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C. .• BOARD M PER DAY 4 ' S Brown, Proprie- tor. The table is surpassed by no house in the State. If yon wUh to be pleasantly and comfortable located, stop at the National fronting tiie Capitol Square, "•"on* l , The National is located within llftv vard* of the State House, it U the most attractive and pleasant headquarters for member* of the in the cite Terms are low to-salt the time*. fare ansnr- attention and accommodations the Saloon aad Billiards Two of ttie br*t TmWe. in ha S2T' °** 04 free of churge. 13th, 1870. Poetry. WAITING FOII THE BOATMAN. 1 We nrc wui iug bv the l iver, \\ here the evening shadows fall; Wailing, waiiiijg for 1 the boatman. Listening to his'gentle villi. CltolUS. ft hen I've cronsed t Ite vale of Jor dan, \\ i:h it* dark and ehilling tide, in that blight celestial city, I shall ever more aMde. - Though ft mist Itiings o'er the river, And its billows loudlv roar. Can it lie the songs of «uiels Watted from the other shore? 3 110 has called for many a loved one, Wo have seen them leave our side, With our Saviour \v>- will greet them When we too have crossed the title. 4 Earth, with its lights and shadows, Scene* receding iroio my sight; And I almost hear the music, In that laud divinely bright. 6 Shall { awake in the morning, In niv fathers house above; Or will shadow* still snrronud nic. Only brightened by his love? ti Hark, I hear tie waters ripple, Lights are gleaming on the shore, Think it is the coming boatman, And mv toils will soon be o'er. 7 I will wait in calm submission, A.cekly kneeling on the shore, Ti'l my Saviour pleaac to call me, Then he'll gentely bear trie o'er. 8 Waking, wailing for the boatman, With his shining angels baud, Wailing, waiting by the river, Clinging close to Jesus hand. LAST CUOKL'3. Wh !ii I've crossed the *ale of Jor dan. Willi its dark and chilling tide, tViilmny Saviour anil mv kindred, I shall ever more abide, (From the Suunj South.) A Terrible Deed. Ike Fate •! IflioNie Trar*r«, Ike llcireui U¥ CAUL CRiy. iVitbin doors, music and revelry, handsome men and lovely women threading the mazy figures of the lancers amid tho ambient light of wax candies and the fragrance of ex otic?, while the orchestra regaled the ear with "'itching strains. Out on the lawn, where Basil Brake and Minnie Tracers stood, the stars were shining in simple grandeur. The proud, protective tenderuew* ol hi* look and the confiding, dependent way in which sho hung upon his arm revealed what they were to each oth er; but tho half»lrig!iteued cxprcs* sion in her eves and tho nervous twitching about the corners of his handsome mouth indicated that the course of this love, which had been sealed within the hour, was not likely to run smooth. Boml Brane was of Ills own master, free to bestow hi* affections where ho willed; but with Minnie tho case wui different. Orphan cil at an early xge, she had been rear eii under the guardianship of an uncle, who, having au eye ever to tho main chance, Imd long ago determined thai Minnie'* vast wealth should never go out ot the family—that is, that said wealth, ot which he waa legal custo dian, as well as Minnie's pretty self, shouht be bestowed on hi* scainpe grace son, who hau no recomuieiidas lion but his handsome faco, ami needs cd his conisin's wealth to maintain his dissipated habits. Tho lather planned and the sou executed, both using the finesse ot diplomats, for well tber knew that the hour itinnie bostowed Iter hand upon another, they became pau|>er*. Nor had tneir effort# been fruitless. By a strict at tention to those "many Utile nothings" that »pcak so much to woman's heart, Fletcher Tra vers had made t lie iuexpe r:euccd girl believe that she k>ved him till the hour she met Basil Brake; then she learuel that Iter heart would choose for itself a master. For six months a happy courtship hag tal lowed, m.d she lived only to bade in her lover's affections, for »o Iter youth ful eyes be was the embodiment of t-uth, genius and manly lieauty. Site knew him to Ik* poor and unkown to fame, but the