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CHUUSDAY....
..JANUABY2,I873
LOCAL 'MATTER.
E. C. WOODSON, Editor. '
Thk New Ybab. Last night wbcn
the clock chimed out - (he War of 12
the year 1873 Was born unto the world.
What Joys and sorrows it brings in its
train we know not -the future' must
develop, themj: But we. are permitted
to hope that it ushers in an era of pros
pcrity and happiness to all our friends
and the world generally. Nothing we can
write will prove so interesting to the
reader as the following description' as
to ho w Xew Year's Eve. and; the dajre
looked upoii an"' observed in different
climes, aa well as the mention of some
ancient customs, so we yield the
space. , Y'i -;(?'
All civilized and secni-civilized races
of mankind appear, as if by natural in
struct, to have adopted either ceremo
nial?, lejoicings, or an interchange of
titir-iilt nmnnitipa f IHo innnrtllMtinn nl
a new year. - ' 'j ' : '
As the period of the demise of the
old and birth o! the new year is not
arbitrary, but merely marks the comple
tion of the earth's revolution around
Hie sun from any one point to its orbit
back to the same point, or nearly so,
the times of such 'so-called New Years
vary. Thus the Christian, the Jewish,
the Mohammedan, and the Chinese an
niversaries, occur at different times.
We have in the United States a suffi
cient number of the first two and ot the
last named celebrations brought prom
inently under our; notice ; and, speak
ing generally, these all make it a season
ot rejoicing and social reunion.
The Jewish New Year, however, is
attended by more strictly religious cere
raonics, of longer duration than those
of other, sects, and includes on some
days a partial cessation ot business.
.With the Israelites, visits of congratula- 1
lion and compliment are secondary to
the religions observances. It is unne
cessary to comment upon the usual man
ner in which the new year is celebrated
by the generality ot the American peo
ple. , '.; ' .. .- ,. ' :; ; '
The Chinese, who are so numerous in
the State of California, and whose noisy
demonstrations involve so heavy an
expenditure of gunpowder, are reputed
to consider it an absolute necessity to
pay all indebtedness on this occasion,
find those who are nositivelv unable to!
discharge their liabilities shall be set
tree, from them This is the theory
but it would appear that association
'with outside barbarians has greatly
tended to modify it in practice when;
abroad.
In their own native land the rule is
carried out more rigidly, but such is
the disgrace attendant upon New Year
insolvency that suicides among the im
pecunious at that time : are said to be
frequent, a species of high- mindedness
.that but ill accords with our generally
received notions of Chinese ethics.
- Among the English the festivities ot
New Year's eve and day-are of a very
ancient date. - In the feudal times the
head of the house presided at these
inerrv-makinsrs over a huge bowl of
spiced ale are somewhat strangely named
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-- iamu a wooi." xiaving urss urunjt 10
the health of those assembled, he passed
itaround to the others. As each took
the bowl to drink he pronounced the-
haxon word ' W ass hael," meaning your
health, and from this sprung the name
"wassail bowl." . Numerous songs were
sung, one of which, of Gloucestershire
origin, contains the following verse :
'Wassail, wassail, over the town," .',
Oar bread Is white, our ale Is brown ;
Oar bowl Is made of the maple tree
We be good fellows al!, I drink to thee.
Come butler, and bring us a bowl of the
best, . '
t hone your soal in heaven may rest : 1
unt if yon do bring as a bowl of the small.,
r nen aowa suau lull Doner, dowj ;ana an."
V The poor people earned round on
the last day ot f the year a . bowl
ornamented with ribbons, and begged
for the wherewithal to get it filled, so
that they' too, might enjoy the was
sail. ' ;
At the monasteries, then so numerous
inEngland, the abbot stood behind an
enormous wassail bowl, which -was
called, in their ecclesiastical language,
"Poculum Caritatis, ' and, having drunk
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cession, the one to the other,' until the
rn nil rnpninpra nmrK in rpimur win
wassail had gone the round of the
tables. :
A relic of this custom is still retained
by the corporation of the city of Lon
. don. A double-handled flagon of
spiced wine is placed before the lady-
mayoress if she be present, or, in her
absence, before the presiding officer,
and she or be, standing up and holding
, health of the company, as called out by
, the toast master. He then passes it to
the person on his left hand, who, also
standing, drinks to At left hand neigh
bor and so on in turn until all have par
taken. The ceremony is known as that
of the "Lovinfc Cup." ! ;
The ringing out of the old year and
ringing in ot the new has,: among some
of the -Methodists, giving place to einq
ing in the New Year, and in Yorkshire,
En knd, is - known as the 1'Watch-
Xiffht RoTv!n" The cnnoHrp.totifm
Having assembled, and the usual ser
a o-
vices having been performed so as to
terminate shortly before midnight, a
psalm is sung, alter ' which perfect si
lence is maintained, each person being,
or supposed to be, engaged ie silent
prayer until the hour oi tweve strikes,
At the first stroke of the clock all Join
in the Weslejan hymn " ,
. " Come, let ns anew -
i Onr journey pursue.
Roll round wfth the year,?' i
etc., etc. -
The introduction of religious services
in connection with the advent of the
new year would appear torle again
; gaining ground" improving the occa
sion,", as it is termed by some, by urg
ingon all a resolution to amend their
ways ana to renect on the past :
, "He that good thlnketh rood maVilc.. t
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And God will help him thereunto;
ii?r.!?evf?.ye,1 WM 8ood work wrought ,1
Without beginning of good thought."
