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if jws I. - . i Nae Luck About the House. f?This,'': says Burns, "ia one of the most liUtiful songs in the Scots, or any other language. The two linos, ; I;; f; JU- 'And will I see his face aain, 1? fg; And will I hear him speak !' j" - .. a Svell as the two " preceding ones, are un4 wfiralled almost by any thing ! ever heajrd or 7- 'The present moment is our ain, I ill ,The neist we never saw 1 ar .worthy of the first poet.", . 4 I H'i And. are ye sure the news is' true ? : :t A'ii diate ye sure he's weel? 4fIs this ajtime to think o' wark? Yejauds, lling bye your wheeh piif this a time to think Vwark, WhenlColin's at the door ? ' '.. lil Kax me my cloak, I'll to the email. And see him come ashore. I For there's nae luck about the hbuset i There's nae luck at - , I u There's little pleasure n the bouse When our gudeman's awa "... f ? t ' : r r i -And gi'e to me my biggonet; ' . fS My bishops' satin gown, I ft .For. I maun tell the bailie's wife liiat cpoJin'tt come.; to towii. 1 11 I or there's nae luck, &c. I'4 ' 1 ' .. ' " ' ' . " f '.!iHt' ul-rftn1 mak a clean fireside ; i -7fi Tut oil the mucklepot; 1 r'-Gi'e little KRte her button gown, 4 Aud JoCk his Sunday coat : r filAnd mak' their shoon as black as slaes; ; Their hose as white as sitaw: I ! ; . ,! .lfs.a' to please my ain gudeman, 1 . : For he's been laug4 awa'. J ffij Fr there's inae luck, e. I There's twa fat hens upon tlie bauk, fhey've fed this month and mairl; I -lak'" hapte and thraw their) necks about. ,-m-. i,iuii vjoiin weei may rare: I ; And spread the .table neat and clean, j- ; Oar ilka thing look'braiy ; I , Jt-or ,wna can tell how Colin: fared, i '7 When he was far awa'. - ' I. ..- ' . V1 a 11 etc ItlfJv, CK, S ?3p ; Bae true .his heart, sae sirioofh'. his speecbJ, IM v Hi breath like caller air i ' I . W y.7"J-' vt !yt loot lias, music "i n't, I 17- 7 As lio ironies Up the stuir.. i r tv - Aiiu wiii see nis iace.againv j ; t iM7! And will I hear him speak? s ' s. I nl downright dizzy wi' the tliought, ; ;V; , In troth, I'm like to greet. I f itfe'..''"-.. there's iiae luck.'&is . v S '-l''-' f ' ri I , . .11 11.. i t . 1 . !;.' . '!: . iin ejutia uiasis o ine winter, wina, That thiil'd through my heart, I . They're a' blawn by, I ha'e! him safe, s Till death we'll never paH : ! :! il 'rBut What pat parting in hiy head?! It inay be lar awa? ; The present nioment'is our ain, The nist we never saw. .- I or f here s nae luck, &c. r ince Colin's weel, I'm weel content, I ha'e nae mair to crave i Could'. I but tive to mak' him; blest, I'm blest aboon the lave j : -,, ! And will I see his face again? - I ri -.i.;it T V,,.n l,! i , n i ' iTTw. ,1 a .1 : :i j.i l.A nm i ncai iiiui sufaiv; r H .-ix'-i t . V. . - a5 1 - , .in rrntn I 'm lira rrrttT For there's nae luck, &c. 5 1 i . tMRr CUPID ASTRAY. i f!. Bob had 1 Ijiohind him no idea that the doctor: was as he poked the Valentin u.n j?Mle-r the fi-oiit doori-. Had he not been too j f fluttered to 'look 'round, hej would f'IN'en him. -and had not the doctor been o'leep; in fa medical reverie about a,ne 1 ,p,i ouu 8 cotiai -uoih", ne jnust iiitve qpcu vMKq danner hVure as it'darited awav. lBi "?jit was, he tumbled tor ins key a mm i -i II. .-l " m s iUtV. JlllU Ijllt II i au til's O't. ttuvA llthe uoor, h picked -it "up andjtore:Tt Qpeh. lltore it! open ! that letter! jwith al : its ;.. ...juw.v v. v - - . lment of border "and bide seal ! 'that i pettcr over which Bob "had set up tilltwo fi-v. Si-.Vouridina: his period and curling mx. m.. rouiiuing his periods and curling ; Ithe tails of his P s and Q's Was it for f;tlifs:t.6at He had bestowed so 'many flaps' Mon-Vhis-'ibrehead ?'f.0 Fate ! 1 ' ! (3 J Bridget, it hat faithful servitor, ansve red ft') the; bell-, chained; wltli a message whi.h' it,N;he was beut pn delivering With the least . possible delay. ''''7 J' ; : ; '-'j j "If you ploae, sir, aMorton'J ones' Wife's I iff Meter's a been here; and little Johhnv's i 1 a. fell through the loft and took uj fpr Ufad, and they d like you to come upgthis :fi inmute. and two irishwomen cauediano a hiihv 'Jrifl llffayer, it is in Long.Lane, and Miss Usher nitres ti mire wy ruiii u by sent tins n)te.V . l' t i,liOi.i' line must wait, - muttered the : doctor, as lie threw' his instrument Jcase lund4he letter on the table.Mand took, the i note .Bridget held out. "Morton J ones .? TU.'i; tb,,t man nn the Flats, isn't lie?" . 