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1 ,1 $7.00 a sun ti:l EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS. vr Tin: n:ii:iMi. ai-itai.. The il liile House Reception V Senator Tliurman Letter. Wa.-.'hi.voT(. J), u., .Jan. l. l nc-tihuai oDiciiil receptipr Jcnliiy were all well at jpiuled. TheExccutiTC Mansion was -thronged with imtors andithe residences, of the Cabinet olucera, members or the diplo- . bers of the diplomatic corps '-..matic-corns and manv prominent, citizens , . v . - , . ; 4. v: , 1 - r - "iJt,f tu kind ol reinstatement from ti c majontv m . were places of very great attraction, lhe -, , , ,, , . , tt , 4, J - P l.' . A, , " , ' r i , which xr ill lit subimtted at t :e oiK-mnsr of reception-at the Kxecutive: Mansion began ., . , ,. , .,, . . . .. f W -:4u d-;;- "V a;n--.w the session, and which w I lusist that no at 11 av-ra., the first visitors being .mem- . r , .,, , , , , -4, e ,. -i i- I ' ; ' v-.; reform shall In adoi)!ed with ; full discu? - 1kt3 of the. dinlomatic corps. rsoonere- . f ' 'f longing' to the British .legation was present, i as that legation is iif mourmng on account 7'of the doatl f J'rincts-Alice. For the , feame reasoR Sir 'Ed ward jd'hornton did not ; receive tails' to-lay. Hecretary Sherman and General. Sherman were also prevented ' from receivings their friends because of the .death in Ohiotof their' brother, Judge Charles T. Sherman, the father of Mrs. ; Joii Cameron. The Blue Tarlor at f the Executive Mansion,. in which, the recep ".tioiPwas helV presented a magnificent ap-' -pea4;ance Prominent among the dlplo ' ijiatip .callers . were the members of the Chiriese'legation, 'in full uniform. j At one o'clock;, alter the regular official reception was ended, the gates at the AVhite House were thrown open to "the general public. . '' -A snow storm prevailed throughout the ' Jay. ..; - . J .. ' ! rThe followiiiLr explains itself: . . Was)iix;toS- Citv, Jan. 1, 1879. To Hon. H. M.'Tellcn, Chairman of Select , (Committee of , Investigation- Dear Sir : .1 hd;e the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 21st ult., enclosing copy of reolutjion adopted by your committee re-, questing Wq to furnish iji writing such 4 tacts and isuch evidence- as! may be in my . possession touching the matter involved in amendments made' on' my motion to the -resolution under which the committee is. y acting! .Or coiirse the. committee does not suppose the; matters embraced' in that amendment are within my personal knowl 'edged fcr the personal knowledge of any cue man. JHiey relate to the elections in every part of the Republic, and the allega tioiis are for the most part to be found in 1 tlicspujblic press.. In opening .;his; speech in support of hiresolution, J)ecember 11, the Senator fnto Maine distinctly stated thart the reseii'ou was hascd' on accounts . given in the pess. "Well, the press has teemed with statements, Whichf true ie iquire the investigation proposed by my amendment, and as I have no douht that . the members of that, committee ' read, the I newspapers cjuite as diligeutly as i 'do, it s, probable that they know where to look for the sources of information',; as well as I , d6, and as they arej charged with the te ' sponsibility of maki ng an investigation- and 1 am not, 1 beg leaye. respectfully, to say that I- take no p'art of it upon my shoulders, notwithstanding the amendment was'of .fered in perfect good faith, and with a firm belief that the matters it embraces require an investigation ffliitc as much as the mattersr contained in the original resolu - tioiu : .It; will be proper for .me. especially since the committee has fequtsted it, to furnish such information touching the sub ' ject,,as'may from time to. time come under -. myobs.el-vation. I therefore send herewith. 5.- installment-No. 1, consisting of first, an editorial article cit from this morning's "Washington Iyo,stf and sedond, a copy of the petition of sixty odd citizens of New York to? the House 'of Representatives, complaining of .the illegal and oppressive : conduct, of John J. Davenport and other ' federal officials at the late election in 'New- York city, and I .am authorized by the Hon.: Fernando Wood, "who prcsented - the petition, to say that its statements are prbvecl by sundry, affidavits in his hands, and that he will, if requested, furnish the names of the affiants and other witnesses to the same facts ; third, a copy of an opi- niou of Judge Freeman, touching the rights of the certain naturalized citizens of I New Yorkhieh rights were . grossly vio- la ted by said Davenport, as set forth in -said petition"; fourth, I respectfully refer you to that portion, of -the speech of Sena tor Wallace, one of "your number, deliver cd in the Senate, December 17th, 1878, which relates to the, last election in Penn- sylvauia. See the Congressional Record, of Dec, 18, page 28,. 