THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. 2.
THE GLEANER.
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The next se-sl >n of this school taught by
the undersigned will eonnm nee on the 17th
of .July next. 'lVruw as heretofore. $2.00
*3.00 and Si 1 00 per ttrtmth.
The olagot in Uii»-8«lu)ol is to prepare pu
pil* for WdlnarF in the
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HEV.. A. OURRIE
li A NOELL
fgggr* Tailor.-s^s&
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Cutting and making done in the latest
fashions and nio«l desirable manner.
fejTHo keep* constantiy on hand Sampfef
# lHt*it stvie goi»ds for gentlcmcns wear:
nnd will ir«ier according to selection of
totters— > . . s ~
*tsr ugent for Uie ol, tbo Singei
sewing Machine. Sbop In- the old poetofllo«
buildiug. «' . .
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THE NEW
Serai Mail
WAS AWARDI:D THE
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y.t the Centmmlr.l T?**rfljitinn, I'-T's nnd lias
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A wherfcvcr cxitibittJ.
A cdMPABt. mtiryrr. tortor
LidM UuamniiWd U't'IUENT ' LOCK
Ma?:iTin'E. aCli>tei» to the
TFANTB of KVKIU BODY. The HO NIK
BEW|NG MACHINE was PerfrcUd eight
years nincobr the aid of the fcett mvpr.tlvo
talent •o'lMoclttiniml fekill. It COMUIMB
ral Um K-«entUl I'arta f r CLAPS
KAOHINB, is SIMPLE in COSSI BLCTION,
Bfevrin* Xtatfg >:rj9»n It will I« UN for yen:
Without coh-lno dUC, CFfIT OirR 1 rAtßs.
In the MnnffiacLurS Crtnis MACHINE the
Very Brtft TtrA&sx-tals are OSEO.
The Wiauuau. HARDENED.
au>d the Meeh: nisei l .i bein co>BTRUCTfciI
Witlf the sprAiai of prcxluoina an
®a*y Bannintr, CURABLE, aud afinobt
.. NOM*xssssil \CIILNt;, adrptcd fqually
well for Ooaito or Cue TIUIEiB. COT
TON, an,IT or L!N£(, , I t-EWISU (rom the
J.iQhtnt Muslim M JBrtnrr Clo h and
3B 7 1£o^ , iia;- lAOM " ;E
Wamfflfid 'wfFWe Years.
I.IYE AGENTS wanted in localities where
wo ure aot represented.
Send for price*, nnd Kimplcs of work done
V .J? or of puf o^lcee.
Johhsok, Clark & Co.,
*• m% h*.«» *■* 1 80 tzrfdtt eqnare, ffewTork.
* '®B4 #aJAg&riStfeet, Eetiori, l£u». j
SI Sleuth C.i btroet, Bt. Low*, Mo.
17 Iw Montgonorj Ct., San Franoieco, G*L
[V'roni the Raleigh News.j
CAPTIOIVN,
Of acts and liesolutious Passed by
the Geneva\ Assemb\y Lmriny Its
Session of 1875-76.
. An act to amend section 4 chapter
22, of Hat tie's Ilevisal.
Resolution in relation to per diem
and mileage.
AH ilet to validfti'e election re
turns.
An a tlO appeal chapter -7 of the
laws ot 1.561-72, being «n Act enti
tled "An act to change Sampson coun
ty from the tonrlh tPtlie fifth Judicial
DiMric:."
Kesolniion in favor of the employ
ees ol tne two Houses of the General
Assembly.
Resolution in regSrd tS the Public
Debt.
Resolution in faWi 1 of J. S. Wilcox.
Siiprifl of Pasquotank couuty.
' Resolution on adjournment.'. .
An Act to be entitled "All Act to
prevent, throwing or shooting into
| railroad cars."
j An Act to be entitled "An act to
j provide for the preservation of the
j returns of Governor, Lieutenant Gov
| ernor, and other officers mentioned
in scciion '2G chapter 52, of Battle's
"Revisal and for Electors of President
and .Vice Presidcut.
" An Act to be entitled "Ai: Act for
the relief ot F.\J. Satchwell, Sherifl
of Beaufort county."
Resolution of inst.rliction to Joint
'Committee 011 Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Resolution of instruction to our
Representatives in Congress.