1 ' via II v v . '7 f-: - : i es; sin - i -v'I'll at . onee:. Hum If (skimming ';thei ilaintv note in his hand.) '.Dear Doctor : So nervous and depressed-7-Tny p old foe neuralgia upon me again come as lj eyyu as- yiou ..iueantime uHd.me sue f uun 1 oh llCdosiiigjherhelf a "' Mncerelv. Madaline Usher."! I! That comes of beinsr alone? and fanfif ul. ipljrlF fihfi hml Snneavthlv t hi tier' to lo. fihe'd e,a wet! wman. l 11 see she gets noio- .i"..Hg 10 nun ner. ivnu ieanng -u hci up 1 . '? ... i i . O j ' I 'fWilI you ?-or. sta', tins will answer. ;1 B(fIZ,IUg DUWB UlCUUiiy, v..v I?l ecious .uocior wrote upon us vw wfr Iflowg " Mil T)enr : Friend I send you some. i - .. . f r; i : : v v ' if 'i.. T- 1 lU HHO ' J to- take a brisk walk after it. Tt, . ,1 . .. .i'lJ,-- t You know i aivNas i j . Lj H than half your bad feelings come 11UUI i f loneliness and want of occupation. Iiwish 'Xim t could make von feftl this halt as strongly ': - riy lurKey slippers maun gae on. i i-HivMyJiosco' pearl -blue. ; 4 - .,'( lit iTi a' tq please my ain iriicipman 1 Ml---- For Jiej's baith leal and tfW. I nave leisure, ? pivusBj j anu i vui vj-uj , ..vt. - 1 y---- i mo vm... . j ....... send that nrescription which talk with you on, tne same poinv . et posed, :ays : ; j - h .mod la-4t: vear.f' rPrescHp. me ask, to begin with, don t you think . Forney hnds .thatf Congressional i. I i i iii ' a!L U,., I ... I ..... . Kr-tkl lrvrij rrcr nrifinirh r I i . i An il lftor iM-iu'ilinii' tn -ivnillT . . . , . m. 1 . . I J til ITU 111 . I 111 I VflttJ I I 1 V J I V ttl'llV .V.JC - 1 I I " il I IVMIi i I 111. I ' ' ' ' t..- II females uo. ) , " lours "reri - ' K I : I ' ffftlung whnph 1 think will suit you. Deiter nt you think so yourself? Couldn't ? tha,n the prescription jtou asked foi. 1 It u hring your mind to like it?" 4 : isn't exactly medicine, but will dalyou gs Upher fluttered, loolced up,' turned U ; more pod than 8Carlet, and looked down again. sure . 77 'M I do: I'll drop in this evening, if pos- But if I had you to help ine, doctor : ; sible. Ydurs truly. L. Raymond.'' i.Qf course you'll have me," sai f TPoor-girl,'' he muttered j jNhe pu 5 out of patience sometimes; but shes : ' . errrA ! a. L :h1J'.i U. 'V a t ' 4 V J m- loes U, Miss TJaber asfoon as WiH Womes irom echobl. .Tin in Kniit." A M lse 1 hiuhlled the papers into an: envelopf; and great, strongman fit for if he cannot lool is untairpo presume W.""1 Louisiana Stateinilitia. U w,.,' wiii. fi" u;UA fplirifi ftr little delicate son la like von : to sav: bleeding Abe unsuccessful . Ullotk. espe- ; - L .the note in Bridget's custody:: Thf fSre. nothing of my being your doctor, and you cially as we are sodn promised a full ac- , - title of a rehV- Stl Option lay on the f floor, fwberet had my poS- Mary's school, frienf?. 'Tis an junt of taxaormaryMiisition, , JJ .i fin' J . . , ' 1, - t nn iUi- to SAnflA .TnHimftw Cnmmittee. - ions paper puoiisneaai. xaucaiei, x v ; aiien unperceivea. . " - : - J agreenien iue" m iuan;wc,i iwim w ..v.-.-.-- ... -. .. , . . , - .1. Miss Usher, sitting in her narlor bv lieri bright 'fire, palp, dejected, wrapped in a shawl,, was not a little amazed when, t wo hours later, the missive was put in ner nanus, ur. jcaymond had written her notes before, half professional, half rienaiy, out this was something unexanv- pled'. Silver doves a smirking cupid, with one pink wing and one blue one, roses, eglantines, and what-wot round the edges, these flowerj' lines enclosed : "Oh! say not it is wrong to love, L To love, to Worship thee ; The sea yearns for the stars above, The stars look on the sea ; The hot moon woos the scented gale, The patched flower the dew : i Their love, their longing does not fa il, , And why should mine for you ? Like a bird, all spent with wandering, And weary, must I roam, Until I furl my restless wing In the dear nest of Home. I But what were home without thy face, O fairest love of mine? , ' : Then deign that humble home to grace, And bles9 your Valentine." . It was really not so bad considering that but eighteen short summers had passed over Bob's head, and that for some time