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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 3 THE GLEANER PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY R. S. PARKER Omhain, IV. C, lidtet df Subscription. Postaye Paid : , One Year.,,... „ $1.50 tslx Moriths.., Three Souths. *. I 111 Iso Every person senHing us a club of ten subscribers With the Cash, entitles himself to otic copy free, for the length of time for the club is made Up. Papers sent to lifferent offices. No Departure from the Canh System Rates ot advertising ,*l Transient advertisements payable in ad vance; yearly itfLfertisiemets quarterly advance. rC.- 1 ih. |2 m. BJm. |6 m. 12 m. Innate $2 00;$» 00 $4 00 $ 6 00 $lO 00 '! 3 001 4 50 5 00! 10 00 15 00 Transient advertisements. #1 per 'square for he first, and fifty cents for eachsubscrlb qucnt insertion. IHU PAPKR TS OX TOM NllH ! National Hotel Raleigh JS. C. BOAED WiO. PER DAY ' i) 8 Brown, Proprie tor. rr ' ~ The table is surpassed by no house in the State. 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C., or otherwise will be at .V* 1 opportunity (rrnri SSS2 DWI ? LOA >P |L » 11 ( LF » ND ART. 7w2? short notice.^ Poetqr, NO LETTER, "No lelter!" and the maiden sighs, And low the jetty kehes bend, To shield alike those dreamy eves From gaze of foe or> gaze of friend, The leapingpolwbests quicker time To itasic of the falling tears, And loader sounds the heart's low ehlroe— For Jove is ever foil of fears. Not that one thought deems him nstrne, Him loved with all a woman's lore; First love, as pure as morning dew, As constant as its source above. Heaven keep thee, maiden, if thou art To taste of sorrow's poisoned cop; To kiiow man can betray the heart- Heaven bear thee up—heaven bear thee •Up • * « • « • "No letter!" artd the mother bends * To kiss iier iDfant boy'so fair, While quick a single teardrop wends To glitter in his sunny hair. He smiles from ott those eyes of blue, A smile that wakes both joy and pain; It tells of him, the loving, true, Now far upon the tefssing main, Fair Faith and Hope their garlands wreatha "Another )>iss, my darling boy"— While from her heart the soft lips breathe A pWyer of mingled grief and joy. Heilveb help thee, mother, if the knell > Of death combs booming o'er the bi&, In low, deep heivy toiies, to tell The depth of woe prepared for tHeel *.*•«* 4 "No letterP* and the father's brow, O'er Which the white locks thinly stray, GiOws paler, and the pulses slow Wlthiu their hidden channels ploy. "0 Qodl preserve my dearest son, To be my stay in life's decline!" How closely round his abeent one The father's fond affections twintl Through weal or woe, throngh cares and tears, That love hrs but the brighter shone, Till, in the waning of his years,. The very soul of life it's grown. Heaven save thee, father, if that love • Shall set in darkest, starless night. And help thee home to* Heaven above. Where on the heart can fall DO blight. JENNY • FAITri, "You see," said tbe jailor, after looking the last door, and seating liis pretty niece in his own pleasant oflk-e, "tae young man that's killed and this young man were cronies till Burgess saw Jenny Anderson, when ho was silly enough to fall in lore with her. Well, instead of acting like a man when he 1- new that Henry was engaged to her, be acted like » fool—tried to cut Henry out, you see That naturally angered Henry, though he acted very well about it—for he's a generous fellow, and no aoubt pitied him—until Burgess began to throw out hints that were unfavorable to the girl. Then Henry got mad, stinging mad. but still be kept his hand* off. Burgess grew irore and more insane, however. ne visited Jeuny at all times, still ids strange conduct began to frighten her. He bid hiuiself along places where she was going, and came out all oi a pas sion-like, begging hor to love him, giving out rosinuatious about Hen ry- "Well, one day he carried this thing too far, and Jonny went and told it to Henry. 1 wish she'd come to me; I'd have stopped it. But wo» men ore imprudent sometime*, as well as men. Henry didn't take that very calmly—he bad hard words with the fellow, and there came near being ' a fight. It was stopped in time, how ever, but not before Henry, in his anger, bad said some very bard things, that will go agin him now." f sg|| "Well, 'twasn't more than a fort night after that Burgess wm found dead in his bed, strock through to the heart with a knile. He had been behaving singular for some days, but nobody bad seen that Henry took any notice of it. On the day of tbe night of the mnrder. it seems, be had sent Jenny an insulting letter, which wtu lead in evidence yesterday la court. Well, as I said, he was found murdered. Blood wat tracked to tbe door of Henry's room—they boarded In the same house—blood was found on Henry's shirt, face and hands, and a knile was stuck in an old store among tbe ashes that was covered with blood, and that knife had Henrv initials on its haft, cut Jn dpep. Another knife wa* foqnd pder thp bed of the roup jHß $ J** >S> '' . GRAHAM, N- C-, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 1877 story. A fine fellow roomed wit'* Henry." 