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1MKTKY.
IT
Siinll I Love Her Less!
What though her eheek'be faded now,
And care be written -on her bfowj
Oh, shall i love her less?
What though her eve be dimmed in
light,.
Where once there beamed a luster
bright - :
Hay, shall I love her less? j
ll'.iat though her smiles be not so
gay
Her dimples now forget to plav,
Oh, shall Hove her less? ' '
What though her step be not so free
As when it seemed so proud to-me
.Say, shall I love her less?
What- though her voice be -sadder
' grown, ' ;-.
And milder be each thoughtful tone,
Oil, shall I Jove her less?
: What though the bloom of youth may
fade , .
II 'here once the rose in blushes staid
Say, shall I love her less?
Her cheek may lose its rosy hue,
lier lips forget its early dew
I'll love her none the less. '
..The eharins of youth may fade away
.Like sunbeams at the close of day -
I'll love her none the less.
She came 'to me when morning fair
Played with her wavy silken hair,'
Came then my soul to bless;
She gave to me her pure young life,
I loved her then my virgin wife
Now I'll not love.her les-.
She came to mo a budding! ilower,
.Unfolding graces every hour
In virtuous loveliness;
She came with .sweet "inspiring air,
Filled my young soul with pleasures
. rare, : ; --
And taught mo happiness.
Then every day shej brought fresh
cliarms i'
And laid them down within my arms,
And sought love's pure caress;
And though her cheeks be faded how,
; ! And care be written on her brow,
! "I'll love her none the? les?.
" i -.
For though the life she gave to me
. Seemed one 'of angel purity,
Losttj all sel lis tineas
The life she proves from day to day,
Is brighter than the .jnorfTing ray
I low can I love tier
le-
Tiii.. i t) ill (j 3 ii. t
The town of Clay villc, situated some
thirty miles from thp mouth of' the
Tombigbee Itiver, is at present grently
excited over the departure of the local
colored minister, who recently started
Mown the river.on boprd a large and
strongly-buil colored sister, and who
mas not since been heard from. The
circumstances attending the minis
ter's 'departure were peculiar, and
their publication- may, perhaps, aid
the recovery of the intrepid, though
unintentional, voyager.
The minister m question was famed
throughout he'Tombigbeo Valley for.
his skill aWa baptizer, as well as . for
his ability as a preacher. There is-no
doubt that he was a jfear'less and con
scientious 'man. Instead of maintain
ing that politic silence on the
subject of chickens which manv col-
- i
ored ministers insist is absolutely nec
essary, in order to avoid chilling the
fervor of .their hearers, this particular
minister never hesitated to declare
that; a right, of property in chickens
existed, and that it should be .respec
ted 'in certain cases, and to a greater or
less extent, by all honest men, espec
ially during the season when hams are
reaaiiyaccesioie. inis ooumocume,
instead of injuring his ptpularity, ae-
f tually increased the respect in which
ne wasneuiny in? congregation, uuu
-gave, lam much prominence among
his ministerial-brethren..
Among the -colored ladi es ot Clay
ville was one who had long desired to
submit to the rite of baptism, but who
was deterred by a nervous dread of
drowning and by a strong repugnance
to the inevitable wetting which is in
separable from the rite. Scores of
times this estimable ladv had deter-
i. -
mined to be baptized at the next
available oppojtunity, but at the last
moment her courage always "failed
her. In the days prior to emancipa-
tion, she had been the slave of a Clay
1 nt 1 fi.vi 1 lit 1 . iiini r-iiv, i, v Ltiiv vi .
warm affection for the young master-
.
whom she!
had nursed in his infancy.
Not long ago this young man called to
see her, and to hiih she lamented the
I - -
lack of courage which shut her out
from Baptism. Whether he was in-
! 'J-
1 flueneed by genuine kindness, or by a
wicked sririt of irreverence, w ill per
haps never be known; but the advice
whicli he. gave his confiding nurse was
the cause! of the lxiinful trairedv w hich
f olio wed.
