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THE WILMINGTON POST. - - -4- W. P. V AN AD AY. Proprietor. WILMINGTON; N. C. Feiday Mokwinw, August 31, 1883 c Jcijoe Black is gone. I say oi him, iu the words of the foremost man of all this world iu the realms of thought; in words which no use can make common and no abuse despoil of their power, that "he was the noblest Roman of them all," is peculiarly ap propriate of one who made fchakespearc his master, companion and guide, and who drew from jthe. lofty association language and imagery, as noble, pure and unmixed with .thefdftgs of baser tongues,' as his life was simple, unsul lied and based on the antique mould of the great of the past, whom; the great poet made greater tn interpreting. No sentence ofthis ' length wouloi have suited the taste of him of whom it is spoken, which preferred the terse, la conic and unadorned; dealing in grand, massive, eranite . words, which he hurled like the mighty stones wielded hv trods and heroes in the 'battles of mythology. Bitt it is not our gift to condense and crystaliae. We must write as we can. and. leave that work to such as him we now deplore. Dif- , fering from Judge Black as completely, - in politics, as it is possible for men to disagree, we hesitate not to accord him the meed of praise due to so few of his AMbV a.fc.-w w tj I cere and honest man. Ilia sincerity 'and earnestness of character contrib uted no littlo to lay tho foundations of his greatness. ."Man has ao majesty like earnestness," ; says the jK)et of St. Steuben's of the oratory of Tluukett. lafn pn;i pi fri that nt Ufiincr a.-sin- The same was true of the life of Llack. Though the greatest of American, fo tcusic'iipeakers, he made no claims to originality, but framing. his sentences from thc.liible, ahakapeare and Milton, ho uttered -the' loftiest and most soul- . '-stirring which have electrified- courts and senates aiuco the days of rWebstcr. )t this great, brave, simple," intolerant and misguided man we can but say that take him for all and all, a-century will - "... pass before again in the tides of. time we shall behold his opial. - ' - HOV. IIOL,lENi CAltD. ; Following tho charitable, if not ju dicious example, "of the press of the i jatate generally, we shall forbear any extended continent on tho latest jjpuier saull of .tli.ia rather 'aged political acro bat utitil hid plumbed explanation is vouchsafed u.t." We do not know. in- - r deed, that we are sale or accurate in usinir the word "I'rouiiscd," for it seems u oe ji uououiu uiiiiici, ico'jiviiuiu ujr certain contingencies, as to whether or not we shall be 'condescendingly iu- uuljied in aiiy.eiplaualiou or not. 11 . -nasi occurred to us that tjbis veteran in triguer "ii probably withlioldiirg bis "reafjn" lor tnis ; change uutil the bour bon. "press shall kindly furnish him with f. uuefor until ho lias extracted tU:i ' 'After this has been accomplished 'and ,ho has drawn: the lire of his anticipated adversaries, perhaps ho will choose from the map of suggestions at hand and' , adopt! for his own such "reasons" as will most effectually elude the charge made against him and most gratify those .whose irood will he now seeks to conciliate. We would therefore, eoun el our frieuds of the press to make no comments. Drive him to select hi own battle grounds. If he cin afford to bo iileut, so can we. The burthen is upon him who has denounced an battled for years with' a party, and suf fered disgrace aud ruin at its hands, to show how it comports with honesty and honor that he hould make its leading orgau the lustrumeut of announcing his , tiwriion oi luose who raised him to .jthe power and distinction which hq forfeited, and consoled and pitied him IU lil.t ilerlinn Ilia rim ' ilinui. 'M. .icagerues,to' apeak to the people, and , w a xa m.