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I t is f I. Ibr the Southern Home? Ths Valley of Nacocchee. r t 44 Evening .StqrS (Id honor of one returning thither after a fe long and honorable career. ) ? ' -1 ; 1 1 f i Child of our Chattahoochee ! , Hid in the hills afar; Oh J Beautiful Nacoochee- Light of the Evening-Star! Smile of the dreaming maiden ; m Song of the bird's release ; ; j I ; i Grace of the blest in Aideriu ; j i Valley of light and peace. I i 'i Clasped in the mountain shadow?, w 'fhe May-dew on her breast; j, w. Her breath is the balm of meadows, it Her name is a hy inn to "Rest." i I I '- The voice of a loved-one. calling To feet thatvhave wandered far Return, for the night is falling ;j i - - Rest with the Evening-StarJ f I F. 6. Ticknor. kltctth 3totK fTHB HOUSE BY, THE THREE .CROSS ROADS. A L KG END OF THE RHINE ? The trustiness and fidelity of man's faithful companion, the dog, i ho much commended by good authors, thai in the $ book entitled "Sit Philip Sidney's Zfri rerma : Ht is advised that those who .desire to find a it'iu invuu pnuuiu niuKe heare among tilogs and spaniels for hint Authority' St! . - . l; . Kaiiu praise sufficient, it there were ; no more: but it is, besides, Confirmed by a world of testimonies. The present legend is a simpie uut irutniui domestic storv connected with the dog, who in the an guage of the poet, - 1. Jh ' . j ; ; -; ."Is the first to welcome ; the foremost to . defend." " -'; " The few dreary hours of a misty De- K-cmber's- day were fast verging and dark ening into the shrouding and moonless obscurity of ..nightfall, and the jthreaten- i ing aspect oi the sky indicated a Coming j storm, as two Weary and road-stained ft "travelers, passed slowly on fbot down, the I; steep, long hill that crescents part of the villagerOi (jreissenheim. i The houseless and desola of the vine-clad mountain lie appearance over; which I they had journeyed, then lyij sng fallow and dormant beneath " winter, increased the freezing, breath of the cheerfulness and i comfort of the clustering ! buildings of Geissenheim : and it was, therefore, with feelings M delight that outp weary way v hirers beheld the inviting looking village T which . nestled at the foot of the mountain. I There was a marked difference 4etween the two travelers. One was tall, with a dignified, aristocratic bearing. At first glance, it was easy to perceive that he be longed to the "upper-ten-thousand ; his I dress . and carriage at once betokened that f.he followed th calling of a; soldier. His ' companion was-a mean-looking personage, ; with a" shufHing gait, and; a hesitating, ; cringing mode of speech and manner ; for ' the rest, he was as craitT as the tox and cruel as the tiger. . , As they approached the village, ,the soldier said, in a, careless; tone, J-Here, then, I repeat what I have already stated, that it is full time for us? to part For 'your society during our joiirney ove"r the jfmoun tains, and the information respecting (our route, 1 thank .you; but as to housing myself for the night, . and foraging for a supper, 1 must ten 3-011 Irankty that 1 am. too old a campaierner to be! at an v loss! in Mreadily finding a billet." j 1 I 'As you pleasesir,". returned his cqm- ipanion, in a respectful tone. "A gentle- i man like yourself will hate no difficulty in meeting with accommodation ; t)ut as you are a stranger to the neighborhood, I thought 'ou might like to know of a b quiet, respectable inn." J .' T-.l : ( 1011 are '-wonderfully ctinsiderate, dnd ppear to take a great interest in all my li4ovoments, observed his . companion, a With something like sarcasm in his tope ; "and, of course, I ought to te grateful, but ;i; have been accustomed to shift for my self. It must be evident enough to you. from my. accent, that I am not a' native Hof this country. Nevertheless,!! am not ygnoiantot the ways and manners Ot your e. which, to sav the truth. - . k like indifferently well. For the rest can readily dispense with your assistahce j "I hope ybu're not offended at my hum ble endeavor to be of use to jtou in a f strange land," said the Other i j'l was born and bred in these parts, and there- fore-. " ' (Peace lM interrupted the soldier. I i need no apology. You are so monstrouslr pertinacious. . Do you take me tor a sim pleton, or what ? j; ' J Vf -Jb ar trom that, sir. 1 account you a gentleman, although I have not the pleas lure of knowing your name Or quality.' f file thanktul that you are ignorant . 