaer Hi-fTman -Leave s.oo pm 8 31 p m Hip in 9 U m 36 p m 9 56 p m 10 17 p m 10 41 p m 11 't i p m U 0.) a m Yi :!9 a m la 4 a ru 1 14 a hi No. 2 Leave m Hamlet 2 SO a ra Hoffman Kcyser UiUe'S Jlanly Cameron Sanford Osc.xvl Moii cur Merrv Oiks New Hill Apex Cary 3 14 a m 3 31 a m tSlain 4 13am 4 hi a m 5 41 a m 6 02 a m 6 25 a m 6 42 a ri " 00 a m " -3 am 58 am Arrive Hamlet, 2 00 a nj Arrive Raleigh, 8 a m j Railway for Ch:irlot:e and all poims south. Train j OMion r.ailroAd for all potm north. J(HN C. WlND'.:ir. Superintendent. Slaleigh Easiness jtfZen. n b) (JE0CERS Riid COMMISSION MCHABTS, Raleigh, 31 C. SOLE AUEN TSFO SOI.L ..m.KSKA ISLXPiJCAN'0 AM" UaL!VI am-.i)ni.ti:l Dlst-.-OIA'KD BUXE. The Stonewall Cotton Floy,- and AiL.vs Teas Plow. fmime::s srppr.ir: We have in an I to arrive : 1.500 Bus. While Corn. 800 Bu. Ch' ico Sicd Oa's. 603 Bus. Clt-d-o whl-e D-r.e(J eal, 23,000 lb Prime Fodder, 25.000 I'..., n inie Tuno.hy Hay, 30,000 U. Bulk Clear KIb l-'Ilos, Oar Loads Choice Fainil.- and Extra Flour. 1 Cai load wheat brand and other goods to 111 ut a complete stock which we offer as low for cash r on time as can be bought anywhere. Call and se us before purchasing. Will make It to your advantage, Very rspoctru!ly, M. T. KOURLS k CO. febl2-tf TO THE Mm tF CHAT; AND ADJOININ v. OUNTIES. are now offering their Fall Stock SILKS S TTr rvTVPTcj ivn' That handsome marbli monument hlL,lvb. SAlIh. ELv ETS ArsD j ne 0jt mGj denoted the last resting- DRESS GOODS, plac of the l .te rector, and this RICH BROCADED SATINS IN 'load, ranssive piece oi granite was Newest Designs and Colorings. A magnificent lot of Ladies' Cloaks. The largest and Kentucky Jeans ever exhibited. MO. K oi men tt wear, i;ioir.M, caMimeres, Keraoys, And large supply of Domes'.trs, Plaids, Jtc. Domeetlca, suitable for hour sacks. 44 HATS, SCOTS & SH0SS. The Largest Stork w ever had. Carpellngs and Rugs. AU goods sold at the lowest possible prices . WH4ES TUCKER, Raleigh. N C O T r?.. R10HARDH. LEWI'S, (Late Professor of Diseases of the Kye and Ear in the Savannah Medical College.) Practice limited to the EYE EAR 5c THROAT. Main Street, Opposite the new Post Office RALEIGH, N. C. W Office hours ft -vm 9 am to 2 pm. Refers to the State Medical Society and the Georgia Medical ociety Oct 7 . K. STREET. SR. WM. J. 8TREET ft I, Raleigh, . C. S. R. STREET & SON, OWNERS AND l'KOPIETORS. Best Sample Rooms in the City. Th National overlooks Union or Capitol square, the finest Park in the state, and alwaya accessible to Guests of the Ilouse. THE FACES WE MEET. Oh, the races we meet, the faces we meet. At homo or abroad, on the hurrying street ! Fa-:h has Its history, dark or bright, Traced so clearly in legible light ; As wi'h pen or gold Of tho finest mold, Diamotid pointed And lightly scrolled Some, telling that fortune hath gracious planned Their sketch, and wrote with her soft white hand. Others, where harrowing grief and care Have left in steel their traces there fcteel that cuts like the sharpened sword. Slowly carving each written word, Through anxious fears And sorrowing tears Each furrowed line Its import wears ; And we read that "life Is a stern warfare. 4 oaviie anu ao, 10 suuer auvi uwu. .. , . .. wime oiners, mo irou unnu iu phi Branding each line and sentence In, Leaving forever its harrowing trace,' Where oucc wa purity, beauty and grace -, The soul's deep scars Like iron bars O'er windows bright, The visage mars , And we read, "Lire's a wild bacchanalian song. Tho province of sclflshue9, ruiu and wrong." Faces o old, yet so young in their years, Where pinching penury blights and sears, Aud the bony finger of poverty writes What merciless misery e'er indites ; Where pain and want And hunger gaunt. Big Joy and beauty And hope avaunt ; Life is to wauder starving and cold, Shunned and forsaken toil and grow old. Selected Story A X01SLE SELF-SACRIFICE. "Who ami what was be 1 I was s andiug ia the the churclivard borders' of 0 ft sman tow,, Qn O'atll OtaixOrasllU-e one bright v:nn I was a i I stranger in that part t f the country, ; and was passing through the place tin the course of a long walk from thr j larger adiacen- t wn, to which mv . hi -inoss Lad tuken m.j the dav before. ; The cxt nsive mining operations of ! t li - 1iif f nlvo v CFfrm v(iva 1 oil i..u i xl.. i.