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THE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, . PUBLISHED BY L.M. lOSH W. W. HAM. THE ROANOKE NEWS ADVERTISING KATES. f i-i . . ASA9 i Oae Tear, In advance, i Six Months, " Three Mouth, " f 2 on i oo 75 cts PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E D W A K D T. C- L A R Ii, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. twr. 201y'. ,J' H.3Mira, JR. ? jH' ATTORNEY AT LiWV, , Sootlakd Neck. Halifax County H. C. " 'l? Practice In the county nf Halifax ,ind art)nlnln conntlos, and She . Su preme court of the State. )an 1(1 ly. :fjy rT ' u h'u h t e n', ft Can be found at his office In Enfield. ti Puro Nitrous CU'da ()a lor the Pitin leas Extracting of Teeth always on baud. Y June n tt.. T. W. MASON. ATTORNEY AT L1W, OARYSBUR-'J, N. C. I Practices in the courts of Northampton jfld doininir coiintios, also in the federal j u done B-u rOS.vB. BATCUELOR. ATTJRNfiY iT LAW, . RAL1CIG II, N. C. Practices in the courts of the 6th Iivli- f1al District and in the Federal and Su preme CotirU. May 11 tf. , it. iitcbkk. W. A. DCS. DUNN, I TO HEN & ATTriRSiRYg .I CHJ.MSI3Lr.ORS AT LAW, tScotlnait Neck, Ilaliiix Co., IV. C. & Practice in ttii Courts of fl1ifix end ndjoininK counties, and in tha .Supreme find Federal Courts. jnl8 tf If HO.MAS N. HILL, ' , , : Attorney at Law, , HALIFAX, N. C. I Praotioos in Halifax and adjoining jountitA and Federal and Supreme Courts. Will be at Scotland Neok, once every artnlgbt. Aug. 28 a H. DAT, A Y W. W. 1IAI.L. HALL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WELOO.V, N. C. at Practice In the court of Halifax and djoinlni? counties, and in the Snproine Jid Federal court. ,r Claims oollected ia any part of North rtarelina. jun 20 1 lj 1 ' n A. Y I N L. JI Y MAN, . ATTOFiNEY AT LAW t, . , HALIFAX, N. C. Praotlcas In lbs coort" cf Call ins and adjeinias; o iunties, and ia te Supreme il tansrai uourn. CUioas collected iu all parts of North 'Carolina. ' v 9ao ia tUo Ciurt House. july 4-1 Q. E , BURTON, J k. ATTORNEY AT LAV, HALIFAX, . C. I Trao'.icoa Is the Courts of Halifax Caaaty. en! Co'-inHe-i Rujoiniiipr. In the aasroraa Cor-.t cl t'.te State, and In the .fadoril Ojart. T7H1 give sfaoial attention to tha oolleo Men felaiiua.ani! ta adjusting tha accounts tf Bxeetitors, Aiiiamiarataia and (-iMr-diane, dec-)i-tf J. M. f ft I Z Z A 3 D, ATTORN 5 Y AT LAW, HALIFAX, X. C. Oa t the Court Houso. Strict atten tUa ive to all Lracshoa ef the profrs im. Jan 12-1 E. MUCH, ATTORNZY AT LAW, XXrilLB, HiUFiS 0O0NTY, N. C. PrtUi in the Counties of Halifax Hath, KdjreC'ntwe r.nd Wilson, Cellielioni male Ira til parts nf the Stats. jan l J-rt I J iU ES K. 0 ATTORNEY AT ENFIELD, 7i. u a iu, LAW, c. 'Practices In the Countlos nf Halifax, Xdicomhe aad Nash. In the Supremo Ourt af the State and In the Federal Cea.rU. Collestlons made In any part ef the State. Will attend at tha Court House in Halifax an Monday and Friday of each week. jau 1:1-1 o XD&IW J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, N, C. Practices In tho Courts of Halifax, War Ten and Northampton counties and In tho Jiaprenae and Federal 1 ourts. Claim oollecled in auy iiart of North Caraliaa. June 17-a AI K. MVLLKN. U L L E N JOHN A. MOOHR M 0 0 11 E ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ItaUntx, N. O. Practice in tlie Cuiintiea of Halifax, noruiampton, KiiKAnombn, t lit anil Mar ln In the Supreme Court nf the Htato n.l In the Federal Courts of the Eastern District. Collections tuada iu any part of North jau i i o VOL. VIII. LIVIHQ FAITH. O for a faith that knows no doubt, That na'cr can weakly fall ; That stands unmoved 'mid f..rs without Although the tlesh ia frail, A faith that with a childish trust, Feols aufrt in Kiitlmr'a care, Thong'i fiosh Khiiuld crumble to the dust, 'Mid pain, disease, and oare ; A I'hiIIi that takes our Father's hand, To lead us on the way, A faith which save, "Ye ahall