back his 'restless wing" had been 44 furled" in the large dry -goods, store; round the corner, which he honed some day (,o adorn as a partner. Whether the doctor would have admired it as addressed to Kitty "that baby," as he called her is questionable. But Miss Usher quite glowed as she read it. It was "so poeti cal, so sweot." The littlecbnfusiou of pronouns in the first verse escaped, notice altogether, Sheread and re-read, and then turned to the more prosaic second riigc. . .v "( ' '-Not exactly medicine !" Q that funny man ! Much better suited to "this season of the year f" ; Oh ! very much ! Dear, dear! What could it mean? But there was no doubt about that it could mean only one thing : "Lonely F Yes, indeed. Dear, delicate little Miss Usher had oft felt so. but there seemed no help for it. There was no one in particular he wished to haver live with her, and no one to marry to suit herfaste. Dr. Raymond, to be sure he was so superior so good ; but then, she had never thought he would marry again he .was so devoted to his first wife. And thinking how fond she had once-been Of that wife, and how fond she was still of that little Kitty and Willy. and what a lonejy life it was. after all, for aman to try to keep house for himself. Miss Usher felt her cheek flushing and a glow and a stir co'ming into her heart, which quite made her forget how ill she had fancied, herself just before. that same becoming flush lit, her cheek us she made her, toilet for the evening, after jthe i brisk walk " recommended. which had sent her home with an appe- tite foT dinner. .What with the little cap of muslin and blue ribbons on her head, and the dainty apron, and the bit of wTork in her fingers, and bright fire, and all, she was a pleasant'picture, the doctor thought when .he came in, an hour later; and, what is more, he said so., IWell ! . This looks cheerful. Women certain unly have a knack of making rooms J, . . a " - t cosy, , wnicn men never get. xow, x - j . x rt 4tni. 14. M " eoio as i saiuaiuj omce uuu x - f-tJ. . , r " think you have felt it at all m this snug "ttle bower of yours. And how are you, to-night?" . ,. ' . The doctor was shaking hands all the time he said this, li (j 11 U cl 4tl III, dial way with him which is so valuable to a physician ; but somehow, to-night, it seehied-'more marked than usual. ' Miss Usbtr withdrew her fingers with a little twitter. J . "Take this chair. Doctor ; it is a com fortable one." The doctor sank, nothing loth, into the loft depths Well, did you take the prescription ? ' "The walk ? Oh, yes. and feel much better, thank you," ' ' That's right. 1 knew you would. iVnd how did you like the other ?" fTbothcrr-.th deepon.ng color- "k t T HUH it that, is. verv il ; i iinuu iK J - - - -, much." , ' I'm elad to hear it. It was a simple thint, but I: thought it would suit you. I scribbled a line to go along with it, be- cause I Wanted to ensure your getting iaps so, repj 1 maidenly hesitation : "Yon see," interrupting, 'if we could have some young person with you a briffht. lively girl, of Kjtty's age, for in- Htance who WOUia De an interesting bd t eep you company or urge you to I JTO OUt WlllCtt IS Pia l"gl "v 111 ' 1 1 1 Willi nerveg an(i makmg you iancy your self an invalid. You are no more sick -than j aIlr. Yon only need rousing. Now, . i - '.t . j t s easy to nuu tne pci.... manf nn flip iinfonscious doctor ''1 11 see li, uof Onlr sftv the word' Only say the word. I v"' j , . I have been so used to living alone, 1 1 lat I'm half afraid to try the experiment, - 1 . 'I' said the business, 4 you a know " a I uTliiaSnoQal" "Oh . . weU-p.ea8ure, too, of xourse But it is business after all. .. , n- -Ho.'' nnH tifw i U'flllt little Tua.111 liic- rarmhh'' hm hll Si ' t Iromii rh I V 4' CHARLOTTE, N; C, .THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1870. about me at once, and begin to make ar- j rangemetlts J - 'i ; 1 "BuVlinterposed Miss Usher, itimidly, "are you sure as to jKitty s and! Willy's feel ings,-doctor?" . j I 1 . "Ixitty and Willy !?' i "YeSi, : Because, yiou know, even; if you meant every word of that sweet little let- Ler ims morning, it wouia nave to depend a great deal upon thdt. I couldn't do any- thing to grieve theirjdear little hearts." "My letter ! What was my letter ?" mused the puzzled doctor. "Do you hap- taxed 50 per cent., with chains taxed 67 pen to have it about you? I want to see per cenf. He returns to his home at if I made any mistake in the quantities." night and lays his wearied limbs on a With deeper blushes, Miss Usher drew sheet taxed 58 per cent., and covers him it from her pocket. ! i self with a blanket that has paid 550 per "Here ltjs," she said : "I think a great deal of it, 1 assure you." j ! Doctors, by dint ot long practice, ac- quire great command ' over the ; laciai muscles, j Our doctor was master of his. He surveyed the flowery page with out ward composure ; but within, his soul was rent with a convulsion ot wonderment ana mirtn wnicn was tern oie. "How in the world did 1 come by this nonsensical farrago he asked lnmseii ; "and ho wi; ever am il to explains to this poor little?soul ?' A hd suddenly it popped' into his j head, ly nqtf ' What with the blue ribbons, "Wri the flushed cheeks,! the pleasant little room, hisllfull knowledge of her ;sweet temper and' lady-like ways, the idea was not unattractive. j "Not a ad thing. for any of us," he muttered,! Jialf aloud 4 t ''What did you say V- inquired Miss Usher. ; !. "I sayl responded the doctor, with great preepce of mind, "that you have heard enough quitel enough' of this agi- tatjng topic for. tolnight. You ! won't sleep. a wink af I let you go on. Cto to bed at once, please, Land to-morrow I'll come again and discuss it thoroughly." And after a gallant leave-taking, he stole himself ; ilf'I 11 sleep Over it, at all events. 1 - - I needy go no further. When a wid- ower asks;, himself "Why nptT' and de- cides to Asleep over it," the cape is settled beyond a perad venture. . , I don't ithink Miss Usher, now Mrs. Raymond,; knows to this day exactly how it was;, though the doctor cleared him- self, sometime later, of the responsibility of the verSes. And I shall never, believe to my dying moment; that the idea would ever have, entered his head bad it not been for the accident to Bob's little ven- turq. Poor Bob! That cupid, with parti-coiored wnngs, failed in his duty as far as he was concerned; but then he turned around and wove a spell for two otner peopic ; and pernaps tnat ih.uh muen as one can expect of a cupid ! ttamtl . (Eccentricities. The Bullock-Forney Corruption Disclosures, r i ' The Washington correspondent of the t oa, says. . - :.Th. ri,p..t m-., hf conversation last - tsT l evening ahd to-day has been the report Mof . tJie - Judiciary Q of the - Judiciary committee on tne Bulock obl)y investigation, of which you haveihad ayopsis. The evidence, which is,quite voluminous. . is decidedly tQG I QMT V(iain : TK'Ai -nrvaviefltinns and 1 rlr.4-!;-ia ft-kmvi iritnPSHPQ and their unwillingness to tell wiat they -knew, only makes their testimony more damaging! The obvious inference is that half lias npt been told. The fact is clear that a lobby was at work to secure votes against he Binghlam amendment. Messrs. Stewart and luce, of the Com mittee, - exonerate. Bollock. But can it be uj.poied that he had nothing to do with these schemes for defeating the Binghani I amendment ; Vv ho was to.De 7 , r i TTr TTi, evidenCeSland that of his employees, give 10 nil- ".' r J 1 .: . aythinfbut a flattenng p,cUire oi the MnDv nr if thP (hrhniPip pstfth hshment. i hi . ivi -. v. - -i y . - v v v v. - - To-morr(Jw, Forney will retaliate on the JudiciarVCommittee Its members will please consider themselves The Boston Pout, salluding to Forney's dissatisfaction with t be report in which ex- nves- stances i. K feudA unctuous loyalty with which he app ed Mr. Butler s efforts to handle the wit nesses" inlthe impeachment bribery case and others followinor. we are somewhat startled tb find him j denouncing the ses sions of 1 Jie Senate Judiciary Committee a an extraordinary inquisition." This Committee is quite! as loyal as that of Mr. Bugler, and from Forneyfs tirade against it, we should imagine it had been doing. iti! duty ; more thoroughly. At leasl that gentlemaii considers himself to have been cruelly used in the matter, and purposed to teil all about it rwnen u to tell all about it fwhen oecome. suu,t f rT discussion i5ut the uouot presents it sen w net ner mis inuigimiiuiui uui au prfinirC' ' Faith in Col. Fomev'e sin- " 1 .