01 that same, VV e are strangers : let us con tinue to be so." . I ' ('M'y .name is Hantz Mayer," isaid the ion's last remark. "Anybody :i will tell you "who I am. It's no iiiscredit! to any ifinan to say fthat lie has to work) hard for an honest Jivinc. I ; "Out-upon it H "eiaculaited th soldier; I J'I do not want to know either ybpr name i or calling.. You have too much! to say, ahd are altogether too officious; So let IfUs bring this interview! to ah end. Gofv: !5 thv mine. 4 ; 00. be it then. 1 ou will however, : ad tnit that your manner is not particularly courteous or conciliating?" j r - , "You want me to overwhelm iybii with expressions of gratitude; I suppose.?. Upon f cay word, -you are a strange fellow. - A ort ot original in your way. Well, then, .permit me to say, Herr Mayer, tbiat I jam Qeeply sensible of your kindness and con sideration, and tliat I am-also grateful for the same." ; ; : B : ;-'::l:'-; 1 "I do not need anv thanks : but at the 4 same time permit me to observe; that no . hf man likes to be treated with contempt." ! "Contempt 1 . The man's dazed !" j, ,. i "Well, perhaps not that; but at any rate you appeared to mistrust me." " ' I "Now look here, my friend , we have Raveled many miles together," observed lfe soldier "you have forced your com lSjioy on me tor the greater part ot the day a favor which, to say the truth, I J , .1 VOL. 1. have gladly accepted, seeing . that any company is better than none, to make use of an old adage ;-f. and you" have wormed out of me the secret that I have concealed about my person all my little stock of wealth."-, - : ".';':-s;r "Yon do not for a moment imagine,.! h6pe, that I covet other men's goods ?" said his companion, in a deprecatory and injured tone. "Your pardon forgive me. Nothing was! the "was further, from my thoughts5 quicK response tA, fountain, which may be stepped across, is the source ot the tide;. the ac tions that color the course of our lives are often dictated by the merest trifle, Vrj t he most insignificant circumstance. "The. sol dier came to. the eudden conclusion that hf had ' been hot hi s ungenerous ariJ unjust in his mode of speech ; and to " make amends for what he deenied an unworthy suspicion, he atjonce consented to rest for tHe night at the hostelry his fellow-traveler had, throughout their journey, been sc strongly recommending, M , j For the better comprehension of jth'e events which are, about to follow, the reader should be apprised that the soldier, as we have hitherto called ,himx was an Epglishman, and a person of quality, be ing none othe than the Earl of Crawford, who had but just returned from a long campaign in Flanders ; by his side trotted a ! large liver -colored retriever dog, his never-tailing companion. .1 j! " "I must tell you, my friend," said the Earl, turning towards his fellow-traveler, "that I am jaded and weary, and, there fore, shall be both grateful and pleasetl to find some place wherein I may rest my aching limbs, j How-much further hiave wo- to go? Methinks, if l am not mis taken, we are leaving the village tolour right." j - f "We are," returned the guide. "The house to which I am about to take yon stands by itself at the corner of the three cross-roads. W-e are already within sjght of it. If you cast your eyesover this moor, you will be able to discern the ruddy light gleamjng from its windows." ' In a few minutes after this the two reached the hostel, at the entrance of which the Earl'sMog sniffed in a most suspicious manner, and then looked anx iously in the face of his master. A well-: served meal, and a few glasses of hot spiced wine, revived the drooping spirits of the weary travelers. The Earl's guide very shortly took his leave, and the En glish nobleman remained in the public room, chatting familiarly with its occu pants, rHe spoke the language of the country witn a nuency w men was rare in those days, and seemed tolerably well pleased with his compan3r. Being an old soldier, he had been accustomed to mix with all sorts of people, and knew well how to adapt j himself; to the associates that chance threw in his way ' As the night waned, and the hour grew late, he retired; tp rest, and was shown into a spacious bedroom, tilled