North Carolina Newspapers

TRFr WEEKLY NETTS. JORDAN STONE, Managing Editttr. THUBSDAY.I DECEMBER 18. 1873. :. To the Publio. ij The undersigned,' ia a card publish ed bv him several days since, prefer- ; red certain-charges against the Editor of the Sentinel and has made other charges since. , "' , . These matters were of a personal nature. and he has, against the rule adopted by him, in conducting the News, in his own self-defence used nrlitsirial columns Ol ilia imuvi w ' iustifythe charges which he has pre- XilAU Jeriea. jic uuw - - ' 0( the charge against the Editor of Sentinel in regard to ad vising raids in Orange, and Ala- jnancel, and then writing me a- -. - v 'laffAl - Ivhinh , threatenea to aeieat amucBvy , Ko Klux. If the Editor 01 me oen- denies this, I promise to furnish 1 thn nmnf or' retract the .chame. If . r. --------- he does not deny it, 1 snail taxe ior granted it is true, and then I will iaava tho -matter to the Dublic. for i their own Judgment.- .. A snait nob nouce m mo iuiuib m the co' - -3 or tne jnews, any per- 'onal JcLir, -za which the Editorof maper,. X aeera tnat me . provocauou has ' beea ; suf-icient . to Justify ; t coarse I have pursued for the last ten; days. If : any, 'grievance 'shall ; be given me hereafter by the Editor of the Sentinel tne jaaatter can oe getuea otherwise - than through ; the public press. . ..... , 1, r v. - - .i .. - .' This course, have .resolved on be cause j am. aware that personalties are distasteful to the publio and have only been resorted to by me In self- VinulCauOU-. . . iiumian oxvixu j ; ' The Charlotte Centennial. - We are glad that Mr. Johnston, of Buncombe," has renewed ra tne leg islature his proposition to ; celebrate to Centennial of the Mecklenburg Ttonlnration of Independence, af Charlotte, on the 20th day of May, 1875, by a grand- exposition f of the State's products and resources.' 1 : We hope the General 'Assembly 'will pass the resolutions and that the Commission appointed under It, will go earnestly to work. Mr. Johnbtost is entitled to much credit for his in terest in this Important and patriotic enterprise. .. - ! ... : We must hare an exhibition- wor ' ' thy of the Sfate and worthy of the occasion .The exhibition can .be made a grand success if it is properly i managed. Our brethren of the press will no doubt do their duty, and the people must also do theirs. r 4. The Sentinel Flinches. We asked the Editor of iheSent neVtf he did not encourace and coun sel fuds by the Ku Klux in Ala maftee aniOranee. and If he did not "oilviiurnniiJiorRiinrifVtR liit.ef AtA- mancc? - - " He repties by charging us with using-HoLDEN's weapons against him. "and trees at length into the enormities of Shoffkeb's njilitary bill, and other matters, not germain to the question. v - . V.-; ; " .The point we made was that the Editor, after getting the KuKlux in to trouble by their taking his advice, afterwards wrote the letter for An- DERSOJf.threatening to defeat amnes ty for the Ku Klux. ' We fought the Shoffneb bill and Holdek's outrages, if not with as much violence, certainly with as much sincerity and consistency as the Editor of the SentineL- We have not blamed him for ad vising the Ku Klux ; but we have blamed him for deserting them after getting them into trouble. We ask him to answer this ques- , tion : Did or did he hot advise any of the acts committed by the KuKlux in Orange and Alamance ? If he denies this, we will retract the charge If we cannot furnish the proofs ' We want a categorical an swer. . No dodging or flinching; AdjuBtment of the State Debt. In bur local columns yesterday, we gave the substance of the bill , in re lation to the State debt, Introduced in the Senate on Friday, by the Joint Select Committee to whom the sub ject was referred. -. The bill la offered as a substitute for the various plans which have been suggested to the General Assembly. ' Thpropt)Sjffibn Twiffreduce thedet of the State, except the Special Tax Bonds, which are ignored, to six mil lipna of dollars by compromise, to se cure which amount, bonds are to be -j .-. - . . issued on the 1st or July, 1874, bear ing" six per cent, interest from that date.payable semi-annually. The first instalment of the principal, to wit, the sum of five hundred dollars, is to be due on the 1st of July, 1904 over thirty years and the balance ia to be payable in annual instalments of the same amount until the year 191ft 12 years when the whole debt will be extinguished. . The advocates of this plan contend by doing this the State will be ena bled to save her entire interest in all the Railroads, that this interest will be then encumbered, and be worth the following estimated amounts : . worth Carolina Railroad. 1,000,000 Western Coal Fields Uallnvul. ' rtVnm Western Morth Carolina Railroad, 3,600.000 7.266,500 The State will thus have estimated assets of over seven millions of dollars, and a debt of only six millions. It will be seen that this bill Ignores entirely the Special Tax Bonds Issued , since the war. A live rattlesnake was offered for , sale in the Charlotte market last week but found no purchaser. ' Howard Cauarht at 'Ijasft A ' Thief Exposed., General 6. O. Howard; Of Freed- men's Bureau notoriety, has occupied a front rank among the "moral state men of the laud." s f. I'' J - He has been a Radical petf arid like Colfax,-is fond of delivering Sun day School lectures and addressing Young Men's Christian Associations. He has always stood' high with the J Government and with Congress, and although Democratic members of the latter body have from time to time asked for an investigation into his official transactions, in order to show his rascality ami malfeasance, the pious Howabd has always had enough friends to shield jiim from exposure and disgrace.! t ; ' At the last session of Congress, Mr. Wood, a Democratic 'member from the State of New York, made out a long list of charges against Howard, showing in what manner he had ap propriated money belonging to the Freedmen's Bureau to hIs:own use, and containing numerous specifica tions Impeaching his official conduct, and detailing: instances of his mal feasance and corruption. 