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Be tween 1850 and' 1880 the commerce of all nations had increased 240 per cent. . Great Britain has 49 per cent, of the naval ; carrying power , of . the world, and in 1879 carried actually 52 per cent, jof all sea-borne mer chandize. . It is known to all that the United States, during" the V twenty years pf Republican rule, has fallen behind other countries in its carry ing trade to an extent that ; is most hu miliating, v .Once jl our . country " led ; now she ranks' low among the great Powers. A writer in the Contempo rary Review (English), referring to this decadence,' says " "If the Americans had ten years ago re pealed their suicidal i Navigation Law, and got our builders on the lyne to launch an American steamer for every British steamer built on the Clyde, they would be to-day in some position to compete with us in the carrying trade, instead of having to deplore their nresent state of destitution." ,.,,!!, , , :, I Radical rule and the Prohibitory I , . Tariff have done the evil work. At one time it looked as if this country would get such complete control of the shipping jbusiness that it would have no rivals; but within twenty years the decline has been woeful, and" unparalleled.- Since , J. 360 rit has declined isome fiO nor o.ent. If there is not food for reflection in all this then we are much mistaken. ? It matters not how you - view the record of the Republican party you will find it a failure. Where there is not crime you will find folly. And yet there arei, men not : many we must hope in'- the ?: South, who have affiliated with! the Democratic party, who are anxipus t to identify them selves now with the: : party that has blighted American- commerce, con sumed the substance of .'.the people, trampled the jaws and the constitu tion under foot, heaped up mountains of debt, , taxed the poor men in a hundred articles f necessary for their wives and daughters, and favored the rich bondholder and the phethoric and grasping monopolists.1 V ' ! REVOLUTION. ; i It is reported that there is a chance of a repetition of ; the performances in Louisiana during Grant's term, but this time in Mississippi. The Demo cratic State ticket was elected over the MongreLlticket by 20,000. It is now said that( the Mongrels will not submit, but will set up a government of their own,! and call upon Arthur to back them up with Federal bayo nets. That is to say, the corporal of the guard is to become the great fa tor again in American i politics, and another era of tyranny and usurpa tion ' is to , dawn , again, i :: We rather think that the insurrectionists will fail of their end. The country is not, at the end of 1881, just as it was in 1872 or 1874. We apprehend . that the role of tyranny will be something more dangerous now than: then. . It is a shame and an outrage to think of such an attempt to overthrow by Federal aid the constituted author! ties elected regularly much less, to undertake to carry out such a scheme of. usurpation and madness. . We are not yet prepared to believe that Arthur will lend himself to such a dangerous and wicked scheme. He has evil counsellors in Grant and the sort of men j who clung to him as barnacles . to an old ship, but Arthur las caution and judgment, : we take it, if he is! lacking m the higher qualities of . statesmanship, of which re say nothing now. The Baltimore Gazette: says pertinently :, I 'The most significant fact about this in famous proposition is tht though nothing coma oe.more preposterous ana revolutiona. r, not . one of the : law-abiding and high- -: m H . Hi "i -mis Hi h ssis mm l - - -i -. .. l . , -. . r ... , ' . . -77-. : : . - ' . . ' .. . : ' . 1 1 , 1 I . 1 i' 4 . 1 VOL; xm. ? : .. toned ltepubucan journals of the North has I on foot among the . Democrats in Virginia I w Keep manone 8 crew out oi omce, tne en tire press of the? North, Republican and Democratic, would condemn it. The dif ference in treatment of the matter is due to, the fact that the proposed bogus Mississippi government is"; Republican, and of course; it is too- much to expect a Republican or gan to condemn any revolutionary scheme, so long as its object is to deprive Democrats of orBce." .','!::. i- :v v; ..;.;.; " .i ,The.twot-negr Mr J Thomas M. from by in that prbbable ito7ti3vo4e done, because -of the heinousness of the crime and i the character of the gentleman dealt with so brutally It . wjpuia nave ;i been ; much better to let the law deal with ' them, than to re sort to violence. : In the eighty years of the hi atorv hf Oxf nrrl no mtirrlp.r was8 ever i conimiUed - befo Wift mob-iustice r ineted thil- i-z :rt v ' : -i" v a I I MX U, III W mm . U ! nil IIIIF II. 1 IM- IIIBI IHI 1 ! ' ' Mr Lynch" was esteemed univbrsally". and great excitement has prevailed in consequence of s the fiendish deed by which he k was ;-- laid in his grave. No doubt the course pf justice in the South the escape of so many vil lains ; from 7, punishmentr-has had muchjto r do with '' the - lynching .of these negroes. ; . : , ' , 7 . ' . :-- . , Ex-Governor Holden is reviewing; the second volume of . Moore's "His-. tory of North t Carolina" in the Raleigh News-Observer He confines J himself to that part which describes the political events connected with his own public life."- Of the merits of the criticism we will give no opinion. We ? have not read the second i" vol ume. We have not' done so because when we read we are ' tempted to write.- We read the first" volume m ana notea wnai we consiaerea 10 De , , . : or tour errors. For this we were censured. We could have mentioned a dozen, others," but if we J had (done so we would have been charged with-improper motives, just as we were charged when we pointed out some thirty or forty errors in the "School ' History, whilst we held back forty or fifty others, thus show ing that we had nomalice.to indulge, but were willing to let pass a few score errors untouched.- We have not seen the new edition of . the lat ter volume," but'are pleased to learn that it is an improvement on the first. How this can be, if the first, edition was as perfect as some of the writers claimed for:it, we may not; .tell. At any rate, there is much improvement claimed," and we. are glad of it, for the sake of the children. : A new edi tion was needed certainly in our poor opinion,' "although the State Board of Education thought it good enough to be!- made a text book in the com mon schools of the State. :. , We take leave to mention that1 it is the fashion among some writers to speak slightingly of . errors. . They are looked - upon as ; trivial as not amounting to . anything--as ' not de tracting really from the merits of a work. - We are .somewhat tamiiiar with the best criticism' of our century, and in the writings of s no reputable author have we ever met with any such views of history as we have seen presented by North Carolinians. We would like to be informed as : to this point: in North Carolina how many grievous errors palpable : mislead ing .errors errors of commission and omission- must occur in a volume to. relegate it to the limbo 'where criti cism is allowable, and where it is i re garded that such errors are important because misleading? An error is I an error Some ' errors ' are small and some errors are great. "A big error is a big error and a small error is a small error,' and an entire Legisla ture, backed by an Examining Board of experts, cannot change their char- acter or abolish them by a unanimous vote of approval. , In Gov. Holden's first-article there is one paragraph .' that ": contains a truth that deserves to be reproduced and emphasized. . . He says: - "The whole people of the. State, and especially the youth or .the tate, are in terested in having its history correctly writ ten. The form' ana pressure oi tne tune may be1 correctly outlined, but if the details are incorrect, or only partially presented, or if the - writer, seems to favor one class more than another, or to champion his side. then to this extent the book which is called a history is incomplete' Now5 rwe;think this is a correct proposition viewed in the ; abstract. Of its application we have nothing to sav, and for the reasons given. In our judgment accuracy and . f airjieBS WILMINGTON, N; C.; FR1dA DECEMBER 9 1 are mdispensaWe in historical writing:1 V5 i1?1111 probably; MacKin- tosh, Freeman,' Stubbs and Green are; governed by the' finest candor and.the : most judicial akoness afidf airaesSj Rivarol j says f that "history is only -time fuimshe with events." ;: But how. if - the -dates i be wrong apdlthvent their telling "by ' partisanship ; i and prejudiee ? iirajj Robert j'lpole said that wall histoty is tait a romance," but be, too, errecL.