'He says he woke at the same time Henry did roused by his?Jcc!amation; 'My God! what is the matter with me?' He said he never saw such a horrified face, and you can't inako him believe that poor Henry hpd any hand in it at all. In fact, ihov have tried hard to clear the poor fellow, but his threats—very unwise they were—the letter that Jenny had shown him, the knife, the tracks, all go against him, although it is thought he must have done it in hi« sleep, to go back to bed in that fashion. It's •six months now; the lawyers have put it off, and put it off, in hopes that something would turn up to clear him, but nothing has yet, and I'm afraid nothing will.' Eugenie sat and listened with tear ful eyes, and when she went away, carried the impressiou of a sorrowful face homo with her. Meantime Jen ny stitched away in the dim cell, and Henry wrote. There had b?en a long silence. It was broken by Jens ny, who said, in a light, cheerful tone: . "Wasn't that a pretty young lady, Henry ?' 'Very,' was the reply. Then, pausing suddenly, he laid down his pen, saying: 'Jenny, cant you possibly realize tho danger I am in?' •Don't believe anything about it.' said Jenny, quietly, and in tho same cheerful tone. 'But my dear girl, you must. My lawyer fold me this morning that I was as good a3 conyisted. I lovo you for your faith in my innocence, your faith that it will be proved—but, alas, dear Jenny, ihcre is—no hope!' He bowed his head OH his hands. Jenny looked at him once; all her face quivered with anguish, but with an - almost superhuman eflort she commanded her features a gain. 'There is hope I'she said, stonily, 'I wish yon could feci it as I can. 1 wish you could see iuto the misty tuturcas God haj given me to sec.' 'Jenny, when lam gone you will copy this and send it round to those who loved me,' ho said, gathering up the manuscript. 'You will ontlive me,' she said, qui etly. •Strange you are so blind to my danger—strange you will not sec where I stand. Bat, Jenny, it I do die—that horrible death'—he shad dercd—'there will come a time when my innocence shall be proved as clear as noonday.' 'You will not die. Your innocence will be proved—even when you staud' —Her lip quivered now, her chin trembled convulsively. 'Jenny—Jenny, my bravo girl—my bcautitnl beloved, yon do fear, but you would hide it from me. That is well,' he said, as she fell sobbing into his arms. 'Your heart would break, Jenny, if yon did not weep.' She looked np. smiling even through the falling tears, as she ex claimed: 'My faith is just as strong as it ever was. God will inter pose!' Henry Islington, was convicted. He sat in the condemned cell. By permission Jenny was wifh him sometimes. Har face was a shade paler, but her smile was just as sweet. She talked in a low, earnest voice— she sang to hiin, read to him. There were many visitors called to see him, among them several clergymen. To them he always t>aid: 'I am ready. An inn rant man, who has feared his God and loved bis neighbor aa him self, need not tremble at the prospect of death.' His calmness, hb resigna" natim, were the theme of all tongues. His spiritual advisers bad no doubt of his genuine piety. Jenny still said: 'He will never be hang.' It seemed almost a mania born of despair, this desperate belief. It made stoat men weep to see her shining eyea —to hear her quiet pro testations. 'But to-morrow, my dear child,' some one would say, as the time les sened, 'he will perish; nothing can save him. You bsd better prepare your mind for the worst.' To which ber re ply was:' To-mor row night he will be with me, his innocence proclaimed.' 'Will ohe ki)l her sell?' they asked each other. The fttaj day canje. How bright toW ,f W WM ! Earth never seemed more regal. The fch tis sang, the sun sj rend his lumi» nous mantle over the green fields, the flowers gave their sweet and sub tle odors of t lie breeze. Forth from the cell window rooked the man who was condemned fo die. lie,was slili calm, st?ir serene, thinking with wou" der over his last interview with Jen ny. llow could she smile when he held her to his bursting heart for the last time.? llow could she leave him with that unclouded face? Well, Heaven was kind if It spared her one pang. Then he looked at hims self, held out his strong right arm, cr.rded with siuews, struck his feet boldly agniust the flags as he walked, and murmured: •Young, healthy, strong—Oh, my God, what a fate!' Tears and gronus convulsed him -prayercalmed him. The hour drew near. All the pre liminaries were gone through wfrb. So.r.e superhuman strength was sure ly given him. The jailor gazed at him with awe and dashed away tear alter tear. •How is it, Harry?' ho asked, when he + .could command his voice. 'Well, well,' replied the young man, with sloWj prolonged utterance. 'My poor Jenny—see to her; the lip tremblsd. The jailor took his hand yitb almost a crushing pres sure. 