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31 - i S .4:- . 1 t- 'I I I 3 $7.00 1 a Year, CHRISTMAS. The Iay W hy It Is Celebrated III story of it Celebration ttnalnt Cutom C'brlit maw Carol. For many years Christmas, in this coon try, was observed only, or at least, chiefly, in the Southern and Middle States. New Knland and her early colonies in the West kept Thanksgiving', and looked with horror on the observance of Christmas, (iradually this prejudice wore away. Now Christmas is a national holiday. The reasons for keeping the day sacred, and as a. day of feasting anil merrfment. art get forth bv the learned Dr. Schaff, in his Church History. He Eays Christmas is, "of all the .festivals, the one most thor oughly interwoven with the popular fam ily life, and stands at the head of the great feasts, in the Western church. It con tinues to be in the entire Catholic world, and in the greater part of Protestant Christendom, the grand jubileo of chil dren, ou which innumerable gifts celebrate the infinite love of God in the gift of Hi only begotten Son. It kindles in midwin ter a holy fire of love and gratitude, and preaches in the longest night the rising of the Sun of Life and the glory of the Lord It denotes the advent of the true Golden - jre, of the fieedoni and equality of all the freedom and equality of "all the redeemed before God and in God. No one can mea sure the joy and blessing which, from year to year, flow forth upon all ages of life from the contemplation of the holy child Jesus in his heavenly innocence and divine humility." . So there, is a reason for the evergreens and the fat turkey, for the Christmas tree and the visits of Santa Claus, for fire crackers, for egg-nog, mince pies and fruit cake, and even we mention it with bated breath for tin horns. CHRISTMAS EVE. The festive season, after weeks of myste rious preparation on the part of grown folks, -and. of anxious yet joyous anticipa tion by the little ones, fairly sets in on Christmas eve, when arrangements begin for the dinner of the next day. The Christmas tree is to be decorated, like wise, the presents arranged for distribu tion, and the hearths garnished so that Santa Claus may not be sooted, nor of fended iu making his descent of the chim ney's. Some of the quaint observances of Christmas are given by Scott in "Mar mion." "On Christinas eve the bell were rung, On Christmas. eve the mass was sung,. The damsel tlonnctl her kirtle sheen; The hall was dressed with holly green; "Forth to tile wood did the merry men go. The great yule log was fetched in from the woods with many , shouts; the mum mers and masquers went about from house to house- the huge wassail bowl was broached, carols were sung, and people so to'speak. ' kept up" with no end of "high jinks, till they had sung themselves hearse or the wassail bowl was empty, or them selves, perchance, (nil. The hanging up of the mistletoe and the bringing in of the yule log claimed to be vestiges of an cient Druidic customs, and we have seen them very learnedly traced back to the worship of Balder and Odin, and even, to that of the Pluenician Baal. All this may be easily so. and we are 'not disposed to question it, but, "at any rate, they are cus toms which are now effectively Christian ized. Nobodv but a heathen himself would. dare-to find a mark of barbarism or pagan - ism in the eminently Christian and partic- ularly delightful practice of kissing the girls under the mistletoe. Antiquarians may find this but a part of the worship of Friga, or a testimony to the dread power of Loke, but to the plain, wayfaring person it seems little beyond an observance grow ing cut of that worship of beauty which is the universal privjlage of the human race. At any rate, Druidism or not, the man who would hot kiss the pretty girl who chances to find her self all inadvertantly, of course un der the mistletoe bough, does not know Lthe use of lips, except to utter (trea sons and mutter conspiracies withal. When the. yule leg was put on the fire, the great vule candle was lighted, and the contents of the wassail bowl were apt to grow less in its inspiring flicker. It was a quaint belief, which is held still by the negroes in this country, that during themais on Christ. mas eve, and from thence forward to the dawn of Christmas Day, not only do all animals perform an act of worship, the cat tle kneeling