THE JOUENAL.
J. W. HARPER,
Editor.
IiLinston, N; G.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1878
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CHRISTMAS.
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Amidst tne financial pressure of the
present time, which has more or less
affected every link in the chain of sb
cietr.. Christmas merry Christmas
offers a delightful relief. With this
high festival are associated joy, peace
and happiness. It is the dividing line
between the old and new year we fin
ish up our; years work on the day be
fore Christmas, arid for a week indulge
in rest, and every species of pleasure;
and then take up the .burden of life
for. another year. v
tunate debtor, who by some mischance
is unable to meet his liabilities;: but
what shall we say of one 'in . private
life, who knowingly contracts debts
which if is irriposdble for him to pay ?
We may not wish to revive the old
laws and inflict tangible vengeance,
but undoubtely this person has been
guilty of a great fault He has com
mitted an invasion upon his neighbor's
rights, either from an undue love of
his own gratifications, or from a reck
lessness about his affairs, which every
reasonable person I knows can not be
indulged in without the greatest danger-
m ; . r'j ''. -:; . ;
Society ought not to forgive it too
easily. Such a person is not entitled
to stand exactly on the same platform
of social and moral standing with
those who keep clear of debt.
Nothing can save debt from the
stamp which desliny has l put upon it
The reckless may
therefore feel well assured that in the
' J . , i degradation,
has been a most prominent church .
. . . ,tW j therefore feel v
. . . .. . . , long run the burden of life will be
lias uccu imiicu no a ocaouu
nnA tvlnTnoaa' Tf IS
' J ' ,, . . . J have its duties and responsibilities
distributed all along our daily life,
. . i ... . i . . . rather than indulge in pleasure at
UUU UUUi.mjr , uu u aucu expeuge;bf othera and in
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v . f the end have thein lives marred by
look on oy giory ui u itcuuuuVc their loss of self-respect arid therestcem
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ana ministration 01 angeis. . wmir f their neighbors
mas is tne time lor social ana iamny
reunions. Those who have been sepa
rated during the rest of the year, can
' then meet at the old Homestead and
kindle anew in their hearts the loves
and sympathies of earlier days.
Truly is it said "work is worship,"
and. in like measure and like manner
enjoyment is thanksgiving.
Man's nature demands rest and re-
t laxation at stated intervals, and we
should therefore celebrate this annual
.festival not merely from custom, but
from obedience to one of Nature's first
laws Hest.
The Christmas peal should never
fail to arouse the best sympathies of
Maj. Yeates's Competitor.
Retirement of Archbishop Pur-
cell.
Personal Intelligence.
Raleigh Nevrs's "Washington Correspondent.
Mr. Martin, the new member elect
to the 46th Congress, whose - seat I
am informed will be contested by Mr.
Yeates, was in the i city last week.-
He was happy. He settled the vexed
question of how Mrs. Senator Bruce
shall be received into Washington of
ficial society. He took a social glass
with two of his colored constituents
Cincinnati, Dec. 23. The vener
able Archbishop Purcell,who has had
charge of the Catholic interests of this
city for many years, announced to the
Cathedral congregation vesterdav
that he had written to the Pope ask-
....... a .
ing to be relieved ou account Lof in-
firmities of old age. In his remarks
he alluded to financial matters
and evidently convinced his hearers
that no fears need be felt as to- the in
vestments made through him, as they
were secure and would be returned in
due time. ! h
Death of Hon. Beverly iong-
; las.-, . " ' j
Washington, Dec. 22. Congress
man Beverly B. Douglas, representing
the first District of Virginia, died at
the National Hotel early this' morn
ing, after a brief illness, from Inflam
mation of the bowels. Mr. Douglas
suffered acutely during bis illness.