'l'll do it, Henry Islington 1' he said; 'l'll do it* My own daughter shan't have more care.' "Thank you; now lam ready. He stood out there in the bold sun light—his face lofty, beaming with a strange light, They wcro adjusting the rope when orders were given to suspend the execution—to lead tho condemned man back to his cell. There was great shouting. Henry Islington looked about him like a man lost to the things of this world. He was not prepared for life. 'God be thanked, boy,' said the jailor, as he crnshod his hand again— he could hardly speak—'there's a chance of your acquittal, after all more than a chanco.' •Tell Jenny I'cried Henry, as he fell fainting in the Jailer's arms. Only that morning had a good ship arrived from sen, after a six month's voyage. Tho flrst thing that the sail* or calls lor, it he is a good, iudustri ous man. is the newspaper. Jack Bunce was second mate of the Neptune. It was eleven o'clock bes fore he had a chance at the daily pa* per, and there he had a summary of the trial, deportment of the prisoner up to nine o'clock, etc. No soouer had his eye gathered in the most ims portant testimony, than be sprang into the cabin like one mad. 'Hold, Jack! What aro you rum* maging about?" asked the first-offl' cer. •Don't say a word to me, captain, for Heaven's sake,' cried Jack; 'they're hanging an innocent man!' And out he dashed again, having don ned a longshore hat and coat. Up to the mayor's office ran Jack, out of breath, gasping, choking, as he cried: 'l'm Jack Bnuce, second mate ot the Neptune—just got in. You're banging tho wrong man; lie's as ins noceut as a baby. I'll prove it. And while Jack told his stoty the messengers were sent to remand Hen ly Islington to jail. Shall I tell yon in Jack's own words? 'Jim Burgess was always a crazy fellow, I tell yon, your Honor; I ain't no manner of a doubt about it, not a mite. 1 board at Col. Springer's when I'm at borne, cause you see I ain't one of ibem low sort of sailors as go anywhere. I knew all about the fun. Henry's sweet heart was a pretty lair girl, worth a quarrel or two. But, well, there, be blessed it ever I thought he'd do it! Burgess came to me one night—l was gettiug ready to go to sea then. Yes, it was the fifteenth of February—squally weather—two days before I went. Says he• . 'Jack, do you want to know bow I'll have revenge out of Hen Isling ton?' 'Said I:'No, Jim, you better let him alone. You bad no right to both" er him in the first place.' •I don't care,' says he, 'I * tell yon I'll be revenged, and I'll do it in this way. I'll get bullock's blood—no, I won't; I'll draw my own, I enow how to do it.' Them's the exact lan guage be used. 'l'll get his k»ife~ Lard, he swore infernally—'and Pi) t pick his floorj ancj tyt shjrt bands, and then I'll stab here.' Then he laughed, with his hand on his heart. It almost made my hair raise to hoar him ; it sounded more l'ke the veil of a rtad dog. •Bavs I: 'Burgess, you're a fool for tolling it,' never once supposing, you see, that the fellow was in earnest. vVell, I went to my mother's that night, to say good-bye, and I told my cousin that was there courting Ann— that's my sister—and i told Ann too. 'Says I: 'Do yon suppose he would ever attempt such a thing?' •SaysZeb: 'iVo'—that's Zebulon, my cousiu, a foremast hand on board the Neptune--'he's always taikiug in that light-headed way.' •There, there's my story. Yon can send for Zeb, who went to Taunton this morning, before he or I read the news about it; you ean send for Ann, who's beou gono six months to the West, and didn't git home till yester day, to bo in time for the Neptune* What I've told you is a fact. I'm second mate of the Neptuno, and folks will tell you down our way what a character I bear for veracity —and any of my shipmates—ask 'em. I tell you Hen Islington is as inno cent as the unborn baby. You'll bang one of the best men, your hon or, God ever made, if yon hang him.' The story was so coherent, the sail or's manner so truthful, his character so far above reproach, that every word carried weight in court. His sister, blushing like a peony, gave tho same evidence, aJ though there bad been no collusion—so did his cousin. Indeed it was one of those cases where everybody was willing to be convinced, from the judge fowu to the shoe-black, who had hoard the progress of the trial from an intelli gent nensboy. The prisoner was dismissed with a verdict of not guilty in deed or intention. How shall 1 describe the meeting between Jenny and her lover! She poor thing, who bad kept herself so calm during the terrible ordeal, shrieked like one in deleriuin when she saw him, btill pale, but restored to life and4o honor. It was feared for sone little time that her brain was shocked, her reason shattered. In the excess ot her joy her life had near, ly paid the forfeit. ' Was my faith In vain ?" she asked, again and again. 