Episcopal clergymen, of some of the
districts where other denominations are
gaining ground,have adopted a " Watch
Night Service," probably from motives
of policy, but the movement is not gen
eral with that body in England most
f the elergy of the Established Chnrch
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VOL. I.
leing Opposed to it on the ground that
the status of the Church demands that
it should be the inaugurator of ny ad
ditional obseivances, not the follower of
such as may be introduced other
sects. ' -r " f r- i:(
The celebration of New Year's eve
and day is much more marked fn Scot
land than in England, and its! greater
prominence . may be in some ott at
tributed .to there being no Christmas
festival permissible by the Cafviaistic
regime. In this connection it may be
observed that, to the same cause,' oper
ating upon the Puritan settlers of New
England, may be traced the more nota
ble celebration of the day in America, i
Till within a very few years the
drinking from the wassail bowl, ; at
the passing away of the old ytjar, pre
vailed in Scotland. la that country, as
in some others which shall be nameless,
excesses are too much the ord&r of the
day ; and, so ge"ral is the custom' ot
Indulging freel j alh -plea that it '
comes but once a year, that; by jpid day,
persons of standing and position even,
may not unfrequently be seerl in the
streets of the larger cities, whoo uncer
tain gait betrays the depth of their po tations.
Nor are these ca8s entirely
confined to the stronger; sex. The'
police have instructions, it is presumed,
to be conveniently blind, so logg as the
peace is preserved, so that few arrests
for intoxication are made. " '' v -
The custom of first-footing? is gen
erally prevalent in the Lan of Cakes."
Parties, generally consisting jTof men
only, with an abundant supply of whis- i
key, visit the homes of their trends, a i
soon after midnight as' may be, to wish
them the compliments of the season; and
the person who first enters a bouse for
that purpose is denominated "flst-foot."
The toast :- most ' in vogue is, ' ' "A
gude New Year to ye, and njpny may
ye see." Forty, years ,ago a rule ob
tained in some sort,: that ail . ladies
found out of doors after 12 o'clock wnere
liable to pay the forfeit "of a 'iss. c As
many : parties , were gicn , on
New Year's eve, of course
numerous of the fair sex wereeut after
that hour, and none would venture to
take their departure except in Carriages,
and even these were stopped frequently
by parties of young men, anq the in
mates compelled to submit to the inevi
table New-Year salute. As tie melan
cholly prince says, "It is a custom more
honored in the breach than in'thcobser
ance ;" but young men of thai day were
of a different opinion. The ivriter re
members being one of a pasty which
stopped the carriage of Sir Alexander
Keith, of Kavelstone. ls there were
four horses, and as the postiUons drove
very rapidly, the feat was n&t accom
plished without considerables risk, two
of the undergraduates being thrown
beneath the horses' feet. The carriage
was stopped, however, and) the old
gentleman acknowledged thp capture,
and counselled the three ladies within
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io mate no iuss auout n, iui quicuy
resign themselves to their fat. In this
case most of the young gentfemen were
personally acquainted with tfte baronet's
family. This habit admitted), however,
of much abuse, nd was the occasion of
many serious - broils, so that people
began to set ther faces agaiifst the cus
tom, and it has, consequently, of late
years fallen into disuse. Gordon Green
law in AppUtmCa Journal, i -
Small Pox Ik Fbankleu Icourty.-J-
It will be remembered that alday or two
agd, on the faith of a statement made by
a correspondent,' we denied tie truth of
the report of this dreadful dease being
near Louisburg. We are scfrry to state
now that the denial should f not have
been made. We learn, from? one who
knows whereof he speaks; that near
Clifton's mills, 8 miles of LojjiiBburg, ill
in the family of Mr., Ruben Rogers are
down with the disease,and that there are
cases of it at Vincent Cooks, Andrew
Jackson's, Wilson Bolton's aiid Dawsou
Janes', all in this neighborhood. - It is
said that the, disease was cirried there
by a Mr. John Darrell of Fayjette county,
Tennessee, who came thetje to carry
some families to that Btate Mr. Dar
rell stopped at Mr. Roger's, jknd short) v
afterwards broke out withythe disease
and soon died. Just beforcc this unfor
tiinate man was taken do wu, Mr. Rog
ers gave a corn-shuckingt and all who
are now victims attended is, . We sup
pose they contracted the $ialady then
by coming in contact with Jiim.
To be Hakged. Our readers will
doubtless remember aqj account
of the escape of the murderer Bayliss
Henderson from the Maconcounty jail,
and his recapture atterwards ; also the
order for a court of Oyer agd Terminer
by Uov. Caldwell for his trial.
In ' accordance therewith Judge
Henry appointed Monday tthe 15th i o:
Dec. for the commencement of the trial.
Upon the application of counsel the case
was removed to the county jjof Jackson,
and the trial commenced in said :ounty
on Monday the 22d inst, Judge Henry
presiding. . After much difficulty a jury
was obtained ana the trial proceeded
with. Upon a verdict off guilty , the
Judge sentenced the prisoner ' to be
banged on the 24th day oR January at
Webster, the county seat M Jackson
All the facts in the case, wth the par-
ticulais of the murder, have been here
tofore published in the News." - '
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Akejvai op Convicts. Wm. W
Ashewortb, Esq , Sheriff f Randolph
county, ' brought to the c&y yesterday
three recruits for the penitentiary, con
victed Tat the last term fef Randolph
county Superior Court for SDbbing the
safe of the Clerk of theCourf, B. B.
Bulla, and sentenced as follows: Calvin
Robbins and his wife fof seven years,
and Sallie Smith for five years. They
were all white. a
A Notel Featube is osth Cab
ousa History. The comity of Ran
dolph, though Radical, is gifted with a
most efficient set of officers, and j all
elected upon a young map's platlorm
For instance, the Clerk ofi the Supreme
Court, A. M. Diffec, ii 26 years of ago ;
mi tnt !OP TIT n . I Til. Aa -
lneouenu tt . iv. aBnwwm, ao; ueu.
!W. Reid, representative, 23; a. J. Page,
register of deeds, 22, and; Daniel Bur
row, Coroner 2a. .-y- t
. Deer Huht in RAKDpijpn. Judge
Tourgee, Col. John A. Giler of Greens
boro', Bhentf Ashwortbi and Messrs.
