THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
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VOL. 7.
Cftc sllamattfc ©leaner,
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iWO. W. GRAHAM, JA3. At ORAT^M.
HillSDDro, N. G; Graham, N. C.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
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Practice in the Btittc frtid Federal Courts,
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J. D. KEENODLE,
Attorney at Law,
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Practices in the State and Federal Cotirts
w ill faithfully and promptly attend to all busi
aess intrusted to him
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dolph, ana the Federal courts at Greensboro.
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Words of Strength.
There are three lessons I won'd write,
Three words as. with a burning pen,
In tracings of eternal light,
lipon the hearts of men.
Hare hope. Though cloudo environ now,
Aud gljiduess hides Uqr face in scoru,
Put thou the Hbuflow f rsra tiiy brow—
No night hath its mOrn.
faith. Wh4rt>'v thy bark is driven,
The 1 calm's disport, the tempest's mirth—
Know this—God rates the tests of heav«Ot
The inhabitants of earth.
Have love. Not love alone for one;
But man as man. thy brother call,
And scatter, line the circling sun,
Thy Charities on aU
Thus grave thesa lessons oq thy sont— ——*-•
Hope, Faith and ijova—and thou shait find
Strength when life's Surges rudest roll,
Light when thon else were +tHnd.
A STRANGE BTOBY.
The danger of cl"Cuhojitanli&l evidence,
or how a man may be Slonvicted
thereby ot the muuler of^a man who
•till lives:
lit, (lie winter of l|eO Cpqgwjsa for »ftp#
first tline extended (Ms raaVitw&e'atwlfad
mirality jurisdiction over tlrtt lakes in
the sattte A&ituerand t# the. pam9 ,exs
tent as on the high suas. Down to this
period of time jtfie several States of MfIRL
igan, Ohio, lua&nft and Illinois, lying
on the great lakes, bounded the several
border counties by low-watA mark, and
thus left that portion of land covered
with water on lakes Michigan, Huron,
Erie and St. Clair lying within the limits
of the several States, but outside of any
of thu counties, so that in case crimes
were committed on tWb waters of the
lakes they could not be punished because
not within (ho locu» in quo of any couns
ty. The act of Congress ol 1859 it was
er all crimes committed on the lakes, in
the same manner as upon the high seas.
The result proved that this supposition
was a mistaken one but such was the
popular opinion in the early spring of,
1861. ' . f; y '
It was a very bright, beautiful morn
ing about the last of May, 1851, the De
troit River harbor looked more lovely
than ever, and the steamer Southerner,
as the lay moored at the Central rail
thing unusual seemed to have occurred,
and a mystery ihuttg over this beautiful
cralt. Capt. Pierce, her dashing com
mander, moved about as elegant and
sailor-like as ever, but bis brow was ov«
ercast, his fbrm unusually upright aud
his step like that of a commodore on a
ship-of-war going into action. Those
diamond studs glittered on his fault
less bosom; his jaunty hat hung over his
tight ear, while his stunning neck-tie
and trim, white, roundabouts told of a
fresh water sailor ot the old salt type
in full dress, and on most important
duty. All the bailors wore called oue
by one to the captain's offioe theu locked
in, low muttering was heard, aud as
each returned tq duty looks dark and
bloody were exchanged. The hurrioane
deck was carefully examined and a large
spot of blood midships on the port side
examined by the microscope was studied
from ever/ possible staud-poiut. Fi
nally a tall stranger, a passenger from
Cleavelaud to Detroit, on the steamer
which had arriver just late for the Mich*
igan Central railway was spied ou the
dock pnd was carefully shadowed by
Capt,* Tierce and crew as he went into
the Cass hotel aud secured room No. 46
in the upper story; and then Capt.
Pierce, ordering the eutire crew to
qnarlora, angft nnn man tQ Watch the
stranger in 46, walked quietly, but very
to the United States District
Attorney's office,then in the basement of
the old Farmers & Mechanics' bank on
Jefleison Avenue, just aboye the Michit
gan Exchange. The flon. Samuel J.
Watson was then United States Commis
sioner, and occupied the frout room,
while the United States District Attor
ney had Ibe back office, and these two
gentlemen were then aud there partuers
in the law,
Ushered into the back room, the door
locked to keep away cowens and eaves
droppers, Capt, Pierce made the following
statement to tbe United States District
Attorney: 'That about 2 o'clock the
previous day at Cleveland, Ohio, a
• (ranger came on board the Southerner
and secured state-room A, having two
berths therein, for Detroit, saying that
his companion would come later in the
day and pay for bis berth in that room;
tbat this man who took the state-room
was apparently a Quaker—dressed in
drab clothes, with a drab bat aud a drab
satchel, wbicb be left in his berth. That
some three hours afterward another geni
GRA.HA.M, N, C.', MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1881.