-xli, tY: i I materially : s.ud though the quaint . Id j ! church and some long and low bui.d- : i.: ' , u. ' stead?. ' Oil! W xi J.4' AA-l' CUA.VI. still retained an air of rusfe ! simplicity, they we-e being gmd.ialiy ' obscv.rod and tlie place its -If sophis'i-jj catea b tcs formal rovr- oi plain ana : utrlv tenements, built cm-hc for the mining population, which each mor- year was becoming norc i nd sdimfrov?. T Lorl OTii'ianrl rmrcatf !iv ie IV ing some . f the inscrintins on the : r., yc tones - well nigh obliterated :'hvtWeathPMtnin8 and the moss fth-t time had snfftrel to find loot ! holdin the ho'lows of the lettering i when a man, presumably a miner, ' in fi .t stone, and Opened COnvei'S jtion, A -,.iii,-,rti.-r. or-m,.,',, ; though with the uncouth accent' of ; the country. I readily accepted the ! invitation he offer?-d, and v. o c hatted pleasantly. He hid known the place j many yea s. lie to.d me, aye, long ue- lforif hod rrrn-wn infn ir town it now was, when it was nothing but an humble village, and when the long oras or ripening corn bowed us i head to th? wind on the snot where Tio imQirrliflv nmnri u1 t ,11 l;, -r,- anA i iru uiiuiuvf iiwvi and where the heaps of slag and cinder marked 1 the busy life of the toilers iu the earth below. jtnetombot a certain local squire. popularly known as "Squire Jack," who it seemed, was much given to horse-racing, cocking and such kin dred sports, and who, b-ins a sad "ne'er-do-well," a thoughtless, reck less fellow, but withal good-natured and easy-going, was, as sue i gentry not unfrequently are. the most popu lar member of his family. As my new acquaintance pointed out these objects and others which he though-, I suppose, would int-rest me, he had risen from his seat, and we had strolled leisurely through the church-yard. It was in a corner, and rather in a hollow, that, before an humble mound of green turf, and decked with the pretty spring flo n ers, carefully planted in the form of a cross, we both, as one accord, paused. It had not any grave stone, but only a piece of wood supported by two short uprights On this were rough ly carved, as if done with a pocket knife, these two words : "Fighting Joe." "That is a strange inscription to put over a man s grave," I svd ; and then added, "WTio and what was he ?" The man seated himself on a ttone near by, and was silent for a few sec onds. He had set down tho little child he had been carrying, and the two lrtle things, attracted by the bright flowers, hnd found their way to the mound, and were about to gather them. "Here, you musn't touch them flowers," he said, and, taking a hand of each led them away. "Well, mate," he then went on to say to me, in reply to my question, 4T d'"n't rightly know who or what he r-r 1 J 1 and neither me nor my mates ever was. lie was a stranger aown uere, Xl t.l.o. rt tl.Ol ! clas, earning a , Title chid of two orif' Vf- she toldj i three yavs. and followed by another ! Joe thls' he Yj onXmt he; "i x i-i , i i ..w ... ?1V'W very wint.e ill fna f.iPfi. and: sr i.PTrnnT ii iipv r: nypr 'iins( t fin ji. . . - ? heard tell where he came from or who he was. When this here pit, Fento.ss pit we call it, was first work ed we had but few bands hereabouts, and men as could work had no call to wait o jg for a job, and got a god wage us well. Most of the hands were Staffordshire, but we never knowed where Joe came from, and i don't know as we asked, and perhaps he wouldn't t' Id us if we had. He was quiet and lonely-like, and said but little that is, when he was all right ; but when he'd had a drop to drink, as maybs of a Saturday night, when he had go' ten his wage, of all the hand3 I ever s?e to sw-. ar, spen 1 his money, wivstlo or fight, there wasn't one like Fighting Jo V "And hence Lis name, I suppose V I aked. "An 1 of course it is the old st ry a.'ain drink, a quarrel, a fight, and a violent death ; though I canno ; understand, in th:itease, the eviden care that is bestowed on the poor j fellow's tomb such as it is." I "No, sir," the ma said, gravely, i altera moments pause: "not quite ! all tha. A violent death, ve' : an such a death as I might pr.'