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; A NEW VIEW,
Mr. Walter H. Page, n the Raleigh
Observer, h&s a column article, that
takes a somewhat neW view of our
educational system. He arraigns our
colleges and high, schools for the
great defects in their educational
methods. His complaint appears to
be summed up in the statement that
.u. . JMK-l'n.l
thinkeis. He says he has for twelve
yearn ieeu gathering a list of boys
who were educated at' our colleges
and high schools. We quote:
"Tbeie are nearly five huDdred whose
Dames I have before me, and opposite each
name is written down such infoimation of
heir career during these years as I have
been able to gather. Here, then, are four
or five hundred North Carolinians; they
coin prise graduates of each of our four col
legesthe University, Davidson, Trinity
and Wake Forrest and a large number
have been students of our best preparatory
schools .Bingham's, Horner's, &c."
According to Mr. Page there are
do scholars and men of high abilities
among them. We quote further:
"Now these meD, in the i main, are very
successf ulin their various ways. They are
U3ef ul and excellent citizens, and even ac
knowledged leaders, in some cases, of pub
lic opinion. But where are the scholars and
the thinkers among them? Where is even
the promise of scholarship and thought?
Have they acquired the habit of high
thinking? What will they leave of great
intellectual attainment and of enduring
thought that will make their time greater
vhan the time before? Will they work any
permanent advancement in our civiliza
tioo?" 1 . r
We do not know what names are
in his list, but many logical thinkers,
soma good scholars, some line wri
ters, some able statesmen, some pro
found lawyers, have been educated
at oar colleges. We published last
year a long list of eminent men who
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uau uccu cuuuau b iub uuiversiby..
Some of these have national reputa
tions. There are no Bacons, or Shake
speares, or Barrows, j or Chilling-
worths, or Sir William iHamiltous, or
Grotes, or Miltons, or Tennysons, or
Faradays, among them,- bot there
are men of real scholarship and
marked abilities and admirably disci
plined
minds. But Mr. Page says
further
"Of course, out of these five hundred
men that have had the advantages of our
euucauonai eysiem toe greater number are
all that they proposed or desired to be
faithful preachers, not theologians, money
making lawers, not legal scholars, and so on.
Surely this is as it ought to be. But are
we never to have men thai! can be preach
ers and; great theologians, lawyers and
great legal scholars, teachers and great
mastersjof great subjects? Or if that be
impossible among us, are we never to have
men that are simply great scholars men
that can make a literatureifor us?"
i We respectfully submit that any
--institution that has produced Buch
,lawyers as the late B. F. Moore and
Judge Murphy, not to mention a
"vio, vi ouuu j Buuui rs auu
theologians as the late Rev. William
I Hooper, or Professor Charles Phillips,
not to mention scores of others men
of solid learning, and who were
trained to think severely and "logi
cally 'j cannot be said to be
a lamentable failure, or to be
without efficiency and excellence in
its educational methods. One of the
acutest thiBkers in pur country is
t-eneral Clingman,and he is an alum
nusof the Univereity. I He has ren
dered excellent service in puncturinc
the sophistical bladders of some of
those famous European "thinkers and
scholars" who have afflicted the world
with their wild theories and ingeni
ous rauacies. '
Mr1 Pap's article may do good
"ubtuereisa vein of; unmistakable
disparagement running all through
v,. ecause Chapel Hill and David
son and other institutions have not
done as well as Oxford and Cam
bridge, or Gottinsen and Heidelhero-'
they are to be condemned The test
of the excellence of an institution i
f Mi y y ni r j n k .v' h p.
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vol. io;
that it turns out world-wide famous
"scholars and thinkeis" who can
"make a literature,! at once splendid
and enduring.! That good time may
come hereaf'.ei'. i In the meantime
let us help on our literary institutions
by endowing them with money and
by words of cheer, j '! '
As to Horner's and Bingham's
sohools we will only say this: some of
the really great men of the South re
ceived their preparation in the latter
school,- whilst the Horner boys have
been able to bear off the highest hon
ors in other States, and even in the
North that has its thinkers and scho
lars, and boasts or a literature.
But our object is not to reply to
Mr. Page, but; to note his criticism?
and the injustice of his sweeping ac
cusation. He appears disposed to
judge our home sohools by a standard
that is not quite fair.. We really be
lieve education in'the South is quite
as thorough as it jis in the North.
The North has no man equal to Dr.
James C. Southallin his departments.