An Act to be entitled '-An Act to
aiueu.l chapter 17, Battle's Re«>
visal.'
1 ' '4 s • •• a"> ' a i f
Resolution in relation rcf.the inau
guration of Hon. Z. B. Vance.
An iivi lo be entitled "An Act to
pioiiioit the s-Ie of intoxicating li
qu 'r» within two miles of
Liberty, Concord, and Cherry llill
•Jhtirchcs, Di.vij county." , '
Kf"sOlnfi»ii of instruct.ou to the
Joijit Committee on Penal Institu
*' » •••' 'l7/ S - • *
tIOUS, « „ J,.- j.-;
Resolution restive to printings the
ame'iidmCnts to tlie*C#n»tituti»»n. t
Restdution)n faVpi pf ,'Wj.
lleckstalh, Tax XJollector ot Bcrtif
cwuitfy. *
iieswlution in reference to the In
ternal Revenue Laws of the United
States.
Resolution in reference to the Wil
niiji'tou and Wcldeu Railroad coinpas
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11 y.
An Act 10 be eniilitled "An Act to
amend section 412, chapter 17, Bat
tle's Rovisal."
An Atitio Ue entitled "Ail Act to
receive convicts in the Penitentiary
lor one year."
An Aei (o be entitled "An Act snp>
pieuieiital to ajsftpple njiiMl Acfd lay
oil and establish the new countv of
Pamlico."
An n» be entitled "All Act to
extend the tim'i for organization of
tiie Rocky Mount Mills."
Au Act lo be entitled "An Act tor
the relief ot purchasers ot certain
lands in Clay and Macon counties."
An Act fo be entitled "An Act to
prevent attempts to bnrn dwelling
bouses and oilier houses."
An Act to be entitled "Au Act to
incorporate the town of Cameron, in
the county of Moore."
Au Act to be fenlitled "An Act to
exempt the Chcraw and Salisbury
Railroad from the provisions of au
act of the General Assembly, ratified
March 15th, 1875, as chaater
159 of tlic laws of 1874-75, entitled.
#Au Act 111 relation to the guage of
Railroads."'
Au Act be entitled "Au Act to
hicorporatc"t!ie Dan River Naviga
tion G'oJfipiiifjr. ratified the 20th day
ol March, 1875."
An Act to be entitled "An Act in
tavor of Madison county."
An Act to ho entitled "An Ait to ,
provide for the registration of cer- '■
j tain deeds and other instruments of I
I writing, arid to make valid the regies 1
tration of others." ,
Ue.-olution ou revised coustitu- j
tion 40, iinttle'f Ilevisal. .
A* Act' to prevent malicious injury
t© piy sonublirope l ty.
Au Act to indemnity Gates county
for the support of certain Innatics.
Resolution in tavor of Hon. R. M.
Pearson and others.
Resolution to raise joint committee
to visit Western Insane Asylum.
Resolution to require the President
of the Western N. 0. Railroad Corns
GRAHAM, N- C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 1876
j pany to report progress or collection
of the claims against G. W. Swepson
and M. S. Littlefield.
An Act to be entitled "An Act to
provide for the construction of certain
.loads in Burke, McDowell, Mitchell,
Yancy anil Caldwell counties."
An act to he entitled "An Act to
amend chapter 239, Laws of 1871-
70."
Au Act to be entitled "An Act to
make Cape Fear Hivci* a lawful
fence." „
Resolution to pay public printer.
Resolution regarding the unrolling
and Engrossing Clerks. „
A BKfIIMCiIiNCE, '
» »• 1 it
Monroe Edmunds a mail in ;he
pritfte of life hail been picked out of
a dry goods box liinpsf drunfc, and as
he stood ou the mark he said;
"Powerfid cold night, wasn't it,
Judge? I thought, at oui' timi I'd
have to got up and spread my tobac
co box over me to keep from freezing
to death."
"Is this vour first time here?" ask
ed the court.
"Y s, sir, It air. If there is a
lliemometer here by which t can sea
how coltf it is?,"3 ,- v '
l Jiiver| miud the .thermometer;
your caso is at zero, and that's enough
for you* to take care of."
