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TBB RlOKino.N CURSE.
The Mormons - are considerably
stirred over the crusade threaten,
ing polygamy. The delegate in
Congress from Utah, Cannon, says
he does uot know what his folks may
. do if they are crowded. He is thus
reported in the Philadelphia limes;
"There are," be said, "about one hun
dred and fifty thousand Mormons in Utah,
of whom thirty thousand are men. Of these
perhaps four thousand fire hundred are po
l)gamists. AgaiDSt this handful of men
there the government of the United Slates
is directing the tremendous enginery of its
power, and is attempting to lead public
opinion in the smie direction. Every sucb
attempt, however, Mr. Cannon fcel9 sure,
will have the very opposite effect from that
intended. Persecution Las always strength
ened the cause assaulted. Mr. Canuon
charged that the movement on the part of
the administration and its friends in Con
gress is directed not so much against polyg
amy as against the admission of a Demo
cratic State."
If a man commits bigamy in North
Carolina he is put on trial and pun
ished, if a man in Utah has a dozen
or forty wives ho is allowed to defy
the law. The government ought ci
ther to cut up polygamy by the roots,
, r allow people everywhere to prac
tico it. It is a great curse a foul
stigma, and ought to be abolished at
- every cost. It is wrong to tolerate
. it iu Utah aud punish it in Texas or
Massachusetts.
President Ilaycsj directs attention
to this curse and blotch, and asks
Congress to consider the matter. He
said concerning Mormonism that "the
enjoyment and exercise of the rights
and privileges of citizenship iu the
territories of the United States uu.y
be withheld or withdrawn from those
who violate or oppose the enforce
ment of the law." . The Saints at Salt
Lake City are deeply aroused over
this declaration, and they see the
. hand-writing on the wall of their
polygamous temple as they never
saw it before. On last Sunday the
present leader, Jo.hn Taylor, asked
las congregation" 'it they would stand
by their doctrines and laws, and the
answer was a unanimous aye. With
all of their baseness and treachery
we doubt if the Mormons will so re
sist the taw as to bring about an open
collision with the Federal power.
a
They know that if the people become
fully aroused' against them they
would be swept away as chaff be
fore the storm. They may resort to
dodges and obstructionp, and in vari
ous ways hinder the operations of the
law. If the President's suggestion is
acted upon it will have direct influ
ence upon the lease and extent of
Mormon power. If Utahis deprived
of representation in Congress it will
at once pass under Gentile control, it
is thought. Mormonim is doomed.
It is simply impossible that polygamy
should flourish unchallenged in a
country like ours. The sense of the
people is against it and it will be ex
tirpated sooner or later.
The Baltimore American, consid
ering the legal bearings of the case,
says:
"The question iu its le.al as-pects.it. must
be confessed, is one of serious difficulty,
but its solution is not likely to become any
easier with the lapse of time, since the Mor
mons'are steadily growing in numbers, aud
have already gained a strong foothold in
Idaho and Arizona Territories, with a view
to securing the same political position there
that they at present occupy in Utah. It is
evident, therefore, that if the institution is
to be" broken up at all it must be done by
the federal government, and so effectually
that the admission of Utah as a State
which cannot be delayed many years more
will not carry with it the dancer that po
lygamy will be engrafted in its organic
law. The part of the President's message
which treats of this question has been re
ferred in the Senate to the committee on
the Judiciary for consideration, and it is to
; he hoped the able lawyers who compose
that body will be able to devise legislation
timt will fully meet the emergency.
Since we wrote the above Mr. Bur
rows, of Michigan, haa introduced a
VOL. XI.
joint resolution hi tlfc House propos
ing an amendment io the Constitu
tion forbidding polygamy in the Uni
ted Stales, and conferring upon the
Congress the rreuesary power to en
force the law. i Tis or something
equally effective sh;oud be done to
suppress a great crime and nuisance.
AN OKGAN GK1NDINC,
The Wilmington (N. D.) Stak says that
there are not fifty men tin the South who
agree with Toombs in wishing death to the.
