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rr ls 1 7 H VOL. XIV-NO. 107. RALEIGH, N. O. TUESDAY MOKN1NG, JANUARY 7, L879. $5.00 PER ANNUM. r E Yes, we do not deny tbe soft im rtchraent. Tbe Newa would be grat ified to renew it contract with the ?:ate for iu printing at the reduced rt proposed. Not as a matter of fain, for certainly the margin for profit ia euaall. But to prove its faith in the pepU reform movement by it works Who woald not be proud of uch a record? Cotkrsatiom with member of the Legislature diacovere a general recog ui' ion that retrenchment will be the real iuu4 of h- a a ion, aud a ' pro nounced ambition to make it efficient enough to at lean satisfy o -new hat the demindiof the ople. The hel:hy reform purpoee of our legUla'ors will be strengthened aod diiected by tbe bracing uteraueea of the Goveroo"e mtanag. The New will be feund i!oui and d.ligent in it co-opt ra tion. Tbe acoeptabii.ty of Senator Merri nvn'e eerv ice in the Uuited State Ben ate hae beeu the theme of much lauda tory com meet. That he had failed to imp;ee hi greatnraa up n the na'lon is evidenced by the disinterested oewi peper criticisms at the National Capital. That he ha failed to mike his re-election a desideratum in the weal of North Carolina will be amply demonstrated on the 21st of the month.. The hour and the man did not meet in -Mr. Mer rtiuou: The hour was inauspicious and the dq wa auipici'Uia. ''It was ever thus," Jbc. .W'k ;bauk (he Salisbury Watchman for thea kiud wrda. They axe truly, at ihts time, (while taunted with pov erty and bankruptcy by a peteoted,sub aidii?d newapaper) "apples cf gold in picture f silver: The News did the State printing by appointment of the Legislature two years ao, and so fax a w know did it satisfactorily, and thus earned a claim for re-election. It now offer t do much of the work at half the rates fixed by law. This, it is claimed, can be done in considera tion of the reduoed prices of labor, mat rial, lo. It ia oertainly a very heavy deduction, and narrows the margin fcr profits to a clce abave. !NOICTH ( VROUSA, TLe col Jeit we ber 9ince the winter of 1S37. .fudge Kerr has been very sick, and is till con fined to his Bed. The Mayor of Charlotte fell on tbe ceandg.t badly hurt. The Salisbury News gives it up. Its I ublicatioo ceases with the new year. The frienJ of lion. F. E. Shober are cheered by hopes of Lis speedy reoove rj- TLe Randt Iph Sun haaet to rise no m ).-e, "but it goes down in hues of goU den light." Twenty or e children have died of d-piheria in one neighborhood In M tohell coucty in the last month. At the rate of thirty feet per week.the m -k on the Swannannoa tunnel (Wee tftu North .Carolina Rulral) will bo completed in five week. Burke Bade: Major S. W. Cole, of Salisbury, has given Rutberfoid Col- it;i )-), wi:h which to finish thecol- irr,f building. We are exceedingly c ratified to ctironicle this instance of t n :tun ' liberality aud far- i girted public spirit. , TLe report made by Mei-sr. Tbipeo ud Grant, iu favor of .tock law, jiie Charlotte Observer prououuees unan- se:able, and remarks : We already i. ire the law unchangeably established lire ax.d general legislation on tbe t uljtct cannot a fleet us except iud -i.Ct.iy, as it aftVcta our neighbors; but urceives being in possession of a good ia og we would be glad to Have oar i yubore participate in the same bene li t-;at we enjoy. For this reason we pii u'.d be glad to see the Legislature .mi pt a general law, embracing all of a ok u lies of the S:ate except, per t .. t. tbose wst of the ridge, where it o.iJ piobably not be acceptable, from cui which can be rtaddy under sto d. j -5 Dlade encourages the movement n u foot in Burke county looking u Lt abolilion of the Homestead law. K m tbe purpose of ascertaining aed ma u aj.Uiing public fctnuraent in the p. cuiue, a county meetiug will be . e.d iu Moigantou next week. The lii-.o ays: A great many men are c u.i. ,: to the evcclusion itat while v. tlit is the only capital in rtock I . a j- .r man it injures him for the uu unt to hold llomusiead law t-i los uead, and tbus deprive bin. of ibr ut iiedt of the little confidence that iuihbor might have in him. We vit-o u would be decidedly better for iu.- country to limit the liomestead if u t ij ioh it altogether. The object ot .Lc W4S to eUield the citixen of tbe Mate from the losses resulting from the wai . Iu this tbe law ia a failure. WoaiU u Lot b better to have it un d-isUM.il ui tbe future, if a man con t a Uautbtheia expected to pay it? Tbe llitigham School catalogues 142 student. Nearly every Southern 6tat, and among the foreign countries, AU, t represented. Iu claims to pat ronage are thus classified: th- oldest school iu the South; (6) our nurntere at present ar larger than tioe of any similar scbool In the South; (c) we caimand big er tuition fes wi-ao any thr inatituuon of iearuiug, o( ary grade, in the South, for males 15 per year before the war and up to 17- $125 at pr.eeut); (d) those