Diffeoand Page, of Ashboro', had a
deer bunt in liandoph county Christ
mas. They succeeded in killing four
or nve ducks, wnicn ; ws- pretty gooa
nnnting tor that wtton.a
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STRIKING DOWN THE FREE
UOM OF Til E PK ESS. ,i -
Judge Durcll, the Federal Jeffreys in
Louh'iautr,' not only sets aside elections,
displaces Governors, turns out Legislat
ures and abolishes .State Governments
by the dash of his pen, but by the same
potent agency he re establishes a niew
Goveriuneut ol his own partisans, and
procures an order from the President
of tlic United S.'atcs sustaining his
action and commanding obedience and
submission to ihejjogus authorities..; ;j;
It is difficult to mention any vital
principle of free Government which has
not been violated by Durell and bis
conspirators in the Louisiana infamy.
During this ..war - upon the , people's'
rights, the freedom of the press has not
escaped. -A base, unwarranted, coward
ly assault has 'been made upon 'its
liberties by the recent , suppression of
the New Orleant fames'. '"
This paper had criticized with just
severity and much ability the usurpa
tory conduct of Durell, Pinchback and
company, and by its manly and patri
otic course it brought down upon its
head the condemnation and vengeance
of the Rump Government The fiat was
issued the order was. obeyed and the
Timet fell a victim of Radical hate
and Radical persecution 1 y' - nl
We know the plea is set up by Du
rell and his friends, that the paper was
thrown into j bankruptcy on account of
a debt of fifteen hundred dollars but
this is a mere, pretence and its falsity
becomes apparent when it is iknown
that three times that amOBnt jw as I ten
dered to the person who commenced the
proceeding. Even if the sum due by
the Time had not been tendered the
public would have been slow to believe
that &lxnajide creditor of a newspaper
would have crippled the means upon
which he Telied for repayment and
struck down the only source of profit of
his dcbto. if he was influenced solely
by the desire to recover his debt. Po
litical, not pecuniary, motives impelled
thd action which resulted in the silenc
ing of the voice of one of the leading
newspaper ot Louisiana, at this criti
cal juncture in political affairs, j - '
This indignity, this ingn-nanaea out
rage, this unwarranted usurpation this
unexampled licentiousness of power,
illustrate the political demoralization of
the age and the alarming stride the
country is making towari relentless and
unmasked despotism 1 . , J
In the sight of dav, in the aoon-tide
light of the nineteenth century, before
the eyes of the nation, in . the face of
the whole world, the freedom of the
press is stricken down In one of the
United States of America, by a Federal
Judge, backed by the bayonets of Fed
eral soldiery and sustained by the arm
of the National Executive I i :
j And yet this "is called the land of
free institutions of freedoni of thought,
of speech and of the press I And yet
this is America the birth-place of
Liberty and the cradle ot indepenaece i
And yet this is the great American Ke-'
public! the asylum for the oppressed
of every clime anq oi every creeu. i - , .,
."Oh Liberty I how many crimes arc
committed in thy name 1" '"
THE ROLE OP LITTLEFIELD
IN ALABAMA.
It is apparent, from the recent ' action
of the Radicals in the Alabama Legisla
ture, that "schemes "of plunder: and
peculation have been set on foot ia that
State, which, if successful, will prove a
rich harvest for the corrupt plotters. "
The Radical Legislature, which holds
its separate sessions in the Court House,
in Montgomery, in violation of the
agreement suggested by Attorney Gen
eral Williams, recently passed an act
authorizing the issue of bonds to the
amount of two millions of dollars, and
an agent by the name of Mitchelij who
was ap pointed to negotiate the same, is
now in the market with this bogus
naper. endeavoring to palm it off upon
the Commercial world as it it were issued
by a legal, authorized body.
But the State press has warned the
public that these bonds are not legally
issued that the Legislature issuing
them was not the lawful Legislature of
Alabama, and that the people of the
State, in advance, protest that they will
not be rjaid. and are utterly worthless
North Carolina has been plundered
by the conduct of such wretches as are
-now figuring in the Rump Legislature
of Alabama.until there is nothing left to
Steal, according to the statement of a
leading Radical who left the State, on
that account. '
Bonds were issued from time to' time
by the Radical Legislature of North
Carolina in 18C9 and 1870, until j they
reached the amount ot nearly twenty
millions of dollars. Many of these were
negotiated by the Littlcfield-Swepson
ring, who put. the money in their own
pockets without accounting to. the
State thus breaking down the credit
of North Carolina and fleecing the pub
lie to enrich themselves. ;r J ; f
We have no more confidence in the
Court HousetLegislature now Bitting in.
Alabama than we have in the Littlefield
Swepson ring of North Carolina, f The
people of . Alabama see what has bcon:
done by the Radicals in every Southern
State in which they hare had con trot
and hence are wide awake and on their
guard. ' " : y. ;' '':
There ia a', graceful Dutch .proverb
that a house frill of daughters -is Ske a
cellar fall of soar beer.
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IS ALEIGH, N. C, TBUUSDAY.' JAN. 2. ;;;
GEN. JAMES Jli IiANE. y
' The Richmond papers contradict the.
ruoior which has been published by
some of our State exchanges thai Gen.
James H. Lane, of Lane's famous North
Carolina Brigade, ' had been ' engaged
to'preside over the :IIillsboro Military
Academy now owned by CoL Paul
Cameron and which has been -recently
repaired and fitted up by him for a. mil-,
itary and classical school. . .- . a j t
Gen. Lane is now Professor of Nat
ural Philosophy, Chemistry ftnd MHita
ry Tactics in.the 17irginia?' Agricultural
and Mechanical College, at Blacksburg.
Although a Yirginian by birth, Cfen.