1 'These charges were referred 'to a Special Committee for investigation; and as How abb's personal and polit-; leal friends were in the majority on hat'?w;rutteel a white-washing report was - made and Howard ac quitted Thus -. the matter, , under Radical. manipulation, Was glossed over. ' t Howard was restored to his friends and to the confidence j of the Administration, and he soon entered again upon his course ef "moral lec tures to the young." r' i1 But his triumph of fraud and ras cality is destined to be short-lived. The hypocrite arid embezzler is likely to come to grief at last'. In our tele- grapic columns yesterday the an nouncement was made that in the House of Reresentatives, ?; The Speaker load beforp the House a communication jrom the Secretary of War, charging Gen. O. O. Hoiv- ard, of the late' Freedmen' Bureau, with ' defalcations amounting to two hundred and sevqntff-eight thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. U Now, what will the friends of the Christian philanthropist ! and states-' now? What " excuse will they make for him, in the. face of the official charges by the Secretary of v ar 7 , now can t congress Jonger protect the pious General from dis grace and Infamy? f .; The Secretary of War accuses him of defalcations to the amount of two hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars. t is barely possible that all his rascality has been made known. When a full, impartial and searching investigation is instituted, it will doubtless be shown that his defalca tion will reach millions, instead of hundred thousands. !i We are pleased to know .that an other hypocrite and moral statesman is ikely to be made to answer for his official-misconduct and viiliany. Mr. Stephens' First Effort. Alexander H. STEPiiENS.the frail Georgian, made his first speech in the present Congress on the subject of the salary bilL Mr. Stephens', eftort is pronounced a very able one and was listened to with marked atten tion. . -I-'-1 In the course of his jremarks, he de fended the action of the last Congress in increasing the pay of the members to seven thousand and five hundred dollars.'; He said that the lat speech he made in, the old Congress, four teen years ago, was in advocacy of an7 increase of pay. He contends that he pay of members of Congress ought to be ten thousand . dollars per annum. He says that in order to secure the ser vices of persons of talents, education, integrity and competency, good payc is necessary, fcnd that the pay of Con gressmen has always been too small. In regard to the retro-active fea tures of the bill ' of Issst session, Mr. Stephens says that such has been the character of almost every law on the subject. He says there is nothing dishonest or unfair about it.! If there was, the characters of the brightest and most distinguished patriots and statesmen of the earlier and better days of the Republic, would be taint ed with dishonor. p " :-.t :tttf. He says the bill was constitutional; that Congress had a right to! pass it, sand that no man who voted for it and received the increase, or who voted against it and afterwards re ceived the increase, can be charged with bad faith. He referred to the great hue and cry that had been raised by the press and the odium that had been attempted to be cast upon the Congressmen who sup ported the bill. He did not think the press had taken the right yiew of the matter; the bill was not wrong in principle, as had been assumed by those who have denounced it in bitter terms ; it was justified by precedent, and it was a lawful, not an immoral act.'. x: ' -' S- ' 'j In advocating an increased pay for Congressmen, Mr. Stephens has taken a position in opposition o pub lic sentiment, and it is probable that his first effort will be severely criti cised by the newspapers, i i While we have expressed our op position to an increase of pay as im politic and uneconomical, we have never assailed the motives of those who differed with us on this subject. There were too many members in the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the highest character for honor and integrity to excite a suspicion that In voting for the salary bill they were Influenced by any other but hon orable motives ; and while we took position from the first that increase of pay was unnecessary, we have not deemed it necessary to join in the popular cry to defame our represen- tatives - for"errors of judgment and policy. - t efore, while we do not concur with.Mr. .Stephens in his conclu sionA,' weill not, at the instigation" ofvJdemagogues i and office-seekers who are peeking popular favor, unite our voice with theirs in casting4im putations upon gentlemen far above them in all the qualities that .com- man d the esteem and admiration of mankind. : , Fruits of the Vienna Exposition, i We have, among others, com mented on the fact that North Caro lina failed to take any premiums' at Vienna ; but, as the letters copied be low show, there is a good prospect that the exposition made of our re sources there will yet. bring forth some beneficial results. From Prof. Kerr's statement it appears there is a misapprehension in some quarters of the history And objects of the North Carolina representation at Vienna. These were stated vry explicitly in Prof. Kerb's report to the Legisla ture." I The object was not to get premiums, as it was advertised all over the world that in order to compote for premi ums, entries were required to be made before , June 10th, and the North Carolina expedition djd ,not start until July 2nd. : The object was stated in the resolu tion of the Assembly, authorizing the enterprise to be : to place on exhibi tion at Vienna, maps, descriptions and collections, to illustrate the re sources and products of North Caro lina. ! 