The young man professed to be sur- is like a faded liower diffusing an un
prised that the new safety baptismal ! w holesome cxior. . Beauty passes like
robe, iav-iented by
Bev. Dr.
ton, of New York had not yet been
adojrt'ctl
yy the co
ored people of the
South.
I e said that he had one
the?e xoaes in his Vosset-irion, aiid that
: the wearer woukP not only he saie
Against any ossibllity of drowning,
n,t ulso against the-possibility of get-
ting wet. ..Moreover,' it could be worn
underneath; Jlho usual -.vhite.. cotton
robe, without any danger of detection.
The overjoy d candidate for baptism
enthusiastic illy . accepted the young
man's advicp and his offer of the robe,
and she jmihediatoly sent word to the
ministerMhat she would certainly be
ready for baptism the very next Sun
day. ' .
There vf such a. general distrust of
! the .sister'jTcouragu that the colored
people all assembled on the bank of
the Tombigbee-on the next day,-confident
that her courage would fail, and
that she would endeavor to escape
from the-hands of the minister. The
particular part of the river selected for
the ceremony was comparatively
shallow, but the current was swift,
and a little lower down the depth was
at. least ten feet. In fact, the minister,
in spite of his skill, had once lost a
convert, who was carried away by the
current, and who, on being rescued,
promptly went over to the Metho
dists. The timid candidate was an
unusually large woman, .and was cer
tain to tax the minister's strength so
verelv;so that there could be little
doubt that the ceremony would be one
of unusual interest.
The sister arrived at the appointed
time, looking even larger than usual,
and walking with, much difficulty.
The minister took her by the hand,
and she fearlessly descended into the
water. All went well until she
reached the depth of about four feet,
when she suddenly fell upon her back,
and to the astonishment of spectators,
floated on the surface of the water.
The excitement at this unprecedented
event was tremendous, and the air was
tilled with enthusiastic shouts. The
ministex-'s face, however, wore a trou
bled expression. He towed the unac
countable buoyant sister out into-deep
water, and attempted to -"place her on
her feet. The "attempt proved im
practicable, and he1 then tried to im
merse her -without; changing her posi
tion.' In spite of all his efforts he
could not force her under, and the
spectators who witnessed the struggle
soon became convinced that . she was
bewitched. They counseled the min
ister to exorcise, the evil one by whom
she was evidently possessed, with an
axe, and volunteered to supply him j
with heavy weights wherewith to
securely sink her. j That devoted man,
however, refused 'their counsel, alid
pe sisted in his effort to immerse the
sister without tjie aid of weights.
Fi nail y he I threw his whole weight
upon her, and in a moment the' cur
rdnt swept the pair beyond their
depth. .
In spite of the danger of his situation,
the minister's cheek did not blanch.
With great pres nee of mind he seat
ed himself comfortably upon the float
ing sister, and waving a farewell to
liis congregation, began to sing a
cheefi'ul hymn.. The current steadily
carried him on afthc rate of at least
six miles an hour, and in a short time
his' weeping congregation was left out
Lof sight and hearing. Without oars
or sails lie; was 'unable to navigate the
sister to the shore, and there is every
reason to suppose that before the next
morning he was far out on the Gulf of
Mexico. ;
Captains of vessels .navigating the
Gulf have been '-requested to keep a.
sharp, lookout for, a colored sister in a
Boy ton. life-saving Ires?, carrying Ja
colored minister on her deck. Let us
hope that he will soon be picked up.
JIe has mnv bepu afloat five days
without provisions or water, and must
jM. hoginuing to feel the need of re-
fre?hnient. Of course, 'any captain
who 'may rescue him will not ask for
a reward, but-if he tows the sister into
port he can claim salvage to a large
amount, and libel her in ,the nearest
admiralty court.
Womanly Iolcsty.
