North Carolina Newspapers

THE DANBURY REPORTER-POST. VOLUME XIII. Reporter and Post. • t WBLMHSD WEKKLY AT DANBURY. N. C. PJCPPKR k SONS, Pubs. 4 Props ■ ATM or SI WM'BIPTIOS : CM Year, pionbli In advance, SI-AO »u Month*, "0 KATKM OF ADYKRTIKIXGt On* Square (ten linen or Uwh) 1 time, fi rtn r*rMk aitdttional lu*ertioi», ...AO Contract* for longer tline or more apace can be ■Ubde In proportion to the above rate*. riaMient alverU»«u* will be expected to remit aeUr4Wis *>• tbeA rata* y the time tliry tjeitJ Lctt*l)T#Uo*rtrill kaetadroed9opercent.higier llUaine** Card* will be tu»erted at Ten Dollars per annum. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. J. BOVD, J. w. REID. BOYD $ HE ID, Attorneym-at-Law WKM WORTH, N. C. Practice in the Superior court of Stokes county. ~ ROBERT D. ( Attorney and Counsellor, MT. AIRV, N. c. Practices In tho courts of Surry, Stokes, Yadkin and Alleghany. W. F. CARTER, ir. MT. AIKY, SI'HKY CO., N. O Practices wlierevev his services are wanted ~Jt. L. HAYMORE, ATTORN EY-AT LAW Mt Airy. N. O* Special attention given to tlic collection of claims. 1 —l2m B. F. KING, WITH JOHNSON, SUTTON $ CO., DRY G(H>I)S, Mo*. 27 and 29 South Sharp, Street, r. w. jonrsoN, R. M. BUTTON J. H. R. GRAfinK, O. J. JOHNSON, r. DAT, ALBERT JONEB. 3Day & Jpaa.eG P manufacturers ot SADDLERY, HARNESS, COLLARS, TRUNR No. 336 W. Baltimore atreet, Baltimore, J/«l. Vf. A. Tucker, B.C.Smith. lI.S. Spragglne Tucker. Smith & Co.. Mftmifeetarhr* & wholesale Denier* in UOOT6, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS. No 990 Baltimore Street. Baltimore, Jftl. It. J. d: J{. K. BEST, WITH Henry Sonncbom §• Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. 9S Aaaover St., (between German Lombard Stol BALTIMOHE n. SONNKBORN, B. BI.IMLINK O. WATKINS, W. S. ROBKRTSON O. L. COTTRfcLL, A. S. WATKINS. Watkins. Cottrell & Co., Importer* and Jobber* of HARDWARE. 1807 Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. Agent* for Fairbanks Standard Scale*, an Aaker I (rand Bolting Cloth. HUyhrn Putney, L. U lllair W. 11. MILES, WITH STEPHENF U TNE Y# CO., Wholesale dealers in Boots, Shoes, and Trunks, 1*219 Main Street, Mept. 8-81-flm. RICHMOND, VA. J. ft. ABDOTT, or N c., with WUHJO, ELLETT & CRCJIP, RICHMOND, VA., __ Wholesale Dwlers is SHOES, TRUNKS, AC. Prot.pt .tuntloo paid to orders, and satis f.elloa gaaranleed. Virfuua Statt Prison Good, a upenaUy Mareh, (. m ■OMBT V. POWISS. KDUAK D. TAYLO . R W. LOWERS & CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Dealers In PAINTS, OILS, DYES, VARNISHES, French and American WIXDOW OLAttS, PUTTY, fcC SMOKING AND CHEWING OiOARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY iaOS Main St., Biohmond, Va; An |n»l«ml6— J. L. C. BIRD; WITH W. D. KYLE & Co., IBPCRTKKB AHD JOIIHRIIH OF HARDWARE. Cutlery. IRON, NAILS and CARRIAOC GOODS No. 9 Governor Street, KICIIMOND.VA. r.'Mitb*' treatment, in on«* paf'kr.Re. Cluod for ('"'.d laiheHeai, Ht-Mkcbe, Ulsalnvm. Hay Kever, Ac. ytAy coot*. By all I)ru«ri*i*. or by mall. . - It T. liAZEL'I INK, Warreu, Pa. SUBSCRIBE FOR Your County Paper, -=The Reporter and Post,;- OF THE PJCOPLR! FOK THK FKOPI.E! OF THK PKOI'LK I FOII THK PKOPKK ! OK THK PROPLK! KUII THK PKOPLK I OF THK PKOPLK! FOK THKKKoPLK! ONLY $1.50 A YL\R! RI'BHCHIBG NOW It is your duty to aid your county paper. We propose publishing t good family paper, and solicit from our friends and from tho Democratic party in Stokes and adjoining counties a li beral support. Make up clubs for us. Now go to work, and aid an enterprise devoted to Your best iuterosts. Head the following NOTICES OF THE PHKSB : The lIF.I'OKTSTT AND POST is sound in policy and polities, and deserves a libe ral support.— Reidsville Weekly. The Danbury KEPOBTER AND POST begins its thirteenth year. It is a good paper and deserves to live long and live well.— Daily Workman. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST celebiatos its twelfth anniversary, and with pardouable pride refers to its suc cess, which it deserves.— Jlews and Ob server. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND POST is twelve yoars old. It is a good paper aud should be well patronized by the people of Stokes. It certainly deserves it.- Salem Press. For twelve long years the Danbury REPORTER AND POST has beenroughiug it, and still manages to ride the waves of the journalistic sea. We hope that it will have plain sailing after awhile. Lexington Dispatch. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just passed its 12th anniversary and under the efficient management of broth er Duggins cannot fail to iucrcase in popularity with tho people of Stokes and adjoining counties.