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1 : : j - j . j ' . ! ':'- - ----!4.,-:i.j-.j- - A '' . ,vv- - . .' . .. . STATE LEGISLATURE. SENATE. . Friday," NovJ 27, 18G8. The Senate met accoi ding to adjourns merit, : j The President in the Chain Tho journal stf-W eduesdiiy was read and approved. ' ' . .. 'i - ' i Mr. Lrfing presented tne pennon oi c rtain citizen of Davidson county, rela live to the darning of' ttrcums by the cwners of mills'ites. f Mr. EtheriJge Resented, the .pt-tition re ati b"lhe formation of the County of Dare. Passed ftrstreading and referred to the Committee on Proriosi .ions and Grievances swxaw-ue- a-i- ; t- MK Blvthe gave notice of the introduce tion of a biirrelativcto the right of-property ; also a bill amending the viSikh "Suc tion Revised Code. - '; ' :-j'' 'v i Referred to the Committee on the Jus. dietary. ; ' .. .'' v y I . - -t--: Mr Winstead introduced a bil I nmendinfflhe charter of the Oxford branch f 'of the Raleigh' & Gaston .Railroad. , Oiv motion of Mr. v instead referred to the Committee o,interiiaj Improvements and ordered to be printed; ' ' - Mr. EtheTidge kitrodilced'a bjll amen ding chap. 91, Revised- Code,1 fcbich uponJ motion was.reterrea io, a special cnunus lee of three. -v " : ' ' :' v Mr. White moved to amend by printing Amendment adopted, -r; ,L ,; - The President appointed Messrs'. -Ethe-"rid'ee.-'Whifo and Moore' of Carteret as me- VxUiimjiiucc. Mr. Long in roduced a bill frvrative to the sale of property .Exempted by law. He tVr red- to the Judiciary' Committee. - Mr. Love -introduced a bill to supply Registers of Deeds with blank books. - ' Passed, .first reading and referred to , Committee on Finance,- j Mr. W hi te asked to v be excused from the special Committee which was gran ted, an3 Mr.'-jBaTrow "'appointed m his stead.' ? '-' " . ..." "-,! "' ' . -Mr. Martlndale gave notice of a bill-to amend the" charter of the Williamston & -TarboroVRihad; . -- j t ' v " ' A niessagetwas received from the House announcing thVpassage of a' bill authori zing certain obVnttes to issue boud Passed 'firSf-'readmz arid referred to Committee on Finance. - ' roit diEi heading. . Bill anteudlng Section 1 19 Chap. 118 came- up for third reading Mr. Barrow moved to ajnen id by rovi- dina that thelbiU'Went jnto operation on the dav it was ratified. ' Adopted. Pass 'Sed first reading -unanimously, j; , Bill extending,, the time allowed wid ows to dissent fronv deceased j husband's : will. r " Passed nnanimously 'Bill for-eollectlon of 1868 taxes in Car teret coutfVy. eame up, Mr. Respass moved to amend Section 13 ofthe bril. . . Amendment rejected. Bill passed.36 tO'2.- -Bill, amending the 7th Sect. Chap. 72 Code of Civil 'Procedure i Passed 34 to 1. , .' ' i :' -.'-. - Mr. Robbing moved to reconsider their vote. Motion lost. f ' ! BECOXD READIKO Bill incorpoxatins-N. CJ Mutual Home Insurance Company.- - Mr t,.UJ"-lA S0"""'! by . slnkinff out oecuon i. -n.greeu to, Mr. Rich moved to amend the 13th section -w ith reference to I the homestead law; tout subsequently withdrew the mo tion. Bill .passed ifceond reading. Mr. MoofVof Carieret asked leave of absence Fof the Senator from Cravan unti Monday next. Urahted. Mr. jWelker asked leave for Mr. Bee man until Monday net . -Mr. jCbbke asked leave' MrV'Purtlie for two dars; Granted. of absence for - Crrantedi On rqotiortof Mr. Beeman the Senate adjourned!"" " : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ; j " Friday,' Nov. 27, 1808. The House'jnet at 10 o'clock, A. M. Prayer byrReV.'TrfVV. Pepper.; ' The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. " ' ' ' "' . " ' ' 1 . Leave of absence was granted t& Messrs. Smith of Wayne, Gunter, Moore, Davis, 'Rice, Williams, of Harnett,1 and Williams ypoiu j - ;"-..'-;! '.'.-' Mr. Sinclair - reappeared in his- seit, having Recovered from iyTecentf illness.1 The CatraiinoVhde'd th ' appointment of the" following Committee on Salaries .and Fees T Messrs. Sti I ley, Justice of IIenderson,rfGrier; BoVk-man and Dixon. ' MrMalbnefe"redaVesolQtion ins'truo ting th Com.mjttce on Finance to report what legislation is necessary Co enable the State to obtain the prompt payment-of all the intfcret upon bWds due from the va rious rail road corporations 'to the State ; and if ddessiry, to report a bill for this purpose and For the purpose of directing tJwj -application ; of the - dividends arising from stocks owned by the State iu 'these companies and corporltions. Theresolu- uon was iaia over, i j Mres't intrdduced a resolution instuct ing o3ir Senators and j Representatives in ' Congress to use their -efforts to -change the s laws of the United States as to give poor ;men an.'equ'al c)fance t'distil whiskey ahd ' ' -b'raudyuwith rich men. Laid over. ' ; BILtS INTRODUCED. Mr. Jusfiee bf Rutherford, introduced a bill So' amend the charter ofthe Jndson Female College, at Henderson ville. Laid 0yer. - ; ' - , . ' I ' Mr. Test, is pursuance of notice given I at the i$t 6esion'i introduced a bill to ins corporate the Salem Fire - Company ; which was considered; under a suspension f the rules and passed its scvcral reads i ing. .. ' ? ' . ' V'. Jklf. JJarneAt introduced a bill to consoli date the several acts or relation to the cor . Tporation-of the town of Safisbury t which was reienyu iu iub vomnjiueeon IJorpor. Mr. Bowman introduced- abill to amend chapter 71 of the Ooda of CivilPrboedure which was referred ?to tlt3 Coinmittee on Salaries and Fees. ; ' . ; ' ; 1 ! ! J ' Mr. MaloniiiitroJ joe l a bill in regard to obtaining license to practice law iu this State, lit uritvide- that persons who have heretofore received from the Supreme Court-license to - practice law in the coun: tv courts may practice in all the courts of the State. ' : .. The bill " was considered under a suss pension of the rules and passed its severa A communication was received' from Judge W: B. Rodman, of the Code Com mission, transmitting a-bill to impose a tax on successions to real and -personal estate and to provide for its colJ&rtioiw- The bill was referred to the Finance Com mittee and ordered to be printed. .'"' ; ' CALENDAR. , ; ' House bill No-.-29,10 trovide for the appointment of entry takers, was read. Ua motwm ot Mr. Uaytonj or iransyls vania, the bill was amendtid so as to pro vide -for the appointment of ranger by the Commissioners of each county. The bill passed, its third reading. . House bill. No. 32 establishing a ferry across the Neuse river, lenorted fiivora- bly from the Judiciary committee. ; On motion of . Mr. Stilly; fife enacting clause-was -amended to reail iu conformity With the Constitution ; and the bill pass ed its tlihd reading. ! V House biii No. 30 to incorporatfe the Lhd and Cu mber Cvmpany ; of Noj tl Carolina. - , ,1 .7 v Mr. Bowman ryferrcd to Uie fact that the Code Commission had . furnislud the House with a bill. (No. 40) to, impose a tax -olt20 upon each privaie bill. It seem ed tohim better to, postpme action. upon all private biHi Uhlil the action of the Les gjflatajre is" known. If a special tax is im osed at all, it is right and proper that it should be imposed upon all private bills passed at this session. ' . : On motion of Mr. Proctorj thfi bill was made a special 'order for next Friday' jat 12 o clock. - j The; resolution in relation to the Ordin, an ces of the Convention, introduced by. Mr. Si'uclair, was read. (It provides for the appointment of a committee to exam ine the Ordinances of the late Convention, and report whether there '.is-anything therein" contained dem&sing' legislative action during the present" session.) - Mr. Sinclair called attention to two resolutions of the Convention, and moved to amend his resolution so as to include resolutions. j The resolution was adopted. The resolution, introduced by Mr. Es tes, instructing the. Judiciary Committee; to inquire into and report upon the Cons slitutionality of the act to incorporate the North Carolina Loan and lrust Lonipanyr was adopted. . ; 1 he Chair announced that the CaJendat was exhausted. I Mr. Shaver gave notice that on to-mor row or"some' subsequent day he would introduce a bill in .relation Jo the fees of, Uegisters 01 aeecls. Air. Graham gave notice that he would introduce a bill to have the charter of the Faye'tteville and Albemarle! Plank Road Company surrendered by the State: and a bill-to incorporate the Swift Island Manufacturing Company. - .- - . ': Mf Leary introduced a resolution in' structing, our Senators j and Represents tives to use - their mnuence to nave the political- disabilities removed, from citU zelis ot JNorth Uarolina. Liaid over. Mr. Ragland, by general consent, in troduced a bill , for the relief of deotors, and moved that it be referred to a spe cial committee of three, Mhich was agreed to, Mr. French gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill to require foreign ins surance companies doing business in this State to deposit w;ith the State Treasurer a certain percentage of their policies issu ea m ine3xaxe orTToriti Oniuimn. Mr.- Afeo introduced a resolution in structing the Judiciary Committee to re view the Code ef Civil Procedurej which was adopted. Mr. Bowman gave notice that after thirty days he will introduce a bill for the relief of Morgan Bryan, John Carson and others of Alleghany. county, proposing to conhrm certain grants of land. Mr. Whitely introduced a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to res port as sooa as possible upon the bill for the benvht of endorsefs and securities which was adopted. JMr. INicholson introduced a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend the 59th chapter of the Revised Code in rela tiou to ordinaries and inns which was read and referred to the Judiciary "'Com mittee. " .. - . . Mr. Sykes presented the petition of citizens of Pasquotank county ; which was referred to the Committee on f i nance. ,' The House adjourned. '': The Bankrupt Law.; According to a provision of the Bank. rupt law, as origipally passed, parties fils ing their petitions within one year after it went into operation might be