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THE A I.A MAN* K GLEANER. VOL. 4 fftE GLEANER , »4-r- . '/ " •• ■ -—•» PUBUSHKD WKBKLr BY K. S. PARKER Orahra, ff.'Di *»n. Vu,;, i» «rr f ■ i..j Jfcites «/ attlrtcnpfion. Pontayt Paid t H»*3 si -J*' K9/-? n»e Vear Bbt Month. W Three Months «8® Rrory person sending ns * club of ten *ul>- Mdbw with tbt each, entitle* lrimaelf to one roajr. fr?e. for tUeleneh of time for which the rVub 1B made np. Paper* Rent to different office# • r«-f • f* ' '" ' ' £,. jSfo beparture from the Ca»h fiyatcm Transient advertisements pavahle in advance: yearly wjivrrllieawnhi quarterly in advance, ftjfvr (J «*• * m. |3 n>- [ ® m - j 12 ra -Iqn are" "ifSOO #3Wjs4 00 * 6 00 ; tl0 00 % K't Ws 1.8 00 4 601 6 001 10 00! 15 00 Transient advertisement tl per square f »r'!ie first, and fifty cent* for each -subsc qieut Insertion. ,r.«" i* * . ... 1 I*- h I TUTU PAPER IS Of MI WITH GRAHAM HIGH . : • ' ' 1 *'-i SCHOOL GRAHAM, N. 0. REV. D A. LONG, A. M. KE> . W- W. STALKY, A. M. REV. W. 8. LO««. A. M- , 4 . , . Opens August a6th 1878, and closes the last in May, 18W • M Board #8 to f!0 and Tuition $3 to |4.50 mouth. Knitting; Cotton & Zephyr Wool, at SCOTT & DONNELLY. Wilmington Sun Under Ibe above name A Omllr Dc«Mr»li« lf*wap»per of twenty-eißht wide columns will be issued In ihs city sf WUmiiigUm, North Carolina, on or about Tkantar Hwala| October Itlh 1W». Tbe Sws will be published by the 8u» ASSOCIA TION, from tbe Printing House of Jack son A Bell. H wHI be printed in first-elsss ptvle. on good paper, with new type, and will , be the handsomest daily journal ever published )n this State., Tl» Sua will be erfttM bjr Mr. Cicero W. Harris. The City Editorship and the Business Management will be in competent banda, and a Correspondent and Represeuta tive will travel throughout the State. Probably no paper has ever started in the South with fairer prospects than those of the Sua. Certainly no North Carolina paper has entered the Mil under more auspicious cir cumstances. The Son has SUFFICIENT CAPITAL „a with the latest aud luost reliable information on all subjects of enrreat interest. Above all things it will be a NEWSPAPER. ■ Ard yst no Important feature of the Son s dally issues will be Intelligent criticisms of the World's doings. Nort» Carolina matters industrial, commercial, educatioutl, social and llterarary—will receive particular attention. ,The SON will be a NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPER. SUBSCRIPTION. Hie WXUUMTOK SUN will be furnished to subscribers at tbe foUowJbg, reponable and ninform rates: . For one week 15 Cent* I For three months 1175 % •• month «6 « " si* " 880 » ~ - I " twelve " 700 At these rates the Sua wUI be malted to any address In this country, or left by carrier in the city. ADVERTISING. One square, (ten lines) one time, #1 OOj two times, tl SO; one week, 98 ISO; one month. •# 00; three montis. t2O 00; si* months, *BS 00. Contracts for other apace and time mad* at proportionately low rates. CORRESPONDENCE. Interesting correspondence solicited. Address, THE BUN. Wilmington If. C. Yarbroiigh House RALEIGH, N.C. S. W, ■LACKNAIX, Prarritiar, Rates reduced to suit the times. iv ; - ; ml & 1..u - ■ • - • Poel»y. TUB WATRR GF.OROK 8. KNIGIIT. Listen to the wi:ter-iatH all the live long day, II ow the creaking of the wheel wears the honrs away; Languidly the water rlldes useless on and still. Never coming back again to the water mill, And a provirb haunts my mind as the spell, is cast, •>. . • • "The mill will never grind with the water that hat pane*." Take the lesson to yourself, loving heart and true. Golden year are passing by—youth is passing loo — Try to ma|te the most of life, lose no honest way; All that you can call vonr own, ll«s in this—to day Power, Intellect and strength, may not, cannot last, The mill will hevef grind with the water that has fsssed. Ob! the wasted bonr» of life that have flitted by; > Oh! the good we might have done, lost, without a sigh. Love that we uiigiit once have saved with but a single word, Thoughts conceived but never penned—perlsh *TsTKrt**ng unheard. Take the lesson to yonr heart, take, Oh! hold it last, Tho mill will never grind with the water that Has lassjd. —Journal of Commerce. A ROMANCE. . A StSTKtt OF MERCY WHO HAD BEgX A CON