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It wll be v-agrort tiiureiidcr of a great, principie to ac-: ci-pt it upon any other cohdhionV The Northern advocate of a . strong (rovernnicnt and -who hates the Gon-; stitutional doctrine of reserved right; as satan hates holiness, is anxious for the Sonth to beg for and accept "na tional aid." Tho Democrats who can give reason for the , f aitli : that is iirtbt'tn onght to know that , such aid cannot be acceptejd unless well guarded as we hare indicated Svhhout d'ng violence to the best ' known an-l truly fundamental : principle of iht-party. A strict ionRtrnction of the Constitution v-is- th chief safe-' ; guard of ihe people. The Radical i party are latitudinarians in ' politics. j They. hold, that -.a State! is no more to thf "Nation' pelt ith a bigkK of coiitno irian a county ... w to ;tde State. They hold that the Federal Government may do "'any thing-"or take any step whichis '.essentia to ... . j ..... . its .own- existence and safety," to pte the Philadelphia vl mfrican, a :titrn'!ig advocate of a strbng govern-, ment; although the Constitntin may forbid it. Under thia fpleathtroi veni!ft;n'. can do any j ihing aifd an ten y;-ars the liberties of, the jpeople 'nM !. CiinplefeW destroVeti.i i tie Himnsi eovernment xaovoc :r n n diviht ivjuiceJ in thnilfite-f r.i!.t- c-in tiuon ofYh HoHthThe think ?thev -r-i theirHftfioortunitv! now. lhev hone that: th : Sn'nt.h will be blind and7fatOUsliig1f to' u-ii myi ine inicK menues or tne-net th- Ri I;c;ii f.twlff, fiiv-tfit latil" Tw'r-"?t. 'Jet t lie. leading peo'te ofeXSpa jt'i agree that the "Nation" shall come into the State's with :its7a:niy of managers andteaTCoar trol the schools, tb7mtrilfand'a tremendous' step 7wjdl!toe7?been ta ken towards the7cdnsolidati6w of 7ajl power in the central Government. the obliteration of all State JliWn''. the destruction of all State' rich ts. Then cornea the Empire ' ; illiterate Logan has a bill before the Senate ignorant by taxing whiskey. We do not like the idea of doing wrong tfnati i good may come. We dolnot propose I to favor anv Krsinm 'it.;n'v-'- .. .-vuj bua nut in t - j ay. tend to strengthen F'ederafpow- er atlle expense of the States.-- We do not-believe that any man is' really, tbe friend of his country;'who would abridge the rights of sovereign Com monwealths as recognized 'especially in the Constant? i" iv.'' T-f(J The American of coursftfavora "'iterate lagan's plan, and it fs can- onongh to tell the reason : why. "tar this advocate of centralization ndahigh tariff . r V . ''We knnw Af w ": . ': le than that embodied In Senator Lo- ihe whilv . Ich fires .the' income from itJi i f or PW educatron'. The EXP fTthat biU would eect tw eood. purposes. Tt wnM ...i..a...it.- ..l the rX f5r 8QPPorting thd Government in RardyTQ Vr as which they now re 53p iS h08tllltr- And ifwduld help to qutL? lho next gnwi met, the Sff n f holeflalceducTIons in, the wo"a venture, on its, repeal.'' NV recommend its reasons! t.1i nsideration of all fair traders-and' ur aq aooiition of internal TTT"""- ' ''',''.'"rT''-,- """ -lil'' "' " ' y ' iWNinijMMir- - ni " 7 mf"","s'fPwJ !"" ". " """"" -8!HMMMpWMi -,. . f -.- : , - ' w ..- - : . . - .' - . . 4 v v . .. . . , . ... I'.wi. ; . 1 1 . i - s - . i mmam mm mm mamm mmm MMMMMMM. - . - i .-.. . a a - .- -...- . a asm a a a . .. a a a a r - w t a, v ai ar - . ? , . hj . m at r .h a a ai ' - a a ai ... . r YOL; XIV. SOUTIIEBIVi NOVEXIST mm OP1HE J ; i : ; oi.D SCHOOL i .A new.library edition of the aoylsl rs,. an' 'r! T. . u 'trV t ., i l . ; e-' ' a tAls w 111 a xl O JCn Mr Nimmo'ipaB 1 ' ... ... ..... . . l . ... ......... T ..... . .. 1 - . f V' 1 v vi ' Ji 'rl not a man ofj genius probably, but lit w n upa : tuc mi u iuu um ' ' r, ' 1 ,tt i. v it more, Cooper. .High Northern an- .... .' . . , i i tbority: is inclined evidently to place I him a.rwvir l vroi vnn 1 - - l nn f'Mf mi t ...... . r-.- -. v Ala)rirtt .. . nnl 'rArrlial. nnt.if . nt II nntinn : rF I c .V- v", mi ; ; j Stmms, savs this: I r works cl art, it ; would be. unfair to com- 1 r iivra vr u vuiuik " via. - vutQ ' uw via Ha I pare, them with those or our oay4 , They. haVQ noneof those finer excellencea which the artist inliterary work loves They ar6. hasty, inelegant, unpolished. "The passions' are not '-studied in the ; anAlytfcaX schooL ride roueh-sl which the aa rather than those modified and1 restrained J the morp polished : communities.; .They mre nroraQuc, . in . ouier, woras maae i n. .Ml nM I Ann . .J . . J 1 . to" fit la '.retlDedr' 'condition of socie ty. '-They. -,: are -"' coarse - and c- -rough: fot'service inwar aime-: Still ''when we compare Simras, as" we should,, with 'Ken nedy, Cooper. Neal and lioffman, of the eld school, we shall find in him a more artistic- sense. There is less resort to' an in genious imagination, One accepts his he- roes and heroines with less compunction of I conscience than; one" gets in swallowing the Leather Stockings and Horse-Shoe Robin sons. ; The persons are not so redolent of era ,.Simms made l hem men of : woodcraft and soldierly stuff, but jhe did not. try, as I Cooper sometimes did, ' to introduce them m Y a. z J m 3 a into the pulpit, to-, make them do ser- vice in me wuaerness as unristian. mis sionaries.