- aa v w vj AA AO they will toy patiently waitJiir-btuT o have ho uecd tohegiu Ujje attack aud it wouJ4-btraluio3t cowardly to do le is down aud dead J and like &rutu, we Would "be sacrificcrs, bu ----- not butchers." ': ' ; i "W utaa II, aua lUi u haik lUo I 1 ill iv. ..i. -a . lit tiluu : ilrat'h,,tiui cuvy ;utcrwAra. :'.'!L:'::;:- . Illinois. W:: "We would be highly plekx-U to ihhj turner iiovcruor of Maac tut -tell a - ottcil ho an Ii t-'t.-.l Kiii K.,.. coun to the presidency, wo are 4giu hiui." Ai ..! .Vj us. v The above lofty andcltvutly phraol ruumem-is aUout a fair exponcut of the Ici'tio which prvvr.ila among the cIam lor whoiu it. nas nixiuly intruded 1 ieii. lutUr, the devil, or "aoy other uao' Ih gKJ enough lor th purH)o wl Waiios Vfce MAvchuM tts lUpubli- vao, a the North CATliiia iVniocra cy are not Uv share in the disasters of Sis cvd rule, A eueyu cuUiat, truly, and one nhkh lie LVuocrat of .k.. ...' v.. .. . . . T . - if ij cww m i g ii i reaivmixr when pt H t-aUt ujmu iu a luUiiml eJcclioa to rid "the dowu-trvJdea Kmth" of the horrors of "urcro uirrtiLi T &n,l . 4 ' ceutralt; deanvtiva'j but for the fact that the iAjvr prpAtinR U ia H lrvbAlUitj knoMo ext4 by a iogl citit of Uai CommoewJth. V wikt cvoneoj It, hovrr, to the ciUjVtw oi wntVnt North Oarvti&A, ?nkcn katnictrvl by ihw jouiial. as they dnHiUIn will b. la oxt jej caapAicQ, la ti I ihj patriotkai . pected of therd in relation to county government- When our western friends are then aeked by the Roanokei tews to surrender the privilege of local self rule, to save the "cegro ridden east" from colored domination, let them not forget (o recall to its" attention this in stance of its own selfish indifference to the welfare of its political allies in an other state. V ONE CiKlSSS. The daily Journal Observer ofi Chaf- lotle, under 'the head of "a aigujficaut withdrawal" hazards a surmise as to Cioy. lloldcu's latest.change which may bo a shrewd approximation of ; tbe truth. After calling attention to his having held for some time the lucra tive position of postmaster at Kaleigh, it refers to his displacement in favor of LSIr. .Nichols, and remarks that "this of course, was calculated to dampen his nrrlrr" Vprv trnp Few things -more ardcr. very true. J?ew tnmgs more so, and without departing frorrr our in- tnntion In not cira Mr. Holden rrounds for .tuotbg -b. .hen ilis h business to luelend mmsell, we submit this suggestion to our readers as one will deserving their consideration es pecially at this time when a general turn out of "the rascals" might again turn in such displaced officials, as our postmaster governor. I PRESIDENTIAL .. C'AXDI . DATES. Tho Ashe ville News of August l5th, in a leading editdrial of great ability, and no less ingenuity, brings forward tho names of llawlcy and Lincoln as our next candidates for president aud vice-president respectively. The editor adroitly and briefly does away with Arthur and lilainc by announcing, from some, source of information as authoritative as it is mysterious, that thefoTmer would iu no event consent to succeed J himself, while the latter goes by the bWrd for the sole and, sufficient reason that he is too great to he nomi- nal president, and must resign himself to the fate of great men, of beiug pres ident as to the work of the office, while smaller ones reap the honors and emol uments. ' A sad warning to great men, which we shall not fail to heed. Tho .'great. Sherman, too, despite his distinguished connection, with the fiuaucea aud tariff' of the country, would, we suppose, go the .same road for the same reason. Well,1 we might "go further aud do worse" than to ac cept tho suggestion of our contempo rary. r We are not making presidents just now, though when we get leisure for that bufliuess we will let our friend know. For ,tho present -we forbear to blight or biighttu the prospects of these geatleiuent aud merely say what we have to "give the uews"and let our readers .ace what i thought by others. ' i . r i. 1Ih the ItritHh Lion Horn Out UiH l'anv: NY AtliEKT r.OLl-lki.' Our Free Trade brethren say he has. ThA-jww-iftrniaxnaveeO, tie is n vo iron