1 also beg leave to ' 'refer you to a published 'letter of Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, showing the means employed by Federal officials . , and others to defeat his 'naminatipji and ... election.' You have,, no doubt, seen the i letter in the newspapers; if not, I will have a copy procured for you. Sixth, an edifo- r -rial article from the Argus and Patriot. , y a newspaper of Monfpelier, Yt., touching the election at Bennington, in that State. . - Seventh, a cop of .the ; president's civil i; service order of June 22, 1877, and as showing what attention has been paid to it, and also what means have been resorted to by the Republican ' Congressional com-, mitteo of 1878. I enclose a circular of that committee, signed by George C. Gor ham its secretary. . J "This circular, 'it is said, Aas sent to nearty eveiy person in the civil service of i the Government, and to; public contractors and others having relations with the Gov ernment. : - "I am very, respectfully, your obedient servant, A. G. Thurmax." Eseape of Convicts. Richmond, Ya., Jan. 1. Intelligence has been received' here, this evening pf the escape of tn con victsA who were at work - on the Jams River and Kauawha Canal, , .near Lexington, Ya. The prisoners, who were all white, broke out of a stockade, in which they were confined at night. They were fired upon by, the guard, but noue ere so sesiiusly hurt as to result in their Rapture... . . ',; -V. - . ' Justice Nathad . Clifford, of the United States- Supreme Court, is in Richmond, arid Will remain here several clays. Criminal Recordx ; Kastox. Pa. Jan. 1. At 2 o'clock this .Wing Chris t onher Bittler. a citizett of Wl e'asshot through the left lung Trf. unknown nartv and robbed of S100. iutJiv8 lien thrown down an embankment OVEU.THi: ITLIXTK CABLE; Mf.rcowv Jan. 1. X irratd national exhibition will be held in rtSOwhich will V probably be accornpanKd by the great ' festivities, as it will b the twe'ntv-fith an-: niycrsary of the 'Kr.V-ror's acce;-io?i to thfe throne. - :: Cn.sTANTi.o!'i.K,' .Jan. '1. A further enennous depreciation of tlie Turkish pa per 'money has ocoiirred. As a onse- qnenec the nuinher have been r.losed.. of. t!i- 'half era' ihp Jan. 1. A '1 mi 1'irU dir patch savs." thonrl! the cominff-e ections do not endanger the ( "alli;et lhe ministers j ion The ship King Arthur, fixni (!harlestoh, is ashore on ti.e. rnc1. -at Barrow.. Crew saved. The journeymen'; builders of Sheffield will submit V) the, reduction-of the rates of wages, of which' notice . was given by the master builders o-m the 24th of Decem ber, and -that" in "cbnsequtfce - a strike will be avoided. " - .., The Princess Mary, nY Lijchve.-lein, foi; lnerlv Mi?s Ftx, the adopted daughter of Lord Hiilland and authoress of several' bookSj .didd n.cently in Styri.a, ' The Tim':' to-day, in its discussion of. the revenue returns, concJudcs that, if u.o. further . foreign disturbaiice ensue Lord Northcale may, on ti.e whole, be but .'little worse-.; off than he .anticipated. It is expected that the The"" recent sudden numerous lloods in l-'ni t haw has caused ind and Scotland. At Nottingham fm.ll'iod is the greatest ftqne for fourteen ears-: The country ro 'ds of Darlingham and Wrexham are flooded for miles, and much damage' is reported at Berwick and Aber deen. The distress among tlve poorvpeo Tle sefems about st-t iunary. At the Great Industrial Centres the Lord Mayor of Lon don writes that he considers it unadvisable to start a. central-fuild for London, as he gathers that thg distress is not at present, so exceptionally heavy as to over power the local relief organizations. The? Mayors of Manchester, Preston. Sheffield a'nd Black burn, in replying to official inquires. 'state that the local resources are sufficient to meet the distress. . This rcpori , however, has "provoked indignation in the' JCase of Blackburn, where 14,000 persons are , un employed. . Over 1,000 dock laborers have struck work at Hull. Contrary to expectations, nearly all the mechanics at 'Sheffield have struck against the reduction ofrwhic,h they were notified would take effect on Decem ber 24. (reat Cotton Fire in Charleston. CiiAUiESTOx, Jan. 1. At 3 o'clock this morning the lar.ge cotton presses and ware houses of the Union Press Co. were de stroyed by fire together "wish 0,121. bales of cotton. The" property comprised four cotton presses with a capacity of pressing abont 2,500 bales of cotton per diem and storage room for over 10000 bales.: .Only two of the presses wcte running. The buildings and presses are valued at about 8100,000; insured for $00,000,- as follows: New York companies, S12,"0t)0; San Fran