knowledge gave her pleasure, for she re ognized in him one of nature's noblemen and rejoiced • GRAHAM, N- C., TUESDAY, APRIL 3 1877 * that her fortune might help him to eminence. But now had coiuc the struggle. The elder Travels saw that love luul come to her -is it routes to all at hiine 'iine or other, and that without adroit management her wealth would |>:IKS Iron. their hands. Fletcher was urgtil to insist upon a speedy consummation ot their long-staieling engagement To all his entreaties she merely shook her bj'owu, cut ly head ami gave an indefinite answer, Becoming des» perate, lie upbraided her, with being Itdse to her plighted faith, ami de«. mantled, with the air of wounded love and offended pride, that die nil-, lil her vows. But how was fhe to banish Basil's image from her heart while she constantly heard his musi cal voice, and look ed into his earnest and loving eyes? On this particular night of which we speak, the climax hud come. There, under the mild glitter' ot the stars, with the pulsation of the music throbbitig in their ears, he hi* lutu> and implored her to he his wife and she had found it impossible to say him no. F««r one moment tliej we e supremely naupy ; but jlien tell the bitter drop into this enchanted cup. With anguish, Minnie thought of plighted liiitli to another, and be* sought Uiiil to leave her, urging that she couli uot be his. With his own hands he dried her eyes, and sail, in tnatilv confidence: "Minnie, the heart claims its own; you must and skull be mine.'' Another heard tlie words. From tlie vino seieened piazza ol the elegant mansion, Fletcher 'lravers watched the lovers Willi jealous in liis heart. Were his cherish d plans to fail at last ? Was the wealth of tliO ancient family, of which lie had leh a-sured, to go this Basil Drake, whom, in the bi*.terne»* of his heart, lie 1- ed a penniless adventurer? Was Uleudalc, thu palatini homo cf his ancestor*, to go to another, nfter all tiis planning:' With a demon rag nig in 2,is breast, he sought hit father: and white joy and mirth reigned in the parlors, father and sou, with cors rug a ted brows, couteired together in a private chamber. "I cuuld 'call him out,' but alio would never marry a murderer,'' muttered Fletcher, trying ohit upon siJliie villainous plan. A terrible thought Audited upon the mind of the father, lighting up lux countenance with a demoniacal cx* (■rciiun. •*ll«#ld!" said he, 4, 1 have a better plan." The star# 811011 c 011; the breeze stirred the branches ovei head; a whip-pcorswill in the glove uttered it plaintive cry, and yet the lover* iiiigeml, both Imppy, tor they tveru voiiug an I loving and hoi>eful, though Minnie hail declared she feared it was sin and falsehood to disregard her plighie«i f.uth and follow tho dictate's of Iter hea'-t. Little cared they that the ball was at its bight, ot that the hostess should be among Irer guests: '.itilo knew they ot the Jiiachiiiali»u going on in the pr.vate room;'they »..|> knew that t.icy were cnj »yiirjf f , V tlie fir«t brief season the privilege of h vers, and in that one thought they were happy. . Hull an hour later, the music had erased; the dancers had icp.iretl to the bauqu to (urtake of | the elegant, collation there spread. I Under the ius|.ira:iou of generous i wine, merry j*st* and witty repartees circled round UlO group. Minnie and Basil -tood at the head of the long talde, their handsome a ( ,|>eareiiee the remark halt the guests present. Amid the general clatter ami running to and fr» oi the servauts, a mysterious hand set before each a tiny goblet of diflereiuly-culered wine, and quickly di*u;>peared. "Now v deaicst. a pledge,** said Basil in a low tone ami glauciug around ».o see that hi* remark wa* not heard by oilier*. The glasses were lutif rained when lie vudddeuly re placed his with ite remark: "This is Hlienish which I never drink." "Then I will exchange with you aa I" see mine h Madeira. And Mi nine deftly shifted the positions of the goblet*. A minute after the two small glasses were etuptv. I The merry hnuquet went on; women's musical voice raug iu gay , cadences that thribed, ami ail praised the munificence and gracious | manners of the polished boat. The •upper ended, and the guests re till ned to tho parlor. Flelcln r TraVert hurried about wVh Rl as* sinned gaiety and a wi.'d look in Mi> eyes thai he struggled in vai.i to re pre**. '•Now Miitid* paid lie. "[claim tlii*- diim-e," and \\i. houl mailing In* |.»