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v.. . - I w - CO,' .1 1 pnopitiET"" Bates oi - . , ..; Dailv P'lnr, 1 Jr.... .,. " (i months. 3 ;.. " Weekly pPr. 1 J"""-" ' 6 niontus- eooV 8 00" . I 00 , , 3 00 1 1 60 .. 100- i ,!!. ; to ot' -t i copies ly";- ., wi,o &t up clubs of five or more sub ;, ,c t,n',gmtU, willbr furnished. : P I . indic-iea the ex- 10 To tl 5 uiarK on uiouv-.. . .v--T 'f Vttri - - tf ipiiatiu:i tacabscrivUonv...., - - p,ates of Advertising : . t : Ten or one tack space to conspnte a .$1 00 . 50 One square on ib"" ...u. . ...at insertion , Liberal dtductDu, by special contractto large ronrt a!tertimcnte -wil be charged 25 pr . i.s.,hJthan the regular rates. special honcBS charged 50 per cent, higheil .i.-nrriindvaclwrusenitmH. """ - . . j i OK . For advef Iseraents mseriea lrregmar.j, .. i,i.rii,than usual raws wiu pe cuargcu. - No papeif a the South has aaverusiug i.u.u superior tobe 8TUniXi. " - ! ' , ' ! Letters nist be aaaressea w J. B. NEATHEKI Happy New Year. Another tear has rolled away to; join inc day3 and ninths before the flooa, ana we stand thiskvrning on the threshold of a N-Yfisr.l This dav was celebrated witn great cerenfony. and festivities by the ancient Bomans. Falernian wine was extensively patronized! The Druids also signalized the day by preints td their friends of the charmed mistletoe, tin. pie enusions 01 me xruiu ... . It -.iV - ; . C ii. . T- :j ards. we see constant reference to this holi- ay. Tie' granJ old Knickerbockers also ibservecitinrojilstate. Celehrated by all ations.it Js a day b which we may pause and view the )ast. : Ifes a time for sober reflec- .Otn It is me cusioii witn iraveiiers,espet;mi- . 1 ' 1 ... 1 1 1 : 1 y, if they are homei4rd bound to keep a look ut lor th mile posq on tneir journey. we ave to-dw reached I mile post on the high ay ofTfaie. It call! our attention to the amber of years we hive already passed in the iourlev of lile : tad there is a ngure 'there Doiiins to our distance from home legible, however, only bVthe flickering blaze UfLlife'sr lilfKtiaguislid. candl "Wjb are teminded ly these timetnarks which the old t ythemanbbserves in his Sight, that anoth ler revolutifi has been adled to the encip- WiTifT rhainkhat is searlv filing around us. tor so graiat is the progras from i&ge to tage of thl road that m mV3tly ' travelled, hat the chingeof scene isVilmoBt imper eptible!: : e are also feminrfed that this is he season oljwiiter. ( Over aall the world he ice king reigns, supreme. . It is winter a the prairies, nrhere the wild winds sweep r ith angry iiowl and the long grass bows 'ad shndders as it passes by. It is winter a the ocean white the noble ship, westward lound, pitcLes and rolls, or surges through he black waves.,, The ropes are stiff and lippery with ice. It is winter in the city, e merriest season of the year. Winter in le brown stoite mansions, where wealth and tsnion noia ueir conrt. . .. , i More splendid rifvel was never seen.' A ht dazzling niorei than that of day gleamed tam walls cnvretl with the triumphs of t. Ic is winter in the city. "Winter, Meak- t, bitterest, dreariest season ot the year. inter in the tenement house winter in Je garret Winter in tlie cellar. Winter in Ie dim and loatnesiune dena where, in mis ibleconipanioitehip,' misfortune and pen y, vice and crime, hide and huddle to- Wther.'It is winter Over land and"over sea a cuange nas cMe over tne won a. 1 lie illiant verdure of a few months, ago the ick ; foliage on which our eyes ' feasted. here are they now ? , Jt is winter cold and earyc:Tbe year 1861 is gone. It was a -tnorable year, Distinguished for rapid Ingress in the acquisition or knowledge Id increased power over the untamed ele- Qts; for the convulsions of long estab- JredSiatoa, od.(urtle rapidly growing rlnence of Truth and Justice ; for the splen- tnnmphs of modem science in linking remotest corners of our great Republic )b a cuaiu 01 jtuitroai communication. We H'Uld be ungrateful if in commemorating R Messing of the hist twelve months, we ttlfTPt.'Iltl montinn ..F Al. .. I i V Uqr ui vie buccessim issue OI F gre1 national election which formed so I nal a feature in the histary of the year! my looked forward with feeling of unde-: able fear at the grin cvenf which was out to take place. Borne anticipatel an tburst of lawlessness 'and rebellion. But w signally have all their fears and nppre- nsions been scattered' to the winds. iendship and kindly relations have lieen ultiplied and cemented, all ovor our land. uluuble suggestions of a practicable nature ve presented themselves o the' people of e South ! The Southern land is fast, be- ii'mg .one great Temple of PeacS and In- stry. The customs, institutions pnd equi-; ble laws of the country are becubiing bet-1 r understood, and the prejudices) against ankees (which result most frequeiltlj irom norance of. misnpprchensionV ara' heins radually removed and softened dovi. Now 1r Hction in tne ' prosect; :of I8(;a. Let very'Xorth Carolinian xlWjtrith warm de ite for the good of his State '.niifiiccuntry. t hina fervently jong to see the old JState iiproved, eievHtod. aniinatol. elothertswith "'"y Hnd . surrounded, with, 'glorv.i We ave Bnw entered uuo a new- vearvand pany kindly greetings have already passed r"m fritlld friend. We