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Seaniea Caabs, JTiAiiawis, . jOonrt adTsrtisemonta, when not sxosjdtrtg .three" inohet, will be $6.50. For1 each aoni tional Inch;, C3.00 extra will be charged. . Business Itotioea in local column, twenty seats per line for first insertion, aud ten cents for each subsequent insertion. Obituary Notioes, embracing more than the ordinary announcement pf death and obituary poetry, ten cents per liDe. " ". ' PiToree Notices. C6.O0. ' Administrators' Mottoes. W.00. PALEMON JOH2T, Editor and Proprietor. . Ddf oted to the. Interests of the City, the County and the District. Ann inn ; m.uu a xear,,in rnur ay n SEfttamtrra. yfnr Cajlds, raMrsurrs, , UtsMrtss ikMcuii, , Ponrrs, Books, Ac, r i V ft VOEUMFYTT. i.r Sil ELIZABETH CIT.Y"i If. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBEIJAEY 2, 1870. Jr. Mm mnA n&l.t 1t1jm ant) at lha NUMBER SJ-JSSOTjr-T - " ; , . ' v ' , ... a f yTT Will 1 M Hi t 8 1 T - . ' ." ' f . . Elizabeth City Directory, D B, JAB. H. BUTT. Physioian. Attends ta office practice. Cor. Main and fearing titreets. Fx5l- - POOL, Attorney! at Law. Office, Main Street. ER R. Itos H. MoINTOSH. Physlofaa. Offioe, Koad Street. iTXT REED, Attorney at Law, Manteo, ' ! T Roanoke Island, Dare Connty. K. O. JAMES L. BALL, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office, east aid Road Street, three doors from Main. ; JQ. ETHEEEDOE h BRO., Drags, Cheml- oals, Paints, Oilseto. Southeast corner Road and Main Streets. D1 T k MVS V . SDTT, Tt-mm, r" ill , Paints. Oils," ato. Uoathwest eornei fearing, apd Road Streets. ' ' T. T? BUTTER, Book and Job Printer, Caao- LlwiAW Offloe, Main Wtreet. - P". W. MELICK. ilwks, Stationeir, PeA- odlcala and Furniture. Water Street. P VLEMON JOnX. Notary PubUo. QiBce in CiBQUHiAM Building. . DR. IL G JENKINS, rijBician. Office on Main Street. . . ' . rilHE ALBEMARLE BNKlNO HOUSE, J few door west of the Noim Cabousuh Buildinfr. .-; t - f' r, ' ' " . TAMES. L, 8MITHSON, Practical House I'ahrter. Road Street, near Main. r : . It LITE MA RLE HOUSE, T. D.-Penileto!, it. . Proprietor. .Corner of Main and Koad Streets. BROWN. Grocerius. Liquor, etc.. . T also Bjwliiig Alley, Main Street, near the Market. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ELIZABETH CITY. ' . Chatter E!ection,on the flrxt Monday of May. Meeting of the Boird Tt t'uniiiiHsioni-r, afternoon of ttie firt Man.litv of each mouth. -Mayor-J.-S Wilco. ' ' "CommirBionera Ir. P. John, Jabrz Pritch ett, T. II. Cobb, Wlutmfl Lane and Henry Davis. . " ' TreaMirrr HA(?h f!alo. .-Attornev 0 W. Orainly. ' OU rk Wm: KrHiici. ' . Cbimtable J. H. R) i-kil). Ptnianler W, A. Price CHURCHES. Meth.-vllHt, Baptist, Episcopal, and ZIon (eolorod). . Sor vices in eaoh every Sabbath. i.od6es. - Acnnnr-K Lodoe.No. 11,1. O. of 0 II oeU every Thursday eYOuing. P. .Talula Encampment No 8, I. O. O F.- Meets on. the second aud fourth Tuesday in eicn moutu. . . j Obat United Ordeb or O. F.-rMaets alter nate Thursday nights. , .MASONIC. ' ' F.car.KA LpnaE m-fcts on every Monday Light.' PASQUOTANK COUNTY. PherilT John T. I'rice. Clerk Muperior Coui t Milos Commander. . " 1 -Treaeurer Thobian M ades. Beifister of D.oeds 'Thomas P. Wiloox. Surveyor Kader Perry CoonuiBBioiiers--V. V. John, Ooorge W. Bruthfirn, A. 1. Stafford, Euxanuel Davis and -Li. B. Johnson.'' ' Aiioniey W. F. Pool. Leiireseutativ! W. J. Munden. . v ' SUPERIOR COURT. ' Tenth Monday sfte'r tile firti'. Monday in March; and October. County seat, Elizabeth . City. ' ... FXR3T CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Tf5mpirtpii of the Ciunties of Pasquotank, perumma'is. Catnd -n, Ciirritn ;k. Dare: Tyrrell, ll.vdo. i Uaufurt,' Wali!iigion. . Bertie. Ifert ford, Ohowao, Martin, Gates, Pitt and Paiuhoo FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ' Is do-npoce 1 of the Comities of Pasquotank, Curritucic. tJaniili'ii. Perquimaas, Chowan, Gaten. Tyrrell, Hvde. Dare. JudueHoUi Mills L. Eure. of Gatesville. Sol citor J. P. Whedbee. of Elizabeth Ciy. ProfessionaJ & BusiRess Cards, o. o. pool. w.r. pool. C. C; & W. F. POOL, Attorneys at Law, Elizatfeth City, N. C. Practice in j all the C irts of the First Judi cial Dihtnct. " Collections made in any part of the State. Prompt attention g yen to cases in the Supreme Court. . ' C. w7cRANDY, Jr., Attorney at Law ...ASD ' GENERAL COLLECTOR, -V'. .: .. V' Elizabeth City, N. C. offjlai i mco-North ain Street. THE 'Albemarle Bank AT Elizabeth City,, K. C. THORNTON CONROW, President R P. OVERMAN, Cashier. Board of Directors! THonx-roy Con-row, D. O. Btjsh . I'alkm .n Jons. ; . W. F. Mabtis,, D. CvLipp1noott, ' JC. W. HoLLOWXIA. a'' in ExcRVinge, Sight Drafts. Gold and JF'ver Coin, Government aud other Securities. 'e. . r - THE Albemarle House, T. D. PENDLETON. Proprietor. Elizabeth City, N. C. This HOTEL Is central! and pleasantly 'S7j s large, comi'.Klioo ntted up for the comfort am and elegantly louvenienoe of BUBSIS. - i opeeial attention is paid ti 'the trarelins? r the table with t uwnne market affords. Terms 82.00 1 a Day. 11 -ALBEMARLE SALOON. This elegant establishment it. the Albemarle "oujie, is now under the control of s t JOHiJ DETRICK, Of Norfdlk, who p: eposes to keep a first-class' : Imager Beer Saloon, Keeps New Ark Spark ling Cider, and D. P.rkerV Gates Oo. Apple Brandr, and dis Psnses the choicest (if ue.icacies iu this line.' The celebrated BEEJW Thomas Beck A Son wulbe.kept. and pure Gi' son and other Whlskys, "besides any feooa Liquors, Cigars, or Chewing or Smoking .Tobaoeo that mav ha deaired. He inTitos a call from srsry UaiintedLodings.f , Dear love, I feel youi'faee Close, close to mine, though we are far apart, And seas between. UtrobUika. some wicked ' ' - , y 4i - It purifies the place. '" " I hear your low robes glide I -Now in, how out ; some angel it may be , : . Bearing a blessed memory to me ; v. , ' And bright at eveDtide. ' -Those stars, which are my fanes, ' , , ; Your iJeep, deep eyes shine in my lonely room, , T " : " '' OQ liiig the airy castles of its gloom, . -And glittering on its chains. ' . I know that you are true ; - " These are not baseless images I tee ; ' ' ' Perhaps your dreams are feaching oak to mi i As my heart yearas for you. Dream on, though years go by I Bise not, sweet love, from the unworthy ' i. theme, .-: .. .': .,' Let me be ever pleading in your dream, And you dream pn for aye. ;'j A BLUE JACKET'S PERlX. A STORY OF '98. r In the year '98, my great-grandfatlfei''. Sir John Hastings, was the possessor of considerable property in the narth of Ireland and resided in an old fashioned, tumble-down manor house not far from a well known-watering place in the county Donegal My grandiatlier, Ar thur Hastings, then a midshipman in the royal navy, had contrived to obtain a short leave of absence for the purpose of paying visit to his parents on his return from" a cruise of some months' duration; and he had not "'been inany lays in his old home before he deter mined to while away a portion of the time, which hring heavily eftongh 6n his hands in that not too lively abode, by Indulging himBfclf ; -with n little, of hia favorite pastime, dii p-sea fishing. Ac cordingly, one beautiful morning, when there was scarcely a ripple on the water, he got three of his father's tenants, fish ermen, to pull Lim out .in their boat to a place where he would be pretty rare of a good day's sport. , , When they-had left land behind, at some distance they suddenly descried a large vessel in the offiug, which young Hastirigs assumed tp pe one of the EiigHeh ' gunboats which cruised about in those waters in that perilous .t