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'v:- :-: ' ' ' - . - V f? -.u-, - "x . ; i: ' - ; ...-.- . . - , . , .. . ........ .. - - v ""..,- " ' ' f m v n- w t tw rvnT v i -n . 0 m m i . .... v n i w & m - m m m m - m h ...... RATES OP AERTISINQ raretterllte 8treet. ' ' " t. i t 1 : , - - . . . . :".'y ..." ' h - .J 1 ..V V ' rt j ' '- J , Price, $2.00 per ananm in Adrance. THE WEEKLY WAYS: THURSDAY..,.. JANUARY 10, 1873. LOCAL MATTER. y E. C. WOODSON, Editor, -i f Sec the notice elsewhere of the baok rupt sale advertised by R. W. Harrif, Tbinitt College Locals. Oar i Trinity Correspondent, G. n.,8.; sends i lis the following items from bis locality ; ' ' The Spring session of Trinity College opened oft the 2ad, under favorabl' aus pices. t There are about 125 students st present; many of the old 6tudeni are detained we suppose on account of bad weather. ; V , - .. v-.. . .- ..'. - ., -; ' The young men hare formed a string' band among themselves for the prac tice they have bad they make splendid ' music. . ..' , , .j . j ; W. P, Craven, Esq., resumed his lea- dership of the sentimental choir last night his voice sounds as familiar and musical as it tiid last session when his Tronpe 6ang lor the beautiful Miss R. The horse malady has left this sec tion, and Leache's little speckled male ox that carried the mail from Trinity to High Point, is once more rejoicing in his freedom. : : j v : ; y Branch H. Merrimon. son of Hon. A. S. Merrimon, Senator elect, arrived from home yesterday . morning, . and entered upon the last term of his sophomore year.. , ; Mr. Kernodle, oi Alamance, has taken charge of the Bobbins Hotel. We are sorry to chronicle the dc : part are of Mr. Benson Parker from our midst He has severed his connection with te firm of Parker & Bro., and has takeri an agency - for some ; cutting machine. Our best wishes attend cousin Benson in his new field of labor. Rev. Mr. Rush, one of our best citi zens, has moved his- residence from Trinity to Kernersville. j, , . Father James Leach' is once more ; convalescent. We are glad to know this, lor among the many old gentlemen of this section he is our favorite. The old portion of Prazers Hotel is said to be haunted, as' the boarders in that part ot the house are often dis turbed from their slumbers by miracu lous noises. We are expecting every niht that some "hobgoblin? will put in an appearance. . j . .. ' Oxford Items, Our Oxford Corres pondent, under date of yesterday, sends us ths following items from his section : . At a recent meeting ot the; Goodwyn Agricultural Club, which took place at the residence cf Mr. J. H. Horner, the Hon. A. V. Venable presided, Mr. John C. Taylor, the President of the Club being detained at home by indis position. : A desultory discussion as to .the relative profits of raising cotton and tobacco took place, many sallies of wit were indulged, and the meeting was one of unusual pleasure and enjoyment. Mr. W. G. Herndon, who is a prom inent officer on a Railroad ifl Georgia, and who is at present on a visit to his relatives in Oxford, thinks the idea of getting a railroad to this point is a most leasable one, if those interested on the line of where the road should be built will come forward and subscribe wih a moderate degree of liberality. This matter should at once engage the attention of all interested in the enter prise. '', i j - -. Mr. W. B. Routon and M. John E. OJenheimer have rented rooms of Dr. II. C. Herndon, opposite the store of Messrs. Cooper & Williams, where they will be pleased to see their friends and patrons. Mr. Odenheimer is the pro-! pnetorof the justly celebrated Oden-; heimer sauce. The late Gov. Bragg and many others " have written letters beariDg testimony to the superior excel lence of Mr. 0s sauce. i The tobacco ' warehouses are doing a brisk business! The number of buy ers is increasing. Mr. Richard W. Harris has just taken out license as a leaf dealer, and it is reported; on good authority that others will follow his example. ? ' ' ' ' ' i The rumor published in the !News of the small pox, being in this county we think is fallacious. , There is no small pox in Oxford or vicinity, noe have we heard ot any in any part of the county. The citizens of. Oxford and! vicinity are opposed, to the lormation of the proposed new county to be called 'Gil liam in honor of our late distinguished townsman, the Hon. R. B. Gilliam., Some six or eight droves of mules and horses either stopped in town or . passed through here to day, January the 10th, on their way to the counties east of this. ' ? ' :- 1 -5 :: -'. A Pkkitehtiaiiy Cosvict Attempts to Escape He was Shot by the Guard. Yesterday evening, ! while a number of the Convicts at the peniten tiary were at work , on the outside of the stockade, a colored man by the name of Riley Mauning attempted to make his escape by flight to the woods near by. A member of the guard ordered him three times to halt, when -he leveled his gun npon hirh. Thii did not have the desired effect of step ping the convict; but the ball from the gun did. As the guard fired his rifle . the unfortunate man fell dead in his tracks. ' .-.t v , , j Man ni ng was from Columbus' county, m l committed to, thr Penitentiary for ourglary. Coroner Magnin was notified yesterday evening by tae officeraf the i emten'iary, and an inquest will be held to-dav.;, ' . ... " i y i :. Pakdohed, His excellency, Gov Caldweir yesterday pardoned. Walter acott, white, convicted of larceny at the February term1870of Orange! Superi or Court and sentenced to 8 years im prisonment in .the Penitentiary.