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The sixth session of this school will com
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continue for 20 weeks.
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g C. ROBEETBON,
DEALER IX
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Grave Stones
AND
MONUMENTS,
GREENSBORO N, Q.
A JIKV.TIAV* MTDKV.
We li:i»T been out twcnt-four hours,
aii'i stood cle.on to Olio. Tin; case was
a very plain one—at least we eleven
thought so,
A murder Of peculiar atrocity had
been committed, and tlidiigh no eye had
witnessed the deed, circumstances point
ed to the prisoner's guilt with unfailing
certainty.
The recusant juror had stood out from
the first, lie acknowledged the cogei -
cy of the proofs, confessed his inability
to reconcile the facts with the defend
ant's innocence, and yet.on every vote
went steadily for acquittal; *-
His conduct was inexplicable. It
could not result frptn a lack of intclli
gotice, for while he spoke but little, his
words were chosen, and evinced a thor
ough understanding of t!e case.
Though still in the prime ot mandiood
his locks were prematurely white and
his face had a singularly sad and thoght
ful expression.
lie might be one ol those wlip enter
tained scruples as to the right of society
to inflict the death penalty. But no; it
was not that, for in reply to such a sug
gestion, lie frankly admitted that brute
men, like tho vicious brutes they re
seinblOj lnitst be controlled through fear;
and that dread of death, of supreme ter
ror; is ill many casesj the only adequate
restraint;
At tlte prospdet Jf another night df
fniitldss imprisonment} wo Utigitn to
grow impatient; and expostulated
warmly against what seenied an unrea
sonable captiousness, and some not
over kiiid remarks were iiidiilgcd in
ds to tho propriety dl trifling with an
oath like that undir which we were act
ing.
l And yet," tiid rditil itiiswdidd; as
though communing with lrinlself rather
than inipelliitg the imputation, ; it Is
conscience that binders mv cohciirreii)e
in a verdict appi ored by mj r jiidg
mont;"
"llow can that be ? tied several roic ?s
at once."
"Conscience may not rilways dare to
follow judgment."
'•liiit here slid cari kiiow no other
guide." .
"I once would have said the
same."
"And what Ins changed your opin
ion?'
"Experience."
2'he speaker's manner was visibly
agitated, and he waited in silence the
explanation which he seemed ready to
give.
Mastering his emotion, as it to ,an
stirer oui look* of inquiry, lie contin
ued :
Twenty years ago I was a young man,
just beginning life'. Few had bright
er prospects and none blighter hopes.
An attachment dating from childhood
had ripened with itsobject. There had
been no verbal declaration and accept
anco of love—no formal plighting of
troth; but when I took niy departure to
seek a home in the far West* if was a
thinf understood that when I had found
it and put it in order, she was to share
it.
Life in the forest, though solitary, is
not necessarily lonesome. The kind ol
society afforded by Nature depends
much on one's self. As for mo, I live
more in the future than in the present,
and hope is an ever cheerful compan
ion.
At length the time came for t!:c final
payment of the home which I had
bought. It would henceforward be my
own; and in a few months my simple
dwelling, which I had spared no pains
to render inviting, would be graced by
.its mistress.
At tlie land office, which was sorno
sixty miles off, I met my old friend,
George C. He, too had come to seek
his fortune in the West, and we were
both deliglied at the mceti.ig. lie had
brought with him, he said, a sum of
money which he do-ired to rest in
land, 011 which it was his purpose to
settle.
I expresse d a strung wish to hate him
fori- a neighbor, and gove him a cor-
invitation to acccompany me
home, giving it as my belief Unit lie
could nowliere make a l*ctter selection
than in tliat vicinity.—-Tie readily con
sented/and we set out to there. We had
not ridden many miles when George sud
denly recollected a commission he had
undertaken for a friend which would
require bis attendance at a public
land sale on the followingdav.
Exacting a promise he would not de
lay his visit longer than necefsary, and
having giving minute directions as to
the route, I continend my way home
ward, while he went back. .
I was retiring to bed oil the night of
my return, wben a summons from with-
GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1875.
dut called ni«-to the door. A stranger
n-ked shelter for llffil ;elf and horse lor
the night.