It never had a Gessner Harrison or a
Gildersleeve. I Charles Venable, of
the University of Virginia, ranks,and
deserves to rank, with Pierce of Har
vard. But we are saying much more
than we purposed.
JDDGK THVRItlAR'S LETTER.
The Seleot Committee of Investi-
1 ! -
gation may now proceed to examine
the various witnesses of -fraud
and intimidation offered in Senator
Tburman's well considered letter pub-
lsned in our last issue. By the time
they bave followed out thoroughly
the line of investigation suggested,
they, will doubtless be supplied with
4more of the same sort." We trust
they will specially consider the re
ports published in the New York
World relative to the ingenious,
efficient and Wide-spread "Massachu
setts plan" of compelling working-
men to vote as the rich said, or
starve. Senator Thurraan makes no
reference to this the most important
work to be done. ! Gen. Ben Butler
must be heard on the Massachusetts
system of bulldozing.
If the Committee
are really in j
earnest to find out the truth concern
ing election frauds ; and intimidation
they will have ample opportunities
offered them, j The field is wide, and
not barren. A faithful gleaning will
no doubt secure an abundant crop of
very ugly political cockles, weeds,
briars and thorns, some of which will
prick the huge Radical carcass in its
vitals parts. 'I j I
Judge Tburman very properly tells
the Committee that whilst be acted
in the utmost good faith in offering
his amendment to Blaine's resolution,
(which, by the bye, was introduced
in the way of j vindictive persecution,
and to gratify a mean, malignant
nature,) yet be took no part of the
responsibilityj of investigation upon
his shoulders.! The Seleot Committee
had been raised for; that special pur
pose, and upon them the duty and
responsibility; devolved. We hope
they will meet this responsibility like
honest men, and faithfully discharge
their grave land important duties.
The country Will not acquit the Com
mittee of neglect if they fail to scru
tinize Northern bulldozing whilst
inquiring into Southern outrages.
THE EVIL OF BAD EX AITI .: IN
POLITICS.
Our readers have not forgotten the
coudnct of Gov. Rice, of. Massachu
setts, when Gov. Hampton, of South
Carolina, made a requisition upon
him for the thief Kimpton, a Radical
fugitive from justice. Well, that
bad example has had bad ( effects, as
was predicted at the time. Refer
ring to that case a Radical paper, the
Philadelphia ; Inquirer, of a recent
date,8ays: j 1 ( j '1 ,
"This judicial inquiry was tbe first false
step, and it bad to be followed by others,
of course. The motives were found to be
political, and the requisition was disho
nored, an act as disgraceful as it was ille
gal. In spirit it sought to establish a State
right that Alexander Hamilton would have
scorned to consider, and which the most
ad vanced Democrat of his time would never
have approved.' After a time Kimpton saw
what a bad blunder ! had; been made, and
he surrendered himself to the authorities of
South Carolina, and had Gov. Rice ac
knowledged his error no harm would have
followed his decision of the case. But the
precedent was set, and, the order was not
revoked." .. ; j j - '
Gov. Van Zandt, of that little
plantation called Rhode Island, has
availed himself of Gov. Rice's bad
manners,and has fed the latter oat of
the very spoon with , which . he had
served up his sulphur to Hampton.
An alleged swindler from Massachu
setts seeks a hiding place in "little
Rhody." Rice desires the pleasure
WILMINGTON,
of his company, but Van Zandt ob
jects. Of course he would be glad
to oblige, etc., but be rather ques
tioned "his motives," and o he de
clined. But Massachusetts does not
relish this sort oft interchange of
Gubernatorial courtesies. It does
not want sauce for the goose to be
sauce for the gander. The Augusta
(Ga.) Chronicle remarks upon this
new instance of retributive justice
as follows:- y j
"Kimplon is the only person who baa
yet i derived any benefit from Attorney
General Train's construction oi law in
the case, while the complication which
have already arisen are likely to render the
execution of justice difficult in the future.
The .Governor of Massachusetts will expe
rience much annoyance, and his State
much mischief as the fruit of his folly and
wrong-doing, and we predict ; that many
years will not elapse before some Execu
tive of that State abandons the position
taken: and maintained In the case of Kimp-
tOU." -i .v- .f i: -j ..
" But while alt t-ia-aort of ugly busi
ness ; is going on the rascals are
shielded and the law is disappointed.
But this is not the only example of
the absurdity and injustice of the
Ripe manner of procedure.! Already
another case is in point, and Pennsyl
vania is the sufferer. The Inquirer
says: j ;..