Lane is closely - identified trith Iorth
Carolina which until" recently was the
home olhis adoption. &Mf,wa&i&mk-
ted with Gen. Hill in conducting the
Charlotte Military Institute, at the time
of breaking out of hostilties between
the North'and the South, and was made
Major of the 1st, or Bethel Regiment of
volunteers.'- Gen. Hill being made Col
onel and C. C. Lee Lieutenant Colonel.
The latter was killed while at the head
of another Regiment. q .
Gen. Lane was afterwaids Colonel of
the 33rd Regiment of State Troops, of
Branch's Brigade, and after the death
ot Gen. Branch was appointed to suc
ceed that distinguished officer. Gen.
Lane performed gallant service during
the war was wounded several times,
and was highly esteemed for his brave
ry, skill, modesty and moral character.
After the clcse of the war ; he
returned to the home of his choice,
North Carolina, and established a school
in Cabarrus County. j S f-i ... ;
A more lucrative ' situation & being
offered him in Virginia, he accepted the
position, and we have not heard of
him since until we saw his name in con
nection with the superintendence of the
Ilillsboro Academy. - ?-'J..i
We regret that Gen. Lane has declined
the position tendered him at Hillsboro,
as such an accomplished and-patriotic
gentleman would be a valuable acces
sion to any State. ' i ' ! .
THE DUTY OF THE PRESS.
The public press, is a great power in
the land. It is potent for good or evil.
Properly directed, it is capable : of ac
complishing incalculable good for man-
Kina. under evil influences, it i is
calculated to work a . vast amount xf
mischief. . j .
It is the duty of the press to avoid
licentiousness of speech to elevate and
instruct and refine. Y -; y , '
The Northern pictorials of a certain
class are exercising a highly pernicious
influence on toe morals of that com
munity that may be cursed with their
circulatiou. Such journals should be
banished from society and shunned with
the same aversion as a pestilence.-
Step by step the political journalism
of the land is descending from its. high
estate and bringing rcproaeh and dis
grace upon a noble profession. Instead
of that high tone, dignity, courtesy and
chivalrous honor which should charac
terize gentlemen in every walk and
circle of life, we . find that many news
papers that are considered respectable,
delight in feeding upon, the private
reputations of their personal and polit
ical opponents and invading the sanc
tity of the domestic hearthstone to open
to the gaze of the public, the wounds
that should be kept veiled forever in
secrecy. ; ' ' ' I . ' ' ' 1 ": "y ; " ' y
It is certainly a sad Commentary upon
the degeneracy of the times 1 when ' the
public taste" ha3 become to depjaved
that it finds J refreshment and gratifica
tion in reading columns of vituperation
and personal ' invective usually the
emanation of a wicked and corrupt
heart. "y ' :
No character is too pure, no object
too ' high, no conduct too" noble,' to
escape calumny and slander. And when
the press lends its voice and influence to
'such unholy impious work, it becomes
recreant in its high mission and is
prostituted in an unrightous cause.
THE
HERALD'S
INCONSIS-
TENCY.
', We alluded a few days since to the
position of the New York Herald, that
the Credit Mobilier was a private affair
with which Congress had nothing to
do. and the effort to investigate the
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charges of bribery and corruption al
leged against certain Congressmen in
connection therewith " was impertinent
and unjust. According to the Heraldy
Congress had no authority to pry into
the individual transactions of its mem
bcrs, and therefore the appointment of
a Co.mmittee.of investigation to enquire
into the trathfuracs3 ' of the charges
alleged by McComb against those who
held stock in the Credit Mobilier was
absurd and officious "
i But as developments of. a 'most
damaging character have been brought
out by the Committee, and as it has
been well established that leading Radi
cal Congressmen, who were the most
active supporters of the Pacific Railroad
schemes, have received large dividends
from the Credit 7. Mobilier stock, the
Herald pronounces the affair the most
stupendous swindle on record, and now
advocates the most searching investiga1
tion of ,tle conduct of the implicated
Congressmen. : 4 ; 1
A man in Keokuk recently started an
office furnished with a pair of black-:
smith's bellowa lor the inflating of lub
ber bustles ladies go there to be blown
up. -
-Hi? fit
a' chapter in mE history
' ; OF emancipation, t ;j
Tlie following invitation, which' lias
beenjaid upon our table has' brought to
mind an article which, we recently read,
taken ' from ; Mr. Wellca' History of
Emancipation : yy syyyJ: ;f "( I s
"Tenth Anniversary of the Procl a-
MATION OF EMANCIfATION.f j
"You are cordially - solicited Ho
present at Metropolitan Hall, - Wednes
day. January 1st, . 1873! on the occasion
of the Grand Emancipation Proclama
tion Celebration, exercises, to commence
at 10 o'clock, A.M. ; ' 1 -,f 1 f
... t C. N. HUNTER,
.: -i -i . , President of the Day, :"
: ' ' H.LOCKHART, !
Chirman Com. of Arrangements,;;
; 11. 11. LAUK,
Chief Marsha)
H. RUFUS DAYIS, Jr ! , i
- Secretary. f
It may be interesting to our readers
to refer to the views of the. members of
Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet, when the question
of the emancipation ; proclamation was
first discussed. - According to Mr. Gid
eon Welles, who was then Mr. Lincoln's
Secretary of the Navy, the subject was
first
rst mentioned in August 1862. : - ;-;
It was President . Lincoln's own sug-
gestion, and early in that month he
called a special meeting; of the Cabinet
to take the matter into consideration . '
At this meeting Mr. Blair and Mr.
Chase were absent, the other members
of the Cabinet being present and taking
part in the debate. j , i i f 1 ,
President Lincoln , then submitted a
rough" draft of the proclamation of
emancipation, the substance of which
was that after j a certain day, all the
slaves in the States in rebellion should
be offered their freedom. He invited a
free discussion of the contemplated step,
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remarking, at the sainc time, that the
question was fully settled in his own
mind ; "that he had decreed emancipa
tion in a certain contingency, and the
responsibility of the measure was his,
but he desired to hear the views ot bis
associates and receive any suggestions,
for Or against, which they might make."