ime. '(-.;'.' The .midshipman thought it would be good fun to pull out to her and board her, with the chance of finding some old friends among her officers ; accordingly he gave the order to pull withj a willjTahd before v;ry long they found themselves undt r the bows of a , btrange looking man-of-war, about whose appearance fcliere. was something strikingly un-English. -Hastings began to feel rather un eomfoitable, and the men looked blank ly at ech othtr ; but before they had time to turn the r oat's head in the di rection of home they were greeted by a si; rill volley of words in a tongue which Hastings, knowing somewhat of the htuarnture,. reooguiaed ta tie Jrreneu ; a bit of bunting, as to the ationalitv of t which there could be no possible doubt, L was quickly run up : and amid roara of laughter from the Frenchmanj's deck at the trapinto which they had so uncon- aoiously fallen, the unfortunate boat's crew looked up and found a perfect chevauxl.de frisv of musket i loveled at tu'ir heads. Ihe fishermen blood roused ; aud I think they would have made a gallant effort for liberty and home had not Hastings in a few words showed them thai the slightest resistance would be-nothing short of in stant death to, all four.!- He himself stood np in the fstern sheets, and after a short parley with the .trench captain surrendered himself and his men, under protest, as prisoners of war. They were taken on board the St. Pierre,, for so was the French .vessel called, their boat cut adrift, and then they did the best thing they could do under the circum stances, made friends with their captors, and were consequently very well and courteously treated. The French com mander assured Mr. Hastings that he luite believed his story in fact, were tho truth of it not so apparent, he would have been under the painful necessity of executing him as a spy. He was indeed aesole that he could not pet M. Hastings and Ids men at once at liberty, bnt, as a naval officer of a rival power with which nn happily Jrrance was at variance), -M. Hastinars wonld. easilv understand that the exigences of warfare forbade it. 5 " IhRt night, a little before midnight, the. frenchman weighed anchor, and with j all canvas ' Spread f and 'a steady breeze on her quarter made' for the port f Brest. They had fair weather for their voyage, and the French and Irish character harmonized - wonderfully. though', with tlje exception of young Hastings, the men did not understand' a word of each other s language. Indeed, had it not bee'i for the thought of the despair into which the poor wives -and children at home would "be.: plunged when the empty boat drifted in with the returning tide, they would rather have enjoyed their trip than otherwise. However, it was fated that matters were not to go on quite so felicitously. A. few hours before they expected to sight Brest, the man on the lookout signaled a sail on the weather-board. The captain looked first through his telescope, and then exceedinglj. grave, The stranger was a man-of-war, a, three- decker, with the British nag flying, and apparently bearing straight down on them. .Should the pi-esent wind cont tiime sh would be alongside in a ho? time. Flight was out 'of the qoestioa o the St. Pierre .was quickly hfve-to, md orders given to clear thef clocks -txi run out the grins . ready lor action Hastings afterwards said that - although all- his sympathies, were on the other side, -still, when he saw the French sailors bustlinar about stripped "'to ' the waist, he and hiSCompaniong being the onlv idle hands on that busy deck, it was all he could dtj to refrain from help-J ing tnem. , e. . At last, by the time then; preparations were completed, the- English vessel1 was ho close, that by the aid of the glass they. could count the men on hr deckv Jhea Captain de Condigny walked up - to -the vonng midshipman with outstretched hand. ' . w -u e '$ "By right you should have no kindly fee line towards us.-' he said: but. you ore sailor enough to know that 4I have simolv done mv duty what would have been yours had our position been ire- versed. I think you" beau ratio ill will, and yon will at least admit that w have done all in our power to- lighten your situation. Now, adieu j we shall have sharp work presently, and you and vOur men must go below; it would be both" dangerous and impolitio for ybd to be seen on onr deck. If we doJiotmeet again you will not think oi inea an I enemy. : Adieu." I ., J J And the gallant oia r ronenman auuyn. the lad warmly by the hand. Before the latter, with his tlfree njpiinions,' was half-way down theladderwhich led to the cockpit,' boom" weTii one offJtEe Englishman 8 gunfljarrying away & CDrti'on of the'SVPierre rigging, an ying two of hr seamen dead onth deck. 5 Boom bobml "wentfthe fit Pierre's guns in answer; and .then the action began in earnest an&th Jsockpit fnllrtf the dead and dvinff. The fishermen, who i f'-J m ir lives had never beheld euch a &cene, crept with i white' faboi mto" corner ''' their clothes red with the blooct which pout ed from, .the severed arteries of the wounded men., i Hastings,' half suffo cated with the fitenoh of blood and pow der in that xuhtobv space, had taken tip his position on a water barrel, just Snider tho port through-which the little current of air in that stifling polluted atmosphere managed to creep. The Burgeon, whose hands were full enough,' looked up from his wotk--the amputation of ' a ' sailor's arm wbiehr had been smashed into atoms by musket ball and said dryly : , ,. "Ycta had better descend from' there. my friend, in case of accidents, ;foir I snail not nave timer to attend to y ou. The remark was' well-timed, for scarce ly naa Hastings vacated his seat than bang-rash smash"'-; caqje cannon ball thro"l ...ni f. -Jk barrelintQ atoms, mingling, tile water with the other liquid .with, which the floor was already, saturated, .until the crimson sea rose aoovelhe men's ankles, and saying the surgeona job by putting three o( bia patients out of their mise ry.'. He looked up with a grim smile. wasan,e8capel ,JjookthereI He is a better operator rthan I be "-does - his work cleanly he 1". Je said, pointing to the three dead bodesv - . - i At last Hastings could - eontain : him self no, longer.. Boom-iooml went t he guna overhead, and with every mo ment ' the carnage increased, s The at: mosphere'of the cockpit1 became p:. pressive and sickenirfgy the stencli eo roul that he was determined come wha might, to liave one breath of fresn. air, and at the same time. if 'boflsihlfl. Sin. cover iff whose favor the "battle was be j ing decided. Bo he. ran qmoklyup -the ladder and arrived on deck, just as the brave $Jd French "captain waa carried rast deaJ, with a 'bullet through hi brain; The " EngusH were evidently f ainin the day, ancr'Jthe- direst confu ion reigned on. the Frenchman's deck. Young Hastings , was Ion, the point5 of iroinir hfJpw atrain. whVn a..hcun aiolif pet his view. Asailor fearfully wound ing the outer wall of his chest being literally torn away by a round shot, was lying, still alive, close to theTjulwarks ; iwp usuiorw,-almost, naaed, presenting a terrific appeexance "from the blood, anfl bo wder -with which they wert besmeared. at a, sirjnal from the second officer, ad vanced, and lifting the quivering body of their unfortunate messmate, proceed ed deliberately to thf ow1 him overbQard, rue juislf lad; with a cry of, horror, sprang forward la the rescue, but an officer stopped hini,: saying firmly : 14 'It must be so; the men are already panic stricken, , and uch sights make them wowe; at furtheRt he could onlv live a few minutes, and it is more merci ful to put him out of. his agony." The men then taised him and with all their force threw him o?er the side: but IT. . A t . ' -j T " . uie wreicneu creaiure, wim an amount of vitality"which in his condition Hastings-would, have deemed impossibib had ne not seen it, clutched at a rope hang ing over the ship's side with the des perate .tenacious gripe of a drowning man. .1 Tt was a hideous sight 1 The poor wretch hung on, his face livid and out of has head, and the blood welling from tho wouudin hischest.