THE SUN, A Daily Democratic Newspaper, is published by the sun association, in .Wilmixo'tox, North Carolina, evekt &iorxixg except monday, axd mailed, olt delivered ix the city by carrier, .) subsclt ibeks at she following uni form rates': for one month, cfo cents; TintEE MONTHS, .75; SIX MONTHS, S3. SO; TWELVE MONTHS, $T.OO. AOVEKTISKXEXTS INSERTED IX REGULAR AhVEltTISINfci. COLUMXS FOR Sl.OQ PER SQUARE ONeNuY; S3. 50 I'ER SQUABZ one aveek ; f &.OO " per square one MONTH ; $20.00 PER SQUARE THREE months; $35.00 pek square six months; $s(.()() ;per squ.vkk twelve mosth8. .'..CONTRACTS MADE FORXOTHEK SPACE AND TIME AT PROPORTITELY LOW ' KATES. Special notices are charged JW cektS A LINE FOi: FIES.T, AND 15 CENT8 A LINE F()h EArilfsunSEQUENT, INSERTION. :NTKItErTA0. COHUESPOSDEXCK SOLICITED.: Ai3ikess. .J . THE SUN, Wilmington, N. C. ntu CICERO W. HAREIS. Editor. Hex day toRxiXG, January 19, 1879. - .'.; Idolizing Men. " Icro-worship," which is a notable char acteristic of Ca vie perhaps the greatest ..- hnglish i writer -of this century and of Mother eminent inen, is proper when you 'bestow it judiciously. T o say, however, Unit a second or third-rate poet is the equal of acknowledged princes of song, or that a great orator who had no contem- porary reputation for magnetism is the greatest of orators, ancient or modern, is to stretch' the worship of heroes beyond J he judicious point, in our opinion. The Six mentions these possible departures ;. 'Ironi' what it esteems genuine, admissible !icro-worship, bi'canse they suggest, them selves first. I There are honest differences in the criti- cisni of men. We can't all think alike. '' The weiglitest of the English critics of the Intli century, and some think the greatest of Mritish critics of morals, Dr. Samuel John'- on, was conspicuously unjust to some of the grandest names in English letters. Milton, (Jniy and others suffered at his ' hands that is, they would have suffered if 'the world had not beea more discriminat ing in their case and likewise more gener ous .than the great-Doctor. There are some who hold the canons of criticism like Andrew Johnson hold his ideas of admin istration. With .-nch persons criticism is a matter of pronouns. "My" judgment is mature ; yours necessarily immature.. Thjs . jaunty, off-hand manner carries con viction, but it convinces only those who arej already of that opinion or that class which accepts any dictum however crude or ill-digested it nny be as authority. Now egotism in criticism, as in some other things, is not bad when it is confined with in reasonable- bounds. Some of the raciest books in ou!language have been written by I men and women, who were profound egotists. The godlike has varied and abundant uses. At none of these does The Sex cavil, but only at the manifest abuses. So delightful a Avriter and so potent a critic as Sainte-Beuve has insisted on the personal or biographical element in criticism, and if he could employ it as to his I subjects surely it could enter in at another door, namely, inspire the man who addresses' himself to the subject in hand. Xo, 'we believe in a moderate Ego From (that remark to the idolizing of men. We have said that judicious high praise of eminent men is admissible. What is judicious praise for example, of such a .maii as Vance, who has just been nomina ted a Senator of the United States by the Democratic caucus of, the North Carolina - Lcgisture? if a critic were to say that (Joy. Vance is the greatest living orator, only the noodle-headed hero-worshipper ' would concur. If he were" to pronounce Vance a more brilliant : writer than Burke or Macaulay and a more consum. mate statesman than Richelieu or Bis marck, nearly everynntelligent.man would value the criticism at ml: Again, if this supposititious critic were to assume ? that now that Vance is likely to take his place among his peers in the Senate a greater than all Americans "who have ever lived was1 rising on the world, there would be no one to give him a moment's consid eration. The Sun takes this instauc be cause it is at hand. True hero-worship is distinguished from false by the exercise of common ense, and the i application: of the ( principles of justice and truth. To affirm either of the above supposed claims for our excellent Governor and Senator-to-be, is