dischargs ed fixjrri their debts without regard to the amount of assets or property surrender, ed ; that is, a debtor having no property beyond what the law exempted, and al- owed htm to retain, mtht still be re ieved of his debts.. This provision of the aw, limited originally to one .year, was afterwards extended, by an amendment, to the 1st of January, 1869, and the ex tension so made will therefore run out in about thirty 'days. Upon petitions filed after that date, the debts will not be diss barged unless at least fifty 'per 'cent, of the amount proved shall . bo Daid. or a majority of the creditors give their con sent in writing. Standard. Methodism in New-Jkrssy. New ersely is called the garden field if Meth od'tem. - It has now over 50,000 followers in mat etate. ihe MetbooTist church eds fices are the hahdsorhest in New Jersey, and others' are " being - constantly- erected. A magnihcent edifice is now in coarse of erection by the-" Methodists in Morris town, headed by the" ffon: Geo. T.-' Cobb. At llackensack a number ofthe wealthier inhabitants have formed a new Methodist E. church organization, and will soon commence a magnificent structure. A church, 52 feet by QQ feeyis being built oy me memoers oi inai aenomination at Boonton, a portion of which will soon be dedicated to the worship of God.' 'Revi vals are in progress at Newark, .Lliza. beth, lrenton, liloomtugdale, Liberty- ville, and other towns in the State. t - mm n i . In a corset-maker's-shop, in Philadel phia, there, is "a sign giving the information that "all kihds of Udies stay a here." . ... j ' . ; iarpet-oaggars iu Nashville, ;Tenn., have started a broom factoryV two' chair factories, nnd three soap' factories, the lar gest in theSoulh 9! fljr Star. QAR P ENfER & LOQ A.N t ED1TOP.S ASl3 PBOPEIKTOB8. : RDTHERFORDTOX, S. SATt nDAY, DECE5IBEB 5, J868. ggr Both the Editors are absent this week. ( This will account for the absence ot iLUiionai uiauer, nu iui w wmi i mgs general! .L. I . i I r :' ' 1: c,,mAn, to nttPfiii th K(.deral Court at juiu.i... . - T , Ralemh. (the place where the Junior ha? I 1 . ; . r ..." . . i out intKii vaniivfts hi no era oi exiraorui beea for 6me time.) , All we can sa nar. wUhout ,)0 that t- tney win persisi m iuuuh.j; aiter iuc.li gjrls don there, they may fiame their own . excuse when they-' get "back .e wot.'t Confidential.. Reader, do you remember your first at tempt at composition, and what came of it ? While both the E'iitorsare' absent let usgive Of coitrse, tori, rfiat endless our experience Pdurce of torment, prompted it. ' We was as i deeply in love with r-r as any boy of fiiteen I can be, but, alas 1 ur ba-shfalnesa prevented, our making any'sign. We felt that we must t.ll it, or burst, but how could we? Just at this critical moment a thought struck us, and, stizing book aud peueil we wrote thusly: I love the waving crass of Sprine, I iiie Diooming now re which oumraer unags, . n " i . rr - . L - I mi . . (. . . . ..., l, - , t And the pure spotless v inters snows; But for another jafi i sigh 1- A love for qub no longer nigh. OhJ distant love,' where'er I be, My hv ar't still fondly turais to thee ; i.fshipwreck'd on life's stormy sea, ' f3r forced in distant climes 1'iove, One priceless boon I ask of thee ; . Forget not my unchanging love. This was duly pla ed in her hand, And for a brief space we were considerably relieved. But the end was not jet We were liort.itied, a few days after,' by a schoolmate Bating toj ihe: I - : " Look here, old ' --is as mad as abont what you wrote to his daughter." Visions of Pater-familias coming .furiously npou us, with cowhide aud bludgeon, tltatea through our mind, and iu our fright we wrote an humble recantation of principles, as set forth in No, 1, and sent it as a peace offering, vowing, at the same. time, to never again touch a penj should we escape with onr life. . Being afraid to broach the subject, we uave never yet . ascertained whether the re- spected geutlemau aforesaid was really au- gry or not. When this meets his eye, he will know, (if he did not then,) why we per- Bisted ia keeping out of his way. If he was not angry we will whip that by yet--tefl will. , . ! .! Hon. Schuyler Colfax, our Vice Presh dent elec:, was married on Wednesday, the loth ultimo, to Miss Nellie wade, a nieco of Hon. B.i. F. Wade, President of the United States Senate. May theirT honev moon never end. Tl, .,.,ntn - y-i . . - m. j ! n?