— Winston Sentinel. The editorials on political topics are timely and to the point, aud the general make up of every page shows plainly the exercise of much care and pains taking. Long may it live and flourish under tho present management. — Moun tain Voice. L'bo Danbury REPORTER AND POST has entered tho thirteenth year of its ex istence, and we congratulate it upoD the prosperity that is manifested through its columns. To us it is more than an ac quaintance, and we regard it almost as a kinsman.— Leaksville Gazette. The Daubury REPORTER AND POST last week celebrated its twelfth anniver sary. It is a stroug aud reliable paper editorially, it is a good local and gener al uewspaper and in all respects a credit to its town and section. It ought to be well patronized.— Statesvillc Landmark. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just ontcred its 13th year. We were one of the crow that launched the RE PORTER, and feel a d scp interest in its welfare, and hope that she may drift on ward with a clear sky and a smooth sur face for as many more years.— Caswell News. The Danbuty REPORTER AND PORT has celebrated its 12th anniversary. The paper is sound in polioy and politics, and deserves tho hourty support of the people of Stokes. It is an excellent weekly aud we hope to seo it flourish in the futuro as never before.— Winston Leader. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST oauie out last week with a long editorial, entitled, "Our Twelth Anniversary" and reviews its past history in a very entertaiuiug way. Go on Bro, Pepper in your good work; you get up one of if not tho best couutry paper in North Carolina.— Kernersville News. That valued exohaugc, published in Danbury, N. C., the REPORTER AND POST, has entered upon its 12th anni versary. Long may it live to oall tho attention of the ouwide world to a coun ty which is as rich, we suppose, in min erals as any in the State of North Car olina, and to battle for correct political measures.— Danville Timet. "NOTHING HUCCEKDB LIKE HUCCESH.'" DANBURY, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885. The Old Man Manuel. BY T. C. TULLKU, RALEIGH. ID the Fall of IBGB, a horrible crime was committed in the county of Cum berland in thin State. A colored man by the Dame ot Maioor bad been ahot, and instantly killed, in his own house, at a dead hour of the night. Suspicion fell upon a colored man by the name of Jacob Manual, and lit was at o»c» ar rested and imprisoned up.n the charge of marder. Jacob Manuel was an in telligent 3ian of about thirty-five years of age, and had, up to that time, borne a good character. It was alleged that, being moved by jealousy, he had gone to the cabin iuhabited by Maiuor, haJ stealthily crept up to the house, and thrusting his gun through the trauks of tho log but, had put a heavy chargo of buck-shot through bis victim's head. 1 was at that timo practicing law in the town of Fayetteville, and was ap plied to by the "old mau Manuel," Ja cob's father, to undertake the defense of his son. Tbe old man, (I have forgotten his given name), was about seventy years uf ago—very tall, straight and spare. He was of a red copper eolor, with thick, bushy, white hair, aeatly but coarsely dressed, and had a stern but rather sad expression of countenance. Ho was of; more than ordinary intelligence, quiet, easy, and even dignified iu his manners, slow and deliberate in his speech, and showed that he had suffered, and that he could "suffer aud be still." The old man told uio tho story of his life, bow born to the hard lot of o "free negro," be had struggled ; how pinched by pov erty and without frionds, he had toiled . and starved to provide even tho barest neceaiaries of life for his family ; how his wife had died many years ago, Icav idg him with six small children ; how he had striven to raise them in credit ; | bow soma of theui had wandered from the right road ; how be tried to bring , them back to virtue, and how lie hail failed. All this ho told in bis artless, slow, delibcrato way. Ho then added with some emphasis —"Jaoob has been a good boy, God knows, and I do not be lieve him guilty of this crime." Through sympathy and pity for tho old man, I uudcrook the defense of his son. Soon 1 became interested in the case, and exerted myself to '.he the ut termost. The trial came off, tbe evi dence, though mainly circumstantial, was terribly strong, and Jacob was con victed of murder. About twelve o'clock at night the jury filed into the court room, and by the dim light of a few candies, they solemnly delivered their verdict of "gui.'ty in manner and form as charged in the bill of indictment." The old inau was standing