-JThe Petition was numerously sigced bv the -piicBjwikmcana prominent citizens uraDJte ? county, also the Judge yu tnea the case and the Solic- jr mat prosecuted it . - A. scheme has been started ul Phila delph,a to form a soldier's colony! In utherance ol the enterprise a petition ."?, t0b9 .George Pagejwho died in Baltimore AND Tit. nnnnn ... . ' I, , iub JL HlSTOKV Or THE State. We are pleased to" see that pur State exchanges have again entered nrutn An - .nt m a t nA t:.a.. r i ... I I " u'uj15 UIBUUSSiUU OI ' mis, subject.! The Wilmington Stat of the 12th prefaces tumo well limed remarks on tueratate Historian" as follows r s "A year ago The Morning Star.! Graham, or some other patriotic "''and", talented son. to undertake "the wrkinV v papers, -nrgea upon qv.? i a eiauuaru -nisiorv oi worth i!rn lina." That distinguished gentleman was unable, owing ,to business engage-1 ments, to comply with the wishes of his fellow citizens; and none of. the several others qualified for the task has volunteered, to perform the important A year rolls around and the question is again agitated, the Raleigh News leading oflV .i-; s..:...,;.; , -...f . The Star then suggests the name, of Haywood W. Guion, Esq., and Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spencer as eminently qualified for the work, and urges upon the Legislature the propriety of making a modest appropriation and ot desig nating the proper individual to perform the labor. The Star concludes: "Let the subject be canvassed. The History , of North Carolina must be written. That proposition is the start ing point." What the South Wants. On this snbject, the Statesyille Intelligencer makes an appeal for labor as the great desideratum. That paper says that the crops have been good throughout the' South, and the only drawback to our material advancement is "the Want of disciplined labor." There are now in the city of Raleigh, farmers from Edgecombe, in search of 'cotton laborers, who report that the farms in their section are not more than two thirds supplied with hands. It is a general complaint in Eastern Carolina that more colored laborers tmtquattina about than usual.: This is a great nui sance, for idleness and crime will go hand and hand, and produce poverty and suffering as well as increase vice and dishonesty. . .. -. ... Chapel Hnx. The Wilmington Journal of Saturday, contains a long and well written editorial correspond ence from Chapel Hill, detailing, the yandalic destruction of the University, the decay of the buildings, the abuse of the libraries and halls, and thn neglect of President Solomon Pool, whose conduct exhibits unaccountable carelessness and negligence in not pro tecting the property committed to his charge. The letter gives full particulars of the ruins to be seen at every turfl." W e will give extracts from this painful statement hereafter. ; Histoby of the State. The Char lotte Observer has a very sensible and practical editorial on the above subject, and advocates an appropriation by the Legislature of an adequate sum for the purpose of accomplishing the object." That paper suggests that a Committee be appointed by the Legislature to take charge of the matter, and to select one. or more good writers who possess energy as well as talent for writing, and general fitness for the accomplishment of the .work. ' . . i : We hope the Legislature1 will take hold of the matter, for it is important and urgent. j! ; The Credit Mobilieb. The5 Wil mington. Star speaking of the Credit HfK:i: r j .. ' . juuumcr irauu, says: mere is no high source oi honor in Congress. It is a demagogue's parliament a thieves' legislature." On the same subject, the Roanoke Ntw$ says': " Mr. Ames goes so far as to acknowledge that he did dispose of shares in the Association at a reduced rate,' with the view as he , avows to so influence legislation that they would take enough interest in the Road to prevent its embarrassment. :: That this was no more nor less than wholesale bribery ia patent to the least suspicion?, yet Mr. Ames has the effrontery to characterize it as a legitimate transac tion." Habkont. The Hickory Tavern Ea ffls don't like the cry of Harmony.' Hear it: "A number of our exchanges are cry ing Harmony 1 Harmony 1 ! Harmo ny 1 1 1 What's wrong t The "Hush Game" has been played too long already. It there is anything rotten in the Dem ocratic party, let it out. If it is hazard ous to the party to discuss the Merri-mon-Vance-Senatorial-Imbroglio and the Public Printing, all we've got to say is, the party 7s in bad fix, and needs a little ventilation. Don't be alarmed, gentlemen." The position of the Raleigh News and Wilmington Journal seems to have been, misunderstood by several of our State exchanges. We did not think the prolongation of a personal contro versy through the press would be bene ficial to the Conservative party. With great deference to the opinion of the EaqUy we still think where there is no political principle at stake, ft it hazard ous to th party for our leading public i men to engage in personal wranglings through the newspapers. " We consider that it is the duty of all opposed to Radicalism to bury personal strife and animosities, jn a common effort for the! preservation of