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rOiK' R nis5EV. Ediuar tad proprietor.
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!:,ir.i;n . u.t uct. r. bea
f,r la:H- In n recent intcniew de-
Laid that the war ujkmi the Itich
ia..i.I .iikI. Ianville lUilroad and
allthir railnad.4 ojH'rating in
N'. rtu art!ina Mrhoe Lart.H dis-
rn 4tju.t- ;-si iup ejpie in
.aJ. n-. r l.trt and freight rate
v.uiA J continued and -pressed
v i:li un.ilutol vipr. Thus for the
attack, of .S-natir Vance has been
in-. a tin Ki Iimuml and Danville
. i r m.
C..;,nMiiy. ami! in onu r io gainer
Sia iIr;i f t!i
tjhf it i
a ..! what Iil
hU n r the pnponions vi ihe
re-vurir t examine
ines of railway and
sii .ibi iMt. am unuer ine cinn'l
i.f t-! f.rj-ratli:i. A tlirtmli
r, f i 4.):: i Iiv. t!:;.l the roaLn
. t . i. i f.i'.'l diiecily by the
i; f . . PatiVliI.- v il!lp.Ut V
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vi Utrlro4 bit
3-
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tnntroIlcl bv tho llich-
ll and Ianville Kailroad Com-
t!m'JL'h its nvrn nshin nf -"!
i j
1 ri i it. of the capital M.h k of the
i;slin:unl tii.d West iViiat Ternd
. n.d llailn ay ami Warehouse Coin
pniA . which corporation owns and
- atni4 the following roads:
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U'ithin the l.Kt few weeks the
At rant t, T'iunt."fand Ohio Ilaib
rK.!. riuiiing fnna Charlotte to
M. ti -s die, in thin State, has been
I.'iiid I tlie Kiihmond and Dan
i!!J Ciit;any, as was foreshad
ow ?a in TAr Tine several months
y. j. Tl.i" company has all-rail
r.njfH-tJion uortli over the Vir
ginia Midland ICoad from Danville
! V.i!iH-ton. which road was
tfi fntly; purchased by the Uich
inol dand Danville Company, und
ae and traliic contracts
vi:h I'm- I't nu Ivania and Haiti-
t.t r. an-1 Dam i;auru:ui-, ana runs
j ir.:n;H iatoi Wushhigfou ami
Hai ku re fn:;i Alexandria, Va.
It 4-' ha.; tide; water connections
frsi !:. !;iiii'inl by the James l.iver,
an 1 froui Wot iint by the York
Kiv'r. It has a line of .its own
irm-r from -West Point to Dal
ti: f-r.-. ami ha om net t ions from
I." ;!imoii1 and , We.t Point with
N j Vrk and Miistorn cities by
t li:n!;p. 1 lib rail way line coiu-ln-.-
;it Alc;indria and extemls
tln-H,
tr..j:i
t!i:i't;
v. la r
iAiichburg
..
v
ill
to
Danvillej
line runs
Danvilk
inett and
ro.nt tlie
'miond to
lui litu-s
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tUr
h re tin'
1 main line
North Car-
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l.ne uiv:dt s
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h; to o!ii..il:a ::iid
j i.i.4 tl. oJhtT g-
li... Itiiii' alt
:..i'ttl :i!al in
.n in Wextt-ui
.is ! .i. . T i.sn .v.if, Gc-r-
.. fi :.-I-s:ppi. Arkau
f -v.h. whuli. when c;m-
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t
It
S
d
v. in h- ii.Vr tho oontrtd
t- Ua t iuond and Danville
'si.. IMiabb uutliority has
' tiii.- t ot.ipanv i trying to
ntioiii! interest in the
i anl j l.Vuiole Railn-ad, I
: iv ; i Prl.Ntioiith, a., to
- ...
tii -ti t -n;nd fnun Portsmouth to
lj-j i The same autliority says
tj. t't? iJirhiaond and Danville
Co 3!m;u :r-tring to buy a con-tt'-lm
in;trvt in the Carolina
' ii-.l llailHKuI. w hicli runs from
sai-toti to Charlotte. W ith
:u',tt' ut" nil way, with
tu-
1 : !i;t K:hs ndiliiL reach in?
sr '
i..i::,
at r
tl ;..!
f. '
-J c-
t- u!i t iglit iiites. and the
capital absolutely neces-
tT- stieh' an enfei-iirise. Sen-
VaiHvmust know that he has
rk:n a gig-antic job in his
' t b this great and powerful
iariori. .'Ihe jople of the
are ita!ly inten stetl in this
e-.t-rsy in two was: First, to
nt tliM -riminations in kis
r f ret and fnight are nude
-t their. State; Secondly,
are mu iutn i u feres ted in
h.ira' ter and ultimate results
r tizlit that Senator Vance
" that 'he intends to keep
r t!o- rea.Non that there are a
r of proiectetl railroads in
:,
Vn,'
f I
u;
':p.
t in
Ma!e. Mr.W.J. l.t i build-
ii.-
t Sali'tburv to Gol!sloro.
1 '' capitalists have comple
r ad from Norfolk, Va., to
tli ity. N. t antl are
"g on to IMentoiu There is
1-1
i:;..-i-i:
a i r
Ummi to build a road from
lliroti -li this State to
N'.ti.r
Loi K f ti .nrtl..,!
fr.,
ll ib-igli to Plvmouth is graded,
u:t.
J is h.mi that work will soou
m e on the whole line. A
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At tiu .-i i It
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new road has just been built from j
Henderson to Oxford. Col. W. F.