1 ' J-"-"."". . This was done as explained in the report, partly at the expense of the Geological Survey, ($1,000) and partly at the expense of "several public spirited citizens," over $1,200. The collection, which contained nearly all the characteristic and val uable minerals and agricultural pro ducts of the State, was examined by at least a million of people, the most intelligent and enterprising on the continent, and from all continents, and more than 15,000 pamphlets, maps, and other documents were dis tributed. j; r;ftr"-?iv t .y The results of the extensive adver tisement of ourState among thousands of people; and all the nations of the world, will of course reveal them selves flowly and in a thousand ways. But the direct effects are already be ginning to be seen, within a month after the close of the exposition, in the form of letters of inquiry such as the following from widely distant points. Trieste, Austria, Oct 20, '73. Honored Sir : I have seen your Moos Hair. & the Vienna exhibition (Austria) and as I do business in similar kinds of ar tides, I beg of you to send me by earliest ODOortunitv. samoles of the above mentioned hairs, of the ordina ry, the middling and finer qualities, as well aa the lowest' prices of said three tiualitiek. V - -t , Yotf would, besides greatly- oblige me, by letting" tne- know how much would amount the freight tor those articles in pressed bales to Hamburg, to Marseilles and to ieneva. If the prices and freight suit I ex pect to be able to dispose of a great deal. Witn tne best compliments, - Yours Kespectfully, ' EtfOEN Desen. P. S. Have you got any hog's hair too, and what sizes and prices ? I hereby request that you will in form me how I can procure mica from your state, tnrough some res ponsible house, at the lowest price delivered on a V rencn steamer. - Jf prices are favorable, I Bhall use large quantities. For your attention to this I give you beforehand my best tnanKs. ! E. A. BtTRCHARDT, Meissen t Saxony. Neutba, Hungary, . , Nov. 23rd, 1873. , Honored Sib : At the Vienna Exposition I received your.descrip tion of N. C, and I desire to emigrate to that (state with my family in March, 1874. I am 31 years old, and have been an officer of cavalry in the Austrian army six years resigned in ltd. 1 have been unforrunate in many speculations, and have lost all except about 1000-1400 florins (5-700 .dollars.) mease inform me whether it is advisable to go with so small a capital. I understand agriculture and vine culture. Can land be bought on credit ihjn.c v On arriving in Baltimore which way shall I go? ; Another document was received yesterday from Dijon, France, the most of the famous wines of Bur gundy, in the midst of the renowned vineyards of Cote D'Or.1 It is sent by tne .President of the Board ; of Trade of that city, whose vineyards and wine vaults were examined by ProtJierr. He . was furnished with the pamphlets and maps, descriptive of North Carolina, and says that we can get plenty of the best vineyardiste of France to set us eoinar In that in dustry, by applying to the neighbor ing districts of Alsace and Lorraine. Some were found in Dijon ready to come. This gentleman agreed to sample and grade for. us the hew wines of onr State so as to give thein a status in the market. The State Debt The Commit- tee's Report. It will be seen that our correspon dent X, in this morning's Daixy News, criticizes the bill introduced by the Joint Select Committeeon the State Debt. 1 Our correspondent calls attention to some importan t defects in the plan of the Committee one of the princi pal of which is that the plan makes no provision for the exchange of the KUtebonds issued in 1860, just before the war, in aid of internal improve ments. The point seems to .be well taken, and we call the attention of the Committee thereto. Our correspondent thinks the bill is defective also on the ground that no arrangement is made for the ex- t change of bonds from which the cou pons nave been detached, nor for tak ing up the detached coupons. Marvelous Narratire A. Has Loses flis Ideatity. - The St. Louis Republican publish es an account of a trial involving a most maryelous question of identity nowrprogressin.'; in court at'Malonej U'ranKiin county. Ni Y. The story goes . that Willis Peyton, "a farmer, forty years of -age." went6outh two years ago to peddle a patent spring bed, leaving a wife and several chil dren, some , of whom , were weu grown. At Terre Haute he 4 spent some' time, and after leaving that place he lost all ; consciousness, but after a time realized that he was in a hospital&t Evansville, In d., recover ing irom sinan-Dox. . lie was tnen bald, and-hen he resumed his cloth ing every article appeared to have been made for a jnuch smaller man. The pantaloons, which he recogniz ed as his, were at least six inches too short. He could get no trace of his money, watch, model spring bed, or other effects. When he was released from the hospital he went to a friend, who spurned him as an impostor. He looked in a mirror and doubted his own identity. He first thought of suicide, and his next thought was of home. The latter prevailed. On the wav he was taken ill again, and once more all the world was a blank. He finally arrived at his 'own door after an absence of two years. : Willis Pey ton's family believed him dead. The Willis Peyton who had left hat threshold two years before had light hair, nearly red, and a very scanty beard, and . was thin .in flesh. The Willis Peyton . who now knocked at theVdopr ' was much taller, rounder,AdrikMrojra curly hair and a heavy .beard. He knock ed and was invited into the - house of the "Widow Peyton,'.' and took a seat. -Looking at Mrs. Peyton, he said : " I suppose you . don't know me, Addie?". She answered: "No, sir, 1, do not : who are you ?" The man burst into tears and said : "You will