IIas a ?i 1 la m Y-1 I- a - 1 . ... m.m-y, vu the, weakest nation is safeiu his sight, for, say they, is not his'motto: "Peace, good will among nations?" Our purpose, is to examine the con dition of his paws. Their sharpuess was well known in the American co lonial days. At that time the colonics were regarded simply with the view of " ' euricning me iugusu snipper, mer a , a. on (,uiviuuicui luioouc IUIUI LU UliUV their own wares. i A keen watch was kept over them to prevent competition on their part with the artisans of Eng land. The governors of the different colonies were directed to make a care ful report to the home government of the condition of the colonial manufac tures in order that! they might be stroyed Iron foundries anit-litting mills were discovered nd they were sieedily suppreesed The manufac- tuire-oT fur hats was discovered and accordingly this industry was re- siricted so closely that, hats could not bo ' exported even ! to the ucxt colony from the one in which they were made, I , l , - " ,i i i .- .u-v. n.iviuunra uuijr iu apprentices at a timer Woof and flax mauufactures' were suppressed by lr nnt r,..;.i.M. A V... ' rv;aavM. rtuininu mi lories were ucviared uuiances. Ureal Britain even forbade the priming of , ., L' ... . , .. the Bible in America.. Oab of the greatest ot English statesmen, the cider Pitt, expressed hi opiuiou ou this subject in Parliament, which ha been often repeated: "The colouies ought not to be perniitted to make even a hob nail." SThis opinion, as Pitt we!l kuew, was behl not by him alone, but by the mfrvhant, hipjrs and BiAaBfActuirrs. The hob-u Ail pol icy was regarded the correct one for England to enforce, whatever might be the rAult to the colouie. Pmt the American colonbu were not the ttrt iwo pie toward whom Knrluh rttlers, inspired by tKopltsh turn. Lad U auu mAamAciurrrs, . nu bown the 1 depth of their beartjnoeM And xcy. lfeA9iJ-lua been cowpt!ed to drink a ull more bitter cup. AiW the Crow wrlliAn wars had eodU in the middle of ike Kventrenlh crnturv. the mh desired Jo cultivate their Lands in pesoe. At tfcAt Ume- ihee were the priacip! sources of Irish wealth. The I rauiei of catUe was the iat proauhl braWh of lnday Ur nn.hers of ... ..a, w biwu. AMkiuMViuem. tor wire uct etzsauad ta ere 'dog the English landholder be- camealarmedV He feared the results " 4 " . ,. . ha , of Imh competition. Accordingly he took steps to prevent it. What those I steps were we Bhall briefly relate1. They I ora AaarihA hi, tv. i n hia m-1 ' e v i a ..tM.L I tory of Ensland in the Eighteenth I Century." We shall reproduce them mainly in his own words, so) that no one can accuse us of distorting this chapter of English history. For surely no one will question either the hon esty, ability or (impartiality of this historian .... ., ... . .. r , I What the English landholder feared was that the Irish rivalry : in the cattle I market would lower Enelish. rents. The remedy he desired was as simple as it was effective. In 1665 and 1680 faws were enacted which absolutely prohibited the importation into Eng land from Ireland of all cattle, sheep and swine: of beef, rxirk. bacon and I . ----- - i mutton. and eyeH of butter and cheese. I f.Iu thja mannerj add8 Lecky, "the I ,' . , . , .. I " 23? a Single blow: At that I time the Irian had a few ships afloat, I sua mere wore nilgai MSinniDEB 01 a i colonial trad.. The .hipyr. am not iook witn any tavor on tnose l iew insn snips mat were occasionally i t- it.. . s n I seen in foreign ports. Accordingly I . . D- laws were enacted ,tcrotect tho Eng- iisu snipper, wua a very iew speci- r;.