Union. But how many! wish that there was
no Union to wish dead;? That searching
question will reveal the Southern heart
much more clearly than the other. The
Union is tolerated in the South; but the
duties which it impels i are systematically
disregarded in every part of iL The equality
of citizenship which ft has ordained is
simply despised; and this is an indication
of real feeling much uieretsoucluaive tkan
the cheap lip service which is easily jendwr- i
ed.PhMpkia fires, SaS: Organ. T
Our Philadelphia contemporary will
not be satisfied, j It pill not accept a
specific denial: It Jis gifted with
omnific aud omniscient powers. It
can create sentiments, and can enter
the very hearts of the Southern peo
ple .and discern precisely what emo
tions they feel, what purposes they
entertain. It is swift to accuse but
slow to credit the rebtitting testimony.
It has made up its; mind that all
Southern native-bora men are trai
tors, and it is also disposed to
make them also hypocrites and
liars. It is useless jto spend time
over such an adversary. It has been
struck with judicial blindness. It
cannot see the truth when it is placed
before its eyes, j Itj is resolved to
malign and persecutes a whole great
section, and to repeatfand reiterate its
old false charges in spite of facts and
denials. It is just such papers as the
Press that have kept this country in
hot water for ten years. Estimated
by dollars snd cents tjie injury done
the country at large by the .Press and
its coadjutors in j folly and madness
and wickedness, can only be counted
by hundreds of millions of dollars.
When this breed ;of tnalignants have
followed Chandler and those who
have gone before hiifa into a world
where political lies and hatreds find
if
no place, then there yill bo peace in
the laud. I - -
The Press says the Star agrees
with Ben Hill in ins recent letter,
which we commented on, in our Sun
day's issue. It 'quotes a few lines
from our editorial, it is onlv anoth
er instance of garbling for effect a
case cf both suppressed veri and sug
gestio falsi. Mr. Ilill spoke of a
"just man" in contra-distinction to
i T
"an infuriated sectional mob," and he
also said the North fmust determine
(for it has the power) whether "intel
ligence" shall "save" or "monopoly"
shall "destroy our constitutional sys
tem of government." The Stab
merely said, "however much of truth
there may be in; , all this, it may do
mischief to print it,! as it is not the
part of the policy of prudence to be
saying it just now, If at ail." This
leads the jesuilical Press to say that
the Star will favorj Hill when "he
becomes a candidate for Emperor."
The Star is the friend of the Consti
tution. It is for maintaining that
precious instrumentin spirit and in
I letter. The Press only slanders and
misrepresents the Star, as it does
all who take the side of local self-
.t-i
government and 'peace between the
sections.- And yet' this nice sheet has
the impudence to refer to the South
ern press and leaders as being ani
mated with "a spirit of falsehood,"
and says glibly and maliciously that
the process of subduing them by the
civilizing influences of education mast
necessarily be slow."l
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's appoint
ment by the Military Committee of
the House to reorganize the United
States army, gives much satisfaction,
we are told. He is eminently quali
fied, bat the Stalwart organs will
howl over it, or we jure no prophet.
The Richmond JPispatch's Washing
ton correspondent remarks:
"It seems strange to many that even the
greatest surviving captain i the Confed
eracy should be called upon to reorganize
the army now under the command of the
general to whom he surrendered. This
shows what a wonderful country this is, and
how rapidly we would be one people if the
politicians would only let us alone. The
army officers will be better satisfied that
General Johnson should do this work than
that it should be committed to civilians,
who do not understand when changes and
reducitons can be profitably made."
The Richmond State is often point
ed and felicitous in its paragraphs.
Read this: j .
"It is suggested that We ought to prepare
for a yellow -fever epidemic next spring, as
the Read juslers I will probably be taken
with the blacK vomit
April." 1 -
about the first of
Wilson wants a bank.
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WILMINGTON, N. 0
SENATOR BAOIPTON. ' J
This distinguished and representa
tive Southron has been interviewed
at length by a correspondent of the
Boston Herald an Independent pa
per of larger circulation than any pa
per in New England. The letter is
written from Columbia, S. C, and is
dated Nov. 28th. It is very inter
esting, and contains a full and no
doubt accurate review of the cam
paign in South Carolina in 1876, when
that State was redeemed through the
influence and popularity of W ade;
Hampton himself. The letter isf Tar
too long for our columns, and iherej
is so much that is entertaining,' andj
the. whole iaso blended in continuous
narrativel it is almost impossible to
reproduce much without giving all.
Wje may, however, note a few opin-:
ions, and copy a paragraph here and
there.