- .r;S ....;.- . The woodcraft of his heroes was varied and in genious, but it was not . quite so superbu-. man as mat or tne ratnnnder. - lie was fess jovial and warm hearted,! less humor- I He had rr, e,---r-j -----viw v i far less eh) w. less ot ' the purely human good-fellowship . which 'wins the reader's auecuon . ,ior ms persons, ana, lor many ; reasons, ne was unuKerjrto win over .the fastidious; but he was a better student of life and passion; a better painter of fierce and gloomy heroes, a better war-painter and . nisioricai novcjisu f,, , ;! ;: It ,is a i. good time to bring . out these very 'interesting, and -stirring 6ctiohs.; The modern novel t more artistic, radro dainty, more introspec tive than the old. Grant it. It deals far more wiUi motives than; the -old hovels : dof. , ; It lays bear th e inner workihes of the soul'as no author of the old time attempted. - Jsut they ara t sr'.loaa tmnvlnrr . riA Tn-ftrirpt ih-r 1 ? - :- - Howell or eyn of George Eliot, sn- prenie master as she is, and we . can I take it in-- whole or half chapters 1 WiV r- fortnlfc Tikwpen:; but w eahnbtnjoy Scott, the 7 best :, w . ,4 y. - i.' ' - , - ;v - fory. tellerf -r them all; and the, greatest ! genius who ever .wrote a novel, r Thackeray or j Dickens or Bulwer' Or Blackraore or Charlotte I Bronte or Geonre Macdofiald in that way. " ; And 'i then vhOw; much more heal thf nl and 1 robust aiid7iexjitirig7r ;are;ihe mdstories with Uieiroyjng ' incidents and accidents byflood and . "' n t i 1 . tt . if "'t 'mv. eJu'z'L: j -. -v.t j .f .- neiu. . i? u luiu& aiici bins suacii-ui. i tearacter studies arid elaborate' . ;-is' 4 Uuv'ii iv ; ., f conversations of the American noye s nf the last dfinadft it will be a nositive "I : : . . . 'V relief to 7 gaHTbackr to Cooper and Simms and Kennedy's "Horse Shoe Robinsori," that once delighted our . boy ish . , imagination .and made o u r I younceyes ache from the long read ing :byl7a7 nV-ignl takes some such; view as this when j t I f "We are-getting so cosmopolitan that We I arc almost ashamed ,to paint tbe face of a' s Ar hi. AM foeriiTiD T.STFmcnsed f vision" and, it must ; be . confessed, to Som8 of us ltj8 refreshing tol;go'j back and pushc jthrough the snps earohas 'Marion and Sumter, to get aplow at a vil- i.;..ir..;jt' nv- xis-nt,w 5 lainoua, . JVlCa.CU ;4Uljr. XMCUusuip, iuy, arid love, faithfulness, personal devotion, wuis muiu, ."viu -niti i .A-nAn thAiiivn i no i o T ro was sometimes merged in craft; and cun Uing, were the staple of the Southern nov- -f.Hrf.. ITp. fe new thorninrhlv i the chivalnc side of the heart of -vontb. and was a good deal bolder in playing upon certain warlike chords in this theme than we of ' the North ; thought conducive to the peaceful repose of .the community. .,,, - - ' ! We are crlad that the ; foremost of :the Southern - fiction writers : of the past Bas been bought out in snch a styie as to invite the younger class of readers to become '. acauainted with some of the best of Southern novels, ; . Rer: C. II. Richardson, pastor 1 of McKendree -.,. Methodist " 1 Church", Washington, opened his" batteries on Thanksgiving Day : upon "Attorney lively ior .iuu latitaesfciu 1 riM J.r t. .iijv-n ;oi-fc;l xoe pur5u , y.ufcV n The Congress assembles to-morrow.: The eyes of the country - Are upon it- . J . r v 1 . . . and - we hope allf it cehds,, lt.will im ot. 11r.1i' Kiv Um'nnmmA-v.tUn)ej. Ungio God to Hisbenediitb rest "po . .w : laoprs., , Ji ne couniry , pects and demands --radical reform ar;dr6duction iri-expenses and taxes; T j :t.c AV -wii.r ! it.- -.iv. . WILMINGTON, C, FErDAY,:DECBMBER' S; M: "'V' - ..In the death of-Richard: S.-Battle, ? ii 7 r - 7rT"T uller of- Dnrhani,;orthXarolina ba lost two of. its, most? intelligent Mltltinnn M 4l T I " . i A vivuis, ,nii iMTuuiversitv vwo 01 t'v . . "ir'.V v- Y.-. ta Alumni wllo. bore off its . highest, I . . , , t . 1 i- mttlej ot the Supreme UT . ne wa8,:iouj.araictoa, out .was never'-' i, , 1 , . ., , rr-.i ian Church. Mr. -Fuller ! i... was a most estimable" gentleman-4aT i ..i. . .6--lIJ 5 . man of 'parta.. and Kof culture. ,- We i ' " . '-- ' ' "" ' J r . - " knew htm well and esteemed.' biro , mot,hifrhlr 'Tit- tin u.ii Pr. ; ; V gwyv-'M-100 M " rre byterian, and at one tim edited the LJn nf : u-t : rYn -i-h jii'i-: ? g . ? , - ,iL eel lent companion, a most genial gen tman. He was probably in hi54tb. vear; wreen ne his roemorr.'