also ish our nu;ierou3 readers and friends health and ness, a merry time, and a Happy New ? ' ; The 'following beautiful : ' and appro priate lines from the pen ot genius, are wor- thy of this glnriou thcine. Tenaygon is one of .England sweetest poets,' and: of t all his Ring out wlld-tells to the wild skyy li .:: ': ;;: The ll)inc cloud, the frosty light,. '; . ; -' -The year is dying in the night, King out wild bells and let lain die.. : I Ring out the old, ring in the new, ; , , . Kins liauDV bells across the snow. ""' ' 1 f'1 The vear is folnw. lot him tro ' ..? .j : 'J '' '. King out ihe latoe, ring in the true ; . ; ! '. King ont the grief that saps the'mind, ' ..r or i nose tuat nere we see no more; Ring out the frud of rich and poor, Sing In redress to all mankind, t: -i: .. - rtut mia Bi0iy dying cause, ' -7:7 " viiauuicni luruis 01 puny birno , . mng in trie nouier mooes 01 me, With sweeter manners, purer laws. ... IT " Ring out the want, the care, the sin, V The faithless, coldness of th? times;'' Ring ont; ling out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in. r . - 11 Ring out false pride in place and blood, . The civic slander and the spite ; -King in the love ol truth and right, Kins in the common love of good. , . , Ring out old shapes of foul disease, . .1 , . , King out the narrowing lust of gold, .. V : Ring out the thousand wars of old, 2 -Ring in the thousand years of peace. ig in the valiant man and free, tie larger heart, the kindlier hand,. w nr out the darkness of the land. ' , Kinin the Christ that is to be. , .. A -. V Thie People Meed Rest. God knows they do. They have lived on unrest for many years. : There was the ante helium timtj when "secession" drove the public mindiuto a tempest then came the four years of horror and blood of the Rebel lion, in fact k hen there wasno rest, and this has been follbwed by more than three years of effort at reconstruction, when the popu lar mind ha been in a fervent state, almost bordering ol delirium. Really the body politic needs repose and a calm season for review and restoration is demanded by all men but political fools and scoundrels. No wonder we have done foolish and wicked tbingv; This state of excitement has over taxed the human mind. . No wonder private interest and personal, welfare are suffering, no heetl has been bestowed on them. If it is desikable to .preserve aught that we love or value,we must have rest. ' The people cuu&i: noyv - r m mat of molf pi cocti ? ation issue their edict1, demanding, of demagogues, all political tricksters' and disappointed office seekers, thai on pain .of banishment, they -""oofr-iesisi iom their nefarious.' wicked and unpatriotic ja-i- -f .n..i.nitirb tuu Hmu. the State and depriving the public mind of needed rest. Ecery one need rest. So rapid have been thl public movements,, and. so great the ' political changes, that the wear and tear,the friition of opposing interests and views so severe! that quiet' is needed for re pair and for readjustment to hew movements. Even politician need. rest. ., We use this term in the better sense-those shams and tricksters do not deserve rest, and the soon er they finish theii career the' better. - We speak of those whe high . duty it was to steer fthe Ship of tatc during the late dis astrous storm, and who never saw the hours in all those dark days when they dared take their hand from the ielni. After those ter rible alternatives of arm, doubt and hope that wrought their minds to the utmost ten sion, exhausted mental powers ask for rest j for a season in which they may examine the changes effected in the State may satisfy themselves as-to the propriety of what was done to avert calamity in the moment of ut most need to take a leisWly sweep of the ; distant as well as near horizon lying oflF in f the future. - After such succession of storms ! it must needs be there is occasion for re- ' adjustment to new events and a new future, j Yes, good people, give the men of the State j "a rest"--they can serve- you better in the; future. 1 ' ; The capitalist needs rest. '. What I rest ; for bulls and bears ? It is not exactly these beatts" that we had in our minds ' when we wrote those words, ' yet may be : they had better take it now with all the rest of the land and let us have a real Sabbath. We'did mean,'however, those men who hav ing money wish to invest it so that while it rewards themsclyes, also aids in establishing ; manufactories and in bringing into use the '' resources of the whole country. The times have driven such capital to uses not so le gitimate and patriotic, and we need rest to this class of men that they, may feel it safe : to invest their capital where it may serve the interest of the State and afford its indirect Dcnefits f o all men' engaged in industrial pursuits." Let there be a season of rest to , those timid men who hold capital until they gain courage to invest it where it has long been driven away, and is now necessary to the beginning of a more prosperous condi-i tion of the people. .' '' i v 1 The men who labor mwt Imprest. .All ' thoseyears, labor was uncertain of its reward. 