-.... ' . . . - .... . ; .. eerity has been saaiy .nT.t ti.ot tlm tV l' shaken since artir ari-kfif In for l-i.liAi'n wWvnll iihrnr nnt. I iuch,jvv.. iv-'wvp--."..--. jr ;. Bullockigj funds, and those subsequent developlftents of stern indignation are of l - 1 .4 " 1 .1 .'ll. precisely; the same; cast, ioupieu wun the denouncement of the Judiciary Com mittee. i that of "corrupt measures, "proscribed Republicans," and ' revenge fnl nndi rebellious I men," all of which ; MSl'f ' n iuvukm ,... T- v-:v 5rrT ri How.Farmers are "Protected." Mr Marshall, renresentine-the Eleventh Con gressional District of Illinois, has done his duty well against the tariff, and should receive a well-merited commendation wre it not a sufiicient testimonial of his ability to here reproduce his picture of the tariff tlins : " "The, farmer starting to his work has a shoe put 6n his horse with nails taxed 67 per cent., driven bv a hammer taxed 54 ner cent.: hitches his horse in n. nlnncrh rent: He his humble flannel shirt taxed 80 per cent., his coat 50 per cent, shoes taxed 35 per cent., and hat taxed 70 per cent., opens family worship by a chapter from his bible taxed 25 per cent., and kneels to his God on-.an humble carpet taxed 150 percent. He takes his humble meal from a n ate taxed 4 ) ner eent w th a knif an(j fork 35 per cent.; drinks his cup of eoflee taxed 47 per cent., or tea 78 per cent., with sugar 70 per cent.; seasons his iooa witn salt taxed iu.u per cent., pepper 297 per cent. He looks around upon his wife and children, all taxed in the same way ; takes a chew of tobacco taxed 100 per cent., and then thanks his stars that he lives in the.freest and best government under heaven. If on the Fourth of July he' wants to have a star-spangled-banner on real bunting he must pay the Ameri- can Company of Massachusetts 100 per cent, for the glorious privilege. Is o won- derj sir, that the Western farmer is struggling with poverty, and conscious of wrong somewhere,' although he knows not whence the blow comes that is chain- mg him to a life of endless toil, and re-j ducing his wife and children to beggary. JS. Y. World. J u-i- 1 c sometimes exhibit an amazing faculty for demonstrating their stupidity. The way thege feli0ws have been making "laws" in the Soilth is one of the wonders of the day. In many cases they have no more idea of what they are doing than so many savases divect from Africa. An instance of this has lately coine to light in Louisiana. By 90me blunder in the revised statutes, it has resulted that a repealing law passed at the closc of lhe 1ate legislative session, operates to set free every criminal in the State now held for trial under indictment, Recently, the District Attorney moved before Judge Abell that seventeen persons whom he named, indicted respectively for murder, homicide, perjury, burglary, lar- cepy, and other crimes, be discharged from arrest. The Judge admitted that, as the law stands, at least six hundred criminals similarly held in the State would have to be set at liberty; but he proposed to delay action in the faint hope that some saving clause might yet be discovered in the statutes by which such a calamity might be averted. The motion was post- poned? but one of the prisoners, a woman w, , J.. J was set at hbertv. What a nrettv rjack 11 u "v. r I ui icnuwD cue -Lciiin ui u ui juuuioiaim musi be j : Doubtless it would serve their narfTT a rrfrr Hfnl tO hnv all thp tvriftrm birds set free, but we hardly think they intended that when they revised" the : u .u -1 i 1 rt Ui'- acc to Btart a "Bureau' for the instruction ot carpet-baffffers and field-hands who pet-bagfft reach the 'dignity of legislators down South? Metropolitan Record. e The real enemies to reconstruction in Texas are to be found in the Radical par ty. The new constitution has been adopt ed by 60,000 majority; negro suffrage is exercised without' let or ; hindrance ; the Loyal League continues its plottings ao-ainst the peace and arood order of soci- oH-.. Totnc: on QTTixrfl pvtrpmiat tn -of,'., 't.: a S"" mlritv f th i a j j ;f V, i $ T a- i i---- ". j- ' Ml I mnw sena up tne nowi, inai icxas is siiu uis annihilatea. , , ,'i i x. .