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VILLE,
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Wholesale ' Dealers
General " 'ITeMandise.
to
and best facili-
ties for han-
T5 cflo
Dried-Rrtutr-Ber-
i the State.
RESPECTFULLY
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Dentist.
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Vies mo Inpure XIaterial for
T7oik can be Done.
?tticat9 frea ft disUnoeoij
Ttid dtltr by informing
kin tt vat tine thej
P. LEOijINE,
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There seems to be a considerable
amOj
now :
among
ng a number oi writers u
in thei
State conccruing a much needed;
appropriaffonl fo "ih beiient of the
University. It is proposed that an ;
uppxopriaUon be made, sqfficiefi to
enable the Uniyersity to give in-i
etruction &g&fij l2rgP to all who;
irilL attend and thus raise ouri
Bt3lrl6i! hoJarkhljio OStiait!
may comjuire Jatorably with other j
Universities?11 aPiV ,
rujtijre 10 Eee inis inswtuiion wnicn;
has giwS ejJtiteatioiiJtccBO !ahy use- j
ful citizens and emiuent statesmen, '
Every one would be proud if all the
youth of the tate liad an opportu- i
nity of receitirig ; afine education ;
free of tuition. . Lqt .let us j reflect"
a 4uoneatt. Istheranot another
T3e6"B)nt6 -attentiort V. H6r about ;
Is it not first the paramount duty!
of . the State to provide means for,
inipV&g til great
jwtb depend 4or.edu-
pocketi i irioat ioI ithe .taoneyi 'must ;
come, should have an opportunity j
of giving their children a little edu
cation freef4tiition, before the few,
who may be abfe topay their other'
expenses at the University, should
be eriven a finished educatidn at the
l,tJtkl K 'tw t t ) feg-" mt 1 milI turn '
Wttlfi f . v.' :..jnn Yftsf i
Mny JhiWreuy-n6w 'gtvtritig 'up in
portunityJ of acquiring a practical;
education, grow to be useful, an or ¬
nament to society,: awi a-blessing to
the country. It m umversally ad-:
Ofltsit3tDoJfJ&tf toH?uJHc
dtoeote-rtrrniih thThat8t'if ''-rot
poor and tbriekvamybttn that1
education necessary for the peace of'
society and the welfare of the State, j
The terms of wft schools are too
short, and the teachers are ineffi-:;
r.ient. . Those who are canable of
lAfgyo4mlbkilcP"2?o.
VMttf loro 'To'soeirv thr,
ed. Will .ilm x yegialature ao
something in this direction ?
Both houses of Congress reassem-
bled Jan. 5. In .-the Senate Mr.
Beck introdlit5ed' ill to create a'
revenue commission. Senators Wil-
son and Sewijll spoke on the inter-;
Stave uouimeruq uiu. xu nio uuuoe,:
a motion to suspend the rules and
.pass a bill, to repeal certain internal
revenue, laws w iui, ncicioui
motions to concur in Senate "amend -J
ieftti 16 the Meiicaft pnsloTr"Wll
tiint if Ediafie 1 festablfsll a
uniiorm system oi DanKrupicy.
TEE MLEMOAH. :
Tli Vutkir, Pro&ibls and laprchtls.
This iTthe day for? planting good
idiutit AaMsA lJwJrtf 4ViSa!
rCDOt-M It? rhj DUtH I uvvwva vu.s
yield small. ; Iany amiable, personsj
will turn awtfrdl Cierflkl-inwia,
habit of sweariigI30KPW8
f da s"' ' ,
n4f&ieM4iat,little cooler.
,Look after your stove pipes, xne.
fallen on eitner oi tnese aays wi "j
manr cases cause you to dig. up.
your whole grMWgUfiT9fy& t90
resolutions. .'"-".
fsth. 6th and 7thiideji.B4wi
A fall nn the . frozen- irround has
been HWitl totknBe an loosd
frcmbejwhole catechism.
t?1 SI ftld not attend to it
4
rm.n
fVlXfiC3wT0CiSmB, 1815.
.. t
l wflvs in advance.', ; '
wAAdfier and IBe mostest of it.
i9h. 13th and 14th
it you nave
w-- : r. v j
-"WouIr ft'nitr te w!s,eryranri:etter
tbi bad weather.
Ke Emphatically Dsniaj Having Aspersed
,s Lee and Jacls. " -
Bultimor Sun.
i. Richmond, "VU., Jan. 4; The
arrival liere yesterday of Mr. D. L.