1 No man could calculate that he should be permitted to realize- any plans he should make. Even after the draft and that dread-1 ed conscription were no longer "seen in the distance like horrid spectres to unfit for the daily, duty of earning bread, there' followed those years oi political excitement,: during which labor had to contend for recognition itself when day and night was demanded for the Contest when organizations had to' be formed and meetings attended, and a. ceaseless round of devotion to the ! welfare Z - - . - -. . V . .1 ' - "".I- ! 01 ireeuom s. cause Bad to. oe, maae; an mis time there was., no rest for. the man of toil. ' Now he asks rest-not rest for his plough, norrcst for his hammerJrowel. plane-or; saw, but for his niiodo H.. wishes r reason . when he shall be allowed to devote' all bis time to the shop and his farm when he can attend to the education of his children and the comfort of his: family. He demands that partizan bitterness shall be abated rtliat there shall be a few months when an election- shall not : be ordered ancj during which he can withdraw his mind from politics:: :i ': ' s-tu'f Chriiiian--men mvti.. hate, ,'ret. 'too, . They - do not, , expect - the . rest , that , re mains for them here, but after the agitation and unrest of eight' or ten years they need rest' It is really necessary that after the storm they may have recourse to their chart to learn how fur they may have been driven from the straight path that leads to their haven. ' It may be very presumptuous in a secular journalist Ike ourselves to speak in this way, and it may make us justly liable in soH.e qutc'lWHiarge of profane in:: truslon upon sacred matter, but it is our can did belief that rest from the outward harau ments that have flowed from the evil times just passed would result ' in benefit to the christian cause. We are bound to say that the result of this period of unrest and strife has been very disastrous to christian unity and greatly marred the peace of the church. There have been engendered also much bit terness and alienation incidentally, for which there was and can be no proper occasion. Would not rest allay this spirit of bitterness? Would there not possibly occur opportuni ties to revive ancient relationship t ' Would not the better parts of meir re-assert their pre-eminence so that reconciliations would follow I Perhaps, may we 'be pardoned for the words, there would in those hours of re pose, be time found for self examination that show cause for repentance. It might: lead also to such a judgment, calm and unpreju diced judgment, on the conduct of. brothers as would show it to be christianlike and be coming to forgive real or supposed defects or inconsistencies. We do not imagine that we can be in error when we think our chris tian friends need rest from worldly turmoil, that some further attention be given to se cure the prosperity of the church. But we must forbear for this service needs to be per formed by other pens. . Wc were in the act of writing that theladie must have rest, but we feel inclined to draw back from the assertion. We do not know that they would authorize us to say so much. Besides, this journal -, would shrink from placing them in a false position.. We are still mindful of their efficient services during the late troublesome times and the encourag ing smiles that were, in the recent canvass, bestowed on those who panegyriced treason and who incited to new rebellion, to believe that they require rest. ' We are aware of the ueucaie grouuu on wnicn we treaa iuiu win desist from our purpose of an appeal to the ladies to aid in giving rest to the tired and suffering State. Who would not rise up and call them blessed as the lovely peace makers should pass about as mininistering angels to promote peace among brothers peace on earth and offer rest to all the weary sons of toil and wrong. ' . ,j .,. ;. "Bankrupt Advertising." ' : ;" A little, insignificant country sheet pub lished somewhere on . the low-grounds of Roanoke river near '"Weldop's old orchard," and devoted to the interests of the "Lost Cause," is very much troubled at Judge Brooks' order designating the Standakd as the official journal, of . the United States Court for the publication of Bankrupt ad vertisements. It falsely asserts that this "has been the main, if not the only support" which has enabled the Standard to pursue its career, ona is rejoiced at a talse rumor that Judge Brooks bad revoked his former order and-given permission to Clerks of Courts, Registers, &o, to publish their no tices in papers ot their own choice. . ; :. Judge Brooks has made no such order, or given such permission'. : The North Caeo- lena Standard and the AshevilU Pioneer alone are the official journals in North Carolina. :. - -' We are gratified to be nbleto state that the Standakd is nut dependent on the patron age of the United States Government, or the State Government for a support, but is lib-, erally supported by the people of the State, and will doubtless lire to publish the obit-, uaries of many ' iittle,', spiteful,' experiments, at journalism which are eking out a preca rious subsistence in this State, squirting venom" and dealing in personal abuse ef gent!emen who exercise the right to think for themselves.' ; . ' .,.,'..,'' , ; The Standard . will continue ; to panne the even tenorof its way, give tl ie news from All quarters, discuss public issn.es in a fair and dignified manner, inform; instruct and eudeavorto improve the condition of the people.of the State, and as these little con temptible burlesques on journalism drop in to their filthy graves we shall publish' their 'epitaphs i;.: :'! f '.' .'