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T ' RETRENCHMENT AND REF4IIS.'
The war with the Indians promises:
to have art- end not long hence. The;
strikers have Hobsided, and' most of
them have gone to work. The South
is as docile a: a larnb, and as quiescent
as a strong man who, rests from his
labors, and no one desires a war with
a weak power like Mexico that - can
not take care of itself.' .. So, what do
we want with an army any way?.
' See what required to keep up the
presuui comparatively small force.
Over thirty-two million dollars are
y asked for by. ihe President. What a
hn;e tax ! What an incubus upon
the people ! . . , ';
." : A very! small force is all, that is
really needed enough to man the
forts' and arsenals, together 1 with a
.few frontier regiments. . That is all
that a Republic like ours can require.
The true defence rests with the peo
ple. The strong palladium5 of our
liberties, and our sure defence in time
of war are . the citizen soldiers the
brave and resolute spirits who are all
over our vast country. Let our coun
try's honor. be assailed; let real xian
gera threaten our people, and hun
dred. of . thousands of determined
; and gallant men would spring , to
their muskets to drive back the inva
der, and to uphold the prestige and
. .glory of our arms. t
: No, 5 no, 1 we need - no great army.
, Our sad experiences have taught 'us
l lbat the greatest4 peril that ever
- - . threatened the life of the Union and
i the cause of civil freedom was the
bayonets of machines pat in motion
' " by the will of one false, foresworn,
ambitious, traitor, who, to perpetuate
the rule of - his party, was ' ready .to
' overthrow .the : government of our
'fathers' and to destroy every .vested
right and every inalienable preroga
tfye of thei people. Y J " ' - -
This conutry has no mission that
leads to a war of; conquest. - It is set
for a light to the oppressed nationk
: ,of the world,! and neither aggrandize
rment nor'martial.' glory; shoqld ever
if beckon us on to . fields of blood and
Victory. ' ;
Probably it were wise and prudent
' jiist 'now not to cut down the army.
. But it is clearly to onr interests as a
onited people to enter at no remote
- time tipon a gradual- and certain re
. . d uctiob of our - force, until it. shall
not be-larger than it, was in I860 be
fore, the. two sections began that tre
mendous struggle. Ve would not
counsel rashness but moderation. We
would not listen to any promptings
but those of a broad and noble pa
triotism. . We would advise no meas
ures but those of practical twisdom
that bear directly upon,, the progress
' - and happiness and safety of the peo
ple, , We advocate no party measures
that are not prudent just, humane
and , patriotic , We, are .for true re-,
trenchmetit, for true economy,' for
l rue. reform.' ... - ' 'i , ';
f: The coIto(n report of the statistician
of the Agricnltaral Department of the
IXuite States for October; is outfit
J makes the average' . crop ' throughout
the, South -very, nearly equal to. that
of 18tC7wThis year it is 8i.i;agaihstl
82.3 bfj 1876. Ut makes tlie North
CaroHnaaveragef higher "than , last
' 'yearg placipg it at - 88. Wo believe
T this to be an error, if the accounts in
i onr exchanges can be relied upon. If
' the repotts from other Stales are as
. wide, of; the mark, the general average
; musi be inuch less ihan as given.
... '" ' ' . . " ' .. ;? :.-
Henry Clay eame very near being
elected PresidentrOnIy 5,000 more
. votes in New York and , he would
..have wonv " ' v i-.'f '..- :. -
v , - . k h. . vv : . t m. m mm m m.m . m m ' - r j v , i - . m . ' -mm i v ah k a ... .am. aw mm n k - .. m a. ...- v n
' The. outlook is -very 'encou raging;
If wisdom directs'' the councils of the
Democracy their triumph in . 1880 J is
absblnielassurwl,"vjThe victory jio,
Ohio: shows that their cause - has- been
strengthened by the events that'Ksjve
transpired since the elections of I8t6.
, Iff ja true the majority in the illoijs'e
ol Uepresenlativeii i. not", as. great
now as in the Fort yrFourth Oongr'ep,
but we are prepared to' believe i tqat
the , presen t ,'good ; workpig ? ma jpr it y 1
. will be increased by ealweq'aeiitelc
tionBi As to the" Senate-tho shbwi lg
is exhilarating. '- It is ue'r'tain tljat in
two years or a litLle, roorei ho Denid-
crats will not only. haves a r majority
. J W .v-I l l 1 1
jority.;Even now ' the .Repubfioaiis
only have siJL,Jby spme.thrfceuorVfoar
jDaajorityjs vsThey j iare ricftstroig
enough to obstrnet usefat'legjslaUan,1
as they axe vnot united. Enough bf
the more moderate Republican Senja-r,
tors wilt vote on conservative meas
ures with the' Democrats to insure
their passage. . - v: i s.
