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i - - '. ;.; .- P1 ' 1 j VI. - i" n t " ; -: 1. '' -' " .. r.' . WILHINGTON POST. TrIrWeeklj one year...:..;.; f J? ,5 " 4 .Urn'onth;...- . ? t4 ' 360 , one month... . ' i .... 00 ;?4TES,??jADVERTI8ING:. , . ,AvertUemenU4wiU beT Inserted 00 per T frtfl1ret lnsertlon cent, for eLh subsequent Insertion .qJST1-?8 rle88; Sild, miniton constitute a 11 IT, 111 .. 13 POLISHED, EVEKY MONDAY. One year...,...; .,..l.....:.V.j2 00 Ad vertisemenU $1 per square. BUSINESS CARDS. MERCHANT TAiL,OIX. CLOTHES CUT AND MADE IN THE LAT est 8tyles and of the best Material. j North East Cor. Market & Second stsU ; WILMINGTON, N.1 C." 4 1" '': DANIEL AiiOUlfU. & Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of ! Parlor, Dining Room: i Chamber Office Furniture, Mattrasses, Feathers, Window s Shades, .Wall' Paper, also Sash, Blinds and Doors. SaUTH FRONT STi, WILMINGTON. -X C JOSEPH EL NEFF, SHIOP CHANDLER. - AND DEALER IN f STORES, GROCERIES, HARD- ware, Faints, Oils, Boats. Oars, Ac. No's 23 Water, and 2, 4 & 6 Dock Stree . WILMINGTON, N. C , j oct THE Will TTITfirPAiT llltUIU PAST GEO. Z. FEENCH, . No. 10, South. Front Street, ' '. i : ,,1'-: -y -.vr-'-"--.:.1-. .j.,,:. : ' Wilmingrton, IV: C, r WHOLESALE DEALER IN ,.; Groceries, Provisions. I Wines, Liquors. ' Cigars. Wood, Willow, and Com mon Crockery Ware. - t3T Cotton and Naval Stores Bought or Received op Consignment. . : oct 6 . ' ' . tf H. DOLLNXK, G. POTTEB, J CAMEKDEH OOLLIJERi POTTER & CO, 1 Commission filer chants 9 L New York. Liberal cash advances on consignments of Na val Stores, Cotton and other Southern produce. - sept- 24 ' . ly -r- " ' " : : - , E. YEOCOTT. DBALGlt IN South Side Princess, near Water St., 'r . WILMINGTON, JT. C. i: EEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL supply ot -1 " . Corn, Meal, Homony, Flour, Oats, Peas, Rye, Bran, Hay, &ci Ac. '- aug 20 ; , i tf TICK, 31EBANE & CO., ROCERS; ;. . ; t ). . FORWARDING AND COM3IISSION J MERCHANTS, j Corner Chesnut and Water streets, WUmington, NC. aus 5 tf O. a HATCH, L. G. KSTBS, M. F. HATCH. New York. Wilmington; N. C. New York. - HATCH, ESTES & CO., GENERAL ; ' ' Gommission Merchants, NO. 132 FRONT STREET, CORNER OF PINE NEW YORK. J C CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON 'Jo NAVAI stores solicited. Usual advances made and all orders promptly executed. Aug. 5th, 1867. . j tf L. A. HART. JNO. e; BAILEY WIL3IINGTON; , IRON AND COPPER WORKS. ; : j,( AND :M Jrr MACHINE SHOP, ALSO. Manufacturers of TURPENTINE XJL STILLS, andCOfriSK wuiiJft. w ? Drancnes". . 1 - - i v f g r t Front3 ' Street, below ' Market Street, . Wilmington. PT. C. :."-, HART & BAILEY. Proprietors. sept 25 tf AS. T. PBTTBWAT. r ' 1 B0G1B PETTEWAY & EIOOBE' General coMjnssioN merchants. NORTH WATER STREET, : .WILMINGTON, N. O. v - SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS 0COTTON, NAVAL STORES AND COUNTRY PRO- Being AGENTS for :. the Manuctarers are ' prepared to fill, on the most reasonable terms, orders for GEO. KIDD'S CELEBRATED , . , . . COTTON GINS, ZELL'S RAWBONE . . SUPER-PHOSPHATE, BROWN'S COUNTER, 3 PLATFORM and RAIL- 1 , s :ROAD SCALES. Have consuntly on hand FERTILIZERS of all descriptions. :J j :..-.. f , !- . ' i -,r v. . f ...... , - . ' 11)111 m Hi.!) . .- 111! v i I I ..i , CONGRESS. followinsr resolntinn . . s fc onerjtae SS?J? P-Pf : thU'House taxatJonH cT,oii raue annDay collected by Ration shall not 'exceed Hhree hundred bZnf8 be instructed f; report a Dill SO tnodlfvin" thn int0-l - Is V.B committee on aDDronri.H.' Cr. " .;u2 not toxceed that" amSnnV ffclur ibtereS this House held the purse string of the na- wuu' an" BQouia determine the amount of money, that the oeonle nhAn h to furnbh for the use of the government as' we l as the moxJe in which it should be fur nished. Uixm this the oractice i:izZZ I originating all money bills in the House of Repentativea. - During the recent; war of .uc ?w"wa congress was necessarilly ob liged to depend on the MMWm.;: formation as to the amount ot. money that would be .required by thegovernment, but the tune has now returnod when it becomes the duty of this House to judge and deter mine the amount of money that should be' ??ur?r for he PrPose of the