reverently in their stalls, as some old pictures of the manager in Bethle hem represents them doing, but duriag the same time all the' powers of darkness are prostrated and rendered helpless and harm , loss to do evil to mankind, while the cock crowing all night long, by his incessant vigilance frightens away all the malignant spirits, so that "The night is wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm; . ' So shallow 'd and so gracious is the time.'' On this occasion the Christmas Tree 'priugs into full blossom and fruit in our houses and bears its joyous testimony to the gracious theughtfulness of the Christ kmdtein, which children's eagerly tripping tongues have corrupted into Kriskrnkle. he Christmas tree and its decorations are f Purely German origin, but it is such a 'harming custom, productive ef so many -innocent delights, such a clapping of hands sparkling of eyes, that the -custom widens with every year. It is not twenty years old in England, but is already nearly as generally observed there as among us who got it from the Penasylvania Ger mans first, and the Christmas tree is now also found in nearly every household in Franco. CHRISTMAS DAT. Affer the Restoration in England, Christmas was made a dayef almost, if not quite, riotous excess. To this Evelya and contemporary writers favor ble to the ob servance of the day, bear witness. Going back to its origin as a festival we find that before the Christian regime the Saxons used to keep the 25th of December as Thor's day, the raid-winter festival, the Gule, Gwvl,or Yule tide, the winter solstice, when the days cease to grow shorter and the sua begins to gain in strength and power. The birth of Mithras (a Perso Syrian festival) was kept at Rome .-on the same dacy, in commemoration of the return of the sun, but the feast of the Saturnalia, which was much older, began on the 16th, and commemorated the same event of the arrest in the shortening of the day, was possibly forerunner of the revels of the Christmas tide. The Jewish Feast of the Tabernacles is of a similar character, and the Greeks, Mexicans, Persians and Chinese have equivalent festivals celebrat ing the same event. The origin of the Christian festival is shrouded in mystery. The venerable Bede established it in Great Britain. Decorating churches and private houses with flowers, branches and evergreens, was f ancient origin, and not confined to any religion or race. Some of ,the early councils, however, considering the practice somewhat savored of paganism, endeavored to abolish it ; and, in A. D. CIO, it was enacted that it was not lawful to begirt or adorn houses with laurel or evergreen Boughs, for all this prac tice savors of paganism." Still, the prac tice was too innocent, cheerful, bright and appropriate to the season to remain long in desuetude, atfd it soon became uni versal. The custom of dancing at Christmas is said to have been instituted by the fabu lous King Arthur. It was certainly re ligiously observed by the very pious King Alfred, who also gave away so much at Christmas that he impoverished himself all the rest of the year. He it was who direc ted Christmas to be kept for twelve days, and it is said that it was owing to his ardent and exclusive devotion to the twelfth night of the festival at Chippen ham, A. D. 878, that the Danes were en abled to surprised to surprise and defeat him and expel him from his kingdom. Mummery forms a prominent part in the Christmas observances in the Middle Ages' and much of it, as the Feast of Asses and the Feast of Fools, was as gross as the Roman Saturnalia. The former was a' blasphemous burlesque commemorating as was said the flight out of Egypt. Court masques were another Christmas amuse ment. To this the Norman Kings were greatly addicted. Christmas gifts an important feature of the festival were formerly bestowed on New Year's Day. "The tales of good St. Nicholas . Are known in every clime, Told in painting and in etatues And in the poet's rhyme. For centuries' they've worshipped him, In churches, East and West, 0 all the Saints we read about, lie Is beloved the best. Because he was the Saint of all The wretched and the poor, And never 6ent a little child Unsuccor'd from hia door." Mince pie is another important feature of the holiday. But the best place to dis cuss this delicacy is at a brimming board with good cheer all around