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i; 0 rib iiifc Established in 1825. GEEENSBOKO, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1881. ,. ... ....... ...... :-''r-7.r:.f-.- -.j. .J 'I: ' ! -K:-- - "? ; I '. ":. 1 , fl If I .'i - J:! lit 1 1 t. . I ' f 1 l !l ! Now iSfiriM Mn 7fM i . 1 i . i t r Ty w s vm . : .Qxttnsbm patriot 0..HUSSEY. Elioc awl rtopeietoe. QSfXXSBORO N. C. OdbtrlO, IHS1. ! Tbs Yorktown Centennial. . rtfcKirno3 op Tin. sixon, oexo- I OneLnndntl years have c la p.od, L a cottniiorary, .mho thee Con AtiaVntal Congress joyfully voted to 'reel a monument n the field where iTjst and. uet-xsire Mowttm " truck for Amf rican indcpemlence. It was on Ociolxx 25, 1781, that tie resolution wiopicu riCTig, tie u? nation to thi act. The A-rw.4 of CornwaliiV; snrnendcr had Ufhel rhiUdefphiathe nisbtbe " hrt aliiiost a net k after the occur jmcr. Great was tbo.'rfjniciii: tsi-rat. ami altboach it wm near tidnibt when the courier arrived, tot iaanv, minutes tlapsod lefore thf r ntixr cit y knew the clad tidings. When ConzwA met, its Prci- . 2t, Tbomx JIcKean, reiul the J,jut4:he.H fro.'u Gent-xal WaAbing too. aiTl then the members decided " p dorch in a lrly to the nearest Vi-rrh and re torn thanks to the Ala-zbtr. -Vfter that the resolu tMa for the building of the monti cent was tva..Mil. The ffubfjueut fojadAl dimcnltir n of the new jror erineat lel to the i!eut nfglect f (be rniiect, and wben money ws more ilcntifiil it was entirely Ltrottcn, the approach of the ecu- tAiurv of the important victory lel I , u tLe appropnauou ai nv,uw.J ;erewith to mleera the pledge o!e m loaz ago. r Oa the lSb of October next the crtT3entone of the monument will be laid on the Yorktown luttlc tU by the II rand Master of Ma utj ia Virgin ui, ajwintetl ly the Gral Masters of the thirteen orig- isal tiiatc. Tins is tliC centennial sdaiverarr of the aurrender of 8, CtO Hritish trootKH to the allied Fre ach and American forces, and arraagtuenta have lieen made on a vale worthv of the. occasion !y a kht coaimissioa appointetl ly both brsachts of Longress and the com- atee artiag as the representatives ci'Ihe various States of tbo Union. It wIU uot only lo a national affair, t another nation nharv with us ifliln" glory of the achievement, sad France will lie fitly represiciit td both lr deleirates front its Gov- ersrr.ent and bv thouvinds of her enVoA, who will crti the Atlantic Lhe great event which it com- a-aorate-. The celebration i.i to bVpin nevrral days t-arlit-r, and the " festivities are to "prolonged or afillwck. Militarv delegutiom frra various parts of the .countrj w;U participate, and the display W;Jl4Midntibtcdlv In the irnxt Ina- a irrzt seen iu the Sonth for many 4uy. ! Tae aiga of YorroTrn aud Irs re tzr. L- bej jMIv trrmI tba on frt tarpr t th Amxicin BVcIatioo. Bar.ijn orreader . tt; 8sratrra wns ret unexpected. Gls srch from Canada through Jiviorkto the Ilodsoa was a ' vj taterpris at the best, and its i'Jrfai!are did no: much astonish t.lier frinds cr foes. Quite difler v-was Uornwsllia grand over ly row. in the noT'.beatera corner of Tirr'ais. "He bad gained the rep- lUuoa of beicz the ablest BntMb ocaA3der tb war bad produced. Ilia cooqaest ot tbe Carolina bad tiers k:u to be both daring and tuuoaa.. LiTfarette bad given kia the nam of Mthe trribla lJrit- hier who made no mistakes' and soth Geaerals, Greene and Gates, U kid commanded the American loraee opposed to bio, bad to ac trariedre bis akUl as a lesder. CIjr.tbfD, did it come to pass that Iff allowed hiaielf to be caaght like rtina trap! t Tbeaaawer to this naeatioa has sxi!ed historians not a little, and Ul acriooniout correspondence tcacsraing it, which la after years Pd between Cornwallis and tiir : Geary Clinton, bis then chief, rath rr obscures than illuminates the sect. Three years and a half aTr tse beginning of actual armed ttfjtence to the British domination, ti effort to overcome that realit- i ve at the North was confessedly failare. Althoagh the efforts of l ecrabtaed American and French . fctcfa to drive tbe English from iod Island la the previous Aa Ksthtd ptoed aosnccessful, tbe jfcrecf 1773 ilw lne American j ears far more stronger than at any j tasaiace the outbreak of actual ?jui.ties. It was therefore decid ' J? another plan thaa that serto pariaed by tbe British. m war waa to be tranaferred to Ua Boothia the hope that after ecrna, the Carolines and Virginia k V tT3 ,abia. the Middle and . ew England States oald be more nuly handled. An armyaad fleet .