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.1.r THE OIISKKVIIR.
W. .!. II Vh h,
pf.ALER IX
Sluves ana rinwiire,
! t t:iiti. . c.
( ..f .-iaiity ala on han.l.
Pri.-- lron f 1 to "m Ware iu
Crea; variety of my own iiwirmtut turc,
kept ji Karxl and oti at lowe-t prui s.
REM EM B EKTHEDEKo.
1 III EKE U a vacant place atouii l the
. the earihstone, and empty chair at the
faiu.N (rd, a deUte t at the altar,
A UeeJ ne t gone pt the line
That mark eternity from time.
Ii yn'ler church yard or rural crmierv Inn
1 1 that f is mortal of the bvel one. How
i iprtant it U that the 11 reli:ir; pliu-v ..f
-r deal shoukl bear witne to .ir r-et
anl lore by inscripti.ms on imerUhaMe
toarble. Jcel at the bead of tl-ir urrow
ue the lowly tomb. Hw often n.-bvt
hx allowed the treasure.1 a.l.es to lie io a
unmarked, until the sp.it wiit ee
t be known ftever. W.Hi.ans l,vc lor
W-r friend a ad offj-prin; b-wd them to spend
tn.irall ta roark their birie.l heart trea
v. with all the yearniast of a wife or
n th. love. Let man l a true to the
f u'lic tryst. nd the grares t our dd
w !: Ve marked by the enduring marble.
CALL AT MY MARBLE YARD IN
1 . CONCOKD,
j KtJ,m,n mr and von wi'i U.
that l fuJlr rsiuml to 1r in
. . price are m lw . - .
B - 1 " "
A. N. MNIN'flL
Cnctnl, N. i.
21 t
PLOWS.
IIT K lc-T onlianJ the Fred ricKsburg and
lom-ord 1'Uvi, and extra raftings.
All. the rrlrbrated 14 A DA M ANT" Plows,
mJn bv the New York Plow Co., a sr1""
,HJ pb.w, fully warranted in respect todu
rabilitv, efficient work, Ac -
aim Concord, X . C.
In. -mi the Quant it U.
Improre. the Qnality.
ARMSTKUXUS 1
LLXCOLX BUTTER PO WVEK.
C.-xl Fresh Butter all the Year round.
BUTTE K IN 20 3IINUTES.
Lincoln Butter Power is an entirely harm
article made from a celebrated Knglish
Tcii. and now in dailv use bT many of tha
i-.t i:otd farmer in me imuer wunut
triml PhihvWpMs. '
. In hot wmther this Powder makes butter
ii.m-h firmer and tweeter than it usually i,
and k-i it fr.n turning tancid. It alw
removes tne strong narorni iunnj, p ,
.rn atlksl cotton M-el. etr: and the
incried yiebl of butter much more than
riiy tlie trifling: eipen!e of uing it.
35 Cent per Package.
Wholesale Depot:.
10-1 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA.
A PRACTICAL
FAMILY KNITTING MArHIKL
AUTOMATIC
KN1TTEB
r- r r?
SIMPLE, DURABLE, CHEAP! WILL
LAST A LIFE TIME! WILL
KNIT 20,000 STITCHES IN
A MINUTE f
Knitu all iws of work, narrows, and wi
den it ; ha-s all i.ej complete. Knits
over oil dlu'erei.t garment", SK-k, StK.-k-ing,
Mittens, Legnins, Wristlets, tiloves,
etc. 1 1 kniU every ible variety of plnin
or fancy stitch. " ."evenly-live per cent
profit in mai'iif.icturin- knit gooUv Farm
ers can treble the value of their wool, by
converting it into knit goods. Women
M;ake $:l.lk per dnv uiih it.
AtsKXTS VANTKI. Send for Sam -id.-s.
Price Lit. and Circulars to princiiml
otBi-v and manufactory,
BuKroKb Ksimxu Maciiink M" Co.,
; Brattlcboto, Yt.
Or, OtHi-e No. Broadway, New Yrk
.. 2U West 3rd Mreet, M. Paul, Minn.
THE
PIIILIIAllMONIC PIANO.
rpiIIS entirely new instrument, possessing
L all tho es"ntial qualities of more esjx-ii-iiveaiid
higher prii-etl Pins, is otTeretl at
at lower price than ny similar now one in
;he market. It is durable, with a magnifi
cent tone hardlv suraed, and yet can be
purchased at prices and on terms withinhe
reach of all. This initrumeiit hns all the
nvulern improvements, inclmling the cele
brated Atfrafte' treble, and is fully war
ranted. Cataloguer' UiaileU.