He was attended in his last moments
by several -of his colleagues in the
House of Representatives, his daugh
ter, who arrived last night, and other
friends. He lost consciousness du
ring the night, and died easily. The
remains will be taken, to Richmond to
nisht bv a committee consisting of
Senator Jones, of Florida, and Repre
sentatives Hunton and Goode, of Vir
ginia,' Luttrell of California, Carlisle,
of Kentucky, Dunnell, of, Minnesota,
Hartsell, of Illinois, and Clark of
Iowa. There will be no funeral serv
ices here, the intention being to have
the obsequies performed at the home
of the deceased in Ayletts, New Kent
county, Virginia.
Hayes is a Grant man.
General Robert Toombs Is in
Washington.
Thomas Carlisle is eighty-three and
in good health.
Wrhy is it that when a Sheriff swears
he says, "Oh, hang it ?" .
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George Eliot will edit the 1 works of
her late husband. George Henrv
, o J
Lewes.
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Indorsements nowadays are a good
deal like the notches on Robinson
Crusoe's post.
The Oil City Derrick believes that
Dr.. Mary Walker's, favorite song is,
"I would I were a boy again,!
Mr. Richard H. Dana, Jr., will
spend two years in Paris and will
write a treatise on international law.
him, aired himself in a prom, on thei
av. While there he sought the distin-
our hearts, inducing those who are I uished ,honor 0f an introduction to
blessed with the good things of this life, the august' chairman of the committee
w Been 10 renuer u aiao a season or .pujka tilj,v
Hard onBlaine. The National
Republicaii, the pleading Radical or-
at the Metropolitan bar, and, with gan of this city, thus goes for the out
one of the stalwarts on either side of rage bulldozer from Maine :
"Senator Blaine has disappointed
the country in declining to serve on
rejoicing for the poor and needy.
"A loud and laughing welcome to the merry
Chrltma bclla ! )
All hall ! with happy gladness to the well-known
' chant that swells : ,
We lint the pealing anthem chord, w hear the
midnight strain, "
And lore the tidings that proclaim old Christmas
once gain.
Hat there must be a melody, of purer, deeper
sound
A rich key-note whose echo runs through all the
mtnic round ; ,
Ltklndly voices ring beneath low roof or palace
dime "
For these alone are carol chimes that bless a
Christmas home." 'i
the Committee r appointed under his
resolution of investigation. If he
He spoke of himsolf knew of wrongs" and outrages against
as "the fellow that beat' Yeates." the rights of citizenship in the South
"How much majority ?" inquired Mr. that would justify investigation, it oc-
Harris. "Fifty-one," was Martin's curs to the mind of the average Amer-
reply. "Why, that's nothing," re- ican citizen that, he should have
marked Mr. Harris. "It's a common headed his committee and made the
thing, they say of my committee, to i work efficient and thorough to the
jlastf extremity. If there are no wrongs
to be investigated then the whole
thing is a farce, and - will prove a mis
erable failure ; but, nevertheless, Sen
ator Blaine, after initiating the fight,
should be in the fore front of the bat
tle, instead of at the rear, among the
baggage train."
overcome one thousand majority.
Martin smiled afterwards.
FROM WASHINGTGN.
BAYARD TAYLOR S SUCCESSOR.
Washington ! Dec. 20 Eugene
Hale & Co. are pressing Senator
Christiancy for Minister to Germany,
Dr. John Henry Newman will issue
a new volume of his "Apolajgia,"-containing
his correspondence with Arch
bishop Whateley.
. A Cincinnafi porkpacker who -has
become very wealthy has put a motto
on his carriage. It is, "In hog signo
vinces." . ;
Lhe first certain traces of the ob
servance, of the Xmas festival are
about the time of the Emperor Corn
modus (180-192 A.D.)
-,Mr. Charles Francis Adams has
bought lots at - Kansas City, Mo.,
worth S40,000, and will build on
them a cotton mill and cottages for
workmen.
The attending physicians pronounce
Governor Hampton out of danger, but
state that his recovery will be slow
aud tedious.
There is a bill before the South
Carolina Legislature providing that
the cost of food for a prisoner shall no
longer be. thirty cents a day, but it
shall be twenty cents.
