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J PITS . n v , I. : " VOL. TY-NO. What the News amy about a "rstur to the economical Uxesof twenty year -o" the Charlotte Democrat thinks is worthy of serious consideration at the h ds of the approaching Legislature. Tnc Warrentou Gaxetts U a sensible paper. IU able and sagacious editor taore than fire years ago advocated the liquidation of the State debt aad the letting of the public roada to the lovrest bidder. Uot. ance wtll b happy to 4 ear a m wis jiutoo cnroDicle does not complain of htm, 'but of the course pursued in thi aenatorial ooofab by ome of hie par excellent friends, like the Raleigh News." K.chmond, Virginia," is a bandsoafe ou growing civy. n now naa otot T),(XW inhabitants. During tke past year tbere wrw 179 brick, buildings erected in th city, 84 frame, aad 31 owi omuiing enlarged, at a total cost of 1360. OX). I it t Ul taxes were $(09, 4U 3 J. The Wilmington Star. raises it potest voic in behalf of the overbur- deud tax payers in the State. The iScar says: It ut an outrage that tome of tlie official should receive Uie pay they dj. Let xx not withhold our hands, brethren of the quill and pencil, uatil the wrong is righted and the extravagance disappears. Let us K we the LegUUtrs line upon line. What say you? Senator Mrrnmon roaj not be the dramatic orator as pictured by the Ban Francisco Call. Hi eloquence may Ivck that inspiration trust In nil she reins and awaken strange thoughts. Smile sad tears may not be neighbor in bis speeches as they are in haman life His style may not be fervid, impassion ed, oriental m its richneea and luxu riance. But in rej.ly to Blaine his protest gainst the disfranchisement of the ne- kro was emphatic That was right and rooming in Senator Merrimon, because i gro vates elected him to the Uhited Mate Secate. Selah ! - The New finds a strong ally in the WiUon Advance. That sterling journal ajs: The Legislature will meet next ek and the session promises to be one of unusual importance to the pxe ple. As the members cannot by law draw pay for more than sixty days it is Oct probable that they will spend much of their time in political wrangles ox iu making buncombe speeches. With the necessity for economy among in dividuals comes also the necessity for economy in the administration of. the Government. If upon a close and thorough investigation of the matter V r-ndjLhat the people W"" too heavily to pay the preeent salaries of our pubiio officials, ws say 1st them be reduced, and let retrench meat aad reform, if needs be, commence with the lowest county officii al and go up to the Governor. The. News is not burdened with a very voluminous correspondence, but of the sort it ha the following is a urn" p'.e: As a taxpayer and one of the peo ple, believe ue a hearty supporter of me iiews in its highly commendable Aorta to reduce official salaries and other expenditures of the Slate govern i. rut. Whne the jxopl may not be ery demnstratif e, they are watching tue course o your aper with deep in irel, and 1 bear nothiog but the ironget praise. Yoa aa right, and every farmer and taxpayer iu tue State will at lain you." I The extract is from a private letter. We would gladly publish the entire letter over the name of the writer, who id well known in the State, had we the au hority to do so. The Wilmington Bun thus grace fully salute the Legislature of 7 '80: The session, thanks to the wisdom ot our las; Constitutional ConveutioJi and tn ratifying judgment of the people, wul beoo ol only sixty days duration. In tbt tui4 every impoitaut thin tht ought lo be done lor the pubiio fcuod can be accomplished by a body oi men having ordinary intelligence. The practice ua been to oondeuiu our Leg ilstors unqualifiedly lor their short coming, it U uus that some recent legislature have uo; been Up to the uia N ji th Carvlina standard. But that w perhapa not to be expected. Iu u uiL.es therv wsa oo-y oue citiueuiiu ie government, and tere was a honi vgtueity aiid'unaniuiuy to which we iuvo tKen strangers since the inUoduo .ou of another element. Let us not bue our Legislstuies indiacriminate i. Let as rather hold up their hands, x Mir and manly criticism is one thing; jeers, jest aad objurgations are quite another. A KscKtstloaAboot the fnblle Debt. An esteemed ooTrespoDdent ssks space to suemit the following suggestion touching the liquidation of the State debt. As is well known, the high United Mate tax on State bouda issue is so opiesaive that it would be suicidal to attempt to organixs and ran them. It u further known that the scattered and thaitertd condition of our individual resources prevents a sufficient aocomu laiivn, of thi m to boy bonds with which establish "national banks," and teace we suffer for want of elrcnlatioo iu many part of the State for without bnkitM impossible to bsre a suffl kHDi urcalatioo to sustain commercial necessiiT and "fcorpnees vo etlCm loctrcumTent this oppressire tax