"Governor Hartranft sent requisitions to
tbe Cuief Magistrate of a Western State for
some persons charged with high crimes
and misdemeanors who bad fled from the
jurisdiction, of Pennsylvania, and tbey are
yet unnoticed or unanswered, because Gen.
Cullom, the Governor of Illinois, 'ques
tions' of Gov. Hartranft, and will . first : in
quire into the cases of the alleged crimi
nals before he delivers them ; up to the
watching and waiting 'minions of the law
from Pennsylvania. And there is no tell
ing where this dangerous practice will stop
unless some one brings tbe case before the
Supreme Court of the United States for
final settlement" -
Ah, ha, how soon the physic in
tended for a Southern patient be
come, a disturbing force among Radi
cal Chief Executives. "Honesty is
the best policy," and a Governor
ought rather to do right than to be
President.
WttaiRGTOil in 1TTS.
We would like to bave a full de
scription of our little city in the year
1773, when; Rev. Joseph Pilmoor, a
noted and estimable Methodist itine
rant, went through North Carolina in
that year, j
In the Richmond Christian Ad
vocate Rev, G. W. Ly brand is pub
lishing extracts from the "Journal"
of Mr. Pilmoor, accompanied with
notes. We find this interesting re
cord made Jof the hospitality of tbe
people of Newbern in 1773. He says:
"In all my travels through the world, I
have met with none like tbe people of New
berne." j
Mr. Pilmoor visited Wilmington
on bis way from Newbern to Charles
ton. He spent a night at "Mr. Col
lier's, fifteen miles : from Wilming
ton." He started next morning for
this place, j To show the difficulties
of travel io those davsr before the
Revolution we copy a paragraph
from the "Journal:"
"Sunday, 3d. As I longed much for an
opportunity of preaching, I set off for Wil
mington, but; was greatly distressed on the
road. The excessive rain that fell the day
before had raised the waters and washed
away a bridge, so I was at a loss what to
do; but I resolved to take the horse from
the chaise, put some planks for the wheels
and draw it over myself, which I did, and
then got the horse over without any hurt,
and then proceeded on my journey (o the
town." '.('-
Mr. Pilmoor was fortunate enough
to arrive in Wilmington in time to
get a good dinner. Whilst dining at
the "inn" be was very "agreeably
surprised at the sight of a young
man who had been in society with us
in Philadelphia, and be, together
with a sea-captain, who bad seen me
id; toe nortn, were verv ready to
publish preaching for me; and in the
evening I had a large congregation
of attentive hearers, and God gave
me great freedom of mind to declare,
'Yet, surely I know that it shall be
well with them that fear God.' I
believe many of them felt the word
of the Lord, and it may hereafter
bring forth fruit unto holiness, that
their end may be everlasting life."
He preached in the court-house.
His record shows that the people of
the "town of Wilmington" were glad
to hear the word of life proclaimed.
It speaks well for the place then in
its infancy, ue held, iortn again in
. a i f I ' .
the same place to a large congrega
tioo on tbe next evening, Monday.
On Tuesday he "dined" with Mr.
Morgatroyed, a merchant) of . Phila
delphia, and in the evening had an
other large
congregation
and was
enabled to preach, the whole counsel
of God and to deliver, my own soul.
On Wednesday "a young gentleman"
from; the country invited him to visit
him, but he was compelled to deqline
as he was "fixed to go f orward.to the
South." We can but wonder who
was the hospitable and interested
; i
N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 1879.
young gentleman?" The Wilming-
ton landlord and family of that day
were kindly and considerate! , Mr.
Pilmoor says: ' , :': i-- .' -
"The people at the inn where I stayed
were remarkablv civil; they would ' not
suffer me to pay for anything, but entreat
ed met to stay longer." : ' :-'
Wbere was "the lout" itulted, and
who was "mine host' 'who so gene
rously presided and who so hospita
bly entertained God's ambassador?
Wilmington was even then a plaoe of
mportanoe, and had a. oopsiderable
population. The self-sacrificing itine
rant isays: .: w 2c j.". '.
"As there are maov peopfe in the place
I should be glad to stay, Only I am under
necessity of hastening towards Charles
ton."; r:.;;r
After dining on Wednesday he set
off, and "intended to reach Bruns
wick but the roads were so bad I
was compelled tasU by the way."