- They tried unsuccessfully to shake him off; at length au officer stepped forward with a cutlass in his hand, and, bendincr over the tide, cut the rope across, and with an awful despairing cry which made it- st-if heard above the boomincr of the Uns and tho Yells of the sailors the mis erable creatine sank beneath the Waves. Sick with horror the boy, unaccustomed as yet to th active duties of bis prof es-i pion, turnt! to go below, when ping ungf a, bullet biruck the fleshy part of, lis arm, and the limb ' fell nerveless at lis side. His friend the surgeon quick ly extracted the wicked little bit of lead,' und with a grace which ' only a French man oonldttssume under the circumstan- ices presented it to him as a - souvenir of his sojourn on aboard the ok .Pierre; then lie bound up the arm, and half an hour afterwards the French ship, commander- less, . with more than half her crew lead pr .uyu g, btruck to, the English oommander. ,; --'. , The officers- of the Invincible such. was the name ot the iintisn vessel loarded their priie, and on oing below the first sight that met their eyes was the four' Irishmen, who on the entrance irf their, countrymen: rose, scarcely. able to conti.in"iheu ioj at this unexpected .li;kwS -' "" ?:--" ' ' UllUl(tUCia ' - But you may imagine their hoiror when, hptendof ,behjg welcomed? with vpen ai niswta' tiiey naa ,expeeteci,tneir -torywas received with incredulity and snspicieririTieyrmpxprc o d& taken Fef ore the English captain, and their re quo was complied with ; but unhapily lor them that individual was or a very different stamp from that of the couite pua French ;epra.mauder. He was one f those tyrannical, hectoring, jDlustermg bullies who some years ago were rather boo frequently to be met with in the royal navy, who, having as a youngster himself tasted wcevilod bistfuit aud.Ufk rope's end prety freely, had determined, whendiis day came, that life should not h one.'whit sweeter for hia subordinates than i it iiiuLbeeu for him. ' Added to theses amiable qualities he had the bit " tereat contempt and hatred for his neigh-. boron the others Bide of "the channel in fact, the name of Frenchman had pretty much the some effect on. him -as a bit of red fiag ton ' a , buH, and as for Irishman, I'm not sure that he dii not hate them ratlier more cordially. Thia individual went through the form of heating "their, defense, growhng to himself the while, and when they ha'd finished ordered them, with a few choice nautical expletives," to bdputl in irons autfi the nex day, 'when they -would, be i t . ' 1 e . insa iy nnvni cnnrx-nraniai lor mo enpx- tat offense of high treason and lese majesfe, in having joined cause, with .the enemies of his -mcfet sacTecT; majesty George III. ; . ; AxRugned they were; accordingly, and in spite of all t at poor Hasting could say in spite even of the' .exculpatory evidence of the French officers, which Captain : Buhner, not comprehending, sneered at they were foind guilty and condemned to bo hung, a1!! four, from the yard-arm I . ' ijYom can imagine the consternation of the BiEfortunate feBbwp, who Tiad indeed fallen from Scylla into Charybdis. In vara -did the unhappy Hastings protest against the injustice of the proceeding, stating that not withstaodmg the wound he had received, which was one' "of the points on which special stress was laia bv his accusers, despite , the suspicious despite, the suspiciousfWhen the old gentlemen gets into limbo appearance Whicn'he aridriis"eorapn1 ionf by this time necessarily presented, . he had the honor of wearing his ma jesty's uniform and serving his- country as truly and faithful! as any man on board, j To esca it theae i asseverations the Only answer he received was : " You lie. sirl'Mmtil, half frantic rith'indig- nationT and despair, he and diis com- -lonJons were sept back into irons till heir sentence i1" could conveniently" be carried' im Ttfeeter CT "f "XT'rioassy and, with a benign expression on ' Thn first 4itfhmmft.MTTi vii tHB'wuri Thenrettrroteiimy wnr. me twin Bbtr! 'f 4 that great shiplitcvjactd. the 8tha!Jest compassion t6wda,thnii Inekilyj happened tff payHb unforttrnate prisoners a visit in the course pf. the day. -nrit.il o? V1W fAiateY'Safel drstodv. Thougtiftactly Eff ofdejfs, liDltte.ajnr is that the father and son have .not refrain frcftn speaking to y(ung'j been lectaringeaoh other, iu this-way for Hastings, who had a bright, attractive face,. ii;d a-slBj? i him how on eartsf WwS rrtAs' to have the slightest idea of the found himself riarta cette gal- re. By extreme ludicrousness wMch their con diat of cross-questioning in the cou sq tinned IxhortationB have attained, I LZ. l IL.t l 1 v wuiwsuwu taiiio uub iiiaii nub-uuiy had the families of Hastings and Ash-burtoiis- the name of the first lieutenant bCen connected in olden times, but that actually Hastings' mother had in terested herself in" obtaining for this same Ashburton his commission in the royal navy! There was no doubt that Mr. Hastings was bona fide the person he represented himself to be ; eo Ash burton went to the captain and terrified the old sea bear into granting a reprieve, solely against his will, until the arrival of the Invincible in port. Accordingly when the man-of-war anchored off Spit head, Hastings obtained permission to be confronted with the offioersof his own ship, the Hornet, - then .opportunely stationed at Plymouth, and in addition hit father and other relatives hurried to evidence- sufficient to satisfy the crusty old captain that for once in his life he had jumped rather too hastily to, conclu sions. His conduct was moreover se verely censured by the admiralty,' ' in asmuch as through his rashness and per tinacity a very promising young officer was nearly lost to his majesty's 'service." i Book Learning. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has writ ten a letter to the Quincy Patriot on the subject of .the education derived from the reading of miscellaneousbobks. Mr. Adams, who is one of the trustees' of the public library -of the. town, saya that four fifthsV)f the book education we have is acquired from miscellaneous reading. Schools and school teachers have nothing to do with it : but it is home acquired. He considers the read ing books,- in itself, the poor man's University. lIn referring to circulating and pubho libraries, aud the kind, of literature ia most demand, he savs that three-fourths of the demand is alwavs for the ! most , vapi and sensational book." In closing his letter, he says : Most assuredly, parents ought not to turn their chUi"" W in any lihrarv. In our liBrary there is nowntlo excuse for ' their - so doing. Before tho cata logue was: published they might have excused themselves on the ground that they had "no means of selection ; and the catalogue was prepared with that very consideration in view. - It "was intended to Jay open to any person sitting in his own house the whole contents of the library,-for his own use and that of his family ; it is in fact put at the disposal of every resident of Quincy. an almost complete collection of the