«i reply led lii'i out when* th«* dancer were forming. I lis arm was ju-l clirliilg her slender waist, nhen fh- grattled it spasmodically; a swifi contortion crossed her face; she grewf»tde, then livid, > lid a cry of 4win escaped h-r li| H ; she reel.tl Mid would have fallen tuti for Jie supp ri ot her cousin. II slily Fletcher lilted her in Ids arms, but in a second lla-il Crake sprang forward, ami snatching iier troui his hold, curried her out upon too breezy piazza. Terrible convulsions shook her delicati forui. and the speedily-applied ivst)>raiives were all iu vain. Suddenly, I lie p'U'oxsyins ceased, the sweet eyes grew, ealni. Lookii g up into her 'overs lace she mftrmercd: ••I am satMied to die thus." She turned her head against his bosom. a slight tremor passed ovei her, a. id Minnie I raver*, tlie orphan belle and heiress, lay a corpse iu her lover's arms. Amid all the excitement that cm sited, ihisil Brake was like on«i stid dei.lv stti|M>lied. >io sound e»cu[N'd Ids lips, but pallid ami s|>eechless he stood and guzed with dry eyes U|M>II this ending of nil his fond hopes. And t ho Traverses! how was it with them'r Shocked and horrifie I, Fletch er btnt over the lifeless but lovi ly form, ihe pangs of grief and remorse tearing at his heart-siring*. Catching sight of his father's blanched face, he sprang io his side and hissed iu his ear: ••There lias been a mistake. We have murdered Iter." '• He calm, will you?"' said the old man sternly. ••Don't betray yourself like a foo'. There must be no sus picion; the girl tiled of heart disctisu mind you; ami we are her ueaiest ot kin, and ot ionise heirs." Years have passed since that fate* fill uurht, and all the country-folk round about believe they know of what Mitiuio Travel* died. Ba-il Brak; is a wanderer upon the lace ol the earth: Those brighl tideiils hav coiue to iiaug I, the light has departed from hi-eyes and the life from his soul. And the murderer*?Fletcher 1 ravers is the iuiuatu of a inudshou.ic his taiher sought to stiipity IdsguiCy conscience iu wine and opium, and ere long found oblivior. iu the grate. Under the oaks, besiues her father and mother sleeps Miiiu ! e, the beautiful heiress of Gleudale. FAMILY SUCCKSSIOXB ix COXOUKSS. —The Cainerous don't pe»eut the first instance of family succession in he Senate. The present Senator Bayard succeeded his father and both were elected to Ihe Senate oil Die •amo da> — the father to till uj vacancy and the son to succeed for : the long term. Two Sau:i«« buty, liave-rotaled iu the Senate from { Deleware—Wiliard h ving scivcd twelve years, and Eli haviuu sues j ccetled him, and now just entered his second term. Benton sal ii the Somite wi h hi* son-in-law, Fieinout and Dodge, ol Wisconsin, ser\ed iu the same liodv with his •on from towa. Butler set ved in the House wilh a son-in-law (Ame») in (lie senate, ami .Chandler served .in (Hale) iu the House The strongest representation of any one family in > Washington was the - liree Washbiirue 1 brothers, who served together iu cue Congress—lsrael from Maine, Eliliu j froin lll : nois and Cadwaluder from ! Wisconsin. BLGAE FHOM TOK.v. —Bug*r it now mad# fr»iu ordinary corn. of raw sugur manufactured near Chica go are fehowu both white ami very Hweet. According to au exchange, to complete its mauutacturf into pure, granulated sugar, alcohol inuxt be used to remove the foreign matter contained in the cruue product. K bushel of eorn yields thirty |»ounis of raw sugar, and this, when purified by alcohol, gives twenty* seven pounds of good sugar, marketa ble at four cents a pound. Io other words, a bushel of corn made into ! sugar would bring $1 08. — N'tut Or* Uana Picmyvm*. rUK .lIANNICRK ftp nan All.t. Oar •fNaala 4««-a MUi'ra 7«IU Ihe Mltrrtflkai Ht»*dr Bar, XKW STATkMLXT KMi.