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We are glad to have the editor of that paper as an ally in our efforts to create a sound public sentiment in re gard to the necessities of the chil dren of the State and the importance of educating them. Our Greensboro friend agrees with the Stab as to the propriety and necessity of legislative appropriation -in aid of the Oxford Orphan Asvlum. It savs: "With all the facts before us as furnished in the management of the Asylum by the present Superintendent, Mr. Mills, we see no apology possible by our legislators for withholding aid from that institution. Tim Constitution 'positively ' requires the opening of one Orphan House;' the JndU ciary committee pronouneed tbe resolution of Mr. Fleming to appropriate $5,000 to the Orphan Asylum constitutional, and yet that resolution was voted downl We are left to conjecture the reasons for. the defeat of . such a wise and necessary measure,' but we fear it was for lack of sound discretion and genuine economy. In our opinion the State of North Carolina has not, nor ever had, within its bounds an object more deserving of such an appro priation, nor one on which $5,000 could be expended with such prospects of a large return of substantial benefit to the needy. And while we glory in the heroism of Mr. Mills (Bro. Mills), who has stood as a father to the orphans who belong to the whole State, and whom the whole State by its Le gislature has deliberately disowned, we shall await to see what is to be the action of tbe present Legislature, with the hope that it will undo tbe wroogs of the past." If. the next Legislature does not. make some provision for the Orphan Asylum, it will be a blistering shame. A legislative day costs the State about $1200. Four or five days' loss of oratorical wind, and closer work at the beginning of the session, would enable the Legislature to make an appropriation without any cost to the people, for it would thus come oot of the money saved by less gab and harder work On the part of the mem bers o f the Legislature. The most, important thing to be considered by the General Assembly is the education of the children o North Carolina. Says our Greens' boro contemporary,' and with force: "Build railroads, will you, and let them fall, as they inevitably will, sooner or later,, ioto the hands of capitalists living outside tbe State,! while the education of our people is neglected. For 'capital'; often signifies education,: culture and enlightenment, as well as money." ; . :;. rJ In our former .editorial we showed what the Asylum was doing. It is giving a good plain ; education to about 130 pupils each year, and , at ' total cost of $4 each per month. This, as we understand it, includes . board, tuition, clothes and books. It shows the minimum cost of common-school education under, good management. To teach these children, under Mr. Mill's remarkable superintending, it costs but $48 a year, every expense included. ' - : 1 -V' ?; . The Central Trotestant ia inclined "to believe that a system like the one employed in the Oxford Asylum, would be the desideratum for our country at various ; points in , orth Carolina." " ; ';j XX: In this it is no doubt correct We have good reason for sayifjfg tbat the pupils at the Asylum are well taught, and well cared for. They , all . love Mr. Millsy who has extraordinary gifts in attracting and attaching chil dren to himself. He is deoided, posi- aou ye yeay sxaa in, nis 4nan agement. He has shAwn how- it is possible to gather the poor ; children of the State, and clothe and feed and sleep and,, ietich and. supervise them at1 a; cost' not exceeding $4 a mont ith. i..'ii o il 1 1 The Central Frotestant, in View 6f these things, says: ' ' " . . L - at . , -u u ucj v y . ;',ut fl.,i, -jju u, u i jl rvx , II . -JL- u y h ii y y iij j ij rv . k -'yv.1, r.-. t- . v VOL. 16. "Our people should be alive to the im portaoce of this matter, i No one' believes that any indifferent system of imparting instruction would be tolerated or practiced by tbe Superintendent at Oxford, and it seems that what- he has done j there might be employed as data to be used ,ia the founding of an cducationsl enterprise else-where- :. 