I invited him ill. Though a stranger
his face,,seemed not unfamiliar. He wag
probaly one of the men that 1 had seen
At the land office; a i»Ia»:e tit the tiu.b
very much frequented:
Offering him a scat, I went Id Sec his
liorse. Th > poor jtnitnahas well as I could
sec by tj'.e dimStal-light stemed to have
been hardly used, llis panting sides
bore witness of a merciless riding, and
a tremendous shrinking at tlib slightest
touch, betokened rCccut fright;
On returning to tho lldiise; I totind
tho stranger I.a l gone, llis absence ex 1
cited no supprise; ho would doubtless
soon -return}. It was n little singular
howevet} that lie should leave iiis watcJt
upon the table;
At the end ol an lioiin iriy guest not
rcturnin, I went to tlie stable-,
thinking lie might DaVtJ found his wav
thither; to give his personal attention
to the want of nis lidiie^
Before going out tioni mere ft>r% lit
habit—for wb were as yet unvisted pre
b.iutiriii of {ilittlnir the sranger's watch
in a drawer id which I kept my own
valuables;
I found lliS iiorsc as i luld loft hini and
gave hini tile fqed which lie was now suf
ficiently bodied to eat} but his master
was nowhere to be seen.
As I approached the house a crowd
of meil (in horseback dashed up, and I
•was Cdhlmauded in no gentle terms to
"stand!" Iu another monieiit I was in
tho ciiltches of those who called me their
"prisdiiei l .
i was too much stupefied at first to
:uk What it all meant; I did so at last,
rind the explanation came—it was ter
rible .
My frienil With whoiii I had so lately
sdt Out in company, had been found
murdered and robbed fiear the spot at
which I, but I alone knew we had
separated. I was the last person
known ' to have been with him, and 1
was now arrested on suspicion of his
murder:
A senrtih of the premises was irtiiritdi*
attjly instituted. The watch was found
in the drawer in which t4iad placed it,
and was identified as the properly of
the murdered man. His horse, too,
was found in my stable, for tho animal
I had just there was ho other. I recog
nized him myself when I saw him in the
light.
r What I said I know not. My confu
sion was taken as an additional evidence
And when at length I did command
language to give an intelligent story
it was received with sneers of incrduli
ty-
The lllolj spirit inhcr.nt in man—at
least in crow ds ol men. It does not ah
ways manifest itself in physical vio
lence. It sometimes contents itself
with lynching a character. But what
ever its form, it is always relentless,
pitiless, cruel.
As the proofs of my guilt one after
another came to light, low muttering
gradually grew into a calmor of ven
geance, and but for the firmness of one
man—l would doubtless have paid the
penalty for my supposed offense on the
Spot:
it was hot sympathy for me that at- 1
luatcd my protestor, llis heart was as
hard as his office; but lie represented
the majesty of titc law, and took a sort
of grim pride in the position;
As much under the glauce of his eye
as before tlie muzzle of his pistol, the
cowardly clamorers drew back. Per
haps they were not sufficiently numer
ous to feol the full effect ot that liiys.
terious reflex influence which makes a
crowd of men so ucli wor*c and at
times so much better than any of them
singly i
Al the end of some months my trial
came. It could have but one result.
Circnmstjrnces too plainly declared my
guilt. I alone knew they lied.
The abscence ofthi jury was brief.
To their verdict I paid but little heed.
It was a single hideous word; but I had
long anticipated it, and it made no im
pressiou.
As little impression was made by the
words of the Judge whieh followed
it; and his solemn invocation that God
might have that mercy upon rue which
man was too just to vouchsafe* sound
ed like the hollowcst of hollow mock
eries. •• v * -
It may be hard for tire Condemned
criminal to meet death; is still harder
for him who is iiinoceflt. The one,
when the first shock is over, acquiesces
iii his doom and gives himself to repen
tance ;thc heart of the other, filled with
rebellion against man's injustice, can
scarce bring itsctf to ask pardon of
Goi. ■ ' - -U- T -.
] 1 had grail liitlly overcome this feeling,
jin spile ul' the good clergyman'* irri
j talingetlorts; which Were mainly liirec'i
ed towards extracting a confession,
' without which lie assured me he had 110
hope to offer:
On the moViiiug of t lie fly fixed for
|(xecntion I felt immeasurably resign
! ed. 1 had so long stood face to face
with death; had So acciistomdu myself
to look tipoil ii as a merely momentary
' pang, that i no longer felt solicitous
I save that illy memory should one day
be vindicated,
j. She for whom I had gone to prepare
a home had already found one in heav
en. Tlia tidings of my calamity had
broken her heart. She alone of hii the
world believed to iilnocdiH; and she:
! had diiid with a pnryer upon her lips j
I that tho truth yet might be brought to j
light.