We give one more extract that is not
without interest: I
"In the morning I hastened on to the
town in hopes of preaching that day,! but'
could not get tbe people together until FrK
day, when we had a fine congregation in
the church where I found liberty and pow
er to preach tbe gospel.
"Saturday 1 dined with William mil,
Esq., o whom I had letters of recommen
dation. He is a gentleman or good under
standing, and a friend to serious religion,
so I spent the time very comfortably." f
"HABD FACTS."
The Chicago Inter- Ocean of
the
30th ult. has a whole page or more
devoted to the "overwhelming proof
of the ' outrages and frauds in the
South." It calls them "hard facts,"
and says they will prove ''astounding
developments for Northern readers."
No doubt. This is fresh grist for the
outrage mills furnished by the great
est fraud yet known to - history one
Rntherford B. Hayes, now de facto
President of these United States
When we turn to these so-called
"hard facts" we find them made up
of reports to Attorney Geueral De-
yens made in conformity with certain
instructions he had sent out to IT. S.
Marshals, U. S. Attorneys, Special
Agents, &c. The whole i batch is a
E artisan statement manufactured, we
ave no doabt,oot of the whole cloth
in many instances, and in other in
stances the "hard facts" have been
sadly twisted, perverted and magni
fied to suit the exigencies of the oc
casion. The whole movement is nothing
more nor less than the desperate' ef
forts of desperate men to manufac
ture public sentiment by lying and
perversion, that something of an off
set may be seoured to the serious and
true and just charges brought against
the Radical party for the stupendous
theft of 1876. It is the dying effort
of a fraudulent administration and a
corrupt party to avoid their inevita
ble doom, j They have stolen the
Presidency and betrayed the coun
try, and now they are at tbe old
game of the rogue who joined in the
cry of "stop thief."
Tbe investigation ordered by the
Senate, if properly conducted and in
the interest lot truth and fairness,
will bring to light the hidden "facts,"
and it will then be seen how much of
truth there is in the statements of
Attorney General Deyens's political
backs.
The reports published in the Chi
cago inter-ucean relate to Louisiana
and South Carolina. We would like
to know if Attorney General Devens
has issued any instructions to his tools
in Massachusetts, his own state, to
make a search for "hard facts" in re
gard to bulldozing in that State. We
would also be pleased to be informed
if the de facto President cannot fur
nish the Select Committee with, some
"official doouments" bearing on tbe
subject of tbe "unsurpassed villainy,',
to quote the language of the Chicago
paper, in Massachusetts?
Of course it is to be entirely a "one
sided" investigation as far as the
Administration is concerned. The
last thing Hayes and his crew desire
is the precise truth a full and
thorough revelation of the rascalities
practiced in Philadelphia, in Hew
York, in Massachusetts, and in the
South.
Gov. Colquitt has spoken. He
says he demanded an investigation
at the earliest possible movement into
his official conduct; that it was made,
and was "close, searching and, tho
rough;" that "every charge, every
innuendo, every hint was carefully
ran down, and, notwithstanding they
were traced back to one source, they
were all weighed in the report. Every
avenue of information or suggestion
was explored, and. hundreds of pages
or testimony tasen. tsotn the ma
jority and the minority reporls,based
on this testimony, have denounced
every rumor or intimation or charge
against me as slanderous and mahg
nant." He says that Ben Hill has
shown that he is no friend of his,
"bat an aotive and malevolent ene
my." : . -: .
The only resumption we have heard
of in these parti as yet was the
ro
sumption ' of tnose om naoiie you
"swore out upon" January 1, 1879,
s ladle Exposed.
Numerous circulars have been received
in this city from H. P. Jones & Co., dealer
in dumonds, ' watches and '-jewelry, SC8
Broadway, New Ybrkj pretendfng- to be
agents for a lottery which is described, and
the recipient told that the 'agents will ar
range that he shall draw a large' prize on
account of the effect it- would bave in sell
ing ticke'.aid this Sta'-e. :
Tbe swindle clearly ia exposed in & le-
cent iisne pf Uie New ,Yiik Sun.'... It seemsr
that when a response is made to the first
circular, a ticket is' sent, and stiortly there
after be bolder is riotifietf 'that be has
drawn a walch and chain w6rth f300,
which will be shipped him upon receipt of
$3 to -pay otcessary ; epfcoses-.' Jf ih partyi
addressed, is greoa enough to seid the three
dollars, be either never t'eceives eny reply,
or is sent a watch worth only its weight in
brass.! '" i:l i::
Oor .Commerce. " '""
The following, froi-! th books 'of the
Cuslom House, as to the business of ibis
port for the month of -December, just
closed, will probably be of interest: , .
