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When a people in a large section find themselves badly treated by their own party, two things gene rally follow, viz, wide-spread discon tent and disornnt. which result in - " .- o j either a change of rulers or parties. or. the stern silence of the people as manifessed by their remaining from tbe polls, or an angry protest that secures justice and equity. If the legislators have no more regard for tbe thirty thousand voters immedi ately interested in the proposed legis lation which threatens to injure this ... . i section, than the Observer seems to have, and should come to the sage con elusion that it is a matter of no sort of importance whether said thirty thou sand voted or not, and upon, such sage conclusion should determine to legislate without any reference to their necessities, wishes or interests, then we might see some strange re suits. But the legislators have more fairness, more justice, more good old horse-sense, than ' to draw any such sapient conclusion and proceed to act upon it in the manner indicated. Considering how the Mecklenburg District voted in the last election,it is not exactly appropriate for the Ob server to be turning np its nose at the ... . i voters of the Third District. We shall not believe that the Le gislature will be guilty of such class or sectional legislation as to charter railroads to benefit a few-at the ex pense of the many. When it is done and the evil effects become visible, it will, then be seen how it is regarded in the Cape Fear section. The Demo cratic party cannot afford to become the oppressor of any section of the State. A GOOD PLACE FOR CUTTING. Mr. Robertson, of Martin, proposes to save the State $3,700 annually,' in the way of servant hire and other wise. In other words, he has intro duced a bill to get- rid of a large numberof nselens servants that are employed at thecapitol. We copy two sections of. the bill: "Sec. 1. Whereas, one servant, at a cost of $180 per annum was sufficient for the officials in . the i State Capitol in 1860, and eight servants, at a cost of $3,200 per annum, are now being paid for the same services; and whereas, further, tbe keeper of the state Capitol was allowed $260 per annum by tbe Revised Code, and is now being paid $750 per annum; now, therefore, the employment by the State of any servants for officials in the State Capi tol above the number and the rate paid in I860 is hereby forbidden. t "Sec. 2. The pay of the keeper of the Capitol is fixed at $260 per annum." Think of it, tax payers. Eight servants required to wait upon a half dozen officials, when in 1860 one was found to be enough. And yet there -is no need of "retrenchment and re form." The bill should pass, with an - - 3 m nr ! m ! ' amenament. vv e ao not tninK a re sponsible man could be got to take charge of the Capitol for $260 we believe that $500 should be applied for that purpose. The man who has charge' should be trustworthy and reputable. Probably : $50 a month would not be excessive. The Constitution fixes the matter as to the lunatics in the Asylum's. If a change is made, and those luna " tics shall be required to pay who . are able to pay, then the Constitution must be amended, is not righ that the funds of the people should be applied to provide for those who have abundant means to provide for themselves, and yet there is no reme dy without a ehange in the Constitu tion. ' n n .'n t " I u" VOL. 10. SEN it OK EDITS UN OVER-! IT1ATCUEU. We have heard ih jour day some very able debates, j In some of the political discussions of the past we have listened to some brilliant dis plays of wit, irony, ridicule, sarcasm, invective and logic on fire. I We have heard Henf v W. Milier and Romulus M. Saunders and J o M. Morehead, and Kerr and John Abram W. Veu- able and William A Graham and D. K. Muliae and Thomas Bragg, and many other famous ebaters when; at their best. We have sometimes seen "the fur fly" and the spangles knocked off, and the wounded borne off by sympathizing i riends. " Some of these famous tourneys of speech come to oxx remembrance as we read of the recent effort of Sena tor 'Morgan, of Alabama, in the Uaited Stales Senate,! in reply to Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, who has credit for being the ablest lawyer and-oneof the fore most men withal in the most august body in the land, save only Thurman, ; who like Saul the son of -Kisb, stands head and shoulders above them all. Oar readers will remember that early in Januarv at the threshold of a new year the Vermont! Senator intro duced some resolutions which he pre faced with the subjoined brief re- marks: ! "Mr. Edmunds said