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The Stale Chronicle Ths S?3?e Chronicle SUBSCRIBE! The lAislature Will Soon Convent. JosErrrus daniels, emtor. PFULISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO, Three times as many Subscribers as it had three ears ago, and still booming. Support your Party Organ and GIVE US 10,000. A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY, DITOTID TO TUB WKLFAKE OF NORTH CAROLIN A, A Nl THr SOUTH. SUBSCRIPTION: 2.no Per Annum, Advertising Kate Low. VOU XVIII. RALEIGH, N. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. NO. 48. Jlfafe THE EDITOR'S DESK. t om v kts on Tories th at akk interesting Tin: i'i:orLK. The ." 1 011 icle i:;:n'i' lt ()(!inin (. I'r..:n Public Lxents and Ji(es(; l lutcest N '.v Hetore t lie People. TiK Wilmington Messenger has orions! on it third half yearly volume. It is a big ;r. 1 useful newspaper creditable alike to its publisher, the city of Wilmington, and m tiie Commonwealth . . . lr 1.1 toss LIKE .Mr. A. Leazar, of Iredell, will have a walk-over in the Democratic caucus of the House of Represc utai ives in the tieneral Assembly of the Si ate for the Speakership nomination. Lenoir Topic. A i.w riN(,ri!iF.i) North Carolina divine, renew big his subscription to the Cmkovi v :.k. say.-.: "I am not a politician, but put me down as in favor of electing Leazar Speaker of the House, and Daniels State Printer." This notice stands at the head of the local dvpartme.it of the Henderson Gold Laf: "This paper is published for reve u ic only. Gold not glory is what we are working for. We say this for the benefit of tho.-e who think a newspaper is pub lished simply for the fun of the tiling." - The most keai tk-tl card we have seen in many days was the one sent the Chron icle by its friends, Messrs. Tyson & Jones, cnterpi ising carriage manufacturers of C irthage. We are gbid.in this connection, to vote the continued prosperity and suc cess of this firm. It has done a great work for Moore county and the State as well, and we extend to them our best wishes that the New Year may be the happiest ard most prosperous they have ever seen. ! e Senati r Dawes speaks for the Repub lican party it is not likely that the Inter- nai Revenue will soon be abolished ar.d 'or inch." He sajs that he mot u!d r.-her abolish the Protective Sy st era than t be Internal Revei: Ihe truth i- that outsiu of North Carolina and Virginia are AOA1NST an abolition of both parti the Intt-ru.ii Revenue, and wnat er we ! ,: 1 as ! may or may not think of it, we weU look at matters as they are. ia nger signals. From Richmond Christian Adv Ivor; ;, ! u a recent communication to the Ciir x-l.-i.r Dr. J. J. Mott, referring to the recent ebetion. sri 1 that it was "v.-or. by white people if this country for the Republic."!"! party."" In this he was mistake::, f jr in New York, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana -.-.t id oilier Northern Stat- s the negroes held the balance of power. They ued their pow.;r to seen iv the ek ction of Mr. Harrison, and. 1.;.. -e-nv. Mr Harrison o'.ves " -election f the negro vote. Up in the ular vote Cleveland his a nvij'-rirx of about I 'M, uM. Clevelan 1 got no nerio vres, therefore Harrison owes his elee ion to the negro vote and Dr. Mott is, there fore, mistaken in his statement. Fcr his information, we pubhsu the following ar ticle. Editor. What a strange commentary on "free institutions" is the fact that a majority of a million and a half of white men voted iu favor of Cleveland. Harrison will rule by the will of ex-slaves. If there was not an African in America Cleveland would have an overwhelming majority. How severe the strain on the republic when the Ethiopians without the faintest notion of the ballot take aw iy political power from the majority of white citizen-! The An glo Saxon, after centuries of civilization, finds himself under the thrall of barbar ians of recent remove from equatorial Africa. The masters of the world become the political slaves of its hereditary serfs. Think of the government of England de termined by the stupid vote of the freed blacks of Hayti! That is the precise situ ation in the United States. A million of men, the best and bravest butchered each other that a dull and be sotted alien race might hold the balance of power among the English speaking peo ple. Consider also that the Chinese, who are the greatest tribe of the East a nation producing wonders in architecture, art, finance, political economy are scouted from our shores, while, the negro whose ,q?ivo land is lost a"ro-s the Mediterran ean fro in Athens and Koine, and along the same river with the wise 1rypti:irs, vet never rising out of sloven savage iy in all the centuries, remaining a brute aud bondman throughout the ages, is the Czar of America, the sooty and grotesque idol of advanced s.totesmem It makes men shudder for the sanity of our civilizaf iei. The nearest illustration to this ubarrny and odd confusion of common sense is found iu the era of the Pharaohs. In the tombs of ihe great IUnises-are huge bulls, embalmed with all the skill and lavish cost of a rare chemistry. These gro.s beasts were held as sacred. A learned, powerful and famous nation did homage to this class of cattle. Such is the absurd infirmity of great minds. The worship of this Apis is-not more surprising than the elevation of the im ported "servile progeny of Ham to dicta torship of the Anglo Saxon people in this age aud country. We are ready to close our gates even to the European with his genius and history, but decree it a sacri ler( to hint that a creature out of a rude hut in a Southern swamp, with mind, manners, and motives hard!;,' above a gorilla, is not fit to direct and dominate the "first nation in the fore files of time." It is a psychical eccentricity. The hu man mind, like the banyan tree, after see ing the sun and shooting toward the ze nith, stoops again to kiss the dirt. These are the reflections that must force themselves upon men who loathe "practi cal polities"' but with the sea chart of Listory before them mark the cu -rents thai have wrecked empires. Patriots ught to use the past as a lens to look int j the future. The overthrow of a party has only one significance, as directing the eye to the quickening motion and whirl in the wate trail rs that alarm. The uuelstrom is on HI)! 