not believe me, I know, when I tell you ; but it's got to come some time, and might as well now at not. I am Willis Peyton." Mrs. Peyton shrank from him, ordered him out of doors, and two of her sons and a hired man took him to the nearest Iustice, who sent him to jail as a unatic. He was , first tried by a commission of lunacy, and was ad j udged perfectly , sane. He is now being tried hefore the surrogate, on the question oj his pretensions as the husband of Mrs. Peyton and the owner of the Pey ton property. , He has shown marks on his person, re lated instances or jus private tamiiy history, recalled circumstances in connection, with old associates, all tending to prove the truth of his claim. And the Widow Peyton ait in the court room, by turns look ing at the claimant to her bed ; and board, and crying as witness after- witness avows his belief that the strange man ia Willis Peyton. 1 She has told her friends that if he really la Peyton he may have the ) farm, stock and everything but herself. Sometimes during the passage of the trial he implores her to look again and see if she cannot recognize one feature and acknowledge him as her earnest, appealing face, suddenly be comes clouded by despair. He says if the suit terminates in his favor he will only ask a living off the farm, and will never intrude upon his wife and children, unless they voluntarily recognize him. : A 'euuiae Cae of Heroism. Cases like the one given below are constantly occurring, . That I there is no lurid light pf a terrific calamity to give them publicity accounts for the fact that iheiecfig of every day go to their deaths quietly, doing their uuty, and no one hears 01 them more. If Captain Surmount, of the Ville du Havre, had stood by; his veoel and gone with her, bravely encouraging passengers and crew, the world would have rung with his name. And -here, out in the wilds of the West, flanked in the paper from which we take it by a longer account of the loss of this very ship, lives a hero as faithful as Captain Surmount might have been. This tale is the common one of a -sndden' railroad accident, and the scene in Wisconsin : A large sycamore tree had fallen across the track just around a short curve. The obstruction was not dis covered until the train was within a lision inevitable. The trout brake man, Isaac Palmer, was on the engine when the curve was turned. . Seeinir the tree, he said to MeKibben, "Char lie, let's leave her." Jar. MciUbben, who was standing with one hand on the sand lever and the other on the reverse lever, reversing the engine, said nothing, put snooK his bead. The brakeman then jumped and the collision occurred. .The train wi running west when it struck ; the the violence of the impact threw the locomotive completely around till It faced the east, reversing its position entirely. The survivors of the dis aster, the conductor and two brake men, immediately v began" to search for their comrades. MeKibben was heard moaning, and immediately afterwards discovered in a sitting posture, mangled to a jelly. A twis ted rail encircled one lee.' The Door man lived but an hour and a-half after the accident. He died the death of a true man, standing at his post till the last. , -. 7 1 ' . :( jv -a - . ' The religious Journals inform us that Quakerism as a sect, instead of increasing, is gradually passing away. and is certain to be disintegrated in a few years. Some time Ago, the Amer ican vuaxers were divided into two factions by the Hlckaite schism, the one accepting and the other rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity. ..The de cay of the body now ia attributed not so much to these theoloirical disputes as to the worldy innovations and changes which are taking - place among them. Orthodox and unor thodox, they are conforming them selves to the customs of the "world's people," and in Massachusetts and other places discussing the advisabili ty or throwing away the drab fcoat and of . using , "plain language." xuwe symptoms are very unneaitny in a moral point of view, and we are arraid that our honest friends have been corrupted and are falling front grace. i ;,;, 4 , , It is stated that the, come received by the Spanish gov- uuuHui iiviu ttuo jsianu or v. uoa (in round numbers), after deducting the expenses incidental to the Island, was about $6,000,000 per annum before 1867. This money was sent to Mad rid. In 1869 the estimate of the ex penses of the Spanish government in Cuba was between S38.000.000 and $37,000,000. Since the opening of the campaign of 1868-'69, Spain, as represented in Cuba, has absorbed all me iDYcuues, iwaiaes ereaung a Don ded debt there amounting to $70,000. 000 In carrying on. the. war against iub msujgems. : At a receht lH'.tSon in ATa-haafar New Hampshire, where the Demo- crota Vioira iionallw kun (JiL. kv.t of carrvinsr a aincle wnni thav nh. tained a plurality of over lave nun- Burning op the ' Baltimore Museum or new "American' Ttheatre Losses ad Lvsur- Acbs- BTC.-rThe Baltimore MuW seum or J New 5 American V Theatrev cornerr of f Calvert and Baltimore atreiet was (bijtned betweenl" half ast 2 and o o'clock yesterday morn ng'The old landmark is entirely & nun. all the interior above the sec ond floor having been' entirely con sumed. -The cause of the fire has cot been definitely learned. Various theories have- been "-put-" forward,-1 among which are statements that it originated from a stove left burning to the right of the orchestra, on the third story, or from a small stove m the ladies' dressing-room, er from a cigar thrown carelessly beyond the scenery. As the practice of smok ing beind the scenes and all over the theatre was universal, the latter theory is considered plausible by some. Fire Inspector Holloway was absent in New York when the fire occurred, but be will be in Baltimore to-day and a careful examination as to the cause will be made. Sun of Saturday. . , One of the chief attractions of a carpet-bag government is that it gives its citizens plenty of elections. In MiBsissmm the delientrui state or in comprehensibility to which the Leg islature has reduced the State Consti tution: enables the Governor to call a new election whenever he dlsiiKes the result of the last one. 