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Year: 1874

The New York Day Book, treating
of the woe which has come upon many
of the poor of the North, says:


Had we the voice a1d the trump
of an archangel, We would make one
truism ring over this broad land with
a force that would shake the planet
like a universal earthquake. 1t is
this: The sole and only origin of the
starvation horrors ao,0 visiting the
honest sons and daughters of toll alt
orer the United States is the terrible
political outrage upon the once indus
trtous and acealth-creating South.
The poverty of that section is reacting
(as we always declared it would) upoa
the balance of the country, and tall
that South is restored, the rest Of the
Union will su1sr."
Year: 1874

We return thanks to q friend for a
club of twenty-five subscribers at
Shallotte, Brunswick county. The
people of Brunswick show a great
partiality for the JOURNAL, for which
we feel duly grateful.
Year: 1874

What the UnIvcrsalists Believe.


From Sermon last Sunday In New York by


Rev. Il. h. Nye.l


We believe that God will render unto
every man according 10 his deeds. We
arc represented as denying the doctrine
Of retribution, or holding that men will
be saved from the punishment of their
sins. We believe that punishment will
not be eternal. God Furnishes for restraint
and correction, and endless punishment,
therefore is contradiction in terms. End
less punishment would be entirely use
less. 1t could not, OF course, benefit
God, nor the ange's. nor the saved; snd as
for the lost it would but sink them deep
er and deeper into the gull. We deny,
therefore, with all the energy that is in
us, that just and merciIul God will in
tltct punishment without mercy and end,
At the same time we insist that the evil
doer cannot escape from the consequence
Of his evil deeds. No man is wholly vile.
No man is wholly free from sin. We all
do both good and evil. And for every act
we do, every thought we think, every al.
lection we cherish, according to the laws
of our spiritual being and OF the spiritual
world in which we dwell, God gives and
will give US in perfect justice and love
an adequate and certain reward. Hence,
whatever judgment we pronounce when
we look on things external there is moth
ing but evil in Elm, and there is not, can
not bO any peace ITO the wicked" There
arc Universalists who limit all punish.
ment TO this life, but they do not teach
that men are saved by physical death, or
by release from the body are perfected
in holiness and love. They maintain that
when the flesh, with It's lusts and pas
sions, dies, new light breaks in upon the
soul as 1t enters upon the immortal state,
which secures spontaneous penitence, and
the soul is subdued 10 God. Others hold
that we begin tho next lie on the same
round of the ladder on which we stand
at death, and hencelorward that there Is
progress from bad to good, and good TO
better, onward and forever. For myself,
l believe in positive punishment for Sin
In tho coming lie, maintaining that we
are to labor hero so that, whether present
or absent, We may be accepted OF God.
But while we differ upon these questions,
as men do where freedom OF thought eX-
lists, we are as united as any Church, Our
affirmation Is that all punishment Is pa
rental in aim and spirit, limited in dura-
ton and degree, and that God will finally
consummatO His plans in the blessedness
and perfection ot all souls. That Is Uni
VersRliSm, and neither the belief In future
punishment, nor the belief that punish
ment 10 confined TO this life, constitutes,
In any sense, the faith OF our Church.
Year: 1874

A few weeks ago correspondent sent us,
no doubt in good faith, a copy of a letter be
had received from Alabama. 1t told a story
of persecution for opinions sake, eliminating
in the murder of an estimable citizen Mr..
a. G.. West, who was said to have been shot
in the most brutal manner because he was a
Yankee. The few Administration papers
which still wave the bloody rag of outrage in
the face of a skeptical and disgusted public
seized upon this story with uncOncealed de-
light, and Haunted it through hystercal col
umns of denunciatOn. At last, they cried,
the truth is coming to light, and even THE
TRIBUNE, which could discover no Outrages in
the South during the campaign, cOntesses, now
that the election is over, that it has been de-
ceiving its readers.