Man loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky and a full blown rose leave
him unmoved; but the violet w hich
hides its blushing beauties behind the
jbush. and the moon when emerging
- , behind a cloud are to him'sourees of j
iiivin r-i i 11 in 'iiin i n in ui i i iv ,111111 1 -.- iv
........mw.. .ww nv. -
is to merit what shade is to a figure
pamting-it gives boldness ami prom
. .
inence. -Nothing adds more to female
beautv than modesty. It sheds around
the countenance a halo of light which
is borrowed from virtue. Botanists
have given the rosy hue, which tinges
the cup of the white rose, the name of
"maiden blush." This pure and deli-
jcate hue is the only paint Christian
i virtue should use. It is the richest or-
nament. A woman without modesty
the-flowers of the Albe, which bloom
land die in a. few hours; but modesty
i gives the female charms which supply
of . the place of transitory fresh-
; ness cf youth.
Kor the Advance;
Concerning
:oo!s.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IX THE XOllTHF.RX
STATES. IX) T.IIEV TV l.FI El Til E
, GEXERAE EXPECTATION'? 1)E
FICIEXCES. HOW ARE
. THEY TO BE SUPPLIED?
THE NORM ATi SCHOOL
PLAN'. STATISTICS
REGARDING
ITS sre- ;
'- ""'" CESS. '
;i;aded schools.
different plan's. teach
ing as a pi "si ness. ql'aliitca-
t ion's for treacher's. v
Tiie fact has been slowlv -.coining to
lieht in the northern States, notablv ;
the older New, England States, that
there, is something not altogether !
sound connected ith the manage- 1
ment of the "Common Schools." It i country. It is declared that that there ; not really aim at education at all, but
is -allged that although specific branch-! is a strong tendency to acquire "a at a long list of accomplishments all
es of knowledge have been greatly smattjering of names and phrases, with -well enough in. themselves,, but when
wk'e led for the benefit of a few, the little thought of knowledge, but only used as a mere declaration, are sure to
important work of preparing the ; a desire to be supposed to know, and be the cause for pretence, to distract
great body of school-children for the 'thereby to get1 some credit or ad van-; attention from the true ends of educa-dutics-anV
responsibilities of life Jiasjtage, jvithoutany gain, but only tdHion, and to substitute a vague won
been very much neglected. I the obstruction of real enlightenment, j derment for the intelligent interest of
A writer who claims to have had In tli earliest days of the common ' the public.
ftftv voirs observation ' 'remarks' as i
v " '
follows: "I would require that-every
individual between five and twenty-
one mav have the opportunity -'to be
well taught in reading, spelling, writ-1
ing, grammar, geography, and arith
metic;" and certainly this standard
ought not to be considered unreasona
ble. - ' " .
Now fovtne results. "In the course
of fifty years pretty close observation
of a great variety of men and women
of diverse temperament, social rela
tions, capacities and pursuits, we have
scarcely found one in a Thousand that
could spell, read; write or- speak the
mother tongue with propriety;" and
he further, states, after an observation
of many thousands of 'children, "nine
in ten of them arc incompetent to
read properly a paragraph in the;
newspaper, to keep a single clebt-and-credit
account in a mechanic's shop, or
to write an ordinary business letter in
a creditable wiry." Of course it is im
possible to, know exactly what his
standard may have been in these
.-branches, but it is fair to presume that
his standard in reading was ijot tha
ofiui elocutionist, alro that Ids stand
ard of keeping occounts, vas not that
of a professional accountant. Again
he declares, "The eulgable negligence
of the New England schools in teach
ing tiieir pupils how to write a letter
is proved a hundred times every yea?
in the letters we receive. Men and
women in respectable situationsWwrite
us letters wdiieh disgracefully abound
with false grammar, bad spelling, and
worse punctuation." Surely this is
not a very flattering picture, nor does
the writer lead us to consider the pros
pects as encouragmg.; He boldly as
serts, that, "he is by no means pre
pared to admit that the schools of to
day make better readers, spellers and
writers than were made by the schools
nity yia s ago.-' - .
In matters of this kind we usually
reason from results.' ; Consequences
are removeless, -and a system must be
judged by 'its fruits. If the schools
are no better, they must be worse. It
is impossible mat tney snouiu maintain-exactly
the same condition for
fifty years anywhere in this country.