.li:.,V .- ; "Here rests its head upon 1 o'c lap of earth, ; " ' - A paper to Fortune and Fame unknown, .Fair Science frowned not 011 its bum We birth . And BiUingtgate marked ittorher 6wn.'f : ' ' Gov, Holden and the -Railroads. . '. V -There set-ins to be a misapprehension a& to. the powers of , the Goyeiaor over the Railroads in which the State-fcns an interest. The Governor is limited hy the Charter of the Corporations and by the law." He' ap-: points Directors nd proxjs, and there, his power ceases. '-It is neithsa bis duty Bar his .right to inlerfere in the details of the rnn oing of'tLiijRoads. Whatever ..opinion.- he may Imye on the saljectha' has no authority ' LguiawweiguK ta presenile the terms j on : which certai'riTtailwad. Companies shall i operate with or ngaiast eanh other.. 7-ii-..n I the commonest uiulerstamlwg; ft ihtn - fore, m ifJieV fair aer- jusi to; involve'' Gov.' uuiuen in .connoversies Between tiong of the kind, referred to. .' .v. ; !;- :! : corpora- u'-4':: Alm or PoorHonsesy valr'i' It is not ill-timed and we trust not im pertinent to call the attention of all whom U may concern to the condition of the county Poor-Houses. No otberState Constitotion provides so fully for. the welfare of the poor and the unfortunate as pur own. It '. is de clared, to. be one of the first duties of a ciyil-j ized and a christian : State to make benefit cent provision for , the poor and the union tunate. It is further made part ot the par ticular duty of the County Commissioner to exercise a general supervision, and control of the charitable institutions ot the county. " It would not be proper at this stage of their new duties to hold them resgfibljjbjhel present condition of the severtif peaai.and eharitabte institutions now placed ' in - their charge while it may not be amiss to indicate' what willbe expected ot them in the future in this respect. . I,:- ,: . The day has passed away when the' pub lic enn be indifferent to the treatment of the poor.; An advanced civilization demands that the unfortunate poor should be cared for in such manner as to accord with its ad vance in refinement and comfort. .r .The high demands of christian obligations insist that we should do unto them as we would they should do unto us in reversed circumstances. He who said, "the poor ye have always with yon," intended that His religion should al ways afford theni a sanctuary with its care and comforts. " " ' : - ' '' : ' ; , ' ; In the past,, provision for - the poor, of a comfortable, large and well ventilated build ing has to great extent been neglected. In many counties the hovels and huts in which this unfortunate class of persons is horded really are not fit for swine, . and no . thrifty, well-to-do and skillful farmer will think them suitable for stables for horses or cows. They are often damp are without means of ven tilation and light, when the air that must be inhaled is noisome and unhealthy to a sick ening' degree intolerable for1 stench to those coming . into them . from the pure air without. In many cases, besides this, the inmates are crowded together to a degree that makes it uncomfortable for. want of room were there no objection on the score of want of cleanliness. We are not of those who advocate the erection ot palaces for the paupers, but we insist that a decent regard for their health and comfort shonld be had in all cases. "A house or houses affording ample room to accommodate all decently and comfortably afeould baocted by ench county building plain and substantial well ventilated and safe against luibitttyrn in h 'Pfitynypd hv fifffl " alwnkL be. kept always scrupulously clean. - A proper regard for the fair fame of a county should require this, and when this is a neglect public opin ion being directed to it, should at once cor rect tlie evil. . 1 . ' Beside this matter of complaint, there is Another almost as prevalent and as loudly demanding redress. It is the miserable in competency of those who are placed in charge of the county poor houses, j In the choice of a person to nil this very important place, the questions of his peculiar fitness for the posi tion are rarely canvassed by those whose duty it is to make the selection. One of two facts usually decide the question of appoint ment party adhesion or the cost of the Ber- tiee. While these might be secondary con siderations, they should never determine the selection of an official who has really a deli cate and solemn trust reposed in him. That a man belongs to the ascendant ' political party is" no proof that the comfort of the re- Bpectablo poor can be' safely confided to him, Worst of all is,, the selection of the man who will perform the service cheapest. , A cheap article of any kind is generally worthless, bo it men pr merchandise. This mode of select ing the .'superintendents of onr alms houses has, in many cases, resulted in placing over those often aged and helpless beings, coarse and unfeeling tyrants. ' There is this hour in our btate doubtless, more than, one poor housev whoso : unhappy ; inmates - are ruled over by men whose temper and morals nt. tcrly unfit them for any such service, and to -whom no humane man would consign his mules. ; It is a matter of first importance in every county that the commissioners find men of guod moral character and amiable disposition to have ihe charge of these insti tutions, and when they are jiot to be had in the party, find them out' of it When you cannot get" them at a low figure, pay them fair wages and there will be less inducement to steal, or.. stint the paupers. :.We arc not speaking at random on this point, and -we ask the gentlemen who are empowered to set this matter right,' to examine carefully into the fitness of the superintendent of the Poor - House, i- He shonld be honest toward the county. 