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LOCAL. Beth tUe.FeUe.ml and State Court® ad 1 Jourped yesterday In honor of the burial of Mn. Gov Vance. -»*. . . We have had a sufficiency of cold weatlier lo denote the near approach of winter. BKmnl are those who have tlieir_ wood laid in for the seasou. Our young friend M r. Theo. S. Mor rison- has connected Uho*eJf.witbtb« li''»we «f Mr, Janies l*. Sawyer, where /The would be pleased to see his many friends. T ^ J The attendance In town, upon the itusioiu of the State and Federal court®, Is quite large. Both of the courts are being held hi the Court-house building —the Federal Court, occupying the -third. , floor. * Tfta Baptist State Convention met in Charlotte yester lay. Tin appointments for the occasion were as follows; To preach the introductory sermon. Rev. J. I A. Muncy, of Warrenton; alternate, Rev. J. B: March, af Iredell . ^ Missionary Ser* ,BOQ» Rev C. B. Tayior, of Wake Forest; alternate, Rev. A. C* Dixon, of Chapel Hiu. The Rev. Mr. Atkins, who has beeo pastor of the M. E. Church iu this place for the past two years, goes back to Ab ingdon, V*., fr^m Which place he came h.ire. Mr. A';,* by his earnestness in the cause which he setfes, and his gentle manly demeanor, has won for him the fore and esteem of his church here, and the respect oC the public generally. The Federal Court, .Judge Dick pre siding. convened fn this place Tuesday ■ morning. About 200 new case* have been dooketyd for this terra„ With some ease? Ill tlie dneket before, all of >yhleh g-ew out of Illicit distilling. We learn - from Solicitor Tuck that nine-tenths of fhc«c ea<es will he Submitted under the recent amnestrDrder from Washington. THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION — “* R’lt.a little over 200 votes were polled l»ere on Tuesday, these being east for Gen. Vance. It U evident that hut lit ^ tie Interest was felt in this district, there being no ooo'vdr-ion. and. we doubt If * more than 35 per cent, of the vote of the dlatrlct was east Tames £. Sawyer.—We invite especial attention to. the advertisement elsewhere of this gentleman. Mr. Saw yer spent several week* this fall in the Northern markets, and lias selected his s'nek of good* with great care. Buying at the bottom cash prici^s, he la defer* mined he \yill sell goods as low as the lowest. Excursion to Charlotte.—An ex^ ~ cursion train w|Jl run from Henry's to Charlotte next Tuesday, the 12th lust..' leaving Henry's gt 8 A M., and will leave Cliatyotfe, retm-iilng, nt 4 R. M. Thursday, giving visitors ample oppor t, tnnity to attend the Carolina Fair. Fiire Tor the round trip, _ A Dreadful Accidentia Young Lady Dangerously Burnt.—On k Sunday morning l?v?t, while.Emma ’Kimberly, daughter of Prof Kimberly, » who Is at present living at the residence ot Major Marcus Erwin, near this place, was engaged In dressing for church. her 1 Clothing caught fire. and before the flames could be extinguished the unfor tunate young lady was terribly. If not I dangerously, bitrned. . * ” i ■ ™APPOINTMENT «F THE IIOLSTON j Confrrbngb M- ^ Church-South. I —The accent session ot the Hblston Con- ! ference made the following appointments for this section :—^ Asa* ■/^iCerrtfetf^f'T^ 1 Asheville'station, J S Burnett. Weaverville* circuit, 8 S Weatherly; R‘ W -- . Swannunoa circuit, W B Pickens; C M Jamesv 1 Upergy ^rayy,^. '‘'"“Hendersonville station, 8 S Grant. Hrevard circuit W D Akdrs. - Edneyvillc circuU, to be :»»j»pU«d*. hj Jf 'MHawkios. . • : ^..Sulphur Springs circuit, Jno F eU'rer Leicester circuit, W H Barnes; J P Reynolds and J H Robinson, supernum erary. ■■■** ■ * Marfhail circuit, James T Sjni'h. . „ Bakersrille circuit, W B Keese. Catawba. circuit, W BLyda. Fbanklin Disteict*— £? Atkins, Presid iug Elder. * • ' ■ '* Franklin circuit. If P ftwain. . Macon circuit, Gep A Maiden. Vaynesriile circuit, M L Clendeoen. ' • Haywood circuit, J R Long. \~. v Webster circuit,' Jos A Wiggins. * *' Asheville circuit, Y P Darr. . -'Macphy-decuit. SH Bogle. _^ Duck to ns, station and HiwOssee mi# •ion, Yi C Carden. Charleston and Robinson rills mission, /A Owen. ^ Highland minion, Eugene Blake. Echota Indian mission, J W Bird. Warranted Axes at Van Gilder A Hss»« inn’s, only 7h cento. SWANNANOA CoLLEOK.