North Carolina Newspapers

v -" r - 1 ' ' u ' v w-r S- - . -A' Mie Willi Vinmflr . f .-t - 'V-i THE JOURNAL. B. . HtEriH. . . rrMHtlw. . T. HilCtCK. - Ll Ryrt.r. 0 nr ami, it. a. dec. 85 'J . urrr; tt - : l90 M f W tin kt tr r. o - V f . KJHTJSLLL XOTES r.TSl lpTof" or Germany baa itTrhipfy-by tiebJfth of a w " j.j Tn oondtttoa of affairs in Ire 1 li&y XWOOi&M more and more jjuuiw neij flay. X iUb JUT UI X 1UUC( Press, 3piHrad I'lf .UfrpUift dnty In i ridtnWbl KepjnenUtiwa ! tettlnjrfar of-aaxTng the pppot at 337 ;j Meed by a jottf II fi jrpiaoij me DaaaocxlfVeoakTfebp in ly as jaow cenpoeecL.. DJ-32rat la tb Senate :miad to make all the fL j XCaajbje" in opposition to the imIsgjy,(3Jnixro3 'Bayonet bill. LUamta M.hn4Uig the sabject ot them in A masterly -.Wil min firm lfMner. T'taV -MneTille Contention ! confidence; money is close at all .::&WUr. lpaUtiTM preaeat : " bioe" fai!ur" for the tEM fomkeen 8 lUtw-Maryland, wk nombor 303 fiaJaf iWMt Vh-gisia, North j THK Wilmington Star sayt: Ei Caiofla: Sntb Carolina. Georfia, Oongressmarw Uorr, of Michigan "t&Ji&L- TennftM. Ken tack v, sty s T. H. Reed 'weighs three Oiihimml llitaiaaiooL Louisiana, StfM ind Miaoori. jl..-iV,t.W.' itthc I fkiL-iiiiift 5fl,t. n, nnrron. ' f rn r VmuiM. Th Democrats tri talk UietT food h on eat work ftf nln tbtf TUt a good Baaxe law which is worse and more edio kJaotilng . more. 2d:oney tic than the McK.nley monstrosity. tfttofVIO? traaQt U lgitiaoate --Wilmington Star. taaiMaB ot tha coantry, with an Sknatou Stewart, Republican, 2al ehaaee for erery man to gt t naa made a strong speech iu the bahr r it. '.Senate in opposition to the Force Tn tnim ra brinffiir in the I bill. He maintains that any at- dyJwyDTO, thfltnrpntine farma kpm5 Xtila reaickcu every TnLn to'--witaMs tfcetn being Wcfcomj back, - by tkeir Triends al'wliliVe,' wita'tooeiag smacki aikTrcI'U hka inmr hag. Tka alRtf ts m outworn cretort anX9TJt0irvitg Spectator. Yttk Mall and Expttss, sajs that atJf)Mil b L?..m faroT of the ra- mmm aasUna-of tlarrtaop, oat cr eoautaaeea may cause bin to ciaara" lia rtiiinur Tfea tlSXaZkrl UbimX Lkn U that tjrT4Tayac t&tak ha aaaopUloaH i a ! n perogenr eooogn , dd U.m,-T-vv uanagioa. am. fM 40. tax. JL - itjia-lajMt bill fansea it wfl bf i;poitirB carta to the whole eooalry, and lt rtanlt will be seen rear after year to be dangerous j4ftfalau.va of local aU govern It" and ff nt rpeaieu mar raaHj la the end serve to great extent to destroy whatever of Re pat)ca&' iornv of Gorerrjiaeut is kftVs4ha ahorea Wilmiof too BLXnrm appar to b an ideal IliptjUicai .candidi te The Kew TavkTriboaaaopportahim becaase "i pnJWctioaUtand the Chici fttibaaa - becaaaa be U not x ffo(abtdat. If tbera ia any vir iMila aaladiig a candidate who wiQ aatiafj all shades of political opjaioa ,L UUood maa from ttaBv wtH probably be tbe next fcaaidealial aacxifica. Chicago KxAXemocrat. On Wtaeadj night Ust the Bepabiietnr fa" their Senatorial Mrwr ' decided to taka ap anj pau Crfypree bill as aooa aa poasiNe. Sbodj ia aarprised at the effront ery of tha Rapabliean Senatora fhaare "remember that 'they hold US Mr. Sherman taat aoythiog pciUaable in law or moraU that . will keep tae Democrats out of efflpa and tli e tcuas of the Bepnb- aaaa ta tne national ireaory iJXSX old Democratic theory is the oae aafe theory that the Qaacral Govern m en t the creatare -"aboold never attempt to do for viapiaople of the States the sov- TSigw ereatora what they can beat do for themselves. Two things kaaJd'-ba avoided elaaa legiala- tftb, and a lyatem of Partem a! iam. TW7aiean aatioml decadence, a loaa pf -Amarlaaa manhood, tha aaanianaig-tae me gawaioa) rernr Ueaa, democratio theory of Govern noeat. 'Wnmington Mweenger. JTmr rleptibllcan party was de feated la Noreraber becanse ita oftdea and leglsl-uve measnrea waWaot aaderatood by the people. JjyewYori Trlboae. The people arTioai "beginning to anderaUnd taw p)1e4ea a ad meaaaree of the BapabScaa party; that accounts (or tkjreaoiC For twenty five, years tbaaa policies and aaeasorea have been stndied. They were very hard ' to aaderaiand tbey re re doeptrraaad full of aypocracy, bart'wt tlast Uey became partly cSAar1 and a A soon as this happened taayvera kaocked in the head. Norfolk Landmark. CVMtsrP05T)ET or the U'es tera Tobacco Joaxoal tayi; "The fataxwoX,atem.iorU Carolina aataVlrlxht tobaoca ptodaciDg edloala vary pros le tag (or marry reiiois. It baa the gray sandy f! rj(by"f th- Uowaanda of acree) tr'-Jjwifivgtww it to aJ near per- t ..itfm aa eaa fca found anywhere I jarersgai par- cre for tobacco $;l&r w-aa ficc.000, in isssit rvlllS.'Muilbe average for ' 4 iTOtrti ia 1S57-:U estimated at a 2121163.00 Contrast f IG6 per - j tr .