WATERS'
NEW SCALE PIANOS
are the bet made. The touch is elastic and
a Hue sinking tone, powerful, pure and even
VA TEMP C0XCERT0 ORCiAXS
cannot W excelled in tone or beauty ; they.
ify cometion. The Concerto Stop U a
tine imitation of the Human Yoice.
Pri.-es extremely low for cash durjng this
month. Monthly installments, received :
On Piamtf, fill to fill; Organs f.t$10;
S--vtnl hand instruments. to $5, monthly
after first lK'piit. Agents wanted. A I'iIht
al di4tunt to teachers, ministers, churches,
r'v-d, bulges, Ac. ' Sint-'nl iiidmriiu-nt?
to the trade. 1 IliLstrateil ca,al-ies mailed.
Horace waters & sons,
Box 431 UtMadwav New Vork.
TF.ST4 MOX I AI.S OF
V4'alor Pianos mid OrgmiH.
Water" New S-le Pianos have peculiar
merit. New York Tribune.
The t,.ne of the Waters' Piano is rich,
mellow and sonorous. They poss.-ss great
volume of sound and the continuation of
oiuid or singing power isonc of their most
marked features. New York Times.
Waters' Concerto Oagnn is so voiced as to
have a tone like a full, rich alto voice. It
i esfilly human in its tone, powerful yet
sweet. Rural New Yorker. 32-ly
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(OLOMZATIOX. i
The most absurd ideas have gotJ
possesion of the colored population
of North Carolina. They have had
their passions worked up to fever
hca't, by radical demagogues, prior
to the late election, in order to keep
tucm in solid phalanx,' and secure
their universal vote, when the con
test should occur at the ballot box.
They throw their whole strength
into the radical lines, and now find,
that politically, they havo gained
nothing, and that their white allies
aro powerless to help them ; sadly
relixingtbat the Democratic party,
is now, and the probability is, will
be for many years the controlling
power in the country. Ilaving been
taught to think that they would be
stripped of their liberty, and reduced
to a state of slavery again, "if the
Democratic party came into power,
now they feel that the- arc about to
realize tho dreaded calair.it ; and
though the olt repealed assurance is
made them, that' thcii fears are
groundless, still' that superstitious
tear that haunts the negro mind,
has filled them with forebodings of
evil. Taking advantage of this state
of fueling of tho negro, the old abo
lition partizuns of the North, and
East, aro working, through that in
famous order, known as the coloni
zation society, and are sending their
emissaries through the States of
North Carolina and Virginia to un
settle the minds of the colored race,
and cause them to become restless.
Liberia is held out to them in beau
tiful pictures, and the most tempting
offers arc made them to emigrate.
There can be no doubt, but there
are 'many worthless lazj vagabonds,
who the country would like to send
to Liberia, or the Antjpodcs, to get
clear .of them, but the masses of the
colored race aie a valuable adjunct
to our material prosperity in the
South, and they are more independ
ent here, on . the soil on which they
were born, than they can ever be
any where else, and if they will listen
to the wise council of their be-l
friend, Bishop Hood, who tak'es a
parental interest in their happiness,
go to work, abardot politics, give
up the idea of being rulers in the
State and Nation, be honest, virtu
ous, and industrious, they have a
future before them, that shines with
more brightness than has ever ap
peared. This country needs their
labor in the field, but not in the Leg
islativc halls, neither in its various
places of trust, and power in county,
and State, and the sooner the negro
finds that in this'country there is lor
him, a home and protection, and
provision, if he will but work faith
fully for it. the better it will bo ior
him, and tho white race will do well
to fctrive to secure in the negro,
that confidence in the government,
that will put his mind at rest, then
he will settle down in his proper
phcrc-
-
The Louisiana In rainy.
Tho testimony taken 3-esterday
before the Congressional committees
in relerencc to the Louisiana case
only serves to bring out iu stronger
relief the degraded character of the
actors in the scenes that l'olloweu the
ekvtion in that Slate. Littlcficld,
tho clerk of the Keturning Boyrd,
who swore before the House com
mittee that he had altered and forged
the Vernon returns under the ulrec
tlon of Gov. Wells, underwent an
examination before the s-jbconr.n it
tee of the Senate on Privileges and
Elections, and his" private life and
habits were severely overhauled. If
tho object of the examination was to
prove the witness to be a thoroughly
immoral and degraded man it was a
success. But the story of the forgery
of the returns and the destruction of
tho originals was circumstanstiaHy
repeated ; and, as an honest and re
putable man would not be selected
to do Hueh work, tho truthfulness of
the story must bo shaken, if shaken
at all, by something more satisfacto
ry than the proof .of the bad charac
ter of the person who tells it.