government. With the assistance of the able reports from the several: departments .which, have been laid before the House, there can h nn ahk. culty in possessing all the information to tonn just conclusion in regard to the amount' that should ; be .drawn by taxation from the people. The prst effective step to keep down the expenditures of the: government, and to secure an economical ad minatratinn u limit the revenues; to the sum ronnirori that purpose, and neverwas this more impor tant than at this time, when the industrial interests of the country are oppressed almost ucv"uj"wucui uy meconunuance ot thdse heavy burdens of taxation which they cheer fully bore while the war rendered them ne ' cessary, but which the people now claim to be no longer necessary. It appears by the report ot the Secretary of the Treasury that thej-evenue .for the year ending the 20th of June, 18G7, was $490,000,000, and he es timates the revenue for the year ending the 30th oi J one, 1868, at $417,000,000 : and lor the year ending the 30ch of June, 869, $381, 000,000. The expenditures for the year 1807 were $346,000,000J and are estimated for the year 1668 at $393,000,000, and tor the year 1869 at $372,000,000. i The Secretary of the Treasury adds, however, that he is hopeful that Uongres will take means to largely re duce the expenditures in all branches of the service, so tnat a steadv reduction of the deb may be continued without reducing the revenue below $300,000,000. If the taxes may be reduced $100,000,000, it seems to me that Congress should have something to do with the estimates for ' the future ex penditures, and should, as the Secretary hopes, take measures to largely reduce the expenditures in all branches of the service. cut 1 think, said Mr. Hooper, that it should be done for theHpurpose of relieving the peo ple from a portion of the heavy taxation which weighs down the industry of the coun try, and hot for an immediate reduction of the public debt: The only way to secure economy in the expenditures is to diminish ine supplies, ana in aoing mat me neavy burden of taxation which is now weighing on the people will be I lightend. The best way to increase the money in circulation is to diminish the amount exacted from the people by taking off $50,000,000 from the taxes ; that much is left in possession of the people which they can; use for other purpo ses. ! .- -!!- ': ' ' " While Mr. I Hooper was! speaking the members gathered around him, : evincing great interest and anxiety in the subject, and making various suggestions. Mr. Stevens of, Penn., wanted to know how the committee of ways and means was to distribute the $300,000,000, and requested Mr, Hooper to give some indication on the point. . H-"-".:v Mr. Hooper said that tha was not a matter for him, but for the committee to decide, 3Mr. Eldridffe of Wis. suggested anr amend ment about limiting the internal tavations to whiskey and tobacco. . ; Sereral other suggestions' were made, but as the House refused to suspend the rules in orderto let Mr. Hooper's resolution be offer-: pH the whole matter fell through for the present. ' ,t Central and South America. A. ..onAnontu in r!onfrl ATld Smith America send us the following notes of recent events. . , , .tti It is looked at by persons acquainted with thft countrv as a most ex- rtWiinortr fart t.hftt'war or revolution has 'fair on nlnrA in those States for more than a VuiAvM miw 7 ' Cholera is said : to have broken out in Honduras near the Nicaragua frontier. mL. -....outs fnv o lororp vield of conee during the present year are very favorable t .un a; AfTaAf "Mionraorna'the mraDl tants were lately startled by the sudden and almost simultaneous breaking out of a num ber of volcanic rents on the western or Paci- fie slope, rne nrsi mumauoa u au ci ur f . inn mmhlinff Ronnfl like distant liuu noo o . , . ,'. , j ,. .uitr fnMnviTM hv nnick. sham tnunuer, buuiwj tl- . and continuous reports, re semblmg the roar . ' Aian haf ten rtf heaw artillerv : these reports; and subsequent ones were dis- . . r-.jiuU leor mcrhrs at tne Dort OI tinctiy avuiuic w -o - 1J n !