-.,.t- ay. arp..nf ' J :-Aak.J - rweBaKnna pr acre ior V":rxwdtraaCndoanotneelet8 Xhia is a matter which should MfTraiaei arfnmfint to conrince ! b 4 af Trr ranld and laree tafrjuela tobacco acretge. ' EDITORIAL NOTES A serious political CMSIS is reported in Qermtnr. Parnkll! sBrgeon ifKJit his lujary qaite af-rinnx. Ho l -f his e JghK NC'TWITHSTANDIMi Mil- ln;ury to his e os l'.urit-ll htil. t.kos an acMvp part in Mie Iri?h ci :n p gn . TlIB unmlu-r of Ami'r.c.in l'1-1.1 cians in Berim is rapuliy dimmish-. lug. Ver fi-w of then: Muvt-odi'd in pelting any lin-b. " yo1 comc3 tTie s'orco r.n- noauce tht the 8ouiki f.i r.d in a liUmau ujon wil! b..l tdi 'he V-:-pirtinont of Apriciiltsiri . The human rttco if divided into t-o classes those who go a he ad aA a m.,Kir,., ,..hn Bit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way ' Uolniea. THAT waa a good speech of Governor Fowle ut the Asheville convention. He is never ?o happy &s when he is niikiog a seoch landitory of N'orth Carolina and her people. Dr?TN ei Cc. ri urt that trade continues large for the htaoo, but that there is a perceptible loss oi houtlred lounds m l all back boaf What a nieo lot of fertilizer he would mak if ground up INSANITY beems to be onthe i. . iDoreasu in l rauce. It IS said the ! nni,.,.n,i,l.,inr, , Mrlff tempt woold to execute it in the South be di,a.teron? to lyjth races. GESTLKME-N who this section in the late Asheville convention are very kind to the joiKBiL,u1inoiuSrH.ieuIr, to give communications from some; yj i I L O LU l llUb "ill m irn ri uui readers. An Omaho dispatch of the 19th 8fcys:'Tbe hoatilea are in the Bad Lands, Htxrot sixty miles to the northwest. There are not more than 7500 fighting men. Gen. Carr ia cloae in their rear and their case ia hnnalnn.' 1 I&BY, who defeated LIatnton, is receiving hot shot from many batteries. Cae firing. Let the yonng man have a fair showing. If he does well praise him; if wroag ooodemo him. We deplored the defeat of nauipheytj bat we have aotaing but good wUbes for Irby. PB. GAIXiMUEB expect that the New Hampshire Legislature, when it meets in January, will promptly proceed to elect him United States Senator. The elec tion oGalliager to succeed Boan erges JJTair woold be a severe blow to Senator Uhaodler New York Star. The Baltimore Ilcrald says: l'Hr. Hour, the reuerabl) but most imw mAi 4A.l a t r A l i 1 w-n f4jntp Tmm , .. 0 ilaaaaciiaaetts, views the Sonthern h or 12 da through red spectacles. Everywhere there is blood, Air. II oar should remove his spectacles. The Strath fs at peace with Itself and all the world." j I?f a private letter, to this writer i Senator Gorden expresses a desire to visit New Berne. We are not , ye amnor.zea 10 announce mat ue will be at me- aar, in x eoruary, i and tQ tfae people The Urjgaage bope to be aWe to do soinf . . ... . M h. , and its bat we bope to be able to do so 1 r , n : . . 1 ' ; : r yciore long, cuarmiug wue, always accompanies him, and her i presence would he occasion. add er)" mDCn 10 j , Dublin, l'J. Michael Davitt, iu a telegram denying that lime waa thrown at Parnell at Castle Comer on Monday lasi, eays that the troth is he was pelted with floor and mud by the women acd girls of the plac-. The lime throw- mg story, ts iVrnelrs latest dis-1 gmjtug dodge to evoke sympathy , tions have rights as well as ic and divert peoples tniBds from the 1 dividuals, and that the infringe- real issue. If pap is like the Christian ! Union would spend as much time in fightiDg sin as thej do in attack- j Ing ortdiodoxy, they might do some : good in the world. Recently the Union attacked the ten command-! menta, aaj ing, "A man may keep them all and still be guilty of vices which should exclude bun from decent society." Das that writer ever read the first Commandment T j Any man who loves God supremely dl not be vicious in any way. , assumes its duties and re6ponsibili The Chinese bites, which are : ties should employ all the means in becoming quite a popnlir U jurtr in our American homes, axe regarded bv the Chinese in rather a super-, strtloria light. If the plant bloo.ns; before the Chlr.ea Xmas, which is in Febraary, u means good lack to all in - the household; if it fails to bioom before their A mas tide it portends bad luck. Let us hope the Chinese lily wid bloom on time j for -everybody's Christroft", thisj year. Charlotte Chropicir. A OCTTLKMi living at Flat Hirer, ia this county, briogs the news of great mortality among! horses in his neighborhood, and on farther inqairy we learn that a iimilar distemper has struck Dur bam, carrying off a number of tine animals belonzine to the citizenB rt4 lhl. tnmn r, , , t r,nrtn0(, i,t i, snnnnrl tn onaentood, uai is snppose a to re Joodj bonght in foreign mark- looked into and deserves the attention of owners and atten-1 dants. Durham Globe. THE rOLIIUAL SITUATION. lne Kepublicans are consuieriDg the Shakespearian question "To be or not to be.'' "Whether it is bet-. ter to bear ttie ilU we have, or lly to those we know not of," gives uitiii'aiion room perpiextv brains given to serious thought. 