and floating like incense through the air. "So now la come our joyful feast, Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy leaves is drest, . And every post with holly." This Christmas falls on Wednesday. Of a year in which Christmas falls on Wed nesday we are told by our "philosofres and clerkes" : "If that the Christmas Day Fall upon a Weddensday, That yeere shall be hard and strong, And many huge wynde6 amonge; The somer good and mury shall be, I And that yeere shall be plentee; 1 YoBge fofkes shall die alsoo; Shlppea io the sea, tempest and woo ! What chylde that day is borne Is his Fortune to be doughty and wise, Discrete also and 6leyh of deede. j Of Pbrint.majj rarols n. rwvnt writer says : "This seems to have been a very early-custom, and to have been instituted in imitation ef the songs of rejoicing which the angels sang to the shepberds-r-the Gloria in Excelsis, in fact, is claimed as being a true Christmas carol. Instru mental add vocal music was a nececessary accompaniment to all the early religions feasts and games, and this long before the Christian era. The Romans had their hvmns of rejoicing in the Kalends of Jan uary, and these are thought to have been the forerunners of the Christmas carols. Telesphorus, iu the second century, refers to the Christians celebrating public wor ship in the night of the nativity, and then singing the angels' hymn, in which Christ was declared to the shepherds by an angel. The earliest carol extant was written in the fourth century, by Aurelius Pruden tius. The best, because most naive and simple of the ancient carols which have come down to us, are those by the Breton minstrels, one of which, trans lated by Longfellow, will be found below. Incomparably the finest Christmas poem it Milton's "Hymn on Christ Nativity"- lofty composition, full of noble conceptions expruced in language, the WILMINGTON, N. C, sonorous pomp and beauty of which have been the wonder of the world for more than two centuries. OLD CHUISTMAS CABOL. I saw three ships come sailing in. On CI ritmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three shipecome sailina: in, On Christmas-Day in the morning. And what was in those ship all three, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day And what was in those ship. all three,' On Christmas Day in the morning .' Our Saviour Christ and his lady, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day: Our Saviour Chriet and his lady, i On Chrfetmas- Day in1 the morning. Pray whither sailed those ships all three, On Christinas Day, on Christmas iayf Pray whither Bailed thoe ships all three, Ou Christmas Day in the morning.' O they sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day, on Christinas Day; O they sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day in the morning. And all the bolls on earth shall ring, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day: And all the bells-tur earth shall ring, On Christmas Day in the morning. And all the Angels in Heaven shall 6iug, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing, On. Christmas Day in the morning. And all the souls on earth shall sing, On Christinas Day, on Christmas Day; And all the souls on earth shall sing. On Christinas Day in the morning. Then lotus all rejoice, amain, n Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; Then let us all rejoice, amain, On Christmas Day in the morning. SUN TELEGRAMS. EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS. AT THE FKOERAL CAPITA!,. Washington-, Dec. 24. Mr. Blaine's committee is without funds to prosecute the work. It was the opinion of Mr. Blaine and others that the $20,000 appropriated at the last session for the use of the Sen ate committee, appointed to investigate the charges against Senator Matthews and late Presidential elector, would be avail able for the present committee, but Judge Porter, First Comptroller of the Treasury, to-day decided that the appropriation is applicable only to defray the expenses of the committee directed by the Senate to inquire into the alleged frauds in the Pres dential election, and .not to defraying the expenses of the committee under Mr. Blaine's resolution. A brief Cabinet session was held to-day. Evarts, Sherman and Davis, were absent. Nothing was said about the German mis sion. All the Departments were closed at noon to-day, and public business