-i.f ins. j.iiuiisa.iiua oi r. nimisrors arft nnran- . . ,, . ; . . ' , T 1 7 1 n rr in tha nrinnt rtti I 1 1 1 ... Allrtn I n.i.. insurrecttorjists. For two years Turkey has been endea voring to, suppress the Cretan Rebellion ; but wlth4ittle success. J Vesuvius is agaia active.' .Theerup tiou was increasing 6a the 19th ult. , i au - ' Gradual Extinction of au, An cieut Evil. r The Madrid GazetteY of October.l6th, con tains a decree of the Spanish Junta, giving representation in the constituent Cortes to the Spanish colonies, and .declaring free all children of female slaves born subsequently to the 17th of September, 1868, These n portant measures will of course have to be ratified by the national assembly. Ill prob--able that some gradual plan of emancipation is indicated in the decree, will com.nend it self to the Soanufh Legislature. , The public sentiment of Europe, which has been against J tlavery ever sjuce it ceased to have any pe cuniary interest in it, was long ago respond i ed to by some of the leading minds of Spain, notwithstanding the heavy 'stake which that country continued to have in slavery and the slave trade. More than a , quarter of a century ago, B.ilmesi, the most eminent wri ter and theologiuu of Spain, 'jionteuded in An elaborate essay that. Christianity contain ed'the germ of final eniancipation of all men. but that necessarily,-"as -slavery was radical ly intertwined with the' whole frame woric in view the danger to her own interest from an abrupt transition froiB slavery to freedom, pr instead, of the twelve or fifteen njilUojis . which she annually receives from Cubafehe: will receive nothing and the island become as unprofitable as 'Jama"ica"or St." Dommgo The slave populationpf Cuba is' in charicteir far below thedane of the slaves of thd Uni ted States, and their Immediate emancipa tion would probably inflict a blow upoti tlie industry and production of the island winch would greatly diminigh, if not deHtftijICi coiiftuercial prominence and -value; Pwoba? Ulytbe junta iias"iTad these conrJngeo'cietn view'lu the indication which it has glren of of society, its extinction mutt be by a gradual j tiuufcl Banjos and designated depositories di-process.- In conforming to the emancipating j rectiDg them to select from the' legal tender spirit of the age, Spain will no doubt lieep notes on hand, aud which they may hereaf- pVogreare aboBtioD which wilt Uptime a - . . for tbFtubstit3tioc of other labor eas tliat ot Wie classes to Ueepuie fre skouU prove available,: ! ' ' j.. when' que of the oldett'.an'd 'most universal of lininiin institotion appears about to come to an elid. In all nations of tue eartn, an- cieotaid motWrn, Iflavery; has existed in some; ftsriii. Its origin is- bid ia the twilight of .theirfefuoreaufltty,rr--ye very dawn if the earliest historical Ifglit which has tfo'me ifovifii 'to us "re veals -its eiistence. 1 TheJfeWs from the time of Abraham held slaves;! . jruo3DeciaiBa. jfcv reu j traders i$,uuu years ago ? umung awjuans, Babyloitiiatis, Tersiansf1 slavery existed; in the Catihageidan empire fin" Greece from its earliest age, and oo.t'ntiuibering the free tnreeor our in onr: wui 10 ouchmu w i tent thit some Roraaal eed S0)00 slaves k each. The in9atutkoconlinued to,. prevail in the ountrie9 which : wre formed from the traginents ot iume ; aim town to a late period fisted inlbe naifons of Enrpe, arwl alwaysfin AnicK afnaWgrt the-oegroes them-. selves,ihongh if arapt.,lflU ,pritl;.j;flwkej anv wold of explanatidn. He nev- j m"-; -. ts aaa Mr fun urn ltla An a J bio Jk tidB J Uv 1" "v " r . ,i-r ' ., -..- "s ' rT ?' V otber viljS of M Kmg coqiinuance such as war, wlhich' perhaps first- Ud'-rb slavery, and which as Uie crowBipg curse of all tlie afBic tiuJs ot IiDinauity way 'ere long come to an d A Gohrcrntnnt Official in Search '-. of Election IVet . t l. T ; T- I en Kuuwu.uiiMjHii m w.c irensury xjv- ptiuiiit, ctlebrateor Ids dispatch of. bu- sinessJaud for his. genial wit, gives an am as jg a.OUI,t of his experience onHit evening of th late election, i Tlie gentleman is a mild 4 conservative,M thongh he has not vo- ted for years, and is no politician. , He says: " I cathe down street about nine o'elock to hear tlie new,' aod'went first to the 'Star of- flee, Where I fuond plenty of RepBblicaus and tkc news nourim; all one wav. Ithouiht F " . , .. cin1. r ,aaa artA f. & u I v. in i l- ih . v. uiiu vvuv i tv try the Express office. Didn't fiud things is stopping at Lexington, delivered a dis quitejso gushing and hilarious here as they course ou the importance of exploring Jeru- uigh have been, but tripped up stairs ex- peetiig to see a crowd, of Democrats. To my irprise I found but one man in the estab- lishuent ; he was in the third story, where Le Was paid to stay and answer questions. Wat's the news?" said I. "Republicans carrjf Connecticut by ,uuo; Pennsylvania byj,000 ; Oliio by 25,000; Indiaua by 8,- O00 ; Illintrts by : 1 told him to- stop his 'damhaUe iteration," and left as quickly 1 as I fcould. Tlie streits were lull of rollick- J ing Republicans,. ami they ran against me at J ever turn. I Ihen hurried to the Jntelli- jenrjfr omce, and there I found Allen, as- siste 3 by a hnlf a tlozen city politicians, curs ing Tainmany; and Belmont. The at.uos- pheie was blue -around them, so I left. Start- ed lot. the Sletrojiolitan; Potts will have some good fellows around him. Did'utmeet nnyJUemotrats-coulUB t und Potts couidut 6od;a dfeniocrai anywhere.