The witness Maddox, who swears
to the remarkable story about the
one million dollars which was to be
realized 'out of one of other of the
political parties in exchange for the
friendly services of tho Louisiana
Returning Board, was also made to
admit his undesirable associations;
but he nevertheless produced the
scaled letter addrc88Mi by Governor
Wells to Senator West, and it was
! i -i .i r
openeu vy lae taiiur 111 j;resuiiuu ui
the Ilouso Committee. Its contents
would scarcely have been written by
(an honest man. In it Gov. Wells, a
member of the board which was to
impartially canvass hd k elcetoral
vote, declares that the democrats
shall nover, with his consent, suc
ceed, and be gives something more
than a broad hint at thenccesity of
sending money to New Orleans.
The letter in a great measure cor
roborate tbe.JWmer .-testimony giv
cn by Maddox. The country will
breathe more freely when tLo? tmos
phere has been cleared of these pes
tilent Louisana witnesses' and their
disclosures. X. Y. Herald.-
OT. Tildcn on Horseback.
1 had started on again, in a sort of
brown study, when a solidary horse
man turned tho corner riht in front
of me. I looked up,and behold ! there
was the very identical man. I had
a chance to observe our cx-Gover-nor's
face before he pas9cd, and a
oalmer .or pleasauter face I have
not seen in a lng time. Not a shad
ow of anxie'ty there, not a line in
dicating uneasiness or concern about
the momentous proceedings in Wash
ington. He was out for his regular
afternoon's ride, and so fur as any
observer could judge, he -had left all
the cares of politics behind. I have
seen Gov. Tildcn a number of times
in the past few years, but I never
saw him look as well as he did ves
terd ay, sitting as, straight and firm
iu the saddle as an old cuirassier,
and seeming as fresh and buoyant
as a man of fort. I, am told that
he does not worry himself at all
about the pros and cons of White
House possibilities, and that he heeds
but little of what is published daily
011 that subject. He knJws exactly
what the situation is, and he does
not want to have his habitual com.
posure ruffled by keeping the run of
this, that, and tho other new state
ment and disclosuie, so .called. At
all events, he won't allow anything
in that lino to deprive him of his reg
ular two hours in the saddle, and be
keeps tho matter as far from him in
his comfortable home, facing Gra
mercy Paik, as the circumstances
will allow. If Congress and the Elec
toral Tribunal decide ; the great
question against hin I much doubt
if Gov. Tilden will loose one hour's
sleep iu consequence. Buffalo Cour
ier. The American Farmer.
The February niimberof this time
honored but vigorous farm journal
has reached us, full as usual of mat
ter suited to the season! and to the
needs of our fanners, all of whom
would find that a year's subscription
to this practical periodical would be
money well spent, j Not only tho
staple crops, artificial- and homo
made fertilizers, but fruit and vege
table growing, improved stock, dairy
ing, poultry, &e., all have d'ie atten.
lion, not to fill up space, but to illus
trate the sense ol tho articles. To
clubs of five or moro the price is on
ly $1 each a year. Single rate 1.50.
The publishers arc Sarnuel Sands &
Son, Baltimore. "
A Demand Uefcsed. Gov. Vance
is in receipt of a letter from tho Sec.
retary of Wat, demanding of him
the records of the office of the Adju
tant General of this State for the
years 18G1 to 1865, inclusive. GoV.
Vance has replied, refusing to comply
with the demand, in the course of
his reply referring to certain North
Carolina letter-books now i!i posses
sion of the Federal government,' to
which he is not permitted access, but
which have been garbled by design-
in'' men and used to his detriment.
He tells the Secretary of War some
thing's which arc more truthful than
palatable. Xacs.
Invincible in Pkac, Invisible in
War. The authorship-of this aphoristic
witticism has generally been attributed to
the lion. Ben. Hill,' of Georgia, who recent
ly applied it, on the floor of Congress, to the
present day. The merit of it belong to the
late Capt. George H. Derby, better known
by the noni de plume of "John Phoenix.'
When stationed at San Francises he was
invited to a public dinner given by s a
company State militia. Being called upon
for a toait, though a guest, he could not re
press hi. love for satire, and accordingly
gave: 'The California Militi Invincible
in Peace, Invisible in War,' - , I
, GRADED SCHOOL BIIL.
