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Hh KM I Kill I fr-i-:.-. - : . . -t-r f-----, .iu,, ,lT " fr.ai4ij i A Word to Farmers Boys.! PUBLISHED WEEKLY ' " ' I ' ' 77 1 J 1 I ; Hi1 ''j h nli.jj iiA L f ' : -vsanss L Mt5 OXt5t3iiB UOJTQ : 1 aiDriOt : : ' " . . - i ' . !. t 1 J . .. --- L TERMS Cash inTariably in adraoct: One year $2, aix months $1J25. rAny prm eendingt tabcribr will rciTe on3 copy grata. Rates of Advertising:. rantient Adrtrtitementa payable in mdvanee ; t early adrerti&nuenU quarterly in advanet. lw Imo Vmos 3mos 6mos lyr Ou inch, $ 1 $2 14 $5 $7 $10 Two luchve, Itw! " Four " Fire - Column, i 1 " 2 4 6 8 12 18 3 C 8 12 16 10 4 7 10 14 20 25 6 8 12 16 25 30 7 10 14 18 30 50 10 15 20 25 40 75 15 20 30 40 75 125 Court old!. six wrks, $7 ; Magietratii $5; Alminilrators' nt- notice, four w- in advance. Duiil. If rated ior doubi column adverti- nifnt. Sp:iar'otici 50 pr cnt. ai "itional. ' -iiiiuual.- Monthly 'cbar-K' 25 per cent. additw,a11 " Yearly swlTvrtii-mfuU chauged quarterly W-n ' ortifr! . ,CyObituariei, over ten Tines, charged a alrertiiw.nieut payable in advance. Professional Cards. 11. Dillard. Jno. A. Gilmer. Murray F. Smith. Dillard, Gilmer &. Smith, attohnp:ys at law and SOLICITOUS IN BANKRUPTCY, Office over Bank of Greensboro, opposite ltenbow Houe. j.TRACTICE in State and Federal Court. 47 Special attention giren to matters in Uankruptcy, and causes arising under Inter "nal Revenue, in District Court of Western District of North Carolina. Collection in fctate and Fetleral Courts solicited. .June2G,JS72. 205:ly. C. P. ME DEMI ALL. JOIIN N. STAPLES. MENDENHALL & STAPLES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, (JUCCASUOKO, .C, Will practice in the Courts of Guilford, Rock injram, Davidson, Forsythe, Stokes, Ran .l..lr.n and Alamance : alao. U. 8. Circuit and District Courts, collection. in all Sjecial attention given to partu ot tlut State, and to lUnkruDtcv fy Otfice one door No'rth of Court House, Jan. 27:ly W. 8. BALL, TIIOS. B. KEOGH, BALL & KEOGII, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, (Up stairs, new Lindsay Building,) GKEEXSUORO, N. C Jan 12: ly A. U. SCALES. J. I. SCALES. SCALES & SCALES, Attorneys at Law, Greensboro, N. C, PRACTICEin the Slate andFedei JCourts. i ..... 1 hi .. 1 .1.. i.,i..i.i 1 A. M. Ocaies Will auenu uuj x nu.c Court of Rockingham County at Wentwortb; . . I 1 .. W. 4 w- wnjkitfll lull ! ' r m 1 1 ' .n ...... j r RALPH GORRELL, j iHnrnPV and (Vllinllnr flf IjIW.! U"V,W " ANI SOLICITOR IN BANKRUPTCY, Greensboro, N. C, Y7 ILL practice in the courts of Alamance, II Daxidaon.Guilfurd and Randolph, and i n the Supreme Court of North Carolina. And aiso in the District aud Circuit courts of the United States, in the esleru District of JS". C, aud specially hi cases in Bankrupt cy and Internal Keveuue. Prompt attention gireu to collections, and all other buiuex committed to bis care. Butdnexs in the above named courts solicit ed. OSive, on North Elm street, opposite the Court House. ap 30-ly D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON, Surgeon Dentists. Having associa y -j ' - " ted themselves 'X- f' in the practice of ! QV O-i -sS' DENTISTRY, xSSy'''i resptsctfullv offer r VV JLlXru H: - al her vices to the 7y&yA&i citizens of -? Greensboro, mi and the surroun ding country. One or the other of them can always b found at their otiicn on Lindsay's corner up stairs, eutrauce East Market Htreet. ' Satisfactory reference given, if desired, from our respective patrous during the past twelve or fifteen years. 213:tf lL,A.TEIt'S IIOTCL.. rpiils House la pleasautlj locat- 1 ed on East Street near the Court House, and is ready for the reception o Boarders and Travelers. THE TABLE Is lways supplied with the best the mar ket adonis. THE STABLES Are in charge of careful aud attentive host lers aud no pains are spared in any res pect to render guests comfortable . . . . THE! An-acut! to tiie Planter's is always snp- uei witxi ttve beat ines, Liquors and egars. LIVERY STABLES Jlave latly leeii attached to this Hotel, wd parties wi.shing conveyances, can be kccomodated with ootl Teams. ISTPrices as low, if not lower than any other hotel in town. JOHN T. REESE, Proprietor. LOOK IIEItK lirXTSMEX. I am purchasinir game for the Lead ing Eating Horn-en in Baltimore and Rich mond, and can afford to pavns high for your PARTRIDGES, HARES, &C, m. ahv . . ..V. . 11 . Eat Market Street. .pnoite Plm.r'. "'" -ur. au on me at in T room on Hotel, next door to FostersSaddle and Har L liuu. . it nivia rw - - - . OcfW-"JJ4:lv. ' VIT STUDIO! PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE MILLION COME and see in Garrett building over Dr. Foulkes' Store. L. W. ANDREWS, Greensboro, N. C. Sept. 17, 1873-lv Lime and Cement. 21-0 bbls. Lime. 50 " Cement. 