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"j i . i . - Mi- 1 ' - - I ; .: f . , - - i ' ' . - .-. '5 y :i . -. .-' . .. . . j 41KKU i: Wrc fell! pioneer ! In IIuwuk'hI New IJuiMiu.2;. Public Square.; t hi i ; t o n o is i a i it n r ic n rr i f ibl s4nlIiIniH.-nl is fmnirlKii wiili Uic vry lstt nmterittl for-th execution of nil kinds of pL-iiu fancy Job work. A nuirkitl feuturo in this rtamni iur ih.w LiUrty prcs. which works owvt I.OiXI imie4ons iht liour. Tin economy In fcilur rnAMcs us to da work ut Northern 'rikI Emrm prkt. ! UrkfH fr work. ncconijKinkx! by the cash, wil' tmxl with prompt aiuiuion. - . ; ; ' 1 ' s i . I : : i '-d "I : - , , " , ..... ,,: md-wiiiter deahi::o. I . IT lt S. CVK. ft lavtNMT t 4trmmrA that thr fiinrrr wrt riic''n-. Tfct Mr-Hi. and NltrrruW Uald-Bl luy riial. 'Om rmr tntlr IvNi-b v llf hirtl" ' While Htir- M-ria.il Iramin with lure ami UvliUI ; ; Twr jir y(UT m-atl ami tln-nm-t rifiu. ricr, ( TW iUu I'lii kill l the ck-tr iiijin Mriaia j i AH !" kjrjj t ami j-t-t IwvlKrr rtrr I ! Tfca tH it.l wvvrii aucki. vf jonCii" tsarly dream, j 1 1 .nr tkr Ar tt pi-rf aiii fr.m wfi rr wrrr wafU-d, Akiil.tN-l Un ii.-.--e !. bnvzt .a-l fcu'. Wkllr ait. wila It l-aati- I" aatarv rnu-rfltl. la mTl iltDjr m.r U cvatlM flfl "'U. 1U ac brkt rau. iU caliu. solikti U amin- MnaMatcd ta Uw lv Ike kilU attd the plain, Ila krlllUal nvaaM-t Vr rrwythlcn KrcamJa, TaoVrk Mtrr' kratl I C1 Till: ArOL. VI. 4 ASIIEVILLE, X. C.3 '1 HUBS D A Y, SEPTE MBER 21,18 71 ! h-fl-tlie next st:ttini iho conductor .i'iHuh tn us, wc rc.-illy filt a.- if w vvif'alre:i1y nc-U.iiiifc-l with him, anil un-re Hjosc-l t m u.4 friiiiiliy with him, as with hi inothcH, lie Ktopfl t o.xirhaiMje a few wonls with lier, ami a? she was talking with nt we? very' naturallv all fell into iiuversaiioii -together. lie imiel to In an intelligent inan w ho , uuuhl, UieiXToie haI snn a creat IcuI of life, particularly on t the matter, railron. so his eonversation, to uio at least, was vey interest iihj, lirectl-, that I eouhl have spoken to him hal I, chosen. I recognized him at once it was the one-eyed conductor ; and, seeing that I was worse scared than ever, leing now quite confirmed in iuy belief that an accident wa impending; for I knew that he must occupy some resjHnKibIe position upon the road, anJ have made no mistake in Xo one else, however; either inside or out hide of the car, seemed to partake of mv Anions oilier ' interest in; thimrs, lit? t-x-1 jdarm. - The cars were -raduaIlv slackcnin j laiiMil to us the signs and Mgn.ih used ly their speed, but tlut was because We were :i- i ...tr .1... t fit. ...... 4. . . . 1 1 .. . ko bit kcan wlik cintMloa iiriirrlM ina Ita laacraMWt ctn. CUif wl gralatalli aaaaaa nyrtrf MCtk . ' - akywring ! jtiarku aawHiVr ' Tkni my atMitf. a ikllT lad aad witk fal ilaatH-nt, WaM laadU. yd t-llr, Ike rtotj i1t, Wk.aiik ia-k huamlia Mart I awffke frmu my lanikmt. A4 HinUr wow rarrf a-o prti at mfrrl. THE ONE-EYED CONDUCTOR. J ; - i r A vitv str ange iiicMeiit h ipiH-netl to m? mm; j;ol many years ago o strange thnl I hnv iri.mr limes thought I should like to ril it down, lo see if mii1mmv euld give me a satisfactory epSaii.ntioii of. 3Iy hiis IjciihI, loM'trt-r, until lately, ha-s been averse ' t-i my doing so ; but last t'hristnias eve, when I hen were a iiuml-vr t us met together at; (trandf.it her Iu riiuer s, singing songs,-telling Btoric, and so on,l told my tory, and it created sueh a s.