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Jt4Ekihara Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., KDITOB AKD rBOrBIXTOR. TEEIS CF $U2SS7TIi: OTT.OBeyw, p. 0awr.iliiiionU Mfr. tbiMioatt, - Poetry. Only Waiting. 1 rerj acd man In an almshouse was ask! what he was doing now. He replied, "Ouly watting. " Only watting till the shadow re a little longer grown ; Only waiting till the glimmer Of the day's last beam is flown 1 Till the night ot earth Is faded From the heart once full ot 4ay; Till the stars of hearen are breaking Thro' the twilight soft and gray. Only waiting till the reapers Hare the last sheaf gathered home; Tor the summer time Is faded And Ute autumn winds hare come. Quickly, reapers I gather quickly. The last ripe hours ot my heart. For the bloom of life Is withered, And X has tan to depart. Only waiting till the angels Open wide the mystic gate. By whose side I long have lingered. Weary, poor and desolate. Zrn now I hear their footsteps, And their toIom far away; If they call me, I am waiting. Only walling to obey. Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown; Ouly waiting till the glimmer Ot the day's long beam is flown. Then from out the gathering darkness, Uuly, deathless stars shall rise. By whose lights my soul shall gladly Tread lis pathway to the skies. Selected Otory. The Mysterious Organist A LEGEND OF TUX BUTSE. "Kind heart are nor than coronets. Aul ulinple faith than Norman blood." Years ago, at a grand old cathed ral overlooking the Rhine, there ap peared a mysterious organist The great composer who had played the organ so long had suddenly died, and everybody from the king to the peas Ant, was wondering who could be found to fill his place when one bright Sabbath morn, as the sexton entered the church, he saw a stranger sitting at the crape-shrouded organ. He was a tall, graceful man, with a pale but strikingly handsome face, with great black, melancholy eyes, and hair like the raven's wing for gloss and color sweeping in dark waves orer his shoulders. He did not seem to notice the sexton, but went on playing, and such music as he drew from the instrument no words of mine can describe. The astonished listener declared that the organ seem ed to have grown human that it wailed and sighed, and clamored, as if through its pipes. "When the music . of l.i.i-tK xl . i , n i .to the stranger, and said : Pray who are you sir ?" "Do not ask my name," he replied. I have heard that you are in want of an organist, and have come here on trial" 'You11 be sure to get the place," exclaimed the sexton, "Whv, you surpass him that's dead anil gone, air." "No no ; you overrate me," resumed the stranger, with a sad smile ; and then, as if disinclined to conversation, he turned from old Hans and began to play again. And now the music changed from a sorrowful strain to a grand old paean, and the mysterious organist Looking upward full of trace, Prayod 'till from a happy place Ood's glory smota him on tho faoa. and his countenance seemed not un liko'that of St Michseal, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the harmonies which swell ed around him, he sat with his "far seeing" gaze fixed on the distant sky, a glimpse of which he caught through an open window, when there was a stir about the church door, and a royal party came sweeping in. Among tnem mignt be seen a young girl, eyes like the violet hue, and lips wild cher ries. This was the Princess Elizabeth, and all eyes turned to her as she seat ed herself in the velvet-cushioned pew appropriated to the court No soon er had the music reached her ears than she started as if a ghost had crossed her path. The bloom faded from her cheek, her lips quivered, and her whole frame grew tremulous. At last her eyes met those of the oroan ist, in a long, yearning look, and then the melody lost its joyous notes, and once more wailed, and sighed, and clamored. "By my faith," whispered the king to his daughter, "this organist has a master hand. Hark ye, he shall play at your wedding !" The pale hps of the princess parted, but she could not apeak she was dumb with grief. Like one in a pain f ul dream, she saw the pale man at the organ, and heard the melody hich filled the vast edifice. Aye, full well she knew who he was, and why the instrument seemed breathing out thesgony of a tortured heart Wnen tne wrvice was over, and the royal party had left the cathedral, be stole away as mysterious as he had come. He was not seen again by the sexton till the vesper hour, and then he appeared in the organ loft, and commenced bis task. While he play ed a veiled figure glided in, and knelt a 8le shrine. There she knelt till the worshippers dispersed, when the sexton touched her on the shoul der and said : 'Madam, everybody has gone but you and me, and I wish to close the door. "I am not ready to go yet," was VOLUME 3. the reply ; "leave me ! leave me!" The sexton drew back into a shady niche, and watched and listened. The mysterious organist still kept his post, but his head was bowed upon the in- j strument, and he could not see the lone devotee. At length she rose from the aisle, and moving to the organ loft, paused beside the musi cian. J3ertram !" she murmured. Quick as thought the organist raised his head. There, with the light of a lamp suspended to the arch above, falling full upon her, stood the princess who had graced the royal pew that day. The court dress of velvet, with its soft ermine trimmings, the tiara, the necklace, the bracelets, had been exchanged for a grey serge robe ami a long thiek veil, which was now pushed back from the fair girlish face. "Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth!" ejacula ted the organist, and he sank at her feet, and gazed wistfully into her troubled eyes. "Why are you here, Bertram t" ask ed the princess. "I came to bid you farewell ; and as I dared not venture into the pal ace, I gained access to the cathedral by bribing the bellringer, and having taken the 3eat of the dead organist, let my music breathe out the adieu I could not trust my lips to utter." A low moan was the only answer, and he continued: "You are to be married on the mor row V "Yen," sobbed the cirl. ' Oh. Bert ram, what a trial it will be to stand at yonder altar, and take upon me the vows which will doom me to a living death 1" "Think of me," rejoined the organ ist ; "your royal father has requested me to play at the wedding, and I have promised to be here. If I were your equal, I could be the bridegroom in stead of the organist; but a poor musician must give you up." "It is like rendering soul and body asunder, to part with you," said the girl "To-night I may tell you this tell you how fondly I love you, but in a few hours it will be a sin. Go, go. and God bless you !" She waved him from her, as if she would banish him while she had Dow er to do so ; and he how was it with him? He rose to leave her, then came back, held her to his heart in one long embrace, and with a half- j smothered farewell, left her. j The next morning dawned in cloud-1 less splendor, and at an early hour the j cathedral was thrown open, and the i sexton began to prepare for the hnl liant wedding. Flame-colored flow-; i ers waved bv tne wav side name-! colored leaves came rushing down from tho trees, and lay in light heaps ! upon the ground ; and the ripe wheat waved like a golden sea, and berries dropped in red and purple clusters over the rocks along the Rhine. At length the palace gates were opened, and the royal party appear ed, escorting the Princess Elizabeth to the cathedral, where the marriage was to be solemnized. It was a brave pageant ; far brighter than the un twined foliage and blossoms were the turf 8 of the plumes which floated from stately heads, and the festal robes that streamed down over the housings of the superb steeds. But the prin cess, mounted on a snow white pal frey, and clad in snow white velvet, looked pale and sad ; and when, on nearing the church, she heard a gush of organ music, which, though jubil ant in sound, struck on her ear like a funeral knell, she trembled, and would have fallen to the earth had not a page supported her. A few moments af terward she entered the cathedral. There, with his retinue, stood the bridegroom, whom she had never be fore seen. But her glance roved from him to the organ loft, where she had expected to see the mysterious organ ist He was gone, and she was' obliged to return the graceful bow of the king, to whom she had been be trothed from motives of policy. Me chanically she knelt at his side on the altarstone ; mechanically listened to the service and made the responses. Then her husband drew her to him in a convulsive embrace, and whisper ed: "Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, lookup!" Trembling in every limb, she obey ed. Why did those dark eyes thrill her so ? Why did that smile bring a glow on her cheek ! Ah ! though the king wore the purple and many a jeweled order glittered on his breast, he seemed the same humble person who had been employed to teach or gan music, and had taught her the lore of love. "Elizabeth" murmuied the monarch, "Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious or ganist and King Oscar are one ! For give my stratagem. I wished to marry you, but I would not drag to the altar an unwilling bride. Your father was in the secret" While tears of joy rained from her blue eyes, the new made queen re turned her husband's fond kiss, and for once two hearts were made happy by a royal marriage. Self-respect has more self-reliance than self-assertion. Round Table. Before the days of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, a person troubled with a cough always consulted his physician. Now he only invests 25 cents and is cored