—From the proceeding below it wiil be seen that our friends iu that section- jre moving In earnest and determined upon, suc cesa. JTfotn what we know of the gen tle menwho are most prominent in the matter, we_e<mfldeutly expect them, to build an institution of learning that will be the piide of their people and aii honor and blessing to the State: At rmeeting of the stockholders of the building to be erected tor educa tional purposes, on the Swannaiioa River, November 3d, the meeting was organized 'by the selection of James Alexander as chairman and A D, Cooper as secretary. On motion of Col. W. R. Young, tlie chair appointed three gentlemen as a oomniitlqe to surest *ev«H>eiti«e4t*who ♦hity R'ahmdd be to secure a suitible place fur tlie erection of the building contemplated, Tbe com mittee reported T. K. Brown,vXr D Cooper, J. W. Coggins, Natt Atkinson. A. B. Fortune, W. g, Alexander aqd S.' W. Davidson, who were"endorsed by the minting as proper and suitable for the ^iirpos^ mentioned. Upon motion of Natt Atkinson, Esq., It was resolved that suit! committee meet at Pine Grove, Church, at 9 o’clock A. M- Tuesday, the 19th of November, for the purpose of undertaking the work of selecting a place for the location of tlie building, and If any of tlie committee appointed refuse to co operate i.i tlie matter, that the remulmler of the committee be au thorized to substitute others ill their stead. Upon motion of Col, W, R. Young, Saturday. the 23d ol November was appointed tor the meeting of tbe stock holders, when tlie organization of the company would be permanently fixed. Tlie Asheville X’H'I/KN and Pioneer were requested to publish proceedings. Meeting-ttdjnitrred. • - Alexandek, Chhlrinaii A. I). Cooi’KK, Secretary. A Brilliant Marriage-—-The Rat egh Observer of last Friday has the fol | lowing account of a. marriage in that i place, on the evening prerious, one of the contracting parties, Miss Merrimon, having a large number of relatives and faiends in our midst, jgaj* t^ie Observer: *‘A great deal of interest for some time has gathered auout the marriage in high I official life which look place yesterday evening a} Edenton Street Methodist Church. The contracting parties were Mr Leander S. Overman, the accom plished Private Secretary of ^GoveTnor Yanve^ and Mijf Mary Mcrrimon, the beautiful daughter of Senator A. S. Mer rimon Flowers oi great beauty and in tbe greatest prolusion' were thrown over the church, and decorated the pulpit and surroundings. Tbe aisles were arched with evergreens studded with many-hued roses. Wreaths were suspended across the space in front of the pulpit, and from the cross made by these there was swung ~£rbarrtage ' beTTmade of exquisite tube roses. Solemnities of the rite were performed by Kev. A. W. Hargurn, professor at tbe Uairersity' and brotf er in-law of the groom, and by the'Rev. W.S. Black, pas tor of the church. The-mhsic became the occasion and the appearance of the handsome young couple will long live as a pleasant picture to the hearts of the l*rge crowd of friends that thronged the church to honor the occasion. The following ladies and gentlemen acted a* *Uei4suli \ Afc.yW# ,4)*em*n, Ohailoite1 and Miss Ella Dowd, Charlotte; •Edwin ft Overman, Salisbury, and Miss Billy Carreer, Raleigh; Dr. H T. Tran thaui, Salisbury, and Miss Mamie Lewis, Raleigh; Eugene E. Gray, Raleigh,*and Daglev, Raleigh, and Miss Carrie Craw^ ford, . Salisbury; Branch II; Merrimon, Raleigh, and -Misa Nellie Scaleav_Oreens* Boro; George M. Smedes, Raleigh, and Miss . La vine JJay woodf -Ualetgfe^ -Milierd MraL 'Raleigh, and Miss Jennie Wilson Greensboro; Peter F. Pescud, Jr., Ral eigh, and Jdiss Mary Mordecai, Raleigh; John A--diarf-iagerT Greensboro,,and* Miss Betti* Haywood, Raleigh. I v!*:. * The ushers were* Messrs B. B. Lewis, G- T. Konst, Joseph Brown and George Smith. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs! Over take^ - accompanied feyafteirdantr, vjusrt and ftietotfs; drovd to the ‘North*OatfoRn*-* depot, where th*y took the western bound trkin. All their friends wish them the happiness that they look forward 40 so earnestly. The Knights or IIonob.