1 All that he receives for the 'poor should be seen to reach' them. Ho should treat kindly, although he mast be firm and prudent.:. Ho should look -well to their health and comfort. It should be his duty and disposition to niake.the stay of the poor, the . aged, the unfortunate and the friendless as much like a Christian borne as possible. Still another matter in tbjs connection, ire ' humbly conceive, demands the attention of the County .VCommissioners. Our Poor House?, at least in' some counties we know of, have been made a receptacle for diseased ''pauper prostitutes. Embodiment of filth and J impurity that are imposed upon the aged, respectable and virtuous poor, who . cannot shun the society and corrupt talk, much as their souls may revolt at it. ' Surely it is not right to outrage every sense of decency of the , yirtuous because they are poor.v J is burden ononcrh to hnvp. tn find a home in t.hn Prnr - jiaiifp herd with', those -who have made 'themselves infamoui and' 'whose v ence is disgusting. Immediate steps should;) ' be taken either by the '3e&eral Asembly orrli by the united action of ; several counties td provide hospitals for the reception and treat ment of such cases as these under considera tion, and others that might be mentioned. We are surprised; that the moral sense of the public has hot Jong ago demanded . a correc tion of this great evil tyit the public is usu ally bo. engrossed with itaown interests -that it has ho time to look after the wrongs' of a handful of poor creatures who have been stowed.away in the almshouse, oui of .sight 1 We conceive this matter of the proper con duct of our Poor Houses bo important that we may at some future tim6 resume its con 8ideration,,At the present time it. is suffiV cient .to have directed , ; pubUft . attention to. . some, of thfl raost prominent of the evils that attend the present management of onr PoOr , Houses under the old 'system. As a. new system is about to be: inaugurated, we hope ; that large improvements will also be made, until our manner of caring for the poor be comes a matter of just pride instead of re proach, as it now is. j. , n;, ,,-.,! Important Injunction Case. . '1; i A bill was filed on the' 29th of December, by A. J. Galloway, Esq, before His Honor Judge Watts, at Chambers, for an injunction restraining David A. Jenkins, Public Treas urer, from issuing $2,000,000 of State bonds appropriated by the State Legislature in aid ; of the completion of the Chatham Railroad j from the Gulf in Chatham county, to Cheraw j in South Carolina.'" ' ,',:' ' : The case' will be argued before : Judge .Watts at the Supreme Court Rooms in this ! city, on Monday the 4tb. We learn the Judges i of the Supreme Court will be invited to sit j with Judge Wi in determining the easel i . , Messrs. Fowle, Badger and Haywood ap- ! pear for the complainant, and Messrs. Phil-t lips, Merrimon, B, F., Moore, W. H. Battle, '; K. P. Battle and K. H. Battle, jr.', for the j respondent. .; :, -, . .- :- .- 1 : The decision of this case involves the j question whether the General Assembly has j the power, under Article V, section 5 of the i State Constitution, to issue bonds of the ! State to aid in the completion of theJDhat-; ham Railroad, without-submitting the1 sub- ; ject to a' direct vote of the people of the j State, while' our bonds are below par. j The first ot section 5 evidently means as j it expresses that the .'.'General Assembly; shall have no power to' contract any new ! debt in behalf of the State, unless it shall !in the same bill levy a 'special tax. to pay -the interest annually," which" the General Assemblj; have already done;, by a special. act ratinea tlie ino ninmw-j' ' Under the second part of said sectiotf it: provides that "the General Assembly shall : have no power to gict or lend the credit of. the State in aid ot any person association ' or corporation, except to aid in the comple-; tion of such Railroads as may be unfinished at the time of the adoption of the Cousti-; tution or in which the State has a direct pe cuniary interest.";'. . V. . , . .. j ;In the first place the General. Assembly ! lias the power : tinder tlie Constitution to build a new road out and 6ut,l subscribe! -money or sell bonds to raise money for such purposes, provided it provides in .the same bill for the payment of the interest ; : ' In the next place it is admitted that , the Legislature has no right to loan its credit orj endorse bonds for any new work not already ' under charter or process of construction