with; an tique, sonihre-looking furniture a carved ebonT bedstead, with heavy hangings, presenting, at first glance, a funereal aspect. Indeed, the appearance of fhe bedroom struck him as being dark, gloomy and cheerless to the last degree; he had, however, been accustomed, in thej course of his travels," to content himself with'auy sort of accommodation, and was, in no mood to quarrel with that furnished to him on this occasion. As the man servant was about to depart, he offered to take charge of his lordship s dog, which, ie said, might sleep amongst the straw in the stable. I desire his company" returned ithe English nobleman, "He is always accus tomed to sleep under bis master's bed ; therefore, be pleased to let him remain The man did not make any further al- lusion to the subject, but quietly w ith- drew. Earl i Crawford thereupon sat himself down m lront 01 a smau taoie, ana Degan to inspect some papers he carried vfith him. He continued to read for upwards of half an hour, tit the expiration ot which time he began! to undress-! While thus engaged, " the dog evinced symptoms of anxiety and discontent. He was restless and fidfretv. Upon his master bidding him lie down, he gave utterance to a low howl, or whine. The Earl was totally at a loss to account, in any satisfactory way, for the hound's strange and uneasy man ner. " Something disturbs I he brute!" he eiaculated. ; . ! Then the thought crossed his mind that perhaps his faithful follower was afflicted with hydrophobia. He drew a pistol from his doublet, examined its priming and thh placed! the weapon on the table Feeling more comDOsed, he seated himself again in his chair, and called his dog by name The animal crept timidly to his side and licked his hands. I "Why." Bruno, bot, what's amiss?" ex claimed the Earl. The faithful brute laid his head on his master knees: and looked wistfully up into ' his face This surpasses my comprehension I murmured the' latter. . "It is altogether in ost unaccountable !" I ! ' - ! After the lapse, of a few minutes, Earl fJrawford rose from his seat, finished un- ressfnfr. and made towards the bed dog gave a lowj vplaintivt howl, and fhen laid hold of tne end of his. master's night shirt, and strove by. .every possible means to prevent him from getting into 04 It was in vain tbrfthe Earl to speak angrily to his dog : for. despitbmll his remon strances, the latter persisted in pullingjat his shirt. "He would hot be so disobedient or per sistent, unless some powerful motive'gov erned hls actions, aid the"Earl oFJCJraw iford., "D6ubtiess he has'witnesse'd some thing which. had he the gift of speech, he would gladly comm&ht.6ajlie,;batjflacking that, he is constrained to have recourse to ' m ?R Tf!- ;i niW ; - ' ' i I ( i 1 ' , - ' - t " I 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, a I mute appeal. Bruno, boy I - you shall have your way this time. . I will not sleep in yon ebony couch." ! J " llastiiy slipping into his clothes again: the Ear proposed to sit up all night; and it was well for him that he icame to this decisi6h : His first; , act was to barf he door of the room ; then he threw himself into the chair, placed the light in the grate. and patieiutly ;i awaiiedr thje issue. Tired as, he was, sleep was out of the question All was si lentl. within and without ; not a sound met the ears of the watchful nobleman :for an hour or more, at the expiration ofiwhich be thought he heard footsteps in the passage which led to hialjeleeping- apartmentJ but did noV, however, feel fully assured, of this it might be imagination, fills dog at this imelmained quiet, but his eyes were nteritly-fixed on the door. The Earl was as silehtf as the grave, and drew his breath slowly and noiselessly. Again all was qiliet. ': Presently a rumbling sound was heard, ? and the ebony, bedstead began slowly io descend, j with so much 1 - ' of the floor as it tood on. I -Karl (Jrawrtord was petrjhed with amazement ; cold drops ot perspiration gathered on his temples.: He instinctively laid his hand on his! pistol, which he grasped convulsively. Any way, he would be prepared for the worst ; and if any deed of viblehce was to bp enacted, he would sell his life as dearly as possible. His eyes were riveted on the bedstead and thef opening in the floor ; and, while thus watching, he distinctly heard half smothered