This is the full text of the . bill for
the support of public graded schools
which passed its third reading yes-!
terday in the. House of .Representa
tives, and goes to the Senate for con
currence. It will be seen - (that it
will apply to only twq.t6wnships in
the State, Raleigh and Newbern,
the other townships Aaving vriihin
their limits cities of 5,000 inhabitants
and upwards having been excluded
from the operations of the Dill by
amendment, viz: Fayetville, Char
lotte and Wilmington. This is the
bill : ' j -;pjy
The General Assembly df North
Carolina do enact : Section 1. That
in every township of North Carolina
having within its limits a; city of
5,000 inhabitants and upwards, any
l6o respectable citizens thereof, who
are heads of families and free-holders,
therein, may apply by petition in
writing to the board of comiriission
eis cf the county u. which such
township is situated, uskin that an
annual tax be levied tisercin; for the
support of one or moi graded public
school' in such tdw.iishtp, whereupon,
on or before the next ensuing regular
meeting of said board,'fbut not Soften
er than once a year, the boat'd shall
order and direct that the Question
whether sucfti tax shall be levied, be
submitted to the vote of tfhe qualified
voters of such township, at the differ
ent wards and election places there
in, as prescribed in Battle's Revisal,
section 50, chapter 6'8, title Literary
Fund and Common Schools
Sec. 2. That in case the majority
of votes cas, at such election are iu
favor of sueh tax tho same shall be
levied ariii appropriated in such
township in the riianner prescribed
iu such section for the levy, and ap,
propriation of other school .'-taxes i
Provided, That the.taxes so levied
and collected shall in no case exceed
one-sixth of one per centum on the
value of property, and fitly cents on
the poll, except it be for t be purchase
of building sites, - or the"erection of
buildings thereon, and the : pereen.
tago of tax on property and the
amount of tax on each poll required,
observing the constitutional equa
tion, shall be specifically staged and
set forth in the order and advertise
ment for election thereon, j
Sec. 3. That the treasurer of the
county, upon the order of the school
committee of such to vynship shall in
vest any surplus money in his hands,
belonging to the school-fund of such
townships,in the designated interest
bearing bonds of the United States,
and hold the" satre, subject to the or
der of such school committee, as an
investment of such surplus funds.
Sec. 4. That the provisions of so
much of section 35 of said titlo as
authorizes the payment on only one
half, in discbarge of the whole cst
of building, reparing and furnishing
school houses, shall not apply in
such graded schools, and the cost of
taking the census required by section
71 of said titlo shall be paid by the
county treasurer out of tb school
fund of such township, on the ap
proval of the County Board of Edu
cation. ; -I
Sec. 5. That the quaiified.principal
of such graded public schools, and
any teacher therein who is a gradu
ate of any normal school or college
of the first class, shall not be subject
to the restrictions and limitations of
salary imposed by section 51 of said
title, but may be employed and paid
such salary as the township School
Committee may deem just and rea
sonable. ' Provided this act shall not
apply to the cities, of Fayetteville,
Charlotte and Wilmington."!
Sec. 6. That this Wt sbaU-take ef
fect from and after its ratification.
The Republican Leaders J)iscour
aokd. It is not strange that many of the
Republican leaders are growing discoura
ged. As one of therri remarked the other
day, 'The bottom tis falling out !' Logan
beaten in Illinois and a Democrat or la
dependant sent in his place; Butter badly
whippedtin Massachusetts; Ne w J ersey send
ing a Democrat to the Senate; Alcorn and
Robertson, from the South, going over to
the other side, until it is evident that the
Senate can no longer (after this"es?on) be
relied on as Republican unle there is a
Republican President. Truly the tide is
sweeping in & fearful manner, and- it threat
ens to overwhelm a once great party. And
the worst of it is that the prospect in the
future is not encouraging. The South is
(5olid, and solid she will doubtless remain
for many years to come. Washington cor
respondence of the Springfield Republican.
! Meeting of the County Com-
inissioners.
Monday, Feb. 5, 1877.
Present R. tW, Allison, chairman,
D. S. CaUiwell, II. C. McAllister, C.
H. Irwin and M. L. Bost. The fol
lowing was the order of ( business:
- Pay Jane Blackwclder for keeping
her mother two months, $6.00.
Pay N. Lefler for keeping his son
Julius to 1st of January 3 months;
$12.50. .
Pay N. Lefler for supplies to Ann
Cauble to 1st of January, 3 months,
$7.50. '. ?;t " ;'; w - - ;Vp.