.y Go;! might ne'er happen to the worst t.fj us: but it wasn't dri-k, nor n qn.mol. nor a tight with anoth-r mas th t; brought him to i It was more tin o'.her way poor lad more the oilier way." The ronerh fellow beside me said i this with a gentleness of tone an manner f' at was sufficiently out of; keeping with his appearance to exci'e j some degree of curiosry. and I told! him I should like to learn more of the story. j "It's not much a3 su'-h a$ you j might cure for." the man repl cd. j ! rAere' wft saui, ir.rmug ro tse mrjoj joues wuo vri" straying toward the; j.green mound again, you inusuit u' cu 'U"1! posies, mou gtj ucl get some ot th -m, and lie jerKed j a small piece of c(al le had in hil hand towcrd where some daises and . dandelions were growing. "He worked in Fen t-m's pit along o m and though we nevei had an-j gry wort is, ma v and many a dav I would pass, aud neither him r.or mo i 'V H ;va qtu J- 1 saVVtamli r.h8n f. n t ha-1 drink would keep ; uimseii to liisseif. l here was a lass . - uvinF 111 .1 : tirigiit; !1.n,Joe "Z iorul ot iter i C U A out we coin, I see that he was aooiu as fond f that a-? a la 1 could wel bo. Ikno .v tint, for mother va.i . ivinu t en, and this !a;s would often be between her house and ours. It j soems that one Sunday, as it might, l!G tf htr a'ai told her , ho" ?f ll Aie aJ boei . 01 f;er' j j he to become liw wife. She, ; told mother of this that same m:ht .j i el ' s!1Ga 'V1' J1 1 i ilot ok for that, for she whs already j'urned tiniellv away. I he n xt! idav he had to v i-3 o io a. oy liif siae oi ine iyerJ au a "ns FOi;?is0l U .ih(l ilass he loved. Well, they hid I010 wt,lK 101 suneume, wnen ; ib -en to ,.lr doe s mate, turning round to g t hold of a shorter pick that was laying near sees him standing behind him with his arm raised and the pick in his hand, as if in doubt whether to strike , ' , x" "w , had never tnown to wear before.; ihe tw mn looked at each ot-lT for !ir iiiii. n.?ifi nun irkir in 111c na .1. 1 Al- 1 -1 ' 1 I r woiiw iuiouu southing mi JO'i wnue witnout speaiang said, "God forgive me !" and t'.rnod ! away, find from that time they neve j worked side by side. I don't know j how it was, but we usd to think Joe i k- pt away on purpose I mean so as not to be in the way to strike the oth--r one. That would Lea matter of three or four months before the fire." : "What fire? " I asked. j "Wh&t fire ?" the other repeated, in a tone of astoni hment. "Why, Fentoi.'s pit. Did you never hear tell of tho fire in Fenton's pit ?" "N ," I rep'ied," you kuow I am a stranger here." "Ah, yon must be, I should think," the man said Bomewdiat rovghly, 'if you never heard of that." He took a small, blackened pipe from the pocket of his ves looking thoughtfully before him, and filling the bowd in the mechanical manner of oue who, preocc ipied by an all engrossing thought is go'ng through some familiar action, for his thoughts were evidently far away, and the pit man's face, rough and strongly mark ed as it was, became saddened and almost tender in its expression under their influaace. He remained silent so long that I at length said: "I should like to hear about that fire, if you don't mind telling me." "Was you ever down in a pit, mate ? he asked. I told him no. but had often thought I should like to see one. "Better stay where you are, mate' the man answered. "Ah !" he added, after another pause, "it's strange how we m ning people die, but it's stranger now we nve. "How do you mean ?" I asked. "I've worked in the pit now for more than twenty years," he replied; ' but I never go down in the cage now that is, since the time I speak on but I think I