tleman, clniming to be ids companion,,
came dressed in black, With a black hat
and a black satchel inqnired for berth
No. 2, ftate-rpom A, paid for that berth
and that about 0 o'clock that night the
Southerner left Cleveland eti route for
Detroit, that she encountered a very
heavy gale off the island; and that while
rolling and pitching lu the sea, with no
one on deck,«ave the man at tho wheel
and the lookouts clear forward, the two
paaaengors from state-room A .were seen
on deck, aeeming to be sea sick, ai;d that
while tite ef them, the ilrob man, waa
vomiting) thb tntin in blafck at rack him a
heavy blow and'thetl pushed him over
board; that as he sank iu the lake the
drab hat floated away, the mail at the
wheel and the lookout on deck heard a
cry for help and saw hitn sink; but the
sea was ao heavy, the atorm ao fierce
fhjit nothing conld then be done to aave
 bim; that a large spot. of blood 011 the
deck Wow waa given
and oemmenced whioh end
ed iu the lake.'' > . ' 1 >
The captain'a statement wai reduced
to writing by Commissioner Watson,
iwo'rn to by Capt v Pterce, and then the
District Atioruey repaired at Dnce to
the ateamer, atill lying at the Central
Railroad douk, and there took the depo
sition of all the crew, who aeverally
swore to their actual knowledge of these
facta.
Tho wheelsmen and lookouts each
swore that they-saw the drab man goov
ertho ship'* side, h£ard bis ories for help,
saw his hat floating ou the waves and
fdpnd iu the moruiug fresh blood on the
very spot where he stood ere he went
overboard, Infdditioii to thie, it
turned out that the murderer theA in 46
had with him the drab satchel, a new
ode brought on board by the man in drab,
-then supposed to be at the'bottom of
of Lake Erie.
Here was a clear ease ot ciremnatan*
' tiai evidence of martlet dta'tfte high seat,
of any county,- and tho' evidence
was apparently. The UnU
ted Sates District Attorney applied for
a United States warrant from Commit
aioner Watson for murder on the high
aeaa agaiuat John Doe, then iu No. 46,
Cans hotel—obtained it—aud, taking a
special deputy United Statea Marshal,
he wont in peraou about 9 o'clock r. x.,
to the Caia hotel to arrest the murderer.
By this time the various Whtsperinga aud
moveufftifU %UAct(jd public att«ntion
and quiie a crowd gathered in front
of the Cass hotel, understanding tbat
something important would occur,
Dlstrtef Attbrney
proceeded'##' li>bm 46, knocked very
peremptorily and'demanded admission,
which was at first refused, but the in
mate being assured that the door would
be brokeu in, finally partially opened it,
when the District Attorney entered and
at once perceived that the murderer. had
on as a disguiso a pair of blue spectacles
and a wig, and that he had the drab
Batchel,iu which he was evidently con
cealing something. Locking the do3r on
the insido, he at ouce read the United
States warrant for hia arrest. r Told de
fendant be was arrested for murder on
the high seas, and demanded the oppor- I
tuuity to search his peraon and baggage,
wbich he peremptorily refused to permits
But Anally it waa doue, and the satchel
contained a beautiful set of dentist's tools
a letter addteaaed to defendants wife, at
Cape Cod, and on hia peraon waa found
the sum ot SBB4 in gold coin, all auppoaed
to be the property of the murdered man.
During the examination and when finals
ly charged with the murder, tho priaon
er, who was a Cape Cod man, aaid
through hia noae iu a squeaking voice:
'Now, Squire, tbia ia a mistake—
(here is no man murdered, Squire. I
am the man The district attor
ney vigoroualy denounced bim aa ajnur
derer. He squeaked out;
'Squire, this ia alftawrong—l'm the 
man. I have a wife Squire, at Cape Cod,
and ahe givea me hell, and I waa going
to run away to Californy, and ao I took
both bertha on the Southerner, changed
my dress, went np on deck aud pretend
ed to kill myself,'
At laat the truth flashed upon the
public prosecutor, and be asked the
priaouer if there was any one living in
Michigan who could identify him as the
supposed murdered man, to which he
replied 'tbat he bad a brother living in
Pontiac, a mason by trade, and who bad
been there manv years and could v ouch
for hint as the identical murdered man.'