- Went to Welc- Ker and, ordered .a wooiioock tii M i would be back in five minutes. Went out I to find a democrat hunted quarter of an hour and couWuH nnd one went bock ani ate fny woodbock all alone, assisted only by f a battle of chab)i'gne to keep my spirits up Weit hoinV fflPTlo'cloek and tbnnd the key holl without uuch difficulty.'-: Sut town in the front rooia to read awhile-at 12 o'clock caute a' ti4raert6n5airokwjge iiig'.at' the poor bell. 1 rushed down- in a great flut- ter fml fonn(1 smaK with a telegram. -a'fi ,",n 5 ulIa.r aud. hurrjed. np et-urs- orfed the telegrain tremblingly fttd read ; "Newcastle gives bey Hionr 200 majority.' j lUBi utvn ii uueu niai won i eieci mm , JandJ don t care. I wept right Mrajght to i- Hil I I V U'lfa AfiLTAfl vvliat woa. tlia n&tva i - r. i . .-Lf - . ' t I " -" J " u v v .. .. H v w9 - r .'9 1 - ' " i i .:., it!- a,s ' uiii iBieueu, iiuu ma ii.tiiic is uiywes nvmui Tltett t weit ti lep,i WtuKina ton Star. mrm i ! WatetiTpoat tt the Plaint. terrible Whirl wind and waterspout was seen by a party m Wyoming territory oo the itu nit. iiie storm aroee ju tue JNorth- sL; and its first premoniMon was & funous wiuil lo; a tew. minutes a whirlwind wa" T r " ... seetij uj'pi uauimiji, nuu ti ouanjr nuauuoucu j their wagons and took to the bills for seen- nty In a moment alter the force of the storl struck, and hail-stones in size from a pnrtriJge's to a fieh'e egg' commenced fulling iu eijlless quaatiiies. ' The whirlwind, as it swek across the rivfer Big Sandy, left tbe i. -.1 Lit i: ft . J;.i.n..r'fni,. uu pi mv ovr"iMf-v. w?Ktvi v vi hunfred yards up and down the river. be watetsiKHi. tlM6)Vjfb?4 "9'en fornted. ifteji i$tty JtasceDded .uotU the whole heavens-were darkened by the ex- panding pprajv wjiieji i aeeihed at Teugtli to lose jiuelf amqug Jh.vlduds.'Tlie' spectacle is d (leu ascribed as.ohe of the most terril as one ot t-tie most ternno grao- Men, Wbtnecand children fled to the iuljat-ent bins fr prvtectlon, while the hors- s aad mules Bew hither and thither in a be wildered inauAr until jthe force of the out burst Jt natuw's aneeR.liad passed. One hailskone ot average size measured five inch es ia circunifeienc.'. Tho storm was the most wonderful,! as well as the most terrify ing which any of the party all old travel Km s in the iiioijutuius had ever seen. Gen. Fa E. SMnher, Treasurer of the United States has issued a circular to Na- ter receive, all notes unfit for . circulation on account of inutilation ; also, all notes of the ilenomi nation of 50, as they have been successfully tot aterfeited) and are ; to be withdrawn from Circulation. and"1fp retail) all ilote Ued;undir acu of February'2d; 1862, and Jurv ll; ISB2. known aa tha c.n- vertlible issue of leaai tenders, as the time basfloug parsed 'for their' con version into bonis, aud new notee will be islued for them. Standard. ... e Richmond JVhia oomforU itself over. the statement that the popuation'of xaasacDusetts is T- on the decrease."' ' LATESTNEW5. ' From Richmond. T EtottvosD, Nov. 28. Ed. A.ollard, bro ther of H..Pollard Who wfli laft op Saturday, arrived" here this aftfnoon. He publishes a card in the Ewu'uig Stale Juttr- nal, alluding to the cheering of! the crowd, the Verdk-t of th. Coroner jury, say ins tlie death was caused by au unknown pr sm," tiertys:- j ;; Let these, things stand to the shame of the perpetrators, aad write their owu com- mentary on the chivahy t liichmoud. They tnaye aoin?, mb w m my neri w bhhk lent lo-utuu uuutuu iuau can insult my tears; I come to,c-luuu but one thjiig - ju;cJ' v44 i.V . After dtuooucinstlie .covvajdicft of the ueeii. Lii rim conniinip n- . . IjPt . . . m reconsider. I am far t;oni defending tl wWc', ttag- referred to in my le ur n v bro- llier - g i r(.2ret: 11V bto tllfer dil, not ti iu Tfe murderer ?er Uauired tor the real anrhJr. II ,.v- antiliU 10 liave tue tirticle corrected.. He a , . . . - i , " I ' . utlore lie comes tothe lasrfecoUrse-xJt bh.K H went without onejlternative to that re- e-'urse, ana lie went where no one but the coward tread on the path of ithe assassiu. (Sianeil) EDWARD A. PULLAKD. Mr. Pollard says that tlie Southern Opin ion shall nut be pu'jl!s!ie.d agaiil. iiie meeting ot the stockholders of the Chesapeake au i the. Ohio Hai'ioail coniuieii- ced this tnorping in thei Caintfl. A livi-ty kiruiish bcpurrvU between it e respective friends of Wickha'm arid Fontaine, candidates . . - - r or Hje PreslUencv. JSach party cbose a tern jyy cl,airmaiI ao refused the chairman of the opjo? ite party. A com promise was niaue on Juiiu ixipaiuwin lor chairman aud business committees were ap pointed. , t Foreign Bebux, Nov. 27'. Mr. Bancroft gave a thanksgiving dinner at which several Pi us. iau Miuisters, literary gentlemen and other distinguished persons were present. Los don, Nov. 27. Jeffersoiij Davis, who salein, and the peculiar fitness' of English- nien lor the honoruble task. j The military quelled the-election riot9 at Langtown and Brampton, Cumberland dCo. ' It is understood the Alabama! 'claims eom- Uiiion will not entertain claiilns, based on cases' abjudicated in American admiralty courts. ! Copkshagkx. Nov.; 27. G-n. RoUshirff, Minister ot War. foriiirlv Miiriter to th United States, goes to America! to recruit Lis health. - c : . Dcblis, Nov. 27. Immehs f im.al.