'CATION A Ij TOPICS. During the Christmas holidays there were four important meetings of North Carolina teachers held in thtstity. Three of them were in session when theCiiRuM ct.e went to press last week and brief men tion was made of them under the head of "F.iucatk iai. Personals." The Educational Club is composed of some of the live school men from the Uni versity, Colli ges, High - ' oolsand Public Schools of the State ixuu s object is to stir up thought among the people aim create a popular sentimert. in favor of every class of educat ion. It is lamentably true that a large number of our people are nut thoroughly alive to the importance of education, and among others there is a supreme indifference, to put it mildly, as to whether there should be any improve ment in this matter or not. We heard a teacher say during the last campaign thai as a rule those public speakers who, ir, a political canvass, talk most glibly and feelingly about the education of the peo ple what a good thing it is, and how much they favor its advancement rarely open their mouths on the subject at any other time. "Of course," said the teacher, 'there are happy exceptions, a few who are the friends of education at all times; but if all the leaders of public thought in North Carolina were as eloquent in advo cating educational measures in ordinary tune.- as they are during a political cam paign, what an intellectual revolution there would be in this Slate!" The Educational Club hopes that by an organized effoit it can hilp to promote the cause of education by keeping its import ance and claims before the eyes of the people and their leaders. The meeting of the Graded School Su l ri;it--ndeiits was attended by ni'-st of the Superintendents iu the State. They dis cussed the peculiar interests and needs of the Graded Schools ;uid the best methoils of their management. These schools have done a great work for many of our towns and if ho v what all our public schools tj.:c-:! be m,;de if we had the money in the Co rv districts to exanluv such talent as we l ScliO' En ir y 1. si on . -v see ia mott of our city public Uirh money to secure first-class abil- the work of any business or profes-v.-:ii si-cue good and satisfactory re and il 1- about t lie. '!:ly thing that With the exception of some preach ir.d the missionaries, rueu do not labor WI. ers solely for the good of humanity. They want to make a living and all they can besides, and they will not enter a profes sion where even the possibilities o? wealt b. influence, rr fame are but sligiir com pared with other professions and pursuits. If we want good education we must ex pect to pay good salaries. The public schools in the cities have been greatly im proved because they have generally had able men conducting them. The services of these men could not be bad in any pro fession without good pay. The conclusion is inevitable that the only thing that will materially advance education, public or private, is more money. Every man who has to consider the question must decide between two propositions: More money and better schools, or no more money and no better schools. Tie State has not, infixing salaries for its officers, shown much appreciation of r.rt . el t :mal work. The salary of the Su perintendent of Public Instruction is the lowest cf the salaries of State officers. n- salary is only one half that of the Treasurer, whose Chief Clerk receives just what the Superintendent of Public In struction does. If the State showed as great anxiety about her intellectual ad vancement as she does about her money she would probably enjoy more of both. The Executive Committee of the Teach er's Asstmbly met and prepared an attrac tive programme for r.ext Summer, the de titl' of which will not be published just yet. The Assembly will meet on the ISth nt June at Morchead Citv. After a session of a out two weeks a party of one hundred teachers v. ;! go to Euicpe and spend a few weeks. Trie voyage across the ocean will be made in a first class steamer at mar vellously low rates. Secretary Harrell says that all travelling expenses including hotel charges from Morehead City to Europe and return will not txceed l."o. The parly will go as far East as Cons'antino ple. They can spend about four weeks in Europe, but those who wish can stay lougtr and return on their ticket, which is good for one year. This is a wonderfully cheap trip aud" shows that there is no lack of en terprise in the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly. Besides the above meetings there was a meeting of a special committee appointed by the Teachers' Assembly to memorialize the Legislature and try to secure the passage of a bid abolishing the present system of Summer Normals ani establish ing a Central Training School for teachers ruuniug about eight months in a year. The eomniittee will aDuear before the Ed ucational Committee of the Legislature iu behalf of this measure aud we will make further comments on their proposition at another time. Evidently the teachers, are awake, and the Chronicle rejoices at it. The appro priations that the State has made iu the educational field for the past fifteen years have paid well, and have paid in a way that will be seen more phinly as the fu ture unfolds itself. The Lc-.