Moody, the distinguished evangelist,
was looked- forward r with the
deepest interest! by Itichmond
.people. r This i elin "was , inten-',
8ined , by the 1 1 pubhsUed . , , state-:
v men ts' that MrJMoody u hadV uiide ',
charitabi allu04)lLt'6nCLett8V. tfte !
and Jackson in.,, a sermon ' delivere'd
by him jti New Yof i iin 1876. The !
morning papers contained very eni-j
phatfc denials' of this cka'rgV f Mm ;
Mr. " Moody Many of those who!
attended liis services 4 ihu A,, ex-;
pectVd to ' hear flome refeVicel Wade
j
by the evangelist t6 the charges
m.atle: against feira ,;b.ut jniAtion
was madejof ihe matter Mr. Moody
contenting hirnelf with' the "denials
! fi& had made throngh lhe 'press'.' t
.Iix the,' afternoon' Ihe't evamjlit
'preached to the colored pe6jile from
thel)tilpU of thetrBteoWwd'ftiB- j
W&t! Churchy and(: hadf4;.irVT. large
attendance, : After thatserTic and i
'MtfJUpt&f had diped,;h0 SunTCoi-
respondent had f an interview with '
him in his room at the hotel. He!
said in reply tbj a question that he
was in Cincinnati C when the charge
was made publicj.that he had Jrefer-i
red to Gens. Lee and Jackson in a'
disparaging manner in one of his i
New York sermons. was notifi-j
ed : However," said he, J.'bef pre. pnb-
licatioii was made in'Richmorid that;
it was forthcoming. ! nave never'
mad? sucVati allusion .to thtjisp two
distinguished Southern soldiers and
Christians How could I, indeed,
when. I had, always looked ' upon
Widif nighSe typ t
soldif and Cbrs.ian? JL-j endeavor ;
to preach only what I feel, and I am
feeling ia that k against these two
' QAthe yeixnigQliluejfr
it is alleged that I delivered the
taienarala.Lee and Jackson, f I left
iy of two' such men js itjikelynat
'if woWd-have escaped the atlenfion
oi lieoplof Hftat tityt fntne
very heart of the'; South1? jl have
preached since then in Florida,,. St. ;
Lonli and Texas, and ho-"referfence1
has, to my knowledge, - ever ! been
made to-the language attributed to
me in my New York discourse. '
"Is it not possibteV Mr. Moody,"
'askecT the iktn'sM correspondent,
"Batjrou tight ' haje made iome
Tetefeiicefes. Eee-tin3acfeon
ith that iermon which might -have
"been mistaken for1 'Unkind criti-;
Csm. V'&n'tytt !-!;; it, '";'f '"1ft)"!
',' "I cannot think of anything that
J . ever saidf j 'replied. Mr; 0 Mody, ;
"that could have been. so I under
stood, when, as I ieil you, l"have;
alwayft tnieftained wtherhigheet ad-;
mjxation, fQthose twQ,grea..wejiJ
Yes," yoa can- say thai' j I-most etn-j
jatyyiingyingi
that could be regarded " as an asper- j
siorupon GeniV itjee and'Jaekson. ;
Yes., I knew the widow of Stonewall;
"Jackson is in the city, as soon as I
arrived here I sent a message to her.
denying this report.
Mr.: ioody said if he ' had ever.
saidhaiiVattfut tolhi'm about1
Lee and ' Jackson ' he would jnost!
cu aologfzSfCyifiPf ee of
I"cAniond,Jand) bje.SoQth.11 Me
, Wonjd, hesitate moment, ,k fee
added, to take such a course, ;: . iA
B1tliwf Bon.
.fi.wi J
lthe-beriiat&1,ccie:JAi
..-Mta-J.MtM4 .1411 HMITfHAMMMm
assume the governorship--The ex-l
Ton.Tliajaday.irQia;Bai!alo'tt attend!
pi
fall toir'Prtsrde'nt irho" taifrt'a' erl-
.i' tub i. row a .a ..... .
ous view of the responsihweAi of
r-his josition the" ex"Goreiuor"" does
well to devcTjieOcJeks to elapse
iwit if" 'ti c r.r t".9tfrmj mhw
-r-va ihtt.tha nfe Erealdeiifi hfito,
I jnajce ut$n and sweet.