First, we are surprised to be told
that the Senator uses "cuss words."
We had thought otherwise. As to
thechances of carrying South Caro
lina in 1880, Senator Hampton said
it all depended on the way the Demo
crats managed. He said the negroes
have 25,000 majority in the State. He
then at length explained how it is the
Democrats can triumph. We copy
a portion at this point:
"The negroes are gradually alienating
themselves from the Radicals. These fel
lows, you know, who came down here at
the close of the war, instilled into the ne
groes here and everywhere else a deep
political opposition to the native whites.
So aU these years, while the negroes would
never hesitate between a Radical and a na
tive white in borrowing money or asking a
favor, bat go directly and every time to the
native white, yet, as sure as election day
came round, he went to the polls and voted
with the Radicals. Various causes con
tributed to produce this obedient, unchang
ing direction he took. His first belief, re
ceived from Radical teachings, was that to
vote for his old master was a step back
toward slavery. Few of them are now
possessed of this idea. Then the Radicals
were the dominant party, and could carry
them easily by that influence. Hatred for
their old masters has very little room in the
negro breast now. 1 As I said, the causes
which made them Radicals were various,
but must needs be ever active to produce
permanent . asults. They -have not pro
duced permt. aent results, and the negroes
are gradually recognizing that they made a
mistake in voting against a government
composed of sons of the soil, and men who
have every right to govern the land of
their birtl In other words, they see that
when the Democrats are in power their
rights are better looked after than when
they were under Radical rule, because the
Democrats are governing their own State
for the mutual good of its citizens."
Senator Hampton gave a very vivid
account of the awful despair of the
people in 1876, growing out of the
wide-spread demoralization, corrup
tion, wastefulness, thievery and vil
lainy of the Radical party in power.
He said:
"In 1876 this State was in such a condi
tion of corruption and barbarism from eight
years' misrule and wild and courageous
misgovernment, that the Republican party
of the North repudiated the men in it, and
denied that they were Republicans; they re
cognized them only as thieves and robbers
and scalawags, who were pillaging under
that flag. They had lost the countenance
of the National party."
Then came his own nomination and
the most powerful reaction that fol
lowed. We can only give a glimpse
of what he said about the splendid
canvass of 1876, and the ovation he
received:
"The Radicals feared that, if Chamber
lain went on the stump, he would draw the
negroes out to hear us speak. Their great
point was to prevent the negroes from at
tending my meetings, as I would already
catch all the white men. Well; I started on
my canvass, and I made a thorough one.
There are thirty-three counties in South
Carolina, and I spoke in all. The Northern
papers falsified and villified that campaign
outrageously. They were hardly less honest
than the thieves in our own State. Talk
about rifle clubs and barbecue massacres
and midnight murder of negroes ! I sup
pose I must have spoken in that canvass to
at least three hundred thousand people,
many of them negroes, but I never saw a
gun, a knife or a pistol (except a few I may
have seen of small calibre, such as men 1
carry habitually). I never saw a weapon
or a fist used in all my canvass, and I took
in Beaufort and Charleston, and other
places where the committee believed I was
unsafe and in peril of my life. I never saw
a weapon used by either party, and I car
ried none myself; indeed, I never do. I
never solicited the attendance of the. ne
groes, but I welcomed them to my meet
ings, and many came, for even they, ignor
ant as they were, knevq that the State was
in a dreadful condition: ."
He said Mr. Hayes carried the State
fairly according to the returns. He
thinks there was fraud used to secure
the returns. He was eleoted by 1,200
majority. The vote when analyzed
showed that 17,000 negroes had voted
for him, as did every white man in
the State. He ran ahead of his own
ticket. He then enters into a histo
ry of the Legislative struggles, for
which we have no space. He told
the correspondent to talk with some
of the prominent colored Republicans
in Columbia, and ascertain from them
how they and their race are treated.
He said the New York Sun had been
the most odious in its misrepresenta
tion of Southern affairs, but the
Times "had been very bad."
As to the Presidential outlook, he
thought Bayard"remarkably strong,"
and would be elected if nominated.
As to Seymour if he should run, "he
would bo the favorite of the South."