- despatched to Savannah, and J?trarda another to Charleston, a brh places aaccess crowned . ooTe-neaL Cornwallis'd oper- ia North and South Carolina , wed, and Tarletca'a troopers ( JTgM both Slates. Successive i '""ais whq bad been sent by oppose (Jornwallls, , re defeated, and although King's Jotaia atd Cowpeos gave the i v 31 boi the ontiook at the pecially was dirk in the tCT!171- The battle of finil Sra lhi was foocht in rca aad wa almost a neerswry pSlr?. lQ Aorstowa. it was a victory, bat it was bought IT Ma 11 Cornwallis to de- wat before the more southerly ; ,c?aJJ thcronghly sobja- gated Virginia would bavo to be conquered. Hence hia march north ward la May march which his superior at" New York, Sir Henry uuotoo. tiid not Approve or, how ever. Before Cornwallis arrived !a Vir ginia, Bir Henry u.Jatoa n ad sent two expeditions to rarao the eoatt. To oppoA them Washington bad ifennatched LatSTette with 1.200 men. Oa 5fy CO, 1781, Cornwall! arrived at Petersburg from Wil Qioton,and thrre the expedition ary iorcn werejomea .to bis own tbas jrtTiDj' bid a body of 0,000 ret- era a troops wberewltn to o per ale la the State. Lifajette retreated before hies witboot fighting an ea easretaent, to North Anna, where Cora wall is torned aoathwest and made for the Upper Jaxnei Hirer, there to corem car airy raid npoa aomnatereaAt the I'oint ex fork. bleb Steuben waa rnardia viib nome 500 militia. In the meantime, Lsfayette bad receired reinforce ments in the abape of -1.000 Tenn sjlrauia i&faotry, onder Wajne,a coo tn and. lie followed Oornwallia, end prevented any further deslrac U03, or stores, oreubea7 troops were joined to bis own, and Corn- walllj went to Richmond. lie did not remain there Ion?, thoorh, bat mored to Wllliemaborfr, closely watched all the time by Lafayette. Exactly why Cornwallla went to this extreme corner ot the pan in sale it Is dOcalt to understand. It as cot becaoao beconld not bold bis own elsewhere for bis troops greatly on t numbered those of La farette. Presomsbty be Intended to await farther developments, and to mature bis pisa ror completely sabiaeatine Vircinls. Whatever bis latentions were, bewssfiiren oo opportunity to carry them-out. At WilHamsburr. he fonnd orders from Sir Ilenrr Cliotoa to send 3.000 of bis men North, and to es tablish a defenaire poat oa the cost. Before the troops bad. act oallr been embarked, another order allowed bin to keep them, and told hla deflnltelr to fortlfr Old Point Comfort as a basis for fatnre naval oDeratioos. He found that the Point could not be defended, and Dashed oo to Yorktown. where be began throwing np lortincatloos. Thts waa la the first week of Au gust, 1731. JSir lienrr uiintOD's orders were the resalt of the janctlon ot the American and French armies and the eonsenaent threatening aspect . m i "XT i. m ot affairs around New York. The allied armv was as least a match frr the British stationed around New York, thi capture of which city was generally suppost u io db its object. When wasningioa, however, beard that Cornwallis was entrenching himself on the Virginia peninsula, be began to entertain a scheme for a movement a nthwsrd. This scheme was adapted when it was learned that the Connt Da Grasse, commander of the French 11 tet, then in tbe West Indies, would sail no farther nonb than Cheapeak Bay. It was late in August wben, by e srw- - a dexterous itin i, air ueary una- ton was ueceiveu, aooai ine reai plan of campaign adopted by the allies. The Americans and trench were fsr oo their way to Virginia when the British commander dis-. covered tbe truth. It was too late to pursue the allies by land, and the only alternative was to send reiu- foreementa to Cornwallis by sea. This woald take time, however. Waahlngtoa reached Lataiette's camp at vt uuamsuurg, on oep- tember 1. ue urasse ana toe French fleet, and 3,000 Freccu troops that De Grasse had embarked in the West Indies were alresdy there, Washington arrival was made the occasion of great rejoic ing, which lasted cntil night. The troops from tbe vicinity of New York arrived a few days" later; being taken down tbe Cbesapeak Bay ta transports, while Washing ton and ltocaamDeaa naa come overland. In order to visit Aioant Vernon, which Its owner baa sot seen for six years. Cdrnwallisdldnotona xorxiowa t.I T . L. a very strong posman. aao iu.o ap earthworks, which were pro tected on tbe right by a deep ra vine, and en tbe left by Worraaley Creek. It was on tbe morning ot Sentembsr 23. that tbe allied t rencn and American army moved forward from Williamsburg to the invest ment of Yorktown. It waa a march of eleven miles, and was maue without anv incident worth noting. At night tbe troops encamped with in a mile and a half of tbe enemy's position, and the following morn ing tbej advanced still nearer, and bad several sxixmisaea. uorowama now evacuated bis outworks, much to the surprise of the allies, bst, as be claimed, In eonseouenceot mior nation from Sir liepry Clinton that i einforcementa would be sent '..a iL . tt m 1 1 as on vJCiooer iobv iuiuiiuvu hicb determined Dim to save an bis strength until they arrived. The allied . army now Degaa a regular siege. The urenca iooa possession on lue ien ironi me river, and tbe Americana oa me right, thus forming a semi circle. Toe American wing conaisted of three divisions oftwo brigades eaca of Continentals aooar o,uw men altogether aud or 4.0W Virginia militia. Ls,fJetU, division held tbe extreme right of tbe line. Gen eral Muhlenberg commanded the first brigade, General Uaxeo tbe second. Steuben's brigadiers were Wayno and Gist, and Lincoln a, James Clinton ana Liayioo. ice rrmnrh contineent eonalatea oi sev- eu regiments, called bytbenameaof Boatbonnais, Deuxponta, Soieaona is,Saitogne, Agenots,'apuxajue ana Gsteaol&e, divided Into tbrco brig ades commanded byaroa Vio- aenlU Viscount Viomenil and Mar quia 8U 8inon. This, with the ar ttllery-compriRed' .the besieging