All this 1 had heard, and it had sooth
i ed as with sweet-innocence my troubled
I spirit. Death, however unwelcome its
L shape, was now a portal beyond which
' 1 Could see one angel waiting to .icceive I
i IMcj '
I heard the sound approacfiing foot
steps and nerved myself to the expected
siluimons. The doorof my cell opened,
and the Sheriff and his attendants filter
ed. lie had iu his hand a paper. It
was doubtless my death warrant. lie
began to read it. My thoughts were
busy olsewhcrc The words "ftili and
free pardon," were the first to strike my
preoccupied senses. They afflicted the
bystanders more than myself. Yet, so
it was, I was patdened lor an offonce 1
had never committed.
The real culprit, it is needles? to say,
was none other than lie who had Sought
and aUttatdiny-hospitality. Ile had been
mortally wounded iiMi rezent affray iu
a distant city* but lived long enough to
make a disclosure, which had been laid
betol'e the Governor barely in time to
save me from ri shameful death; and con
demn me ton cheerless and burdensome
life.
This is my experience. M-y Judg
ment as yours in the case before us;
leads to iiiit one conclusion} tliat of the
prisoner's guilt! but not less confident
and apparently unerring wasthejudg.
ment that falsely produced my own con
viction.'
A\'c no longer importuned our fellow'
juror, but patiently awaited our dis
charge on the ground of our inability
to agree, which came al last.
The prisoner was tried atid convicted
at a subsequent term, and at the last mo
ment confessed his crime on the scaf
fold.
roou nn.i.oiv.
"Poor fellow!" IVllat a world of
mockery is concentrated in those
words! A poor fe low is a kind of
waste-butt for superfluous pily and the
dregs o* sympathy. Compassion i 8
not kindly administered, but carelessly
thrown to ltiin. His name is mentioned
at tables where ho once sat gayly and
gloriously. And there starts lip at the
souM of it a- vision of a threadbare
coat of doubtful color; Vf aunplc»s hat
with a crown that flaps up and down
with the wind, and with a flabby rim
that never will flap again; a vision of
leaky shoe*, of greasy trowsers, of lan
tern jaws,- and long gray hair, hud the
guests *#v, "Poor fellow.
Then they drink their wine to d.-own
their thoughts of him, thus laying the
| ghest in a red sea. A poor fellow 1*
like a drone in autumn; there is some
thing pacing melancholy in the slow
ness of his gail, and there is iu its
form and aspect that which tells'a story
of bygone summer —ol an evanescent
brightness—a temporary, flutter aad
gayety} bin cold winds are com®, and
heavy clouds hang thclf datrip drapery
iu a gioomy sky, and the poor shivering
drone is creeping to as warm a death as
1 fic canflnd.The pity with which men look
upon a poor fellow is ns different from
the compassion with which they regard
a poor man as is the praise bestow oil a
good fellow from the respect with
which they treat a good man.
There is something painf.il. in the f:ij
miliaritv of pity, and the politics* ofa
halt-humorous sympathy. Evei: the
truly generously feel ?'>ine rcpugiian ;e
in administering to a poor fcllwv, wlrich
thejf not feel in relieving a poor man.
A poor fellow reminds you of gay days;
and there is a thought, not to be sur
monnted, that some moral obliqui
ties Iravc assisted to form the down
ward slope into the valley of adversity.
But the poor fellow himself feels more
deeply than all, the contrast of the pres
ent again; therefore lie wishes the prcs
i ent to be past as soon as possible.— Tha
! Commonwealth.
I iHARCIIINO rO Dl AYII.
I ZYamp, tramp, inimp, tlie boys
I arc martihiug. How many of the in?
