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VOL. 1.
RALEIGH. N. 0.. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUA11Y 7. 1873.
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....JANUARY 7. 1873.
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LOCAL MATTER.
E. C. WOODSON, City Editor
Local Briefs.
' Not a single Police arrest since Mon-lav.
.Business .brisk on the
dav. ' ' -:
streets yectcr-
R iicigh is sadly in need of wdod in
spector, i
Halifax Superior Court Commences
n the, 27 inst.
The Superior and Supreme Courts are
Loth in session. , -"
. .McDowell street, yesterday afternoon
grew excited over a runaway mule team.
No harm done.
Tho sailor bonnetworn far back upon
the head is the shape that has met with
most favor this season.
There is, a letter in the Fayettcville
Post Office for B. F. Askew, of this city,
held for lack of proper postage.
A small colored lad living in Eastern
Ward, while walking, a fence, fell and
suffered a severe sprain in the left ankle.
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TwOjColored women, yesterday morn
ingon Wilmington street, engaged after
the manner of the P. Ijl Scratches and
hair pulling was the result.
..Mitchell, the barber, has transferred
his services to Reid's Saloon under the
Messrs. Gulley's store. As a tonsorial.
artist, Mitchell has no superior-.
The heaviest rain of the year Jell on
Sunday morning. It had the pleasant
i lfect of melting all the snow, packing
the muddy streets and washing off the
side walk?.-
We understand that the present
(mi neral Assembly will be memorialized
to amend the charter of this city so as
to give cumulative suffrage. Nearly all
-of the property holders of the city are
in favor of it.
The masons will resume work on the
Barringer building, corner Wilmington
and liargett streets, to-day and in a
sJiorJ; time the handsome structure wiil
be completed. The suspension of the
work was caused by the recent wet
weather. The work is . being done by
Mr. John Weir, one of. the most skilltul
-mechanics in this line in -the South.
Judge J.
at the
PiiiiSMNAi, Intelligence.
Judges Boyden and Settle, of the
Supreme Court, Judge R. P. Dick, of
the U. b. District Court and
M. Cloud, of the Superior,. are
National.
W. R. Barbara, Esq., of Louisburg,
W. II. Day, of Weldon, J. M. Mullen, of
Halifax, are in attendence upon tho ses
sion of the Supreme Court.
. S. P. Arlington, Esq., of the large
commission house of Jno. Arringtou &
Sons., Petersburg, Va., is registered at
the Yarborough.
Hon. W. A. Smith, of Johnston, and
J. G. B. Roulhac, of Baltimore, former
ly of Hillsboro, are stopping at the
Yarborough.
Maj. E. G. Ghio, the Superintendent
of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad,
was registered at the Yarborough House
yesterday.
Illness or W. H. Jones, Esq. We
regret to announce that yesterday morn
ing one of our most estimable citizens,
W. H. Jones, Esq., was stricken with
paralysis. For awhile he was speech
less and without the use of his right
side. Later in the day his condition
improved, and at this writing (9 p. m.)
he had, in a great measure, recovered
his voice and had the partial use of the
part of the body afflicted. We sincerely
hope that in a lew days Mr. Jones will
be restored to his former good health.
Caving j in. The side walk on Ex
change Place, next to the Fisher build
ing, gave way on .Sunday morning and
about eight left of the brick wall, that
confined the Same on the lower side of
the building, caved in, breaking the
windows and sash ot the basement
room. The wall was new and the
heavy rain of Sunday morning so damp
ened the earth that the caving was
almost unavoidable. The damage1 is
being rapidly repaired.
Executive Committee N o r t h
Carolina Agricultural Sociely.
Members of the Executive Committee
of the North Carolina Society will
bear in mind the meeting on to-morrow
evening, at 7,.r. m. T. M. Holt, Esq.,
the President of the Society, will be
present, and a lull and prompt atten
dance is asked
ME COURT.
at 0 o'clock.
This body met
all the justices
Sunt
yesterda
present.
The entire day was occupied in the
examination of applicants for the prac
tive of law. twentv-six . in number. As
the examination was not concluded, we
could not get a report of those who
passed.
Special Term. Judge W. J. Clark
will hold a special term of the Superior
Court for Pitt county, commencing on
Monday next.