to flout common sense and outrage prob ability. The Governor may do "unutterable things" before he dies, but few men are so wild as to pTant him now on an Olympian throne. If he gets there however, there is no sin against the canons of criticism,' no crime against self-respect ' in plainly awarding him homage.: The Sex finds that'many of those who decry hero-worship and partisanship are themselves on oc casions the supplest flatterers or the in- - tensest partisans. After all the only safe rule in these as in other matters is to be frank, hearty and jnanly--to avow honest opinions, to have opinions and not preju dices and to be willing to allow that other ; views than our own are sometimes entitled to consideration. - ' , The State Board of Health, s A number of public-spirited physicians have contemplated for years a system of State hygiene. This they were enabled to inaugurate by the help of the last Legis . lature, which, however, doled out pecuni ary aid with a niggard hand. An appro priation so i meagre and inadequate was made as almost to defeat the plan of a State Board of -Health so zealously urged in the interest of humanity. 1" ' !- - 3 We purpose this morning briefly to call the attention of the present Legislature to the necessity for doing something which will put this Board on a safe foot ing. The . Board is a public institution. Its establishment is a public benefit, pro vided it can secure a modest sum to en able it to work efficiently. It is well or ganized, and only heeds a small fund to put it on a firm footing; The North Caro lina Medical Society has hopefully nursed the enterprise. But doctors are poor, and after all it is not their duty to provide a ready-made sanitary ' system for the State, and keep the wheels greased too. The Society has. however, with a noble generosity employed what it could of its own means to assist in getting the Board into operation.' It is now the becoming'thing for the Legislature to come to its assistance. The paltry appropriation of $100, made by the last Legislature,; was hardly sufficient to pay the stationery and printing bills. Let the General Assembly make an appropriation ; which;shall contri bute materially to the great cause of our public health, a cause which the Federal government has thought worthy of forward ing in all possible ways. In this connection we would say, refer ring to the extended circular of the Amer ican Public Health Association, printed in The Sun of the 16th, that the Associa tion relies for information and advice to some extent, at least, on the State boards ot health, yif these boards are not pro vided with means, how can they obtain information ? Of course not having scien tific data on which to base an opinion ad vice wou!d be impossible. Therefore, and for the reasons previously stated, we hope, our Legislature will make an appropria tion for this important purpose. . The family quarrel between the Admin istration and' the stalwarts goes bravely on. Conkling denounces the acting Presi dent in executive session of the Senate, witherinelv speakiiiir of him as "'Mr. Hayes," and when reprove'd repeating his remarks and ; asserting by the use of the monosyllable "b-if that he was speaking of Mr. Hayes, not the President of the United States. Now, Lord Rascoe, of the kingly strut will be valiant enough in speech, but when the time conies to put his views into practice, he will either bend the supple hinges of the" knee or absent himself from the Senate Chamber. The January Number OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, KICII WILL BE ISSUED ON 'OR about the loth inst., will eoutaina paper, Kpisode in the History of the Cape Fear," Hy the Hon. Geo hoe Davis, of Wilmington.. Our local readers will recognize the lecture delivered oil the evening of. January 3rd for the benefit of the widow and children of Lieut. Benner. Our general readers throughout the South Atlantic States and many Northern and Western States. will learn new and important facts connected with our colonial history, pre sented iu a style as chaste, and elegant as Ma caulay's In order that the cx-Attoraey General of the Confederate States may be enabled to as sist the family of the Northern soldier as much as possible, a liberal per centase of every sub scription to THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, sent on account of the appearance of this article, will be handed by the editor to the Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of North Carolina, to be iorwarded by him to Mrs. Benner and her fatherless children. In the 6ame number "will appear a review of Mrs. I'resvou's .' "OL.II SOJiG AJtl) NEW," . V '' I ' by Col. PauMI. Hayne of Georgia; a portion of a powerfully written tragedy, by Espy W. H. Williams, a well known author of New Orleans; i - . ' iTKAVEL.8 IS TI1K HOLY LAND, by V. C. Johnstone, Esq., of South Carolina; with Continued stories, Sketches and Poems, by writers of acknowledged ability. This i.rrangement will hold good until the January number (a very large edition 'will be issued) are sold. Annnal subscription $:; single copies .10 cents. Address j MRS. CICERO W. HARRIS, Ijan 5-tf . Wilmington, N. C; THE NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW. (TWENTIETH YEAR.) i A SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY AND CRIT CAL JOURNAL ; each number contain ing 208 pages. Published in J uly, OctoJx'r, January and April. . "';;. SECOND SE11IES. ' "' ' V DAVID A. GORTON, M. D., Editor. CHAS. II. WOODMAN, Associate Editor. 1 Contents for January, 1879. ! I. Ideal Commonwealths. II. The Battle Field of England and Russia. III. Matter, Life and Mind. IV. War Indebtment : Its Limitations and Dangers. ' V. Voltaire and the French Revolution. VI. The Ecclesiastical Question in Italy. VII. Condition and Prospects of the South ern States. Vlll. The Development of Art. IX. Alzog's Church History. X. 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We clenched this bargain with Herr Von Crie Kringle while he made our Grocery Emporium headquarters during Christmas week. This remarkable machine, for which Cris sold us the patent, grinds put its rhyme To the tune of Auld Lang Syne, and begins thusly : - 'Should old acquaintance be forgot When he's served you many a day, And pleased his patrons "to a dot" Since the time he started here V It continues in this ancient metre through feeveral stanzas. Then it adopts ior this espe cial occasion the following appropriate refrain which may, with-considerable difficulty, be sung to that lively air, l Bny a Broom," at concert pitch, to the key of A Here is the place, my friends, for you to mid bin assortment of goods of ev'ry kind, Peaches, potatoes, pears, pumpkins and prunes Pine apples, whose rich, delicious perfumes You r'senses. enchain in dreams of delight, Nice whiskey that makes you forget Time's flierht. , Eggs for your egg-nog,nne flour for your cakes, me ior your iuabl, sugar, n.mw; w flakes. ; Yellow cheese, fresh butter, are all iu this pile, Every spfce the breeze waftso'er Ceylon's isle! And so forth and so on ad infinitum 4 Remember eorge Myers and be sure to ' come. 9,11 & 13 South Front St jan 1-tf . , MORTGAGEE'S SA1.I2 Ol' L,AXI)4 BY VIRTUE, AND IN PURSUANCE OF the provisions of a certain deed of inort- fgage, exceutcu to L.ulir. v oners oy dami t Nichols and tlizaoetli jniciiols, nis wiic, uear ing date the 25th day of July. A. D. 1870, and registered in the office of the Register of .Deeds of .New Hanover county, State of North Carolina, in Book Z Z, at pages 548, 540, 550, 55 1 and 552,' the undersigned, the said Luhr. Vollers, will sell for cash, by public auction, at tlie Court House door, in the city of Wilming ton, in saidconnty of New Hanover, on Tues day, the 21 st day of January, A. D. 1879, at 12 o'clock M., all those several tracts of land, lying in the said couuty of New Hanover, and described iu the said deed of mortgage, the same being a tract of about 260 acres, lying on the head of Bridg'crs Creek, and one of about 300 acres, situate on the west side of the Sound Road, and adjoining the lands of O. Sills, D Jones and .James Moore; also a tract of about 150 acres, being the third par cel of land described in said mortgage? and also a tract or parcel of land, containing about 157 acres, and being the same which Mary J. O'Neal conveyed to said James Nich ols, by a deed bearing date the 22d day of April, A. D. 1S50, and registered in the office ol the Register of Deeds of said county, in Book H. H., page 141; and also an undivided moity of ail the lands in the said county, ac quired by said James Nichols from his mother, by descentjor devise. For a m)re particular description of all of said lands reference is given to said mortgage and the records above referred to. . This December 28th, 1878. ..'' LUHR. VOLLERS, v dlc29-td '"'', Mortgagee. They All Say So. That at Yates' Book Store IS TO BE FOUND The Finest Assortment of PRETTY THINGS, SUITABLE FOP. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! Bring Along the Babies ! WE EXPECT TO PHOTOGRAPH Every Child in the City (BEFORE WE" ARE SATISFIED. ' ' V C'W. YATES. A. Orr, Jr., Photographer. dec 22-tf BUTTER AND CHEESE. JQ TUBS CHOICE TABLE' BUTTER ; 20 TUBS G0D G0SHEX BUTTER ; KITS FRESH MOUNTAIN BUTTER ; 100 BOXES CREAM CHEESE ; For sale low by jan 3-tf HALL & PEARSALL. COAL! COAL! QUR FRIENDS WILL PLEASE REMEM . ber that we havea full supply of GRATE, STOVE & ENGLISH COAL, whioh we deliver anywhere in the city at the Lowest Prices lor Cash. dec 25Uf WORTH & WORTH. HOWELL COBB. C. D. M. COBBi PURCELL HOUSE, WILMINGTON, N. C. EECENTLY THOROUGHLY OVER . hauled and renovated. FIRST-CLASS in every respect. Location desirable, being situated near all business houses Postoffice, Custom House, City Hall and Court House. RATES. ....... ... f 2 and $ 2.50 per Day. Our motto is TO PLEASE! COBB BROS., oct 23-tf . Proprietors. look; IU AT PARKER & TAYLOR'S FOR A FULL ASSORTMENT IN THEIR LINE. PRICES DOWN, jan 12-tf THE XEXTCONGRESS. Outgoing and Incoming SenatorsCon tested Seats iu the House. The terms of office of the following named Senators will expire on the 4th of M irchnext : George E. Spencer of Alabama, S. W. Dorsey of Arkansas, A. A. Sargent of California, J. B.Chaffee, of Colorado, William II. Barnum of Connecticut, S. B. Conover of Florida, John B. Gordon of Georgia, R. J. Oglesby of Illi nois, Dan W. Vorhees of Indiana, J. J. Ingalls os Kansas Thomas C. MeOreeryof Kentucky, James B. Eustis of Louisiana, Gedrge R. Den nis of Maryland, D. II. Armstrong of Mis souri, John P. Jones of Nevada, Bainbridge Wadleigh of New. Hampshire, Roscoe Conk ling of New York, A. S. Merrimon of North Carolina, Stanley Matthews of Ohio, J,. If. 'Mitchell of Oregon, J. Don Cameron of Penn sylvania, J. J. Patterson of South Carolina, J. S. Morrill of Vermout and T. O Howe of Wisconsin. Seuators Gordon and Morrill have been re-elected.. The re-election of Sen ators Conkling, Voorhees and , Wadleigh is considered certain ; Senators Ingalls and Eus tis will .probably be re-elected; George S. Houston has been elected to succeed Mr. Spet cer ; General Williams of Kentucky will succeed Mr. McCreery : ex-Governor Groonte of Mao land has been elected in place of Mr. Dennis ; Governor ihayer of Oregou will be v r. Mitchell's successor, and Governor ade Hampton will fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Patterson's retirement ; Governor Vance of North Carolina is likely to succeed Mr. Mer rimon, although the latter desires to be his own successor ; George H. Pendleton has been elected 'to succeed Stanley Matthews ; Mr Armstrouar is serving the unexpired term of Lewis V. Bogy, deceased, and there is a hot fight between a dozen candidates who are all anxious to succeed Mr. Armstrong ; a Repub lican will succeed Mr. Barnum in Connecticut; ex-Senator. Yulee is seeking to be re-elected to the Senate in place of Mr. Conover ; Mr. TTowe is anxious to come for another term, but it is said that his chances for re-election are very slim. After tjie 4th of March next the United states- Senate will consist of 42 Democrats, 33 Republicans and one (Mr. Da vis of Illinois) independent. CONTESTS IN THE IlbrsE. The annexed embraces' a list of all the sehts in the House over which . here will probably be contests in the Forty-sixth Congress: Florida'. The majority for Hull (dem.) in the second district being only 13, Bisbee (rep.) may contest the seat. Illinois. In the fifteenth district the seat of Forsvthc (nat.) may be contested by Decius, (dem.) In Shelby county the Bepublicans printed their ballots "Forsyth," without the "e," so as to be able to claim or repudiate the candidate, as might be neceessary. The judges returned .095 for Forsyth and 1,528 for For sythe, but the State canvassers gave them all to Forsythe, whose vote was 13,11X5 to 12,942 for Decius, who claimed that he should have recieved