- lie - . . was, an elder brother of II6n.' Thomas'" C.;Fllerr9rlIaleigh.: f Th Vput Vnrlr 'frmen rpmini4 ita' readers that a quarter of a century since there were but six States in the South that ."joined in the observance of the Puritan "festival.?; It draws!; a comparison between : X882T and 185V and thinks the American people haye far more to be thankful fornow than m, t then t - - - r- . '. i. .-ij5j-;. . 4 One of th? absurdities of contest in j? elections" is: seen i n the New Mex ico 'result: "The Rad 7i' elected Wy 1G,000 inajority as delegate to ' the u j r iiouse. dui Liio : upmocrai contest, i I -J and to that ,end has em- ployed four . lawyers ..The House . . i should see to it that he pays his ex- immense estate have turned up in ings for the la'w'yers.' " 7 X i 7 7? iOUIt JtAIJjSOApS. Oleamliik' from the BporM tlie ; Becent Annual aieetln Aa Bnconr aelna Exhibit ; of the CondlUin ot the .w & ir. iind tr. c a. bu i-oadM. . ... v submlttcd Ht the last annual meeting of the stockholders hi the Wilmington & Weld'oo Railroad Company, held 'in this! cUy on Tuesuayi.the 21st ulu we gjean the foHoWif wZl?T Z 1783,790 .277. total, expenses. $574.3181 3D aViD -nel fTt tM' reciPt 8lluW H nct increase of 32,873 43, made up as 7 folio ws :7 '.Through vf relght' ft.033 A8 through passengers 16.877 07j- JOpal pas sengers $24,W2 80; maU qd.exPres fll, I" &d. 07. Decrease in local : reigbt sf2t, rtirt Q7 Thn oTnonditurui in hrltfrf warfi! 1.: .i LJLtL vi .1 Af riaterl for hewii riifhinlKf7tcv ; nave len 1 arge the last "year, amou n ting ii . v J (A 10i ' rlnf' .): .! ftri, TTiiiii .h 11 tm sen, finw a.tiib nuu tujhio-, -" fto"-tj - -r - . a old iron btl been ? replaced rUH steel that in futnre the expenses for this . , ..... feliteriallv redncedV ' . . : - . .. -r ,-U' Sier Sleeping cars nave . uwu - .i in.itvj toi and will be delivered On or before the first of January. They will - be furnished with all the modern improvenienU. iiThe track of the main line ;has ; been muchltn proved. 7 The road- '4f rom Stfand Keck to Ilalifax' has been cbnlplrted i at a cdstof ThcrC' .has been "a na'able ex emption; from- accidjents.f wbfch IrVesideni attrihntM ' to ithc eood condition of material and the . faithful , rtiscnarge oi duty by the Crapbyes - of the various de- partment&t! , ., t vi ) Froni the report or rnienueniti- vine7 we learStnat the number of through pttCngWs canied the pasyew .has been . . A .A l, 32 jrlnRt & nl4 last vesri an increase I " . -o--;.r"";...,, . in. r qf t.SoiVihc number; of , leljpassengers i " - - " a - - . . 132.382; azainst.Ba. tast year, an :.m- cVease Of 32,008 over881, and- almost doul- ble' tbe- mimbcr carried "la 1880. ' The ex pe nee of the machi nery department amoqn t ed in $220;731 7. of which '64,040 30 was paid for new engines and cars. . The net profits of the . road, as we gather from the Auditing Committee's report, foot up $120,659 33.- I v. , W.. C't A.' KilLBOAI) ?rom President ; Bridger's report to the annual meeting of stockholders' we gather the following : , Gross rece)pts for the year $692,628 52, being an increase of ; $51,672 22 over those 'of the preceding' year, made up'as follows ; vTbrough..freight $6 59;'k cal freight $20,578 41; through passengers 9.704 64: local passengers $8,272 02: mail and j' expfess,7 $13,110- 56. . The Texpenses ml Aft fAO- KK , Trraa ; i tt in TmnMtmb , St--i.Ji:-,Vv.T- -Ai ments.iucludingnew engines, new cars, , rpTinaftSerAlS5r .-2.200 tons ' i ot r steel ran ; nave , Deen . puv . on . wb track, and only 1,000 ton more t will bcr increaseu receipts are preoicteu I oTirttimi. trt.nr 1 f!nntrnta have been -made rforthe thorough equipment of-the .road I with Pullman sleetiine cars7 -The tonnage J'K gjfe,, mucb-latger gcneral'recelpts; I r:-n .: mm mmm " I ; . MaudT 'Granger,1 the actresa'iil. I' a ri . -r-'- - ' .' '. : : ; -:'. The following wereiClcarsd a, the Cutr torn Ilouse yesterday, : for ; if preign . ports; Norwegian barctue 'Minde Capt, Anderson, for Rotterdam,- Holland bjf Messrs.: D. &Iurchisoii,1& Gotj with 4,000 scasks spirits turpentine and 1,884 . barrels of rosin. U falued at $26,775; the Norwegian barque kerdalidj iCapt Petterseo.l for Fcumas, Austria; bj Slessrs. rPatewn JJowningTfc Co.; with 5,600 barrels.- of rosin, valued at $8,223 25, and 4-he Italian bmuo &tro?jna : paranova,.Ce,pi. Albano, jfpciiTTiestei Aus-? tria by. Messrs,; Alex. Spnmt &: 8on, isith 2,674?baTTeJ of tostn;i.ali?54; at. $5,100.; Total value pf . foreign jf xpof f or; The day $38,098. 25-"i ' -'''1 Vj? torianxortsfor koKlir. h V- The following: compTtses a Katlbf the f dr , tigtfexpdrtt f rcan l3'p6rt3of Wttnungtop' for the inbnth f iNo vember just loscd, to- getber with the values of the same,' as com- iid from Ihe' books in: ihe Custom House: Cbtti-4lSff baJeiglTng-S;894.S8 ounda," valued at $563,767. t ,V Rosin and Turpentine 33. 453'; barrels, Valued at $57,848 f. . . .: 1 -, .- j Tar f ahd Pitch 19 1 barrels, Tvalucd at 49. SpiriU of Turpontine-i-220,050- gallons, valued at $109,639.' " Lumber. 