He Is Here '.Curtis II. Brogden,
Esq., the Lieutenant Governor elect,
arrived in the city yesterday
via the Goldsboro dirt road.
a sad sophism to argue thence that
there is no conscience in those who
compose these corporations. Far be it
from mc t" think that the majority of
those who sit as directors or mana
gers of railroads, and who think them
selves compelled to" start their freight
and passenger trains on Sunday far
from me to think they concur in this
sehedute without once glancing at what
the law of God may sanction or con
demn. My knowledge of railroad men the
world over, lead! me to consider them
on the whole, as religious and as God
fearing as men in most other walks of
life. This being so, I hesitate' to say
that because they send out trains on
Sunday, they do so without any refer
ence or thought to the obligation for
them as well as for others to sanctify
the Lord's Day. Long before to-day, I
have thought of the matter to which
your letter refers, and as you seem to
anticipate some legislation on the point
during the present session, I am con
vinced you will take the middle course,
not sanctioning unnecessary railroad
traffic on Sunday, at the same time not
giving too much weight to fanatical
Church people who strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel. There is on this point
as on many others, a vast amount of
windy fanaticism, and this is far more
dangerous to Christian doctrine and cor
rect morals than the whistle of a loco
motive or the rumble of a thousand
trains on Sunday. The cry about Sun
day travel on railroads is akin to the
false theories advocated about temper
ance. 1 he community is uisturoea and
excited, and weak-minded people get
their ideas all turned in a wrong direc
tion by the continued clamoring of
deluded enthusiasts and the haranges
of ignorant or dishonest temperance
declainiers. We sometimes hear theories
proclaimed regarding the use of liquors,
which, in fact, get adherents by the
score, but waich have no foundation
other than the hallucination ot some
erratic brain or the assertions of some
artful and interested lectuier. Temper
ance is a precious virture. We grieve
that - the world is regardless of its
necessity It is our mission to fight the
demon of temperance, and to protect
men from its pernicious influences;-but
while we stand with sword drawn to
slay the monster, are we to waste our
lorce in striking wildly around U3,
jretending to protect one virtue, while
lave sacrifice another, pretending to
maintain one Bible truth while we
With no better interpreters of Scripture
then these, we would end in the most
absurd conclusions. If in ancient limes
reasonable labor was permitted to man
and beasCand if necessity then wiped
out the obligation of the law, of course
the same holds good in later times ; and
the fact that times have altered does not
destroy the force of necessity in our
own days. In old times a man ou foot
could well perform his day st journey,
The ox or the ass might well have been
able to do the little hauling necessary
on the Sabbath. But in our changed
circumseances the world has now every
day to seek more powerful means of
locomotion; and a beneficent Provi
dence now gives activity to iron, and
puts into water a hot and panting
breath, and by means of these we per
form our lengthy journeys, and haul
from city to city the heavier burdens
placed upon us by altered habits of ex
istence. - " ."'"Ji.
Now, as God made exceptions to the
obligation of rest in the Old Law--as
he allowed man and beast to work on
His day when human necessity demand
ed it, may we not believe that He con
siders for our changed modes of life, and
allows us to put in action the locomo
tive and the steamboat when the moral
necessities of existence demand it.
So much for that side ot this ques
tion. But, Sir, the question has anoth
er side which should also be attentively
considered. While railroad com
panies may properly be ex
pected to run their trains so
as to accommodate those who
must of necessity travel, and while the
public can reasonably demand that
produce and various freights be trans
ported without interruption on Sunday,
these companies should so arrange their
business as to offer but as little obstacle
as possible to the observance of rest and
religious solemnity on the Sabbath day.
The distant city may indeed look with
anxiety for the arrival of supplies by
railroad on Sunday, and doubtless our
good God wills that these supplies reach
the citizens in season ; but reason and
religion require that on the Lord's Day
as little ot such work be performed as
is consistent with public safety or public
necessity. We have a right to expect
mat companies make such arrange
ments as will permit their employees, if
so inclined,to attend Church on Sunday,
and spend some portion of the day in
the midst of their families. In many
instances it may be impossible to afford
certain employees this advantage ; but
weaken and obliterate another, pretend, j it is not too much to say that such op
ing that while because temperance is to Iportunities could be furnished oftener
evening,
. T11E Weed. Yesterday about noon,
ne of AlricV sable sqns invaded the
sacred precincts of our sanctum, bearing
111 his hands a' package of Reams'
su period chewing tobacco, accompanied
by the following classical and unique
poetical effusion :
Capt. E. C. Woodson, local of the Dally
News,-; .
I send you a small lot of tobacco.
Such as gentlemen generally use.
If Syme is about, divide with him loo,
For good tobacco he loves to chew ;
And when that gives out, I'll tell you in
time,
I have a good stock of the very same
kind. .
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So, then, after a fair trial if itsuits.you both
well, To the lovtrs of the weed, I hope you will
tell,
Ho dealers and consumers of tho same
mind,
Can of U. F. Reems, buy the same kind.