may be going to my grave. What with the rising of the water, or the fall of the coal, or the choke-damp that means death, the lives of such as us ain.t worth much ; bat all these put together ai'nt nothing to a pit on fiie. When 1 19 coal is burstiug with th& heat, aad the heavy masses of earth fall down, crushing or laming them that can't get out of the way wken ttui cry is, 4Every roan f r himself and God above us all !' when fainting and struggling, they think for a mo ment on wife and children, aud then fad down and die ! "Well, that was the sort of a nro I speak of, and ail of those at work in the pit that, day rushed for the lift that might carry 1hem away froffithe place where the Harness were roaring aud rushing with tho noisa of a great wind. Well, Fighting Joe was the last man in the lift, as they thought; but just as they were beginning to move, they heard a loud cry for fce'p. nd they sa'v tint other one, him who had married Joe' sweethe&rt makiug for the lift, and hogging them for God's sake not to leave bim be hind. Well. I ell von, the lift was overfull then, but Joe sprang fr mi i and se zing hold of the one. with the hnp of Juo.c9 oisilo haulo.i him in. and all w heard him say was, Tt-11 h,-r I did it, n' God bW thee. mate!' and then we heard ugiu thej roar of the Hun p, and W3 never saw j Joe alivo again." i Tho man at quietly for a sn 1 ! or two, aud tlou-h his v-uee, di ? not j falter, he a-'ldod, in a softer toti: i "But th: next d.ty, when the fire j hnd burued its If ont, I was one ofj h ise that went down inro the pit. TJire was a crowd . f tho mini rs' j wiv( s and ehildr n standing ut th-. I pit mouth, and v!vm we co:nonpj again we laid a body gantly on the I ground, and the men took oil their ! cvjps and said n'er a word, while! tho women crie aud many of th?m j sobbr-d aloud ; iL. was blackened aud burned, and but. for where the pit-1 man's j icket had saved Hm, it might have btvn no morn th.tn the earth it was lying on. But us we s-tooped tenderly to raise ar.d curry tho body awrnthe jaekt-t ft: 11 olT, and there, on that part where, ouco Ixat a true heart, was a L ck of woman's hair. Hi 1-ad begged it of her, the said, so (Tien, shti had not the heart at !a.st to refuse him, ;.:id G.:d only knov.s, mat3, what comfort poor Joo might have felt in wearing it for her ske. We buried him with '.hat 2 if: t'e curl lying on his breast, and with ; many a s.-b, av.d many a 'God bless j tU, "oor ld !' wd.ivpred him to hi, j rest. We pb :t d them little flower. ! and it soeiiird to mt if thy grtvr i hii.'htt r or. hi i toaib than a ivwheie I else." j He paused Rgnin, as I stole a look a1 hiin, I saw twohirga teats rolling slo-viy down his hard face. H-i was j a little enibairassed at my observing I them, I think, for he paid, i -"J)n'tou tiiink wre of rm"1, ! mate, because I'm giving wy & bit, ! but I am iho ;n:r. .Too s;ived." Atnon ; the :1 oh am me-; dan?;. j Mari irtge among the ?.IoI;a nmedans ; canies witii it. savs a roeer.ter.sav-! isfc, lights of inhoiitance. and the i dowr Netted upon the f-. m ?y, i and often does, interere with th.o ri .-fits of the ordinary heirs. J)ow. r is he d to be the pr ce promised or j paid by the husband for possession of the wife's person. If unpa:d, it i j a debt on the hu -band's estate. It takes precedence of all claims by in-j heritance, and dceuds by inheritance j to his wife's heirs. The amount of i dower is entir-ly arbi rary, audva-j lies according to ihe position in life j and the jouth, b- auty and accom- J plishments of the bride. It is sett'ed J by the relatives of the contracting; parties: but if a marriage has been j agif ed upon, and ihe amount of dow- j or is d spu'ed, the magistrate has! aufhorify to determine the just j amount. Divorce is a veiy easy ma - j ter under tno Mohammed m law, and may bo effected at tho mere will of the husband ; but a man cannot re pudiate his wife without p -tying her dower; so it sometimes happens that a very ardent love , or one Willing to j divest himself of the