voices, which appeared to pro ceed from an apart ment beneath 'the one he 'occupied. In a few moments after this the bedstead disappeared '; t hen the voices below ? became more audible,, and a cold blast -of ail, as from a tomb, found its way into the'bed-chamber. The agony of sus pense jxperienced by the English noble man n-0w became, almost insupportable. He rosi to his feet, and cast a hasty glance at the opening in the floor, expecting to see some jhidnight intruder suddenly pre sent hiniself. A noise of shuffling of feet was heard, and several heavy blows were given atfthe door, which those on the out side were endeavoring to forceopen. The Earl leveled his pistol, and fired through one of the panels of the door. A deep groan, and a sound as ot some one tailing. told hinS, that his shbt had taken effect. "1 anfjarmed!" exclaimed Lord Craw ford. "0f this I have given proof. If you persist fi striving to effect an entrance, it will be -fit the risk ot your own lives." No retaly was given to this speech ; but those oifj the outside renewed their efforts to breal. open the door. The contents of his oth(r pistol went j crashing through the shattered panel, and an impious oath from 011& in the passage proved 'that the weapon ihad not been discharged in vain. 1 he pistols were reloaded by their owner, who deemed it advisable to re- serve them for the final assault, which he momen'tarily expected. Cowardly miscreants! exclaimed the Earl, "f tell ye, midnight robbers and assassins as you doubtless are. that you have, toi deal with an old soldier, who is prepared to defend himself against any Odds." rS !' While all- this had been taking place, Bruno liiid never for a moment ceased barking,! which added, in no small degree, to the uproar and confusion. i 1 heretwas no iurther attempt on the part of those in the passage to effect an entrance, and, much to the surprise ot Lord Crawford, there was a sudden cessa tion of Ihe hostile movements! of the-at tacking party'.- He stood for several min utes keeping watch and ward over the entraticOto his bed-chamber, his pistols ready for immediate use. He very soon came to the conclusion that those on the outside had beaten a re treat; nevertheless, he could not conceal from himself that he was in imminent danger, as he had no means of ascertain ing what aggressive movement his ene mies would have recourse to. He felt as sured that .their object had. beep murder and' robbery. For a while, however, their infamous designs had been frustrated. There is. an old saying, . tliat "a stag at bay is a dangerous foe;" Even so was it with Lord Crawford; who had made up his mind; in the event of an i entrance be ing made by them without, to, first of all, discharge his two pistols, and then retreat into the Corner ot .the room, and protect himself as best he could, with his sword. in the use of which he was acknowledged to be a proficient. iSo more. blows were given at the door, and ; there seemed no disposition on the part of the assailants to renewvthe assault! The Jarl ot Craw lord drew lortn his pocKet-pooK, tore a leaf from the same, and hastjenipg to the table, h. wrote a few lines, j explanatory of his position, and begged any one who might chance to read them ito afford his assistance. 1 He then folded up the paper, placed- it. inside his hat, which -he threw out -ortho window intojthe road below. : The souhd of firearms being discharged, and the baying pt Jjruno, had aroused several individuals from their slumbers ; so that by the time the Earl's hat fell into the road; a group of persons were in Bight-, who witnessed its descentrrIn less than a quarter of an hour, the !house by the three cross-roads was -surrounded by a posse of people, amongst whom were two officers , of justice. Loud and repeated knocks were given f at . the door, but no notice was taken, of the yjociferous de mands on the part of those on the outside for admittance. At length, alter, some time had been" expended ih the Vain en deavor to arouse the occupants bf the hos telry,' the 6fficers forced ah entrance into the rjrem)ses,: which ' were jfomid tenant- less with the exception of the Earl. The landlord, his servani'&ln'tf ct&mons 1 crifflQ,' had deemed it-advisable to fly. A ritrid? enreh;. was iristitute(t---ia horrible idiscoverv was made, f The?' remains of several rbodies were