"The lvason I asked about the
jthcrmOmstor," continued Mr. Ed
munds, "was to see how it averaged
witli an experience of' mine D in Ne
braska. It was the winter of 1859,
and I "
"Never mind any yarns," inter
rupted his Houor, "what is your
p!ea? : ' *
'j4"arns! Why, I'm going to tell
tht/truth —the solid truth! I was
otmped out 011 cross-eyed River and
all of a sudden it came on colder than
ten thousand hatches. I didn't—-—".
"1 shall enter a plea of guilt/ • and
send you up if you don't want a, trial,".
«aid the coui «t » H
".*'l do want a trail, of coarse. l4t J
want to know whether Pro innocentl
■or guilty, just an liad as you do.«; A3
*1 was saying, the weather* whipped j
whipped around as quick as lightning
and my dog Tiber, who was Room
ing around, came into camp a frozen 1
c rpse. 1 set to work ."
"I shall send you up days
.-all the next."
*
"The dog was as rigid as iron,' said
the prisoner, speaking louder, "and
when 1 picked him up his earn broke
off its if he were a glass duck. J wip- '
ed the tears—"
"You c»n wipe your eyes on your ,
coat-tails it you want to, but tollow
Bijah or I'll your sentence!' i
"I'll follow Bijah, of course, but is
I was saying, that poor dog was as
solid as a stone hors? fblock. I laid
him—beside —the—-the—
The door close! and the rest of the\
story was lost to the audieuce. / J
THE QUIET DUUNKAKD.
"Certaiuly I was drunk," s.d'ily re
plied William Parsons, "but I was
very reserved about it."
The officer was of.the same opin
ion. He first saw William standing
in the center of fMnltbet trying to
maintain an uprtgßt ' position, with
arms folded and feet clos« together, SO
as r*ot to be in ajiVbody'a way or take.
uo IOJ much room. W heu he diacovs
• 1 • ■ t. .1%) '* , ,
ered that he onldu t stapd up he tried
to lie down ou top of a hitdiing-poat
and at tiiui junctuft} the officer asked
hint to take a uioouliglit ramble. ,
♦•Don't you know than t 0
get drunk during such" a cold, »nap?"
demanded the court.
"1 don't control the weather,''
whispered the prisoner.
"You ought to control yourself, nt
-1' " + *> *
least." j.v ■ »
"i do Judge I. 4o; I could jibave
drank twice as milch bat 1 coutfoled
[ Pfe*** «cuse this little
outburst ot' enthusiasm an I send me
away rejoicing."——, -
ff \Vell 4 go; but I want it
understood t\nt * law knows no
difference between a noisy drunk and :
a quiet one If you come again j
you'd bettar bring lots of money and
a lawyer weighing two hundred
pounds." .... •' «. ,
Bijalu shut off judicial steam by
remarking:
"If that gan-j of b >yis caine down
here another morning and s;rit all
| over ths coalscuttle some reporter
I will have an ite a about dying
i contortions-"— Detroit Fin* Press.
|AN APPEAL TO GOV. HAYES.
r lhe Nation, "with the utmost
respect," makes this appeal Lo Gov
Hayc;:: "You are an honest man, in
whoso life not even the fierce light of
a presidential campaign has revealed
a of reproach. From a tribu"
; nal, theiefore, liko tho Jjouisiana. re
I turning,board compose s vely of
your friends partisans, wiiose
jmlicial integrity and capacity have
: been already Successfully impeached;
j which refuses to obey the direction o
] the law and give the opposite party 1
j even 0110.place on its bench; which
1 deliberates in secret, an-l gives no
reasons for its decisions; which sees
I glaring frauds exposed iu its pros- j
j etiee without manifesting either sur
j prise or displeasure, arid wlibli noto
j riouly enjoA?? no 0110 iota of confi
dence iu any part of the union—from
j such a tribunal you would not accept
the award even of one hundred dol
lars against the claim of the humblest
1 man in- America, would you? •- We
i know you would not. Are you 11 >w
j prepared to its hands an
I office which equals any crown iu dig
j nity and surpases most crowns in
power and responsibility, which no
man has hitherto held with a stain
or suspicion resting on hi? title? Can
you encounter tha terrible ordeal of
j holding such a position for fjur yeais
j in the face of the belief of full half the
voters you Jtave obtained it
Vhroygh judicial fraud chicanery?"