Of Uncle' Samuel he merely said:
"Mr. Tildon is dead, politically,
here." He said the Federal election
laws should be repealed because they:
oppress and 'revive the old opportu-j
nities for corruption and bulldozing.";
He gave ah example in potat:
"For instance n the occasion of the
Wallace pleeUo ia this State, when so
many peopia,-were arbitrarily arrested Jot
Ku-Kluxiam on one pretense or another,
and subjected. to JndigBities ; to prevent
them from voting; that the people became
alarmed, aoCroanf of our quiet, resnecta
ble citizen? left (he district to avoid the
inconvenience and risk of arrest. Itfis to.
avoid suchV things as that that wo oppose
those laws." fe j 1 . .
Referring toQrant he said he was
preferred by many in the South to
other Republicans' because they
thought with him the campaign
would be less bitter. But he evi
dently did not share in that opinion.
He said:
"I don't know. The world, and particu
larly the South, knows what Grant did and
was when he was President. What be
may do again nobody can say. But be is
not a candidate. When he is I will feel at
liberty to express my opinion of him."
sons NOTES.
We group a few notes suggested
by the October number of the Bri
tish Quarterly Review.
Irenraus continually speaks of the
churches as several and distinct. He
lived in the second century, was a
disciple of Polycarp, who knew St.
John personally well.
Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope, in a
long, elaborate paper on the "Politi
cal Prospects of Italy," says that
"Gen. Grant was never thought to be
other than a most competent officer
of engineers." That will be news on
this side of the Atlantic. Grant's
knowledge of engineering is small
compared to the real engineers. He
did not belong to the engineer corps.
Is it correct to write politics are ox
politics is? Webster says singular,
is. The New York, Journal of Com
merce, good authority, say s is. But
then the British Quarterly writes
"Not only are politics with him a
grave moral responsibility to the na
tion, &c." This is said of Mr. Glad
stone. This admirable Review is the organ
of the Non-Conformists of those
who do not belong to the Established
Church. It speaks in the very high
est possible terms of Canon Farrar's
"Life and Work of St. Paul." Its
notice is extremely cordial and ele
gant. It praises without stint the
genuine learning of the author. It
says for instance, that he "unites the
learning and exhaustive thoroughness
of the German" "to his practical
English good . sense;" and that "in
historic and moral penetration he
comes not a whit behind either Nean
der or Pressense." It says it "is a
piece of fine literary workmanship
and an able psychological study."
"Taken as a whole, it is a great work
learned, catholic, and eloquent."
It says further, "it must take its place
as one of the best and most important
contributions to New Testament his
tory which this generation has pro
duced." The critic ' and author do
not belong to the same religions body,
let it be remembered. So the charge
of partiality cannot be sustained.
Many of our readers are fond of
good novels. It is important to omit
the ordinary or inferior and read only
the best. There are some two thou
sand or more novels published every
year. Selection is, therefore, a neces
sity. We hnd that the following are
specially approved among those pub
lished from July to September, inclu
sive: "Haworths," by Francis Hodg
son Burnett; "Maid, . Wife and Wi
dow," by Mrs. Alexander; "Dorcas,"
by Mrs. Craik (Miss Mulock); "The
Fallen Leaves," by Wilkie Collins,and
Sir Gibbie," by George MacDon aid.
Of Collins's story the critic says it
will "prove a pleasant variation," and
thatitisless melodramatic than his
former fictions, although he still gives
touches of his old tendencies. '
"Mother Shipton's Prophecy" is
still on its travels. Its precise age is
thirty years. It was written by an
English student named Charles
Hindley. He confessed his fraud,
but it still deceives. Fifty years
hence it will be dug up and go the
rounds again fooling the credulous
and ignorant. - ,
The Czar is reported as having
abandoned all reformatory plans. He
has flung them, into the fire and dis
missed inxlisgraee the author of them,
M. Walujeff. . On the other hand his
old advisers, Gortsohakoff and Giers,
have regained their former influence.
9 DEOEMBER 19 1$79.
The Russian authoiitifiijire , taking
eyery conceivable preeaatian iloob-
Btruct the operation pt tbqr- Revolu
tionists. It i&required in -St. Peters
burg that every hoaseholctfer shall 4 is
play a red lamp beforehitfetoor night
ly, bearing the number of-his house.