the harmony and organ ization of the Conservative party. -l It is the duty of the press to condemn the wrong, even in their own party, , to point out errors if any have 'been com mitted, to rebuke the spirit of insub ordination and ' disorganizationl' -' to enter its protest against bolting and personal wrangling, to drive out the spirit of discord and disaffection, and to strive to preserve the unity,, integrity uu wen arc oi me pany. EDITORIAL TIIOUGnTS LEANINGS. , A PROPOSITION CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. We are-conscious that the fair fame' of Norih. Carolina, has been tarnished by our want "of zeal for the cause of education. . ; la no other State of the Union is there such a large per centage of white persons unacquainted with the art of reading and writing. la times past we; I j suffered from a great deficiency in our I ednr.Mrm.i t.;i;f;A. tu:. ! recog hized some ten years " prior i, to. the' war, and measures were inaugurated to establish a thorough system of Common Schools, sustained at a vast expense to; the State. These schools were in a measure supplied ,; with , competent, teachers from among the graduates of our University. Since then the Univer sity has" ceased : lo'? exist No longer does Chapel Hill send forth a hundred young men annually; to give ' an addi tional impetus to the cause of education1 in different portions of the State: ! ; V Hence our Common Schools languish and the future presents a picture that saddens us. It is time for those sons of North Carolina, wh i venerate their mother, who love " her fair fame and prize her prosperity, to bestir them selves and manifest by zealous works their willingness to promote her glory and the happiness of her citizens. Let us establish the University on a proper basis. At present we believe the establish ment is closed, and the buildings are rapidly falling into decay. It is al ready dead, How can we accomplish its resurrec tion tr - . : - We understand that the Institution is embarrassed by debt, and that those of our sons who can best affjrd to take a I-collegiate course, are not disposed to connect, tnemselves with the University so long as it remains under the existing management. . We believe that the only hop of re tiucitating it it to be found in placing it in thorough accord vlth the feelings and prejudices of those who can patronize it and will build it up; and it is evi dent that this can never be accom plished while the University is held to "an inseparable connection with the free public school system of the State," as prescribed by the provisions of the Constitution. :y v. - : To re open a career for this venerable AIbmi Mtter o f so nnny of our citiz ens, we must disconnect it from politics must sever its connection with thefree public school system.must place its gov ernment in sympathy with the scholars we seek, and invest with its control a board of practical men, who will man age it as private property devoted to' similar purposes. It'seems to us that this mar be done. The grounds and property of the Uni versity are heavily mortgaged, and ' a suit has been brought to foreclose the mortgage. The mortgagees may take possession . and hold the property without any restrictionsuntil redeemed ; or it may be sold under :: it ! decree of Court, and the purchasers will hold it as' private property, free from its pecuniary embarrassments free from its existing connection ' with political managers and entirely relieved of its Constitution al diseases. ! , In order to give the foregoing sugges tions practical shape, it is proposed that the Legislature create a corporation to be called The .Ukiyebsitt , Comf-aky, with five hundred of the best men in the State as - Incorporators,- granting them power to do all things requisite with proper restrictions ;: that they be requested to open books of subscription to' the capital stock,-which shall be un limited ; that counties, and cities and towns" be r authorized," uniTer proper regulations, to. subscribe, and that the Public Treasurer . be directed' to sub scribe seventy-five thousand dollars on behalf of the State,' whenever twenty five thousand dollars shall be subscribed and paid in by the private stockholders; at the same time providing a general scheme for the control and operation of the Company. A ' .. '.' " ' . . , l it is next proposed that this Compa ny shall purchase either the mortgagee's title, or the property at the 'sale, and obtain .possession of the premises. V ' Alter that, with men of influence and standing in the different parts of the Staie entrusted pcrsonaliy, piitrioticallv and. pecuniarily in the success ol the enterprise; there can be no such word a fail. 1 - - . ' ''. f j We commend this proposition to the press of the Stkte i particularly we call iit to p the attention of those graduates of bdr University who'Iov their Alma Mater, and we earnestly ask for it, a favorable consideration from all,' who deploring thfe; -prostration of this vener able Institution of learning, would. re joice to behold it onoe more tearing; its honored head among the noble educa tors of the5 Unton. . 1 , 'J 3 '' 4 ? r1 The question we present is, should the Legislaure1at?the pteJJehl "session incorporate the University Company f Weiw?B?d-1Jke to Te th-a views of our brethren of the State press on the .1.! il AM-" i '- aiwve praposuion- Z;;.xt- i i i. j if i .".1 1 ! The mail carrier; between; iAaheviile I and Rutherford, accident! : shot his I .Jhumb off the'cllier earwith'i i RALEIGH, N. C , TBURBpAY. JAN. 16. 