20 Calcined Plaster. For sale by JAS. LOANS' SONS. ; Oct. 20. jpeacli Oct. 20. Seed Wanted. Apply to JAMES 8 LOAN'S SONS. Building Plans. DRAFTS OF PLANS FOR N jw Houses or the Improvement o! old onee. Plain Designs tor other pur-l- drawn to order. yj x LYNDON SWUM. B eef, Pork, and all kinds of aMMn. bl edibles always found at SIXES', EstabKslied in 1824: Business Cards. Watch-Maker, Jeweler & Optician, Greensboro, fi. c, Haa constantly on band a aoleudtd aadortment ot 1 aLioijable Jewelry, and some splendid Watche$ and Clocks, Which wiU b sold Cheap Tor Cash! tjf'W aicJies, Clock. Jewelrr, fteinu-Ma- chinM,aiid 1'intol it-paired cheap and on short n.-'Uce. Cail opposit tb Uld Albright Hotel, East .'larKet BtreeU 10-ly t3" An assorted stock of Gnns, Pistols, Cartridges, acc., always on hand. WM. COT.iT.,TTsTS Cabinet Maker; Undertaker, and Wheel-Wright, Corner of Davie and Sycamore Streets, GreeMboro A'. C, AYS keeps full line of Metalic and Cast Burial Cases, il ainut ana uoenouu iwiui9 w . . m - .y: which can be famished and delivered within two hours' notice. A rood Hearse alwavs in readinees. A good line of BED-ROOM FURNITURE on band or made at short notice. Picture Frames Made on short notice, from either Gilt, Walnut or Mahogany Moulding. ReDainne of Bneines. Carriages, Ac, a specialty. 7 Country produce good as cash. feb l:ly J. E. O'Sullivan, Tin Plate 6 Sheet IronWorker, PF.ALEK IX -Plaalahed, Japanned & Stamped TIN WARE, STOVES, PUMFS, Lightning K.Lj, &c; Stencil Plates, BRAS CHECKS, for Hotels, Saloons, A c. Gaa Fitting, Roofing, Guttenug.A c, prompt! v executed. Merchants are invited to examine tnv stock before purchasing elsewhere. jan 25:ly DAVID SCOTT, 1 11 J II' a L I Jeweller and W alClimaker, -. . ... r. w. . . 1 orth Kltu at.. side 01 tne court Jiue Will Work for Half-Price Watches, Clocks aud Jewelry. apnl25:ly N. II. D. WILSON, LIKE t FIRE IXSUR tXCK AGENT, Greenlorc, N- C, T EPBESENTS tirst-clats Cpmpaniee JLv with an aggregate capital of over THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS, and can carry a full line at fair rates. WOffice, up stairs over Wilson & Sho- ber's Bank, under the efficient supervision of IT. II. II I LI,, who will at all times be glad to wait od all who desire either Life or Fire Policies. mar 14:ly Ghas. a. Yates, MANL'FACTL'REB OF Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Ware A1 ND dealer in Dry Goods, Hats, Boot and felloes. ood Ware, Lamps, Crockery, Mid Glass Ware, Groceries, Stoves, and as sorted Goods, generally. No. 21 South ElUi Street, Greensboro, N. C. Goods sold low for cash, or barter. jan l'J:ly N. II. D. Wixsox. Chas. E. Sholkk WILSO Si. SIIOI1ER, BANKERS, GREENSBORO, iV". C, (South Elm Street, opposite Express Office. BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes, State and Government Bonds, Rail Road Stocks and Bonds, &e. ty Receive Money on deposit subject to SIGHT CHECK ; and allow intercut in kind upon time deposits of CURRENCY or srEciis. Discount JlusinesiM Paper X ollections made at all accessible points. Sept. 16th, ly WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND No.ll South Elm Street, GreensWo, N.C. TTAS a beautiful stock' of Watches, JLi Clocks, Jewelry, Plated Ware, Pis tols, Cartridges, Notions, Ac. All repair ing warranted. A large and fine stock of Gold Pens, dec 25: ly f n tit nnnTTTMlT 9 J III II .K I I k im U. i. UUUUllll. STOP AT THE -w v sr w w-v a. w. I AHlUUUUinTT nnTTSK T Raleigh, X. C. , G. W. Blatknell, Proprietor. JOB WO R K Of EVER r Description, - Executed in the VERY BEST STYLE, And at New York prices at the Patriot Job Office r J At the Doorstep The conference meeting through at last, '' We boys around the vestry waited To see the gir'a come tripping past, Like snow birds willing to be mated. s Not braver be that leaps the wall, I By level mnsket flashes litten, Than I, whs stepped before them all, Who longed to see me get the mitten. But no, she blushed and took my arm! : We let the old folks have the highway, And started toward the Maple Farm, Along a kind of lovers' by-way. I I can't remember what we said, i Twas nothing worth a song or story ; Yet that rude path by which we speed, Seemed all transformed and in a glory. The snow was crisp beneath out feet, - ine moon was full, the neids were gleaming ; By hood and tippet sheltered sweet, tier lace with youth and health was beaming. The little hand, outside her muff O, sculptor, if you could but mould it ! So slightly touched my jacket cuff, To keep it warm I had to hold it. To have her with me there alone Twas love and fear and triumph blended At last we reached the loot-worn stone, Where that delicious journey ended. The old folks, too, were almost home ; Her dimpled hand the latches fingered. We heard the voices nearer come, Yet on the doorstep still wo lingered. She shook her ringlets from her hood, And with a " Thank you, Ned," dissem bled, But yet I knew she understood With what a daring wish I trembled. A cloud passed kindly overhead, The moon was slyly peeping through it, Yet