Th e gendarme and police i e pees have
been largely increased, ana incessant
ly patrol the streets. All around 4h&
Winter Palace tbeyte;-thiek, -Itiis
believed that' anothf5'tttte-mpt optti
the Czar's life vNH'bfeP ruMe - soon.
The Imperial CuugjT ' wjabey. ip
session. " A special of the 16'thi :from
! JSCS cd - LiV-3 4i!
reniu;sayjs;:..tj r ji jLWt S'if-H
"It" Was summoned hot so much Iq con4
aider the question of peace or war as how;
best to retire from the present reiplomatic
attitude of aggression. A new war would
produce an explosion calculated to shatter
the whole organism of the State. The last
war proved that foreign enterprises do not
remove the peril involved in the passive op
position Of society to the present system of
government, a peril greater than the des
perate conspiracies of the Nihilists." j
This age threatens to rival medie
val iimes in the attempts at assassi
nation. The news of the attempt to
blow up the Czar of Russia does not
get cold before the telegraph flashes!
the account of an attempt upon the
life of the Viceroy of India, Lord
Lytton. The arrest of a fellow bent
upon blowing up the Czar's Winter
Palace at St. Petersburg, and the pre
vious announcement by proclamation,
of( what was to occur, show the bold
ness, pertinacity, and determination
of the conspirators. It heed not be
a surprise at any time to learn that
the Nihilists have succeeded in their!
purposes, and that the Emperor Al-j
exander II. is slain. In the case of
Lord Lytton the result cannot be the
result of any oppression ion his part.!
There is no special complaint on that
score. Besides, his resignation has
been forwarded to his Government. I
Some of the Virginia! ReadjuBtersj
are represented as being very ex
treme in their financial notions.
They are not content with the views!
held by some of their confederates,!
but declare that they are not in favor
of paying the bonds held by North?)
ern capitalists.! A Richmond- special j
to the Washington Post of the 10th
says: j
"Many of the Read j asters do not besin
tate to say that they are opposed to paying
the State's bonds, now held in London
principally, for their full face value, claim-j
ing that many were bought at thirty cents
on the dollar. A number of the bonds are
held by New York capitalists, these seem to
be the most importunate. I Not a few of
the Re djusters assert that inasmuch as the
fortunes of war stripped the men of their!
slaves, that the people of Virginia, who
suffered most during the late war, should
not be held responsible for the bonds of;
the State held by Northern capitalists; in
plain English, they do not see that the State
is in honor bound to pay tne aem.
The papers are mere chronicles of;
crime and misfortunes. The disaster
that has overtaken the town of Red
Rock, in Pennsylvania, by which
three hundred families are rendered
homeless in an hour and great suffer
ing is visited upon them by a coal
oil fire, is near enough to us to excite
our sympathy. The very destructive
floods in Europe in lungary, Spain
and other countries by which many
lives are lost, much; property is de
stroyed, and great suffering is enj
tailed upon the living, do not excite
the horror and sympathy that they
would if nearer home. We all lack
imagination, and it is hard to bring
before. us by the exercise of our in
tellectual powers the fearful scenes of
human suffering and woe and spolia-j-
tion. i
One of the most ridiculous affairs
has come off in France. Two young
men fought a duel with swords. One
was wounded, when; he rushed on his
adversary and inflicted eight sever
stabs. Now comes in the farcical
part. A strict inquiry is being made!
It was altogether improper that any
man wounded and j with a sword in
his hand should be guilty of the
baseness of endeavoring to take the
life of his adversary. The duel was
not to kill but only to prick slightly!
Such anyway is the natural inference.
The British are having some sharp
fighting in Afghanistan, and they do
not have it entirely their own way. It
is evident Gen. Massy's command
was roughly handled before Gen.Mac
pherson's force came to its relief.
What the British will gain from this
war remains to be seen hereafter. In
the meantime, aside from the loss of
many precious lives, it is costing no
mean sum. The people pay the piper.