'How can make matters worse is often revolved in the Liepubhcan Senators. conclave of The Force ; bill may prop our tottering fortunes j until some new stratagem can be 1 devisul to regain the ground that's : !oM nnd pave t way to future ' triumphs. 1 he people chained are j impotent: that they will break j their chains is most probable, Dut ; ire mav ritie them while they are j down and esca:e with the plunder." 9ach cogitations sncb purposes are wonov 01 cue nujin, Let Shermans and the Kvarts of the Senate. Tne Apportionment bill is a He publican measure intended alone to bonetit the Republican party. When Democratic papers sf eak of Porter's census as "careless, "bungling," '-unreliable. they'' know V mil.llr Tlmr nil d CdL UUl Ul'iui . a li . .... . ;. . :... ;i r., i,k it. inT IT IS Mil I LtU.lUUfll itiui.i.'i. rranii ir is a narc c f the Republi- can plan to retain control of the Government, and in its worst r toll aT-ininaehes leatuieo luo vm nearest to the purposes of that party. In the language; of the Wilmington Messenger, "1 uder tho hiil nn Rta.ti. we believe loses a member, but Alabama, Arkansas, ' California, Colorado, Georgia, Kan - sts, Massachusetts, Michigan, Alis- soari, 'ew Jersey, Oregon, Was h l n T 0 u . V 1 scon s i n , IlilU F" h3ps one or two otners, eacn gam one member. Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Texas each gain two. Nebraska gains three. If the census had been properly taken. New York, North Carolina and other States would have gained at i a. i v, iotrihtiUnn fhp , uue' iU i"c.u.a. 1 opposed Republican States gain at least seventeen and the known Democratic States but seven or ! eight. In distributing ttie remain- . . ' j dera the work is pretty much for the benefit of Republican States." N0 one need be snrprised at the ; Apportionment bill : for the majority in Congress are 1 determined to secure the continua jtion of Republican rule without (regard to the method byhich their purpose is accompusneu With them nartv is supreme. There need be no expectation that the Republicans will be deterred from the most atrocious measures either hr nnalms of conscience or by the protests of the people. It is not becoming in Democrats to beg for mercy. They have plead for the integrity ol the Union, the rights of the States and the liber ties of the people. They have not plead in vain. The day of retriba tion is at hand, and tha stern be heats of Justice will be executed to the last svllable of the inexorable decree. THE LElilSLATl'RE. In a lew days the Legislature will be in Besaion. A large majori ty of the members will be new men. unaccustomed to the daties of official station, unpracticed in the work of legislation. While this is true it is also true that they are from the great body of the i people, &uo mt-ii niouc, ouu TT.ii , 1 ' , ' . . 1-1 . Ikn:. nn.1 nrill UC 1UUUCU U U Uj tail uuueb ui-ont to meet the demands of the situa tion. It is probable that a railroad commission will be created. This writer has been a railroad com missioner, and from his own ex perience, begs leave to say that it is verv difficult to make a law that be 8ati.factory to the railroads - - , , exnlicit.- It . pmhraf,n nrovisions and not go too much into detail Much should be left to the dis cretion ot the commifesione rs Cases will arise where compromise can accomplish good to all parties, but if the law ia a Btraight jacket affair, with no elacticity whatever satisfactory arrangements, in some caa wni be impossible It must be conceded that corpora- mnt of tho ricrhtn of either should be carefully guarded against. In this, as in regard to all subjects, Justice and Equity should be the end to be reached. There ore other subjects which will command attention. No mem- ler of the Legislature should be ashamed to consult with men of experience and acknowledged ability for the public good. The science of government is the most difficult ot all sciences, and he who UIS power to equip nimsen ior ms wrK- otlong ago the Legislature ol a Southern State was composed of almost entirely new material. They were men of good common sense wise men if you please bnt they were handling tools with which they wer not familiar, and they blurred their work and cut their fingers. Very few laws enacted by that Legislature stood the tests of the courts. One of the evils of the times is too much legisla tion. Laws ought not to be changed for light and transient causes. That State is most secure, and the people most prosperous . . tha tOBk nf t.a Q , , . . , . , "" - u . . Iamluar- e uo meaQ .q chauge8 in tho laws should be made, for where a law is obviouslv , na if ,hftnM h flmnHp,in"r , K f 1 1 ICC'CU ' c 1 " c ta 'ation is a dangerous thing. The idea prevails among some poliiiciaDS th.it every I tuembcr must do Hoaiciuinp to aggrandize himeelf. It a man goes to the Legi.