hid its face, as if it said, " Come, now or never ! do it, do it." My lips till then had only known The kisa of mother and of sister ; But somehow full upon her own Sweet rosy darling mouth Ikissed her! Perhaps 'tvas boyish love, yet still, O, listless woman, weary lover! To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill, I'd give but who can live youth over. Jirja Bleerly's Gunpowder Plot. Old Rnuisoner was the presiding judge of the Toddiesoke circuit, and r lie meauest old reprobate that ever disgraced the bench. lie rarely went to bed sober: got np every morning wrong end foremost, and generally begau the day by some outrageous act of oppression. He was the terror of the bar all but Suad. Sbarkie, with whom it was bis normal condition to be several "chips" behind at "poker," which made him, on the whole, rather civil to Shad. 'One morning " Old Rum" opened com tin worst hnmor than nsual. A bad " run of luck," and too much bad whiskey over night had told more than commonly on his temper. The first thing m order was to im- pannel a jury of by standers the regular jury, befogged by one of Old Rum's incomprehensible charges, being, and having been for the last forty eight hours, " hung on a ques tion of title to a yearling calf, sworn to positively by six witnesses ou one side, and halt dozen on the other. "Call a jnry, and be quick about it, Mr. Bumpkin,ngrowIed the judge. I held the office of sheriff, aud my right name was Lumpkin, but Old Rum would persist iu miscalling it. The words were the signal for a general stampede. To be caught on one of Old Rum's juries was gen erally considered about equivalent tangoing to jail. But the judge or dered the doors to be closed in time to bag a sufficient number. ! " James Bleerly," I called out. Jim shook his head, and tipped me a tieprecatmg wink, which 1 . refused to understand. i Take a seat on the jury !" I i vociferated, with official emphasis. ' " Jedge," said Jim, stepping for-! ward and blandly addressing the court, "I'd be happy to oblege ye, j but the fact is it a ou possible." " v hat do yoa mean T" roared his honor. " Ye see," explained Jim, " it's PopV washday her name's Polly, but I call her Pop and she's sent me to town aiter some blu;.n and onless I'm back ou time well, ye know, Jedge, how it is yerself." rierce as Old Ruin was in public, it was currently reported that he was tame enough at home in fact, that his acquaintance with the i proverb of the " gray mare" was something more thau theoretical. At all events Jim's appeal to the court's experience had quite the opposite of a soothing effect. "Take your seat on the jurvP thundered Old Rum; "and if I hear any more such imiertiuence- rn I'll " " All right," said Jim submis sively, starting toward the jury box. Look'e here, Sheriff," he whis pered in passing, "jest let me go and look arter my critter, and I'll le back by the time you've nabbed t'ohcr 'leven." Tother 'leven were speedilv secured ; for Old Rum would listen to no excuse not even to that of Hans Pretzelpresser, who solemnly protested he could nicht rerstechen English. " Is the jury full, Mr. Bumpkin V inquired the judge, looking up from his newspaper. " Vyes, your Honor, I answered unhesitatingly : " only Mr. Bleerly has stepped out to see his horse." "W ho gave him permission I Lad to acknowledge that I did. " And who gave you permission to give him permission f To this rather complex question I thought it best to make no ans- weri ' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1873. "Call the juror at the door r bel lowed the j ud ge. The bailift sent to do bo returned with the report that he had seen Jim Bleerly leaving town at fall gallop, and, in passing the court bouse, be gave a sort of military salute but instead of touching his cap, he had applied his thumb to the tip of his nose. OldRnra turned green and purple. It was some moments before be could command utterance.! Rage bad fairly taken away his breath. 44 Make out an attachment for contempt against the fugitive!" be directed the clerk as soon as he could 8iak, his voice quivering with passion. "And, Mr. Bumpkin" be laid marked expression upon the B this time4 it you fail to have the cul prit here before court adjourns, I'll make an example ol you.77 I knew the old sinner well enough to know he would keep bis word, especially wben he promised to do a mean thing. So, leaving a deputy in my place, i took tne writ, as soon as the clerk had signed it, and set out to serve it. On reaching Jim's sbanty it hardly rose to the dignity of a cabin I detailed my assistants to act as pickets, aud marched boldly up and knocked at the door. ' Come in P growled a gruff voice. As I entered Jim glared at me fiercely. lie was a strapping six- footer, all brawn aud bone, aud ready at any time to fight for the love of. it. If be had'nt come to town for 44 bluein'," as be pretended to Old Rum, he bad, at any rate, managed to get gloriously 44 blue," and wheu in that state lie was en tirely reckless. 