Halifax Improving. Wo are glad
, to hear that this venerable and historic
town has taken a fregh start on the road
of progress and improvement, and bids
fair soon to enter upou a new and pros
perous career.
An elegant brick hotel, with first
class appointments has recently been
liuished, which- adds greatly to the con
venience and appearance 01 the town.
We notice that a Temperanco an
Literary Club was recently organized
there in the office of Messrs. Conigland1
fc Day, under very auspicious circum
stances. We wish the old town God
speed in all her efforts, of physal and
moral advancement.
OF
G VMNASIUM AND FENCING HALL.
Magnin's Gymnasium and Fencing Hall
will open on the 1st of next month,
under the direction of Prof. Jui I lard, a
graduate of the Military Academy of
Vincennes, Paris. ; The institution is
located on Hargett street, opposite the
Fair Grounds, and is fitted up with an
eye to comfort and convenience. Boxing
gloves will also be at the disposal of
visitors. Here's a chance for our young
.men to harden their muscles, improve
i heir physique and learn the " noble art
of self-defence." For terms, &c., read
the ndvettisement in to-day's issue.
Si i'ERioii Court. Yesterday the
bl! rung for the opening of Wake
Superior
Father McXamara on Sunday Kail
roading.
Hon. R D. B. Houston, House
Representatives: .
Dear Sir : Your letter regarding the
matter of railroad work on the Lord's
Day is before me, and I have carefully
pondered the subject in its bearings
upon the railroad coporations them
selves, as well as in relation to. their
employees. You request me to give, in
wriiing,my views on this matter, and if
I have 'delayed to comply With this
request, my motive was that my
response should be well considered.
Weighing thesubjectin relation both to.
the sanctification of the Sunday and to
the reasonable requirements or com
merce and public accommodation, this
subject has for years back attracted at
tention, and railroad companies have
been frequently brought to task by
certain church people lor what they call
a gross and sinful violation of the Sab
bath ordinance. I have known these
companies to be visited with the fiercest
denunciations for running trains on the
Load's Day ; and for disturbing the
calm of a Christian community at the
moment when worshippers were oc
cupied in their devotions or enjoying
religious repese in the bosom of their
families. Now, my dear Mr. Houston,
men may utter very fine sentiments
regarding their love lor rest and quiet
n the Lord's Day, lecturers and news
paper mqn may round off very glowing
periods about the proprieties of Chris
tian life, and no doubt they may be
actuated therein by purest motives, and
may utter not a word but what has
root in the deepest religious convictions.
But, Sir, there i3 such a thing as going
too far even in relation to these matters.
There is a medium to be observed in
our treatment of religious ideas as well
as in relation to the social or political
sentiments we entertain. Extremes are
always to be avoided. True virtue,
whether social, political or otherwise,
must seek its criterion in a middle
course, not deflecting to one side or the
other, but calmly pursuing the line of
moderation which alone points in the
direction ol God ana common -sense.
Hence the lorce ot these words : In
medio slat virtus. Alas ! alas, indeed,
Sir, the sanctity of the Lord's Day is
violated on every side violated in
ways that purchase for men damnation,
and entail upon communities the curse
of God. It there be one fact more ap
parent than another to my mind, it is
this that the severest affliction which
be cultivated, we must call it sin to
make,-or touch, or taste wine in any
shape whatever. This cry set up by
some fanatical writers and lecturers
conceals a fallacy most destructive. It
may entrap its victims, but it is sure one
day to develop into a curse as horrible
as that which it professes to combat.
This fallacious temperance doctrine may
serve a term lor a; certain class very
good perhaps, but at least very deluded
people. This doctrine . may appear
moral for a while ; it may commend
itself with an amount of plausibility to
many, but it is sure to exhibit the
cloven foot one day or another ; it is
sure to terminate where all unsound
doctrines terminate in mischief to i,ts
adherents, and in the production of a
vicious state of morality for which there
is scarcely ax remedy in this world nor
the world to come.
Now, Sir, this is a fair picture of that
exaggerated theory concerning railroad
travel which calls it sin to run cars on
Sunday, even for the purpose ot per
lorming work which cannot reasonably
be postponed. At all' times in the
history of mankind it was lawful to
perform on the Lord's Day that amount
ot labor necessary for the proper
maintenance of : man and beast, 'as also
for the preservation of produce and
other things liable to perish if hot aW
tended to on that day. The Pherisees
of the Old Testament were wonderful
sticklers for all the details of exterior
religious observance. "Woe to you,
Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites."