-la! u: o and does not introduce a b::! he is eonideIell a failure. Tt.n is a great mistake. Too many bills are every session, and introduced at the successful politician is the man who watches the proceedings and guards the p0nplc t"i . m hurtful legislation. There is no reason, in the world, wtly ,rth Carolina should not be one of the int prosperous of all the States. While it is believed that the approaching Legislature Will be productive ot gooj, we are especially desirous th if rhc rS'a'e sutler no detriment. ink uever limes views upon I the Force bill are tersely expresstd J in an editorial entitled. '-Tho True tical (Question," the central idea oi l which is this: "A country in which' it would bo iuces.sar to put a bayouet behind ter ballot 10 insure its being c.it uonM not be a country tit fur Kepnliciu mie. It would not tc country in which rea' Republic. tii rule could exist. If nomin aliv a K nublic. n would ' - P'ui oms n p.uaoie iraxesiioui only ; Kepuuiicanism. it would be a , country that ould be best oiT under monarchical or tHolute rule. THE late Convention at Ashe - . ville was nut exoected to accom. I nlish much fur i i,m ,,r. s.-n t i.nr it ; may uaVo dune . futro. t wa.. i grt-at deal for the u :i ior t tin ate that a 1 1 rod need i n oppos- resolution vs I jtion to the I-'oice loll. It was not a proper t-u! jeitf for the convention to consider, but we have no doubt that the defeat of the ld.oljtiou will be used by the liiends of the bib, who will assert tha! 1 he Ashe ville conwntiou faors the bill oi at least dot not oppose it. SrnoNKi: has made a lonrr Meech in favor of the Force bill. This is the man w ho has been heralded over the country as a great consti tutional law3cr, eminently suited for a U. S. Supreme Court Judge. A man who knows no more about the powers of the Government and the rights of the people than Spooner seems to know is not fit to be a county magistrate. A Mississippi grand jury has declined lo bring in an iudictment agiinst a lawyer for kiliiug a brother attorney who had improp er! v interfered in his marital relations: the jury says he acted in accordance with the sentiment of every honorable, brave, noble and virtuous man. IT is said that "consistency is a jewel" So it n; but there are better thiDgs than jewels. Some people have plenty of the jewels of consistency who are as poor in character us Lazarus w'as in pover ty. It is better to be right than to be simply conistent. AN r -v DKIU.llOl AD II I VEIL Floilda Develop! Nmlural Curiosity That liAllraclini; Much Attention. While boring a well in his vine yard and orangery situated on the outskirts of RcoLfiaa, Florida, Henry Llardcastle recently struck what must be an immense under ground river, and which poured its water forth at such a tremendous rate that the men who were doing the boring narrowly escaped being overtaken by the tlood, which. rushing down the side of tho slight incline on which the lruit farm is situated, had soon worn a channel to the dry bed of an ancient creek. This it soon filled with a rushing, furious tide, which finally emptied itself into the Apalacbicola, and which has continued to flow un checked or without signs of dim inishing. The water is clear, sparkling and very cold, with only a slight miner al flavor. Fish by the thousands have been thrown out, and are of several varieties, some of which are of a kind unknown to Jchtbyolo gists, being perfectly colorless, while others are translucent and gelatinous, and all are without eyes and very small, except a lew of a sort resembling our pickerel, and which measure from a foot to three and a half in length and are pro vided with very large pointed teeth. Great damage has bren done to his fruit and vines, anil Mr. Hard- castle, seeing no prospect of the tlood abating, has offered a reward to stimulate the ingenuity of tie local engineers to Mud a way c f controlling and util zing the water. People from mi.es around have been coming in crowds to inspect the wonder, and oue or two ven turesome spirits have narrowly es caped drowning. Greenville Re Hector. Latest 'oriirn New. Berlin, Pec. 10 Advices re ceived from Baron Wissmanu state that he has recalled Kmin Pasha from tho interior of Africa, owing to the latter's disregard of orders. He says that Kmin has impeded the operations being carried on under the direction of Stokes and has refused to act in accordance with the plans of the Imperial Gov ernment. New Orleans Has t lie (irip. New Orleans. Dec. lo. New Orleans has been struggling in the hands of la grippe for the List lour weeks. Dr. T. F. Salomon, secre tary of the board of health, esti mates that the