standard works in the 1 nguage, for all practical : purposes, just as much at his disposal as, if he owned them. - It put the library into the dwelling' houses. Under. these circumstances, jitwas hoped that a great improvement ', would be noticed in the charactecjof tho books callod for. How far thS"Sope has been justified I cannot now Bay, but there is certanly yet great room for improvement. The great ma jority of the books borrowed are bor rowed by young "people, and -still, ap parently, unassisted in their choice by any one. ' I am very confident that a competent trustee, who could give hia whole time to the library, and do noth illg" llllk ..J paivjllOStJ now books, and advise those who come there, especially the young, what to read and how to read it, could be much more for the higher education of Quincy than is done through the whole agency of our high school; nor in saying this do I mean to say anythii g derogatory to the high school either. This we cannot ex pect. We ought, however; to be fairly able to expect now. that parents and those engaged themselves in the work of edu cation should realize what a large' part in the work miscellaneous readirig plays," and so try to give some direction to it." A Singular Murder "and Sufc'de Mr. and ilrs.7 liitter were a -middle-nged couple who had long been resi dents of Flatbush, H. Y. They we.e people in comfortable circumstances, and among the most respectable in the locality. A difference in rHiigiom be lief was a constant bone cf contention between the husband and wife, and led; indirectly, tola double crime. ' The night previous to the murder and suicide there was a Methodist prayer meeting at the houso of- a neighbor, and Mrs. Bitter, who had for some time manifefcted great sanxiety for her hus band's oul, wanted him to attend the meeting ith her. He declined, and 'she 'frent away alone, highly displeased with him,. ; Hitter spent the evening at thediouse of apotuer neighbor; a mem ber of the, Kef ormed Church. - The Methodist Meeting was out, and Mrs. Bitter got homo and abed before her husband returned home.fv When he re paired to his bedroom he found that his mife had locked the door on the inside and positively refused to lethim in. He I found every other bedchamber in the house- and every room with a fire in locked, and he was finally compelled to go into the attic The night was bitter cold, and he got but little sleep. The next morning he came down and found the kitchen unlocked, but his wife not yet out of her room.- "She presently appealed, and at once assailed him for hia persistent refusal to repent of his sins. .Warm words followed, and at last Bitter picked up a hammer that lay' near and exclaimed: " We might better be dead than live in this way !" . He then dealt his wife several blows on the head,and she fell to the: floor. Her screams were heard by Eli Eph grave, a neighbor,, and he at- onee rushed into Bitter's apartments. He found the husband standing over the prostrate form of-tis wife with the ham mer raised as if to strike again. EpH grave seized hold of -him and threw him aside, and birriexf UJrsS Bitter Into, hia "own part of the house. IHtter repeated the above remark as Ephgravo went out .with the wounded woman. He was lett alone in rua room bnt a moment, but ?Ju! Ephgrave- returned he found Hitter oniiis knees before his bed with his head fallen over upon it and blood streaming fromdiis throat to the floor. Bitter was taken up and laid upon.his bed, when it was seen that he had cut his throat from ear to car with a razor. He died before aphysknan'could be called; and hia victim diejJ'Sh.ortly after. Father, ani Son. The Springfield (Mass.) Un ion Bays: Uhere -aretwo regular patrons of the poiic?station: iri . this ' city? father and sonCof whom the Union thus speaks : he' son appears and: proceeds to: read him a long lecture on the siu of drink ing and its attendant evils, usually wind ing up with- 'It's good enough for you. I have done -all that a son could do to make you live properly,, and yon have no one to blame but yourself." Money is raised to pay the old man's fine, anjd then the son takes Ms turn at gettfng drunk and smasMng things. Stra;ght way tho father appears at the station hi countenance, rjlaintivelv nia countenance, plaintively inquires Is it the example wMch I have set you and am I to.be thus repaid for allriy watcMul care and tenderness ?" Th-v family pay the son's fine, and then it is 3 the old man's turn'' Tbawnmt rartnf aboujfime years, anq neither of .them 1 - il " t . I T i . i I I ' l T . Z ' - . . .. as THE M0SEL DISASTER. Harsh Seeaes at Brensrhavea (Jatherlaa; . the Ressaiaa The T let las Meetly Blewa ta Atasas. The Bremen correspondent of the London Times says: A gentleman who visited the scene of the disaster a few hours after the event said it looked more terrible than a field of battle. Hospital attendants and policemen, aided by volunteers from all Classes or tne population, hacLuindeed, removed those remnants of humanity in which the vital spark was not wholly ex tinct, out wnat remained was a human shambles. As in an anatomical dissecting-room, all the individual limbs of the human body might be seen lying about separately in ghastly isolation. . Here a head was stuck on a riio.' while a band was seen ouitirnK-t empty apace irom a wintrow Nam. More horrible, perhaps, than the lacerated limbs whose outward shape was sufficiently preserved to admit of recognition, were the form less masses of flesh strewn in every di rection, mixou np wren arms ana leet. On the fatal spot were boots and shoes. coats and shawls, and countless splinters of iron and wood. Where the wagon stood from which the deadly chest was thrown yawned a hole over six feet deep andfBeven feet wide. Horses, ve hicle, driver, and porters were literally blown into atoms, without a trace of them left. On the brink of the opening which marked the spot where they dis appeared, an infant's shoe was seen, empty, and asking for the tiny foot which had tenanted it that mornincr. A note-book was there contain in c the memoranda of a dead man Later in the day the most horrid indications of the catastrophe were caref ally collected and carriedaway to the churchyard, pre paratory to removal; but 'many of the shivered fragments were thrown too great a distance and had been lodged in too improbable localities to be found at' the first search. made jn ; houses and courtyards, in stables and river boats. A man would go up to the loft to fetch fuel, and find a leg flung across the coals. A woman feeding poultry in the henhouse was shocked to behold a finger fought for by the feathery tribe. In thO harbor, bloody trunks, rose and" fell with the stream for several days, presenting a re volting aspect, and causing the authori ties to have tho river dredged. The most harrowing spectacle was" that presented in the deadhouse of the churohyard be fore the first ' burial of the remains. Heads without trunks, trunks without heads, legs without feet, and arms with out hands were displayed in hideous rows for identification. Picture for yourself a woman looking for her hus band among these gory relics, and the thought beggars description. For two consecutive days '-these visits to torn members continued. For two days fare wells were taken, of heads and hands. For two days portions of the cadaverous away were graduaDy removed by rela tives bringing full-sized coffins for a single limb, and having it carefully sown 1 r 4 linen rwurtro nBcrnit an last inclosure. Then the grave hid its own. . Meanwhile sonde thirty persons, not wholly killed by the explosion, were