BeaIey is building another road j
frnn- Oxford to ClarkBville, - Va,
I rWPT"ftl frt Hw wmiIi aMk hini n.I
Several other roads are beinir ur
veyed in the western part of the
Mate. Altogether, there is an
active railroad development in
rorth Carolina. Sow, then, the
question comes, and is frequently
asked and inquiries are made by
letter. Can Senator ance forms
own personal euds incite a kuklux
raid on corporate property through
out this State, or is the property
of railroad corporation as afe in
North Carolina from undue inter
ference and as folly protected bv
the judiciary as any State north
of ilaaoa and Dixon's lino? The
propo-itina of Senator V
Commissioner, to Interfere and try
to Kupplant the courts In litigation
tetween t . J. Best and the Ilich
niona ana uanvuie parties con
corning the Western North Caro
lina fad has doubtless stimulated
thee inquiries. The -exposure of
this pnposition to use the high
ofTinal and ixTsonal influence for
the ptirnose of coercing the Uich-
lucnd aiid Danville Company, and
tor the furtut-r puntose of inter
iVring uifh the K)sscwion of ,pri
vate projH-r;y and the evident in
t nti'ui f nveriding the assign
raem made by W.J. Uest to Clyde,
Iigan, and JIufunU aruused the
slid men tf ilie .Stai tc and et them
t thinking. It looked like a re
Mort to unl awlul tncthols which no
man of proerty and standing in
the State can allow to take the
place of the courts. This effort of
Senator Vance m-ms to have ut
inn i.Hiw.um.u.ujtt-.n- 'l'0"
rentl vintemlel. the lllchmond and
terir failed to alarm, as was appa-
DanvilleCompauyandcompelthem
to part with their rights jn the
Western North Carolina Iload ob
tained by the. assignment of W, J.
I lest. So far as tho people along
the line of the estern Iiorth Car
olina I load from Salisbury to Paint
l.ock and from Asheville to Mur-
pny are concerneu, iney areagaiusi
benator ance, and are in favor of
the Hichmond and Danville Com-1
pany, because they are afraid of a j
toppage of the work. They nave I
leen deceived and delayed in get-
ting their road built for nearly UOI
years, oeeing is oelieviug witn
them. They know that tho Rich
mond and Uanville jeopie are
pushing tho construction of the
road with all possible vigor, and
while engaged in this work they
are opposed to nny interference
whatever with this company. On
other questions of a political na
ture thev are the stanch friends of
Senator Vance. Tlie thinking peo
ple are also leginniug to discover
that the practical application of a
common ier nine rate oi ireigni
throughout the State would entire
ly destroy the local trade of every
principal town west of Goldsbon
ami Wilmington, w hich towns are
situated so near the sea-board and
Northern ports as under this sys I
teni to give them almost exclusive
advantages over Raleigh, Charlotte
ami the other larere towns of the
State. Therefore a difference in
the rate at which freight is carried
to different parts of the State is
not necessarily unjust discrimina
tion, but may lie actually neceary
for the protection of the business
of the different iiortions of the
State. This ft-eling has, doubtless,
intiuenc-etl Gov. Jarvis and Treas-
tlrer Worth as Commissioners of the
Western Nirth Carolina Road, for
it is now understood that they are
t PjM.sttl to Senattir nnce. Here-.
tol.re Tn-asiirer U ortn nas leen a
g.cat ndmin r of Senator Vance,
has iiMudly adotttI Ins views,
'out in this instance Mr. Vtnh tin-
t!t r!ands that the v. el I a re of West
ern Nt.rth Ciindimi is wia)ptd U
in the eoinpb t.on of the Western
Ntath Caiolina K.:ih ati, and he
st--uis to have i.iado up h:s lniml to
voteaiiain i a tleilaratioii of forfeit-
uie and to vole to grant an exten
sion of time in older that the road
mav be completed to Paint Rock
and Pigeon River as provided in
the contract. Senator ance, in
his address to Ihe teople of Sep.
30 uion the issue with the Rich
mond and Danville Company,
statetl that the next meeting ofthe
commissioncrs would be held in
Charlotte. It is patent that Sen
ator Vance has despaired of con
trolling Treasurer Worth, and thus
secure a declaration of forfeiture.
The meeting In Charlotte, when
ever held, will probably look into I
the charges of discrimination, and
this -will be about the amouut of
their delilnirations. The para
mount desire of the people is to
have the road completed at the
earliest possible day. In the per
formance of this work they do not
want an3thing done that may
interfere and prevent the comple
tion of the road. Tho North Car
olina system must be held in abey
ance until the road is completed.
The next desire is that no unright
eous warfare shall bo made upon
coqwrato property. The people do
not intend to allow their creatures
to become greater and more power-1
fnl than the State, but at the same
time, for the purHS4 of invitiug
capital and to aid in the building
of new roads, they do not intend to
make a precedent that would en
danger this object. They also in
tend that railroad compauies shall
be impartially dealt with by the
courts. Although Senator ance
claims that the act authorizing the
sale of the road gives the power to
declare a forfeiture, the people will
not sustain a course of this kind if
they are convinced that such an
act will materially damage the
Stat by driving away capital now
here and prevent otner capiuu uux
seeking investment in the State.