FKUKRATKGUKRKH.LV. - A remarkable romance has recently come lo light by the dimih o' a young woman bv yellow lever H» N«w Orleans. Annie McKeone was the wife of a noted Missouri guerrilla, herself lor a longtime a veritable rough rider or the border,and finally a Sister of Mercy, in which capac ity she inet her death during the scourge in the Crescent City. The storv of her singular career, us authenticated and told to the Herald correspondent, is as fol io WR: During llto month of September, iii the year 1862. there rode up to the farm house of Andrew Harris, near Indepeir 'deuce, Mo., a baud of seventy men armed to the teeth with shot guns and revolvers. They all sat well oil their horses, were strong and had an unconcerned air of determined bravery. A few were but boys, while others had beaids and long hair. They were dressed in diverse style; some in rod, blue or checked flan, nel shirts; others wore coats. All had boots coming over the pantaloons above the knee, and most with big spurs at the beds. Their horses were magnificent and well decked off with flue saddles and showy bridles. Ai ibe fccad ot the com puny rode a small man, with a pale fuce, light, short hair, bine eyes and slight mustache. It wasQuantreil and his men. Who needs be told what they were? Not such robbers not* frightful looking peo ple as some would imagine, but bad enongh indeed. They opened the gate of the barnyard, went in and dismount-, ed, haying left a gnard on the bill half a mile back. They pulled down the hay, opeAed the corn crib and made themselves at borne without saying a word to Harris, tho good old farmer they bad come to dispoii. But he was not disturbed—ho was ready to give them all he Jntd, for he was one of that numerous class who liv ed in that section who were but too ready to succor any mission it was to fight the .Kansas JayfSawkers. The. guerrillas then tound Mr. Harris a friend, warm and ready to aid them, even at tbe risk bf his life. Qunntiell WHS invited to take dinner at the house with tlie family, and bis officers were invited to come witb bim. One who went was John Mcßeene, in I courage or stature the peer ot any man in the command, and one of tho guerilla chieftain's most trusty counsellors. He became famous for daring deeds as well as a handsome appearance. Ho had come from Cass county, and, in the breaking out 01 tbe war, his father and two brothers had been killed by Jennison's men front Kansas. McKeene took an oath that no grass sboald grow under his feet in his parsaitof tbe murderers of his fatber and brothers, aiul ho kept his oath with u (rightful vengeance, lie, like most of bis companions in arms, became a des perado with revenge as tbe impending motive. He bad killed men, both old and yonng. Ho had learned to shoot tbem down with as much deliberatoncss as if he were engaged in a simple practice of He stepped like au ath«. lete, aud bad a rude manner that was gracelul in its way. He wore a wide brimmed, light colored bat, on which was pinned a black feather; a wide bell of red taorrocco, with gold embroidery aud tbe cavalry boots of a federal colonel. To bis belt there waa swung a pair of iyory GRAHAM, N. C-, handled navy revolvers. These were all the arms that lie used and ail that lie car. rled. With Ihesc lie was master, ready always, quick as a panther anil deadly in his aim. There wastlien, instead or fear, enthu siasm at the house of Andrew Harris on tho Si'ptember day that* Qnanirell came fo forago on him. Nevef wero corn, hay and oats; as wqll as food for the men, given away with a butler good will. But Andrew Harris was not alone in his hos pitality. llis witc had a sou with Trice and another buried on the Held of WW son's Creek.—Sho was doing a labor of love. And there was ainther, the only child left at home, a girl seventeoti years old. who, like many ot her sex in lhat time and country, had wished a hundred limes lhat she might go into the war. blacker than an Indian maiden's and ns piercing, and her hair was as long and as straight—a tv|»e of woman well known fo those who lived in western Missouri iu those troublesome days. She Imd made flags, large and small, which she gave to those of her neighborhood who went ont to fight. Sho had made herself a drees of red and while. Any sort of a rebel sol dier lo her was a demi god. The wild iusaiijty of Ilia limes found in kr i splendid representative. Her name, young as she was, was familiar through a half a hundred counties. She WHS I'IIOWN at every federal post in lite State, and the authorities had often threatened to banish or imprision hci. As a woman she was as notorious as John MuKoeno was a* a man.