that on this glad morning of the new year, when there were peace and joy and hope everywhere, he thought it best to offer a resolution tending to cement more perfectly the good will ana harmony throughout the land, j tie, there -fore, submitted the following,' &c." j His resolutions were wholly unne cessary, and the meiest buncombe and twaddle. But we do not regret that he thought! proper to them, because it gate an : introduce able Sena- tor a capital opportunity of thoroughly- exposing their 'character, and of giving the ablest; Republican the most complete! drubbing he ever received. The triumph of Senator MorgaVwas most complete. Such is the testimony from: Washington from many sources, and such must appear to any one who reads the points made with so much j force and skill by the distinguished j gentleman from Alabama. J . j j : . I There has beeu nq triumph in any debate 80 complete, so thorough,! so satisfactory, so overwhelming since the war as the reply of Morgan to ventnre to say, if i- ! ' v I i Edmunds. We the latter would make an honest con fession he would say that for Once in his life he was over-sized and floored. Unless our readers should supppse that it is our Southern prejudices that lead us to thus rejoice and "crow," we will copy some interest ing extracts from an editorial in the New York World of the 5th inst.: "For many a day there has been no such effective speech delivered in the American Senate as that of Senator Morgan, or Ala bama, upon the catchpenny resolutions of Senator Edmunds. M A bitterness of speech so incisive as to be sometimes in convenient and a ; rather unusual power of clear exposition have made Mr. Edmunds formidable not only to his roes but some times to bis friends.! 1 He is i not always master of his temper) m debate, and Mr. Morgan s speech clearly shows that he ar ranged its points and I planned the order of their presentation with a perfect appre ciation of the moral as well as of the mental peculiarities of the Vermont Sena' tor. The result is a fascinating combina- tion of apparent artlesaness with consum mate art.: Many a caretui reader oi the speech will fail perhaps until the close of it as completely as did Mr. uamunds to see how skilfully tbe Senator from Alabama played bis antagonist now beguiling, now nagging and again nattering mm into tne most damaging statements or admissions. Mr. Morgan began by putting the Supreme Court in tbe front of his position, and fight mg behind the Court as General Jackson did behind the cotton bales at New Orleans, He did this till Mr. Edmunds got fairly net tled at seeing into what a hopeless culde sac he bad unwittingly got himself. The abil ity of Mr. Morgan was shown in the adroit ness with which he! kept the -judicial power at the front and thereby compelled his enemy to fire at! the Keputmcan fcsu- preme Court Instead; of et tne South. i It is not surprising that the Senator from Vermont should have been j repeatedly thrown oil his balance in such a debate. As he was confronted with decision after decis ion of the Supreme Court denouncing the tendency of his resolutions his nervous ir ritability repeatedly ran away with his wits, and could not Ibe soothed even by Mr. Morgan's playful I intimation that the resolutions must be taken as a sort of 4 'a farewell address" of Republicanism before surrendering forever its power in the Senate to the victorious Democracy advancing io the relief and protection of an unpacked Supreme Court. f i : -. ' ; i ih" "The qualities noW displayed by Mr Morgan are not wholly; a revelation to those who have watched his brief career in the Senate. But it is to be put to his credit that for the first timer the Vermont leader has been forced by a relentless Democratic grip not only 4o succumb in a two days' det bate, but in the end virtually to throw up the sponge. t i The committee has agreed upon 16 cents as the tax on plug tobacco, and 24 cents on snuff, The vote stood five to four. Voorhees, Bayard, Wal lace, Kern an, and : Jones, of Nevada, voted for 16, cents. ! Senator Bayard will report as soon as the bill can be prepared. Av:A 7 TfTl TITT -Ttttr TT WILMINGTON, SOU B'HURN MANB FACTORIES r- A. LESSON. ' Edward : King, the well known Northern writer, in a recent letter to the Boston Journal, gave an account of his visit among the cotton facto ries in Georgia and South Carolina. We copy a paragraph : "He had seen a Scotchman who was settled in Georgia, and who told him that he was making tbe ginghams as fast as the machinery wilt turn them out. ifivery yard of those ginghams is sold in tbe Southern States lost as fast as it is put into the mar ket. The Scotchman said that he began by