There was a brief Cabinet session
last Tuesday. Evarts, Sherman and
Devans were absent. Nothing was
said about the German mission.-
Theodore Thomas, the musical
chancellor,of Cincinnati,was lookiug at
a dog that was chasing a pig the other
day, and he remaked that in a few
minutes the dog would have a good
ear for music.
Offenbach will discard opera bouffe.
He has an idea that tragic opera is
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nistorte.. lnat is wnere ne manes a
mistake. .
New Year is not a particularly
sickly season though it is the call-era.--
Y. .Graphic-
Since the Forty-Fifth Congress
assembled, no less than five members
have died, namely; Wilsch, Quinn,
Leonard, Williams and Douglas.
"What I'd like to know," said a
schoolboy, "is how the mouth of riv
ers can be so much larger than their
heads." -
, The State government of New York
has cost $13650,000 during the past
year. A Republican Legislature
made the appropriation.
"Pants for $5," said a seedy look
ing man, reading the sign in the win
dow of a clothing store he was passing
"so do I. I never panted so for $5
in all my life. Saturday XijhL
The latest statistics of the Registrar
General in England prove that there
are in that country nearly a million
more females than males. Up to the
age of ten years the difference in the
number of the two sexes is not marked.
feiuce the draft in' war times,
there has been no such dread of serv
ice as was displayed by the Republi
can senators when urged to - serve on
the election investigating committee.
Wash. Post.
he Italian ministry out of office. -
Some of our Cabiuet ministers would
go out, about a thousand leagues at a
bounce, if that were a" propelling pow
er here.
-The chairmanship of the election
investigating committee went down
faster than mining stock in a panic.
It slid from Blaine to Hoar, dropped
from Hoar to Dawes, and finally
plunged from Dawes to Teller. At
that distance it was dimly perceptible
to the naked eye.
Bayard Taylor's body has been de
posited in a vault in Berlin, but it
will be brought .to this country and
interred in Pennsylvania, his native
State. He is said to have understood
well seventeen different languages,and
yet was only graduated in a, printing
office.
Zr. V. E.WEYHER
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MBE MED ICINE
PERFUMERU.v
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When Senator Ransom said, in
his recent. speech, "what the country
Wants is a revival of trade, and not a
revival of hate," he uttered 'a truth
that sounded all the better on account
of the source from which it came.
DEBT AND INSOLVENCY.
The insolvent debtor among the R6
mans, was cut to pieces and distributed so that bloody Zach Chandler, Eu
among his creditors, . this principle gene's daddy-inlaw, may .come to the
is recognized by Shakes ear in " The Senate. The Pennsylvanians want
Merchant of Venice" where the pound Governor Hartrauft, whose term ex
of flesh is claimed by Shylock under Pires January 1st, to be appointed.
the forfeited mortgage. The Haleites say that John Welsh is
Even' in this State, up to the Canby Minister to England, and the Key- Quickly, and almost unobservedly,the
Constitution in 1868, the insolvent S0UQ state is not entitled to two first real South has come back to her an-
wm treated as a criminal andr sub- class missions. On 7 the other , hand, cient holding and influence in Con
jected;to the personal punishment of Hartranft's friends say Bayard Tay- gress. One by one the speechless
imprisonment.- - lor was credited to Pennsylvania, and nincompoops have "slid out" from the
Theso laws were but an expression of Unat a mission to South America was places which they have usurped, and
tho natural senso nf mnnkiml onnnom. refused a Western Pen nsylvanian on have I been supplanted by the real
that account. .,
THE RADICAL CAUCUS HAVE A. H. O. T.
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A Republican member of Congress
says the Republican Senators, in cau
cus last night, had "a high old timej"
and many of them id not hesitate to
ing tho Immorality of insolvable debt.
A man fvho did not pay his debts was
regarded as dishonest,- and an en
croacher on his neighbors rights and
property, and was to be punished accordingly.