who complete our regular course with first o..tiuction, and whce character we cm endorse, com mane buber pay at t uchere(from$4W to 100 and board lr year) than the pa pile of any other viiool iu the South; (e) we make more literal offeie to young mn wlin lunlt wd mean than any other ecbooi In th. United States; (f) the area from which our patron is drawn exceeds that of any other school in the South, extend ing a it doe from Virginia, Kentucky and Hleooosin on the North to Florida and Texas on the South, and Aia is also represented." Not since tbe time Edward Everett delivered his celebrated address in Wil mington on "Washington" (1853) ha such a crowd assembled as greeted liou. Gro. Davis in Wilmington Satur day night. His theme was an "Epi sode in the early history of the Cape Fear." The H-view says: Diite the ia:ensity of the o ld, the seat e were filled by a lare and iaah iouable audieoca. Youth and beauty were there to listeu to bis words of wiedotn and drink m inspiration from his fervid eloquence. Decrepid a,;e and vigorous ma'ihood sat iu rapt at tention while the gifted orator, in thought tb.it breath d and word th it burned. swed them at liia wil. It wain"eul au Intellectual treat of the highest Older, and a a citizen of Wil niiugtou, and id u tilled with, her in'tr este, wa thank him f r the I as ire he has shed upon our annals, I ut a "native aud to the, tnauuer bom," we aro pi oud er than we have been beTor if tuat weie possible of oar own Cape Fear b y. f whom it can truthfully be eaic, XU tetiijft quod non ornavit. w ork City I lie .'New IIuurl. oi Alderuieu By relegrth to the News. Naw Yokk, Jan. 6. The Board of AUlermeu tor 1W79 orcamzed to-day, chiHisiug J idau L. ilo t. Pi evident, wno 'eceivtd 1- voces, tnn 1 ooimany and Rej u'ili an, to 6 for W m. R K ben. Tamutany, Mayor Cooper's mauguial me4;e was sent to the A'derruen lody. He urges that the buideus iiupjsed upon New York's o naui' rce in tho way of tolls chrges or exaction, be lightened, aiid that the harbor laci'i' es and dor k and wharl aocomm dlatious be exit uded and adattnl to modem cheap metboti of bauul i-g bulky product. IIj advised a reduction iu the uuubev oi cjty ot- ficials, an J equal rliou ot salaries, lie thitikt tbe txpr-us of Couru of Jus tice are too heavy. Ho asks tor a mod ified exerciso law aud recommends tax ation upon all c iporati ius enjoying special piiviieges aid fraucbiscs, and iuaisis upon the etlicieut economical and enligbted a hniuiKtra'ion of public business. A I'lacky U uniau ltroukl ya's Debt. B'elefaph to the ews. New Yobk, Jan. 0. At noon to-day Mouame Anderson fiuisbed her lJSotu quarter mile in 5 m.nutes 45 secoiius. iier next quarter was made in 5 nun ate 49 seconds. bhe completes ber 2,0X)ih quarter mile this aiternoon, having but 700 more to walk. Mayor Howell, of Brooklyn, in his annual mes&age, sent to tbe Board of Aldermen this afternoon, says that the city debt amounts to $37, 475,318, an increase within tbe year of f 1,-36, 5 Go. He hopes that the East River bridge, which has cost Brooklyn so much, will yield a revenue to rd.eru this debt, lbe temporary debt is 9,7oO,uOO. He recommended a resoit to lhe legislature (or an act that will eniorce the speedy completion of the bridge. Iif re lu England. By Cable to tbe News. London, Jan. 6. The weather is again cold aud froty. There ha been a daily lu.reese ot popular disireas in every quarter during the pat week. On Fuday at Manchester mere were 3,000 applications Iron heads of tam ilies, repiesennn 3 ),U00 persons, to the Relief Committee, and on Satur day there were four thou&aud lreh applications. During the week twelve hundred famiiion bavo been relieved ia Wolverhampton. A considerable in crease of distress is a. so reported from Sheffield. Caleb l'ufthingM Funeral. By telegraph to tbe News. NEWBfRYroRT, Mass., The funeral of Ueneial Cusbiug took place to-day and was designedly as plain as tbe common c t xeus to rural towns. The coipse bore a remarkably natural and pleasant appearance. Tbe service wa simple, reading the scriptures and prayer. Many distinguished eutlemen from Washington, Boaton and else where preent. Evatnatlon of Cie Dobradsclia. By Cable to the News. Ix)ndo.v, Jan. 6. Tbe Times' Vientsa despatch says tbe difficulties which had arisen regarding the Russian evacua tin of the Uobrudscha, are sid to have been sin joined aw y and Ueneral Todleben ha oidend an evacuation to begin on January 12;.li. 9Iass3aeiiuet) nuulrlal Mat- lew. By Telegraph to lbe News. BostojO In. 6. The municipal of ficers of many of the cities in this State were inaugurated to-day. Tbe mes sage of Mayor Prince, of Boston, strong ly urges retrenchment in ruu icipa! ex penses. Tbe 11 ague Outbreak in Uoh ia. By Cable to the News. St. Pkter-sburo, Jan. 6. It U offi cially couth Lued that the plrague hus bioken oat iu Astia- ban. Notbing ia known here of the Ameer's alleged intention to f-eek Rui aian protection. 