ai tao time, gif . onr home clrcfllation which 'wUl be irood aooeaaima w them as greenbacks we suggest that when the Leiaiatnr ettlea the bonded debt of the State it do ao by iaauing four per cent, bonds a ! irasMon Urger in size than the green- - UU1 MU m aenom nat on of one hundred, fifty, twentr.flre twenty nd hl Rilrod west of Charlottes tea and Are dollar, with six 'cooDona! l-ltl' fr0m tW0 ta (three at each end) payable annnaliv snd receivable in payment of taxes and i. j wueruues to me State. This plan wouia secure Several millions of cirou huion to the Sute, would be more than acceptable to our people, and if the debt was settled on the basis last offer. ed by the bondholders (or some of tiiem in 7, which was SG,500,UUO a a e " wmj year: bonds bearing , throe per cent for several years and aix per cent thereafter, we believe the people would wis yijuM uu uicae oonas would ruu across the ends aud each aix year, aa they were exhausted, new bonds would be re-usued until re aemption ilay came, Thu would have a a 10 oe done s i a to keep the size of the bonds small enough for ordinary or general circulation. The present ac koowlrged debt of the State, princinal ana iDtereet.u 123.270.702. .w uuci oi luo oonunoiuers in lorn- a was to accept t0,500.00u or f 21, 409,333, or about 33 per cent. On this basis the new settlement would be 7.75,00, for 23,270,702. Our figure are very near correct. As to the equity and isstioe of a aattl hisis, we will aay somethiug hereaf er a we do nut wish to coafoan l argu ment with plan The Aeitro Asa in a rvm ucLi coiorea ciiueo writes to Uiaua the .News for the publication in its yesterday's issue of an article from Pinch back's Louisianian, entitled "The Futuio of the Nero in Politics," aud modestly requests iu reproduction. In Mrai ko-oay we copy irom mat un savory Democratic sheet, the Wasaiug- ton Post, the following Let ua see what the Radicals have doue lor the negro. They gave iiuu ihe ballot before he was titled to make an intelligent use of it, and then, iu order to euocate him up to its use, they em nun to a political school in whicn carpet-bag thieves were the teachers. Ihey helped him to draw the race-line in poliUoa by teaching him to hate and oppress his loriner master. They tanght turn how to a leal and then cheated him out ot his share of the plunder. Ihey uaed his vote to keep the oppressors oi the boom in poeeeaajun of ine National Government. They used hi in as a cat s-paw to rote the property of the douth into their own lovmuL to bile up ooloaaal btate debts, to smother ihe jfHUs'fit jHfj LPjyell-ulith uestroy the jnese uiuigs were i. i ,). and for the alleged int&l JL. w f oegro, iiow ui negro nas a peculiar mterest in sbs wellare ol the boutn. XI o principle of ponftcal economy is better audereU"! than that the debt of a Country mnst ultimately come oua of the toii ol the iaborng ciaf . hence it follows that the sweat Qf the nerro must rea'or prupenty to the South and par her immense totaie debt, if that is ever'done. Thus it sppears that the Radicals have not done tninzs for the negro s beoent, but for his injury ; that they have not loved, but despised him. If further Droof were waLU-d it is found in their attempt to cut off his representation in Uomrrtss the moment he attempts to exercise intelligently the franchise which they boast so much of having se cured to him. This ue w move is but the same came, Dlaved bv the same men. and for the same selfish ends, thai the country has n so much of. But it has been played too ofien, and this time it will fail, and will send its projectors after their carpet-bair tools into that oblivion which they have so richly deserved. 4 -Oae of the people," in the Char lotte Democrat, ably indorses the News and the papers advocating a reduction of aalariea. The writer says it "is a movement in the right direction, and it is hoped the press wilj continue to 'cry aloud and spare not until this, snd nthmr radical changes, conductive to the relief of taxpayers, shall be effect ed. All clerkships, not imperiously demanded by the duties of the offices to which they are attsched, should be abolish ad. and in some instances, the merging into one might be wisely adopted.'" IIkrk is a witness for Everett's in- vestiiration committee. The able edi- tor of the Warren ton Gazette says: o There must be something "crooked" among tne revenue ot vu -ta f Uim State Congressman urogaeu taj they are ooirupted and behind in their accounts, but that the President and bis advisers will not listen to any sUte .nt detrimental to them. Of their mnduct we know nothiog personally, but we do know that not six weeks ago Mr. D. R. Ooodloe, one of the super visors for this State, was suddenly and miaxrjectedlv transferred to Cincinnati because he would not mske false reports or reoort as the aforesaid offioisis aesir- ,A him. This is authentic as we are assured aod believe. pAri. like dieters, differ. The A y r venerable editor of .the Milton Chron- i.utkinWth&t tha New cannot do ivio - the pablio printing at 60 per oent un der the present contract rates ana ao the BUte good work. The.State printer is a bonded contractor, and what be contracts with the State to do he can K mA tn An That's all there is In it. Br. Bull's Cough Syrup gives by fsr the best satisfaction and takes bar l.