' Six Democratic Senators go out f)ri
March 4th 18t8iz: Baruum; Con
necticut) ; Gordon! (Georgia) '; Ac
Creery, (Kentucky) ; Dennis, (Mari-
land); Armstrong; (Missouri);, aiid
Merrimon, (North Carolina). Theke
States will return members ( of 'iae
e politics. The term. of . seiep-
teen Republican members expires dq
V. J , rri. . o. . . ....J' . f .
luo saijie Aue OLaies now; repre--
sented by those Senators will! uot'all
return men of the same politics. V tt,
is qonndently believed that Alabama,
California, Arkansas, --Florida,' Ohio1
and South Carolina will, return Deih
ocrats. Louisiana will send a Demo
crat also. . i So, according to an esti
mate of the St. Louis Repuhlicant the
Democrats will have. V: after March
4th, 1 879, thirty-nine members, wit
out counting doubtful State It says:
"If, however, Davis votes with the Dem
ocrats and Spofford and Butler are admit
ted, the senate will be Democratic by eight
majority,? even if Repnblicaa Senators
should be returned from Connecticut, Illi
nois. Indiaua. Nevada. New fXork. Ore
gon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."-! 5 -,
. Without- permitting Ourselves to'
take the most sanguine1 view,! we ace
certain . that the Democrats will haVe
a, majority in the body. .This shoves
a wonderful change in public ' senti
ment. In the last Congress although,,
their strength had been greatly di
minished, they had 43 members ,tp
the Democrats ; 29. . But after a year
or two . the change will be intensely'
marked. There will be enough left,,
however, to act as , pall-bearers wheh
. . ar- aj ' - -
tne liauicai - corpus is talcen out' to
the potter's field for interment.
'Sv":.t
' The victory Of the Russians in Asii
Minor is confirmedl . It; .was evident
ly very complete,and will change thp
entire aspect of affairs in that distant
country. It ia true the defeated Cerj
eral, Mukhtar Pasha,', tries ' to 'cover
up the extent of his disaster .toy aay
ing he had entered Kara 'with' -ode di
vision in order'-that" he- mfehttpre
pare to take ; revenue," but he .left
behind another division that hasbeei j
gouoieu ap. Mine oanie was eviqent-
ly .won by hard fighting,' add the fcek
suit reverses tue whole appearance pi
matters in Aeiaiio 1 urKey : j.t leaves
the Rossians now frTeeto operate 01
the wings,3 and "Ismail". Pasha if he
does . not retreat, wil I , probably u be
subjected to a fate like that jpf Mukhi
tar Pasha. It also libcrates'the'-'Rus-Bian
force at Ardahan, and they will
soon be engaged m active operations;
The French outlook becomes more
;om plicated 'iind gloomy, and reportf
re flying about of ''a 'pyr jibett c$ij
(Petal by MacMahoii; ;lriiSv?pnWii
can' aepntics. elect -will
be jSivtted ai
is to consider
once to assemble in Paris
the gravity of the situation and lb
e
policy of the party. Stbr my times j
we fear, are ahead, and the jf ClcricO-
Imperialist party, driven to!despera-
tioo, :r may
pjcipjlate " irvbluttbn
3oso the dngs of wiar. Bu
and turn loose
it is sim ply impossible to forecast t
h4
future Of France fdfooe 1 'dl
day.' The
The
is one of profound uneasiness,'
and bence business,, operations aro se
riously affected.? ? iM?
jt.iU-s'i-i
m "i r. :k 1
j
i
Marshal MaoMahon accepts'- the
situation very grimly. ' Whilst' ih0
people are, accusing the Ministry
madness, MacMahon is saytng. ; whai
he means to do;.':. He seems jio fegard
himself as the 'StateVandsHyM
will 5wso tbje Assembly aginjanol
again if it opposes his polic f oi that
is the . meaning of 1 his 'declarations
He is playipg a desperate game,' an3
.with a people that may not be forever
long-suffering and forbearing ,r !1
tr BlODEJttATIOsPI 19 VICTORY
.. . . Some men-are ; wise only inbattle
or in adversity: - Victory turns- theirs
T"
beadsj and . prbsperiiy Ypro've Jthpr
T&iH" It WtTbe '-tf'witn' afiarfe'
- " ! "S" v5gl iqr tne .yins", it may
show, great aggrpvp poweiy j,but
; when, successful iv may i throw away
the victory, t We trust it will rbt W
,o-wIth the Democratic party'.Vftl ia
laoi. ttiier seveiiLeen vfiars or wait.
ing? once more )n the .ascendant,
It
4,
-A.
It
jas.i,he; JHquse,.andli;after.JMarch
1 878it may: have the Senate also;
has' a' popular majdritbf 't ' least
three hundred triOusarid tn'tbh tTnin:
How
.will ituse its bower? Will
wisaoro, pracence,.ntegiity anp m d
tration: mark it$t triumphant oojar ie'
or will it be conspicuous for violeneej
truculelebilterDeas?M'",'5', r-. ' .1
Ve waht tb' Democratic party Ito
pontifi tp shape nd,vdirecV-tho des
tinies of pur great country." - We Re
cognize how much of the safety and
prosperity of the JpeopI ' depend) i
upon the' perpethit of 'Democatio
principles' . and " the ' continuance' pf
Dem,p3ratio po)icy.( jY boper,t,hete
fore,' that our leaders will be as cau
tious, as agaDtous -hs 'moderate, as
far-reaclunaifjrseeing in ara
thbrity as they were vigilant, earne it,"
aggressive and united an -defeat. Y r&
nope ihey witl b, ,bpar themselves irl'
th jir legislation and public utteratic es
:th(tiVhe vh6le1 bountryball see and
feel bow'greatvand if elicitoua . is th it
fat e that consigns ihe'desUnies' ot a
vait 'ahi'Hpidl Jgrowii'ebunt 'f
into the keeping of such a party? l'
iYe are led to make these remar :s
V ' ' ' ' ; -'i'iii- IvW J ii
oy reaaing certain opinions ano, spep
ulations- in some ; of onr Northern !ex-
- , h.t.-i ii-i-' s Of-Hii ! l"-J;-riiio. -h! -
changes. Our readers must have beon,
often ' impressed with the wisdoi a,
fairness, and, judgment' of ' the'iNew
York Journal h of Commerce, ; iwhose
opinions wet have, of ten copied in o
ou:' columns.; "It isp, feminpiflit y
cat itious, f rank and conservative p i
per in 'its HOiie. ItbblongLqri Oj
par ty, and, therefpre,' its.,fl tterane ss
are the more - weighty because n t
wa rped .by partisan bias 6rv pari y.