'Urrmau Moeialiata. By able to tbe News. Bkblin, Jan. 6. The Socialist Demo crats have lately carried most of their municipal candidates in the di6tric 8 around Liepsic. A Socialist will e'and for Breslau at the forthcoming election for the Reicbstag. Railway L.oeuuolive Exploaiou. By Telesrspk to the News. , Batatia, N. Y., Jan. 6. As a snow low and five engines, on the New ork Central Rail.'.oad, were trying to force their way through the snow drifts, the plow and four of the locomo lives leit the track four miles east of here. Two loc niotivea exploded, kill ing three employee?. Three or four oihera are minsiug. A UiiMlau trailer. Jiy Cit'le Paris, Jan 0. Tha Russian crniser Asia, one of the two rebels purchased fjr the Russian Government, which sailed from Philadelphia on the 21st December, arrived at Cherbouig Sat urday, nnd will resume her voyage ia a day or two. Waabmgiou. Washington, Jan. 5th. Should the weather uicdeiate Senator limrman will leave here to-morrow night to at- trtn.l tt Democratic celebration at Otlumbus-Ohio. on the Eighth Justaut Ihe theme a&signed to him for speech ia. "The Jackson Domocraoy," and t this subject he says he would devote bis remarks without aiec-usaing me. financial question. He will also give reasons why he does not desire his name to be used as a candidate lor the Governorship Ohio. There will be a public commemora tion in honor late Professor josepn Hftnrv in t.'i hall of the House of Representatives on the evening of 16th inHtant. Washington, Jan. 6 Tbe Treasury to-day issued the seventy-eighth call for reiKT. pt ion of 5--'0 tmnasi'i low Amoui.t called for teu millions. Secretary Sherman has returned and resumed hi nlhY.ial duties. Suor Thunnin this aftt-ruoon ad di cased a 1 tter to the Co umbus. Ohio Latin ne. conimutto. saviutr it will not be in hia uower to attend the Demo crave celebration on tbe 8th inst., as he is juft bexlruing tu recover rrom a se vere cold and cannot but r cognize h fact that it would be iutprudout tor him in mch extremely cold weather to inak.ua t;iu rta iinuir etnt nunared miles travel and twica crossing the tni-nntains. Ueoffeis a few refl 'ctious uiHjii the toast. "The Jackson Domoc rac." the theme upon which he was appo;nted to hp-ak, and confines nun self solelv to th it luMect. A decision was rendered to-day on th TTnitf-d States SuDiemo Ct-uit in thecae of A T. Stewart & Co , ap pellanta against Meyer Souneborn in stituted a civil tu t for damages iu the Cuited State Circuit Court for the District of Alibima, on tbe n'OUod that Stewart C.. hail maliciously forced hiin iio b.ukruptcy without i.rnbable (uu.e. A iu lement was reu hi fi..r. for 2().(00. This court now n v. rse that judgment, on ti.t. . r.iiiiid ui n- r in tLe ciiaiifrd to jury in the cult bel w. and leinands me case for a nc' ir.al. Tbe Supreme Court this afternoon rendered a decis- of tbe Ui it 'd States v..rii4 the lliiiiin Pacific railroad Co., ti.I otlwrs cMinmonlr known as the rvrfit .M.;bil(r Caj. The decinin of t.h Kiwrtr court, sustaining the demur rer to the bill in equity, is affinned.and the government's suit is therefore or dered to be diamiss:a. Louisiana Atlulrs. By Te'estrapb toth News. New Orleans, January 6. Se-'aors Teller, Cameiou, Kirkwotwi, Bailey and Garland, have arrived toe mmer.co tbe investigation to-morrow. The Lenihiaiure oouveutd tod iv. J. C. Mancure, of C.xddo. wan elected speaker, C. M. reuuesot Jlatichitoch'8. was "elecu d Cleric. The Seato re electiui l he old cflicors. The anaigu uient of th Natchiiochos pii.K)uer8 lef.ie Jude Billiiiys was postponed until Tnuibd. ou a,. pi. cation of their touniHst tba 'hey may examine the indictment to determine whether thev will plead or demur. Bail fixed at five tuousaud eacli. I lie Freneh tlectione. Ey Cable to tbe Nss. Paris. Jan. 6. Tbe morning r iDers. f a w Commi-nting u tho Soiatori.tl tlections yeste.day, i groe that the result is a ciujbing blow, tor the ISonai. artists majority in the Senate uovv consists ot moderate R -publicans, aud it is con sidered piobahle that the Dutauie Cabinet wiil remain in office. Tbe Senator. Conr-i ItfKister. We have f-It ever since lecou truc tioD, that Nvjitu Car liua needs Z.bu Ion B. Vance 1:1 the United Stites Sen ate. Our present Senetors are able men, the Ron. Matt Ransom is ono of the grandest types of magnificent tatetmen that tbe State has ever pro duced; and Senator Merrimon in a statesman of the highest order, but neither of them entirely fills the bill to make our benatoiial presentation "li 8'. class." They are able aud pro found,' but particularly Merrimon prosy. We ned the short, magnifi cent, glistening nVibhes of Vauoi's puncture and unanswerable retort, in the Sfuate, to briug dowu the bo'nhat of Biaioe, Edmunds aud Conkl iif. The people of Noith Carolina expect the Legislature to elect Governor Vance United States Senator, aud the leuida'ure will do well to note tbe wishes of their constituents, and elect him. A Mniuber Noug. BT CELIA THAXTER. TLou little child, with tender, clinging