-er in Cork and Queeustowu attended the requiem mass for the reio$e of the fenians executed ut Manchester. No lu'terferelice from the authorities, and good order waSjinaintained. Pabis, No. 27. The Monitor de Soir, in so editorial,, believes Grants; policy will ie to heal tie wounds ofthe late war by I measures of conciliation. j . The nm pnpor mtki "Xp. entrenched at VUletta, and will continue I Wnr alter the fall of Assension Madrid, Nov. 27. Constituent Cortes elections occur on the 18th of December. It is positively- denied that tlie Spanish squadron in the Pacific refused to give in its adherence to the government of the rev olution. ! i Madrid, Nov. 28. Obasagoj has gone to Paris.'.--' " '! hr ''" There have been many Republicnn demon-. strations throughout . Spaiu. withia the last few days. . ' ; ' j. '." London, ( Nov. 28. Disraeli has declined tho Peerage ; his wife has been created Vis countess ol .Beaconfields. I ! ; I '" Vienna, Nov, 28. An American vessel witlk Amis fth TatlnAtirtina has n.is.Ml un I r -r i , , . , i iSEBUN, iNov. z. ine Jjepmies irom Rchleawf are denied Heat in the Hiot until j tliey swear allegiance. Paris, Nov. 28 -The Moniteur loses its officiaj cjiaracter on New Years : Moniteur official de L 'empire- will then appear, ... i . .. -.' ! The publisher of Lille; Progress, h ias been fined 500 francs and one months imprison ment for publishing the subscription list to the Bandin Monument. : From Baltimore. '. Baltimore, Nov. '26. Admiral Semmes lectured at the Maryland Institute last. nigh t I . .. " r 1 . ' i Deiore a large audience, uej was waruuy greeted. The lecture season has fully com !menced. Dr. J. Gibbon, pf North Carolina, deli rered a leotare before the Maryland Io stitute last nitrht; j The dy has been universally observed Win. Price, an old citizen and member of tbe bar is dead, - - t ' From If er York. " ' ' New Yobk, Nov. 26. In the fight result ing fatally to Felix Larkin, foar persons were badly injured. Pistols, knives and clubs were used; James Grant Bailed EicnuoND, Nor. 27. James Grant who shot U. Rives Pollard was examined this morning and bailed in bond of teu thousand dollars to answer at February Court. From New York, New Yoke, Nov. 5. The Eer'aWt Cuba dispatch reports the insurrectionists infest ing Santiago De Cuba and are demanding its surrender, but the Governor of the District has a large force, A report is current, in ; Havana and San- ,tiago that the opposing parties had touipro- mised. PoBTtASD, M. Nov. 27. A dispatch from'Beuton ville, Ark itatea : tliat Capt: Edward W. Thotnpsoio, acting Dietrict At torney, baa been shot ami iiOf tally wounded on account of politic. He was- a foa of Hon. A: B. Thompson, of Brunswick". From Teuuesfrce. t v Mcaernia,. Nov. 27. B. Fomt ha been fteted on a chnrg of liHtiBg a liceiPUR in n row wt ihe race cnif, jt 5 NAsntM.i.E, 2-it. 27. OahaighoMsy & ptt.Vkot'hui cniijr--Mg ttabti-.liiNfnt turu ed with 1G0 bak-s of Ctto T&e cottH was insured. The Sp.ini!-li rcfidinloiiery leuiTeM twt Seem to U iiinkjng pretty ra.lk-al; mI'w reforms.-Among other things, iiie JraN haj-e been Mispressed und their property con-hsc-ite.! ; ami all converts and in.i)atfrie-'. and other reliiou- estahlishinentsjin.stitated ico July 29. 18j7, are to he suppressed nnd their property tr:in..ferred ti "tliei State; 1 while the other convents are to le redui-eil in iiuuiDer ai-om one iiaii, atiu iio who rcmaiii are forbidden 4ceive nivice!., Froin Washington. Wasiiixgtox Xov. ' 26.- The iiprrsi.n iiicrease tliat Gen. Ciranl will be ul'jrvjeil to nil rrsirjctions which have cr.-uined John son. I : The adniHMon of tlie L- uUiai Cninrcs inen, ehoscr. at the r.ent vle'tioii, w highly iiiiprobahle, Opposjtitm to their jadiiiUioii is ptreii)itl'n'd by fni uitoiHcittl rtatenient of Col. Kiflrr, to the eUV-ot that (ieo. Hoiit tfao coiif uirri'i! itl the l-n!icd ltd--i in tle piuion that u, j;;h.,s cuhl but Mitel vote. -. ;' . ' - All the depirtnient-4 are lo-'ed. , Messrs. Seward and Rau al viitfol .Presi dent Johnson. This iiioriiinuV N York Tribune sys Gen. Rowseiiu" stuff officer tvlls.the A tisteil Press and the AsK:i.-ited 'Press" tells us ih:it (ien.