Tim unfortunate world has its Pharisees
to-day in like manner fellows
who make clean the outside
of the cup and of the dish, but who
within abound with spiritual uncleanli
ness. Nor does it change the case at
all that the demand to stop the cars on
Sunday comes from certain Church
people. Why, my dear sir, it is among
the Churches you areiure to find the
modern Pharisees. Some people put on
the whitewash of the Church to conceal
the rottenness of their own soul. And.
when their fanaticism has hot its root in
Phariseeism, it is sure to grow up out
of the kindred soil of ignorance. We
cannot conceal the fact. that "certain
church people" arc indeed very ignor
ant. So rank is their ignorance that
while they whine about the desecration
of the Sabbath by railroad steam, they
actually imagine that God the Father,
in the old law, commanded men to keep
Sunday holy, and that God the Son, in
the new dispensation, renewed the in-
than at present if directors and manag
ers ot railroads had a little more tender
ness of conscience, and had sufficient
regard for the well-being ot their
employees. If legislation is to be had
on this matter, care should be taken
that while we give reasonable scope to
railroad work on the Sabbath, the
companies should be urged to give their
hands all possible opportunity of attend
ing to their devotions on theJordjM
uay. Ana not raiiroaa companies
suNlYGirrs
Address ot the Committee ot Two
Hundred Federal ? Oliice-holders
Not to KesigniState Olfices Pinch
back's Address, Ac.
New Orleans, Jan, 5. Careful
enquiry fails to show that there is any
truth in statement, tcl graphed from
Washington, that the Custom House
employees had resigned their seats in the
Kellogg Legislature. Sush resignations
it is believed would break a quorum in
the Senate. Post' Master Lowell,
Survevor Ingraham, the two Herwigs
and Sypher took part in the Legislative
proceedings to-day. It is understood
that the Custom House members have a
leave of absence from the Custom House
during the session of Legislature. .
Pmchback's address threatening to Dis
perse the lusion Legislature creates con
siderable excitement. X
It is believed that only Federal troops
can prevent the Lyceum Hall xassembly
from nieetiDg. X.
The following address and resolution
were unanimously adopted by the Com
mittee of two hundred,: "This Commit
tee, deeply impressed with the impor
tance oi discreet ana narmon-
. . m j. 1 r
ious action on tne pari - oi our
people in the present critical condi
tion of our affairs, venture to .submit
to them the following statement of its
views in fulfilment of the mission confi
ded to us by the people. We have laid
before the President of the United
States an impartial and truthful history
of the extraordinary events which have
recently transpired within the State of
Louisiana, resulting in the overthrow of
the Government elected by the people,
and in temporarily installing in the
offices of the State men who were not
in any manner elected thereto. The
President, while maintaining the pro
priety of the course which ne has pur-
sued in a purely Executive capacity, has
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not proiessea to consiaer uis acuou as
finally decisive of the vital questions at
issue in the politics of the State, but
has remitted us to Congress as the
proper tribunal to investigate the facts
with more minuteness than the means
within Executive control affoid him the
opportunity of doing, and to render
such relief as the nature of the case may
seem to require. We have the assurance
of both the President and the Attorney
General that such an investigation by
Congress will meet with no opposition
from the Administration, and chat they
will readily co-operate in affording such
appropriate relief as Congress may see
fit to recommend. We confidently an
ticipate that Congress will promptly
aDDoint a Committee to investigate
fairlv and imDartiallv the facts of
Hhfi cae. and in view ol the
resolutions were unanimously, adopted.
Signed, T. Adam, President.
D. C. Lab att, Secretary."
More of the Muddle--Louisianians
Call on the Attorney General.
"' Wasii incton , Jti n. C. A privaunlte-
patch Irom iNew uneans states mat aii
business will be suspended to-morrow,
andjthat the Conservative or Fusion Leg
islature will assemble.
A number of . prominent citizens of
Louisiana, now in Washington, appre
hending danger ot a collision between
the contending political parties, called
on the Attorney General to day and re
quested him to initiate such measures
as would guard against such a result.
They were informed in reply that the
subject was now. under consideration by
the Executive authorities,; aud that all
proper steps would be ti ken to preserve
j.he peace.
Stokes Foand Guilty Fatal Result
of an Attempt to Escape from the
Ward's Island Prison. , ?
New York, Jan. 5. Stokes has been
jound quilty of murder in the first
degree.. The sentence was deferred till
Monday.
Stoke's counsel have determined to
take bills of exception and steps will be
taken at once to obtain a stay proceed
ings and obtain a new trial. Stokes
will be sentenced to-day when he will
be placed in the murderer's rov,vo the
Tombs.