arms, Drop thy sweet head, my darling, down and rest Upon roy fchoulder ; rest with all thy charms ; Be hocthed and cm foiled, be loved and blest. Asjainst thy silken, honey-colored hair I lean a loving cheek, a mild caress : Cloe, cl e I gather thee, and kiss thy fiir White eyeli.ls, sleep so softly doth oppresa. Dear little face, that lie in calm cot tent Within the gracious hollow that God made In every human shoulder, where he mt ant Sorao tired bead for comfort shonld be laid ! Most like a heavy-folded rose thon art Iu summer air reposing, warm and still. Dream thy swett drea as upon my quiet heart : I wach thy slumber naught shall do thee ui. To ltevive Frosted Plants. Plants are often frosted through neg lect and allowed to die through ignor ance. Those that have been quite se verely nipped may be saved if treated rightly, lbe proper way is, when the frost has been partially arawn out oi them, uatuiaily, to drench them with cold water from a finenosed watering pot, and immediately cover again and let them so remain until they regain their natural color. ben they are removed clip off all such parts as are blackened. An soon as it is discovered that a plaut has been touched by frost, remove it to a cool, dark room, and on no account suffer the sun to shine on it. If they can ba covered so as to ex clude air as well as light it is better still. Dahlias, calla and the like need not be removed until the fro3ts are severe r uough to blacken the have. The State Debt. Correspondence of tha Newi. , Much concern is manfeted now about tbe debt of North Cay-oliua, both by the credit jis and the people of our glorious old com mou wealthy The time for the meeting of the General Assem bly approaches yery rapidly. In a few days the members will have' assembled at the Capital. What then can be done? We hear the cry coming up constantly, the Legislature, at its ensuing session, must do something to settle the State debt and - ave us fmm disgrace, and some (jo even to far as to say, from ruiu and the greatest of calamines. Ther-i s no good citizen who does not desTe to see the State's indebtedness pad. There is no good citizen who does not dtsire to sto the citizens rf the State pay up also their pnvato indebtedness. The leal and moral oblig&tiou is just as binding to do the one as to do the other, and we think the consequences of failu:g to do the one' as thn other. But whiis imny say this Legislature tun at att.cid to tbi.i matter of the public debt, where ii the man whacan suggest the plau ? Wo imagine it is just about as easy to su rest tbu plau for our peo ple ad pt w.iyt in order to pay their priv&.e 'ebis O ! if that p'.au can be aUatKetrtod, wlnit a thrill of joy it would giv about ibis li.ne to ;hvuauda of our pjir dcb'vrs whose bome8tadi are threatened by no one but just credit or. L. t mo ono suggr-st not ooly the plan, but tbe means with which to cany it out. There are, we are satis ti n!, thousands of these pnor debtor -w bo aro auxioua to pay tueir pwr cred it ois, for wj are all poor now; but how axe ti.ey to do it ? they anxiously in quire. Sj it is we ibink :n reference to the S' ate's debt. How can tin L gUl'.ture m ir.ae to settle thisd-bt i1 Wiu-re can tli3 n'eans b fou ud ? These questions are mo -e easily iiki d t ian aoHWered. Lot us tak.; a slight giunco at the difll ultit s: Iu ouo of ex-Gov. Ellis's lant messa ges to the Legiilatuie before the com iiieucemeut ol our lare civil war, h etated that the S:ate' debt was, in lo.ind numbers, ten millions of dodart. That the taxes collected during the year, for the S ate, ware 7o0 'thousand dollars. nd tliat that amount of taxe w.u sufficient 'o pay the interest on the public debt, and to pay the expenses of thy State noverniuent. No interest has been p; d by the State since, but in terest has beoil constantly accumula ting. During tho war bonds were is sued under acts of the Legislature of ISUO '61, we believe, for o....'" Twl amounts, thus increasing the J We a e not now able to state accu rately what the old debt amounts to. but we suppose, interest and al', it foo:s up somewhere iu the neighbor hood oi 30 ttiilJious of dollars lather over i hsm under. Put it down at 80 m.dions tj bo provided for. We know of curse that the whole d.rbt of the 8 tat .5 is much larger. How will ui anxious fneii :s work out the problem, aud suggest to uiir Lj tlative friends a plau to settle it and save the State aud the people from disaster? It is needless to begin until you have a plan upon which you can work up the sal vation of the State aud the people. It wou't do to talk about ri puliation That is iuiquitous aud dishonest. Wei!, d you think that oar peoplo in North Carolina cau stand even oue milnou aud eight hundred thousand dollars added to their preset buidiis of taxen, State aud ueneial govern meat, to pay annually the iuteresr oi even the 'S uiiil.ous of debt? What do you think of tLe proposition, tenttemn ot tue Legislature? Ca-i you t-tand p ? It y.u can, do it. If you think tbe peo e oau stand it without ruiu aud disaster, you ought to do it. Don't stop a d s and aud wait to inquire whether it will b p pu'ar. The sta.esmn'.s duty is to determine what ouht to b- ilone, aud when tnat ia settled thou do w La' ever is light, and trust himself in tho hands of au houest constituency to approve the rih'. If you, g'.ntlemeu of tbe Legis'ature, shall come to the conclusion that the people cau not staiid the amount of taxes thai it will take to pay interest on the vhole debr, what-.ver it uisy be. th)u see if there is any common ground between the creditor aud d-.