44 Jim, old fellow,77 I said in a conciliatory tone, 44 1 have got an attachment for 30U, aud waut you to go with me.77- 44 Well, I atu t got none for you,77 be growled surlily; 44 and what's more, I ain't goiu n Iexplaiued that resistance would be useless; that I had a stroug force outside ; aud that I should be constrained to take him, dead or alive. But all to no purpose. Jim, obstinate enough at all times, in his preseut condition was perfectly mulish. Seeing persuasion was iu vain, I signaled my assistants. At the sight of them Jim seized a brand i from the fiie. " Ye see that kag, Mr. Lumpkin,' he said, his eyes bloodshot aud his voice husky ; " wellrit's full ot gun powder and by the long tood Har ry, ef one of them onderstrappers comes across my tbrasbold, or ef you stay a uiiuit louger'n you kin git away, I'll tech her off, so help me r Jim, I knew, was a famous hunter, and used to buy his amnuition by the quantity. A keg of powder was nothing unusual for him to have on hand. And then Polly began to jCry and tako on in a way that went to prove the thing was not a joke. Besides, Jim was just fool euough to do what he threatened. My two assistants took to their heels like white heads, and it must be con fessed, I made a rapid advance in the same direction. At a safe distance, we rallied and held a council of war. We con cluded to invest the place, and hold it in siege for the present. At the end of an hour Jim ap peared at the door, waving a white rag tied to a stick. i " Is that a sign of surrender ?" shouted, from a safe distance. " No," hallowed Jim, " it's a flag of truce ;" adding, " Ye han't got no tachment for Pop, hev yei!" I answered promptly I hadu't. " Well, I want to pass her out," said Jim. " She is getting stericky in here ; and case the wusfe comes to the wust, I shouldn't want to blow the old gal up." I' thought the proposition wa9 reasonable, and said so. f Jn ten minutes the door opened and " Top" came out. She wore a scoop bonnet, aud kept her hand kerchief to her eyes. Her form seemed bowed by grief. We re spected her sorrow, aud suffered her topass. j Hour after hour went by. f I be gan to grow figety. It was already '3 o'clock. Court adjourned at 4; and unless I produced Jim before that hour, Old Rum's wora was o'ut to make " an example of me." At last I concluded to seek a parley. " Hallo, Jim !" I shouted ; I want to speak to you. No answer. I I drew nearer and shouted louder; Rtill no response. I An idea struck me. Jim had probably fallen to sleep after the spree. If so. I might steal a march on him. Stealthily advancing, I raised the latch, and gently pushed open the door. Instead of Jim, drnuk and asleep, the object that confronted me was Pop, wide awake and duly sober. " Where's Jim f I exclaimed. ''Gone this two hours," replied Pop, punching the fire. " For goodness sake be careful, madatiie," I expostulated, "about stirring up the sparks so close to that keg P " Land sake, man I" cried Pope, " it's got nothing in it but beans. As the enormity of the sell flashed upon me, I beat, if auythiug, a more hasty retreat than I did when Jim threatened to blow up his household goods and me along with them. " Where's the prisoner V roared Old Rum as I entered the court honse alone. I tried to break it gently ; but it was no use. The conclusions of my statements was lost in shouts of langhter. Old Ram's eyes rolled wildly. : His face went through the whole gamut of colors. What he i would aye done Heaven- only knows, or ever can know. An ap popiy, which the old whiskey bibber had been honestly earning for twenty;. years struck him lik lightning, and he rolled over dead. At his funeral few sighs were heard, and few tears shed. Ho words spoken iu commemoration of the virtues of the departed. The :: uuidabiug clergyman expresseu a faint hope, but he didn't seem very sanguine. All seemed to , have "come to bury Rumsoner, not to praise him." New York Ledger. From the New York Ledger. AN" INTERESTING STORY. I can't see it," said Buffer. M Nobody reads all these little ad A . ertisements. its preposterous to think it." " But." Raul thft edirnr yon read what interests you T" " Yes." "And if there's anything that you particularly want you look for ltr " Certainly " Well, among the thousands upon thousands who help to make up this busy world of ours every nvni v ruing mat is printed Sneer as you please, I do assure you that printers ink is the true OT)etl &PJtamA tr All hncinana cnooo V And still Buffer couldn't. sp if He didn't believe that one-half ot those little crowded advertisements were ever read. "Supposeyou try theexperiment," said the editor. tt.Tnof advertisement of the want ot one of . ,rr" r"r i". the most common things in the world. For the sake of the test I will give it two insertions free. Two will be enough : and you may have it