receive," That whatsoe'er ye pray A faith that sees heytmd this world The pearly pates unfold, The hlnnd-atained paim oi 'Christ' Hnfurlod And walks thoalruets ofyohl. THE OLD MAN'S STORY. "Tell us, old mnn, tho rcaum why you never married." The speaker was one of a group of gpy looking young men, the oldest of nhoni was not mora than twenty years of a,oe the one addressed, o grave fca tnred old man, ho had passed fully three scarce stages of human life, and upon whose countenance the traces of sad disappointment and placid resigna tion were sweetly mingled. "Would you lisleti It) ioy story ?" said the old man. "With pleasure," replied the youth and his friends. 'Then,'" said the. qiestioned sire, "you must listen t tun narrative which is indeed painful for. me to relate; yi u must listen to the stnry of my buiied hopes, of my interred prospects, of my lost treasure. Nevertheless, listen, My early days were full of hope, 'happiness, an J life. I had a Lappy home, where love ruled supreme, a d where scarcely a cloud of misfortune ever frowned, to mar my pleasure. My parents, my brothers and sisters, were arouhd me, and the joyous days of my Child'.iooQ u nved ns smoothly by ns the BHiuffled waters ol'n calm and peaceful stream. 1 empatations, too, were u.i- kimwn to me. I rejoice in my innecencp, and thought all the world ini oceul like myself. H it a short distance from my home lived Nelly Youth, the youngest nid only surviving dunghter of two nged parents. Her home, the D-ile cottage, was situated on a slight elevati.m in a broad valley, far away from the dis'.ruct ing stir of business lite. At the fooj'of the eminence on which the collage stopd flowed a silvery stream of puie water, and as it leaped from rock to rock made sweet music oh the still and q-iiet air. In the front part of the yard was Nelly's Dower plot, where she spent part of almost every day in spring and snmnier, cultivating le iderly and care, fnily her favorite plants. A jisinine had sprung up at one etui of the lon piazza, and wii h tender care Nelly had twined its waywaid bra; ilies snccfuliy along jnst beue ith the eaves. S'retc'i iug anav toward tho uortH lay the broad valley through which the little s'lUcry brook si inly wended its way ; eastward lay rolling hi'l j covered to their summits with sturdy forest trees, while to the soulll and west rtupeodous highlands lifted themselvss as if desirous of cul ling of entirely this lowly and secpes lered spot from the rest of the world. Such a spot was the home of Nelly. The Ijeauties of the changing 6easois visited it as the years rolled by, ami Nelly lived on her humble home. Kirly trained to walk in Iho path of viituc, bet's was a life of the most unstained purity. The B.blc was her f.ivvnic buok, but besides it she read and p-i -d very highly many other wrks of merit. Poetry was, ber lavorite department ol literature, and time and again had she perused the works of Milton and oilier tandard authors. 15.it Nelly, I ke my self, knew nothing of the busy woil-J away from tho liunble valley, ex:rpt what she ho J lean.ed from books. S ie knew nolhinj; of the vexations a.d ii- ful pleasures of fashionable life; knew nothing of the deceplunis and frauds I maniiy, but stiiipi sed every one Me herself devoid of tinful ii.tei.lioi s. Hei's was a life of simplicity ai-d omity, innnecnt and happy. To that low'y but lovtly home ns I often fond nf goieg in the days of my boyhood, and many a pleasant reri''j did I hile away Ihrrn in the company of Nelly nnd her inleHipeit parents. Often would she rend to tne thn most touchi ig passag -s from her Isvoritft au thors, and spe.k witH eyes spaikbng with delight of their sublimity ad beauty, fiiie loved virtue and purity for their sake, ard so beautifully t x em; l fied lliem in her ilaily life that she taught me, too, to love what was true, noble and oil ly, and to hate what was base or low. ILt pure life to me was liko a