by me at the time ; ho showed no feeling and made no sign. He merely whispered, "God knows, and 1 Tcnow lie is not guilty." Jacob was sentenced to bo bunded ; an appeal waa taken to the Supreme Court, tho judgment was affirmed ; an other sentence ; the day for tho execu tion was again set, and then, to «ave the man's life, there remained only tho hope of a pardon or commutation of sentence. Through tbe kiudncss of Sheriff Har dic and others, who sympathized with the old man. petitions for pardon were signed, and by tho old man presented, in porson, to Governor Holden, who grant ed several reprieves, but Governor Iloldon went out ot office and his suc cessor, Governor Caldwell, declined to further interfere with the execution of the sentence. Tbo day for tho execu tion was rapidly approaching. 1 felt then nnd I feel now, that though the circumstances relied on for couviction, wero strong in tbomsel7cs and strangely well connected, yet tbe man was uot guilt/—that he was about to bo offorcd up as another victim upon tbe altar of circumstantial evidence. But yet as the day drew near, as the preparation for bis execution were almost completed, 1 felt that all would soon bo over with poor Jacob. Not so, however, with the "old man Manuel." Ho never doubted, he "never abatod one jot of heart or hope ;" be knew his boy was innocent and he would not believe that bis innocence would not, providentially, be mado manifest. Old as be was, and infirm as he was, ne walked fVoui Fay etteville to Raleigh, a distance of sixty miles, and then presenting another pe tition for his son's pardon, ho mutely awaited tbe Governor's action. Just before the sun went down on tho day preceding that appointed fc T tbo execution, M I ?at in my office, ttiiuking that Jacob Manuel woOIJ never see another sunset, the "old man" came in and delivered to me ft paper from the Kiecutive office. It was a commuta tion of Jacob's from dc.itb to imprisonment for life in the penitentia ry. All the old uian said was "God has saved my boy." Shortly after this I mofed to Raleigh. 1 never lost my interest iA Jacob Man uel, and soon my law part.icr began to feel as much iutcrcst in "l.tie case os I did. For half jfcar, the "old nmh Manuel, travel-stained, weak and weary, would knock at our office door, and, after the usual salu tious, would simply say, «'I have come to see my boy." One or the other of us would always go with the old man to tho Governor's office, and make a fresh appeal for Jacob's pardon; but iu vain. All that oould be done was to givo the old luau a permit to outer the pcuitoutiaiy "to see his boy." 1 am told that the old man would go out, give his hand to his son, aud follow him about, as he was at his tasks, never speaking to him or anyone else, unless he was addressed; but would never take his eye* off bis boy. When he could remain no longer, he would silently givo to Jacob the little articles tho had brought for his comfort, shake his hand and quietly depart. As the next yoar would roll round, the old man would ap pear again, and the same things as re lated would occur. At our office, the executive chamber and the penitentiary, he was always expectod, and never failed to coiue, at his Ret time. Kveryone who mut the old man pitied him ; bis belief iu his son's innooence, his perfect relianoe upon a prjvidential interposi tion in bis behalf, and his ontirc and unselfish devotion to his hoy, won for him the profound respect of all who knew him or his story. And so the "old man Manuel" came and went; and tbe years rolled on. Gov. Ilolden bad gone out of office, kG.v. CaldweU lad died, a(t!.ti«*f.-Krog den was in the last year of his term. It was Christmas evo, dark, cold and chilly, is I sat by my office fire; my partner was at the desk writing ; sud denly, I ao n* know why, it came upon mo that I could then secute the pardon of Jacob Manuel. I put on my overcoat and said to my friend "t'aptaiu, I am going to tho Gov ernor and get him to pardon Jacob Manuel." I went to tho Executive office, found the Governor in, and said to hiui, i "Governor, I have come to ask you for a Christmas present. 