jammed into any out of the way nook of my paper you shall select. Two insertions, of onlvtwo lines. WiU you try it t" linner saia or course he would try it. And he selected the place where ho would have it published crowded in under the head of 'Wants." And he waited and saw a proof of his advertisement, which appeared as tollows : Wanted. A good house dog. Apply to Buffer, 575 Tower St., between the hours of u and 'J if. M. Buffer went away smiling and nodding. On the following morning he opened his paper,and af ter a deal of huutiug he found his advertise ment. At first it did not seem at all conspicuous. Certainly so insig- nincent a paragraph, buried in such a wilderness of paragraphs, could net attract notice. After a time, however, it began to look more no ticeable to him. The more he look ed at it the plainer it grew. Finally it glared at him from the closely printed page. But that was because he was the person particularly in terested. Of course it would appear conspicuous to him. But it could not be so to others. That evening Mr. Buffer was just sitting down to tea (Bufler was a plain, old-fashioned mau, who took tea at six,) j when his door bell was rung. The servant announced that a man was at the door with a dog to sell. i "Tell him I don't want one." Six times Buffer was interrupted while takiug tea by men with dogs to sell. Buffer was a man who would not lie. He had put his foot in,and he must take it Out manfully. The twenty-third applicant was a small boy with a girl in company, who had a ragged, dirty poodle for sale. -Buffer bought the poodle of the boy, and immediately present ed it to the girl, and then sent them off. i To the next applicant he was able truthfully to answer "Don't want 4-auv more, rve Dougnt one The stream of callers continued until near ten o'clock, at which hour Buffer locked up and turned off the gas. 1 On the following evening, as Buf fer approached his house, he found a crowd assembled. He counted thirty-nine men and boys each one of whom had a dog in tow. There were dogs pt every grade, size and color, and crrowl and howl. Buffer addressed the motley multitndend r. informed them that he had purchas ed a dog. "Theu what d'yer advertise for T" And Buffer got . his hat knocked over his eyes before he reached the sanctuary of; his home. Ne ver "mind about the trials and tribulations of that night. Buffer had had no Idea that there were so many dogs in existence. With the aid of three policemen he got through alive. On the next morn ing he visited his friend the editor and acknowledged the corn, 'lhe advertisement of "wanted" was ta ken out, and in the most conspicu ous place, and in glaring type, he advertised that he didn't want any more dogs. And for this advertise ment he paid. Then he went homo and posted upon his door "Gone to the country." Then he hired a special policeman to guard his prop erty, and then he locked up and went away "With his tamiiy. From that day Josephus liuner has never been heard to express doubts concerning the efficacy of printer's ink: neither has he asked : "Who reads advertisements 1" If ever there was a good excuse for not getting a paper out on time it is that offered by the Panama Star and Herald. The editor says that the Government troops were keeping np a continuous fire on the door of his sitting room, and half a dozen shots did not vary three feet in striking. f'To this annoyance, he says, we must attribute our de lay in getting out this edition, for it is difficult to persuade men to work under a steady and dangerous fire." 1 ! ' ; ' . mm (.From the Louisville Courier-Journal' An i nual Review ol the Trade. J Tne world's Consumption of Tobacco. The consumption of leaf tobacco is again everywhere on the increase, having been checked for tome years by high prices, and any decline in value which may result Iron the present unpropiiious situation of general trade will larnish another illustration of that well known law of commerce, that cheap prices stimulate demand and foi-ce th6 commodity affected into more ex tensive distribution. In 1870 there was an animal onn. sumption of 106,000,000 pounds of The tonnage of the Lehigh Coal and leaf tobacco in the United States, Navigation shows a decrease of 22, producing 93.000.000 Bounds chew- 696tons, and that by the Lehigh ing and smoking tobacco, snuff, &c. In the fiscal -year ending June 30, 1872, there were 114.000.000 nannd chewing and smoking tobacco, snuff; &c. reported to the Internal Reve- nue Bureau ; as manufactured an aggregate which, according to the previous proportion, involved the use of 129,000,000 pounds ot leaf The usual estimate of th mnai consumption -of tobacco in the Uni ted Slutes is 65,000 to 75.000 hoes- - I . y.ear.theaSSregate employment in uue iorms wnicu require tne pay ment of a tax was somewhere be- ccu aou uo.wu. ine in creas? m tnre years 18 23,000,000 Pounas- , '1 he British Board of Trade re- turns of August 31, show the fol lnwintrniiantitma nco1 dnr.'nn, iu-. ; r ;; rr:: ir 1871 unmaaufactured, 27,494,774 pounds; 1872 28,208,176 pctft-ds: 187529,40-1.129 pounds. 