--They had heard of oneh oilier mnny a time and had tOnged to see each other. He had'said she wus the bravest woman in Missouri; she said he was the bravest man of all the rough riders of the border.—Consequently when they met at her father's table it was a cordial meet* nig, and each was more than pleaded. As the sail went down Qnautrcll and his men rode nwav. and as they passed along in front of (lie house Annie stood at the gate and rece'vod a salute from each one. Then it was that she wished more fervently tlian ever that sbo was a man, that she migh go along. On the following morning, before the son had com« tip, (lie advance guard of Ihe pursuing federals came tip to the honxe of Andrew Harris in hot pursuit. They had been told by a dozen friendly ciiizens of the hospitality extended to Qnantreli and Ids men by the old iarincr and this was offence enough. They call* ed him out, and after a few unimportant questions, shot him down, then burned '.he home. In less than an hour they had made a scene oi black desolation,and the girl and the mother had sought refege with a kind hearted neighbor. It was the way of the times—a characteristic of guerrilla warfare, and something that needs no apology now siuce time has dried up tears, buried the dead and put out the fire*. The pursuit of Quantreil continued until he was overtaken. There was a close, sharp fight, which resulted in the defeat ot the guerrillas. John McKecnc returned to tho ruins of the Harris homestead and learned the whole sto-y. lie met Auniu Harris, and they pledged their vows of oterual vengeance. There was more than that. She said that she would go with bin aud deal the blowb oi death as ho did. On horseback Ihey went to an humble preacher's house, and, without alighting, had him to make them man and -rife. She threw away her woman's dress and donned a male attire. She put on a belt besides and two revolvers, aud her long hair she tucked up under her hat.—She looked as much liko a soldier as innuy a young boy that went out with Quantrell. The whole land was full of Federal soldiers, and John McKeene and his guerrilla wife had to sbare flie dangers and privations ol all'theit kind.) Their home was the saddle, their shelter the woods. They wore together *»w more than ono ambush attack, and t()jcAlier rtiey saw more than one hated enemy bite the du«t. When tbe wiuter came and the leaves left the tiros they rode away to the Bouth, and waited there until the leaves were again as big as the ears ot the squirrels, when they returned to their, constant battle ground. On a June morning, in 1868, as they, with halt a dozen others, were riding along over the prairie near where now stands the little town of Lee's Summit, tliey were met by a detachment of the Seventh Missouri State militia. There was a desperate encounter, in which Mr. McKeene was shot dead and Annie McKeeno was shot through the shoulder. The others of tbe guerillas escaped Wheu tho federals came up .to where MpKeene aud his wife were lying one of the soldiers' leveled his revolver at tbe • head of the woman in disguise but before tbe trigger was pulled she threw off her hat, snatched her long hair down and TUESDAY DECEMBER 24 1878 •Nt up before liini with ilie face of n woman. The revolver was put np mid tho mystery solvod. She told llicm all she lived for was gone but that sho was not ready to die herself . Sho begged them to give her companion the beat burial ihey could, and said sho wanted to go to Kitnh City. There wn a lotio of voice tind Ml vie of earnestness abeut what she said that touched the hearts ol the rough soldiers, and they buried John McKecne oat in tlie broad praiiie; but there was not a stone nor a piece of wnod within it half-di zen miles of the place, ami nothing was Ictl to li.ark the place ot tho grave. But it wus such a burial inauy a poor man did not have ill thoso days. Annie McKeono was takea lo Kansas City, where she recovered under the blessed carts of Mine eiders of Mercy. In devotion to hci mission there was not one who surpassed her in earnest ness. She was always ready to bear the ncuviest bnrdoii, and manifested ilio same fortitude in a good work that sho had iu a reckless guerrilla warfare as die wifo oi Jokn McKoene.