but this clause has no application to the road in ; controversy. The Chatham Coalfield and. Cheraw Railroad is an independent State: work, to build which bonds have been au thorized by the Legislature to be issued and the interest provided for so that we incline, to the opinion that the leained Judges will have little difficultin settling the question to the satisfaction of the public, and that our bonds ' by such a judicial decisioni will command, in market as they deserve, a , higher rate. : l'.: . Blindness and Venom. . , We have heard that in the month of Au gust, just before shedding its skin, the spe-i ; cies of serpent known in the South as the i'Tiighland Moccasin," becomes blind, and ; madly strikes at everything which moves - near it;. It still continues, however, to lick ' the dust and crawl about in its slime, and leave the trail of its filthy and accursed car cass on the green grass and bright flowers.. ; - ' ' We have also road of the Cobra de Capello, !; a highly ' venomous reptile of the East In j dies; supposed by some to be "the deaf ad .,der,'8pcien..,of in the, Scriptures," I'which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer 'charming never so tfisely."1!, iwiuii-i.j; i , ' When we beard of the one1 and ''read., of . tie other of . these reptiles we felt that the great first curse rested heavily on these poi sonous and apparently useless creatures, but we thought even tiuy had cause to be grate ,Vfui to' God that He. had not seen fit to make " them both blind and deaf, i . ; . i a ,; i ' Tliese thoughts occurred to us after read ing the t Sentinel of yesterday, wherein the ! editor seems to have been cursed with the blindness ; of , the moccasin, the deafness of 'the adder and the venom of both.' i.Un- like the moccasin his blindness lasts all the year; and unlike the Cobra de Capello; Ae strikes so often that lie has long since worn out his fangs and is now only a laughing stock of disappointed malignity, and inex haustible.; venom.; . Pcor Jo l .Very poor William Curtis. Grand Secretary of the Grand Lode of Odd Fellows of Pennsyl va wa,died suddenly in Philadelphia on the .11 tt . r xl 1 - i. i -n.enry w . Aiongieiiow, ue a.aieniaui (juci, j. ; spent the Christmas in Kerne, where lie de i; i i- j: i . cuneu a puunc ilinnur.. ; flAmt nffin.Al Cninieh lAtimftla (IBIT ih pain will not even consider the subject ol -the sale of Quba to the United Statea. v BANNKD(?-The Sentinel of yesterday- says ; "No Ho ward amendment bans- it tie Sen Unet 'justice and truth only shall han it," &c'; Really,, w j begin 'ti to ; .sympathize ; witli the poor Sentinel!. , Only to think of its bo, ing ' interdicted, prohibited. Droscrilicd'. anathematized, 'reviled 1 and execrated . by j! those cardinal virtUPS;, Justice and. Truth 1 : uvi.greai. crime . ui tximnet commit ted that it should be banned by both Justice and Truth,? -' Have i these attributes ot Peiti j risen up in judgment to take vengeance on the poo? Sentinel for the sins of its editor t We would pursue tlie subject larthcr;but j our guardian angel whispers i"1 '-";,s' "j'HuBh.lr. gTAHDAED,pnt np yonr pon,.Vi? r 1 no Lmyu Knows woo Belongs to pim. . ;i ; : And he'll take care.of his own.'? i.ai;,-,.-! 1o 1 l': Cotton is King. ! r :j The Memphis Appeal, in 'a recent' review of the condition of the planters of tlje Soutli, concludes that they are better off than ever ; before, and that their prospects could 'not ' well lie improved. The largest cotton crop ever raised ', was in, 1859-60 which ' was f about 2,000,000 bales, realizing at $50 a bale, $250,000,000. ; This year the crop will be about 2,000,000 bales ; it Is' worth $100 a bale, and in the aggregate $200,000,000, or i only one-fifth less than the crop of 1859r-'C0. 1 Now, to the profits of this year are i to be ; added some important items. Their .expen- ! ditures do not include interest on the money 'j which the laborer,, as a slave, was worth; nor taxes on the same; nor food for the idle,'j the sick, the young,, or , the aged, ! .More j than this, their money has not been sent j North for the purchase of-provisions,, for j whatever food their peoplcrequire has been ! produced from tlicir own soil in the greatest ! abundance.. Hence, it. is asserted, that the present crop will bring in as much money as ever . was - received . by. . the South ; from this source in her, palmiest relays, i though it is admitted that there are -some temporary drawbacks growing out of the 'late unpleasantness.? Another condition is qually I favorable; Formerly ,thecommission merchant in a measure held a mortgage on all the plant-' er's possessions, for he made advances on a crop before it was grown, and this continued j from year to year, without a prospect of de- : liverance. But now, through -the instru- ; mentality of the Bankrupt , law( a jnodern jubilee has' dawned, making one man , as good as another.;.