Among those who had choice seats
in the reporter's gallery of the House
on Friday was y Y Turner, col
ored, editor of the North Carolina-
Republican. '
The Groat Oak of BrnuiwlcK, '
A) correspondent at Supply, Brunswick
county, tells us of , the 'Great, .Oak" of
Brunswick. It stands at the junction of
the roads leading from. Wilmington , and
Smithville, twenty-seven miles from- thev
first named and seventeen miles from-the
.last named place,, and one mile from the
Lockwood's Folly rivef. ; Itj bas probably
for upwards of fifty years past furnished
the weary traveller, as he plodded his way
through the scorching sknds characteristic j
of that portion of the ;roaH whliff ample!
and inviting' shads t beneath its Spreading
branches, Which, by a recent calculation, ',
has been . ascertained . to, cover au area of
en. thousand square eet, (aearjy a quarter-
of an acre), ' ; Trtmk 1 ttq tree lust J
wove jae i grouna measures in diameter
seven feet and six inches. It is of the red
Oak species, andis familiarly known as the
"Big Oak." Notwithstanding ihe great
age of the venerated tree it still presents to
the eye of the beholder the appearance of
being perfectly sound and healthy, and will
probably for years to come continue to be
the King Oak of Brunswick county.
Tbe Colored mason.
The M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & A. A. G.
Masons, of this State, met in annual con
vocation at Greensboro, December 9 lb, in
the Hall of St. John's Lodge, No. 12, M.
W., James W. Hood, presiding. J. C.
Hill, of this city, Grand Secretary, gives us
a brief summary of the proceedings. The
roll being called, 119 delegates, including
the Grand officers, answered, being the i
largest gathering ever in attendance upon
the Grand Lodge. There were 31 Lodges
represented. Tbe first day was consumed
in business of a secret character concerning :
the craft.- The second day was occupied ;
mostly in considering matters of interest to
the widows and orphans of the craft. The
election of officers for the ensuing year
took place on the third day, and the fol-:
lowing were elected and appointed: Rt.
Rev. J. W. Hood, G. M.; Rev. J. W. Tel
fair, D. G. M.; J. aL.Williams, S. G. W.;
Scott Brown, J. G. SV. ; Cornelius Mayo,
S. D.; J. H. Brown, J, D.; H.
Simmons, G. P. ; O. M. Roan, G. T. ; J. C.
Hill, G. S.; W. McNeill, M. of C. ; W. A.
Russell, G. Marshal; J. J. Worrells, G. C;
B. Abbott, GIB.; J. A. Hyman, G. S.
B. ; Israel Clements, G. S. B.i A. J. Hen
derson, G. It.; G. C. Cain, G. S. S.; J. T.
Morehead, , J. G. S.; W. Petterell, G. T.
District Deputy Grand Masters 1st Dis
trict, E. M. Davis; 2nd, A. G. Oden; 3rd,
J. W. Davis; 4th, J. D. Morgan; 5th, T. H.
Lomaz.
On the third day there was a grand pa
rade and an address attbeBsnbow Theatre
by the Grand Raster.
The members of the craft were highly
pleased with the treatment received at the
hands of both white and colored citizens
The next meeting will be at Warrenton.
IlaTaiia Gnano Company- Auuual
meeting.
The annual meeting of Stockholders of
the above Company was held at 11 o'clock
A. M. yesterday, in the Company's office in
this city, Walter G. MacRae acting as
Chairman.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President Hon. R. R. Bridgers.
Secretary and Treasurer Donald Mac
Rae.
Superintendent Col. C. L. Grafllin.
Supt. of Agencies Col. W. L. DeRos-
set.
Directors R. R. Bridgers, Edward Kid
der, Donald MacRae, milie A. Gregg,
John C. Grafllin, Walter E. Lawton, Win-
field S. Dunan. .
The Treasurer's report of operations du
ring the year exhibited a favorable condi
tion of affairs.
Some inaccuracies and typo
graphical errors in spelling the names of
the places and ministers occurred in the
appointments of the North Carolina An
nual Conference of the Methodist E.
Church. South, for the new Conference
year, as recently published. Amongst oth
ers it was stated that Kev. J. W. Worth
was sent to Laurinburg, whereas it is Rev,
J. W. North, D. D. j
Peanut Houae Broken Open.
The peanut house of Capt. S. W. Noble,
on the old Newbern road, about one mile
and a half from the city limits, was broken
open a few nights since and a quantity of
peanuts stolen. No clew has as yet been
obtained to the perpetrator of the theft. As
Christmas approaches thievery "booms.'
Perhaps Capt. Noble's peanuts and the
molasses mentioned elsewhere were to have
been put together and manufactured into
Uhri8tmas "tally."
