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From Good Words.
"Blessed are They that Mourn.
Ance I had a wife o" my ain,
'An inle warm and bright,
A caudle in my window set
To cheer me hame at night.
And now the wile's in heaven aboon,
An through its op-ned door,
Heaven's glory's hauding up my heart,
Across earth's lanely moor.
Ance I had a bit bonnie farm
And wutched for rain and shine.
But noo' I look ou a' the land.
And a' thu land see tun miue.
And in the vera sun i' the lift
I feel to have my share;
Ttiere's something in me sib to all
That's living anywhere.
An thocht' comebeo, I canna tell;
In talk they'd only look
Like butterflies wi pins stuck through,
And fanned on a hook.
I'd rathertf-t 'em flutter out
Onod's own- bonnie tree's t
Tbe eyes may afteti ha" a glimpse
O' what hands taouldna seize.
There's depth in life m;xn canmi sound,
There's height he camia rt-ach,
But there's a Light th;it shines for all,
And there's a Way for each,
And turning to the light is joy,
And to the wrong is hell.
Yet there's one thing he canna miss.
An' that is God Himsel'. .
From London Society.
Lady Cliarmeigirs Diamonds.
"continued. J
CHAPTER II.
All this was very cue; but Sir Peter
Cbartneigh did not feel much like a he
ro. Heand tbe maker of tbe safe laid
their beads together, and agreed that
this triurooh of tuecbauical craft onybt
never to have been burst open, and
could not Lave been if the mostordina- j
1 y rules of dynamics had been followed
in forcing it. They were like the his- I
torians, enumerating the hundred and
one reasons why Waterloo ought not
to have been won by the English. The
safe-maker wrote a letter to the Timts
on this subject, aud Sir Peter gloomily
recommended it to the perusal of his
wife, who, however, preferred to read
the leading articles, in which br praises
were set forth. Since the burglary she
had adopted rather a boighty-toity at
titude, as of one who has asserted, her
wisJoui beyond dispute. Sir Peter was
humiliated, and there came a day when
he seriously began to think that his
wife's pride required taking dowD a
little.
One is sorry to say that these views,
too candidly expressed, led to some dis
agreeable scenes. Sir Peter was a
pompous maD, who liked to play Sir
Oracle in his own house, and h s occu-
ation would have been gjne if lie had
been obliged to give up fault-finding
and counseling . The first time that
he heard Lady Cbaruieigh y.wn over
some wise saw of his, it was as though
the knell of martial authority had
sounded iu his ears, and he expressed
himself bitterly on this point to Dick
Lyster, who was staying at the Hall.
He could not have chosen a better con
fidant or a worse one; a better, for Dick
liked him and gave bim ready sympa
thy; a worse one, for this same Dick
was an incorrigible practical joker who
forthwith began turning over a plan for
getting a good laugb out of the domes
tic situation.
" Look here," said he to the Baronet,
as they sat together over their walnuts
aud wine. ' You must teach Amy a
lessoD, or else she'll be losing her jew
els from over-confidence."
" That's what I'm always telling her,
but she won't listen," answered Sir Pe
ter. " Those wretched newspapers have
turned her head. She has no consid
eration for my feelings nor for my ex
perience "
" You must recover your prestige
with a grand stroke," remarked the
Hussar. " Suppose you prove to Amy
that you are right h stealing all her
jewels yourself."
" I steal my wife's jewels ?"
" Yes; you can make a capital joke
of it. You leave the Hall, saying you
are going up to London on busiuess for
two days; you return quietly iu the
evening enter the bouse without being
seen, and carry off the jewels in the
night to your own dressing-room. In
the morning, after Amy has had a good
scare, you come forward aud explain
the pleasantry. I'll be bound you aie
master in your own house nfter that !"
" You have queer ideas,- Dick," said
Sir Peter, amazed, but evidently tempt
ed. "If I were ten years younger I
don't sav "
" What have ten years to do with it?
Yoa are quite young enough to enter
into a piece of fun. However, just
leave the business details to me; I will
be your confederate and help to mount
this little comedy.