str !88. Referring to the Fortyflf I h
Coi igress,' it, among bther.Jremar j
:4,The Democratic majority in the ' Bbu le
should not flatter themselves that the'th o"
verdict is a 'vote of 'public confidence n,
thei' wisdom- and"' honesty,',5. or an atdetit
popular desire for a 1 vigorous 'Democratic
policy in that branch of Congress. - It eij -nifiea
no such thing. ; Jjocal and aide isau a
and 'party dissensions . growing out of the
reaioent, civil service, ajad boutbern po.
iciea, caused the xtepnblicaij oefeat In (Jin
It ndeans that the, President' for. xma reasc
and laobtber.. has failed to secure the beari
support of his .old political friends a;tht
State. But from this it bv no means lot-
lows! that thejooenQf hio or other (lateRfc-.
publican) btatea are ready Jbr a great ma
jority to turn over the whole conduct bf f
national affairs to the present tribe of Den
ocraiic 'statesmen in or 6nt of Congress.. A'
Democratic victory in New Tork,"or Veh
in Pennsylvania, next month, cduld'hbtbp.
so interpreted in trntn..-. It would imeao id
difference to, .or : dissatisfaction with, tbje
existing order of things political; f or varidiis
reasons, but not a perftct confidence in ithfe
sagafcity, and integrity of , those who lead the
uemocratic party.ln JNional or State cap
naiens." 'And we' Warn' the' DemOcfatM. i
'Coniresy not; 'to build 6o 'fextravagantl,
upoq tne resuit in unto, astney are in aan
cer of doing. i we! mav jadge- Vfi-om th
.Washington reports, If Uly wish to aho
themselTea , worthy of .renewed and ,, it
creased, trust, they will ' particularly .avoid
the exhibition of riartteanshin at the extra
sessibn ttoWabtfu't tifk conVeite'V -i V:" '
TiiE WA upor n&nm.,, ,; j
is ' tfb:'b'ealtf'tfi'a't,io'ee, is to
be a general ' mbvemen Valbust '.the
whole. Radical line against President I
Haves'; jsjtrid l.hipolicyj P ebbnbila-
tion and civil service reform. Ih
tone of man yi leading liadicaL paper
the
eringsa.
a
tbe starting'ipf ?an- anti-Hayes ipaper
at the". Capital oX the country, the
position qf ponWling and others o
tne uostiie,aii go to snow that war
is 4 ' J'4"e Upon t,he ,'A'dininistra-
It ,. vi;m ij ! ?..i j
Now what,.do, they pipposc , to do ?
Wilt they inBiStptjrr"Testoring the
carpet-Daggers to., tneir oia piacei
that they jnayi plunder -and1 waste ai
'Wt,
ife'PifttWSSTj'W
take! possession oi ithe! Capitols ah
plaettheiVd&
guaiianship;)f te cjQfpqraiof 1 the .
guarjd and his bayonets? 7 Will they
jrestQr.q rgifrjB;jn .tAjmqfltJMiaiPKr
pe Hamptbhi drlvev o'dt, Vance f'aio4
pot i a Holden instair. Packard;an4
?end Njchoiisv ?ntp fjwcedi retirement?
Tliia'Ss &U nons.ensfc' 'for .that 'Sort- of
vi---i- Say W -:-xmI1 -flL tWl' l rf'' -t
the grave crimes, oLGraot wouMi. in.
coraparjed jWith which the late riotous
8ceneH'lfa9.lfo)!tn-;wet7bHVle
, , h ; i -.1 t. K 1.1JJ 'Jil.- ii, ,-l4ll:-' ,,
ing pastimeswo. s - .
Bnt 'the "extremists do - mean mis-
chief if they can bring it about. Read
oh is-cbntinehtl&bfelrtiobt
bow some of the Radical sheets fume
-ji'r.. , .,- , , . ...... ....... . ...
.fairly pver : '.the visit of Stephens and"
.Toombs,, to" the White .House. In
their .eyes H. is a greatcrime fox two
.bjBjstoj "call npjon the President of
he United Statea, twelve years and
half after the,war. Tbe Presidenll is
charged with extreme partiality for
"rebels," because JTr, Stephens, being
an invalid, sat in the carriage and tbe
president, kindly. came out and talked
with him. R.eadtliis, from the Wash
ington correspondent of the Radical
Globe-J?ejnowatt h( Si. Louis;., . '
. "The maddest man 1 met id W&fthimrtL.ti
Ltd day was a 'Republican ex Cosrressmau
nuuAmp; aou uie 8U0ect of Uis-ludigoa-tion
was the cordial recentinn o-Ivhti ; ui
KTObAtbs; ot Qeorgl, 'at the White . Hoiise
lihe oihej day,' My informant L slated that
wuiie,he and oh(t$ Republicans were wait
ing ia the' President's ante-chamber a few
-day "SV .TotMnfli-jsoaS lllS C&tO
the door below. The President Was riot7'
content to ask Jtiarirp-, but wentdown to
the f rpnt door and welcomed the arch rebel
as if fie had been a long-lost brother. The
'two remained' together a long Uine and it
was impossible to see the President that
afternoon. "These things don't look well.?
said the-indignant Republican, 'bat I guess
iwecah'ti help it j these Southern fellows
have got Hayes, body and breeches.' This
is only one instance of many that might be
given id show the President's new-bbrn
partiality for the ; erring- brothers of the
South It is a notorious fact here than an
ex-rebel General 7 can get an andience at
the, ; . White House quicker . than , anybody
else. ' I 9 1 . ,.. , . . i
r ; Nolw, after reading that precious
mess bf falsehood and truth mingled
punnihgly;, read what Gen. Boynton
say8;pf Grant .and his future pros-
'pectsJ The following was published
in i the Cincinnati Gazette: !