sweet, melodious song which steals Into the heuits of i's henrers mid wins them to its tone. To Nelly I be came devotedly attached lien the riper years of youth had set'.led i.p'ui in", and In my innocence nnd simplicity wished for no nobler being np m which to lavish my ufljciiot.s. My love She gently rcuproeatcd, ai.d icver did hearts burn with more iiitir.se fervor than Nolly's and mine. Ii,t the pleasant association between Nellyntid myself was broken, urd we parted, never to meet again. The de man.Is of niniihood bade me leavo mv dear paternal roof, with ull its ple.isut memoiies aid Agreeable surroundings, and t) seek my fortune among strangers. Nelly Has not connectid with my lathei't family by any lies of relatio . ship, but ahea the hour for my rlepai uie came I felt as much ril lUuue on parting ai.h l.rr as nilli a y own dear brothers and iiler. I went away from the cherished old Lome of my iiinncunl childhood, but it was willi ix "luiiiu, lingcr'.og IjuU bebiud." W1SLDON, N. Q, THURS DAY, APRIL 24, 1870. To say iiow unqualified I was lor1 the lemp'ations of business life would be to say that I was entirely unacquainted with any of its. fascinations and sinful pleasures. The -holy purity of Nolly's life, and the well directed instructions of my Christian home bad planted the seeds of virtue deep in my heart; but when the inducements to pleasure were held out to me', I felt a want of exper ience in resisting them, lltisincss pressed upon my mind ; new schemes sad engagements se'z -d my atteni'ma k I forgot the holy Ufliie.ncos of fin prist, nnd gradually glided farther and farther i ff from thai life of purity I had once lived. Time rolled on, and I us more and moro engrossed ; but occasionally, when I was alone, T would think ol'lhe innocent, pure Nelly away off in that se questered old home nmorg tho hills, and as I would re flect upon iho happi ness arid innocence I once enjoyed with her, defp, stinging thoughts of my guilt would swell up in my breast with condemning power. : For tho most of my time tho dear old influences were forgotten, but when memory took a retrospective view of tho past, warm tears gushed to my eyes. Hit as lime ruled on I was called to to leave the din of business nnd spend a few months of rest in the country dis tricts. My brother und- si'ters were then all cone n'ay from tl.fi old home stead like myself, and my aged parents nloi.e were living tliero. Willi them, and under tlie sacred ii fl iencu of my old hoiiK, would I spend r.iy allotted holiday. As soon as I was rra'ed 1 1 the train the thought of Nelly rushed to my mind, and I felt a liltlu rehi.t nice at tlie idea of meeting her, so much changed was I then from what I was when we parted five yc:irs before, .flat still I wanted to see her, nnd could not tlii. k of tisiiing limit! without seeing; my bidoved Neliy. I had ulmest for gotten her in the pas!, but wlie i I turned homeward my old love revive 1. After a long ride the station was reached. I alighted and was a niveyed by a stage to wilhin a short distance of the place of my birth. 15ut between Unit dear old spot and myself, with a sh irt 0' t-:l-trie-way walk, was the I.de cottage the home of Nelly. I paused and vcfl'.cU'd whether should visit it fust or my (Id home. ' 0!),'hat thoughts came rushing over met I was near the dear oi 1 scenes of my child hood, but alas, how I had changed 1 Only five years before I left that home an 'hiii.ice.it youth of twenty su niM.'-rs, with nit a traui of s. rr.jw u my heart; now I bad returned a may nf business and care. That braje look of inno cence was gone from my eye?, and I wept as I thoight of the past. II i.v de.iasUiioo the five years had been t my happiness I A id then, I thought, I was about to ri.ett tin) ' puie, hiipv Nelly, whose toiulttr admonitions I had not heeded. I felt an irresistible influ ence coni'ng over me; I was treading sacred gro'i d, a d with guilty feet. Hit I n fl'tted. nnd couc'nnlc.l that I woulJ tell Nelly ell all.iut the ptl, wit'i its horrid temptations, and res ih et i re f rin my life. Klie yts, pure N.'ily would forgive my every wrong 1 As I ncared tlie old c i'l i vi I paused to li-ten, thinking perhaps I might hear NelK's sweet voice singing some old familiar si:ig. Hut all was quiet. I piused an J listened ngr.n, hut nothing save iho littiu trunk, ahich ran a cheerily on as it did five years leh re, broke l'ic silence. 