found itt a vault be ts . neath ' tbe basement of thfe inn which :1 f r.ii. :rsvi. - - " it ' f -1 fct gave unmistakable prpof tlpt several m u r ders had been committed. J V 1 It appeared that n nnpectih'g t ravel ers, while iaa deep-sleetirh'ad.lby an infamous mechanical contrivance, been lowered into theoom Jbeneathviahjd,while7.in an un conscious state, had been jthere and then ruthlessly murdered : the assassins, having possessed themselves of the property of their victim, disposed oil the bod'" j by placing" it in a pit which had been .pre- viou8jy dug tor its reception ia the vault beneath,. .. -.; . -;V.r , - ,,J-. . ; X I The house was for a long time in charge of the municipal anthoritif s. A large rC- waru was onerea to any person or persons who would give such information as would lead to the capture of, tlm landlord or- bis a?compjices 1 ml, cri me. ' ; Ijor a long 1 1 m e, however, the , guilty parties contrived to elude fuStice. i ;'' r , It had been the intention of Earl Craw ford to proceed .oh his journey after one night s halt at the house by the three Cross-roads ; but the circumstances attends ing liis visit to that abode of crime, neces sarily caused him to stay kt Geissenheim for many days. The burgomaster, upon learning his name and quality insisted upon j his .lordship becoming -his guest while he remained in thelneighborhood. As a natural eonsequence'J Bruno became the lion of the day. People flocked from all parts to catch sight ot the sagacious animal whose wondrous. instincts had been the occasion of a discovery at which the village folk grew pale withjfright. It was inconte8tabty proved, beyond a shadow of doubt, that the infamous practice of entrapping and murdering unsuspecting travelers must have been learned on tor mariy years. Some of the human remains found in the vault beneath the bed-room temporarily occupied by the Earl, were literally skeletons. These were never recognized or claimed, and were deposited in thfe village churchyard) Two bodies, however, were; identified-f-one ot them was that Of a Spaniard, arid the other an Hungarian. j I 'Two days after the night ol the land lord and his 'accomplices, isome peasants found near Geissenheim. in a shed which was us.ed to store away grain, the body of a man, beneath some strj&w, very much stained with blood, which pad evidently proceeded from a wound in the chest. It was identified j as the remains ot Hantz Mayer, Earl Crawford's traveling com- r . tr 'ill panion, w hp, -alter having fbeen mortally wounded by one of the shots through the door, had crept! into the shed and died, it is supposedr from loss of blood, as no vital organ had been injured. I The landlord was never brought to the bar ot justice; but he was kept in such a constant state of fright from J the knowledge that the ofneers ot justice were on his track, that he committed 1 suicide in f an hotel at Prankfort-on-the-Maine, Two of his ac complices were;, however, captured, and put upon their trial, and suffered the ex- treme penalty Of: the law. The house by the three cross-roads was int such bad odor that no one had the temerity to become its occupant ; and for yearsit was tenant less, and sunk; into decayl Ultimately, the son of its Proprietor caused it to be demolished. The land wasj ploughed up and cultivated,! and it would be difficult in this day to point out the exact spot upon which it stood. A fine portrait was executed of the dog tJruiio by Kubens, which Earl Crawford brought with him upon his return to his native country. on it I (gfcenirinifes. The Death op Horace Greeley's Un- clk in a 1'ooR-ilousE. sMr. Liconard Greeley, an uncle of -Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribune, aind brother of accheu8 Greeley, Horace's father, long since dead, died m the county poor-house here last night, ot old age and neglect m life. He was 77 years of j age, destitute and lowspirited, and came here about a month Since, nearly penniless, and sick, and put up at a hotel. He soon, however, became' a charge on the county, and was removed to the poor-house. I He gradual ly sank day by day, and last night his soul passed from earth to heaven, and to day his body fills a pauper's grave. He has been living for s0me time on the charities ' of a son at Beaver Falls, Minnesota, but a few months since the son died, and he came down