Let us hear what he has to say on this
point. The arts and sciences havejftd
vauced marvellously, but whet hef 'the
people, more justly apireciate Itheir
social and civil privileges, whether the
virtue of hone.-ty, industry, and tem
perance, and reverence for the author
ity oi (rod or man, are as conspicuous
.wi.--r ti. ,.,-,,.,,:, .w
-
they were then, is very questionable.
How far these views are to be ac
cepted, depends to a great extent on
how much can be said on the other
side. (The very fact that a critical
person who isees these schools, near at
hand, feels compelled to speak as he
does, must lead us , to infer that the
cheerful view is the distant one.
Those who see them at adi-tance with
all the show and bustle, readily con
clude that the high average of inteL
ligence. and cultivation, which no
doubt are 'highest where the schools
are liest, arethe .direct product .of the
chools. ; On the other side, the won-
LlLtlvitnk ntho -midst. Ot SO
t- . .
inf. , ',. '" ''. . .k
uiteiii'jrent a neopie. aiRi cuun-o su
- ; . m,(PA, Uftll1fi 1sitmn
J . ' . " ...
gucn an apatny anu muiueieim-
wbnt isbiuirht'ar.dthe way -in which'.;
it is tauirht. Wheii we look
suits squarely in the face
fortable suspicion intrudes
we question uet mucof h.
monstrativenoise,this imposin
."!.r m'
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Pioioas, -uuu nig" ixw v..
ship;
. . I 1 . . . . A I PTj .inn t w-Tirif.'
,r-auieruue 10 uuna.wu
from th
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f J
schools were originally conceiyed?
And. it would seem quite apparent
tho discerning mind, that the original
fon'oepiticn is in great dai:cer of b'cin-f-
counterfeited for something to be used ' must be smatterers in many thing, it
as a 'social distinction rather than for is true, but every one must at some
education. In a practical point of point touch hard pan nil cmttfh is
view, there certainly has been no ex-; not enough, a man must be sure Of
cess or" philosophy or political economy himself, or else he can never be su re
us applied to the every day affairs ,6f ly relied upon. In this case it is not
life, although perhaps much less o much w hat is learned, as the spirit
rhetoric of the "immature" school : in which it is 1 earned --t he moral ele
would have undoubtedly sufheed. ment avails here. A man . must not
The conclusion arrived at is this, the
common schools have failed in a great ;
measure to teach the great mass of the
cnuuren ine very uraucnes m wiiini
they ought to have been instructed;
l and instead of the useful branches of
instruction, have substituted the un
der branches, j
Zoy why is this, and how is the
' .1 f . ' tl A. - 1
uimcuirj io oe
removed? There is a
int that there is too
general compki
muoh of the "s
heap and flashy" in the ;
publiif schools
throughout the whole '
schools ot.ew lMigiand, it was re-1
quired to have a teacher that was a
graduate of Ilorvard College. Of
course the standard at Harvard -was j
lo.weTithan it now is, but it was cer- ;
tainly very high compared with the : madkind are really, brethren not mere
prevailing intelligence of those whose , iy in animal organization, but in spir
children were educated af the com-1 it also; so that whatever is truth for
mon schools. In the course of time I one may be felt as truth by every oth
coilege graduates sought more attrae-;., or.
tive ' occupations; :and " although the j It is pretty certain that the e.lnca
demand for teachers increased, the ; tion of the race, by superior men will
pay was rarely sufficient to justify any j not go out of fas hi n, for it is the only
person of superior abilities in follow-j way that civilization can abound. It
ing teaching in Public Schools as a reg" j
ular business.
Aii attractive ideal' presents itself
to teach the teachers, to elevate the ; presented, not as substitutions merely,
entire level of education by elevating -but as improvements and enlarg-e-the.
sources, and hence the Normal j raents, that culture can be animilatcd.
Schools, of which some of the States ; Education ceases to be such when it- is
are sol justly proud, particularly Mas-
sachusetts.