No Southern 1 State has greater
natural advantages than ortu
. 1 . a
lin f Fi a wcAn ra nr tit a Krara ori
when the resources of the State are
beginning to .attract the attention
of the outside world, it would be
the height offoHy to allow the
commmion of; an act that would
hurl the State back to the posi
tion she occupied in 18.0. It is
maintained by numbers of leading
citizens that ' Huch would be the
effect of any i attempt usurpation
or interference with the power and
authority of the courts. Evidently
tins feeling is rapidly gathering
strength throughout the State:
and in backing up this sentiment
the conservative element of the
people intend make themselves
thoroughly understood.
lyujidj
trorT
L Pti1t.
0ZEE2TSE0E0 THlETT-nYE
7E1E3
j j i-QO.
Mb. Editoe-4-A few week since.
by your kind permission, I publish-
ed in The VatUot some remi
niscences7' of Ureeusboro Thirty-
i-ive lears Ago its oldest an
iens, churches, schools. &c. On
reading it in print, I noticed with
feelings of shard regret, that I had
iuadvertently omitted to mention
two of the most Prominent of the
old high school students Camp
bell aud Tucker if Iredell county.
Mr. Campbell soon, after marrjed,
taught school U short time in his
native county
but
died in early
life, j j
The surviving teacher aud pupils
of that day! will recognize their old
friend Tucker In the following par-
onh which T find in a KtA nntn
f h ?n m aAe num'
ro1 tuourven
ut' Ftxu ativs of
x.wvvA
IX ms Mis3lS3tPPi UOME.
Sttl!Jmrica J '
I 1 IT I 1 L I - 1 I 1 k T V I U a I W W T TL" t
lesterday afternoon, 3Ir. Thomas
. Tucker, of this place, received a
telegram announcing the death of
ins urotner, ueui luiam i . iuck-
er, of Okolona: Miss. ,The telegram
was as folhiw i 'Gen. Tucker was
assassinated I last: night. Shot
through his window by an unknown
party." I i IM '
The deceased gentleman was
conspicuous in Jiississippi as a law-1
ycr and politician. A hat circum
stance could have led to the das
tardly deed which deprived him of
his life there are! no means at pres
ent of knowiiigj His character,
however, was highly aggressive,
and it is to bo supposed that some
political or , professional incident
led to his assassination.
liuam l eimster Tucker was a
native of this county a son of the
late lhos. Jr . Incker, In early life
he became a student of Emory and
Henry College, irginia, but before
completing his course there left and
taught at least one term of school
in Rowan coautyj When about 19
years of ago he i went to Okoloua,
Miss., and opened a school, during
the continuance of .which he read
law and was admitted to the bar.
Tlie beginning ofthe war found him
probate judge of the county in which
ho lived. He enlisted in the Con
federate service hnd by his dash
and gallantry attained the rank of
bngiulier-geucral.
Gen. Tucker married in Missis
sippi and leaves jn widow and six
children. He was about u.-years
of age. He was in Statesville for
the last time twelve vears ago, hav
iug with him his eldest daughter,
then a pupil at balcm remale Col-
lege."
Tucker
and
Campbell came to
Greeuslcro to school, alter, as menr
i.l4a .iiyu: i
tioned nlove. beinir students of
Ktnorr and Ilcniy College, Va.
Tl.fv- .lid iifit -frmdete the course I
there.' did not graduate leaving
at the close of the ! Sophomore of
Junior vear the latter, I think r
and coming toj G reensboro. They
were both men f fine character,
a
superior talents, wen reati, anu
really gootl scuIars, but soon saw,
and freely admitted that they lack
ed the thorough J accurate, exhaust
ive drill of which Dr. Wilson, Mr.
Lindsley and Mr, Gretter were such
consummate nuisters.
Campbell wiisi plain and plod
ding; Tucker, brilliant and versa
tile: a real remits, if I ever saw
one a ready fwrfter, and a de-
claimerwho thrilled you through
and through. His rendering of the
"Burial of Sir John Moore," then
and now so; utterly hackneyed in
every school, could not but charm
every liitcner. I lie wrote and read
in tho Adelphian Society, a series
of articles entitled' "The Book of
the Chronicles; of the Faculty and
Students of thej preensboro High
School,7! which Wre perfect in imi
tation ofthe Bible style, and fairly
bubbling over with exquisite hu
mor and witi hitting everybody
and offending I none. Alas! alas!
How few of wo who then laughed
and laughed till the tears camo in
our eyes, now remain to urop a tear
T . AX
in memory of the friend of our
youth William P. Tucker.
It wa during thy school days in
lireensbjOro, mat tne company,
raised mainly in Stokes, Rocking
ham and G nil Cord, set out for the
Mexican war, with visions, may-
Greensboro, that the
haps, Inl the minds of some, of rev
elling in the "Hall ofthe Montagu
mas.'7 The company, at least the
part of it fromj other counties,
marched into Greensboro to the tap
of the drum on a: wet Sunday even
ing. What effect it had upon others
.r ....
I know not, out -tny own lecungs
were stirred to their profonndest
depths, as the unwanted sound fell
upon my ear sitting sitting alone in
my room, reading sjeIl-bound? the
thrilling tale of the great wizard
of the North Ivanhoe. f I do not 1
Carolina, .'and,' 'just at thia time,!
GEEENSBOEO,' N. : C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,
I read Scott' novels on rainy Sun-
days, but perhaps, do things quite
I as Dad. 1 felt mst then, that it
I ' a - - I .
would be a prand and clorious thins
I tn rut f a elMiuw n.l lfn.
ico, but when I rushed out and saw
the volunteer evidently wearr.
shivering-, and thoroughly drench
ed,"my military and chivalric ardor
Bensiblv "weakened,w in fact van-
i Kemainmir a short time, and re
eeivinrr Knmo rormito ti.A .nm,
nr rnmmoni iiri,-
a errand-son of Patrick irpnrr.took
on thn linA nf tt,.tv.Ii - fr- mW?.