This afternoon five convicts, three
V . 'am .1 A
women ana two men, attempted 10
escape from Ward's Island in a sail boat,
but the boat become unmanagebic in
the ice and capsized, and the two
women, Henrietta Smith and another
unknown, were browned. The others
were rescued and taken back to prison.
NOON DISPATCHES.
More of the Louisiana Imbroglio
Stokes' Case.
Washington, Jan. C The following
is an extract from Church's editorial :
" We have not hesitated to deprecate
the reckless or lawless action ou the
part of the Republican body calling
itself the Legislature of the S:at.e... An
infringement upon the rights of the
minority! can find no apology or defense
in this quarter, wnen aueniuis weie
made to deprive men"of their seats
because they were not in them and to
declare minority candidates elected, we
denounced the action as utterly inex
cusable: so now .we hesitate not to
alone should give attention to this sub
ject. All other employers are equally
concerned. I hese ideas apply with in
creased force to public authorities who
nave men on ponce ana other service
who should be enabled to go to their
respective places of worship on Sunday,
whenever consistent with public safety.
I might go oh to show the advantages
to employees and the public of having
honest, God-fearing men in their service.
" You may say what you please," says
a writer in the Baltimore American
"you may say what you please, there. is
comlort even to an ungodly man,'7' or
an unbeliever, when going down the
"seventeen mile grade" on the Baltimore
and Ohio R. R. with an awful abyss on
his left, and a snorting,shrieking locomo
tive tearing him along as if determined
to plunge him oyer some curve, to reflect
that the man at the "throttle" is a brave
fellow, fully competent in other respects,
but in addition has a firm trust in his
Divine Guide, who has said "Com
mit thy ways unto the Lord; and He
shall bring it to pass."
Commenting on the above the editor
of the United States Catholic Register o
Baltimore makes the following remarks,
which will formn appropriate concha
sion to what Lf-have here written
" Surely we are not vet so far gone in
practical unbelief as to deny that cor
rect faith and strict religious principles
will aid a man in the fulfillment ot 'his
secular duties, and not only him, but in
many cases furnish 1 him with the
strength he can deriYewfrom no other
source to be true and fH$ul to those
who have employed him.
We cannot but conclude that the con
scientious Christian man is worthy of
greater confidence than a disciple of
Voltaire or of Proudhpn."
Hoping sir, these remarks wiil suit
your views, I am very respectfully, &c.
J. V. McNAMARA.
affirm in view of the proclamation ot
acting Governor Pinchback, published
in vesterday's dispatches, that he is
going too far and too fast ; that he is
placing himself on untenable grounds,
while the body recognized as the legal
Legislature should retain possession of,
the State buildings and comply with
nrrrvsc onfl rit timhle wrongs which have I the forni3 of law in it3 action, it should
been committed, we cannot doubt that I not attempt to disperse or interfere with
mrdi a rnmmittee must admit and re- I the oDDOsition. if thev see fit to meet
port to Congress the necessity of prompt j and organize what they may choose to
or.fi nmnlPTR rplief. We do not allow I call a Legislature." If thev see fit to
ourselves to dcstiair of such, relief at the f inaugurate McEnery and eall - him Gov
hands of Congress because the Repub- ernor and elect some one whom they
liran tartv has a large maioiity in that j may please to call a United States Sen
bodv. There do arise in the political 1 ator, let them, do so without molestation.
historv of a free government conspicu- Thev may not and should not be' per-
here dutv to the com-'i mitted to exercise power in defiance of
mnn wearrises suDerior to party' ties, and I the orders and decisionsot the Courts,
the demand for justice overwhelms an- but they suouut be permiiteu 10 no
nprannal or nartizan considerations. We anything and everything that will help
are impressed with the benef that the j them to make up and preseut a case lor
universal nublic sentiment of the people the Stale and Federal Courts.
of the United States will point to the It is evident that the ca3e will have
present crisis of Louisiana, as constitu- to be heard belore Congress ana tue
tin ! such an emergency, anu we 1 uourts on its menis,auu iue awmci mn.
Louisiana Mnddle Matte Con
gress iteassembled, ErsY
Wasaington, Jan. 6. The following
telegram was sent' to New Orleans,
to day by the Louisiana sub-Committee
The President has ;i telegraphed
General Emeory not to permit interfer
ence with the peaceable meeting of our
Legislature. Matters will be held' in
obeyance until a' judicial investigation
shall bo had. Wo council great, modc
ration.X .. .
Signed :' T. II. Kennedy, JE. B.
vv heelock, Walker Pearnc, P. M. Baker,
A..O. JanirL - t ,
Congress has . reassembled. In ,Jfe
House many bills were introduced and
referred. , -
Earthquake Shocks in Ohio.