number of people sick with Li grippe at from 26,000 to 30.000, as many as six and eight members of one family being con fined to their beds by the disease, and many business firms are seriously embarrassed by the ab sence of their employes. Never Hangs on Friday. Pine Bluff, Ark., December 17 Judge Elliott yesterday sen tenced Charles Seward, a murder er, to bo hanged on Thursdav. January 29th. The Judge stated that he never had and never would seDtence a man to be executed on a Iriday, because on that day! Jesus was crucified, and he would 1 not insult the memory of the founder of Christianity by sentenc-1 in a mn'erer to be hanged on the day upon which the Son of , God sacrificed his life for human- i ity's sake. classes An Alliaure Jfan's VieTis. Editdii JnUBIIAL : The l.L-t words of an -.:t:clc uudti Lcalo! 'Ocala Revo dings'7 iu yonr eekl of December 18th, preilicts that speedily the "Alliance and Demo cracy" will beorne '-one homo geneous whole.' I: is true tla there is afliuiM bclueen them, bir the teu.ieui-y of weak Deiuc-cr.it .c papers, :uiA broken dou Detno cratic leadei, is to estrange them lu tiie stiiic i.-.uc of your paper, some ( i;i.' ca'hr.g himself "ynu: correb)jiideiii." ttpeaks of (.'..1. Pulk in a m iiiner worthy the eon demnsli-.ci vi every Alliance niau. oi. i i.irc is not seeking any "po litieal pieierencd i; Is'orth Caro lina." l!u: stiii yon continually see allusions made to him as de pinng to till '. !." Vance's place in the Senate, and '-all rnaii"er ol evil' is spoken ol hiai "falseh" ior our siiKe. No v, who knows but that persistence on the part ot enemies mav cuise us to exit! "great shall bp our reward ! ' r l siicu o u r a i in , The Alliance, people would not con-adci that Col i'oik had Uca pioinu cd should be leocivr a s: natui.v:;:;.. lie has been mad.- by a im.innnuii -vote l'residenf of "'1'be Fa:u,ct" Alliance and Industrial I'liion We need him where he is; hei; Ti e the man to roll forward this relonn moveuit-nt Tne Alliance people, nudeistand the attacks rtgau.M Polk, it is an etlort to pull tlown our great order, and it is thin, and Alliance men cau see through it ; "Your correspondent" says Polk : has three plans in view to deleat ; ance tie uui no: say now many : plans are in view to defeat the ', Alliance. One of the great plans is to attack our leaders by lalseU accusing them, and t hereby de t toy their lnilaence, c uising the order to lose confidence in their motives. And then when ihev say don't read such stub, we heart he cry, "the Alliance has ord.iedaboy cot." The Alliance did not comc here to take care of any par t . The Alliance has begun a great J relorm movement. Our bill oi indictment has b.-eii ' 1 o keti-.i " Our complaint will soon have b;eu .heard all over the nation. And ! while we did not come to take care of either of the parties, we did no' come to pull down either of the parties. ll'i cr nfiir sonif fhhy. Wh it difference with us which : party is indue-d to give us what . . k Tl... A II. : . .1 . I we want. ine -vuiiinec is maue un of Democrats atol Republicans, ! December 20. The efforts to se with avowed principles. I said cure 400 Indians to go ont and made up of Democrats and Repub- j persuade the bad rebels to come licans: I will sav t hat- t lie Alliance were made up of both parties, bnt are now strictly independents. We don't want any third parly. While we may not be-strong to elect whom we please, irr rrtinhj can Lnhl the baltinc? pmn r. In conclusion I will more cleaily define the point I would make: The parti that ue will support, be it Democratic or ll publican, must come to the front, and by actual icork show us that we are to have some consideration bestowed on us. If our Government must have pets ; if our Government will be partial to certain classes, then we must go on the list, or there will be a row. So far as Vance is concerned, I don't know exactly whatthe Alliance haters mean. Is the issue Vance or the Alliance! If so, state the question fairly aiid squarely. Does the election of Z. B. Vance to the l S. Senate mean an Alliance de feat in North Carolina? If it does and our people so understand it, the result is certain, I would rather see any one man, yes any ten men go down in North Carolina than "The Farmers' Alliance." "All tho world's a stage, Mankind aro actor?, They have their entrances And their exit. " The principles of the Alliance are heaven-b)rn. Justice is the grand idea. Great men may flourish for a seasm and pass off the stage of action, but principles, great and glorious principles, such as called the Alliance into exis tence can never go down. Vance is justly a very popular man iu North Carolina. He has been put to the test, and few men have been found so true. 2 lie people ot North Carolina have raised Vance to the pinnacle on which hewstauds. The people of North Carolina are proud of him, but if tho oue or the other must go dowu, which must it be : Long live Vance and the Al liance in the hearts of the people of North Carolina. Long live Vance for w hat he has done, and for what he may yet do. Long live the Alliance to be the deliverer of my people from bondage. If Vance should refuse to help us iu the great fight, tome man, born of necessity and occasion, will step forward and be, what Vance might have been. Gratitude is heart memory, ingratitude is in conflict with divine law. I never can be lieve that . ;. Vance is to be re tired from public service spotted with ingratitude. L. K. P. MAHINK VEWS. Sclioouer Wreckeil t O.