-btor upon which both can stand, and compromise upon tlvs by issuing new bonds and let tbe tax tor the regular payment of iu tercst be levied. March square up to it. Occupy no half-way gri-u d. Ei -ther do or say we caurot do it n-w. Don't u .dtitake any of your sepudia thn rt solutions. Ihat is nothu; but buumuxgery and demagoguei-m No thing of that sort is binding .u y ur success.. rs. It you thiuk the pople aie unable to do so uow,let the next L' fcisl uie take its responsibility oa the subject. U may, perhaps, be wen to glance Vciy bnelly at the situation of our peo- pl", and tbe circumstancos that aur rcuud them at present, iu oidar to as certain ordeterminj whether it is piao- tic-ile for tbe Legislature to do a: y thing now for the accomphsiimeut of the great pu.p so of r lieving the Sta'e from her present depressed, shall we say oppressed, condniou? L t us take a bird's eye view, and let no oue mock at us ard cry out, in advance, dema- T . .1 1 : ...... g giieisui. INO one wou u reanzj moio pleasure in COUlCUJpuiaiiK mc ouim ci.i more favorably thau we expect to pre sent it. We must look fads in tLe face. A wise man seoth the danger ahead and providi th ngaiust it. Our populati- n in the State is about one million. The valuation of the entiie property of the (State is perhaps ie.'Hy little move tnau one nunarea uouaia per head. The Legisla'uro reust nec e8arily levy taxes su3i.;ient for th support of tbe State j.,oversiment, and allow a sufficient uiaiyin within the limita'ious of tue Cn.-ti u'iou for levy ing taxes to supp ;rt the county acoveru- meo's. Tne g-.ven men must be cut, . . i , i . ...1.. :i, . SB Judge uynum uas reeeuny ihm ironi the Supreme I 'oun. Boi ch, aocoiding totheclo u, but it, nevervhehss musi be cut. You may say the salaries and feea of the officers must b : c.i' djw.;. Well, Gut tbem down but wo. ray t ike care not to bleed the atte it to death i You must bavofhoo."?. r ., tue nec essary taxes must Cirue. Airam. tbe Gov-, rnnientot itc btirca States must have money in the way of taxes to support it, and pay the bond holders, bioated or not bio -.ted, and support the enormous and intolerable National liana: yseni, to rarity .ur. Hewitt of New Yoik, and othe:8, ov they'll burst up the Diu cr itic party. When ail tuis is aoue, wnere is any margin left within the l inka'. ions of the industrial products o! Noith Car olina to levy taxes on ovw pe.ple to pay interest now on t)u puudc debt of North Carolina? If the g' iii.ieiuen of the Legislature can e ir we confe.-s we see it, " at all, ttirougti a g ass ve ry dimly. Wo regret the nlowmy situation. But can we shut our eyes to it ? Is it wisdom to do it ? It is very mild, very prtty, to sit off and look on, and cry I it must be done. We wish heartily it were practicable to provide now and at once for the permanent settlement of the public debt, but we confess we do not see how we can do it until the cred itors lower their figures L How are we to approach them? That is the ques tion. For several successive sessions f the Legislature our people have tried to approach them, butabout all we hear from them is, the Legisla'ure must provide some means to piy the debt. And the next you hear somr s. Ian in the State cries out if. must ht dou. The State's credit aud it? hoaor must he preserved. How? Will some one tell us ? Items From Forsy t?ie. Correspondence of the News. Winston, Jan. 3rd, 1870. Christmas was the most qui ;t aud dull ever witnessed here, we presume. Snow, rain aud sles rendered evsry amnsement next to impossible for sev eral days, during . tho holidays. A sol id treeza soon after Christmas iccited every man from tho fireside to th ice- pond, and sjoa every ice house was? filled with ice. Today; (Fiid.). is incomparably the coldest day we have had. Sana Olaus made his annual vis it and all the children are happy. Five new merchants open out in our town with the new year. The usual impressive services wer held in the Moravian Church in Salem, and a Bi ble reading, temperance lecture and watch meeting in the No. 3 Church in Winston, came off New Year's eve. Last night tho '-Good Templar Amateur Dramatic Troupe" rendeied 'Ten Nights in a Bw Room" in Tise's Hall, and ooncluded with the temper ance drama, "Aunt Dinah's Pledge." Both were splendidly performed, all the actors having acquitted themselves fluely, and a part merited the