&H rrn eoauh nrerjeratious on ure nhalvea. Carpenter A Palmer, James town, N. Y. RALEIGH, N. O. VIRGINIA. The Hirers lee-Locked mils Stopped-New Election Or dered. By Telegraph to th News. Kichmohd, Jan. 4. The themom- eter this morning was down to 5 above cero. The weather moderated during the a ay, but this evening the tempera ture is again fail in at. iteports from along the Chesapeake twelve degrees below zero. The express train due here this The was morning was benind time 5 "hoars northern mail, due at 11:35 a. m., delayed nearly three hours. It-ports from other points in the western iortion ef the State show simiiar effects of the cold snap. The river from this city to its mouth, is blocked with ice, and navigation is completely suspended. ihe caLal is also blocked with ice along its wbole length. ' 1 be Tredegar Iron Works, nonring mil. s and other industries, dependent upon the water supply, have been forced to suspend operations. 1 be Governor to-day issued a writ for au election, to be held on the twenty- third instant, in the First Congression al District, to elect a successor to Hon. 13. B. Douglass, dr ceased. (0DE.fiLl 1 KLfcGRAHS. Brief A ewe Notes from all lrts ot the World. The funeral of Judge Sherman was held at Cieaveland, Ohio, yesterday. His brother, Gen. W. T. Sherman, was present. A heavy snow n falling at (Jjwreo. N. Y., blocking the railways, and stop ping sll busiuess. The Cornish Dank, at Truro. Corn wall, has closed. About 500,000 are on deposit. The Sub-lreafcury at New York iad out yesterday ODly f 17.0"i0 in coin legal teuder. and tvok in only l.3oo.OOO in exchange for notes. All the trains on the Southern branch of the New York Central Koilroad have been abandoned, and lie under mounds of snow. Great crowds are attending the ex citing trial of Mrs. Cobb, at Norwich, Coon., for murder, and her criminality is being proved. A good deal of live oak timber, cut from Government repervations in Flo rida, is being captured by special agents. A fire at llingham, Mass., last even ing, destroyed, the puo.ic norary. Comparative Movements of Col- tou in ttaleigli. Receipts for week ending January 3d, 1S79, 643 bals. Receipt;! for same week list yfr, 756 Decrease in receipts for week this year. 113 C,7C3 8,125 Receipts for month of De cember 18 o. Receipts for raon' h of De cember, 18 Deorease in receipts in 187S, for month 1,362- Receipts for month Decern. ber, 1876, 6,320 32,082 u.Dt c .1 ..J .llpts same time Increase in receipts th s rear to date. 110 " quite active The market has been during the past -week", aod prices have been fluctuated, Dai cioeeo at o.Ut quotations of last week. The Anafesln' Doom. By Cable to th News. Madrid, Jan. 4. Jum Mnncay, who attempted to assassinate the King oi Spain, was executed at 8:55 o'clock this morning. At n idnight the pris oner made a will, leaving his property to his wife; at 5 he attended mass; at 8 he was led from the prison and con ducted to a carriage, in which he was conveyed to the scaffold, which he mounted without support, listening meanwhile to the admonitions of the priests. Two battalions oi troops were drawn up around the scaffold. Ao im mense number of spectators were present. Capturing Jlooiisliiuen. B telegraph to the News. Cincinnati, Jan. 4 A squad of 50 Revenue men, under Captain uurn- s.de, have returned from a raid upon the moonshiners in tne ooraer coast oi Kentucky and: Tennessee. They report the destruction of over fifty distilleries and the capture of a large number of distillers. It is thought the business is pretty well broken up in that region. The Cold Huaj. B7relegraph to the News. Nkw Yohk. Jan. 4. The North river is full of ice this morning, but all the ferry boats are ruuning, though the trips were irregular ana aeiaye ire quent. The eastern mails are in on time. Southern mails, due at 6 and 7:3i). reaobed Lere at 9:15, and the southwest mail due at .8,- arrived at 8 o'clock. The Scotch Labor Troubles. By Cable. London, Jan. 4th. There are Indi cations of aa intention on me pars o employers in the west of Sootland to enforce return to aggregate of rlfiy-four hours, as the weekly quota of labor. Cue or two large establishments have already posted notices to that effect. Men have as yet no action on me suu- jtct, but will hold a meeting ior tnai purpose next wees. The Woman who Works. Washington Post. The coming woman is not born in the purple. She is a daughter of the people. It is necessary ior ner w earn her own living. She has no objection to that. Indeed, she rather likes the idea of taking care of herself. For genu ine women have a prejudioe in favor of independence, all the minor prophets to the contrary notwithstanding. But she will not work with her hands. On that she is fully resolved. 