the certificate and the burden of showing that Forsyth and Forsythe were iden tical been thrown on his opponent. In the second district W. II. Condon (nat.) has given notice that he will contest the seat. of S. R. Davis, (rep.,) whose plurality was 4,2315, Condon only recieying 259 votes in a poll of nearly 21,000 votes, but the notice is said to be irregular. Indiana. In the ninth district the scat of Orth (rep.) will be contested by McCabe, (dem.,) who was beaten by 97. There art charges that some twenty-five or more college students, not residents the State, voted for Orth, and fraud is alleged in Virmillion and Montgomery counties. The latter was at tiist reported as having given McCabe 869 , but fifteen hours afterwards this was' reduced to -261. Iowa. There i likely to be a muddle in consequence of the claim that the October election was not legal, and that the members elected in November are entitled to their seats. Elections were held in six districts in Novem ber, when the following gentlemen obtained majorities: 2. Hiram Price, R. 5. Rush Clark. R. 6. J. B. Weaver, D. and N. 7. E. II. Gillette, D. S. J. C. Holmes, D. 9. JohnW. Wilson, D. The first four were elected in October, and took this step to mak either claim good in either contingency. Republicans having done this as well as democrats, it cannot be alleged that the move was a "party dodge," and the best legal opinion of Iowa is divided as to the regularity of the first election . . Louisina. In the third district Hebert (Rep. and Nat.) will contest the seat of Acklen, (Dem.) Maryland . In thefifth districtCrane ( Rep . ) will eentest the seat of Hcnkle (Dem.) on the ground of fraud and interference with supervisors. Massachusetts. In the sixth district Boyn- ton (National ) will contest the seat of Lonng, (Rep.;) alleging, among other reasons, that 431 votes for the latter did not specify the office to be filled. Loring's plurality over Boynton was 113.' Minnesota. In the third district Donnelly (Dem aedNat.) will contest the seat of Washburn (rep . ) on grounds of bribery, &c . Washburn's majority was 3,013, but the contestant-will further claim that it was largely made up by counting votes of counties not properly organized and omitting Democratic votes . New'York In the twenty -fifth district J. M. Wieting (nat. and dem.) will contest the seal of Hiscock (rep.), who was elected by 3,425, on grounds of alleged corruption and intimidation. North Carolina--In the first district Yeates (dem . ) will probably contest the seat of Mar tin (rep.), the State canvassers having de clined to go behind the returns, which on their face gave Martin 51 majority. In the second O'Hara (rep.) will contest the seat of Kitchln (dem.) claiming that his votes were illegally thrown out in Halifax, Edgecombe, Craven and Lenoir counties, which sent up amended returns. Pennsylvania In the twentiethdistrict Cur tin (dem.) will contest the seat of Yocum (nat. and rep.) on the ground of fraud' and bribery; Yocum's majority was 92 . There is a squabble over the seat of Klots (dem . ) in the eleventh district, which is claimed by Al baight. The canvassing board split but Klotz has filed the judicially certified returns of all the counties with the clerk of the House as a safeguard . They give him 95 majority . There has been some talk of McCandlesg (dem.) contesting the seat of Bingham (rep.) in the first district, where: Bingham's plurality was 7,427. Virginia In the ninth district it is said that McMullln (hid. dem.) will contest the seat of Richmond (dem.), who was elected by a plu rality of 291. Wisconsin In the third district King (nat.) will prohably contest the seat of Hazteton (rep . ) , whose majority was 120,'on the ground of colonization of voters iu Lafayette county . THE BALTIMORE SUN. PUBLISHED DAILY (except Sunday) at the sun iron buildings, by A. S. ABELL & CO. Prices for mailing. Single copy, three cents, one month, fifty cents; two months, one dollar; three months, one dollar and fifty cts.; six months, three dollars; one year, six dollars. Postage pre-paid at the office by tne Publishers. No paper sent longer than" paid for. The Weekly Sun. One dollar and a half a year, and one dollar for six months, with great inducements to Clubs. 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