-nsjiioii s many jm-i'Jons were UNked, so uiaiiy tlu-.rie broacluHl, and trvervlsvly, in fact, seeimtl ti be so much in teretetl that Joseph, that i, my husband, came to the coik-Iumoii that it was a better story than, he had before thought it ; and a day or tw o afterward he said to me, if I still bad a mind to print that little adventure ; of mine, lie would not object to my doing sol i On account of the reason I gave alove, I Am glad to. do so. I hope this little article may attraci the notice of wjiiic one who can gio me a rational solution of an event that has crplved me for years.; Such an expl.i railroad ntlicials upon tjie road. One of these signals the only one 1 need mention here he said was as follows ' . r. j Wlwa a Krsou utanding; in tho road in front of, or by tbe ide of the ivirj, throw ltoth bands rapidly forwanl, as if motioning for U! cars to go backward' he rucmut to give Information thaCtlierv in "danger ahead." j "When you see that Vignal given, nia'am," naM our conductor, "if the cars don't obey it bv backing, do yoiY prepare yourself for a .Hying leap ; for the chanceH are you will bave to practice it neiore long. ; - ; I ; . lie spoke liglttly, but noticing thatjthe ideas suir-restcd were not verv pleasant ones io me, lie cnangeii tlic suigect, ,ailil 1 foon forgot the little feeling dt discolufort jhis words had occasioned. .J' I j The oM lady divl not travel tvith us far. She stop n-l at a way-.sUition some twenty-tive approaching a siaiion, aim irom no ouier cause that I could ascertain. 1 1 had not- in tended getting out of the cars until I reached the end of my journey, but I lmd been so startled by what I had secu, that I could not Kit quiet in my seat. Igtftvt with the rest of the passengers, but did not lollow.them to tle hotel ; 1 stood ti pot) the platformlgazing up and-down the track uneasily, but'could see nothing at all that could awaken apprehension. IThe one-eyed conductor was nowhere to "be seen, though I watched the road, in the direction where we had passed him, tor some time, expecting every moment to eue him come into sirht. ' A porter, trundling a wheelbarrow, passed me, and of hiiu 1 ventured timidly to' iu ouire: . .1 tl here-she lived with a married daughter who kept a boardiugdiouse. J tSho gave us one; of this daughter's cards, and Joseph promised that if ever we had occasiuii to visit Lancas ter, we would try to Hud her' out. ' i Willi mutual kind wishes and cheerful adieus, we parted. The old! lady was helped out of the train by her son, and we Saw her a. moment later upon the arm of another gtn- tleman, whom we supposed to be her son-in-law, walking briskly up -a little li ill that It'd from the station to the heart! of the village.! Our own journey came to a conclusion in due time, ami the Inst I saw! of the one-eyyd conductor, was when ho stood on the platform of the ears helping us out with our bairuaire. tion woiiJ.I lie a great relief to niv mind, and which he had carried for us-from where we I .i thfil-ii om-f I liifV Ihn inntfi.t it-itli flirt ," . V -oic..Mer, ..e.e, s..e u.ior.rieu j,, or with tllc track v irs,he had a daughter l.v.ng. Her own home l.Xotas I knows on," he answered, gruiHy, she had alnudv toM us Mas ni J.ancaster, .... i i . i id r .inn i i:ia.imi mi. M was still terribly unasy : Ij was certain last sawliei, thongh 1 wear no outer garb as a badge jf iHyervcmeiit." I lookiil a!ther iiile ; surprise liiingling with the sympathy I triel to express, j - f "I thoijghi I rdmeinbered youH telling me you had lutjouc son ?" A v ' ' j "That k asnll,",sh said sorrowfiijly. "God never give nio but Ope, and - huh. lie has takeii awnj'.'' ? ' . 1 I started at he now in .disguised astonish mentl ' . f, ..''I'liKi . , . j j . -' I '.' "Was tjot that gciitlemair surelyji madame, I was noi mistaken iti thjiftking the conduct or the utlomaii'who bitnght you into the cars wheU we met two yeara ago was your son?" , i. .v i - "You are riglit ; hd was tho on of whora I havo spoken." "f-f-j.'-rj; 1 Tlie one-eyed man I aspect; forgetting delicacy iii ast0iU6hient.' , -f) M ::-.,-, The old lady flushed a little.' "Sffe uYt2fij friend,! I , understawl whom tnee means ; my voor liobcrt had lost the sight of his left eye. j-U . : . A "I I saw that man flils morning !" I cried. "I jsaw liinj from tle car window, before we entered Lancaster Wliat strange mis uuderstaiuing is this?? : ' j : jj "Thee has! mistaken iome one else for him, that is all," j said my companion) gravely. 'Oly boy j thee could not have seen, for he died fifteen' 'months a'o the 15 lh of this month. lie died of cholera, after lonly two NO. 12. A' , A IJTKUAKY ASU l01.l )) lCAL JOUnNAVt N IS&UKD -EVERY TIIUHSDAY 3I0UNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION". 