"fwose are not few who talk of bringing
Qeheril Grant into the field for the next
, jace. J The. . men ; who propose . this have,
among them some skilled organizers and
manipblalors of the party. k They believe
that the triumphs of the solid South, and
the prominent reappearance upon the polit
ical eUlge pt the' leaders of the rebellion,
will haVe bo disgusted the North,' long be
fore the next Republican Convention, that
such a name as Grant will be needed by the
party, ind that under his banner Republic
' cans ci n conquer again. The signs.are nu
meroui ; that there is much ia this raove
ment, and its foundations are being laid by
men whoso trade ia politics." 1
' " All this" shows how jealous and
vindictive is Radicalism, and how im
portant it is that the Democrats
shoul( be prudent, wary and wise. i
i Senator Merrimon, of this State,
baa in produced a very necessary and
impor ant bill into the Senate in rela
tion 1 1 a vacancies occurring In the
'oces of President and Vice Presi
dentof the United States. Onr past
;experi jnce has been anch as to make
piaiu iue ueiectsan our system, ana
Judge! M. proposes to remedy at least
pue of! them.
PIekpelcet.
Pickpockets make it convenient to be on
hand at.all agricultural fairs, and the one at
Raleigh this, week was no exception to the
general Jrule in this particular. The Asso
ciate of the Carolina Farmer gave us, yes
ferday, 'ji brief account of his experience
ith- thp; light-fingered gentry. it was at
tha depbt at Raleigh, Wednesday migh
while the vast . crowd .were pressing and '
.pushing to, get pat of the jam; that he felt a
light , touch in the region of his larboard'
breast - octet, and the next moment dis
covered that a bundle of Farmers had dis
appeare I. He glanced quickly around
him, bu everybody seemed to look perfect
ly in hob :nt and' respectable, so he resolved
to treat 1 be matter pbilosophibaily and let
the-felloiv make the most of his prize. - He
resuied'" bi' efforts to extricate "him
.selt,.Ifrqu .the .jam and. the . next mo
ment ; il elth another mysterious tug in
the region f of his starboard breast
pocket, ; indjnpon . investigation Vit turned,
out that: this time the thief had got his clay'
pipeba ; of tobacco, a roll of delinquent
newspap er accounts and V a Email package
bf hiank memorandum paper.,: This second
ossfmadb the ' Associate1 fee! quite desper-
av the pickpocket was the worst imposed
.upon individual of the two,: and he wended
hls,way,buite contentedly to his hotel. f
A Trlpjio tbe noontaln.
l' A gebtleman of this biiy 1 informs us that
he sp nil last v Sunday Xuigbt on Mitchell's
Peak, He left Asheville pn Saturday morn
ing, and arrived ntja house, at tbe base of
the? mountain,' just j. as the sun was gofng
day heepeDt in going tip the mountain; a
distance of twelve, miles, which is quite an
ujadertaiing-when the roughness of the
.travel isjeonfeidered. - Here he spent Suni-
&fy nlgm i'p va feniail hut, wilh la throuf
Igetatsbakiiigliaib failing, while
icicles au large1 as a man's wi 1st were penr-
dani Jfrbm'every pfpjec
TW8BW'iHhtoii;a rough bench in
a corner of the room by a rousing fire, and
htrmirfea4 the lines bf ihe bld ditty; swilh a
, lig(h ..yaf iAtipnt',,5'RaUt. come wet me and
.fire comet dry me." ". Monday morning, sat
PlsSed with his short experience in the high-
vf. lamuiB, uo.blbiiuu uuwu tut; uiuumaio,
after haying bad. ; fine view; which Was
cut short-py dense fog and arrived safely
at Asheville that nighQ, ,-;r . , j , ; j
i vThefaiiaie to form the Second Battalion',
N. C 8. G.. into a reciment and elect offl-
q;,ir; t. n-f. z--., .-L ----- t 1 I
cera for the same, wnicn . was expectca to t
iakeharlos the presence of .thV Bat
talidb id Ealeigb, was owing to the fact that
both the' First and Second Battalions claim
to have .the requisite number of companiei
to form a regiment, and the question as to
which is to be the First Regiment is now
I under advisement by the Ad jutant General.
Haae-Breakl0K and Bebberv.