-racoKe Inltt. 'I he Signal service authorities report that the schooner Blanche went ashore early yesterday ruorb ing at Ocracoke Inlet, X. C, during a heavy i cow, ana is a total loss. Her captain and ere v were fortu- natelv saved, and aro now quartered at the Life Saving Station at the Inlet. The German steamship, Wantan, disabled off Cape Ilotteras in a severe gale Tnesday, and towed in Hampton Roads Wednesday by the American steamship Carnal, is in a bad condition, and will receive ex tensive repairs. The Carnal will claim heavy salvage for towing her to port. TO TEST THE L. AW. I A Le: Biittie Ovr i lie Free Coinage of Silt er Question. Denver, Col., Dec. 17. David U. Moffat, ex Senator Tabor and other millionaire mining men have decided upon a bold step to test the question of free coinage of sil ver under the present law. Arrangements have been made for an agent of Senator Tator to have ready a bar of silver contain ing 1,000 onnces, accompanied by a certificate of its fineness from the mint. This will be presented at the Treasury Department at Wash ington and a demand made that it be exchanged for coin. The demand will, ot course, be refused, when a writ of mandamus will be obtained irom the I nited States Court and t he matter will become the ground for a legal ,! battle. ! The theory of this action is that the law and its interpretation are unconstitutional and that the Got ernnient has no right to refuse coin ; for bullion. Boil It Ioto. clt yoa hvc to say, my fiie:;-l, i.L ther witty, or grave, or k'ay, i mit iisc as much ns ever you can. A::d say it in the readiest way; Aii'l whether you write of rural afl.io.-, i 'c in uter and things in town, l.i-t take a word of -friendly a.lviee, I oi 1 it down. ! li I ( ' ' 1 , , ' mi .; .siiliitO'iiii .VL-r a paye, Wlirii a chuiiIh of lines would do, r,r luiiter i spread so uiurh, you ftp. That the bread loo'ss plainly I inor.:;h ; i. when Mm have a story to tell. And would like a little reiio'.wi, iii;ke iuito une of vui.r .i-h.my blend, 1! .il i; d.,v, n. iV!i.-n ui i iu- an ail.i le f,n tlii- pr-.--.-', S h.ili.-r prose or verse, ju t try To seltlu y.nir thoughts in the l.-v WOI'.I.S, And let them be crisp and dry. And when it is finished, and yon -1 1 ; ; li is d. iie exactly brown: I ust look it over again, and then Boil it down. For editors do not like to print An article lazily long, And the general reader does not care i'oi a couple of yards of son;;; S . ua'h.-r j our wits iu the smallest p 1 :' -. iu v ant a lit tie i enos-n. An 1 i v. I V lime you write, my fiiend. Boil it down. Household C'oiiirianio A Monster Hird oT Prey. t i largest owi ever seen in these parts was killed a dav or two since, on Mr. Van Mnnr'ta nl aoout a mile Irom the city. Mr. Moore k, hw r-hw-bona not there, and about two weeks ago he left a e-nn on th nrdminca ,oiiir,cr the colored woman in charge to 8hort anything that troubled his feathery pets. This old owl was hungry, and jasit about dark he pounced down on a good fat grown hen. He was f.-in V I ill. I ilu ll . 1 1 , . rrr n . s rt m i f 1 . ' j ' " r ."i- .-ii-ii i n n I I uw, wuu coinpai ative ease, but the colored woman was too quick for him. She got the gun and fired and the owl fell to the ground. To-make sure ..I her work the woman then cut his head off with a knife. Toe big biid was brought into , have been made by IV... the city as a real curiosity and Jenson. The uir,ee is !,;, turned over to Mr. Ren. Moore, j consist of a funtu , -Urn-,- -Mr. Moore showed him to several ; are can ied by t he w irnl-. : i i friends yesterday. The bird by ; first attacks t he bdi.e :i acinal uaeaburement is four leet : plants. It spreads to t he ; n o and seven inches from tip to tip. about seven day by spou-s . Ir has been sent out to Mr. Herbert 1 down from tlie sr.-m hh.1i-. Krimley, the taxidermist, to be Considering these f o t.