Cisco, 2,000; Hartford, 3.000; Franklin anfl Philadelphia. $4,000; foreign compa nies, S27.000-and Charleston. S12,'000. The loss on cotton, is estimated at 475,000, On this there is an insurance to the amount. of $472,250. The losses are Kroop, StoneN man & Co.,- 5,3051 bales, insured tor $155, 000; J. II. Hale &: Co., 5.S88 bale, insured; for S2G.,000; Street Bros., 839 bales, m sured for $40,500; G. M. Pallitzer, 8a bales, insured for $3,500; Pelyer, Rodgers Co.. b ba!es,insuied tor 2o0. ; Several frame buildinsrsin the neighbor hood were damageil about $8,0.00, most of: which is covered by insurancjc. ': - The fire was the work' of "an incendiary. A man wassailed by the -watchman a fewl inOments before" the fire was discovered running from the plaiW where thet firs' .started. .The watchman shot at him but 'he escaped. t '"Q O tjtm ' Sew England le;islalijre. Boston", Jan. 1 The Lejris la t ure met this mormng. : The Senate elected J. BTl). Cogswell, President ; and the "House, ' Levi C. Waoe, Speaker. ' Stephen Giflbrd was elected Clerk of !-4.he Senate ; and George A. Mardon, Clerk of the House Mitchell Bridgewater was elected Sergeant-sat-Arms. r ; ' ' Avgcsta, Me., Jan. 1. The Maiue IiCgislature convened to-day. J. Manchester Ilavnes was elected Pres ideht. of the Senate ; and M, P; Frajik, of Portland, Speaker of the House. , . Resolutions were passed that the specie resumption now achieved, should be main tained honestly and interruptedly. General Suermun;s Brother Dead. Cleveland, O., Jan. L--Judge Charles T. Sherman, formerly U. S. Judge of this district, died snddenlr this morninsr. He was brother Sherman. of Secre'tary and General Faial Explosion. . ",' -, .... Terke Haute, Jan. 1. An explosion of three boilers occurred this afternoon at the distillery of Pullman & Fairbanks. Wm. Day, a .colored fireman, and Frank; Hughes, a..boy, were instantly killed.. ' 1 y.wg-.t 31B' , Calel Cnghing Seriously 111. , Newbukyport, Mass., Jan. 1. Hon. Caleb Cush.ing .is quite ill to-day. His illness has caused great anxiety to his friends. Mr. Cnshin is seventy-nine years oldY !Vew Year's in New York. New York, Jan. L New' Year's day and its customs was observed very general ly in this city, nearly v all the stores and places of business being closed. . . : Mrs. Crosby, now at Newport, has tele eraphic information from Kinston, Ja. that her son. Ruttgers Crosby, was with the Captain on the raft that put. off from the 'steamship Jb. r. cornier. , . ; vr--. I h:ilf no i Vf. J Ii 1 1 ' ' H u-rr nn'riit t 'lilr a WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, Report of Preeloni Wetl Pro- duets. San t RKscuco, January 1. Wells .! Farzo k Oo's annual statpmpnt f nrmn metal purchased in the States and terriJ tones of the Missouri river inrlmlimr iruujn voium!a, ana receipts in San r ranciscq irom the west coast of Mexico during 1678, shows 'aggregate products aa follows! (Ir.bl r,H 11. fl.A. eoa l 0.Ol less, by ' 4 f 'in l ; leau, ,402,JW; the total being $17,267,132, t4ian for 1877. BOGUN INTERVIEWS. A Card from Col Waddell. , U ashixgto.v, Dec. 30, 1878. Messrs, L(U(ors': Recently several ''interviews," X H TtfTi ! n rt i t hivo 1 iOon rioll nrifK rrtA nave been copied m North Carolina pa. pers. I have not been "interviewed." that I know' of since Congress assembled, but have" seen attributed to raG con versations which never occurred, and in ne in'stauce a perversion of one remark made in reply to a mere salutation from a man whose connection with the press I did not even Ssuspect. Oblige me by publish ing tins. lours truly, ' ) A. M. "Waddei.l. I he above we find in yesterday's Ral eigh UOscmer. The Six did not publish the matter referred to, but it does publish this eard in justice to Col. Waddell. VOTES XORTII CAROLINIAN. Capt. Hussey has arrived iu Glad he is able to travel. Raleigh- At considerable crowd assembled at Try- on Street M. E. Church, Charlotte Tues- iay wgni, to witness tne marriage ot Mr. waiter v Mullen to Miss lntha li., daughter; ot Mr. liichard Grimes. Eight 'additions to the membership of ietnel church, and six. to liutlalo church; both m Orange Presbytery, and under charge "of Rev. J. C.Alexander. So we' learn by yesterday's N. C. Presbyterian Its. humiliating to confess it, says, the Charlotte Observer, but 'they say it is true that somebody stole the shoes and hat ot J ule lavidson, the lynched Mooresville negro, while the body was yet dangling trora the tree. Two stories are told concerning the dead body of the negro found near Charlotte. and as they seem to conflict and the-matter will come up to-dav before the coroner's jury we shall wait afnd see what the furTlJer ucyciupuuis tviu ue. j 'vayne county yesterday sent up four con victs,!in charge of Sheriff D. Ai Grant- ham. -They