- r.lt a romance" when"1 imagioation ,t bujh pUesthe place, of? faets;-lad". heroes; aremanuiacturea put iit2xery,jaaadL menIateatfeatir risjrva waS of ; at "history is a:. kind: 6,' ting, because truth & Essential -to' it. - Anyl. history thatTcannothaye'ap plied to it this test must be very' de fective. . . CeVvantes said farther that . 'historians ought to be precise, truth ful and quite . unprejudiced," Some persons may regard the great author of "Don vuoxote as old-fashioned, but is ; not '; a just sentiment good ' for ; : all v time ? i i Alexander Dumas, the French' novelist of negro1 blood, says that truth is very liable to : be left-handed : in ? history ;" he might have added that it is liable also to take a squint or become down- right cock-eyed.' - These -are plati tudes. doubtless, but, 2 we opine, they , contain some grains of truth, f ' In criticism,'- historical or other wise, there is always'danger of being misunderstood and of being either- censured or despised. If you tell the; truth you are quite certain to make enemies, it you mauige in unmean ing and stupid . compliment you dis gust all persons' who are ; educated hiffhly and are - conscientious. : We determined long ago to never discuss the merits of any book of North Carolina origin or inspiration.: THE DEPARTING AND PBEACHEBS. ' COMING Rev. Dr. Yates has been the pastor. of Front Street Methodist E: Church during the last four years. We desire to bear witness to his great accepta bleness to his own people, and - the high esteem in which he is held in the community at large. He is one of the first men in "ability in the North Carolina - Conference.- :-v. He is both a student and a thinker. " He does not run in ' ruts." His' mind is' far too fruitful and well-stored for such tame work. -'-He is very ' deliberate in speech, but. animated enough -'to, be effective and to hold the close atten tion of. his congregation always. He never bellows and paws the pulpit board and rants. He has far - too much taste and judgment for that sort of work, i He knows it is light-. ning that scathes .and rives. "He' is,' in a word,' a most entertaining and instructive preacher, , and. : utters many-very striking and memorable thoughts. Hq: wears . excellently. Raleigh is to be congratulated -' We never heard Mr., Woodj who succeeds Dr. Yates preach; but he is a man of good parts and true manli ness of : character. : The new Pre siding Elder, Rev.' Robert O. Burton, lives in Halifax county. ' He is Virginian by- birth. . He -is now some sixty-eight years ' of age,1 'we suppose.; -- We have heard him more than fifty times. ' We can not say how he preaches now,- but twenty years ago he was a power in the pulr pit. In fact at that - time without being a man , of high- eloquence he ,was one - of the; very best preachers to whom we ever listened. Clear as a bell, deliberate,- solemn, impressive in manner, with , a style singularly terse and : exact, he was at times a preacber of very remarkable force and attractiveness. We have stowed away in our memory five sermons we have heard which impressed us as the five greatest, and ; it is ' just to Mr. Burton to say that he preached two of them1 But that was a long time ago and the natural force may be abated. ''. The receipts of cotton at Charlotte up to December,' 1, 188l, amount to 13.551 bales. For the same time last year, 30,873 bales ..This is .& heavy 1 decrease," and. indicates eithei an tin- precedentedly short crop in the sec- j tion tributary ' to Charlotte or tnat I the cotton trade of ;that place is ra- pidly falling off, l,.JTli!, a;benefactob op his race. ; Some dajOago, ; in j our- -desire to keep those of pour 'readers who feel, an interest in literary matters some2 what po ?ted, we copied a few" .luies" Stoip. the fljcto&OTti4encwm coifc cerning Tennyson's last yplume pub lished ' a c f e'w" weeks -'f since, , entitled ' ; j -rauaas ana Miflecx jroems." ; yv e mentioned that they had made a very profound impression- upon cultivated England, ; In the October number of ther,nraABeietiihe aplest' penouicai in ,ine wonu. save one. ine Ijondbn t Quarterly)- said. ; the ; expp- jienjt of . the Whig party there is a ; muRi acute, pnuosopnicai ana original Ji'i i.U:'-SLi!:iOt;-.