here on his way to another son living in Fond duLac county, in this State. On writing to him ior money, ine answer came inai ne was sick and destitute also, so the man had friends to write to his nephew Horace for fundsand none coming he gavee up- in despair and died. We understand that the County Poor Committee have written to Horace Greeley asking for money to defray the expenses of his board and funeral. . ' The county physician also wrote to Mn Horace Greeley- some weeks since the condition of his uncle. , . , ! Letters were found . upon his person from Horace Greeley, giving the old man inforxtiaiottbncraing-: "iei family. ' It seems f he has one brother jliving John Greeley, aged 88 in Londonderry. N. H., and that a sister, Mrs. Mary Colley, died nine months since in . Manchester, JN. 11. i La Crosse Democrat, June 21. How 'often has loval and benevolent Horace wept oyer the- sufferings Of the poor negro. r I ; A negro member of the Georgia House of Representatives,-named Claiborne, was killed by; the negro. .door: keeper and the usual honors were paid to the deceased brother, ".t. A resolution I 16 pay his 'per diem Xo his jwidow was referred tor the Finance Committee, who reported Satur day last,- begging to be discharged from its further, consideration, as jthe deceased had so many .wives, and the applicants !were so numerous, that the subject 'was one to be determined by the courts. ! 1 1 i 1 ' r t t I ' 1 I T I t . 1 if" I I i'l 1870. NO. 1 33. 1 The CAaVETVfeAoERlhe ew or Journal of Commerce, one-of the wisest and most moderata of American 1 banera. ia realU gleeful over, the prospect of a ear- pebagJVVaterlbo. ; JtthinksHprthCaro Una has the honor of ki ving Skowhegan I ites the first 'grand warninbf the wrath (6 come; so far as theirt distinctiyer'pbliti- cal i career in; : the ; Sout h ; isr concerned i Hear this;; : ,r '; ' 1. . . -i 'M? .-,:-t: UThe indighation if notUhe Ibloodbf theSouth is now up, ; and the carpet-bagger hereafter will have' to move on with1 the almost ceaseless march of the w ander ing Jew, That man: must. be a thoroughT going partisan who is notglad ,to throw a shovelful 'ofearth coffin of the carpet-bagger. He has been the curse bf ibe South 'tdurJri hibriet locust-1 ike existence X there, f He took nothing there but his arpet-bagj1with u uuutviim as aioresaiu, nis hate ot . the South and his unscrupulous' ambition He had no interest in JSputhern industry or southern development . : He was messenger of war,i and hot of peace;'or it was out ot the , disturbances which he spared no effort to foment, and for which h always had. at hand the remedy of powder and cold steel, that he expected to profit. His vote at the last session of Congress was! generally to be found on the bad side of all political and financial questions. For jobs he has the fond ness of mouse for cheese, and was usually detected 'furrowing awajr in the centre of every rich contract or franchise. bueh is the species carpet-bagger the worst of all the genus; politician. We congratulate the South and the country that the fiat of a plundered and indignant people is about to stamp the political life out of the whole odious race." .. . The clerks in the departments : at Washington, owing their daily bread to their political patrons, have been notified that, unless they contribute One per cent: of their salaries toward defraying the expenses of the campaign! or go home and vote the Republican ticket, , they will be djscharged forthwith. Instead of profi- cieucy in xneir uuiies oeing maae ine test of their qualification j for office, polit ical subserviency is all that is required. $ut ot that there must be no lack. To obtain preferment now, efficiency is ignor ed, while a servile obedience to partisan dictation is the grand desideratum in a government official. Under such a state of affairs, is it at all wonderful that the expenses of the administration are kept up at a war standard I ; Ilagerstown (AW.) Mail. 1 . ;; : When the Radicals were agitating the question of conferring upon the negroes the right of suffrage," we asserted that, by granting them political equality, the door was being thrown open to social communion. The organ ot this County hooted at the:, idea. Last week Albert T. Morgan, a carpet-bag Senator of Mis sissippi, was married to a negress, and immediately, started with