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E A BratUher, Baleman for mid dUN C feb.27. miU JliBBLS :T0fi .7.IGII, , . . . . N.C ''iJraiiYarl'laittOIlSlaEi, , ?MMflwtaiv f all HJ of Vniinnti umlxtoaiM Is Marlit' or Onailoa, AIM Ool. tractor taf ill klada of RalUinir Werk.CurUi.f rau.atPa,ltilla,a. Wurk altail at kaaraai aei tra f ooal. Of an 4 earlptloM tap! aa has4 aaJBt to aa ddfwa a poa appUcabaa. '"cnAsrAJcoouwiN, rropnetor. V.aValMI Cometory Notes. r?r?orwln Durhamand ad JftiMog counties wishing to fmark tho grave of a relative or friend with a 7 -;v t'i H I.J . TaMet, Tom!), nr Head and Foot Stone, can do ho at a very mnall outlay, n we Kivc the largest lock ol finished work of nnjr similar establishment, in VA&DLI IXD'I'OUSIID OKaXITC 13ct; "Workmanship and - Lowest Prices! OADDES3 , BROTHERS. 100 North CbarU-aKt, tlalllmore t , IHrmm WaakalllM. tbarlaa Ma. ' Established 60 Years P11 ndWbUkayBatrtto enwit at h.ni.a im utMin. hwikotjMir. (I'mlar.-'ti mid H.M Wxi.f.KV.M l. AUauiU,iai iibgel(MfaltUUtH. ON' HIS WAY HOME. ENTOMBED FOU T1IIRIY YEARS. Pardoned at Lnst by Governor If 111 aiidNowGoiiii'Back to His Old IJome Over tbe Seas. New York Journal '-Will you tell ma the charge for a firgt-cusi postage to Liverpool!" - It was in tbe office of the White Star. Line yesterday. The speaker was a man who did not appear old in feature, vet wbise batr was silver ed. lie was plainly but neatly dresa ed in brown clothing, and seemed like an intelligent mechanic npon a holiday 'T an ei ias to Iulind to meet friends whom I have not see-i for uearly fjrly yearf, said thu old joung man. Been hard at work all those years Isupposi:? commented a bystander. The au wer came with a quiet smile: "I bare been in prison for tuirtyrone vests." This rcmatk excited the curiosity of a J urua reporter, and to him tbe a d ii a-j told lis (lory. His tiame is 1. IJrady. l;o n in I claid, he wt ot to Liverpool at an tiry nd toon atierward, like W a. t inut.y ol bu conntryuen, he sought a fortune in America, takt ig up his residence in Albany. In the year 1&8, while be was a mere boy, be nd a companion entered a tobacco shop and rubbed it. lirady bad worn a for cap or pecn liar shape. Tbiscap lei to bu Iden tification and arrest- flo refuted to disclose the name of bis companion, notttiihs andioji bilbe an l tbreati. lo ib s day lie idi tttiy of the second tl.it t has remained a secret locked in H ady's breast lie even now tefuses o nuie bia companion, but tbe Jour ual reporter learned that tbe latter was fir many years a member ot tbe AaSi-mbly and is one of the most prominent politicians in Central New York. Charged with burelary ia the third degiee, Brady was sentenced to three years and aix months in Clinton I'n sor, bis tuiptieonment beginning in ftovember, la;.5. For two tears and seven months be was known as one of the most quiet men in tbe prison, and was a favorite with tbe keepers. Secretly be chafed against the bars and walls and enter ed into a plot to escape, the plot be inz led by a convict named James Scwell, ot Troy. Ktwell struck down Wright, tbe keeper, and away tbe seven convicts stole. For t0 davs the men lav In the cover of underbutb, shuddering as ibey beard tbe sounds of the search ing parties. Tbey were without food. jet bone dared venture forth in search of it, A fatty of searchers pounced upon them in ibe'tr bidiojr t lace, and, without a struggle, thsv returned o the prison, where they were at once chained down in solitary cells. rielit was dead. Tbe blow bad killed him, an I they were looked op. on ss his murderers bewail s con feasioa did not savs bis companions One by one they were brought to trial as accessories to the murder and were convicted, tho chief witnesses taiust tbem beinz three rtnrcade cuntpirators, who swore that tbe kill ing was prearranged. The Drat con viction took t-1-tce in July. 1801, the court convening at Pittsburg. Hardy ametolbe bar in February, 1861 tie was convicted of murder ia tne first degree, and the sentence pro nouoccd was that be shcull speod one year in State's prison at hard labor and then should be bsnged. l i e law providing this strange torm f puniyhnient had been lobbied through tbe Legislature by Jiadley, of Albany, a well-known lawterand imliVieuu. lie