Pay P. B. C. Smith for Poll Lite
and Son, to 1st of February, j4
months, $20.00. :
, Relief of Henderson Miscnhcimcr
tho Trustees of No. 5 failed to record
his return. Allowed to make bis re
turn and pay a single tax.
Relief of George Lee, being charg
ed with poll tax being over 50 years
old, tax ordered reluhded. .
Pay George Burrago for supplies
for himself two months, $4.00.
Wily Blackwelder allowed two
dollars per month., for keeping his
mother-in-law. - i
Relief of Thomas Johnston, color
ed, of No. 2 for erroneously charged
poll tux, ref unded $2.00.-
Pay Dr. J. Pi Gibson for medicine,
$5.00. .
Pay George A. Propst for supplies
for Fran Cope two months,'-. $6.00.'
Pay Mary C. ' Moore interest cn
note for 1 year, $11.20.
Pay Isaac Beaver interest on noto
for 1 year, $24.00.
Robert Day wait for supplies for
Cath Lewis to ' 1st. February, 3
months, $.00
Allison & Gibson for account for
supplies for Bettie Freeman, John
Garri8, &c," see account filed, $95.30
Pay H. A. Blackwelder for lum
ber for Jail, account filed, $86.08.
Pay Winslow Tally for keeping
his sister to 1st of February 3
months, $5.00. ""
Robert Day wait . bo allowed two
dollars per month for Mary Lewis
from 1st of February. '
Pay Cannons, Fetzer & f Wads
worth, for clothing, for prisoners,;
$7.55. i; ' '. - '
Pay Eliz. Bond, for keeping' her
daughter 2 months, $4.00. J
Pay Moses Gibsou, for 3 months
work at Poor House, $30.00."
Pay J. H. Townsend, fdi! supplies
to Cynda Miller, 4 months $8.00.
Pay Aaron Winecoff, for supplies
to Rachel Murph 2 months, $6.00.
Petition from L. G. Heilig, J. M.
Harkey and others for public road
from Barringers Mill to Gold Hill
read, laid over till next 'meeting, j
Relief of Isaac Burleyson of No.
10, Trustees failed to list his tax re
turn on the property of A. Bost,
deceased, ordered leave to make his
return and pay single tax. j
Relief of( Ephriam Cornelius, al
lowed to pay single tax. !
Pay Pink Caiothers, to the use of
A. C. Scott, for, keeping his mother
to 1st of January, 1877, and this'or-
dcr be abrogated, $12.50. !
Pay A. C. Scott for supplies for
L. E. Lcmmons to 1st February
$6.00. !
Pay A. B. White, ballance due on
note, 170.75. (
.Pay George B. Everitt, for the
American Clock Co., ballance due
from county appropriation, $180. J
Ordered to borrow $100 from I.
Burleyson, at 8 per cef.t.
Pay W. A. Willeford; for kcepiug
Poor House, $157.69. '
Ordered the three notes of j. Stire
walt against tne county, be consoli
dated and put in one note.
Pay R. S. Hafris, Sheriff, jail feci
to Jan. 1st 1877, $319.46.
I'ay R. S. Harris for summoning
jurors and calling county officers&,.
$175.40. I
Pay J. R. White, interest on noto
for $600 one year, 848.00. j !:
Pay J. S. Fisher,for trees for bridg-.
es, $8".00.
I Pay Joseph Young, for lapsed
fecskdue,$9.26.
PayJ,M. W.Alexander, for reg
istering votes iu No. 1,$3.' 65.
. Pay W. H. Orchard, for register
ing votes in No. $2-40. r
Pay E. G. Erwin, for registering
votes in No. 3, $3.20.
Pay J. C. Klutts, for registering,
votes in No. 10, $3.88.
Pay R. M. McEachern to the use
of C. H. Phifer, $4.13. Lapsed fee
due McEachern. . p x
Pay J. A. Rcndloman, Jailor of
Rowan county, i jail fees, for Brad
shaw, $2.60.
Pay Sheriff of Mecklenburg coun
JLy, jail fees for L. Gray, $40.G5.
J Pay Beatio and Heathcock,
work on jail, $16.45.
Pay M. Melcbor & Co., forsup
;1 ies
to J. Hamilton, . to 1st Jan. 1877,
$10.00 j
J Relfef of George Melchor, allowed
to make his return and pay sipglo
lax. J
Relic! of W, V Davis nent, ba
allowed to make his return for 11876
and pay single tax.