A IctTCrtk yTi rrrtTci rt vi-.-t-vT nmriiv
whom was your corresnondent. at
fended them along East street to
t-? outskirts of the town, on the
brow of the hill about in front of
the Donnell house. Here a halt
was made, when Mr. Gilmer step
ped oat, and in his peculiarly warm
and earnest manner, briefly and
appropriately bade them farewell.
vtumug wim me uyronie coujner,
which I then heard for the first
1 : i i tt . i
time and have never forgotten:
'Fare thee well ! and if forever.
still forever, fare thee well P
CapL Henry , briefly responded.
ana away they marched on bv the
omauwood liouse, past Ziph
Mitchel'a and Landreth's shop,
aown the mil, across the branch
over the hill and out of
tight, many of them, thongh neevr
in oaine, fobeyer. jiow manv
or tne present citizens of Greens
boro were in that crowd that dav!
I well remember, and somehow it
impressed me strongly then and is
now as fresh in my memory as if it
were yesterday, that ilr. Jesse II.
I -V1"1 went uui oi uis way io
most cordially bid farewell to vonn
.uinusay went out of his
A. J 1 1 A. '
Johnson 0bur8 8tep-8on) and
James Starret. No doubt the files
A. .
oi me I'ATBiOT contain mucn in
their connection, which if re-pub-
lished; would be real with interest.
I Capt. Henry, young Johnston, and
possioiy others, wrote letters en
I route and from Mexico, which were
i puonsnea in tne paper ana were
read with interest.-
I The mention of Mr. Gilmer'sname
I recalls what I heard at the time,
uiwn good authority, and have al
ways believed to be n fact, that the
I command of the N4 C. j l.egimeut
w as, miormaiiy ierhaps out cer
tainly, offered to him by Gov. Gra
ham and that he declined it.
It has long been a mvsterv to
me why Maj. Stokes Was not given
the first instead of the third place
among the three field-oihcers of that
regiment, for but, enough.
Tlie Independent Boston Herald
seriously inquires: "Is theapioiut-
m T rf a man Cii. iwdttnntni of
Lj-nchburg, whom tho Semite re
fused to confirm, a justifiable act
on the part of tho President iv
Tlie rail Mall Gazette is very em
phatic in the declaration that there
are no Confederate deposits in the
Bank of Lugland, and insists that
there is no such money in any bank
in that country. ! 1 ;
THE HEWSPAPEB.
Mr. Groesbeck agrees with Dr.
Talmage. "The Press is a gieat
institution,77 say both these gentle
men: "it is takincr the place ut
iwlitical. oratory,7' sa.vs the former.
3Iost ieopIe will endorse these
expressions. How great and grow
ing a power the newspaper press
of the United States is to-day the
casual reader may decide fbrhim-
self. W hat would he do without
his paper I Supposing himself cut
nfT from tho ih'W" niwl vft: fniii-
- ', -- - - -. - - -
pelied to continue nis ttaily avoca-
tion, how would he nil the gap r
How long would it be lenre he
would gladly offer to pay dollars
for a copy .of the daily journal' for
which he had formerly grudged a
few cents f It is as easy as sleep
ing to skim through the- paper
placed by your breakfast plate,
and decide that it j contains u no
news" for you having the paper ;
but in case the reassuring conclu
sion .could not bo reached the
data, the paper not leing available
how would it le then.t A deal
of hard work is done by the mind
wbeii hc mind is hi suspense.
The newspaier is ubiquitous.
It appeals to all classes of society
and has points of interest for. all
individual atoms. The statesman,
the lawyer, the scholar, the clergy
man, the soldier, th? business man,
the actor, the mechanic, the labor
ing nfan, the housewife, the 'society
belle and the servant girl all must
know what the wprld has done in
a dav touching them and their
weal. They find much tluit does
not concern them m the reading;
but something, always, that they
would have been sorry to miss.
Mr. Groesbeck touches one note
in the scale. The days of tump
speaking arc passing away," he
thinks; "the newspaiers are do
ing the work of public orators."
This is probably true. And why !
The newspaper is the most effective
agent. Between the few who have
valuable ideas tovgive out and the
many who nave neeti to receive
them, it is a lerfect messenger.
It brings more facts in a single
issue-than a man could narrate m
a week, supposing him capable of
remembering: and it never tires of
telling its tale. It is faithful ami
punctual, unprejudiced on the whole
and as accurate as may Ik. It
instructs while it entertains, so
that he who runs it through may
gather knowledge unconsciously.
It is truly a great thing the news
paper; audit presents m its highest
development, the greatest work ot
the nineteenth century, late would
be strange, indeed, without it.
THE 47& COKQEESS. . ! !
lialinye Ltrenrthof tin Tw
j iJeri Important Keiiarei that vriR
M xcp Lx Action.' ' r j
: - Wlsnrvrnv W 11
! There is no ; reasonable doulil
that tlie liepublicans will control
tho House of .Representatives of
the XLVII Congress, and there--
f(re, their candidates for the sneak J
- numerous. J5ut tne rwil
,. cAtest HT "ie caucus nomination
will be reduced to
three or four, or
f-at ai st. If the number!