pow. r of cb- j vorce, will agree to au amount of j dower which it is quite impossible j for him to discharge. From this j there is no e-cape but payment, or; remission on the part of the wite. A freeman may not have more than four wives at the s lme lime ; a slave may not have more than two. Asylum Burnt. One wing of the State Insane Asy lum at St. Peter, Minn., was burned on the lGth. The structure occupied ten years in liuilding, and was com pleted a year ago at a cost of $500, 000. The loss by the fire will be from $100,000 to $150,000, on which there is no insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. It originated in the basement of the north wing, which was destroyed. Different treports state the loss of life at from three to fifty, but no bodies have been found, and no one ia surely known to be mipsing. When the danger became imminent, the superintendent order ed the redes se of all th9 patients, and it is probable novae were overlooked in the confusion and were burned, especially as some of the rooms were quickly filled with saioke aod could not be entered by the rescuers. There were 656 patients in the hospital last year. The liberated ones were cared for by citizens. Probably some took advantage of the opportunity to run away, while others wandered ff aimlessly. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Nov. 18, 1880. There has been some nervousness and undue excitement in the minda of mo ltepuDiican leaders nc-re over the reports from New York that the frauds in that State were to be shown up and mada the basis of a cor test for the presidency. But it is the quaking of a guilty conscience. Ever since the perpetration of that great outrage four years ago, ghosts of counted out presidents have haunte l these leaders by niht and made cravens of thmi by day. They know th-tt if in the commissi n of that -rime they were not sowing the wind io reap the whirlwind ad the teach ing of history, and all ihe logic of human affairs go for naught. And there ar other reasons for ihe pras -nt nbrvo apneas. They know that tne charges cone rning the me ms and methods by which New York was earri-d for G -rfied are well founded. Beyond all doubt there is a majority of at least 25,000 for H mcock in the emp'ro State to-day, but for all that the radicals need have no uneasiness, j It is the purpose of th9 Democrats to let the rt suit stand. There is just as mu -h real ground for a contort now as in 187tS, but the Democra'ic party will not inaugurate it. This is '-he : view of all the le.iders here, of Gen. Hancock himself, and of the best men of the party throughout the country. There is other work to be done, and a settlement to be had with some of our own "leaders." Ben Butler, how ever, eivatsd souis excitement here tho other dav, by declaring in the Supr erne Court room that the vote of New York woidd be cast for Hancock, and offering to bet thit he would be the nest President. It is now d -finitely settled tint the next House of Representatives will by Republican by small majority :.nd that the Senate is Democratic, if so at all, by a Yr rv uncertain tenure. The latter body stands 37 Democrats j to 37 Republicans, with Judge Davis! and G- ix. Mahone to hear from, j Thes3 are classed as independent! Democrats, or more properly "uncer- j tain" Democrats. There i, in my; opinion, more reliance to be place i J upon Ju sge D.ivis than upon Gen. j Mahone. The latter has schemes and ; purposes of his own which will bej made the price of his political action. He is capable of looking out for No. One, and if the Republican adminis-j t ration can offer proper inducements ; he wi 1 au ally of that party to some j extend The situation istherefoiei fawra'Ie for the Republicans to sub-j dtantially control all departments of ! this government. In my opinion there is no real cause for Democrats to re gret this. The Democrats can gain ittl by the control of Congress, ori one branch of it, by a slender majori- i ty when the Executive and all other departments are against