1 ventured a little f rihcr nnd suddenly the nil cMtige came in view. lit behold, it was closed 1 Ni one was to bo seen. I r.attsed thro.igh t'v? ii't'e gi'.i a".. I too.l, almost awestruck, bufire the long pi.iz-i . Nelly has been gone from here lor s ene lime, I tli Mi.,1)'. ll-'ie a id there stiod ta'.U of. her 11 iwrrs, tat. tLcy were slender and yellow from neglect. Too jismine over the door hung its brinches mournfully rlo.vu tor tho aai.t ol Nelv's lender fi ig"rs to train it in .its accus tomed place. It was blooming us pret ty that bright April morning at ewr, bul Nelly w is not there tn or j y its fra graice. Where li.nl she gone I'.iu dear guiding star nf mv li'c? I walkesl sorrovi fully around the house, but every thing I inked des olai'i and forsnkeH. At length I tinned my s'eps to the garden, ahich ndj lined the j ard, arid entered thn gat, t will;e I siowiy duwn tiio weed grown palii, wnen suddenly my attention was arrested by a pure white grave-stone which stoo u the lower end nf tlie gardo , nnd lor the fir-it time the thought rushed In my mind that pi rhaps Nelly was e'ead. , I walked on with a heart full ofeuiotioi.o, and at once stood before the stone. Ua l what sorrow swelled my breast us I lead the inscription : "Nelly Youth, born , died , nged IS years. lLr pure spirit is safe in heaven " I fill ution my knees in the deepest ngooy. Nelly, the pure, stveet Nelly, dead, gone forever---thQ dear loving lii I, at nfoso feet 1 1 at cxprcted to find f.irivenes for my .past etr-rs, gone irom earth. Oil, that she could have lived to gratit me pardon for my past conduct ih f,rgeUieg her I Hit wlial CiuMIdi? , Tears and weeping would avail me nothing. I bowed my head iu earnest pKiiion to Nellv's (5ml, and there, with the! violets on her grave blooming around n:e, I found, pardon, fir the pas', and a star wis added to Nelly's cr jwo. ' Sorrowfully I wended my way from that girdeo. O 'C6 more I pasted over the silvery brook, and rested iu the h dy quiet of my childhnnri'g r.ajie, I.itiue I returned to tho aUi-ilics of luiiiics life; but never have I forgotlen the vows I made on Nelly's grave, but have ever siucu lived an Hpright and devoted life, trusting that the angel Nelly will one day bear me from earth to those pure regions beyond, where her sweet spirit bo's wandered for mauy years, . T JACK MARSPEH'S GHOST. "I.istee, nud I'll, tell you all about it. "We were taking a trip ncrosi the plains, nnd coming upon the camp fire of an old hunter, we accepted his invita tion to stay will) him ull night. "For nigh upon twenty years, old Seili that was his name had sum mered nnd wintered on tho moun tains. "Lots of his pal", iis their tussles with tho redskins, had lost their scalps, but old Seth had k"pt bis, so fur, and Imped to take it with him when ho was laid away. 'But there was no knowing when the Indians might drop upon a feiluw. "We had a very pleasant night of it, nnd in the morning got talking nbout Jack Marsden. ' Jack Marsden and n better fellow never lived had built himself a cabin in a snug pi ice on the bank of a river, away out from everybody. There he lived with his liulu gal, llulh, us huppy as the day was long. "All n( us k ae.iv that they were in danger there. At any minuUs tho red skiiis might pounce down upon them, and nobble 'em up, We oken told Jack so, but he paid no attention to it. The rerl-Uies never hud hurt him, he snid, and he didn't believe that they would. Hot he found t