CoLUMRus,Ohio, Jan. 6 On Saturday
night the citizens in some parts., of
this city were aroused by alow rumb
ling noise as of distant thunder, accom
panied by three detonations that shook
houses, rattled furniture, and caused
general alarm Many persons left their
beds in search of supposed burglars, and-
others went to the street to learn the
particulars of what they snpposed was
some boiler explosion. Up to last. ev
ening diligent inquiry in all parts of the
city fails to discover any reason for the
shockgand many believe it was Caused
by an earthquake. - -: ; v :
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The Goat Island Squabble. '
San Francisco, Jan. C The Cliam-c-rof
. Commerce is througed with
influential citizens protesting against
the cession of Goat Island to the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
Rela-
spint
n the
Court, but owing ta the
unavoidable detention of Judge Watts,
at Newbern, it was adjourned by Sheriff ! overtake men, aye, the woes that settle
LcextiU this morning, when Judge
WattaHyill -be present. In several cases
on the Criminal docket, the District
Attorney, Gen. Cox, entered now pros,
and the witnesses discharged. The
criminal docket is quite large, and the
session of the Court promises to be one
of much interest. -
Small Pox in Granville County.
It was rumored ou the streets liere yes
terday, that this disease had broken out
in Granville. The rumordid not locate
the disease in any particular locality.
We trust the report lias no foundation
in truth. . '
on so-called Christian nations arc the
direct and inevitable chastisements vis
ited upon the world for a criminal and
continued disregard- of God's com
mandment Remember to Iceep Holy the
Sabbath Day. But again let us be rea
sonable in our exactions. Let 119 have
consideration for railroad tnen and
other corporations even as we havc.it
for ourselves. We should not in
volve these large classes "in wholesale
condemnation without giving them any
credit for - good intentions even when
they run their trains on the Lord's Day.
It is too often repeated that 'Corpora-
tions have no souls." Bat it would be
junction, and that their grand-fathers
lead it thus in the family edition of the
Bible. What a holy horror will seize
these pious souls when I tell them that
neither God the Fdther, nor God the
Son ever gave such command, nor is it
contained in their honored version of
the Scriptures. Certain Church people
are so stupid thev will t -iuk I am
blaspheming. They will conclude this
is another of those Popish falsehoods
or a3 a neighboring preacher styles
them "Priestly corruptions." These
good folks will next Sunday 'pick up
their Bible and clasp it tightly, and go
to Church, saying ail the way, "Yes,
itiathar! It is thar! I know it by
heart, so often have I. read it Remem
ber keep Holy the Sabbath Day." Yet,
Sir, every intelligent Jew in the land
laughs at them, because lui knows that
the Sabbath mentioned in the Scripture
was not Sunday but Saturday not the
first, but the seventh day of the
week. But in the hew dispensation
the world keeps Sunday holy because
away back in early Christian times
the Roman Catholic Church thought fit
to change the day and to command that
the world observe Sunday instead of
Saturday as the day ot rest. Then Sir,
we must not take what "certain Church
people" say as the rule of our morals
MARRIED.
HATCHER HARPER. On Wednesday.
January 1st, 1873, at Mill Creek church,
Johnston county, by Elder J. J. Harper,
Mr. B. W. Hatcher, of Selma, W. O., to
Mis3 Mamie F. Harper, daughter of John
Harper, Esq.
pORK INSTITUTE
WARREN COUNTY, N. C.
The Spring session of 1873 opens JANU
ARY ilOih. Total expenses:
Tuition Classics and Mathematics. $ 23
Board (including washing, lights and
iuei,) s
Half the above required in advance. Pu
pils charged from date of entry. .Deduction
made in case of protracted sickness. Hack
hire from and to Warrenton depot at the
expense of the Principal if timtly notice is
given. Address,
JOHN GRAHAM,
Warrenton, N. C.
Jan. 5-d2awawlni
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are disposed to encourage
of trust and confidence
virtue and justice of the National Gov
ernment, which will be their safeguard
nfrainst. rish and desDerate conduct. If
that trust should prove to be mispl&ced,
and the monstrous usurpation which
has taken place should be permitted to
pass unrebuked, we may wen give way
to despair, but in the meantime it
itplmnvps our nconle to pursue a line of
conduct which shall rob apprehensions
nf everv nretext or apology. We have
every where, and at all times, protested
our conviction that the body styling it
self a Legislature, now in session at the
Mechanics Iustitute, does not and never
.liH romnrise a . ouorum of members
Verted hv the neoDle : that it-. has no
other claim to authority over, or obedi
ence from the people, than such as it
Reserves from the supposed recognition
ofHhe National Executive, and we leel
iustified bv the language and action of
the if resident uimseu, in regaruiug mat
recognition as merely provisional and
temporary, subject to the future action
ot the Congress of the United States, to
which tribunal the President has re
ferred usfor relief.