bringing labor from Scotland, but that it proved worthless, for reasons ttvJiich he did not state, and that as soon as the uative population was induced to labor It furnish ed all tbe operatives required at the most reasonable rates. He was always besieged by girls anxious for work, j and tbe places of 'substitutes' even were battled for." , Mr. King lias been greatly im pressed with the superior advantages of the South over the North. He says, for instauce: :""lr: "There areja hundred economies unknown to our New England mills' which are daily practiced in tbe establishments at Augusta and Graniteville. Cotton, which is brought only a few miles, does not, have to be com pressed so that its masses in the bales are almost as bard as iron, and so that it is massacred when it comes to the picker. All the water wheels, sc, which in the North are protected and barricaded against cold and ice, are uprotected in the South. There are so many superiorities! in tbe Southern location that every visiter in this region ad mits them." i : Our great facilities for cotton manufacturing are becoming better known. The New England spinners have been loth to admit the very great advantages offered in the Southern States over' those of their cold section. But truth is mighty. and will prevail. Facts, profits, sue- cess, are better man tneories ana fancies, and so the North is begin ning to understand-that the South, where the cotton is made, is the right place to manufacture it. But there is one lessou- a political lesson we may learn from Mr. King. When asked why Northern capitalists would not or did 'not come to the South and engage in large manufac turing enterprises, the reply was and politicians might well ponder it "Because you have no settled govern ment, litciuse you do not hang people relentlessly when tbey commit murder. Because yur public debt may possibly be repudiJ. Because I could not be sure lhat my property would be worth anything for any length of time," Of course there is much ignorance mixed up in this statement. Statis tics, which we recently published showed that the real hanging'took place in the South -j-th at whilst crime was rampant in the North hangings i , were very uncommon. Bat we copy it because of the j reference to the public debt. The Northern people will not take their money to States whelmed with debt, and where the chances of paying it appear to be very remote and doubtful. LITTLE THINGS. The greatness of little things has been the theme of the poet and no velist and politician. There are islands in the sea that' have been formed by the deposits of birds. The ocean is made up of particles. The water constantly dropping upon a stone wears it away. A few worms can b.ore tiny holes in a great ship that shall at last; send it to the bot tom of the sea. A small leak in a large vessel will after a while empty it. A thousand and one small, use less items of expense aggregate a gTeat deal. Take care of the pen nies and the pounds will take care of themselves. Watch the small ex penses, for they are apt to be overlooked. We write all this to in troduce a paragraph from Gov. Jar vis. Read, consider, and then aot. Such is the course for the legislator. Read, inwardly; digest, and then watch. Such is the duty of the vo ter. Gov. Jarvis says: "Government has its blessings and its burdens. Good laws properly administered constitute its blessings. I be taxation necessary to its support, its burdens. How to mase its blessings as great, ana its Bur dens as small as possible, should be . the earnest, constant study of all to whom the people have committed their interests, either as makers or ministers of the law. This study should embrace the substance as well as tbe shadow, and it it is as search ing as it should be, it will not disdain to look carefully after the little matters. In fact, the little things should receive the special care and 1 attention of the public official. It is here, in my opinion, that those who really wish to prac tice economy and lighten the burdens of tbe people, 1 can be most success ful. And yet, because of their seeming unimportance, these little amounts are -so often overlooked or indifferently examined. It is too often said, what is a hundred dol lars to a great government like tbe United States, or ten dollars to a great State like North Carolina, or a dollar to a great coun ty like , and yet it is the aggregate of these very items, that swell the disburse ment accounts; of these governments to their millions, their hundreds of thousands and their thousands. The time. was when in making contracts for the government the agent exercised the came . care ; and economy as if he was spending his own money. Then we had true economy and the burdens of the people were light. How with some it has become unfashionable to stand on a few, dollars and undignified to look after these little things, and the man who attempts it is by some called penurious and laughed at as an old fogy." 1 1 -1 ' "II J.1.