I-WJT .1 .'-.. - - T
Aim
OI II, ,
wilhsend to both hpusea of the New
omrVS;rig9Sln
THE IHTERMiL REVEHilL
Vkit Ssnst cf the State Pipers 4avt to
The effort .made : byrMr., "gLiscpcJk,
(Kepublicanjirom JSew aork; to
'iflbolfkh'tlhe internal reventi'evon .to
bacco, arid cigars and Jou spirits
made ;i;or 4medjcinal or (ipecanical
.pu'nKesj-rf bailed,; jKeyprj., 'bcIj j ef
fort' will iail until ttm jurport .fluties
Ipca thatf ' tWi i nfcrw 'are.
"TKeremliVat of th''tkr on tfliis'key
anu ioijcco woui(aff j rtuuuiie
.revenue js to:rk;hej-ejtefttipn of
high duties :ei5iirytjland itiis fa
very safe1 prediction' tofnakep t"hat,
removal jof thenter-nal, i;ryejjue,
there i email dinnce-tO: remove it.1
wuaitaflUiv-n b- lec-.filt ,-,.t'i
; iio;w $ffi i46oop;ooO ! fntef I
nal tax on tobacco anq; wftiqkey ; can
be collected. bye.moratSj we do not
expeci to hear such a general chorus ;
iii,ortn .Carolina at)Qatf tne inter-)
. nal Revenue system must, , go," , ;"In-1
telHgent readers will, remember that
thiBl"'Stafv has for tw6fvearso!t)no8ed 1
' thi blind, suicidal policylt will be j
vAn m Knr.H that rha "Sror' hoo in.
sistea tnai n was very j meet; ana;
proper that the vices should he taxed j
and ndt ; the necessaries of life. 1 It j
wifl: be fenwnibered that' the. 'Star" !
na8i r,geq;jtnat a portion, oi; ,tne ,in
4tirnal tax--f rom, fifty, to seventy-five ;
-millionatwa8 ceded to prevent a
the;tax, retaining ; what : was', .jueeded;
.fco icarryf. on .the Government, andj
Chattgibg the wanner bfj collection. )
y.lt wjiirbeememWrjed' thatu tle.
dred and forty-six mjyjqn oi jtaXjflUj
the vicea'of ; the Country : rw as wiped '
out 1 that thfa '"would-TKJcfeflsitatea!
t6hi fnuancVof f hepreent'jiglr fax!
on jp,9,conumouiti;es vne necessaries
oL life, uchiifl .heopinioni pt ?. tjie ;
ablest; papers,: and ablest.. political
economists in thecotfntr. The tax j
oi? wnr8key;:b1er'&c.r,m
AiWjsuea; soour (ij ver ana. jjougni
not: to, be,, The tax . on cigara and
cigarettes ought to betetained'hlrb,
and ind'efinitely: The Democratize
Coriverilion at ' Chicago f declared , in
favor jof reta?umg h.x .until, the
war debt was paid . andj t he Lasi peu
sioner 'hS been satf ified; The tax j
can now be ; cfojlectcd ' withoUt bp-
,?mvsw,w. an
!rTtrtEia!UTBnt'
01-
.4-
Tki DinVniljslahiiifi! inl'ths Organ
izatis&a
-vi.t; ,iiji'!-i'i'iij i
V:
H nil ti-
''Tne cauchs this . morning of tne,
Pemooratic inembera. of, the, Senate
vchojse. r. Senafor;iJ5.;. T., i Boy km, .tOi
twi-j i?;Mwi4 i?f,
I New, Berne fox-Reading Clerk, i j 1
Exactly at 12 o'clpck'the Senate.