4 ; r- .H ' i - v " "Here is an opening for philasthroplsts, and one of the most important achieve ments of. this age would be the reduction of the cost of education so that its advantages might come within tbe reach of all, or as nearly all as possible." ' ' BEDCCTIOR. , ; : ;,r Senator, Graham, (son of the late Gov. Graham) of Lincoln co'unty,tias introduced a bill relative to a reduc tion of salaries that will pass the Le gislature probably, although it may be altered or modified in some par ticulars His bill does not touch the salary of the Attorney General. If no change is to be made, then the salaries of the Judges should be in creased, as there is no dB&tt md'e'r 1 heaten why the Attorney General, who can practice bis profossion,should receive .the present salary with the pay of the Judges suoh as it is. He proposes to fix the Governor's salary at $3,000, with a furnished house, we suppose. His secretary is ' to receive $500 and fees. We copy from the Raleigh News the main features of the bill: . ; m X:- "Treasurer $2,750. with a clerk at $1,250, who shall be, ex officio, 1 treasurer of the boards of charitable and penal institutions, and receive a salary of $75 for each board, lobe pid out of funds1 appropriated for tue use or the board, secretary or stale $1,000. and fees not to exceed $1,000: shall account to Treasurer for, all fees, and pay surplus over allowance into Treasury quar terly. Audstpr f 1,500, superintendent of Public Instruction $1,500. Librarian $500. Keeper of Capitol $500, Judges of Superior Court $2,000. Fees, mileage and compen sation of sheriffs, clerks: and other county officials to be regulated by County Commiss sioneis on the first Monday in March, 1879, and every four years thereafter. Amounting in tbe aggregate to a saving of about $30,000 per annum." P THE TIlBlSVREIt'S RRPORT. Dr. J. M. Worth, tJie Treasurer of North Carolina, has the confidence of all who know him personally. He is a gentleman of strict, integrity and of good, 7 practical business talents. We have no doubt but that he makes an efficient officer, r and that every thing in the Treasury Department is judiciously and honestly managed. His report just made to the Go vernor of the State will give satisfac tion to all wiio may .examine it criti cally. It is clear and full, without being wordy or excessive in length. It is a business document, written in business stvle. ! r He gives a statement of the va rious funds, shows what has been re ceived and what disbursed. He complains of a deficiency of funds to meet special appropriations. He obeyed the General (Assembly as far as the means furnished him allowed. He considers the public debt; The old debt prior to the war is $13, 378,980.50, including interest. Bonds issued since the war, bv authori ty of acts - before J jthoi war, $2,- 789,890.00. Bonds issued Bince the war, by authority of ordinances of Convention and , Acts of .. Assembly passed since the war, $3,172,818.35. Bonds issued under Funding Actj $6, 189,849.00.' Bonds issued during the war,5 by authority of j acts passed be fore the . war, $1,588,090.00. , All these make a total principal of debt, exqlusive of special . tax bonds, $16,- 960,045.00. Total amount of inte rest due, $10,160182.85. Grand to-; tal, including principal and interest, $27,120,227.85. 1 There is to be a de duction of interest paid : by the Re ceiver of the North Carolina Rail road, which jwilL , redgcet: the anvo,uat of debt to about $26,000,000. - .Treasurer Worth says, and. his words should be heeded by the Leeis- - 1 Bugge8t that some adjustment of the debt should be made with tbe creditors. "It is true that the. works; of iniprpve ment which have been constructed as an equivalent for the Kbefal aid extended by the State before; the . war, : are now almost wholly unremuneratiye; and that there are but little, if any visible fruits of the, large appr oprittiOns, which make up ' the debt contracted since the war. on " which ' the Btate can depend in - an arrangement With tbe creditors. 2 i!',- I,viiif,i1 u..; "It is farther true that the financial con-. ditipa of our people has beeb changed. by the heavy losses which they have suffered!. Yet the debt bears upon us as an ' incum prance to our prosperity, wnich is increased by the continued postponement, of ap ad- jBBuneni, . . . : "Terms of compromise ought to .be offered the creditors, embracing such f an amount of nriocinal. and rate of interest. as will be consistent with the, ability of our peopte 10 assume, u such terms Bhould be rejected by the creditors, the responsibility wui rest upon mem ana the end of nego tiations wm nave oeen reached." ; If the present Legislature does not make an'eaWest,Bincer effort to ad just the public debt it will be faith' i less to a great publio trust,, and . will aoqge a most, .irnpefaiiye ., auu2 uiqa- idg1 datr. $e Aan7 ?nerT uons in ai press nome wiis amy. WnMINGTON, further delay will be simply ifiex-' oasable.- X f- 'J'- 'i'H i?