1 ( Dollars a Yqak; Onk Dollar roK 8v JIojs,tu8. Club 8 obwribers: Five copies, one y em f8 5, and a copy of tbe America Hock Journa, Fayutcnt to be iu variably In advance.! PINOEY E.0LHNS, ; Editor anl Proprietor. Til UIISDAY MUKNIIJG, SEPT. 21,1871. GEXERALXEWS. Uosenzweig, the abortionist, jjwas soundly by .4 fellow-prisoner,- in the Tombs tho steam lays j illness. ihee ; cuia not have seen i in eager, uiji-e-iv'ied a i .1. i i. . .;.!. l ... . .. . -ti a bii.im ie in near iroui anv respmisioie ersoii t:i the nlj-ct. My address i "Mrs. JoM-ph iJi.rfiiTr&r, llarrisburg, 1 Vniixvlvaiiia." Mr ae-ri;ilnLance with the hero t f this sthrv. nroMj liii-iig iuy bri.l.d tour. My pan-lits were, and ti!l :ue, I'liila-Ielphi.-uis, but Jo: ephj h-v'I-. live i.i llarrisburg, and he hint self is oigj-sccr in tlie-Crosby Iron Works, just imtsidi' of that city. j O.ir w-Ming was a very piiet o c. There was no money to spare on either side, and, after a imily breakfast, we went directly to the trs aivl starteil for our future h une. t I was a young thing then just eighteen nd my deaf Joe way only three years mv .irmrttvo shy, happy,- foolish children We wertt-, it .-HMiis-tM4t-jowas I look back up on that day "so many years :lgoc-! " ! j Tlie very trip front Philadelphia Ttrlfctr ( riborg--.-oluuionpl.-u-e is most jieoplc would ; think it, tvas a wonderful event to me, who -had never t.-rken longer than an hour's ride .1. . K r . r ' i-f i vii ni-s car.s iH-mre in my uie.- - ! T viewed nith eager, intereste-I eyes the country thriiiigh which we passed, and all 1 i that was going on around me ; the passengers, i the car itself, with its fixtures, 'the con.lm tor and the brakesuueii, were all djee.ts wliOsu "liovvlty gave mi! plenty of food for thought: J and my thoughts in tluvM? d.ivs were veiy ait to evince theii)M.Ies chatter. " We thought we were comlucting ourselves Willi all imaginable ease and dignity ; yet I loHjprosc now, there wasnot an individunl -who lookeil nt us that did not giics at glance our recently assumed relationship. t l am sure liie eou.liu-tor UM. lie was a fine, MrtlyJMkiug man, with a genial, lirown-whiskrcd face and bushy hair ; he would have lieen a really handsome man had it not liven bar the Ios of an eve. It had bceu loeil by disease the exterior of the eve, . ave mat it $ as suuk.cn ainl expressionless, iibtiuiu- hji "iiinai i-piearauce. i ne i c inaiuing eye was bright ami blue, and jolly and Kparkling u the rest of Lis j.leasant, cooU-iminore-I face. As iiu canie- lo collect our fare. Joseph 1 1 1 ' : . natKic-1 nun a imij. i j "For yourself an.1 wife, T suppose, sir ?n he ake with a smile. Joe turned 'ery.red and bowed a dignified - a-Ment. . I As for me I confess it I turned my head I toward the window ami tittered. Very n-liculous. was it not ? . The car,!!.-!.! not lceii nearly full when we nartLii, but JiDple dropped in at the various 'I way-laiiiHis mi that by the time ve rcachel . Lniicastcr nearly every seat was taken. XYo I at "tarting, hal taken two seat, turning oiie I to face u, iiHn whtdt our various hand-bag-.!' gage wa lacedr t ,j i At Lancaster the cars stnpicd some time f for dinner ; and just as thev were about to s.iri again, our coiuiuctor entereil the car I : Haheriug in an old lady in Quaker garb, be neath whoso deep boniiet was visible a kind, i (damp, rosy face, with bright, -ectacled She glanced around on cither side as she r advanced up the aisle, in search of a scat,and in obedience to a nudge from me, Joseph rose and beckoning to the conductor, said : : "There is a seat for the lady, here. 1 Smillingly the old lady approached, j I commenced gathering np the shawls and Jackage- that lay upon the vacant seat, that , it might le turned into its proper position, but the old lady checked me. ' "Don't trouble thyself, friend ; I can sit jut as. well with the seat as it is ; and with out Jnrther ceremony she ensconsed herself oposite me, while the one-eyed conductor deposited a large covered bandlox at her feet, ami paid her so many little attention, at the same time addressing her in so famil iar aud afjfectiogattj a manner, that I saw at i ouce she was no stranger to him. 1 A glance at the kind old face opposite oou told me they were mother and sou, for the two faces were wonderfully alike, espe cially in the1 open, ch -erful expression. 