were William Bakery white, larceny, 2 years; and Allen Caroll,' Robert v ngnt. and Marshall liagans, all colored, guilty of larceny, and sentenced for two jears. r Charlotte Observer : Rev. R. M. Kirk- patrick, at present engaged in evangelistic work in Western North Carolina, and bride, nee. Miss Laura Hnlt. nf "Dflvisftn College, were in the city, yesterday. They were marnea at uavioson uonege last week, i'' Charlotte Observer : A family, ineludV mg seventeen Yersons, besides a grand- tatuer and grandmother, came down on the. btatesville train, a few afternoons ago, en: froute to Florida, mere were so many children that the parents had to resort to the plan of tying a red ribbon around the hats of each in order to keep them togeth- er. ract. lhey were from V lnnnia, the mother of statesmen. Charlotte Observer: Two' serious cut- tiug affrays oc urred in Gaston county; last Saturday, both of which will, in all probability prove fatal. In Dallas, Geo. Bowman was stabbed by Jason Huck, once in the arm and again in the side, the knife penetrating to sufficient depth to cut the liver. The other difficulty occurred at or near Cherryville, No particulars have beem obtained except that a man named, Yan -Sellars 'had his throat cut so badly that his condition is regarded as hopeless. We condense the Adjutant General's last orders, Nos. 35 and 36.: The first is that the provision contained in section nine, General Orders No. 27, relative tp the time; for a compliance with section fif teen, chapter 272, Laws of 1876,-'77, is hereby extended to the first day of March 1879. . The second approves the finding in the recent court martial held here by tthe officers of the 5th Battalion (colored) N. C fe. G.I Captain Alfred B. Lind is dis missed, the service of North Carolina; his commission is revoked, and an election will be held to fill the vacancy. Upon the recommendation of the commander of the Second tain So Brigade, the commission of Cap. omon W. Nash is revoked, and an electioij will be held to supply the vacancy. , rr J J Tlie Mysterious Sixth Sense. . Boston Transcript. It is often claimed that besides the five well-known senses of sight, taste, smell, hearing,sand feeling, there is another, un named and undefined, which .reveals to ns the presence of persons or things whose proximity is not. made, known by any of. the senses named. How often we say "something tells us" this or that, when we cannot, define what that "something" is. I . uuring xne war, a sailing vessel, loaaea with miscellaneous supplies, went ashore near Hilton Head. It was desirable to get her cargo out as soon as possible, and a partylbf blue-jacket3 were detailed to go on board and "break her out.' The office in charge was particular to inquire wheth er there was any liquor on board, but was reassured on learning that what little there was was in a cask in the lower hold, un derneath the rest of the cargo, and that his men! would not eome to,it for two days at least. Work began, and in two hours the! blue-jackets, -every man of them, were in a state of the tnost hopeless intoxica tion, had to be hoisted over the side, and taken batJc. to the ship whence they came. Investigation showed thatf Jack's mner ring instict had led him straight to the grog. He had literally sunk a well through the carjgo until he struck a cask of whiskey, knocked in its head, and imbibed its con tents by the dipperfuL That it knocked him off his pins is not surprising, bat how did he know it was on the ship or know ing that, how did he know where to begin his mining -operations? Something told him. What was it! HI LIGHT. Fbiladelphia Times : Grandfather '78, irood-bTelj ? bake ; nope your grate won t be robbed. John IE. Owens is at the Broad street theatre. Philadelphia, playing Solon Shtn- qte and Joshua Dutieroy. The meveraeat for the re-establishment m luc -r s. wint t0 th? .f0nUnU0Qls crease of heavy crjmes, gaiuiujj giouuu. The New Orleans Democrat issued a qaadrnple sheet on the "29th bit. That is one of the very best of Southern newspa pers, and is rapidly getting toward the hrst seat iu the class. Philadelphia papers say John McCul- lough had a royal reception at the Walnut street theatre Monday night, and acted Coriolanus royally. He plays this role every night, this weekr (faHqnanis Messenger r "Pearh are the fashionable jewel this season. Dead gold is revived for the setting of them, or diamonds. 