The total value of imports. Was $302,607.
Eleven steamers, two barks and one
schooner entered coastwise, 'with a total
tonnage of 8,859. Thirty -six vessels en
tered from foreign ports total tonnage
1,865. Eleven steamers, four , barques
and one schooner cleared coastwise, with a
otal tonnage of 9,871. . Thirtylwo vessels
cleared for foreign potts with lotal.cargoes
as follows; 13,748 bales cotton; 5,713,521
pounds, valued at f 496,290; 48,952 barrels
rosin, valued at $72,645; 302,819 gallons of
spirits turpentine, valued at $80,872; 421,
650 feet of lumber, valued at $7,800; 4,600
oak staves, valued at $80; 18,800 locust
tree-nails, valued at $375; 25 logs of tim
ber, vaiuea at fsou. Total : valuation,
$658,862.
Tbomu Job-I0e One As-lo.
For fear our readers will forget the name
of Tom Johnson, which has been incident
ally mentioned in the papers once or twice
recently, we announce that be was killed
and captured somewhere in South Carolina
day before yesterday. At least we heard a
rumor to that effect yesterday, which was
entirely .without foundation and utterly
repudiated (much to our disgust) by the
authorities, to whom we were referred. On
the whole, we rather think it is to the inte
rest of the reporters to keep Johnson at
arge, so that whenever we are short we can
draw on him for an item or explode a
rumor of his capture.
Dlactt River steamboat and
Ravlsa
Hon Company.
The steamer Isis, Capt. b. W. Skinner,
belonging to the above company, is now
being thoroughly overhauled and refilled.
It is expected that she will be ready to
commence running regularly between this
city and Point Caswell on or about tbe 3rd
of February.
Capt. R. P. Paddison, formerly of the
steamer IforA East, whose place the Isis
fills, is the general agent of the company.
We learn that the loss of the North East
has caused considerable inconvenience to
shippers, who are compelled at present to
resort to the use of flats tolmove their pvo
duce. Fortunately they will not bave to
wait long before tbe lise is again reopened,
and a steamerjunning regularly. !
Ahb-itafearc RedlTlTO.
The vast property at Abboltsburg, for
merly owned and occupied by the Cape
Fear Building Company, but which has
been Idle for several years past, has been
purchased by Messrs. John Colville and W.
E. Hill, of this city, who have' spent about
two months in thoroughly overhauling the
wot ks, and have added thereto much new
machinery, with all the most recent'im
provements for the manufacture of yellow
pine lumber. We learn that with the new
machinery and other devices employed,the
capacity of the mills has been almost
doubled, and the rapidity and i accuracy
greatly increased. The manner of supply
ing logs has also been much improved
upon, and they are delivered as , lapidly as
the increased capacity of the mills demands.
A tramway is being constructed which,
when completed, will be six miles in
length and will cross a tract of ten thou
sand acres of virgin yellow pine timber.
Two and a half miles of this tramway have
been completed already, and it is now
being operated with a new six-ton locomo
tive.
We will have more to say on the subject
of tramways hereafter, as we believe they
solve an important problem connected with
cheap transportation in certain localities in
this section.
. The starling of the mills at Abbottsburg
will materially .increase the lumber trade
of this port, and we welcome any manufac
turing enterprise mat gives employment to
labor, and tends to build ap our section.
We are glad to know that the gentlemen
mentioned have good prospects of success
in their venture
A Third crop ( Apples In One Season.
Mr. J. E. parham, ol Rocky Poin t, sends
a cood size June apple, f;om the oi chard
of D. T. Durham, Esq., at that place, which
bestales is one of a third crop gathered
from the same trees this season. Come io,
gentlemen of the press, or surrender the
belt. Big potatoes, turnips, &c., are at a
discount; tbe number of crops a year
now on docket. . i
- General M. P. Taylor, Lt. Col.
John W. Gordon and Captain Walter Coa
ney, of this city, will probably ''attend the
Convention of the Commissioned ! Officers
of the Slate Guard, which meets la Ralei&h
on tbe 10th inst
Feraoaal
" Gen. M. P. Taylor, of this city, is a can
didate for the position of Sergeaat-al-Arms
Of the Senate of North Carolina. He leaves
here to-morrow morning for Raleigh, to be
present at the. opening of the Legislature
We learn that -OoWi-Q.- Burr and Plait
D. Cowan, Esq., are also applicants for
positions in the gift of the Assembly
1
NO. 11.