- Rotiseiiulias'i.vhnV- il adiiiir d-ly n Nc Orleans. Tli'W iiuihiiiity may .r may not be considered goinl, !r this particular statement but for another 'made jn.the same couiK-ctioti it cannot be questioned. The staff nicer informs us that the Louisiana Repu4!icitiis did not vote at the late. election because they believed that lht rebt4 would make it uu-at'e tor them to do so, and that Gen. Rosaeuu concurred in their views. - The Pollard Tragedy. Tbe j Richmond papers' of yosterda bring us full particulars f the killing of 11. KtveS'l oilard in that city ou l.uvsd;iy tuoriiing hist;" " ! j It appears that he rc..idl a short: dis tarce uutside the vity, and n Tuelay norning rode iu da a light agni," alight ed and was iu the a. t 'of entering hU of-, fice when he was! shot dead. At first it was supjmsed that he liad becti shot acci dentally by his own pistol, but upon ex atnination it was found that he had a Per ringer ;iu each pocket of Ins pants : trd a revolver in his belt, and 'all Weie liKidod. Tho assistant editor of the Opinion,, Hamia, who was but a few feel in J. M. lard's rear when he was shot, was 'taken iti charge by the police, but i.pou exam tnatiou it was found that his iutol was also loaded.! Policemen then! pro ceeded across the street to a building ops positethe Opinion jjfTK'e and in the third storv they found Mr. James Gi'atit, arm ed with a pistol nd with a double barrel shot gun, one barrel of which bad) been recently discharged, and marks ol gun. powder on the witidow sill towards where Pollard was shot,andthw windbw light ly rui-ed. Mr. Giant initncdiatery sur rendered to the police aud was taken to the station house. t The supposed cause of the killing y as the publican h in the Opinion ot butur day last of a scandalous account, til the alleged elopement of . Grant's slater, in which It was stated that an impropjer in- timacy naa existea between her and w a gay Lothario named Horace l'urd' that he had .attempted to leave her bujt that she had followed him and now claimed to be'iiiiirifd to him and that "upon the whole there is a wry sorry. fau'iily jhtalo ry connected w ith th case." Miss! Grants fVitnds assert there was no elupenKMit and no gentleman, in the case whatever, that she went to I hila delphia to visit aTriend, was taken sick, teieinaphed for liicr mother and brother who went to see Iter and as soiti as she had sufficiently recovered eturtiodj with her to Uichmoud. Pollard was a nephew of the Win. C. Rives, and was about 35 lion years of age,.! lie commenced hs career as an editor on a paper in Kansas.- .Ya after wards cor.hected with the Baltimore Sun Richmond Examiner aud other lii hmond papers. He was a man of violent pas sions, j ;w sudden and v, quick ip qd.rrel," and held by general sentiment as a "bold bad man." We' agree with the Peterss burg Ihdex that " ThW retributhlm" was swift of Its justice' we ' may not judge but from its manlier every xisttnot lof true manhood revolts,: , VVUcn lha avenger de sce'iids to the level of the assassin his cause loses its righteousness and bis deed its justification.. . The coward shot Icannot extinguish shame, nor mend a wounded honor. And those w ho would have most condemned tne dead man s v woman, will be the ni'-st to stigmatize 4 this deed aa base and dastard Wt . dames vjranc is generally Known -in r . . - 1 r . . ... 1 1 i - ' . . Richmond and is universally popular. He made no coufcssions, " was m goxxl spirits and passed his time iti smoking and live'y conversation. The Coroner, summoned a jury and af ter remajiiing in session until w edues day morning returned a verdict " lhat the deceased came to hi deUtb at thp hand ot some person unknown. Standard. . Shockivq ; Tragedt. On th'e lClh in Stan I, Mr. Rhea, son of, Jas. Rhea, living two utiles and a half from Blountville shot his wife and himself w h i Ut under fit of mania poiu. These are tbe facts, as far as we have been able to gather them Whilst Mrs. Rhea was sitting on the porch Sabbath morhinc apprehending no dan ger, her husband deliberately fired atber with a six shooter, the shot taking affect hthe side of the head. She fled in ter ror out of the end of the porch, falling in the yard, i Rhea then got his gun and pur sued, and in tbe act of firing. second time, he fell from the porch, fne hammer . of the gun striking upju the floor Jt Went off, the ball eutertng Rhea1 body and kifling him instantly. Mrs. Rhea i still alive,?but her condition i consideredve. ry precarious. - r'.. '- - n., ,. We understand Rhea for some , time has been very intemperate, and1 the cause of this inhumrn act can only be at tribu ted to the niaddeDttig influence of diink. The family Is of the highest respectability and such a horrible' deed oc anions sorrow in the w&ole cym'tnuirity. oHftboro' Ten.) Flag. ' ' . : ' She oulda;t Marry a .'Iccliaufc. A ypnng man began vUting' a y.Vung wo- . mirt wlio appeared to l.e well pleased. One eveniiiu fcf cJled when it was ipiite, jate, which Ud" Ihe girl to t h.jniro ,whvr l hVl I had b wirk t-r.t,t. " What ! do Ton wort for ji living.r' inq'iirvd in :itiiii.