lying in an improvised hospital not far from the scene, an unascertained num ber of other sufferers having been re ceived in private houses. There was a great want of lint, linen, and other nec essaries at first; bnt the Bremen people, proverbially liberal and kind-hearted, soon supplied all requisites.. Physicians, too, arrived from the country, offering assistance and helping their colleagues at the haven in the first ministrations. But it soon became apparent that there was little occasion for doctoring. Only the milder cases admitted of the ser vices of the healing art. If there was anything calculated to render the effects of tho catastropho.more appalling it was that the infliction is confined to com paratively few families. Whole families having gone to see their relatives oS whole families were killed and wounded. A terrible instanoe is that of Mr. Etmer, who. with all his nearest and dearest ac companied his eldest son io the boat to wish him God spoed on his departure for the West i Indies. The father, the elder and younger son, one son-in-law, the brother of another son-in-law, and a cousin are dead. The mother has had her arm broken. One of the daughters has-lost hei right hand; another daugh ter is wounded in face, hands, and legs; a third daughter wounded in the arm; while the sister of one of the sons-in-law had her left foot blown off. That son-in-law whose brother is dead is terribly lacerated in the abdomen. This is the worst case, but .others might be cited hardly less melancholy. The explosion was heard for many miles around. It is affirmed-that a low, muttering noise penetrated to the very environs of Ham burg. ' -- What Does he Want his Paper For? Occasionally a man may be heard to complain of his paper because it con tains advertisements. What does' that. man want a newspaper for? He can want it only for the information it gives. Now it matters not to Mm whether it comes in the shape of an ad vertisement or in the reading columns. The knowledge is what we are after. Where does the farmer get his .first knowledge, of farm implements and seed.rPid you not find the reaper you now use first described in the adver tising department of your farm journal ? That new cultivator that ifow does the work several times better and cheaper than the old one, where -did you find that ? i Among the advertisements,! Those new sweet potatoes that yield so finely, and cook so mealy, where did you learn concerning them ? That new ma chine, that does the work so nicelyvras proclaimed through thew advertising columns of the newspaper, . The advertising x)lnmns of the news paper are of fullyas much' pecuniary value to the reader as reading matter proper. 'We'are indebted to the adver tising columns for cheap newspapers. They are Jfctie 'lubricators that run the 'machine. Few. papers could live" on their subscriptiens alone. Gut off advertising, and nine-tenths of papers in the United States would the the die out, and the balance be obliged to raise their subscription price, United States Army. President Grant was interviewed re cently by a gentleman who graduated at West Point, and has maintained lifer long friendship with him, on various topics of general interest. Grant vehe mently opposed the reduction of the army, and said that even if the Senate should agree to the proposed action of the House, which he doubted, he would most certainly veto the bill when it came to him. The president gave no special reasons for opposing the reduction, but is fully determined not to permit it. Of Cotibse. The Norristown Herald (seasonably says : Young man, if you should see your girl gazing intently at your feet don't shift them about un easily, or draw them up and ait upon them, under the impression thatfhe is overwhelmed by their immense size. She is merely taking their measure mentally for a pair of slippers, on the toes of wMch she intends to work a bide clog with a green tail and scarlet ears. The Sew Tork Cattle Market. The annual statement of receipts and prices of cattle, sheep and hogs at New xork for the year 1875 is given as fol lows : The . totals are 452,471 beeves. o.ooo nmcn cows, ii&yjtf calves, 1,233, 984 sheep and lambs, and 1,388,514 hogs, showing a decrease, compared with 1874, of 1,662 beeves, and 385,707 hogs; and an increase of 1,410 milch cows, 14,070 calves and 68,331 sheepand lambs. The largest number of beeves j received in one week is recorded for the week end ing with August 30 ; the smallesTnum- Der arrived during the week ndin marcn o. xne largest nnmber .ei sheen reached this market in the last week in July, and the smallest number in the first week in ApriL The week ending with November 15 ntvn thA lartmsf num. oar ot nogey ana Sn aaauesr numoer is .recorded fer th6 week tending Au gust 23. - . f In respect to the quality of the beef cattle there has been a general oomolaint ai ; i lit ii . ... huruugnout me greater pan oi tne year. Ihe native steers were, for the most part, forced into the market before they were fat and ripe for the butcher, and the Texas and Cherokee cattle and Colo rado half-breeds were not up to the mark desired by New York slaughterers. oneep ana lamos, especially during the first and? last quarter of the year, have been above the average of former years, both in respect to weight and quality. Hogs have ranged a trifle better than ri -. . - ... ' . . - for last .year., bnt an improvement of .25 per cent, in this direction for the next year will no more than meet the changed character of the trade. Compared with lasff year, the average price of beef cattle has been about one quarter cent per! pound higher, with the highest mark reached during the four weeks beginning! with June 21, and end ing with July 12. .The average Drice of sheep for the year is forty cento per one hundred pounds lower than it was for last year, which may be .fairly at tributed to ; the lower ruling of wooL hogs here for the reason, mainly, that the slaughterers have considered it for their interest to j supply themselves al most wholly by purchases in ; Chicago. .Buffalo and Pittsburgh,, but the quota tions show an advance in the average price for the year equal to more than $1 per one hundred pounds, v : ' ! : ' : A Female Nimrod. '! A Canada letter describes the extra ordinary 'hunting exploits. of a Nimrod in petticoats, who has lately been as tonishing her neighbors by her bravery and endurance. I Four vears ago Mrs. Williamson, who! is said tobe a bright looking, neat, lady-like woman, below the medium size,1 conceived an idea that it would be a profitable business to capture young moose, and rear them un til they became of a salable age. In the season of 18(3 she, with her dog, made her first hunt for them, and after one or two unsuccessful trips, during each of which he traveled from - daylight to dark over a distance of from twenty to thirty miles, she-succeeded in capturing two, and triumphantly returned home riK thara. . -xno uejkti Btrasuii sue cap tured three, and the past season five. 1 When about five months oldj they have all been sold. Tho Indians have a lay ing respecting moose calves i well illus trating their rapid development in their powers ef locomotion, whiehj is: "One day old, it takes a man to catch them ; two days old, it takes a dog to catch them ; three days old, Satan can't catch . them." As an illustration of- the kind of stuff Mrs. W. is made of, it is said that -last season as she was traveling through the forest unarmed she saw an immense wildcat,.which her dog drove to the top branches of a 'high tree, where he apparently felt safe.! Mrs. W., after vainly endeavoring to dislodge him with stones and 6ticks, proceeded to climb the tree after him. Besting on a ; branch below him she tried for some time to cudgel him, which only served to make lum growl and make, move ments as if intending to spring on hert However, she at last got a square blow at his heaM, which stunned and brought him to the ground, where the dog 6peedily put an j end to him. Shortly afterward a beautiful cat! skin was brought to town.1 Before the law against moose killing came into operation Mrs. snared ten large moose.j and it was not an uncommon occurrence for her to take her gun and shoot eight or ten partridges at a trip. I '.:The O.' A. V. J George IV Weeks, president, says the. following are the objects and purposes of the Order of the American Union, about wMch the papers have had so much tosay of late : 1. We accept the Hible as the basis of all moral, religious, governmental, and educational Undertakings. 