- i l .v l.iu"' iroin " sc (Itt
eluding ihe Pacific coast States!.-
tlie Wr t has a small maioritv and
conld'eieft a candidate upon whom
tney might unite, liut nearly all
of f he candidates now in the field
are lrom that section, i and their
rivalries are oeuevea to be too great
to expect that the Representatives
ih iiu tr!itfru oiaies can unite in
. . C it. .. If .A I' i i
the support of one man. , The East
puts lorward two men. ,
HISCOCK, OP KEW YORK,
and Jieed. of Maine, the former
uaviugiue muorsement ot nis estate,
t .L- ai 'i . . . .
and at least the moral support of
t he administration. The West has
Kasson, of Iowa, Keiffer, of Ohio,
Darnell, of Minnesota, Burrows, of
Michigan. Hubbell. of Michigan.
Haskell, of Kansas, and Orth, of
' -w . -ml '
inuiaiiu. iveiner, jvasson, uur-
rows and Uunnell are the only
prominent names that have been
canvassed seriously in political
circles here. Of these, Kassonand
Harrows have most political fol
lowing. Both have considerable
knowledge of Parliamentary prac-
tied in the House. Burrows has
the advantage of most recent ser
vice;, and was popular in the last
Congress. Jvasson has been Min
ister to Austria for several years.
but his long aud conspicuous ser
vice! in Congress has not been for
gotten, nor his capacity as a pre
siding ollicer. j He is gentlemanly
and courteous and makes friends
easily. Barrows began his can
vas a year ago, and as the signs ot
the times then pointed to the dom
inance of the more liberal element
oft
ie party his extreme: Stalwart
was very noticeably toned
ism
dow
n during!
the last session
of
Coiigress. j '
r
kassou s Chances.
2vext to Iliseock, it is probable
tha
Kassou has the
best chance
Unless the
for
the nomination.
West shuidd unite upon j one! maii,
the East will nominate the speaker,
bet .1 use the South has only 13 votes,
and Southern Republicans, judg
ing from past experiences, inai be
expit'ted to scatter their strength.
THll KIiri'lILlCAN VOTE BY SEC-.
TIOXS. j j I
Classified by sections,! the East
in the next liouse will nave US ice-
publican votes from the following
States: Connecticut, J; Maine, J;
Massachusetts, 10; New Hamp-
diirk .1: New Jersey, 4; New Y'ork,
L'0; Pennsylvania, 1!; Rhode Island,
1'; Wnnont- d, and Maryland, 1.
T
- . ...:pi i..,... i i l.tr
can
Col
K ttes, as loiiows: coiitornni,
radi, 1; Illinois, ld;'lnIiaua,vS;
Iowa, 8; Kansas, J; Michigan, Sh
Minhcsoto,.; Nebraska, l.Uluo,lp;
Oregon, 1; Wisconsin, 0, Hi
From tho fooutn there am w nc-
pubticau votes, as follows: . Ken
tucky, 1; Louisiana, 1; Missouri, oj
North Carolina, 1; lennessee, J;
Virginia, L I I
Now, if the Kast should vote soi-
idlv for one candidate, and the
West as a unit for another, the
score would stanu: iast o, ; est
71, and the 13 votes of1 tho South
castiin either direction could name
the Sivaker. But it is highly; im-
prol
able that any candidate win be
to command the whole vote of
able
his
section, and so many questions
enter into the estimate of chances
it cannot Ik? safely predicted at this
wlro will be the lucky; man:
n r everything into considera-
tionjit can only be said in a general
way that the contest now seems to
lie between Iliseock and Kasson,
witlj the chances apparently in fa-
vor ot tne lormer. i i
The cantlidates who are unsuc
cessful, but who have suflicient
strength to command a respectable
vote in caucus, will be entitled by
custom to prominent chairmanships
although the assignment of, these
is sometimes .prearranged' in con
sideration oi" valuable supiort.
Dunnell is probable aiming for the
chairmanship of Ways and Means,
and Keifer for Judiciary. If either
Iliseock or Kasson should fail the
former would probably be made
chairman of Appropriations, of
which he was a prominent member
for several years. Kasson i would
no doubt pioler Ways andMeams.
T!H:j DEJIOCEATIC KOMt'ATIOXS
may !le laade with a view to catch
ing' the Greenback votes, but; the
chances for electing any Democrat
are so -remote the Democrats iwill
probably select Randall, Carlisle,
niackburn or some mail as a com-
jdimeut and cast their solid vote for
The tireenbacKers promise
to nominate a candidate, and there
i.nrp Wn rnmnn that if thev will
nut mi a man whose antedents have
lw.n lemormtic the Ueinocrats
.. v .
will iro for him in a body. This is
not likely, and if it were tried it
would no doubt be a mortifying
failure, as the Republicans have a
majority over the combined votes
of Democrats and Greenbackers;
and besides the Republicans confi
dently expect the two Virginia
Readjusters and five j Republican
Greenbackers will vote for the Re
publuau candidate for Speaker
PART.Y STRENGTH OX THE FLOOK.
Iu'the House the Democrats have
1881.
lost fewer of their prominent meii
than the Republicans. Kandall will
take the floor, and his -skill "as a
i aniamentarian, organizer and def
barer trill necessariaHy make ! him
a more valuable leader than he
could be as Speaker. Carlisle (Ky.)L
Tucket (Va.), Cox (N. Y.), Bragg
0 is.) McLean (Md.), Springer
W WiKeapm (-tex.), Stephens and
Blount (Ga.), . Knott (Kj'.), and
several others, whose ability ha
maue ftnera conspicuous in Coni-
gress, lire Returned to the XLVIIth
Congress. . -j
The Republicans lose some of the
ofl
best men they had in the XLVItli
congress among whom are Conger.