- '"u!tZn A NOBTHERN BADIOAL FAPKB OR ioVa. TAHCBi''- U i)Wi ' 5 The Philadelphia less, a Radical paper, contains a sketch of Gov. Vance. It evidently underrates him. The writer of the article has only a partial conception of some of his qualities. ' Like many people he makes tbe mistake of supposing that a vivacious, brilliant man must be ne cessarily a surface man without re flective powers or solid attainments. Mr. Burke was the most brilUaot man in the last century, and yet he was the prof oundest philosophical statesman ' of all the world. Gov. Vance . may not be a very profound thinker, or a great student, but he has . a , remarkable , combina tion of gifts . His address at Wake Forest College proves him to be capable of very grave, thought ful, dignified and impressive writing. We sometime ago referred specially to his admirable sketch of his dead countyman, friend and teacher, the late Governor; Swain. His speech,' delivered during the war, at WilkeS boro, is the most brilliant hustings speech we ever saw in print? His sketches of Western North Carolina manifest a fine descriptive power, in which there is no I little of poetic beauty and inspiration. ' He has shown himself to be1 not only a capi tal stumper, the best Senator Tipton said he had heard in twenty years, since Tom Corwin died, and whom Governor Vance greatly resembled, but he is a formidable debater. He has always exhibited admirable execu tive abilities. His state papers attest his familiarity with the needs of the people and his mastery of details. We have said this much because we think it proper and just. We have not so written because Gov. Vance ba- just; been the recipient of new honors and new favors at the hands of the people. : We neither hail "tho rising sun" nor "bow to him whose race is run." We despise in our hearts toadyism and flunkey- ism. We would i rather "oe a uog and bay the moon" than be a satelite revolving around some political sun I that after awhile may be in eclipse. We are not hero-worshippers or or gans of politicians, but we try to speak the truth and to be just. When we write of men and appear to be their eulogists, we strive to avoid excess, and ; to say only . that which is authorized by facts and fair ness. We weigh our werds,and only use those that exactly express our ma tured estimate of men. Gov. Vance is one of the leading men of . our State. He has unusual fertility and versatility. Many persons regard him 'as a bright man, full of anecdote and "quips and , quiddities," and not much more. Suoh has not been such is not now our estimate. He is a man of resource, of power, of el oquence, of cultivation, of peculiar magnetism. : What we have .said has been prompted by tbe following passage from, the editorial referred to above in the Press : j j Gov. Vance has popular talent and a vivacious nature, which qualities, united to a sense of. injustice done him in the past, have given him at home large personal following. But he has not the legislative faculty. He is not a student. ; He disdains the drudgery of details. ' Which brings out of masses of facts tbe underlying philoso phy which gives-them force, and feature and character.. He is superficial rather than ' profound, flippant rather than' wise, sparkling rather than eloquent. It Will be some years before be will feel at home in the atmosphere of the .Senate, and more years before he becomes distinguished in it. i We doubt whether North Caroliria has gained much by the change it has ordained in its representation, Yet,, be , towers, far above some whose names "havp been ab surdly linked with the : possibiiity of the nomination. There isfOota, tUerefore, in his election for congratulation that apqther addition has not been made to tbe already large roll of Cdmmon-place "Senators. T ; t ' We will only add that when the Jim Blaines tackle Gjiv "yance they will : think that be has-been in the Senate all his life, arid has always breathed "the atmosphere of the Sen ate." .