1 have come to ask you for a man's life—poor Jacob Manuel is wasting bii life in prison and : his poor father is dying of his grief. Pardon tbo boy, and make the old fath er's heart glud onco more beforo he dies. He cannot aoe another Christinas; make this, his last, a happy one for him." The Governor sat musing for awhile, but I could see that tho word in season had been spoken. lie soon called his Secretary, had a pardou written, sign ed it and handed it to me. I sent a messenger, on a fleet horse, to the penitoutiary, the convict's garb was stripped off, citizen's clothes were put on Jacob Manuel, a small sum of money, duo him as a reward of good conduct, was given to him, and as the clock struck twelve that night, he gen tly knocked at the door of his father's bumble oabin. Tho old man opened tbe door and saw biui,-b'j4ho would not welcome him, he would not touch him ; "Jacob," he said, "have you esoaped from tho penitentiary, or do you oome as a free man I" "Father," he replied, "1 am a free man ; 1 am pardoned." Then the old man fell upon his son's neck, and, for the first time, he wept. He sat all night with Jacob's hand clas ped in his own, and all ho could say was "Thank God ! Thank God !" Tbo next morning the neighbors gath ered in and fouud the oil man was ra pidly passing away; tno revulsion of feeling bad been too much for him. In a abort time ho died ; died from an ex cess of joy. Kind hands provided for him dccont burial, sympathizing friends followed hiin to tbo grave and thus passed away a most devoted father, "The Old Man Manuel." We are not more ingenious in search ing out bad motives for good actions, when performod by others, than good motives for bad actions, when perform ed by ourselves. Gen. Ilanoock will be Chief Marshal at the Cleveland Inauguration. He took a prominent put when Garfield went in. The Governor's IHessane. He recommends a tax of 10 cents on SIOO for 188. r >, and 25 conts on SIOO thereafter, and that this year those coun ties wUieh are in debt be allowed to levy larger taxes than usual to liquidate their indobtedness while the State tax is so low; ho recommends that the number of District Judges b« increased to 12; that tbe Governor's Salary be rnado $5,000, ib i (!hi«t-1 ustioo's $ 1,000 ; the Aisooiaie-i) jO, M)d the Superior Court Judgee', the Secretary ofState's, the Auditor's, tho Treasurer's and tho Superintendent of Public In struction's, $;i,000 ; that an annual ap propriation of SIO,OOO in addition to the amount now allowed be granted to the University, and that it be equipped as rapidly and as thoroughly as possible to do practical work—training in the arts and trades ; that no radical change be made in tho Board of Agriculture, and that it be authorized to purchase a lot for the eroetion of a building for tho per manent exposition ofthe State's resourc es ; that the number of the Hoard of Di rectors of the Penitentiary be increased, and that the Hoard alone farm out con victs ; that an officer be appointed to in vestigate all complaints against railroads but that in pi escribing his powers not to go so far as somo other States have gone ; that a new Supreme Court room and new Library be erected ; and that the increase of salaries of tho State of ficers be made before the 21st, in order that it may go into effect in time to ben efit the incoming officers. It is an admirable publio document, and a proper closing aut of an already famous administration.— Stale Chruni cle. TruitGod and Talk Clieerrul iy. "Merry Christmas," said Mr. Tal mago to his congregation last Sunday. "For fourteen Christmases 1 have spok en to you of iipirituiil venefiU of the birth of Christ. To day 1 speak of tho temporal beuelits of tbe Saviour's birth. There is no nation that has go many bappy homes as America. Vet there are many to-day without work, with out food aud without shelter. Tbero must be something wrong, as to hun dreds of thousands of people this is a hungry, shivering Christmas. The trouble is that our couutry is suffering from too much polities. Eloquent cam paign orators have said that tho fate of the nation depended on the success of their party, when tho fact is, it does not make two cents' diQcreuce to ine or you who is President for the next four yaars. 1 unjoin two things upon you : First, helpfulness to the helpless, and, second, cheerful Ulk. If we want to prostrate business, talk in a dolorous toue and keep on talking. What aro you com plaining about l The loudest cries about hard times are not hard. I want to join a conspiracy niado up of business men, editors and preachers who shall agree to trust m Hod and talk cheerful ly- A Horrible Ilallucinatlou N'eai Chehalis, Wyoming, on the lino of the Northern I'ueiiie railroad, last week, Wui. I'oatson, a well to do farmer, who is u strong believer in npir itualtsm, imagined that he received an Older from u higher power to kill his infant child. This ho did with a ham mer. When he had finished he showed what he had done to his wife, who is al so a spiritualist. He then said that if she would cut her throat he would do the ttame. Both were found next day half frozen with their throats cut but not yet dead, l'carson had revived suffi