2. We yield an unhesitating support to the constitution and government of the United States and of the several States. 3. We urge that the present system of, our goneral unsectaiian freo school organization shall be maintained Invio late. - ' I 4. We claim that no part Of the pubho funds shall ever be used for the support maintenance of any sectarian school or institution whatever. 5. We are opposed to any interfer ence in ponticai anairs oyj any man w bodv of men acting in behalf or bydi- rectionof any ecclesiastical body pr pow er ; yet we mane no war upoLMtujr uinu a religious creed. The ways and means .of, conducting our business matters, ine memoas uy wMch we propose to secure the desired results, ajopeculiarly our own, and we intendjkfkeep them to ourselves. . Third tertaror one term. Democracy or.Bepub- Hicin, .hard money or soft money, ioked wMflky or straight, . are el v ontside of our aims and plans, receive no attention whatever j To sustain and advance the ideas above -summarized, we propose to use all law ful and suitabl measures at all times that to us seem to be propitious, with all persons who labor for triumph, against .all their agencies which seek.their over throw and destruction. As in the past, so for the future, we invite, and expect to . receive the co-operation and aid of housands of sturdy, stalwart, patriotic, thoughtful men j who love their Country with an araor surpassing tuai oi ptubjr, sect, or clan, j I The Wealth of the Kothschlldk It i3 stated by an eminent foreign publicist that the wealth of the Roths childs has reached the enormous sum of $3,400,000,000. ,In mentioning tMs fact, the London Times says : j The signifi cance of these istnpendous figures may be rudely conceived by comparison, but there is nothing in the history ,of private wealth with wMch they can be com pared. The capital of the Barings, the estates of Lord Dudley, the Marquis of Bute, and the head of the family of Grosvenor belong relatively to a humble category, to wMch the city of New York has contributed the fortunes of Astor, "Vauderbilt, and Stewart. The financial resources attributed to tne Rothschilds can best be measured by contrasting them .with the funded debts of the richest countries oh the globe. It will then be! found that the capital of this house, as estimated by M. Barnouf, is about equal to the whole funded debt of Great Britain, or that of France, and considerabl I v exceeds the national debt of the United States. 1875. Table Bhawtsc Nasse ail Date at Death af Nate Peaale Thraaahaat the War IS Aspinwall, W. H. January 18. A chard, Xiouis, author Paris, March 27. . - .. v Andersen, Hans Christian August 4. . AKLur, w. jj. .November 2. Bramlette, T. E., ex-Governor Ken tucky Louisville, January 12. Buckingham, W. A.. ex-Senator Norwich, February 4. . Bennett, William Farad&le, composer uonaon, reDruary 7. v Bell, ' Bear-Admiral, Charles New Brunswick, N. J., February 19." ., Buffinton, James, M. C. Mass. Feb ruary 7. Bateman, H. L. London, March 22. Tjanfc. Tian.. oomedian Aoril lA' Brnnow, Baron voff5prifl. Breckenridge, J. C, ex-Senator May 17. Bright, Jesse D Indiana, May 20. Blair, F. P., Jr. r-St. Louis, July 8. Binney, Horace May 12. Bregentold, Count Molke October 1. Boehn, Rev. Father (Methodist), cen tenarian December 28. , Collins, G. C, tea merchant Feb ruary 11. " - . . ' Conway, Mrs. F. B., -actress Brook lyn, April 28. Charuck, Oliver, politician FlusMng. L. I., April 30. i Cairnes, J. E., economist July 7. ' Coquerel, Rev. Athanase-uly 2i Drake, S. G.. historian- Boston. Jons 14. De Camp, Admiral June 24. : Drake, Commander, A. J. August 4. Eaton, J. O., painter New York- February 7. Ewald, H. Cx. A., historian May 5. Franklin, Lady Jane July"18. Finney, Bev. Chas. G. Oberlin. OaL. August 16. Ferry, O. S., Senator November 21. Frederick William, Elector of Hesse January 7. Ferdinand of AuBtnaT "ei" Emperor June 29. Grant, Sir John Hope London,- March 7. Gorim, Sir William, Constable of the Tower March 15. Hardin, Judge M. R. Louisville. Ky., January 3. Hays, Brigadier-General William Boston, February 7." . Hooper, bamuel, M. C.. February 13. Helps, Sir Arthur March 7. Hayp, W.;J., animal painter March 15. . - . Hickman, John, ex-M. C. Westches ter, Pa., March 25. Harper, John; publisher April 22. Head, Sir F. B., author July 30. Hamilton. General Alexander New York, August 2. Hudson, Frederick, journalist No vember 21. Jarnac, Count de, French ambassador London, March 22. Johnson, Alndrew, ex-President July 31. Kingsley, Charles, author London, January 24. Ledru Koliin. Alex. Aug : lawyer and Hlatesiliai ratio. vauiuujT o. - " Levy, Michael, publisher Paris, May 5.. Locock, Sir Charles, physician July 23. ' I Motley, Mrs.- John Lothrop -London, January 3. Miller, J. F., painter Paris, J.anuary 20. - ' Mathicu, C, L. M., astronomer- March 7. . Mitchel, Jno. March 20. Modena, Francis, Duke of Novem ber 21.; .. X- , , Osborn, Adm. Sherard-May 6. Pereire, Emil, financier January 7. Pickersgill, H. W., painter April 22. J Porteous, Itev. G. B. September 2y.J Picket, General Geo. E. November 23. . : Quinet, Edgar, French historian March. 28,1 :; Roberts, Bishop J. W. -Liberia, March 7. ' ' '' Beade,! Winwood, traveler April 27. Remusat, Chas. -de, author-r Paris, June 6. j Ralston, W. C.,, president Bank of California August 27.' Richardson, W. A-, ex Senator Illi nois, December 28. St. Leonards, Lord, chancellor En gland, January 29. Smith,' Uerritt March b. Selwyn, Rev. Wm. April 24. . Singer, Isaac Mefritt, inventor July 23." -J , Stewart,' Sir . Houston, admiral De cember 21J TounglcM, emperor of China Janu ary 12.- ,Trask,, Rev. G. F., anti-tobacco re former January 25. Thomas, Lorenzo, ad interim secro tary of war March 2. " . Timbs, John.author London, March 5. Thomas, Bichard ("Mme. Zarona"), Federal spy Maryland, March 24. Thompson, Mortimer (''Doosticks"), author June 25. l .Thirl wall.' Bishop July 27. , Woodrutr, judge ijewis s. oepiem ber 10. "Wilson, Henry, Vice-President-No-vember 22.