- - L r I Lned excepuon no European arucies, it I was declared could be imported into I from England, in ships built there and manneu Dy rngusn sauors. ixor couia l 1 1 Til .tr TkT 1 1 any articles save a very few be brought I from the colonies to Europe unless Jhey were fir8t unladen in Eogland. Through fear" that these regulations I might not utterly destroy Irish ship' ping, In lG0t another act was passed which declared that no goods of any kind could be imported directly from the colonies to Ireland. "In this man ner," says Lecky, "the natural course of Irish commerce, was utterly check ed. Her shipping ' interest was anni hilated, and Swift hardly exaggerated when he said : 'The convenieucy ol ports and harbors, which nature be- stowedso liberally on this kingdom, is 5, J ' : D I no nioie 'use to us tnaa a beautiiul proapebl to. a man shut up in a dun- geon.' We now come to the third act of England in repressing Irish industries Forbidden to'export cattle to England and to navigate the sea, the Irish turned) their land into sheep-walks, and began to manufacture wool. As early as ld'M Strafford, one of the English ministers, noticed that there were some small beginnings of a clothing trade in Ireland, and he promised to discourage it to the utmost lest it should inter - ieie with the woolen manufacture in England- Lecky says that if it had been kn object of statemanshiu ' to make Ireland a happy country, to mit- icate the abject and heart-rendinir poverty of its people, and to develop among them habits ot order, civiliza- tion an ! loyalty, the encourgement of this industrial tendency was of the ut- mnal ninmpnt. H.tl fl.mil n-Bii hont nn ZTZ, JiT...."!. manufacturers urgently petitioned for I the total destruction of the rising in- I , ,, . p w r" . ' L u: .u . Jua rep-re- i nruLiii Afti iiin K. 1 1 1 v i ii n.i. . inn rrrnwinrr lhe 3r?win manufacture of cloth in Ireland. ' both oy the cheapness, of all sorts of neces saries of life, and goodness of materials for making all manner of cloth, doth invite your subjects of England, with their families and servants, to leave their habitations to settle there, to the increase of the woolen manufacture1 in Ireland-, which makes rour ioval sub- I in.tu ,n i thie rinmlAm vavw nn.MU.H greatly prejudice the said manufacture here.' The House of Commons in very similar terms urged the tine "to en join all t,hose you employ in Ireland maseuitneir care, and use their ut most diligence to hinder iheex porta tion-of wool from Irelatid. except to be imported hitherr'and for the discour aging ttwool manufactures." ' e Aiug uromiseu 10 do as he wad reiueted. A Parliament waa sum moned in Dublin in l(l)S for tbe ex- ! Prc8S purpose of destroying the woolen lru"lli u "nu- J u?1 ""8ne the jcruaja p. me men wno were con vened to 'destroy the industry in which their friends were engaged or perhaps even memseives : vui luecij says that the Iriuh Parliament was at that time ZaIJ I . " rvv" vmci HIOT, Ik wouiu u.Te unn no power to resist. In therefore, a crushing law, p.-o- hibilinS the Irish from exporting their v a, w muJ m.uvi tUUB I J " - ' --va aa iiukiv UIUW r iifwor .a . 1- ki this industry. "So ended,", continues I Lecky, "lhe fairest promise Ireland nas ever known of becoming a pro jiTum mit Dippy counuy. ibe rum was aboJute and final." "Ireland ' wrote Swift, an Irishman, and unrivaled iu some jrwpects amour Enrtah wri ter, U the only kingdom I ever heard or read ofi either in ancient or modern story, which was denied the liberty of exportiog their native commodities and manufacture wherever thty pieaaeu, excepi 10 countries At war with theif own prince or tale, Yet this privilege, by the mere superiority of power, is refused us in the momen tous patis ot commerce Lecky, therefore, i juti6ed in savior that "the iwaio; industry of Ireland had beeo deliberately dealroyed because it (hi nnamn I that l m I . . W tactu'ert hid becun to rvrard it aa a cvoiiieuior wuo ueir own. Ii is true; that the Enrttsh promised to entronrage the Liaea and hemp man utscture a a compensation ax de stroying the woolen mAaafACtare- How did FuitUod eierote thb promise The woolen trade; as we have ea,'WAs destroyed ia Not until six years afterward was the .slightest legislative ocowragemeBi granted to the liaea iadatfrr. TBe,at the argeet petitica iTarUasseat, Ue Irish were J? MS export their while bring any colonial goods in return. "Iri Bpito of the compact of 1698" says Lecky, "the hempen manufacture was discourse thai it uositivel ceased. Disabling duties were imposed on Irish sail-cloth imported Into England. Irish cnecaea, smpea ana ayea unens were absolutely exctoded from the colonies, . n ,..i, ..!.! f,..m They were virtually excluded from England by the imposition ot a duty of 30 per cent 4 and Iceland wa3 not aW lowed to participate in the bounties eranted for the exportation of .