The "President added that he had
mentioned the matter in confidence to
one or two of the members. ... , ... !
Mr. Bates, from Missouri, is reprcsen-
'ted as having very decidedly approved
of the proposition but: wished to couple
deportation with emancipation. He
said that although a Southern man, and
born in a slave State, he was always
opposed to slavery. He wished . the
slaves to be free, ' but "thought the
colored race should leave the country,
He thought it was impossible for the
two " races 3 , to assimilate but by
amalgamation, and : "they could not
amalgamate . without degradation and
demoralization to the white race."
"The whites,", added Mr.' Bates,
"might be brough t down but the negroes
could not , be lifted to a much higher
plane than they now occupied. He had
been a close observer of the influence of
Blavery on the enterprise and welfare of
the country through a long life, had
deplored its effects,' and himself had
given freedom to his own slaves, and
wished them and their fellows in Africa
or elsewhere than in the United States.
He was fully convinced the two races
could no live. and. thrive in social prox
imity. ,Tbe result of any . attempt; to
place them on terms of equality would
be strife, contention and a vicious pop
ulation as in Mexico. The whites might
be debased, but the blacks could not
be elevated, even by the disgusting pro
cess of mixed breeds, which was repug
nant to nature and to our moral and
better instincts. , He therefore wished a
system of deportation to accompany any
scheme of emancipation. These were
also the President's views." 1 , , r
The 1 above is the , language of Mr.
Welles, and we uresame it will not be
questioned. -' i
Mr. Seward is represented rts lavoriing
a ptjstponcment ' of the proposition,
saying it would be considered a dies-
pairing cry a shriek from ami fur the
the Administration rather than , for
freedom." The President concurred with
Mr. Seward, nd suspended his procla
mation until after the battle of Antie
tain, on the 17th of September follow
ing. .,-'- - '
THE NEW YEAR. r "
, 1872 is dead I Its joys and its lot
rows, its disappointments and its reali
zations, its visions of bliss and its ago
nies of despair, .its, sunshine .and its
storms, its virtues and hs crinies,be!oEg
to the irrevocable past. . . ;
, 1872 is dead 1 At the grave of the
Old year, the new has been ushered iato
existence-r-the newwith its brow ra
diant with hope with its heart bouy
ant with joyous anticipations! t ;
1873 is dead ! Let, its sorrows be
buried with it. .Let iu errors be fcr-
gotten' ; Let the mantle of charity cover
its short comings and its follies. .Let us
indul2ein .no vain regrets over duties
unfulfilled, . promises , unredeemed and
pledges violated. ?;Tbj past cannot be
recalled. ' .We may learn from it, lessons
. of w isdpm ... and t experience We may
profit by its admonitions. Bat we can
not alter one jot or tittle its stem
realities. - '.. . YC " '
i 873 is dea4 1 i;J87af jw "upon ul. H
comes with its responsibilities and its
duties aa well as its hopes.' A new leaf
urrsoiled,5 spotless, in the register of
Tiine, has been turned over ready ;to
receive jimpressions and to record, the
diary -of the. ensuing year t Each "life
has a record- of its own to keep and
each is answerable to its conscience and
its God for the manner of keeping.
1873 is dead 1 In , the spirit of de
mmrtuti nUumhonum, we will not speak
irreverently or harshly of the "old year.
We might dwell with painful sad
ness. on the rapid decay of public
virtue, the demoralizing tendency of the
timca, the corruption in high places, the
onward march' of despotism, the tramp
ling down the righto and liberties of
sovereign ' States," and the triumph of
arDitrary, unlicensed power over truth,
nuu jusuve unu iaw. uac we nreter, to
day; to draw the curtain over this for-
r picture, and to look forward to
the future for a brighter more cheerful
view. Let us indulse"the hoDe that the
political crisis has been reached that
the enemies of free institutions haye
done their worst--that, with a return
ing sense of justice, a spirit of genuine
Iibenty, patriotism. and frattrnity may
be infused in the hearts ol ihe masses
and rulers,' to turn back the tide of
despotism, and to preserve the
of ciTU Constitutional Goi
blessings
Government
transmitted to our keeping, not only for
ourselves and our generation, but for
our posterty forever I 'y. '.C ' : I
THE NORFOLK YIRGINIAN.
This valued - and - ably ' conducted
newspaper reached our sanctum' yester
day in a fresh (and. highly becoming
typographical outfit ready to greet the
new year in a bran new suit '
The Virginian, edited by that accom
plished gentleman and fine helle lettres
scholar, Capt James Barton Hope,' oc
cupies a high position among the jour
nais or tnc old uomimon, and we are
pleased to note ' this ' :ncw ' evi
dence of its : prosneritv and ap
preciation. . : - '. -
Capt Hope is well kuown to the lit
erary public of this State on account of
his admirable poems not the least de
serving of which was the one delivered
in Warren county, on the occasion of
the funeral ceremonies at the grave of
Annie Cora Lee, daughter of General
Robert E. ' Lee,' who is buried near
Jones1 Springs, in this State; -' -V
The Virginian has onr heartfelt good
wishes for a long career of usefulness
and success." 4
- ' 11, r ti 1. :
AUG UGVIUIUgJ VI lUU piUlf JfCOl IB V CI J
full, but death has not leveled ' his ar
rows at many who "were - pre eminently
shining marks. -' No one name stands
above the rest a ' loss that nations
mourn. Many men of eminence, how
ever, have died, and some that played'
important parts in American history.