-; . a.,rianiir asiorht was revealed dur- r Knt few npnnle in Cen 1 o, .j . iavAr vfir witnessed tral A-meriua u - - Two large volcanic fires with several smaller ones scawered aooui ou mCi.mu,-v- lights on tne surrounuiug v.m.j- .. :K a nOT-m CrloW the tOWCrS Oi ignteu up r7 o- Tnus far, says the informant, the eruptive matter ijm, wjo v 1... w.oeaMnf molten lava. consists oniy wg - scoria and ashes unaccompanied , by .any fava stream. The latest infonnaUon states Ihat a cXof about 20 feet at elevation had luttk ovvu. ..mil onfinA hilt been formed rouna me -peen ioru a , b tj.e ,5ep0S1. wnetner causeujuj ZWt.wi i - tion of scria and ashd, was not stated. . .sLL otfpmntfid reVOlU rne reports repcuuug r - . . tranquilUty and order reigns throughout me titate. anu wo wuuj - . r , ! n,?niafroHnnnfits existing under mo wiow vv , governmcuj. - to the 21st of November. The intelligence JLaiA from Areauipais not of a. very satisfactory character and it isapprehended that Lima will be at the mercy of bands of ruffians and banditti, whp are always sure to4 turn up in that region whenever 'the country is distracted by civil war and reoilution A public meeting was convened by the Prefect of the city for the purpose of forming a voli unteer corps for the defence of. theapita, i ue was but a small force of police left, and the arms and equipments necessary lr the hurpose were offered bv that ofiicial. Ifo result was arrived at, ho wever, the'eitirens being opposed to doinsr rua:rd rlnfvf in tha xne journal of Commprrp atra W ro much interested last week in examining a nfap prepared by Prof. Newton, of Yale CouXe, during the recent meteoric display, desigfed to show the number, which fell in con3efcu tive hours, from the beginning to thejad? It was not unlike the diagrams used in rier cantile circles to, illustrate fluctuationMn prices, , the highest point reached represent ing the time when meteorf fell too fast to be counted. Prof. .; Newton's explanation was lucid and startling, his observation? seeming to establish the fact that the extraordinary phenomenon ct.. Nov. 14th was a shower of comets, rather than meteors'. s To the same effect is an article in the Boston Transcript, which says , .. .. -. : '. . . This beautiful ; phenomenon , will not be witnessed again during the present century.1 It will occur again in 1,900. The profound mystery in which they have so long been in volved begins to be removed. ,Tt is conclu sively settled: that they are bodies of cosmi cal origin, extraneous tothe earth, and mov ed round the sun in orbits of elliptical form,' thereby resembling the comets. Thousands of these orbits are grouped together side by side, and the meteors moving in them resem ble' a vast swarm, ot golden bees,; sweeping through space in definite orbits. The group ot meteor-orbits crosses the path of the earth once at a point where the earth is on the morn of Nov. 14, Our planet sweeps along past this point with a velocity of more than one thousand , imiles in a minute, and every meteor in' its way is caught in the atmosphere and burnt upV The prodigious stream of meteors which the earth encountered one year ago had not all succeeded in crossing the path of the earth when it came round on Thursday j , morning ; last. '"Imagination shrinks from contemplation of the numbers composing this vast swarm. Consider, for a moment, a swarm of meteors, each flying along at the rate of more than one thousand miles in a minute, one whole year in passing a given point ? , )':.. j This vast swarm is more than thirty-three years journeying round the sun back to this point where they, meet the earth. In their flight they are accompanied by a single com et, temple's comet moves around the sun in the same direction, in the same time, and in a patn which lies in the centre of this group of meteor-orbits. The same thing happens with the August meteors. , Tuttle's comet flies along the pathway of these mete ors the tears of St Lawrence. This coin cidence of pathway, direction bf motion, and perioaic ume oi comets ana, meteors is a recent discovery, and one that has excited he liveliest interest among astronomers. It may be a key which shall yet unlock the mysterious character of comets, , . and expose these wanderers, which have hitherto defied all .attempts at penetration. . - ... It is curious that so much feeling should be manifested on the sublect of reconstruc-' tion of the rebel States, when we consider the fact that the parties who exhibit this anxiety have completely exchanged position. Until March last the clamor of the Democ racy was r incessant for reconstruction. It had been persisted in for two years. There seemed to be no appeasing this demand for the return of the rebel States. -- All this time was carefully devoted by the Republicans to the study of the situation ; the temper , and purpose of the rebel, leaders, the actual needs J 1 , 1 At 1 ? 