Sir Peter had uot sagacity enough
to see that a husband who plots how
he may inflict a deep wound ou his
wife's vanity is playing a daugerous
game. He looked only to the recovery
of his supremacy, though to do him
justice, he really did feel very anxious
about tbe Charmeigh diamonds, which
were his family pride. When a family
has nothing else to be proud of, it
takes to being proud about its belong
ings; and siuce the burglary, Sir Peter
had often reflected with iudignation
that it was a melancholy thiug to see a
hundred thousand pounds' worth of
property in the hands of a giddy little
woman who bad no proper respect for
her treasure. Why, that very evening,
Sir Peter had. seen a priceless nepklap
tying on tue dresisiug-room table with i those of a sage. But look sharp now."
no one preseDt tq guard it. On the) " That ladder is a very tall one," ob
whole, though, it is doubtful whether served Sir Peter, with his foot on the
the Baronet would have entered into Jowest rung. But mind you, I am
Pick Xyster's scheme had not the Hus- only doing this strange thing out of re-'
oat pueu uim wim a glass or two of '
port io excess of his usual ration. This
set bim babbling: s about the obstinacv
d.foolishiieaH of - women subjects
THE FEDE11AL UKIOXITJIUST AXD S
GREENSBORO, X.
upon which country gentlemen are al-.
ways very eloquent when they have
well drank. By the end of an hour he
was almost game for anything, and
kept chuckling to himself in anticipa
tion of the triumph he should enjoy
when he heard his Amy " screaming
and wriugine her hands ail over the
place." He was imparting his visiou
of this bliss to DicK. when the buttler
entered U say that iuy lady's maid bad
a message to deliver; aud next momeutt
Patty Haggles came in to announce,
that Lady Chiirmeigh flt ipdiapoaed
and iiud giue up to.lxer room, so thut
slie' begged the yentleineu to excn.se
her for uot ineetiuij'lhetn at tea
iu the
drawing-room,
were the onlv
As Dick and Sir Peter
geutlemeu in question,
this iucideut was uot of much couse
queues; -but it surprised Sir Peter to '
see Patty, whom he believed to- be fctiftt
a A ny on tier Holiday.
"Why, Patty, I did not know you
had returned," said he.
" Yes, Sir Peter. I came back this
evening," rejoined the damsel, with a
curtsy.
" Home air seetus to have done yon
good; your cheeks are like roses. Well,
I suppose you heard of the great bur
glary that took place here while you
were gone ?"
"Yes, Sir Peter; it gave mo quite a
turn. O, those burglars ! only to think
of their wicked impudence ! Aud then
that safe, too, who'd ever have thought
it would have let itself be burst open ?
But you see, Sir Peter, you and I were
in the wrong, and my lady was right
after all."
Sir Peter pulled a face, and Dick
Lyster smiled.
" I never much liked that giii," re
marked the Baronet when Patty left
the room; but Dick, making the most
of his opportunity, observed that it was
time for Sir Peter tobe upand stirring,
since his servants were criticising his
judgment. Then abruptly:
" But why not act this very night?
The occasion is most propitious. Amy
has gone to bed earl-, the maid will be
busy chattering about her holiday ad
venture in the servants hall. I am sure
that jewelry will be lying about in
heaps on all the tables."
" But how am I to act to-night ?"
asked Sir Peter, feeling a little ol his
valor ooze out of him.
" Why, we'll sit up until all the house
hold are in bed, and then go into the
garden and see if it isn't possible for
you to effect an entrance through some
a - 1
window or unlocked door ttiat will give
yon an opportunity of testin
lance of your servants?'
tue vigi- I
,
"Isn't it rather a queer thiner to do?
I thiuk I should look very foolish if
caught climbing through a window
with a ladder. Why, one of Tbe ser
vants might send a charge of shot into
my back."
"No fear; well manage so as uot to
be seen."
"But, I say, don't you feel it's rather
a cold night? Shouldn't we do well to
put the tbiDg off till we have matured
our plans?"
Sir Peter was evidently trying to
back out, but Dick Lyster would not
allow him to do this. " No," said he,
giving him a slap on the thigh; " I want
to see you wearing the domestic crown
again. I'll make a potentate of you
in your own despite. No funking now."
