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■on county, N J., politician of some
repute, has challenged Col Robert In
gersoll to a religious diacussiuu.
A R lit'U (J H.
Sometimes 1 feel weary of fli'a,
I urn tired of its turmoil uuil 1 in,
l'pi worn with the every-day strite.
Willi ut-ukiM*. temptation ami an.
I've iloulitiiigH. mi*)ii> ingg m d fears,
t'om lo inmpier within and without,
I'm sorrows mid Siuhings and turn,
\\ bile dTnk c ouds I'.ang «>er about.
Tlie path seems 100 rouqli for my tout,
Mi taiteiing Uw steps will Bliit) ;
Fresh trials at each step  moot.
And ot.sii I miss the right way.
I've nights of urn est, days ol care,
Wliini noth tn here seems to relieve,
Unless I seek iu prayer,
And but tiui{>lj tiust uitd lelicve.
My burdens ' lay at His feet,
He bids all my sorrowing tviuc,
Gives tulli ass of joy 111 it's oomi>luto ,
And perleet and enduring 1-e.tce.,
lie Ileitis me 10 oompio,- my lo«s, (
!' ■ ». ifiiees idr mi';
Full well nil my weakness He knows,
In trouble my refuge He'll be.
Thk Unknown —Religion, whether
natural or revealed, hag always lite same
beneficial influence on the mind. In
youth, iu health and prosperity, it uwa
kens feelings ol' gratitude and sublime
love, and purities at the same time that
it exults ; but it is iu misfortune, in sick
ness, in age, that its effects are most
t 'ily at d beoefi ially felt ; when sub uiis
ttion in fuiih and huuiVe trng> in the
ditiou will,, Inui dul cs ucc'ime picas
urea, unriocuying suroes of coDtnlatinii ;
thin ii creates powers which we e he
lii ved t.i be extinct, and gives a Ircsl n g
to tl e mind, which w .s supposed to have
passed away forever, but which is now
ronovalyd as an itumortal hope ; then it
is the Pharos, gliding the wave tos .
uia inor to his home, us the calm ai d
beautiful still basius or fiords surrounded
by tranquil grjvoa and pastoral nicad ws |
to the N irw. gian pilot egoaping front a |
heavy storuj in the North sea, or as tie i
g'oen aud dewy spot gushing with foun- j
tuins to the exhausted and thirsty travel-
I riu the midst of the desert. Its in
fluence outlives all earthly enjoyments,
and bee lines stronger as the organs dc j
cay and the frame dissolves; it -.ppeurs
as that evening star of light in the hori
zon of lile, which, »e arc sure, js to '
heoouie iu another seagon a morning star,
-ma «>•' rauvMttvtnrough tine
glooui and >hadow of death.—Sit. Hum
phrey Da vie*
The Supreme Court of the United
States h.-•■ decided that a State may con
st t rional y puss a law ri quiring "all
peddlers of sewing machines and selling
•■y s iinple" to pay a specified license
Sncli a statute had been passed by the
Legislature of Tennessee, and in accor
dance with it a tax of sls whs im;osed
■ii the agent of the Iluwo Sewing Ma
chine Company, which is a corporation
f Connecticut, and makes i s machines
i.i that State The company paid the
tax under protest, and went to law to
ti*Ht the constitutionality of the statute
The Supieuie Court of Teuncmeo held
thai the lux was levied on all peddlcta
of sewing machines alike, without regard
II the place where the machines or their
materials were made or produced, and
that, therefore, the law was valid Th i
doeision is sustained by iho U S Sup.
Court.
Gkttino JSvrn With a Molk
When a Keutucky man got well enough
to be out after a difficulty with a mule,
he fixed the treadmill of a sawing ma
chine so that it would roll, put a letup
ting ui asure of oata in the manger at
the upper end, and left tho mule alone
with the oontrivanoo ; and, after the ani
uial bud worked lor half a day in a vain
effort to climb up to those oats, every
tiuie he stepped forward on the mill i
having rolled baok with hiui, that tun e
was the most fatigued and ugliest, uiad
des', most disgusted oreature in Ken-
I tucky, aud the avenger wag happy.
Albany girls stand no fooling. One
of theui was to have been married a day
or two sinue, and the girl was all ready,
the minister on hand, and the feast
spread, but still n > bridegroom. ' I'll
wait for him juat ten minutes," said tl e
giil, "and then I'm open to proposals '
Ten minutes flew by like the wiud, ai.d
a little red hatred fellow, with a papir
collar, and his trousers all frilled at the
bottom. Vt#peiiw, proposed, jr at. accos
ted, utarrild ana loooptrt-to the banquet
The Blue Ridge Blade thiuks all tho
wids in th« State should rise tip in arms
against Senator Vauce for goi >g to Kcn
i tucky for a wife iuatead of patronizing
i home institutions.