We are equally convinced that the
body which recently assembled at the
Lyceum Hall in this city did comprise a
quorum of the lawfully elected members
of the legisalature and but for the refusal
of the National Executive to recognize
it, that body would encounter no legal
obstacle to the exercise ot all toe Con
stitutional funct ions of the State Legis
lature ; while fully aceeptiDg the situa
tion as it stands, and advising a
studious abstinence from all proceed
ings calculated to provoke a collision
with the "powers that be," there are
certain duties imposed by the Consti
tution, in imperative terms, which
nobody claiming or intending to claim
lecoguition as .the. lawful General As
sembly ot the State can omit without
abdicating its claim to be so considered
and recognised. In. ail lawiui pro-
result is peacefully reached the better
tor the State and the country.
TherO is no doubt of the authenticty
of the following dispatch in all its de
tails. It has been yemnea in nign
quarters : "New Orleans, Jan. 3th ten
(10; p.m. The announcement uas ju&l
been made at Van Fusion iieao quarters,
apparently by authority, that General
Emory ha3 received instructions from
Washington that United states iroops
shall ouly-be used to preserve the peace;
that any body cl citizens, siyimg
themselves what they may, have the
right to meet peacably for any purpose
not unlawful, and that il any attempt
should be made to disperse any such
assemblage they shall be protected.
Congressional Proceedings in
tiou to the CreditMobelier, &c.
Washington, Jan. 6. House The
resolution ordering the evidence already
taken by the Credit Mobilier Committee
to be laid before the House! and that
the Committee shall hereafter sit with
open doois, passed, yeas 180 to 7 nays. -
1 lie motion to commence; suit against
the Credit MoLilier. for fivo and three-
eighths. million of dollars, was-received
with 92 yeas ; 26 nays, more, ta&n two
thirds, but no quorum. - A call of -the
House was ordered : and a quorum, was
fcund to : ber present. A motion to
adjourn was defeated. A second vote :.
was taken when' again uo quorum '
voted. Those voting1 in tho -negative
were, Messrs. - Adams Barry,,, Butler, ot
Tenn., Donnany Dull, Dunnell, Fry
Hoar, HougKton,"' McCrary, ' McKee'
Mcrriam, Nogly Orr, ' Palmer Perce; E.
H, Roberts, Sargent, Sloughton,Stowcll,
St. John, Tali'e and Wheeler. , n
A Committee of five was appon.tetf
to enquire whether stock holders in the
Credit Mobilier "hold Union 'Pacific
bondr?. A message from the President,
vetoing a bill to remit ; the duties on
spirits destroyed in bond,waa presented,
read and laid on the table.
Senate Sherman offered a resolution
instructing the Committee cm Privileges
and Elections to enquire into, lne con- -
test-m Louisiana md Arkansas as to the
result of the late election. The resolu
tion was laid over till to morrow. A
resolution was introduced instructing
same Committee to inquire and report
as to the best method of electing a
President and Vice President, and how
to provide a tribunal for the determina
tion of contested questions connected
theiewith. On' motion, the resolution
was ordered to be printed.
Ofiicial View of the Situation in
New Orleans. - ;,;
Washington, Jan. C The following
is an official view of the situation in
Louisiana : The New Orleans dispatch
of Gov. Tinchback's proclamation of
the 4th inst , did not include-the fol
lowing expression which it is alleged
that he used . "If they, I meaning the
Fusion Legislature, inaugurate an Ex
ecutive anu exercise .gtiyw uuitiniii mix
tions in tin: piesencfc'.of and in conflict
wiiii the existing establi&heo authority,
"jJVIFTY
jan 5-tf;
'A
BARRELS MOLASSES.
M. A. PARKER.
LARGE STOCK j OF
Toilette Sets and Vases
At SIMPSON'S
nov26-tf - -Drug Store.
A.-
N N U A L M E E TING
The Annual Meeting 01 the Stockholders
of the Noith Carolina Home Insurance
Company, will be held at their office in this
city, on Tuesday, the 11th day of January,
ISJ6, at 11 o'ciock, jvjm
SEATON GALES,
dec25-td Secretary,
Sleet Storm in New York Great
Damage to Telegraph Wires, &c.