will be suspended until Thursday. The Indian officer has dispatched from Takirna city, Washington territory, stat ing that Chief Moses with ten of his prin cipal men have been taken. Moses and three of them, are in prison at Takirna. Moses is thus receiving his punishment for refusing to deliver up the murderers of the Perkins family as he had promised, and for resisting their arrest. A Murderer's Confession. Cincinnati, Dec. 24. A special dis patch -from Steubenville, Ohio, says Stephen D. Richards, who has been in jail charged with murdering the Harelson family at Keaney, Nebraska, has made a full confession, acknowledging the commis sion of nine murders within the last three years. The first murder was committed hear Sand Hills, Nebraska. He had an altercation with a man unknown to him, who he shot through the head. The next was that of Mrs. Harelson and three children in October last. He met Mrs. Harelson in the jail, she having been ar rested on a charge of aiding her husband to escape justice. When she was released Richards visited her, staying two weeks, when he concluded to murder her and take charge of her farm, whicbhe had pre-empted. He broke Mrs. Harelson's jaw and smashed in the back of her bead and killed the two oldest childern with a smooth ing iron, and seizing her infant, dashed rits head against the floor, and then gave out that Mrs. Harelson had gone to Texas, to join le fugitive, husband; but the suspicion having been aroused, a search was made, and the bodies were found under a straw stack. Richards fled. Before Harelson's'murder Richards was assisting a Swede named Peter Anderson in putting i .1 1 hup a building. Anderson told some 01 uis neighbors he believed Itichards had poison ed him. The neighbors called on them next day, but Anderson could not be found. Richards was iu the possession of Ander son's horses and wagon. While the neigh bors were searching the house, he escaped. Richards admitted he killed Anderson. .He stated he committed two other mur ders. He refused to give the names of bis victims. The sheriff's of Kearney and Buffalo counties, took Richards to Neb raska to day. They think he is a member of an organized gang of outlaws in that region. 0'L.earj-. New York, Dec. 24. O'Leary and and Campana continued their six days walk in Gilmore's Garden this morning. The former took about four hours rest last night and the latter two and a quarter. O'Leary seems fresh and keeps up his steady well known gait, but Campana, to the eye of an observer, appears labored. O'Leary about half-past ten this morning completed his 105th mile, and about the same time Campana was on his 115th mild'. The total actual walkieg time of O'Leary was 22 hours and 46 minutes: that of Campana was 23 hours 44 minutes and 25 seconds. The Snow Storm. Cincinnati. Dec 24.--Thermomnter at zero. Several inches of snow on the p-ronnd. In the Surierior Court a suit of the bond was brought aguinst Adoe Jfe Co., suspend ed bankers, alleirin a- the fraudulent con cealment of their property. The plaintiff is Caroline Harmes, who had $1,600 de- 1 posited at the time of their failure. WEDNESDAY, PAX AM A ADVICES. A Month American Resume. Panama, Dec. 13. A fierce norther at Aspinwall. on the 4th, cut off communica tion for several days, both by sea and rail. The Royal mail and Pacific mail steamers remained outside several days, the former being obliged to leave on the 9th for England, without calling for pas sengers, freight, or mails. Heavy ruins accompanied the gale. The Panama Railroad was flooded with water, in some places standing ten feet deep upon the track, The storm partially subsided on the 9ih, but on the night of the 10th the wind again sprung up and increased to such a gale that the steamers Acapnlco, Para, Clyde and Boliver were forced to leave their wharves and steam out into the bay. The Clyde with great difficulty got outside. The Boliver also went to sea, but the Acapulco and Para took refuge in pert. Beixo, Dec. 24. There were several sailing vessels in the Bay laden with coal for the Panasua Railroad Company. Three were lest and others badly damaged. In Ecuador, the political affairs are in a most unhappy condition. Pre3;dent Veintemilla is in Guuayquil. and scarcely a day passes without some arbitrary and tyrannical act that increases the detestation in which he is held by a large section of the