'Gov. Pow ers is now preparing to test the legal ity of the election for Governor ; and that, t.hnrn mnv Yu nn lntr nf mtH. vix for controveTOyt.has,icalleft eleo- uons in twenty counties, on lec. su, for members of the Legislature al though an election was neld in each of them on Nov; 4. He justifies his action by the Constitution, and hi 1 opponents do tlie wime. Such a con stitution Is doubttesM well calculated. to keep up a popular Interest In polit ical aflUirs, but its benefits to the prosperity of the State are not soap-, parent. ; "'' ; '' . ... . ' : ' : - A SiNOUiiAR CASE.-rA young lad, who belongs to the. Roman Catholic Church, is to be married.. to-night in Leesburg. As there is no Catholic Church there, the trustees of the Methodist Church have consented that the ceremony shall be' performed In their Church. But inasmuch as It would not ne regard ea as vaiia, under the Catholic canons, unless . per formed in a consecrated edifice, the Church is to be formally . dedicated. according to their rites, for the occa sion. There is much objection on the part of theMethodist; congregation, and altogether It is a singular case, and' without precedent, as far as we ever heard. Alexandria, Sentinel, th . .... ., , . v The Texas Democracy made a clear sweep by fully thirty thousand, per- naps tnirty-nve tnousand, majority at the recent election. The follow ing gentlemen were elected : Gover nor, Richard Coke, of McLennan county ; Lieutenant Governor, Jt. B. JtiuDDara, or mitn ; .jUomptroUer, Stephen H.' Darden, of Caldwell Treasurer, A. J. Dorn, of Franklin ; Land Office Commissioner, J. J. Groos: Superintendent Public In struction, O. N. Hollings worth, of Hayes. Both branches or the Legis lature will be largely Democratic, insuring the election of a Democrat to succeed Joseph Y. Flanagan, Radical, in the United States Senate.. t: A CONGRESSXONAl COINCIDENCE. --While Senator Hamlin was punting aj cigar in the elerk's office of, the eenate during the reco,ne was're minded by a friend of the extraordi nary fact that never before in the history of the country had there been two former Vice-Presidents members of Congress at the same time. After eogitatin g for a momen t, he remarked that he knew he had held that office. but who the other Vice-President was. he could not imaeine. "Aiex ander IL Stephens, of Georgia, late Vlce-rTesident 01 the ooutnern I Con federacy," was the answer of Mr, Hamlin's friend, . . : . . . - . It is stated that the annual net in come received by ' the Spanish gov ernment from the island of Cuba (In round numbers), after deducting the expenses incidental to the island, was about $6,000,000 per annum before 1867, This money was sent to Mad rid. In 1869 the estimate of the ex- e;nses of .the Spanish governmental uba was between $36,000,000 and $37,000,000. Since the opening of the campaign or isto-to, spam, as rep resented in Cuba, has. absorbed all the revenues, besides creating a bon ded debt there amounting ta$70,(Kjo, 000 in carrying on the war against the insurgents. Nine thousand Dutch troops, sent from Batavia, have landed on the coast of Acheen. It is not In this case, or In the first case of the En gllsh In Ashantee, the first step. however, which is difficult. It U the last. When the troops have tood the climate and penetrated the am bushes of the jungle, and come in sight or uoomassle. or Acheen. then the rest is merely a parade with trop ical accessories 01 rejoicing saviu?e allies. , It is stated that a wealthy Boston gentleman met a prominent iudee in the street a few days since and said. "Judge,-1 suppose you believe I am a sane man?" "Certainly," replied the judge r "but why V - "I have made my will to-day, and I didn't know, but soma fifth eooala would swear I was non eompos mentis, and sol wanted high judicial authority for my sanity.". ' It won't do to con test that. will while Judge X. is liv ing. V;,,;,:;' -..-. iKKi'i-J-V ; "The Graphic balloon was not such a railure as at first sight It seemed. The effects of Its Canaan voyage to Europe have not all come to light, for in Litchfield, Conn., ' there was a deaf and dumb man who upon seeing this Immense gas-bag, uttered the word "balloon" for a starter, and has been gnoiy taixmg ever since. " All the cork used In London comes from that portion of Spain held by the Carlista. Since the war the cork manufacturers of th TTnitari m n er. dom have been utterly ruined in their business, and the Londonpra keen their mouths over their hntio A www9 to prevent the contents from escap- Under' the head of '.'educational notes," an exchange mentions the iact mat two . x aie students were fined for drunkenness and hnH no- policeman. , .That's the only way the average policeman can oe educated but why fine the students ? A mixed street riot occurred in Mo bile, recently, between two white women and a black women, three dogs, ana two goats. The woman were held at $100 each to keep the peace, two of the dogs were killed, ana one 01 tne goats lost a leg. - The Indianapolis Journal of Dec 11 says : The Hon. Samuel Shella- barger. of Ohio.? will be snnointoft Minister to Spain in case of the res ignation or uen. Sickles. FOREIGIT. News from Fraace. Spain and Enc- la Terribletrm in Sheffield, Enrland Large L.os ol t ile, etc. Abnt Baziad The Repabliean Pnceesse m France fpau Coi denins Meetiszsl for" Organization Acainst Cuba, It s Cj - Bayonne. Dec. 16. The official journal of the Carl is tj announce that tne town 01 Berga has been captured by the Royalists under Trfstauy. The case of Santa Cruz Is to be tried by court-martial:""" "t' Madrid, Dec 16. Tlie Carlist In urrectlonists is decreasing.' 