.The bouse! of Sir. Abram Williams,
re-
t-
siding about two miles this side of WrigBt 8-
ville Sound, rin this county, was broken
open and robbed on Wednesday last, be
tween t and 3 o'clock. . It seems that lira;
Williams, her husband being absent f rbm
home at the time, locked op her bouse and
started to visit a neighbor, who lived but a
4 abort distance from, her home. , She . had
proceeded about a quarter of a mile on her
way when her attention . was attracted jby
the furious barking of her dbg; which fhe
had left chained in the yard., Feafing'tjiat
something was wrong she hastily irtlraded
her steps, and, , upon;, arriving at . bomeV'
found that, her back door bad been bat'
tered in, her trunk broken open, and $2djb
silver and t6 in greenbacks takeVi Iherefr
which;-with a fine $90 rifle and a alioi
and pouch, 4 bad been carried off 1 by
thief. Itjs! supposed 4hat. the latter ;
Mrs.. Williams as , she :'was. hurrying
ifflnc. jtnd.K?mg.j!ftiratwii to-a thick swa:
a short distance in the rear of the'-house
where he could easily conceal himself--
-The money taken was-the property of
Mrs.. Williams , being ! her 1 own savin, jawl
Anothfir lriink. whih rnntninoft enmn
money belonging tb her husband, was; not'
moiesieu, owing uouoiess 10 me speeuy re
turn pf Mrs.' Williams, which but short' tie
thief s operatiooa, 'J-, J i ! Vy Hpi
Mr W illiams is : unabld to Bay LWhetll er
any oper articles, besides the above were
taken or not, as he was too excited . upon,
learning ; the fact of the robbery to make a
'thoroueu' InvestiiniUbiiil J. ". v ' : " I -
1 - The - trigger to . the ' rifle mentioned !as
among the articles stolen' Is 'broken) ahd
will consequently have to be repaired bc-
fore the weapon can be used,, .which fact
may eventually lead to the detection of tue
thief. '-: ' frviil Azr;
The beam bf a plow about three' feetlin
length, was found near the back steps; aid
was no doubt used by the. thief in batterihg
open tbe door. . I
Profeasor Cooke In a New Rie." ;
A passenger on the Northern train ejs-
terday evening informs; ua of a ,set-tp',:
that occurred at a hotel in GMdsboro.'ya-)i
terday morning, about 10 o'clock, between
the "Exposer, of Spirilualism," in which
the former is said to have come out secofid
best ' It seems that during the performance
Thursday night .the Professor held'in his.
hands four cards, one of which he- named
Hampton, another Vance,; another Hayes,''
and the fourth Grant, and asked the ' abdi
ence which of the four they would prefer
to see first, conveying the impreajion that
he would bring forth the bbosen , one to
the view of the audience by some spiritual
istic agency, but really intending to perpe
trate a joke.' One of the audience immedi
ately sang out, "Let it be Hampton. The
Professor then coolly , replied, ''Wellsir,
go up to Raleigh, where he is now in at
tendance upon the State Fair, and you wijl
be apt to see him." This answer was taktin
by the gentleman as a personal affront; and
he called at the hotel where the : Professor
was stopping, yesterday morning, and de
manded an apology of that gentlemaji,
which was refused, whereupon the irate cit
izen "went for" the exposer of spiritualism
and a struggle ensued,' which was finally
Interrupted by the interference of the1 po-'
lice, who separated the parties, taking IbV
citizen outside, who shook bis fist revenge
fully at the Professor as he was borne jfrpin
tha field, say mg he would settle with huh
another time)' while the excited Cooke. tbdk
a position 6n tbe stairsteps and shouted'' to
the policeman to 'Let him cornel Let hi n
come again 1", '. ',: ;." '.ifti .! j. :
Vletory Tor
the WllmlustOn Llent
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Inrantrir. ,;.:;:" - f
A special dUpatch to the Stah, received
last night, brings the, gratifying intelligence
that "the Wilmington Light Infantryy, wop
the champion flag at the shooting .match ota
the Fair' Grounds at Raleigh," yesterday, by
a score of 48 out of 75, and Richard IL
Grant, Jr., of this company, -won the' prize
rifle for the best individual average. -.Throe
cheers for the Wilmington Light Infanliy!
By the way thjs reminds vls 01 a. . htt
anecdote we saw if Wednesday's Newberp
NutshMl 1 to; the 4 following ) effec?:'-'6dr
boy9'win MingbacK tne flag.' ' Mark om
la.-. : I
irediction!" "!. lff.fi ..fif'l .
. The military wiU probably return ite-
iuuriuw, tb uciug luipoasime, ip. gc irau;-
poriaiion ueiore. r . . ,
y. mm-m''ii "-"! ''
Another Care for nipliibprlai .. o I
( The Greensboro', Patriot publishes, a nev
remeuy lor uipmueria, wuicu nas jirpyep
successful ' in the 'practice ' T6t 'Dr.. i.L
.Strong, an eminent physician of ' Mccklenr-
burgcountyj;: The: remedy has proved efHp
cacious in nearly every ; case, and is as fol
lows j , n., -. .. ' !?;.;' .fi;; t
"1 "Boil two diachms of plug tobacco, ih
one quart of water down to one pint,' then
add one drachm of powdered: red., pepper,
one teaspoon ful " of salt and', ten drops'of
.carbolic acid. ..Shake well amd apply with
a feather, brush or mop ; to .the .throat 'of
thepatleot. ' ' " ;.rjW:'4' I
ma. 1 1 J I '': ' - J
; i " ine aiei snouia oe ricu ana nuinuons,
such as milk, eggs, beef or mutton essence,
cnicKen soup, esc."