after a few doses. PITTSBOROVCHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTEMBER 16, 1880. Thomas J. Jarvis. Raleigh News, June 18th. There are few North Carolinians who are unacquainted with his career. His name is a familiar one in Eastern Carolina, where, as far back as 1690, we find Thomas Jarvis presiding over a court held in the Albemarle section. His father, Rev. B. H. Jarvis, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and gave his life to the wel fare of his fellow men. His mother was one of a class of women who move the world by their simple piety, and by instilling into the children of their generation qualities of heart and head that make leaders among men. Gov. Jarvis' education was acquired by bis own efforts. Alternately a worker and a learner ; now at school and then earning the means to go to school; in these few words is pre sented an epitome of his life to the day on which he received his diploma from Randolph-Macon College. When the civil war broke out he promptly volunteered. Wre find him as a soldier in the ranks in May, 1861, and after a continuous and ar duous service of three years we find him maimed for life by a painful wound that shattered his right arm at the battle of Drury's Bluff. He came home from Appomattox shat tered in body and health, and began the life that was to place him at the head of the councils of his State, and make his conduct of her affairs one of the most noted in her annals. The times excepted when war was flagrant, no part of our history was so full of uncertainty, distress, sad foreboding and painful experience as the first ten years after the civil war. In some respects it was wrorse than war. In 1S65 affairs w ere declared to be in a state of formal anarchy, and a convention was ordered by President Johnson to resurrect, as far as possible, the life and body of the State. To this convention Capt. Jarvis was elected, almost unani mously, by the people of his native county, Currituck. He served them well and established a character, in a body composed of men who were al most all his seniors, for comprehend ing the dangers of the times and a wise prudence in avoiding or over coming them. Licensed to practice law in 1867, he removed to Tyrrell, and became widely known as a careful pleader and an earnest and effective advocate. In 1808 he was elected unanimously to the Reconstruction Legislature. In this bodv everv evil element that can enter into polities was fully rep- resented. Unscrupulous cleverness, ignorance, venality were in triple al liance. To oppose this there was a small band of intelligent, virtuous and capable patriots. This was the fight and these were the odds. Capt. Jarvis soon became the captain of this host. The part he bore in frus trating tho schemes of the conspiracy to rob the State under the specious guise of developing her resources, is written in the journals of those dark days, on the Statute Books, and in the hearts of a grateful people. He demonstrated the inability of the State to meet the merciless exactions made on her capital and labor to pay the debt that was heaped upon her. When demonstration and remon strance failed he had recourse to all the parliamentary devices which des peration could suggest to ingenuity. These failed when the taxes were levied, but a cry of distress from the plundered people came up, even to the ears of a reckless majority, and Jarvis, with a full faith that this voice would not go unheeded, introduced and passed through at the ensuing session a bill repealing all railroad appropriations. The sheriff's ham mer would have rattled on the hearth stones of thousands of homesteads but for this relief. The people will not iorget it nor its author. In 18C8 Jarvis was nominated Elector from the First District on the Seymour and Blair ticket, and made a brilliant canvass for the party. In 1870 the people of Tyrrell showed their appreciation of their countyman by re-electing him to the House of Representatives, and the Democrats, having come into power, at once advanced him to the highest seat of honor by choosing him speak er of tnat body. He won reputation in the field, and was at once recog nized as a parliamentarian of a high order. So impartially and correctly did he decide the delicate and often complex questions that were con stantly before that body that the leader of the republicans pronounced him a model speaker. In 1872 he was named as one of the Electors for the State at Large, and served in that capacity with his usual zeal and fidelity. During this year he removed to Pitt county, and resumed there the practice of his pro fession. So far he had served his State well and had won the title of Honorable by such labor as few men would un dertake. But greater things were before him and had to be overcome. The organic law of the State had been framed by aliens ignorant of our domestic economy