- '. , When Mr, Badger was w Jhe Uni. ted States Senate Rufus .Choate, of Massachusetts,! had a Tery important case, involving maritime law before the Ui S. Supreme ' Court. He; counsel for his State,, and it, was im possible for him to go to Washington id attend to the case. ; In his extrem ity he called on. Robert C.Winthrop to ! know ' whrjtir ' he Booiild ?mi ploy:, in his steads X He waa .tbjd to write) to Mr. Badger tKWhy,? aaid ' Choate,- wwhat - does Bitdfi .know about maritime, law? He never had a case fn liis life;! Srero mind," replied; Mr. Winthrop, "you N. C.y FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1879i "; ' employ him, and rthen hear him .be- tore tne court, -xou wm tmnK tnat maritime law is his scecialtv-that fae&asbcenpiacticing in maritime Coui-tsll liia life." "The application iiitebdedis manifest.' -- ALAB ASIA'S ACTION. There is no belter evidence to show' how utterly4 repellant to the people of tne yb'utn 'js Federal interference In Elections 'than that afforded. by the action of the Senate of Alabama. The adoption of a resolution to'se- lec electors1 for Presiden I and -ice President by the General Assembly,' rather than by popular vote,' in order $0. jescape Federal bulldozing and Fee eral oppression,' is indeed a sad con mentary upon' bur country, that call i itself a' Republic. Instead of b$i g a truly parental government,' in irhich ' justice and good fsss tC puilty find a daily illustration,' ours has become a source of - corruption, terrorism and injustice, so that sove reign - 'States' 1 have to resort to new and unusual ; means to avoid the unconstitutional and tyrannical interference of the Federal authority in matters of election. "If we cannot defend our own door from 1 the doe, f L' - r Let bs be worried; and our people lose The name of hardiness and policy. - ptber States will be driven to take steps similar to those proposed in Alabama. The outrages perpetrated by the Government in various ways have grown mountain high, and the people must find protection and re dress. The great Washington, amqng his many other wise; ut terances, said that "it is among the evils, and perhaps not the small est,! ot -" democratical governments, tha the people must feel before they wilt see. When this happens, they are aroused to action." The people of the South have felt long ago the iron of Federal oppression And ' injustice enter deeply into their souls, and hav ing thus "felt" they see how 'dark and infamous the whole ! procedure, and from what a source of corruption and usurpation it proceeds. They now propose to take "action" under the constitution for vindication and secu rity. 1 ' - i . . . According to a statement made by a Raleigh correspondent of the Wal don UewSy the politicians in Raleigh are pow busy at work forming a State ticket for 1880. That is the way it is done. The people are ignored, the politicians put the offices in tbeir pookets and divide and con quer. . It would not surprise us if the nice little plans were to be slightly disconcerted. If the right men are not nominated men of real worth and integrity look out for "squalls." The, people are not exactly blind. Th,epr may not choose to vote if they do; not. like the ticket. We hope the Legislature will not make the mistake of supposing that it must remain ia session sixty; days if tney can get through sooner. ine South Carolina Legislature adjourned after a session of three weeks. More wort and less talk is the desidera tum 'American 'legislative bodies are j afflicted with wind. Do the work well and thoroughly, bottle up you gas, and then go home as early as possible to your constituents. ' i The Baltimore Gazette in noticing Gov. Vance's election, says this of Senator nMerrimon: j "'Senator Merrimon has been, of great service to the Democracy of the State in breaking dawn the of Radicalism, but Gov.! Vance. Is undoubtedly the choice of the people; and in many respects a more represeniaiive man. J,i is aaia inac jaerri monj wilt bo rewarded with a nomination fororernbr ia' 1880 t njay be chosen to BBcceea eaator Kaasom laxvsa. - '"!' '. '-' ' X JUomi 4t tbe Br a aneeevs. Inielligeoce was received by Sergeant D. Q Raiston of, the gnal .office n this city.s yesterday. '."that" the barque Success. Capti flaTberyv own'ed" tJeo.'"P.'!Tewei;J buk ;iruin - luia port lor xiamuuig, ttoo beached in sinking condition, seventeen mileaj south, of Kitty Hawk, last Wednes day morning, a 6 o'clock, j : We are glad to state that the officers and crew of the ves sel are safe. She Is suns three hundred yards from this shore. ' The iSWewwas cleared from this port n the 22nd of December last, by Pater- son, Downing .& Co.(. and her cargo . con- ;?:T-f The latest news from our up river! . cousins; inspires the hope that they arenot.to become. the victims of another four feet in the. dashiagiTUashiog, crash ing, tattiehashing Cape pear. fTh low lands, it is true, have "been converted into miniature lakesj and somrdamage has been 4pne but nothing alarmingly .serious" is tiwn' io hite'lbeen orked up 'the' a flood! u!