DANBURY, N. C., TH
MASSACRES.
MKMOHAIILK AND l!t.OOIIY r.VENTS IN Tll«
IIISTOUY or KATIOKS AND KKLIOIONU
History's page is, niotiphorioall) spoak.
i ig, written iu blood. A singlo event at
tho record of which wo may narelcssly
glance, has porhups caused the uuath of
uiiilio a ore it has been chroniolcd
This is particularly nolieua'jlc among the
historic massacres of which we write,
aid while we shudder at tho daik deed"
'hat have bcon perpetrated with and
without appaiout cause, still we arc irrc
ahlably attracted to thu pers jal of the
fearful tale and sympathize wilh iho un
fortunate sufforors, while the
of the torture are forever braudod wtlh
infamy
Hctwcen the years 397 R C und 70
A D ooeuired many of the scencß of
slaughlor; in the former year all the
C in Sicily were murdered ;
i i 331 H C Alexander the Great showed
his revengeful spirit, hy causing 2 000
Tyriuns to bo crucified and 8,000 to be
put to the sword for refusing to surren
der Tyro to him Again 154 R. C Do
uieliius Nioanor, the tyrant of Syriu.
slaitud Antioch with the blood of 100-
000 ' ■ ople because they did not capitu
late on his demand. In Aix (Fiance)
in 102 R C. 200,000 Tcutones suffered
undi r Marius, whi'e iti the year 88 R C.
by oder of Mitbridates,.King of I'ontus,
ull (lie uieu, Women und children through,
out Asia were cruelly put to death by
the Romans. The fiendish Marios, two
years later, again caused the death of
many nobles at Rome Rut the most '
Mauling yet recorded was that at the
DESTRUCTION OF JKKIJSALKM
by Titus, in the j car 70, A D 1,100,000
were hero put to the sword, the great
temple was burned and thu city laid
waste.' Forty five years lat-ir the Jews,
headed by Adrae, destroyed 100.000
Greeks and Romans in Cyrene Sob ucia
iu 107 witnessed tho massacre of 400, 00
inhabitants by Cassius Euip M Aurclius,
Alexandria iu 213 that of many thou
Gaul in 277 suffered the loss of 700 000*
of her people through the heurtlcßs Em
peror Probus At Nicodemia in 370.
eighty Christian lathers were, by order
of Emperor Gratian, put in a ship, set
0 i fire nnd driven out lo sea. Theodosius
iu 390 inviitd 7,000 to a circus at Tlies
t-alouica and then put theui to dcalh
C it'Stai tinoplc next attracts our atten
tion us a fiel 1 of atrocities, fur iu 552,
I- r revolt, impelled by tyranny of two
r ipucioub minister-, 30.000 were sent to
eternity, and at the city in 1204 the
Latins suff. rid severely under Andrnni
eus. In the religious persecutions of the
Waldcnses and Albigcnses in Toulouse
(1209 ) Bword aud gibbet curried of! lens
of thousands. ,
SIC! LI A VKI.rKUS M ABBACRK-
Ou March 30, 1282, at tho hour of
vespers on Easter Monday, the inhabi
tants of Pulerma flew to arms and fell
upon the French who were all put to
death Women and children were not
spared, and even Sicilian women with
child by Frenchmen were murdered
The furious insurrection which followed
swelled the great number of victims
In the Castle of Verdun, in 1317,
500 Jews had taken shelter from the
peus.mls that assailed them, aud although
they made a valiant defence, fighting to
the last, they were forced to yiold, and
their death resulted. John, Duke of
Rurgundy, reduced the population of
P-aHs several tbousmd hy iho massacre
whioh he instigated in 1418 Christian
11, in 1520, ii.yiiod tho Swod sh nobility
to a banquet iu Stockholm. They never
attended another feast And now wo
come to an event which has forever
stained the history of Franco. Wo may
yet be oalled to guard against a similar
one in our oountry, for it has long siuoe
been demonstrated that the shedding of
1 Protestant blood shall not bo a bartier to
opposo the overspreading Calholio ro
ligiou ; I rofcr to the
ST BARTHOLOMEW MABSAORH
on August 4 1572, by Charles IX., ol
Franao, at the instigation of Caihariue
do Modicia, his mother. Tho ouusca, do
tails and results of that horrible scene
are familiar to all; suffice to Bay that
70,000 Hngcnois were martyrs to their
oause. while solemn thanksglviuga were
offered in Rouio, medals oooimomoraiivo
of the event were struck in Paris, and
Spain applauded tho buiobery. Ttie
URSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880.