1 t . oi me nation, ana me conuiuoa oi me loyal men in the South. Having at last mastered this lesson, the Republicans went straight at the work oi restoring the States, s The , re construction measures wre promptly framed and passed into laws, but no sooner had this been done than the whole element and all its allies were arrayed against the reoxganizaf tion or the States From tnat time to this they have neglected no one thing that would tend to the defeat of reconstruction. The Republicans, on the contrary, from the day . . r. .. J ' , x 1 mat reconstruction upon a loyai Dasis was made possible, have worked assiduously to secure its accomplishment. i V f The lesson taught by this sudden and sin gular reversion of party action is simply this, that the Democracy does not desire the restoration of the country unless rebel rule and a ascendency shall at the same time be secured. And that the Republicans earnestlv desire the restoration of the country holding its 'interests and destiny under the direction of loyal men. It is a' very plain and simple issue. The country must either be: handed over to traitors, or it'must be held under the control of those who have saAed it from destruction. : ' ' ' ' ' : '. , ' ;? i In this as in other things, men must choose t.ha aide thev will support, but it will be a strange sight to see (Union soldiers and ear of Rpnnhliftana laboring ' to sudiect the country to the rule af traitors. Great Bepub A Chinese almanac is a most extraordina ry publication. ne aays ior piouguing, bufiding, travelling and marrying are laid down in it with Ehe greatest ; minuteness. rrwa nniP neriodtof four, seasons is divided into twenty-four splar terms, each possessing some characteristic name, ; and correspond Sn t fho Ann nn iWhich the f sun enters me first or fifteenth 4egrees of oneof the twelve signs of the zodiac. As the Chinese is a lu nar calendar, l the places of t these solstices .;:,0 Xrt fehich regulate - the three ;Uia'thftvear. are changed every year. There isilso the intercalation,of the arrears of the Chinese . year of .354 days, . rvJind of every, thirty-two or thirty-three months, amount to a great month of thirty days, which is accordingly introduced, every, two or three, years, in such a way as to preserve the order of these twenty-four pqnoas. . . - fiiaafttinfacnoii of Southern Emigrants. tt m vi tw. 7. The Southern emigrants who recently settled in iionuar--v With the course of the Britisli government towards them. Governor Austin 5. j thAm lands upon which to set- fiipm other Dnvileges which vJL government has disapproved. . r anthprnpnTftre about to return m.any oi tue , .... to the United States..., Awcpnstrncuon ana Rebellion -Their Relative .Cost. ' The Montgomery 'convention has ' cost the State fifty . thousand dollars, all of ; which must come from the people's pocket A relet Newspaper. :.' n- . . Admit the ' assertion that this convention has cost $50,000, what did recession 'and revolution against the, government cost t ; It cost the ; lives of 30,000 poor, unoffending men who; ; while fighting for the mob, be iieved the; whole thing wrong before God I It cost deep and bitter tears of sorrow from 20,000 widows and 50,000 poor orphan chil dren." It cost ; the complete - destruction of over ten hundred millions of dollars of prop erty belonging to the i people : of Alabama 1 It caused the ; most abject poverty - of 20,000 people, who were previous to secession , and revolution inj; affluent i circumstances 1 n If the white people of Alabama the equality of the Colored - race, of which- fact the unre-i pentant rebels are now m iking such! a how 1 about ! f In a word, if secesssion i and revo- ration bad never taken place this convention,' of which these rebel scoundrels now are ma- king such a noise about, , would ; never had been held. The whole thing is the result of the folly oftbe scamps and skunks who are now making the greatest';;. noise-1 about ex penses. They are . the . fellows ji who have brought all the evil upon the present suffer ing people of Alabama. Hardy Montgom -ery Alabama) State Sentinel. - j . . 