- v kt::lh jf -iT , that is worth: its, weight in diamonds to any, one " who f a)pVeciates one of the most: remarkable of ..all English poetSi The value of f the enricism lies mainly in this: the author shows why it is that .Tennyson ; is "the most j lUteresiiing poeiT, io reaq. oi. au in poe'ts of the j last fifty 'years.y That, ah is the fact is . well known to all men of letters,; In' "England ; within the! last two. years over 80,000 copies of a cheap edition of -his poems have been sold,' not " to .' speak of a dozen other editions more costly. In Bos ton the house of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have not less than twelve sep arate editions besides some elegant editions bf particular poems:f 1 r"j: ' ' But the best test of Tennysbns exceeding popularity in England is the fact that more of his coinages of the brain have passed into the speech- currency of the people than those of any other poet of this century or of any "other ; poet . since the days ' of Alexander. Pope. ; The . Edinburgh says he is the. real; interpreter of, his age -that he I has "understood: his age, and its various complex tenden cies, like a divine, a philosopher, a politician ' and a physicists . He un derstands, i in the- second place, the common human character, and is '. complete -!' master of .. its ; more Tlniversal manifestations." But we have not space for much quotation; We have read dozens of able critiques of Tennyson but the onejwe are con sidering is of the greatest value, be cause it is so just and furnishes such aids in comprehending the scope and manifestations of the splendid and unique' geniua and the incomparable workmanship of one of the great Eng lish poets, i' ... f. The last volume of Tennyson we have not seen, but it must be very marked in its excellence. Hear for 1 moment the great Edinburgh thus discoursing: -, , , fit will be enough at present to make a brief allusion, to one of the poems in which he has broken on the world with a new strength and splendor; in the . poem of VRizpah" he has achieved a second reputa tion. Of this astonishing production it has been said, that were all the rest of - the au thor's works destroyed, this alone would at once place him amongst the first of the world s poets, i ouch was the verdict pro nonnced by'Mr. Swinburne,. , It has all of his characteristic generosity, . and not much of his characteristic exaggeration.0 : - iMr. S. is regarded as possibly, the greatest of the; younger poets of Great Britainh Again it says: r; s ! i' HiS last volume must convince us that his vigor is unimpaired.- His sight is not aim." . , . . . -. ; It thinks . ,that . some of his poetry will ' perish, r but the; body of it twill live. ' It say s" finely: "Mr. Tennyson . has : said much,-that when he said it was new to poetry, which once so .said wul never become old.." ; jSome poor, unappreciative critics underrated ''Queen- -Mary" and "Ha rold" even as. poemsj- but not so the Edinburgh. It ; says a of them that ;"there is ' much in ' each to- excite literary admiration," - and that they "display many masterly qualities." We have said in these J columns that Ini'Memoriam" .is the greatest elegiac poem; in the?world's vast lite rature. . The t'-Edinburgh does ? rnot fail to note itspverygreatjexcellence. It says: - , : '.'In no other poem that we know of is there so complete a- fusion of profound thought and passion. Every one of his illustrations, as it were; is a picture by a great master, and; "every picture is a scientific diagram; ? , ; .In reality : it is a revelation to an age or its own struggle alter some new spiritual standpoint. , On this .' Sunday morning we talk to our readers about literature rather. than politics altogether, , , If wp can induce One cultivated , mind , to read Tennyson until ii revels in his rich and manifold contributions' to the' wealth of English poetry, we shall have been of real service, because we shall have-broughttoc-it a delight and a. memory that "will be perennial and imperishable j '.i .-S'- - ThNash county pole Jpuhching. was brilliant; 1 No lives lost 1 : I'vv.COHIBLISNTARIES. V Some ten years ; ago the English Episcopalians began ; the ' important "work of having -an authorized Com mentary ! of the Holy Scriptures pre pared.' ": A fnurnber 5 of JA ablewi and earned divines were selected to perT form the work. iVolume,af ter volume hjis appeared and has been well re ceived, both 1 in ' Great Britain and .in this country ; It ' is kn6wn.t as the SpeakerV; s Cbmmeiit jecV having'' originated with ' the Speaker of the i Heuse 'of Commons. Thfre is(!an American Commentary m course of pubbcatipn. :h For twenty years' it has been an course of prepa ration: i It ; is kneiwn as the "Inter hational Commentary," ; and ft is - the joint work of a dozen or mofe emi hent flchohVi all. under: the editorial supervision of the learned and labori- ous Rev.5 Dr. Philip Schaff, who also edited ' j the' I translation of ; Lange'a faiuoiis Commentary . ? The first volume, on Mark, 'has been issued, price $1. ; h's :-:.','. . ; There" is still another Commentary that should be mentioned. . ; The Bap tists have grown to be very large denomination, . numbering . millions, on this Continent.' They have among them some of the most eminent scho lars e ver born in America,' among them ' Prof. Alvah . Hovey, Prof.