: wai ;sealled order' fcy ' SecVVtaryj
.rurmai , auu tueuu ui uijjuu wjwi
aqmjnisiereo.py yjpagq wuager, ...yir
thej Senators except .iMeterji .WhU
colored) of OfatenVn'and Johnsba
f democrat i," oi nocKmgnam, , were
j.SetojOndgerj,, 4nn.9QmbeJ
l nominated Mrr Boykin, and Senator
Witistoriifironv .ChrtovlUey' - seconded:
and nomihktedP Mfil!Bok re-
eeiTeaATyotes,. he himself.. Jiavinsr
lenbnrgl' I-tj-rooao fir vl'iu ) j
.tneJiieh and resDoneiLle .nosition ta
VlfJjiottypuhaTe ajcaUl.raeAM iAP-f
Pcerelyi thank yowilfowihe.ihojror. , I
promise that r'-wmndei every effort
for business." 9?nnoo fmit v.iit
humoro,asJ y aieminatad Mr. Furman,
ior Deojscary cainng nun a yenera-t
ble antft3rljTIsaftit of the Blue
"were unanimously, elecierin"0
M Ti'w ee.rjiq.i ij '. a f'w :siJ'.'r i
lr-jTb'DenJCTtr eatrenof ? 1 the
j-f&emberj w 41ie flou&e this aoTamg;
npjft.3okT7 M. Holt," of Ala-;
nxancevaaitsiipeaker j CoL Jno. D4
Othl'er'dnV tKei Asheville Citizen,'
s hiei-Clerk j 2Xr. W. O. Burk-
deficit fin1 the United States Treasury
anaxliat the true w& . was to reduce
Sampson, as the candidateifer-Pres-
dentpronemif'ttMrFurmanj
oithVAsKevW
When he took the chair, he eaid ?
Nati Mad;ttiinelf rneVe toide ai
eenawrin4.oyj or- uumDenanaij
.1
erOn.called tlie hon'se ib'.ord6r,tand
the oath of ' office was administered !
'byr. & Bttooi-;1 of .itarei-f I
answered tblheir names. A quorum!
f Demg1-presenV,J tW clerk announced j
inai ine urst ousiness in oruer wasi
tue eieuiiuii uj. u opeajier. : - ;
. . , ( . 1-1- 11 . . i i
. Mr. Busbee, of Wake, arose ;,ahd ;
in u eloquent lutle speech placed j
in nomination Coil'ThosV M. Holt,
oi.yviamancp. f ; y jj!,.;
Mr? Hussejr,1 Of uravehj ! placed in
nomination Mi Geo. M. Bulla Jof
Davidson, and fry Pritchanl, of
Mis'6h;r-8iecbndeW'Mr: Bulk's nbm-
ihation? ' 'Messrs. 1 J oiies1 of " Bun-!
combe, Jand, Pinnix, pf oTadkipA we're j
yapbinted to superirieri fcle battL4-
I'he roll was called and "Mr. Holt
reucifeu TOi-ea, Jir. uuiia iu, stir, t
. The- Speaker tjlieii , declared the
House ready for .business and stated
.that nominations .for Chief Clerk
were in order. ;Mri Glenn nominU
edCpl.,! J. Cameron j of Buh
conibe,; , The .rpll.was , called, ,1 08.
votes ri ast, ttipoja riamAmn re
ceiving the whole Rumbeiyjjewas
atcjnee sworn in by( t the ! Speaker.
Air. rou, 01 jonnston, nominatea
Wjlliaa G. JJurkhead, .of
for heading Clerlcf "MrJ il
jllian)spn,
.of Columbus, seconded Mr, Rurk-'
ucau e uuuiiuuiiivii. vrii avail ui tiid.
roll
Burkhead received .' 110
votes, being all tfiat were past.' . MrJ
'': I" 1
D. R. J ulian, of Rowan, was .then ,
eiectea principal aoor-iceeper. Mr.
Tiroraac moved that a .message, " be .
sent 10 tne senate, notiiyjg tnat
body that the House of Representa-'
tives was amy organizea Dy ine.eiec
tion of a Speaker, principal clerk, ;
Reading CleirVf andVprihcip'al dbor-.i
keeper and was rea.for.i;lUings..
MrJ Stanford movedHnal'a'com.-i
inittee 6t fiybappomted'on rules,!
and tnaVunfji! thatdbmhlittee report
the House be governed byne1 rules;
ot last ' session. ' The ! rilofion'1 was
'adbted.,t;,.1"1',' H MVf$
n Atj 1.30 'bclocV, bn 'motibn of 'JTr.j
' Leazer jthe Hon se1 1 ' ad jcrurj?ed: 4 tt iitil !
: 1 1BlTEinrTBMll B0BBES3:(i
1 1 . ' " ; ; ..;;
if
;i .a f ;i5. -;:
" 1 Port ' t Erosif ; Md.,- Jah. 4.-
William Tralnor'attd Leonor "Bud"
urimtn, botn 01 wnom are about, 1
or 20 years ofTage, Tiaye been cbm-i
mitted to court on the charge f of?
treBbinit - passengers' 1 oi1 a railroad :
tram near Rising Sun, Cecil county,;
; Md as ;satedX atu.rcjaf j Snp.