-lv!J i II . . . N; C, ERIDAYEEBRU ARY 13-1870 ANOTHER PLE1 FOR JUSTICE. The Pitt8boro -Record has a long article in which it makes a strong (tnlak ttxr nnolino" at the fcnnrla nf ttia legislature. ' It says, with reference to the movements and plans of "Lit tle Ambition :" ' "If, the Legislature is disposed to allow this road to be extended to Charlotte, we insist that it be extended from Lockville, instead of Ban ford. and run ' along the northern side of Peep River by the gulf; or else that the railroad xoxnpany purchase and Convey to the State "the works of the old Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Comitaav. Our reasons for this must trike every fair minded man as eminently just, and we will give them - as briefly as possible." : , .! '. . ., It then gives a history, ' which is too long for i our columns, , of the manioeavring j of "Little Ambition," and of the various charters by which said "Little Ambition? has been able to carry out thus far its schemes. We icopy in part; -&'v - "In February; 1861,the General Assembly chartered a Company, to be called tbe "Chatham Railroad Company," to build a railroad from Raleigh to the Gulf in Chat ham county, for the purpose of developing the great mineral wealth of tbe Deep uiver Valley. .This was tbe only object intended, and for this purpose alone was the charter granted." . Io 1868 the Radicals gave this company all of the works, franchises, etc., of the C. F. & D. R. Navigation Co., "for the purpose of aiding in building the road to the coal fields." I Tint sifter this the State "ffave .But, . atter tms, tne estate gave away all this valuable property to th railroad company, a.d for what purpose? It was distinctly stated to be for the purpose of aiding III UU11U I ing the road to the coal fields. And what did the railroad company do? They immediately transferred this valuable property, which had cost the citizens of Chatham and the State of North Carolina hundreds of thou sands of dollars to the Deep River Manufacturing Companies, whose President was J. M. Heck, and chief stockholder G. W. Swepsou!" (See Report of Fraud Commision, page 109.) In 1870-71, the Democratic Legis lature granted a charter to build a road from Lockville to Cane Creek, and "released the Chatham Railroad Co. from their obligation 'to have the Gulf as a terminus in the Deep River region provided, and 'upon the con dition only,' that the said railroad company snail subscribe and pay $125,000 towards building the pro posed road to Caue Creek." "Little Ambition" was for extend- iDg the road to Augusta, Ga., hence this arrangement. At first it was willing to pay tbe $125,000, but af terwards ref used to pay, and in lien of paying its honest debts got an other charter to extend its road to Augusta "without going by the Gulf." So the road was diverted from its original purposes, and "Lit tle Ambition" carried ontits schemes, without paying its debt, and using, probably, the money of women and children who had no interest in its new plans. The Record says the peo- pie of Chatham have been "defrauded nnt. nf ihir rivr wm-lra rrA railroad by the action of the State and this Company, and think that they have I just and equitable grounds for insist ing that the State, through the pre sent Legislature, should require the it. cs A. A. Lu it. K. Uo., to carry out the purposes for which the origi nal oharter was granted, and the valu able navigation works on Deep River given." The Legislature ought to do jus tice. It ought to compel this bloated corporation to pay its debts. It ought to make it disgorge and pay over to the private stockholders in v, t?i,v, a. n v,u .. ,& ..... million dollars, or their share therein, that have been withheld, or misap- aplied and perverted. The Record savs. m behalf of ius- tice to the people of Chatham : "We demand this, in the first place, as a matter of simple right and common fair ness; but in addition thereto, we think it is to the interests of Raleigh and the State generally to have tbe road extended (if it is to be extended at all) along the Deep Kiver Valley by tbe Uuir, and to cross said river near the Moore and Randolph line. This would be as near a line to Charlotte as the line from Sanford, and would run through a much better country." The people of North Carolina are not asleep. They have at last open ed their eyes wide with reference to railroad projects and management, Tf: th IWialfttnra is wise and iust. it wNl rontifV 11 urrnno-a Sit far " - J - o - - - i sible that have grown out of "ring" nA:..iAti MmMn.iW. of,M h. 