8o much has been said about the dignity ot Drain- work, that a strong prejuaioe nas arisen against hand-work. The American K"l, e&ei, auiuiuvus, - . . . , i - intense, cherishes tnis prejuuioe in it full force. An 1 wnen sne comes 10 we point wheie it is necessary for ber to choose her work, she sees many ave nues of labor which are open to her and rould lead to lucrative employment. The time was wnen me woman who thrown unnn ner own resources WM - .V , OL. was apt to do one oi tnree inrug. oam SJJJSt DAY MORNING sewea, or kept Dosraers, or gave music lessons. But we have changed all that So many barriers have been burned away, the social boundaries' have been so enlarged, that to-day the world is all before her where to choose But as she stands at the "entrance of tbete new avenue of Iwoilv, bifre is a lioir in the way. Its namsWprejudioe, and its terrors to the ordinary woman are past all telling. She f0uld go to the stake without ninohmgbut she cannot bear to be laughed at. She might be banished fiomRome, and meet hr fate with a smile, but at the faintest symptoms of social ostracism she falters. .And so she torus into tha Seate-i track. : ' What she woutd like is .some light, pleasant employment, that shall be eminently respectable, and' for which she shall at onco receive CQual wages with men who have spent years in ac quiring business habits tfnd training. Failing to do this, she Indulges in weak lament because meu aud women are not ram equal wages. Let each woman learn to do sooV on 3 tinner. we'l, let her make freohoce, modified only by her MhdrvidaaIhne8S as to what that one thing shall be, and then let her work at it earnestly and con tinuously. Let her look on labor as something mora than a pontoon bridge to matrimony. Doing this, she will achieve more than a mere personal suc cess, it is a part ot tue solution ol the labor question. There is one field of work in this country which is comparatively new, and which offers good and lucrative employment, and that is tho industrial and decorative art work to which the Centennial Exp sitiou gave so strong an impulse, 'ibis work belongs by birthright to women. They have the taste, the fortuity of fancy, and they can rapid iy acquire the mechanical exe cut ion necessary. Ana tuere is room in the work for just as much biain as they have to bestow up n it What we greatly need are schools of technical education, such as have lung Deea iu existence m Europe, l hen- effect is visible in the quality of the work. It his au artietiC value for which we arn willing to pay a high price. It raises the grade ot manufac turer, aud so increases the National wealth. The oppn secret of the mar velous recuperative power of F?auce after the tate war is simply that h rauce works with both hands The louveutlou ot Northern Settlers A Suggestion. Charlotte Observer. It is sug?ested tn.it JNorthern men ho have settled in the South since the war, who nave seen tne c ui tor a. con vention of this c'ass of citizens in Char lotte on the 15th inst., whether they propose to a'tenu it or not, write to 3Ir. N. Duraont, of this city, to whom all correspondence in rt-ferenee to the subject should be addressed, giving their views upon the matters which it is proposed that the convention shall touch, at the same time furnishing such facts and statistics as bear upon the conditions of their several counties, socially, morally, politically, religious ly or otherwise, having an eye mainly to agricultural statistic. It is only by this means that the facts can go out as it is proposed they shall, since the let ters, or the substance thereof, will ba given to the press of the country snd thm ccam general dissetuinution. We and di o iu tins connect - -. who propose to attei'J th convention will appty to him, as early as practica ble, for transportation in oruer mm he mav make arrangements for them according to the rates given by the sev eral railroads. Intelligence aud Advancement iu Mecklenburg Farming. Charlotte Observt r. We believe the farmers of Mecklen burg to.be the most intelligeut aud the most prosperous farmers iu JNortn Car olina. In everything calculated to ad vance agricultural interests tury io always found in the lead, and a fresh evidence of this growing spirit of intel ligence and progiessiveness among them is iound in uie lace mat .u aa oi the Sucrar Creek neigh bo ;h.Ka havj just organized themselves into a class f.r the study ana practice oi ngi na tural chemistry. Rev. Dr. Davis, the lecturer of the State Grange, a man ot learning and a chemist of practical ex perience, has been engaged to instruct the Sigar Creek farmers in this branch of their business, and arraugements are on foot lor the formation of similar classes in Mallard Creek and Sharon townships, Dr. Davis to lecture before thess also. We cannot expiess too warmly our sense of gratification in learning of this advanced step on the part oi so large and respectable a portiou of our farming community. To farm successiully requires intelligence ana thought, as much so as any otner uuai ness in life, and it will be a good day for agriculturists generally when they come to realiza the fa :t and get ont of the old grooves. Same Notes aboit Stamps aul Postal Cards. The entire number of stamps iseu-d since June 30. 