5 f ;''- rr-' '. ';j .It'-'.': - The Antietam Cembtebt.-t The trustees of this national cemeteryhave just conclud ed their second annual: session, which was heldt Willards.: One of the most important matters discussed was thejpropriety of desig nat ng a certain; portion of the cemetery for the interment of the rebels who last their lives in the series ; of engagements in that section After some discussion itj Was decided to set apart a portion of the enclosure for this purpose, as a section of the' Mary land lap incorporating the cemetery provided that this) should be done. A majority of the Northern States having dead inerred in this cemetery have made liberal - rppropriations for the purpose of beautifying the grounds, and it is now v expected that some of the n : .. ......... - . . . Southern States will make similar appropria- VlUIiS. - j I ' . !- ;-.'( i :-. ... . " ' .... l:r til-- ".. ' i It has been decided at the General Land Office at Washington, in reply to a commun ication from a party in England wishing to have lands selected and secured for himself and others as homesteads, under the act of May 20, 1862, and the supplemental acts, in advance of the coming of the ; emigrants to tue united states, that tnis cannot be done, as the law , requires ''that the party desiring the homestead shall be a citizen of the Uni ted States,! or have regularly filed his declar- ing oi an intention to oecome sucu, before the entry can be made so as to secure the land ; and, furthermore, it is required that the preliminary affidavit required of the party cannot be made out of the united States limits. Boston, Mass., December 12. th6 storm which began in this city at about midday yesterday and continued until an early hour mis morning, prevaiiea at tne ooutn and West with almost unprecedented fury, a des patch from New York rating it the severest wnicn has occurred in that; vicinity during ne last eigut years. Tne travel on the rail ways and horse ear lines was greatly delay ed, the trips of ferry boats were interrupted, and a nnmber of ocean steamers were nre- vented from sailing' by the violence of the storm. A private despatch from Springfield sajs that the train due in this city at mid night was showed up a short distance from New York. The storm was heard from as raging1 with great fury in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia and at various other points. The geography of the last discovery needs correction. It is in the neighborhood of the South Pole, and hot of the North Pole, as" he papers had it afew days ago, that the new land was seen by Captain Long. This alters the force of , the matter considerably. An Antartic continent has been believed in and looked for, though no one has ever anti cipated finding an Arctic one. But Captain Long's is not tne urst discovery ot land that has been made . near the South Pole. Land was observed by Captain Wilkes of the IX. S. exploring expedition, about twe-ty " years ago, its outlines traced lor i some distance, and it has ever since figured in atlases. ' It has not been seen very often,; not much i is known about it, and therefore every new observation of it will be hailed by those in terested in such matters as news from a far country. Brooklyn Union. , ; Washington. D. C, Dec: 11. General Sherman is the observed of all observers. He visited both houses yesterday, and was called upon by members and Senators, with out distinction ot party, ne does not con ceal his political opinions, arid says that if the Copperheads were not pleased with his bt. Louis speecn mey win oe i no less saiia- fied when he talks again. He scouts the idea of General Hancock consenting to be--come the Democratic candidate for Presi dent. : : ;:j:'Vh- The nattonal army of the Republic of Chili is to be reorganized and it is expected will be provided with rifles similar to tne Prussian