A couple of hours later, when mid
night had struck, and all Charmeigh
Hall was hushed iu repose, two figures
might have been seen groping their way
like malefactors in the obscurity of the
garden. It was a very dark night, in
deed, and Sir Peter's teeth chattered
partly from cold and partly from nerv
ousness, though he had sought to
steady himself with pretty deep pota
tions. Dick Lyster was grinning like
a Cheshire cat. As he made for the
shed where the gardeners kept their
bidders, he could not help laughing at
the remarkable aspect of S;r Peter,
who, to "equip himself for his burglary,
had put on. a thick overcoat, furred
gloves, and a flannel cricket-cap, which
he had tied down on his head with a
silk pocket-handkerchief, intended to
protect the ear?. He could no more
have run, if chevied, than a wine-tub
can gallop. However, there were im
pulses of resolution in his demeanor,
and he kept on repeating that he was
doing all this solely to assert his digni
ty. " A min must be a.inan said he
dolefully, as his teeth chattered.
A ladder was soon found, and the
two men carrying it across the garden
with stealthy steps, planted it under
tbe window of Lady Cbarnieigb's dress
ing room. Dick, who was a nimble
gymnast, then made haste to climb the
ladder, aud ou reaching tue top tried
the window, which ioy an almost mirac
ulous coincidence proved to be open.
This Dick announced, when he had
slid down like a monkey, and the news
exasperated Sir Peter, who saw in it
another proof of his wife's incurable
giddiness, for be never suspected that
Dick himself had unfastened the bolt
that afternoon. " Why Amy must be
mad to act iu this way less than a
month after vhe burglary, and a win
dow open in November, too ?"
" Such a woman deserves to lose her
jewels," concurred the hussar feelingly.
" She never deserved to have any,
and I say when I've got them, I've a
good mind to lodge them in tbe bank;
that will tease her.
" Kiizht vou are: vour thoughts are
gard for djgpity,
" Of course; and i I'll mount guard
btlow from jthe same feeling," Jaugjjed
C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY .G.1S.79.;
Tbe ascent of - Sir Peter up the lad-
der did not prove snch an easy and
rut her resembled., tbe, progress, of aj
stout bear np a pole. Twice the corptj-
pole. Twice the corpiM
lent Baronet paused and listened to the niarauiier'. nose,' exploded rwithl n dieaJ
sad soughing of the wind tbnxigb tbeteniDg bang, tbe alarm, rt began,
cbectnat trees of his park, for it seemed (ring Ike mad, a net at the same time
as though he heard voices mocking
bim. Once he nttered an exclamation
on feeling the ladder creak; and when
he pot to thetop and placed his hatid
on the cold tone of the , window-sill-1
shiver ran through bis lims. Here a
little piece of bigh( gymnastics became
necessary, for the probleiri tobe solved
was how to get into tb room without
any noise. Tq an agile man this would
have been easy but to a fut one it was
a thinsr of trouble, causinir wheezes aud
ptlfKugs, besides profuse perspiration,
Jntent on toiffdigmfSed Tinrp8e,tticMgt,'
sir ieier uiaae uis best exertions, and
contrived somehow to land himself into
the dressing-room on his back with a
soft thump like that, of a bag of linen
for the wash. Luckily, the carpet was
thick, and the noise woke n echoes.
Crawling to his legs iu the dim light
for there were embers of a lire ttill
aglow in the grat" Sir Peter leaned
out of the window, and signaled to Dick
that it was " all right " bv waving his I
handkerchief. Then he thrust a match
against a red coal, and proceeded to
light one of the candle on tbe chimney
piece. This was a delicate moment.
If Lady Charmeigh saw the light
through her bedroom door, which stood
aiar
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iue wnoie enterprise wouia ore at
dow n. But her ladyship was sound j
asleep. Sir Peter satisfied himself about
that by entering her room on tiptoe j
aud listening to her breathing, soft and !
regular as an infant's
" Foolish woman," he repeated, as
he stood by the bed. " Here now, if 1
were a regular burglar, I could kill her
outright."
The thought made bim shudder, but
it also impelled bim with the desire to
do his work quickly and to do it well.
He caught sight of hirtiself in a glass,
and felt that lie looked like a real bur
glar, insomuch that he was startled by
the expression of rapine imprinted on
his sleek face. It is a fact that the
countenances of men reflect their occu
pations pretty vividly. Sir Peter ex
hibited quite a burglarious dexterity of
touch ib running his bands over the
toilet-table in the bedroom to find out
whether there were any valuables there.