1873, REEKING. WITH CORRUPTJON i k. The -disclosures which have been brought to light in regard to the Credit Mobilier fraud ,.,are astounding 4andj shameful !; Taking - tlie . evidence on: either aide, as . thus far developed, the convMonfoM mmd,that members of Congreesireceived shares in the Credit Mobilier in considi eraUon of their votes and influence. many-,w?I.WPot.4wqil uimaaou ? .MV to pay a dollar in purchase of the stocki I ' ' ' --r pay a dollar in purchase of the stocki and Buhsennrntlv nvoinJ wWthaviniftafnanpouunat eter.- O&kes Amen ,wa nJ a , . .1 J . w U1TIUCUU3 writing the letters to McComb, prom-' ising to place the shares where they! would do. the .most good, and the list of .Congressmen whose I names were marked on one of these letters, included twelve leading wdJtnflueMaXJR can politicians men who stood in tbe: highest positions in Congress. . i : . The list contains the ; names of such men as Senator Wilson, now "Vice Pres ident elect ot the United States, Vice President Colfax, Kelley, of Pennsylva nia, Dawes and Boutwell, of Massachu setts, and others nearly as prominent. . During the Presidential campaign, mest of the gentlemea who were impli cated by the Ames-McOomb correspon dence, made positive and emphatic de nials of any connection with the Credit Mobilier, and indignantly denounced the charges against them as base and infamous slanders. , But the testimony before; the Committee- appointed by Congress to investiga te the mat ter, points conclusively to the guilt of some of these immaculate persons, and brands their unsupported denials with the tamp of falsehood. Not only the evi dence of McComb, taken before the Committee, but also that of Oakes Ames himself goes far to establish the substantial facts contained in the news papers, and to show that nearly every member of Congress against whom charges were preferred d uring the cam paign, either held stock in the Credit Mobilier at some time or other, or re ceived a profit therefrom, in some 6hape or form. , .. Deweese was unanimously expelled from Congress because he sold his cadet appointment But how is his conduct any more corrupt than that of those members whose votes and influence were purchased with the shares of Pa- vine jMiiroaa biock i ir ueweese was guilty of a disgracefulJoffen8e in receiv ing A consideration for appointing a cadet to West Point, what shall we say of the conduct of those Congressmen who were bribed to support the schemes of the Pacific Railroad Company, by having placed to their credit the divi dends arising from the consummation cf said schemes ? Are they not all equally as guilty as the North Carolina carpet bagger? ! . The investigation particularly crimi nate Hon. Oakes Ames, who is a promi nent Massachusetts Congressman,: and who manipulated with great ingenuity and success the Credit Mobilier project. He it was who gave the bribes. He it was who placed the shares most advan tageously. He it was who appealed to the avarice of his fellow members with such irresistible arguments as the cer tainty of immense profits accruing from the stock." He it was who championed through Congress,1 by means the most unblushing and shameful, the most gigantic fraud of modern legislation a fraud which is destined to cover with infamy every member of Congress who has received any gain r advantage from its consummation. 8ALE OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. i Before the Legislature adjourned, a Committee was appointed to investigate the. circumstances connected with the sale of the Western North Carolina Railroad, which, had been advertised under a decree of. Court. Several witnesses were examined before the Committee, but nothing material was elicited. That there is frand somewhere in connection with this sale, no one seems to doubt, but where it is, and how to expose it is a problem which has not yet beeu solved. , , , tJ . : i . f We were gratified when the sale was postponed sixty days, because we were in hopes that a compromise might be made in the'meantime, which would be satisfactory to all parties!' " ; ' It is rumored that Gov. Caldwell, in behalf of the Stated will take an appeal to 'the Supreme Court of the United Sta'es from Judge Dick's decree, di- iccting the sale of the Road. , The people of North Carolina regard less '..of ; party, will sustain Governor Caldwell in his efforts to protect the iuterests of North Carolina against the schemes ot Railroad monopolies of other foreign corporations! ! We believe there isfraud connected whhP the sale of the Western N.C. Road, and therefore we endorse the : action bf . the Governor in taking an appeal from the decree ordering its sale. -We know : nothing of the plans and purposes of the Southern Security Com-" pan j, the Pennyslvania Cen.rnl, or any other Railroad, in: connection with this or any -other matter. We care nothing for their Interests, and do net tike them into consideration in our, discussion of jum muujvGUin e iw upuoee anu tie- v; ..t.: i . nr. it n ij 1 '"J. State or foreign, .which, eeeks its own at the saerifi3e of Vtha WCre of North Carolina. We protest against the sacrifice of the Seated in est Jn; the proposed sale' of k R6ad which cost six millions of, dollars, lo i debt of three hnndred thousand dollarsl :Ippeal M taken t tij VitiJ . n; . vu ? 