ciently to state what is above related, but he and his wife will probably die. A Terrible Weapon olDe fence If a pompous wisacre tries to sit down on you, ask him rapidly a few ques tiona like the fallowing: What, if any, is the difference be tween a kaiak and a caique 1 What, if any, is the difforonce be tween Jacobins and Jacobins and Jacob ites? What, if any, is the difference be tween the ear of Dionysus and the ear of Dionysius ? How do yon accent vagary, coterie, and survey ? How do you pronounce pronuncia tlOD ? What is the meaning of the phrase to "bum your ohuck These questions will make it pleasant for him. A man that iswarnodis half anncd. How to Buy a Horse. , An old horseman says :If you want' I to buy a horse, don't believe your own I brother. Take no man's word for it. I ' Your eye is your market. Don't buy a j | hor«e in harness Unhitch him and | 1 take everything off hut his halter, airtl , i lead biiu around. If be has a corn, or . a stiff', or has any it her failing, you can j | seo it. Let hiui go by himself a way, | and if ho staves right into anythiug you J know he is No matter bow clear | aed bright his eyes arc, ho can't tee any more than a hat. liuck him, too.' Sonio horses show their weakness at tricks in that way when they don't iu auy other. .But, bo as smart as you J can, you'll get caught sometimes. Kv- j en an expert gets stuck. A horse may I look ever so nice and go at a great paeo, j and yet have tits. There isn't a man ! could tell it till something happens. Or ; ho may have a weak hack. Give him i the whip and off he goes for a mile or j , two, theu all of a sudden ho stops iu the j road. After a rest ho starts off again, ! j but ho soon stops for good, and nothing ! ! but a derrick could move him. j The weak parts of a borse can be bet- j ter discovered while stundmg ihan while | moving. If ho is sound, ho will stand squarely ai.d tiriuly on bis limbs with -1 out moving any of them, tho feet flatly ; upon tho ground, with legs plump and naturally poised, or if the foot is lifted from tho ground and the weight taken t'lom it, disease may bo suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a precursor of disease. If the horse stands with his' feet spread apart, or straddled with his | hind legs, there is a weaknoss in the loins and the kidneys aro disordered. Heavy pulling bends the knees. Bluish milky cast eyes in horses indicate moon blind j 9 i ncss or souiethiug olso. A bad-tonipcr jed horse kcep.i his cars thrown back. [ A kicking horse is apt to have scarred f legs. A stumbling horse has blemished | knees. When tho skin is rough aud 1 harth, and da?s nit move eariiy ic tho touch, the horse is a heavy eater and digestion is bad. Never buy a horse ; whoso breathing organs aie at all impair ed. Place yoar car at the side of the heart, and if a tvhcczing sound is heard it is an indication of troubla. How to Kill a Craving lor Alcobol While it is true that uiany who at ono time indulged in ardent spirits have abstained liter iu life, it is nut believed that (here is any real cure for the thirst created by alcoholism, but a person tliat claims to have cured himself gives a remedy that tnere would bo no harm in trying. We reproducit in the rescued person own words: "It was oue of those unfortunate given to strong drink. | When 1 left it off I felt a horrid want of something I must have or go distract 'ed I eould neither eat, walk nor sleep. Kxplatning uiy affliction to a man of | much education and experience, he ad ; vised me to take a decoction if ground j 1 quassia, a half ounce steeped in a pint j ;of vinegar, and to put about a small j teaspoouful of it in a little water, and to | drink it every time the liquor thirst 1 came on lue violently. I found it satis- j lied the cravings and also gave a feeling i of stimulus and strength. I continued j the cure uud persevered till the thirst was conquered. For two years 1 have ! not tasted liquor, and I have uo desire | for it. Lately, to try my strength, 1 | have handled and studied whisky, but 1 have no temptation to take it. 1 give t this for the consideration of the unfort unates, several of whom have recovered Iby means which Ino longer require." j Health anil l.uiiirhler. I Nothing is so productive of health as : a contented mind. We the other day j heard of a physician of this city who ! was jocularly represented as a picacher, when, with a friend at a Sunday-school picnic, whieh the regular minister had failed to attend, the doctor turned the tables on his jocose friend by promptly accepting the invitation to preach, and in doing so preached probably the short , est sermon on rocord. Taking the stand I he read the text, "A merry heart doelh 1 good like a medicine.'' Theu turning to the congregation of sad young faces, reread the text and said, "Therefore, my young friccds, laugh and gmvi fat. Let us pray." The way the children tumbled out of the seats and took to tho enjoy incuts of the occasion, proved it to be one of the most successful serinoDa ever preached.