4 3Iy heart was drawn toward her at ouce, . . 4il as the conductor moved on,T could not reit makiug some overtures toward ac quaintaucc by asking her if tho was quite comfortable. . . , J , . J ! Qu'iUjso, thank thee," she answered at , once ; 4but I am afraid I hive . discommoded tree somewhat. I i "Not at all," J assured her; and tho ice cc broken, we chatted together verv freely - and preisantlr. - ; . As I had surmised, the condoctor was her KM), arid very proud and foqtl of hin the ofl Jfcly wa. he told us m many tales about his wonderful goodness, his kind-heartedness W'l unselfishness, !iat when after wo had detain (the! reader had b-eu sating. It is not mv purpose ;to c with any details ot my owil private j history further than is necessary to give him, a just comprehension of what is to follow. .Two seen since my marriage. I hail been Laving a good Ideal of rouble. I was very ill for some time after my j baby's birth, ami before I hud fully regained niy strciigth my little sou was taken ill.' lie had the whooping-cough; and afler I hail uurrfoil him through it the whole suhinier, hej took a cold in the fall that brought it back upon him" and fimdlvkilled him. 1 I was so weak and miserab'u myself that I could not struggle with "my grief as i should have dyne; I pined and moped and wasted away, until live due- tor said that if I did not have a change of scene or something that would rouse tne juifl cheer me up, he would not answer lor iny life. . ; : . . .- . j It was the most unpalatable advicej to me that he coiihl have given. I did not vant to be cheCreil nor amused; I did not Want to leave home r.nd the dear - reminders J of my lost baby; above all, 1 did not want 10 leave my husbai d, for mi my foolish ilespondency, 1 telt a superstitious dread tltat lie,UH would be taken from me. It was impossible, just then, for him to leave his business' to go home with me; they were executing a heavy order ntthe loiindry, wlncli Kept all bands working .almost night aid day. . . He -promised that he would join me as soon as he could ; but alter what - the doctor had said, he would not hear of my departure le- mg delayed a day longer than could-bu avoid ed ; s6 he wrote to father that I would be in 'Philadelphia on a certain day, iu order that ho might meet me at the depot ; and having put me in the cars at llarrisburg, and seen me safely started on ray journey, he knew there was verry little doubt that 1 phoukl reach Philadelphia, after a comfortable, uuinterupt- cd half-day s ride. vVh I how different was this trip from the one I had taken two years before I How dir ferent was I tho wiiii-faced, hollow-eyed i in valid, in my mourning robes, from the shy, blooming girl in her bridal array, who had then found so much to amuse and iutercst her iu that brief journey ! Nothing interested me now nothing amused me all was wearisome and pionot onous. I leaned from the car-window as long as I could, to catch the last glimpse of loor Joe, who, i that 1 had not beeii mistaken iu cither the man or the bignal ; the latter, especially. I remembered a forward motion with both hands, as if; directing the cars to back. I could recall distinctly the face and gestures of the conductor when he had explained it to nje ; as also his words, "If ever you see that signal given, prepare for a flying leap, for the probabilities are, you'll soon have to take it;" and the longer 1 dwelt upon what 1 had wit nessed, the more convinced did I become that the signal had not been given causelessly. I went into a waiting-room to sit down uu til I could determine what it would hie best for me to do. . I felt a