and hostile to the decency and intelligence of a large majority of our people. Under this law intolerable grievances had sprung up. Local governments were, in the hands of negroes or their overseers, white radicals ; taxes were imposed to a ruinous extent; justice was bought and sold like any staple pro- Ay u duct ; and, instigated by bad men, the negroes were insolent and aggressive. axus anomaiy in a civilized land nad to be changed. The people were restive under it. A change commen surate with the evils could only be effected by a convention. The calling of a convention was, however, re garded as a hazardous measure, and a clear, strong mind and firm will firm by nature, or made so by the discipline of lifewere needed to measure the hazard accurately. Jar vis espoused , the convention cause warmly. He,was nominated by accla mation to 'Represent his adopted county .(Pitt),3siid was chosen by a large majority' To him more than to any living man we owe the enjoyment of our rights under the new Consti tution. He organized that body by securing the election of a democrat to preside over its deliberations. In all its proceedings he was a counsel lor, an actor and a controlling spirit. Nominated for Lieutenant-Governor in 1876, he traversed the State and won golden opinions from all sorts of people by simple, strong and truly eloquent speeches, convincing and making earnest the peoplo who gave him amongst the largest majorities cast for any democratic candidate vo ted for by the whole people. The presidency of the Senate matured his reputation for high parliamentary ability. Upon the elevation of Gov ernor Vance to the United States Senate, in January, 1879, he succeed ed to the office of Governor, and has discharged its responsible, grave and delicate duties with signal satisfaction to the people regardless of political bias. He has succeeded beyond the am bition of most men, and his success, in a great measure, has been wrought out by doing well whatever he had to do. He has been severely cautious in the use of that dangerous power, the power of pardoning, and has de voted an immense amount of labor to mastering even the dullest details of his office. The most prominent fea ture of his administration is the call ing of the extra session of the Legis lature of the State and the sale of the Western North Carolina Railroad to New York capitalists. This railroad matter is so recent, and so familiar in all its details, that it is unnecessary to do more than refer to it. All that demands attention now is the sagaci ty, firmness and boldness with which the matter was managed. This ques tion, a short time ago. hung over our party like a black cloud big with ruin, It threatened destruction not only to the party, but to any one who med dled with the combustible elements with which it was freighted. To meddle with it at all was what no mere politician would do ; for with all such the science of politics is the science of self-advancement. It was just such a thing as a statesman would do, for a statesman has no thought of self ; ho lives and labors for his country. With a heroism as daring as it was quiet Jarvis grasped this formidable question, and under his skillful handling it became as harmless as the thunder cloud when its fiery fluid has been drawn off by the potent conductor. It was a per ilous feat, and nobly achieved ; but if it had miscarried ho would have sunk, for a time at least, like a plummet of lead in the water. More than three years ago, on Jan uary 1, 1877, when Governor Jarvis was inaugurated as Lieutenant Gov ernor, we stated our conviction that the Democratic party had higher honors in store for him than those with which he was that day clothed. Yesterday's magnificent triumph has verified that expression of our belief. Singularly well poised in character, of unsullied worth, with a great capacity for controlling men, a believer and practicer of thorough organization and discipline, Governor Jarvis is the man for the times and the conditions of politics, and will lead the Demo cratic party to its most brilliant vic tory. A Lively Old Lady. Mrs. Nancy Register, living near Poplar Spring Church, in Laurens county, wad ninety-one years of age in July last. She has a nephew liv ing in Mawkmsville, and he informs us that Mrs. Register is almost as sprightly as a sixteen year old lass. She frequently walks four miles to her grand-daughter's. She used spec tacles from the time she was forty-five years old up to twenty years ago, but for the last twenty-five years she has been able to dispense altogether with spectacles, and can thread a needle with as much ease as she ever could. She has been smoking ever since she was a girl, and raises her own tobac co. Hawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch. in s How to Get Cotton Choppers. Mr. J. H. Mattocks, of Onslow, has a Terr successful plan of