-ihus, the South has a .new and a fair start ; and with the certainty ot furnishing to, ( the markets ot the world $200,000,000 worthysf cotton year after year ; a large portion of which will be retained-: among themselves by reason of their newly- established thrift and the enlargement of the , ust oi iarm products, tney .are eyiaenuy en-: tering upon a course of .unexampled prosper ity; . .This is said of the staple crop of cotton, alone.i but ; there wilt bo iBcge-faceipts from . sugar, rice and tobacco, and it. ; is 4 declared that of themselves they would: be able, "in : fifteen years, to pay off the whole of the national debt." But if they are wise enough to take care of themselves, this $200,000,000 : coming in everyv year, will be invested in railroads and other improvements... which will induce immigrants, who will add, to their populatim-and wealth, and in time to give them that which the North, now pos sessespolitical power. In view of, these brilliant prospects, the North is destined to .' .bo undeceived, and instead of carpet-baggers ; sue will send men ot a dnterent class men - who seek by industry to bvtild up homes.in i the Sunny . South; and, finally, the : North ; and the whole world will unite in confessing j that, after all, "Cotton is King.",,- Jo. Tornkr's PRESEKTMENT.-The new , editor of the. Sentinel in his issue of yester-i day makes a lame reply to the Card of J udge : Tourgee which appeared in the Standard on Tuesday. ' The only point which he- makes is one' of veracity , between' himself and Mr. Geo. Laws, the Clerk, of the. Court.: Mr. Laws certifies to Judge Tourgee that no such presentment Was made as the editor of the Sentinel published in his paper, and' the editor , aforesaid says such a present-, ment was made.T :.-- :i 'i v-iib in 1 t We have heard that the w paper writing"! alluded to was prepared by Mr. Jo. Turner,' Jr., and, that he tried, to have it brought forth as a presentment at Pereon.Court, and failed. ' '' 'y I As it has been published to the world by the editor of the Sentinel that . suchj a yre- sentment was made, by the Grand Jurors ot Orange county, at the Fall Terui 1868, and as the Clerk certifies" there Was np such pre; i ... , . : , ' ( sentment made, we think , that Mr.; .Laws and the Grand Jurors owe; it to .themselyei and to the public to state what they know) aBoutthe matter. Will they'd it now, of will they wait to be called' on' the witness stand at the next term of thp Court to testi; fy and the truth to say in. regard to it! iW to say in. regard to it! ' Wo ;'-1.;::iM-.'. i.i :j:i!i-.!U will seel' ; 'v HbpEETjt. The new editor bf the Sentinel, in his issue of Tuesday, hopes for a number of things among the past.,,.Webster defines " Hope to be a desire of some good, accom panied with at least a slight expectation ;of obtaining it ; to look forward to as thing desirable'",, Hope, then. aa. under stood by Webster is a prospective desire of good, but as understood by the ' new editor of the Sentinel it is a retrospecti ve aesire" of good with no expectation of obtaining it. Verily, as Jo said of Judge jToiirgce's "letter, this is rreateuuvtr: !. n(.:.'i;iii! : Ikterkai: BEVETrtjB.-Attorncy General Evarts has declared that every compromise made in the case of a seizure tinder the in ternal venne laws 'waS;a fraud, and the parties implicated were uilty of compound ing a felony.' l" u":- '"-i;n'f i'''''''i 'i Lmportaht , , PECT8ioN.T-The . Supreme Court of Georgia, has given a decision sus taining the decision of a lower, court which held that tlie consideration of . ' note given for borrowed Confederate money was a good and valid one.-i The plea' was .the failure of consideration . that. , Confederate money was an illegal currency noi money or any pxuer . jmng oiyaiue,(is viiJ1 ylU mnl by President uaicz Oii'thelOth instant. Meet ings have been held in Mexico in iavor oi . the Cuban insurrection. Escoleco 5s push- . ing his movements in Tamaulipaa.' !; ' " CJity ana Stato, . Items. ,!;3 htm ' 1 J i 11 -l r in;T 'i 'f Brokx Jail. "-Three colored men eon fined la the jail of Cumberland county escaped oa. Tues day night the M Inst, ,;. , yw- W ;T Glad to HsAs rf.-i-The Norfolk oimtirf says - that the Suffolk and, dcntoa Railroad, bid &lr to be' completed ai'ear'airy-;. Dkiril o a.;;MfttBKB.-Tbe; SenUnd ietrns, that Mr..RicUard Short, a member of Jthe, Houm of Representatives from Pitt eoontyvdied sud denly at the, residsnce of hi mother, In Kaak county oa the 24th instant of heart disease. 8pcul Tsax to C&ATn CooaTT.-rA'Bpe-cial term of the Superior Court for Craven UI commence oh 'the, ISth January to ' contlane nntil aU, the eases are disposed of. -We harn that there are some seveaty eases to be tried.'-' ' B-RoBairTJ)owi TUe'(?lctgo Int says that Colt Robert Jtf, Ponglaa, son of the late Judge Douglas, will be appeinte by Grant to a lucrative position abroad. Rrlkasbd os Bail Thomas Tlsdale and John L. Brodie whose commitment to jail was no- tlced in Tuesday's Standabd, were, released on yesterday, on bail, no evidauce appearing against them. ii, j hi! ,-i-v,'j. Abbbsted. A man . by, the name of Joseph Holliman was arrested in Norfolk on Monday morning by parties front Jackion, N. C., upon a charge af stealing $110 in that place. The gilivo was locked up , to await a , requisition from Governor Holden. -,ui li; Missing NoMBBna. A liberal . price wiU be paid for one copy each' of NomUera 7, 9, 10 and 27 oi the Weekly Stakdard lor the year 1888. Any person having' .any ol these numbers will please forward to us by mall at once, as they are required to r omplcto onr ale for the year. Election Obdeeed. -IIU Excellency Gover nor Holden, on . yesterday, issued his prolama tion ordering an election, for member of the House of Representatives, from Pitt County, on the 18th of January, to fl 11 the vacancy caused by the death or Richard Short, Esq. ' ' ' . j- Tbb Old Stout, Jno.,A Stanley, Esq., for merly ot New Berne, bat now of California, writes to a friend In New Berne that; California Is the last place' to go to,, unless the person go ing has plenty ot capital, or Is willing to perform iaanual labor the only employment that .Is at present in demand or at all remunerative-' Me chanics can at all times obtain plenty of-workr : Colored Dbpabtmeht;-.TIib Colored Depart ment of the North Caroliuai'lnstitntlon for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind will be opened oa the first of January-'As heretofore stated, "the school buildings in the B6tn; Western'.'part of the city have been Secured lor the; purpose', spe cial teachers appointed, and everything Bone to render these unfortunates comfortable While ac quiring an education, J "," . "" ' . ' '' f '.' i , Law Scbool. Hon .-Will H,, Battle, for. many years professor ef law In the University of North Carolina, gives notice in another -column of to day'i STAKDABD of !the resumption of the exer cises of his law school In this city on the 18th of , January. '-rarrtcnlar attention Trill -kttglvaaao FlexHag and' frfetlcf- L Out ieilW'SSgifa aL ClVll Procedure la thi,5Tate. ttatA. .' - '' Eaxic of Chivalrt. Cock fighting i all the rage in Norfolk. Va. A match was. closed op -Friday to fight a main of eleven- cocks, Virginia against North Carolina, fifty dollars on each light, and f500 on the odd. , The fight to take place oa the 17th and ,18th of February, In or near Nor Jolk.:U f:i I1;-."'; h-r. i-o; iiiv-tt i.)ta I. Ji.if ':' AoRiCOT,URAiH-nragricnltural friends will thank as for publishing the eminently practical and common-sense address oi DK Neren Men denhall before the Springfield Agricultural Club of Gnilfo'rd Count' Our farmers maV' a read it with phasureland profit' " '!':' V jI . ., Death, o Bav. Babii, Mahlt,.D,,D. Dr. Basil Manly, 8r a distinguished minister of the Baptist Charcb, died at the. residence of -ssw: In Greenville, South Carolina, oa Monday mora ing, the 21st Inst. . Dr.' : Manly was; . a native ef Chatham county in this State, and a brother ef Ex-G o v. Charles Manly of this city,: and of Judge M. E. Manly, late Associate J nsttce of the Sa preme Conrtof the Btate. :';''ii'! o:;' !:;' !(.:!l'i ' y ' Dbbiks TBsSTAiEMEST.'epatoroawyerpnb. lishes , a letter denyiu the' statement recently pnblUneorfharglng. GeiW.,T. Benne)t with having obtained his appointment as Eevcnue Bu pervisor for North an4 Sopth Carolina, f n.fraa dulent recommendations,,; He; also pronounces as false, the statement ih&t , Gen. Bennett has been' called to i Washington to answartbese or any other charger, ua- urni m ofn ( Legislator REsiosErj.--We ieaniibat' Blch ard Clayton,' Esq.,' mbmber ot the House bl Kep rcscntatlves from Chowan,' has' resigned his seat on account of ill health. ! We 'presume 'Inst. Gov.'Holden'wtn' Issue a writ of election In this case, as well as In that of Pitt coahfy, as soon as'ni U officialiy notified by ihe Sheriff of Chowan of the resignation pi Mr. Clayton, and by "fhe Sherift' of ', Pitt of jth death of Mr, Short.,. ;?, r.ri-.,:ioiT : n'ls'o .si n A r Death o Wav.K iLA-wWe lfiaraftota the Gbldaboro'. as that Wm. lace, a protainant citlsen of Wayne 'fcoanrj- and lor maBy.yer a represetitaHve In the Senates died at his residence In Goldsboro' on o6fly'Braloglasfc M -! 'To bb'.Hagbd Holmes, polored, cbnvicied ofthe muYder of a. colored man some mouths sines, will be hanged ' In Tarborongh; on Friday, the' 1st. of Jannafy. Gov, Holden was appealed to : be)iaiof the prisoner, put- declined to eommuW the, , punish ment, there being-, ift UU oplujon; jaltilnj . circumstances in tbecase, ... ii-GoU) Discovebbd ,Forstth.-tp )Ue ex citement has beta caused la the eastern part: of this countyv says Mie- Winston, fiosttst by fha discovery that gold . exWa in our aoB hsnparti clcs thatareby no means infinltesiiiiall Looine week ago a nugget as large- a : pigeon's egg, of almost pure moral, was - picked np-On the farm of Ht:' Solomon 'Teague.and 'apen he rngtakentoGreensboro to1 be tesfedi ft was ; pronouncea the gentrtne articlo' beyond cavIT. Wi uridewtand fhitari English company bas'tiiKeir'the inattijritn'itand 'aiill'lslreaistsnBt SBbaXlon the spot where the Indications ;'ar most favorable, and If ui'said that the rjsrtiesea, gaged in the enterprlieare quite rangarne-as to tothelfprospcelsy : ''j ?J 'J-.f, 8torm'oh-'tw Arao.'CoAST,rhWla been an aw'fn storm , on ,Jthe, .Eastern, ,fWtt coast recently at Bye,' N. H., forty mUea Velow f Bostoni Cflllman Iagee, 'a arathtfiot onr -worthy toWBsmao, isva tongei; ha)U4;--. aid covered anew Hotel, ton hundred leetf Sejaara and four stofles high, 'which was1 Wowhj' down V ; and utterly demorahedl J:Wfih:a sjfsji aad sptrtt "." , proverbiy'ojtsceUonijyieneihr -. to bis aid ands neWjhouae'UniotaEnpy) De AO.-Mrr J aa Prndea, a pjpilor.JoBjr ; fe versity ol Virginia SfeW dyawc,of eonesUve chill the poison of which, was contracted t hs homo. He was a great fa,oilte and his loss s unaffectedly deptor'ed. tVs studeubj. !;; . Si' 1 :'- i'v n I i