One nught now suppose that every 1
obstacle had been overcome, and!
might rest assured that every child in ;
the commonwealth would be as care-. I
fully educated in all the essentials of a ;
common school education, as that one ;
pin would be made exactly like anoth- ; system necessarily arose in cities and
er pii in a whole paper of pins. Let ; towns, because it was seen that it was
us look at the facts. "In 1SG2 two much better to assign to one teacher
hundred and seventy-five pupils en-! children in one class than to assign
tered the four Normal Schools of the the same number comprising several
State, (Mass.) How many teachers classes. At present the: usual met.hr
came out? What proportion of the od of grading in the western States is
pupils went there with the intention "as follows: Primary, Intermediate,
of devoting themselves to the.profes- Grammar and High School. Three
sion -of teaching?" The only answer; year? are usually assigned for the con i
giveii is-this, "Yet it appears that on-! pletion of each grade." Superinten
Iv four per cent, of the teachers in the dent's reports, usually of a very pro-
State have been under Normal School
instruction.
ihp of the New York school reports
savs: "The graduates of the Normal
Schools do us but little good, and
hintsjwith little reservation, that the
attrad-tion for the girls is the improve-
ment of ther matrimonial prospects." all the schools are taught in one build
"What anvbodv can see for himself in ing. In small towns in Ni w England
the villages and farm-houses is ail in-
creased number of young ladies of a
dressy turn; who read the magazines usuany taugiii m me ieoecue warns
and write for them perhaps, who of- in buildings constructed with great
ten have delicate health, not often j task, and possessing every conveni-:
much capacity or taste for the prima-:: ence. -In the western States the- Pri
ry duties of woman." And among the mary Schools are well attended-to, al
youhg men, the writer says: "There though the wages paid to teachers" is
is a, marked increase in the number of comparatively low.
candidates for. any genteel employ. I Few persons 'follow teaching as a
ment that does not rtMjuired much hard
work; but not a very manifcst ad- ; young ladies who enter idto the busi
vance in the application of trained in- ness with unquestioned entbuia-mi
telligence to the arts of life." With-
out doubt there is a good side to that
! .i- . 1;: - l i 4-1
oi i "i ainoiiion nouii-Mieu. u iiie nu-
morons
"colleges" and "academies.'
It i- indeed a vanity of comparatively
a high kind, but it will necessarily
bear the fruits of vanity, and in many
cases may led:! to the worst mischief.
The principle cause of the failure in
the common schools of Massachusetts
to accomplish what the public has a
reasonable right to demand, is attribu-
table to the "neglect of the primary
-chools,' in which nine-tenths of the
people get all theUication they have,
ind with which alone the State has
anything to do, in favor of the ad
vanced schools." The primary school
here referred to are', designed to in
clude the district schools. The im-
s pressien obtains that there is' a mam
- . . . ... .
distinction between the tw
J es of schools as regards Ueir rlai
public suppert. ' ' particular branches fo be taught.':. :M.-. 11 Brown,.' colored men of fespecta-
iM, Tr-1 t nquestH-'iiauiy tiw crmmuunj nxs iir,v fund ci general iniormatiou :- bjlity and ii.lluence, who stocxt, up lor
a direct interest in giving to e.ver ?m;. . Ar . t,(irvp ,, j ngni ami tiMire, mm euueroi ;
,an uncoo.- r a reserve., 1th. Moral i.trve, viw in theif .wwer to break up the
itself, and ! vt - eat individuality. j unlawful assembly. Their conduct is
.oa.-?hall put within his reach the! No teacher can impart wlntt he' dnc.
,mo u . himself to dis-;.not poess, whether it be b .ok knowl-
citizenship; and! ot chiracter; ' He should always
o 1 vriL mj iiiLiiii t'lriiu iiuti v in n wv w - . -t- . .r w mon
pffiivnf this Pduca-
. , Aor.wU ,n it tbnromrhneVs.
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An education that
n education that is not thorough
i
to J
far as it goes, fails of the best fruits
an education; and just here I refer to
the e'emcntarv e'iucTion
We ull
only know a thing, but he must 7,vwc j
that he knows it. This is the educa-'
tion that applies to special preparation 1
for particular tasks
The high school
colleges, acade-
miesand seminaries are at fault great-
ly in this, that they fail to teach thor
oughly what they pretend to teach..