' Ordered that the county treasuror
of school fund, nay out of that fund,
Rev. L. A. Bikle, for. two days sprvi
i - i - .
ces examining teachers, $4.00
J. R. Erwin, Tor three days "ttfvi.
ces $6.00.;
Col. T. II. Robinson, three days
services.$6.00.
Pay Peter Glass, for
Keeping
Alary A. Shank
6 months $21.00.
Pay Georgo W. Patterson f'r taul-
ing on CourthouHc lot, $39.79.
! Pay J..C. Gibson, Clerk of Superi
or Court for insolvent eosH, duo
said offico fall term, 1876, $525.73.
R. W. Allison, M. L. Bost andj II.
C. McAllistqr, appointed to assist In
the settlement with tho Sheriff and
Treasurer.
Pay Wes Jenkins for the use of
D. Murr, for work on Jail, $1.50 ,
Ordered by tho board that tho
Sheriff furnish tho County Commis
sioners with a list of tho name d of
persons who havo paid their taxes
for tho year 1876, in confirmlty jwith
the Law by the first Monday of
March, 1877, for tho purpose of
purging tho Jury box. , .
PayJ. S. Fisher for supplied for
Charles Icehour 2 months to 1st of
February, $4.00. "
'.. Six Hundred Converted.
Thn Remarkable Result of the Widow
: Vatt Cott's Vivid Portrayals.
The Widow Van Cott closed her ren larka
ble series' of revival meetings in t t
Thirtieth Street Methodist meeting hqut
last evening. Fifteen hundred persona
found sitting and standing room io tba
church, and at least two thousand ware un
able to gain admission. A squad of ! police
officers kept the throng of people in order.
In opening the services the Ret. Dr. Corey,
the pastor of the church, said that theatre
managers had offered tha Widow Van Cott.
$500 4 week to go on the stage, but tatsbe
bad indignanjtl declined all such proposals.
The widow told the story about the rich
man and Lazarus.' Gathering hor skirts in
her hard she showed how disdainfully the
rich man passed by Lazarus, the poor beg
gar, who was at the gate waitings tr the
crumbs from the table. Then she illustrated
the rich oan eajoying his sumptuoUa din
ner, and puffed out her cheeks to show the '
effect that good livjng had upon hi in. She
said: 'But the time came for the rich man
to die, and he went to the place of torment.'
Mrs. Van Cott illustrated the dealhj strug
gles of Lazraus, and then the showed bow
the angels took Lazarus in their arms and
carried him to heaven. She stooped and
made a gesture as of rrising Lazarus from
the ground, and bearing him awny. In
vivid language sj,je described tho jbegar
looking down from heaven into hll, aitt
seeing the rich Bian begging lor water to
cool his parched tongue. J
At the close of her sermon anold-fhi..nd
hymn was sung, and an invitation was given
for the anxious ones To go VS the aUjjr. So'
many went forward thatthcre was nt rM.n
for then! around jtbe aliar railing Tho
number of converts made by Mrs Van
Cott's preaching was increased lat evening
to nearly sic hundred.. Many of the con
verts were taken into the church on (pr illa
tion yesterday. In addition to the tnee'injf
held in the church proper, an ourllow
meeting wa held! in tbe vestry, and Mrs.
Van Cott divided her attention betwiren tfi
two meetings. After a collection I'AK)
was presented to ilrs. Van Cott as a Reward
for iier 'labors in the Lord's vineyard.'
On Thursday evening next she wi I com
mence a series of revival rueeting in the
ast Sitv-flrst street Methodist Cbiireh.
few York, Wn mst.
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A Savaoe. Tlie New York ' Tribune
takes occasion while 31 r. Stephens i ujn
what it declares is probablyPiisdcntli beJ f
inform him that he is a 'traitor,' and to re
mind bim that he has committed lgrt and
disastrous errors.'
It is not often that roerf are found s4 heart
less as to reproach their fellows in their
dying hours; they are rather inclined more
generally to lessen, by all, means in their
power the agonies of that dread (ordeal.
Among civilized men, not even the hardest
can look upon the last struggle of ever hi
bitterest foe without feeling that his enmity,
is gone, nor would tho most unrelenting r-,
fuse to perform the most menial t-ftk if
thereby he might, destroy but onl of the
pains of death. ' ' t ' '
It is only the ravage that refill (to wi
the death damp fromathe brow of I.U enemy,
gloats over his agonies, and adds reproaches
durinc his dvinr hour. And the Tribui.e
is a savage. Raleigh Obseryer.
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