457,000 feet; valued at. $9,968. Shinglrs-141,000, v&Uied at fl.l80. j-i t I Total value On American vesseb $8,707t 6n foreignsvessels $731,742. Total $740 449. . ' .V . - . . , . ' Criminal Conrt. : ' . , The disposition of mis Court yeHterday seemed to be to make up 1 for lost time. caused by taking arecess for Thanksgiving.1 as will be' seen by the following' array of 1--..- J! J ', J ' . ' '. State'vs: Fred. .Kitchen, charged with larceny.1 Defendant submitted i una -was sentenced to tbe Penitentiary for five years.' 8tate vs. Fred. Itill; charged with; larceny. Defendant submitted, v ' ' : ' ' I State vs.- Fred. Kitchen; charged 1 with larceny. ' Defendant submitted add judg ment was susDended. ' : ": - ' State vs. G. W. Herring; charged with false ' pretenses. " Defendant found guilty and sentenced to 5 years iri the Slate Peoi tentiary., " ' ' - State vs. Sidnvy McKenzie, charged with larceny. - Defendant found guilty and ' sen tenced to. 2 years in the Penitentiary. State vs. Prince Winstead. charged with sault. t Defendant found not guilty. State vs. Prince Winstead, charged with assault and battery. Defendant found not guilty and discharged . . , . , State vsw . Henry. Watson, charged with assault and. battery. . Defendant . found guilty and sentenced touhirty days , in the House of Correction. . ,..,.!,- State vs. .Henry Watson. ' arraigned on a peace warrant.- Case dismissed on the pay ment of costs, ., ' -i - - . ! State vs. Fred. j Hill,", charged with lar-, ceny. uerenaant suomiuea ana juagmcnt was suspended- J j : 4 - .E . I Slate vs. Fred, nill, charged with larceny. Defendant, submitted and judgment was Suspended. , - ; Stale. vsX,Sailie 7Briuon. charged wth perjury.,Defendant sabmitted and judg ment was suspended on payment of costs. I Slate 7 vs. -Kl;7CuTrie, 1 George- Franklin and J ohn Cash., jOn, trial.; ; -.::' I State vs. Duke Bryant als., charged 1 with assault- and- 4attaaryontinned for jefendants'1 .7f7s:!.7' I Statii i ysjUniea5 ilpnes' et alJ7cliarged with1 disturbing ; a VellgiOua' congregatlon Witeesrgni'w 'I .Te 7ijpnd7Vurj bn: Tneayvebiiig: '' f The f blowing cases Vefedisposed of" by this tribuhal yesterday r " - 1 " ' ' I gjtateTvS- TMck Tergiisbn'aodary A7 dlles; charged with an uiff fay.? '' Cas con- tiriuedi m:m:nMUiz :rn 1 State ; vs;-Tom Benuett; charged .withas-' wultdbafteSetae.7-; 1 Stats: Larry feler, with as sault and;ltrCriqod:-j-' J State, va WJV.i false pretense. :r Defendant found, not guilty: ; 4 ti&r'&'y I State va.- Edward Mc3liflan, assault and baitery.vt Defendant' recognized in the sum of $100; with surety 'fir! his appeararice t the hext termVa'.ia: iif lai 'i&i-ws 7 Sfatevs. Peter; Durrani,. assault and bat ; tefy-t ,i)efcndaut;:wUhInrety, recognized in the sum of $50 for his Appearance at the , next'termv-; Samedefeodant recogaized in ' another case;-, .r4,;;;f..i:'v!"i'j-;-: I State vs. Thomas filxpncliarged withS larcehy.;G Sol. pros, with ieiyei 'K ,c : State vs. U Currie, John CHsh and Geo. Franklin; charged with defacteg a church. Defendants indulged for cost? upon 'vtng proper secumy. -. -: vu ysSjfSf7-ii,- State ys J David, TWalker, . charged with false pretense. Defendant discharged, 7 movement of Cotton. ... : . , . ., i The receipts of cotton at' this port for, the month of November footed up 29,828 bales,' as. against 35,778 bales for the cor responding month v last year, - showing a decrease of 6,450 bales'.-viist VivTviyi The receipts for the crop year to date foot up 65,440 bales, as against 64.580 up to the same date last year, showing a de" crease of 9,140 balesvf- y - i The steamer JbrtA ,fe, ,Capt.7T. Green on the. line ; between this, city and Fayettevflle,is now . nndergoiBg . some .ne cessary repairs," having' run the last two trips with only one engine5 In the mean time the steamer il.rr will : take her nlaA and will leave ' here ' fdr Fayetteville ..to-morrow, uTsder cpminandiDt Capt. Green.! - ! .The! LNotwegian .barquo; -Jlma, Captf' A.lberfhB,:'waa7-clja port f br iiverDCoi,-Wrday,b"y R. .Hurchison & -Co., with 1,614, bales of .'cotton, valued at $79,453. -V'.- . j,- .c v.: : THANKSGIVING DAY. i ,,,--, -s -1. s. , ..j . ,-' " ',; i e Joint Srrlee rmonly Sov; :TS rj . MS. Peachan ColleeUonror the Oxford ; Orphan Ay in m,&c. ' J v A large audience which filled all thc available space 6n the, fibpr, asscmbled'at the .,' Front ;. Street Methodist church' on Thursday morning, the occasion being the -holding pf joint Thanksgivirig servIceB, in7 which the Methodist. Baptist, Presbyterian and Lutheran -congregations of , the- cjty were to" participate. 7.' There."' were " in the pulpit Rev, , F. H.t .Wood, pastor of the Front Strpet.chuTch.Rev.. T. Page Ricaiid, of the Fifth Street SL E.church Rcvi Dr Jos; R.WilsoD4 TOfwtbe First PresbyteTlan churchi; RevDr. "J. B7(-Taylor, of the' First Baptist church, Rev; ChL Payne.of j the Second Presbyterian 1 church;' Rev. F.