-these descriptions of linen rom Great Brit am to foreirn countries. Thus it became "abundantly evident to all reasonable ' men,' concludes Lecky, nhat( Eogbjd possessed both the power and the wiH to crush every form of Irish industry as soon as it be came sufljcientlyVpperoua 16 com pete in any degree who ner own man ufactures. It aDoeared useless to per sist." The woolen roanuiactuxea which were ruined had "affbmea employment to 12,000 families in the metropolis and a OZ AAA 1? - 1 1 iUa ktnul nwM - XTTw nam Jlv KA uin' a l PT situ f!p- to ou,uuu iispexHeu utcx mo mguuui. . ..-TifLT A' 'frLl s i..u Birucuon me poopw vwre " ?u" a state of poverty that every bad season produced an absolute famine." IVm .n ah. nnil.rfliif. thn Irish iKSU EjSbh i TnnnM k.. iQa hwn mnn anil I . f , VS... ,UVJ w w J I quietly submitted to the destruction ol jnoir iuii.uoh . wiucu mc , u, U-UjhtaJJ - Ttay. nl.int in.t Knland cannot be T r- ' -a " -70 - , I firniliars with Irish history. wnat people would nave suDumied wuu oet - . ,. !fr.,l"!"TLrl ,1k" U1D UwlllvUl aiuauui. j. uwi n uv tw Irigh acorH-eat is a re- cent outbreak must be ignorant of that I . .. . ... lone series of terrible crimes wmcn into exi'le or died of starvation. And . 1 I r I I . f ' what excuse had England lor ner long- continued infernal policy; u" ex- fu mP y l"a mjgt atm to their gains. In other I words, the English" government dehb erately stripped Ireland in order to add to the wealth of those on tho other side of the English Channel. ' In the ncht ot these terrible wrongs does anyone wonder, wo repeat, why I the Irish Bhould hato Great Britain aud thirst for revenge? We may regret whatever: they do contrary to law; nevertheless, we can not be human aud help feeling sympathy toward that peo ple whom Englaud through a loin course of years has robbed in order to enrich Englishmen. It is impossible to find the slightest excuse or justification Ami Inn 14 n v I i li iwtl irxr Trin T riuli wnrn I lJL iXXTJ XJUL.HOU IfJ I IV T A UU .A I ? LA IIV1V I loroiauen to export catue. siiopiy. yoie- J. ad because by so doing they lllbciicicu tt l tu tun imuc auu ciunpuiiij of Englishmen. They could not ex- I port wool, simply, solely, aud only for tbe same, reason, lhe Irish industries were destroyed, not in the way of pun ishment for past misdeeds, but simply that English trade and prosperity might not be miured. Happily tho Irish are beeginning to hud out that: it they can not recover any portion' of; theii losses I occasioned by British greed and power,' I those living. in this country can at least 1 prevent Great Britain from re enacting I the old story in America by sustaining I that industrial policy the object ot I which is to maintain our markets aud I our industries for the benefit of the peo- I pie who live and labor on this uido ot I the sea. , n i. -aid. Eneland may have treated ireiand and the- American colonies' I badly, but she has become wier aud I I - : I .:. 