last to his s irrow lli.it our words were true. "It was on Christmas Riy that a!) Hit half a dozen of us being in his neighbor hood, we made up our minds to pay Jack a visit. We knew he would be glad I ) se us, and that his cabia was certain to t-e stocked with light-down Christmas fare, and that wa jhould be beaitily welcome to ns much ns we could eat and drink. ' When we h ive in sight of the cabin we thought it cmi us that there warn't n.) smoke curling ahovn iho roof. Ku'h was ei'her late wi'h her dinner, or else she had g -t it, and let the fire go out. ' Whet we got close I i tho cabin I began to think fiat nil was nut lih'-. There warn't any signs of lifo nbout it. AH was still as a graveyard. "My heart kinder got up into mv throat, and choked me. I was ufraid I should see Fomeihing that would make my blood run cold iu my vein-1. "And I warn't mistaken. The fore runner I felt proved true. Tho Cibin door stood wide open, and in through it we saw something thut looked like n man. We held our breath, nnd went i i. ... 'it was Jack Marsden, and he was as drad na stone, lie was hacked terri bly, and his scalp was gone. Tho red skins hail pegged him out at last. "Wo looked about us, expecting lo see his litlle gul i:i Ihe same fix. I5.it she nairi't nowhero t i be seen. It was plain to us' then what had happened. They h id murdered her father before her very e)r, and tiien carried her 'off with them. "I tell you. s'ranger, that was a sad sight fur us. I can't begin t tell you our feelings. Tliey were kinder mixed ; but lliere was nnc thing that was stro.igi r than all iho rest. We would have revenge ; ih-il e'u!J he seen oo tho faces of each of us before wo bad uttered a word. "The deed had beMi done liat mnrn inn, for w.' rnul i see that .Talk h id ,'t been dead hot a few hoilrs nt most. The trail of the .savages iim-it bo fresh and i. en, and nc should have no trouble io following it. "There warn't no timo lo lose, 8 t wo left Jack lying just where we found hi in, closing the door so that nothing should disturb him, and set nut tit once to rescue llut'a aud to avenge her fathet's death. "We diJu't think of rest or of any thing 1 1 eat. We c ml du't stop for that The trail ltd away broad nud plain, and we hurried along it as fast as our feel would enrrv us. "Mingled with the footprints of Ihe s Uslii is wrre ihe little ones id a gut, which we knew was Hoth's. Mre dead than nlive, 'ho wis being hurried Into a horrible captivity. "O.i we went, nil through tho after koou, until at last the duAues shut down, and hid the. trsil from our sight. The young moon hung low in the west, but it Wis so small that it gavo bul little light. Tllero was nothing nor- that we could do until morning, and by that time tho savages, if they kept on, wool 1 be far away, "Much ajaiust our will, wo com menced to make preparations In en camp for ihe nielli. I was kneeling down, about to kindle tho dry faggots we hud gathered, into a blnz when a cry from some of my companions made my spring to my feet. "What is it?" I ci ied, seeing nothing close to ns that would causa such nn i.utbreik. ' 'I'll' y did not answer, but pointed away iilong the trail, and there I saw something which mado my hair creep upon my head. It was Jack Marsdeu's ghost. "There he stood, stranger, as plain. :s I can so von at this - minute. O c baud was held out to us, beckoning us to come on . ' I was tho first ono to- find my toiijue, scaled as-1 vr;t'. JrV jV Ivi U 11 "'Come, boys, let us follow him,' I said. 