- WE. Peschau, of; - St.r Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, and ReviF. v'A.-- Bishop,, a viaitlng minister, n At 11 rfcfeicfe he ser-J vices Of the day f- weJcdmmeuoeo;'by'tli-e" singtng of the anthem, ( ' Praise Ye the Lord," by the choir, .at;the conchision.ofc which Rev Mr..Paync read the 856th Hymn, which was also rendered by the choir; when Rev.- Dr. Taylor offered : np an appropriate and ; touchingly impressive prayer. Rev. J Dr. Wilson then read the 148th Psalm,: and Rev. Mr.'Ricaud followed with the reading of the 855th i nymn,'. after; the singing of which Rev.: Mr. Peschau, who . had been elected as the speaker of the day, arose and. delivered a sermon thoroughly appropriate to the occasion, from the fifth verse of the 1 33d Psalm ("The earth Is' full of the good hess of the Lord'O-rcommencing . with a I recital 'of valuable- statistical information in reference to the bountiful, harvest which had cr6wned the efforts of the husbandmen the past season, and'affording an abundant" cause,, if there wereno other, fof the -devout thanks and praise of , the people of this and many foreign .Countries. His ser mon also abounded.: in .Itnany;' beautiful thoughts suggested by the occasion and the hour, and which were clothed in language that won the admiration and enchained the. attention of his large auditory.. . ..' . t had: been announced that - Rev.- Dr. , Lafferti- would make, tbe concluding prayer and manyj'Wbo did not' notice particularly, or who are not blessed with the best of eye- a somewhat portly individual seated in tbe pulpit the distinguished gentleman from Richmond, and It was not - until Rev Mr; Wood .announced that another gentleman would lead in prayer' that they recognized in. the "stranger" their old acquaintance Rev. Frank A. Bishop. Tn fact, It is said that more than one was beard to remark, walking home from "church, that -"the Doc tor made-atf excellent prayer. "' r A' collection wbs next' taken up for the Oxford -Orphan Asylum, and quite, a re. spectable sum "was contributed for that worthy "object," after which the doxolbgy was sung, Rev. Mr; Wood pronounced the benediction,- and the audience dispersed.' ' A Brunswick Thief Cornea to Grief. , ... A warrant for. the arrest of Magnus Isbam, colored, charged ' with stealing'a hog, the property - of Henry - Ginright. of Brunswick county, issued by Justice Dan R. Walker of: that "couniy. was received here on Thursday rmorning, endorsed by'. one of our Magistrates and placed in tbe hands of - Ofilcer - C. II: J Strode,- who' was deputized5 for '"-ttfe purpose, 7 with iostruc- uons m e&ecqwru, .1110 .iieieuuuuit aavtns come to this icity when he found that his crime had. been discovered77tTbe7 bfflcer soon after captured shatn, and ho is 7now in the county jail awaiting a requisition at the hands of the authorities of Brunswick.; The"! father .'of the '. accused, .Slelham, who is also alleged to be implicated in. the larceny;- was previously arrested in '-Bruhs wick and committed to airit Smith vttle." Fire Inrn;nirWlek;'ta:--''iA; 17 A corresppndent.at'.'Farmer's Turnout, Bruns-f ick ; .Cjoun.tynfprm s 4 us s that- the school house .of District No. 4,-for .whites," was destroyed by lire on the night of 3ton daV -last, 'together 7. with the1 books-and school furniture : also,ca Sabbath -'school li brary and a lot of ? carpen ters tools, which were- in the house: "Thb fire was incendia ry, as there had been none left in the build .iag. T-W1ra4 a'and.7eQnf fortable one, erected .through the. exertions and at the expense of the school committee of the district,, with the aid of a few other persOni , Gunnlnic Accident; 7 Charle9 Lee,' a-ybungeblbred ' mau bf .this city, rcmployfd in, cutting wood up Black river," accidentally-" shot; himselt yes- terday; while gunning for squirrels, near a place on the river called . Pchtrce Reach. He was in a skiff in company '.with 1 Messrs. J. W.; and W; W. Baizes, and Iri .picking up his gun to Bhobt a squirrcj on the river bank, strucs: Tne nammer on a seat 01 tne boat;: when the'-guu was disbhargedrits contents' striking him in the groin and hip, mflictirig a 8eribus7wouh gentlemen m his company gaVe tbe wound ed man every attention in their power, and logetaer Drousnt mnr u yuc puy ias. nigni, on jne sieamer jwvim't, rurgjea attention. . ThieverT'IttCape l?"Iow'nahipi7;f"'5 .. Levi McKoy, Kitty .Moore and others. . all colored , Jcharged ith tealittg a nsdw and six pigs from; ismanuei ; wiiuamst: la Cape aftwnah"an November; last,if: werejJwrested! and bound oycfortheir peartnc bbleustlce 'Gardner ba7Mohdimbroin o'clock.:. The pigs were' recovered oh- a search warrant,- having been 1 found in the .possession of .the aata Xievi ncuoj . ana hKitty Moore. . s . . l-.: . - S ', : NO: 6 i .' VIRGINIA. ' ' Fatal A flTray