11. - 1 SJ-I tutZl Zltt 5 k?W ?bt"J through! State etcmporanes; but . wa M . . . " I i wen r Bssurea mat thpm is umafM. assured . that there is somethW "rotten in -Denmark" in connection1 with the sate of the Road, which th legislative Committee has been unable to trace out V ,..", , AXDALXSX AT, CHAPU HILLk CoL W. L. Saunders. : W mrm. . . Editors of the Wilmington Jourhal, has given in an editorial correspondence from Chapel Hill.a very f ull and detailed statement of the rows of the University, uuiioings, under the management of Key. f Solomon Pool, 'the nominal President. :v; ; present, CoL Saunders made a tour ot inspec tion through the college grounds, and publishes the result of his observations in a letter which occupies more than two columns of the Journal. For the information of our readers, we condense some of the evidences of des truction of the University ' property, regretting that our space will not allow us to publish the letter in full." i v The steps of the gate leading to the College buildings at the entrance next to the hotel were found broken and sunken.' .y ?: 'y-''' The beautiful walk leading up to the old East building had grown up with grass and weeds. ! The step8 p the terrace to the north end of the East Building, have rotted and sunk down. The old Philanthropic Hall was found unlocked the windows open, as were it. . , . . - - me uoors ana windows of the old Li- brary the glass and sash broken the latter in many instances entirely gone. The following description of these rooms answers substantially for all the rest: . -1 -v - 'The doors were swinging, some with their panels staved ia and others with out As a general rule, the floors of the rooms and passages were covered with fallen plastering, and it is presumed will continue to be, as long as the walls and ceiling are exposed to the moisture of successive winter rains. The north east corner of the root was knocked off by the falling of a' tree some time ago. It is difficult to imagine' a building, in an inhabited, civilized country, in a worse or more disgraceful condition." The Philanthropic Library was next visited. Here four windows were found open on one side and five on the other, i The Library at one time con tained seven thousand volumes. The examination was made after the close of a rainv spell, and the exposure of the books to weather must necessarily in jure them materially. h -1 The Booth Hall or Ball Room, which now contains the College Library, was closed, bat on the north sjde eighteen panes of glass were broken, and four teen on the sauth side. Upon the ground t" laid the remains of a glass jar, and several little snakes or reptiles of some sort, some fish or other curious things that had - evidently been prepared in alcohol for some purpose or other." : The doors and windows of South Building were generally open, : with glass broken, sash and panels broken or altogether missing; the floors were covered with fallen plastering, and upon the walls were found writings of the most obscene character. : Ths cabinet of minerals in Prof. Phil lips' old recitation room did not escape the general wreck. The drawers con taining the specimens were unlocked or open, and , the specimens scattered around. The cabinet was once very valuablcj and according to the catalogue contained dver two thousand specimens of minerals collected from all quarters of the known world. This cabinet was purchased in Europe many years ago by President Caldwell at a heavy expense. J ; Girard Rail or the Chapel, the old West Building, the new West Building and Person HalL were each visited in turn, and the same old story is told of broken glass, open doors; panels and Mfh gone, &k, &c, ad nauteam. !' v President Pool is held responsible for this disgraceful state -t affairs. If the account given by Col. Saunders Ihj true, and it.no. douht ia trueV literally, thva lias Mr. Pool been guilty of gross dere liction of duty and hits bem made him self amenable as a public officer. . The destruction of the 'University property calls for investigation and public ; rebuke, and oflers the strongest and most unanswerable arguments in favor of a change in the management of the Institution. There is not. now nr ban been in twelve months a single student at the University, ns welcarn from the Journal, and Mi. Pool is the only remaining member of the Faculty.. ;.ye. presume he draws bis salary all the same. Is he not satisfied with ' his work of demoli.' : j t.f a - ...... . ut-ovauoni 4viu; tie thrust himsell longer in th(? way, as an obstacle to the education of the young;" men' of '-2forth Carolina t ? ,Vr ' - . . - . . iu. 40: "' ;.s ';-'.' . 3v; . . . ,".,.. ...... . i ' j. . 1 VIRGINIA. H- c McNeale, Esq., has been 1 elected J JOge fox Korthamptoa county. ,Isaac Davenport, Esq., has been re- ted President of '4tho Richmond Union Bank. - ''rVJ stimte the lumber trade or Richmond last year at 20,000.000 feet in quality.' ,.; .. , i The Norfolk "Journal" h for' and 4 NorfoIkVlrginianw against Mr.- Sutheri Norfolk .-The barn : belonging to Mri David ra Henrico county, was burned i uwuvenw. xuesaav nivht . Tj j.i m s AAA - - D ' A negro boy named Charles Early, while hunting near Liberty some days ago, accidentally shot and killed himself.