'lie's arter his gal, and be will lead us to I er. None of you were afraid of Jack when he was alive, and you lalu't ought to bo bow bo is dead.' ' The boys answered never a word, but they came on after me as I hunied towards tho ghost. Hut we couldn't come up wilh it. It kept just, about so far ahead of us, in spite of ull we could do. "For an hour wo followed on, nnd then we saw the blazo or lite camp-fire right nfore tis. "Then, as though he had sunk into tho earth, tho ghost vanished nway. We know then that we wero close to the redskins. "We slopped only for a moment, and then crept ou townrds the camp-fltt. Not a leaf or a blade of grass rustled beneath our feet. 0 tr foo's'.eps wero aa silont as those of the ghosts itself. "At last wo go', so close that nc cnuld sec all that was going on around the camp-fire. A 'half-dozen savages sat there eating their soiipcr. In tho midst of them lay little Kulh, as motion less ns though dead. "We whisdrred together for a mo ment, and theu each singled out bis red skin. ' Wo felt that we must not fail tho fust time, for the lifo of tho girl might he lost if we did. Wo did not mean to, ind wo- didn't. "We crept close up, and then with a spring and n rush, we bounded upon them. Nut one of our blows went amiss, and each of the savages wont down in his tracks, "Wi'.h a cry, lluth sprang up, and then, like a frightened bird, she sprang into my arms. "When she had come to herself a little, she told us hr.'w tho savages had come t-i tlie cabin, and had murdered her falher before her eye, whilo lie had ho thought of dangor, nnd bow they had hurri.'d along all through tho after noon, until she had dropped down where wo had round her. "We told our story, oil except about tho ghost. That we kept to ourselves. W'e thought lhat it might make her feel bad to know it. "We went and buried Jack, and then took Until alo-.g with us. "It's a good whilo ago ; many Christ mas 1) lys have gone over my bead since then ; but since that ever to be remembered Chiistmas Day wo haven't anno uf us seen Jack Marsdcti's Ghost." "i'rulderie, my Vperience is dal it ain't de peifession of 'ligion, but de ca Monnl pmcticc, of ils dot makes a man 'cep'.ab'e up yi n ler. Wlvn ytr gits io de golden gate, a: d Peter 1 inks yer right in do cje, and yer shown hiiri yer long creed, and siy, pompous liko, dat yer 'longed for a big church, do 'postle 'II shake his head ai' Sav, 'l)..t ain't onff ler get yer through.' 15 u if yer lakes yer bills und.;r ver arm yer grocer bil'?, an' yer rei.t bdl, an' yer doctor's bills aii' In looks Vu all over an' fin 's 'em all receipt, he'll s.y, 'Ver title's clear,' an' unlock dcr gale, au' let yer pitch, yer voice f ia do angel's s'ing. Hut tain't no uso ter trubbel along c! it narror path 'less yer can carry, folded no in yi r creod. a good refoundation from ver creditors. Hebbem ain't no place for a man u! o ha dodge 'rotvi o a corner for fear ob it eel ng some one who'll ask for dat little bill dat i.c-h.-r was paid.'' v . - Hill arp says iu the Atlantic Coastiiu- tion : "15. outings on tho children and tho children's children I How I d I 'ie to have 'cm around nod sre Ym frolic, and ever ai.d anon hear ore H rill wit'i a cut fioger or a stumped top, or the hark knocked iff his hid a somewhere. What n pity ihey have t- grow u;i an I see trouble and be sent to the legisla ture or Congress, nnd there get a lit'Ie behind in morals and in money I 1! it sullioier.t unto tho day u the evil thereof." A SELL. MOT A SALE. Anii ible hnD-kei pi-rs disrrvis lo lie ran ami 7.. I. II re I. un iliili it.oa el Ui iria's to w liieh thry are ?u!jrctd. Oo inidMiutu er finr, when .li !ih i-lept, on I In.' tlie'lil nne'er 8!m 1 in tho liiin-lie-, s l i ly cnteri il a More not a Ih iu".n I mile i tl, ami i: 1 1 r 1 1 lor p iraviis. 1'iie etil'g in; pr.miiitoi f.ire.d out l-!or.! her tai.i (lies in n la':;P and vanul ti ik. "11 iv yon any tins s'.u.lo a t'?c l.irgrr!" m'i 1 the la !y This wa- p;o luci -1. "1 t'.iiuk ou the whole I pitkr t'uc' t '. smaller." Tim '. '. sin ilh r was presented. 