at LynehburgPolItIeal :; " 'OTte lat Richmond. !: i ? By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; ,LvKcnBX7iwJ,.Noyember 29. A difficulty ucre mis morning vresuiica in me lolling 01 $3;' D. Craddock, yard master at; the- Rich-.' mond& f Alleghany, Railroad station, by Booker Robertson; a miner 6f Nelson eoun- ty. i The origin of the - affray was a quarrel" ;i about shortage in the weight of .oree. Crad-, -i dock 'was" shot - through and : instantly' Kiueo. ; -itooerison was severely neateu be-' fore he used his pwtob , . ; 1 "RipHMOsn. November -TJnited States Commissioner Pleasant Is tomay examin ing a large .number of, witnesses, as to the process used by, tbo' commissioner pf feye nue -of Richmond and his' dvputies-d iH-! iiuK iiunwrauq . yoiers 10 .vote.'.r It ap. pears that many bf those witnesses' were not assessed in person but most fit them were assessed , by: proxy and a few without any aumoruy at an. instrict Attorney John 8 Wise holds that this is a.violation of .the. Federal election laws.-wb51e the Democrats, through counsel, maintain the contrary. and that the law does ,mot require a person, assessed to appear ' in person. - -There are cnarges also or false atiestattTOTVstsseBS-i men papers; . Beverai of ifco jlepUly-cbm- missioners 4oi revenue are- under arrest, awaiting' action bf the '.-U; S.! COmmis-' '- - LOUISIANA. , - . A Denial of Kellogg' s Citizenship I Hon. 3. XX. Aefclen's Statement of the i Caae." , , , tX J m , ' By Telegraph to the Mornlna Sta: ; New OkMA.Ss, :Nov. 29. nbn.' J.' n. Acklen has prepared and submitted to Gov: McEnery a brief in which he denies that, Kellogg 1 an inhabitant of the State with; in the meaning of article 1, section 2, of the tJnitwl States Constitution, or a resident of the'Third Congressional District tinder 'the provisions of the Louisiana Cofastitution.- On tLat siibiect he maintains that Kcllbir? lioaauuuc-u iiis ijouusiana ciuzenBmp, 11 ne 1 . 1 tl r V . . - . . t ever had any, in 1878; that he disposed of ail nis property ana invested in AVashing ton; - that- he owns no property in Louisiana now ; that the recordsf ine registers - omcc uerc r tan to Show that ho ever registered or voted in Louisiana, and the certificate; if filed irom the State Register to that 'effect, was that he registered in 1 Iberia parish only on- uctober: iouu 1882; that .he never, voted then; that he never has owned and does not now own property there; and certificates from the Assessor, and Clerk, of. Court to mat enect are nieq mac me voters. 01 me Third . Congressional . District .'prior; to the election were notified in public speeches by hfmsclf and others of Kellogg's ineligibility : that both the law and the;; facts sustain the' position he has assumed, and that under toe .Louisiana laws tne uovernor is ootn empowered and ' required . to- decide . the question of eligibility. , ., ,- TILE HAILIIO AI) 1 WAIL l Th ' Cause Said -to he- Xne to Grain : . -." ' , , Speculation. .. , .-, i u Br Telegraph to the Horning Star J ( New ' York, Nov, 29. The opinion jrows in Wall street .that the. railroad war 3 due in a measure to. grain speculation; those railroad mahacers who are so furious ly cutting rates being sellers for future, der livery, ana noping to mauce free shipments While Tates-Hre low.-'-Not Tmndriexpectetl from. Saturday's .conference.;President Pbr. ter. of tne bt. l'aul ana umana roaa sncas to his assertion that he will enter no confer- ence which has not'for "one of its objecte a division .of . territory, -on.etrictiy defined laws, whue the Milwaukee ana. bt. raul people reaffirm adherence to their policy, of and at the same time they. denounce the de mands of the - Chicago and . Rock 'Island pcopie as unreasonaDie; ,v , ; NORTH CAROLINA; Visiting New Englandera at Raleigh ' In the Interest of their Institute. ; 1 '' IBy Telegraph to the Xorning Star.) ' :, i .IUlbiok; November 29w-John M; Lit- tie,-John F.' Wood and W . Griffin rep-; resenting the A ew England .Manufacturers; andaiechanicr institute, arrived nere to day and- had an interview with Gov; Jarvis ,ibout the proposed exhibit of eNjprth Carot hna at the next fair of that body at tfoston Gbv. Jarvis responded V. favorably Vand oledced his best exertions to have In the exhibit snecimens-of NorthrJarolina mine rals, forest products, &c The'committee left this afternoon for - Columbia; S whence they go to Atlanta,- Ga. NORTH CAROLINA.' ; The State . Board CanTaatac, Returns '. of the Late Elections Majorities for 1 Judge. Aci, .' ,. 