,AV otdd not your m holding it ,be a
new an l greater misfortune to tbo,
and k' source of unending
dhaine and Yejientance to yourself?
Should yAu allow and unsctwp*
nI9US , politiciXns to override your* own
noble judgement and thrust it upon
ypu? do you suppose that
jiu an office so won, and needing so
I much |>opular respect, if not popular
support, to give it either dignity or
authority, you could exert any appre
-1 ciable influence in liehalf of any of |
the causes which you and all good j
men have at heart?"
The special Herald correspondent, j
sent to inquire into the truth of the
alleged lynching of ten negroes iu
Abbeville county, which was re|>orled
yesterday bv the Republicans, t«dt»-
gr'aphed from that place us follows :
"No lynching of negroes has taken
place, either h-ire or in any of the .
adjoining counties."
The developments of tlio plot for
the murder of t*ie whites, arising out
of the pending investigator are in- 1
horrible. Lownuesvilie,-
wlhcli was to be the scene of these
ilVasyacres, is siiuaU.d in the North' 1
western portion ol the county, on the j
Savannah River, twenty miles from (
Abbeville, mid the ».aine diotancj j
Anderson. The county is rather}
scarcely settled, and the negroes are i
largely in the majority. The plot I
proposed to kiilall the whites in the!
town, and then go from house to j
house iu the country. Ou the night
of the murder of Alien all the roads 1
\
leading to Lowndesville were closely ,
picketed by aru ed negrois, one squad
beiug stationed at the Presbyterian
church, where Allen was murder* 1
ed.
The negro nafafod Maxwell, who j
was arrested and made a full cjntes
sio.i, sai 1 thnt the plot had beeu j
arranged fir au inditsruuiuite 1
slaughter, of the white*; that the j
night of the (nurder had bjeu appoint- ,
ed to begin, and tliat sixty or seventy j
neuroes were concerned and sworn ,
o J . 4 -i- - - 1 • -
into the c-jnspiracy. The officers at;c 1
oeeffed in arresting oulv seventeen.
The first arrested was dis
covered by a wad shot from his gun,
which was found near the scene of
the murder of Allen. It was the
margin of the Union Herald , Gov.
j Chamberlain's organ, which had the
negro's owu name written on it. He
was at once arrested, and on this evi
! deuce urade a full confession.
in the Now Jersey legislature the
democrats and republicans are equal!}
in the house, while the deui -
crats have one majurity in tin* S"tisiie,
and consequently un joint ballot.
It i» rumored that the republicans
will make a desperate effort to bin
one or more purchasaeble democrat!
assemblymen, and thus not only coi
trol the organization of the house, out
elect a republican wcoessor lo Sena
tor Ftelinghuysen if tjlis sohenn
should succeed, Secor Robeson would
undoubtedly be sent to the United
States senate, where Blaine and h
coul I laugh t igethcr 11A congressional
Mr. Frelinghuysei
is sly, and has the postmasters; bu
the manipulator of the Secor fraud
cm give hi nine points out of ten
and then win in such a game at>
this.
T'ie Arktins&i legislature, which
convenes on the BUI of January, will
elect a United Slates Senatjr to
succeed Powel Clayton, republic an
There is but one candidate for tin
position, the present Governor, Hon-
A. H. Garland, democrat, who will
be elected by an almost unanimous
vote, as the democratic majority m
joint ballot 1S eighty-four.
"I never complained of my condi
tion but once," said an old mau,
"when my feet were bare and had no
money to buy shoes; but I met a
man without feet and became con
futed."
Bull, Cow, and Calf are the liHiries
01 three Kentucky stream* that
empty iuto the Sandy river.
Foriy-tfirctf thousand immigrants
have entered Texas through l)en!sr>u
since April last.
IN■ ■ "
""One Sirtfle for the living id -better
than a dozen tears for the dead.
t « -■ ..» »•
The Pacific Ocean has sixteen per
oent. more salt than the Atlantic.
VICK'S
ILLUSTRATED PRICED CAT.
ALOGUE
Fifty pages—3oo Illustration, with Dis
eription of tli.,asauds of the best Flowers
and vegatables in the world and the way to
grow tfwm— all for a Two CENT postage
stamp. Frln ted iu German and English.