getting la borers when he needs them: early in the spring he bnys up all the eggs he can get around in the neighborhood; when chopping time comes and he needs bands, be puts out word that he feeds on eggs the work is done. Kinston Journal. Remarkable Health. Ex-Gov. English, of Connecticut, has never been sick a day in bis life, has never called a physician and has never taken any medicine, although he was sixty-eight years old last March. A Snake-Eating Man. The Goldsboro Messenger relates the following snake story, which beats any we have yet heard. Its truthfulness is vouched for by T. A. Granger, Esq., of Goldsboro', who witnessed it at Warm Springs, Madi son county, N. C. The story is as follows : "A mountaineer brought a live m.t- tlesnake to the Springs and offered to A S Am m uuce 90 ior ms venomous pet. While the crowd were insnectin? tho rentilA a fellow hailing from Tennessee, but evidently a foreigner by birth, pro posed that for $5 he would take his snakeship'out of the box, suffer him self to be bitten, and that then he would eat the raw flesh of the snake. The money was made up, and the snake eater proceeded to comply with his contract. Attracting the snake's attention to one end of the box. he pried the top of the box at the other ena and cautiously but quickly seized the snake with his left hand below the head. In an instant the rattler coiled himself around the man's arm and rattled furiously. It was a mad snake, and the crowd retreated. The snake-cannibal, however, held his ground, and, by lowering his hold, suffered the snake to bite him on the hand. With perfect self-possession he quickly cut off the snake's head with a knife ; he then administered an antidote of tobacco juice and salt to the wound, and finally complied with his agreement by eating nearly half of the snake, after first skinning him and pulling out its poisonous fangs. The poison of the snake had no effect on the man, but the delect able repast seemed to invigorate him. He claims to have been shipwrecked and cast on an uninhabited island, where he and his companions lived on snake meat until rescued. The snake measured 38 inches in length, and had nine rattles and a button." Moore's History. Charlotte Democrat. Some of our cotemporaries are mentioning important omissions and errors in Moore's History of North Carolina, especially in the 2d Volume. In a rather hasty glance over the book we find what may be considered omis sions of importance and. some state ments are not exactly correct, though it should not be expected that Maj. Moore could make his history perfect at the nrst trial. For instance, we find no mention made of the fact that North Carolina had. previous to the war between the States, what was called a "Council of State"(advisers to the Governor who rejected or confirmed all appoint ments made by the Governor.) The Council was composed of one from each Congressional District and was elected by the Legislature. We re member that it was in session in Ral eigh in the Fall of 1859 when the first news was received of the raid of John Brown on Harper's Ferry, and that resolutions were adopted by the council denouncing the encroachments of Northern fanaticism on Southern rights. W. W. Holden, Esq., then editor of the Raleigh Standard, as sisted in drawing up the resolutions for the action of the Council. The Council at the time was composed of J.T.Granberry of Perquimans county, John L. Bridges of Edgecombe, John A. Averitt of Wayne, Dr. Powell of Chatham, Jesse A. Waugh of Surry or Foray the, W. J. lates of Mecklen burg, Dr. Columbus Mills of Polk, and (we think) Mr. Chandler of Bun combe. During the year 1859-'60 Gov. Ellis appointed and the Council confirmed Mathias E. Manly as As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court, and R. R. Heath, J. W. Osborne, George Howard and Roberts. French as Judges of the Superior Court. For the position of Judge in the Mecklenburg District, the name of James W. Osborne and John F. Hoke were proposed by Got. Ellis to the Council, by one majority the Council selected Osborne, then being but 7 of the 8 Councilmen present We don't suppose Col. Hoke himself ever knew how near he came being a Superior Court Judge. For the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench, caused by the resignation of Judge Ruffin, the names of M. E. Manly and Robt R. Heath were proposed the Coun cil voted three for Heath and four for Manly. Another ommission is that of any allusion to two other branches or officers of the State Government which existed before the war the "Literary Board" which had charge of the Common Schools of the State, and the "Internal Improvement Board" which overlooked the State's interest in Railroads, Canals, Rivers, &c Each Board consinted of two members appointed by the Governor, he beingex-officio President of each Board. Bro. Yates is mistaken in saying