7 ' , , - ": By Telegraph to' the Morning Star. t Ralbioh. N. C.,' Dec. -1,-The. State Canvassing Board met; to-day and counted the votes for State; Judges, JBufiln, Demo crat, for -Supreme ; Court. Judge, - received 111,283 rvotes; ifoiK, uoantion, 104,135- Kumn s maionty 6.148. ;Tne average ma g)rity of the six Democratic candidates for uberlor Court Judgeshios is 5.082. The Board will take7tip7the'7vofc for Congress men to-morrow There are no contests be-J b fore the Board, bat it is understood; that j orfe and . llobbms, -candidates tne se venth District, are represented by counsel, Trio vnfa ruta?osn f fcm1a iTnBi - :. The: State , Board of Canvassers-iCon-reressmen Declared Elected Unoffl- clal Statement as to" Bennett's Wla- jjorlty. ' . -i:i?;7- i RAixlG Deb,f 2.4-iThe State Board of Canvassers to-dav finished canvassing the vote for. District .'Congressmen, awarding certificates to " Pool, Republican ; o llara. Republican; Green,-Coxv Scales, Dowd and Yance. Democrats,, and York, Coalitionist and Independent Democrat. - Bobbins,. T Democrat, filed papers looking to Contest ing York's seat, ine uoara aia not con clude canvassing the vote for Congressman at-large. there being no lawful returns from. - Watauga' county, '.but adjourned . until ,De ccmber 19th, in order to allow the vote of that county to be received. - The vole for Congressman-at-large is Benn'ettj. - Demo-j crat,.lll,038; Dockery 110,697. Wautauga - county vote will increase uennett s major ity to 443. "JKENTUCKY- r .1 A Negro Wan SeeltTjis Divorce- on the .Ground that HI "Wife Is White ' Woman. r.i :ib W! r .JTgttSko the Morntaaf StarJ ;$Utr. LomBVTU,E, t. Dec LrtRobertMayo, colored, filed a suit " for divorce to-day on lie says ne was ? married-tosiier m mis city nnder'the belief that she ;was a ; mulatto. In March,"i875, they wf nt to . live at Dan-, ville. - He was told there that his' wife was a white woman, and: that? he was violating the laws of thetatrbyscotiirnittg to live with; her. Hence! the imt ? The- parties have two childreo;"whiehl. Mayo - will sup-l port." -i..- v. ' r;. 0 - azette: C..W. All red's cotton gin , and-press. was. burned on r the 25tlinst. ? The-loss- was between' six ' and seven , hundred dollars. It-caught m the lint room from a match or somft frfi. - won or me gin. " ' ' Salisbury 'Watchman r Some of ; the Rowan Democrats 1 who' failed to vote onthe 7ttrof Novemberare bitterly reret-"-tin'ff their nefirlect; as micht ? h rrftM - pThey did not think hera was any ; danger - ii umwuwiaaies ueing aeieatea, . and so - did pot turn out, to the election. . . A full . vote in .ISowan would have secured both -Bobbins and Kluttz. v The lesson is dearly t bought, and ought to be remembered. ; . ' " Raleigh FXsjor; The revenue " Collections in the fouflli district for the v month of Novemherivm 4S1 13RSA The.Rev.iDr. JELA Yates;. pastorof .Eden- - non eireet jsi. xu. cnurcn then annorinced a.i ' Shis' text bBTbaoksgivmg Day : Pray.with but ceasing. In everything- givey thanks." and for fifty miauteSThahelithe audience almost spell-bound bv his matchless elo- '; jquence; His closing remarks were pecu- 7 iniiT waiuumi auu. appropriaie,, - as wns;: Ibe entire sermon.. ; . , ! . - . j Raleigh J:ivtc- Observer : The- ptite Board of Canvassers, composed' ;rrt'. Movcrnorr jams; secretary ef : state Haua ders. Attorney General Kenan, and State. ' rjenatora James a.; Battle and Thomas R-." Pprnell, wUl meet at .10 o'clock thk morn lnT. but wirLsdionrn imt.TT trrnr morn. ingj to-day bemg a holidayi I sn. More H.i ui ku. yiuuuuti . UUUC ilBS UCCH OUlu Hi VJQ13 Itythis fall than in any fiye years pre Vkms, t is said. , - ; We; learn that dav or.; so i liTOthercwas aoutting affair near Apes4u iiwi.u uuucu . Tvoa Via u t c l u UEi y m - ger awtaa, nafafiit 'flfo Strwn andoneDemp hyffvmiarr P,' Moore - will; we learn, contest me t seat of Capt: A. II. A. ' Williams, &&aMe county. -' : , .. .j K.-t' - i Chariot fe Observer: .We learn that the Brush electric light recently put in"' Mr. R: Y,,McAden's factory at Lowell is to De tatcen out i and tbe iSdiadn . light substi- -tuted? - The Brushls 4 good ; light, bat the -Edison is better adapted to factories. ; . -7 -. A.bad aeddent occurred.'to passenger train " , Ko. 50, . Capt.- James McCool,3 conductor. wwen leit tnis city yesterday morning, for Atlanta -Near Easllc station the other . Side of Greensboro, the engine- ran- against an oDstrucuQni on the track, and tbe engine,- -tender," mail car,-baggage, first and second -fclass coaches all left the rails and tumbled V Into the ditch. The only car rcmainine-on the track was the sleeper. The wreck was ' k pretty bad' one, but. fortunately none of i the passengers we're seriously hurt. I - f ' Goldsbpro Messenger: .. An ap plication for the appointment of a Receiver bf the Atlantic & N. S C; Road ! was beard before Judge MacRae at Clinton Tuesday.-, Mr, C. C; Clark; Jr.; appeared for tho -blaintiffs; and'JUdge Thomas for the Mid land Road. : ...The. Judge continued the ; hearing of.the case to Wilmington on' the . 