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Uur present laws iiave been pom- g0 for Blaine with gloves 4ff first
pletely changed and public sentiment because he introduced the resolution;
has kepi pace with the law We are and secondly; because he backed out
from participation in the investiera-
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tion after it was ordered.
now no I more inclined to be severe
with debtors than with others who in
jure ,us. We trust for our protection
more to the moral influences working
in society and to our own care and
foresight in business transactions,
rather than to the vengeance of the
Uw. We are indebted to two tilings
for the change of public sentiment
about insolvency increased humani
ty and the general loss of property
which has fallen on nearly every one.
One can better sympathize with his
poor neighbor if he himself has suf
lerea nnanciai loss or is on the eve of
Bankruptcy. When a people becomes
familiarized, aa we are with mercan
tile engageraenu in which all are
debtors and creditors by turns, a fail
ure to fulfil engageraenu appears as
only the effect of miscalculation or
mischance. The knowledge that what
may bo your turn to-day may be mice
to-morrow, makes us wondrous kind
xUfc iouiscnmiaaw numanuy may -Now that the Senate is about to
carry us too far. in our changed views pass from Radical control, the or-ans
raiu.u ucuw auu luwiveacy. 0l that party are discovering that
We should always have great char- there are too manv officials on the
lty and compassion toward the unfor- Senate pa v rolls. W&h. Po'
leaders of Southern entiraent and
opinion. Blaine's badgering they
treat with dignified contempt. They
decline to quarrel about their own
past wrongs, but steadfastly look to
the future and the good of the whole
country. There was never a grander
opportunity for; any party of me
than is now presented to the represen-
tatives of the South. Washington
Post, Dem.
Ja daily, adding to his already large
Stock of i
PURE DRUGS,
. ... .
and IXDICINES. "
By pnrchasing direct from Manufac
tnrers of the Highest Standinfr, he
is enabled to offer to the public the
PUEEST HEDICINES
from first bands, and at prices as low as
such goods 'an be sold. He also keeps
a full line of
Toilet ViticlcW
of all kinds.
SOAPS.
BRUSHES,
PEKFUMEUY
and
TATI O TV ERY,
o
Blaine's Committee at a Stand
still.
PUBE AVIXKS At LIQUORS!
for Medicinal pnrpoaea;
Choice brands of Cigars, iucludlng
the far-famed
SOLON SHINGLE CIG AR.
A largo assortment of Trusses, of
all grades. '.
Garden Seed of 1 11 kinds.
EST" Prescriptions carefully oreDarcd.
at all Lours." dav or nicht. '
v mf O .
Orders receive prompt attention.
. . ' -V. E. WEYUER, M. D.
jan l-12m '
BRIEF ITEMS. ' A rcnrdinr t a th a "NTat Ynrl- ir7,7
Senator Lamar says the report that the exact figures of the next House
he declared for a Southern Speaker of Representatives are as follows :
of the next House of Representatives, Democrats 149, Radicals 129, Kation-
and expressed the opinion that the als or Greenbacks 10. California not
South ought to have the Chairman- included. That State elects next
hip of the leading committees, is year.
without foundation.
The SletropoliUm llotel is the
Southern headquarters. Lamar,Rau
som, ferrimon, Walker, Buckner,
Harris of Virginia, Pridemore, Wad-
dell, and a large number of other
prominent Southern members are
here.
It would now seem that Mr.
James G. Blaine has kitten off. this
time, a Utile mere than he can chaw.'
Wash. Post, Dem. .
The New York Times says that
"the indifference shown by Republi
can Senators to Mr. Blaine's investi
gation is due to personal jealousy,"
whilst the New York .Evening Post
ascribes it to a growing conviction
that the movement is untimely and
will be unproductive vf
-The Chronicle has again and
again urged the importance of adverj
tising sheriffs and other sales j in the
public prints published in their re
spective counties. We will unite with
our brethren of the press in shelling
J all along the line, and making it hot
for members of the Legislature who
j are afraid to perform a just and nec
1 csa ry action. Milton Chronicle. !