—The pub lie demonstration of the Swnnnanoa Lndjie, K. of HM at the Court House on Tuesday night, was largely attended. An Interesting and Tdghly-lnstrnclive address, explanatory of the. general working* of the Order, was delivered by Knight J. J. Hill, who was followed by remark* from Brother* H. H. Webb and K. B. Hampton. The occasion will doubt leu remit In awakening a new In terest In the Order In oar midst. . j AdllBVIM'Bi *i» . AiniBtagvi^' Attmctloai ■«4 ProMpecu. The tobacco interest; of this section being destined, In the immediate future, fo become a business of both importance and profit to oar people, and foreseeing that Asheville Is to become a tobacco manufacturing pl*oe of.no mean propor tions, we iiUrrlt#^' yg. ■ , vuu. i. v. Dnsurvn, v the pioneer In the introduction of the growth of tobaccq in this locality, who gave us the following feels : “The introduction ft the culture of tobacco In Wes verm North Caroline has proved e blessing to ~ the <totnnftrtmj. Without s non; «taple; and doing almost without that necessary article, - the farming interest had dragged along year alter year with little improve-, meut. flktle care-had been taken to cul tivate the grasses, and thousands of acres of forest land were lying idle and were a burden to the em*ere< - To clear these lands and cultivate them in corn was a losing business • In fact, it took about two years of corn crops to pay for the expense of clearing. The tobacco crop at ouce promised something more remu nerative, and also put the lands in splen did condition for wheat and grass. After a few years of up-hill work, the -intelli gent farmer became convinced of the beuefit of this cropland now our section produces an article equal in other re s ecta, and superior in color, to the cel ebrated -Virginia tobacco., My estimate is tKa- Buncombe and Madison counties produced last year about eight bundled thousand pounds of tobacco. This is only the beginning of the enterprise. Large quantities of tbtft tobacco are ••hipped to the-Virginia marked. Infect^ there is only one factory'west of the Blue Ridge mountains, arid tnat factory does not consume, cue-twentieth of the tobacco produced. Now, the question is, why dont others engage in the esterpriie .and manufacture all the tobacco pro duced ? Tnis would give Ir.bor to a great deal of eur surplus muscle that wants only a chance'to make itself a source of wealth to our country. Furthermore, if the tobacco of Western North Caiolina can be shipocd to Richmond and other Virginia cities, subjected to a high tariff' of freight, and then be manufactured and sold at » profit, wby. could it wot be worked in our own section to greater ad vantage? Men pf experience can readily see the point. Our railroads will soon furnish us transportation to the Very mar ket that a great portion of Virginia to bacco seeks for its sale, and several hun dred miles leas than the Virginia stock has to travel. ..i , Kvery facility Would b«i extended to those who might see fit to come amongst us and a helping hand be offered. Mine Is' Vhe only" factory in Western North Carolina, rind it might seem strange that I invite competition. But there is no truer saying than that M competition is the life, of tcnde,” wvL while it plight stimulate me to stronger effort, it vould certainly inspire in the producer an en ergy which he does not now possess, and if a dozeh factories were started, the pro duction of tobacco would at once rise te the demand. Very truly, * - » - 8v C ^HELTON. appointments OF THE METHODIST Ep*ikx>pil, CHUKtHThe Toffowittg ' are the appointments -forthe A she t We circuit of this chord for the ensuing PI»y].aTR5j-^t, „Q,. p-ui*. Asheville—Rev. Car.oil S. Long. Asheville Circuit— Hev. W. Starks. Henderson?ill* circuit—Rev. Av-F. Gres well. . ; < • • . WavnesVjile circuit—-Rev; T. VlT.' jfrown. Leicester circuit—Rev. Si. VV. Broyls Catawba circuit—liev. D. M. Clayton. McDowell,circuit—ftwr., F. M-J?rv#U?yv„ ,;K. PaVfdftSviUe clrcbit-^Re*. P. H. RefcdV ~ Webster circuit -Rev. T, J.- Dawson. Casby circuit—Rev. D. Richardson. Morristown circuit—Rev. T. tt. West. Mossy Creek circuit:—Rev. M. Bewly. Rev. C, ,8- Long, A. Blf President of Candfer College ' Rev. T.' Fv Robeson, Trtnclpal Pai rotter:ir~ ■ Pai rollsville Hfg$i acVoof/ The gains during the past year within this Conference were 4.000, over 7u0 of which were within the bounds of thri Asheville District. 