community. Despite the fuss of the insurrectionary dis turbances and the consequence of the ass assination of Don Manuel Parlo, which geratly depressed business in Peru, it re mains in perfect peace. The effort to trace the plot to the Pierolist party has not suc ceeded, but, investigation is vigorously urged. Railroad Decision. Columbus. O., Dee. 24. In the Supreme Court, this morning, a decision was an nounced on behalf of the majority of the Court, affirming the judgment of the Court below, relative to the recent issue of two millions of dollars in bonds, to com plete the Cincinnati and Southern Rail road. Judges Gilmore and O' Key dis sented from this opinion. The Court be low decided that the bonds were constitu- tionallv issued. i .b fc Adulteration or Sugar. New York, Dec. 24. President Chand ler .submitted to the Board of Health a re port on the alleged adulteration of sugars in which he states that in two ounces of yellow and coffee sugars he had found as much as a globule metal, although he does not say the quantity of the adulter ativc. non-nnnBv Arkansas Items, Little Rock, Dec. 24. To-day is the coldest of the season, the mercury standing at 30 degrees. A, report has reached here to-day of he lynching of four horse thieves at Corning, Clay county, Ark., last night. Murder in the First Degree. Galveston, Dec. 24. A special to the Xeivs from Marshall says, the jury in the case of Abe Rothschild, for the murder of Bessie Moore, brought in a verdiet guilty of murder in the first degree. Defendant's counsel gave notic of appeal. famm- Hampton Out of Danger. Columbia. S. C, Dec. 24 The attending physician pronounces Gov. Hampton out of danger, but states that his recovery will be slow and tedious. Marine Accident. London, Dec. 24. The State Line steamship, State of Louisiana, from Glas gow for New York, grounded on Hunter's Rock when entering Lonshore this morn ing. She is reported to have nine feet of water in her engine room. The crew and passengers were all saved. The weather is exceeding foggy, One aceount says the steamship is likely to prove a total wreck. LATEST MAILS. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. To the Editor of the Sun : I wish to give it as my decided opinion that the day is past and gone in North Carolina, and for one I am heartily glad of it, when it would be wise in our own or any other Southern State Legislature to listen pa tiently to any project to build another foot of standard gauge railroads other than what may be deemed absolutely necessary tp fill up short gaps yet required to make indispensable and proposed connections with other roads of similar gauge. That man, I care not where he may reside, in my humble judgment is but a poor reader of the signs of the times that cannot see at a glance from what is going on around us that our next Legislature should take great care as to how and ta whom they grant narrow gauge railroad charters, and more especially how they are located and where they terminate. Let others believe and say what they may, I nm sure I cannot be mistaken when I say we are standing near the turning point of a time that must in an important sense decide the destiny of this State for all time to come. We must take advantage of the new departure now being taken everywhere in farorof constructing narrow gauge roads, and see that they are located not only so as to de velop our own resources, but also to give at least a fair chance to our towns and cities, and the merchants residing in them, to compete for the trade of our own State. I have before me the last report of the Ore Knob Copper Company, from which I beg leave to quote the last paragraph or two. 'The above statement showing this cost of the development ef the mines and plant, and the Value of assets on hand, Novem ber 1st, less liabilities, to be 1447.724 18. Of this $205,800 00 has been paid in, and employed as working capital ; showing, therefore, a balance to profit of $241, 924 18. I have not taken into considera DECEMBER 25, tion as an asset 40,000 to 50.000 tons of second class ore oa this surface, which, in the evtot of a railroad being built to con nect Ore Knob with the Virginia and Ten nessee Road, could be shipped to Philadel phia and sold at a fair profit over and above the cost of freight The sabject of building a Narrow Gauge Road is npw be ing agitated, and a responsible party