Hawley, Frye, MiUer andLapham,
i w
who have.beu trrnsferred to-the
oenatet J?'ield (Mass.); Baker (Ind.)
Davis Cal.): Morton fN. Y.): Newl
uerry i Jiicn.;, ami others not re
elected are Kelly (Pa.); Reetl
( Jiame); Hiscock (N. Y.J; Rebesoii
(N. J.); Keifler (Ohio); McCoOk
(N. jY":); and the only important
gam is Jvasson, of Iowa. None of
these, Icxcept Kelly, Kassou and
l-ouespn, can-lairly be ranked with
a dozen men on the other side o;
the chamber in point of experienci
ana skill as debaters.
j.
BEYEEAL
niPOBTANT MEASUBE
that will affect the
interests of the
whole country will propable receiv
consideration by the Congress that
will: soon j convene. Anoug the
subjects that will bebr6uirht fori
want are : i The repeal of the tax on
matches and bank checks, areduc-
commerce, ana probably a 3 per
li-uu ic-iuiiuliil; mw. aim a revision
pt internal revenue taxation.
I : I
A ChriiiMM Rhf ntc.
j
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
to boa I to bed ! vou sleeDV heads.
j For soon the dayU be dawning,
fVnd Chnstmas comes so suddenly,
He never. gives you warning.
And those that look, you know must mourni
I or jail their hopes he nips.
nstead of getting cakes and toys
He brings them only chips..;
i i
Now, over up !i you funny things,
Three little birdies under wing.
And may you wake to see the morn,
And bless the day that Christ was born,
vhe srtow fell sofdy all that night,
IB I
Tws cold and pure, and dazzhngwhite
n
it emblem of the birth-robe given
(To cover sin), when fresh from Heaven.
1 t I ;"
Jut,,ere the golden rim of dawn,
Forh from the East did peep,
"rom jdowny nest, my little birds
Haa wakened out of sleep.
And "Christmas gift!" from all three bure
But;! said, "mine's the first,.
Kot all the sVeets are sweet as this,
I want my Christmas kiss.
ink' pimpled chceksjo mine lay close,:
And that, too, in a trice. r
One whispered slyly in my ear,
" fpw, mother, is it nicer
' lie off, you rogue ! I see you're mock
Go hunt for nice things in your stocking,
NOTES AST) 0PIITI01T3.
Women' are saut to 'be large on
eratofs in grain futures at Chicago.
The Mississippi from Memphis
own!! is open to navigation th0
wholti year round. ! I
J, Jennings says that he aoj
isesliis Knglish friends to make
Southern investments. lie is right.
It Costs the people of Tennessee
8! 1,000,000 annually to sneeze and
use IsnufT; This is a Xashville
nereiiant's estimate of the annual
consumption of the article,.
Aiconvenicjnt cuerency in Ira
l l . i f Li ..t" j. . : l.
Why should business be denied it f
If Secretary lilaine takes a
sbutlieni trirp, the Vicksburg Her,
did tliinks the South will be the
gainer bi a closer knowledge of
such an lunuentiai. ana noersu
statesman as Mr Blaine. :
j Connected with the Chicago Post
Office are 1 101 carriers, who during
the mbntli of October, delivered 4,
)3.0U pieces of mad, and collected
3,7(U,1)21 fetters, postal cards and
ewspapers. , j
Sonic .French 'gentlemen haye
been to Manitoba looking for lands
for a large body of emigrants wqo
re getting ready to leave Belgium
s a colony, i ine coionisis uaui
e veral millions of money.
The Memphis Appeal asks: Are
we providing for increased: intelli
fence ami brain ofiMjwerour citizeis
hp tlmfonV'niirflwineiit we trive to
school and the aid we extend o
general cultivation by well-patroh-
iked libraries and a generous ep-
cburagement of reading and ptudy.
The willingness of .the Republi
can convention in ew xoriv u.ir-
in-r thdlast two or three years to
seek alter young men of means and
ctutivation ana gooti social Maim
ing to represent tho city in tie
State Legislature moves the-, 1. ret
ina Vast to say that it has certainly
been, very gratilyiug.
XV i. W. Sackville, at Arkansas
C5ty Ark., is compiling a book Mi
maa stoues, oi ttuicu ne a ersineip
J are .'many in the United States. To
the end that his work may be as
I perfect as possible he invites acl
I t a . 1 1 . A ..... A
l eonnts bt tne magical sioues irom
ahy pne who is possessed of specl
iikforiniition. : 1 !
A Boston gentleman who luis
taken a great interest in the poorer
classes of society, has-been travj
luig extensively in Europe thepaUt
himmer. He says that m no town
Jr citvithat he has visited, eitlier
ip iunenca or Europe, nas ue iuuu
the knill I operatives and laboritig
b J ! , 1 -i 1.
classes proviuca wun sucu iw
fortable tenement houses as in Be
fast Ireland,
non ot the tax on whiskey and "to rific political convulsion through
UaCCOS: a reviSlOll Of the Customs t -liili lna nm-animuntWccul I J
tariff; .the regulation Of interstate thair two decades ago, there have
tions'of a dollar, transmissions - bv
mailliis a business necessity, says
the Cincinnati Gazette, which asks:
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Orer tfc :
Twasmilkinnme, and the Cows came up
r rum inc meaaows sweet wun ciot:rf j
And stcxxl in the lane, while pretty Jane:
iiaa a quiet chat with the drover '
Such a quiet chat it scarcely; seemed
That a single word was sooken :
Vile a magic spell with ue night dews
' , Hell, i.l l- J.-;.f,.;i; .; I--,
" And the n thm was unkroken.