— Washington Health anil Home. | Concord is moving for a graded 'school, having voted $7,000 for the j same. NO. 30 Tbe First Tliounuud Dollars- Tlic first thousand dollars a young man earns and savoe will generally net tle the question of business life with !ii:u. It is the fruit of personal 'iitdua try. He gives his time and his labor for it. While he is thus naming tod saving it, he must earn two or Ultee, f-r perhaps fuur tiuiua iw mush to pay hi* current expense*. lie i* tly held sternly to the task of industry for a considerable period. The direct oou- % to hliu is a steady, continuous and solid discipline in the habits of In dustry, in paticut, persistent, forecast ing aud self-denving effort, breaking up all the tendencies to indolence and friv oliy, aud making liuu an earnest aud watchful economist of time. Ho not only learns how to work; but be alto acquires the love to work ; and, more over, he teams the value of the sum which lie has saved out of his earnings, lie has toiled for it; he has observed its slow increase from time ; and in it* estimation it represents so many mouth* or years of practical labor. 4 Unme for CUlldren. The littlo ones will thank as for Re printing a description of the following new game for children in the Little Folk' 1 a Magazine. It is called the game ! of "names " Kacli player is provided with a )ong slip of papei and a pencil, and if oqe of the players has a watch so much tbe better, if not a elook must be used. Oae oommunoes by calling oat : "Girl*' names commencing with A two tainuMs «llo«red." Each player then write; down all the girls uauics tbat he (he or she) can recollect, and at the expiration of the two liiinutcM "timo" is called. Then the oldest player roads from his (or her) slip all the names Uo or she has written down—say .V">> Aiuabel, Alice Ann, Anuie, Armamla, Alleen, etc. All the other players, a,s tho read" ouf. caticel any name reau oat. If tjr instance, all have written Amy, all cancel Amy, and count one mark. Say six players have Amabel and fbur have not, each »f the six counts one mark, those who have not thought and written down Amabel get nothing for Amabel, and so on through the list. The object of the game is to teach tho cbrildien all girls' and boys' names. When the marks have beon allotted for all the names tho total of tbo marks arc road out and noted on each blip. The play ers then proceed in similar manner tor all boys' nuuics commencing with A, such as Alfred, Abel, Adam, Andrew, Arthur, etc. The game can be contin ued till all the letters of the alphabet are exhausted. But practically young players rarely care to "do" mote than thirty sets, or fifteen letters conseeutive j ly. Various names crop up, and the memory is well exercised, and chil dren generally vote tt great fuu Auy | one introducing pet or faucy names, such as Pussy, Kit, Toddy, etc., forfeits two marks, unless it be artanged that tlioy bo allowed. Mahone In » Had Way. Senator Maiionc's condition fright ens his friends ami CM*W the ltcpubli | can Senators anxiety lest a Bourbou will till his seat before the expiration of his term. They call it that he ii suffering ' from chills, and on that auoouut has not : been seen in the Senate th:s winter. | The fact seems to be that he is living pretty fast, having left Ins family at home and takeu bachelor apartiucuta at Welcker's. 11c professes an entire iu diffcreneo to politics this winter, haa : hardly beeu near the White House, and I acts like a man whom defea* has sour ed. Demon-sit Ic Ev Committee, Mil Cuiik l»l*trlet. (tRKENSRORO, N. 0., ) Dec. SI, 18S4. J The following resolution wan unani mously adopted at the Democratic Con vention, held at this place July 29th laiTt, and in now published for informa tion and guidance of the voter* : "Resolved ; That the gentleiuanjnoio inatcd here to-day, J awes \V. Heid, for the next Congress, also, be the nom inee of this Convention for any vacancy that muy hereafter be declared, in the representation from tho District in the present Congress." Special election for Representative to fill vacancy in the Portf-EigliUi Con gress, Fifth Congressional District JAMES W. UK ID, OF ROOKINOIIAM OOINTV, ■ liuriilnj JMM. IV IWA, Uy order of tho Executive Committee, GKORtIE 11. GREGORY, Chmn. \ R. li. KERNER, Seel.