The United' Statea Marabal waa now
called up and ordered to take the pria
ouer to Col. Whiatler, commanding tbe
United Btateß infautry iu Detroit, to lock
him up in the guard-hohse, where no
man eould communicate witb him and
.keep him there uutil bia examination tbe
-next day. ~
Very early the next morning, and af-
ter the publication in the papers of a
very full account of the murder on the
steamer Southerner, the clearness of the
testimony to convict and very, strong
.commendations of the United Staffs Diss
irict Attorney for his zeal and skill for
working np the case % yJjK* prisoner's
brother, whe happetieta to be in town
from Pontiac and'had read the account,
called ihfpdistrict attorney out of his bed
arid fold bira'that tho 1 murdered man
was his brother, from Cape God, aud he
wanted to be present alO o'clock A. M.,
and atteaulthe examination of the mur-
he was directed to be at the
United States* district attorney's office
whirehe could see the" murderer of bis
brother. At ten o'clock promptly, the
United States Marshal, accompanied by
a file of soldiers, inarched the supposod
murderer down Jefferson aveuue, ac
companied by a mob of curious boys and
men to the office. There sat Commiaaion
er Saranel L. Watson, very dignified,
cold and stern to hear the testimony and
dispose ot the first case under the aot of
Congress extending maratiine admiralty
jurisdiction over the lakes.
The supposed murderer trembling
witb fright, was ushered into the back
room of the dirtrict attorney's offices,
and there putting on the blue spectacle*
and the wis he was again disguised, as
he supposed. The brother from Pontiac
was soon admitted to see as he supposed,
the murderer of his brother, and ioatants
iy recognized bim as the murdered man,
and leaping into his arms he exclaim
ed:
' Why this hmy brother he ain't mur
dered at all.'
: the parties went before
Commissioner Watson Iu the front room,
and then the district attorney stated to
the court.
•That t|>? circustantjal evidence made
a clear oase of murder against the defend
dant on Which he could be bung, but
there seemed something strange about
the case, and that as tho body of the
murdered man had uot been found &»d
the defendant claimed to be that idon 1 '
ticaf 'murdered man himself, he might!
discharge the defendant if he chose so
to do, ou sntjb terms as ho thought
best.' 1 **J HI (>»> - .. '
Judge Watson, with great dignity
and severity, said to the defendant in the
presence Qf the crowd, 'The circum
stantial -Evidence is clear enough to*
convict you of murder. It appears that
you aud another man took two berths on
the aleamei Southerner; that you were
1 dressed in blaok*»black hat—and bad
a black satchel, that be was dressed in
drab—drab hat—and bad a drab satch
el; .went on board, you attempted
to escape witb the drab satchel. You
say that you were about to run away
to California from your wile, at Gapo
Cod, and that you assumed both chats
act era to deceive her and make her be
lieve that yen were dead and that she
was a widow and here, sir, is your let
ter in a feigned hand to your wife, tell
ing her of your pretended death, aud
that God would be a husband to her
aud k father to her children. This,
sir, is worse than murder; but under
ail the circumstances the court will
discharge you, on the aole condition
that you will go instantly back to your
wife at Cape Cod, and tell her of this
vile trick you have resorted to to cheat
and desert her. 1 shall write your diss
charge on the sole couditioti that you
consent in writing so return
Thereupon be wrote on the warrant
the condition and hia acceptance of it,
and then handed the peu to the priaon*
er to sign his name.
The priaoner had on hia blue speo
taclea and wig all awry, and looked* the
very picture of despair. Taking the pen
in Ilia trembling baud he looked at Com
miaaioner Watson, then at bis brother,
then - imploringly at the United States
District Attorney, and said ip trem
bling accents:
'Squire Bales I Must I sign that and
go back to her?'
Being aaaumed that there waa no other
alternative, be took the pen, wrote hia
name, and aa be did ao said iu the
agony ot deapair:
'Squire I'll do it, but won't ahe give
me b—II when I come back there to her.'
He went back and humbugged her
with a story that it was a trick of the
United States district attorney and the
Detroit Free Press, and she believed
him.
If you grasp a rattlesnake firmly
about the neok, be can not hurt yo«,
•ays a Western paper. To be perfectly
safir, it would be well to let the hired
man do the grasping.
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I3eing sued for breach of promise bv
one girl just as be was about to marry
another,t* St. Louis young man commit
ted surcide.
The Forty klie Desert.
Twenty long years ago the great,
American Desert was the terror of the
ovarladd Emigrant. It was impossible to
go aroti6d it*for it iextended from the
Colorado to the Cascade*. All the routes
that led to the l»ud of promise crossed
it and it was soon covered witb the
Lleachiqg hones of itock and dutted
with linronn graces. It i* About forty
miles from the lower end of the Hum
boldt Sink to. the Tru.ctae riser of
VVadsworih, and tie name "Fprtv Mile
| Desert" given to thb stretch has become
I Known the world over. There is no
I water fit to drink on the whole diatanoe.
