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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 3 THE GLEANER PUBLISHKI> WEEKLY IJY K S. PAR KE R • rahll 111, !V. C, Kalt'i oj Subscription. Poslaye Paid : One Year . $1.50 fix Months .!.. .75 Three Mouth* 5q Every person senrtinsr lis a club of ten übserihers with the cash. entitles himself to fine copy free, for the length of tflhe for ■vhii-h tlie eluh is made up. Papers sent to lilferent officei \o Departure from the Cash System Hum ol ndverli»iax Transient advertisements payable in ad vance; yearly advertisemete quarterly in idvanee 1 m. |2 111. >3 in. | 6 m. ; 12 nr. 1 qu.ire I#3 00,'§3 oofs 4 (X> $6 00 tflO 00 2 i 3 00; 4 30| 6.00'..10 CO I 15 CO Transient advertisements St per pfptare for he first, and fifty cents for eaeh subse itient insertion. TBTO PAPER IS OX FOB WITH Wl«¥ iiverUiini Contracts can be ma&r JOHtf GH ATOSKx,A.I^ (vKEENSBOHO, N. C., Practical % K K " WATCH AI,D - JEVYELLEii DICALKIt IN FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, Sterling Silver, and Pialed T fare, FINE tPECrXXMSH, unci everything else in my line. CTJT Special attention given to the repaii mg nud timing of Viae Watches and Regulator*. 1 oiter you every possible guarantee that whatever you may* buy of me shall be gnu ine and ; ust as represented, anil you shall pay no wore for it than a fair advance on the wholesale cost, Good- ordered shali be fur ni!*lied as low as if purc..»ot?d in person at my counter. I have made iu the handsomest manner, llniir Chain*. Ilnir Jewelry. Oinmoi.d wild We«lilii»s KinfiM. all liiuil« T • fPiix- Jewelry. Cold »■•«! silver Wa««:h C»W!", etc,, ele. My machinery aud other appliances for making the .different parts of Watches, is perhaps the most extensive in the State, con i.enuently 1 can guarantee that any part of a watch or clock cau be replaced with the ut most facility. C3~ 1 guarantee that my work will com pare favorably iu efficiency and finish with uuv in the land. ■JOHN CHAMBEUI.ATN. Watch Maker and Jeweler, Greensboro, > , cvr* cvrv qfi )f> "YLY: °K( If Y\ °o' n ■ Mk&fcit The Dead I deal in American and Italian Marble Monuments i»nd Headstones I would inform tiie *puWic that I am pre pareil to do work a Cheap as my yard in the State, . w ASH GUArtANTEE PFBFECT SATISFACTION. Parties living at a dleta-.ce will «ave money te/Sj&f* o FBICE LI»T and UK AW INOB. To persons makmtr up a dab of atx or mure,' 1 offer the * Most liberal induce ments/ and on application will forwaid deauras Ac,, or viait them In peison. ' Any kiud of marketable produce taken in exchange for work. S. C. ROBERTSON,; GREENSBORO, N. C. UOWMAKIONGOI HIM RIFJLBM, Tlic close ot the year 1770 wns a , ( sad period for America. Tlie British ■ i held tho country from Charleston t;> ' 1 1 _ * j I ! Upper S.iiitee, and, in or.lcr to com- | | plete their conquest, had established • | a chain of posts through the State-,! each one of which was stronglv for- j titled and defended by a rood "gam- i « son. Organized resistance to the 1 British there was none. On the j ■ American side tlie pricipal actors : n the struggle were the men who com- ] posed the famous, 'Might brigade" of! Genoral Marion. The favorite rendezvous of Maritfn 1 was at Snow 1.-land. This was a high j piece of river swamp, as it was culled ' in Carolina, anil was surrounded on i 1 three sides by watsr, so as to be irl> j most impregnable. Here Marion hud j his camp From this fastness he is- i 1 sued forih ai pleasure to range the 1 enemies yranaries, o'r capture astray-! I glu.g party ot Ins troops. Secure in ' j .us retreat, he had no (ear of pur.