1 lit OUFEHIUK OUUKT—tlUUUlS AV EHT.— Tile Full Term of tin Superior, Court for thU county convenes yester day morning, Judge Avery presiding. Judge-A.charged the Otand Juryuni] tlien adjminted tint court mill! S.aO I*. M. In honor of tlie funeral services of Mrs. Vance. It gives us pleasure to state that Judge A. Ins given entire satlafaetloa through out the District, and we know the eveii Itended portion he deals out will win him new honors In Bunoombe. Death or Mrs. Gov. Vancb.—The sad Announcement readied here J»sl ' Sunday night of^ the death of this esti mable, lady In Raleigh, at 6 o'clock that evening, she haying removed to that place about two weeks previous. Hei remains came up the Western N. C. R. R. on a special train, reaching here Tuesday at noon, accompanied by the Governor and his children. Her funer al took, placa yeatpnlay Inorningi at 11 o'clock, at the Methodist church, Rev Dr. Miller* of Charlotte, Mrs. Vance’* old pastor, officiating at the special re quest of tins deceased lady The occas ion dre r forth at. large crowd of otu citizens,. who deeply sympathize with Governor Vance, in this sad affliction*. We arc Indebted to tlie Charlotte Ob server for tiro following sketch of Mis, Vance, And an account of her Illness V “At ttie close of the services at the First Presbyterian church, Sunday even ing, Rev. Dr. Miller announced that since coming Into the pulpit he had .re ceivcd a telegram which brought the sad intelligence of the death ol Mrs. Gov, Vance, In Raleigh, at & o'clock, l'hc announcement caused a pang of sorrow to many hearts gathered there, and will be received With universal. regrei througiiout the State; a noble Christian woman has died and her place caunol be easily tijled. * flirt*, iiitrnri iicncii t »iiuc »-*»v daughter of Rev. Thomas Espy, tt Pres byterian minister, who was a native oi Ohio, but married in tills State, am! pleached for several years at Salisbury witeie he died, and was buried, ilei mother was a descendant of the Tate family, one of the oldest in Burke come ty. Both ot her parents died within « ehort time ofeuch-other, leaving her a very young child- She was adoptedtrue raised by Mr. Charles McDowell, a die tant relative of Iter mother's family, 'who lived ill Burke county, about llvn miles from Morgunton. Site receiver! most of her education from lte\ . Join Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, am Miss Gould, a Northern lady, botli oi whom conducted schools, at differem times, in Morgaiiton. Very early in lift -she prolfewed reli;. ion and cpm.ectet herself with tlie Pi'esbyteriau cliurcli, it which faith .die died. Ill the year l&>i or 18&4 she was married toOov. Vance. In the Presbyterian church at Morgau ton. She is the mother of live sons, al Of whom are still living, except the eld est, who died very young and was buriei in Asheville. Rev. Mr. Espy was a bold, fearless ex plunder of The Truth, and his daughtei inherited from him a strength of ciikrac ter ami an earnest devotion to the eamu of religion which rendered her d liiosi valuable worker in the 'church. Firm il her convictions of truth she never al lowed ah opportunity to pass of lie pressing It upon those around her; al ways foremost In good works, she wn. .equally devoted to bet* family—a lovim and seif sacritlcing “Wile.and mother. For the last several years, as is kifbwr throughout the' State*. Mrs. Vance has been hm Invalid««d a great *Hfloretydtt ring all of which time she has borne her self with remarkable fortitude. It Inn been known for many months that slit could not recover, and her friends havt watched with pain ml solicitude'the ntv ages of the disease Every effort tlial human aid could command has beet made, hut nothing could stay the hand o the great destroyer; she sank; quietly tc rest Ip the fullest hope-of a blessed im mortality.’^ **. - *The spedalTmin carrying the reinaim I of Mrs. Vaice was met at Salisbury t>j ; 'Col.' Means, -df tTetr. * Vafcbt'v "Rev. ! Dr flitler, L. 8. OverinMh; theOoveriror’t private secretary, and by Da rid W. V%nce the Governor's son; at Statesville b) pl&vasJfetAfifc bers, Mrs. Wm. Allison and Col. W S Pearson: at Hickory by J. Q* Hall, Ksq'. -at Morgaatoa by Major and Mrs J. W. Wilson, Major and Jdr»; J.