most invincible re pugnance to returning to the cars anJ con tinuing iny journey; the excitement! and worry had iuadc me lick and faint, .pud- I, felt that I ran a great risk of becoming ill before 1 1 cached my journey's end, efen if there was no other danger to be dreaded. til come tor she was the - con versa or quiet me. I did not go i i i ii r T ii i. ... u'lis eiapseii ocioiw 1 as ciu.cu hiiuii iu i . -r t i .11 ......... T , . . , .... , . . , - ' : r 1 H hat if I should slav over at Jjancastei? un take the second lo'irnev, ,to ll:e event of .v .1 1.1 -1 . t .1 r ... , J. t .1 the next dav. ami telegraj)h-4.o father to:or uimn w nai 1 nave a re.niv tvruien lorms ar . . . ... ; r , . . -. T . to me mere. ani at uie same instant i rc- necessarv prelude. 1 Ins lime 1 was lourncv- - .- , . ,. f,..bi; . ' ,f .y , ii-iJi 1 mem be red that there was 111 mv traveJnng- ing alone Iroin IlarrisBurg to 1 Iuladelhia, , , , . j , . , u 1 . 1 . . - . j 1 , r 1 satchel, m the little outer pocket wheie it had upon a visit to mv narents, whom 1 had not .1 i , 1 1 r . . f . . .1 I 1 1 . -!'-1 i 1. resteil undisturbed for twoTvears. the - card 1 1 "With a smile on his lip, but a tear in Iris.eycJ , stool upon tho platform waVjng his hat .to me as wo moved away. ! ! After that, I sank back in my Keat, too sad and despondent even to cry, and lay there; as we sped along, thinking of nothing, caring for nothing but the memories from which they were trying to force me to escape. j j I did rouse up a little as the conductor ap- nroached to collect inv fair the remembrance of the one-eyed man and his nice little mother recurring to me the first time lor1 many months. This conductor, however, was not mv old acquaintance, being 'a Sallow, dark- eyed, cross-looking man, as different a possi- . . . T I. - 1-..I. -ll. ble trom the other one. 1 ieit a nine uis appointed at first, but after he left me I leaned my head back again, and thought no more about the matter. . " After a while I fell into a doze, which lasted until the call of "Lancaster twenty minutes for dinner !" ringing . through the cars, aroused me, and informed me that we were iust rnterin? that citv. j ' I sat ui then, slceni v and languidly, it was a w;i rm day in early October, j and the windows of the cars were lill lowered ; I leaned my elbow upon the sash, and looked out upon the scene before me. As' I was thus gazing, drowzy and indifferent neither caring nor thinking much about what I saw, I noticed a man npon the roadside, a little in front of the car iu which I satj gesticulating violently with his hands mid arms. ' j The next moment I was sitting bolt pp- rir-ht m mv seat, mv heart leaping almost into iny throat with sudden fright; for,j tn the gestures that were being made, I recog nized the signal which, tfro years before the one-eyed conductor had told me meant "danger abend. i I The cars were not moving very rapidly, and dujJng the momeut that we were passing bv the man who had given the signal, I had aYull view of him his face being turned to ward the cars, and hU eyes mpcting uiud so which the old-Quaker lady had given me, bearing the iiame and address of her daughter who kept a boarding-nouse. lnat remem brancti decided me ; if I could find lo'tf gin ai that place, I would reinaiji over right in Lancaster, i - i There was plenty of conveyances arbiind tliejdepot, and, summoning a driver to. me. I showeS him the card, and asked him' if 'he kheW the address. j j j "Certainly, mum," he said,' ' promjitly "take you there' in ten minutes; Mrjs.'Kl- Wodd's boarding.honse ; ipiiet place, but ex cellent accommodations, mum. ' iThus assured, I entereil his carriage,, and he fulfilled -his promise by setting me down, after a short driven in front of an unassuming, two-storv frame dwelling, whose quiet, order ly-: appearance made it look very unlike a bdardiug-hoiisc. A boarding-house it proved to; Ik, however, and in the landlady, Mrs. El- wood who came to me after I had waited a while in the darkened parlor I traced at oiice so strong a resemblance