1847, amounts to 9,719. 308, 627, "enough," the calculator in forms us, "to reach six times around the earth if placed end to end." Their aggregate value reaches 4230,327,363.09. During the fifteen years in which stamped envelopes have been issued, the Government has sold to the public 1,839,601,625, of which 570,239,300 have been "request" envelopes. The num ber issued in 1853 was 5,00i),(KX), the number issued last year 183,560,350. Postal cards we're flrt issued in May, 1873, the design now in use having been adopted in 1875. The total number is sued is 751.249.500. of which nearly one-third (200,680,000) were used last year. Hanks and Dividends Banks and dividend, or the relation between the dividends of. a bank and the amount of stock he'.d by its presi dent and directors, is the subject of au interesting letter in the New York Tribune. Its correspondent gives a lilt of the Now York bmks, their cap ital, surplus, dividend in 1876 and 1877, the price of the stock and the number of shares held presidents aud other directors. The argumnt is that banks that are managed directly by the men who own the controlling interest in them make the most money. But conspicuous in tbs is the Chemical", with its capital of $300,000 and surplns of f3.100.0UU, wnn oi-monimy aivi dends azeretrating 100 per cent a yesr, nH m ati a red bv a president end di rector who altogether osvn but 132 shares or $13,200 out of its 300,000 ftftnltal stock. The lribune s corres pondent proves too much. JANUARY 5; 18 79. ITIOIS FKOM GblLPOKil. The Phonograph-Tile Y. JW . c. A. Mrs. Moore. Ihe Evxnze lfst Counterfeiter's Goods Vt m w y vinurea.-ice and Cold, Correspondence of the Newa. r Greensboho, Jan. 3. This wonderful invention, the E ii son Phonograph, has beep, on cxhibi bition here two days or more and Will be here ajaiu Monday aud Tue viy next, and will exhibit foe the b;nJi of (ireeusboro Ljdgo Good TeiuvUi-. Tisbtrauge tiiac tne human v.K;ecati be registered in sucu u wy as to re peat, itself ludehaitely, and with al most natural distinctness of art'cula tion, but such is the case, ,my owu ears uoi ueueiviug me. everybody oUgu to near it, it is even moie wonder. u tuan tne telepnoue, lor in that souudt when gone, are gone forever, whereas iu Luis, uuuxius are producea Irom the same sheet, alter it has been removed t i. 1 : j i i I'vm tun tvuuuer, raiu away, ami re placed ag&in. In answer to the call for a Week of Prayer, by the Evangelical AiliiuC et II.. Wl I.J . u' . . tue ? - ujiu, me ouurcucs nere sus pended services to jjiu iu one oorum a body, with the luuug Men's Clnittiari Association, who ate hoiding nightly meetings, ana iu the day also, sometime. wuich are attended with much intur est anu oenent to many, in a quiet and serious way, and which have been attonded the past two nights by airs. Jiioon, who, L learn, has been holding meetings of awakening at High Point. If everybody couiu get over the idea thai a woman should not preach (the scriptural idea of many sounu denominations being agaii!6tn), then tuis woman might do muou moie go Jd. one certainly i roost wonderfu iy gifted in nciipturai knowledge and lntormatiou, aud knows well how to interest au auoieuce, who cau get over this mole idea, concienciously. To use the saying ol someoue, she makes many cou verts wheie'er she goes. A lew days ago a darkey spied a fire in the woods iu the noitheru part oi the cuunty, and appruachiug ic, was informod by a man setting: by it, tuat his present was noi wanted there abouts, he left to return with other force, to find his man fled, leaving a counterfeiter's die, and a bag of $40 in ouuuterfeit silver 5 J cent piiKs. The past ten dajs have been cold maiuly, and our ice men are a!i happy, every available space having been filled with ice 2$ to 4 inches thick; to-day is the coluest of the Benson, aud skating is fine. i Christmas festivities have pished, off rather quietly with less of tue uual amuserueots and dis spatioo ikj tho so cial IMiSS. J if- Cioing from tue Faueral of Her Husband to that of Her Father. C harlotte Observer. All who Raw theu hJ the fcvmDii- thies of their neatts to g j out toward a mother who reached this city from the -outh, accompanied by eiaht children. one of them an infaut, during the bitter cold weather of the day aft r Christ mas. The oldest" of the chddreu was hardly able to take earn of the youn est. The lady was Mrs, J.hu Booe, a daughter of Dr. Jas Cal!ovy,of Wilket- Duro. ohe