-. r mounted. , thought that the tn , ts mir The Troublesome Indians. P.vr Ptti-'t. A ri vr... C3 T I i nit. x . i io i. nuclei, o. l . , peaceably into the reservation was a tauure. only 114 volunteered. Among the enemy under Kicking Bear Sitting Bull's death has caused great excitement. Cold Day ana uis scouting party drove in the uosuies pickets anu naa a view oi one camp in the Bad Lands. Day estimates the force of the enemy at over 1.000. The SittiDg Bull fugi tives have reached the Cheyenne. Gens. Miles and Carr will begin the war next week. The cowboys along the Cheyenne and the militia claim to have killed, so fnr twenty four Indians. Kimillm of a Murderer The Sherllf Dies Suddenly From Wxcitement. Sheedeook, Out., Deo. 10. Remi La Montague was banged here at 9:2G o'clock this morning for the murderof his brother in law, Napoleon Myhel. About 8:45 this morning Sheriff Webb, who bad charge of the exe cution, died suddenly from herat disease. It is believed that the excitement attending the arrange ments was the cause of the fatal attack. Senator Gray' Amendment to tlia Eloetlom Bill, Washington, Dec. 19. Senator Gray introduced iu the Senate a number of amendments to the pending Election bill, the effect of which are in brief to strike ont the provisions for a permanent annual appropriation lor compensation ol supervisors, and to deprive those officers of power to interfere with returns, and to separate them en tirely from the election machinery after election day. Four Indian Blnrrterers Hanged. Missatjxa, Montana, Dec 19. This morning Latanza, Pierre, Paulauley and Pascale, four Indian murderers, were hanged at the court house here. All elied game. All were cat down twenty minutes after the trap was sprung. Their necks were broken. All were exe cuted for the murder of white meu. Confettsea HI Crlma fnder th Oallgns. Chaeleston, December 19. Adam Margin, colored, was hanged today at Mount Pleasant, Berkley county, for the murder of Simon Jackson, colored, on May 31st last. The murderer confessed his crime under the gallows and sang a hymn. He showed no sigus of fear or weakness. I he Grady Hospital. The building of a Henry V. Grady hospital is an assured fact, and the cornerstone will be laid at Atlanta, Ga., on Christmas Day, the first anniversary of the death of Mr. Grady. It will cost 90,000, and will consist of a group of eight buildings, with accommodations for white and colored people, and all tho modern improvements. The work will be pushed, so that the hospital can soon enter upon its career of usefulness. Ex. Married Eighty Yelirs. Laccjui Paele, Minn., Dec. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury, probably, the oldest married couple in the Cnited States, celebrated the 103d birthday anniversary 6f Mr. Salisbury. His wife will be 101 years old on Christmas day. Jan. 12 they have been married eighty years. Opera House Burned aud . Sovtra People lDjnred. Birmingham, Ala,, December 20. A telegram from Opelika, timed S:50 p. m., says that the Opera House there has been burn ed to the ground and a number of persons are reported injured. The fire is still spreading. Forty Horses Cremated. Brooklyn, N. Y. December 20. The sales stable of TJnderlana & Denmson at 137G Fulton street, burned tonight, Forty horses were cremated. Loss $7,000, folly insured. TnE Democratic popular ma- loritv in the whole united States in the past election was 027,550, The States that went Democratic contain 00,000,000. people, and those that went Republican less than 4,000,000. Nowhere in the world is natural gas so plentiful as it is in India, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Met 'yiy boy has bet-n A mother once "But often his v.. And Ins brig lir lie was juot lifii away, 1 n the prime !' 1 1 is l:iu' ii :i- i And hi r i - And i I ;h Ami t k 1 . Iilu U t'ne .it fond i And Wh. m t . Iips ,r.i. t: I If the . alld 1 i-e 1 liLil.t. And fi..- And then i ; Tho swv. And the And f.-ie i And a t. Whil To M.v r. o p.O I, deal. . hoy I- ear.-, to no- p.ita , 1. T; t ion;e Whei slid let tny ct thy b ii- -t: l v, a l i u 1 1 1 . o ; And, ere he s- his fault Co But if thy leet sh i liud ii when on he stnn.li'f And llei.i shoiiMst ul 1 he jo ' li w.i o Wulic thou in t ill 1 1 1 -1 .. ., bowi-u a. d Mm,: ;, . , em nin' in ; I, :.. foi tiiveu in him The r.-irtt In Den ma: i; and perhaps very searches into the ii sc protected ny no uidu-,: . !-.. st a broad ridge, three ur fi iir : high and ten r t. , 1 . e i : : e. alter the tirsr w- ed:..g, a further earthing no .i oi, only causing th. pl.nr.-- to so that the spores .wmld t dl from the ndges within m-vi-; after the appearance of i h on the foliage. S oil.- l."o bt are said to ha i this wav with t i.i'-e results : Where u earthing up was d .,. . i. age of (liseastd pu a where the moulding . i ; 12; and where ine nunibl perfect, only 1. Inbcnm harvest was prevented . the tubers to remain in t ln for a month after the pl tho tops. ;i : g:o: ci m. Making g.x.d li d cr. Skill in the m iMg-iia-ut oi' 1 1 e COWS, the milk and the eii-a;;:, be rewarded vip;. eod biit e;. matter what kird ( f a -n-:rr used, but it isgeroiaiy cm : in these latter il.i.s ,f ..dvat.c. ment, that one wirhnii; a d . best- The concu--iin cui-cd ' . rhe peculiar ouo'khi i( iiie .