has already offered to furnish one eighth of the capital required. ' The proposed employ ment of the proceeds of the sales of the 10,000 shares of working capital, now in the treasury of the company, in opening a new hoisting shaft, building additional fu-naces, aid shortening and improving the road to Marion, which must add greatly to the income of the company." This company have already -built a good turnpike road for forty-fire miles to Marion, Ya., and now propose to build a narrow gauge road to the same place to save the immense expense they are at now in haul ing their ores to the V. T. R. R. The owners of" the valuable Cranberry iron mines and works, are also getting up a nar row gauge to the Tennessee and Virginia R. R. The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Road aiming for the 6anac objective point. The people of Mt. Airy are making efforts to have a road surveyed and built from that place to the road last named. Winston and Mooresville are now surveying and locating a narrow gauge railroad from the first named towns, preparatory to letting the coatracts on this road which is ultimately to connect with the Chester & Lenoir Nar row Gauge Railroad. Nor is this all. As soon as the citizens of Reidsville and Leaks ville went to work, and were about to suc ceed in raisiug money enough to construct a narrow gauge railroad from Leaksville to the first named place, the people of Danville and Richmond, and also the Rich mond & Danville Railroad and, at least, two great steamboat companies, as well as several prominent citizens of Vir ginia, proceeded to raise a hue and cry against this little North Carolina work. Nor did they cease to cry aloud and spare not until they showed their people the great necessity of defeating this little North Carolina enterprise. And they have done it effectually. Mr. Houston,' on the 13th inst., introduced a bill in the Vir ginia Legislature to charter the "Dan Val ley & Yadkin River Narrow Gauge Rail road. This road is from Danville via Leaksville, Madisou and Germanton to States ville. Danville has voted $100,000 to the road: Leaksville, $20,000; Madison, $20,000, and the silver mining country $80,000. And all this before they have been able to. .procure a charter either in this State or Virginia. Now., why, let me ask, is this unparal leled conduct manifested towards the peo ple to the enterprising town of Reids ville? Why this exceeding hot haste manifested in getting up subscriptions to this capital stock of the Danville & Yad" kin River Narrow Gauge Railroad Com pany ? ' These are important questions, but they are as easily answered as they are import ant. Danville and Richmond know that Major J5. T. Morehead was determined to have a road from Leaksville to Reidsville en to Greensboro, in order that he could get cotton and send off her manufactured fabrics at less expense than he was now compelled to incur. And as Leaksville was but thirteen miles from Reidsville, he went to work, and had had well nigh procured subscriptions to build this road. The people of Henry proposed to add $100,000 of county subscrip tion to build a road to Leaksville, if Leaksville would guarantee to extend this road to Reidsville, thus connecting these places with narrow gauge roads now building in Southwestern Virginias. This move stirred Old Virginia from centra to circumference. . Now, they argued, it would be an eternal shame and disgrace, in the people of Virginia to suffer any part of the trade of Virginia to pass to a North Carolina town, especially a town of the size of Reidsville and that located within twenty-five miles of Danville. Now, they said, the LeaksviDe and Reidsville Rail road project must be squelched, and we can and will do that by pledging ourselves to Major Morehead that if the Danville and Yadkin Narrow Gauge Railroad goes bo further it shall be built to Leaksville. We will hereafter, as we have done before, tell the people to tarn all their . thoughts and hopes of ever seeing this North Carolina Narrow Gauge road being built from Wilmington to Ore Knob. Remem ber North Carolina never yet has done nor will she do, anything to aid or enconr- age you build snch a road . Never ! 