-. loyal, ana snouia oe reminea 10 mniiary rule. Why? Because the people in the exercise of t heir rights as freemen, chose to elect a large number of Democrats to the Legislature, and to fill many county offices with men of that political sect, and I weiause liicv vviu nut ai h.m auv throw up their caps for Grant, declaring - V"L",T aTX: ' 72"7 77n lucJ "ut urV' pumaui- cal carpet bagger who comes along, and every Judas rebel, who sells himselt tor 30 pieces of silver, (stealings thrown in,) are pot patriots and honest men. "That's whnt's the matter." These Radicals will be satisfied with ho system of govern ment which does not give them all the offices, from Beat Constable up fto fresi dent of the United States, the? negro to have the first xhance after him the whites-: that is Radicalism in Texas, and with such doctrines, such practices, and such men. its lease on power is short - Observer, Busk, Texas. it! it taKes tniriy-six uuus-et", wv ir. iuiu t. . i .l u. a 4iA I to eontain all the "soiled doves of La of fVrisse. Wisconsin. Here is a field for the I . ... . exercise of christian charity. Bellefonte (Pa.) Watchman. Mr. Drurv A. Harris, of Person county N..C.,. recently killed a very fat wolf. 52 inches long and 20 inches high. u Gov - i Warmouth has appointed James Lbnss treet, Adiutant General ot the - : M'7 NO. 20. Star vATioN.--f General, Sherman, com manding the Annies of the United States is opposed, to the bill now before, Congress to j reduce the army and lower the saliry of officers. He; writes a letter, saying that his present salary of $18,000, is hard ly sufficient to support his family decent ly. Poor fellow 1 He is indeed to be pitied ! and hist suffering wife' and chil dren are objects of sympathy, for whose benefit Gongress should immediately pass a law, donating them a few hundred dollars to keep them from starvation. Why not ? Are; f hey not the "wards of the nation" dqri't the government owe Sherman and his ''bummers" a large debt of gratitudewhich in Radical parlance tSeans "greenbacks" for burning the cities of Atlanta and Columbia, and for stealing and destining the homes of non-combatants, in that celebrated march to the 1 sea? Certainly! And neither Sherman nor his family should ever be threatened with want.. The fact is that this office of General of the Army should be abolished ; it is an expensive sinecure, and there is no use for it in time of peace all the duties devolved on it could as well be done by the Adjutant General and Secretary of AIT Sl . ' i T ' 1. m war. -uoseTveriJtusH. jexas. ''Doctor Mary." 4Dr. Mary Walker," saj's a Brenham (Texas) paper, "made her debut in tile Courthouse to lecture upon her favorite theme, the.equalit' of the sexes. Only one lady was in attend ance. The speaker, alter a few prelimin ary remarks, became so offensive pre dicting that, ui the social and political development of the age. ladies in the South would soon think nothing of mariy ing negro men, and especially those who had been elevated to official positions that at this -part of the programme four fifths of the audience left in disgust. The door-keeper, tooj having imbibed too much tangle-foot,' was about this time non -est inventus, and there was a general confu sion worse confounded." . j ' . Heavy Defalcation in a Kansas U S. Collector. Joh n Speer, the Collector of Internal Revenue for the State of Kansas up to the close of the year 1866, it has turned out wasj another heavy; swindler of the Government. He was so well thought of at hdhje as to have gained the sobriquet of "Honest John Speer." Never theless, on an examination of his accounts, it is proven, beyond a doubt, that by a system of false returns and false affidavits, he has made usej of $100,000 of the Gov ernment money j. His bond lor collector was $200,000, which makes the Govern- nient all safe on the money question, for Herald, , . ' ' . once. Missouri Hard on Howard. General Howard the Radical Pecksniff, has thus far been most unmercifully overhauled by the Wood Committee of Investigation. Al though that Committee is composed of a majority of thef; political friends of the accused, still th by are unable to stem the current of evidence which is sweeping away the Peter Funk reputation of the accused. The prosecution have already shown, by indisputable proof, that Gen. Howard purchased the. ground where the Howard University now stands, and