-i-1 j 4iu-Kvi.i fc-.H William Jy, Heaton.near Wood ville, died on the iOtb, aged 65 years; , bqad;of bdccatio, ;r ; :-It; was mentioned -yesterday hats the H Bord of Edeeatupt heiri session thel previons evening, bad sxade tbe usual an- nual apportionment pf rthe . school fund. The official figures may be wf interest, and. weappend the full statement: " ; Wilraingfdn Distrcf No: 1 White chil dren; 880, colored District Noa- . While children . 690, ; Colored. 799..; Total number of pupils, 503; .total amount ap portioned,' $7,006 - " V . . . r T District No. 3 ' (Pedjeral PqintJ White pupils 83, colored 84; total I0d;Ji Amount apportioned.' 1330'- la J Distjict No. 4 (Mason boro Township) White , papita ; 97,,. colored tS2;ojLal .179 Amount appArttoned,. $358.. r. Hf. , ..... DlBtrict No. . 5, (Ilarnett Township) Waite pupils 134, 'colored5 331: foVaTSSS. i f : i . .- - - - i - - 4 - : t . . . . J ; DUtrtct N6:: a'Oape Fe3,dWnshhp-1 White pupUk:44 colored Si3; 'total 872 J Amount apportioned, $744. ,; , t Tbe ftotal amount apportioned for . the. Wilmington Districts, comprising 3,503 pu pils, is $7,006. Tbe total pupils for the townships is 1,082; amoont apportioned, $2,164 making a grand total of 4y56S 'pu pils, and the amount .apportioned ; $9,170. The apportionment, was made on a basis of $2 per capita, and on the exhibit of the last census as to numbero: "; Oor Foreign Commeree. The growth of the foreign commerce of this port, as has been shown statistically, time and again, in the Stab, has been such within a few years as to demonstrate one fact beyond cavil': that proper effort will enlarge it to dimensions which, before an-t other decade, would give us a population, of at least fifty thousand souls. It was only the other day that one firm sent abroad in the barque George Davis a cargo which in cluded 4,010 bales cotton, 2,490 barrels rosin, 650 casks spirits turpentine, 13.223 oak staves, and 5,186 feet lumber. .The Norwegian barque FaScen cleared on the same day with 2,250 barrels rosin, and tbe Frank with 1,259 bales cotton. These, in stance are cited not because they are iso lated or un frequent, but rather because they are recent, and evidence that with rea sonable endeavor : sueh cargoes would in time become the rule rather than the, ex ception in the business of our port. We do not depreciate tbe value of our coastwise business relations that will de velop and increase in due time as our in terior connections by rail reach completion ; but we hope to see special enercy d isplayed here in behalf of : expanding foreign com mercial transactions, for we have or may easily have facilities for : increasing an hundred fold and attaining the place among the cities of the United States to which geographically! we'are 'entitled and ought to occupy. . Tbe Sebooner AlagKle VanDeaien Abandoned. We mentioned yesterday that telegraphic news had been received here that this schooner, 134 tons, which was commanded by Capt. Thomas, and cleared from here by Barriss & Howell, was in a dangerous situation. Advices now at hand show that her abandonment was necessary. Captain Thomas gives this account of his voyage, after leaving Smith ville for Baltimore: "Had a succession of heavy gales with hard squalls from W. toN. W., which car ried us . into the Gulf stream ; the sea was very! heavy, breaking clear over us, causing tbe vessel to leak some 1,000 strokes per hour, washing away our boat and all of our Water casks and rudder, and severely in juring the Captain, while at the wheel; we were constantly at the pumps for stx days; with; nothing to drink but a small auaatitv of brackish water, two of the crew being badly rrost-bitteB and completely used up. On January 10th, saw a barque to wind? ward ; hoisted our signal for-assistance, the wind at tne time Blowing a gale from the northwest, with a very heay sea. Tbe barque bore down to us,, and proved to be the Oliver Emery, 8watridge, from Barrow, for New .York. The eea being too heavy to launch a boat with safety that night, he promised to stay by us until an opportunity offered to take us ofL, - After keeping us in sigh all night, at daylight, on the 11th, he launched a boat and got us safely on board with our clothes -and effects. Tbe sea be ing very heavy, and the barque being short or water, Japc ewatridge did not think it orudect to attemot wrecking the vessel. apt Thomas, on behalf of liimself add crew, begs to express their sincere thanks to uapt. Bwatridge, bis officers and, crew for their humanity in ' rescuing them from their perilous position, and for the kindness received On board of his vessel, until land ing safely at New 'York." - " u- lee Bound The1 schooner T. W. Bihion 1 has lately experienced some of the beauties of the ice blockade. The vessel is loaded with corn, and bound for this ?o-rrjim'3teapeth