-lature should do all that it can to encourage and pro mote the interests of a profession that is doing and will do so much to develop the state s intellectual and material resources. THE NEW JEGISLATURE. FORECAST OF THE ORGANTZA TION OF THK TWO BRANCHES. ext Wednesday Will seniblin ol the Lea Witness the As. islature Every- iiungiti iceadiuess. More than ordinary interest attaches to the meeting of the General Assembly which convenes in Raleigh next Wednesday. Un der the Constitution this body meets on the secoud Wednesday in January, bieu r.ially, and continues in session sixty days. If at the end of sixty days the business is unfinished the members may remain and complete it, but after that number of days they cannot draw pay for their services. On more thau one occasion the members have given their time to complete the pub lie business. The lirst matter that will interest the members of the House, and attract public attention and interest as well, will be the selection of the officers of that body. For Chief Clerk of that body we have heard but one name suggested that of our es teemed and competent friend, T. B. Wom ack, Esq., of Chatham. Cot.. John D. Cameron, who has been Chief Clerk for many years, will not be a candidate. The indications, therefore, are that Mu. Wom .U K will hrtvo the high honor of an elec tion by acclamation. If the Legislature does thus, without a contest, niako Mr. Womack Chief Clerk, it will deserve to be congratulated. There is no man ia North Carolina more competent, and very few who can be compared to Mu. Womack in his special fitness for this important posi tion. Of course the chief interest in the organ ization centres in the selection of a Speak er. For that high honor six names have been mentioned Messrs. M. E. Cauter, of Buncombe; Charles M. Cooke, of Franklin; It. A. Doii-hton, of Alle ghany; ArGusTfs Leazar, of Iredell; C. C. Lyon, of Bladen; and Taos. H. Si'tton, of Cumberland. However, so tar as we have informati n,. the only three candi dates regularly m the field are Messrs. Carter, Leazar and Si tton. They have all served in the Legislature before and have legislative experience. The contest between them will be spirited. All the candidates are expected to arrive by Mon day and to open headquarters. We will not hazard an opinion as to who will be made Speaker. It seems to be generally conceded that one of these three men will secure the honor, but it is not out of the range of possibilities that one of the other ecu tie men mentioned will be chosen. We have good Speaker timber and the members of the House will make no mistake iu elect ing either of the gentlemen named. There is small chance ofad.uk horse. If the dark horse element should enter into the race the friends of Ma. D. C. Rkuan, of 1 fc rstJVS L J V A . ULI I 11(1' truod Sneaker. He was iie w oum maKC a A member of the last House. He is very quiet and modest, but those who have heard him on the stump speak in terms f the highest praise of hi.- h;gh order of ability. For the other offices in the House, the candidates are legion. Many of them are gentlemen of prominence and most of them have rendered efficient service to the party. There can be no denying that the times are hard when so many men edi tors, lawyers and others are anxious to secure these clerkships. We never knew more deserving or better qualified men seeking these po.-it ions. The members will find it very difficult to choose between such worthy applicants. The organization of the Senate does not excite so much interest because the pre siding officer has already been elected by the people. Lieutenant-Governor Stek m a N will preside until the new Lieutenant-Governor, C l. Thos. M. Holt, is sworn in. It is pleasant to Liei t.-G" 'VERS' ou Stedman's many friends to know that he will be preseut at the opening. He will retire to private life with the admiration, confidence, and respect of the whole State. As a presiding officer we have never seen his superior, if we have known his equal. Thorougidy versed in parliamentary law., he is quick to see and decide all points raised, and his rapid dispatch of business is often truly marvellous. He is the soul of courtesy and has won the regard and esteem of all those who have served in the Senate siace he has been its presiding of ficer. Col. Holt, who succeeds him as President of the Senate, is an experienced presiding officer, having been Speaker of the House in 1885. He is a man of wide acquaintance and knowledge of men and affairs and will come to the discharge of his high office wi'h a large measure of ex perience and capacity. Foi Chief Clerk of the Senate the Chron ht.f, has hea-d of no candidate, except Mu. R. M. Ft'RMAN, of Asheville, who has held the position a long term of years to the satisfaction of all concerned. For the other offices there are a number of candi dates, as in the House, and they art; tie serving and capable men. It is usual, we believe, for the Senators to elect a President pro tern from their number. In'vieWof Col. Holt's not hav ing fully recovered from his long sickness it is not thought he can preside all the time, and therefore the position of Presi dent pro tem will be more important than is usual. We have heard very little said of who will receive-this honor, but the names of Senators E. W. Kerr, of Samp son; Jas. II. Pot, of Johnston; W. P. Shaw, of Hertford; W. D. Turner, of Ire dell, and Willis R. Williams, of Pitt, have been mentioned in that connection. They are the only Senators who served in the last Senate. The most important contest that will be decided ny a joint caucus win oe ine con test for United States Senator. Hon. M. W. Ransom, who has been longer in the Senate than any other Southern man, is a candidate for ro election. The other can didates are Capt. S. B. Alexander, Ex Gov. Thos. J. Jarvis, and Hon. A M. Waddell Other names are mentioned in connection with this high office, among them Associate Justice Merrimon, Gen. W. R. COX, GOVERNER SCALES, HON. W. T. Dortch, Hon. C. M. Stedman, Governor elect Fowle and others. Public senti ment is divided in its preferences and the result is in doubt. The uncertainty that attends this contest is heightened because a large number of the members are com ing to Raleigh uncommitted, and some of them undecided as to who is their prefer ence and the preference of their constitu ents. The people of the State may con gratulate themselves that with so many able men to select from, the Legislature, guided by wisdom and patriotism, will make no mistake. HOUGHTON FOR SPEAKER. Cor. in Exchange- 1 see an article presenting the name of R. A. Doughton, Esq., of Alleghany, as a candidate for Speaker of the next House of Representatives. I do not know that Mr. Doughton is or will be a candidate, but theie will be no member of that hon orable body more worthy than he. He was nominated and elected a member of the Legislature without opposition, and did a g(Hd work for the Democratic