- '- - A negro man'named Andrew Puller, wta drownpd in the river at Lexington a few nights ago. ; His bodr was re covered.... ,. y , Mr. H. Hoover, second son of the late Phillip Hoover, died suddenlv at hia residence, in Winchester, on Sundav' I the 5th instant .G.en. Jubal Early is to lecture in Richmond on the 30th inst, in aid of iue mna ueing raised for the decoration of the grave of Gen. Lee. . . - , , . -Jrn Appleby, colored, of Prince William county, was received in the Penitentiary in Richmond on Thursday to undergo a term of 10 years. Two negroes named Dick Morgan and Shadrack were killed by the freight train on the Petersburg and Richmord Railroad at Jone's Mill on Saturday last' Mr. James Alexander, of Rockbridge,1 whilst out hunting a few days ago, ac - : cidentally shot himself ithrough both uhuub, causing- me loss oi several fingers. ; ---:- - - vt .... ; . ! !There are three cases of small-pox on Smith's Creek near Abington and some 12 or 14 cases in the family of Robert Pippin, a lew miles northwest of that town. : ., kt , : Hon. Wyndham Robertson writes a long letter to the Lynchburg Virginian, indicating his preference for Hon, John Letcher, as Conservative candidate for Governor oi Virginia. ' - The small-DOx is renorted to I - . . ; . . - I DKen 0Qt airesn. in Rockingham coun- tyin a virulent form. A number of cases have developed themselves in dif ferent families near Harrisonburg. , The Norfolk papers announce that the libel suit of Mayor Ludlow against John R. Hathaway, was decided on Wednesday. The jury assessed damages $5.! Motion for a new trial was over ruled. The residence of Mr. Tandy Holman. in Cumberland county, was burned Tuesday, and Miss. Ann Lowe, a lady aged sixty-five years, perished in the flames. , Loss on the building and furniture, $3,000. , . , : Charles Bishop, of Prince Georce count j.'was in Petersburg a few days since apparently in ordinary health, and returned home without complaing of any indisposition. A dayjor two after his return he was found dead under circumstances which justify suspicion ui tuui piay. LOUTH. CAROLINA. In every part of the State, the people are paying their taxes promptly and with less grumbling than usual. :.. - Captain Thomas H. Wade, one of Columbia's oldest citizens, died in that city on Saturday last at the age : of 77 years. . .. :x.-" . E. Cannon, the postmaster at Spar tansburg has run away. It is rumored mat ne has been appropriating money belonging-to the government. .: . The South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, coL will convene in Greenville, January 15. Bishop E. R. Ames will preside. 1 The counsel of Captain George Top per, charged with killing Capt. John Caldwell, in Columbia, some time ago, have given notice that when the cassis called for trial, application will be made for a change of venue on the ground that he cannot have an impartial trial io Columbia. It is thought the triul will be had in Edgefield. ; . ' i ' - The Arlington Hotel uf Washington D. C, for the third time since its open ing, has undergone a complete embelishment It was originally fitted up, in (grand style, : with every con venience, elegance and luxury that experience, taste and judgment could aesire : and money accomplish. Dur ing the summer.' succeeding, it - was beautifully frescoed . and renovated throughout.iJYitbia. lheu,, past two months all the chambers have Wen covered with the new style of 4 cor ruscatcd gold and ' silver paper. The House has been re painted, re-carpeted and a number of the rooms re iumished From the constant efforts f the Messrs. Roessle, to i beautify and Improve u, The Arlington" . is now far more luxurious and magnificent than when first opened, anil is beyond qactiion what they, designed it , should imThe Hotel of the Capital. L Cw. THE I EMPRESS AT THE DEATH-BED OF JtAPOLEON. - Our 'dispatches for the past two days have litien principally taking up with accounts of i the sad .scenes connected with the recent death of .Napoleon. a The iftt melaociKly picture ol all is the distress ol the Erapres. whose grief qpnis inconsolable.- When ?she knelt to kiss her dying husband, she became s overwhelmed with emotion that' -'she fainted at the bedside. The d spn clie ot Fri'lay say that Eugenie knelt .by! the c"Af p.ie"afcVefaT"hours after the death of hr EinpcroV, engaged in prayer., . Our telegran8 yesterday ttate tbat she has become calmer, and has received calls from members of the family; The Emperor will be buried Friday' I nnder thii mE of f.,. s I chancel t of the Roman Cath'i K STATE NEWS. I -The msn pox has disappeared -frci Yaa? - f 3 I, - J f .r";Mercet wm.bo hanged8m..Taif: F I ; Sixty nesroeS left Pitt cftunt YA' Week for South Carolina. - -, i The canine revenue of Wilmingtos omAi.Ai.,i i m ii- T nuiuuu iv rtt year. t7iVi i Money:i,M:been rai,d tn mtl Uio-new Presbvtcrian r.lmrrh t rA bora. " . ,! . .a. V . . i . i . '. t j .. j t. Tarboro indulged! in, a grand Dress Ball at the Howard' Hotel on Friday evening. t - . . - Wilson is building a station mhousefor ect jndiyi the accomodation ofj indiscrec ittinlx 1 'i ."L .:... ' '. .t. i. . " i M..i ,1 ' '';.' ; ': near Rocky Mount was burned or . x nursaay morning, i ma ; Augustus V; SteeloJ Esq., a proniineut meTCtiant'ln-Pavettevitle. la Rnff,.Hn(. from a stroke of paralysis. ' s, Negro laborers are Heavinsr Granville county for Tennessee. I A number passed . I. U T. I v-. . i. y- - ; , E. C. Taylor, of Sampson county, i this year!920 pounds of lint 6 f .,vvouiijr. ' Mr. made cotton on four