1 II.ivu j. oi miy ol t'.ii u lili'.ii uliiido nl bin. i' Tun nqoirid hIi kIi! nn hroiiolit out. "Hsvui't you sny of tlrs kin 1 with a crooked Utnili f ' The shade nail the eroi U . ,1 h male ap peared. "llavo yn,i any with Ihecro k d handle not quite so heavy '." end the. Indy, an I so continue 1 her inpiiriei lor cy-ry conniva b o s'? ', aii nli- so i weight po,iide in Uh line ol pnmvk After m arly an hmir h id been e i one I the hir shopper gathered u.) In r h in ik, r-c'li'-faid i;lov,, nn I iu ve l lor ihe d .or. "Cnn'l I ti'i ypn piilgfuilC ieq-,iic,l the exhan-ie I rr"pr:VfMr "l)h. h it r no," n p!ie I the Is ly. ' I w as 111 arely liu) li.lii Jlio priceji. I nm goieg into niouiuing iuyM.ll, and have ouu I i -ale." S mo Ihouuhls ie prsjiiri. Thin ar. moment., whs'ever e I hu atlitu Iu of the b ly, tie 1 1 ub i-i it. koes. 11 tny nun claim lo bo nm in their piinciples. wlii-ii, r ally, liny ore on:y nli sliualu iu llkir prudiccs. NO. 8. TUE LIGHT BKICADEi a (iKAriiicj:iciiirrin op tub CHAnoa iiY A struviynit, A Eii;v:vor ol tlie ce!e':ril,l ti.ln tr. jarvs nl ciouth give, in the B mton Crm mercial liullctia t tie loliowin graphic pietnu nf the charge ; JjOri-i Lrtrdiirnn eve vlnnei-.l ua .vat. then en urring bis Itoise iorward a lew' paces he fni.l ; My men wc liava teecireJ order, to silen e Unit l.aiterv." My O (1 iny brolhfr riaeulafcd. Then unifrpini! tny hand, be said : r.'l. my der fellow, trnod ht. wo we ilnn'i know what ni iy happen, (lod li lists vou ; keep close to mo " "What 111010 he n.iht have taid wm lost in Lord Cardigan's nuoiua- shout . n a ol ; "C'hargft !" "We went in at a trot : tho trot rhanrreil to n eanti-r. nnd the ennter to a esllop rlirouoli Iho lines I eouid Rf Lord 'Ardi. gin several hot.io lengths uhad, . . 1IIMN0 AS STltADY s if ho waj on parade. Now, to toll the plain tiuth, wile si we bad ridden a short distance, say (mo liundieJ psces, I felt tenibly iiTmi d. Tlie truth Histoid upon mo In g moment th it we were ruling into a pntetion that weuld esuns ns ta a lire on bailt fl iuks, as well as the tiro from the bnltery in front ol ua, which we bad been instructed lo silei e.". I full to myself. 'This is a ride to death 1" but I sud it Inn 'I eoongh lor my brother to lit ar, nsd liu iinnvtreil and sni.i . " 'There goes the tlrs! !' "The first was L.-rl Luean's sidc-de-eninp, Caplaiu NoKn, who, alter nmking a slight detour, wm crossing our hit to join us in the cliaige. A camion ball bad u .n cut 111 in iii two as uiy brother spake. , "My heart Icipud into my mouth mid I ul most shrieked with fear, but I restniinei myself, and, getting my teeth hurl, 1 rods on. A moment later the r.ll i bullets from tho-sharp shooter on the hillside begaa U whistle about nur ears. Saddles were em plied ut every step. Then cama the whistlii g phut and fhiiekin shell and lore thi'iugli nur r-tiuadrois, mangling men and !i orses, pi )'i;:iuiig bloody fuirows thmtigh iir. i 1 1 i ' 11:4 f our runk". Then mv fear led me. J!v whole s ml became litieil with. a Tiitnn ron r.iivKNim, and I believe the fame spirit animated every man iu the tanks. Their eyes llislnul and they ground their tooth aud pteoM'. I chnii r togeilier. The very heists -i')o lit the n.iul sjd: i'., an i plunged for ward us il iinpatic.it In had us to our lo-vcn;.- nnd. llivirs. At this tituo there was nt much tn he feuri. A litnvy dense suiokw li n n; over tue valley, but Ihe 11 1 1 1 . t mouths ol the gnus itvealed ill -iiiMlvct to oitreyij nt every moment as l Ley bitched -l.irili their murderous con ten's ii phut nud -.hell. "Now a t'ool t 10 tltioutih our ranl.S cutting a red line f m lliiik to link, Mien a sliell I'loOulied an ebliquo and li'iMidv luno.v Irom our tiolit lient to our It It rear ; aiioti a rieoelicttiug tbot rust ou r icf liont r niL.t, icU into our ceulrs urn I hewed li way lo thi) rear, making u iii'ole havoo in its p itsugo. Oh I that was a ride, ll.'is.a ran ndciicss, aud men l-aieheade t, a lJ spiasiud with tlie bio il ol 1 It -i r ejinrndes. press 1 clotcr Mini elosir and ground llieir teeth haidor, mi l ineiitarlv twuie a ilea.liy mvenge aa llieir nrimberj grew s nailer. "Alone and iu trot. I rode Cardigan, slili keeping the r-'ini" diactf anew!. Ilia etiiuger was Ilea 'e 1 lor t'te eentie of the hitlery. Silently we lolto.vel htm. Up lo th s time neither tr.y bro'her rinr mjsell had received the tightest serkle.li, a' tli.Migti we were 110' rirlrug "ids by sh e 'fcitii c tniiales wl.o at ilie start were spa ilcd 1't'Mi "Ui by MVituI lilts. We 1e.1t in..'