- ; Wheatstone, C. F., electrician October 20. etterstedt, J. W., Swedish naturalist 'January 4. i ' ' , A Masonic Joke. One of the most amusing develop ments wMch have been made in Boston came to j light not long since. A local paper says: It appears that a French man, Charles Lagarliere,' has formed an iu dependent Masonic lodge among the "boys,"; and has run the affairs Of the lodge to suit himself. He asserted his right, aa a worker in the Scottish Rite to organize a lodge entirely independent of the -Grand Lodge of Boston, and having found two or three to help him in his plans, succeeded in making fifty three persons believe in his pretensions; He initiated the men into various "de grees" for a fee of $10, but the charter which he promised to supply did not come. JLinerencea arose .Deiween mm-i Belf arid the bretiiren, and finally, oni suspicion of being an impostor, La , gariiere was arrested'and held for triaL It is doubtful how near correct the man is in Ms claims, but that he is not wholly igiorant of the secrets of Masonry seems evident.1 The members whom ne ini tiated assert those of Other lodges re- cognized their signs, grips and 1 pass words as all right. Lagarliere says the whole affair is a conspiracy, and. he will expose the miscreants of the Grand Lodge in his statement in court. - -' . I , . v ... One Hundred Tears Ago. . ' . On July 4, 1776, one hundred years '. . m t 'w ago, the declaration oi independence of the United States was signed and- prornulgated in Philadelphia by" the representatives of tMrteen States viz.; Massachusette, having five ; Connecticut, four ; New HampsMre, three ; Rhode Island, two ; New York, four ; New Jer sey, . five ; Pennsylvania, nine ; Dela ware three ; Maryland, four ; Virginia, seven ; North Carolina, three ; South Carolina, four ; and Georgia, j three representativfa; Total number of signers, fifty-six. The country then contained 815,615 square miles and. 3,000,000 peo ple. Now the United States embraces over three millions of square mihs of territory, and has a population of 43,000, 000 people. THE DEAD The Tln4 ot chTaertutren. A TOrrespondent tlituProrideroe Journal write as follows: In '"lBe"au tnmn of "18rW I. went-np from soutliero Europe to spend a few mouths in the gay capital of "Saxony. . Those of our nationaiity in lreden are .very clannish. live in the same part of the town.'give Ejrties and dinners and gemans as at ome, and mix little with foreigners, so mat once oasi oommesioas to move roum m the cjrch ouesoou, meets all wh;o compose it. Among tho raasV wham met t ' tho American luU at nartiea. ujuluictb, ana i nii own house, wna an v: , ... , - - aiuiu treutieinan Known tr tia a A , . ' - T Wm. Thomas. He was a largo, stout man, we going poesibly two hundred anavwtv pounda. He .wore a heavy red ueara ana mnsMtcne. and alwavs a taoles. He was a auxtti) ftort of a person. never taking the lead in anTthintr. bnt snu interesting himself in. everytuing that was going on. and a good member of Boaety. ;unerally, , He lived at th time with his " wife, a charming little black -eyed woman,' and -f aniify, . , a handsome suite ef looms., on the corner just above the club, and used rrfVnently to entertain' In- a , quiet, pleasaat, way. uioso. wnom am ooaxntaa among bis more lnumate mends. Among them I may - . T ' i. a. - any i was numbered, and so. often lotind my way Ihrongb' his Hiospitable door, He lived, h-aid, in North parohjaa, and at tho breaking oufof tho wartonld himself obligVd to girinto the liontltfnj army. 'He wae In a Worth Carolina reg iment during" the- summer campaign of iao2,and at Marvera HHia waswomnded in the arm. t It was in the evening, as he sat with some oomrades around their camp fire, that a shell expkjdedin their midst, killing neafly alL and -wounding him, as I have said. He was sent to the rear and finally discharged as 'nnflf for active service. He wont then - to Wil mington, bought all ihe cotton he could, zaa the blockade successf nllv. ki'&i feilbcarfcT9.to Liverpool, and sold it diately invested his money m United States bonds,,whioh were then at their lowest figures in the English market. Afterward they trebled on hia hands, and between thai cotton and the bonds he made from $150,000 to $200,000.- He married afterward a Southern.lady, who had been ednoated in- Europe, aud by her had several children, He had not the appearance of one who had followed the sea, and I should "fee surprised, if it Bhonld bo proved be had evor command ed a veseeL A sailor, -as a rule,, never gets rid of the effect , of the salt air iai his ways aud habiti and appearance, and I never was able to discover that ITiom as was in any manner difJLfitemt fronllie rest. of us. Thomas was jUie last person among Tia in Dresden: -whom one would select as a man capable of doing such a deed as he certainly did at Bremerhayen, He was a jolly giod fepow, as the world would aay, yet quiet, and in fact, rather lazy., That he was not insane, when, ha designed the plot for blowing up the ves sel, I cannot beleve. It is so "entirely different from what the man wm' front his character as his friends knew it, that T nrrt nnwinioff YrflA.. w- r,' accountable for wlmt he did." 'Urn svas; n his fa mily ah extremely affectionate man, and his wife and children were, as tenderly cared for as wife' and children could bo. It used to bo .remarked among us that Thomas was unusually devoted to his wife, nnd not a whim of hers was allowed to go unsatisfied. ' Bu-Iness Ylews In Boston. . The Boston (Mthr, has been having "talks " with several business men, and gays the opinionof all time far seen' iff that the centennial year is to be a much brighter one in business circle! than the past. Although feW.look for a great re vival? the feeling is gene-mi that there in to-be a steady improvement for the bet ter. That tho people generally are ex amining their aifairs, and giving their earnest attention to learn how - to. do business as well as liye within. theT means, and to' avoid driving ahead Oh " lnck " in the future as too many bve done in tho past, is considered aa one of the best signs of the times. .A projni nent dry goods merchant of Jieen- ob servation and long experience says : "Let business nlone ;.it will levive if every one who hus work to tlo will do it. and mind Ms own business. He was aware, of course,- that there ltad been, and in i act ia stillV stagnation io busi ness ; and the principal cause of this was the illegitimate methoji of- cohduct ing business by too- xoany nowadays, both publie and private, Ho thought much of . the stagnation in bvrsfness was 'due to .this endless croaking, this growl-' ing about what the rising generation is going to do. " Talk about failures, nd tsaidrV why show me one, of any amount A xi.. Ji i. 1 riil. l...n been, fewer failures in the dry goods trade the last year than , for wetotji-flve years back." lTitf.cW-y goode bnaineBs was never en. a batter bass tjhan during last year, and it never was OnVljetter basis than it is to-day, tor pTioea have 4 touched the "bottora and wero never safer.' He thought, the centennial woiUd bring trade from abroad. Tue tide of travel next yearwill be tMs wayl and not to Europe, and of coarse if the Europeans pome here they will .leave some money.. y. . PolsoHesI 43oos. Acooramg to a report bw - Professor Gintl; it appears that the public .is ox posed to a new source of poisoning from the use of arsenical "glycerine:-ancl, the arseniate of alumnia, aa, motdanta.; He states that these substances are now coming . largely into use,' especially among the English ftnd Alsatian tnano facrnrerri of eotton printed good,.as substatufie fbr albulrian, wMch is much more expenfiiver MrM nliptitrleea! nertig krequued to, nx eepecaaiij ine? annme nninfii vhvtt sate now ro anancn in ae- mand. " Such goods have recenfay:"beeri sold in Atu?triand fefiailyi containing, accordingtoPrbiessof iiiyti, of aweniouaacid, in the form ot aweW4ia'n M?'1" vter1!wlia ate of alumnia,ftoihe,yarc y and. tkjs jfi by no means an insoIubie salt but ,ene more poisonous than ' the much-abused green arsenic' color. Te more sus-J picious fabrics are etated o be thoee of a violet ground, with white .figures, and those printed, in brownish 'yellow or reddish brt wn design and vciieh areeoldat bwprices. Vtt.t i i.aJ.'; i .. Djphaeria.; 1 , u From all parts of the country we hear of the ravages of diphtheria. -In some cases whole families have fallen victims i - -i , Tr. - : L L " 1 symptome, ana taprompl ana eiucieu, measures. tt relutf-, An aftacKet Pf'r "Xlt,,, t,x mam m firtv 'gruud- theria ' nauaHy ,'oommehof a? witk-'high? -11 r A,. th .'hmh fever and, headache, "arul .in children with c'auska 'and vcjjitipg. There iti greatpfostration." - Upon the Wheals add imrTcmnding; parte ate aaefo, ,whte.snow flftkv natch es. . via xnaliena&t cases the patches ae lof tej jrellowj ot: brwnkhi and a ie;ia paor is percervaa. goyu moned when these ' gymptAnirf "We- DoV- faced. Chlorate Of : potas)i tagkB aUdU "pounded ico are useful uatu ho arrives. Many physicians have f orind a successful remedy in the use of permanganate sol PotajBb in oonnctiojawith the tincture of belladonna, " rally4KlrtVka ''...