Laa been liv: jg with her husband in Louisiana for a number of ous mule, and hTi w iUov,"Uatfiis'lr'8r" children around her, turned her face "ttr ward hr old home. The mother, with her little ones, left here for Statesyille on the morning of the 27th, and arriv ing there, started by private conveyance to Wilkesboro, a distance of 40 miles, herself aud eight children in one car riage. The cold was extremely severe, t'ie road were heavy and the moun tains covered with snow. All the party must have suffered greatly from the rigorous weather, especially so siuce the journey occupied about forty-eight hours; but it was a sad ending which it bad when finished, for Mis. Booe, ar rived at her old home, learned for the first time that her father was a orpse in the house, and the family was plung ed iu the deepest grief. Dr. Calloway was one of the oldest nd most generally esteemed citizens of Wilkes county. He had been a mem ber of the conveution ot lobl, and was prominent as a physician and as a m.m T be Dawn of Prosperity. New Orleans D mocrat. The ooudition of this country just now seems to be attracting a great deal of attention, not only here but in Eu rope as well. The leading jornaia ol Great Biitian, quite blue and gloomy over home prospects, see the dawn of prosperity for the United btates. France aud the United States, they de- c are, are the oniy two countries wnose future just now is lull ol promise; everywhere else, in Eagland, Germany, Austria and Russia, business is growing more and more depressed, aud the oui look gloomier and gloomier. Aud this they attribute to the fact that this coun try and Frauce have just passed through trying periods which taught, their inhabitants economical and indus trious habits. The disasters brought on France by the German war, aod those whirm in this country followed the panic of 1873, have plaed these two countries iu a position to improya the advantages offered them to-iay. America and France have passed through this period of gloom and de pnssion, and may soon expect to enj y prosperity once more; the rest of the world has this unpleasant period yet to pass througa. An Interesting Decision. The Louisville Courier-Journal pub lishes in lull a decision oi tho United States Supreme Court,of unusual inter est. The opinion of Justice Miller in the case under consideration, involving the validity of issues of the circulating notes of the Bank of Tennessee after the secession of the State from the Union, i in substance that the State of Tennessee, although the effort was made to take her out of the Union, still retained her statehood, the effort being unsuccessful, and that there is no evi dence to prove that the circufating notes under consideration were used iu aid of the rebellion; that .the issue was, therefore, valid aud obligatory, as were all the State's acts, legislative and otherwise, which were not executed to aid the rebellion, or which did not come in conflict with the constitution of the United S'ates. The uotes of the Bank of Tennessee, there'ore, even if issued after the inception of the reb llimi, must be regarded as valid and not vod, until it is proved that they were issued to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. Such evidence, Justice Miller states, does not appear, end the statement that the notes W2re issued by a usurping government he denies, on the ground that there has been but one political society in exis tence as an organized State of Tennes sea from th d jte of its admission in the Union in 1796 to the present time, and it tnere existed a valid contract to re ceive the notes of the bank for taxes before the secession, the same contract existed afterwards, the State never saving been out of the Union. Those dissenting troai Justice Miller's opinion vrti v.net justice vv aite, Justice Har- liu ana Justice Bradley; their view Oi-iug that, tnere was no question that the bank issue under consideration was put in circulation to aid the rebellion Justice Bradley thinks this decision is calculated to '-introduce evils of great magnitude that wili ultimately lead to the recognition of the war debts of the seceding States." w Sfc The Object of Graut's Tour Abroad. N. Ylstar. TA, i( oena or Conkling's disaowal of Presidential aspirations for 1880 caa be acip-ed . as genuine and final, the number of prominent Republican s can didates ior the succession is reduied to t ao Gen. Grant and John Sherman, of Ohio. The friends of Secretary Sher man will probably base his claim to the office on the success of specie resump tion; but as that houor cannot reason abiy be monopolized by aud individual, the Secretary wili find it difficult on that ground alone to secure enough delegates to give hime tha nomination in convention, much less to be able to elect him. It is au open secret that the present visit of Gen. Grant to the various coun tries of the Old World has been, from its inception, part of a carefully-prepared