If they do not come directly "in con-
tact with the people, they fail also to
exert a repacted influence.
The real difficulty appears to be that
the so-called advanced education does
I no idea that a higher culture inav
be bestowed by the more enlightened
in the community upon those less fa-
vored, is not only plausiblOj but to
some extent sound. It -implies that
is only as the thoughts and aspirations
of the many are more visibly realized
and appreciated by the few, and then
merely passively accepted, instead of
being the object of a free and intelli-
gent interest,
As in an advanced state of civiliza-
tion men come to a division of labor
system in mechanics and manufactur-
ing, so the same rule applies to educa-
tional matters. The Graded School
tentious character, and favoring much
of the advertisement, are made anfar
ally. In cities there is a High School
j for the advanced classes, yTWle th
ward schools are composed of the oth-
er grades. In small towns the expre:
sion "Union Schools" is used when
: the Primary Schools, comprising th
; Primary and Intermediate grades, are
life business for various reason. Most
and determination, in a short time
become wearied with the dull routine.
' ... - j - ' a . i i .
;ini tne mten-t? menial r-iium itmiiii-
panicd by a terrible wear of the ner -
vous svstem.- Tliev are not to
... - .
n ; me i r ) t-ifiii i" ii.iii iiiioii .
Most young men of ambition leave it
as soon as possible for something more
' congenial and lucrative
Tew die in
harness. .:' - '
; The imnression -prevails in some
' quarters, that when a man is totally
unqualified. for any other business, he
; .;lakes up" teacliing;- and. some of the j
I ..'nreeer'erate - so far as to say that
when he fails at this, he "takes up
preachiiv
Anion-the qualifications indispen-
iiiioi. i" ... .
sable for a hr.-t-cla-s - teacher, 1 rna
eninnerat'c the following: 1-i' A
natural aptitude for imparting in
etlge or character.
be able to corrrmand a real, not
titious respect, and show himself
,fn!a
so s ter of the situation under all circum
of ! stance'.
Ycur respectfully,
T P.
T-- - vt-.
o class-, stru(.tion .0 as to make the. most of it. ; unavau ng. ine ayov u ;wKr
- . 1 . . r 1 i...
ms 10.. .,i fiwirnni'h -informntion on.tmJ! . ,-. . . c !. si- a r.. .
, -m... -1 v..-- e . . , notiv Hssisteo rrv u.UKn ai anu jr.r
-.
A 3iECiRO niOT.
CRAZED WITH WHISKEY AN'I EX
CTTEM KN T, A NriR) Moll TllllKA'l'
KNS TO I.VXCH A AVIUTK MAX,
SACK THE TOWN AN1 RAISE
AX IXSCRRECTION" AT
FLIZARETJI CITY.
On Saturday evening about du-k,
Ignatius iilufonl, white, a black-smith
in the employ of Mr. Joseph Sanders,
became involvetl in a difficult v with
his colored washerwoman, and .'an-
swered her allegation of lying on Chis
Iart by a -biow with the list, knocking
her to t he pavement. This occurred
on' Water street, near the point of its
intersection by l'oindexter. The wo
man immediately raised a great out
cry, and called upon the colored men
in the vicinity to avenge her wrongs, i
Be it understood here, (if indeed , it is J
not already too well knownl that a I
certain class of our negro population
have made a habit of congregating, at
this locality on Saturday evening, .'to
spend the savings of a week's labor in
whiskey; and under the inspiration
afforded by this gentle stimulant,
fights and brow Is, indecency and pro
fanity hold high carnival; which de
plorable state of affairs our insufficient
police force is entirely incompetent to
remedy. .So when the. woman called,
the bad whiskey came to the front,
each individual negro became nt Once
a self-constituted tribunal of justice
rather an instrument of vengeance J-'
and in an incredibly short while a
Targe crowd of excited colored men
had assembled, wildly talking, threat
ening, cursing and swearing ven
geance with every breath. We hap
pened to be nosing around in the
neighborhood -for ah item, and were
attracted to the spot by the unusual
congregation.