1871 meuufactu ed aud suuff. 639.414 i pounds; 1872 710,401 pounds; -1873 ow,$4 po'ids. Total. 1871- 23.154.188 nouvds: 187223.917.577 ponl t;8; 187J 20.2J3.CC3 winds. 8lJ au r se m twoyea'-s ot. lwt s of 2,000,000 pouads. It is worthy pf not'ee t-iat while the re- ceipts and co isumption had in- c eased, as s.'owa above, nrices in Liverpool and London were higher for nearly all grades of America tobacco last August than at the corresponding date o the previous two years. That this did not inure to the Americau producers as a net gain was due to the fact that exchange and ocean freights had advanced so as to more man cancel the prohtre- . a. suiting, lhe gam iu consumption for the whole of last year as com pared with the preceding waa slight ly over 1,000,000 poilnds, a margin which, during eight months of the current year, has already been ex ceeded. The present English stock is under the average of the last ten years. Legislation Necessary. The salarv-grab bill passed by the last Congress provides two dif ferent salaries for the President one of $50,000 a year, and tbeoth- er of $25,000. It is evident, of course, that the authors ot the grab intended that theie should be only one appropriation that at the iu creased rate; but overreached themsel law now stands it is contradictory In addition to this the clause pro viding the increased rate for. the President is inserted among the le gislative appropriations, wheie it does not belong, while that provi ding for the President a salary of 825,000 only is inserted in the pro per place, among the executive ap propriations, in the latter -part of the bill. Thus there is a contradiction in the act, and additional legislation is necessary to show what Congress really inteuded and what was really enacted by the bill. The necessity for this legislation brings up the question anew; and considering how the whole bill has been con demned by conventions and news- naoers of all parties, it will be in teresting to see what sort of legis lation will now be had. Will the new Congress-vote that they think $50,000 a proper salary for the Pre sident, and that they mean to have the law interpreted in that way! or will they vote that $25,000, the sal ary for which he agreed to serve when he was elected, is a fair rate, and that thev will give no more! They must veto upon the subject one way or the other, and the record of tha yeas and najs in the Senate aud the Housr ill form very in structive reading. N. Y. Sun. A Maiden's "Psalm of Life." Tell us not in idle jingle, "marri age is an empty dream," for the girl is dead that's Single, and things are not what they seem. Life isreaLlife is earnest, single blessedness a fib ; "Man thou art, to man returnest," has been spoken ot the rib. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our destined end or way, but to act that each to morrow finds us nearer mar- riage day.- Life is long and youth is fleeting,and our hearts though light and gay, still like pleasant drums are beating wedding marches all the way. In the world's broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb driven cattle be a heroine a wife. Trust no future, however pleasant ; let the dead past ! bury its dead 1 act, act in the living present I heart within and hope ahead. Lives of married folks remind us we can live our lives as well, and departing leave behind ns such examples as shall "tell. Such examples that another, wasting time in idle sport, & forlorn unmarried brother,seeing, shall take heart anp court. Let us, then, be up and do ing, with a heart on ; triumph set, still I contriving, still pursuing, and each one a husband get. Exchange, Ml? New Series No: 300.' f riThe Coal-Trade. -f f Ci ! i The Philadelphia of ilbn- day,8ajs; V r : Y -1 ! The total of anthracite marketed for the week ending on the 11th in stant amounted to 479,013 tons, and for the coal year 15.820,027 tonis, oKtiusfc j.tj,vo, 4 ou urns . io 4 corres ponding time last year, being an in crease j of 770,847 tons. 1 The bitu mi nous tonnage for the week-is 86, 318 tons, and for the year 2,537,964 ton8 giving a totaLof all kinds for the week of 565,364 4 tona, and for - F the ear of 1858,571 tons, against 11231,940 to same time hist year Ubeing an increase of 1.12C.651 tons: and Susquehanna River railroad (ieased to the Central New Jersey) an increase of 264,377 tons, beinxr a ne Increase of 241,681 tons over works lowned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, i The an- thracite coal tfade for the past week nas bea without special feature, There is a fair supply of orders for coal, and prices are unchanged. - The production of coal is well up; The receipts of coal at Boston since compared with the receipts there between the same dates