Gity.j On . the f tb of anarjru$ba iWas forced, out of Stumpjr Point Bay, hay ing beeni at' that time, drifting about in the ice ior a wees, vn ineoin a gate prevauea, and. started toe ice upjroaton sound, un .the 9th the wind Tblew from the northwest, and started ihe; ice to the westward and on January 10th. ,the.Iigbt house, keeper J that VicmUj., with jus family was forced to seek safety on board the JZinion, the ves-, setioemg intact nut lmmovame. some idea of tbe slato of affairs, at the 4ime specified, may be inferred from. the. fact ism iue roiiicKiDK ice uau wpi oil tug buoys -out of Cioatoa Sound, that the Liight house had been aesertea ana novav-: tended to lor several nights, ana an oi tne boats belonging to it sw6pt Sway .1 c How- erer, under the mnoence or miioer weatn er.we hope to report the arrtv&t of the Bin- ton at this port in, a few days Wt ."JV ia"iC.'!Vii.'i The many Irieads pJtthis minister the Gospel, Who was ob btstoEBf the Pirst Baptist Churcti la JJt ipfd, td learn that jbe.3ini.ir recently while outi birt ;6ootibgThe Greenville (S. Cr39!aJmeA occurrence,! Bays 1Dr. iMaxwenrwsi called, and, after examiaijigjhft wounds ioes not consider, them oa,.seri(?,usJnamnUipsgh sufBciently painful to nrevent Dr. Hiden occubying his puipit.y Ire nop to hear soon that he ntuf ,ehUrtlJ,covertd fr6ni his mishap. NO. 13. 1 r,l. Smltbytlle Tbe tanner Qaestlon A correspondent at Smithville says there is quite a little excitement in the village by the sea ; by reason of the circelation of s 'petition to. forbid the sale of liquors within f oUr miles of the various churches located in Smithville. We1 are informed that it re minded one of the famous ' "Bascom's Corner of .the X Roads." You could see the interested Ones! In groups of three and discpssing tbe great problem of future drinks, &c. The petition is signed by men, women and children, do great nas Deen the feeling that even the question of county officers has f been ignored, as well as1 Ipoli- tics. A codQter petition- is. also in circulation, and fs receiving many votes. Heard Pi-em. M if" We e&ve a brief account vesterdav of tbe JelasUndes.of weather to which the Schr. ill (W. Eirdonl of Eiiiabcth City, bad been recehtrVexposed' in and about Croatan been received from Captain Simmons, of a later date than ouri report, which represent that the ice blockade has given away, and that he would hoist sail for this port ton morrow. The Hinton has aboard a cargo of corn for Messrs. B. F. Mitchell & Son, of, this place, j - Statement of Taxea.' Sheriff Manning has made his settlement of taxes with the Btate for the year 1878, paying into the treasury Public taxes. . . $11,209 15 , 7,237 63 Special taxes. ..... Tqtal;.. ....... Besides, he has .$17,446 78 paid in the following county taxes: For tbe School Fund.;.. .$ 9,019 89 . 34,269 75 . 6,594 27 General Fund. . . ... Sinking Fund. Total.,, .$49,883 91 This leaves him a clean da. .ft W.B. K, j "Biding on a rail" enables the Goldsboro Mait to testify as to the condition of one of our railroads. jTbat paper says: "It is certainly pleasant to make a trip over the W. & W. R. R The road bed is in splen did condition, the newly fitted up magnifi cent' passenger cars glide over it without a jostle, and with all, and not- the least im portant in adding comfort to passengers, it has a corps of polite, attentive and gentle manly conductors." t- A special telegram from Raleigh, received at the Star office last night, an nounced that -the. Observer newspaper re ceived seventy-four and ihe News twenty- nine votes for Public Printer. We infer that it refers to the caucus proceedings, not a legislative vote. Gov. Vance's speech in Ganena iut . ;. r . :,. ' lined.; . ; Raleigh Observer. J , . Governor Vance feelingly returned his tthanks : to the caucus for the great honor confered. upon him, and added, that bis gratification was all the greater because this honor had been obtained without the bitterness and anxietv ot a contest. He com plimented bis competitor for his pa triotism in preferring the peace and harmony of the party to his. personal aggrandizement.1 Dwelling upon the importance of preserving the organi zation of that great party which bad in -charge the, Constitution and the liberties of the American people, he traded briefly its history, and what it had id one for ns since the Confederate cause went down behind the tempest of the skies m the .state and the na tion. He professed bis devotion to it not from a subservient and slavish obedienbe. bat because of the great interests it had in charge, and aver red Solemnly that he never bad an