force, numbering la all aboat 10,000 m 07, wu In u c a an d 9.000 A a erf can. J, Tbe French Cett lying In tbo I barbor numbered thirty-Keren sail Washington eatablsbed bis bead qaarters about the middle at the In reatn line, two and a' half .miles backdrocr the entrenchment. .The flrs:"wtck of October waalaken op eatirtly with tbe making of the nec essary . appliances . paed la siege worxs. ua tbe evening or tbe 6th ot the month, the operations began in earn cxi, no we ver. Digging was kept ip ail night, and by daylight a gooa aixed trench bad been excava ted. IVca ibis, time on the life of tbe besieged: w&a bot. a; pleasant one. The Die of tbe besiegers was so well directed, that by the 13th tbe British rans were nearly all ai leuced. Cornwallis bad established oia neaaqaariera in tne noo man sion of Mr. Nelson, foimtrly secro lary ox v trginta, oat be leu it oo the 10:b, and the story goes, that be sought refuge la what ia still call cd Cornwallia, cave. Lafayette's headquarters were on tbe bead of tbe line, and not far from the road to Hampton. '.''' Tbe most herolo fighting of tbe siege was seen on the night of Octo ber 14. There were two outer re doubts held by the British near the river, and these it was decided to take by store f About 400 men were toled off from Lafayette's di vision to take one of these, and an eqaal number of tbe French regi ments of GatenoisDeuxponts to take the other. It was bravely done on both sides in less thaa half aa boar, and now tbe Britsh position was practically nntenable. A sortie was made for tbe purpose or destroying some onnoisnea batteries, "but it failed of Its abject, and Cornwallis realized bis extreme danger. lie tried, on tbe 16th to gain the oppo site aide of tbe river, bat a storm which came on at midnight frustra ted bis design. j . At last, at 10 o'clock on the morn ing of the 17th, a red-coated drum mer sounded a parley, and an officer who accompanied him waved a white handkerchief. The officer was met and blindfolded, and conducted to tho rear of the American lines. His message from Cornwallis was that hostilities be suspended for twenty-four honrs, and commissio cra appointed to arrange the terms of surrender. Washington's reply was, that no wonm rattier liave tne BritLm " commander proposal ia writing first, and to ftecnro them agreed to cease firing for two liounc Before the two hours had expired Cornwallis had offered to capitulate on condition that his troops bo sent back to England under parole not to serve again during : the war against either France or America, unless they were regularly exchang ed. This was rejected at onco and the messenger sent back with Wash ington's ul ti mat ion that the British army be surrendered ns prisoners of war on the same terms aa the Americans surrendered at Charles ton, in the previous year. Corn wallis acceeded to this, ! and the tiext day, the 18th, the commission ers met to formally ratify tne terms. This meeting was held in tho Moore House, on tne oanK oi ine iont river, a short distance behind tho American lines. The articles of surrender were fourteen in number, nnd were submitted to Cornwallis at daylight, on the 19tb, accompa nied by a note from ashington, intimating that he expected tbem to be signed before eleven o'clock, and tbat tho troops would march out and lay down their arms at two in tbe afternoon. Washington's request was com plied with. At two o'clock sharp the army of Cornwallais marched out. The march, was along tne Hampton road, on tho .right of hich tbey found tbo Americans drawn up in their buff and blue uniforms, rather tbe worse for wear, and on the left were ' tho French in the clean white affected by the armies of tho Bourbon kings. Tbe British had donned their best scar let, and their band played an old march called '-The World Turned Upeide Down." ! ; The next step was the ground ing of arms, by the surrendered troops. They marched tne entire length of the Franco-American lines about a nule to a field on the right, where a squadron of French bnxzars had formed a circle, into which each regiment marched and deposited their guns! and accout ermcnts. In silence they marched back to their own tents, and Amer ican independence had benn achiey- cd. i i - Ret. Dr. Stuaut Robinson, who died at Lonisrille, Ky., last week waa one of the most prominent Presbyterian divines in this country. He was born at Strabane, near Lon donderry. Ireland, November L'O, 1S16, andcametotbe unitctl states while a boy. lie graduated at Am herst College in 1830; studied the ologv at U. T. Seminary, Prince Ed ward, Va,; taught two years, then spent part or a year ar. i-nnceion. After a rural pastorate in west Virginia he was called to Frank fort, in 1847. From there ho went to Baltimore 182. and in I80G he waa elected professor of ecclesiol ogy in the Danville Seminary. Since 1853 he has been pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at Louisville. He waa the author of several theological works and the editor at different times of sev eral denominational journals. j RAILROAD MATTERS. HEPLT 07 TITS CLYDE ETXDIC1TE TO THE C0MMISSZO2CXS3 07 THE WESTER NOHTnCAEOLTX 1 EAXL- BOAD THEY DECX.C7E TO SST.T. TO US. BEST THEY FEOFOSB TO BUILD THE DUCXTOWK