to myold Qua ker friendj as convinced me I had found the pliice I sought. LVs she was leading me upstairs tj my room, I ventured to state that I had met her mother two years beforehand had fornled a travelling 'acquaintance with her. 3Irs. Elwood's pleasant smile upon hearing this encouraged me to a5k lt'her mother was living withll.er, adding that I should be pleased to renew acquaintance if she was. Jler reply, was in the affirmative. ,11 fYoo will meet her at dinner, which is served at two, and she will be glad enough to have a chat with you, I II venture to sayj" I I wrote out my telegram to father; and Mrs. h-lwooil promised to have it attended to for me at once ; then, after doing everything. for me that kindness could suggest, she left me to the rest I. was beginning very much to feel" the need of. ; j I A tidv-Iooking little maid came to me when k he 'dinner-bell rang, to show me the way to the dining-room; and there the first person I raw was my; little old lady, already seated near the upper end of the long table. ' j ' j She bowed and smiled when she saw tne, but we were too far apart to engage id any conversation. After the meal was over she joined me, shook hands very cordially,' "I ilid, though! did!" I cried, excitedly : and then I related to he the whole incident lwelling particularly upn the signal I had seen lain make a signal 1 had never seen but once before in my hie, aud then made by him when he explained it to me. "I was not mistaken,' I concluded; "I could j not be; your son was not an ordinary-looking man, and I remember his appearance distinctly; sure as I sit here; I sav this morning the man jwho you tell me 4ied fifteen months aO." ' j...: .' j: : - - ' The old lady looked white and frightened, whilei as for me, I was growing ; hysterical with bewilderment and excitement, that she would allow me ; to 'pursue thii subject no further. i She led me to my room, and jmrsuaded me to loi down leaving me then, herself too much agitated byj lion we had to be able to soolh I saw her1 no more that day.! j down; to tea, for the restless night I passed, in conjunction with the excitement or the day, rendered me so seriously ; unwell, that I was not able to rise until a late hour the fol lowing morning. I . j I was still dressing when there came a rap nt iny doorj accompanied by the voiceot my Quaker fiiend asking admittance, j I opened: the door, and she entered, with white, awe-struck face, and 'hands which J trembled so, she could hardly grasp thcuews- paper to winch she directed my attention. "Friend,'? she said, "thy life has. been saved by a divine interposition. . The, train in-which thee was ves.turday a passenger, in less man ;iwo nours niter tnee ictt it, was thrown over an embankment at a place callei 'The Gap,' aud half of the passengers have been killed or wounded. Child !. child surely;: as thee lives, that vision of my poor Kobert was; sent to save thee ! That is all I have to tell. I know nothing more about the affair than I i have written, and Ii have no comments to make upon it. I saw that one-eyed conductoi inake the sig nal of ."danger ahead ;" I was so much in fiuenced by what I saw, that I would iiot con tinue my -journey. In less than two hours afler that warning had been given, the dan ger was met, and death in its most appalling form was the fate of more than fifty of the human being that danger-sigual was meant to thrashed on Jdonday, Kothfelder, the inveutor of Winding' watch, eomuotf.wl fcnT,...l Af..1.. ' j iuvuuar. It . I ' I : ' J in jew lork v I . : ; ! ,' ' '-. . ' 1 - V-i 'if1-.: At Little Rock, Ark., on the llh inst two convicts attempted to escape from the penitentiary brick yard, and were-ho.t dead by the. guard. auvowiib uci xnouias denerson s frravo is a ruiu, relio hunters naving clipped iuto it untu tne very shape of the pbeliok has been destroyed. - - ' ; .j-.. -1 - j . James Stephens, formerly Fenian, "Head Centre," is said to have been taken in part- nership by a wealthy Bordeaux win Limestone a mer chant, arid is coming to