'The trade of the Dan river and upper Yadkin country legitimately and f right belong to Virginia, and wo mean to have it. And think yon our great railroad and steamboat corporations will stand by list lessly and see the iron at Danbury, the great coal deposits at Stokesburg, four teen seams in all, and one of them eight feet thick, and the mountain of lime at Bulanjerks and other points, pass away from our people, and over other roads and boats than our own ? No, no ! Never will this Old Domiaion tolerate this. The sooner you turn away front, and exert all yonr influence to crush out, this inaano move to baud the narrow nm nJlmul to Wilminerton. the umm will vrn have railroad facilities extended to roar people. Wilmington wants no better facilities for transporta tion from Fayetteville than the Cape Fear river affords. The Wilmington papers, nor any other papers bejow Greensboro, have manifested the least desire to advocate the North Carrol ina Narrow Gauge Rail mad. 1878. This is the way they talk aboat the matter. Now letter tht peopU Mt tk prophecies at naught Frtros A SnORT Nil RIFT. lynching Xear .fooreaTlll Tmn of the Murderer mr. W. CJ. Fowler. In addition to the particolars fornt-bed yesterday morning we trc enabled to-diy to lay before our readers the fall eceeant of the lynching of Julius Davidson (net Jo Gillespie) merderer of Mr. W. (. Fow ler, of Mooresville, formerly of this city. We copy from the Charlotte Oiserrer of yesterday : . The most authentic accounts received here are to the effect that shortly afUr the preliminary examination of Jaliua Davidson and Jo. Gillespie, Wfore Jn. tkes Harris aud Walker, on the- evenisg of .Saturday last, the 21st inst.. Deputy Sheriff E. F. Coodman started by private conveyance with the prisoners te place them in the common jail at Statesville. HICH KXCtTRXENT was mauifested among the people, and the sjieriff had. summoned for his guard some fifteen or twenty of the best men of the town and community who were sincere in their determination to, take the prisoners to jail.About two'miies from Mooresville they were attacked bv a larsre crowd, num. bering fifty or more, comprising men of both races, all unmasked and on foot. It was then growing dark. , The sheriff and his posse exerted their best endeavors to retain the prisoners and thus defeat the object of the excited citizens and did final ly escape with Joe Gillespie, leaving Davidson in the hands of the mob. TIIK I.YXCHKRS hurried with their prisoner straight np the public road, and finally halted about two miles from the scene of their capture, un der an oak tree on the roadside. There is no one to picture the scene which there occurred, but j TUE DEAD BODY. of Julius? Davidson, found hanging from one of the limbs of the tree told the whole story to each passer-by the next morning. a irucu cuain was lasieueu arounu sis neck, aud so low was the limb from which he hung suspended, that his feet lacked but little of touching the ground. And throughout Saturday eight, Sunday and Sunday night, and Monday, up to the time the train passed ilooresville yester day afternoon, the stark body DANGLED FROM THE LIMB OF THE OAK, swaying to and fro at the will or the winds, and nobody approached it to cut it down. ' Thus did justice, rude and wild aud sometimes uncertain justice, but justice in mis case, ior an mat, ciaim its vicura, ana that, too, within less than one hundred hours alter be had dealt the blow which called the soul of his victim to the bar of his God. 1 The story, is a brief-one and thus we have told it all. It may be seriously questioned if the lynchers had designs upon the life of Gil lespie he who PLANNED THE MURDER which the others committed. At all events the sheriff pursued his way unintorupted and at 3 o'clock Sunday morning lodged Gillespie safely in Statesville jail. His fright, when Davidson was taken, was ex treme, and ihis penitence deep. It is said that he begged the officer to allow him to be taken and be banged with Davidson, as he deserved death eouallv with him. So a or- indeed he does The excitement at Mooresville and in the surrounding country is still great, as it might naturally be expeek-d to be. There is no more staid population in North Caro lina than that of Iredell county, and no more staid or intelligent neighborhood than that about Mooresville. Crime is rare among them . and a murder attended with circumtances of such perculiar atroc ity has never before oceured in their sec tion. XOTES NORTH CAROLINIAN. At the Mt. Olive tournament on Friday Mr. Ed. Alnritton