party in the ist campaign that could not have been done by any other. He harmonized the discordant elements and infused life into the lifeless and controlled and used these for the Democratic party. Notwithstand ing the boodle, aud free liquor of the op posing party there never was a stronger Democratic vote given in the county for every candidate, from the President aown. Mr. Doughton did this by his stirring speeches and incessant labors. The Eighth Congressional District gives a Democratic majority of ;5.00l to 4,000, yet there is not a State officer taken from the district. Why? Is it not loyal? Its ballots answer the question. Let our pub lic bodies recognize our talented aud strong public leaders and the party will grow stronger. A more merited honor could not be given than for the next Legislature to give the Speakership to R. A. Doughton. He is not tied to pet schemes by rash and foolish pledges; neither is he in league with any clique or corporation; he is of the people and from the people, and has no ambition alove making a good rep resesentative and lifting his voice and casting his vote iu the interest of the State at large. Sectional legislation he will oppose, if that sectional legislation will in iure the State as a whole. State pride and love of country will govern him in his legislative acts. j His record while in the last legislature t is his voucher for the next. His mind, 1 soul and body are his own, aud he will j Iiaue to do what is right. ( His knowledge of narliamentarv usages I eminently qualities him for this important position. We hope the next Legislature will honor him with the Speakership, and if it does these mountain counties will feel that it is an houor well bestowed. FOR SPEAKER. A Voiee Iroin the West I'ruiiiK E. Carter, Esq. Special Cor. State Chronh l::.J T was much disappointed that in the late election the Democratic gain were so small in comparison with the Republican gains. One thing cheered me. Buncombe glorious old Buncombe redeemed itself from the thrall of Radicalism and came back to the Democratic column. Only those who were acquainted with the ex tent of the trouble in Buncombe two years ago can fully appreciate the great victory the Democrats won in last November. No wheie iu the State was harder work done thau in Buncombe, and the result is more largely due to the efforts of Mr. Melvin E Carter thau to any other man. Mr. Cartel redeemed the county. The fight in an Eastern and a Western county is very different, arid it is much more difficult to carry Buiicomie than any Eastern county. Certainly on the ground of party service, Mr. Carter has a strong claim for the Speakership. As to ability, no one who knows him will que-tiou that he is the equal of any of the candidates. He has been in the Legislature before and is a fine parliamen tarian, as well as an astute and able law yer. The East has had as speakers in re cent years. Mr. Cooke, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Holt - the Centre, Mr. Price and the West no one. Ix-f us have nn equal di vision this year. The West asks the elec tion of Mr. Carter. X ... SI'TTON FOR SPEAKER. From Dunn S!gnoard. Hon. T. II. Sutton's friends are urging him for the Speakership of the House of Representatives and there being no other candidate for the honor from the East, we feel full- justified in saying, without hesi tation, that Mr. Sutton should l(e elected. It is well known that the East did more in the recent election to secure the splendid victory of the State than any other sec tion; and when it is remembered that every member of the legislature from the Third Congressional District is a Demo crat, all fair minded men will admit, that since the Easi has been denied such recog nition for a quarter of a century or more she is entitlivl to the Speakership and, leaving sectional claims out of the ques tion, we hazard nothing in saying Mr. Sutton is the equal of any who have been uamed for the position and should be our next Speaker. LEAZAR FOR SPEAKER. From Lexington Dispatch. I'roni preseut indications, it seems that no one will conte-st with Mr. A. Leazar, of Iredell, for the Speakership of the House. Usually there are a number of aspiiants; but this time, it seems to be pretty gener ally conceded that Mr. Leazar is to be Speaker. Certainly no one elected to the next Legislature is more worthy to wear the honor than he. Mineral Doom in Watauga. From Lenoir Topic Mr. Milton G. Shearer, of John's River, was in our office last week, and told us that there is quite a flurry in mining cir cles in Watauga. Some time ago (Ten. Leveuthorpe discovered indications of sil ver on the farm of Mr. Joseph Bryant, near Valle Crucis, and took an option on it for $10,000. As the deed has passed from Mr. Bryaut to Gen. Leventhorpe or is about to be passed it is generally supposed that the General has disposed cf the property to some mining company for a considerable advance. Flre-nt writers may deceive the ignor ant by lying theories, but the intelligent man demands assurance that a theory ia true. Nothing is so convincing to an in telligent reader as the plain and simple words of those grateful ones who were sick but have been made well by using B. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm), found print ed in our paper, from time to time or con tained in the illustrated ''Book of Won ders," sent free to any address by the Blood Balm Co. , of Atlanta, Ga. Send for it. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND WILL CONTINUE- TO HK AT THE FRONT IN I'OLI I ICS. Tarifi" Reform Cannot be Killed- Mr. Phillips and the Ca binet--3! r. Carlisle Interviewed, & .. Ac. Special Cor. to Statk Chronicle. Washington, D. C, Jan. 1, 16S) fwteretary Fairchiid made a great speech to the ta.rifi reformers in Boston on Friday eveuing. It ought to be read by business men everywhere. Mr Cleveland, Mr. Car lisle and other distinguished politicians were invited to be present It is perhaps fortunate that the President had to de cline. Mayor Russell male a most bril liant speech which, while it might have embarrassed Mr. Cleveland to have listen ed to it, striker, so pure a key note. I take the Ji'erty of ouoting a portion of it for the benef.t of your read is: "One phase only of our defeat s. eras to be irreparable the defeat of a, brave, patriotic President, who knew his duty and dared to do it. It is his country's loss, not his. The high standard he Let. of official life entitled him to her confidence and support. Because his administration was not ever seeking votes, but the people's welfare, majorities unsought should have risen to uphold him. His faithful devotion to duty, his consci entious watchfulness, his manly bearing when stung by an unjust defeat, I eon fosri, have made of me something of a hero worshiper. For one, I lind it pleasant to apply to him those grand lines sent by Sir Henry Taylor to Gladstone in 174 in his hour of defeat : What makes a hero? Anlieroic mind Expressed in ac tion, in endurance proved; And if there be pre eminence of right Derived from pain well suffered, to the ht-ght Of rank heroic, 'tis to bear unmoved Not toil by da j scarce known of human kind, Not watch by night when Fate is on the wind, But worse, ingratitude and poisouous di-.rts Launched by the country he had served an ! loved. This with a free unclouded spirit pure. This in the st.-e:itli of silence to endure A dlgn'ty to uo.ote de-'ds imparts Beyond t he gauds and pageants of renown; Tuts is t he hero s compliment and crown Later, President Eliot continuing in the same strain said: "I also dissented corn- pletely from a remark of the distinguished chairman of the evening, tie said, and 1 think it must have been a slip of the tongue, thev was one irreparable disaster in the, lata defeat, namely, the withdrawal of President Cleveland from public life. Gentlemen. I believe that is a disaster which not only can be repaired, but will be repaired. ( I rememlous applause, long continued with shouts of approval.) It is only three years and a half so the next Presidential nomination. (Great applause) I believe that because I believe that the immense raa'oiity of the American people have a hearty and profound admiration for unwearied industry, thorough, disin terested patriotism anil political courage." (''Good' anl applause.) All the other references to 'he President were in a similar tone and indicated a W lief t bar his leadership is to be a continu ing force in American politics. Grover Cleveland is at the front now, and he is not going to the rear on the 4th of March, 1889. I saw Mr. Carlisle yesterday just after he had In-en at the White House. 1 do not pretend to speak with authority on this matter, but I think the tariff reform era in the House have caught on to the idea embodied in the President's recent letter to Boston "In the trrck of reform," he say-?, "are often found the dead hopes of pioneers and the despair of those who fall in the march. But there will be neith er despair nor dead hopes in the path of tariff reform, nor shall its pioneers fail to rer.ch the heights." The Hoa-e reformers were pretty blue immediately after the Senate determined to vote on the tariff bill January -?0th. They have recently plucked up courage and are going to fight and disuss the Senate bill as long as it is possible to do so. The Ways and Means Committee show less disposition within the past few days to entertain any proposition looking to wards reducing the Internal Revenue tax as a separate measuro. These new tariff complications, and the small majority by which the Republicans control the next House, render the probability of an extra j session of Congress apparent. " A g' eat many contested election cases will come before the next House. The Committee on Elections will be one of the most important to le appointed by Mr. Carlisle's successor. I hoje Hon. John Henderson will remain on :t. A majority of the contested cases are from the South, and that section will need a man of Mr. Henderso-.'s legal ability on that Commit tee. Your printers and proof render must have bail more "Christmas" iuan usual "in their bones'" when they "set up'' the first paragraph of my last letter to the Chronicle. I never wrote that Senator Ransom's "courtesy was as strung as his Democracy." The statement may be liter ally true, but 1 do not use English iu that way, I hope . Mrs. Cleveland will be at home to her friends every Monday evening after 8 o'clo' k. Miss Mary and Carrie Hastings, nieces of the President, Mr. and Mrs. Stu art Nelson and Mr. Richard Watson Gil der are guests at the White House. . A marble statue of Gen. Lewis Cass was unpacked and placed in position in Siatu ary Hall yestctday. It illbe unveiled at a later date. General Cass was said to bear a strong pet sort al resemblance to Daniel Webster. - The movement to put. Hon. S. F. Phil lips in the Cabinet, meets with favor here. I hope his fellow citizens will do all they can to advance his interests in this direc tion from motives of self-protection, if nothiDg else. Justice in Clinton. According to a Dar key. From Clinton Caucasian. On last Saturday night, on Grog Row, two of Clinton's "fast men" got into a quarrel, which grew so warm after a while it was thought by those standing by that they would hitch in an old fashioned way, when a : ;igd dafkie said to them, "Gem men, gemoien. don't do dat; the mayor and polio are out of flour, and you moitt have it to pay or.' ihey uiun t nght. We Hope it is Tine. From Charlotte News. The Raleigh folks may prepare to cele brate. A News reporter to day learned on good authority that work on the Richmond & Danville's new depot at that place will certainly be commenced within the next two months. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Judge Fowle has accepted an invitation to be present at the New Berne fish, oys ter and game fair, tebruary Huh. Flihu A White, the defeated Republi can candidate for Congress in the First District at the late election, aspires to succeed uov. Jarvis as Minister to Brazil. r s Judge David Schenck, of (ireensboro, who has been in very bad health for some time aud who has been to Philadelphia for medical treatment, has returned home very much improved. The Baptist church at Halifax C. II , Va., has called Rev. C. S. Farriss, of North Carolina, one of the former editors of the Biblical Recorder. Mr. Farriss is now pieaeliing at High Point "Andy McDonald, of Uaieih, Is. C, aged ::,"' is reported as oue of four men killed in a mine explosion aear Denver, Col., Christmas Eve. His head is said to have been blown off completely. The Elizabeth City Economist s; ys Mr. Lonny Sauderlin, a nephew of Rev. Geo. W. Sauderlin, has been appointed and has accepted the assistant clerkshipof the State Auditor's office under the new Adminis tration. -I: The Ralcign Signal says Mr. J. C. Pritch aid, the defeated Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, will be an ap plicrnt for the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Patents, the place now Oiled by Hon. Robert B Vanco. The Dunn Signboard says that neither branch of the J.egislaC ure wiil have ia it a truer Democrat, or a iore faithful advo cate of real interests of the people than Mr. Wm. Pearson. Representative from Hani-tr. i- 4 W. W. Scott, -Jr., the talented and suc cessful editor of the L-noir Topic, has ac cepted the position as Clerk to Hon. W. H. H. Cowies' Committee in the National House of Representatives. While there he will write valuable and interesting ar ticles for his paper, which in his abseuce will be in good hands. r We had a call yesterday from I). B. Nicholson, sq., of Sampson, who was for years one of the editors of t e Caucasian. He is a candidate for re-election as Read ing Clerk of the Senate. Mr. Nicholson is a gentleman of ability and iu! uence and made a very efficient officer. i Wil mington Star. Gen. Cliugman has just returned from New York, from a long visit connected with his electric light patent. The General has patents for two systems, the incandes cent and the arc. lie is confident, from experiments made with them, that they are superior to the systems now in use. Asheville Citizen. Prof. C. L Smith, who is Lecturer in History in the Johns Hopkins University, spent the holidays with relatives in North Carolina and gave the Chronicle a pleas ant call. We are glad to know that he has recently l(eeu elected General Secre tary of the Charity Organization Society of Baltimore. He has won a position of honor and usefulness aud North Carolina is proud of him. All Raleigh and all parties having busi ness with the Auditor's office will be glad to know that Mr. J. 1). Boushall will con tinue as Chief Clerk in that office under Auditor elect Sauderliu. Mr. Boushal! is not only a joung gentleman of high Chris tian character and of thorough competen cy, but is a popuUr ofiicer as well. Mr. Sanderliu is to be congratulated upon re taining Mr. Boushali. Mr. Lonny San derliu, nephew of the new Auditor, will be Assistant Clerk. 5.: Rev. Geo. W. Finley, of Romney, W. Va., has been elected State Evangelist of the Presbyterian church. He was elected on Thursday of last week by a committee appointed for that purpose which met in the first Presbyterian church at Raleigh. Gov. Scales was Chairman and Rev. P. H. Hoge was Secretary of the Committee which was composed of Messrs. A. M. Scales, of Raleigh; B. F. Hall, of Wilming ton: Dr. i. W. McNeill, of Fayttteville: Gen. Rufus B irringer, of Charlotte, and Revs. H. G. Hill, D. D , of Max ton; Alex ander s-prunt, of Henderson; W. E. Mc lilwa ne of Gastonia; It. R. Anderson, of Morgantou, anil Peyton II. Page, of Wil mington. Mr. Finley. t he Evangelist, comes highly recommended. The Wilson Advance, after saying very truly of Judge Arm field that he is "a geu tleman of high legal attainments, broad minded, big-brained aud liberal, and will wear the judieial ermine with dignity and honor," adds: "The office is not a new oue to Mr. Armfield, as he was at times virtually judge when Judge Cloud sat on the bench, who, when perplexed by some knotty legal point, would say, 'Hold thar! How's that, Armfield t'" That is true, al so. Cloud thought Colonel Armfield the repository of all knowledge aud decided cases as Col. Armfield to.d him to. That is the reason the old judge was so seldom overruled by the Supreme Court. Slates- ville Landmark. Maj. J. W. Wilson, of Morganton, and Capt. V. E. McBee, Superintendent ol the Western North Carolina Railroad, have returned from their trip to Canada, whith er tney were invited to testily as railroad experts iu a matter in controversy between the Canadian government and the Cana dian Pacific Railroad Company. This road is over 2,000 miles in length. It was con structed by the government and after wards sold" to the syndicate which now owns it. The syndicate claimed that the road was not up to the specifications, and the differences were submitted to arbitra tion. Maj Wilson and Capt. McBee were summoned as experts in the case aud, af ter spending eight days in an examination of the road, testified before the arbitrators. Their bearing on the stand is spoken of by the Canadian press and railroad men as most creditable. They are represented as having demonstrated va.st knowledge and railroad ability. It was a conspicuous , . . . .1 . , ... .. . . tti comoumeni to mem mat. tuey suouia uae i been invited to investigate aud testify in a cas- of this magnitude (about six million dollars being involved) and in a different country than their own, and a compliment to North Carolina as well; but it is no sur prise to those who know these gentlemen or have knowledge of their accomplish ments in their special field of study to learn that they did themselves honor in Canada. Statesvilie Landmark. The prettiest sight in the world is a pretty woman's foot in a Jersey Lily boot, and since Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures all sorts of colds all women can wear them. FKOto MURPHY TO MANTEO. SOME THINGS THAT A R E HAPPEN ING IN NORTH CAROLINA. What Has Happened in the Good Old State Since the Chroniele Lat Greeted Its Readers. Postal Card News. -The friends of t he Chronicle in every section of the State are requested to aid us iu making this de partment an accurate record, in brief, of the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send us a postal card whenever anything of public interest transpires in your neigh borhood or section of country. You will aid us and givo prominence to your sec tion. Send on the postal cards. "Editor. ...The Governor has