Seward 1 and Greeley, Edwin - Forrest,
Gerrett ' Davis, Major General Meade,
Frotessors Morse, and Lieber, James
Gordon Bennett, T. Buchanan Head,
George' Catlin and 'Fanny Fern have
passed away. Only one4 reigning
King has died Charles the Fif
teenth, of Sweden, and two ! Pres
identsJuarez, - President :ot Mexico,
and Balio, President of Peru; In Eng
land, Sir HearV L. Bulwer fin- Holland,
Johann Eudolph Thorbccke ; ia Bava
ria, Count Hegnenbcrg Uux;-in Canada,
John Stansfield Macdonald. The En -
glish navy has lost Sir Thomas ! John
Cochrane, fG.- C. B.:fi Admirals of the
Fleet; Admiral Sir James Scott, Tv, C.
B., and Sir George Pollock ; the French
army,J Marshal a Valliant. -The' Christ
ministry misses Rev. Frederick Donison
Maurice, Rev.'' Norman MacLeod,' and
Right Rev. T. V. 'Sharp. Literature
losses Charles Lever, Albany Fonblun-
que, ' Ludwig Feuerbach, Frederick
Gerstacker, Theophile Gautier j-. nd
Merle D'Aubigne. -i t -i U :y.i y
-The Government of England finds
employment for many of its literary men,
and thus enables them to make of let
ters the good "walking stick" rather
than the "bad crutch." , It gives them,
in other words, a sense of independence
ol their . writings, and enables them to'
Eass freer, happier; and more Comforts
le lives. There is also the pension list
miserably inadequate, it is true, yet
often a help in time ot distress, as in the
case of the one hundred pounds that
rendered Ies painful the death-bed ot
Tom Hood. In England there hve
always been quiet places; little ntokt,
where the work of the study rather than
of the counting room is needed. Arthur
Helps, Henry Taylor, the 'author of
"Phillip Van Artevelde," Dr. Daseiit,
Brank Buckland, Francis T. Paigrave,
Matthew Arnold and others ' hold Gov
ernment offices. In this free land of ours
the custom house, where the experience
of . Hawthorne comes in very unfavor
ably, and where Richard Grant White
and others hold appointments, appears
to be rather a refuge than a reward f
1, literary men. tV; I ! J
-Very -early on the morcing of the 2'-M
ao elegantly dressed female wm found
leaning against the doorway of it stare
on Washington street, near-Avyn, in
Boston. She was insensible, for the chill
of the intense cold was on her. 1 lie
humane policeman who froze his bands
while - attempting to resuscitate - her
spoke harshly when he discovered that
he had rubbed the paint off the cheeks
of..ue wax beauty, who, before she wh9
.burned out,' was wont to smile from the
window of the hair store opposite,
Mrs: Mary D'Arcy ' arrived "in J New
.York n Friday, from Dayton," Qh'n, to
lake her niece, Hate uummlogs who
had betn employed at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, back home with her, and learned
for the first time that the unfortunate
gii I had been situ t hered jknd . burned i b
the recent . ure it appears mat ? mis
CummlnjiS waa well educated; and had
i left a comfortable: tome owin to i mis-
fortqne,, .... ,t - . - ; , .;
' . A wholesale slaughter oi buflaloeals
going on at the West.. A Kansas paper
says there are south of the Arkansas and
west of the Wichita, from one to two
thousand men, . shooting buffaloes lor
their hides alone. -" - -t .
NO. 43-
DiRcnssioB Amoi; the -Methodist
. Ministers Pigeon (MatchMre
About the IceThe Greeley Will
Case. -... --i's -jh; .;;.,.f;:. j
New York, Dec St. The Methodist
preachers, at their meeting yesterday,
had a warm discussion on the annihila
tion of the wicked. Many deprecated
the introduction ot topics for discussion
not in accordance with the: doctrines of
the Methodist Church, A commitiou
was appointed to settle, the subject for
discussion.: "; .t'-j t ?:s.a j V
A pigeon match, between Paine and
Barker, resulted 87 each. It was agrtcd
to shoo t off at five .pair , cach, when
Paine, won by three jbirds. ; i K N;
Two inches of snow fell last night
h ) A heavy fog interfered with the fe"r-
lnc ice at tlell Gate is very sever.
and steamers have
working through. '
great. difficulty in
- The ice on the North river, above the
citv, has entirely stopped navigation.
The wrecked brig, C. Y Clone, has
gone to pieces. iH j ..
Another phase of the Greeley will
case came up before the Surrogate yes
terday, by which the contestant? served
notice upon Miss Greeley to show cause
why the Greeley will of 1871 should
not be admitted to prbate. Evidence
will be offered in support of , that will
on the 13th, 14th and 15th of January.
The Surrogate has appointed J. E. Wil
liams and W. M. Skinner appraisers of
the personal estate in the case in which'
J. P. Cleveland was previously appoint
ed, administrator,, pending litigation,
and Mr. Skinner also is appointed ;'spe
viat guardian of Miss Gabrielle Greeley
under the will of 1871. y---
The tultan of Zanzibar on j the
slavery ' question Opposition ot
the Citizens to Kins Amadens
. Fatal Wreck at Sea, Etc. ;
Zanzibar, Dec '181 The United,
States steamer Yantic arrived on the
10th. Captain Wilson, with- United
States consul John T. Webb and officers
of the ship, visited. Sultan on llth.
They were received . by troops and met
by Sultan in front of the palace. Capt.