1 Paris. Dec 16. It Is rumored that in cdnsequence of the 'Republican sucoesses in the late supplementary elections for members of the Assem bly, the Right will propose an altera tion of the Bufferage law, depriving four million of persons of franchise. . London. Dec. 16. A dispatch from Sheffield says , that the city was vis ited to-day by a terrible storm. The wind , blew a hurricane. . A large number of buildings and chimneys were blown down and many persons were killed. One immense chimney crushed a building and a boiler locaV ted tnereis. 'tne boiler exploded killing and wounding several persons. In consequence of great excitement in the city, and dense crowds which filled the streets, but few details could be learned at the time the dis patch was forwarded. V fix-Empress Eugenie is visiting Queen Vutiria . at Windsor Castle to-day. . ' Y ' " .. i. . . London, Dec Jo. A -Parit?-opr-responllentof the Time savsBazalne intended to put himself at the head or . tne Aipnonsists naa tne sentence been eommuted by banishment. . ; ; A special from Pnris says the C-on-servatlves are dismayed at the Repub lican successes in the recent elections. The, steamer Bicton has . been lost in the Merridian with, twenty-two lives. .... ' - . ' ', .' Madrid, Dec 16. The Imparciol reproaches the United States for per mitting meetings for organizations against Cuba in New Orleans., . . Tkespanifia Frigate A raniles. New York, Dec. 16th. The coal barge which blockaded the Arapiles Is sinking in the mud. Its removal Is becoming dally more difficult. It Is feared and hoped that the Arapiles nas become badly strained by re maining on the dry docks. "' California Senatershin.' " San Francisco, Dec 16. The Democratic caucus have nominated J. T. Farley for the long term in the United States , Senate, and Judge Hager for the short term. Both are claimed as anti-railroad men. - When the Virglnius was towed out of the harbor of Havana on Thursday last, some riotous demonstrations were made. ' But after assembling on the plaza, and filing a few harmless shots, the crowd was quieted by an address from the Captain General, without any damage being done be yond severely hustling a few Span iards, who undertook tin the first instance to be peacemakers, f The Virginlus has. been left at Bahia Honda, In charge of a Spanish gun boat, t The captives of the Virglnius have been put on board the steamer Bazan at Santiago, bound also for Bahia Honda. The ringleaders of the recent demonstration at Havana have been arrested, and are to be tried by court-martial. : VU.VM8 KCI A L K EPORT". DAiiv News Omcv Deoember 17. IS7& - J . RE MARKS. . Th general market on yesterday was ac tive and there was a marked improvement la all branch ea of trade. The bouyancy ouatloned o the dose of business. . . : . .-v OOTTOK. . ' Heeetpta . wr large yesterday and the weighers wer xpt busy. The demand was strong and an easy, good feeling pre vailed. Prices advauCvd to 11 to H4, General Market. BUTTER ood eonntry Batter 2"30cts. MAILS STbi. SUa AR We quote A 13V B, IS Rxtra 0,1:0. (XlZ Bright C YeuoW; 1. C Yellow 12: Browns 1Q&U. s SALT Firm at $3 OMag UL CBICKENS-JhKJSo. tsauu.N AMU BULK MEAT Bacon. C MEAL 85($1. P01'ATOfc-Irish. 75A1.00: sweet. S.aSl. FLOU R PaUpsoo 113.00; Hope MilU Family til; do. Rxtra tit ; North Carolina Extra f&0. . . - BAOUINO Oupny Bagging 1.1 a 13' Double anchor A, 16c. . , . OITTOS TIBS- 10c ' I KFKK tUo,prliue, 27 .M Lagnira.30; Java. 34 , - - , , . r . FISH Mackerel New Family, $25; N. C. Herri nm -KowflO; Cut Ooru Sba atfiOall. : - .. .. HAY Northern, none Ik. market; North Carolina 1.2."xi. , :"-'vHew fork BtarketM. NkW York, . Deo. 1& Ket reoelpU S37; Grow, receloto 8,514. ' Futures closed stea-ly ; kales S2,0 bales as loUows: December ISalaJ; January U&i: Kebrnar) 18 l-32al6 March 18 15-ltt ; April 17 .Vltt. ' - . Outton, h Iders mt demand 1 sales 5,778 h-les at MHalttX. . ( s - Flwr firmer, common to fatr extra tt.lOa 7.ii Whiskey heavy at t.00atl)2. WhVt irr -Kular and nnsei tied, dosing la3 cents lower for winter led weotern at W) cents, wmui western at to. corn unset led and asnaae lower. Utoe firmer, Carolina lots xavaia anenanaeo. Tauow nrmer 7 a7f. Freights acUver. . - Money active at 7. Sterling firm at 9; higher at 9U. Gold active and higher at Uali Govern men ts strocg with eon-. stdeMbfydotttg at high prices, states strong and little doing. j " V : : : - - ;-H.- : Foreign AlarkeU. . .. ., Xotrooif, Dee. 18. Noon Erie 87. street dlsoonnta below bank rate. Consols 91 a ; kvenlng Torpeetlne 30 and 9 to L ! Paris, Ceo. 18. Rentes G8 and 90 ex In tenwsu.,. ... - .. . . ,c FaAKKroKT, Dec. 18. Bonds 82! 1 LrvsapooL, Dec 16. Noon. Cotton hde firmer; uplands 8!4a8; speculation and export 8,0ua SalesI5,0W, -. Later Nothing below good ordinary, to be shipped In November, Ddcember and Sanuary 8; ditto, nothing below low mid dlings delivered December 8 5-ti& -' Breadstuflfe steady. Pork 64 and 8. Corn 36 and S. Sales Include 9,900 bales of Amer ican. Even I ng Orleans, nothing below good ordinary shipped January and February 8. farn fabrics quiet and unchan-ed. Lard 40 and 9. Pork steady at 05. - Wllmiagtost Markets. 1 WiLnnfOTON. K. C. Dec M. Spirit tar pen Una steady at KHaSi. Rosin firm at $115 lor strained. v Grade turpentine steady at 12.00 for hard: t2 98 for yellow dip, Tar quiet at $2 25. Cotton Markets. CHAautaTow, Dec. 18. Cotton firmer: TOiddllngs 15al5X: low middlings laVa l;atrlct good ordinary 14. -- Mobilf, Dec 18. Cotton opened quiet : middlings 15al8; low mMdilngs 15. Mkmphi8, Deo. 16th. Cotton firm : low middlings 15$; middlings 10a:6. ' Augusta, d c 16. Cotton, demand cood strong ; mlddUngs 14. :, BtLTIKOBn. Dec 16. Pnttnti firmu middlings 16; low middlings iSui strict, WimI iwl inAu Illy - TJparoir.Dec 18. Cotton quiet; mlddngk i Noefolx, Dee. 18. Cotton firm, low mid dlings la. . , WiutiKOTOH, Dac:ii.-Ootton firm; mid dlings lo. Bavahhah, Dec ln.