needle gun. A number of models sent for that purpose to the Secretary of War are being examined by tne department. in the Republic of Ecuador the President and Congress had a conflict which ended with tne resignation oi me xurmer u iuc accession to power of the Vice-President. Great excitement prevailed during the time and the President is accused by the public of having thrown the country into disorder by his intrigues, sncapacity and corruption. We are very glad to learn that Congress will probably continue the Freedmen's Bu reau till all the Southern States are admit ted. To abolish it now would be to endan ger reconstruction. PhUa. Post.,, Gen. Grant in giving - the District Com manders authority oyer the officers of the Freedmen's Bureau, probably did not reflect that he gives Gen.' Hancock power which it is too probable ne win aouscr- " Post. ' adelphia FTP ARMS IN FtOBID A. Com! issionerWil- En, of me General Land Office, hw received Florida, showing that during! the month of November last, one hundred and twenty-six firms, comprising 7,'fui acres, -were toX prodactivearea of that; Sto, under the homestead act of June 21st, .1866, which confines the entries to 80 acres; each. The vote for anil against ; Convention Im the State of North-Carolina. We give below the vote for and against a Con- xennon, as rar as received : c - For Convention; , ' . ,XX) , ' 000 f 1,183 4 1 0,00 793 " 0,000 Alamance, Alexander, AgaineW 000 - 000 604 t, ' ' 00 " 230 ' 000 ,i 000 . 421 - 343 320 330 " 277 -.286 "000 .000 - ,831 - 000 r.' ooo . ooo 4 000 j594 859. 393 1 000 505 -. 937 5 000 , 000 000 i 29 770 . 1 638 . . 000 000 503 - 737 . 000 000 000 . 000 603 000 J ' 000 349 ,283 - 162 ; .447 ' 000 ooo- . 000 000 ' 000 v. 1,091 1 v 000 - . 000 i j ooo , ,000 ' ooo 746 : ' 000 - 000 600 540 889' -.74 000 000 ' 000 785 230 194 96 89 000 34 170 ,662' 600 .1,085 - 582 . 259 000 &nson, Asne, Burke. i Bertie, ieaorort, j ' Buncombe, ' Brunswick,, ' Bladen. : o.uuo 1012" - 81S' . r Ml . 2,116 833 . . 1,043 ' T 700 maj. ' 000 . : 780 . ' 000 Chatham, j Chowan, j Cabarrus, Camden, 1 CaldweU, . Catewba, : Cherokee, ! Carteret, ; o,ooa. uaswen, Clay, -Craven, a Cumberland,' Cleaveland, . Corritnck, Columbus, - u.ouo 000 3,185. , . 1,720 900 000 - 577 T " 0,000 000,' .0,000 -; 1,062 ' -1,460 . i ; 822 1,766 0,000 , 000 705 2,543,, 175 0,000 ' ;, ooo 898 . 0,000 1,329 . 000-' 000 1,134 677 498 -1,604 400 maj 000 ' 000 0,000 744 maj. uapim, i ... Davidson. 1: Davie, Edgecomb, , Forsyth r Franklin, , i Gaston, GuUford, i' Granville, i . Greene, ! uertlord, ! Haluax,- lj Hyde, . i ' Harnett ' Haywood. I Henderson jr Iredell, , Johnston, J Jackson, ; j Jones, j Lenoir, - i Lincoln, ; ' McDoweU, Mecklenburg, 1 Madison, - Macon, ! Martin, m Moore, M Montgomery, New Hanover, , Northampton, 0,000 " 0,000 i 000 , 000 0,000 ' 742 000 565 maj. 000 -2,610 , 1,043 1,026' : ' 0,000 000 ' 000 1,129 803 " 853 548 99 176 maj 256 1,059 4,026 ' 2,200 1,645 884 asa, .i . i Orange, Onslow, j Pitt, I Person, i Polk, ! Pasquetank, & Camden Perquimans, nowan, sc uavie Kobeson, Rutherford, Randolph, . Richmoud, Rockingham, Sanipson, Yadkin, . -Surry, Stokes, i . . otanly, i Tyrrell, v Transylvania, union, Wake, -i Warren, ; . j . wayne, -Wilson, Wilkes, j Washington, , , 1,430 n ' 4O0.maj. - The whole registered vote of the State is 174,717. It is necessary that a majority of this vote, to wit, 87,300, shall have been' cast on the question of a Convention. We have returns as above : 42.545 votes in 42 Counties. If. the vote of the Counties to be heard from should be in proportion to the above Countiesj the whole vote of. the State on the question, will not be less than 130,000.' Of this number we may calculate on flO.000 or 100,000 for a Convention. I: The Whisky Ring in Washington. A Washington correspondent of a western paper 'writes : . ; ' . . t , , . IV-,: "The whisky ring is organizing in Wash ington for the winter campaign. . Exactly what it proposes to do is not known' except that, in a general way, it is anxious to avoid the payment oi the two dollar tax, by se curing legislation that will render the eva sion possible, or rather by preventing any changes in! the. existing laws 9 for the returns of the Internal Revenue office will