'iAitl in " . rvt--- r- w.w. their rights. i The first edition of the sermons of hf, Uto "Rev W TZ Mnnspv T) T) the late Kev. W. munsey, v. v.. of the Methodist a Uhureh, south, i... t--. TT. naa oeeo aoia. xie w au eioueuw ana impressive preacner, ; Ep?the Star., j Bubqaw, N. C, Tebi 3, 1879, .At a meeting of the Democrats of Pen der county to-day, Dr. Ri Porter was called to the chair, and MrdJruce William9 was requested to act as secretary. .ii;,. - A committee on Resolutions reported tbe following, , through their chairman Dr.l Satckwell, which were adopted: f j WAbreas, "The people of Pender county are properly alive to the; .importance ,of public measures now .before the Legislature and agitating the pubHc miad of the State, tberefore J(i-a , i: y; i Resolved, That, we are opposed to the project of making new roads, or of keep ing up those already constructed, by, tax ation, but are' in favor of adhering to the present system of working public roads, ana believe it would be emcient if the pre sent law in relation to overseers and j road hands-should be rigidly enforced. Jmomd. That tbe intejcests of sheen hus bandry and of popular education demand tbe enactment by the Legislators of .a' dog law, as it u commonly called, and that such a law would" be of -great" benefit to all classes and colors in Pender county, and of immense advantage to the people of the Whole State. ' ;- Resolved. That the welfare and good name of our noble -old commonwealth demand that the present Legislature should make some fair, just and honorable compromise of: such portions of tbe public debt of the State as North Carolina is bound in honor to pay, and that in order for the interest of such amount of the principal of said debt as the Legislature may agree to pay, may be felt with the least inconvenience and hardship by the people, we recommend our present General Assembly to pass the Bell punch law, as the best means of paying the interest or such principal, believing as we do that the principle and purpose of such a law is wise and just, and needs to be put in operation iu jauuu vyaroima. Raeiioed Th t th Renresontative and Senator in the Legislature from Fender ffffi SSS15 against any law proposing to keep up the f .V. .r. n.. nn o nn.wl n proved of in these resolutions. Mr. Bruce Williams introduced the fol lowing resolution, which was also adopted: JtSctolved, That inasmuch as tbe Demo cratic Executive Committee of the county have failed or refused to act in regard to recommending magistrates for appoint ment by the present Legislature, that this meeting recommend that the Democrats of each Township meet at their respective yoting places, on Saturday, the 8th inst., at 13 o'clock, M., and recommend to our Senator and Representative in the Legisla ture from i Pender county the . names of such men as tbey may desire to be ap pointed magistrates. On motion, the Secretary was instructed to prepare the proceedings of this meeting and request their publication in the Wil mington liemew, jounyu, own and btab. Bruce Williams, Secretary Ad Ancient Institnilon. St. John's Lodge. No. 1, F. and A. Masons, of this city, has two charters, one bearing date the second day of January, 1791, and the other the first of December, 1801. This Lodge has ever since continued ssion, not even suspending its during tbe war 'between the upon its m: operations 8tates, when so many charitable organiza tions yielded to adverse influences. The tenacity of life exhibited bv old "St. John's" is something on which the craft may rightfully plume themselves. lilfe-Savine Stations. The workmen employed in the erection of the thirteen new life-saving stations be tween Capes Hatteras and Henry, ordered by Congress last year, have completed their labors. This is a matter of; great general importance at this point. The stations are now only five miles apart on the North Carolina and Virginia coasts be tween the capes mentioned. j j Dead. A private note informs us of the death of Mr. D. L. Williams, near Baker's Mill, in Mitchell county, this State, a few days since, uur correspondent miorms us that he was a native of our neighboring county, Columbus, that he was on his way to Ken tucky, and that he was frozen to death Mississippi Bulldozers Arrested.! Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald, January 30. Recently a little bulldozing oc curred in Wilkinson county. A number of negroes were ordered on some pretense to leave their homes. On the next morning they started.but were .overtaken by hundreds of law- abiding citizens ana assured ot pro tection. They returned to their homes and before night the Democratic au thorities arrested and placed in lail nine men who are charged with the ( bulldozing, and the Woodville Dem- ocratiq papers say that men who, at tne aeaq nour oi nigui,, nue up io their neighbors' houses and, without cause order them to be up and away with the morning's light, on the pen- alty of their lives,deserve the severest pamsnmeni me law can mnici. The Butler-Oorbln Case. Washington Special Richmond Dispatch. The Radicals have no hope of un seating Senator Butler, of South Carolina, and their object in now bringing the South Carolina senator- ship before the senate , is to secure Corbin ail the pay that can be gotten for him. His friends know that this chances of getting a liberal allowance from a Democratic senate are very slim. It is also suggested that they hope by the action of the Senate now in General Butlers case to strengthen Kellogg in his seat. Neither General Butler or his friends & anJ Solicitude in regard tO the . Louisburg Times : Louiaburg will be one hundred years old, the 20th day I of ApnL - Kegister Jones has issuea, I sinco January 1st, 29 marriage licenses, 8 I f nliinh m.M f i. villi. aiii4 91 fnr Mlnnwl Ul T, kl LjA TT VA V) 1U T .V. BUW AW. wmr m ymm couples. ! -A telegram was received here on Monday3ast,which brought the sad news 6f th(J AeAt Mte8 Saeaa r. Hill, daugh- ter of the late Daniel S. mil, deceased She died at York. Pennsylvania; on Satur day la8t, her death being-caOsed by a Cen- i gestive emu. I' , , i , ;- .'... I ., f"' "j ' - . WAR i - NO. 16. What we Are to Expect-when tne Old Blan Comes In Again. 1! p Baltimore Gazette. 1 General' Grant may be the next President; and ! then the good old days will come again the good old days; of Credit Mobilier, Pomeroy, Patterson, Colfax and Oakes Ames; the fine old days of Belknap, Orvil Grant and Indian posts bought r and sold; of: whiskey rings -and Joyce, McHee ana rsabcock; of sandBtone quarries and St. Domingo commissions; of disinter ested presents; bull-pups, fast horses, .Liang branch levees ana torn Mur phy; of the gold room, Black Friday jand Brother-in-law Corbin; of custom house enterprises and J ayne, lieet and Stocking; of Chandler, Butler, Orth and LiOgan; of reconstruction, ku- kluxism, and an army employed as special! policemen; of Kellogg, Wele, Warmoth, Packard and Bro. therdo-law Casey ; of Stearns, Reed, Littlefield and Simpson ; of .Moses, Patterson, "Kim pton, Parker, Scott and Chamberlain; of, Dick Biisteed and Dnrell;. of Sickles, Steinberger, Georsre Butler. Parson Newman: and Emma-Mine Schenck; of Taft, Aker- man, Robeson and Banditti Sheridan; of the Freedman's Saving Bank and its honest trustees and active com missioners; of O. O. Howard, Boss Shepherd,- Harrington Fisher and District rings; of Christian statesmen and golden opportunities. Dost like the picture? A Kentucky Opinion About Tllden. From an Interview with Congressman Carlisle. 1 - "I tell yon Tilden in looming up. If he does not get the nomination himself he will name the man that does. The old man has a long head and knows what he is doing. He may be nominated by acclamation- there is no telling. Next to himself think he favors Jbavard, who is very strong in the East, and perhaps could cany New lork, .New Jersey and ; Connecticut. Judge Field, ia great, personal friend of Mr. Tilden, is also spoken of as a possible com promise, beymour nas been spoken of, but he is threatened with soften ing of the brain, and the amount of exertion that woold be required of him, to make the. canvass would kill him. lie needs repose, which be could not have if he engaged in the excitement of a Presidential contest. New York will doubtless be for Til den for first choice. The breech be tween him and John Kelly has been closed, land they are now working to gether harmoniously. He would un questionably carry the State against any Republican that could be named." Anotber Newspaper Suspension and H. Why. Philadelphia Times. 1 Senator Conkling's Utica Daily Republican suspended publication a day; or two ago and will stay sus pended.: Even a revival of Conklirig oould hardly bring it to life again. It is ever thus with organs, and good as the, Republican was as a general newspaper it could not stagger along the narrow path chosen by itself and carry tbe heavy burden assnmed at the outset. It was intended by this rash venture in journalism to kill off the Utica Merald. which had a mind too much its own to satisfy Conkhng, and the result must be gratifying to every editor in the country who has an unincumbered title to himself. The machines can manage the cauensses and conventions of a party and often defeat the will of an actual majority, but the people will exercise the privi lege of selecting their own newspa pers, and tbey generally prefer those liable to have nnpaid-for opinions apout current events. 