'Are you not sorry you doubted me? Did I not say God would be with us?' Henry was fully remunerated by generous men for all he had lost. Jenny, was presented with a beauti ful silver on which was wrought the form of a kueeliug girl, smiling toward Heavou -undent neath, the inscription. ''Jenny's Faith." Henry was given a frame house complete, to carry with him to the West, and one bright summer's even ing tbo two fond hearts were united at the residonce of a gentleman who had taken a more than ordinary ins terest in the trial, and used great ex ertions to clear him. Tl.ey are to-day citfaens of a thriving town iu the land toward the setting sun. KIS«lNO IN COOT, I Correspondence of the New York Sod.] Wjlkesbarhe. Pa., Sept. 17. The dull monotony of onr court proceedings was enlivened one day last week in the case of the Common* wealth against Dobson, in which the defendant was accused of assault upon a young lady named Hetler, by kissing her against her will. The plaintiff complained with Dobson, "by force of arms, malice aforethought and instigated by the devil, did then and there violently assault, ways lay," Ac. She told - her .story in a plain, straightforward kind of wav to the effect that she was enjoying the evening breezes while Iwning over father's-fence, and that WiN liam Dobson came along, seized her by the hands, and forcibly pulling her over the palisade, committed the arssault for which she claimed re dress at the hands of law. A sister of the complaint testified that she did not see the allege impropriety, because of the darkness, and ahe being in another part of the yard, but ahe heard a kiss, or something that sounded like a kiss, and knew that something was going on. Dobson claimed the privilege of faffing bis owq an4 he told N0,31 4 the part of the story omitted by Mim Hetler and her sister. He is a jolly specimen of an Englishman. His narrative of the oeeiuenee in which he had become involved runs aa follows; t Dobson—Yer «e» K yer 'unoer, I was walking along, singing. "What will the'arvest be?" General McCartney (counsel for plaintiff, disposed to have some fan while confuting the witness) —You were singing, "What shall the 'arrest be?" (closely imitating the intonation of the witness.) Dobson (very composedly)—Yff, sir, "What will the 'arvest be?" Gen. McCartney—"-What will the 'arvest be?" Dobson [unruffled —'*Wh»t will the 'arvest be?" Gen. McCartney—Well go on, bit. Dobson—Yer see* yer 'onors I wan going about singing "What will the 'arvest be?" when I heard Mary singing "What will the 'arrest be. Gen. McCartney— singing "What will the 'arrest be. By this time there were decided evidences of merriment ail over the court room; bnt Dobson remained an imperturbable aa though officiating at a funeral. Dobson—Yes, sir. She was sings ing "What will the 'arrest be,'* but not so loud as I was, and I called out, "Hallo, Mary are that you?" and she said it be. I went ap to the fence, and she said she were hall halone, has her lather 'ad gone to "class." Gen McCartney—Gone to daw! What did she mean by that? Dobson—Wiir, any tool hnows what "class" means. Her father had gone to class meeting, and left 'er ball halone. We chatted t little then—— Gen. McCartney —Well, yon have heard her testimony. Ton seized her, palled her over the fence end kissed her? Dobeon —No. That testimony is I false. We talked awhile, and she sort of leaned hover the fence—like as if she wanted m« to—snd just then Satan got the best of me and I kissed 'er right hon the month. I found out "What will the 'arrest be," and I think *he was a beasy prey. Here the gravity of the court, counsellors and spectators gave way, and seldom in a court of justice has there been snch scene of unoontrolla* ble hilariouness. Fudge Harding fairly roared himself boar* with laughter, and all business was sus pended for several minutes to allow those in the court room to recover their equanimity. Dobeon was acquitted, of the charge of assault, but must pay half 'he costs of the suit as his share of the " 'arvest." WOKAM'S FAITH A*D MAM'S THOUGHTTULKKSS —A middle sged woman was called at the postomce two or three limes daily for the pest week, to see il there was auv mail to her address. Her anxiety Anally be so great that she explained that she was expecting money from her hus band, who was oft on bis annual van cation. Yesterday morning she wss made glad by receiving a postal cant from him. She retired to one of the windows aad read aloud to her self: 'DKAK WlT*.— l'd send yon S2O, with this, but you see I'd have to pin it on, snd someone might take It off. pots oounterfeit in its place, and then when I got home you'd be in jsll.' Bbo read it over again, and there were tears in her eyesss she mused: 'He's the best man on earth. Few husbands would hsve been ss thought ful as that, 1 don't know good mon ey from bad, and but for us thoughts fulness I might pass this very night In jail. I see now what a narrow es cape I've bed, snd I'll take the chil dren and go and board with my broth erxin-law for the next two weeks.— Detroit Free Prat. One of the delegates to the recent Republican convention of ia offered the following resoluton, but it did not pass worth a osnt: Reso\ved. That this convention re gards with admiration the Presidents taitbfol attention to his Christian du ties, |and we cordially leoommend that to the morning aad evening ser» vices st the White House be added the little hymn,' When I Csn Qe«4 Mjr Title CJe*r»'
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