'I't.: "."""A": ,uwtt -. loo 0ften in. practice. Wherever be I J. r f. ts' ' L v .. . l vu cuioiv-c ua policy D n igmslic does not shrink from the effort. Let i turn to Turkey. In 1S3S the -'policy o a l a rsi i w . . Turkey was protective, 'so' far as 'there was any policy, and many industries existeo. in mat country wmcu were lair ly prosperous. Says Dr. Hamlin who lived in the country for many vears. there was no rich manufacturers, but tne numerous worcmen in their small workshops were much better off than the similar class in England. Iu one I a were live or cotton (roods for the home market. Connersmiths were,very numerous in JJontantinople The native cutlery, carpenters' tools , -- - as horse-shoes, donky -shoes, stone-workers tools, combs for the empire, amber work, oriental hoots, shoes, embroidery and imany other domestic arts, em ployed tens of thomands of industrious workmen in that city, and the products 01 tnejr labor went to all parts of the Marmora and Black seas aud to the Asiatic and African porta of the Medi terranean. Through Cobden's efforts Turkeywras inveigled into introducing Free Trade. What happened? All the industries mentioned which flourished then, and many others, disappeared or nut ituuwu mj auBiuiitcance wuu as tounding rapidity. The Turkish fab rics were imitated in Manchester, with a nicer finish, and sold at less than half rrice. Of course, the Turkish niauu lacturers soon succtinibcd. Dr. llau un says that "erety loom in Scutlri Ceased lo work, lhe long, narrow buildings where they worker! have rot ted dowu. I had occasion iu lo hire one, but it was too much delaveU . l : l : . . . ' mj unit rri'Airru, ami rwt n.i r.i4 drove me out. That Jarre Poiulat...u perished io wretched ocas and misery extreme." Another illustrAtioo is worth giviu" Dr. Hamlin says that in I Si I h' Brusa. a city in the interior and any aowu lor in siiK-worfs and fur weaving Bruasa bath-tbwelA. At that time this was a large 'and Eourishinr ti . - : i - . iodiutry auvl supported thoasAnd of L..J. I A.. .L : . .vii" oe lotroauctian of r... Trade into Turkey Maocheatr ban making the shag towels of Br baa and eadinr them even to that They were poorly made, but lo-jked like the real thing sad were sold cheAp. Every Brass loom was stopped., AfWr the industry was thorouxhiv kill! th Pfjcj towels rose again. o thai, say4 IV. Hasslia, ta proportioa to the wear that was in them the people had to pay probably at least taeaiy-hv rr cent, more ioc these goods iSAa lot the &id oees of native maaaiactare. J Taw t a fair Ulsttialiooolh talv. of Ureal fkiuia. which biasrtmed oy ts uauea Uab waosa asoUo raaca aad good will toward aux. Iauudaoea hont reoia. mtll ik cbears roia romeig Iadaecne, aa raassrckM ad roa taeof4e Aad Uedouttof Ucaw taian is tallmi mm exJuhiUaa ol eeaeaaad ml li'ii. achieve greatness, and soma nave greatness turn st upon them."-SHAKBBPARK. fai '. THE LITTLE GIANT. General William Mahone, United States Senator frem Virginia, whose position 1 en murh nnlifiril r..ntmT(rsT! wan born I in Southampton, Va., an 1827; was I W v.-.-w.. . J I - . raJu:llcJ froil Ulc Virgini Mili fnstUute in lsl- anJ aflerwardaj Virginia Military un til the outbreak of the war of seces ' sion , devoted himscit to civu engi- i neering. lie was the constructor of I the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. I It . . . . I He embarked in the secession move meut: took part in, tho capture of the Norfolk NAvy Yard iu 1S61; raised and ment, and was with it in most of the a . . i ... -. -1 1 . . . -. - a battles iu Uhe l'eninsula campaign, tll08e ol tUe Uappahaunock and those lie was made both brigadier-general aud major-general in the vear 1SG1. and afterwards com- njuj a cor.,s iu Lee's army, and it . - ,, , in t r u is well known by the members of that army mai uu was umoveu ujr ei. Lee and ..regarded a one of his very ..m-.