\ltl>lX« TUB I»V* IJiU MOHKKTS OK TUX FAMoL'S TKXAN J.KAOKK. Jt it\.rre»p..iiilM.er of ikr Xrw Y.»rk World, i SAN Ax TON to, TEX , March 9 The completion of a railway, by » Bostouiati. I'mm Houston, 200 • o Ban Antonio, in Southwestern. Texas, ht» invented with tiesn Inter est tlie tneiuoi-'cs of this e.»pitii| coe* val with Philade pliia. Everywhere, in every city and hamlet of the I nit ••d Stales, the play entitled. "The Alamo; or Death ot David Crockett," has appealed to the pa-sinns ot th uiiiltitiiuc. When this railwnv wa lluiched last wet k 1 went withagteat throng to San Antonio and gathered ilie facts hem detailed which gi»e the Mt-xieun aspect of the old famiiiai Mot v. 1 lie tecilal as given is a care ful transition by Colonel Ford, com* moiily known as ••Old Hip,*' a Iron, tier member of the Texas Senate. 111-' old Mexican soldier, the rucon teur, is named Francis.-o Bin rra. In.ru iu Guaiinj,.alo in 1810. lie be came a suhlier iu 1828, was of the ar my ihat stormed the Alamo ill 1836. and was captured by the Texan H a. San Jaci ito. He became a citizen ot Texas, served in the war of 1846-'» against his native country, and iu tin Confederate army iu the warliutweeu the Mates He is now an honored and aged citizen of Itrowusville. Suntu Ana was joined at Laredo, where he crossed the Itio Grande, bv Lieu Cos, who. in violation of tlie •eruisofhi* recent sunemh i at Am Antonio, was to reed to )oiu Santn Ana ai>d return into Texas. The liiivemciils of the Mexican nrm> were greatly retarded by it et on the prair.es. which renuered the hor»es ot the whotu lorce almost useless. Deaf Smith, a famous Texan scout, was tIW of I his mischief* &fiitn Aim halted a day at Medina, when he was met by Senor Novnrro a prio» l who gave the General accurate iid«»r niation a.. to the ctreugtn 268 men iu the Aloma—of the Americans iu Sail Antonio. A sudden rain storm and "norther" made the river impas sable, ami a lorccu march and iuime* diate assault impossible. >cxt day he resumed the mareh, Gen. Mora in advance with orders to seize the mis sion of tint Conception, a massive stone structuie. deemed by Sant.. Ami a more offensive stronghold than Ihe Albino, A cannon *hot wa» tlreit when Ihe head ot tlie advancing cd uiiin reached thei-emeterv. Tint town was not delendad, au.l Col. Mora was ordered to ti.ke a |H.sitiou iiorth ami east of he Alamo to prevent the es* | cape of Ihe garrison. This was late in February, 1836. Santa Ana led 4,000 men and awai.ed mo coming o General T.iiza with 2,000 more. A battalion dossed the Sail Antonio /ivm* and took of houses b-low the Alamo to build a brntge ucr>.a* the river. Thirty men of two companies sent the next tiny to make a rccoiim i-sauce were killed. A light > earthwork was thrown up above tlie | Alamo. 'I he firing troiu the foil,now invjfteit on every side, ww> ceasciess. An earthwork nearer lliu tort was constructed at uMii. On th third day of March Ueticril Talx i arrived, ami IIH* plan of assault »i defined ami made known to tlie division com. tuamler*. Ou the 6th of March scaling ladders wer» disfiihuted. Al 3 o'c.ock ou the morning of ihe 6«b, ever memorab eiu Texan song and story, the Bst'nlioii Matainorue #s« un.ved to a point near tlie river and above tlie Alamo. They were supported by 2,000 men under General Cos, this wing of tlie army being commanded by Genertl Castrillou, General Talza leading tlmt ' below il»e Alamo. CMU'a An • spent the night iti I lie earthworks near the Alamo. The w-hole force was t> move "ilcuily upon »be foitrc** at the butfl«»ftoniid and not to fire till in tlie j trenches of IIKJ Tcxans. The bugle w«f heard at 4 o'clock. General Ca*> trillou'* division after au liour's de*» jierale fighting, and after -repeated repulse* and unheard of .o*se*, sac* ceeded in effecting an entrance lu the upper part o "lie Alamo ii a sort ot now a court yan|. The j%mtngJuui only begun. The doors I atnl windows of the Alamo building were barricaded and garded by bays of mud heaped up a* high aa a man's shoulder*, and on Ibe roof wen' rows of mial-bags, behind which the Tex* aas fought a* meu never fought be* NO. 5 for •—muzzle to muzzle, hand to hand. Each Texan rifle shot exuaua •od its force and -pent itself in NO cruaive I todies of Mexicans, packed ti'jrethft- Hkc a wall t flesh. Muskets and rifle* weie clubbed, and bayonet* ami U.iwie-kuive* never wroogUlsticJi I ear ft 11 carnage. . y* Tlie rea«ele* crash of firearm a, the shunts of the tMfcitot, de.