—She bore ihe secret of her life well/ It was a memory that had grown sacred by Ihe expiration, and around it wnß the iucetise of a thousand pravcrs that had gone up out of a soul of tears. When ihe late epidoipic canio on she was pmong the foremost to go to tho bed —siJe of llio stricken and Ihe dviug. She watuhed by day and by niglti— as faithful a nurse as ever saw the spark ot life gO out ont.—Not only with her hands did she aid tho sulieriug, but in word as weii did she give to 'many a poor heart. Thus sho labored and thus she fulfilled tho sacred vow of her life till a Father of Mercy claimed Ihe Sister ot Mercy as.his own. Aiiuio MoKecne, of 1868, was the Sistar Celeste whose dCrtth was anouucQd as follows iii the New Orleaus papers: "SISTBII CKLKSTK——In this city, at the convent of the bisters of Mercy, Sister Celeste, on Wednesday, September 18,. 1878. - "Solemn high mass of requiem at the Church ot tho Immaculate Conception, uext Friday, at nine o'clock a. m.' THK iIIONII.HKNT TO U«R| W, A fIBAHAfI, The monnTnent of which wo spoke soo.e months ago was erCcted in the Presbyterian Cemetery of this place dur ing the last week under the superintend dence of Mr. John King of Huleigh as» sistcd hy Capt. IJo..ry Uichard* of tfills boro. t It is from the works ot the N. E. tit an ilo Co. Ilarttord. Ct., and is of Ithodo Is- Ssisd Granite of an agreeable biuisii white. It is in five pieces; the base, sub-base, die, cntablatute, and autinuniiting obe lisk, the wbolo resting on a brick founda tion, and from the ground to t:;e apex, twenty oua feet high. The whole is grace ful and striking, most perfect proportions being preserved, and the Hues of the com ponent parts blending iuto each other at graceful angles. On the east face of tbo sob-base, appears the inscription. GRAHAM. The die has the four faces highly poll ished; and on its East face is inscribed. Speaker of tbo iiouse of Commons, Senator of tho United Slates, Govern ot North Carolina, Secrstary of tbe (Jniied States Navy, Senator 01 the Confederate States, Arbitrator of tbe Maryland aud Virginia line, On Iho North face is inscribed, Fortunate in bis descent and In ibe gifts of naturo, ho thoroughly fitted himself for the duties of his profession and of public life. Possessing faculties of rare proportion and harmony, ho adorned his career by a quiet and dauntless courage, opened and fixed principles of conduct, and unfailing courtesy and a stainless namo. "The memory of the just is blessed." Ou the West side. WILLIAM ALEXANDER GRAHAM Boru September 6, 1804 Died August 11, 1875. The South lace has no iuscrlptiou. —Hillsboro Recorder. A henpecked husband said in extena atiou of his wife's raids upon hia scalp.* "You see, she taken her own hair off so easily, *he doesn't know how ii hurts to have mine pulled out."— Kingston Free man. A favorite actress appeared in. an en tirely new role a few evenings ago. She rolled off the stage and created a sensa tion in the orchestra. She refused to rwK|M>nd to loud calls for an encore.— Norritlown Herald. Th«y Approach Krjr vTeat Deatrwyiaa fi.k sfsll Ki«4a. (From the Key West Key,) Our smack fishermen are nearly dis couraged villi their 111-luck. For over I wo months they have been uiiuble lo got live fish lo Ilavnua; they all die on reach ing the pnfrid waieis of Ihe liny, wide!, has now extouded over one hundred and fitly miles into ihe Utilf of Mexico. The smack George Storr*, Cant. Z-sb Allen attempted to run totlie westward HI hopes of escaping waters, Mid when fifty miles west of Tortugas, in twenty five fatliomsof water, lost his whole ftfir of fish in a very short lime. He describes the poinoned water to ihe south and west of him, as far as ho could see. The larg est fish, such as slunk, Jew-firth ami turtle wore floating around his vessel, ilc pointed his vessel eastward, and entered our port on Tuesday last, almost disgust» ed. On Saturday last the water had appear* ed near the northwest lighthouse, with lU thousands of dead ii«h floating like tufls ot cotton over the sea On tho Monday and Tuesday the water