acres of manured land. k iMgo uuuuer oi Bcgroes leit ienoir county onMonday , for the - turpentine regions of, South Carolina and Georgia, During Christmas Week the Pee Dee river had ice half a foot thick. Horses and buggies crossed on it at Dumas Ferry. ,.a v -- ' - - -.i-v - Messrs. Benjamin Askew, Benjamin' Brock and Nathan McDaniel have beeni I k 1 - 1 J 1 . r . . appointed a Committee on Finance for Jones county..;, .k - y , . It is thought that ithe Wilminirton vuuiune w ituwcuuiu IV. IV, Will oe completed up to Wadesboro by the lst: of March nextL,. "' A . .; The fine old brick souse at Hernanv near xwcicy xroinc, ssew iianover county, was destroyed by fire on Friday evening. -- ; ' Some days ago a ncero prisoner in the Warren jail sprawled the jailor, who cui iuiu incccii lu jtuu uim, ana maue good his escape. : j i; ; - . i ; -Almost every country paper in;tho State has an item claiming the largest hog ever known in jtheir' particular county. Don't be so jioggish, gentle men f - . I On last Sunday morninc lishtnina struck the residence of Rev. Mr. Cohen, La Grange, Lenoir courify, breaking out a window sash and 6tunning two of his little children. : j -V . ., i Three prisoners in the Lenoir county jail, at Kinston, "went lor" the jailor ori Monday morning last Ho went to feed them, when tbcy'umped"' him and two succeeded in making tticir escape.' On Friday of last weelj an attempt was made.to fire the drug store underneath the offico of the.Magnolia "Advertiser,'! Magnolia, Sampson, county. The flames were discovered in time! to prevent damage.-: -- t ' J:!f.; . - , 'r-'.V .i . - TP i" Last week a youth ofi 18 years of age, living in Madison counjty,' accidentally shot and killed a youn brother 10 years old. The" unfortunate! .; young man is named James KeykendiUL ; j,.ti .,.,-. 1 . A negro in Charlotte on Fridav last- at the depot on the North Carolina railroad, had his leg cut off by the train. He attempted to get aboard of the train while it was in motion 'and made n mis step. 1- . . . r; Says the Kinston Gazette f "At the letting out of the paupers, on last week at j. renton, ( Mrs. Lucy .t Locky, a very respectable white lady j. was bid off by a negro: Verily that is more than' social equality, and will not add much toward building up a good reputation 'for the Commissioners of Joups county." f : Acolored woman by the name .. ot Diana Lane, about 65 or 70 years ol age, residing about two , miles sbove Rocky Point, New Hanover county, was bumed to death on Tuesday morning last. ' She. was ; engaged in i boiling clothes in the. yard when her: diesa accidentally came in contact with the fire. 1 ; , - A meeting of the corporators of tho TTT 1 OW - viison larooro narrow gtiaye rail road, was held at Marlboro on The 7th inst. Books of subscription are now open at the Supreme Court Clerk'a office in Wilson and at Greenville. Washington. Marlboro, Maysvi He, Pactotus, Sariitoga and other places. Messrs. A. Binies, T., S. Kenan, G. tVV Blount. Jokhiui Barnes, Willie WoodariUerv tbr. Com missioners' for Wiison'County. ! "Wc learn,, says ihc Kinston O-iullevf the 10th iut.. of the sudden cleat h ofa' Mr. Augustus Gardner in Craven county, near the Lenoir line, about a week since' amid tho fallowing surroundings: On the evening before he was happily mar ried to a Mis May of that section, and on the following momma was taken with fits, which continued until death ensued during the day. Thus the young lady might be said to be. a. bride and a widow on the same dav. The Charleston Courier siys that i.r lucsuay me ooiy ot a .oupini-ulored; man was inunu on 4 e rt.:d, ;.m a mile above Effit);,'tr;i'j, im th- KaU Eastern Kmlioail. ti i t-npix.ti Hi-it in attempting to jump uff.i,vram--h got iujurcd and iked. ii';,e uu-i.n.Ve,U.u in that section ol 'country , ui lw once belonged to tf:u 't.nu.tiK Lxwcry gang. u mquvsi was !.cil muI rt-r diet rendered in accord tcee -with' tm: facts stated. Says the lioanol 2teu inst: Ol lt,! llih. On Wcdnciilay Ut, as ' we' learn from Sheriff Reid, (j.ar.y of ue4-.c8, in the vicinity of Enftt-:i, went ui; lor a fox hunt ; whether inoituu.il or,ni foot hedid not state.. ' Altcr-jobuiing about lor some time a w r s jum cj " and of course "the excitement ol 'a'geu uine chase began. - ! hgurai iTul-': bub which ensued Dub i.'gro, whiiw grt ting hurriedly over a H-ncv, s; i uc k h is gun against the fence and caused a dis charge of its Contents into his body .or," as ia the general impression, one of his companions, hearing, a noise ia tfce bushes, and seeing what he fancied .to be Reynard, fired, emotvini; , his load the body or the negro on the lei tcj suUing him instantly - . - - ACoiOD. WM.Mot lr " held on Thursday; thot"h .Oue &uuare. throe lnsertioiia , r -J y ...v, tain' iwiuirt.i. 6 OnesquaroRtx inonihs.,... io a One square, twelve- tnonth.;....;.M;. 13 Ofa jrur loixi-r uvri.iscmcnis liberal con-' tract will be made. tln lines solid non parea constitute one squares Una A GOOD A PPOINTMEIfT; a It will beseen from thflSorrcspohd- ence in nr-local 1 columns to-day", that "Gof.'-fJaMfWif fca appointed Hoaltecip P. 'Battle, of ?tlls; city" Snncrintendent. oi PubliSInsf rtctioH, t fill theracaiicy t occasioned hjf the detl:rif Ret. Jhttcs fH,i : . j i item.. - lekl ?C!t' J ' ' JtH l; oneo .yov. WdWdfncial I RCt-s that we can easily htirmo? Wa, i t uri -vi.