. 1 l.o bilteiy ul la-I. l"o to Ibid liitie wc hid i.d dm in (.ileLC, but A vi I I ur.-t hum us ns wo plunged in among ill - l.' ir-iao oiuioois. We", tt'.-titd it have heca l- r them il ttiey lisd kill- -1 lis till l.el'in- wo reaelie I lliem Tiiy had iloue loo tittle nnd too much. Tory 1. nil Set lis in lire will. noi.m. Only bload t muI'I ipirtictt tnir llni .t lor re,ruge. W ;i.t d ihroiigh 1 he buttery like a whiil win I, ib-iiog ihe tiiiiiin rs on our pas iui;e. I don't believe cue ol lliem lived to tell the tale cl Hint ritle. Out ef the Inttteiy no I Intrt brio id- 111 K-iny it was ol 1 iv.. ry. Oi.r eharoe was riv.st'ets, "The II l-vialii !cli belo: our mbrrs a ih.' cru i iil-i bc-lor,! ti.e r. a j-or. Tltt-y . . 1 to h ive no power l test-lance. V.-.d tl.ire w.i iiol.rk id material to wink upon. Tin y eoi-ed in u; 01 u and tur loiiuderl us on every si, If, but wo hewed ur wt.y tli 1 u .th lliem, in men hew their way li.roii.:li a V1I.I1 lorest, ami only stop liol nt fii te reitetted tho b.nk of tlie I'.t.i in ,x 1 iivt r. "Win i -lir-g hi re, 've preceding toeut atur w-ty ruin uunip. On the teiu'ii nrle 1 was asoiilii 1 by a oi.-n- lie It issi in troop, r, w ho nm le Kills-- a 1 tin- ii It tin tsbre. I par iia'ly eu.i'cl it, In.t no'. winoly, o,l tue nest in t-tii-nl lelt a s'.ii)::!! g pain It) my neek. Itp.t-sul io a iim'ii.nt, bow ever, nnd I wis about lo uu,;u short work w.llt lite liutipi-r, a Inn I bend mv brother c: y: " 'Ah ! -.mi vi iil', o i! 1 you ? n I ti e U'l-oi in t.-tl r;ti ft 'o ihe chin. " At- ri.t our way through, and nnce un le vntt red the !nt il v il'ey. When ball v link to ti.ir : taiiin point ciiiinoi -li.'t .;:u U my bii-.tbtr nr.d bclua led li tn. ' 1 '.'in, n!i. tii t.,k y- u'.' Tiro tclur itr,;ciiut drained another j!-lS", ' When e fi rmed up on srrivirt'j M oor t linp; j out lord t'rr.lgtu, wi'.h the liar-" s reaiiilng li on hi-t eycri, said; " It w it 11 l my Uult, iny men.' An 1 Iho 111 11 replied null nno Voiet: "'We iff real l co i.i again, My L r 1, il toj n i.i L. el U'.' ",hit ihrn I tienio dir.y. My rslp h id in en pit I bv the stroke iifihr Htt Sinn', m'irt', llir,ktti of my cheek Clelt acro-a to my upper bp, and I laintjl liom In s oi L! u I. "VVIieo my limn tXjiired in (lie CSTalry I ic tiitrsle I in ih'g ii-oiinent. It mu af w y-pu.u I to hi nr mjftlt called one l tin- MX hiindrul. but poor Jick! Fill tha' u' t- iiL'ain, Tom." ihn t iitltd t'uo rJetgeani's itory ol the Ii.iujUi tit .1 ;e. a" j a SPACE One Square, 3 00 Two Squares, fi 19 ihreo .Squares, 8 00 Four Squares, 10 00 Fun ion c.i' ' , 8 00 10 00 IS 00 IS 00 20 00 14 oa 20 Q 30 9 80 00 so eo 6 0 MW 4S S 5 tea 06 M 7i Half Column. 20 on i an n,i Whole Column, OneYair JOANOKE AOrBICULTUB WORKS, WELDON. N. C. JOIIX.W. FOOTE, PropMeUr, KICIIARDSON COTTON M, A SPECIALTY MA.NUFAOTDABR IT. 1MB ORK IRAL ABRf FOB, ALL KINDS OF FARMING Itf. PLEMENT3, STEAM ENGINES AND 00TT0H GINS. Alsu Agoiit for the Cuioigo Suala Od4 pany'a UMTRD STATES BTAJTPA SCALES. l'.vorvthlni in tbis Ho from a 1C4J TOJT Railroad Scale to tha SMALLEST Tt. Sea la furnished at HurprUiotj LOW Fia urcs. A l'laiforni HAY or SlfjCK fleaTa of Kt)CK TONS capaoity tor (40. aatt I'roiislit. All kinds of '- - i.j IKON AND BRASS C18TIXQ3 h'lirnlshed at SHORT iVOTlCH aa4 at Petaiaburg or Norfolk PKICKSJ. 1 'St . .Ti I am prepared to do AST KIVD f Kop.nr Work for ENGINES, MILLS AND COTTON GINS, As I have an Kcllent MACHINIST moi I keep ontnUntly on hand of est MannfaolureaWOOD OFriCK cwa COAL AND WOOD STOVJE. . . fj Wars roJ MOrt,,M,l hoioW LUM ItKR furnli. tl In any qaantlt a tne LUWK ll' Market Kalea. 1 1 ep8 1 & . -5 J at