pardoned Jerry Holsenbeck, of Caswell, who wasconvicted in 1883 of baru burning. . The Summerville school, Harnett, N. C, will open the first Monday in Jan uary, IScs'.i. prof. A. S. Piummer, Prin cipal. About .,(.00 has been subscribed towards building the new hotel. Can't we get up a cotton factory that way, too? hmithfield Herald. .... Mr. Miles Goodwin's house ai Smith field was burned oue day last week. He is chit f of police of the town. It is thought to have been the work of an incendiary. . . . .Fat lighters are splendid things to have in the same house with a baby which has the colic, as they reduce profanity to a minimum. Nothing to do but throw a handful in the fireplace and you have a bla,e. ... .Taylors, ille, N. C, is becoming quite a town. In the last two years it has more thau doubled in population and is putting on city airs. The citizens, we learn, are going to make an effort to have the Collector's office for this district mov ed to tha.t place. Carolina Watchman. . . . .There seems to be a prospeet for the building of a hotel on top of Hibriten. ihe Caldwell and atauga Land and Tim oer company wnicu nas ine giving away j or the site together with 242 acres of land, ' is in correspondence with a New York j capitalist who ha an idea of taking ad- vantage of Capt. Lenoir's generous offer. V .1 ij-euou lopie. ... .The Charlotte Chronicle says that the rapid ''n crease of business has com pelled the directors of the Ada cotton fac tory to order more machinery. The Chron icle has yet to hear of a tingle, well man aged, cotton factory in the State which is not paying handsomely on the investment. And et some capitalists prefer to lock their money up. Mr. B. T. Chandley, of Madison county, writes to the Chronicle-. A few days ago there was n young man by the name of James Sawyer out hunting with two other boys, and he fired his gun and the briteh flew out and bursted his brains out. lie lived 24 hours before he died; he lived iu the towu of Marsnall, Madison county, and he was r;bout IS years i hi. ....We are pltascd to leam by the Murphhy Advance that the troublesome ' aud difficult achievement ot laying thu track to the summit at Red Marble Gap has been effected, and tfcat trains now run to what you call it Topfon. From there on to Murphey it is dowu grade, with seven or eight miles of difficult work, the heaviest portion of which has beeu doue. ....The capital stock of the Piedmont Wagon Works is J$3,000. The people of Winston offered to make it 100,000 if the company would move to Winttou. Mr. J. G. Hall, President of the Company, told the peoph- of Hickory that if they would give 50,00o the works would not. he mov ed. The Lenoir Topic says: Efforts were at once made to raise money for the pur pose. We learn that it has beeu decided for the company to remain in Hickory, so we suppose that the money was raised. ....United States Engineer Bixby and Cant. Schuster are tit Weidon, makh.g preparations to clean out Roanoke river from that point to its mouth, 'ihey have a steam tug, several barges and a dredg ing machine. They purpose cleaning out the rafts first, using fcr that part .?15,it)0 j of the 40, 000 appropriation. '.I nen the j remaining money, ?'o.".K, for removing the sand bars will be used Work will - Plymout h be begun Monitor, at an early For Reading Clerk ol Wie House. t Special Cor. State C;ii:oxi.;.L.j There aro several good men in the field j for Reading Clerk, but we believe the claim.; ; of Mr. H. A. Latham, of Washington, N. C, superior to any other's. He was pri.c I his life shows tnat he is ami Ling, anti speaker at the University when ne grad- ! Clique, aiui-Tisist, :oHi-Mo:.opoly, an'', uated paying his way by his own haid anti-cvcrytiiiiig that is again-!; the (,- ,. work while there. He had been a farmer j interi ms of the peoph-. and teacher. He has always been a tcr- I Sivnt ano La t, but by no mean-; U :-.-.(. ling Democrat, and for three year he has because his well known record in favor o: devoted his time, talent and earnings to i a Railroad Commission marks him as t ho the cause of Democracy. In the hist cam l true champion of the people's rig!..; and paign his labor and influence was not cir- j the man whom the -opie desire. Sim o cumseribed to the limits of iivr court: y, ! i; has become apparent th..t wc mv goiti,; nor of oue Congressional district, but ids j to have a Railroad Cotarjiisr.i.ti thciv .it--voice, his individual effort, and that of j many new converts to il. Mr. Ixeo ar i his paper, the Washington Gazette, v.;s i tiot one of this number. He is ;.n old recognized as a most potent factor in the etc ran aud led in the light. big Democratic gam:-, ol the East. He i capable and deserving, and it would be a just recognition of his merits as well as the representation due the eastern part o; the State to elect Mr. Latham Reading Clerk. Cumberland Dk.mocrat. A Good Dog Story. From Lenmr Topic We have a good story to tell on Sam Telfair, Governor-elect Fowlc's Private Sec retary. Several years ago he went to school at Finley High Academy in Lenoir. A few7 weeks belore he was to leave for home it was industriously circulated over the country that Sam Telfair wanted 2 dogs to carry home wi'h him and that he would give $0 tor every dog brought to Lenoir on a certain day. On ihe day be fore the day set for the dogs to come to town S im went home. Next day I-enoir was full of dogs of high and low degree. All sorts of dogs were here with strings around their necks and frequent inquiries were made for "Mr. Telfair." But he had gone without his dogs. Is ( u-uiiit!on l!enrahle? Read the following: Mr. C. If. Morris, Newark, Ark., says: "Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physic ians pronounced me an Incurable Con sumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee tho work on my farm. It is the finest medi cine ever made." Jesse Middle-wart, Decatur, Ohio, says: "Had it not been for Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption I would have died cf Lung Troubles. Was given up by doe tors. Am now in best of health." Try it. Sample bottles free at Lee, Johnson & Co'3. drug store. FAVORS SELLING The State's Interests in Railroads