If we ever hear of case of genuine out
rage we shall certainly make it known, but
murdered men in Alabama and Georgia have
a provoking way of coming TO life, just as the
feelings of the North are being narrowed by
stories of their martyrdom, and assuring us
that they are well and happy. The case of
Mr.. West is no exception to the general rule.
No sooner is the narrative of his assassination
read at the scene of the supposed tragedy
than half score of unimpeachablo witnesses,
with ex-senator Willard Warner at their head,
hasten to inform us that the whole story Is q
lie. Mr.. West has not been killed, has not
been attacked, has not been mOlested has not
been in danger of any kind. He is very
much surprised and annoyed at the tale
whereof he has been made the subject, for he
lives on the best of terms with all his neigh
bors, and not only is he not prosecuted for
being Yankee, but he is very popular.


1t did not require the testimony of five cor
respondents to convince us that Mr.. West still
lives, but we print the five letters because
they all tend to confirm the favorable ac-
counts we have had from other sources of the
feeling of the Southern people towards North
ern immigrants. A good citizen may be sure
of a welcome whatever his politics. Social
ostracism on account of ones opinions seems
to be myth. For tho corrupt aud corrupt
ing adventurers who descended upon the
South in the early days of reconstruction like
o plague of lOcusts, devastating the whole
country, the suffering people Of that sorely
afflicted region have a most commendaole
adherence. But decent men meet with quite
as good treatment there Us in any other part
Qt tho Upion.
Year: 1874

The resignation of Judge Durell looks like
the beginning of a general break up. The
scheme for counting in Republican majority
of the Louisiana Legislature is seen to be so
dangerous that even Kellogg and his associates
hesitate to undertake it, and though the re-
suit of the canvass now dragging along is still
uncertain, it is evident that the Conservatives
have no idea of submitting to o continuance
of the usurpation, and that nothing but re-
newal of military Intervention can keep
Kellogg in power after next January.


The gathering of the cOnspiratOrs at Wash
inotOn seems to be connected with new
plan for securing Federal interference. That
plan is to get from Congress such direct
recognition of the existing government that
Gen. Grant will have good excuse for up
holding it by force. 1t has been suggested
that an attempt may be made to compass this
object by a joint resolution; but we can find
no reason to believe that such an extraOr-
binary project would have the remOtest chance
of success now, nor do we believe it would
have succeeded even in the most prosperous
days of the Republican party, when it was
the current opinion in Congress that the Ad-
ministratiOn majority could do no wrong.
There is another method, however. which does
not seem hopeless. Mr.. Pinchback is still
clamoring for admission to the Senate, and if
he should be seated the validity of the Kel-
logg Legislature would be thereby distinctly
recognized. 1t is to push this scheme through
the Senate that Gov. Morton is supposed to
be hurrying home from California


We are satisfied, however, that the task will
he found far harder than the Kellogg party
imagine. When their claimants applied for
admission to Congress in December 1873,
Messrs. Sypher and Smith were seated in the
House of REPRESENTATIVES by a strict party
vote, forced with much cracking of the whip
under tho imperious direction OF Gen. Butter
But On attempt to Garry matters with tee
Year: 1874

The Southern Pacific is announced As likely
to be first In the field, wanting only $4,000 per
mile of United States bonds. Fortunately
both parties In Congress have their own rep
utations to look after, and both will be wary
of such schemes Credit MObilior is not likely
to come in fashion this session.
Year: 1874

The state of expectancy which Secretary
Fish describes in his instructions to Mr.
Gushing about tho Cuban insurrection seems
to include strong desire for the independence
of the island. The Secretary intimates that
the time for a change of policy has not yet
arrived. By some persons, however. the official
publication of this dispatch will be regarded
as indicating purpose of affording moral
support to the insurgents
Year: 1874

The strong language which was used in the
German Reichstag on Saturday is better CAL
culated than most incidents, which we have
recently had. to show the bitterness of the
contest between the civil and ecclesiastical
authorities in Germany. Prince Bismarck's
speech leaves very little ground to expect a
reconciliation during his term Of office.
Year: 1874

From all that we can hear, the incoming
Governor has made an excellent selection in
choosing Mr.. Stebbins of CazenOvia, for his
private secretary. He is commended by those
who know him well. as lawyer of ability,
and q man who goes INTO politics for the public
interest and not his own.
Year: 1874

The list of new directors named for the
management of the Brooklyn bridge includes
some good men; but whether they are suf-
ficient to leaven the large proportion of the
old lump still left in office, is open to doubt.
1t seems to be impossible to bring together
full set of Trustworthy men for this business
in Brooklyn; but on the whole the new Board
is an improvement on the old.
Year: 1874