-Gv Bynora Mrs. Martha Jonas, Sica. MM-Chana ber», and Miss A. K. Pearson, all o« whoa accompanied them-to the head of the road Tns Maeiitta aid . Ilcirar Roap.— We are pleated to-leem that werk 01 this road ia progreteing moat sati.factor! jj._ There remains bat three-quarters o h'.'snila of grading to hr dene belweSi Murpbey anil the Cherokee line, and thii will be finished bytbe first of April next Trick ledaeing laid on the Georgia end o the line from Marietta to Canton, a die* tance of miles, and it is expected thi trains will be running to the.latter plact by the first or December after which timi a force or ITS bands -will be placed os the line from Canton to the North Caro Unadi», a distance of 05 milts. Personal —captain Mareellua Fn»| and (amity, left tide week for Alabama. Intending to spend the winter In tliqi State aud Team*. . Col. Joaepii Howell and family Mm 'tills Reek for AVkausas, whens Urn) will spend the winter. TUESDAY'S ELECTION. A Solid Democratic Con gressional Ticket Eleoted from North Carolina 1 KITCHEN WHIPS OUT ' THE NE8R0ES IN THE SECOND S DISTRICT! NEWS FROM OTHER STATES ' [Special DiwATento TarCrmiaiiJ ^ IUliioo, N. C., Not. 6th, 1878. "_ North Carolina all right. Kitch en, Dam., thought to be elected to Congress from the Second District by 600 majority. The Republican majority in thisT District at last election was 9,000. ■>' Wadded! s majority in the Wil mington District reduced. Dayu elected in the Wake Ois« trict by 2.600 majority. ’Franklin county gave Davis 1200 majority. Nothing dedal to from tile ttril, (Yeate*,) District. Dispatches_unintelligible from the North. Tammany is beaten tu New York. Talbott, Dem., elected Governor in Massaclmsets, beating - Boas'- Butler.- - Jothe-hard-moni--— ey State' tbe Democrats lose slight ly. The South is all right with probabje gains. — Senator Merrimon thinks the House will have about ■ 20 Demo ocratio majority. ' Capl. Ashe, Chairman State Deinecratio Committee, is elated over tbs result in the State and thinks tiie National House satisfac torily Bafe. There’is much rejoicing bere over Kitcbin's election and. Joe Turner's ’ great defeat. The Hopabicaus weot largely for Turner. . _X__ The New York Legislature is Republican, which re-elects Sena- j_L_ tor Conklin. - —: Nor Ymxow Fever.—It is now well settled that we arti'to imve no yeliow fever In upper East Tennessee. This mountain country furnishes no food for Unit disease. Every section lias Its own __ J ■peculiar »-lie lilies to* conteiuT with, how ever, and ours nt this season of the year seems to be colds and cough*. which. If neglected, run* Into consumption' and . death-. Cure your cold with tlm Great - Cough Remedy, Hyniphyz, and con sumption need uot be feared more in , this section than yellow fevor. T. S. Morrison, formerly of the firm of Morrison & Staples, will' now be found with 1. P. Sawyer, where he will be glad to see Ills friends, slid having . the largest stock hi Asheville to select, from, will guaraiiteo tu Sell them bar-' > gains, and in all oases soil- as el Leap as tint cheapest. - ; 3t* “f A CoLtlSV PBOM SwtTHftLAJID.—R. B. . -italic*, a*i.gwP.:.Jfaiy^oS- this . ,s just completed a survey of 71,0 *0 acres or laud ill -the counties'of Madison, Bay - wood asd Coels-souuty^-TeBBossoo^owaed 1 -by■Vveushreny, Esiji.’who designs intro ducing a colony from Switzerland- It i| r-presented as b-mg well adapted for stock raising and visejerds. gome of - :. aheftnset corn sM-wheat ia,tbs cn.emuj, has been raised on the tract this year;'. •• ••• Died from tub Effects of Liquor. —On Monday, i man imruod Daweey. a eltlaen of Burka oouuty. ami formerly anperior court clerk torthat- comity,' was taken III In (lilt place am) diet) a ' few lioura afterwards, -Iroin the effects of drinking.._ Dropped Dead.—Mr. W. Q. Lyda, ■Bed 11 yearn, a eltlaen qf Edueyrllle,' Hemleieon county, dropped dead la the •Irccttof HenderaonilUe, on Thursday nmruing H*i, thought tobe caused hy . heart dlaetiac. ; Van ,Odder k HaanioaT U the place to ! bay yiiurdarniiore. ' . Bay your UlaeltMalth Toole of Van j Gilder ft Haaaiou. -. J ~~t ■ Headquarter! for Farmers at Van OUr dare * llaaaaoa’a, the Agricultural lot-'
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