last year. show a decrease in anthracite of 18,374 tons, in foreign coals of 3,341 tons, and in Cumberland aa increase of 17,013 tons. At Port Richmond for the week ending the 18th inst., tne receipts ot coal were- 61,000 tons, the shipments 56,000 tons, I ""Sj me suipmet leaving 85,000. tons on hand. Yes sels are in urgent demand. Freights quoted as follows: Per ton to Bos ton, 92 75; to Providence, $2 25: and to New York, 81 40. ; .Where we Stand. The Tribune publishes the follow ing statement respecting the condi tion to which the Treasury has been the management brought under of President Grant and Secretary Kichardson: "The financial condition of the Government continues , to . grow worse day by -day a circumstance somewhat overlooked in conse quence of the Cuban excitement. The fact need not be concealed that the. Treasury is practically bank rupt. The limit of the legal-tender circulation is $365,000,000, but at the close of business yesterday the I " I actual amount outstanding was I $302,000,000, or $6,000,000 more than is allowed by law. The avail able cash owned by the Govern ment is only $2,000,000, and this is scattered all over the country, in national banks and sub-treasuries. Yet the five-dollar system of silver i resumption goes on uninterrupted ly." This shows the advantage of hav ing great men and great financiers to manage our public business. It proves also that our Wall street bankers knew what they were about when they sent out their famous po litical circular last year, glorifying President Grant as a remarkable financial genins, and deprecating the election of Horace Greeley. and rejoicing not only to those bank- era, but to.tne whole people, to be able t rpfleet that this war will be conducted by such original, solid, j and safe statesmen as Grant, Rich ardson, Fish, Robeson, and the rest. This is a wonderful world, and, as the Tribune says, the Treasury is practically bankrupt. 2v. 1. Sun; St. Louis certainly has one of the most curious lawsuits upon record. iFseems that many years ago an Italian with an unpronounceable, name, uommgo vauamaian, eim- grated from has native land of the Sun to that city, and with his wile and five children set up the business of street begging. He instituted a band, paid them by the week, laid out work for them in different dis tricts, and in all respects showed himself versed in his craft. After some years, having accumulated a snug sum, he returned to Italy, leaving his wife and children desti- tute. Hiselde8t daughter succeed ed him in his lucrative and highly I l. , r.. ..I .1,ini. lm treasurer of St. Louis University her banker, and depositing with him about 812,000 in her mothers name, nut Denoia aiterau aoseuce of twelve years that hoarv mendi- cant, her father returns from Italy and claims the money as legal owner of his wife and everything that is hers. The University, not knowing to whom to give the money in such posture of affairs, turns itj over to the cityi Here, as will be seen at once, is a pretty triangular fight. Who will win seems doubtiui now, although there is a probability that the court will rule that begging is not a legitimate business, and . . V 1 1 ' theretore tnac a cnnas earnings, therein do not belong to its father. This storv is unique and his this moral . p0 not give your money to street beggars. If you have more than von want throw it away or burn it rather than use it to en courage indlenesa and crime. This may seem like stale advice, but as loner as it is neglected its reitera tions is in ordea. ThA AToviran Coneress is crowded in their haste they dnu as we now geem w ueouiue r.r.'.-" " I.. - " . I 1.1 r .I. .1 . rea and ni the I Verge OI a War Wltn Spain, 11 must luc mulutl wuutij. vUl u ves, ana as me fe , i :...'n I nlation nf ahnnr. l.nOO.OOOi thpre are : with railroad projects,the only road sents a hundred thousand votes iw fully completed at present being the the Northwest. 1 , J ; f f line froni Vera Cruz to the city of .. . - - f Mexico- Three companies are now . It is reported that the Adminis- trying-to obtain subsides, one of which is headed by Gen. Rosecrauz, 0f peace to the Liberal Republican who represents To'm Scott in Mexi- Senators, in order to stave off a re co. The leading schemes r contem- action in favor of the Democratic nlate lines from the city of Mexico to the other large towns, a road to n.n.'en onii nna tn St. umia. KWoitiLta Farmers Boys.! i We hopejevery farmer' a 'son win et out, at least, one ornamental tree on the homestead i It will be one of the first things he will - look at when he returns ;home atj some future time. We always search oat the apple trees that; we raised from the ' seed large venerable-looking, trees, and derive a peculiar pleasure as they 5 help - the memory to run ! back to the scenes ! and pleasures 6f boyhood. To-day we saw a beauti ful maple that 'we set out twenty- six years ago. Go and jget a