-nit. I | In the Charleston the despot- • j i-in of the BritMi wu» at its height; I | tlie proud spirited people at that caps 1 i tul wore held down by a grinding !i-iiiiiny. Munyofibeni were still' open..inl uncompromising in their 1 hostility to the English, while others, thinking they could best serve the cause in that way, nff ced a hearty j submission to the enemy, ami were seemingly the most hearty of King George** subjects. Yet, while the Knglish saw ibis and congratulated tiicm-elves on thegood effect it would j have upon the colonists, these very 'loialisis' kept the American com* mauders crnslan'ly inhumed of a!J that passed withi.i tin* British lines, and many it disaster of (lie English was in tnis way directly at rihuteit io them. One of these persons was a lady of tine social position and great wealth. Indeed, there were tew persons in Charleston over whose submission to the crown the British were more elat ed than they were over that ot Mrs. Anne Garden. She was a young and beautiful widow, just twenty-five, and tor several \ ears had been the standing toast of the (Jarolinas. When j (lie British to k the city, she wiia one 1 of the first 10 submit U> th.» King,and 1 si co then her home had been the fav ! orite gathering place of [lie red coat • gentry. 1 Many of Mrs. Garden's frie ds were stout patriots li> the . hist, and 1 quietly cut her acquaintance, shook their heads in silen; indignation when het name was mentioned, and when ■ they dared speak at all it was only to • condemn the widow's treachery. In l the camp ot Marion, howeve:, there was one cheek that kindled with pride and not with shame wneti the lady's 1 name'was mentioned, and as tor feicn ! era) Marion himself, he could have 1 told tales that would have stauied the widow's Charleston friends, ban 1 it been sate to do so. 4—u I,ii.. .Marion iva» creating so great : an excitement beyond the »ates of Charleston, Mrs. Garden resolved to give a ball, l'reparatioiis were made on an extensive scale, and the loyal ; eh men! of tlie city was in high feuih- I er. The splendid mansion of the I young widow was dressed wilh flow-' j crs li-ini cellar to garret. a:id blazed with lights on the evening appointed for tlie assembly, and the band ot the ; garrison discoursed sweet inusie to tlie assembled crowd. The ente* faiiiiiieiil was ttt its height ! u hen the crowd near the dooi sud denly parted and a joung man came forward hurriedly!. He was tail and j splendidly formed, mid carried liitn- j j self erect with a proud martial ail. He was droved hi the uniform ot an . office r 1 f the tory legion, and his gen eral appearance was that ot a man ■ who had ridden fai and hard during tlie day. As the young widow saw. him, her face flushed *' d grew dead ly pale, and she sprang forward with a cry ot alarm. I • What are you doing here?'she asks 1 ed hurriedly. j 'Y*»u will see,' ne replied, quickly, in a low tone,'only for /leaven's sake, swear bla:k and bine 10 wiiat I may say.' Then lie calmly added, in a louder toilfe. *Yon see, my dear cousin, I have ?omc back to my alle giance.' ' : «i ain delighted to hear it,' she re plied, warmly, t king the hint at : once *•! never thought your heart • would cling to the rebel cause.' •Faitli,' he said laughing, 'if my heart clung to it, my stomach would have driven uw from it. Pin not tond of starving, rov lair cousin, and King GRAHAM, N. C-, George lives wel! you know. Here after, Thomas Wilson lives and dies | a loyal man.'. Colonel \Vaisoll had been standing j by during this conversation, watching the couple closely. Now lie stepped J forward to the lady's side. 'Who is this gentleman?'he asked, ■ somewhat sharply. 'He seems won i derfully familiar.' 'Oh,' replied the lady, laughing, I •lie is my cousin, Lieut. Thomas Wil- j son, and. as you will perceive, is in his majesty's service.' 'You seem rather careless ot your dress, considering the occasion, sir," J said the colonel tartly. lib was annoyed at the great in terest which (he lady had 6^owu in the new -oincr. 