sysLeiii of training, devised by leadiug republican managers, to enable them to bring him out, on his return to the-United States, as the most available candidate of that-party for the Presi dency. His absence will have kept him entirely aloof from the quarrels of po litical factions at homo ; his "enlarged cosmopolitan views," obtained by ex tensive, travel land intercourse with crowned heads and foreign diplomats, together with his past military record, will be claimed by his friends as giving him sufficient prestige and popular strength to render the Presidential ,rack comparatively clear for his race. It is obviously a part of the plan of the General's managers to have his lauding in this country and his progress from place to place take the foim of a popu lar ovation . The Democrats certainly have no cause for complaint at the prospect of tne u-aneral s candidacy, as with proper management in their own ranks he would prove au easy man to beat. But the very fact that the Republicans are duced to such dire extremities as to nod Gen. Grant, their most available candidate, and the attempted revival at this early day of sectional prejudices. show that they intend to stake their future existence as a party upon the resuscitation for the coming campaieru of the now almost buried spirit of hatred between the North and tho fcouth. It will be for the country to de cide whether such a course shall meet with sufficient encouragemeut as to staud possible chance of success. Events in the State. Sampson. Newborn Nut Shell : Win. iii" colored man, dropped citizeas ariTtmsiiy eugageu at putting up ico for the coming summer.. . . .The citiz ns of Clioo's Township in this county aro buildibg a new M .thodist church. RoCkinghim Tleidville Tirnas : Wyait Mulever McKiosey, the mur--derer of George Gode, escaped jiil at Wentwo'th Christmas night. Three or four other prisoners, negroes, escaped with him, among them Phil Dalton. Craves. Nut Shell : Our fish mar ket 8 well supplied wMi excellent fish. Oysters are no longer scarce. An exce lent quality is b log brought to market daily There will bs a mili tary tournament aad ball on the 23rd, inst. Carteret. Newbrrnian : A meet ing ol the citizm'S was held on the 28th, to prep ire a memorial to Congress, rep resenting the nccesi?y of tho removal of (.bsri -upturns in tho water courses xf Carteret, Jones and Onslow counties. EposcOMBa.-N. C. Presbyterian : Oa the evening of tl:e 9.h u't., a Pres byterian Church was organized at K cky Mount.N O., by Rav. J. W. Prim rose, evangelist of the eastern portion of Orange Presbytery. The lot on which the building will stand was given by Mr. Gjorge Allen, of Newbern." Our Immense Wheat Exports. , During the months of July, August and S'H'tember, 1878, there were ex ported from this country 42.020,240 bus'iels ot wheat. This amount is tw ice as much as we ever before ex ported during fhe corresponding three raoi.tbs. of the latt quarter of the fiscal year. It is more, also, with the ex ception of four years, than was ever exported in any entire year. Tho av erage prise during the first quarter of 1878 wa $1.09 a bushel; in 1877 it wa 1.04. It is thought that the exports of wheat for the year ending with June 3 ), 1879, will exceed 100,OU0,0o0 bush els. Tho exports of wheat, exclusive o' immense quantities iu flour, bread, and biscuit, from 8epember 30, 182'). to October 1, 1873, was 409,347,445 busbeK valu. l at $551,580 229, an av erage price if 34 7 a bu-hel. From Sepl. uibei 3 . 1873, to October 1, 1878, our exports of wbea exclusive of rl mr, bread and biscuit, was 305.653 -577 babels, valued at . $393 799 119, an avtiag ' price f $1 25 5b' pur bushel. In the past jears we exported 74 7 per cent of the quantity and 71.4 pur cent of the value exported in the pre vious fifty-three years. The United Stat s is last b?f:oming the greatest wht-a -supply ing nation of the worid. Be Happy. While life is lasting enjoy pleasure's gift while you may ; smoke the Oak City cigar and be gay. To be had only at Mendel's Capital Cigar Store; at 5 ceDts apiece. Be Happy. .While life is lasting enjoy pleasure's gift while you may, smoke the Oak Citvcifirar and be gay. To be had only at Mendel's Capitol Cigar Store cents a piece. at 5 e Wanted to Bent. A small houses well-improved and conveniently located. Apply at tfci office. $5.00 PER ANNUM JOE SMITH'S DISCIPLES. Progress of the Mormon Church IU Finanelal aud Political Strength. The Mormon voting party, led by the priesthood, is compact and well organ ised, and against ita candidates no member dares to vote; or if he does he knows beforehand what the penalty is. It , is social annihilation, and in too many instances, financial ruin. The oonsequence is that comparatively few' Mormons vote against the Church can didates, and the vote remains a solid phalanx. Within ten years, under this influence and discipline,,1 the Church will have a party well organized aod disciplined, oompoeed