BBJLNCZL Netv Yoet, 8ept.?27, 183L To Hon. Thonuu J, J art is, Hon. & B. Vance, Hon. J. 21.. Worth, Com- tniiMlonert, Ilaletgh, A. C Gextlexex: Id reply to yours ox the 14tb, we beg to express our regret that onr letter, of the 25th of August to the commissioners should have been so materially miscon ceived by tbem as to its import. tenor and spirit. We think any im partial judge would , say we had sneered ed reasonably in , the effort. xonr communication,' - bear in mind, was not merely your brief letter, bat also the agreement of tbe commissioners with Mr. Best of the zotn or May, or wntcn a oonr was sent and intended to be taken as a part of that communication. That agreement revealed a new, an an koor.n and an unexpected attifud? of the commissioners towards ns. Was it not most natural tbat we should be startled by such a revcla tlon, and to feel the npritdriginquiry, What does this irean T Do these commissioners mean to 'put their official and personal pressure upon us, to make It necessary $ for as to abandon this contract, and return t again to Mr. liestl Tbe com munication looked that way the etter and communication,' taken to gether, rery much that way. But, recurring to what we under stood ot tbe history of the whole matter, we did not see an conceiv able reason for such a reversal of position by the commissioners to wards us, and thought it was due alike to the commissioners and to ourselves that we should not mis take the true purport of their com municaiion. uence tue reply we made. Nothing io it was lutt nded. nor, as far as we can now perceive, can anything be found in it dis respectful, either la expression or implication. ; We attempted to make a plain statement of facts, as we under stood tbem, without color, or exag eration, and for tbe reason assign ed by us in oar reply. We are not conscious of any inaccuracy in that statement, or of having done tbe slightest injustice to any) party re ferred to therein. We did not in anything we said to the commis sioners, make any reference to their motives. We referred to facts only and, for., the .purpose assigned, that our transactions with the com mis sioners ehouid be in no sense am biguous or tbe results inconclusive. Wbilo we were thus without motive, disposition or apparent effort to be ia any sense discoarteoas ia oar re ply, we are at a loss to! conceive why it should be charged. We re spect f ally and absolutely; disclaim it, and refer to a carefal and dis passionate judgement of tbe docu ment for our vindication, j Ia reply t yoar proposition to surrender to Mr. Best and his asso ciates oar rights and interests ac quired by assignment from bim, we beg to assure you tbat it woald give os great pleasure at any time to gratify your personal desire, but in this matter our situatioa compels us respcctfally to declioe'yoar pro posed request. Wbea by the final assignment from Mr. Best we be came tbe absolate proprietors of tbe Western North Carolina! Railroad, the requirements and restrictions in the act of March 29th, 1331, com pelled tho creation of very large ob ligations ia the ncciBsary organiza tion of the capital adtqaato to tbe undertaking, and tho better to re care tbe success of the J enterprise we have deemed it expedient, at a large outlay, to acquire 6ther inter ests, coucected witn and:dependent a poo the Western North Carolina Railroad. f In tbe accomplishment of these arrangements our interests, as de: rived from tho assignment, have become so blended with those of others that we no longer have tbe sole personal control ot this proper ty, and, therefore, cannot properly agree to surrender it without tbe consent of others, who .decline to release their interests. 1 We are performing all onr obli gations as we understand them un der tbe contract, and desire and intend to continue to do su if per mitted. We, therefore,' recognize no just- or reasonable ground on which its surrender can be claimed or expected from us. i In declining the request proposed to be made to us, we desire further to say that we do not wish to binder Mr. Best and bis associates in aoy purpose entertained by them to construct another road tp Salisbury. If tbey do so, It will be alike our interest and policy to accord to such road impartial access to the West ern North Carolina Railroad, and dmu terms last and caaitable to every portion of the 8tatetobe bea- eflted thereby. . J to We take this occasion to express tbe strong interest we have felt in the successful prosecution of this enterprise from tbe date of our present connection with it, and by soma of us lone anterior to tbat date: and to signify our cordial sym- patby with the citizens of 'North Carolina in their desire to see this imnortant work folly; completed, und An extended according to Its original . design, until connected with tbe rsilroad systems leading to the Mississippi Valley; some of oar strongest and most iofiaential asso ciates urging witn earnestness me direct extention of the line from Murphy to Chattanooga. we -axsare the commissioner tbat it is oar iatention and purpose to have the work prosecuted on both lineaof tbe road with dilipenr and energy nntll tbey are comnlftt. ed to-Marphy and Paint Rock; and ia everything to cause