'Filigree ornaments in silver and gold have reappeared, and also mosaic jewelry.;' Dr. D. P. Holton has challensed the authenticity of (the date which has been, hitherto accepted as that of the memorable landing on Plymouth Rock, and has presented a historical argument to . . . - M 1 A - - 1 " that the true uaxe was uecemper 30th. 1 New Yoik IVorM : By a curious freak of fortune the names of the President and his Cabinet will be found preceded in oar hotel lists, to-day by that of Impresario Strakosch. and followed by that of the American annalist Lossmg. Mirth and music lead them in, but black care and the retributive Verdict of history come on be hind and will have the last word. ; They have a hard time in Iceland first too cold, then too hot. An earthquake shook the capital, Reikjavik, on December 1, and large fires, supposed to. have been submarine volcanoes, were seen at sea. The weather has been very bad, and large flocks of sheep have been killed by the heavy snow storms, or literaJJy blown from the cliffs into the sea. . - The ifuture of Massachusetts, in the light of recent developments, is an; inter- estintr snbiect ot coniecture. ine vital statistics show that the proportion of mar riages' to the whole population has been sensibly decreasing, and now ur. iawara Hitchcock informs the American - Anti quarian Society that the proportion of college educated men in Massachusetts is constancy growing less. The m orld savs of Mr. Merrick s new nlav. 'At Last.' plaved by Wallock. Coghlah and a good support at Wallock's theatrel New York, Mondav night, that it is crude in structure and weak in dialogue; though the situations are effective, the de- nduemen.t'is abrupt and strained. In thfe hands of les3 accoi" pushed. actors, it would have came near failing, but it is a piecb for stage busine&b, and everything depend- ed on the fine tact of the performers, who 4 supplied all the requisites Two Petrified Hand Stories. The jfollowing stories are both frem Ne vada, the land where everything that is wonderful happens. The first is told by the 'Nevada Silver State : A curiosity, which astonishes scientists and puzzles them to account for, is now cin exhibition in 'Gould's cabinet at Mill City, It is a perfectly formed hand, which ap parently belonge to a boy about tourteejn years of age. The hand is open, the fin gers being slightly fent toward the palm, on which the thumb rests. The back of or decomposed Deiore it was petnneo. . .n siil but. the palm, thumb, and nngers are per-: feet. It wasi found at the sulphur beds, near the Rabbit Hole, by one of the mn employed in shovelling crude sulphur into tde refining t etort, and is supposed to have been embedded' in the sulphur bank fr ages, lhe nngers are comparatively short, a fact which indicates that it did not be long to an Indian. as the red men's fingers are generally longer than those of the whites, but the thumb is rather longer than the average The second story is from the Nevada Transcript, and was probably told to get even with the scientific man of the Silver State: .A termer resident of Keno, xsev., nqw stoppingln" this city, relates an incident that cam'e under his observation in the sage brush State that is worthy, of note' One day "Canty," a1 well known character m the employ of the' railway, while en gaged in coupling cars at the Reno yartl, had his hand so severely crushed that am Pnuuon. was JIna necessary, ur. erg- man performed the operation successfully, putation was found necessary. Dr.' Berg- and enclosing the dismembered portion in a box, buried it underground just back of his ; -omce lhe incident had almost been forgotten, excepting when "Canty, who had meantime. become n6ted as the one-hauded desperado, would call to mind bv anecdote the circumstance Some three or four years elapsed from the time it occurred, when one day a man ob served a dog running past him in the streot, carrying something in its mouth of unusual appearance. He picked up j a stone and hurled it at the canine, ine latter dropped Its load and he picked it up. - Hip surprise was great at finding the article to be a well formed human hand so pertrified that it retained its natural appearance. The finger nails even remained A little! inquiry convinaed him that5 it was "Canty's" hand and' ho returned it to that V at at f 1 individual, wno in tnrn gave it to tneuapc- tor as a memento. Pitcairn. Island, the home Pitcairn Island, the home of the de scendants the Bounty mutineers, is about three miles Npng by two mountainous, beincr about wide, and very 1,200 feet high in some parts. IThe coeoanut, ibreadfntit, pineapple, and many other fruits growim great abundance, especially oranges, leinojns and citrons. There were three years ago 73 inhabitants all told, men, women aad children, some beinz very handsome the women 'haying beautiful hair, and allowing for the hot -sun, have fairer skins thaa would be supposed, being hardly darker than .Europeans. Tney aepena on psssiug vessels for alt their ciotnes ana agricuin vessels lor ait tneir ciowiea u6i.vui ral implements, &c., always going barefoot, JANUARY 2, 1879. except on Sundays, when souse few of tkem wear boots. 