'mat's the Difference. fBurlington Hawkey e. If a man is on the cars and sees a lady he doesn't know from Eve and never saw . before, trying to let ' down the window, he throws down his-paper, takes off his hat, bows himself double, smiles clear round to his after collar-button, and says sweetly : "Allow me?" and closes the window with graceful skill and charming courtesy. If his sister says, "Tom, wont you please let this win dow down for me?" he tucks his paper under bis arm, and stalking across the aisle, Btands on her feet while he closes the window with a bang that fills her face and hair with dust. And if his wife, holding the baby with one arm and a lunch-basket on the other, tries to let down the window, and says, timidly and suggestively,' "Ob. dear. I don't believe I can getiit down," he grunts, says "Eh? oh!" and buries himself deeper still in his paper. That's what you are coming to, Laura. Tbe Tribune and tbe Cipher , , Recent Fable in New York World.! A Shepherd, having missed several of his choicest sheep, laid their Death at the Door of the Wolves. A youth ful Pupi coveting Applause, under took to discover the exact identity of the Marauders, but was rebuked for his Presumption bv a sly old Dog as entirely too .Fresh, and bidden let Bygones be .Bygones. The enthusi- astic Pup, - however, prosecuted his Researches till be had deciphered the Trail, a fact which he announced loudly -to his Master, and the Shepherd, Pottering about and find. J .LfTi -i , . . .1 - tr ij i ing mat tne xrait let io me ceuuei, promptly destroyed all his Dogs. ; MoBAi-r-LeBadlone. j Sitting Bull, our American Min ister to Canada, is about to return to his native land. N. T. Pie. Spirits Turpent The Goldsboro Messenger will issue, on the loth inst., a ftor'.b C.4rniiua Hand Book. t . A brick fell on a negro's head at Salisbury from the top-' of a Ihiee story honse. Shocked, but recovering. -r- Mr. A. M. Hall has retired from the Louisburg limes. Mr. James "A. Thomas coal i cues its publication. Success! - Salisbury T Watchman: Tho health of Dr. Chas. Philipsi of Cbapei HiM, it is said, does not improve. -Mr. .Ed. uvercash got hurt baaly by; tbe falling of h tree. A limb was. tlirowu back, strikirg him in the face, cutting several gushes ard knocking some of his teeijti loose. He is improving. " j Winston Sentinel: Tbe First National Bank of Salem is closing up its affairs. Eleven , "commercial travel lers?' registered at the Merchant's Hotel :. Monday night, and nine on; Tuesday uieh".. Bishop Lyman, assisted by Dr. Sutton, itev. Messrs. isynum and i K:ch will de.i i - cate the Episcopal Churth in Winston on i uesqay next, the 11th insti Wilson Advances: Our poor house has twenty-eight inmates, fenny of wnom are in great neei m medic! an! - About 12,000 bales of coltoa have been shipped from this place since the 1st of October last. Wi) regret to an nounce the death of Mr. Thomas Jlounirce, wnica sad event occurred on x nday morn ing last at his residence about fivti tuilea from town. i 1 " ' -; . Newbern Nut Shell: Several young men tried their speed and endurance yesterday afternoon and some of tbera did remarkably welk Messrs.! D. R. Fnlford, Wm.iElli8and Clarence Radcliff w.aiked one mile in less than twelve minutes, the two last named subsequently walking -ten miles in about two hours. Messrs. E. E. G. Roberts and Edward i Bishop walked about two and a iia'T hui end made somu thirteen or fourteen ruiles. Reidsville Timesi Last Monday morning alter the moon was down, the postoffice here was entered through a side Winaow DV Durcrlara and rnbtied nf XRO nr $70 in Bilver and coppers. 4 Aunt Phillis, an old colored woman living at Bieeus Powell's, six miles below Yanceville. has just had twins. Phillis is 60 year's of age. Mrs. Polly Young, aged 96, died last Sunday morning, three miles below this town. j Gteen&hovoMethodist Protestant : The pulpit of the M. E. Church, 8ouJb, in this place, was filled on Sunday morning last by Rev. Dr. E. Q. Fuller, editor of the Methodist dweate, Atlanta, 6a.and at night by Bishop Peck, who presided over the de liberations of tbe N. C. Annual Conference of the M. E. Church. Monroe Hanner, the young man who was suffering from epi lepsy, and fell from his horse while on his: way to this city last week, has since died. He was a son of Mr. John Hanner. Goldsboro Mail: At a meet ing of citizens, held m this