the con trsc we have entered into to be faithfallj j and literally complied with. ) i . Wa hope to receive from von en- coaragsment and co-operation, tbaf Doming wnica ? may hasten tbe work or help Its ntilitv shall H leic cnaone, nor anything done which msy retard or lmnair it- Very respectfully, your obedient servanis, . I t Wm. P.Clyde. T. M. LooaJf, A. 8. Bufoed. Thm irar4e IXt. a A sword, a Sash, and a soldier's coat . Are hune on the cottaec wall With a manly face in a golden frame, And a banner en wreathing all ; The banner is Uttered and battle-worn, But its union hath all the stars : And the captain's coat hath a bullet mark Just under the shouldcr-bars. II. I read in the record,1 " He bore the flaz In the teeth of a fiery hell ; And the sword was grasped in his cold right hand In the mornincr whfr ! fll." Swift over the wires a reinless steell A message of sorrow bore. That tied with a never-dissolving knot 1 ne crape on the cottage door. , -John W. Storrs. Two women stopped a train near aterbury, Conu., recently by wav ing a red shawl, and told the engin eer that a man! who apparently wanted to kill himself had just gone down the track. The train moved on slowly and found the man lying drunk across the rail. Blood aa a Beverage. StatesTilla Landmark. Rev. J. n. Fespermao, of this place, basfoined the army of blood drinkers. Up North there are many persons who drink warm blood reg ularly and, it Is claimed, with ex cellent results, but it is a new idea down South, notwithstanding the belief of oar Northern brethren that the woods ! of the South ao infested with beastly Ku-Klux who subsist entirely upon tbe blood of their negro victims. Mr. Fesperman has for a long. time been in feeble health. He baa bad an abcess to form upon one of bis lungs, and the dresd of con sumption j which! this symptom in spired was augmented by the fort that be has bad seven ancles to die of consumption under the ege of forty years, ne has taken much medicine without any very bonefl- cial results. List fall be took to blood drinking, bat continued it only a few days. ' A few weeks ago bo read in The Landmark an ar ticle from the Philadelphia Times npon tbe subject, and this put bim in tbe notion ot trying it again. We bad heard of his experiment and, encountering him npon the street Wednesday evening, pro-; ceeded to question bim npon tbe subject. I 1 ' : "Yes, be said, "it's so. ro been drinking blood regularly for two weeks." Drawing from his pocket' a glass which would hold perhaps a gill, and which was stain ed with gore, he added: "I drink, this empty twice a day." 'Where do you get tne piooui Do yoa drink it warm as the beef is slaughtered Pt I "Yes, I go from one slaughter pen- to another. All of tue Dutciiers do, not slaughter, the same day, aad by going from one to another I am able to supply myself every day, I do my drinking in the afternoon Astha throat of ! the beef i3 cnt I hold mv glass to it and catch tbe blood. I driuk ray two glasses a half pint, perhaps before tbe an imal is dead.7' ! "Well, how does it taste! Don't it make yoa sick 1" was asked. "It tastes just like warm miiic. a person wbo ata not Know woaiu hardly detect the difference. There is this about it, tbongh; the blood of all animals is not alike, lue blood of a young, healthy beef tastes exactly like milk; that of an older animal has a salt taste which is not so agreeable. No, it doesn't make me sick at all. At first I had to shut my eyes and think about things way off yonder bat my prej udice has subsided with a better acquaintance with the beverage. What I most bate aoout it is to see tbe sunerings 01 ine uuiumio hose blood I drink. Why, te other evening at one stroke of the knife Simonton cut a beef's head clean off and threw it to one side. While I was drinking its blood it tried to get up without any bead and walk aboat. It msde me feel bad to look at it, bat that is the most disagreeable feature of the business.77 1 j t "What effect has. the blood bad npon yoafi Doypa notice any beo; eficial results from drinking- "Well, two weeks is not a long enough time for a fair test, yoa know. I notice, tnoagn, mac my appetite has improved since I com menced tbe experiment, ana as me blood is very nutritions, l have also gained strength from drinking it. Some of my friends think, too, that my color is better, bat I haven't gained any flesh so far." Mr. Fesperman ia a well known Lutheran minister who has retired from the active labors ot tne min istry on acconnt of the low state of bis health. He has considerable faith in tbe final efficacy of tbe blood treatment, and will stick to it four weeks longer any way. j The Elsotlona This Pall. Electrons will be held this fall in tne btates of Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Vir ginia, Wisconsin, for governors and otner state officers, and in Colo rado, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersy, New York and Pensylvania fer minor efficers. The legislatures 10 oe elected ;in Iowa, Minnesota Mississippi and Virginia will choose u. b. senators. ! In Iowa and Min nesota, Senators, to fill out the un expired termsj of Messrs. Kirkwood ana : vvindom wbo resigning to ac cept positions inPresident Garfield's