that "Dr. Powell, of Chatham," was a member of the Council of State. Ed. Parents, mothers, nurses. do not fail to give Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup to the little ones for all cases of Coughs or Colds. Costs only 25 cents. A little boy was taking a walk with his mother when suddenly a thun derstorm came on, when the little boy exclaimed, vOh, mama, the sun is bursting out into a loud laugh." NUMBER X Northern Ku-Klux. Thomas McDonald, aged about 2S years, a farmer, living near Commer cial Point, Pickaway county, Ohio, was taken from his house on the night of September 1st, by a mob and hanged to a tree near his resi dence. McDonald came from Ken tucky some years ago and married into a highly respectable family own ing a large farm. He has for a long time been regarded as a desperado quarrelsome and vindictive. A feud has existed between McDonald and his neighbors for some time, and es pecially during the past year. Satur day he commenced a quarrel with Thomas Beaver, a neighbor, and was badly beaten. The neighbors, think ing to rid the neighborhood of him, determined to commit this horrible murdei. There is no means of know ing who or how many persons com posed this mob, and it is not likely the public will ever know who were concerned in the outrage. Hard on Editors. Gen. Haskell, of the Salvation Army, entertained a large crowd on a St Louis street corner the other day. He told them that he was form erly a circus man and a good card player. He said that over in East St. Louis the Army had a camp where they fed the hungry. He didn't care who came-r-if he was right out of the penitentiary and was hungry he should have something to eat. It was no use talking religion to a hungry man. First fill his stomach. You could never, convert a hungry man. There has never been an instance of it on earth. Of the different political parties, he said that there were good men in each party, good men in the Democratic party as well as in the Republican. More than that, there were good men who were editors, and up in Casey county, la., George W. Ashton, editor of the Clarion, had been converted to God, the first in stance in the history of Christianity Rich Men of Ancient and Modern Times. The ancient historians have a great deal to say about the wealth of various old Greeks and Romans; but none of them was so rich, in all probability, says a New York paper, as are many living Americans. Croesus, King of Lydia, 500 years before the Christian era, had so much gold, with other kinds of property, that "rich as Croesus" has been for ages a threadbare simile. He was the great plutocrat of an tiquity, and it is difficult to judge of the value of his possessions; but it is not at all likely that it ever reached more than $10,000,000 to $12,000, 000 of our money. There are, no doubt, forty New Yorkers at least, worth more than he, and some six or seven have fourfold his wealth. The richest Roman in Julius Ciesar's time, and one of the triumvirate, was Mar cus Licinius Crassus, an astute spec ulator noted for avarice. His for tune has often been estimated, and never above $9,000,000 to $10,000, 000 in United States currency. An Athenian or Roman who could count his estate at what would .be $1,000, 000 of our dollars was considered immensely wealthy, but residents of Manhattan who have no more than $1,000,000 are not now considered particularly well off, and are un known among the opulent members of the community. Mere millionares are so common here as to merit little distinction fi nancially. There were no such es tates in ancient times as those of tne Astors and Yanderbilts, and no such private fortunes as arc held not only here, but in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities of the republic. The growth of wealth has been prodigious Jl. A ?11 i in inis country wnnin wis geuei huuu, Some of the largest accumulations in the land have been made within forty or fifty years. Half a century ago only one man in the metropolis was worth 11,000,000, and his name was John Jacob Astor. Now, hundreds of our fellow citizens can go beyend those figures, and they feel rather poor than otherwise. When Stephen Girard died, in 1831, he was consid ered by all odds the richest man on this continent nobody approached or began to approaah him monetarily, and yet his property was not valued at more than $9,000,000. Men who do not regard themselves as very old can easily remember when $100,000 was thought to be a fortune, even in our largest cities, and when $10,000 in the small towns was deemed an independence. At present $100,000 is hardly reckoned sufficient to make a man comfortable, and $10,000 would not be deserving of mention, unless in a rural village of New England, where general poverty lends a magni fying power to any eye that contem plates any kind of coin. Within the next fifty years it is likely tnat