New . York, Jan. 0. Yesterday
morning, shortly after nine o'clock, a
rain storm began which soon turned to
sleet, and continued uctii late in the
afternoon. Everything became fringed
with ice cycles. "No such spectacle has
been witnessed, in years belore. The
trees were cased in ice, locomotion on
sidewalks became almost impassable
...n.l throughout the day the streets
looked deserted. About halt past one.
telegraph communication -with points
outside of the city wus stopped. The
ice Iroze to'lhe wire aud hroke them
down. The police and fire telegraphs
were destroyed inrouguout iuo vnj,
the wire3 and poles falling in the streets
and on sidewalks. 1 ne wuoie 01 ixow
York became isolated so lar as con
cerned communication with the outside
world. It will cost $150,000 to repair
the fire alarm and police wires, and the
w,. rinnnt e com Dieted lor some
n vn - v
time. .
In the meantime extraordinary
measures have been taken to insure
tmimnt trAnsunssion of f fire alarms or
Jl itui -
other emergencies. Mounted patrotmen
aw l-pnt at station houses, and ' the
d the firemen are to work
a
3 . i,.Ai'inff r.nio rtt!wvftRnfiarinn 1 .imifiihlv tntthcr in case ol an cmer
UUUUi iwuuiw - " J .----w j j t-,
of their legal existence, with a view t
their lulure recognition by5 the Congress
of the United States when the contro
versy now at Issue shall be determined,
they should then receive the moral sup-
port, not only ot tne citizens 01 tue
State but that ol every ngui-mmueu
citizen ot the United States wherever he
may reside.
In view, therefore, of the approaching
meeting of the General Assembly now
about to take place, be it
Resolved, That we recommend to t he
people of the city and State of -Louisiana,
to give them the moral support and
earnest sympathy, and such material aid
us may enable them to assert and main
tain, by legal means, the rights of the
people of this State to local seif-govern-ment.
" ' . ; - ' 1
On motion, the above report ttnd
"eOCV. i0 Ulilia-AUio - nno
i.ere yesterday, either front
j m
sufh p.i
be dealt
rtics are revo!utionisTs ana must
with as such."
It was not contemplated to interfere
witii the mere assemblage of the Fusion
roislature for the purpose of preserv-
in" their legal status. At euuu au
been the case, the United State troops
would not have aided to protect its
assembling, as prompt orders were
issued by the President to Gen. Emory
not to so interfere, but only preserve
the peace. The day has evidently been
e L'reat excitement in New Orleans,
but it si's hu ppiiy passed without violence.
The Fusion Legislature has assembled
pro forma, aud probably a like ceremo
ny will proceed upon, tne inauguration
ot Gov. Mcr.nery next .uonuay. me
proceedings in the United States Senate
to-J tv indicate that lire wuie question
wit! be remitted, by all concerned, to
that body Usr investigation and deter
mination. !
received
West or
East. There never was so compteie a
wreck oi telegraph wires in this city,
not even during the July riots of ten
vp.-irs arrn. Great damage has been
done to trees by breaking of limbs from
the great weight ot tho ice. At ten
o'clock last night che high wind3
increased to a gale from south-west,
clearing off with a dense 102, and this
morning is bright with falling
thermometer. All the streets in low
situations in this City, Brooklyn, Jersey
city, Williamhurg, Hoboken and
other places are badly flooded.
Death of a Well Known Engineer.
BALTiiiouE, Jan. G Gtorge Page, a
well t known Engineer and inyentor, u
dwd. - .' - -' ' ;
The Sentence of Stokes.
N,f.w York, Ju. 0.-.1 ter notice ol
exception to the Judge's rulings, Stokes
was asked what he had to say why
sentence of death should not be passed
upon him. Stokes, in reply, said he
had not intentionally violated any law
and that the testimony upon which he
was convicted was manufactured and
perjured. Judge Boardman, then in a
feeling address, in which he alluded to
the prisoner's youth and social sur
loundings, sentenced the prisoner to be
hanged cn Friday '".the 23tlr day of
February, being the hhorlest time that
could be legally allowed the, murderer.
Mrs. Wharton on Trial.
Annapolis, Jan. 6. Mrs. Wharton,
arraigned for atf attempt to poison
Vanness, was atieudeil ly her daughter
Nellie and the other friends who sup
ni.rteri her during the trial for the
murder of .Gen.
Ketch urn.
Snow Storm.
St. Loci?, Jan. 6. There was a snow
sjorm over a large portion ot this State
and Kansas on Saturday and Sunday ;
ii. heaviest known. : All the fenies
running
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Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. G. For the South
Atlantic and Gu'f States east of the
Missi8sippi,geueraiiy clear weather.
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