-Cotlon firm; mid. dUngs.l. i FAMILY, ARTICLE. J.JL lAgcnU nak $12.50 per day. r5 per tree. SEWING MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC USE, diliY FIVE DOIXARS .r 'With the New Patent : ttfJTTOJT HOLE WOHKER Patented Jona TSihAm.. . Awarded the First Premium at the ' American InstiltUe and Mary land Institute Fairs, 1871. 'A most woadtrt-ful and elegantly con rmcteil Mewing Mwclvloe for f.irally work. Coinplfcielu all us foru. Urn the Straight Eye Pointed Needle, Self threading, direct upright poailive motion, new t uslou, aelf feed and cloth Qalder Operates by Wheel and on a' table. LlKht rauning. Smooth and, noiseless, like alt good high-prleed machines. Haa patnt check to prevent he wheel being turned the wrontc way. TJm the thread 'Ureoi ro the spool. Makes the Elastle Look 6tltch,(finest and str ng ast si Itch known v flrni, durab'a, eloas an " rapid. , Will d all kinds of work. Ann nod eoaise. rrcm Cambric to heavy cloth or. leather, and nses all derlpHon of thread. This machine la heavily eoasu-reted to gty It strength ; all the parw of each Machine being made alike by machinery, and beau tifully finished and ornamented. It Is very easy to learn. R old, smooth and silent in its o;eration. Reliable at all times, and a praotical, aclentiac, mechanical Invention, at greatly red need price. A good, cheats Family Sewing Machine at last. The first and only success In pro duotug a valuable, sub tantial and reliable low priced 8ewtng Machine. Its extreme low price reaches all conditions. Itsslui. plicity and strength adapts it to alleanaJ versa! tavorriA wherever usud, aaU creios rapid demand. ; - ."-"i'-rlV IT .18 ALL IT IS RECOMMEHDED. i I can obeerfally and confld nUy recom mend iu use l o thotte who are wanting a really good Sewing Machine, at a low prio Mra. H. B. J m n o : Peocooe, W in county. 111, 1 : Prtee of each Machine. "CI as A." "One" (warranted 10 Ave years by special certifi cate,) a itb all the fixtures, and everything eomplete belonging to it, including- ftelx Threading Needle, packed y In a a&Dons: wooden box, and delivered to any p&rt of the enualry, by express, free of further charges, ou reoelp of price, only 9 V Dol: l. a rh. Bate delivery guaranUted.- With' each Machine we will send, on receipt o $i extra, the new patent BUTTON HOLE WORKER. One of the most Important and useful in ventions of the age. So simple and certain that a eb lid cau work the finest button hole with regularity and ease, strong and beautiful. . Special terms, and extra inducements to male and lena&le agents, store keepers, who will establish agencies through the odtmtry and keep, oar new Machines on exhibition and sale. County Right given to smart agent free.- Agent's complete outfit famished wlthoat extra charge. Samples of sewing, descriptive elrcul irn containing terms, ttimoniala,engravlngB, ae. Ac-, sent free. - We also supply ; ' AO K I CULTURAL IMPLEMKNTS. ? fAtest pa tenU and Improvements f rt e Farm and tiarden, Mowers,' Reapers, Cn I tl vatora. Feed Cnttera. Hairown, Farm Mills, Planters, Harvtaters, Tbmtbers and all are tides needed liar Farm work. . Rare Seeds In large variety. All money sent In Post Office Money Orders, Rank lrafls. or by Express, will be at onr risk, and are pet-' feoUy secure. . Safe delivery of all onr goods guaranteed. - "An old and responsible firm that sell the. best goods at t!ta lowest' prioe, and can be relies upon by our readers." Farmer's Journal, New York. Not ResponsHblefor Registered Letters Address Orders --' " ''-':'"-, ' Jerome B Undsoa A Co., . Corner Greenwich Oortlandt Sts N. Y. sept 24-wttm i t , HOME SHUTTLE I J?Sa. o . v. ts r 1 If u THE BEST, CHEAP MACHINE, M ' Makes the Lock HUtch alike on both sids and will not ravel. Will do any work the high priced ma shines will. gents wanted fas territory not already taken up. Jfeery Maehins WrranUd for fist ysetrs. . Addretw, D. O. MAXWELL, Atlanta, Ga.. or Charlotte, N.C. General Agent fot North and South Oaro llna, Georgia and Florida. , L. I). GULLET, - Qoldsboro, N. C, General Agent for Eastern North Caro lina . . :...-.y JaaS-12m .- S PEfJIFIC MEDICINES. Dr. GREER'S FIT CURE I The Great Remedy f, for Epilepsy. CUBES Fits, Bpasma, Coavalsions and Nervous Wakefulness, acts promptly, often arrest ing the Fits from the first day's nse, even where they have existed lor years, - COMPOUND. EXTCORYDALIS I The ; Great t Vegetable Alterative, ' ' ! ' CUBES "U5vr1.'.'.JI"'-... Scrofnla, Seonndary Syphilis, Eruptions on tfie Hktn, aud all diseases arising from im pure Blaoi. , y. .. BEDICATE0 HONEY I av i-w v v asw u s i isis s ava V"UUS n. us van"- chltls, Asthma, aod all dUeaxes of tlie many supposea oases or uonsumpuon are promptly relieved and the Langs restored to health. ' t a- . . NEURALGIA SPECIFIC I : .(.- A prompt, positive and, "permanent relief ior ine excruciating pains oi .neuralgia, Rheumatism and Sciatica. For Male by Williams A Haywood. Ral- cf re pared only by Drs. Green, Undley V tveuuey.uariows, n v. ? . no23-Dlawd;Wlyear. E A ECE 'COTTON; The above Cotton was Introduced Into this Stat by the undersigned about two yeors ago, uim oeiog tne second crop. Tnis Cotton Is of the long staple species, resem- blina In apoearanea. texture and staple, if not equal to the celebrated Mea Island Cotnt ton, tnereiore eoramanamg a price much above that of the beat grade of the common kind. - It is a'so the most proline Cotton now known in the United States, so nro nounoed bv manv of our beat planters who have seen It grow. It grows in clusters of irom eigne to twelve squares, and as many as live hundred and upward of bolts and squares can be conn tea to the stalk, pro aucing irom inree to lour tnnuxan-i iniand of seed cotton per acre on gout land. Itis also an earlier Cotton thn the common kind. Seed tor sale by the uinl -r Unel t t n aoiiars per rjuion, or lour int- per poana. mau qaanutiea can. I e tteiil Dy ssaii, targe quantities oy suxpn-KK. All monies lor seed canYeii her lie sent in Registered Letter or Post Office .d, r, to nig BDHnifimi h oiuurami, rti.u u. N. C Orders for seed will be prompi.lvn-U-n.l. l to- - ? J 1"E.V .r. nov9S-D.fcW!m. -;.ur: ,- ... , .; JQQ 8ACK8 OF N. U FLOUK, as gooa as tney make it .1 nnf rwi ved at r , j, M MNir-,4. oetl2-tf . o i 5 M:rU2k -ti I i m hi JATCHKS, AXLE GREASE, Wood Ware Blacking, ae. Ac. tm 1-U Q. T. STBONACQ t CO. ,NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J I LIA MKNTARY PRACTIt E,- 1 Kuies or proceeding and debate In delib erative assemblies. An indispensibie hanrt book for every member of a deiiberatfv, lZ' nd n" nt"ry in an the Rutes "lUe TOfrfW anthoritative expnnuiier o American parliamentary law'-cbarles nmner. Price 63 cents. Sent by mail on rewintnf g q. q :a A :,V,.E D ! To meet the urgent demand of the times the . .