8haotlne.ora Prisoner. fa h-szavsj
s We learn, from a party from Florenceq. 1
C, that ;Gilbert Telfair, formerly a well
known colored plastererbf tiiii ciiyiHija.
acting Very'disordjsriyin Ihat plabjoh
Thursday afternoon list,' when apoilceman
bj the name of Fielaite'mpte arrat 1
mm. .leiiair, wao is appwerint man, as
many of our police officers here have occai
sipn to know, resisted the biSceii knocking
hini down'twic. when .meUer drew hk
! pistol and Bhpthim in the thigbiby which
he was disabled and then taken to the guard j
hotis&-7The office took deliberate almijat
his legs, noi wishiag to kill him.T ; i V,n, j
t' m i' " ' j r" 1 1. r 1 ' 'Ji.i, I
v i -r A neat and bandfcomely t fur
nished parsonage has ' been - provided fl at
Charlotte for the Lutheran minister, -
? M ; ThAEipUeopalOoaventlen. l
- . iNew York Herald. -j i
-The aim of tne Convention, judged
by: the' discussions,' seems to be f to
arouse the members, and throukrh
!j them t their respective . s dioceses ;t&
larger conceptions ot the work before
the Church The 'dispro'portlone
tween the age and -'membership joT
this Church and other denominatipnV
in tbe,Pnit'ed!State8 is seen andfelt
more to-day, perhaps, than ever te-i
for by churchmen themselves as weU
a"others.-JM Clj
I .While the' membership ot thePfo1-
ytenb y.Ppiscbpi, Churchy af terl a;
coupie pt centuries'; grow th on 1 he.
Soil of Ihia'continftrit.- 'Acid rint. 'nniii.
ber 'ibreevvhundfbd'tbb&aad bouIs,,
,l, i 1 1' U -
mo juciuuuiaisi wuoui .a Jumiiury nave
quadrupled .that . number...tlie-,.Prefe-.
,byterians have doubled it, and the
xapusts nave nearly treoieait. rnerp;
must be 'Some asufficteaiiraiidi ptebf
cause for this discreoancvJ-i ! Whatlit
vs ana no Wrto remove iMtas fleen .the
important inquiry, ot many minds 'in
the Church for1 yearns ast. , ' y' ' I
h v e- gainer irom ' tno; discussions an
thp C6nvention!that some ; of the'de
pbties trace this bnditipii jbf j.things
tp'thptpo large dioee.sba now copsit
ted land two few bishops;:-They haile
therefore' -introduced -their remedy
and had it indorsed' bj(KbpnYejiV
tion to the extent, of making two new
dioceses in Illinois' and : one in Yif-n
ginja, and providing for ? tho setting
off " of , , "missionary ; jurtsdictions'l ri
other S.tktes and ,1 emtories. .Others
again' beheveAthat'! the Church bps
failednCodvanceTirfiropSrtiou to its
agej wealth; and respectability aaji
pught because of its too . ereat con
servatism Hence they want to strike1
uub a nbbie i iu 10 unu mere, as OKupi
denominations do in departing from
established forms attd usages. ilxThiyj
want eVjangelistSj riQt necessarily life"
'Me4sfs:,.. jMpb.dy ;:and ..Sankey, but5
churebmen willVdo b'theu work that3
those men have done and , are doing
tP afbnse the careless and the impeni
tent; tThey Want a. larger liberty, al
jtpwed tQ pie rgymeji ,in.theu$e otjie
prayers .- and. m other , scrvices-'of ntne
Church: 'They want-more .'Jife'but
into all 'the1 services' of the fcSurch.
auu a greater auaption to. tne . wants
,bi the people of this, land, and thy
want the old -order of deaconesses re
vived and aisterhobds' : added ;tP ittje
.cburch.-; Ah
ifiuw progress. ui tne uenominauQQ v
the enstom which t has grown up f
selling pews and sitlihffs in churches.
They therefore have offered '. resolp"
iions anu.memonais calling- ror , no
abolishment of this custom and a r'e4
turn to the old and 'apostolic plaq of
a free Gospet fbr all;in ' -
Wonderful "Slate tffniinjjT&mons be
' : Selentlfie SDlrltnailata. . 1
From the Le'ndbb Spe October 9.
tLi f 4iaibit mrp nroe el''a riMvara rinnin
auv mMug nno uv iiravo uvuac
iht' Richmond on "the 21st) of last
month.: j Two ladies, and three gen-'
tlemen were present, besides myself,
and ' theL medidm, Dr. Mohck. -A
Bhaded catidle 'Was in thb Toom,' giv-.
ing light sufficient to see every objept
on , the,, table,, round which we' saj;.
Four small and" common slates were
6ii 'tiieabt OT these I chose 'w,'
and' after darefullv " cleaninci' 1 -ankl
ml CM
placing: a snialh fragment of pencil
between them, 1 tied them togetpojr,
with a strong cord, passed around i
.thierir bbtiiengJtbiVys iind cr0sswisei
so as enectuauy to prevent tne states
from moving on each other., '. Itheti
laid them fiat 011 nhe table, withbnjt
ldsirMkishtbf ! tbemPf or: ati : instants
r.Monckla
.bands an tnemW;bil,e;-tI and;a lady.