aspiration which he was willing to gratify at, its expense. He prephe sied tbai the night's proceeding would have a most happy effect upon the ereat campaign of 1880. and that if other Estates .wpnld imitate tne example of subordination to party harmony which was here set the whole United; States would soon be re deemed from n Republican misrule. He predicted that we were on the avenue to restored prosperity, despite tne parse ,scnngenoy oi . me umes. We beheld the ancient laws restored, and .our people .happy and; contented. Me cave i assurance that be bad re f rained from public or private utter ances that would add to the bitter ness! of a roontest. I He congratulated tbe General Assembly 'upon its pres- ence nere in tne j apuoi, ana again expressed bis .heartfelt-thanks for the great, great nonor ;tna.v was aone aim ..; ! ; ;;!-vneer ' , -iPbnadelDbiaTimes.l :- . ' ' Tne choice of Gov. Z. B. Vance to be TJnited Stateswatorrom North Carolina.1 as a t consequence XoT his nhanimhns nomination bv the Demo o.rAtln hannnii will trreatlr atrensrtban IT ' o jt -a the Southern representation in : Con gress, and.it will not be denied that North Carolina has 'chosen her ablest ! m . . a d TT manj tor tne place, wov. v ance ougni injfacVtc have - beefljn 1 the Senate lonsr &&62 bat it has. been his luck to come within reach of the prize twice and then fail- -p - Gov. Vatoica is bv all odds the most effect ive' popular speaker in the South, and has ;been idplized for years by the neoDle of the Old North State. Be fore the oatbreak of the war be was wideljio known 0as -:1 a pronounce TTrtiSrviat. Knt. turtle an antive nart in the iecc'asiori movement. Darin ff the rebellion -he wW' thorpughlx ehlsle4 in ine wonieaerate cause, vut, ,uitiu trnlanort riimaplf bv fiorbting against highhanded, meaaures.ot tne ener- Wellj eojuippeof ' fof ' -political J debate, t .a 1 1 , i ji xl !i.i oJ. ana win oe nesra iiuiu iu iae oonate. si the Masonic Temple brought on yesterday fS.UUU. There -are 105 fetudeuls at Wake Forest College. . , A.. , . . ,! Danbury . Meporter: Revenue raiders'in this county resemble the locusts of Egypt in number as well as in habit. It seems that commissions have been scattered around profusely. . , - . Salem Press: William fibert killed a hog weiehing, 606 pounds. Over fifty young men are engaged in the clerking business ia Salem and Winsion, and only some eight or leu are learning . trades. -r - Weldon Renos : Mrs. John An- thori3', formerly of Scotland Neck, died or poeambnia, at the residence of her son, Mr. W. iy .Anthony, near Hamilton, Martin county, aod; wa8 butied in Scotland Neck ast Monday.- Mrs. R. K. Reddick. nee Miss Jennie Kelly, died at the residence of her husband, in Enfield, on Thursday, tbe . 9ih lost. i i , - i Goldsboro Mail: A friend from Rocky -Mount, under- date of lolh Inst., writes! The new bridce acioss Tar River - broke last night and floated down to the ' bridge at the Falls, and ibis morning the Palls bridge, broke in the centre and went down, and we think it all will go soon, as the river is higher than it has been for sev eral years, aod still rising. Wilson Advance: On last Mon day evening while one Dave Bynum," col ored, wbo lives a short distance from town, was carelessly handling an old nistol. be - accidentally discharged the same, tbe bell flftssing through the right hand and lodging in the left hand of another nesro named Jerry Barnes, whp was standing near by. ana innictea a very severe wound. Oxford Torchlight: The Hen- dersonites will petition the Legislature to form a new county from portions of Frank lin, Warren, and Granville, with Hender son as its chief town. We are glad to leara that the spring session of Prof. Fet ter's; School Oxford ; Male Academy be gun) with an unusually large number ot pupils, and that a good many more are ex pected in a few days. Charlotte Democrat'. A white man named Joseph JeSers, living near Paine & Good son's Store, in Lincoln " county, was out 'possum hunting on the night of the 8th inst., io company with others, and lying down by a fire in an in toxicated condition, his clothing caught fire, and he was so badly burnt that he died in a few days afterwards. He was a farm laborer, and leaves a wife and three chil dren. "H," the Raleigh Observer's New York correspondent, writes: VI have jost had the pleasure of a visit from Bishop Lyman, who returned on Saturday from bis long tour in Europe. He is in fine health, and preached yesterday at the Church of the Ipcarnation. ' He says we bave no idea of the distress in England ; that he has been sounding tne praises or JNoiln