1 hey grow tweet potatoes yams, cotton, arrowroot and Iadxaa corn, which tbey give m. .exchange for clothe. The chief person in the ithiad is SUqoo xoung, grandsOQ of Midshipman Young. He officiates in church oa Sunday, also at the day and Sunday schools ; they use. the Chnrth of England service, and generally read a sermon from the "Sunday at Home' of which they have some 'volames. " All have a fiae ear for music, .and. sing most beautifully. When anythlnirlias to be de cided they call a general meeting4 nd go oy ine mnjoruy or votes. The oldest per son on the island is a step-daughter of Jotn Adams; she is 84 years of age, and a naie oia woman. I hey still have a can non which belonged to the s Bounty and a carpenter s vise. Consumption is the only disease known among them. There is a great scarcity of water, which, they fear. Willi eventually force them to leaTe the island. ' A False Alarm. Baltimore Sun. , Some of the Republican party papers. notably the New York Tribune and he New York Mail among them, are, or profess to be, greatly exercised upon ;the subject of a recent decision of the Su- preme Court' of the United States affirm ing the validity of certain bank notes is sued by the Bank of Tennessee during the pertod of the civil war, and which by an amendment to ,the State constitation of Tennessee, adopted in 1865, were declared void. By the charter of the bank, granted in 1838, it was expressly provided that alf its issues of circulating notes shonld be re ceivable in payment of State taxes.- The constitutional amendment adopted in 1865 declared all the issues of the baak daring the insurrectionary period void, and for bade their receipts for taxes. A collector of State taxes who refused to receive them was accordingly made the defendant in the suit which has just been decidedby the bupreme Court. there was nothing in the record of the case, it is stated in the opinion' of the court, to show that the notes tendered by the plaintiff had been issued in aid of the rebellion, or for any un lawful purpose or consideration whatever. There was no such plea interposed by the defendant, who grounded his refusal to re ceive the notes solely upon the prohibition n the State constitution of 1865. and there was no question ot the kind submitted to the jury which tried the case. Under thes circumstances a majority of the Supreme Court judges have decidek that the con stitutional amendment of 1865 was itself vid, as being in violation of the obligation of contracts of the express contract entered into by the State with the bank, and contained in the char ter of the latter, granted in 1838, and that the notes were valid notes of the bank, and that the defendant were bound to receive tWm frnm t.hi nlaintiffa fnr taTPa. ' Thr of the judges, the Chief Justice Justice, Bradley, of electoral tribunal fame, and I Justice Harlan, the last appointee, dissent from this opinion, and Justice Bradley in- dulees. according to the Tribune's corres- I pondent, in a lugubrious vaticination of the evils iiKeiy to now irom ine decision, leading ultimately to the possible recogni tion of the war debts of the seceded btates! It is very plain to any candid and dis passionate person that the opinion of the of the maiority of the Supreme Court,- nearly all of whom are Republicans, quite as strong in the faith as the minority, war rants no such partisan inferences appre hensions. It is very plain that no such idea was entertained by the judges who concur in the judgment of the court. They expressly note in their opinion . that there is no evidence in the cause that the notes were issued in aid of the rebellion, or for any other unlawful purpose. In ; the ab sence of any proof to that effect they rl: 1 r (tmnlv cippnnp trt nrcsnme an illm.l rnn- the notes were issued during the rebellion The bank, which was chartered in 1838, retained its corporate existence through the war. The State of Tennessee, which chartered the bank and agreed to receive -its notes in payment of taxes, say the Court, "is the same which is now represented as one of these states m the Congress of the Unijted States. Not only is it the same body politic now, but it has always been the same. ' There has been perpetual succession and per petual identity. This political body has not only been all this time a State, and the same State, but it has always been one of the United States, a State of the Union. Under the Constitution of the United States by virtue of which Tennes see was born into the family of States,, she had no lawful power to depart from that Union. She never escaped the obli gations of that . constitution, though, for a while, she may have evaded their enforcement.'