-.lui."'ii.J '-" '. . I - o iiic rignt man in J Uic "S-61 l,lacd 1 : "MrBattle Is a Cohser. I native in politics, but is cnd6 wed' with f qualifications fi tlm mm'Hnn fiinHM rby few men in J the gt ite.' -The office f baingi'o&paxtla partlaani'n its character, Gov. f.'f!ldwcTf has acted wlsefy;Bnd well in ' 7 V . . ? u"ca?J ...i.ic, luwjjjt iraciicoi judgment and patriotic 1 zr-a!, ; for the highly rcsponsibie position ot flnpcrfn-. tendent of Public Instruction. ' : " " . . In his letter Mr. Battle says truly V f VTo id in relieving the ' intellectual famine of the risih? jrpnprafirtM I -o n .u fc J moving from the j State; the' blight of ignorancei ',' in rtkicdlfn theextin- gutshed fires of our venerable Univcrsi- -ty, onco so honored and useful, in plac ing7North ; Carolina abreast5 with" the " most 'cultivated jof "Eoglfsh-spciklog people, is worthy the ambition or ahy man." ' ' - i-4;n j . f tWith such moveafranlmatidj'h1m, we douU notour 'ne Superintendent ojF Public Instruction will' inaugurate a new era in "the etjucatJonal history f bt . the State, and we look for the most - r gratify in? results from hia o(Tnre For the Dally New, Burke County-Its Climate and Its i-ru'.' .; A4f utagea . a wa i .. Mr. Editor r Will yon allow ma la short spae in your; valuable paper to say a few words for Burke. ,1 do pot think that even the Buncombcites will doubt the assert ioiC that we have the finest 'climate in the State. 'Wit hafo a fine, pure atmosphere; free from tho ex tremes to which the counties west of the Ridge are subjected. Morganton, the county seat, has been since the war quite a ; summer resort for persons from Eastern North Carolina and finni h Caroliua. Iu this connection I will fticnttoutwo valeablo Springs, "Glen i AlpinoVand "Pci.lmot.t" The first, GIcu L Alpiuc, ia situatedl thirteen mik si.ufh i of Motgantou, at tho base of llio Houth jsmuniains, and is (owned by Col. T. C. Walton, i'. P. -McKesson and Robert McElrath. There are no improvements at these Springs, but tfce Proprietors givo persons permission t erect cabins on the premises. Several .'"families' availed themselves itf this opportunity t he pnst season. have never seen a analyse of the waters but nntit rstand that it contains -Luhia." Certnin it ia that it contains sonbe powerful remedial agent that cures chronic diseases in an, incredibly short time. . I . believe that Co I oi t Walton , has certificates from several persons who have been benefitted by these; waters ; one from a prominent gentleman of this State, who naa been an invalid for a number of years, and consulted the best 'medical authority in the Unfiled Slates aayg that he his derived material' relief,, If not a permanent cure. "Piedmont" is situated sixteen miles north! t Morgantn, and is cfwuail by Mr. Gfabriel. Pearcey. It." has a chalybeate sulphur spring, Ui! waters of which arf very tinev, Mr. V tells me that ho intends iro proving in the Spring, preparatory to the entertain-t'-ment of gucnts ncx snmnicr. Persons desirous of .vTsiting these places can alwaysr find mMins jtl frunsportnticti In 5 Morganton.. i Thif mineral retriurc-s of ' Burke arej4 greut if n.t rater i h t auy county in llio tjiiaic. Alic- in rim- V idcrab!o quuntitiH bus been rotiitil ".xr tho lands of Mr. ijaffinnfl," about I miles from Morgan.n. Mr. N.tclng. ' ham Murphyj if Pi4liilelplM, who bn i examined tpecimtosiff ibis mica, sivs that it is equal to,' f,flt superior to that of Mitchell county.5 Gmphitc lurs lu-on f und in the county j bnt t what quan tity or, quality! aiuunabj: fo J see- Oiiit soap stojie ; tM,iag;' tuod j in'--the ; 'mahufactu'ri' ni Mik nrid '' I would call tl iuehUoii UfA' ItaliMs io the' ifii-t thnt ! suMiir qu4i(y-.is Buikcv. Oim quari v is atf.(!tr i; t;, one twelvt' or !i , Afpiife Springs, nlsq teen tinln north ot dersUnd that",Asbestos" hat Utxjt f.i!nd on the lands o Mr, Job II, llU'l l'!. i .Messrs. Sprague & Ii lld li:ic o)i- iiK'nce;i utc miinuiactiuv !" ; .Jo j.ioc llinglei Hl Jolllirf niVcr, h!mIIU Tl:nr!t miles rrin MfigMtitoiK Tnc.-i'rf;i. aru rnperior to the ofrdirirrry hlrhiv-!,,. fa' cveiy rcipeci. Theji h;tvi Afrr'4'fv hud several large orders." ' " ' The jeiricip:d-cr.r - H' riifkt'; are wheat hi! com, thotrh for l! taVt few years tonVidcrable atttniTj ; (us Ix-eu pnh? t the culture olf to!f ceo.'1' T M-rtrd'.'3 pf'-mlncnt farmer sh.v Jat Ik- bcllWeri tIMt rotti.M 'CHiM lo t m'j in -a ty.;:i ,.: . " ' Our ei:iz. i... t-rn J;I' .' of -fhr-rtifr' liol! to I Uc Leyi-iVtl llK'd ll Jit ;,c: I f.Jl.K iittoxictiti I q totw l rf. ?s.K: riff; 1 it-s it . . 1 .X .1 ... i i .1) ft 7, H-rtyK-S. It OKI B!:cP.HKi .. 1 t"sv.iif -fUMiw timr ;k 'f i fi' t--V'r Pi i w Fi ilay, ttu 4-itt i , ,.v in' i Mis. -H. O.. Wtia:toit, Lm Ati.(-.jN i j iirW u mni l iidity n.i.n vi--Lii; llic'( Taw efiicers to KUiiiiimn tioual ta?fnien. 'I hir iri fo?rr ' t" it f . i.i: ' pricocdiBgfi ip.in M'Ofidny to rMti.iVvAi uiciusive, icBlicd j- ha detertnri!i..,j-jA j of? a. number of pJeliiiiinsiylLu "-yUiil up')iittte tltcisionof IWlHch tlc iVi'i.tliV-' uiuici ht tbefpr'osocution depindVr ' '-' Oo Frid tya panel of fifloen 4iHvi.ii ei examined on thtir voir d irrx yi J five obtained,. ;j i ' I Tke-JJerift, Pott, ls.unlay in lei p articls evidently inspired, bj tboUuvrto menf, says that the proclamation. .the . dogmaofPapal infaUlbiKty hasciPated 4 new Catholic creed, and its je!kvw jsr should be treafeiinhTBarcanranr.r as I members 'of 1 other -Bcw religions!! "