highest praise. The inimitable Jack Johnson as Sample SwitcheU.in the former, aod Dinah Freeman in the latter, kept the audience in convulsions of laughter. He personated Dinah so naturally that if present she would have forreited hei tit! So also did Phil. Ramey get off 'E Urar Freeman" better than a real doctor could have done it himself. Mr. J. Q. V. B )8hamer personated "Joe Morgan the Inebriate," as per fectly as Joe himself. I do not know what they realized. Female Freemasons, V. Times. ' rcpftue..Atlanti Iflliflthl powerTUll 111 i'Oic dcussinsXBu. J. V. Times. tic coast members the largest and most vin existence are drscussingiftsillguestien whether or not a woman w ma 1B a ou. There does not i-eem HouS 1 great dif ference of opinion on the subjewfr only tnose who are best acquainte . lbu iiiaaomi; loie uare to euci& a t. ii knowing'y concerning a mystery which very few have ever been able to ex plain It ssems ?o' be pretty generally assumed that by no possibility could such an event ever have taken place. In the earlier days of Masonry, as shown by some ancient manuscripts, there were "Dame Masons" as well as "Master Masons." Th "Apprentice" is charged in one manuscript that he "shall not ileal or pick away his mas ters or dame's goods," and in another manuscript that "he shall hot disclose his master's or dame's counsel or se crets," whence it may be referred tba at onetime the widows of Masons were permitted to carry on work under the guild, and in that case the appren tice would serve out his time. "It may be," adds the editor - of the work on Masnic history to which wa are in debted for this information, "that this rule was even erlarged so a to admit the widows and daughters of Maons," a supposition which may well suggest missgivings about the secrets imparted to those who know anything about the oider. A flirilllns Story. Wilmington Sun. Yesterday morniug, as two ladies were preparing, their toilet an accident, of perhaps a serious nature, occurred. The elder lady was sitting with a large cat at her feet. Suddenly, withouT warnirjg, the animal seized upon one of the lower extremities of tho lady and tore the flesh with its teeth and claws. Before the yonnger lady, her daughter, could come to her assistance the wounds i tlseted by the cat were many and painful. The young lady bided not a moment, but took hold of the little en ragbd beast and pulled it quickly away. Ti e c-it, infuriated to tigerish anger, spiang at her, its tail swollen as largo as a human arm, aud scratched her hand and other parts of her person, be Rides badly tearing her dress. A neigh boring gentlemau was appealed to for help, aDd by the aid of the young lady's tight grip on the cat's neck and a dumb bjll iu the bands cf the gentleman, tho fuiious feline was killed. A physician was called upon to dress the wajnds o. the elder lady, who is afflicted with erysipelas in the lacerated limb, and wh )S3 safety is a malt?rof anx'e'y flitting Fish iu our Streams. Pie-lmont Press. The fish busincs at Heniy, under the management of Worth aud Huske, is ur.ving up lively. Dining last and this week 25,090 young Cal Salctu n were put in Deepiiver at Jamestown, for the Cape Fear river; 3J,0j0 in the Mountain su earns of Dan river: 30. 000 in the Green river, in Henderson coanty on the Spirtauburg and As-he villtfR inroad. There are now o,OUU young trout ova batching which will . . .1 I Ml . t 'f I. . be put in tne uui country s r a-ns. i u opeiatious at tuis winter natcn.-ry have proven highly successful tLis season, in a tew yeais our si reams will all be well stocked with the very best fish and our people will loc k back with much pride upon the who legis- 1 tion of the last General Assembly iu providing for the fiah interest in con nt otion with th? Agricultural Depai t ru - t. Yabborouoh House, Raleigh, N. C. I have ued D.-. Bail's Cough Syrup lor ny children, servants and mys-lf and think it the golden remedy. Mrs. Dr. Blackwell. To the Public. G. W. Kiug, in rear of T. H. Brings & Sons', Hardware Store is prepared to repa r in first class style Brei c!i Load ii g aud Muzzle Loading s'aot guns an Five Arms of all descriptions. Door L cks. Trunk Locks and all kind of Lock work, Urn'oid'as, Fluting Ma chines and anything in the hue of s-rnitt Hardware, either Brass or Iron. Sign and Belt Hvigmit a speciality. Orders from a distance will receive prompt, at te 'tin. All work warranted. Tbe L,ewes-KIiot Alliance, From the New York Times. Since the death of George Henry Lewes many of the newspapers have been clumsily discussing his relation to George Eliot, whose genius and literary labors have entirely over shadowed his fame and his works, deserving . as they are. The press generally speaks of her as his wi e, which she was, spiritually, though not legally, owing to circumstances that ,-ould not be controlled. The wife of the author eloped from him many years ago; but, having repented of her folly, and wii-hing to return to him, he vtry