Joaquin Miller has written a play
entitled "Mexico. ; Should it prove
true to its name it will cause a "revo
lution" in the drama. Norristown
Herald. .
-
Geonre Alfred Townsend informs
the country, through the Brooklyn
Eagle, that Blaine as a Presidential
candidate would be easily beaten by
Bayard or Thurman.
An investigation of the conduct of
George F. Seward, late Miuister to
China, a nephew of Wm. H. Seward,
indicates great corruption in the dip
lomatic service under him.
Justin E Colburn, the .Journalist
died in the City of Mexico, for which
he was United States Consul-General,
on the 2nd inst. He was born in Ver-
mout, and was thirty-three years old.
Ex-Governor Seymour is in favor
of the lash as a punishment for cer
tain classes of incorrigible criminals,
and even in Massachusetts there is a
strong sentiment in the same . direc
tion.
The London Trut h says the Duke
of Connaught will be appointed Lord
Lieutenant of-Ireland as soon after
the marriage jas an opportunity occurs
to provide for the Duke of Marlbo
rough. Dr. Norman Kerr, F. L. S., of Lon
don, says that in Great Britian two
hundred thousand persons annualjy
lose their lives one way or the other
by drinking, limited and unlimited;
moderate or immoderate.
"Grant takes a little whiskey now
and then' says; Simon Cameron, "and
so ao l, out mat aon t mate mm a
drunkard." Then what in the name
of Bacchus is it that does make him
a drunkard.-Courier JovmaL
Washington, Dec. 24. Blaine's
committee is without funds to prose
cute work. ' It was the opinion of
Blaine and others that the twenty
thousand dollars appropriated last
session for the use of the Senate Com
mittee appointed to investigate' the
charges against Senator Mathews and
the late Presidential election general
ly, would be available for the present
committee, but Judge Porter, First
Comptroller of the Treasury, to-day
decided that the appropriation is ap
plicable only to, defray the expenses
of the committee directed by the Sen
ate;to inquire into alleged frauds in
the Presidential election; and not to
defraying the expenses of the commit
tee under Blaine's resolution.
The Kixstos Journal J year ..
" " 6 months
.l..V) .
... 0.75
NOTICE!
Ai'l L.ICAIION will he mada'ta thn
Oeueral Asnembly of North Carolina to amend
tne Charter of tho Towu of La Orange so as
to rennire applicants for licence tn r-M
epiritnvua liqnprs in said town, to exhibit to
tho County CommiHwionere a recommendation
from the commLHionei8 of said town, i
Dt-c.30. 178. : L-4t. .
- 1878.
S. EINSTEIN
Xico and CIIKAP GOODS
FOB TIIE
olldays.
The Journal and N. C. Farmer for one year
and one dozen papers assorted garden seed for
$2.00.
The Kixstox Jocrxal and LonlsvUle Courier
m m r.
v j ounuu one veiir ior z.ou.
PKIVATi: BOARDING.
Mns. Lucy J. Paiikeb will open a
first class Private Boarding Ilouse ou
Jan 1st, 1879; at the Stevcnsou house,
opposite Moore & Coxs tore.
Terms reasonable., ' - dec27-tf
KINSTO; N. C. '
i Practices in lnoir, Greene. Wijne,
Jonea and adjoining counties.
tf Prompt and efScient attention
paid all business entrusted to him.
SettlcmeBts of estates of deceased
persons a ppecialtj.
IgxT bf&ce on Court Honse Square,
formerly occupied bj Jso. F. Wooten.
jau l-12m. .
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CLOTHING a SpeciAlty,
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jan 1 tf EINSTEIirS.
Representatives THornberg and
Riddle, of Tennessee, and Walker, of
Virginia, bave all been very ilL
Messers. Thornberg and Valker are
better, and. Riddle is convalescenL
liar.
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. White pPaiTOtt,
Slillers and Lumber Dealers,
Ivhistoii, N, C,
Are now prepared to fill all orders for
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tziT Also taeep on band the celebrated
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