America to sell wines. Governor Hoffman sent a dispatch to I3uck hout's counsel Monday stating th'at he would not commute the sentence of their client, who will therefore, be oxecnted on Friday. I : 1 - , f -1 : i ' i J A man - named Henry Gamblq aged 45 years, Was shot aud killed in; Philadelphia, on the 11th inst., by a party of rufliians, with whom he was remonstrating; for their brutal treatment of a wTo,man: j L. L. Wiler, an old; citizen o copnty, Alai, was taken from his j hoiaie on Sunday by five masked men. It is supposed he has been muj-dered.! A number of citizens are in pursuit of his captors; I .- j j - ; General Crook is encamjwd at Prescott, Arizona,! after an unsuccessful campaign against the Indians. He has three parties still in the field, however, aiid wfill 'organize two more fo immediate active operations. -Two convicts in thejjtatp prison at San Quentiii, Cab, engaged in' making brick, fought on Tuesdry with knives, and one, named Trim, received ion wounds, the blade entering his lungs. ' -'i'M: ' j - j The people of Bucharest, excited , by a false report that the Jews hail sacrificed a Chris- t -r -i .. . i' - l - -. . ' .. it, receniiy jniauc an attack upon them market place. tlan chi in the pronijit gm iVdrmc and arrested the leader of the SouUicrn Atemphis has jus had aupthcr ljiicid( Tlie Government One each week is naturally expected. , . :y liiterferej with a. strong force of riot and restored order. No attempt has been made to renew the disturdariee The Mississippi river is,savl to have, taken a "ucw departure'' last week cutting off a. thirty-six-acre lot at Arkansas IJend. j A female postmaster in Virginia has been Yaacktcin, Dakota, is excited about a re- arrested on a charge of swindling the De ported discovery pf diamonds. The "D;v I partmcnt by using caxlled postage tiunpsj Kotian,,joi inat piace, says, ya rough diamond Tho l,usineS8 I(Ulti0 of Mindi U,' .rw was iounu i to that it q genuine diamond of the first j water, and very valuable." It is said that a is found on the bank of Jim river, and sent destroyed by fiii0 oil ' Sunday night. W ' an Eastern Jeweller, who sends back word ioo OOOL " 1 I I 'i '' '-ir'"'- ' I t ' - ' . An official notice was received in San Fran cisco,-Wi the Mexican claim ofi the Lower Tho exhibition of tho, Alabama AgricuU tural and Mechanical Association, will oicn . Savannah has t rioo mill which has. th i- ,r , l -.. ,r . . A. 4 capacity of turning out from IQO to 125 ednesday, by the Mexican consul that t . r n 19 . , i , i - n r ; . , . o rice of COO pounds oach, per Jay. ican Government had cancelled, tho j i -r Cka, A l CO . . . m ' OftlifnrniA. Cnm.v.nv t, " lQ"Y w ocoicn emwgrauvs uirecl ron the grant in the vicinity of Magdalena bay. ,wvo 8u"lci1 iu Mecklenburg coiiiity, The company has been notified that, not ,"oim,a- , s : having fulfilled the terms of tho. contract for Jefferson Davisi figurodj protuiiionlIy at tho colonization, they are trespassers, au4 will bo I last ua tUo kcau at .Whito Sulphur held accountable for the removal of orchilla or any other article of commerce from the territory Springs. Jeff, seems to be gaining thy Vo cliviticsof youth, j The Marion,. Si. C, Sir says liuuorU A special from St Paul says, in relation to f,1w7 h1 svCtious of the couuty pronounoo tho the cam plaints from Isanti couuty about de predatidns bv the Indians The third trial Geprge Yanderpool on a charge of murderhig,his partner in the bank :..'.'