caoinef, will be elected, j In Miss issippi a successor to Sepalor Lamar is to be chosen, and in Virginia successor to Senator Johnston; f in Colorado tbe election is upon the question of locating the capital,' in Minneeotaamndment8 prohibiting special legislation, providing for equal taxation', and fixing the pay of the legislators at $5 per day.not to exceed $45G for any regular ses- siou or uu ior any special session, are to oe voted on. Nebraska will pass upon 0 proposed suffrage amed- ment, and jA laeons'.n upon one pro viding forbienhfal instead of annual sessions of tha lgislature. The only Staw io which! the canvass excites much interest aro Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi and New York. In Vir ginia a combination of republicans and readjaisterls opposes tho regular democracy An excitug campaign is being Waged, and the resaitl is doabtlul, thohffh the chances' ar rather favorable to the democracy. as far as the sjato ticket is concern ed. With regard to the legislature fbe readjafterp have hu ari vantage n thq nanibrrj of senators whose (terms continue through the next fcgisla'urc; The last Senate stood: democratic debt payers U: .read i ast ers 17; republicans,!). Ot the hold over senators the rcadiasters have decided majority, giving' them that much start in the race far con trol of the legislature. In manv f the legislative districts jof Vir ginia tho republicans are running straight-out caudidates,and it is not Improbable that they m3y hold the balance of power in the next legisla ture.; The state debt question is the chief issue in Virginia, and should the republicans elect mem bers enough tp hold tbe balance! of power, there i$ no means of tlliug which side of this question tbey would take. The repablcana are divided, Koma supporting Mdhbne and others t'ic democrats: and it is ikely tbat Rtraightout republicans who may bo t, ected to the'l.legUIa- ure will unita with the debt-payers while rcadjaad er or coalition rtpab- icans will go with tha readjasters. Iu Ohio; tbo death of President Gar field seems to have created an apa thv in politics which will, it is,! be leved considerably decrease the vote, f The result is loosed npon as doubtful, I wih) the charces,) of course, ia 'favpr cf tie republicans. borne ot tbe; leading republicans ear that tho apathetic feeling refer red, to wiil deqreaso their votea in greater proportion than tho demo cratic. 1 ; II . I Ia NevYorkllhe election this year is iot intrinsically important, but becauSLof the influence it will have npon the campaign for governor nest year both! parties are anxious to win. 1 ; The factional fights in both parties iaNew York put specu- ation as to thfrresnltof the coming election out oil the question for the preht.1 j I In jSIisoiesippi, republicans, green- backers and I independents have United npon.a state ticket in opposi- ion to that of the democrats. ' The i;idic.itiou tmnit to a dcino- pra.tic: victory,! I) at a factional feel- ug,ei;ge:suered by abater tight over hi noTirfniition for govrrhor, has- hot entirely aiujeu.auu to sruvcstB ! m . m 4 he canvass wilh doubt. The -Republican Senatdra have nominated Judge. D.vid D.ivis for resident vm tern. Cf the Senate. lnd are'crediced with tho intention bf bringing the matter before that body in open! session at jaq early day. Judge pavjs will be elected hnless be vptes against himself. As the Senate is now. constituted he Republicans have thirty-eight votes and the Democrats tuirty- r j. i , ! j Seven, uavis, me nnenown quan tity, possesses; the controlling pow- f r. it he votes witn ine ltepuu cans there will be two, and if he does not: vote at all there will be one majority jia favor of '! ousting Mr. Bayard from the chair. I Born With a Caul. I Superstition begins with infancy, and by general consent Sunday is regarded as a' most luckj " dayi for birth, both in! England and on 1 the Continent. Importance is a!so at tached to the! hour of birth, and faculty of seeing much that is hid den from others is said to be grant ed to children born at the "chime hours,77 1. j?., the hours of three, six, nne or twelve a superstition found ill maiiy, parts of the Conticient. A highly popular superstitioii refers td the caul d thin membrane oc casionally I found covering tlie head birth and deemed sTeciali.v lucky indicatingj that the child will ver be drpwnel. It h4s been termed the Hioly7 or "fortunate li0od.r AdvQcate'spurchasefl them, that they might be endued with el oquence, the price, paid "having of teai been j from twenty to) 'thirty guineas. Apart from the ordinary luck supppscjd j to attach to the "caul,7! it may preserve the child frhm a terrible danger to which, ac cording to jtli4 old idea, it is ever exposed, namely, that of being se cretly carried' ott and exchanged by Knmpi envious switch orJairy for its own ill-favored offspring. j j ! i . a ! 