Arriving there we found that Blu-
ford had been placed in Mr. Modlin's
stpre on the earner for protection and
the excited crowd outside were press
ing ou, declaring that t'.iey would lynch
him. The throng completely block
aded the sidewalk and street for some
distance, and we judged it to number
fully three hundred. Others have
placed the estimate as low as two hun
dred: There were present not to ex
ceed half dozen white men, and these
were guarding the entrance to the
bmklinirtoiirevent.il possible vio
lence being done to the offender with
in. '
Bluford was sitting in the rear of
the store, between two friends, appa
rently unmindful of the , anathenuu
and horrible oaths that were hurled at
him. His countenance wore a deter
mined expression, but the"', was not n
ourticle of fear demcted 'upon it. Thet
fact that the mob did not mko , good
their threats to lynch him, was only
accountable for on the ground of their
abject cowardice. They kjpw that
they would rush upon, the mouths, ot
half 'score pointed revolvers, and pre
ferred to , await until t-Ki constable
should remove the: intended -victim
from the building,, when vi cml be
.seized and made away with wHh imich
le-s dnuirer to themselves.-" So they
fMred aiHlragel, threatened to burn
the whole bVck, ami one "f to am-
bitious spires ueciare.1 urn w i.n.n, work Un t,w Utt,;. ;
was ripe for an open "Tiie prohibiten iinveimnt hi this
ixsruitix-riox A(i.i.vsTTfiK wiifTEs.
one of them declaring he had seen
the streets of Norfolk run with blocxl
in IsGT, with five hundred dead men
on the fdrt-ets, and that he longed for
sucii a sight in Elizabeth City! The
j excitement Ix-came intenser.
l)runk.
en negroes 'reeled among the crowd;
t-creanting shouting, yelling out their
hatred for the w hole white race. "Let
take the law in our hands, hang the
offender and shoot w homsoever pbnll
flareto interpose." Such were the
bc'Uiellish sentiment?
j
that found cypres -
sin l. . .... . l
sion. '''
Constable Oraves arrived.
In vain
did he attempt to disjerse thejnob,
He argued and threatened, and laid
one particularly refractory spirit in the
dust with his billy, but all to no pur
pose.
I hev knew their power; knew there
was no help at hand for the law nth-
j cers, and swore they wouldn't move
' I an inch, and didn't. At this juncture
MavorObbjtut in an appearance. -"He
j ordered the rnob to disperse in five
i jninutes, on pain of having k confront
jth(i 4entire..iniiitijivf the county."
Not a man left; nct one ni'netl. Per-
- ' suasion, threats, entreaty were alike
.
man, who advisel the rioters not to
lJlVr with
- lNMtf.pla-cBlu'fortI injail tor pr(
- ; tection, and such was done.
On Mon
j lilVI U1U .. l - '
. 1" Ti, V . V. . -.. " . V ' . . . . - ' '
! above described, and tine 1 five do!
the same Mf; s6in of the Ica&lrryr f.
oters had a hearing before Mayor
C-obb, and were Umnd over to the Su
perior court, at the instance of Solic
tor c;randyr in the fihni bt&djkir.
The Constable i- after . manv other-,
a'ml (IfVtfres he will bring everVonJ to
justice. Fulroii.
Prohibition in :n lollou .a.
The following paragrapl are. -extract
e I from a letter from llev. J W.
Lee, of the North Georgia Conference,
to Atticus G, Iluywooil, D. D., lresi- .
dent of Kniory College:
' "After many years of strong ofto" .
sition and abuse the temperance' men,
succeeded in carrying prohibition, and
now see the result: . -
"The trade of the towii ha-4 more
than doubled. Before the liquor trafie
was abolished the trade of the place
wns about S200,OQO a year, now it is
s.00,000 a year.' There are thirty.'
stores in town, and I do not know u
single li.erch nt am ng litem w ho
would not vote ugtlht tho liquor
trafie on juirely business grounds; 3fr
John W- Stewarf, who has inddV :r
fortune here, t?ays, as a bushuks man,
that he would not have liquoJback for.