He durst not bring a light into the
room, and it was some inoments'before
be Qould accustom bis eyes to tbe semi
bbscarity. WThen he did so he per
ceived that there were no trinkets at
a'l lying about The only thing on the
table was a gold jxtrtebonheur, with the
key of the fantous safe attached to it
by a chain. Sir Peter looked into tbe
wardrobe, whose door was open same
result. Not an article of any sort that
thieves would care to take was visible.
" Why," soloquised the disgusted Baro
net, " I shouldn't wonder if, now that
the secret of the safe is exploded, Amy
had taken to lodging her jewels there
just to tease me."
He returned noiselessly to the dressing-room,
and there sure enough saw
the globular strong-box standing in its
appointed corner, aud revolving with
that quiet purring sound which Lady
Charmeigh had lately abhorred.
Now the sight profoundly astonished
Sir Peter, for he wa not aware that
the safe had been mended. It more
over incensed him, for that Lady Char,
meigb should have eutered iuto com
munication with the safe-maker with
out telliug him anything about it was
evidently a slight upon that martial
dignity concerning which he was so
sensitive. As Sir Peter seldom went
into his wife's dressing-room, he had
not seen the strong-box for more than
a fortnight; and he uow'began walking
around 'V with tbe stealthy attention
of a caged animal inspecting some
strange thing. It bad been perfectly
mended, and looked fro'm'its massive
ness as if it could" defy the attacks ol
any gang of cracksmen.
" Well, of all the pei verse, incompre
hensible, wayward creatures, women
are the worst I" exclaimed Sir Peter.
" Only to think of tbe jewels being iu
that safe now. Amy has forgotten to
lock up her key, though, which is just
like her. I'll open the box, aud as sure
as. I'm alive every diamond shall be put
into the bank to morrow. We shall
see what you think of your precious
elevereess theu, my la ly
Sir Peter chuckled in runlieionagiee.f
and stole: back to-the bedroom. ; As be
returned with tbe bracelet. aud ky, he
looked out of the window and saw Dick
Lyster smoking a cigar patiently at tbe
foot of the ladder, j It had been ar
ranged that Dick should remain at this
oost until the bumlary -had ibeen cou-i
sum mated, and then go off to bed, leav
ing the ladder standing onder the opeo
window to frighten tbe servants in theri
morning. Sir Peter, our bis ide, was
to return to his own quarters without
of course passing through the. window
again. So confident did. the Jiaronet
now feel of success that, to Bp are Dick
the tronble of remaining oat longer in
the cold, be dropped bis pocket hand
kerchief into the garden, I which wat
the preconcerted signal that everything
bad gone off well, and that Dick might
depart. Having done this, . Sir Peter,
who felt hot from perspiration and ex
citement, doffed bis overcoat, oat. and
gloves, and betook himself tu business,
key in band.
said be, " so Jupiter will i 'be 4 the
word." He toucked the iioU,on the
stand with hia foot and the globe.be-
came motionless, , A few turns of tbe !
disk at the, top xf ,J!ie ; globe brQaghllbaveijoe baptised y tlieVaiia3istnin3 4h ddrrt eaten d
pp the. Jettera of Jhe word J Jdpitcr,VMerJ) io uJuisui vaTa no 9i adyotdosnti
Jac
...i
LandJUUpn. SirJPeter inserted hit key into
a cavity letwen the body and the dot
e mioaie letter l uutat this mo-
nitrrrVarj i '&DDalf?hff thrrJrjr oecurfVdV'
A
ItbnMQ'caodl starting up nnder the
IUmaQcandU etartiof; up" nnder '
Sir Peter felf his hand tight imprisoned
in a fctel loop which clatcbed bim with
uruieing rorceu , . - ' m' !
,", Help " bawled the miserable man.
for the clasp hurt him, besides which J
his hatr ivnd ye-brbws' bad been singed
by the" powder of tlio ftomao candle,
and ho was frightened out of bis witaj
" rlelpJ, murder I tpievesi Hie.vAmy I
Lady Charmeigh, v unable to distin
guish the sound of her husband, voiced
had jumped oat of bed in a panic m?
run into the passage where ilia nai
,tterfnTeY$rnOThne
j to tue maddened vociferations of Sir
i Peter, who was the more scarified from
being in the dark, as he had upset tbe
candle and could not understand what
was happening to him. There was a
stampede of feet down corridors, an
opening and shutting of doors, aud
then presently Sir Peter heard the
sharp, firm voice of Patty Haggles say--ug:
" Oh, it's a burglar caught in yoar
ladyship's new trap. We needn't be
afraid of him. Just let me teach him
a lesson with this riding-whip. Come
along, John, Thomas, Charles, all of
you.'