will deliver the addres in place of Mr. Bonitz of the Mt$$tnger, unable to attend Mr. Wm. Bonitz of Goldsboro, proprietor or the Bonitz Hotel and bretner 01 me ed itor of the Messenger, lost a sob by heart disease last Friday. He was a Bingham cadet. NutShell; A sunken vessel, supposed to be a steamer, is reported off Kinnekeet, N. C. Four bodies, a number of hatches and other portions of the wreck, have been washed ashore. Monroe Erprctr. Oa last Wednesday evenier, a little child of Mr. . George Founderburk. who lives on the farm of Je. Plyler, in Buferd township, was burned te death. Monroe Enquirer: We learn that last Saturday, Julia Redwine and LUlie Zedaker, daughters of Dr. T. W. Bedwine and Mrs. Nancy Zedaker ropectiTelj, were thrown from a horse, breaking J0' arm about four inches below the shoulder. The broken bone was promptly set and the sufferer is doing welL Monroe Ezprest: Mr. William Brown, miller at Crow's mill oa RichardsoB Creek, five miles east of Monroe, attempted te kill himself on last Monday mom ing by cutting l:. m,, a MTor hnt fortnnatelv the Uia IUIU.I nt.u mm mmmmtvm - - 0 , razor did not penetrate Ur enough to 10 met a ratal wouna, aiiaouga Dear doing so. He had Become depiessed because he had lost his days work and nuIJ accounts. The Enquirer ; says be had been quite ill recently, and his mind was partially deranged- ; ' NE W AD VERTJSEMETSm Hotice This. AT THE FIRE TOTS MORNING A TIN box was handed by me to a ejrTm whose name to me is unknown. There wn nothing of any value to any one Intaeoox but paper of especial wtereet to JHyaeir u the papers to me or to the 8cx OfBee be may keep the box and wfll be paid a reward or So, and no questions aaked. .-l-'-yTTv decaff . MENDELSOHN 3 Cents a Copy -' .. .. ..MBMHB) SRW ADVERTISEXRSTS. nAY0R'SWiCE cmr or jtilmixgton. x. c. ' tfccemWr 54, lers 1 m nitiNa or ami caskos. gcn. ptetolortnj otbrr Irwini m pj trt o 1JJ, or wpoo ty wharf U protHbrtl bj tJ oc,j!Bn" Canton rrvkw 4 oUr rework 1 can U 8ml beta tbf 34t dj of tVtMrtwr d'Utof Jaauary. - . -dfSS U K- rtSHBLATt, BUyor, coal r CO ALT? Ql'R rRUXlw WILL PLEA?r. REM EM. her lKt w har a full MippJ y of GRATE, STOVE & ENGLISH COAL, which wcd!lver Bbr ta the city t tiMr ewert Prices for t'aea. - WORTH WORTH. Fruit at Auction.. BANANAS, Ac., WILL BE SOLD AT suction on board Br1Uh hooor "Carl eton, foot of Huln ,trt, thU t hrUtm raornlnr, at 10 o'ctnek: d24-U E. KIDDEK & SON. Card of Thanku, WE HEREBY TAKE THIS MODE OP viprcMlncour mot hrartfeit tha&ka to the good and kind HUxrtuof thta plare and mott epecUllv to the effirlmt Art drparinmit, for the valuable ataUUnre rmdtred u durtof the hour of peril, whlUt the fire wa uuaba tlnjrly prorrfMinr. on th ranrnln. i.f Ik. a4lV inet. Respectfully, aecxwt A. WEILL ANI FAMILY. Lubin's, V TXIN8OV8. LOW'S. M'VriHiiRri ..a other leading extract for the haadkerrhtef, Lubtn't Condraj and Amerk-an Toilet Tow- den. Soar. Hruihr. I'ufflhl lfit & full llnanf Toilet and Fancy ArtJiea. Pare Drug and Chemicals for tale at low rate by JAMES C. MUNDS, Dnt'ioitr, dec 18-tf 3rd 8t., oppoatte City HaH. . -.,., . They All Say So. That at Yates' Book Store m to rorD The rineKiaaortment of PRETTY THINGS, bi'it'aklk roa - '. . CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! -Or Bring Along the Babies ! WE EXPECT TO PHOTOGRAPH Every Child in the City BEFOBt WE ARE SATISFIED. C. W. YATES. A. Oas.Jr!, Photograpbrr. dec 22-tf FAHCY FTTBinTURE: T UXURIOU9 EAST CHAIRS ; PATENT SPRINO ROCKERS; . LADIES' WORK TABLED; V CHILDREN'S CHAIRS; In Great Variety. Handsome Folding Chairs, HOBBY IIOE, ' ., - MIOO FLUa," TOFCABXUaCI0,e. r We. have aa Unusually Lanp Stock Xmas Goods In our Use, and we are aeHJn them ' At Low Prices. S Can and pwthase for joor Wends a FBX5 ENT WORTH HAVING. - dee3-5t rermltare PeeJera. Bright and Shining : THE CAKE PA5S OF ALLKYNDS AND SIILFES. " ' CHEAP AMD MA MY TUB TO. at dec PARKER h, TJlTLOR'ft! HafiTooth & flail Bruahca, -'km lUrut assortment hist received. TOILET ARTICLES Is jrreat variety at LOW wrrTJL 1WI Liver OtL Paeans Plasters. . Simmons liver Medicine, Patent Medicine fai great variety. Mixed Faints, Glass, Oils, 4c. - For sale wm at c GBXKSf at FLAXXER'S, Drasgista, oVc It W . . MsrMrtirtmt.
The Wilmington Sun (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 25, 1878, edition 1
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