'Mi business must lie inv excuse, j colonel,'said the young man, respect, fully. •! am the bearer ot ;t letter from Major Rainey, and my orders are lo loose no time in delivering it. I h ve ridden hard all day, sir. and upon reaching your headquarters I'M' ned of your preshnce here. This ladv being my cousin, I felt no liesi* j tali.>ll in coming here a( once, trusts j ing for pardon lo the urgency of my ; mission. i As he spoke lie handed the colonel a i a scale I letter. Watson took it I hastily and broke the sell. As he i icad it a smile of satisfaction ever spread h : s features. ' ibis is good,' lie said gleefully. 'Rainey is picking up recruits by the.llllll lii.'ds., W.mts four hit ml red i rifles, filly sabres.and some ammuni tion at once Will 1 scud tlieu.? To be sure I will. Have you wag'-ns lieutenant?' 'No. sir,'replied tho young man. 'Major Rainey was afraid to send them down. There's no knowing when oi where one may meet that cursed Swamp Fox and his sneaking cut-throats.' " •Very utell,' said the £olonel. 'l'll furnish you wilh four wagons and llity mounted men. You will start at sunrise iu the morning, lieutenant. Call at my headquarters at midnight and you will have the necessary or dets. Now sii you had better take res', as you wili need it.' 'First,-let me offer him some refreshments,' said the wido«v quickly. 'He is tired and hungry. 1 know. a{id no guest must leave my house iu that state.' "Mtclurii quickly, then,* sdil the colonel, 'i shall be miserable while you are gone.' The young iiuiii offered his aim 10 the lady and they left the ball room; •but instead of going to lhe dining* room she led liiui straight to her chamber ami then locking the door saio anxiously: 'For Heaven's sake. Charles, what is tlic meaning of this?' The young man did not answer verbally, but catching her to his breast, kissed her passionately, and, to be frank the widow did not resist l>i 111. . •It means.' ho said at last, 111 reply 10 ner repeated questions, 'that urc, want arms, and I have come lor t hem.' What else they said matters not now ; but before they sepeiated Mn Garden seemed very well satisfied with the young ma .'» explanations, they then repaired t-> the supper ro'-ms where the lieutenant found ample refreshments, and the lady returned 1 to the ball room, where Col. Watson was impatiently awaiting her. At midnight the lieutenant callei I at headquarters, ami faithful to his > promise, Col. Watson was there. ; The nevcessary orders for the deliv ery of the arms ami ammunition and wagons to Lieut. Thomas Wilson, ot the'loyal legion,' were uuide out, and the colonel also placed in the young man's hands a sealed letter of ii si 1 net ions to Major Rainey. The re»t of the night was spent in procuring the desired articles, end at suuriAe the next morning Lieut, Wilson, with his wagons and their contents, escorted by a guard of fllty men, set ont for tne 'High Bills of Sainee,' where the tory mujor's liead | quarters were" located. The wagons and their escort made good time, and by HI use t were forty Jmiles from Charleston. The miii was scarcely half au hour high when Lieutenant i Wilson ordered a halt, for the purpose 01, camping for the night. The mounted men hitched their horses to the trees, and removing their saddles, prepar d to cook their even ing mral: the team* were unli'tched from the wagon, and the command busied themselves in preparation for TUESDAY • DECEMBER 4 1877 a comfort tide night. * Everbodv was busy, and no one not cod that while these arrange ments were in progress, Lieutenant Wilson had drawn off from the parti, and dissnppear d in the woods thai bordered the roa I. Suddenly there was cracking in the brush, which caused the British troops to spring to their teet in alarm. As they did so a voice which sounded not unlike Hint of the young lieutenant, shouted, loudh : •Surrender, or \ou arc all dead men!' General Mnriou secured his prison ers. together with tlio arms, ammuni tion. wagons and horses, and set out after a rest of a tew