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
from what is fOresnadOwed appears to be
document of unusual force. He does not sat-
isfy himself with merely recommending specie
payments, but gives particulars of plan for
reaching them, including the repeal of the
Legal-Tcndcr act at a certain day; the re-
placing of fractional currency with silver as
fast as possible, and the fixing of time, not
more than three years distant, for the
resumption of specie payment. We hope
Mr.. BristOw's suggestions may be as fruitful
as they are definite. The report contributes
a valuable chapter to political economy by
showing that the reduction of tariff on tea
and coffee, while depriving our Government
of from six to twelve million dollars revenue,
entirely failed to diminish the cost of his
breakfast to the consumer The Secretary s
agreement with the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue about abOlishing stamps on checks,
matches, &C., will meet the popular favor J;
and few will disagree with the sentiment that
we are in no further need of such elaborate
and costly edifces as Mr. Mullett was engaged
in erecting.
Year: 1874

Saturdays bank statement was something of
surprise to those who have not been closely
watching the currents of business In round
numbers we have three millions less specie
than week ago, three millions less legal
tender, three millions less deposits, and four
millions more loans. The specie has gone to
England, the greenbacks have gone South, and
the volume of loans is swelled by the neces-
sites of the season. But the banks are
practically down to their twenty-five per cent
reserve; and the increase of the loans, in the
face of the loss of specie and legal tenders,
is not a thing to be regarded with satisfac-
ton.
Year: 1874

With the exception of not being able to
effect landing on the Crozet Islands, the
American expeditions for observing the transit
of Venus have, as far as known, met with
good success in reaching their stations. Our
correspondence tells of the stormy weather
incident to the extreme southern latitudes.
and the violence of one of the gales is shown
by the loss of the steam launch, torn away
from its fastenings on the Swatara. We also
give some curious facts respecting Kerguelen
Island, the discovery of which seems to have
been the result of a bluuder.
Year: 1874

The Safe Burglary trial is not to be repeated.
The full bench of judges in the District has
decided that tho Grand Jury which indicted
the cOnsprators was itself illegally chosen,
and its proceedings were null. This releases
Harrington, Whitley and Williams: 1t now
only remains for the people of the District to
give these worthless a banquet and crown
them with flowers For the latter purpose we
would suggest that perhaps stramonium is yet
in season.
Year: 1874

The removal of the Headquarters of
the United States Army, by General
Sherman, from Washington City to
st. Louis, is exciting comment in all
sections, and it is pretty broadly
limited that the personal relations be-
tween the President and the General
commanding the armies are not as cor
dial as they formerly were. Some of
the unterrifed have gone SO far indeed
as to insinuate that Grant and Sherman
have grown SO great that this poor
little world of ours is not large enough
for both of them, or at any rate that
the Capital City of the best govern
ment the world ever saw is not large
enough for them both to live and
move and have their beings comforta-
bly, in. But this is the way with up
starts all the world over. Just as sure
as one of them, by fair means or by foul,
acquires little temporary prosperity
and raises himself above his accustomed
level he straightway begins to put on
airs and actually to fancy that there is
neither room nor need for any one in
the community save himself, at least
in his line of business. So with Grant
and Sherman. It has been said, how
ever, that the first cause of difference
between Grant and Sherman grew out
of Sherman's refusal to appoint the
Presidents son, Prince Fred, to pc
sit;on upon his staff. Sheridan was
more complaisant and We hear no
rumors of any rupture between him
and the President.
Year: 1874

We give below an epitome of the


decision Of the United States Court il


the Swazey suit, taken from the


Raleigh Crescent. The condensation


was made by the Chief Justice him.


self, says the Crescent, and therefore


covers all the main points of the
opinion.


SWAZEY CASE.
The stock subscribed for by the
State in the North Carolina Railroad
Company was pledged for the redemp-
tlon of the certificates of debt issued
to borrow money to pay the subscrip-
tioa. It was pledged by the charter
Of the Company and consequently the
corporation holds the stock for the
bondholders and the State according
to their respective interests.