They are looked upon as a.jpauipf
callow coUntry3iitha Wthbee- Wreak?
intellectaThalve' beejr rnisdjreptei by;
dime-novel lliiejature,"- atfd '.'who
thought; they yf ere going to mmor-i
UlizethemselYei y . A' gaUantu Jex-j
.;pleit.5 -F -f .11.11
S9P i.?!?reseff fe J(thoq
whiph, are, usually Opposed , to . cfar-j
acterizesknilarrrierfortnances infthe!
tir WestV'The ttajn'bn whiohfthQ
repisodeoccurred waktneaccbmmoda-i
, .Railroad, running (between..(yxiord
Pa., and Rising Sun,1 Cecil, county;
''Md.'Oh'.iday night ' thtwb
Ulinaand feoarde4 ., he ttrainwle
left Hising eun at 73tf-ps -malice
;"iV1T'Jt:qi J-UVrtl "y' iMibw jVLjIa. I
Ml?- A 1 1 I it- X T -L
uiuigan, iook. up : tueir ne.euj..
Thire t i werb- 'yery dew a "pasaenjjers.
' Trnen:tne traltf.Was-abttit'brie ated ai
the pagers. ,njra the two
young jnOT wMsperrng'nd appar-j
.ently.paxefcjly raryeying, father.
.!occnpants oi the car.' Finally the
.rsengers.wxoideiaandUigitett.nioMey:
t'aii)d 'their 'wathe' and jewel ryij 1
trakemani Edward Tarririgj
S onej f I tlis J9U awfo Eff Wf
1 Mi pistol end! told that iii Jbe 'jravo
nyklatni rfTered )wry 1 resistance
neSuiaffBe ribV'Atnesame:
l ihb. passengerihlthQ ) ar, and col-
Lp.Ati rf watch ht twb anai'Variotia
hmairHmVfperqm t!bemj
,N?kttaeast.jStar,1nho waf on hiys jfay
to Oxford Pajy rai; relieTedriof j.a
fine od vatci. Mr. George P.
"n'ead,a JKeadmg Clerk V'anft'jVf r.vlfc ?
Vyonpns ougnt ticxeys a.iiing.pnn
; jorylinaribn, hV; PennsrlVanift
'traili' cofigfBtedvbi twoirs. 1 IThe
''vbnthhCered1 the rear! eakank? W
1
t smaller one-ui- tiio swoumpeu; up,'
andJrfloisng. pistolJred
1
la
.ambrirurer of 'tttie'k Eureka
Fertilizer Co., aavedyhis .timepiece;
f by .slipping' it ' into jhis ; lboot-ieg.
Israel Hugg'iris, wtib ' 'gayjj up $34, j
also saved his' gold watch 'and 'chain;
by hiding .it in his boot-leg..',' He;
' says he ejected when t'&eLtwp lioysj
got on thAtrain ' that ' tliey ; would
raise a row, out urn not anbiuipaie
' robbery; ' The firs! person appi'oan
ed was a colored man. He had one
dollar' about liis person, whicn was :
taken; the next man was Huggins
aiid ' the ' third Mr;' Garey.'" 'These
wqre the; only I robberies 'cbminitted
so far as
known. ' ...
: ' Thinking their (time '
about up the
, men , endeavored tp gi( je. the ' signal I
'by belt cord ftd stop'' the1 train at
ouce out oaggage master, vvm. ay,i
who was in his car, supposing it was
the conductor's signal to stop at the;
next station, repeated itJin that way j
and the train srjedbtt. The robbers j
"finding he traiii did riot .slack" up, i
ahdTthat they were in danger of be-
ing carried into Sylmar, juniped off j
"wnile it was going at the rate of 25,
miles per hour, and were some dis-'
'tance away before Conductor Gilli-t
gan, who was in tne front part of
njs train, .was notinea, 01 wnat naa;
neftn trOinflr On: tin rpjuinintr thfi.
f tjrst telegraph station a report wasj
i'madei of tne affair to'Superintendent
-Lbd'acV't0enirialD
rila ll. lll.arMedia! Pa.,n who rar-!
ranged ' immediately " and ' sent'; a;
special train to the spot With detec-t
Lives lu wurK. up tue case. . xue.
train, ' Villi' Detectiyes' Ottey' andi
Milled tbf hMelphia -armed!