hours, lor 'Snow Island.' At the request of Ihe bo„ys Lieu'. Wilson, h sent one of tho red-coa.s to C'd. Watson iii|ormiur him of tin trick that had been played on liiui by the yoMiijf officer who, so tar 'roin being an officer in the tone legimi, was none other than the (anions Ch ii lus Hampton, a can'aiu in Ma rion's brigade who plauitcdT and carried out 'lie affair successfully thanking tho cohmel for the excellent weapons and other materials lie had sent hi 111. and promising lo do good service iv h them. The Urui'ih commander wss furious when ho read the notei and saw the hoax of which lie had been made the victim, lie went iu haste to Mrs. Garden, b't tlio tair widow had sailed to 1 England. He was coinpcll ed to swallow is mortification in silc.ice. and a few years later, when the war was over, his chagrin was was not a little increased by the tiding* which reached him, I lint Mrs Garden had married the vonnj; officer who luid tricked him out of his rifles. The man who has beeu to the Black Hills, sayi* the Bismark 7~ribun* t and returned, is a big gun at the village drugstore, and feels called upon to tell the truth wlieu narrating his ad ventures. Such a man, named Curt, was telling, the other night, how many Indians he had killed during his three months residence iu the Hills. Alter lie had talked half an hour, one of lhe listeners, who had kepi track of th« numbers killed, exhibited the figure.!. "I find," he exclaimed, "that yon killed 1,500 savages in three months?" "Is that all?" exclaimel th l * una bashed Black Hiller. "Why, I >•- lieve von luive leit out a week's work there somewhere." ' 4, l you had such good luck killing Indians, why didn't yon stay thare?" demanded another suspicious listen er. •'Weil, the truth is, gentlemen 1 was afraid of ruining my left eye. Tsquinted along my gnu«unriei —bo much that r.iy face was tieiug drawn out of shape, ind the aignt was so tar gone that I had to be lnd about by a .log." "And you killed Indians while in thai condition?' 1 "I did, though I've alway* feit a little mean about it. I couldn't see to shoot, and so I run down and kicked '«m to death- It wasn't man ly iu me, and I want to asK the for giveness >f you, gentlemen, here and now." There was a long speli of appalliug silence, anid then some one said that Epti. Francis had bought a new coon dog. It is remarked of tho Hebrew** of New York that while they form about ten per cent, of the population of thai city, they contribute less than OIH' per cent, lo the criminal classes. One -casoii f»r this is. that as a race they arc early educated to habits of industry and selt dependence, and are not lo vices that have a criminal tendency. Another is, that such of them as happen to be st.ick« en with po\crtv and t'esfitutioii, are carefully provided for. and not cast u[>on the world to begins beggars and outlaws and enemies 10 society. There is much in tlie Jewish ccoiio* my that Christians might profit bv. An .»rs»nr declaring t.tat i/cfii>:« knocked at every man's door once, au old lii-hmaii said, "When she knock at mine I most have been out." n«n. D01.1.Y .UADISOW, A I.ink. Btr Ciiuan IV*ikill|lM U fcrgrl lain Uigaiir. [.Sew York Tribtne.] A chnerfid view of Washington 1 1 j given in a story once told b_v Mr j lVladison to a little giri, who now r- • j peats it in ' Lippincott. "One d»y n S Philadelphia," said Mistress D i ! | Madison, •'! was «it>iiig in my pai ior 1 w.th h very dear frien'd, Mrs. R. I> j Lc, when iu walked Payne Tod. j (her sou) dressed iu my calico bed ijown, Vt'hile we were laughing at j j the figure he cut the servant threw j j open the door and announced Gen- ' j era I and Mrs. Washington. Wtyit to | jdo with that dreadful hoy I did not \ ! know, "tie Could not fitce the Presi- j j dent in that garb. Neithertonld h> | J leave tiie room without infecting them. ! I for tln» ijoor tlift* were enti ling «■»; { the ou'y one. I made him crawl quick- j i ly unit, r a low, broad settee 011 which ! I • • 1 1 I was niltiug. I had just time fo ars i range the drapery when the vVash- 1 t ingtons entered. After the courtly! j greeting and the usual conipliuientH I |of the season there Ciine from under j i the settee a heavy sigh, which evi- | '. dent ly attracted the General'a notic J. I However,l only talked and laughed a j little lender, hoping to divert hts at tention, when—oh, —there came , au outcry and a kick ih-.it could not be ignored. So I stooped down and , dragged I'ayne out by ttie leg. Grii -1 eral Washington's dignity left him > fjr once. Laugh! Why, he fairly 5 roared! He nearly went into cons volc.ions. The sight of that boy in ' that gown, all so unexpected, coming S ' wrong end first from under my seat i—it was too much." Whoever has habitually attended : circuses in this country remembers the »-onrad brothers, atffrobatic clowns, and their comical perform ance, in which one prebnded to be dead, while the other turn I led him about. They ri cen),ly yt,nt to tier many. The Lqndoti Era -.-ontains the following: "One evening the elder Conrad fell to the giound after a pretended blow,and «as turned and returned, as usual, llis aims and legs were jerked, he was struck and kicked ai.d dragged, but preserved a steady impassibility. Suddenly an expression of distress could be noticed through the grotesquely painted lin eairtents of hU brother, who hastily dropped on his kuees and placed his hand upon the heart of the inanimate clown, exclaiming, 'My poor brother is dead!' At this the audience only laughed. 'Gentlemen,' aaid the dis -1 tressed man, w'th team in his voice, 'I assure you that he is dead.' Then taking him tenderly i 1 his arms, he bore him fioin the arena. The crowd W ~~ —« T— appeared struck with the natufaT manner in which the bereft clown expressed grief, and npplau led hini vigorously as he departed. There were loud encores for both, but neiths cr presented himself. Death hail beeu more thoroughly simulated than | ev«i before." lit COULDN'T LKAVE TUK DOI.- Yesterday a puvertf stricken family consist'tig of * man, wile* and three •hildren, applied at the office of May or Moore tor passage to Jackson county, Indiann. They had tooled iti trom Sorth Carolina. All were itt taticra from head to fo>t. Clerk Beck proceeded with alacrity to fix them out with railroad passes. 'Thank you,' said the si ranger, 'God blest Von for your kindness; but iiow ahoul the dog? 'Oh. a dog!' exclaim ed Mr. Delteck, 'Have you a dug in tlis party?' And then l>e proceeded to explain that it would bo impossi* ble to grant a pass for Ilia drg, as the> would not admit him aboard the train, and advised that the dojf be lett behind.—Tlie sirauuer called from the midst • fthe family a gaant sore tooted hound. lie hesitated •while and lhen went over and hel a consultation with ht> wile He came l>aok to 'lie counter and re* marked. '1 guess I will walk.'—Ciu cinnaii Commercial. Will the capitalist* and mnnafact* ! tur«*r* li*t*n to the de'imnd t »t ' r -:r • .y IT ,;A ! • v.ri v.*.- ,4. ■ *-««' grid.- of C'.iris'tinaa presents, «4fapUu ,to liw w«niH ot youajf nieu ou mls j ties? —Int«r»Ooean. N0,39 % RTR tKVK Wl'tltf. [ "kiand (Md.) Correspondence of Wheel- ' iotT Register,] Thirlj three years ngo a family utiiictl B»*nt 11, consisting of father, nothcit, sou mid daughter, resided in •nu of ilw western Slates near a g null low i t ailed Blank. The failier was weal'by and lived iii st \ le, and di* daughter Mabel, a child between two and three years of i:e, was always elegant!) dressed, u.d George. I lie son, a boy of seven, preparing to enter an eastern school. One dtfy little Mabel disappeared and ner parents never saw oi heard of ucr again, although they spent thous ands of dollars searching for her. The heart broken mother died soon after the loss o: her darling., and alio father wandered over this country and Europe, and finally a ttfed in New York, where he died. George grew to innntiood, ami*the memory of hi* lot,; sUter was almost effaced Irotti his mind. Jti hi* twenty sev> emit year, while visiting a married Iriend, he tell in love with t!ie gover ness of his friend's children, a beau* tiful gial about twenty three, and af ter some months thev were married ! and lived happily for five or six years, , a boy and a girl being bum to them , during that time. By the death oi his nncle in San Francisco George was left a consid erable fortune, and the lawyer who convened the intelligence to him also stated that his sister's carter had bee II traced. A tramp on his death* I bed in a 61. Louis police station con fessed that ho and two comi anions had ttolen little Mabel Benton tor ; tier clothes and a locket which she wore, and that she had continued , with them fur several years, when I her bright; pretty face attracted tho ; attention of a kink hcarled lady in • Ohio, who adopted her and sent her ' to school, where she remained until he patroness died. Mabel then be came a teacher iu a larte school in Cincinnati, hut as her health began to fail Siie applieo for a jiosiii»Mi as gow ernes*, and was uow in the family of Mr. M., or at least that was the last place ho hail heard oi her being ilfe 'What was the name of the family ihs was withT asked George 'Mr, was the answer. 4 What name did my sister have? 'Mattel Ferris.' I 'Mv god!' cried George, in agony. •She "has been my wife fttr five years.' 1 Upon lurther investigation this I proved to be the truth, and the girl nearly went crazy, as she wa« a de vout Episcopalian. A seper»lioii etw 1 sited, all property being equally di* I vided. the children were placet! with friends, as neither parent could bear the sight of what wa» to tbcm tho tiuil of a crime against God and , man. The p«N»r xirl i- still living in a quiet citv in New England, while lite ! husband-brother, after spending all • his property save a few hundred dol» lars ill di*»lpatl'»M, «*httl himself ott trom all comnnniicati.ni with his friends, and is to uav a poor tanner in this county of Gariet. among stran gers, and where lew know Ins sadly j returnka le story. Washington letter: "lhc President >ti*cllue all invitations lu the theatru and places of amuse ment. Managers leal that tliey have lost good advertisements, since they aiii no longer not.fy tlw public that tho President and family will occn py a private bo* during the performance on certain eveiiings. Mr. and Mrs lUvcs are very devout Metliodist. The While Home a/id its imitates arc exceedingly popular. There is u refre*U*Hjc absence ol pre tension and loiuslky. The Presi dent and h** wife have corteoiw, cordial m tuners which apriug from kind net* of heart. Tney are quick mid nlaJt in cHiversation, so there are no awk**rd padses. Tlicy. uro not afraid to converse freely and do not appear to put any restraint opm tlieir utterances, as though tliey feared [ misrepresentation.* This, toi, is a contrast tf> the Usl riginie." The Wilmington lletieie says.* Sot far fio u tie c'.tv lives a mat*, oue tar advanced In age,and who is generally j held by Ihoae who know him tc» be [ one of those eccentric geniuses who go to make up the wonders of the world. Caictoliv placed under his bed is a light wood orpine orAin, which iie he lias had tor a number «»f years. :Iml which ho «ay* lie wan st«» b»» buried in wheu be has "shuffled ntt this mor alcoil " It is said when thf owner of the coffin w at all nick he dresses up In hi® "htlw end qnbv'y amßfk * *«:•»« %- • ■ Ufcvh ) • •«» «•! it ijr- t-r'.'jif t\yiv ;i yewr, t» -.»> »v*. *iVi» iim'K nurr »,„• [,,'k'st'i »;« K»n i>i nir wo »d oi his ccffl ii, and » as tooli«h over it. a* a man generally i" ore* his first bnbv. • ••*«*
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