An Erratic senator.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex Senator Goldthwaite, of Ala
bama, was noted for his extreme
absent-mindedness, and he was occa
sionally seen running about the
Senate trying to get out and not be
ing able to fihd the door. He would
have half the page-boys in the Senate
looking for his hat or cane, which
would be all the while firmly clasped
in his hand. He was much given to
walking up and down the lobby,
plunged in deep thought, often
smoking a fragrant Havana, and
entirely oblivious of all things
about him. Often some cheeky page
of the Senate would walk up and
ask the Senator for a light. Mr.
Goldthwaite would mechanically
hand over his cigar, the boy would
take a light, put the choice weed in
his precious mouth,, and hand over
his old stump to the old gentleman,
who would continue his stroll in
blissful ignorance. It is related on
good authority that, in one of his fits
of abstraction, he walked into the
Senate elevator, dropped a nickel into
the hole back of the. mirror, and
calmly requested to be let out at H
street.
Poll-punching8 are rift.
Revivals reported in the P,ibli
cal lieeorder: Holly Springs Church, U eoi .
verts and 5 baptisms; Union Gmv.-, 20 t:-.i
verts and 14'bapifstus; Brier Brain h. 4 c i
verts. Louisville Courier Journal'. Tim
VhTalleZ)cmocrat excludes from its eol
"mn'he word "boom," as unmi-.miit
anktelang. The word was first ued ia
its political sense by an Irish editor.
Winston Sentinel: Trade is let
ter in WiQBlon now than we have known ir
for a long time. The town is daily crowdt-.!
with people and wagon?. We notice n
large increaia the trade from Virginia.
Granville has a snake seventeei;
and a half feet hng exact measurement
He is in. his hole. Has been eeen t
forty years, according to a veracioas cltf -respoudent
at the Rateigh 2Vm. v Port &
to say his precise-measurement arouniKiey ;
body just tMye inches fdm 4fe tPer
mind you. was say three feot or oue yfri
Next. 1 -M.BernamM A IS
'freight tram 6a9aedrtbroaffUr:61tr var
.tgrday, Tfaera Wfera-twettfy-ooe.c ra. m
A. B H.C, Ki K. n Jioixyj no itaoubmSS'inr
sdess ie thefreTgatlirie. Cortf comee rr
8 lowly, t be last sales wars mde at 60c.
by the Cargo! Rice,owever, is brought to
this market inheat8nd piles, $1 pet bushel
being paid for it.
Oxford Free Lance'. The Infe
rior Court of Warren county has been re
established. It was found impossible to do
without it. Mi. H. A. ,Foote has been
elected Solicitor. - la bis report on
Trinity College, to the Methodist Confer
ence, Dr. Craven states that tbe College i9
worth over $50,000, and that there have
been over one hundred students during tbe
past year. The Orphan's Friend is to
be revived by direction of the Grand Lodge
of Masons. This paper was greatly instru
mental in prouioliug interest in the Orphan
Asylum, and we trust it. may make its ap
pearance again at an early day.
Tarboro Southerner'. A Bell tel
ephone has been established by Commodore
jrargs, the enterprising and indefatigable
President of the Albemarle & Chesapeake
Canal Compahy.from his office in Norfolk,
Va., to Coinjock, Currituck Court House
and riorth Landing, a distance of sixty
miles. There is cow a force of one hun
dred hands continually at work on tbe ca
nal. 1 he Goldsboro Messenger has re
ceived a highly commendatory .letter from
Rev. Dr. Deems. It was well deserved.
Mr. John R. Lanier, of Williamston,
who was wounded so painfully a short time
since by tbe accidental discharge of a gun
in the bands of young Martin, is, wc are
glad to say, improving.
Weldon News'. The exodus fever
has died out in this section. Our colored
people do not seem to take to the idea.
We learn that in the.Federal Court, now in
session at Raleigb, the case of the Patapsc o
Guano Company against R. R. Peebles was
decided in favor of tbe plaintiff. Judgment
was rendered for about f 1,100 and the
costs. The reads all through this coun
ty are in a better condition than they have
been for vears. because better worked.