Bitting opposite me placed our hands
otf the iporners'of the aes'.;dFrbm,
thisipWtio put hatftfe werbeybr
mpve4 till X- untied them' to asbbirtaib
the resulUf 4 After tWaiting; a minute'
bf twof Dr.- Mpnck asked me to.name
any short 'word I 'wished to , be writ--ten.
on the sla'e. 1 I , named thp word
MCrbd.'f .1 He tben asked me to .1 say
how -I r wishodi: it written. I re
plied length ways f of i! the5; slatjj'
then if I wished ' it written wltn
a large"or 8maTr'Rg,,r and (I chosia
a capital "Oh" 1 In a very eh ort time
wnting was heard . on the slate. ,Thb
m nma' - Won a' vttaa AnnnfaVif Alir'
witbdrawn and I itheri myself' un
tied tbe cord (which was a strong silk
watch guard, .lent by one-of: the visi
tors), and on opening tbe slates found
on the lower one the word thad asked
fbr,.wiritten inlthe manner I badre
qnestedjdhe writing being somewhat
faint and labored, but; perfectly legi
ble.! The, slate with the writrngon rt
is now in niy possession.' Tne essenf
tial features of this experiment !afej:
That I myself cleaned and tied up the
slates, that 1 kept my .hand Jou them
all the time, .that they never, went put
out of ray sight for a moment',' and
that IJnamed the word to "be written
sod the manner of writing on it after
they were thus secured and, held, b
me. Lajik. ipwail
explained, and what interpretation is
to b blac'ed ubn- tbem ?:1 t
: -1 ww presenti pn,thia; occasion, and
certify that Mr.Wallace's account pp
whit, happehed is correct. r .f . V f
ttuct-o EfJwlKb 'J; - Biimirtei I
turned from urope,'and will begin his
representation i at Booth s Theatre, ie w
York, under,
the 20th
nOveusL:
m nnn.nd K!m IA: A hiaviaa .
kuu)uui)t uuu IVAUUUH.O, t , . ,
. i mmm mm mmi I '
4M:
Mrs; XUtom baa fteeh -livinst .for
I some -.lime past, quietly, .at .her house rin
f Brooklyn. 'A'gehtleman-who is Well ' ic-
quaiviea wiuvner; sou mer nusoana t says
that about a week ago he saw ;Mt. Tiltph
paying a visit at Sirs. Tiltoa's hduse.'where
be remained several hours. i - , '
Jor Daly's management,. on
" Inst. Mr.: B? li. Farleon: the
::MnTJeffer8on' 7 son -in-law,: ;ac4-
i. . . s-
Spirits ; Turpentmb.
Father Evans says .Tip CarsOn
killed a peck of tobbacp worms by tonbbing
the tobacco With'gyntpson wced blosso ms."
, --Atmercbant at Charlotte pame
near"being shot whilst entering the window
pf his o wq store, : it is better to go in at the
door. rZMAkm;,
aim w luon-jiavaneeimmtaM tbe tvf.iU
public agaiust an imposter calling buaeelf ::: :
John F. Weigand, ai4.;claiming.. to b anJ K
agent of .Steiq wray fc Ca of.lSIew York. t -1
uen. Miles should: .give Gen. ;
uowara ao miroaoction to Uhief "Josephs -v
bTAR. .Gen. Howard doubtieas: pre f era
Jpsej fo , be, kept; J'mUes' dialMMilton
T The Grand Lod ere f colored i No.
3, of the .Independent Urder of Good Sa
. - . O. . M ?
maritans : and Daughters of Samaria; , of
America; r meetih 'Raleigh (fourth anjuual
session; on the l&ln at October.
. Hev. John IM, JBrooks, one: of
tha moat scholarly ministers of the North
Carolina Conference, and" one of the best
.writers toofc hss fleeehily delivered an . ex--
cenent series of sermons.on the "lieligious
'lramihg of t hikiren" at NeWbern. These
sermoha bsvv4eoa -i Dubliahed in, tho Mem-
oermcmi
... .' ikciiisyjue .times: same or tonr
. n .! r . .Mi n::. . . n - i- .--'l
citizens jare bying coal for their Winter (aae.'
. x..ucy say h is cueaper tnau w-ooa; at f3 per
coru.., rsir. vi. u; Wash, ot thiscdun-
ty, brought us lim week a bunch of Ger-
map millet six .feet twp inches , Jiigh; iiier
says Ue seeded poo and a half acres and the ,
y leiU' was-three and a hall tons to the acre.
' Ki.-JKainijcTw
mg for the third ' prize a militarr
sented by -the Whiting Arms Company, V
ana tor ine iourtu; prize, -a black plume,
was continued yesterday by those who! on
th6' day before, had made the shots. 8er
geant J. C'Vann, u Company A,: 2d Bat- . .
talion, wqu the rifle aid private J Y. Pa- -ris,'of
Company F,'lst jBttaliOn, won the
ipluneaj vi :m.;:u; io. b -z mmyif3 i :.y
Fayetteyiile! Gtev M J.M
Pearce drove, down to thp Baptist . Chui ch,
last Tpesday-rright,' and while in the church ?
some malicious, cowardly scoundrel cut his p 5
harness all to pieces..; j Mr. A. A. Mo-;
Kethan,1 Sr; was thrown from a buggj; a
shoiWime since, and badly injured; thodgh ; -we
are glad to know that he is able to be up ' .
and aboUt'He was considerably bruised P
and had his collar bon ; dislocated.. . - -
-rfr Elizabeth City Economist: TbeT ;
D. S. canal improvement has bright pr t-
pects of success. - Its accomplishment uill ;
bring into use for, agricultural purposes he
rich '" labds of the Diemal Swamp. , -This
is the1 J;weekJ of the' Federal Coiirt,
Judge Brooks presiding. , It adjourned on
Tuesday morning. -4-.We are pleased to :
learta, by authority, that the Chowan Bap
tist , Female . Institute. I, at r; Murfreesbcro.