- John A, Broq.u'us, Dr. r Thomas J; Conant, and Prof. A. C: Kendrick. . ..A Commen tary,' to ' be 'prepared ;hnderf Baptist auspices, is to be -published; 'In fact for some ' years j the ; work -;has been progressing; ! Sixteen r divines : have charge of the New Testament, rjOf these, Dr. - Broadus has ; Matthew, Prof. Basil Manly D.D.1, has Acts-ff- the only two Southern representa tives. Mark, by Rev., Dr. , W. N. Clark, Montreal, j Canada,- has been published,- There ' are .- several ; other recent Commentaries, of real merit we might notice if we-had time to dwell upon them. We , may ' mention , that the Methodists have been favored with a valuable and instructive Commenta ry on the New Testament by the well known scholar and author, Rev. Dr. . Wheedon. It is ' something on the plan of. Barnes's Notes, but more' scholarly, and abreast of the learning of the times. It is the best work of the kind : thus ; far contributed by Methodist learnings. ; r . i :; Postmaster General James, in his recent report, bears testimony ' to the honesty '; of r his.: Department under Democratic rule."' In the his tory of. their control ihere was but one case like the Star Route cases under Hayes, t Vhile ' Brady alone, furnished 250? From -1853 to 1860 se'veh years the total extra allow ance was less than $100,000 each .year.' In 1877, Brady granted $604,- 000 alone for the i Star Routes. ' The Baltimore "Gazette' referring to the' growth and expense of the Postoffice Department, 'says: ..- their number being increased at the rate of 15 per cent, a year. ,The expenses are $39,- 251,73o, and increasing at the rate of 6 per cent a year, i It is in this department,rwith these enormous revenues, expenditures, forces and political influences; that we now see a little ring of officials banded together anu ueiy-ing uie .Executive anu-ouuiciary Departments oi tne government, lney arc accused ofiUfraudt collusion;, with contractors, . and - the ; most flagrant , vio lations of law, , by which the . govern ernment, it is aueged, was in tnree years defrauded of $1,981,522. ' -In eighteen. montns ' it is cnarged, tney illegally made contracts involving the government in need less payments of $1,218,115 a year. Yet these men cannot be convicted." They defy the courts. '."They refuse to disgorge, They even tnreaten to sue ana-, mulct tneir ; ac cusers and the public-spmted officials who have exposed their iniquities. - And all this is done and kept up .under an administra tion pledged to civu-service reform I jr mi The voters of the land should re member these things when elections occur The people are being robbed 'continually and in many ways. 'v ; - U i It -is hot to'-be?' !denied ; that many women write admirably, and that jsome indulge "a good deal of literary gush.. For, instance: Miss Alice Ilgenfritz delivered .the - address be fore a District Press Association in Iowa. She likes'her production and has published it. She' is clever doubt less, but. .the.' following, like some other passages is a;ittle; bit "too ut terly utter." r Says the nice , young woman as she discourses upon Jour nalism: ; ' i -.r h f ' , "T am thankf ur for -'the inconoclastlc spades which' are ' rooting up old saws -that have become stripped of all -significance. like Cleopatra's Needle, by being removed from their natural surroundings. : It is something jiovel and interest ing to hate anf : aspiring young fe male.reading her Bcreed toan assem bly of knowing' editors! 'r NO. 6 C-rt-Br-dtort.,fte--'i:.!5 The following cases-were disposed of by this Court yesterday:; jyf r: -"j - . State "vs. John Deal and Charles Wil liams, Convicted of forgery, j Motion in ar rest of ' judgmeht; motion overrnled, ( De fendants sentenced to two years in the pen- itehtiary, 'Appeal of $100. each . and. proses : cutors bond of $5Q required, - v p ; V f J i state vs. Eu Batson, charged with lr-. ceny. Defendant found hot guilty and discharged..! Vif!?!? , ;State:-vs;vjn:y Tyler and Flora Tyierv' charged wit JarceniitNot p i State; yjt J4 Tf J?dens, charged with ob?: structing the streets.