generously restored her to his heart and home. She proved to be incurably inconstant. She left him a second time, and he sorn after met George Eliot, between whom and himself sprang up a strong friendship, based upon perfect men at sympa'hy and community of taste. They would have married, but they could not do so, inasmuch as having once condoned his wife's offence, the laws" of Great Britain were not capable of granting him a divorce. He could not marry again until his late wife's death, and she, unfortunately, showed ever, symptom of longevity. Such condi tions naturally produced a dilemma. After long deliberation and consulta tion with common friends, among them some of the best minds in Eu rope, they decided to live under the same roof, disregarding conventionali ty for the sake of mutual assistance and mental growth, a course in which their friends, it is said, fully sustained them. George Eliot has been called and known for years as Mrs. Lewes, and will so continue to be called and known, albeit the former wife still lives, and bids fair to survive the gifted novelist, who is nearly sixty, aud has long been in very delicate health. Senatorial Election. Pools will bs sold oa the Senato rial election at Tim Lee's Club Housa, commencing on Saturday evening Jan. 4:h. at7i o'clock, and will ba contij. ( ued each evening' until the f tvorite is elected. The friends of G v. Vance, Judge Merrimon and all the Black Horses are cordially invited to be pres ent. 4 Hurry Up! And call on J. C. Brewster to buy your Christmas goods. He has any thing and everything suitable for mak ing presents. Articles both usaful ani ornamental for the household, , which always makes home cheerful. If you want a pan to bake your cake or Christmas turkey in go to Brewsrers. If you want a present fer your wife, your boy or girl, he has the most suitable for each. He has tool chests. enroll saws and in fact anything you Clir-nd T7rii pin find nn fault, with ;iuu-.j ""'" of which have given c Tho Tiri'.on .'ure to my worn as tlie X .! wood for 1879 can tvA,! work submit by addressing, at onc?? leaving Raleigh, r?. C. At IiUinsden's. Just arrived one thousand flower pots, one thousand gallons stone ware Pistols (new model Smith & Wesson,) euus, powder, snot, caps, cvo. labie and pocket cutlery, (Rogers warrant ed.) Scissors, shears &c. Also the best stock of stoves, plain and fancy tinware ever brought to this place can be fouud at Lumsdeu s. He also makes a specialty of repairing guns, pisto's, locks, sewing machines, bell hanging &c. Tin rooting do e as cheap as sui 'giis a i 1 warranted. Don't f org t Lumsden if you want ay thing in the metal ime, Going At. Undtrshirts 30 cents: Linen Bosom Shirte. Laundried. 75 cents: Women's Bairnorais, 45 cent; Men's fur hats $1; Huminjr case silver watchas, So: Revolvers, 2 to $4; Men's fur top dogskin gloves, 6o oeuts;li eavcr (Jver coats, $3 to $5; Wol coats, $1 to $5; Broadcloth, $3 to $5; wool vests, 75 cents to $1; at Orr's Open Froat Auc tion House, Wilmington street, back of Market House. The National Hotel. By some means unknown, a report has been given circulation that this fine house would speedily be closed. Never was there a rumor more utierly unfbiT.ided. The hotel will continue to bi, as it has been, fi 'st clas in its accommodations and liviig. The traveling public are asked to test the truth of this, and will always receive a jeady welcome. Gilt Edge Butter. Th finest o i th'. market at Latta & llyatts. NEW CJJS'SIOlSMENT. 100 floz 'n eggs. 500 lbs. pork. 75 sacks N. C. flour. 200 lbs. N. C. hams. AU of which must be sold to-day Call tja.-iy if y ,'U ire in want. Latta & Myatt. The Mcvcn Spring Iron and Al um nass Tor Sick and Nervous Ifeadaohes. Wo will make any person a present of a nice $10 00 B ble, who suiter with sick or nervous headache, if they will use trie "Seven Springs Mass" accord ing to our rtireetioas, aud then consci entiously say that it wiil not relieve it. This is a bona fide offer, and we mean what we say. We wiil not require any unreasonable cjnditions. Address, Landrum & Litciifikd, Abingdon, Va. P. S. Headache is tho least com plaint for which this remedy, the "Iron and Alum Mass" is efficient. For sale by Wm. Simpson, Poncu'l, Leo & Co., aird F. H. Haartt, Raleigh, N.C. - Mrs. Wm. Woolcott has removed ber rnilliu ry and fancy goods to the Prair:e building; on Wilmington street. She has oa hand a large Tot of chil dren's and ladies' hosiery, which can he bought cheap for cash. Stronach & Allcott.Comuiisaiiou Merchants, Are selling from N. C. and R. & G. depots, and their Agricultural Machin ery Warehouse, three car loads, best Timothy hay, one car load oats, one car load white com, one car load bolted meal, one car load N C. family flour, and chickens, eggs, North Carolina and Virginia butter, potatoes, onions and all kinds of country produce, at re duced prices. General instructions to "tefcU on arrival." Ie aod tlrd Stable. Having this day sold bar Livery arid O.nnibus line t? O'KUey &Bk9r, will give our person 1 a'-.teatlti to thd sals of horses and mulae aod will koep a first class b irdin stable. Oar sta ble will baopea day aud niht, and especial attention givao to crausoi'it and mont'ily bosrdirHi ' 0 Thinkful for th patronaaja so liber ally bet)owed herofofore," we trust by strict attdution, to merit a oontiau anceof the a:ne iuour sale aud board ing stables. Geo. W. Wtknr & Co. Take Notice I C. Waiksl, tha w-jII k i iw i m ro'iait tailor, will, on -he tl.MGdiy of Jaouu-y, '79, m ive to the store N . 