and Giving Away the Swamps. Special Cr. of Srm: Cjil-oxkt r.i I wish to say, through your widelv cir culating ;uid valuable iourna!, th.it 'i am confident that the Legislature that will convene in Raleigh in a few day.,, idiouhl, without delay, or a dissenting voice, in troduce and pass a bill to authorize Co. Fowle to advertise and sell the Slate's in tercst in both the North Carolina and the North Carolina and Atlantic Railroads, and another billto give away the State's interest iu the swamp lands to the respec tive counties in which they lie. The funds arising fiom the State's interest in thc-o two roads should be used in paying off the State's indebtedness as far as it will g. If this is not donoit tfkes, no prophet to.sco the State will soon be legislated out of every cent she owes in them, as has heretofore) always been the ease, when the Legisla ture had unrestricted power to legislate on property belonging to the State. Gov. Jarvis and Dr. J. M. Worth made this very plain, and tl history of nearly all, if not everyone, pi ., es tho'l.egislai n ro of our State is utterly i-. competent to man age or legislate wisely ur banks, railroads and most other matters, wherever the State is interested. As proof of this, I think it will be impossible for any person in the State to point to a single instance in out history where this, or any other State, with but few exceptions, ' and certa oily never in this State, has inve ted a dollar iu any work of improvement, and given it to the mariagi mcnt or control of the Legislature that the money has no? been lost and a complete fadure insured. f course the Asylm-i.-, Penitentiary and and like institutions, 'hat are kept up b regular assessed laxati !i, are exception"-, to the above general siatcment. It has been the uniform rule m this State, when ever a work of improv.n cm begins to ?,a regular dividends for som concur more per sons, or it may Oe a company, to devi.- e ?,. plan or plans to seize upon its profits or in some other wnv to make it contribute ... . .... to aM in building or extending some other work of internal improvouiontin the State, which ruiuous policy always has ana wiil prove disa&trotw to 'the' State and all h. teresti d in the liuudioaoned inn.rovovier t If i'i ill reii t i .- t.M.-fi.i i r. ,..):.. ,.1 . I ested m pursuing this suicidal policy will differ very widely with me, and will more than likely, with much -eal . nd I great clamor, oppose t-elhng the State" ; iti- ! tere.-.t in the roads mentioned and paviu' it .... , . . ... - .'..t.-v Hit j"U u... I I.J Lilt' i In ! v i j m to: ou our Mate oeut. tiut as a ii lend of in ternal improtuemeiits and a stockholder in sevtral of our roads, and one who ear nestly desires to see th -m prosper and in crease, a way and by men that wiil take a pride and pleasure in seeing them great auxiliaries in building up all our agricul tural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests, 1 desire to see them sold. There is little, if any, hope of th's ever being done while the State .vns or con trols any part in anyone or n. re of them. Let the present Legislate c, without fail, pass a law to sell out tl. State's in tcio3t in all of our roads erever she owns a dollar and give aw a; the swamp lands to the comities when a they lie, aud save the expeuseof l.tiga' ion and pav ing lawyers fees. If any -m wishes to know how much lias been paid by ihe State for these purposes, will call for tho necessary documents, he can oou sec. D. F. ( 'Ll) El.!.. - - . - - SIX REASON'S For L isiaioi's to i oiisiiicr in Keatd to the Speakership. ! Special Cor. S T u k Cuia-Na i i:.j Mr. Augustus Leaar, of Ii-.-deU counts, ought to be elected Speaker - f the. Hoii-e for the following reasons: First Because thee h; r. ro :o ia the State of North Carolina v. ho ha- bee. truer or more loyal to ihe principles, of De tnocracy, or rendered more eiieetive ser vice in the last c inp.: ',; ;. SrX'o.vo. Because, uaving b.-cn .-. u. t i ber of the board or" Agriculture eight year, and member of the Lcgir-dnf mv for four consecutive terms, he has had i.ecul lar au vantages or aseei'tammg t ce ie . d and wants of the -.eople of the Mote, Timtn. Because his iceoid a- i;,bh servant shows that he na:: the courage o' his convictions, that he is cleai h-aded, thoroughly devoted to the 'nt rest ; of th people of the State, and th t he isih- ii unwavering friend. Forum. Because he is, qr; c-.. o; :ieu perception, of ready deebion, of fairnes.,, qualities which added to his huge experi ence fits him mod admirably for th.'.' position. Fifth. Itc-ause bb wh b; record and ( is; PlX'e.,) The Hai'tist Alntait.ie lo I hH. The North Carolina Bapti.-;. Aim .unto for 1U8!, edited and published by I lev. C. T. Bai'!ey, editor of the Biblical Recorder, Ibileigh, N. C, is on lije t 'iiuom. i.k t:-ble. It is a valuable pnbli. at ion for everybody and a necessity for I'. ip i. t lamibes. It contains, among other things, full statis tics of the various religious denomination.', in the State and Unittd States, ctmpk-to State government directory, full court calender, complete directory of all Baptist Boards and Institutions in Noith Carolina besides an article on "What is Commun ion," biographical sketches, tc. Pi ice 10c. Address, Rev. C. T. Bailey, Rale -h, N. C. The M inUters of the Govpcl Get a New Years Present. The Richmond and Danville Ihsihoa i will hereafter issue what is known as min ister's permits. That is to say, each min ister who i.; engaged exclusively in minis terial work along the line of said road, will Ik; furnished, upon application, fniado on a blank furnished by the oorripanv throagn its agents) to Mr. James L. Tay lor, G. P. A., at Wa:-.hin';tou. D. C.,"n "Minister's Permit" or card, which, v.i.eu presented to the Ticket Agent, will author ise liiru to st 11 the holder a. te-fcot. at u i.r rati:-. This is very generous ou the part of the railroad and will be greatly appreciated by the ckrgy of our State. - . Another Coiii-tv Heard I-'iom. From Chat ham ReceriL It is :-aid that there are one or ruoie caa didates in Chatham for nearly every odico in the gift of the next Legislature,
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