of 150,000 voters, lucre are more than 100,000 persons wiihiu the membership of the Mormon Church in Utah, says the Sail Lake Tribune, a great percentage of whom. are bubject to the tithing, tax, aod ytt the rate is now, as formerly, one-tenth. Tuure are many persons jn and about this city who pay au annual tithing tax to the Church of more thau $2,000; in other portions of the Territory there are many others who pay aunuslly mora than $1,000 tithing. Tnere are few Mormons iu Utah wTio do not either ' directly or indirectly pay something. A. majority ol the members of this church in Utau pay more than flO each on an average anuually; the remainder pay more than $5 each on an average either directly or indirectly. From the first- class of tithe payers the Church derives annually at least $250,000; from the. second. $5u0,000; from the third, $250.- 000. Total, $1,000,000. f Th annual increat-e of the church for the last ten years cannot be put down at less than 4,000 persons; total, 40,0003,600 au- nually by emigrants coming iu large companies, l,oou arriving in small parties. And if nothing, prevents the ordinary course of emigration hither -this number will increase annually during the next ten years until it . reaches 10,000 annually. So, witfh the natural increase of population within the Territory, by births, the church fold iu Utah and the Territories adja cent will embrace more than 300,000 persons before the year 1890. Overcoats! Overcoats!! To su.t the Season. At K. B. An drows & Co., Clothiers and Hatters. Private Boarding. Having rented the large and well ar ranged dwelling houe on Morgan street near Blount street, kuown as tne Cayton House, I have furnished the, same and am prepared to accommodate the p ublic with good rooms, good fare and comfortable - accommodations. Prices low. Transient Board $1.00 per day, Apply early, Mrs. C. Waller. Senatorial selection. POO'JS WILt, BE SOLD on th'e Sj i.it rial election at 1'iic Leu's Club UoUia, commencing o i Saturday eyeaingrn. 4.h, at 7$ o'clock,- and "wilf ba ojatiu ued each evening until th-) favorite is elected, The friends of Qjv. Vioe, Judge Merrimon and all, the Blaok Horses are cordially iuvited to be pres ent, f - e Sale aad Board Stable. Having this day sold our Livery aud till ," i nui, uai UTTTO- - afirstclass boarding stable. Lur st-. bles will ba open day and night, aad especial attention given to r.ranscieni; and monthly bosrderst Thankful for the patronaje so iiDer- ally bestowed heretofore, we trust by strict atteution, to merit a continu ance of the same in our sale and board ing stables. USO. W. WYJLNJC VO. Take Notice ! C. Weikel. tha well known mrohait tailor, will, on the first dvr of January, '79. move to the store Nj. 23, on Fay- etteville street, toronriy ox:upiea uy Monie, the grocer. Hurry Up! ADdoallonJ. C. Brewster to buy , ,1 . I" T liAa mv your uiirnima gooua. uo uo - thing aud everytuing suitauie ior mar ine presents. Art'clas both usafulani ornimentai ior tue uousmim, nunu always makes home cheerful. If you want a pin to Dine yuur cam -Christmas turkey in go to Brewsers. or Christmas If vou want a present fr your wife, your boy or girl, he has the moet suitable for each. He his tool chests, fact anything you fiad uo fault with scroll sawi and in wa-it, aud you can his prices. The British Quarterlies and Black wood for 1879 cau be had at a disoount, by addressing, at once, J., drawer 34, ' Raleigh, H. C. Mrs. Wm. Woolcott has removed her millinery and fancy goods to the Prairie building; on Wilmihgt-m street. She has on hand a large Tot of chil dren's and ladies' hosiery; which can be bought cheap for cash. A Full Hup Iy. The complete store of find & Barbae Bros., Martin street, orUrs to purcnas ers of heavy goods aod family supplies an admirable assortnant of articles in that line. There is also a full stock of cotton ties and bagging. The firm is prgpared to pay particular attention to consignments of cotton, etc. 1- -- : Removal W. B. Iepper, the Origiual Restaurateur, On January J, 1379, will move to the Green Frout Sal on, on Hargett street, his old place. The establishnfeot is being rtm vleled. refurnished aod re fitted, aud will be one of the handsomest v saloons m thu city. The best liquors will be kept in stock, and tie choicest eating can always be had. Oysters served in every style. , D. H. ttTirter, fBeaufort, N. C, dealer in lt and fresh fish of every description, by pack age or barrel. All orders accompanied with cash or (rood reference, will re ceive prompt attention, and be fl fld at the lowest market prices. oct 4-tf. Wood. Get yourvWTd of J D Whitak?r, at his yard at 'the W2stffn terminus of Hargett street The pine wood which is cured by him in his "sp Jiial way is equal to oak, at considerable less cost to the consumer- His oik is th3 very best. f '
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 5, 1879, edition 1
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