show, if I am not mistaken, that the laws as they stand are admirably suited to the ring, and could hardly be better tor it if drawn up avowed ly in its interest. The ring will, however,, be disappointed and ..defeated this winter, it the expectations of the j leading members ot the two Houses ot Cong jess are fulfilled. The fact has at last dawned upon Congress that the prevention of frauds'inthe revenue department will do more to : solve the finan cial problem about which there is such genr eral worriment . than all the theories that have been j suggested on ' the subject. The first step taken toward,1 the heeded reform will be the abolition ,of the warehouseing system, under which swindling has been jre duced to a science and practised by the most eminently virtuous and j respectable ' men; in the land, assisted now. and then by a collecf tor or assessor who is open to conviction;! as many of these faithful public servants are. f'Some Congressmen favor the reduction of the tax to one dollar, but the best inform ed members,' who have given the subject their attention, believe that it is j ust as easy to collect two dollars a gallon as one, and that there Would be just as much smuggling done at reduced as at 1 present ratesV; I Tq believe that righteousness can be superin duced by reducing the wages of sin, which, though death in thary, is t wo dollars a gal lon in the whisky ring, is to confess a total ignorance bf human nature and an utter dis regard of the observations of every:day life The ring cannot be defeated by a reduction of the tax, but it can be defeated by such preventive: legislation as the. country has a right to expect, after all it has paid for-its experience on this particular, subject. ; If Congress cannot- devise some plan to stop the leaks, after what may be learned from the history of the past I tour years, perhaps the best; way would be to remove the tax; al together and give the. people free whisky. As matters - stand noW ,the consumers are heavily taxed for the benefit; not of the gov? ernment, but of the ring. This state of af fairs must be altered, and it cannot be al tered for the worse. V- i! Dickens has realized $20,000 from his four readings in Boston, and it is estimated that during his stay in this country his entire profits will : reach $200,000. v He! devotes himself closely to his Work, and has three new naDers-in preparation, one of which is tn be nublished j in the Atlantic. He will read his "Christmas Carol" at t Boston on Christmas eve, after returning from New York. . List of Members fclect to the Constita. tional Convention of North Carolina Anson.4-Henry E.' Chilsten,' Geo Tucker. Republicans., ' " . " r - ! " Alamance;--Henry M. Ray, RepublicaiL Biirke and McDowell. John S. Parks, W. A. B. MurphyjfRepublicans , : , , ' . !" Brunswick.--E. Legg, Republican. : - Beaufort--Samuel Stilley, W.'B.Rodman,' RepabUeahsi' YJfiXfs I .t : i. Bladen. A.-W; Fisher, F. F. French, Re-; -f'y puDiicans.,11 jfriiiflV Bertie. Lee.'- Robins, Republi- C8ns. 'CleavelandlPlato Durham, Conserva live. .. ; .' Caswell Wilson Carey, Republican' Phil lip Hodnett,-Independent' Cumberland, Maj. W. A. Mann, Rev.' J. W Hood, Republicans. - . . .. t . -f Craven.W-Hon. David JIeatonv,W. H. S.' Sweet, C D. Pierson, Republicans, i u, " Catawba.' Dr; J. R. Ellisj ConsemtiveJ x ; - Cabarrtrt. W. T. Blume, -Republican,' - : Chdwan.r-JohnRv French, Republican, f .CarteretAbraham Congleton, Republi can . ". ' ; - uoiumous. Juinnon, conservative. Chatham. ohn" A: McDonald W. " T.s Gunter, Republican. " - -v." . ' Davidson. Isaac Kinney, Spence Mulli- can, Republicans, : v. . U,v ' .. Duplin, Johnny. Peterson, Samuel High- smith, Republicans, v , - ' Edgecombe. Henry A. Dowd, J. H. Ba ker,' Republicans. ! ' ' .. Franklin. James T. Harris, John H..W1K liamson, Republicans, v " - - " f Forsyth E. B. Teague, Republican. . Guilford. Rev. j G. . W. Welker,' A. W. Tourgee,' Republicans, ' ' Gates. Timothy II. Lassiter, Republican. ' Granville.-T-John W. Ragland, J. Moore, C Mayo, Republicans. . . . , , .7 Gast6n.