The cattle stood at'the lover's side
.Without any show of vexation, i
As though impressed that a five-bar rest
. tt'-I . -r .i ..... . i .
pan;oi uieir resf-orauon.'., j
And as Jane listened to the notes that
I came, . : ' ' !. ! -IRirht
under the bars and over. !; :
Her heart took wintr, the sillv thine.
. iNesUed up fclose to fhe drover, j
She heard him say his home was doot.
-AThMhe'd riothine but love to eivie hen
And she smiled content, . as though lovp
naa spent : - ' - - -
Every arrow he had in his auiver : 1
She smiled content, when theevening air
.1 1: r t. ?i !, i
mi me voices oi oiras is nneinir.
And her lips confessed - that! a lowly nest
ooouia never prevent her singing.
So over the birs the lovers lan, j
"" In the joy of their sweet communion :
And their looks declare that poverty ne'er
snail De a oar to their union :
Oh, sweetest iusic, go thread your rhymes
inow under the bars and over I
Where pretty? Jane, -in the flagrant lane,
liewitched the heart of the drover,
PEOGEESS OF THE SOUTH,
rindastri&i South, Biohmand, Va.
upjSof the whole country', and
,.11111 VJ 1 lit, tt lll.l 111
the; melancholy desolation of the
fair South larid, by the ter-
been changes in the relations of the
industrialhvlements,' agencies,' and
energies ofthe prostrated section
of theUnidn, which are now made
notably visible in results cheering
ly'resionsiVe to the bravest aspira
tions -of our Iwldest men! most san1-
guine froni; the first of ai sound and
ranid recuperation. ! The southern
peoj)le areno longer looking to ag
riculture alone as the oqe exclusivje
source ofl their prosierity. The
southern mind is no longer bent and
biased by fill its surroundings and
nssociatioiisUn tho one 1 unvarying
direction of planting and farmiug.
There has been a great , change in
the turn of southern thought as to
practical affairs; and it is a , great
change fori the better. ! i I
The very advantages ot tne
South have heretofore, in no little
degree, operated to her disadvanj
tage. If her soil had been less fer
tile and less varied in jtts atlnptiji-
bilities, yie vocation pt agriculturist
would notfhavo been! so general!
acceptable!. If her climate had beei
less mild, there would have been a
sterner necessity for expenditures of
3 i i.;L . i J
energj oij tne creation oi oiner
things than the mere products of
the plow. j If her coast had beein
less extensive, and her bays, and
rivers, ami roadsteads less available
for commerce, she would sooner
have seen! the necessity for long
lines of railroad to connect her with
tho busy! fworld beyond her pwn
borders, j h s a word if the people
of the South had not rbeen ko j de
voted to tilling the soiljthey would
long ago, like other peoples, have
distributed their intelligence, their
energies, aiid their enterprise, niore
proportionately, among the many
different departments of laborj es
sential tof the best-balanced anl
most successful system of industrial
economy. And perhaps, after 'all,
if negro slavery had never been ih
troduced nto this country there
would all ftlong have leen as little
difference between the j North and
the South' hi physical energy anid
material progress as there really, is
in thermeijtal and moral character
istics of tile citizens of jthe two sec
tions. But be that as it may, it is
among thel most patents facts pf
the age whatever may have been
orimay not have been jthe reasons
why it wak not so heretofore, pr
whatever may be or may not betide
reasons why it is so now that te
southern States of. this! Union haye
at last entered uixm a jnew indus:
trial era, with every1 indication ofa
career of progress ami; power un
surpassed by any other region! bf
the world. -i j - ' !
The northern, capital that is com
ing into the South by) millions is
always directed and often accom
panied by men of sagacity. expefir
ence, and enterprise wUo, knowing
what they are doing and'how tolo
it, when they put their shoulders
to the wheel have litjtle occa$ipn
for calling on IIeecut.es ! to. help
them. Such men. with such a
spirit, and ivith such means at their
commaudj ate just the men we w:a tit
to see comiiig by thousands into the
South now to keep up the impetus
that has been given to our car of
progress. We want them as cii i
zens of a common lineage and a
common country, with ourselyivs.
We want them to develope s id
bring out into utility and profitab e
ness the various mineral riches! in
which the South abounds. S'e
want them to establish manufacto
ries on the bordcrs of our rivers
that have been wasting their waters
) o long. We want them to con
struct railroads throughout the
length and f breadth of our land.
We want them, to unite with .tiur
own people J heart and hand, for
the progress of the South, tljat
they and we as countrymen ahd
kinsman may prosper! in southern
prosperity together. No such op
portunities 1 inriting j investments
with assurance of such prospective
profits as thbse now held on by the
South, are! presented anywhere ese
in the world. The eagle eye of cap
ital with iits quick,' clear glance,
and its far-rbaching range of visipn,
has some time
situation, from
ago
the
taken in
shores 'of
he
the
Now Seiieai No.:7f0
I -
. ! r
old world as well asfrom the stau
point of our immediate neighbor!
nnjuusj ami uiTJiuers ui inu ixonu.
And it is mainly djte to this that
the! South is -rising!. so glriously
amt so gracefully frPm the jdesold
tion brought uion her byj;tio war.