knew before its cas sge that the law would be declared uticonstitui tonal, aod for tuat reason aecurtd its enactment, as he w.shed t i save the life or a client, Mrs. liar tun, who hal ten convicted ot the ir.'urucr cf her husband. His pur po was successful and Mrs. Hart no's life was Pparcd Hadlejr was killed aiteraard by a man named Jobo llucbe. whom be bad defrauded. The law being pronounced uncon stitutional, no official attempted to cirrf out the settmce, and P. E. Uradvlay under icntenoo of death fur ten tears and seven months, ex jcciing that atany hour tbe sheriff would enter bis cell w reau ma war rant of death. In November, 1872, Governor HolTuian commuted hs sentence to impritoument for life, lie was a! most a cripple, bis right lea: being practically useless, for he hal car ried during Sve years of torture a ball and chain weighing forty-five pounds. It was riveted ata it his ankle and wore day and n-ht, not being removed even at beivime. He ha I a friend in the world out side. H. 0. Well now a well known evangelist, who was in the years 1858 69 a fellow prisoner of Brady remembered some kindnesses that bad been done bim by the latter, and was active in Securing bis release. . Ft.r j ears bis efforts were without success, but early laet year he enli-ted tbe aid of Smitii M. weed, of na'.ts- burs, and Don M. Dickinson, of Do troit,of wl i h city Wells is a resident laeir infljtn-e proved potent, and oc September 1 ml Brady was par doned by Gov. Hill. He has since been earning enough t) take him borne. Why Loose Bayers are Paying Nearly aa Much for Bad as GoodCropx. . ClarkariU fun.) htii Chroukla. An esteeratd Christian County farmer, writing to the Leaf-Chroiiicle on the Tobacco situation, throws out the fallowing bint t n the ilea of ''grow Uss tobacco and make it bst' tor, tbut we doubt sot has much to da with tne production year after year of w crops of inferior utT in tbe excluoicn of the bater. grades of Icbacco. He siys: "ne know that the farmers of montgoxery, Cbrlsttan and Logan counties are producers of fine Tobacco, ai.d it discourages us when in mr ceighborhool, and I suppose it is the same elsewhere, we see tbe loose buyers otrr for the meanest within one cent of what tbey pay for tbe beat croos in tbe neigh borhood One of my neighbors bad a line crop which be sold, tied .n small bands and delivered in your city in prizing order for f 5. 25 An other neighbor who had a crop, as mean as old scratch, nearly turee fourths Lugs, that he sold, tied in Urge bands and in soft order, f r ft C5. I kno of numerous crops as mean as could be that sold for tonr cents, newly as much as the best brought. Ibis does not apply to tbe pur chases of any one man alone, but to all of them. Bo long as the loose buyers do not make any distinction between the poor and the good crops, the farmers doa'c care about raising fine Tobacco." It ii true, as one esteemed corres ponden teats, buyers have not made as much difference in tbe quality of Tobacco this season as the situation would warrant, but there is a cause for that, and tbe buyers are or will be the sufferers ia the matter. This is the ease of the laborer who entered the Lord's viueyard at tbe eleventh hour and received as much wsgee as the man who toiled all the day from early morn for stipulated pay. There ara certain loos dealers who are fine judges of Tobacco, and are oo the lookout all tbe while for the best crops. They enter the field early, paying from seven to ten cents lor the best crops, ibese figures were above the views of the majority of buyers and they bcld iff until the fine crops were generally all sold. Then it developed that tbe average ileld was not s large as first estimated, bis fact and the high figures for first sates nut considerable back bone in . ..... . j. - tbe farmers, ana .nose navuig inrcnor crops bold op for stiff prices, and dealers having already arranged for a year's business, were stimulated to abvance their views, taking first ials as abasis for operations. Tbe general speculation in Tobacco Is a very un certain business, and buyers lose a often ss they make by it. Prkcs are genrsry Excd by buyers ho work on lago foreign orders ior fine gocd, who know precisely wlntt tiny ar doing, whiles others bii)b fjr