town on Monday 'last, resolutions were adopted protesting against the passage of tbe bill ex tending tbe charter of tbe Augusta Air Line railroad to Charlotte, and a committee was appointed to properly represent East ern interests before the Legislature. Those festive law-makers at Raleigh Should retrench in the number of dollars They pay the State officers From the State coffer, sirs Those festive law-makers at Raleigh. Raleigh News: A night or so since a white man Darned Martin, who lives on the farm of W. R. Pool, Esq., at- tempted to cross Neuse river at a point eight mues east of the city in a small boat. The current carried him down so swiftly that he could not contend against it. As the boat swept by a rock he sprang but upon it. He cried lustily for help, and after hours of waiting in the dark and bit ter cold, a boat put off from tbe shore and saved him. He was so nearly frozen that he did not recover consciousness until Sun day morning, and it is thought that he may not reeover. -We are requested j by , Gov. Vance to say that from and after next Wednesday he will be at bis home in Char lotte, where correspondents will please ad dress him. ! Greensboro Patriot: The N. C. Conference of the Methodist Church, North; Bishop Peck, of Utica, N. Y. pre siding, met at Warnersville church last Thursday and adjourned .Monday. An effort was made to divide tbe Conference on tbe color line, but it failed to pass. - Mr. David White, one mile and a half from High Point, raised oyer one thousand one hundred bushels, of corn on twenty acres of land, averages uear thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, and has as fine Aider ney cows. Southdown sheep and general stock, as can be shown anywhere. Twelve years ago bis farm was a barren, worn out old field. So much for well directed labor. Mr. J. J. Kendala has invented a con trivance for reducing the toughness of beef and other meats instead of the old way of pounding." Uharlotte (Joserver: W ednesday night Mr. Samuel C. Needy, a highly es teemed and promising student of Davidson College, died of, pneumon la. lie bad been sick for some time, and on last Saturday was moved, from the college to his home, about six miles north of tbe city, where his death occurred. ' i Under tbe act of the present General Assembly tbe Judge of the fifth district Hen. John Kerr will ride this circuit next spring, and the Judge of this district will hold the courts of the seventh. The spring term of Mecklenburg Superior Court will commence the second Monday in March. The Pioneer Fire Company, one of the most useful and: ef fective organizations the city ever had,bas reorganized, and is in. excellent condition. A somewhat curious case came up before Justice Davidson yesterday fori ad judication. The complainant was a preach er connected wun tbe Metnoaist enurcn. an old man and a respectable citizen. He charged two boys with jeering at, and irr many ways annoying, him on the street, and whenever he met them.; The prose cutor, however, consented to withdraw bis suit, or rather to a suspension of judgment over the defendants, with the promise that the offence should never be repeated, the boys were accordingly discharged with this understanding;. Goldsboro Messenger: A num ber of our Sampson county friends con template experimenting in tobaccjpgiowing this season. We hope they win be suc cessful. About 200 acres will be planted . in tobaceo this season,' within a radius of fourteen miles of Goldsboro. Now here is a good opening for. a tobacco factory. The Supreme Court baa just affirmed the death sentence of the Superior Court of Carteret county, passed upon the ' negro brute Foy, who, some months ago, outraged Mrs. Hanners. The Nut Shell learns that some of its enterprising business men are talking . about putting a $15,000 steamer on our waters, to ply between New bern and Kinston and Newbern and Tren ton. TbiSjis a step in the right direction. - The death of Captain Jas. S. Knight is generally mourned along the line of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad; where be was greatly esteemed, and we may also add. here that bereaved parents and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the Golds boro community, their former home," in their sad bereavement Senator Bryan of Pender, has iotrodveed a bill in the State Senate to punish magistrates for the abuse of their trusts. We think there is another matter in connection with magis trates that might be improved No magis trate ought to be permitted to sit on trial of anyicauae m which he has an interest or family connection with any of the parties, interested. 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