Wilson represented to Sultan the senti
ment of. the American people in regard
to slavery and requested the abrogation
of the clause of the treaty With England,
which permits slavery to Zanzibar, and
to Brituh Dominion Territory, contain
ed in the treaty made with England in
1840. The sultan's' reply was received
on 17th." He Bays, "thirty-three years
ago I was forbidden by my father ' to
export slaves to Muscato." The slaves
now carried there are stolen by Arabs
and tribes from Persian Gulf. , I ' will
make strong efforts in the future tq pre
vent the kid-napping these slaves. I
will make every effort. - f ;
Madrid, Dec," 31. A rising jol the
Apollonuts is expected. The govern
ment is prepared to suppress it. The
citizens of Madrid are opposed to
Amadeus, who is greatly excited.! "''
Halifax, Dec. j 3L The , schooner
Lord of the Isles, from St. Martin, was
wrecked on Iron bound Islands. ; The
Captain," Mate and four
perished. J, t - ;
Qf the crew
Sfarder of n Family by Indians
- Gens. Schofield and Alexander oz
. a Secret Mission &e - ,-1 T '
San Francisco, Dec 3 1. The Lee
family of circus performers, eight per
sons, were murdered by the Apaches
while travelling through Arizona.
if The California sailed for Honalula to
day.- Gens.' Schofield and Alexander
were aboard. . There mission 'is un
known, but is supposed "to have some
connection with thecntical situation in
the Sandwich Islands. .' - i "
From St. Louis Snow Disappearing
a. linage lnreaienea, c. -
;St. Louis, Dec 31j Drizzling riin. The
snow is disappearing. 'The gorge above
the bridge is broken by the raid which
continues. . The bridge will not be used
foi lear of a momentary 'break which
mav demolish the, bridge.
; .. , ( ,
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Large kFire in Alexandria.
AlexAndtiia, Va., Dec. 31. A block
of five brick warepouses on Unio'n street
has been burned, Loss 10000.
General Intelligence. . j
FitASKFonT, Dec. 31.A1I pris
oners confined in the Frankfort jail
escaped last night .by cutting through
tho roof.' ; 1 - - , j i
Memphis, Tenrv,,-Dec. 31. All the
shore ice below Wolf river disappeared
during last night A large quantity Of
ice is running iu the river and it is be
lieved that the go.'ge at Randolph is
broken, but trie ice has soltcned so much,
that no further damage is apprehended.
Boats at the, levees are loading and pre
paring to leave. -; ,
Cincinnati, 0hio, Dec. . 31, Ear'y;
this morning thcicu broke the tttewiurs
Mountain IJoy, Messenger and , Grey
Eayie loose from the ftiot '!' V.t!:ut
street whnrf nnd eurried thin! dowi tn
the mail line wl; sft Iwat at i-iie iwot'of
Vine street, 'sinking the 'Mountain Hoy
and damaging ti e other two boat.
The Mountain IJy is sunk to her
boiler deck and i i being held up iy ice.
She is valued at line thousand ioiUrs,
and is how being wrecked j
The Messenger i cro ihcl U I eeu
'the Mountain Bo;: and' Grey EVle uml
has both sidt-s and her ucr gn.r-js.
broken S a and hsr rylendr crac-Ked -She
is in a bad c nditioa imJ it i v ry
doubtfut if sheci.n be saved. I - .- t
.Four hundred iad li.ity, .tons tro,
are on Hcd ot t Iw, Ms?tsugei
...The Grey E.iLie has, ; iteriiiirds
smashed and i crowded oii-.tht: whurf
boat. , .. ... j" .... . , .r s ; -
The Len, owned by tlu Jjoulbviile.
Mail Line Company was landed ui.le
or so below ; tuej city and is tan ia the
ice.. ?o eoal otj any amount ' -lot
here, tboogh several empty j . purges
were earned away. -.The lee stopped
movinjf before 7
o clock and ha not
gorged sincej as
is. leareil the ice
it i siiil running.'- It
will uiove agaiu a t y
moment when greater damage is expec
ted. All the boAts bav steam j. i
"'. PnitADELrnrA, Dec. 31. Jr.0. A.
Brown, the o1det Banker aptl Broker
inthweity, died -to-day,-t'Hl 85 f In
1871 he donated 30a,000 to t he IVes
byteriun booita!l ia tbi city .
JfiFFKUbON, Mo., PC'$i yl, The Icgi-;
lature meets to morrow..' It 'tlecta a U.
8, Senator fo succeedt Bhir.", It is
probable that j the pure .Democracy
will'rnle."' ,"ryi USi'.'-
I ;. CihcishatvOmo Dc 8L Saint
James - Episcopal . Churea ( has ;been
.burned jit was valiwd at, 440,000t nt v
THE WEEKIiY 'pyS
: BATES OF ADVERTISING.
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AHie aiiuar, two MworiiM8 .... 1 50
uue.siuar, ujre mruonsi -a un
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UneKquare, twelve mouthi ..... 18 Ot
For laircr': advertisements liberal con- -tracttt
will bo made.' Ten 11 ueB aolitl non
pareil constitute one square. "
-r STATE NEWS; :
Wilm inoton is troubled with thicken
thieves. . i. ., J.u - '.. : , .. - '
Ali. the brsrs in Jeffcwou have the
distemper, .f-...:, c n ,
Wife bcatins some times hsppcas ! a
Wilmington. bVw4 b tt'-f -V;.- .1
! Sxow was.ia inghes deep in Fayette-
viUeoo Friday Just, .
Tu&horse malady has entirely dis-:
appeared froai Status ville. , i.., .
It Is reported that the small pox is at
Laurel Springs, J efftirson. county.
Ohlt three patients-were sent to the
Wilmington hospital I ait week, ,,
Nawrram paiXTR complMn pf the
scarcity of meat and fish in their market. .
OtJ State cxclianrres Jroin all . sec
tions speak of ilie severity. of the Weath
er. . I 'T"" " :; - - .
WiLMtxaTos aormanduecd last week
to the extent -of 34 beeves, 30 bogs and
ft dlAnrt - -..- - :
On Friday ; Wilmincton witnessed a
tall of snow when ''the sun was bliininc
Trre Sunday School Board of the
Baptist State - Convention tmct in
Charlotte receutly.nv i t; ' j,,
TmikH rogues were caught plunder
ing at the recent firein Wilmington and
sent to the work house... , ...