the general market take such figures far .heir guide, baaing their )ndgmei.t on the supply aud the profitable abnce. There is to qnesti' ti that the farm era tf this section hato been oer cropping themselves Uh Tobacco to the neglect of other thing, and with til ot their tfkrts to make a crop of fine Tobacco last year, the product is nearly, or quits half Lugs, and tin kss prices materially advance, loose dealers will have a hard tirre getting out. fiiford dav: The Odd Fellows are getting matters in snipe fur tbe ereo B. O a a a a a . a . st -. lion t tour spienau new ouuaing this rummer. Newbero Journal: Good oysters are very icsrce. The weather bas ea so warm that the goose is a boat t.a a a a t syied for tut luscious uvaive. AKEGRO SCOUNDREL C031 MIT8 HUltGLtKY AND ATTEMPS ItAPE. Brought' nere and Lodged in ' Oraentbore Patriot. ' List Thursday night Allen Nelson, Colored, broke into the bouse of Wil liam Hoffine?, in Rockingham county, and, making his way upstairs into tho bed room of Miss Martha Ran dolph, attempted to commit rape upon her. The young lady screamed and, succeeding in breaking away from bim, ran to the room occupied by Mr. andMrs.Haffines. The negro follow ed her and and attempted to kill her, but Mr. Hufflaes defended her. She jumped from a window and escaped to a neighbor's. The negro fled and as soon as d flight came, Mr. Huf fines and bis neighbors started in pursuit I Nelson was f uad conceale l undet a. house in the neighborhood, was c iptured and carried to li -iJsville. That night he was brought here and lodged in jail. Nelson has a number of aliases and is a depparate aud notorious charao ter. lie has already Lecu tried for his life and bis served in the peniten tiary for stealing. It is said that he escuped from the convict force en p.oycd on tho Cspe Fear ai.d Yadkin Valley. He was employed on the firm of Mr. Iluffine3, who is sai l to ba one of tbe most prominent far- mers in ivockingnam ana uvea a ww . . . .1- j. miles frorn jfeulaville. Miss Kan - uuiyu " hvg with Mr. Hufhnea lives with Mr. Huflines Talk of lynching tbe negro was strong in Ktidsville and it was thought here, that a crowd would come np .Saturday msbt and string bim up. So far, however, no d.nioustration hai been male. We are told that the wretch lives in mortal terror ex pecticg every oisht to be lyuched tie bas commuted two crimes, burglary, whic is a ctpital crime and assuli with intent to rape, the penalty for which is tbe psnitontiary. and the c jnr:s wLl doubtless put bim where be can do no moro barm. A Preacher on . Apprentices. Rew Tors Star- The Rev. Dr. R. a MacArthur, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, is a devoted student of political econo my. Speaking or tbe methods I tne many trades orzanizuions, Dr. Mac- Arthur said yesterday : "Among the immigrants landing in this country are many skilled mechanics, who come to dad em ployment here. It is true that tbey are far more desirab'e than an idle and shiftless class of newcomers. They earn their way, and their labor will add to tbe country s wealth, liut are they not coming here to do work hlch might be done by Americans? Their work ia in demand. Why? Because of the policy if exclulmg American boys from tbe trades. Too many labor organizatioai have held to this policy. 1 think :t must prove suicidal in the end. Whenever there is a demand for a certain class of la bor here that demand will be sup plied. If the young men born and raised in oue owa land are not afforded tbe opportunities to acquire the necessary skill, then will the work be taken up by foreigners. Tbe ptin ciptl is unpatriotic. No more healthy condition can exist in this country than that in which the youth are trained np to make gowl us of their bands, to acquire a knowledge that will insure them tbe abi.ity to bon- et)y earn a livelihood. The rising generation should be encouraged in irado leariog rather than otherwise. Lit us arouse no preiudlce against the honest foreigner who comes to o;ir shores t) earn a living, but Auitrlcathoull Ant supply her own mtvdt, to far as she bas tbe material, ui.ili.ur own boys must sot do the tou.uion l,tW it Ucoine paupers !c Uratvers cine to perioral kill ed Jalwr. U m ist bo a source of pro luuLtl regret to every thinking