was dotted with dead Portuguese men-of-war, but until Weduosday «Hd the dead fldi appear in sight. The sttntas of dark reddixh water passed through our island ohaunells, car rying on iip surtuce fish of all kinds— many of them of th : largest specimens of sharks, few fish, bai-racoula, grouper, gruels, irrtcrsporaed with a few kinds of the fresh water varieties, such as the mud eel.', biill-head catfish, brcem, perch, &o. The fresh water fish, eets, kc., are found in great abundance in lake Oheechoboc, Kissinimee river and Fish Ealing Creak. As those dead fish approach onr wharves the stench became almost intol erable, and many plans were attempted and suggested to keep them in ildo water. Had this occurred in the heat of summer a plague must have followed. It'is even yet feared J The fish are dying i;i onr harbor, and no one knows where this great evil' will stop. Our people are large fish eaters, ami if deprived ot this cheap class of food there must necessarily be much suflnriuqj VBHXM Ay D TUB HATTI.B Of OVIIiFOBP (Olh l noI'BK. From the Salisbury Watchman. At the time of the battle of Guilford C. H. March 1781, the Friends were there holding their yearly meeting. Our army was in great distress for clothing, no shoes to the feet, which were so soie that it was with difficulty thwy could march leaving their track of blood on the ground, anJ expecting to see the enemy and have a battle. In this oon-iition they appealed to Gen. Greene for permission to eater the Friends meeting and furnish themselves with shoe*, as thltr necessities were so great, and this was their only chance. The General relied, "I know yout wants my bHkre fellows; without the power to relieve them, say no »!««> is me," and he turned around from them. They weut into the house, and Capt. Lee addressed the friends most feelings ly, showing the num's lacerated feet, declaring that nothing but the ° most imperions necessity could influence htm to take his intended course. Many of them gave most willingly their ah»es, while others were forced. Major Jazuett was on the women's side to assure them that they should not be molested. One old lady with large feet and coarse shoes insisted on his taking hers, and she gave them to one of the men herself, while others offered theirs. They took their horses too. This little affair was of groat importance to the army, though General Groeoe never wished to hear of it, as he had great respect for tbe Friends being educated by his parents in their principles. E. F. R. 'What,' asks a correspondent, 'causes the hair to tali out?' Before we answer we must know whether you are married or single. This is important to a true understanding ot the case. Au honest county parson, who in the time of great drought was desired to pray tor rain answered: 'l'll willingly do tt to obligo you. but it is to uo purposo while the wind is in this quarter. The Now York Sxpresa is determined to tell the truth though the heavens fall. It sayn 'lt isn't overwork that's ruining the yoong men of this gieat city by st.iy means. No its waiting on the street corners tor somebody to invite them iuto i the nearest saloon.' ■ . k . Milton wasasked if he intended to in struct hia daughter in the different lan* guages to which he replied: "No, sir, one tongue u sufficient fur a woman." ■ The essence of all meanness is selfish ness, and when selfishness becomes a habit it crops out the most petty things aud makes an iuvklual most unenvia ble. A man was boasting that he Itad am elavator in the house. "§o he has," chimed in his wife, "and he Keeps it in the cupboard in a bottle."— Albany Ar gus. ~ NO, 42 • AHTH.HBT. I A Lively Sketch by John I'hoenix. Out in * certain Western fort, MM timn, the uiHjjr conceived the »le* tliit artillery might b« used »ffectir»*lv in fighting will? the lodiaus, l>y dibpeiising with gmt carriages and fastening the euu 11011 upon hack* of ntnlw. fc'o lie explain ed hi* view* to the oouiniaodubt, anil it WM determined to try the exi»eriiuoiit. A howitzer wen detected and Kth»j»ped upon all ambulance iuul«*, with the inuz zle pointed ti» a d tbe tail. When they had secured the f««, and loaded it "wiiir ball-cartridge, tl»ey Jed that caini ftlid steadfast mule out on the bluff and set up a target in the middle of the river to practice HI, —Tlie reair of the nnrle