them. We have se n how this works in the past, .nd the shrewdest members of the party here believe tint an opposition wi houtany division of responsibility is the more advantageous position to occupy. The coming -sessi-m of Congress, ihe organization of the next Congress and the probable composition of the new Cabinet, are subjects of specula- j tion heiv, now. There is much dif-j f erence of opinion as to whether Gar-: field will stand up to the s'alwarti compact nnd permit the Grant in-J terest to shape the policy of his ad ministration, or whether his own nat ural conservatism will manifest itself. There is likely to be a contest be tween Secretary Sherman and Got. Foster for the Ohio Senatorshio, un-1 les one of them accepts a seat in the ! Cabinet. Both have announced them-j selves candidates for Senator, and' both disclaim any de ire for a Cabi net position. Undr the circumstan ces the most probable outcome is the retention by Secretary Sherman of the Treasury porV'olio. Don Came ron is known to desire a seat in the Cabinet, and is generally credited with a wish to return to the War Offlce It is not improbable that he may pet it, and that ex-Senator Dor sey, the premium briber and trickster of the campaign, may become Secre tary of the Inteii u though ex Sena tor Hitchcock, of Nebraska, is credi ted with a chance to become the suc cessor of Carl Schnrz. Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, th oldest member of the House, and with a record of twenty-two years' consec utive service, is prominently men tioned for the Speakership, h s chif competitors being Fye, of Maine, and Kasson, of Iowa. McPherson, the former Republican Clerk of the House, will most likely get back his old plae. But all these things are some ways off. The business of the approaching session of Congress is of jsiore immediate importance. Doubt less the majority will refuse to pass an appropriation t.) piy the elecion Marshals, and an extra session is possible. The policy of the session cm scarce'y be mapped out now. One important ma' ter for con sid ration will be tho passage of a new Congressional apportionment bill. The Census Office is pn paring the necessary statistics to be sent to Mr. 'Jox's committee early in the ses sion. Whether tho basis of represen j tation shall be change 1, or the nam jber of men.bers increased, is the i principal question to be determined. jAnyonewho has s-'ea thelLuiscin I session will hardly be prepar d t.) bs- lieve that it need any more members than it has at present. It has beea -aid that there is more happiness to the square inch in Wash ington at this tine than in any other city on top of the ground, and I endorse the stafemenr. But it is the sort of happiness that come3 of escipe from expected disaster, and is confined to one claas of persons. The s d, semi-sullen expression which for mouths past has engloomed the sweet faces of our departmental clerk ' a? disappeared, and the joyous grin that now gilds th ir frontispiece can be seen from the back of their heads. Once mo;e the tongues lately tied by ad forebodings are free to wag in glorious volubility, and the credit re fused, or reluctantly accorded, in grocery store3 and sample-rooms is renewed. The clerk who but of late h d "always b?en rather more for a Democrat than a Republican, as you know,"' is n w a staunch stalwart of four prospective years' standing un less he be d . opped from the rolls on general principles iu which sad event he can shake the official party dust from his shoes and put down his name upon the list of tbe "outs." Speaking of the clerks ; the Treas urer of the Unte 1 States has recent ly given notice that hereafter he will make no payments on account of f-alaries except at the monthly and semi-monthly periods prescribed by the regulations. As a ma ter of course it is oftentimes a great accom mod ition to the clerks to draw their money at convenience, but that does not make it proper if the regulations forbid. There is much curiosity ex pressed in the department