-.rj Hn in every important cngagenieut that took place iu the Virgtuia army. No man was in ao many pitched battles as Gen. Mahoue. At tho closo of the war he returned to railroad engineering, and iu the course of Lime ho becamo presi dent of a trunk line from Norfolk, into Tennessee,- over "four hundred miles long. His lailroad di'rcclKu has given hiui a power iu politico,' which he has always cxercL-ed in a large aud inde pendent, way, utterly baftliug to the politieiauo of the old school, but often very useful to tln.ni. NV'hen the Demo cratic party wa-1 at iu wit's euds,: ami by every uieaiia poKible was attempt ing to overthrow . Uepublicau rule in Virginia, it va.v Mr. Mahoue who-BUg-gested tiiat the: toutlLin uliuuld io dot3j Mr. Walker, a Northeru man, and an a vowed IU publican, as Goyer uor. . Walker proved to be all that Mahune h;;l promi.ied the Virginians. Siuce then, it 'is ald, the Virginia rail road, king- has -made Wiih'ers United States Senator artd Kemper Ciovernor of : Vij ftiij . ' i'i", -in !" -- l:- utiowa -iiO-eitieiit'ftv led hiui luto pol itic" still uioie cuinjltteiy, and in de lult id' -vuring. Hie nomiiiationjor Governor iln liiuisi. IT, lie tirrncd-ft over to HolHday and i iccted hiiuT llolliday having nhied l.ituvHwith Mahone's enemies, th- .iatTer entered the fi again at JJwrtTead of the "liiadjusters wasficctcd by them -United States Senator in place of Hon. Kobert E. Withers, and took his seat 'March 1th, lcsl. 11 h term will expire March 1th, 1S7. CJeneral Mahone-is a. the head of the ljioejal movement -in the South , and is therefore one ufUhe most .important political persons in this country to day, striking out as he has and organ izu:g and heading a new party of the independent and iiberai-niiuded men u me couui, nc ucceeu.M in re deeming Virginia, aud it now looks as if he is bound to take a large majority ol the souUicrn stales bon democracy. from the bour4 i Sugar, Gpilbc, FIqut, 'j t-'ULL JiTCM. R iX II AN U, Al'lUAN .1 MM Ll.li. Wiy!ta!a cirutv-rk. in Ii 1 . U . I. ..',. I Km; i ana l v k hu. To Consuuiptives. fill a-l Vill r ii.ll!l - tx.3 Itrrmsnnil -UINl ol ,.,-. ,r,.l ,, i K, , T Ption fc . ... .. , 1 -M IIIIIF eur. To ail w ii.. ,l.-ir, r is Uir tncAus uf -a ,it M l IIC Will IkPll.l ma. I'laftki wUliiisi tJi- lr tiu. will K. Win ITnn ll IV J-ljr c.. it liUujiabi.r-. I. N V $72, luirl5-, Kin Limn, nmt i. UiTt 14!C I-Ubiu-. IkwUl-Ool tlMal. Wn mi-;; .tJ,.. ,u tK.y Bad C:r - i.t'-. mtnrm Ut mo,.' par. Urn, or f)t ,,-a, mh. Uia ta ,h" Joe 6f!f a. mr-fi. t, r. tii ri u Bungs; Nails, 6cc Tic i f "Some are born great, stmt wuu IheUlwlioHa i.,r , rvivutiiii; and uln-,,C.-M, UUJ.' Vu r 'H find a Mir fwrl " rirci KiniisAi . r r-. . t " . .&.IUIUM A ; JOSEPH B. HAWLEY. No nublic man of the Dresent dav " 7 - - holds a! higher position in the hearts of his countrymen than General Joseph B. Hawley. He was born at Stewarts -Tile, Iiichmond Co., North Carolina, uct. 6 Lai., lo-'o, ana unui ne was eleven years of age, he attended school at a little log school house at a place known ; . - as Scotch Hill in : Richmond county, N. C, At this lime he removed; tb Connecticut with hia parents For three years he worked ou.the old farm of his forefathers, and then returned to school. He entered tho Sophomore class Hamilton College in 1841, and was graduated in IS 17. i - As a student, ho held a high rank, especially in the languages and studies pertaining to literature and politics He waa a good writer and gave early evidence of the oratorical ability which has since made him famous as a cam natiru orator and skillful debater. He A took the first prize in declamation, and though the different societies of the college! were carrying on a (hot rivalry, he was unanimously elected to deliver the annual address iu 1817. Among the members of the faculty and the trustees, he was as popular as with the students, an evidence of which is the fact that he is, to-day, a trustee of the college, by election of the alumni, and Doctor of Laws, through the courtesy of the corporation. After his graduation, he studied law at Caeuovia N. Y., taught school for two winter?; studied law one summer with Johu Hooker Esq., and subse- ci'iently became his law partuer at Hartford, Conn. From the start, Sept 1st, IS 10, the firm of Hooker St Hawley did a thriving business. Hawley's first political appearance was in the autumu of ISoO, when - he rose in a meeting, which he and his partuer had assembled, and protested vigorously sgaiust the fugitive slave law. He had imbibed hia father 'sani