was turned toward the target, irnd wwi back- gently up to the edge vt Jthi -blidf. The otiiuera stood around in a aemi circle, while the Major went 141 aud inserted m time-fuse in the tonoh-hole of the how itzer. When the fuse was ready, the major lit it and retired, iu a moment or two the hitherto unruffled mule board thj fizzing back there on his neck, and it maile him very uaeaay. lie reached his lieod around xd nwrtafu what was goiitf 011, and, a» be did so, Ills body turned and the howitzer b-gau toswecp around thehonzon. The mule at last became excited, and hi* cariosity grew mote aud more iuteuse. and in a secoud or two be was standing with hi* (pur legs in a bunch, making six revolutions ft minute, and the howitzer, understand, threiemiig sudden deai.i to every man within hall'a mile. The com mandant was observed toellmb sn.idemy up a tree, 'lite lieutenants were seen sliding over tbe bluff into the river as if they d>«'n'l care at all about the high price ot uniforms; fiie adjutant matte guod time to the fort; the seargeaiit Ocgan to throw up breastwora* with his b.tyoiiel, aud the m»j>r rolled over the ground ami groaned. In taro or tbreo minutes there wm a puff of spipkc, a dull thud aud the mnle—ob! where was he? A solitary jackass might Imvo been seen mining successive ouok sumersuults over the bluff, only to rest at anchor, finally with Ids howitzer at the bottom ot tbe river, while the bull went oft'towards the fort, bit the ciii.iuey in the major's quarters, rattled the adobe bricks down into convulsion*. Tliey do not a .'lode to it now, aud no report of the results ol tho experiment WAS ever sent to the War Department. nana»o* aAiaausia Among tbe Hindoo* early marriages are the rule. By »be lime a boy of good tamily has reached tbe age of lourteeu or fil'teeu, u wife has been selected lor him, Usually ft girt ft year or ttfo younger than himself. Very po-sihly ha baa never • sen Iter until the marriage ceremony is about to be pertoriued. At the wedding both fami ies lay themselves out to make the most possible display. Uclutives. friends aud guests are gathered in tbo house of tbe brides lather. Clad in her richest attire, the girl ui a slight platform oovenut with a rich tissue, tbe boy sitting cro*«- lodged opposi;e Iter. The bride's father raises her band over a vase, filled with the lu»ly water of the Ua&ges, aud plane* her baud ill that of the bride-groom, who puts the rillg 011 her finger amid the prayers of the Brahmins,. This is the essoin ia I part of tho cereino:iy. The ge neology ot tlie husband is then tor mally read, aud the stipulated dowry is paid over to liitn. After this the fe»% 1 ivitios begin, and are kept up for several days. Try to avoid speakjag ill of any one, even whenyou know that they have done what they ought- not. It ia some times hard to keep fcilent, but speaking evil is an tininistakablc habit. Have you not done things that you would not like talked about? .. •"*" •• - The lowest traits of ladyhood are con ventional, but any girl, however poor, may have a sweetness of manner with a dignity of deportment anil purity of heart, that will repel ru Jeuesu and chann all who chanee her compauy. * i In China they bebeaa a who loses a patient. If this custom could lie introduced in the United States a large number of lazy youhg men who are now hanging aronnd medical colleges would immediately turn their attention to agri culture or some othar useful and harmless pursuit. Canon Farr*r, in answering the Ques tion, "What is Heaven?" says: "To be honest, trwvnoble, sincere, pure, holy, to the heart's inmost core— is not that Heaven Ma not Heaven a state rather than * habitation? Is it not to »»o some thing rather than go somewhere?" Miss Celeste Winans, daughter of the late Thomas Winans, of Boltimore, is said ta be the richest heiress in America, very handsome, and only twenty. The fortune she inherited from her father ia ■aid to hi $20,000,000. „ 'Didn't I tell yon to call mo at six o'clock this morning why did you disobey me, Joseph ?' •If yon please, sir I was afraid yon wouldn't like it. You were asleep.' "Ah, womeii are fickle," you tell me, "Well—yeV-tf by fickle you A trifle less false thau yon inen are; And greatly, more true than they seem." There are said to be 100 regular pb>'Biciaus iu jfew \\»r» city.