as to whether the Treasurer will enforce hn oider so far as the higher officials are concerned, or whether it i only to be applied to the poor clerks. For instance, section 153 of the Revised Statutes says pos'tively that the President's salary shall be paid monthly. Yet since the present Exec utive his been in office his salary was p-irt of the time drawn almost, if not quite, a month in advance, and, until a very recent period, if not now, the salary for the entire month has been drawn in the middle of the month. It is known that the President's at tention was called to the habit which he inaugurated of sending for his saa'y before it was due, and it was perhaps th's which induced him to consent to wait untd half of it was due. This seems a strange eagerness to corral the emoluments, when it is known that Mr. Hayes has saved two- thirds or more of his entire calary f ;r j the four-years. Phoxo. Coming Changes ia the U. S. Su preme Court. One of tbe most important dut'es the new President will have to per form will be the appointment of four Associate Jus ices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Clifford, notwithstanding the natural sensitiveness of his friends on the subject, is mentally and physically in capable of ever taking his seat upon the woolsack again. He is seventy seven years old, and his health is so precarious that he can hard'y be ex pected to long survive. Jutie- Hunt's health is also threatening. He ha? not been up m the bench for two t years and will probably n v-r be ab'e j to resume his duties. He i seventy years old. Justice Swayne, although ! in good health, is seventy-six years i old, and it is understood that he win retire within a year. Justice Strong is abo in good health, but hois seven ty two years old and it is understood that he, too, will retire after the 4th of M-sreh and take advantage of the full pension allowed by law. Thus Mr. Garfield will have the appoint merit of four new Judges, a responsi bility he ought not to regard lightly. Of course only Republicans will be selected and the Court will then stand eight Republicans to one Demo crat (Justice Field), who wa3 ap pointed as a Republican. One of these Judges should come from New England, one from New York, one from Pennsylvania and one from the South. Justice Swayne is from Ohio, but that State has the Chief Justice and the South has hardly her quota. Washington Republican. im i Can You ? Can you tell why men who cannot pay small oil's can always find money to buy liquor and treat when among friends? Can any one tell how young men who are always behind with their lind lords can play billiards, night and day, and always be ready for a game of cards when money is at staky ? Can any one tell how mn live and support their families, who have no income and no work, when others, who are industrious, are half starved? Can any one tell why four-fifths of the young ladies prefer a br.dnles9 fop, under a plug hat, with tight pants and a short coat, to a man with brains ? Can any one t-11 why it is that some mothers are always ready to sew for the distant heathen when their own children are dirtv? ragged and Cun any one tell why a man who is always comp'ahrns that he cannot afford to subscribe for the local newspap r and every Wttek borrows j it f om h s neighb r, can afford to iaftend every traveling sho that 1 comes into t )wn f STATI2 NEWS. George Underbill, of Trent town ship sends ns some fine specimens of turnips. It is thought that he has 430 bushels on a half acre. Kiustou Journal. The whiskey stills in Gaston, stborrt two-thirds of which are discontinued during the summer, are being fired up for the winter. Full 40, they saj, will be iu operation within a week. Charlotte Democrat. The Chapel Hill correspondent of the Hillsboro' Observer says : Talk a1 out Presidential elections, tlection fur Governor, &c, but thw a'oo where when compared toil College election 1Yr Commencement officers. Oar elections occur in January, but already prominent candidates are be ing