' Tho road lies through'* sandy sage brush
plain, extending severe! miles west of 1
| the lake, where it strikes an alkali
desert, in the Center of which the rail
road has a station thst it appropriately
calls "White" Plains. This is the low
est point east of the mountain. Eight
utiles further is Mirage Station, which
might serve as a ' memorial to the
unfortunates who have been betrayed
from their proper oonrM by the picture
of ruuning water, waving trees and fields
that existed otdy in the deceptive air.
Near the middle .of the journey is a boil
ing hot spring at the foot of the moun
tain and large beds of s&lt He near, from
which B. F. Leete and the Bonanza
mines put up anil ship large quantities
to market. The deposit has killed all
vegetation for a long distance around,
leaving the flat,old lake-bed as bare aa
a floor. 1 Between there and Wadaworth
,are some very odd formations. The
body of the oountry seertis to be a light
yellow iubplante, \ probably diatomous,
oyer Which lie high ridges of brown
lulls'. s fife level' place* ire strown with
heavy rocks of alhsiaes, as black as eoal.
There If no timber any where in sight
and even fhe sagebrush is of inferior
sixe. On either side are the ever mo*
notonous brown monutaina, carved and
firooved by centipiea of wear and frosl
111.0 frihgea'af stony lace. The railroad
has made trcqnent attempts (0 gM, water
for its engines but without success. They
bored 1,000 feet at Hot Springs, but got
only a brackish mixture of liquid alkali.
Tboy haul water in tank oars for their
a§ctfoj) men between Lovelock's and
Wadiworlhana (he engines make the
ran with oue tankfal, a distance of eixty
.one miles, They formerly carried an
extra car behind the engine with two
woodeti tanks to dra-v from, but new
engine* have been built with tanks that
bold 3,700 gajlaua. 'ftpy frequently ruu
ioyenty«-five miles without stopping and
Niok Oolc made a hundred-mile run
ouce. It is a **ry pleaannt comparison
for the rich '49er who rides iu the
palace-car over thfe ground where he
walked along vore and lived feet,
urging bis oxen oat of tho thirsty des
ert, half a lifetime ago.
*_' _ ' ' + *mi !
New Story About General Grant.
It .has jnat leaked out that wbjle Gener ■
al Grant was traveling in Asia he ex>
pressed a desire to get a shot at a lioe . Not
wishing to expose him to danger the
natives secured a stuffed lion, set it up in
a jungle and then took tho illustrious
traveler ont for a hunt. When the beast
was sighted the Geutral was all excite
ment, and crawling opto a favorite po
sition began to blase away at the ani
mal witb 110 perceptible effect. Alter
firing about twenty times ho began to
. get mad, and, taking off kia coat, he sets
•tied down for a regular eiege. Fearing
his wrath when he discovfretl the sell,
the attendants endeavored to Induce
him to give up tho attempt to kill tho
beast, telling him that it bore a charmed
life and that he could not possibly Injure
it. He told them to go to thnuder; that
lie was alter blood, and was going to
have it. After a vain fusilade of half an
honr he aroso to his feet, gnasbiiig his
teeth with rage, threw bis suspender! off
bis shoulders, rolled up his sleeves, and
grabbed his rifle by the barrel, so he
I could use it as a club. The attendants
again begged him to desist; but be po«.
litely though forcibly, informed them
that he would have that cuss or leave
hi! honored remains strewn promiacu*
ously all through that jnngle, and witb a
wild cry of 4 Pil fight it out on thie' lion
if it takes all summer 1* he rushed upon
the beast, and witb one well-directed
blow, laid it over on its side. Then
be chased the native attendants for
six miles, but being better acquainted
frith the country they got away from
1 him iu aaletr.
I * r
A Smart Young Woman
Baya the Yisalia (Cal.) Delta: At
young man in the neighborhood had
lately taken up one hundred and aixl'y
acres of land, bnilft a bouse upon it, a
barn, bored wells, dug ditches, sowed it
iu wheat, aud in all spent bandreds of
dollars upon it. It happened to be a dry
season, and the crop failed. He became
discouraged, and offered bis claim at a
sacrifice. A yonng lady gave bin one
hundVcd dollars lor his right, title and
interest in the land and everything on it.
She let it lie. She sold the insufficient
crop lor bog feed. The bogs rooted and
scattered it. The winter rains came, and
witb them came the volunteer orop,
which matured and has recently been
cut, yielding twelve bushels per acre on
one hundred and twenty acres. She
will clear at least $1,600 besides having
the laud aud the improvements.
It is supposed that pockets are ripe all
the jear round, as those who follQ* the
business of picking them make no. dis
tinction in seasons.
NO. 33-
Vennori Predictions!
For this Month's Weather,prepared expressly for
-«T«»M»THiaaTIBW,
Sample copy mailed/or So Stamp.
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Chicago. July 25, 21—tf.
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IITAVE jost received a large casontment of
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