NawBinN has a lodaro of Knisrht of
Pythias by tfte namo,.of "Athenia." It
has 2a charter members., ' ,
The small dox is iu iho lamilv of Mr.
Joseph Flowers, ; five miles' of Rocking
ham, near the Pee Dee -river. ' '
Thb 1st National Bank of! Wilminz-
ton has declared a dividend of 0 per
cent, payable to-day (Wednesday.)
WrxMisaxox authorities ' would not
allow guns and pistols .to be tired with
in the city limits during the holidays.
Pro. Edwaud Daves, lormcrlv of
Newbern biut latterly of Baltimore
lectured ;
in
Wilmington ' on Monday
night.
FnED Tdkes, a colored lad. acci-
dentally shot himself through the hand
the' other day in Wilmington while,
trifling within pistol.
' Geoiiqe' W, PitlCEi Jit.' colored, is to
deliver a lecture before the pupils of the
amu. Sunday Schools ot Wilming
ton on Monday next. ,
Tub mail train on the N. C.IC R.. on
Siturday reached Charlotte nearly four
hours behind time; The delay was
caused by "running off the track.
The dwelling house of Mr. Geonre
Huuts,near White Store, Anson county,
was destroyed ty ure last week. The
came is pupposed to have lieen accident
Mr. Airx SH0LAn,?-of Wilmincton.
while shooting snipe on the the west:
side of the Cape Fear on Saturday, shot
mmselt in the loot inflicting a severe
wound. ' : , .
An investigation has proved that the
delay in tho action of the . Wilmington
Firq Department during the recent fire,
was caused by the' insufficient amount .
of. hose on hand. ; ' i
' Dns.' FiIeema!? and Baldwin lost
from $2,00 ltd $2,500 by the Are Thurs
day night ih; Wilmington, i, They lost
all, their instruments and a quantity '
of cold foil. ,
,- . .
The house of Mrs. M. L. Brown, two
mites of Salisbury, was destroyed by fire
Christmas night. ' Nothing was saved.
It is believed to9 have been the work of
au ineendiiry. y , b i' ivj
ONTbttrsdny morning last the engine
attecbed to the passenger, train on the
Western X. C. R. R., was thiown down
an "enbanknient sonic ten feet high.
lYonc oi rue ca:s loiiowca, aid no one
:was hurt'-jr---'- s-c; J ' ;, ,'' . . i'-. '
! i -
- A PACKAorv t-omainlrtg-' l.OOO, sent
by Wootjeif Exjref lroni Wilmington'
,tosWadelljior4o Mr, J, Bf Burns, was
appropriated bj b i tk-s for whom it was
not intended.' ' Tfovgeht, MK'JJ Alford
and Mr.-' floekitt; the ' driver'-of the
wiigtnv batv bitJi diiicu anetteil."
On aceoaht of the e verity of the
weather and the. imiispositiou ;f the
orator, Hon. A, M Waddell, the public
ceremonies of the celebratiou of St.
JobtiV Day (Fridif) by thJ masonic
fraternity-;of Wilmington, were posl
poncJ. TJie banquet camo off and was
a brilliant!aflir..j.'j;J. ,J ,
Tub Charlotte Observer f the 20th
ins.., Bays that Coroner Little amstitl
Mr. Jolin ti. Menus on Snturdiiv, in lh-
hall "of nt 'Mansion' Uoium-. oh liv
chr(-i,i'tlii:.lttiit mM- i-'iink KN"rj ol.,
a.)d .go- mj !ay. tltnt M-r, Ab.-intH H i.i:m
!i.iV h . hV.i'iri;; o:i ih - I ; I . as-i: M !i-
d:tV, . It Si)' Willing tit ir.n.l (II I'.!-
particulars of tiur'kllfui-' noi utwhiF
tiiiKi -the aiFvirocearredv 1 -
Thr InJiau War. !
. bAS Fu'axcisco,' Dew Ct TliijiniU
tary bunt to lilit IfMli-irw lmv- riot t
(succeedeo in drawing tin; warrtirsj lroni
their tronlio;d-n JWWrigiitYrave.
Every t rut t-$y . i liMolg'i.- iln-in, ihM
fur li ti failed.' ' lln liiXrfru" und ioinl
shells, ?wh'cb hnte firrivil from F,oit
Yaueouver, will ibe. Uied against them
.Additions Uy,i huv, bn attioned
at Fort ivtnim'jii, Caputu J.ikv' ban t
bn bttii 'iai:i-rjil, "ltd u-' iuu :;;
OVt r ' 100 -Wan i.i-.-; !'kr Hi' Weil
irm fc n. I '.l av tepulHihm if ; bei n g
goud fthtjug lil:. ,'- .
Cot liud -Dobie "arrived last, iiigiit,
with .,ft)saliad'EUu and MDah Voor
liees -wbicb iweu. liken io'titK agricul
tural prtjk.j iy, to go into training tw
race" with A- c.'dit. .-. ,.
'A' Western ptijter wsnis rel prm
ler'rt.itit'OiUBieiit to UuTJtCu: iireeU -y. u
be cast Jrotu worn. jut tpe, lu -. which,
newspaper ollice lroui aij over the
Country can contribute,' arid be mounted
uf'raatite base.i;J- a:
. 7 v, , .. . . ,
Ait ftafuli ttai!oHin'dcttMk to run a
ruuck at PraWlrfPoiof, Eg i intely, and
after ttabbing aboUS UV.f t (dozen por
Wpi.WM lai4 Jow. ,bj, ,uoe ,blujr of a
sabrein the bands 6( a coastguard offi
cer;'iV.':j!ii' :; ';'- .
; An item of news from Ajcs is to the
effect that the olive harvest is valued
at twelve millionsof lrancs the largest
that has ever been known in the depart
ment, i, s. A!.f. litff :: . !