-,ivi"! and t li e fox chinn 1- sc.; po-ei; : bo more cooduc ic- t" I he peii ; forming of bint i ghihuie-. the buttermilk is im.ie T horc;;.;: washed out than wo,-n the ! style paddles aie u--ed Good ha -ter, however, is not depeicicni upou the kind of enure: its q;: i; ties are regulated vastly morr 1 the handling rid ci-mipul v ; : than by any imp t-uu -t cm;d- in its production. l.,:r fo ul the cows, constant ob-ervarc.-cleanliness, correct rifiiiiir.-g .;'; cream, obsei vanee of rem no; arup pure air ia the tlaiiy lumu, un common sense uici In -ds a ppln d : all the details of bntrter makiiu will result fn uuifm miry and sat; -faction both to the maker and en sumer. There need be no unct tainty or failure if at'eution : :, close obseivance is th.- role, guess work and slip shod prac;-- -must not be tolerated. Pessimism A pessimisMn mm of mind, called, which leads persons e, -are afflicted with it to t ike t i worst possible view of tLin , i sometimes developed quite ..i!. iu life. Jeremiah, who is twelve i. . old, is already a eoiili cu-d ; .- i mist, mougthe t h,ngs n 1 i,-' continually gaimbles ah"iu lead pencils, which never !:,;v: ooints. and to Hlmiren which : always has to b rrc.u a k:i.;-.. some school mate. ''Why don't you have . ;;'-- , : your own, Jeriy ?" mie 1' t ic b asked. 'Got no pocket to kc o it i ... said Jerry. "Then why don't you -pocket ?" " 'f I had one, 't h ivo . bftk in it." "Wtll, even (hen cu wr- ;' . be any worse r.ff than y-lt now." 'U'ni Yes I should, "i 1 hi ne ve thi.C I I pocket, 'n' a hole in it, I have anything to lose it."' Jerry sighed dceph, and v on whittling his pencil with dull blade of the other boy's kni:c A Darkcj's Idea of ihe Force hi!!. An old negro came to a friend of ours the other day and said: ''Boss, what is dat Force bib 1 hears dein talkin' so much about ' j Our friend explained the Lodg'- ; bill to him in the simplest way iu-1 c uld command. Alter the ex; la i nation was coneiuibd, the ctid man held his head on one side, and ; chewed his tobacco refjoctively fu a minute or twn; and r hen deli vi re i himsell to the following effect: "H t 'pears to me de 's lixi n' ; git some moah niggers kdh ;I Progressive Fanner. Wished he Hadu' said it. "So you'vegor m .rued, oi i iu while I have been a -y " iiVim " "Well, I congri'u' havings haken off h of a housekeeper of ' "Ob, don'f m ike dear boy, she's :h, married !" There are women kill a chicke n w n h a would kill full grown their tongues, it t hey . REID.SVILLK gets building. xi- you ii - he drag; mi s at las' o-i mistak o."i,-.:i r u Co i i:ii ' : -.. c-het. v. ! O- Utile : I I' infants and '-...'..trrii Uiit I r'scnpliwn I'-, rrsfti nn.l :.. .-ins a w .rL lew arn t Mm t..-'ji t'a.r.t": .a r York 1'ilv. iajid Cherel. Ten C'kvta; )i ( j "ACT ' yi.. -SI V r..j . - ? - . u i Mki.N U(ii;fI.S A.l MI I.I-S .tl'bT HECX1VK1. : ! ' i H .i.- -.iip :ind ojit-ri Ihmd CnrlP, Ilnmrss, Whips, RobM and i . 1. trial at Hock Hotw m I'l i H . -iiciilty Siiiplc or double lurc-t.ut onn l-f; Lad stall Loan. v. : i j -,i;i r 'iit.- d ii" rrpn 1 1 i,ied. c-: : i.y K 1KNMA I'.K. and. Seo XJ"s- afs -S J5L.JSrJD HATS f !! the Latest Styles! :G-sk - r AXH ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE :: CSrOociiS Liine ! - ;. iM d for CASH, hence thev were bought CIIEAPER -id be SOLD CHEAPER than ever before. "j.. cur id During the holidays ! -"it tr.y M AMMOTH STOCK before purchasing else- p -bi i.i. At WAYS hi HAM) mil BRQKLH BOSSES, -. li. .1 i c ill Rcl.ubie. Dealers Cnlv. : .'r.iers. Good Draft Horses. ! , i I'.irnily I'm posts itnd (he Saddle. : C iriage and Buggy Repositor"v ;- t iNM.cnox wirn lii:i:y. d-c , Doii-d in Best Workmanship. . : r- : i -s -! .- Ii- t out l.mt Ij oi- duty. 7U STEWART, ! P , . - t Children. rtorl enree Colic, Ooiwtlpfttion, Hour sjumAch, Duurbrpa. trurLation, Kilifl Worms, fpveai Bleep, raid jiruuiot. di rest kin. Without injurious medication. " For pvr rol yrn I Iiavb recmiBBdal yc.;ir ' ' 'titiU ria. ' and Khali a)ay oonttmue to l. i so as iv has luvariably produced beoeflaiml riJSul!:.. " l l WIN F rRD. V. "TL.) Winthrop." 1 J6th Street and 7th A New York City. oyriNY, 77 Mchkay f-7 iiickt, Ni Yoaa. B UP. "US Ok NO E '.i f-toci: on hand of and Poplar, lib Bell, VvAV. - - - N,W YORK -: 0 yon vli at dimensions to cut, i net ci'-ih prices for same. i.!t'ra L TABLES. ta a m o Clothing! Evsr Brought fo this City. of Ladies' Dress Goods, MEW BERNE, N. C. XCHAWCE. y SALE S m rt i r)rD a OiTTRUCKS V V P.GOftSJ LL STYLES. 1 T Lr. dies C hai s E. -I.J C.lAll.t I- I ' I- m BR2S WAG9N G9- RACINE,WIS. A 4 - 'y. ';'