The door of the dressing-room was
111 1
iiirown DacK ana a curious procession
filed in the butler and footman in
shirt-6leeves and trousers, the maids in
their smocks and flannel petticoats;
behind all, Lady Charmeigh, wrapped
in a peignoir, and trembling. But Patty
Haggles, with a quite manly courage,
strode iu front, brandishing one of her
mistress' ridiug-whips. Sir Peter had i
become silent and sheepish, expecting
to be releaseTl, and he turned a bewil
dered countenance toward his servants,
forgetting that it was impossible for
them to recognize him with his black
ened face, to say nothing of the cricket
cap aud handkerchief which converted
him into a villianous guy. Besides, the
noise of the alarm, which continued to
ring twice as loud as any telegraph bell,
drowned the sound of his voice, when
he piteously exclaimed: '
" It's I !"
" You, is it ?" answered Patty Bag
gies, roughly; and, to tbe horror and
fury of Sir Peter, the strong-armed
wench began belaboring the chubbiest
parts of his lower man with terrific
slashing cufs." '"There, take that," she
said, " ami that, and that! Now a few
on the hands to warm you, this cold
weather. Ah, you dou't like it, I seel
well, try another dose ou the legs
whish, whish !"
It was in vain that poor fat Sir Peter
leaped, danced, yelled, cursed; the
louder be roared, tbe more was tbe
natural sound of bis voice altered; and,
meanwhile, bis gambols were so ludi
crous, he was evidently suffering 6uch
exquisite pain from bis whipping, that
tbe spectators could not forbear to
laugb. Lady Charmeigh, whose risible
faculties were easilv stirred, was the
first to set the example, and though
she said, "Enough, Patty, enough,"
she coald not check her tittering. The
servants, emboldened by ber conduct,
fairly guffawed to see a rogue, as they
imagined, get bis full desert, and so
the comedy might have continued some
time longer had uot Dick Lyster sud
denly appeared on the scene, iu a dressing-gown,
and exclaimed
" I say, what's all this uproar ? Why,
it's Sir Peter you are thrashing? ' ' '
" Sir Peter !" cried Patty, ! falling
back, and she let the whip drop.
" Sir Peter!" chorused the other serT
vants, in awe-stricken accents.
" Sir Peter T exclaimed JLady Char
meigh, stupefied, and she advanced as
if doubting whether this were not a
hoax. "-Why, how come yoa to be
here ?" she cried, as soon as she could
recognize her lord.
" Loose me from this, will 'you?
roared the Baronet, ferocious from pain
and rage. I "
44 Why, how are you caught?"., said
Lady Charmeigh. " Let me see, I don't
know if I remember how this catch can
be nnfasteued. Do yon, Patty T '
44 Yes, my lady I'll loose' Sir-Peter,"
aaid.Puttyj bustling forward.! "And,
Ob Sir, Iam so sorrj; for the whipping
X gave yer.' T do hope your poor body
isn't sfore ? ' ' 4 '
Out of my aight, yon drabl thun
dered' tbe, Baronet, at "soon- as be was
released. ? Neyerf letj rnat.;ree you
again;1 and all you others clear off (tbia
instant What are yod atT gaping; at?"
; Sir Peter was quite wild iahd" the
room was cleared without- more: ado;