oiaciy mean, and during his entire o liticai career lias never belonged to either the Whig or the Democrat! party. He took the stump m lSi', niakiug thirty or fortv stirrinir iwhM. y - " a Into the brilliant campaign of 1-Ve mont and Daytou, iu 1S0G, he plunged with all his sour aud made fifty npeit li es, which probably had much influence in securing Fremont's election by i subitantial majority. The Hartford Presn, of which he be came proprietor tn 1800, aud which was merged i a the CWn, iu 107, waa the field for his first journalistic aud literary work. He is still oue of the proprietors of jthe paper one of the best paying newpaera in the country, besides it is the leading Republican pajer of ew England Upon tlie outbreak of the war. hc was the first mat) in Connecticut to enlist. At th nation's call for troop, he an; wered, by ordering rifle aiid beginning the organisation of a company, before the call had reached the smaller towns As iaptAin. be led hia fellow .joldiers to the battle of Bull Kuu, where he won high commendation from bin Cob nel. for valor. He imnediAtely raided m itSiwmi uu m jcooi, ne; wa pro moted lo the rauk of IWicadier (kneral of oluotcera. He won iu many hard fought balllcn aud achieved great praise, from his superior officer fwr hi braverv and nood inanAgemeal handling his men durinc tbe figbu. He wan at the cAptuiing of Fort. Fiabcr nrAr Wil tuingtoa and wai Kcuod iu cummsod to Geol Terry. He commandcl rhU military division for many months, and by his order maoy tboUtaoda of white and colored peofde were fed until ihey couW rAie a crop ia 1n5. Duriog the tnooth of Au;ut 1 V, A tMtiaKniAl lo hia berotvm, iotcllijeace Aod kilty chrUtiaa character, waa pre Koled to bin by duuing uubed Irieods, waa mAaufadared for him aI aa et petue of eleven ha ad red sod fifty dol lars The HKcrediag moath. he rt- ceited prpasoiioa to le rsak of lieaerAl of VoUateers by brevet. Lpoa bu reiara from the war he waa t'ctd (Wttraor of Csaecucal ia I by a Ixtg auocity, aa4 my tod tiaie iu dlgaity aahoswr. IU was rrvdeat ol lhe Nalioaal Iirri- t-oarrauoa of 1S At ta Ua aavl was smmxaimI TmIwi..! . Is. He wa SrcrvCary of th coa. mttam om rrweisuoes U tU XaiW.i i Convention of 1872. He was rha;.. - of the committee on resolutions in 187 He waS l'resident of the- United States Centeuuial Coin mission from its organ,, zatiou in 1S73 to the completion of the work of the Ueutenuial Commission ia 1877. . ' . ; . He filled the vacaucy iu the Forty. second Congresa, occurring through the death of llou. J. L. Strong, and at the succeeding election was returned, t ' well as to the forty-sixth Congress. -In 1SS1, ho was elected U. S. Senator to succeed Hon. W. W. Katoa and took his seat March 4th, 18S1. Ilis term - will expire March 4th, 1887. ' - The whole life of the uiau iu pleas. ant study, from, the little log school house, in the wilds of the Carolinas, to the chair he holds with so much of public approval, in the oeuale. His popularity as . President of the Centennial Commission, was amply at tested in the -gift of a superb vase, from the member,1 1 Throughout his career, he has ever prayed himself frank, manly and bon-y est. rarty-fccliug disappeares iu the ad miration that is universally felt for bis integrity, oratorical ability, heruistn and sincerity of conviction. He is ably equipped for tho highest duties of Citizenship, and sustains the honors which are conferred upon bin with becominc modesty and cface. NEW AD VXIinSEMEX ROCK LIME t, ' - FOR ,BUlLDlN(i 1'IIKFUSES ' - !v A . : FilESHLV'lUdvMED DELIVERED IN W1LM1HT1T0K - J - T,- ' i'-' At $1,15 Per Barrel- Al&u - " - - i -'''Agricultural Lime ' ' . ami Carbonatn id Lime French Bro's., KtH KY POINT, NC, Jan L'y tl. MILLIONS wr intm AMATEURS. & 1uU1" null. Jaran f liall. I'n-Ju-lj llullat. CAtutncaa uuiui. ai umrmwm 1'lanU forllrmihnuar , r -1" - i t atul ladnw Uanlcua, eW)HIRAMSIBlEfSCO. UvOlwtu. Si.X. a Utka?,'U. 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