any consideration. Some Af our lead
ing merchants were opposinlto pro
hibition at flrt because they feared
it would injure their trade. They u re
unanimously in favor of it now. The
!?:JO,0(g that was spent here for whi -key
prior to l sT.i is now siw-nt hi birikl
ing houses, improving JtcVk. draining
lands and paying taxes. Th' 1 .fcvrirW'
ers are nearly all out of debt. Many
of the men who were spending , ail
their money for whiskey have quit
drinking svnd are nniking a supiwrt for
their f imili.?.
"The argument that nren would
drink anyhow holds good with but
very few. Perhaps there are m fYtry
tiwn some few men w ho have' drunk -.
so .long that tby ike slaves U9 "the
habit J Huch men would nend off and
get whiskey and drink anyhow. . Jlut
we have lern"d tlrat, with nearly, all
the ieople, whiskey is lik watev
melons, the shjply creatingtltli' le-
mand." Do away with tlie supply and
there will be iwdennuid,as a geiur'il.
thing. .
"In a moral point K ?VeW the , re
sults of this .movement m our' tOvn
have been perfectly remufkable Th3
Solici 0f o Tib is J udk-hd Circuit says
that there is less crime in this, count;,
than in any other in tlrfs circuit; Mo: t
of the iieople have joinexl the ehur '.
Profanity is almost unknown; Unti e
trai n tliat comes dail y into Carrol t s i
iiKit an ofiicer or train hieid oh" It. ev. :
swears an oath
"Tlr s)crn(vs and quiet which '
prevails? here,-even-))! election day
anhourt weeks, striken visitors as lu - ;
ing wonderful. At a' barbecue liens r,
last year, though itii-n- were together
about four thou-amrpeople, Col. Tjios. '
Hardeman, who spoke on the occasion,
said that he never saw a drunken mar:.:
He regard -d it as jomethin alimSst
new under the sun. The county,-, has
been electing, A f the past twcho
year, hr. I. 15. Juhan, Or:rrarJr who
will not T-mt liciixi f li.nw.r.
. ....,'. in iUthfu.4x. i. ' ...
threats, or money;' II Iws thmn a
j county is a grand ?m-cess. Three-
fourths of the vhfrV'p,'rple hi CaTroJ
ton are tqqwisedu, tjnj saleof whhkey,-'
and nearly the m Jroportitn In tho
countN'."
Slrert Iitf'r by Katlirv
Hvrtiple of street mashers met witk;
1 their jUst deserts on Saturday hit.
Two highly respectable young ladies
j were walking down Capitol avenue
hortly after twilight jinattendel.
? They had not pnjeeedeu1 far wlten they
niotett si couolo oi votinir men follow-
. mg in?m. nui m me young leiiows
were gotten up hi a reganll?ss f ?! i y
ywith im maculate rhirt fronts and lav-
e'nder pantaloons. BotJi, no doubt,
considered themelvos the obsftrve! of
all observers. Soon after the young
ludies disxniverwl the real staf of the
case they quietly dropped into a grit-
ry Jftoreamlcaeli purehawMl a couple
of eggs; The walk was resume J,- tho
m'aslrers following ami ogling until
Masonic HvAl wa-i reatthod. At . that
loint Hits two fellows stepped' up Uj tho
ptdies,and with irrany prVjfotinff tows,
asked tlicm if tht-y watitiI to t&ku a
pronrenade. Kotli ladies , .at! once
straightened up, and, without a 'word,'
each sefetefl her man; . Fofrr e'gjs in
mediatery flew with wen-diretel
aim. Each of the rk'iashers got a
mouth full; besides which thuVjaven- -der
trousers the pride of their heartsy
were bespattered beyond all huprs of
repair. The affair hapen?f folo wit-
nessed by only a few petiple,- bnt fhr'
dignitietl j'oung men retreatexl in vni-f .
leir
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A dog freiucnfly vvorriee a ent. but
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- man, who is nobler th.u th4?,"":vr.