? One of the obliga uons oi mat, ronSlKau0u u.v shall pass any law impairing the obligation tions of that constitution is that no State of contracts. From these premises the conclusion necessarily and logically follow ed that, in the absence of any proof of an illegal origin or consideration, the notes of the Bank of Tennessee issued during the war could not bo made void by the subset quent adoption of an amendment to the Stste constitution which was itself in vio lation of the terms of the orignal charter granted to the bank by the State in 1838; A Ready 9Ian deeded in tbe Senate. Charlotte Observer. North, Carolina needs in the Senate an other man, who, like Ransom, has quick ness of wit, fire and eloquence. These are the men who serve their people best and earn their money ; these are' the men who can command respectful attention, who are not attacked by Republican Senators for fun and whom to attack is to be foiled; we need a man who, like Ransom in an other particular, can show a clean title deed to his seat aad who can never be na Mr Mprrimon has been, with Tinff 'coquetted suoeessfully with his p litieal cneSiesI Z To be brief, we need Gov ernor Yance in the Senate. The South is clamorous for his election ; ; the people of North Carolina will be satisfied with nothing short of it. Let the Legislature do what is .expected of it. SherilTD. A. Grantham settled the taxes of Wayne coontr with the State Treasm rr Min? in: PubUc taxes. -- .rrt i oqa oo. .m ii m M special taxes, $3,98039 total, $1133 . , - OLD TIPPECAXOKCfltHi Ti! KtruCe HUUry of Alili ITjus rlnv U Urn. Dimtw f - - Pstln-iu.;".. There died one day hit wect, In1 tab V?lltTi a.a5'd anJ centric nun tmhf AlTin Liarmon, Ife was stoat setrotv5 three years oL age, and wa a cwtiAfn of ex.-President llarrison. In iRIf); 4, a promising young lawyer of Row cotratV' Ohio, and stumped the Stste in the iatprl est . or his .cousin, ,,,01d Tippocanw", oed the practice of law and Uk. fea the itudy of medkiuf. . Later t:f.U'ii came engaffed to a vouni lad v. &.11J t Ut the happy day was fixed Ut the xWLt-l lion of this marriage. But boforo th:ar- eloped with a stage drivr, ; lTUJr Mr. Uarriaoa to mourn ahr suU&a uni unex. pec ted departure. This ineidcal soiKA gusieu air. narrisoi wiUl Umj flCkh?DCaoi uumau iud ami vtviuiauon in. geijera4 that he turned, his tiack.riiprv the, world, preferring a home in .tilt troxkless wilder. ness and barren pramc .te one a t&o. Dusy naunu of rehaevl. mi. Sows fourteen years ao he biH.ilaii.:a;og cabin and took up bis abode iu tliQ Neqho bottoms, some three miles from town. H'u nearest neighbor at that time was tnila away He lived all alone, and saUutedUeadqurUr durtnc t fcrUtwM k Tl.u canty und . GuwboKou,e dja ;0( J Irnitrkswy ihtW'Tt rffcfrfc Crt'M bacon. The cabin wa. opeu-audli1" tQ .M.,.,-.i. on. a sca.u spoiled bacon. lite cabin wa. opeu uncomfortable, while he. was couttat wUiv a simple pallet of straw, lie drove a toam, poor, bony and dilapidated ai himselfhalf starved, and clothed in rtje; aud string harness. He had an intelligent exprciou of countenance, but went about ladl, in rags and patches of. the : coarser fabrics; yet in the midst of tilth and ran be waa recognized as a ijjaii. iif. lOre average sense and educational culture which always brought him resr'ctful'dlffercnidrh all. It is said that aside from his property here, which consists of 320 acres of good land and some personal property, mr Owfteii val uable property in Ohio. . ' home years since his brother came to Jm 0 . : - ....... see him and endeavored to tet-lnini'to abandon hi3 isolated exlstt3ee?Uat all in 1 Tain fnr lip ' rpmninnit nlnniv lll MKo li4 When it was fonnjthat he was siey; 1B kind neighbors' flocked in ' and Aid' allc In their power to alleviate iiis iutferings, but all of no . avail. After ' hiA-leath a bot .u, .W M-W ..V. ... W. W . . ( . . . -. .... containing silver and tahk notfjt, deed, mortgages, etc., was fonnd'ahd''ir'howiff the hands of responsibld parties: Q,nit a number of standard works on mediciilie and law werelso found. Among his "effects' was a letter, purporting to be from Iris niece, directed tp him at Ibla, and datxd 1865: In it several family lfames tioned, which may . serve as a ' due to the whereabouts of his' relatives that 'art? living! ale lit His StU. r -:-.' Bfilladelnfua Time J15 Some thoughtless onrau once in a while calls on the Senate to unseat Senate? But- f ler and admit Mr. Corbjn as the Senaiof from Soqth Carolina, - oh hi3credeQtials from the last of the rump carpttbtg gov ernments of the South. There aro severai reasons why it won't be done and party jjip-f pealsjwill be ineffectual - upon the Senate The next Senate will contain ten' Doo . . 