named." Between Hamlet and Cameron OS. the R deigh and Augusta Air Line, a distance of about forty-two miles, we are informed that there are in op eration 28 saw mills, of which about 23 are run by steam powt r, tbe bal ance being 1 tin by water-power. The timber is disappearing rapidly from the countrj'. Fayetteville Examiner A cutting affair took place in this town on Monday last. A difficulty occurred between a man by the name of James Overton and Charles F. Johncon. The former was badly cat in the face and body. The wound in regarded tas dangerous, and John son has been committed to jail until f irther developments. Fayettetille Examiner. The residence of Mr. D. A. McCjrd, near McCord's Store, Paw Creek Township, was robbed on Saturday night last by some one entering the house through a window while the family was absent at a neighbors house. .$90 in money and some clothing were stolen. It is .a bad plan for any one to keep money in their dwellings at any time. Char lotte Democrat. Capt. E. A. Bizzell, of Bentons ville township, Johnson county, rais ed a stalk of cotton this year, not quite as large as that of Mr. Pen nington's, .mentioned bj us a few weeks ago, but beating it in the way of production. It prod need and ma tured 302 perfect bolls of cotton, yielding five pounds of Hat. Who can beat it? Goldsboro Messenger. The Chapel Hill correspondent of the Hillsboro Observer say : "It is a well known fact that no one ever made a cent keeping boarders in Chapel Hill. It makes no difference how much money you have when you commence, you can't go far before ou wish you never had seen a boar der. Meet a man on the street with a long face, nine times out of ten he. has been or is a boarding house keeper. If you don't believe what we say, try it." On Monday morning last, a little colored daughter of William Hyatt, about six years old, was so badly burned that she dird during the day. The child was left in the house by herself, her mother who is a wash woman, having gone to get some clothes whie.h were to be washed, aud during her absence the child's drees caught fire. Her clothing was bur. t entirely from her body, leaving her stockings only. North State. It seems now a settled fact that the old Military Academy at Hillsboro, after long disuse, is to be soon again brought into service as a male school of higb grade. It will be under the charge of two eminent educators tho Rev. Mr Spaulding of California, a native of New York ; acd the Rer. Mr. Pitts of Ohio, a native of Mary land. Both of them are teachers of long and approv d exp.-rienea ; and both of them are divines of distin guished reputation Durham Re corder. Yesterday morning about five o' clock an old tumble-down affair, de signated by the occupants as a dwell ing house, situated near the skating pond, in the rear of the Richardson preparty, iell down, with a terrible crash and seven persons two color ed women and fivecolored ehildron were buried beneath the trains. A number of persons soon assem bled and the debris was removed from the unfortunates. None were found to be seriously hurt, however, except Elijah Starkey, son of Mary Starkey, about 10 years of age. The falling timber had killed him. Nw bern Nut Shell. Dr. J. W. H.ll, of this place, recent ly had a fearful encounter with a very l irge and fierce bull dog at Mrs. Thomas Phillips'. Mrs. Phillips was present bat could not control the in furiated beast The doctor was going to the house, accompanied by Mrs. Phillips, when he was attacked, the dog attempting to seize him by the throat, in which he was foiled by the active efforts ef the assailed, who at length seized the dog by .each jaw with his hands and threw him to the ground, and subdued him bybeating him with his knee. Then taking him by the mouth, and carrying him through the house, he threw him xut of the rear door. The doctor was pretty badly bitten by the brute up on the hand and arm. The wounds received proper attention at once and though painhil, are not considered dangerous. Wamw Brief Mention.