-. But! beaeera-Mghs rf a : Aj aiaoala for (be pure .heart, lo pa-s. ; Through a din-wolJ. unto;lo!. A 1 y iiv-irg " ..datb. . i -. A cli'eerfnl.wateber through tho fp;r:-5 i jt t". . Boothlng the grier firmi wliVb she w I vt '"' f!ej "V - ; ; . ; j . A hscaidof gla4 ssSj a mi;h i.n-l.t. FpiuUug to sbaltoring haaveun et A e. - ' ' - ' '- -" t tlms of ItrlerH. " Nevada has a population Tf 50, 610.--rtah'hns one Gentile .to five Mor- raona.'- Fifty thousand Hebrews carry -on Meusiru lgmeuta xften make a :l-luu- der, but their eotiseitmoe sever doe. , Threa Miohiaraa editors bavo l. ft thvir offisos for, the pulpjt during Uu; 1 :tt year. , . tf Alaska la annexed to Wakhinsfti- n IVrritory, tke latfcar will have an anii i f yOpA) aquare miles. t 'tit A bill to eetablish the whipping pout for wife beaters"ha9lren intrtHhiotil '. i-.i the OaftfofQla Iieclatare. . . A aegro inlristnl dlho wonld rath-r be a donkey th'vh ahorso. Kvause u" lonkey was liable' to go ; tOCoiigrtwp. A Michigan anrtfrniefV, wtrilo crying King.:Ming. gotfc'." dropped dead the ..other day au tho ln.t word ims uttered, ' , ' -" - And talkfng of patrfotimriT " I u re's a Greeoa eounty (Pa.) man l who Jms narnext hia tareo. boyi Americn, United States, and Qiristipficr ClujnTus. . A Tehnessee court has docideTnrHai a teacbai man tba taae neht ah a pnrent to enforce obedjencQ from a'ehil.l. and can, therefore, inflict corporal punish ment when TQeoMsary." A li'-dow;aJstrti0p.nyiy Mri'lUU'd before tho physiology class of tlie-AtJicu (lnd.i high School, in-order to nhow the oironlaticiu uf the blood. , . The Rev. Mr. Noble, a Free Methodist preacher pf Portage, Wis.,' bus pnr- chafled.a steamboat, in which he - travels up and down the Wisconsin river hi ijl ing revival meetings at every Luuling. Two ex-nuiinbers of tho UiiitediStates House have lately sought 'work -in . t lii document folding room, ai Washington ; work which includes, tlio wheeling of mnil matter iu a barrow to. Ihe ist- .eodelhPaflllpfl naii, in a recent ilv- peranco, Bpeetui:, xou cant niiiue a fieehfte law "loose errrmferf, iit wlmt "1 11 strangla every grogshop in JiC'stcn. . jf you , will mako mo, Br'hU'iiiieiit of police." Now prick almanacs'. Thy are .Ji-ad ripe, and nrn worth aiont two nnd a half OCnta '..a pound, rag .nveiisure. Ninni geauliie unless .branded "J87'," .k yonr drTrggirt for thnt kind and lake no. other . t , .' . , i- A. man died recently inthaliui.iji:i.;iti fHtriiixMuAfjjinott,- nw.) iii;u,v a.i covered wim -lhrge; miotn,' mid uI.oho flesh beoauie one mass of putrid tr. Ho hud all tho nymptoms of the '.d- time puisne. -"" According to a 'Very anrierit J'.iifiii4i rhyinestav when Christmas-, falla it Saturday thp wjuter shall be full of gieal "; tenjjiestfl,' thafr'fchall. Rlav both man find beast; fruit and corn ahall fail great ly. and many pld pepplo. perish. , InCaimda as wtU as in the United States, the year fyw bet fi nWked ly a maternil dueretin iauiaignilion. In 1873 2i)0,354 immigiaiit vt re enteve.i, and in 1874 140,337. " This yea? iiolni'.rv than" 85,000 havebee fegfstrrtn. i A doctor and a military officer be&ime namoriBd of thft enmo lady. - A. Jri nl asked her which of ti e twfl suitors she ihtenaed to favort She replied lli xt "it was difiicult fo her to diiterfiiiiu', "as they were both such killing creatur's." . A parly of Chinese inuiers.'eivgnged on a -placer claim near ' Wagontowu, Montana,-where rooentJy put to nle. p by a dose of morphine administered Iry.'thelr cook, who absconded witSi the tn iisuro of the camp. One of tho viofcims did not .awaken thereafter. . . , The latest fraud is a man who makes, a regular business of deserting his wifo and chfVlren among etrangrfrs. The )ut ter usually gave, them money and needed articles, after receiving 'which the family Joins the husband and they repeat" tho ganvefia some other plaoa. t A-aouraeeotU goldfish eavrvl tho Jt n- ivargtoh HoteLjjt Bennington, v t., Ji ju burning. lamp ripioanu niiu r -j. hi jj to the table, tfof iieat crabked tLo gloh Loccupiod byhe goldufWindi tho ;atei put oni the -fire. Tho herd fisli", alus ! fell a victim to tia own devotion. A' Frdpefar eheroist asaerte that nlt alone answers all prsrposes for packing pork, providedJilI aninial heat has left it . before saKing.osaltpete should be OBCtUasut induces eAixvy. The brine shouw. bcs strong as ponsiblc, and cold . water Is Capable pfj dissolving more rait than hot water. -. V4Mxa.-.SageiX.6homld like- to know whose ferryboats these" are ..that.' I " tumbled over in the hall?" " Ferry boiif, indeed, sir ! Those are my shoes ! Very ..... polite of y6fi to call 'em ferryboats; ! ' , Didn't rty ferry beats, Mrs. Sago ;! you ' : misuudersUKxl .rnft--fairy boots, I iRid, fny dear friend." : " ' A workmaia of OotftmboB, Ohio, Uh-A im pass over the Seioto river " hand over . hand " on 'a wireof au nnfinished'bri.lge, but sliortly the wire began to cut hi. hatidg, und i though he mae des;Tate att-tB.toreJni, the pain comiK-lle.1 1 , him to let go,- and he wiw dashed -to pfeces tm the reeks, fifty feet Jelow.: Tt nti uotorwnm aoloietl lawyer .f-, Qreeayjlle. Jlias J. I. Wrjer, walked aboard .a boat lying at the wharf a few -day ftgohnff aeoflsted- cotrele of , wt- -men with Dkl.yoqevezjiisi anyvono fiommit Bukitle'? ,They Ijoth auKwcredr" "No. whe he fpjoitied : "'fhen titcu rowape(ore bf culdbe reached. - e jju VV' - O Mesflrs, - Hattenpoelf,, ef ' Jknx City, eon vfcied of eaigagin H , tlie lottery brtnneas. The jndge offered them th"ir choice .between paying a firie bf $.0f)and $300 eont vbr gog o "jail for thirty daya, and with Woe remark that $-100 a raoutb each trad board ,'wns as miicJi an , they could earn outside of in-won, they aocepted esptivity. , . " - ' Wilharn A. IL Thompson, -,of . Quartz Yallev, Cal. recently Ktarted for, his home, in lowaf which liw lett twenty five IMfiTJff iOI.tha tim Ins ikmilY consi9tinr of a- wife and pine tilbw.eeyefity-faiirt nd Jeturried;to,Cnd - - nauok!a by-death, V.ut 1 CUUW sj .. . .' ' ' chHdretf and three great grtli dchUdren. youufe awur in.Wa41e, Ivansas, who V ia nartienkr about his washing, the other day wrote' a nbW td" Mff'rasherwoniau and 'Or tft kil girl, and by, a strange faUUiy, p& the frong, address on each envelope and sent ihem off The wahf ef .woman W weH pwexl athn vnvitatioa ; ta take a side thojnexi. .day, but when toarvoaDsJady read : , "If you muss up sMrt btoKafld rUrthte buttons off ihVeonar-aaV moaa, al yvaldid,' the last iimelrl.go-eomewhere else, the cried alCtJys everAngVahd' declares- that ahefiflJrVeBpottoftgam 1 :7 ; -I
The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1876, edition 1
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