his bride in all her blushing blackness for his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Thus it is coming home o the agitators. Let our radical triends, Who have so' long been led by their noses by their organ in this County, imagine their fair daughters submitting to the embraces of sbme odoriferous Sambo and they will have before their eyes the legitimate result of their blind Obedience to political tricksters, xnsguise.it as they will, this is the ultimate tendency ot their present plans. I bid : Ex-President 'Johnson has not much opinion of moderate and third party men In a recent speech at Rbgersville, Ten nessee, he made use of the following lan guage : "Efforts were being made in this State to organize a third party, and that this movement was understood and ap preciated at Washington, where it was known the third party must go eventual ly with the Kadicals. He said we must stand by our Democratic friends in the North, who are in line of battle and fighting in the glorious cause of Constitu tional Government ; that we must frown down the attempt to create this third party and rally in the common cause with our brethren elsewhere." He concluded by saying we must act together and all would yet be well. . 1 The youngest elopement on record took place at Hudson, Michigan, last week. Master, Frederick Tubbs, of that town ! aged five , years, took-Mies Scher- merhorn, aged three years, combed her hair, put the doll's things in a box,' and proceeded -with her to the depot, where they got oq the rfear platform of the wes tern bound train without being noticed, till the conductor received a dispatch for mem, ioey werepui on at vssco, anu returned on the next train well 1 pleased with their trip. : The Griffin - (Ga.,) Star says ; The colored population fill through this sec tion are dyings' off at an alarming rate ; not, " however, with any contagion ' or epidemic; but solely fin consequence ' of voluntary exposure, intemperate ihours. consequent f sickness, , and then; for the want of the attention they received while they were slaves,! die for ! want of medi-cine-and proper attention! r Who is guilty for this sad state of affairs? Are the colored people able to answer?" I ". "... '' "'. .' .' - ! The Census shows a decrease in the population of Te w'Hampshire of from six to ten thousand. There "will be an in crease now that the carpet-baggers are leaving the South. - j - . ; - j Wbittemore has withdrawn from the canvass for Congress in South Carolina, and ' will! retire" to private; life: Whitte- moreVHke thousands' of other carpet-bag gers m the SouthL has flayed out. . v - A Badical paper 1 describes and de- tiQunccs several Itlur c.:trr.TC3 in the KoV (It ys'iL.y cre disgraceful "1 worn eo, '' communities in which tqtho States' auw; ttlbe;-goTOU8ly, they occurred and sup Albany. Argu4 dealt jrith. Upon this thtfi" Badical says .fcente1 agreeawithl iU;:U contemporary ihltb esUmater of r t... , outrages and it; procecdsOTeraari; : , S ufyMP suppose these occurrences:lifld J takeA place to . North Carolina? Georgia, Thi0.ihoiimr6 States ? i)Vhat an airaigimentfbfuniau1 wo should have had tV Thet whole mat tef . woxUdliaeJfceen gireii a politicaf aspect,; and' these tses would have been cited as . ; a justification for martiaUaw In Radical 4 eyes,1 tbej people of the4 South must be as ' jaocileaiilrities 3 amomi t 'fitAleTlogbiry ntl ot herf kinrla .n;Hf0Vilt.ikmtnoh''.Anll-rtntnii.. nities mnstnot.jbcrrjt If such things becury tbejr are charged to the spirit of rebellion, pot against-civiliiat ion J ' " - w 1 t u mmm-M xtv- - F f Idicalsj-have abtished- The whole ' people hiu3t be punishe4l Martial j(law must be declared ;i innocent citizens, by . tle hundreds must be arrested i by brute aiebad(iried f by 1 IdrUm-Kead court -martial, otied up by the thumbs or hung' by, the neck to be ' made to confess some rejal or:' imEgine odgsihere,: all Such criiues aret magnified for. political effect iudrirtafeifn; adyaiitageof s ahvexeuse rm. a unii a. in - nil iiini'iiiHi.n - -mj wm k kii liuiriiii. inn r lor using tiie'taiiitary tp earry elections 1 What a boasted Civilization is oure under IladicaL rule. t'at ,C the . South. Concord tWe k nov of at least one projected Invest ment of Northern capital, in a Southern enterprisie that has been delayed or may hap lost, by.Holden's outrage ' upon the paco an(j(juiet of thi Stale. ; The enter prise we speak of was to , have been loca ted in Wilmingfon ibut after the ; war hews from North CiirolinaV the parties money in such a country. Our informa- finn nn thin nnint. mnat . hn cnrr&oi. nA if. comes frohf a leading Jlepublican of . this city. Wilmington Journal ' Down South, the Yankee umbrella-toter from New England, ;is the nigger new ; -Master. He has leen dealing w ith the nigger fpr his vote, and hisr ragged cur rency on f this purely Yankee principle. wnicn ine poor nigger ts jusi' ueginning to get through his thick head, as follows : "lou walK anai.U riae; tnen we 11 change c about, and I'll ride and you walk." Light ia dawning in the nigger's skull : hence thousands are turning lively somersaults into the Democratic camp. , 1 Jim Fisk is said to be driving the Presi dent to the verge of madpess by a series o pexiy persecuiiops ai jong xrancn, Mr.'Fisk drives his six-in-hand furiously -' past His Excellency on the beach, filling the Presidential heart with chagrin, and the Presidential eyes with dust. And the Prince is said to be in the habit of holding his nosej as if he sin el led something when His Excellency saunters by. This is damnable; It is said that the head of the nation cannot take a quiet promenade without jbeing treated as if.' he were a , night cart by a Yankee peddler; but, reany, we uon 1 see wnai we are going xo d'o about.it. Mr. Fisk's nose is his own, ; and can anybody blame him for holding his own ? I . i rti . rrIli, Tii?Pii!Pii'isir'm When ShnfiHiih wa sent by Grant, in 1864, to lay waste the beautiful Galley of the Shenandoah, tbo now wonderfully wise and hum an Presi dent of the United States (I) then told his subordinate . to ''spare 'not,'' but to umake his devastation so fearful, as to crush the last hope from .the 'bosom of Lee." A point in the message of Presi dent Grant on the Cuba question differs widely from the sentiments entertained by Gen. Grant six years ago. He charges against Cubans that, "they are busy car rying devastation over fertilo regions," and "wantonly, destroying her material Wealth." The; very outrages that the Cubans are perpetrating and which he justly condemns, he practiced himself, and ordered his subordinates to practice in his cruel warfare on the South ! L i .N Y. Times. j Napoleon told Phil. Sheridan that be had no use for his services in his army. Napoleon . wants no mills, barns or farm houses burned, or women and children scared to .;death, and as Sheridan has no neputation for any thing else (unless it be for making the negroes of New Orleans ride in the cars with the ladies and gen tlemen ,ot that city,) the brave hero ot a thousand .j bloody., pig-pens, and empty stables, is Out of a job. J Phil, has gone to the Prussians. : 1 -4- '4 Ellen Storge sends a communication to the Woman's Advocate, of Dayton, Ohio, in which she. proposes the following social platform, j i 1. Let the marriage contract be lim ited to from I to - years, at the op tion of the contracting parties. :' 2. Discard the erroneous idea that this . contract is divine ; admit that this is but ' a human transaction, intended to perpet uate the species and produce human bap- pinees . p !-- 'ixi o::--j , -.. 1: : Susan Anthony sahk ten thousand 1-4. in Tver newspaper Venture in ; New York; -'. and she is how begging the amount from the public. i7ho poetf has said that when lbaidens siier meii give like gods, but it is to be feared that t this is.notthe Sue he was talking aboutl'; ' - I MisceojenatioiiA whAman,haiIing from, Ohio, married. A a . negro woman in alluding to the circumstance, 'says that the respectable colored people are quite indignant.1 ' s r j I - . iV- '7.1 -' 4 ;: Frauds, Radical .Be venue rofficials. East, n est, ana eoutn, i are implicated in frauds upon; fhe government amounting to more than five millions.' ' New Orleans supplies the" particulars of one series of i frauds amounting to $2,000,000. and New . York;those of another of $1,000,000, and , more iThese unfaithfhl and rascally offi ce ts were appointed by Gen. Grant On the Support his administration they may steal as much as they please. Loyalty before . honesty is the motto. WiU Star. J - 1
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 1, 1870, edition 1
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