28, on Fay- ' etteville s r jet, f.ifinsrly o.cupijl by 11 uie, the grocer. ' . Oranges Junt From the Grove. The choicest Florida O.-ane, diree from tha ir va on the rtt Jnu'sUiv-' er, are jus" received by R st r & Bio. Taey are the finest ever sho n here., ar-d uneq-iiled for quility or flavor. Do no. ian to can early lo scu.e the e luscious fruiiB. " It flight ltav lie t-n. When taking a rtro?p"ctio i of our pi8tliv js, how of'eu dje c nisj'ienco whisper o biokru sjd.its and wounded hearts the sid, sad wuds. "1; ruicht have been?' Thus it may- ba -with the suffer who eitlu. es the a mie-H of hemorrhoid, or piles, ;tu 1 li-je Ls no the c hi use! t try Barhaui's lulahiablo ble . uie, whiou i- wanaute 1 1 spje ly and permanently euro this d stress-' ing disease. Manufactured by tha. . Darham Piie Cure Co., Durham, N. C. , Private Hoarding. Having rented the large and well ar- ranged dwelling home on Morgan street near Bl mut street, kuown as tbe Cayton Housa, I have furuished the same and am prepared to accommodate the p ublic with good rooms, good faro and1 comfortable . accommodations. Puces low. TiaosleTit Boaid $1.00 per. day. Apply early,; Mis. C. Waller. Mineral Apollinaris, Water. - Park. Vichy, Empire, Lithia, Buffalo, Cvnrcss, Dt-ep Rock, Liibiu, Glea Alpine A large lot of beau if ul Vases, Toilet Sets, Fine Hair Brushes, Combs, Tin ported Perfumery and Holiday Goo Is suitable for presents, at Simpson's Drug Store. Fine Imported and Domestic Cigars, at biaii'soM's Diug Store. A Full Supply. Mas Joe PBRso'.ee atore ot Rud & Barbte v Dear Madame Vorffeet, offers to purchaa- iveu. 'heavy goU.0' family supplies an admirable assort w&fif. wtUslea iu that line. There is also stokoi cotton ties and bagging. ' Tlte firm is prepared to pay particular attention to consignments of cotton, etc- Removal." -W. II. Pepper, th original Ilestuuraleur, Ou January 1, 1879, will move toftlu Green Front Salooo, on Harnett s"t?et. his old place. The establishment is being remodeled, refurnished aud i. fitted, aud will bo one of the handsomest saloons in the city. Tly best l;quors, will bo kept iu stock, and t ae. ch'MCi-st eating cau always be had. Oysters served iu every stylo. f O. S. Hauder., A Beaufort, N. C, deahir in salt aud fresh fish of every description, by pack age or barrel. All orders accompanied with cash or eood reference, will re-. ceive prompt attention, and be filled at the lowest market prices. net 4-tf. Overcoat! Overcoal!! To suit the Season. At It. B. An dr ws & Co., Clothiers and U-A'Xurt. Uiiheurd of Uargaii!j AT THE INDEFATIGABLE EXDKVOI18 TO PLEASE THE PUBLIC. hO II Ell E QOKS. Ye muses nine, inspire ray p a, To sing of Fayettevdle stiet et.No 10, w ho tiirshis best to please hi f lie una And in his labors uever euds. Bargains he'll give you when you call For No. 10 is all and all. Of other houses youhcar them talk; InFayettevi'le street just take a a'k,- And only ask for No. 10, Kept by the most Ingenious of men, Aud when his friends by cha ice drop in Then foith hj cora-.s, Lord what a And to their wonder-in eyes dp'ays Sash heap oi brackets aud win. low shades. His pictures ar exp"ed to public 'view And a variety of cord to suspend them too, His looking glassas and toilet caes Will help aiornyour formiand fax-s; Picture frames and miuldia- too In great variety, blacl, brown . and blue. His wiud-w corniouS an 1 Urubivquim fine, will make your rooms and parlor shne. Perforated mottoos, and white holly baskets. And ev.u-y other sort of 8uft, Of which he hopes to have enough. So now be bids your all adieu And wishes a hapoy new year teo. And not forgtt 0. C. Clawson, No. 10 Fayettevdle St.- The Capitol Caueus. Tha frequent meetings to be held at the Capitol Cigar Store opposite tha Post ofhoe, by the members Ot the General Assembly and the People. The fine8tand best citrars , to'oKv, i. and smokers' goods of evry recn;)- tioa always in stock. The atfaua or State can best be sotded aud e j ye I over a good smoke. Call at Ilea1 lq car ters. The Capitol Curar Store, p; ! '- site the Post office. Hambags, There are people who alrartUe who t:e hninbu48, but this is au exception I ess. A. C. Sauders fi.Uo. went to sell 1 tiae top buggy, 1 two-horse drav. two-norsd wacou, i ioui jr--"' ... t . ' . 1 mare, last in nsrnoiw an j n-.., vaddle critter.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1879, edition 1
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