but 1 as soon as. the husband and wife
wereaione together, Xadj Cbtrmeigh
became grave, and said severely,; w
' -kt :n Li Jim mjn . .XLt.iJ. ti
iiuw win juu picnsD CApiaiu is uid
Iiowyda came' to cah&e such .scanda
lous scene?" , . f, in - mo V v
44 O. bot her p. groaned Sir.P.eter.
"Fetch me some arnica I feel as if
ray wrist" were icbmingf oft'AujVObf
mercy, look at toy bands and legs r 5
It- . i -r-
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ll MessrsN ffiggiiis, , ,3.. M., Wood
ward, tToseph Cope and E. BL Cope,' all
of Pennsylvania,' bate 4 purchased ' the
O'Neal an J Snyder gbia tnfrie for $6",
000; also: the.Trexler4 mills, and re
pushing ahead leuergeticallyr erecting
stamp mills, and otber'Vroachioery to
extract tue nreciDns metaL
: .'. vi A, iUt (t; ,n, wf il lv jl' 1
' Since the commencement of tbe Mo
ravfan v cofigregAtion w at ' 5"rieo! berg,
Foreytbe coniilyi'I.tSOrnfibtk of mem
bers and 442 fin fan ts of non-members
VnOLE JNO. J370. , "
We' pobnali tbe following table f
th election Yvfarvsof the' various' Coif
gresaional Districts in -this States -for
L future reference ? They are at complete
a we have been mble to obtain r r 4 s
' : ft
Kspat.
m
. a if .ii
9
1
Bwmferrt. ;.. .?! 1 1397" 1119
Camden
41
4lf
Chomm if. .
Carrirock. ....
Dro....4.....
Gitm.i :. ,(..:
Hrtfard.,...-
01
hi
131
"49'
1029
1 406
nm
. 333
749
804
1S06
240
833
s 10
, 90 .
1S75 '
423
m ;
133 5 .
S32
480
Hyde.
Jlavtin
1- , L. 4
104
' i "t
SI
. 2
, 'ft
2
t:
Pftmlieo.v -.
PaAqaotank . . .
Perqainmn. , .
PiU,.
Tyrrell.......
Washington. .
61
12,084
12,135
430
BEOOK9 Diamicr.
Kitchen. Oliara. IIrris.
Craven 765 1383 284
Greene 842 930 10
Jones 584 548 114
Lenoir 11G4 659 70
Woyne 2244 242 1353
WiUon 1424 637 323
Edgecombe 805 1803 26
Halifax 1119 1348 . 709
Northampton. . .... .... ....
Warren (majority 169) .... . . . .
Total
Majority in Dit 1 ,284-
THIKD DinBtT.
Waddell.
795
433
707
1052
1325
1494
587
C92
1078
j,... 451
716
, 1400
Bomell.
1295
697
470
7C5
1538
858
433
397
2411
408
1160
1168
11.011
Bluden
Brunswick
Carteret
Col umbos
Cumberland
Duplin
Harnett
Moore
New Hanover
Onslow : . . .
Pender
Sampson
Totals
Scattering
Rusaell's majority over
Waddell
10,730
17
881
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Davis. Turner. Jones.
1348 190 458
1981 576 718
1911 2591 39
1397 564 359
1123 627 414
1528 1378 51
2576 2427 872
11,864 8,353 2,911
Chatham .
Franklin. ,
Granville.
Johnston.
Nash...'..
Orange....
Wake
Scattering, 100.
DhvU' maj. over Turner,
" 44 Jones,
3.511.
8,953.
FIFTH DI8TBICT.
Scales. Tourgeo.
1164 785
1228 1413
1003 731
1807 1226
974 847
1485 1050
1659 1200
1006 428
10,326 7.680
Alamance. . .
Caswell
Davidson
Guilford
Pemou
Randolph . . .
Rockingham .
Stokes......
Total..:.
Scattering, 4.
Scales' majority over Tourgee, 2,646.
SIXTH
PI8TBICT.
Steele.
.... 528
286
431
2G3
Covington.
Anson
Cabarrus
Catawba
Gaston
Lincoln
261
913
181
639
888
235
280
Mecklenburg. . : .
Montgomery
Richmond
Robeson
Stanly, i..
Union
t
l
19
237
Totals 4.9C8
Scattering, 162
Steele's majority, 4.650.
258
8XVENTH DISTRICT.
Armfield.
Brower.
Alexander. ..
Alleghany.,.
Asbe.i. ... . .
Davie....; . .
ForRyth.....
Iredell ..
Rovao
8urry . . .
Watauga....
Wilkes
Yadkin......
209 58
203 122
No return.
257 157
806 629
873 271
573 " 3S6
543 779
166 45
648 666
475 507
4,753 t 3,650
Totals
Scattering. 126.
Armneld's majority over Brower, 1,103.
ZIOHTH district.
JL B. Yanee.
....,. , . 388
.No retonui.
206
165
Buncombe . .
Barke.i ........
CaldwelU, 9 i Wm - ....... ...