Amer ican that the good old system of ap prentice hip has teen alolisbed. .Manuai'training tcuoois are very beneficent irudituiions and should be encouraged, but their capacities are neteis irily iitni ed. Ibewiaest and most patriotic thing that labor or ganizationa could do would be to res- cine the obnoiious regulations which shut out our boys Irom becoming skilled artisans." Franklin Timer: Irish potatoes arc coming up ia the gardens, and a neighbor informs us that tbe bugs nave tern aitviug iu tuc emeus ui iue fence fur two weeks waiting lor the potato topi to peep out. Yesterday, To-day and Eorever. (Statesville Landmark.) I saw In tbe last issue of your valu able paper a quotation from the Dur ham Globe in reply to an enquiry as to "how is old Hillsboro?" in an swer said the speaker, ' I think Hills boro holds on to her first principle better than any town in mr know ledge, tor,'' said he, "if Cornwallis should come back he would know her," or words to tbt effect No changel Now I am so glad she don't change. A man or a fellow will often go back to bis old noma and see great changes, especially afUr many years say 43, ai in my case. Sone stranger will meet you and say to you in the way to get better acquain ted, "Well, sir, you used to live here, I under tand. Well, a great change sinee your day you discover." You'll far, "yes" But I am glad no one says that at Hillsboro; but you look round and see tbe same old familiar but undings and you feel at home. Boys, if there Hre any others of you out from the old home that gave us birth, let a meet, as tis spring time row and the stick weed will soon be knee h'gli; aud oh! to go in washing one m're m old Eoo, where 40, 50, 60 years ajro we used to stay on its banks almost all day. And now, Mr. Editor, 't won't do to call the roll of the then boys, for tbey u va tltf fltA.ii. mnaf t ftham h i. ..'.V 1 1 V. ...... V ftUVQW V. UVU U.ll cr(j9fpd the 'river. Yes. dear old 1 horae ft,j theie ye3 Vva ntvsr fjr. i gotten you. Old and unchanged as .'i.ii n.t. you are, bold on; be yourself, for there is in history more grand manhojd there and about there than aiy other town in the State can boast. I still long to see tin place of my birth and the first SO years of my life old Hillsboro! T. C Anderson. QUEER MARR AGES. A Congregational Pastor Gives Some or Bis Experiences. Boa too Herald. The Rev, W. G. Wade, a congre gational pastor in .Western Maine, bas been telling some stories about qaaer marriages. He says: "I once married a couple where the young man seemsd good and honest, but not very quick-witted. The girl was bright and smart, but proved fickle I and false , for she soon trred of ber husband, who came back to know it I could uumarry him. Of another couple that I was called npon to unite a few years ago tbe groom was 74 ind the bride 19. He bad given her 110,000 before he became her consort His children (middle aged people) and neighbors showed their disap proval of the matter by indulgiog m a serenade .of such gigantic propor tions that the din caused people miles away to think that the world was coming to an end. Twelve horse fiddles, w.th cannon and tin fish horns, seemed to shak the earth. One couple presented themselves to be married and, in answer to the question. 'Do you take this woman to be yor law: ful wedded wife?' he would break in with, Wby, of course;' I woild pro veed, To care for in sickness and in health?' when the groom would an swer sgain, 'Sartin, eartiu; I'm all right. I'll doctor her up if she gets sick.' Tbe bride budged bim to keep quiet, when he turned to her with the question, 'Hey, Polly, what you wauir When I finally got them married the fellow said : 'Well para son, what's the damagesf and learn ing that it lay with him to fix tbe prioj be rewarded me with 75 cenis and the promise of a bag of potatoes In tbe fall. I still have the promise." i ara Hillsboro Observer Mr. A. W. Cole, of Ceiar Grove township, called to see us Tuesday. He says be bits been feeding crows witb corn soaked in strychnine. He saw one crow pick up eighteen grains of corn, and then fly about one hundred and sixty yards and fall dead. Up to this time he had killed about twenty crows. Corn, soaked in strychnine, Mr. Cole says it sure deith to crows. Oxford