1 J : ! M f . , .. , Everything has its use, and both reason and time are well employed ivi finding out the uses of! the raj- nois objects in creation. The Cre ator is glorified, and man is .made uappier by such discoveries. ' It is true not only of great, but small matters. It is overlooked by too many, tnat mere is ."power in 11 ti tie." By carefulness in little things fortunes are made, and vast good aone. h articles of good make in gpts; moments, years; drops, oceans 1 1 -v. ... - 'S i Crumbs are trifles, but they feed birds and barn fowlsJ Scraiis of cotton and linen make the finest pa per; and decayed, moth-eatenf! garJ ments may be wrought into bcauti ful rugs and carpets, f ; j 1 AU such things should be gath ered up, and the inventive icultie& iui, uiuues now iiirown awav as xi - 1 1 1 '! - M refuse. Scarenaers are not to be despised, though the office s not to .be coveted. Every useful fcmploy ment is worthy of respect. Ruth's poverty caused her to glean in tho field, but neither her piety hor sub- sequent fortune was the wrsevfor it. j True humility condescjends to men of low estate, disposes one to takje hold of everything by which good may be done, and "does not despise the day of small things.77 Many ! families waste yearly enough to reuueo tueir ex - a a .. enses a third or a lourth; or to increase their contributions that much to benevolence. The bees teach us a esson. They carefully savethe par- mgsot. their cells, and construct 1. : n 1 1 v liers with the material. Au agent of : some. benevolent purpoio once called on a gentleman of wealth for 11s I contribution, but before ' any application was made he over-heard him charging the servant io take care of tho candle ends. lie 'im mediately gave up the hope of any thing but a pittance from such a ui: but what was his t surprise when the subscription! was made, to find that it' exceeded the ! 4um originally expected. He was inge nuous enough to confess his hurd thoughts, aud he received for reply: "our, iuai is me way a uuvc 11 iu my i)ower to, give. I wast noth ing, as our Lord said, "Gather! up the fragments, that nothing may be lost.77 That man understood the! nature of a Christian virtuenot su cient- practicaleconomy. I is not meanness or parsimony. hat is covctousnesa audiscounte All goodness is counterfeited. Shall thai: prevent us from seeking and using the true comi So much the more ought! Chris K?cause tians f to live virtuonsly, I the wicked counterfeit the good. 1 At the same time, the saving will degenerate to selfishness and avaf rice unless the properjinotivp is cul tivated the habit of giving' is ept up. -Save, so as to give as you save, livery steam-oouermust lave a scape-pipe, every receiving runner must have an outletf for his receipts, n safety-valve. One vir-i tue thus feeds another, and all virtues hang together. Oh: how good causes everywhere languish or the want ot these associated graces among God's, people! There are not too many calls, each. Save to give. , God wastes nothing. Christ gathered up the ragments. It is one ot I11S plain est precepts it is one 61 lile s great lessons waste nothing! ; The Ptjulxc Debt Statement Fqp September. The statement of the public debt of the! United States for September, 1881jhowsa total indebtedness ol f2,049,il2,'473, which, diminished by $250,CS6,S17, the amount of cash in the treasury , leaves a net indebtedness oil Opto. ber! 1 of $1,793,855,325. Of- this latter amount $431.553,392,! corisisr ting of rreenbacke, certificates of deposit, gold and eil ver certificates and fractional currency, pay no in terest, and there are $10,03p,595 of bonds matured and on which inter est has ceased. The net Interest bearing debt is therefore but $1,593, 102,250. The amount of 'interest paid dnring the last fiscial year was $S2,50S,741, against $95,757,575, the year before, end $105,327,99 in! the year 1879. The government! pays interest on bonds issued tol the Pa cific j railway companies to the amount of $30,325,947 auunaly. .' There has been a decrease of the pnblic debt of $17,483,641 during the month of September, against $14,181,221 in August. The decrease since June 30, 1881, has been $41, 742,SSC. The eurplus revenue ap plicable to the reduction of tjhe debt dnring tbe jear just past whs $100, 070.405. but if tbe decrease of the . ": . aeot goes on aurmg mo remaining nine months at the rate attained in the last three, it will pe lessened in tbe flscial year ending June 30,1831, by the handsome sum of $1GC,971, 544. i : T - . '. It is easy to see that at this rate the woble national debt can: oepaia in less time than ten years if the income of tbe government remains what, it is and expenditures: are not materially increased. But as the result of debt paid is to stop inter est, the effect on tbe increase 01 the government surplus will be cumu lative, so tbat it is perhaps reason able to expect to see tbe entire debt extinguished in less than nine years if the financial policy of the gov ernment remains what it has been. An important result of the extintion of the debt would be the national banks as at present organised. They rest npon tbe national debt, 'and without a debt tbe. whole theory of their relation to the government would have to be abandoned. t rfcit. ;?T-mrrw i T Far Awaf." To-morrow U too far awa;! 