THK PI LGROES HGABfl FROfQl.
aa lnd!ti-ut Proient h1d-l the
Radical, Kcbemc at Dlsfranchisc-
meat. '..-.:
P. B; S.; PtocW)ack's New Oi leans Loui-
r - : -aranian. I
Now that events have proved that
the giving of; tbe ballot to the negro
was not. a successful adjunct of re
construction, and does not tend to in
crease the namerical strength of the
tepoblican party in the halls Of Con
gress We find Northem newspapers,
"stalwart" journals, trying to mould
publip .sentiment to secure the dis
franchisement of the negro. Not only
is it' proposed to eliminate the repre
sentation of 200,000 blacks in South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana,
Out oilier saggestions have been made
that ihe whole race, or rather that
part of it-who happen to live on
Sootbernr teivi'uory., shall share . the
same fate.
T'bese 'a re 'remarkable suggestions,
and tend to show to what an extreme
our Nor.beru sympathizers will go in
their mad eEor.!p.-cari ajL Southern
powej; and influence in national legis-
ation.
If we cannot exercise tbe Fights of
cilizenship now, will we be likely to
dp 60 when snipped of its privileges
No; that kind of argument will not
do. The cruelty practiced by one
section will not justify desertion on
the part of the other. Between the
two, we would rather endure cruelty,
with i is attendant hardships, than
desertion, with its baneful influences
and effec s. Cruelly to class or color
can be slopped by tbe healthy and
judicious exercise of constitutional
power on tbe part of tbe t-reneval
Government. There must be no
middle or half-way ground, how
ever. How
very easy it is for us to stop this cry
of intimidation? What a spectacle
it would be to see our Northern
friends lowering the "bloody shirt"
which tbey have flaunted so long and
well. VY e warn them not to let their
suggestions take tbe form of legisla
tion. Our own preservation might
lead us to vote the Democratic ticket
without boing driven to do so by
means oi violence, liet us near no
more, then, of the disfranchisement
of the negro on the part of the North.
We feel quite sure the hrst effort in
ihis direction will not come from the
South.
OniEolns and Incoming senator.
Baltimore Sun.l ;
The terms of office of the follow
ing named Senators will expire on
the 4th of March next: Geo. E. Spen
cer, of Ala.: S. W. Dorsey, Ark. ; A.
A. Sargent, CaL ; J. B. Uhaffee, Col. ;
Wm. H. Barnum, Conn. : S. B. Couo-
ver, Fla.; Jho. B. Gordon, Ga.;R. J.
Oglesby, 111.: Dan. W. Voorhees,
Ind.; J. J.. Ingalls, Kan.; Thos. C.
McCreery, Ky.; Jas. B. llustis, La.;
Geo. B. Dennis, Md.; D.1 H. Arm
strong,. Mb.; Jno. P. Jones, Nev.;
B. Wadleigh, N.H.; Roscoe Conkling,
N. Y.; A. fc. Merrimon, N.C.; S. Mat
thews, Ohio: J. H Mitchell Oregon;
J. Don Cameron, Pa; J. J. Patter
son, S. C; J. S. Morrill, Vt.; and T.
O. Howe, Wis. Senators Gordon
and Morrill have been re-elected.
The re-eleoiion of Senators Conk
ling, Cameron, Voorhees and Wad
leigh is considered certain. Senators
Eustis and Ingalls will probably be
re-elected. Geo. b. Houston has
been elected to succeed Mr. Spencer;
Gen. Williams, of Kentucky, will
succeed Mr. McCreery; ex-Gov.
Groome, of Maryland, has been
elected in place of Mr. Dennis; Gov.
Thayer, of Oregon, will be Mr.
Mitchell s successor; and Gov. VY ade
Hampton' will fill the vacancy caused
by Mr. Patterson's retirement; Gov.
Yanoe, of North Carolina, is very
likely to succeed Mr, Merrimon,
although the latter desires to
be his own successor; George H.