Ledger: One of our Bercs boys you may score bim as candidate foe the Legislature and as some of your correspondents are selecting candidates we will say that we want Mr. J. N. Fuller ot Berea for the high, er branch of the Legislature. He is one of tbe few men who can be trust edjhehas ever proven himself tbe friend of the poor and be is tbe right man in every particular and be tat but one fault a confirmed old bachelor. GfENEBAL R. E. LEE. UNVAILINOTHE STATUE IN RICHMOND MAY29. The Likeness Is Said to Be Per feet, and everything About the Statue is True to Life. Time has past on and the North as well as the South recogniziea the fact that a nation's wellfare rest in men like the lamented Lee. Lee fought to break up what he knew would be a corrupt government a government that would run rough shod over the liberties of the peo ple. It has prove true; the carpet bagger was put forward as the chief element in Southern politics. Bat now the North and the South have fell back into the condition of the contented with all political rights guaranteed. The llaleigh Christian Sun nays: Col. Burgwyn, who was sent to I'aris to inspect Mercie's Statue of Crea. 11. E. Lee, which is to be un vailed in Richmond May 29 says the statue is Splendid, splendid." The likeness is perfect, aud every thing about ths statue is true to life. The sword the General carries is an exact representation of the original. His boots rest in the stirrups, en tering very slight. It weighs about 3 tons ana wns c ist ia 8 sections. Col. Burgwyn invited the sculptor to be present at the uu vailing. From a circular received last week we print the following: The Railroad lines to Richmond will probably agree to grant a rate of about one cent for each mile travelled, to all visiting organiza tions and individuals. As soon as arranged, definite information will be given. Shelter will be furnished for all visiting organizations. Meals have been arranged for with responsible restaurants, to be furnished at twenty-five cents each. Camps or organizations owning tents and Camp equipage, desiring to form an encampmeit, will give notice, that the necessary space may be provided and arrangements made. It ii necessary that notice shall be given to the Secretary , of the Committee, as earlv as nossible. of your intention to be present cer tainly not later than tne loth ol May. Give the following information in your notice: Date and hour when you will arrive here; number of of ficers and number of men for whom quarters will be required. This information is absolutely necessary, so that there may be no delay in quartering you on arrival. Lt. Col. A. G. Evans, Chair'm. Cait. Thomas Elleit, Secy. Wilmington Star: John Evans, ot this city, who went out with a party of exodastcra hit November to Washington County, Miss., returned home last nizht and cives a dealer able account of the sufferings or the colored people who went from this State to Mississippi. Evans was with a party ot thirty who were oa a raft that was wrecked on Bogae river last Friday near the Sunflower river, when twelve or tbe party were wash ad off and drowned. The others were saved by means of a skiff attached to the rait. All of the drowned were from this city, and six of them were members of Evans family his wife, Donstb, two daughters, Rachel and Emma, and three sons, Benjamin, Gilmore and William. Twomembers of Henderson Myer's familyhis wife and grand daughter were also drowned. Briib a these, were Isaiah Botton'a wife; Susan Weston, her daughter He ter, and her son John Henry ; ll of Wilmington. The party wctc ou tho raft about twenty "four hour, and hid drifted sixty ruilei in that time. They were on Jonas Goodman's plantation, on Bogue Crctk, and were driven from their homes by the overtlaw. Evans says that hundreds of our people are in that county, and many have been drowned; the sufferings of tbe survivors are truly distressing. Besides himself, only one member of Evans' family was saved an infant about a year old with which he swam out when the raft was wrecked. Vicksburg, be sajs, is full of refu gees; many colored people from North Carolina being among the number. All are anxious to return but hay so meant to do to, l
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