The certificates of debt bind the
State for the payment of the pril cipal
and the interest The stock being
pledged as security for the certificates
is held both for the principal and the
interest.


The courts of the United States are
not ousted of their jurisdiction in a
cause because a State appears to be
interested in the subject matter Of the
litigation.


By the constitution a State cannot
be sued in the Courts of the United
States. but this prohibition extends
only to causes in which a State is
party to the record. If property in
tie hands of agents or the agents hav
ing it in charge can be brought within
the jurisdiction, actions in respect to
such property can be maintained in
the absence of the State as party
upon the record.


This suit can be maintained to sub
ject the stock to the payment of the
debt for which it is pledged with the
Railroad Company as party to rep
resent it. This was evidently the un-
derstanding of the parties when the
money was borrowed. The faith of
the State was pledged for the payment
of principal and interest. But that
security could not be made available |
if payment should be refused. The /
stock was on that account pledged Sin
but it was not additional
security if it could not be enforced. A
lien which cannot be enforced is of no |
value as security.


So much of the stock as is necessary |
to pay part due interest is ordered to
be sold unless on or before April 1st,
1875, the State shall in good faith pro-
vide the means for its payment by tax
alton or otherwise.
Year: 1874

We have had laid Oh our table by
Col. W. :. G. Andrews, OF this city, a
nugget OF gold from a mine III Arson
county, which assays II carats fine
and is most beautiful gold. 1t was
taken out by negro. who did 50
In a very short time.


This mine is situated in Il field
which has been in cultivation for over
one hundred years. The tract of land
embracing the mine is rich in all parts
with the same precious metal, and is
offered for sale, as the owner has not
means to work it to advantage, though
with an old tin pan only it pays good
wages. We have not time or space to
speak more particularly about this
and must therefore refer parties to
Col A. for further information, only
adding that this IS one more OF the
daily accommodating facts which go TO
show the wisdom OF the policy which
projected what is now the Carolina
Central Railway, and of the officers in
pushing it SO rapidly to completion.
Year: 1874

you have not single fault that can
see. Whatever you do seems right in my
eyes; and now that know what good
for-nothing little wretch | am, | shall al
once begin the work of reform, and try
to make myself worthy Of you"


Nonsense, my dear, you know some.
times | go away and leave you without
any wood cut; | stay up town when !
ought to be at home; spend my money
for drinks and cigars when ought to
bring it home to you; T."


mo you don't" cried his wife; you
do nothing Of the kind. / like to see
you enjoy yourself; | shonld be unhappy
were you to do otherwise than just ex-
actly as you dol"


God bless you, little wifel' cried the
subjugated husband; from this moment
you have not fault in the world Indeed
you never had fault; l was but joking
don't remember a word l saidP and
he kissed away the tears that trembled
in the little woman's eyes.


Never again did the husband scrutin-
ize the tinware nor examine the dish
rag-never so much as mention one of
the faults he had enumerated; but soon
after the neighbor women were wont to
say:


1T is wonderful how neat Mrs. -
keeps everything about her house. Her
tinware is always as bright as a new dol
lar, and l do believe she not only
washes but irons her dish.rags" And
the neighbor men were heard to say:
What a steady fellow M has got to
be Of late; he don't spend dime where
he used to spend dollars, and can never
be kept from home half an hour when
he is not at work. he seems to worship
that wife of his"
Year: 1874

An English connoisseur in the art OF
dining writes to the Pail Mall Gazette;


Much as l miss the narrow table ofmy
younger days, no less do l miss the dark
color of the mahogany. Long before
dinner is over my eyes suffer from the
glare. Above me and all around me
there is an excess of light; beneath me
there is dazzling tablecloth. l would
wear, if only l had the courage, the pair
Of colored speetacles which l brought
from Switzerland, and which afforded me
such pleasant relief under fer less try
ing circumstances. how pleasant it
used TO be in old days to see the white
tablecloth rolled up and carried away2
Hov / should now delight, if only dare,
70 give il pull st one end, and to carry
il and the contents Of the greenhouse i
bears right of the tablet The fact is
thst ve hsFe allowed the ladies to turn
that which should be the pleasantest Of
all meetings into an occasion at the
vulgarest Of all displays. A ritualism
Offering in reality but little different
from that which has crspi into churches
Year: 1874