healthy-, looking sugar maple, with as many roots as possible. Cat the top' o but leave the small underbranchea. Set it out "before the buds began id swell; in a rich soilj and it will gro and be an ornament to your home, Almost every i boy 'is ; anxious fdt the time to come when he shall go away from home and see the world) j for himself, but after he ; has been ; brnised about for a few' years h turns his eyes toward : the home of his. boy hood, where every object has ; a peculiar interest, : and ; if he cahi see a beautiful tree that bis own i hands planted- it will add much to his pleasure. - Parents are often1 advised to make home attractive td theirrboys,Jbut boys can! do mucibj themselves to make it pleasant bv planting treesv We hope that when1 we ride by your home, ' we shall sepi some trees pianteu Djrryour owni hands.- . - Tobacco iieaves. The State Chemist of Connecticut,1 iu his report, presents esting information in the tobacco crop, with some ' inte reference to; . - ; i -s- the result of tests upon the tobacco leaves, t The; general summary of the report is as; follows: ' --;.-! ! 'jT:np ! The most highly 'valued tobacco in New England is the thin, tough, elastic? leaf, which burns readily to.: ashes. Those leaves containing the! most carbonate of potash in- their ; ashes burn the most freely and suitrf ably. In some combinations pot-i py artinciaiiy impregnating the leai: with acetate, citrate or tartrate of potash, applying the ' latter in solo.; tiou and then dri ing. Chlorine iri-: jnres ,the tobacco,, as Jdoes a)sof nitrate acid. SulDhuric acid, united; with potash, soda, or lime', favorsi tobacco is produced on well-drainedli warm, sandy lands. It is believed: heavy ueavy mauuriug tucreasus iuu ; quality of tbe-crop generally, at the expense of quality ' as ! regards; texture. - ' I'j'Vf'i'i - il: The October number of the Edin' burg Review has a long article on;; Cuba, its past,present aha probable! future. One prominentjfact men; tioned is that since 1837 Cuba has not been allowed the nrivileee en joyed by Spain of electing represent a. 4. a .. 4f i A.- tauves io a legislative assemDiy,ou has been governed, or attempted to be governed by special laics, which; gave the Captain-General all the powers of exercising martial law at will.' r 4:1 ! -1:0 - 1 Every office is held by a Spaniard Anthony Trollope, who visited the island a few years ago, says No Cuban has any voice in his owe country. He can never have; the consolation of thinkingof his tyrants; asjns-countrymen.". This calls to mind some of our Southern State and their carpet-bag tyrants. I :. The end and aim of Spanish gov ernment in Cuba is to fatten an enrich all its functionaries, from the! Viceroy down to the lowest policejj niau, and to drain the island, as faii tfvu,uw slaves, iw,vw of pure -U4r vpe" bum;, uu mo icuaiuuci w free people of color and a few coolies and Chinese. Out of tbejj lootM persgus, an races, nviug iu Ajuua ) j rathei more than one-half are ofpuresi European stock, of whom! only,il7, 000 persons-are Spaniards from!; Europe. Cuba can never have ;self government until these 117,000; perfj sons,the actual and absolute tyranta of the country are sentLjont of it.-4 In the past five years Spain has liter ally done nothing in respect to Cuba Jj except send over, mora and j more soldiers torkeen her oatriots 'downi Richmond Whig. There are indications on all sides; that the next session of Oongiessjjj will be closely watched by the peoj pie. Many, of the most devoted of, the Republican journals are giving notice that unless there is a genuinei spirit of reform developed there wilt. be trouble- Thus the ; Cleveland: Leader, which has tasted,; the flavorf of a little independence in local politics, and liked it, says: time has come for a general mormtj p we Hiauuer ui uuiuKroi business. J.nere uas ueen not; pniys wv"-- .t,....r - mucu stealing, out ioo : genera looseness. The people are now fully5 aware of this and demand that it' shall cease. The eyes of their con. stitueuts will closely watch bers of the coming Congress, unto them if they are found jnemij Wool want! iug !" : ' ' 1 American corn is now large! yuset in the manufacture of 'alcohol in. Germany and Italy, the export to ports connecting with Germany during the last five months havingf reached 300,000 bushels, and within a few weeks about 100,000 bushels have been sent direct to Naples anq 40,000 bushels to Leghorb. The Stoats Zeitung of Chicagojj gives notice that it is no longer a y Republican paper, and is under no i obligation' to support Republicaif r candidates or Republican measures This is an interesting symptom.- The Stoats Zeitung probably repre- tration Senatorswill propose termsq orcranization. Sumner refuses tr have any relations with the Presi- Manf ! H if H
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 3, 1873, edition 1
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