Pendleton has been elected, to suc
ceed Stanley Matthews; Mr. Arm
strong is serving the unexpired term
of Lewis V. Bogy, deceased, and
there is a hot fight between a dozen
candidates, who are all anxious to
succeed Mr. Armstrong; a .Republi
can will succeed Mr. Barnum, in
Connecticut; ex-aenator xulee is
seeking to be re-elected to the Senate
in plaoe of Mr. Cod over; Mr. Howe
is anxious to come back for another
term, but it is said that his chances
for re-election are very slim. After
the 4th of Maroh next the United
States Senate will consist of forty -two
Democrats, thirty-three Republicans
cod one (Mr. Davis of Illinois), In-
dependent.
Major Reno and tne vnater Alaaaaere.
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun. j
A military board of inquiry to in
quire into the conduct of Major
Reno, United States army, r at the
battle of Little Big Horn the Cus-
ter massacre win meet at unicago
on the 0th mst. An officer of the
army who was sent to make an in
spection of the battlefield and other
matters connected therewith has
made a report to the War Depart
menu He submits therewith a plan
of the field oL battle, and says that
Major Reno, instead of being one
mile from Custer when the Matter's
command was annihilated, was,
fact, four miles distant. The force
opposed to Reno, and on account of
the presence of .whicb he did not
move, was composed, of old Indians,
squaws and children.. If Reno had
advanced and found tbe true charac
ter of this force be could have come
to the rescue of Coster.
George W Hayes, a worthy cit
izen of Fianfelin county, is dead.
j Spirits T uentin
The descendants of Alexander
and Margaret Love, who, in 1775, resided
on Fishing Creek, Craven county, N. C, J
can bear of something of interest by ad
dressing box 181; PbUaVilePa. . Southern
papers copy. , ... r .. .
The largest bog' thus far slaugh
tered in the Slate, during this winter,, was
in Forsyth and belonged to Philip Reed.
He kicked the beam at 854 pounds. After
that do not let us hear anything further
about four or five hundred pound pokers.
1 Gfcldsboro Mail: We witnesMed '.
Wednesday; sight Burr's "Oceanicoo, r
War on the Wave," and do not besitaie !.?
prooounce it a paooramaof decided merit.
r The, silver cup that ws shot for by
the GoldsborO-Rifles was a donation of
SheiiffJBiwiwn
Chirbtte: Observer:, The City
Marshal reports that there has been more
stealing Hi Cttarlotte duiBtbe past tbi ea
weeks thajvdng the? whole year.
The loss by fire in Charlotte during the last
y'earr has not! been over $1500, according to
the estimate of an : insurance manl It
turns put that the wound inflicted upon the
thrOit of the young man in an affray near
Cherry yille,. Gastpa county, .a few days
ago, is not dangerous. He is up and about.
r-r According toMhe ' Saledi .Press
Adato Butner and wife, of Forsyth coumv,
have" eight children. Here are the ages of
-seven Christian, 88 years 2 monihs and
5 days; Henry Harmon, 86 yea 2 mouths
and 14 days; Daniel, 81 yeajs 9 months and
10 daj8; Adam, ' 78 years and 1 month ;
Annia Elizabetii, 74 years and 7 months;
Jacab 73 years 1 month and 12 days; John,
69 years 0 months and 6 days, aggregating
a total of 550 years 2 months and 17 days,
and a i average age of 78 4-7 years.
Shelby Aurora: Last 'Thursday,'
Friday and Saturday wete the three coldest
days that have been experienced in ibis
section for several years. The Cleave-
land Guards shot for a cake last Friday and
Mr. J, H. Wells carried off the prize.
There have been only 226 marriages in this
county since thei2d day of December, 1877.
- I he net proceeds of lhe festival and
concerts", given by tbe ladies of this place
during tbe holidays, amounted to the rise of
$125. i 1
Raleigh Observer: Judge Henry
G. Snrith, of Memphis, who fell dead at his
esidence on the last nmht of tbe old year.
was a graduate of Chapel Hill and a tutor
at the University for a sboi t while. Brown
ow made him a Judge of the Court of Ap
peals. Pools will be sold on the Sen
atorial election at Tim Lee's Club House,
commencing on Saturday evening, January
4, at half-past 7 o'clock, and will be cont
tinued each evening until the favorite is
elected. .
Raleigh Biblical Recorder: We
never heard of a man dying with diphthe-
la who used tobacco. A Baptist
preacher in this State has read the Bible
through fifteen times in the last fifteen
years , by torch light.- During the past
year 09 made with bis own hands 50 bar
rels of corn, 2 bales of cotton, ,200 bushels
of potatoes, and 20 bushels of peas. Be
sides this, he travelled over 20,000 miles,
preached 120 sermons, and received $50 for
his ministerial services. Can any of our
brethren beat that? If so, let us bear from
you.