-. Not pros, entered. H , States vs. I Stokes Eveie tigf with f fceny. ; .jjHBw pres. leave. iii'fX' tate?vsi Charles Uliamst charged with larceny, if Case continued sndbpnd of $l()0;rea,a. ;. State vs. David Brown, convicted of. as-. sault and battery. Defendant fined $10and State vs:f Aim 4avis, convicted of lar ceny; fined $10 and thecostsj;'; . ,, hrii State vs. 'Amanda, Freemanif convicted of perjury. Defendant sentenced to 12 months in the Penitentiary.-,, v ' -. ; State vs. Mary Ray, convicted of larceny. Judgment suspeiided 'upon the payment of COtS.-U-.U ''M"'- Vf i j't-t :-c.y '. H j i State vs. Thomas Wescottj. oonvicted of arceny.;: Defendant sentenced to 12 months in the State Penitentiary. ' I :V . ! - State vs. IWm. Price,' convicted "of lar-J ceny. Sentenced to two years in the State Penitentiary. . ' r --.r; ;;-r! , State vs.- John. Selerman,'-, 'convicted .of larceny. Judgment . suspended and defend dant discharged. . , . : . . ;1( i State vs. "Wm. Phinny. convicted of per jury.' Defendant, sentenced ib six years in the State Penitentiary; : Appeal craven and granted in forma paperi.f -' : State vs. j Lewis Jackson, convicted " of: larceny. Defendant sick and judgment deferred, i ; : : - ' . ' ' . - - . State vs. Charles Anderson convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. Judgment suspended upon the paynienVof costs.'?- ' ' Thanks were' tendered the' Grand Jurv.J ior tne .manner, in wnich tjneyi had dis charged their duties. j ' : v f . , j ,.: v 4. Tlie New Railroad Projee. ' The last Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic lias this to say of the new enterprise which Wilmington is now discussing with no little warmth of feeling and interests "Capt. Arthur B. Williams, of Fayotteville, now in this city, tells us that the people of Cape Pear are much4 interested in the ' new'' rail- road project. Dr; Canedp was sent "down the river in a special steamer on Monday to give him an opportunity to see ! its entire length and capacity. Canedo eems to be in earnest. 1 He proposes Jaying the track to the Carolina Central at ' once, (over the already graded Florence route) as a tem porary arrangement until the direct line to Mi : . , - t , -u ? r i of ocean steamers and an extensive velevaj tor are also contemplated at an early date." Foretem Exports for November.- Below we give a statement of the foreign exports from the city of Wilmington for the month of November, as compiled from the books in the Custom House i , Cotton 12,843 bales, weighing 5,990,469 pounds, and valued at $673,299. : v . t- i A Rosin and . Crude ' Turpentine7l8, 053 barrels, valued at $47,488, ! Spirits Turpentine 171,208 gallons, val- i Lumber 1,670,000 feet, valued at $28,- ' :i Shingles--863,000, valued at $6,052, 1 Miscellaneous Value $504. L . i( ? i Total value of foreign exports $845,002: on American vessels, $29,366; ion foreign vessels, $815,636. Colored Conference Appointments. . Rev. J. G-. Fry; for so long in charge of St. Stephens' - A. M E; church, - was ap pointed at the late session of the A. M. E, Conference at Fayetteville to be Presiding Elder of the Raleigh District,, and Rev. J. F. Thomas, late of St. Paul's A. M, E. church, Raleigh, is sent to St. Stephen's church. Rev; Cornelius Sampson; former-H' ly on the circuit below . this city, is made Presiding Elder of the Wilmington District and Rev. Edward Robinson is continued in charge of Mt Olive church, leaving Mt. Zion church to be supplied hereafter. -. Cotton Receipt. T The receipts of . cotton for. the month of November just closed foot up 85,778 bales, as against 30.430 bales for the correspond iag month last year, showing an increase in favor of 1881 of 5,348 bales. - 1 j The total receipts of the year to date foot up 74,580 pales, as - against' 74,559 bales to same date last year, showing an increase of 21 bales for 1881 . Circus Notea. " j Forepaugh purchased a .goodj portion of YanAmburgh's circus and menagerie at a public sale a few days X'W including his monster elephant Bolivar.1" V v-'i i Coup was in Washington City Tuesday for the purpose of making arrangements for going into winter quarters