Cherokee and Graham
Clay ri .-. . V1 .........
n a
j lerpiajiu j f i m v
451
UJtjr wuuu. . . .
f " l ' ' " " ," y '-f f J :
155
Henderson.
148
116
Jacksoa. ft .er . -f--.i
Macon....!
173
MadUoni.vl.IlJfai. :ftti. i.V..TSo rerurns.
McDowell. ...... ... f 146
Mitchell. : . . .V. . . 1 .". - . . ly.-'t
PolkW ... V. m m ' m i I . J .
Rutherford . . . .,...,... .
Swain.
-iTansyiraaia. w-.w.. . 4
Yancey...
fc. t -
'f 'V "-? 4
Total i
1 1 Scattering, . 96.
,'f
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0 The 13 BXDAt UHAHBxa. lie; was tall
and awkward,' and she 'was short and
bashful r both were an aspect bf ex
ceeding great ; joy. " Tbey entered r a
hotel in3N Iionis,1and after be. bad
registered .bis name "and lad r," be said
to the clerk: ' i ? w J J " ;
... "See here, mister, me and my wife
have just been splicedVandi I am going'
to show Amanda the town 11 it takes a
mule a day.' "Kow give us one of them
rooms like the' Tern pie of Solomon, yoa
know.f ","!' r- o? -wl mi
" Tbe clerk called to a ball boy and said :
" i 4'Showf tbiav gentleman a to , the bridal
chamber."-, 1 , , ...Ji. ,i m n
..I Af'this the tail rustic became instant
ly excited5131 1 ,Jl1 i t." "t;: .
rjNotby a 'long" shot t Yob' ahioy-
Laired. biled-sbirtetL dollar-breaaUpin
tied grinning monkey jon can't play
145
83
,,338
61
it- .97
133
V , I ict ml 3etoi s w.'
Ccmrt Notify til UV. 17.0O: !IoTtr!r.
Tetty alTtitDit cbu)gd qartrrrv it de-
"Tsuisiost adwvtioejptnt paymUtild-.,
van. mtij JvtWictt qikirtethr ia d
ta -';-; a k iitgtq ca-.- , a
tOOToratolrne State.)
Mb. y.ry n,- K,r X hiTp
bad u jt hiag fo write , abont for-bme
time, that is why I baveTiot beabartt t
from. ? CotiJd ftllow bate any' better"
exenee f I gnesb yoa bYe Jieard row '
every where and- two er thre'otbei'
plaeee etnoa ' tbe hsrmelica) . aealingf-e-f 1
every freesabl lift uid in xMlrn Utitad.
land I am of opinion that I can't tali t
yoa aoyiDing-inftTyotmaveoot besrd.
l was rwidfn a poem otr sVatitjgrlri the
loat iesneof that Ndarw STAt-cand :it T
reminds me of ooratlvee in tbt1 aouae-
oua locality of Maryland. JbetXlota-
mac river and bayt InboUrr Lo it and tho"
tCrresapeakeliay.bave been frozwroYer '
lnMlKaih IVm Iff?-- .A .
"-rhhattU'rmpdsanle fotfaliy llmd: ol
I teasel to rnn in the river or in the small
bavs. We have been slelgbib ever
since Christmas (those who are able,"!"
have no sleigb but can get a mud slider
from Mr. M. ) I have most of my tleich-
riding on skates, and I appreciate thai"
much more than tbe real sleighing, be- '
caqsel bare neither horse nor elaigbv
I have my fun gliding over the Potox r
mac and the bays. I took a jaunt of -fifteen
miles, one morning, with my
brother, who is here on a visit, in order"
to see bow long it would take me to i
skate to Washington. We made good
time, considering tbe " get downs and'
get ups," caused by 44 the plagued strap
did it" I started from the village of Leo
nardstown at 8.30, a; m.rOad arrived of '
Prof. Gilletty'a Ice Cream saloon' af ?