erected the building out of the funds appropriated by. Congress for the Freed man?s Bureau. f - 1 i ; , That body of Radical rascals now sit ting in the Capital building at Washing ton, under the name of Congress, has been playing the devil with the public domain. They have given away to rail road companies ' alone a tract of land seven times as 'large as the State of Ohio. or one hundred and eighty-two millions of acres, ana nave Dins peiore mem ior tne giving away of four hundred millions of acres more, about two thirds of all the arable public lands yet belonging to the nation.. Pretty soon Radical rascality will leave the Country without a foot of arid it can call its own, and all bestowed recklessly and Jwastefully upon irrespon sible railroad companies. Belief onte (Fa.) Watchman. ;': ! A' Female Candidate. Mrs. Victoria C. Wood hull, one of the female brokers in New York eityv has announced herself a candidate for President-ess of the United States, and denounces the foreign policy of the Administration in regard to JLuba. She has got more sense than Grant and would make a: better President m our opinion. i . . : ; .: m A Boston widow, who has followed suc cessively three husbands to the grave, en tered a well-knpwTn jewelry establishment a few days ago and producing the three silver plates which had first adorned the coffins of the dear departed, desired the proprietor to have them made over into a butter-knife CownVr-Jowrna?. . A short time since a company, with a capital of three millions of dollars, was organized in Chicago for the purpose of insuring husbanas ana wives againe elopement". In six weeks the losses Of the company had swallowed up every dollar of its capital and all the money it could borrow Or steal." That sort of thing won't pa' in Chicago. ' , . . The Northern Methodists have memo rialized the General Conference now hold in' at Memphis, to the effect that there is no reason why union between the two churches should not be re-estabusehd It is thought the proposition will be ap proved by the .-jUonlerence. . It is said that Gen. Thomas was Grant's most formidable, rival for the Presidency in 1872, and that is the reason why TtJlysses enjoyed his funeral so. ttscillaneoussl From the. Central Presbyterian. The Catacombs of Eome. r 77rf7r- rri--arVZj: -. The undersoil, of - Rome and its ,cam pagna ia hdney-combedi ; It affords, an exhaustless bed of Pozzuolano from which iui wiiiunes tne i Koman cement was obtained --vui no nn; j nuuiau vein cm hs Jned. . These quarriesforin an under md city . 65 miles in circumference; grou and extending 22 miles from west to east, ana zu trom north to south. .These are the Roman Catacombs, and are CI in number. 'Eight of Which converge4 under the Appian way. and many of their open ings are ouna near "that road. They are reached b' stair-cases varying, from ' 50 to 100 feet in depth. The Pozzuolane is easily pulverized, and added- to sand and lime composes the most adhesive of cements. It hardens like marble under water and is universally used in const ruc tions in water. It is well known tbat Rome's foundation rests upon two extinct volcanoes. The Velabrum, once Lake Cartiiis, is the crater of a volcano iii ac tivity at a period anterior to any histori cal record. The seveu hills are the off springs of volcanic 6res and these are fast dropping into the ghastly Catacombs as their tomb. ( The entire soil of Italy, it is also known, is from the fires of Etna to the glaciers of Mt. Blanc an unbroken bed of volcanic earth, called pozzuolane. It is in the vieinity of the Solfatara,'Vesuvius and Etna, that its fields are the most abun dant, and chiefly at Pozzuoli, (Puteoli,) from which this earth takes its name. Many quarries were abandoned by the miners, those under the city tirst and the Saints took possession oif them in the name of Christ, and they became the eemeteries ot the Church on the very, d ay t h a t th e 6 rst m an a t R om e d i ed in Christ. The term Death is nut f'ouudin all those placid chambers of repose. For it the word Sleep was substituted ; hence Cemeteries, or jdace of sleep: Sixteen gen erations sleep there until the morning of the resurrection ; all that died in Christ at Rome, from Pentecost day till he year 475. when Rome was sacked and its