there, Porelsn SUpmenU. -! r The Norwegian barque Scliweigaard, Capt. Johnson, was cleared , from this port for Liverpool, yesterday, by Messrs. Williams & Murchison, with 1,690 bales of cotton, weighing ,783,490 pounds, and valued ' at $90,101. - "' t ? A good many would be glad to see the law in regard to ' cruelty to animals more' rigidly : enforced,- Cases are occurr ing on the street eyeryday.,jEven some of the little boys pound: their goats unmer: cif inly,' which is "but one of the results of -1 the examples set them by their elders.' f- was xjr. -unaries wee's cotton gm, near Weldon, Jhat Was burned.. BenheU lHestert 'oneof iGran ,1 , VI vine's best young men, died of typhoid fe--,ver, aged 22; A'fyrfMi'y -1 r VI Allison sends the following: soul-cheering newst Weart in :the inidst1 of "a revival? meeting.r j Uod nas poured out His spirit "r" .rr upoB us...'. Up to last night there' have been '? fifteen conversions -Cthers stiu are inter- ' ested.' j--.,:-: '-...' -: r:-.;-... v r V :f .Wilson . ii?"iAr Mrv' 'O" If . ' Grimnl Srx- died at his - residence, in this' placed Jftst 'Sunday yeningi Mr.fGrifBn'-i- Wastn the 'flftv-ninfh ver nf hi am on ':' was b highly respected dtizeh ; of .Wusonljy 1 'J James E. . Clark, who has been hrivtw . : A lywbrking up an interest in the cotton fac- : toryl and who nas recently-returned from"5?;' visitf to the Charlotte factory, the Granite -' - ' Mill of?yr3outharoKna,"ahd: the Exposi- -tion at Atlantarinforms -ur that he has al--"-':' " ready tea9Tlbmmait ot. 5 ; I fifty thousand dollars and that this long- - h shade ; ;antf waa now beyond any peradven- ? ', ? tore AAAAAAAA Elizabeth Cit;v "Cromtan: The 1 Bayj Line to : Bamtore 'have lately put on xne iiinffi anewauroni steameri .caued the -a :. 1 A" Gaston. : It is a good name and dear to- North Carolinians. "The steamer Pam- Hcoj betweenj Washington? andji "Elizabeth City, was compelled to make an extra trip on iattirday, owihg to the. crowd of freight. 0 ; A r left here Saturday morning for. Bridgeport, " " f 1 r Connecticut. ' to 1 take charse :bf the -newA'AA i ; - steam, yacht of the Eittyhawk Shooting ; ; Vup ana. onng jner w meir neaaquaners. ,ry ; gonn eenaett, an expert master . work-' ; , , r mail in wood, and, iron, died in .WinfalLon . Monday, the 14th ult . He 'was a useful man and wiU be much. missed; rCanvi den crops: Cotton has yielded about two- ; tMrds of a crop,, and the quality has been vvf extra good.1 The steple is unusually good. Price good. T Corn has been a full crop. -Rice about half acrdp. ,': ' ; ,i 'A ' '.'' ' t-' Wadboro 5 Th'onlas'- H Wihfielda-ireBpected colored mftni-Hving hear Mulchahy.had his hand badly man- , . . .. gled in Mr.,Thos. J, Caudle's cotton gin a""-'; few days ago,, and the Ifmb had to be am- jj. " putatedi, rir-On last Friday night th gin . t , i house ofMr! J. A. Avett caught fire while r he was absent, and was totally consumed. ::i With it he lost three gins,; a cotton screw, . thirteen bales of cotton,, and' a lot bf cotton' 3 ; seed. Total loss will be upwards of twelve.-; ; -1 hundred dollars..most of which is covered 4 V by uisurance." -At a meeting' .-'of the di-'4' ; , m c n 1 tsi 1 ' . rectors 01 tne u;neraw a oauBoury xuuu-oau .. ;; j ' held at Florence, oh Wednesday .of last' ' 1 week,' CoL B. D. Townsend was reelected -j President, and Cols. Jas. A Leak and Jno. ., , '; . . Robinson, of Anson; Directors. Weare glad , to learn the road is doing a good business --A--1 The Governor 01 the taate ot Mississipr .. . , pi, Robert Lowery, is an Anson couhty boy, having been born near White's Store : -i " j-Lilesvillef note:: On; . Saturday night., r Will Carpenter, of the Grassy Island Mills; - ' . was waylaid, . robbed,' and - seriously,, if not fatally, wounded on Saturday night, near.. , his home. We cannot learn' the particulars ' to-day. - Dr. Battle is in attendance upon him. and considers the case as almost hope- - ' - 1pm -: -' , ' ' ' ' '. " - I Goldsborb 1 X Messenger 1 A Col.Ji ' Corkill, attorney for the prosecution in the' Guiteau trial, telegraphed? to Dr.";! Eugene . , Grissom- on , Saturday, requesting him to - testify as art expert in the case of Guiteau. lie replied tnat nis omeiai . auties requirea his attention. ,We regret to learn that the large and 'commodious dwelung house; of j.Mr, . Thos.,- H. Atkinson, in the - Hare's store section of Johnson county, was ' destroyed by fire on Monday , last .together ' with most of his, furniture, a quantityof t uuru auu auum iuui uura ui wuuu. u mlly $5,000 r no : msurance.r rJMr. W. v JJ Best says he has no idea of relaxing his efforts to secure the Western' North Caro- -' Una railroad because i the- commissioners r ., have, . as yet, and perhaps may . altogether deeline to declare a' forfeiture of the con- " tract. He will transfer the contest to the . , courts, and while he admits that there will . be delay, his friends ; say : that he is en- 7 ' tirely i confident of success ; ultimately. j The opening ot tne Messenger -opera House in this city has been fixed f Or De- -' cember 20th. 21st. 22d and 28d. , :A first- class troupe has been engaged and 'eharm- mg piays seieciea, assunug a series ui eu- iQvaoie entertainments. , , ine upera nouse ; is being handsomely fitted up, and supplied with beautiful stage scenery, comfortable .. . opera chairs, gas light, andaeating capacity for &00 people. , v . . I - Raleigh News- Observer : The internal ' revenue collections In this; the fourth district, for the month of November ' v? were ,$107,935, AL - Died: At Como, Panola ' county,' Mississippi, Col;' Norfleet '- . R, Sledge,- in his 70lh. year. . He . com menced life as a salesman in the. store of ' his brother-in-law. the. late Ruffln Tucker, - in this city, and r it was here he laid the A ground-work of his'future business success. -r -Forty-one drummera' -licenses- were is- sued from the Treasury Department during. -the month of November. ' During No vember the register' of deeds i issued fif ty . t marriage, licenses, of which. Sl; were to. white and 19 to; colored "cbUpleS.- -The .record kept-by UievChief of ! Police shows ; ; that ninety-three arrests were made during the month of November; J. F. Rey nolds." special agent of the Bell Telephone . and , Telegraph Company, is . in this city, . and we .'learn, will mtroduce "them here. - ' 1 and beaten as to make one shudder to look I At hint, ;-was a street -sight yesterday;'' The' V ma i 1. j , t it :i i : J . yneaa naa ueeu puk u 1111 u ibkuu, at -.-1 a low groggery at which rows are frequent, so much so that the place' has a reputation -as one of the most disgraceful the city has ever contained. '? Night I after ; nighty it is said,- crowds of debauched white men ana negroes gather there and drink and fight. ;while, like heirs door, the portal wide lets " ', out a glare of light until long after mid- ' night.-: ' -On motion of- the defendants, in the Federal Court ; yesterday, i-the ; cases - -against the board of canvassers of Halifax county for throwing out the vote of a pre cinct; and against the poll-bolders of an pther precinct for substituting a ballot-box -for the one, in which the votes were de posited, were both postponed until the June term, 1882. We learn from President Battle that Mr. J. S. Rich, executor and " son-in-law of Mr. ; Joseph Caldwell, nephew -of the distinguished President of the Uni- -v. ' vcrsityof the same name, has, at the request . of his testator, caused to be erected' at Ma- , Tion, Wayne county, News York; ; a. granite j monument,- on which are to be inscribed the j names-and dates of birth and death of Dr. k Caldwell and his mother, and other members ' of. the Caldwell family. Dr. Caldwell wasr born hi Lawington; New Jersey, April 21; : 1773, and diedmChapetHillr Jan. 27, 1835. Walter P. Williamson, Esq:; of Tar I boro, is in the city. He reports that on Tuesday night, when the train on the Wil-" mington& Weldon- Railroad " was - within ' about six miles ' of -Goldsborov'some -one threw a large stone through a window into. r I a passenger car, : It strutkanifln sittmg on ' P" J . . A . . ,.,t.O WfM! , a seat just in rear oi Jir,c .vYui)tuiwon, aau - . hurt hinibadlyi The passengers ''ducked' their heads, ' and, an instant later, a very i; -heavy stone crashed against the side of the t car, just between the - windows.! t The "k ; first intimation that has reached me in any ; - way that I was to quit my profession and . turn editor was the announcement in "your . paper of yesterdayiDidi youT believe it? t -Whatever else may befall mev I shall never assuine the responsible and onerous duties ) : of that profession, honorable and useful as it is, "as well as essential in - the promulga- tion of truth and the support and mainten i'. . ance of pubiic liberty, - - i M XEAcm n ;. - - ' -'-'-vr'-M . -s f :h : A .." : A. 'A -'-. . I! Si1