.commenced its new session last week, with
encouraging prospects land an increase of -
PUpilS. , j ?j . , .iJ-fj : r ; J .' :i
Some time ago Hill. & Skinkpir, ,
of RTchmond,"V"a.V'Bold a large let of Grm
ville county,- Nv C, fine) tobacco, - Althot gh i?
tobacco is very low tbe prices r ranged. For j ?
lots of from 1,000 to 2,100 pounds, at frjm
$29 to $40 per hundred. We mention only 1
a few of the sales: Ik. L. . Winston jot i
$811.83'. for 1,523 pounds: R.: A.Lvoa irot t-
$733.81 for 2,047 poonds; W: D. Pleasatots f
got $501-59 lor 1,663 pounds.' .'.Three yekre
ngu uiujr w.uuiu uive reuiveu, uouojb uiib..
There are almost daily, sales at from $30 to
? i i Newbery Nut Shelly. Only sm ill
lots - of :-cora . chaneed bands vesterduv" t . '
Market firm at 80 cents per -busbeL:' -4--
The schools at the Kewbern Academy,- ive
are happy to learn,' are progressing - fine !y. ?
There are about 125 scholars in attendan ce . -so
far, ahd tbe number is increasing. :
Remember girls, ther ' are tbirty-thtee T V ;
thousand o .nine - nundred -and fifty-tbiee . t
mortf' women taa taea -'-iin North CaroKiiia. :
and improve your' time that JyOU may dot ' ,.
uu uut , oi iue -ueariy iniriy inousanu wao
are destined to die old maids, n j a .1
' Salisbufy":'rcAman ;We hea d f ;
of one man bringing thirty-eight pounds bf c
this year's tobacco to town and selling it fur
enough money to pay for one circus ticket.
Small change Was something to that- main.- : ' .
'A man, watching the street procession i :
p( t,he circua last Saturday, declared that
it was a moral circus because one of. t ie
cases bad a picture of "Daniel in the lion's i
tden," and another had a picture of ;"Daviid ':
pulling the lion's mouth penj Tl le x '
llethodist congregation, worshipped inthdr .
newly" constructed and enlarged church laBt
unday;,':,- uiW'mh 'j ' '
i -w. Milton? MshroniklefJ Selling out i
the only male academy in town. Better ad- ; :
Vertise for af flrst-dass teaeber; with a tbraa
ng machibtH add1 a 1 gallows - combined, ;o j ?
"amuse" tb e boy-ien, -' Tobacco sate
from frost and crop and quality 'good. U; :
The people of this entire, county will heir
with rt-fi?onr.fl ftoHMwi nf IKH flpnfh nf fion
Thomas W. Graves, whb "breathed ' his lat f : '
on. Monday; aind whose-; remains were m
terred Tuesday with Misonib'bonors. . He ' i
died in the 87th year of 'his age,- and h
oeen one ot our most userul and prominent , '
citizens., :.bwuc:--.;:yi3rtib
- t Chariottb ' Observer :: ,We under- ;
uersiana mat vole s strictly . moral ore is :
had an immense crowd at StalesvilleyesU r-
day. . Federal Courtis in session at States
villle this week and all the mountains are "
there. The clown never had a crowd In , : - '
hia life among.which he Won so many sin- ; ..'
cere admirers. .: A wagon load of peo
ple who broaght liotbing whatever to sel l, ; V
arrived iu the;; city r yesterday afternoo i, ;
from Davidson couaty. for the purpose of : r
attending the circus to-day; v Five hundred f i
,an4 nEty-T6ix.balespf cotton were sold . In M v
this maraet yesterday.
' E.MrHale's'Kbs
w York icorrefi-
pondencein1 Kaleign Obserter: l have just
.returned from a wedding, one:in which! I
was strongly interested, and in which sonjie
ot you readers will be interested, since the
bride is a 'descendant ot ,a Scottish . Cae
Pear, family, and the bridegroom bearsl a
Scottish name. The bride, Miss Isabel IX
WaUs, . daughter ,-of the late . Rev. ; Mr. -
Watts, of Mecklcnbure county.' and erana-
Ldaughter of John , McMillan,' who,- three . v
quartefs pi a century agjo was , the junior
'member of Ihe large -importing bouse bf
Donaldson McMillan, id Fayettevillb.
She is thqniece sand adbpted daughter of "
mv old friends. General land Mra: ' (!hnrlin
iny old friends. General land Mrs.' Charles
jc. lA-iogsouryoi ine unite a states. Army,
wno nave resiaed - in urooKiyn ror sonke
'vears Dast;"The' bridetrroom ia iMrrlTeriitv
McKay: pronounced here McKa, and nbt
Mcixoy. as - with s). ;rhey were a fine
looking eotrple.t 5 ! " "(- '-' '
, VaulBS:toiilNoiea; "
'lSalfltoortl'Btfa
Several "of the .members of the Mil
8onn delegation called on be Presij
;dent to-day, and in conversation ar
anredbiin of their support in 'all pro-
per'tneasures-f? :; ( '"'":' I ;
; r, Senator Christiahcy was tendered
the vacant judgeship pf the eixtb ci
cuit, but deolined. - , , . : :'
cretary of State, nowcJield by Mrl '
ronn &. Lamppen, wno m to be giver
U Europari'consnlate,wa8 bffered'bi
t , . r ... . i . . .
beiPreaident:io"$fe Robert Iancolnl
.tbe, eldest son of . the late President
Lincoln.- Mr. '.Lincoln'- has declinec
the offer.' - ; ' J
.What, looks neater than calico?
tezo x or K Picayune. The girl inside o
n. ; jjeiTou jfree jrresa.
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