-.hin-iit., CertainTy,' leplictl llfO youu ntr. x am a mecliaiiic,"- aiid he turiiel up her uret- ty ihw. Ttial was the I time the voting mm vi-ite-1 that yvuiia lady.. Ilo U i a wealthy man, n-nd ha ne of UV bvst wouieu ia'tbe eonntry tor hr Me, The woman who dJ!Hetl !ic fmroe of rmr t-hniiic is liov the-wifc yf imiMbie Rail, a rVgi"ir agr;inratautv grig-ipsi; t tW ' so!t VrrJant and mift-rnliU jjirl i wbligW hr take in washing in .;d. r to 6noTt herself and chil lren. ; Yoii dUliko the name of a tnerhatdc, eVf Yon, wlia-e brothers - are but wclllreaed l-'iilt-rs. i-L . - - . W e pity ny girl who has so little bmiiv, who is- mi v rdau't. w ml t, n to tldnk less nf a young taau tor Wing a mechaido-one of -(Jinf iKibhiiteu thvWmost diniHed and li.ii- r.il.le prH jfe t Heaven's i r-n(tirM. Jk'vvnrtymiiyl4y. how you treat yiin iiK-n'tli..t worktVr a liviug, lor you may ou. !ay bis menial t one of them. - A Itoautilul ltclroapctl ,.v",-t .t,r" of youth islowJy, waging a WMv iuIu the Ji'littdl of. agv, atu the shadows of the pat yenr grow deeper aiid deeper a Ufa wears to a clW, il is pleas- : fl'it to hak back - through the vita of Hum apoii the j.y and sorrow of .arly year. If -we hav a home b abelter, or henrU rejoir with n n, nnd frieuda who have been gather ing rouwdiur fireside. then the rooti pUcva d 4nr wayfaring will b wim-ij and unoothe t away in the twilight of life, whiU th brigU tuiiiiy KpoU we luiVe a.-s through will grow btighter and more beautiful. llappy indetd, are those whose intercourse wiil the woil.l has not cli mured Ilia cour of heir holier feiliog', or hrtkvu those moiou hords of the heart w hose vibriUiyim are mt uieliMlioiis, so tender and so touching in thf - veuiag of age. ." Wihklwixo sitAa Nashvii.lk, Tkjjn. 0u Sim'day a brick chnreli near Nah ville, Teiin., was entirely der..yed bv. a whirlwind. I)u- ng Jiiu HHkriiing a .violent- gale had been f.lowioK. and iii.-iey tree wt're irtMtrtd ?i .ally a glut of wind swept over the rmid catching u;i iu its progress isvery detaclwj object in the wny,'iuiil whirling them round ike so many tops. Fence rail-, branches of rees, cluiiips of earth, aiwl even stones were hu,carried alolt. It struck the church idmiij our teet above tlio ground, ripped off tlie bricks aud mortar, and swept the whole ap- er part away quite clean. A few brick were dropped along the road, for two or three hundred yards, bat the inuin portion was tiikcti nearly half a mile, and finally dropped by dctachmcuts in the; beud of a creek. Changes ok tub Earth's Scrface. The accoim'ts tf jhe eflect of the great earthquake m Peru are interesting, b, tuy duiw aomethins of the agen eies by which the faco 'of tho 'earth muJ ti-equeiitly, in past times, nave becu aj tered. How Islarid-t which .-were moun tains have been raised in the sea, and how they sank down again we have rea$ frt the cosmological treatises, but we have in tbe Peruvian earthquake vcry reniark- able confirmation of the theory that the great changes upon the gkibe have been the result of subterranean commotions. In t'eru the face o' the country has beea changed. Hills have been sunk down, lakes have been made where there were high and dry lands, rivers have dried up in their courses, and hew stream ruu w here' there were none before. The in cidents of tlri .calamity shows on a small, scale what might have-been done, ove'.k great scale before the era of man oeou pat ion -of the earth. - hi tbe Sandwich JaK ands it has been noted that there naa been a subsidence of a portion of the shore. varying frcin eight inches to seven foet, . toe cnauge coiuuicncing imuiBotaveiy ni ter the great disaster in Peru. To phlTci- sophers these matter are of ve'y great intereat. - i 4 v ':'-" - Test or Death. A competitor for the prize on;cd. by the French Academy of Sciences for a certain test of 'deatb'gi Vo the following : ' ' Produ a blister on a finger or toe by in cans of a caudle hold fir several sec onds in contact therewith, a thing wjiicji al way a takes place n . tbe. Ji vmg or. the dead, if the candle be . held long enough. If the blister contains serosity, (the water f the blood,) it. is a positive sign of life j if, on the contrary, the blister only Cbnt tains air or viper, it ji certain to be cadavre. In other words, for a dry blir. ter, death ; for a wet one life. A mistaa is thus not possible. Air EQutrocAt Aswxii. A certain literary gentleman, wuhing to be undis turbed one day, mstrueted Die irwn er vant o adniit no or.e,Uid if any one in quired for him to give bim an " cqoivo- cal answer. - Night came, and tbe gen tleman proceeded to interrogate! Pat as to bis callers. M Did ant one call T ".Yi, sur, wun gentleman.1' VVbat di he ayl" "He axed was yer honorio:: Well, what did you tell bim T n"9"r. I give bim a quickie answer jhrt. How was that ?" " I asked hinj nas his grand, mother a monkey J" ' v . i The editor of the 8ldUr$ friends . sews. paper sayei he has lutil ' a coofereooe will. Ueneral grant, and- has an assurance Ma( the cabinet of the Prerfdent elect wUl be CiKistiioted a follows : Secretary of State, General Intelligence ; Secretary ol thi Trea sury, General Confidence ; Secretary of War, General Secretary . Secretary of the .Haryi Adunral Stillwater; Postmaster General, Ger, era I Dispatch ; Secretary of the IsteTior. General Activity, uid General ofthe Aruif, General Order. . Marshall county,, Iowa, claims to have a vein of marble equal to the finest Italian, ' I ' ' '' T' " """ '- ' i ' ' John Surratt rode ia a recent' Maryland ttonrnamentM as the Knight of Rome," wearing his Papal oaav tuiforjn, v .
The Rutherford Star (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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