-jieraie, be> >:tgured Texan*, the a r'efca at the .d«in*. tnii.lc die 'tin infernal MM* the •ee'ftr Tw*t*s*rH>able In'* Ml laUiaN errora. Eeaclt room ia the building wax flic scene of a de»|>erate struggle with learle** men •■riven to deapera i>u conscious that eseajie WHsiinpoa* vi!»ie. They fought even when strick* en down, and whe.t d.iimr still atrug* jled, not with death, but tor-lay Mex icans. In 'lie long room used aa a li«»M|iital the tick and wounded fired pistols and rifles from their pallots. A peice of artillery, tuppo'scd to be tout which (/rocked had used during I lie waa allotted with grape and canister and turned upon tlm deader ■ie occupants of tlda apartment. After the explosion the Mexican* entered und found the emaciated t»odie« of fourteen men torn ami rent and bliiilened and bloody. Forty two deiul Mexican* lay at at the door* way ot thia room. Bowie, whose •tame lella ot bin fearful knife and deed*, lay stark and si ill'on a cot ia ihiaroom. He was helpless and iu '>ed when fje placo was invested t« n «l iys before. Eleven 'lexana fired with terrible effect from 'lie r»»of of the building, where they us«d three or lour field piece , wbichthey charged wiibuaiU mid pieces of iron. Uuerra, like ail •titers, fives his peculiar versions of lie slorv that recounts the facts af» eciiug the death of Travis and ot >rockeit. These two were ton ml liv ing, yet exhausted by death-dealing, and lying among the dead. When Travin WRM discovcfcil lie •five a Mexican* W. mm wkile cu»i* \*»?rriny willi hint General Con, witii wlioin TruvU liuri l. ult iuo«t geuci* omly wlinn SIMI Antonio captur* ed by liie Aifcericmi*, a|>|>curud. Co« * embraced T avis mid induced oilier ofii-er* to jol.i him in asking bsnta Aim to spare Travis life. The Prosi ilent-Oaneml stwrulv rciuxed. Tl«u (Jiockftl, trunk among lite corpses ■ «'ood np, utterly exhausted hy weary «lre, les*days an I nights and by fire hours constant light in/. Santa Aim was enraged beyond measure thut Ids orders were not «Jtwnvd. lie directed the sc Idlers near him to fire on tlie two Texan*. I'ravi* was shot first in the bark, lie lull upon Ids face, * hi:c Crockett's •"Hiv WHS riddled Willi millets. Tho corpsesof 2,00U Mexicans were buried; tlio»e of the dead Americans were ga he red and burned, • holocaust •vlMtse fire* lighted the way to Texan treedoin. I have given faithfully the Mexican ver»io ioi thi* tearful story, and here* after wl I glee I • ef th ■ only Amer* icau survitor, an woman who ivea iu Ausiiu. "t)U» St" o* LATTKK»DAT FABM* IXO. -Old 8i reinaked to as as he came iu y«s»tenlay : "Eliery trnue dut |«aa by my house mimll lik iiit wuz full nv spilled corp aisl X wunder wharalldat guwauuer | arj join^?" "It ia goinj out to tho fanuera iu •he country." "Di''s what I Vpossl. Hit's do only substitool dm de farmera ia got for slabttry i.ow seneede wab." "And a bad substitute, at that.'* "Yes, salt; I'so gffiirn trr' grwi wid yer dar. '(Case why, all dat wanner mo*'ly comes from fw | Nforf, and darby do Norf makes fe cotton, 'an de Soul je»t tends do |»teh fer deiu for der borde and elo'os. Dst'« anoder ol» de waS, dat hit don't -take no 'leekteril admission tor 'stab- - liab!"— Atlanta Constitution. . —ir Dean Swift, having being solicited to preaeb % charity sermon, mounted tho pulpit, sud, after announcing his , text, "lie that givoth to the poor i loudoth to the Lord,' simply said, ; 'Now, my brethren if yon are satins 1 Hid with .be security, down with the 1 dnsfc' He tbeu look his seat and there was an unusually ■ large cot« .(lection. ' sgj£ -
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