-:--M J. Adjylott, Republican, i. ' Harnettr.'M. Turner, Republican; ' " ' ' Halifax. J. H4 Renfrow, J. J. Hays, Hen-, ry Eppes, Republicans.. V . k. Hertford, J, B. Hare, Conservative. j Johnston. Dr. Jas. M. Hay, Nathan Gul-i ley, Republicans. I ; V ' Jones. David D. Colgrove, Republican. ' Lincoln. Joseph H. King, Republican. ' 1 Lenoir. Richard W. King, Republican. Mecklenburg. Edward Fullings, Silas M. Still well, Republicans. ' Montgomery. Dr. Geo. Aj Graham, Re publican. ,;i' r . i . . VI V .V Nash. Jacob Ing, , Republican. 7 s . Northampton! Henry T. Grant, Roswall. C. Parker, Republicans. ' ' , V ' ' New Hanover. Gen. J. C. Abbott, S. S.1 AAhley, A. H. Galloway. Republicans. ' ; Urange. John ; Wi Graham, Dr. ; Holt,. Conservatives. f . Person. Dr. .Wm. Merritt, Conservative.' Perquimans. Dr. William Nicholson, Re publican" -I1 'r 1 - Pasquotank and Camden C. C. Pool, Mattchett Taylor, Republicans. ; ; Pitt Gen. 3yron Laflin, D. J. Rich,: Re publicans, y; Robesonl O. S.I Hayes, Joshua L. Nance, Republicans. ' - , 1 -' Rutherford and Polk. Rev. W. H. Logan, Jesse' Rhodes, Republicans. ; - ' i .j Rowan .and Davie. Dr Milton Hobbs, Allen Rose, Isaac M. Shaver, Republicans. Rockingham. Henry Barnes,- John H. French, Republicans.' . - - J' Randolph. R, F. Trogden; T. L. L. Cox, Republicans. , 1 t , , u - Richmond, Richmond T. Long' Repub- ncmr-xv' J1::,''l ' Stanly.-i-L; C. Morton,1 Republican. Wake. B. S. D.i Williams, S. D. Frank lin, J. P, Andrews, James H. Harris, Repub licans. ' . " " Warren. John Reid, John A. Hyman, Re-' pnblicuns.T?'r-'' : 1 j - - ": 1 ' Wayne. Maj.. H, L. Giant, Jesse Hollo well, Republicans, f Wilkes, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell.' J. Q.JA. Bryan, Calvin J. Cowles,"C. C Jones, Wesley George, 'Jerry Smith, Republicans. . Wilson; Wiley Danie), Republican. , ' s . , Greene.- John 31. Patrick. 1 ; : Madison, Buncombe, Henderson anclTran sjlvania. G. W. Gakagan Thos. J. Can'd, Ier, James H. D uckworth, "Republicans. Mitchell (and ; Yancey. Julius . Garland Republican. . - .-. -' ' " ;:; '' V Hay wood and J ackson. W. B. G. Garrett, Republican.":: :'. ; j ' 'V " l..V '-k : Macon; Clay and Cherokee. G. W. Dick son, Mark Fay Republicans.1 ; - I 1 " ' f 1 Moore. S ween . McDonald, Republican-. Sampson. Joseph D. Pearsall, Alexander Williams, Conservatives. - , Stokes. Itiley IT. retree, uepuoucan. v , ; TJnion. William! .Newsomj Republican. Washington and Tvrrell. Edmund W. Jones, Republican. I , . , . Martin, o. VV. watts, itepuoucan. Onslow. Jasper Etheridge, Republican. Yancy. Garland, Republican. . ' . The above returns foot up 96 Republicans. 10 Conservatives, and one independent. We count, With the 96, two Republicans from Bertie, ' whose names in lull . we nave not learned, and do not, therefore,' give them in our list. Thirteen delegates to hear from nine of whom are in all probability Repub hcans. ... .,...!., 1 REOIlbANIZATIONH OP TIIB' TBKASUnV BU REAU.- A project is on foot for a modi flea tion of the plan recommended by. the Secre tary Vf the Treasnrv in his reoort for the' re- ; organization of the bureaus of the Treasury Department The Secretary's plan is" to re tain the First Comptroller to audit accounts of civil officers, the) Second uomptrouer, to audit those of military officers, and to have created a separate Comptroller over, the Customs Accounts. Over all these a Chief Comptroller is to be appointed; to whom ap peals from the three subordinate Comptrol- lers may be taken, ine mocuncawou aiiu-r ded to is to preserve all the features of the Secretary's plan except that portion creating the office of Chief Comptroller. In lieu of this it is proposed that the three Comptrol lers be constituted a 1 Board of; Control, to hold a session once each month, and to have appelate jurisdiction from the decisions of each Comptroller. ? j This modification, it is thought, would 8ecuro all the . advantages sought by the Secretary, and . save; the ex pense to the government of a Chief , Comp-1-troller and a bureau bf clerks and " copyists. - . , ; - .. I Great Republic " ',1 J' r "' T--".. - ' ' ' -' i f: V - -.The Wether. .r t .; ' . ' Raleigii, December 14. On Thursday had a very heavy ram in this locality!, XhafT day night Wind in the northwest,. quite coia, with a slight tail of snow.V Weather : L com at mis ume. 'V 1 I 11: ! 1 8: ansro ! : Hi-' H f t V- ir
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