has invaded our dinner tables. II we


had not our clubs to which to fly our


case would be a desperate one indeed. l


myself trace the gradual decline that
has come over our dinner parties to the
invention Of gas. When once great
glare Of artificial light could be easily
provided, the old-fashioned tavern be-
came the modern gin palace, the old
fashioned diningroom something almost
as vulgar and as dazzling. Instead OF
being asked for their enjoyment, the
guests now only form part Of great pro-
cession and a solemn display. Should
any one unexpectedly be absent, an ef.
fort is made to whip up q poor relation
to fill his place. If no one can be found,
the gap is as much lamented as when, in
a triumphant entry of show of wild
beasts into town, the elephant or the
camel should be kept away by sickness.
Now, sir, when l dine, | like to dine at
my ease. | like to dine in a cool room,
in quiet light, and in small company.
/ as much resent the overheated air
which my hostess provides for me as |
should bad meats or doctored wines. |
like to talk, and cannot have talk with
out men. The ladies, fear, take too
much pride in these solemn festivities
ever to consent to give them up. They
will, in spite of our protestations, go on
making broad their tables and enlarging
the borders of their tablecloths. They
right, however, keep theiI wide tables,
their greenhouse plants, their blaze of
gas, their heated air, their crowded par
ties for all the fools of their acquaintance.
The young ritualist curate would always
be there to say grace and lend the sane
ton of the church to the ostentatious
display. Sensible people should be
asked, few at time, to enjoy mar
row table, good food, good wine, good
air and good talk
Year: 1874

A Husband without n Fault, and a


Wife that was SIM Better.
From the Territorial Enterprise.l
After having been married some weeks
it came to the head of a young husband
in this city one Sunday when he had lit
tie to occupy his mind, to suggest to his
wife that they should plainly and hon
estly state the faults that each had dis
covered in the other since they had been
man and wife. After some hesitation
the vile agreed to the proposition, but
stipulated that the rehearsal should be
made in all sincerity, and with an hon
est view to the lettering of each other,
as otherwise it would be of no use to
speak of the faults to which marriage
had opened their eyes. The husband
was of the same mind, and asked him to
begin with her faults. He was something
reluctant, but his wife insisted that he
was the first to propose the matter, and
as he was the head of the house, it was
his place to take the lead Thus urged,
he began the recital. He said;


My dear, one Of the first faults OBJ
served in You after we began keeping
house was that you a good deal neg
lected the tinware. You didn't keep it
secured as bright as it should be. My
mother always took great pride in her
tinware, and kept it as bright as dol
lar. :"


II am glad that you have mentioned
it, dear" said the wife, blushing little;
hereafter you shall see no speck on
cup or pan. Pray proceed"


:" have also observed" said the hus-
band, THAT you use your dish.rags a
long time without washing them, and
then finally throw them away. Now,
when at home, l remember that my
mother always used to wash out her dish
rags when she was done using them, and
then hang them up where they would
dry, ready for the next time she would
need them"


Blushing as before, the young wife
promised to amend this fault.


The husband continued with a most
formidable list of similar faults, many
more than we have space to enumerste,
when he declared he could think of
nothing more that was worthy of men
ton.


Now" said he, my dear, you begin
and tell me'all the faults you have OBJ
served in me since we have been mar
ried."


The young housewife sat in silence;
her face flushed to the temples, and a
great lump came in her throat, which. she
seemed to be striving hard to swallow.


Proceed, my dear; tell me all the
faults you have observed in me, sparing
none"


Arising suddenly from her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throwing
both arms about her husbands meek,
cried:


my dear husband, yop have not q
fault in the world. If yoH have even
one. my eyes have been so blinded by
my love for you that so long as We have
been married | have never once observed
it. In my eyes yop are perfect, and all
that you do seems 70 me 10 be done IN
the best banner and just vhes shogld be
done.


but. my dear, said the husband, his
face redenning and bis voice growing
husky with emotion, Just think. heFe
gone and found all manner Of fault with
gou. Nov, do tell me some Of my faults;
/ kpov / have many-ten times as
many as yon ever had or ever will have.
Let me hear ihem.


Indeed. husband, Il is as tell youi