THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL. 1. THE GLEANER* PDBLISIIKD WEEKLY BY ABESB & JOHNSON, . GtrtUinrri. N. C 5. iRATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Postage Paid: On« Yea*....'/.r.;v.;... ~.52 00 Six Month*... 1 00 ' Clnbs! Clnbs!! jTor « copies to one P. 0.1 year $lO 00 « g u a m « 6 month« 550 « 1 0 m « a u i y ear 15 qo flO " " "6 mouths .; 800 20 " » " "1 year 28 00 "20 " " " "6 months 15 00 iVo departure from the cash system. RATES OF ADVERTISING: Transient adrertisements payable in advance; yearly advertisements quarterly in advance. 1 mo. 2 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. 1 square $2 25 $ 360 $450 $7 20 $ 10 80 2 •' 360 540 720 15 80 16 20 8 « 640 720 900 16 20 22 60 4 " 630 #OO 10 80 18 00 27 00 & " 720 13 50 16 20 22 50 SI 40 V. column 10 20 16 20 18 00 27 00 45 00 >2 *\ 13 60 18 00 27 00 45 00 72 00 1 " 18 00 3160 46 0J 72 00 120 00 Transient advertisements $1 per square for the llrat, and 60 cents to r each subsequent insertion. ' Advertisements not specified as to time, published bnlil ordered out, and charged accordingly. All advertisements considered due from first inser tion. One inch to conttltuto a square. ADVERTISEMENTS. Drugs, Paints, a l a a s & c . W,e keep constantly (in llatld a go'dd aSdrt i: cnt of 11-RKSII nitlON AND CHJBIMICAI**, « different brands of li ile Lead, a large stock of WINDOW a LASS, which we are now selling for less money than they have ever been sold for in this section, we will supply Village & Country Merchants a better article than they buy North for the same money. Also we have a large stock of TRUSSES AND SUPPORTERS, together with a full and complete line of TOILET AND KASCY ARTICLES. Come and sde us, inspect our stodk and saiifsy yourself Of the truth of what we say. The Se nior ipember of the firm has rtlsuined practice and can atWayS ile fiiiind at the Drug Store When not professionally Engaged. R. \V. GLENN & SON., tn the Benbow House, Greensboro, N. C. . i GREAT TASK MADE EASY, By the use of the victorious wito'icu mrnoTED Hay Rake, Manufactured by X Joiin dodds & co., Dayton, Ohio. Thin ia thia only Perfect Hclf-Oppi-ntiug RAKE bver offered to tae public. Any little girl or boy that can drive a gentle liorse, can rake the liav as well as the strongest man. Circulars sent fftW on application. GEO; A. C'fcftTW, Agent. Graham, N. C. gCOTT k DONNELL, Graham, N. C., PEAI.EBS IN Dry -Goods, Groceries, Hardware, I.\KO"V. »TUKI,. MAf.T, 3IOLAME OII.M, DVR-NTI'FI'K. DRl'«B, idEDICINEN, I.ARD, RACOIY, AC.. AC. Tcnns Cash or Barter. feb 16-2 m QUTTING AND MAKING Robert A. Koell, Offers his services an a Tailor, to the public llis shop is at his. residence, in CSBAKAHI. M. 41. His work warranted, in fit and finish. feb 16-Iy QLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL, BCHOOL. James T. Cuocker, Principal. The sixth session of this school will com tnence on Monday, 18th day of July. 1875. and continue for 20 weeks. Tuition from $10.90 to $20.50 per Melon. Board can bo otrUlned aft reasonable rates. For further particular# address the Principal At Graham, ». C— g C. ROBEETBON, DEALER IX „ t 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.-

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