Uarolwa wherever he has been, and is hopeful of a good effect in inducing immigration " r North Carolinian: We think itdae the colored people to add a word. At nearly all the fires that have occurred in our town they bave rendered most invalu able aid. Not many Democrats in .the District take any stock in the "contest" of Major Yeates. They think and say that . he was beaten at the polls, and that he ' ought to gracefully submit. It is a very sensible view of the case. - We believe in toleration. We consider it one of the blessings of modern civilization. Elizabeth City EconomisL; On Thursday night, about 12 o'clock, our citi zens were aroused by a cry of fire. A large building on tbe corner of iroin dexter and Water street, was on fire and it "was Boon communicated to an adjoining building. Both buildings were entirely, consumed. In the death of .Edwin Brace, Hertford lost One of its oldest and best citizens. The Feast, on Wednesday and Thursday nights, for tbe benefit of the v ance Rifles," realized $52 50 net. , '- Greensboro Patriot: A petition is in circulation praying the Legislature to make a new county from the southwest of this county and a portion of Randolph and Davidson. . A counter petition is also in circulation. From ihe statistical report of the North Carolina Friends we quote;. Number of churches 50, number of members 4,837; additions daring the past ' year 444, losses 157, average of deaths 42; number who use tobacco 544, number who use liquor 57; number of ministers 38. -4- Greenville correspondent of Goldsboro Messenger: Levi Dawson shot and killed a negro on the 7th instant in a di8pnte. Not long Bince, owing to the dull times, W. A.. Quinerly was forced to close his business. He was the prominent Radical candidate' for sheriff of this county last August, but was happily defeated. On the Qtn mst. Jf , Levy & J alias "Cheap John." a former denizen of your place, made an assignment to one W. Harris; liabilities $4,781. And on tbe 8th inst, M. Sterg & Brother made an assignment to A. Ostheim, of New York; liabilities $14,500. J-Tarboro Southerner: An optional fence law will do little good in counties like Jldgecombe and Halifax. The dwelling of T. B. Watson, in Nash, abont five niles from Rocky Mount, was burned oqSaturday, as we are informed. Very . little of the, furniture was saved. No insur ance. Large numbers of colored men are leaving this county for tbe . rock quar ries hi Pender county, near t Rocky Point. Abbstr200 left last week. The Wil mington Stab gives credit to IheReidsville limes for items of news contained in our Plymouth and Washington (N. C.) corres pondence. We made it all right next day. Stab.1 -4 Wadesboro Herald: The late' cold Spell was tbe longest and severest that has Recurred in this section since 1864. gome thefts of cotton and guano at Lilesville depotrecently so a gentleman from! that place informs us . The An son Institute will open its spring term on -next 'Monday, the 20th inst. Our agri cultural friends tell us that more meat has been, "salted down? in this county this winter than at any time since the war. We are glad to hear, this it is a sign of "better times coming." In the raid made by revenue officers in Stanly county, last week, we learn that thirteen stills were seized ana destroyed, and eight distillers arrestedfour of whom were brought to this place and the others carried to Albe marle. One of the raiding party, Mr. E. T. Gaddy, was shot twice, slightly, in the ... head , ; . ; . -f Salisbury Watchman : Apropos of robbin' robin roosts, Mr. Noah Shaping, with four assistants, killed 1,820 birds in one bight. This is a fact EL C. Trott, son of Mr. Wilson Trott, while loading a pistol, had the misfortune to lodge a load in .the palm of his hand. Dr. Chunn took the- ball out,' and we are glad to know the wound is not; a serious one. Boys, beware of pistols- Mr. Pinkston has caught, since the first of December: last, by means ot setting a sleeltrap on a snag;' ten hawks and one owL Mr. A. LLvHall killed ' a bog a few days ago that weighed 652 pounds.; A little girl about six years, of age, daughter of Mr. Wesley Lentz, a tenant on Dr. Cbunn's farmj was burned to death on last Friday. Her mother was at the spring washing and the child came running with her clothes all in a flame, and when she arrived at the spring; nothing was 'left upon -her person sate a collar-band and her stockings. She lived from 12 M., at the time of burning, until night. , ' Is 13 it Bit. Hi - ft 4 IE 4 hi ft ft i IF; mi 4t I. II t. 1 m 1 j ' ' ! ' ; ' j f ' ' - . i' - : - ' - ;i ; ' r .. i . j f . ; ; - ! i i i ' ! M '.