Jjouisbnrg Times: On last in-
day a little colored boy.aged four years,the
son of Jane Foster, living about three miles
south ; of LooisbUig, Wasw badly burned
that be died in a few hours. The mother
bad left the child atone in the house for a
few miaules, while she went a short dis
tance to procure wood for fuel. A
shooting affair took place near Mrs. J. C.
Lankford's, in Cedar Rock township, last
Friday. The parlies engaged in the diffl
culty were Edmond Fincli and Paul Har
vey, both colored. , It seems that tbe two
men bad been dnnkmg, and a quarrel be
I ween them resulted in the suooling of Har
vey with a shotgun in the hands of Finch.
Tbe load entered his right breast, which
made a very ugly wound.
Salem Pressi' The baud wagon,
filled with generous hearted citizens, visiied
the county alms house, Thursday, carrying
with them abundance of Christmas cheerto
the unfortunate poor. The festival
for Oxford Orphan Asylum, Friday eve
nlng, at Tise's Hall, derived a gross pro
ceed, we are told, of $80. E. Gray ac
cidentally shot himself in tbe leg, at the de
pot, Wednesday morning, nnng Uhrislmas
salutes. The wound is not a dangerous
one. Thermometers ranged from 10 to
12 decrees Saturday morning. A live
snake was killed in tbe town limits a couple
of weeks since. - Anderson Tboryse,
Esq.; an aged citizen of this county, a few
mornings since ten, while watting iiom h;s
bed to tbe fire, and sustained, it is feared,
serious injury. .Eleven prisoners ooara
with j. Hasten, the new jailor.
Pittsboroecorc?: The dead body
of an old negro, named Isaac Poe, was
found, last Fridayin the woods between
Haywood and Moore's Millls, on Haw
liver,: with the legs half eaten by hogs, and
the clothing nearly all burnt. Isaac was
an odd character, having lived the life of
an hermit for many years past. On
tbe night of the 27th ult. the Pittsboro
brass band gave an entertainment which
was largely attended. -Airs. William
Haithcock, of this place, was stricken with
paralysis a few days ago, the entire leftside
being paralyzed. On Friday night
last the negroes on the plantation of Mr.
Oliver McMath, Esq., had a quilting, and
two of their number becoming inflamed
with liquor, had a fight, in which one of
them stabbed the other in the side, inflict
ing a very dangerous wound. The negro
who did the stabbing is named Dave John
son, and is a "conjuring doctor" among tbe
negroes.
Wilsoi Advance: The fipn of
Stern & Saks, of this place, has failed for
$18,000; assets about $6,500. Tbey made
an assignment yesterday to H. Weil &
Bro., of Goldsboro, their largest creditors.
We regret to learn that Mr. Wiley
Lamm, while iu-town last Thursday morn
ing, slipped down on the ice, with which
the pavement was covered, and broke his
leg. - We regret to learn that one of
our most useful citizens, Mr. Washington
Barnes, contemplates removing from this
county, at an early day, to Georgia.
Though tbe weather was extremely cold, a
veiy large crowd from Wilson attended
the tournament at Moye's store, near Slan
tonsburg, on Monday, December 23rd. Tbe
address for the occasion was delivered by
Mr. W. S. O. B. Robinson, and-it was pio
Bounced by those who heard it a very fine
effort. Fifteen knights entered the lists,
with the following results: Mr. J. J. Pea
cock, of Wayne, crowned as Queen of Love
and Beauiy, Miss Apple Daniel, of Greene
county. '
Goldsboro Messenger: On Satur
day night last a whi'e man named Pace,
while intoxicated, was robbed of about $175
ia one of the many disreputable negro dens
near the market. Our subscription
books show an increase of nearly 700 sub
scribers during tbe past twelve months,
and when we consider that at least 300 names
bave been erased from tbe books, we have
added about 1 ,000 new names tbe past year.
We are pleased to learn that a party
contemplates starting a tobacco factory in
Goldsboro during the present year. - h
Tbere will be a river improvement meeting
at Smith-eld on Monday, the 7th inst..
wMn addresses are to be made by several
distinguished gentlemen. This subject lis
one of the utmost interest to ourJobnslon
county friends, and we expect to see a very
large gathering. The river should be
opened again for navigation as far up as
Watkins' landing, and a strong pull now
wHl aid in getting the needed appropriation
from Congress.
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