Merritt Briggs has severed his connec
tion with the Northampton Reporter aud
has returned to ButtolK. lie is succeeded
by Mr. W. Scott Copeland. Leo
Tilgbman, son of Mr. J. B. Tilghman,
had a serious accident a few days ago. He
went out to shoot bird?. 1 he gun went off.
but instead of tbe load going tbe way it
should go, it blew out the breech, tore the
lock to pieces and lodged some of tbe shot
in the boy's face. A gash was cut about
two iaches across the forehead and his eyes
were burned.
' Raleigh Farmer b Mechanic:
The Tokay Vineyard, at Fayetteville, is
adding to its well established reputation. It
took two premiums at the State' Fair, and
one or two at the Cumberland Fair.
Osnaburgs made by Col. Tom Holt's Haw
River factory took the first premium at the
Cincinnati exhibition. On the 22nd
of December, in Concord, Mr. Wade H.
Harris will offer for sale tbe type, presses
and fixtures of the Concord Sun. For fur
ther information, -address Mr. Harriss at
Greensboro. A well known farmer,
named Robinson, who some lime ago inher
ited a snug property, created much merri
ment on Friday by purchasing (paying a
dollar for it) the large, many-colored um
brella used by Andrews & Co. for a sign.
To this he added tbe large red-stuff over
coat, Gulley's sign. A big saffron colored
nubia, or hood, completed his costume, and
thus equipped he rode out of .town, "tbe
cynosure of all eyes," and, metaphorically
speaking, monarch of all he surveyed.
Raleigh' Observer: Hon. Hugh
L. Bond arrived in the city yesterday from
Baltimore, and will sit with Judge Brooks
in the Circuit Court to-day. Tbe re
ports coming in from the various commands
composing tbe Stale Guard are in the main
satisfactory, as showing that despite cer
tain drawbacks the organizations have
striven to fulfil the requirements of the
law. For the convenience ot the pub
lie, who will desire to write many letters to
the distinguished gentlemen who represent
North Carolina in Congress, we give their
addresses in Washington: M. W. Ransom,
200 A. street, 8. E. ; Z. B. Vance, 1,332
I. street, N. W.; R. F. Armfield, 523 Q.
street, N. W.; J. J. Davis, National
Hotel: W. H. Kitchen, National Hotel;
J. J. Martin, 522 Tenth street, N. W.; D.
L, Russell, Ebbitt House; A. M. Scales,
National Hotel; W. L. Steele, 708 Eighth
street, N. W.; K. B. Vance, ' 223 E street,"
N. W. Gen. Johnstone Jones writes
that he cannot possibly be bere in less than
two weeks. Ho is still in the University
Hospital at Philadelphia. Judge
Avery will hold the Superior Court during -the
month of January, and Judge Gudger
will hold it during February. The term
will begin with tbe new year; and contintfi 1
for six or seven weeks. -r-: t
- Charlotte Observer:' The meet-:
ing of tbe Chamber of Commerce to extend '
a welcome to those gentleman who recently
came among us to engage ia manufac
turing, will be held in the rooms of that
body io-morrow evening. -The Grand v
Lodge of tbe Independent Order of Good
Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria in i
the United States, an organization peculiar
to the colored people, is in session in this
city, having met yesterday. About thirty
delegates from different subordinate lodges
in the State are present. Near A. L.
Cook's store, in No. 4 township, Cabarrus
county, two days 6ince, the body of a
negro man who lived in the vicinity was
found dead in the woods. He had appa
rently just cut down a small tree and was
trimming off the branches; for some of
these had been cut off, and hi3 axe was
lying beside him. A wholesale liquor
dealer bought yesterday three hundred
jugs from a man who makes them in Lin
coln county, and another concern bought
almost as. many. They said they were get
ting ready for Christmas and didn't expect
to have one left after the holidays.
It is now understood that there will be
a grand cocking main between chickens in
Alamance and Mecklenburg counties about
Christmas. Yesterday Judge Dick
issued an order requiring Deputy Marshal
E. F. Fenton and United States Commis
sioner H. Cabiness to appear at the next
term of the Court to show cause why they
should not be removed. . Tbe charges
against them are. founded upon their con
duct in connection with the arrest of J. D.
Hinson for illicit distilling. It came out
in the testimony in Hinson's case that both
the men were drinking while in the dis
charge of their official duties, and that Cab
iness, the United States Commissioner, was
among the "raiders" who arrested' Hinson.
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