walls filled with orel From 6 to 7,000.000 are asserted to have been buri ed.. There, by the tombs of her martyrs, the Church preached the doctrine of the Resurrection, and when the sword of persecution, like that of Damocles, hang ed over the head of the Saints, she gath ered them in the gloom of the Catacombs, as a hen gathereth her chickens undlbr her wings during the-storm. Truly the mysterious stillness of the tombs pro claims this abode the ianctuary of repose. The tombs are around, before, and be- Ineath you. Thus w traverse the earth, our road bordered wjith coffins. Here s a hidden world, of the highest, value to the Church of Christ, sixteen generations,' the most heroic of the earth, have carved on' the rock forever the testimony of their aith. How often I peered through the thickening gloom in .search of the Light of Truth. It is there that it flashed into my inner soul. The slabs give evidence of the faith and comparative .purity of the early Church ; they were locked up in those great solitudes, Until the favor able time; Many of the slabs have disappeared, some to adorn the Vatican's lapidarian gallery ; some have been used for the flagging of churches. These testimonies cast a sad reflection on the Church ab0vc and the stones of the Catacombs shall continue to cry till the hour when- the8 Catacombs, like the sea, will unwrap themselves of their holv dead. Jules DeLaunay. Consolidation of Railroads. The system of -'consolidation." which of late years has become so great a favorite with many railroad companies and managers and which it would appear ought to have proved so beneficial in its results, has in many instances, nor only failed to produce the "solid advantages which were expected from it, but has given rise to some evils which were unforeseen, or at' least unprovided for, by the advocates, of the system. The decreased cost of man agement and the consequent cheaper rate of transportation, with -the greater ac-. commodation to the traveling, public which were confidently looked for have' failed of realization ; while the vast power and patronage - which has been conferred upon the persop, or set of persons, at, the head of these colossal corporations has proved the fruitful parent of corruption, and has given rise to contentions for the possession of these influential positions which are scandalous in themselves and very injurious to the general interests of the public. It is alleged that undue encouragement is given to "through" over "local'' freight . by the much lower rate of transportation charged on the former, and that our home interests are sacrificed for the benent of other sections ; that enormous salaries are paid to the principal officials of these railroads, while the lesser employees receive barely sufficient wages to enable them to live ; and in the meantime vast sums are expended for "lobbying" for legislative influence at the capital. . Norfolk Joumar. . i A Remarkable Incident. The Port land Argus gives currency to a most re markable incident. It says that a few evenings since, as a freight traiD, behind time; was passing Oak Hill Station, in Scarboro, at a speed of thirty miles an hour, it struck against a horse attached to a sled, which was crossing the track at the time without .a driver. The sled was smashed into, kindling-wood, and it was supposed that the horse was instant ly killed, -but the' train sped on for some distance, when the engineer, looking out; saw the horse staring at him from the cow-catcher with a puzzled look, as much as to say : ' What is all this fuss about ?" The train was promptly stopped, and it was found that the horse had been picked up by the cow-catcher and deposit ed on the platform in front of the engine, ; where, too much stunned or- frightened to move, he laid until lifted oft and wlas ; found to be comparatively uninjured 7 He was led back to his astonished owner, who stood gazing' at-the wreck of hia hob-sled and wondering twhat had; be come of the animal. ! . ; - - .... V . ... k ' : .'. . J..-; i;-. ;4 ; .!, ' ' ....... j Olive oil is manufactured at St. Simon's island, off the Georgia coast near Bruns. .wick,- ' , l-7: : '
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 2, 1870, edition 1
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