-: v : ""tea riorence Sewing Hackine Companr : have determined to : REDUCE PRIC and wilt hereafter sell their $70 Ma;h efor i jo, ana oinor sty les in proportion. THE FLORENC ta tbi? .NLY "ew," Machine that f. ei?the ii i HTwaru, or to right uumi,H un purrnase my prefer. - it FIED, and te far better than any other nia chine in tlie market. It ia i now the cheapeaA Florence, fcass. ov.l.,73. Agents Wanted. I C H FABMLNG LANDS , ;-v.-- FOR BALK VERYtiCHEAP! ; THE BEST INVESTMENT I NoFlactiiatnAlwya Inving m The Wealth of the Country la made by the - 1 O W I 8 T H JS T I N B I the CoDwmenC ia EAsTt. 'Knitiu I n,,, for saitt-vmaiiyof them utmii.r.. fu .i. market at nrloea that DEFY t OMPETI- v. . Five and ted years credit with In- f 1 s ' 2 a six ttr oat. Ths Land Grant Bonds "of the Cui wea ai, par ior lands. Thvy purcnaxeo at a la- ge diseonnt. - mil particulars given, new Guii wiwt new naps nuuieu iree, oy addressl i O. BV ruvia t , lAud Commissioner V. P. R. fe. ,- r.-r. i - Omaha. Neh 21Q A . DAY GUARANTEED PlO to Agen to, Addreas G. M. Huui ' VAW s t o, 8 1 1. Paal St.. Baltimore, Md. '"DSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL JL .-t HARMING." How eiUierW may taseinate and gain the love atnl sfiec. tious of any person they choose, iiikUnu.y This simple mental acquirement aittan p ssess, free, or mall, for, 25 cents; togVr with a Marriage Gu.dc Egyptian Orcle Dreams, Hints to Ladles. A queer ImmiIc' 100,(H sold. Addreas T. WILLIAM vo PublUhera; Philadelphia. J" inTOMEN, 3IEN, GIRLS AKD. f T oys wanted to sell our Fremiti mid American Jewelry. Books, Games, 4i, in their own localities. No capital ueedel. Catalogue, Terms, 1 4c, sent free. p. o. VltKEltY ACoAnifusta, Maine. BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY - .MEDICINE. ' - SANFORD'S LIVER IH VIGOR ATOR, A purely Vegetahe Cathartic and Tonic, for Dyspepnia, Constipation, Debility, Hick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange men.s of Liver, Stnmaoh and Boweix. Ai-k -your Druggist lor H. Beware of ImiuiiuiK R E" M'E M B E R . V TUB 34 OFi DECEHBES. Those who propose Investing, (and who " - - - does not T) la tickets for the '':'" . n. -.j .-. - . ' Fourth Grand Gift Concert roa thi bch Krrr or thb ' ' ' I Public Uhrary of Kentucky. which comes oflf in Louisville on Uia Sd at ' Decenaher n&t JnfZHf " tSuifft. ONLY 60,000 TIOJCKTs"""" ' . ! i - have been issued, and i J . 1 2,00 0 CA 8 H GIFTS, 1 j amounting to i$l,50b,000, will be distributed as follows : i LIST! OP GIFTS: OneOrand Cash Gift. OneiOrndrash. Giit.i One Grand -asb GlftX. .JlW,ii .lio,imo , .50,tiM , a;.tio uai u ran a ih. Oft Grand Oanh Gift.. , 10 Cash GifU $10 WK each.. " 30 Cash Gifts 5.0U0 each... 60 Cash Girts 1.000 each..., ,f 80 Cash Gifts : .. 600 eaeh. 100 Cash Gift J0 each. l.W Cash Glfta 800 each aV) Cash Gltta SU each S2 CshOlfta 100 each. 11,0C0 Ca h Gift . , 60 each .,.WI,IW WiM ,....-l,i! 40 KM ..45,0IU ..v.....!iO.M .......:t2 T ........550,0110 WHOLI TlCKKTS, $50. CotTPONS (tenths,) l . ELEVEN TICKETS FOR 1500. For tickets or information, address1 ' THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent Public Librarv Kenlueky, novvU v Louisville, Ky. EDUCATIONAL. TTORNER & GRAVES' SCHOOL. TBUCSrBBBKD TO HUXSBORO, IT. C. A Classicali Mathematical, Scientific and Military Academy. ' -'";;'. fi WITH A - " ' FULL CORPS OFINSTRUCTO RS. ' The SPRING SESSIuN of 1871 brgins tlie second Monday in January. . , Circular, setting forth terms aud otber particulars, sent on application. Address the Principals at Oxfor.l, N. C. until the 1st day of January, or M;tjnr 1. H. Hamilton at Hlllsbor 'jR, ' i Hi H. OKA V KM ; l - - - PUCip-!. dee 7-DlwA from ?3 dec tojan l aud Wow hriXFORD M A t E & cm O O L ;::.' AT -:,: OXFORD. N. C. : English, Classical land Mathem UWvil. Spring Sesaiou begins Uie aucoud Monday in January. Students can be boarded In Uie Princi pals family. , . , Terms Ter Session of 20 Week : ' English """ti:-l i.,.. .r, i ,. : ' S-iM"1. Classical ;i.tw Payment In advance. 'For further information apply to ' - A. E. HaNDKtt ON". nov25-2tawlmWlm, Prinvipiil. M ! , . . i ''- ' 1 ' ' REENSBORO FEMALE COL- VJI LEGE. Greensboiro. , N. C. ''. i i -i - Rev T. M. Jones, D. D., Pr.eKidnt. The Kprlng Session of 1874 will be!" ou ' the l&th of January, Charges pr nessiou of 20 weeks. Board and Tuition in r-guf.tr College course Jl:Z5.00. i Charges for axraa studies. modrate. . For full particulars, apply to tut 1'iesi dent. - M. 11. D. WIlJSOX, PitrsrsxHT Boakd or Tau.tTKKS. dee 13-1 m, . ;.jr., I ..: .. T. J & W. DL HORN EU!-S SCHOOL, . . - Henderson, Granville Co.. N.C; ... h- - I ,-.:. . The Spring Session of this School opens on the 2nd Monday in January. a Kor particulars and rtrcolar, addrexk the Prtncipala, Henderson, M. C .dt JZ lit r j,-A T" S KLECT BOARDING AND DAY W HOOU HILL S B 0 R O," N.C . . The MiMses NAtH and Miss K"LLfx K will resume tl-e exercises of their srhool ou Fridav. 6tn Febrnary, 1874. Circulars forwarded on application. decU-DlawtUlfebfl I! i oanv I no, ha I X. 1 "1 '. :