1 ' t-- a. joea or spio ta garden Is, I -N$r bad nor blossom that we miss: TheroMs tremble 00 the stem, ', - Te violets and anemones: f Wht ehonld wo wait to gather themf Their bloom and balm' are pars to-day u-.u!vrruw woo C.aO TT j ' y. t To-tiorrow is loo far a war i i Why ehouid wo sliftht the joy eompleW . uwwer opvo at our ieeiT . J Fdr ue to-day the robin alog j 1 Ille eurved flight the ewallow Winge, For he the happy momenta stay. I Stay yet, nor la,ve as all too fleet! L For life ie sweet end youth is ewet, And love-ab; love ie sweet to-dav. i H : To-niorrowwhd Qan say t j i i The Newspaper of To-day. But the newsnaner of to-dav bears little or no resemblance; to! the bersonal organ of ohlen times. Telegraphy, fast mails,' the march of education and thirst 'for knowb edge have built up the press, a modern institution, profession and craft in one, which overshadows the femall strifes' of place-huhtersi andsis the superior, hot tlie servant,; of the -politicians,' because it typi fies jibe people. The journalism of to-day offers within its I own hmits- all Jos8ible oiportunities for od-i vaneement,1 all (proper incentives to'alnbition, all worthj- rewards to thofe who deserve them. It ,eml unices m its ranks thanks perhaps to t fie absence of protection for other forms of American". literary industry the bcjst heads, the clearj est ninds and the most facile pen's intjielandj As! an ins ractor aiid mentor it has divarfed the school room, the pulpitjand thd rostrumJ-U. As iifl interpreteirand g.iide ofinibi ic opinion: St lia's u pdwer which no tribune like Cicero nor premier ike4 Pitt ever swayed nl ante-jourr nalklays. Its service isj one npon wlui'h young men ol bram and-in dus ry'can enter with a, ilevotioii tot leir task, a commanding sen.se of i s dignity and restM)nsibibtyr land a certainty of appreciation' for good work which belongs to no other prolession. Flunkyisni, ElunkyLsm Clunky ism. uive us a resu Mae vm ? TriE Bigamist Coar- sMITTED to TITE Pehitentiahy.-U piatvin, the forger and bigamist. was arramged lor trial in JJichmond, Va.l last week and to the asrbhish- kneilt bf every one pleaded guilty tp ItheJcharges of bigamy and forgery. IThq jury, at puce fiixed his term of. confinement m the pemtentiarv at tivd years in each case,! ma akjng a total often years'. Previous to sen tence being pronounced Marvin made a lengthy !harangue full of in vective and denunciation of those charged with Ink custody, ami the witnesses in attendence froni the Xorth. AVhen he ' concluded his counsel, Mr. Samuel ! Page, said , thajt he depreciated hisTclient's lan gua'ge. lie found theoldman(Mar vinl in jail without friends and with out money, and he told him he would defend him. lie advised Marvin to plead guilty. Tylle denied thai the old man had been deprived of 4 single right to which any pris oner was ent itled. Judge Bohdsall, of KewYork, sard lie had done all he fcould to ameliorate the, condition of tlie prisoner, and that how he felt , max ne naa none injustice 10 mm seU and thelstae of Virginia. Mar vin! made ariothbr effort to isptrak. but! was prevented, lie was at onco taken to theTenitehtiary, and nojr wears a convict's garb J ' A STRONG Democratic EJTDoitsi- MEjfT FOR JUDGE SETTLE. 1-JudgC- Thdmas Settle, has beenprominentH iy anejitionea ior ine X'osinon, 01 Secretary ottheisavy, nn'resuiens Arthur's Cabinet; aiis maiiy fridnds in iXorth Caroiuia would fe- ioice to hear of hlsprommiof? His high moral Character and spieh id intellect, would make inm a v liable acpiiiitjoii to' the new Adrn istrlation. ,Vilson Advance. Sekator Alprich Kelson - fV.: Aldricli, the newly-elected Senator frotn lthode Island, is said to have entered the pity of Proviidencein the sanjie modest manner that the illoS" tridua Wbittingtou entered Londpn -or foot and with his clpthei slung over his back. Being q bright, ac-, tivib yonth be soon) procured em ploy men r. ip a wholesale grocery house; but with a genius .fcuperior to bis station he rose in life, till be is rjow the head of one of the largest firnSs iu the State, and a Senator repreeenting a prosperous and con servative community. Mr- Aldrich is not quite forty years old. i i ( (ioTTQNINTnEOAEOLINAS. -The Norfolk Cotton Exchauge teports of the condition of th? cotton crop in North Carolina tbat the crop has been -damaged greatly by the ! drought, rust and hail storms in j some districts as much as 32 per; ceu. About 40 per cent.' of the crop has! been picked, and the yield will ' be 35 per cent, less than that of last yeah Tbe Charleston Cotton Ex-, change makes "a report based on C2 replies from 29 counties, from which ; thecron is estimated at from 30 to 50 per cent. less than last; year. Talking of the Mississippi plau and of tissue ballots "and.ballot-box frauds in the South it Isj very dii tressing to find that such things are charged upon the party of morals even bv I certain factions thereof. ig-neauiine runs: Uonk- razen Fraud and Bribery in JJrooklynl A Sham- lesSiBulldozihg by Oonkling's .inen ! in the lweiitn ivings; uistnct. How Four Men Swindled Twelve. Charges of Attempted Bribery.!7 For! instance, a startlir in TJi&Neic xork Times lin&k Ti:ttPr'Fifrht. i B H 'Z ! 1 S5 !'j;! T- ' ) 1 . ! '.3- i i I i hi Kg. v - 4 :.j 1 H. ' i '; I': ! -jr. i X .V -is ' !' Hi- 4 1 i'Y: ,ytt ! Si ir' : ii K - r; I 1 i 'I i' r. !)-.. ' I ' : I: . 5 ii :i i n : ' i" , ? i .1- "t : ! t .'I 'I. !c!'-'i -,'.; ( OB i 1 ; f' ' ' if! rl , 1 ' I t- ".I ! 1 'i ': 5t : -1 . . 'I if