1 . . '. a, rt i ' craticf majority, or eigns in case vmw s should be seated, and he would be lueky if i he could be allowed to keep his eat over forty-eight hours after the weeting-of the now Congress. Next would- eorao ! very emphatic invitation to Senator Ml logg to retire, ana in me DieiDiinin,uj gentlemen ai Cameron and Cotikling might be halted at the-doocgAJLlhe Senate fo inquiry ant9Uie mw: r ttlfftm i before getting back to tfieir chairs. It Corbin can be admitted to the Senate and Kellogg is to be considered as Senator, there is nothing to hinder CnnHnUn-k Mullen from organizing a rnwp- - gOTOo ment down town, with tlie oliJioya Hoso boys as his militia, and. eleftiag; Unitotlr States Senator to take the teat oUCarae vpmmenU would ittdt WH much represent the:people;aadaftlhatUjf of -Pennsylvania as did. the gorerameoWJ which elected Kellogg and Oorwa'loiUie Senate from Louisiana aad ooth Casoliis Butler may be considered as- entireiyaiv in hit safe. " ,:.." M.i .b iA i " ' : London :1T7.,j 9 ... . r' V'l. 11..T.. A story i3 sent to rae about thoOriUxJ McN&b, curator nl te i tAumivTSV'vw" ical Garden. When Dohufe's: cJf5bftd Tvointinors nf ' Aikm ahd I Ey w4rt ob erUK titiott 3ir.- McNab was taken and was asked for : his;'Optaioa no great things of the 'painter,? said;4e? great gardener, Why. manvKretpH in' Adam wi' a .; pippin of ao yarifitjaSa wasna aaown'- Biiiurawwk .w.ti -o. a PrtniM-ft-bit f criicima 4r.it kali never seen 'eight kftjej pigs feeding witbont one ot thn shading his feet in the : troughs MorlawJ Utewdi the TiietHrea ' ' r-'M -4?iA fjnriona uhc -f rttrT7 1 rat Prof,: Ncrdtnskjoldvwno- d'aitUa:kk aui;Crt nninr Tnlition ia the noitapOw waters, has written1 a ktterito afrkadfioj which he gives ahighJialcrcsung accwuui. of the village of ChabamTjL ;nr,afpd bv SamoiedcY. Trim whom, with ftnasiderable difficulty, he obtained speci TTin AfitioiV crnds. which fo th mOStPfTt resemble lanre dolls. 'Mhoiisb4QJIW t f!hriatiahity; , these cttou?Wrow .5?! tain many of their old rcBstomaad JOrfc . . . 1 ,a T MamaA 1 fice otf their Alurs; lOtgoosi aO-i Hww" wlm lim. in (Jhahrova in. swWjtol tradiDg purposes took the j?rofessf and had raia?ed,a Jato&i onvits: Wuirf Samoiedes hate; found, in .the nekbox hee4 evident traces ef recent ,saTifii4 W gods, whose images wre placed; aountfT Itik said that all TmJ& ffigf? Tirtslatrire. "Thi4 was tne UW CU81UIU. oac; or these altars in cav. w nrdedas sacredi Although ;ih.:.ATCh it thirty. rear g States Senatorial honorf rsre tu.. to address thercaucusroi Jrrfei V - - n. a.- 4 a Cents a Copy Taotdar SMrainr ia iUdi. t-.tT V''- 1 haiUUag, coaUijt ha,,t4filrrY r rhit Waaler JU a sJ4pisg ipf lsai , ., , r .. , 1 mil "re't The boihiinr , hUki u iU It F.Moore tsxtxit. V Charlotte Olnrxst, . We do pdAtiTtlT Uii pvtn tu ifr: contrary aotWitlutafidiar. that- tkr K'lt ncn no SOtVB fact anr tU, in IV9 : mm f oets, - Piasters; Tasters 1 of virde? rEAj RMTss't Ann amownx prnT.n ijEV 1 ft". .3 : Jl I t I K AtLY? -P';;v" THIS. u J&LiJ ArTJL- a. CMlflml lll hi. Hi.. GrOCGrv itiTSnHnTri I -Tw U fune of AaJ.t Lk 'nouM-nM ifqukrnYan 'ri 'f.rrot ' -7 w w- Fine Ujt Um he ittrttilVi V ' ' 4 U cnnrlnurt'ln thfi 'suHrn wtrt threat h revural ctanxaf.' mit n k.tr ttU clal ucrajiMi tar fUgJflg ppn..t.rtoi refrain, which may, wftb Jcwl-tf rUr Slfflcaltr , t MHlV tribal -Uwlr lit, iy a Jirfm," r couttsrt Hi X jfci la kry of . .- '.A .. -: Arvayurtuit of w( ff'ri kid, B"ravlirf, poUtjpranijPuini.klni tut! rui.r im sppir,wme rv, oikiou pmiimr Yo icniM eticbajn la araiiii.tloULl, Nice whtAry.'tftit niKr furtrt, fluw 4 night,.' ..j. : ; . . - j K'up for jrour cs p'jfiflftc flur ( j uf rVkw, VW"oe for ypuY Uat(, aKaf, wtiU Sna.ir i : v: -r - YflTow chree, freh butur, are sit In thU tnie,'" Evrf spv llM5brwjrtftrCclo' Wt And s forth and o,4n al tnfltilluiu Bi memlr ueorce JlyefM aiitl be ure to j com?. - - :r'f--..';' Sfjeer's P. Sfi Q PKtripBT GRAPE ... . '-fotlft m.t Bl ;- a t t A1k French Br randr, KelUr ltikey. Ac.; m I far mcfrinsl im, for salt by JAME3 C. rT?X0. Hat owit, Jan 1-tf tt., errtWte City lia) ora it., erTtiWie ntii, They AllSaySo. ; - ti" That at-Yafcs' Boole Store ' ' ' ' ' .: : 7 to t rovjsfn ' Tlie Jr-fnect Artwriit olJl'UFrrTV ''TIIIN'CSS CHRISTMAS PBESEflTS f firing Along'tlid Bdbics! l 1 rxi HfEvArv Child in theiCitv iATTA' y r.ar .V. ' Oaa-Jjv, rtofOCTapbrr. - 1 dec -ah' J tectiird bV-HomGecf; Davis: II::.yia iV:5rn .:? os. !?. -;;si.A joptra IIouI4alaaa,t iffH; HIVl Wfil taf jLJ atOie ar 7 ; ' m. fa.. V . ..iWWTW.--- I Ah." OraJ - at. ...i jT f Atta. . iIIalioiiiil'Hbtelr ua&rftirt eotoBor ota.sX frMy?: nWinaVtira'o Vni Sixth 'c tree tj &rget Hotel in the fcity t licmodlledi re furnUhed. new paasen&er elevator. . . ; . alii. j
The Wilmington Sun (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1879, edition 1
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