15th of nextrmonth. ; -Rice is selling in this market at from $1 05 to $1.10 a bush el. Mrs.' Sarah Beet,.relict of the lato " -Council Best,' . and : mother of . George "W. ? BestEsqi, and of Mrs. A. B. Thompson, . died Thursday night of last week, A most estimable . lady has thu3 gone to iier.rcat. ; " f-r Mrs. jBradshaw,. wife of Wm.; Brad phawof Nahunta township, died the 30th: of October, aged 43 years. Sbe was- the i mother of 24 children. ' L , . . . , ' New . Berne Journal:' -The Board of Trade forwarded," through their '. committee, Messrs. T, .A.- Green. B. M. Gates and C. K;Foy . to ; tbe Orpbtn Asy-, ; lum at Oxford;' ouT yesterday, a ; check for ' fifty dollars-ias a. 'Thaaltsgivlhg present. The case of :.Bco Hili.for murdering , hfs wife, set" for : trial ' to-morrow, is a re markablc onej .This is the second .case of, ,: wife murdering , of.,; which he has beea.ac-., cfised,' and the:same stream iu hkih' the ' lastlwife was found is! thought to.te.thev! resting place of the" first wife; whoseTiody " ."was never discovered. - Sylvester Law- - horne," for the shooting of rHerman BryaUt -at Kinston in September last, was convict- ed last week: at4 Duplin "county i Superior" Court, and sentenced to; eighteen months . imprisonment in tho county jail. 'An ap- ' peal Was taken to "the Supreme Court and Lawhorhe bonded .for further appearance. I vc- Tarboro Southerner: The .Rev., v Alexander Waddelh- D. D., is visiting., tbe home of his boyhood after an absence "of; : seventeen years. He Is the guest of his un- cle, Mr. L Weddell. . He is the.; rector of ; , the old St: John's -Church, Richmond, the - same, one that Patrick Henry . delivered his y. famous Bpeech in. Saturday evening , the gin house of Capt. T. W. Battle.bf this county,; was discovered to be on fire. , The flames had made such headway that no- thing in the building-could be saved except ' ' a small quantity of - seed - cotton: - , The.en- i. gine which runs the gin. situated . about , thirty-five yards . distant, was uninjured.' The loss is at least four thousand dollars, with no insurance. - If there is. any . difference' in the grade of stealing, the : sneak thief who stole, the "bank placed inrv' the store of 8. S. Nash & Co., to receive . subscriptions for: the Oxford Orphan Asy- ' lum, is guilty of the , highest grade . ot lar ceny." The theft is supposed to liave been "" committed late Saturday afternoon. ' ' .; ,. . .t. ' ' ' ", '--;,i r Raleigh News- Observer. : Bishop Lyman has; we are pleased toy learn, much ; improved from his late attack of sickness, - -and leaves -fo-day . to complete his visita- -tion. f The total receipts of cotton this season to Thursday are 28,231 bales, while 7 up to this date last season they were 34,294 7 bales. f A7e understand that Dr. Mott ' , and other Liberals ate crow, instead of tur- , -; key, Thursday. ' Of steel raili 350 ' tons are now being, laid on the Raleigh -Gaston, replacing the old worn rails on the rood; The road Is now said to be'iu" as good condition , as any. in the South.;,, On -: the Raleigh "& 'AUgusta road 150 tons of ' steel rails afe-beicg put dbwii. between this- v city and Cary. - Uiea. November loth, ...... 1882, In Kern' county, California aged' ninety-one years. Anna 1 .Louisa' eldest daughter of James and Margaret JLloyd Moore, of Carteret coonty, 1 widow of , Richard D. Ashe, of Orange County, and -.t mother of Richard J, Ashe, of Kern coun- , ty, CaL,' formerly of Chapel i Hill,'; N.' C. ' ' -Some of Ihe burners . of the election ; were indicated" by witnessing the count of , the votes on yesterday. At Early Grovd ' precinct, Catawba; at Yalley Town, Chero- ; kee; at Mull's Mills, Cleaveland; at Gibbs' Woods, Currituck, there was :not a single Republican vote polled. 7 At Wolf . Creek : ana Lbng Ridge, Cherokee, there was. not a Democratic vote. At St; Philip's School House, Craven, there was one lone Demo-, crat, and at Robblnsville, Graham county, - . at the other 7 extremity of the State,' there ' was only one Republican: voter. .- The t: judicial f vote was canvassed on vesterday. " The: vote between Ruflln and Folk is as foUows; ; Ruflln 110,283; Folk 104,135. t Ruffln's majority 6,148. The total vote cast is 214,418. The vote lor Congressman at i large, according to our figures is, Bennett -111,743 ;Dockery 111.295, a total of 223,038. -So.in the Ruffin and Folk vote there is a fall ing off of 8.620. , Ruffin ran behind Bennett 1.012, and Folk ran behind Dockery 7,160. Shepherd, received 10905 and-Pool 104,- A 878; Shepherd's majority is 5.027. Philips ; received 110.010 and Moore 104.891: Phil- ips' majority is 5,119. McKoy got 109,977 and Darby 104,361: McKoy's majority, ja 5,616 ;MacRe received 109,733 andGutb--1 rle 105,361;. MacRac's majority is 4,372, J 1 Gilmer's vote Is 110,029 and Edwards' 104,-, 942LGilmer nmj6rity is 5,087.- Shippre- ' ceived , 109.853 and Churchill . 104,581 ; -Shipp's majority is 5,272. " Gilmer's vote is . tbelargejsfiotthe Buperior Court Judges i -MacRae's Ihe smallest, tbe duTerence being -296,' '. 1 - ' "'- ; -1 0 - ' t V. '; tl - t 1