English court us a ina>k of l'rolcstant
■Lti station put on uiournitig and received
i the. l'rench embassy in solemn silence
Croia, in August, 1592, Thorn, in
August 1721, and Hatavia, in October,
17 10, were scenes of violence nnd rapine.
To the first named place the Protestants
sgain suffered by order of tho Chancellor
of P a-ni; in tho second 12,000 Chinotc
••n a pretense of insurrection ; whilo in
the last, the Turks, with their character
istic brutality, look the lives of Gii.ooo
Christians. Hut the Turks themselves
suffered ut Ismail (December 22, 17!) D,)
• loss of 30;OOO soldiers and C.HOO wo
uen Hy iho proclamation of Pessal nes,
unand€ of whites were murdered nt
Si. Domingo on March 2!f, 1804 A
French massa-ro occurred in Madrid
May 2, 1808, one of Martualukcs in the
citadel of Cairo March 1. IBH, and n
other May. 1815 hy the Catholics ut
Nisiao. Vaßt numbers of p>n>plo «cr.
put lo death Mireli 1820. by the Icro
o'oul soldiery 3'tO Kuglish nobles net
their leulh at Salisbury Plain, May 1
474 lu 580 tho Monks ol lim gor 'o
ihe number of 1 200 were murdered.
Tbti most bloody uiassurrc that ever c
curted in London was that i f Daniy, No
vcutber 13, 1002. A rather peculiar
cisu r.ow attracts us, namely, the
MASSACHK OK YOltK
in Kng'and, 11S9 Pivo hundred .1 «•-
t>ok Bhelter in the castle of Yotk, and
thtrc killed themselves from fear. iVssi
bly ibis should be classed among •'utcnio
ruble suicides," but us it was iudi v idu - ily
sclf-massacre we give it a plaeo here.
In the liristol colonics in Ireland, in
1209, was the famous "Cnllen's Words"
destruction, and Oclobei 2H, 1041, begun
O'Ncil's rebellion, in whi'-h, cte it ended,
150,000 Protestants were saciificed to
the interest of Catholicism The Mc-
Donald clans suffered at Gleneoe, May 9,
1(591. In the "K icrald Isle" in 1788,
18t men and women were burned, piked
or drowned, while the liritish govern
m nt blotted its record drowning st
Dartmouth, on iho "lith of April, 1815.
mi n it -mj
fewTSatcheries of which wo linve spoken
shows that over 4,000 000 pois ms have
suffered by them ; while, if we should
lake into consideration ihe number of
victims of war, which is always uit'Bsacre,
it would be inestimable, und wc can only
trust that our own country, and all othcis,
amy iu future be free from a recurrence
of these fearful see. es of carnage.
Virginia Midland H ak.iioad —From
a special dispatch lo the IJ.iltiuioro Sa/i
it is learned that Mr. John S Barbour,
receiver of the Virginia Midland Kail
road, has fiicd a report in the Circuit
Court of Alexandria, Virginia, iu which
he explains the circumstances of iho re
cent sale, or supposed sale, of that road
The sale was to have taken place at
Alexandria, at noon, May 13, iu obedi
ence to a decree of that court, but a hull
an hour before ihe time for the s.le a
wrii of supersedeas Irotn ihe Court of
Appeals of Virginia, on petiiiou of K
F. Gilbert, was served on Mr Harbour,
who was commissioner lo sell the
superseding tho order of the sale, and
the sule was postponed until four o'clock
the same day. I'Ljfore that hmr a dis
patch was received fr 'Ui Mr H ibert Gar
rett, dated New York oily, in which he
announced that he had purcuased all
the bonds ' f the appellants, and expressed
the hope that nothing would rreytni. tie
1 sale that day, and asserted that if the
salt was postponed it would prove im
nicusely disadvantageous to all intorcslß
I'ot oi rneil. The sale was then proceeded
w th. A lew days later, Mr. Harbour
says, he learned that owing to some dis
agreement between the parties in regard
10 the purohaße of the bonda of the ap
pellant, tho appeal had not been dis
missed, aa ho had supposed it would be,
and he, thureforo, at once informed ihe
purchasora that he would take no further
Btcpa looking to a confirmation of the
sale, and which he would thereafter treat
as void aud of DO eflcot Mr Harbour,
as an act of juaticc t ■ Mr Robert Gar
rett, also submitted a lettor lrout that
gentleman, roceived under date of May
15 explanatory of his connection with
the supposed purcbaae ot the appellant's
bonda ( luirlutte Observer.