Sixty thousand! Sixty full regiments,
everv nianof which wlLlj before twelve
months shall have completed their
course, lie down in the grave of a
drilnkard ! Every year during the past
decadK has witnessed the same sacrifice >
and sixty regiments stand bcliMid this
army ready to lake its place. It is to be
recruited from our children and our
children's children.—" Ti : amp, tramp,
tramp,"—the soitnds come to us iu the
echoes of the footsteps ol the army just
i expired; tramp, tramp, tramp—the
earth shakes with the tread of the host
now passing; tramp, tramp, tramp,
comes to lis lrom tho camp ot the re
cruits. A great tidb of life flows resist
jessly to its death. What in God's name
are (hey lightning for? The privilege
of pleasing an appetite, of conforming
to asocial usage, of fllliug sixty thous
and homes with shainefuid sorrow, of
loading the public with a burden of pau
perism, of crowding our prison houses
with felons, of detracting from the pro
ductive industries of the country, ol
ruining fortunes and breaking hopes, of
breeding disease and wretchedness, of
destroying both body and soul iu hel
before their tfolic.
The prosperity of the liquor interest
covering every department of it, de- -
pends entirely on tho maintenance of
this army. It cannot live without it.
It never did without it. So long as .he
liquor intetest m lintaius its present pros
porous condition, it will cost America
tho sacrifice of sixty thousand men eve
ry year. The eflect is inseparable from
the cuitie. The cost to tho country of
the liquor traffic is a sum so stupend
ous that any figures which wo should
dure to give would convict us of trifling.
The amount ot life absolutely destroy
ed, tho amount of bread transformed
into poison, the shame} the unavailing
sorrow, the crime, the poverty} the pau
perism, the briUalityj the wild waste of
vita' itnd financial resources, make an
derogate so fast—so incalculably vast,
that the only wonder is that the Ameri
can people do not rise as one man and
declare that this great curse shall oxist
no longer. v.
The truth ia, that there is no question
betore the American people to-day thai
begins to match in importance the tem
perance question; and we prophesy
that within ten years, if not within five,
the whole country will be awake to it.
•Tin. JEfI'EK FAllfl AIDE
KOTA.
A correspondent, writing from Dfe
Sota, Misouri, where Mr. Z)avis recent,
ly delived an agricultural address,thus
concludes his letter:
Mr. Davis closed his a.'dices as fol
lows: " And now, my friends as I have
wearied myself, if I have not Ilso over
taxed voilr patience, allow me to coif,
elude by expressing the heartful wish
thntjill your days may bfe days of liap
pine'ssj that nil ybdr paths may bt! those
of peacd; that your future may be equa'
to the grand development of which I
believe your country and
though with many years tipon tny head
and trials which have multiplied the
drain upon trty life. I cannot hope to
sec It consumatcd, I shall die praying
fot* you, men and women and children,
every good which our Eternal Father
may bestow."
Mr. Davis' remarks were refceivfed
with much satisfaction by men of rlj
parlies. During the first half hoar of
his speech not a word was uttered to
wliich the most intense Radical partisan
could object, and throughout there was
not the slightest allusion made to the
present or political 4tatns ot the coun
try. In each of the Several communities
which have sorfght to secure th# attend
ance of Mr. Davis, great tare has bfcen
taken to direst tlie movement from ail
political significance. In Jefferson
county, for example, the most promi
nent [K;rsons connected with the invita
tion and the visit arc Republicans, the
Democrats scrupulously avoiding auy
attitude which might be construed into
partisan enthusiasm. Not only would
penienee council such a course, but it
is understood that Mr. Davis dc«iiCs no
other kind of treatnferit. His appear
ance iii public iu Missouri is received
artd commented on iu almost every con
ceivable nt inner. It is only fair to say,
however, that little or no bitterness Is
felt and none displayed. He is looked
upon simply tfi a historical celebrity and
a gentleman.
O, liquor, thou enemy of the human
race, thou destroyer ot souls, thou foe
ot God, when wilt thou cease to curt can!
degrade mankind.
NO. 34'
AMi.NT I'.lii. i'ul'K.