Vick'n Floral Guide, Quarterly, 85 cents a
year.
Vick's Flower and Vcpatablc Garden, 50
cents In paper; in Jic»aut eloih covers,
*I,OO.
Addres , .TAMES VICK, Rochester
n.Y.
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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE.
a beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely Illus
trated and containing au elegant colored
Ftoirer J'tate with the number. Priec only
25 cents for the year. The first No. for
1877 just issued in German and English
paper 50 cents; with elegant cloth covers
91.00
Vicks Catalogue—3X) Illustrations, only
2 cents.
Vicks Flower Vegetable Gardct, in
paper 5J cents;with elegant cloth cover tl.oo
Address, ; JA.ME.-i VICK, Kochcs
terN. T.
VICK'S
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«GARDEN
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VIC'K'H
FLOIPEU AND VEGETABLE
_SEEDS
Vicks Catali'Urue-300 lllu-trutions Ojlt
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Vicks Floral Gnido Quarterly 25 cents a
year.
Vick* jFlower arid Vegetable Garden 60
cents: wrtli elegant cloth covers it.(lo
Afl my ptiblieatlous are printed in Euglish
and German.
s JAME.S VICK, Rochester,
J
VICK'S
FLO»WER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS.
Vicks Catalogue—3oo illustrations only t
2 cents,
Vicks Floral Guide Quarterly 25 cents a '
year.
Vic)ts flower and Vegetable Garden 50
cents: with elcgaut cloth covers 91,00.
All my pnblicstious are printed in English
and German.
Address. ~
JAME3 VICK, Rochester.
N,Y.
Dr. Murphy will keep at the New Drag
Bto re Company Shops, pure Kye Whiskey
also pure French Brand?, Black-berry cor
dial, Catawba Grape Wine, Scoppernong,-
Black-berry and other wines for tmsdica
•net enbj
Sewing Machine OH at New Drag Store
Company Shops.
NO, 43
One Qnfeslion
Settled.
That is that we have the LARGEST ancl
: HKAPEBT stock of goods we ever offered
x> the people of Alamance.
Our Mr. Oant, in person selected these
foods, and frpm his thorough acquaintance
with the wants of our people, we can safely
cay that we have on hand
E VEU}THING
which the trade of
this, and adjoihiUg
counties demand, in
the way of
... , .y. .. _ j.
DRY-GOODS, GROCERIiiA HARD-WARE
HOLLOW-WA.RE, QUEENS-WARE
CUTTLERY, BOOTS. BHOES, SAD
DLES, BRIi>DLEB, HARNESS,
CARRIAGE, FIN
DINGS, Ac., Ac.,
and a large stock of
Kead y-m ade
Clothing
We biiy all kinds of
country produce.
«
vVe thank the pnblio fjr tile gen*
eroua patronage heretofore exlehded
to us, and we can and «ill make it
the interest of our customers to trade*
.
with us. Don't take our word but
come and see for yourself.
r- * •; ' _ . ... =_
11 e charge nothing
for showing goods.
J. Q. GANT A Cd.
Company Shops Dec Oth,
iNational Hotel
Raleigh A C
BOARD
s2>so PER DAY.
C S Brown, Proprie
tor*
The table 1» surpassed by no bouse In the
State. If you wish to be ptattantly and
comfortable located, stop at the National,
fronting the Capitol Square,
The National Is located within fifty yard*
of the State House, it Is the most convenient,
attractive and pleasant headquarters for
members of the Legislature in the city.
Terms are low to suit the times, fare unsur
passed, attention and acconfttfOd»Hons the
best.
SaUM arid Billiards
in basement. Two of tlie best Tables in the
• City, for the use of guests, free of chargeL
Dec. 12th, 1878.
Dr W. F. Bason
DEHTIST..
r"';
CALLS through Post office at Gkx
HAM or HAW RIVER W ill be attended
' first opportunity.
f N. B. Those' wbtf wirtf i M
condition of their OWit of CtfftifeEH'rf
TEETH should let hb* fcritfwn with*
' out delay.
Artificial teeth; ori sboVt notice.
FEES; inotf6raft, (when prompt)!
Nov 28.
X 0 ■- .V. - •
Q.KORGE W. LONG, Ji. D.,
MTMCUR AND aUMKM.'
Graham, N ru