The Thirty first Annual Meeting of
tho Stockholders of the N. C. Railroad
Company will be held iu Greensboro on
the aeeond Thursday In July, being the
Bth day of tho month.
A Terriblo Picturo.
I nm awtire there is a prejudice against
any man engaged in ihe liijuor business
I believe from the time it issues from
the er.iled and poisonous worm in th«
distillery, until it empties in ilic hell of
death, dishonor und crime, that alcohol
is demoralizing to everybody that touch
cs it. from the source to where it ends
I do not believe anybody can coitetn
plato Ihe subject without prejudice
against tho ctime All we have \o do
is to think of liic wrecks on either side
of the stream-ill death, of the suicides,
of the insanity, of the poverty, pauper
isui and destruction coming trout alco
hi| ;ol the little children fogging a I
the breast of weeping, despairing, star
ving moth' is begging for bread, of men
of genius it has wrecked, of the itrUg
g'ing wilh iuiugiuary serpents produced
by this eevilish thing; and when wc
t link ol the jails aud almshouses, of the
asylum*, of the prisons and scaffolds ou
itlier hank, I do not wonder that every
thjughtful mau is prejudiced ugaiikst the
vi o et ull called alcohol.
"Intemperance cuts down youth in its
v got, manhood in its .trcngth, sod age
in I s weakness. I breaks the father's
heirt. H reaves the dotiug mother, ex
linguibhcs natural nficctionN, destroys
conjugal, blots uut filial attachments,
bights p iterual hope and brings prema
ture age ;o sorrow and dishonor to t e
-rave. It produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, nut heakli; death,
not life. It makes wives widows, ehil
dren orphans, lathers fiends, aud all
paupers. It feeds theum&tUm, nurses
gout, welcomes epidemics, iuvitcs chole
ra, imports pestilence, engenders con
sumption, and covers the laud uiib
eriuiu. /i produoes controversies, fo«
tcta quarrels, aud cherishes riots. I.
crowds our peuilcutinrios aud furnishes
victims lor ihe scafluld.
"Alcohol iB the blood of the uamblcr,
ihe inspiration of the burglar, ihe sliui
ii us ot tho highwayman, and the sup
poH. ol tli.- midnight iuoenjiaoy. jl
liai, oondonos the thiof, esteems the
blasphemer It violutes ohliiratiiHisi
icvercnoes frauds, tnrus love to hutc,
scorns virtue and innocence, it iucites
i lie lather lo butoher his helpless off
spring, aud tho child to sLaipcu thc
paiicidul axe.
' Alcohol burns up men jnnsumes
women, destroys life, curses God, and
despises heaven. It. suborns witnesses,
nurses perlidity, defiles the jury box and
stains ihe judicial cruiiuc. It bribes
Voters, disqualifies voters, corrupts elce
lions, pollutes institutions aud endangers
tho government. It degrades the citi
zen, debases the legislature, dishonors
the statesman and disarms ihe patriot.
II brings shame, not honor; letror, not
safety ; despair, not liopo ; misery, not
happiness; and wilh the malevolence of
a fiend calmly surveys im frightlt l des
olation, and revelling iu havoc it poisons
felicity, ucsnoys peace, ruins morals,
wipes out national honor, curses the
world and luughs at tho ruin it has
wrought. It does that and more—it
murders the soul. It is tho sum of ull
villianies, ihe lather of all crimes, the
mother of ull abominations, tho devil's
best friend, and God's Worst enemy."—
li. G LnjertoU.
Senator Williams, of Kentucky, made
a good speech in behalf of the Mex can
veterans. He gave the following inter
esling historical incident as it is reported
for the Richmond Dispatch. He said :
''After showing that the gallant sol
diers who never lost a battle from th«
Kio Grande to the City of Mexico, and
who udded a vast lerri ory to tho United
States, deserved a pe ision, I c proceeded
to give thcin credit for the humanity
wilh which they treated the oonquercd
He stated that ho was at a banquet in
tho City of Mexico when a paper signed
hy hundreds of leading Mexicans was
handed General feint, tendering him
the presidency for life of that liopublic
lie told how General Scott declined, aud
added tl at it would have been well for
the Mexicans if he bad aoc pled, for
two thirds of tho American volunteers
w ul'l have remained there, and by this
timo Mexico, instead of having 8,0(10.-
000. would have a population ol 20,000,
000
Josh Rilling* : Thar ix advise eouf
now layin around loose to run 3 just
sutoh worlds ai this; what wo ate suf
i fvrio moast for iz sum good examples.
