THE WEEKLY IEWS. VCBMSHEP EVBUYTHURSPAY. TOXE A UZZELL. - - " PnopniKTORS f i office Over W, C. Stronach & Cos t Fayettcville Street. -s , , y !, - . Price, $2.00 per annum in Advance. THE vrEEKLY jN E WS 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 l . I 1 , TT " H t. Jl 1 L . -- 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 . . 1 A 1 J. " 1 -- . 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 1 A . 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 ' pv 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 . i - c i . : i . i 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." - ' - . s ; : f 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 H 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. -rrr " 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 : - y. ' , - j !-,". '. -- 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, -- - ... ' J .- - i . . 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. ; .. , ( , " ..; '-:. ii .;'- . . t 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. One saoare. one Insertion ,-. .... si no AHie aiiuar, two MworiiM8 .... 1 50 uue.siuar, ujre mruonsi -a un tne wiuare, Jbur insrtioua..:.." 2 C Ouo wiuare, three iutU....'.:.j... 6 t Outtsquaro, nix lnoxtti.H.............. 10 I 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 :: . !