about 2 pclbck bh Saturday morn-
, .... IV .4 . .. . " . ... I
The1 detectives
! and1 local 'bfficerJ
'proceeded at
rbhee tbV'8bourt the!
neignDornooa
JIariy' sup'pbsed" at;
fi-so that the affair was the. work of i
1 the 'Al)e!B6zzardfgarigwliicn has sol
Ibng ;i iertxHsed'' a ! ! pbrtieti 1 bf 1 Can J
! caster cburilPaibiy a 'few' niiles '
'awaiy, blit ialerihdicatibn 'pointed
to the two young men' WmV Trairiori
and Ibn bTTlHlKTSriffitli. Thej
detectives were 6pon en .their track.;
. Thp tral led them' ; 1 towards hej
home. p .both jTrainor ,an Griffith,!
near
Brick-, Jleeting , House, .Uecil
county, Md. About- p.. r m. the,
house of Griffith was .approached,:
; i- t :i
f and ho las discovered fitting, y ie
ure, r Metective vti-ey was piacea at
ine oacK aoor.i uetective jmuer
entered at the... front. , As . soon as
Griffith hea.d; him coming he made
17,,., .I.,. .),.,,!..., ,.U .ti!'- ,
a rush for the, rear,vand. was ..con--,
frontel bV'Otteyl'''' Griffith' attempt-
ed to draw his" pistol, but Ottey
nin,,f 7.'- --'i'" :- va r
cpvered him with his, revolver 'and;
told nim thatliif , he drew it he wbuld
shoot ,hinu Griffith, finding himself
caii gti tl ,'subm ited . to f 'arrsi " and;
P allowed the officers to place Ihim m
irons, i Trainori was. found' a short
, distance awav nelping a ' farmer, to
lorn at the knees and his shoulder
was covored with yellow clay, which
, he had, received when he fell from
the . trainT j The knuckles ; of pup
haadj wer blv, skinned, , where. At
is aaial ;6onau'cior Gilligan 'kicked
' nim 'as he jumped. He submitted
uietl to arrest, and j thVtwo' fcul-r
pnts; ironed together, were marched
given a hearing before Justice Isaac
Brakem;
identified
j Griffith fully; as the man whp .pre
1 ?.;U
sented, the. pistol - to . his ; head , arid
n
Ka orom fro -m norpr I nv
caused a good pit of amusement to
the great crow.d assembled ' at , the
enon oi tne,,cuipnts in .turn ana
T.:i h iJiifl.-v-i tain
crazing intently into their faces, an
oraeai wnicn tney enuurea witnout
using pun laenunea.tnem as nav
mg bought tickets for Sylmarf the
I .nightr JrforeVajfda.. stbrekeepeirj t
msmg. oun testinea xo xraiuord
.havmt? nnrchaaed cartridges for. a
.navy, revolver from him the day
oeiore, wnicn weaDjn wasjusea in
te,-ui bntlejpa'nj (terwards
found en TrorXpersonrwith all
six chamberaioaded
After all ihe0Ti4fJt"i9 ibaAln
, heard, 1 Justice . Taylor committed
Dotn to court, , ana tney w
were
rrouehf throuehLere' Wt' night .
r train jxo. x
P?res OMt !
r speeiai brain1 iromi litre w 'al&i.hi
Lwhere heMere' lddge4 itt jaih At
Se.Tery awjoft aiong ine rouj
nmwda naa collected to petaHmBse
L of .themT T ;they'-weVe 'greeted
PeyefywheW itnsnoiitt ' of i4How
pare you;.AD0iitti2ara rr -vneuo,
Jesse Janes, "j ac. i
an
a4d Millerf'and 1sdt1W
The Casl.TSSS SifuVtbal Cstlock.