NUMBER 2.
Forfeits for Fun.
A list of nuiusing forfeits, which Rill
make 11.0 company laugh and not offend
the [Arson ca'led upon to pay thcai, uro
herewith given :
1. I 'at a newspaper upon the fl ior in
such a way thut two persons can stand
on it and not be able to touch each oth
er with their hands, Jjy putting the .
paper in the doorway, one half inside 1
uud the other halt' outside of the room,
and. closing tho door over it, the two
persons can easily siand upon it and still
be beyond eae'u other's reach.
2. To out of thu room with two
legs, arid come in with si* Not difficulty
if "ff bnDg a chair along on
the return.
3. To act the dumb servant The per
son who has the forfeit IO pay must set
out the answers to the questions put l y
the master of ceremooies ;as '"Bow d>>
ynu make bread ?" "rfow do you wife
soup!"' etc This forfeit 'will 1
uiuoh uji rriuieut, if proper questions am
put
4. Put one hancTwbere tfee other can
not touch it. Ono can get out of thi»
difficulty by putting One hand on the el
bow o' tho other arm
5 Place a pencil on the floor so I Vat
one cannot jump over it. May bo do o
by putting it close to the wall of thi
room.
6. Put a question that ho one can a .
swer with a "no!" This is not tiurd r
one thinks to ask, "'A'hat does jc a
spell J"'
7 Push a ohair through a finger >lir
I'liis forfeit is made by putting the ri ,»
on the Biig»r and pushing the ehfii'—
any otH rr ohjf.ot will do as well—n itii
tlie finder.
8 Put yourself through a keyhole.
This was a great punleto us for a while,
but when a piece of paper Was taken
»nh thejvord "yourself" writteu
it, and pushed through the hole, it was
all clear.
TIIE ORANUK THUS —The oranga
4t is reputed'to li.n'tr attained the i
300 yearo, and liecir bown to flouri h
and bear fiuil Diofe tlian- 100 years. N >
fruit tree will sustain itself and jrnduoo
fruit so well ijnd r negleot and r ugh
treatment. It beglna to bear about the
third year alter budding, and by thi. filth
je r produces an abundant cr>p''lliiugl
the yield- ♦« .gradually increased by x,.'"
ami favorable oireuuisiaoccs. The tally
growth of the orange is rapid, and ly
its lentil year it has grown mire than it
will io llu) next fitly, so£ir as its bread'.h
aud height are ennoerotfd f but it£ ego
multiplies it* fruit stem?.
Years ago, a parly  went from Ken
tucky to unoartU the i*uruins of bnniel
lioone and his wife, whoso bodies had
been Uuritd at Mathasville, about forty
utiles soUili west of St. Louis, and a few
miles Ir .ui whra Boope had lived and
died. Fearing interruption from the
oil ileus of the place, the paity hurried
back to Kentucky with what they got,
leaviug the graves unfilled, and tLey
retnaiu so to this day. The person who
owns the lot where the graves are, is
said to be BO angry at the loss of the
money which he might have made by
showing them in their original statu that
he is thinking of taking legal measures
to recover what is left of ttieit bodies.
The otiored element are having I heir
rights recognized a*, the election np
! proaehes. Revenue Collector Mutt has
yielded to thair demand, ami for the
first time in the history of the party iu
this section of the Stats, a colored umn
has been appointed revenue storekeeper
and gauger. The appointee is" II U.
Martin, a native of Wilkes oounty, and
lato a student at Biddle University.
Il is an ain using inslai.oo of throwing a
tub to the whale a't e supremo moment,
Chiir/vtte Obtererr.'
Raleigh Observer: ■ Pruf W 0.
K«rr, Geologist,'is iff 'Correspondence
Wiih IT wealthy gentleman ol Minncapo.
ha, Minnesota, in regard' to the grape
aitid fruit culture in the Western part of
the B*ate The fikrfy will v sii the State
soon, with tho intention of 'making it
his home The Prufesaor also has a
letter frotn an eminent scientist of Phil
adelphia, asking him to make a tour af
the mountains about the middle of J>i»o
with v number ol geologists u u d butt
nistf