pri vate fortunes will be increased be yond what they have been in the same period in the past In 1930 and 1940 it is probable enough we shall hear of plain American citizens who are worth from $100,000,000 to $150,000, 000, and who will be grumbling that they have no more. Prolific Vine. Mr. J W. Batts, of Wilson county, raised this year upwards of 154 pounds of watermelon from one vine. or ADVERTISING. One sqoar, one lowrtlon. One square, two Insertion,. One SQwre, one month, fi.et - i.w Tor larger adrertUementa liberal contract wlU- STATS riQt70 The Grape Crop. The scuppernong grape crop is al most a failure intthis section. Moore Index. Fatal Lock-Jaw. Carrie Blunt aged 5 years, stock a splinter in her foot, a few days ago, from which lock jaw followed. She died Tuesday in great agony. New- berne Nut Shell. A Deserted Fatally. John Wsttenou, living near tft Airy, has deserted his wife and four mall children, and eloped with another woman. His family is left in a strange neighborhood in a des titute condition. Surry Visitor. Drawing Color Line. At the Republican convention re cently held in Halifax, the color line was drawn pretty tight There was only one white delegate and he was not allowed to go into the caucus at all, but had to stand outside in the cold. Weldon News. Belligerent Candidates. In a discussion at Rocky Mount, Franklin county,Va.,onthe7thinst,,a personal difficulty occurred between Hon. C. Cabell, Democratic candi date for Congress from this district, and Mr. J. C. Stovall, his Readjuster opponent. Bystanders took part in the fracas, and both gentlemen were injured ; Col. Cabell painfully, but not seriously, and Mr. Stovall badly but not fatally hurt Blood flowed freely, bnt no one was hurt except the two gentlemen named. Terrapin Story. Mr. Henry Hall, of this vicinity, tells it, and stands prepared to prove it by three other eye -witnesses: They were in the woods, not long since, getting hogshead hoops, when the dogs jumped an old hare, and all hands quit work and put out to catch it After a considerable chase they came upon a highland terrapin hold ing the rabbit by the leg, nor could they extricate the old hare from the jaws of the terrapin without pulling off the leg by which his terrspinship held the varmint, so firm was its grasp. Milton Chronicle. Growing Town. Randleman is the name of the town which has grown as if by magio around what was formerly Union Factory. A few years since a small factory stood upon the hilly banks of Deep River; now m town of over 1,200 inhabitants, with Randleman's factory running day and night for eighteen months past, turns out daily hundreds of yards of plaids and cheeks. Last week this comMuiy sold, through their agent, in New York, over seven hundred bales of checks. The town has also a large Methodist church, which is very hand some. It shows great signs of thrift and just below is the fine building of the Naomi Manufacturing Company. Greensboro' Beacon. Homicide in Ashe. Intelligence has reached this place that on Saturday evening, August 2l8t, a difficulty occurred in Ashe county, between John and Miles McGuire and Linville Waters. The difficulty originated with Waters and Miles McGuire, and John, a brother of the latter, taking part in it, was shot through the body by LmviUe Waters, death resulting almost in stantly. Miles McGuire was also shot and there is a report that he, too, is dead, but this lacks confirma Hon. Immediately after the shoot ing Waters mounted his horse and fled and at last accounts hsd not been apprehended, though a party started at once in pursuit States- ville Landmark. r The Biggest Snake Yet. A colored man named Trio Ptfw cll, of Warren county Was dtjrfelg a wagon, and stopped at a branch on the road side to give his horses some water, and to let them rest While the horses were drinking the colored man climbed on the top of a fence ten rails high and went to sleep. Af ter a while he awoke tod the nt sight he saw was (horror of horrors I) a large cotton month snake standing erect with his mouth directly over Powell's head. For a few seconds Powell thought upon the best plan to escape and at last, seeing he could not evade the snake by jumping from the fence, suddenly grabbed tbesnake around the neck with both hands. The snake was a large one and show ed fight For two hours they fbfegtt, the snake wrapping himself troend and round the negro, and the negro bending all his efforts m the endeav or to choke him. Some time the negro would have the advantage and then the snake would gain it For two long hours (they eetasd l&e centuries to Powell) they fought, end at last nearly exhausted with his al most superhuman efforts, Powell choked the snake dead, and tooStlnta to Warren ton and found thai he measured 30 feet Powell was near dead and after Unscring tea days died from the injuries he received I from the fight. Wilson Advance,