Northern capital an forelgjti capit
al have been drawn o her py that
magnetism in her great material
resources to which ho. speculative
spirit of men of motiy, nerjre, and
ambition cannot but be attracted,
in jubedieuce to:tht laws of. the
financial forces andqf progressio '
gravitation. -And with the aid, anil
n n .1 l.Al. . i1 1- 11.
under the influences ff this f apftal, '
with . its attendant' energies - anil
intelligence the South is lihtenejl
in heart and brlghteiied, id Iioik:
her old spirit is madtS new; and tlip '
patti of progress, spllong blockeil
up to her, is matTe Hear, anil open,
ana broaa, lor her pwn iietmic to :
move on with conffderice and courage-
to the golden goal that awaits f
them' in the near'fiiture. ,
AN OBSTtUATlS BETDE - '
Tlie other night a young, man
from northern - Arkansas atnd a
young lady from tli southern imrx 1
of the State, inetjajv hotel in this
city and were married. Alter tho ;
ceremony theyouhlman want -out
and sat in front of the hotel J while
tho! wife went un to the rotim as-
sighed as the bridal chambej-. 4
f This thing of gittin' married is i
a life-time Intsfness.f7 he said ad- i
dressing a man whil had just bee l -divforced
from his vjtfe. " I recko i
rou nave iouna ui so, no auued, r
turning to a single than. " WaJ, I !
reckon III go up. iBvnged if 1 don x
sorter hate to go up thar, tool
1 never was -aleered of a m
uiv.aa'
I don't see why I should be
afeeril
of !a woman." , J 11 1 , A
lie went up audi rapped
Ut tlfo
door.-' ' -' I I -.1- ! '
Who's there demanded t
It's me." 1 1 ),.
Who's me f 14 ;
hegu
i uon t you recDgnize nit
talk
hoheyr fi
i'No'I don't." !
' It's your own wide awake ami
livfin' husband. J Let me in.1
pGo away from hat door
shan't come in here. I aih'
acquainted with you yet."
j Say, let meiu Them
down stairs air laughin'
Open the door, fur I'm sleepy.!
he yawned like h nian- waidai
a lught train.
"Thought vou s
ialdthatj.
wwlo awake.".
fTwas a while
r go,
nit
powerful sleepy wi Sa
5
ydu going to ojeii this doo
'.t
PNo, I ain't." I a:
j" Vhy did yoi njiJfrrj" m
h Cause I wanted to."
" Wal, why n'tryou le
" Cause I donlt want to,
me in
P All right, old gal; I'll ijhell oftt
lor .nomeau7 leave fyop to may ti
Hotel bin. l ueyerxeeti tm Woman
that could pull jtlniwool ?vt"r njy
eyes." J U !
The latch clicked; -and the I dopr
otiened'. Tim liAtelf hill h:i
enjed'lier. "It wou'ldofori
LT.lllgUU- ... :fJ
wtnuiiir.t: p.f '
to
puck again' me lemme
fur
l was raisediat ithe cross roa
air
went to mills early.'1Litt
Rock Daily ArkamH.
TrnrfiTT ti a eiTTTAtt VAmtifi
pteei passeiuentefies are passe
iiron-rust is a new and liismon
llb shade of red i
. . u .'LI.
jurecian bands lor the shaiir a
made of silver, inlaid with modk
gf s.. a '; I ;
I jtiigot puns are eeu tqxiii Jiiiaily I
iniportaut carriage audi dinner
dresses. -' - ' !" ' -..I.
jl'eaked or pointf d bodices with
gathered scan tmnier (traperie
will be much woi nS
, ft takes very little off stripW:.
ndvelty gootls or inpsh to reuovjuto
;a halt-worn dress. I J
ploire is as lashionaule .Qua wiu
as! Surah was last but Surah is
bi no means tlisca
tied.-
Even when new
skirts are rou
id
and clinging in efJ'Ct the -draper
less
ine extremely bouilant
Varge collars arts worn! b-
clil-
drn, girls in thiir teeiiky;
ladies, matrons ami eldfrl
ou ig
to
men. i 1 I
Heavy doable udx-plaitid hnfli-1
-e
mgs adorn tne nouqmoi ui
t t
cf inany handsome cistuni;.s.
All .sorts of feltJpjush, Jiinl
beaver hats and -bonnets! wi
worn, but pokes arejthe first f;
itest
Sjiooting jackets if dart -colored
cardinal -cloth ai-p Iworiil oh ! thef
streets in New York with black
l.tJ. . : I " ' T I ', f i ll : !
Surah moire isa the name on a
raw material designed f4r dress
trinmings and millinery iturposes.
I if I I !
Long plain skirts of veavet will
be worn with Louis KV.x-bats and
scarf draperies of! li;ht-hffled bro-;
cade. . -
Jackets are giving;placel to long
dolincns, French pfelisseA, c.iDcle
and Pompadour prjMotbl'r Hub
bard cloaks.
Deep collars, gathred iii
Mother
nubbard fashion, jireinade i
bfcrqam
Surah- and tniiHiicd Wit'1
i blick
enough
Spanish lace; they ae Ion;
to cpver the snoutders.
Cloak clasps made of! Roman
gold and lapis lazsilisire very fdsht
lonuoie. Oiiievsiuoe j oi it uaisr
blue color, mottled wth'brojwn, afid
it i4 from tliisthaj tliemucll-valued
pigment called ultramarine Is mside.
! Bright-colored striies ami chefcksi
areiagain in favor, ahd; tlidso ; who
rush alter every nbvelty IwiIK at
once appear in zebial garbd,. shbw'-
inir n miniv- Aifi't'rcivt. hnp nn! kik
' " J- 1' T V
as
hei
ancient cpstume
wprn bylJcfphJ
himself.
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