Anne Brewster wr.tos I'roui Rome to t'.ii
I'hiLtdelphia ltulletiii ?—Hm Holiness nerer
las any lire. Thj vast hvinj of the Vati
all are bitter cold: Even ill tlu Pap il
jedrooui there is no lire, in the great
inte-rooms (hero are those huge copper
braziers, detestable tilings, tilled with
charcoal and asphyxia The health of the
Holy Father U causing some uneasiness
ttuong his meu. II Jis not posi
oively ill, an I every ou J who s.'es him at
in au lionc J repdrts liim as remarkably
rosy, active and cheerful. There is nd"
jiaiu in His extremities, no indication of
lisesise, but there itte languid symptoms in
the adipose mdtter tliat give rise to fear
that a slow paralysis is approaching. llis
ittendants notice that'his strength is lees;
ue talks very little ; his not much appe
tite ; but, luckily, is anxious to 111 >ve
ibout. L.-wt Sunday, as the diy was line,
he wish *! to walk iu the garden; but
when he reached ih-i library his breath be
came asthmatic, and he had to he hefd up
by Bicci and a Spanish bishop,
who werepfeSeut; uftir be rallied hereturu
iid to his .tpartuieiit, but the usual audience
of the day took "place. The audieuces
cheer him. Tue people who crowd in to
see the Holy Father are always agreeable.
No matter what may be the religioui faith
or politica. views, each visitor approaches
that veuvr flile old m m with respect and
aiiectiouate revtreucj. The physicians!
counsel him to use as much physical mo
lion as possible, as well as agreeable and
varied o cup.it on.^
Air. Dut. her, of Herkimer, M. Y.,has jn*t
discovorei the meaning of putting his foot
in it. It was a tree which had been split
open by the wind, and it swung back, tbd
iplit closed on him, and Mr. Dutcher lost a
leg. *
A. duv.l recently fought in Connecticut,
by two young men madlened with jealousy,
was brought to a harmless termination by
the ingenuity of the seconds, who loaded
the rifles with balls made of tallow, so that
only a grease spot was left on each of the
principals.
Some years ago, Mr: J. k. Alcorn, of Mt.
Sterlingj iy., found a peculiar looking stone,
in his gravel bank: lie his lately bad it
-amiaed by jewellers, who pronounce it a
.aiuond in the rough. It is as large as a
.berry, and is worth a small fortune.
The contractors Who Have undertaken to
J furnish 210,0&) heaJi tones for the national
i cemeteries rat the n mica in their works at
Rutland, Yt.,.by means of the sand blast.
This cuts a name in four minutes; and they
complete 500 atones daily;'
The Benedict ArnoM house at New Haven
Ct., is being demolished to make room for
\ neighboring store; It was built between
' ffiiO and 1000, of brick brought from Hol
| land, and was not only the lodging place
i of Benedict Arnold, but the scene of his
! marriage. •
j A very interesting animal, a dwarf ele
j [>hant, has just arrived in Paris from India.
Cawnpore, as he is called, is nineteen years
aid, but for years bas not grown any, and
I is now only tHirty-riino iuches in height.
lie is remarkably intelligent, and performs
I many tricks.
A New York publishing house has circu
lated a single reprint of an English work to
the extent of 30,{>00,000 copies, and in sixty
language*, during the List fifty-seven years,
rhe book i* popular'* known a* the Bibkt,
and the American Bible Society did tho
publishing.
Sirs. Oliver Ferry Bice of Indianapolis,
has received from George H. Pen lie ton a
i legal opinion that she is heir to an estate
i worth $63,000,000. The estate lies in Al
leghany county. Pa., and ita heirship has
been traced in direct line to the late Gidoon
Ritchie, father of Mrs. Bice.
The Bank of France owns a note which iM
; a "perfect brick," at least they thought so
when they paid 1,000 franca for it. It was
taken from tVe ruins of a fire, and the fig
' urea of a bank note for 1,000 francs had
been transferred to the brick, and burne-1
in: Therefore the bonk redeemed the brick
j ss though it were the note.'
An English scientist, by w*y of experi
ment, injected absinthe into the veins of
some dogs, for which hqr was fined by nil
English magistrate for ftruelty to animals.
Shortly afterward the French Academy of
Sciences awarded him a prize of SSOO for
his scientific researches;
It 13 stated £h;\t Garnirf: the architect of
the new opera house in Paris, was pud
$138,400 for his services in connection with
that superb edifice. He devoted himself
entirely to the work for fifteen years, and
paid out dt his own pocket $16,000 for his'
his traveling expenses while in search of
models, marbles, 4c.
Mr. William J: Stoddard, insurance agent
in San Francisco, has a horse with six. per
fectly formed feet, but only four legs. The
two extra feet grow oat of the fetlocks of
the two fore legs, and -though small, are
fully developed. The horse, which wad
raised in Oregon, is five years old, stylish;
and works in single and doable harness.*
His extra feet cause him no inconvenience.-