"-Thr Teplies received hj the ' New
Yofk J World to a circular ' letter bf
1 ihttuiry sent? to vaf 'nn'moer ; of 1 preBi-
dents of chambers !of 'comnierce : in
; various parts of the cotintry ; in;' re-
gara io tne' uau8es, extent, remeujr
'and '' probable termination 'of the
present depression' of tradd,'exhiblt
little Agreement- bf view except as to
th'proBability of !a revival of 'busi-'
libss in the' near 'future.' ' Most s of
tne replies' Assume that bottom ' pri-1
ces haye t)eenreachedi and some oi
Jthem p'roitiiee V general ' improve-
ment in the summed of 1 1885 "The
cause of 'the fcresenbad times; 'is;
'' ascribed -Vt stich of World's" tjortes-1
pondents'ai are hot 'affiicted ; j with
the crookedn'esB of Vision that comes
of 'a belief in I high: tariff -taxes to
the overtrading Of 1880, which ied
to' the building of' tbo many ' mills,
fulnatjes'and factories ;' then a reac-
J tiori from: this overtrading, attended
by 1 liquidation andr slackened ' . de-j
mand for erobds ifaext -'the collapaei,
; of 'the'railroacl -and other stocks that
Were manufactured' in- such 'large
"uanties in 1881.' The distrust cre
ated by ' othr circu mstancbs" was
materially increased j by ' bank' fail- 1
ures,' thkt seieriied to teach the' moral
'that -unreliable men wereattheihedd
'of matiy'' of our: largest ' financial
institutions. ' It is' noticeable - that
in- abcronntld'gf for the 'absence Of !a
'demand 'for our manufactures' the
want of a vigorous foreign commerce
is almost oterlooked in the replies
the World publishes. ' It is a little ;
crdrious that there is but one letter
ffpni ' the' niol-e Southern States; and
tliat orie i8 very positive thatf there
is at present -'no trade depression at
all in the Bouthpetcept perhaps tp
1 isome Bmall'extent in cotton good a.
wettwattr.
:i :i;;.d viv vn;t-::UiJB?V.?-
Christmas. passed off quietly. .The
moaning .zephyrs brought rib grating
sbund'bf "liprrid oaths from Bacchus,
the king b; terror. Only now ' aiid '
i;hen was heard' a greatvi signal 1 'gun
" detibting the approaching day which
ushered iu and brought us around a
.nje. Sunday ijchool, ; and , Christmas
,tree,wbicl eyerybpdy. enjoyed.,. '.,t'-
I ,'Mrs. llary .McNeply departed this
life today. V'. learn she(was a mem
ber bf the'Baptist church and died
at the ripe'age -bf lOT.yeas, so her
two sons inf 6fmed me last .night,
bbih of whom are now regarded' as
old niei sbraethnitih' . .ras not
so old:' tisitedv iier: iit J her last
without i)iln. hhc v.'as one. Of
whom inv friend, Old Hal, "doubt
less did not kiiowVI" : 'J -:
; ,Mr.' F. 'D. Sliellj thedistmgiiished
"chalr-makerj of Watmiga" county, is
now following his t iade at Sherr ill's
Mills. He informed me today that
he had xnaofotfer the people of ,.Wa-
Itauga; (county, . 15S5! chairs, AS-big
and 12 flaxf wheels; and is just. now
'inhis primk i.. , f.i "
if. One day last week Smith Triveti's '
wife, in'thei abfeentc pf hcijt'huyband
hung: hetsplf , i . Out- of liw neighbors
seeingrher in thwlafS'tnde ran. to
her relief, land cut ' hir- down .She
-reauscitatetl iu, about an hour.: -The
cause.not jknown.4,i-'ht?y , live- just
across thejine in -Tonn; . j.s;.
w Our. friend,'. Enipjiy - Gruggi! has
auatained a great losji . Iliq .d might
ier, twiio had. to some extent lost her "
rnind,--went to her aunt's in Mithell
county. (After remaining. :. there
some, ; time,, started ! for i home,' . lost
her way and wandered into a ;, laurel
thictet) and. froze, to i leath, vV Her
father Mcominguneasy, t went in
pursuit, and .after several days hunt,
found hejr where she had been4ora
month, still frozen,: but natural and
p eonnd. - ' He buriedher decently in a
wandering land and. returned with a
sad heart. "v rit.Su t'H.iu-'ij.p'l I
jl.VAt 1 Mr., Benjamin Greer's- seme
three weeks Ago i there fell a shower
of meat about 20 feet square. .Which
resembled, the sbpuWer, meat of a
, pg cn n small pie5es,u some say it
looked like frog , meat . minced.
ypur correspondent is informed j by
relu)bljSprceshat, it iay plentiful
5:Vx:&e grpWl oneJece .ting
Jones Oreer's wife while. .falling.
. 59mq .suggest tt .biizzr, while
passing Cpr threw t it put, tne
partjes whpfiawt say,, wasjplear
day and they looked kip but could
notdjeflof er, ami aerial yojaBerj i If
Qii&ti ybuaiid'my brother N.,
our. Sugar Groye corresporideriti a
happy Nbwt Tear's greeting. I :dl3ist.
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