8.55, a. m. This ia a different kind off
ice cream from that known generally ;
by that name it is made of apple, ,
peaches, corn and rye. I took several .
disbes before leaving measured ' Oof 1
by email tumblers. I forgot to time'
myself when I started for home, bat L m
fouud before I arrived at my starting. 4
place that Fro&Ge Awmtxterm were
plentiful all the way down the bay
some " roller and didern". also ' I ar':
rived in time for a wild duck dinner ,
aud as I had been 44 tumbled " I didn't
forget to 44 tumble " it. Tbe river and1
bays being closed, tbe wild dock bare :
no place to feed and are to be seen and :
killed by thousands. They are most
plentiful in the 44 Narrows" sboaly wa
ter. I took my $7 gun and skated ou t to
the Narrows, cut a bole, and sat tebind
a few pine limbs a few minutes- got
nine shots, missed three shots (single
on wing) and killed twenty-five at six
shots. These made me a good mese
and I stopped (but I wasn't cold oat .
thereon the ice) and etartedfor borne.
I think I can say, and not be doubted,
that there have been between five and
six thousand ducks killed io this Jocali- .
ty since the freeze -men carrying them
to Cox's station, a distance of thirty-five " '
miles in wagons and shipped td Wash- '
ington market They are shooting ttilL
The ice will bold a horse and. .wagon;
now and it freezes a little every night ,
Our water and steam 'mills have not1
been able to run until lately. 5 Our
bread commenced, to go. down; like the.. ;
widow's barrel, but since moderaiicg c ,
gale swept over us ( and scattered the t
heavy clouds that screened the , Warm . .
and genial sun rays, they, bave'ivfn .
as bread in abundance. The wiDa j
blew from Northwest about the 10th
inst. and broke np n great deal of Jce
bringing it with a powerfal headway, r
down the river, cutting everything .
down that came in its way. llany new (
wharves have been totally destroyed. T0'-
did not, go to the Arctic, region iwitb;
Dr. Cane, but I read bis account andjfc t
feel sure, if 'a fellow "didn't know any- x
thing about the Arctic regions and waju
placed oat on the flats in Potomac river n
be woold swear he bad been there nea ui
is piled op as high as tbe upper atory" 5
of the HcAdoo II ouse. To stand on ' "
shore and view it it reminds caa'cf '
the Py ram id of i Cheops i-but I niver '
saw it; perhaps some of your readers' J
have. To sUncTandview the7Virginh,
shore, according to my injanctioaai:,
it mast be cold over there. I saw wberav
tbe rabbits consumed all the water of
farmer's spring in North Carolina, Totr
can just say that here the musk-rals.
r -i.i i j. -L
are consuming oura. veryuiing cas
been so stiff frozen that crows coma la1
tbe yard and feed, with chickens, and a V
man, XMr. Green), a neighbor of caioe, ,r
walked tbroogn.Ubnrcn Swamp, last ,
week; eating an 'apple and he 'uld ths"'"
rabbits ran" after bim to tniaT. tlm "
throvit.down ofc take it from bim. t If V'
the weather .continues, as ecld s fellow.,,. ;
can take an ear of corn and .cstcji all im
the wild docks and geese he wanbi, for, i
they" will pick it out of bis bandi -One ,.,t
of my scholars said, some time ejof tblt , i
be was sitting no at night writirj a 1
composition, and bia andls trcrsi, lk!h v
feels quite eld-tonigbtid-f5r fsar
my lamp may ireeze i wm diowu est,
or
MJ
my bgbtJrii 'wiwtic 4tj"'
li
Wialung yoa and yosf readtri eonid ;
enjoy aacb:' pleasaot" wealaer, I ta
yoars, &er - " " uzt IrsiT.
DriHobert Johnson, :of HhLZvl, Uockr
iog county, lately died of typhoid ferer... -
Tbe gin bouses of Mn' JaarBrantly; ViT
and of Martin Cam pbelV coloredV sear "J,
Mooreaville, have reccnUy beea bciac4
by' incendiaries i ei c w -h
Tr. Burt Woolrltowaorwaay"
thrown from a male three mitei froc'j-' ;
SUteerille,; and bad' hjs rigbt arci tOr "
kenboye the elbow, jju -iii 2'w
" Dr. Henry J. Bobarda,- sed to, q
a'gradnate ofj the 'JJolTemrjaUn''J',
first bonprs, . died aiV il'.Lrtgishoro, -i
Granville coanty, recently. r 1 f j
1 ... Tbe work of 1 gradlr1 tba TTinstoa , ' :;- j
andSalem and IXooresvIIIa'xsII-road I
was commenced last ilcaday s.t tareral
'pointa on the Lao W tj l ZI;C?c1" V
?m .... ,
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