! tl - : if ' . iir;'i. - .1 and invited me to come and sit with her iii her own room. i I was glad to accept the invitation, for in ray loneliness tlie kind face of this chance ac quairitancc seemed almost like that of a triend; and soon m one of the easiest ot low-cushioned chairs, in one of the cosiest of old-lady apartments I was seated, talking more cheerfully and unreservedly than I had talked since my baby's death. "I il expressed some surprise that she had recognized me so promptly, to which she re plied : 1 y j - - j - J ; M1 had always a good memory for faces, though names I am apt to forget; when my (laughter spoke to me about thee, I could not at all recall the to mind yet as soon as thee entered (the dinning-room, I remembered thee.", i ; - I I ' And yet I do not look much like I did two years ago, s.l said, sadly, j y : If'That'is true, my dear; thee has ! altered very much.; I almost wonder now that I should have recognized thee so prohiptly. Thee has seen trouble, I fear," she. added, gently touching my black dress, j j j jf'Ycs," I said, "I have had both sickness and death to battle with; I neither look nor feel much like the thoughtless, 'happy bride whoin you met two years ago." j j jf'Isit th v. husband who has' been ' taken from thee?" j :"Oh no! no ! no J" I cried, the ready tears rising to mV eyes; 'I don't think I" could have lived if I had lost him. It was my baby died that was hard enough ;! the dearest little blue-eyed darling yon ever saw--just ten months old." 1 My oll friend's face betrayed thcr sympa thy, as she sat silently waiting for mo to re gain my composure; After alittlp while sLc saidj sighing ; I . ! j It is hard to lose a child, whether young Tr old. I can fully sympathize with thee in hy4roublej for I too have Iqst a sun since I ing business. inutanistei. Lfll-iclusran. three years ago, closed Wednesday, at Hastings, Michigan, in acquital. y I A street car in Js ew ork was roughs at the conief iof Grand streets, IWednesday Itpght. "Governor Austin lately addressed the agent of tho Chippowas the matter. j The coiw,itig; or rather present shoxt.'f regarding 'crop dccldodlY of New Orkaua ' J. Wy Walsh, formerly io agent replied and for many years, a iicwspaier publisher in that settlers, mostly: from Isanti couuty, by San Francisco, didd w the almshouse at tha fraudulent! pre-emption ! papers, have seized latter cityx on Saturday night. upon the land in tlie reservation, the Indian No rain has fallen in Arkansas U'Llt title to which has never been relinquished or wcek8j ,in(1 ho nn d cn &rQ gulTcrrD extinguished, nd.tlie peUy annoyauccghave from tl)0 drought, llio cotion worm has np. led the Indians to thieving and committing peared in some local ticsj ' ! depredations with a view to their removal by T ,r! T . . , ' ". ; Tt d V J. M. Demies, . in tho linjul Carolinian. the United States authorities. . y , ,. . , . . M . l. ' 1 I i ; published at Bishopvijle; S. C., denounce N, Durin-a.danceat French village,fIUinois P oyer Coi ParkCfburft cWstcr Saturday night, the. 9th inst., a quarrel oo- county, Peun stock-, dealers and Editors of . v-v.... '"i-"- - luc ivmencan oiock oouriAai, as swindlers. orotnersjj nam edj Alien, resulting in a ngnt, m A few d.IVS afro?Mr. Tu-i Wnvlimt fl.v Thomas Sabers and Jacob Ilaynes, r-hul Mr TrmJll, n rtA. L;..:... 1 w which friends of tlie Aliens, : participated Goudon was stabbed in the abdomen, and. -died, the lbat , i , f J next - day. f Uhe Aliens were arrested, but :n ...J ' tT w County, Tenn., was uo badljf goeil by a bull The attacked by and Allen windows warn. j These are the facts: It is equally at- fact that the man whom I say give that signal had then been dead more than a year." ExjIam the matter who can I have no ex planation to offer. -Chimney Comer. Murdered or Drowned. Some early risers id the locality of Cold Springs, Long Island, y walking along the beach of the little bay on tbe morning ot the 5th instant, found the body of : a young and handsome women ' lying on the shore. She had evidently not been long dead. There was an abrasion and discoloration over tho left eye, and the people of the place said that the lady had fallen overboard, struck some sub stance with her head, was stunned, arid sank at once. '. '",'" But at the coroner's inquest this wound was stated by medical witnesses to have been given but a few minutes before, death: and so a new idea was started that the woman had first been violated, then struck on the head, and finally thrown in the bay by some person trom some vessel.; in support ot tnis some important testimony was given. A lady liv ing near Cove Neck, oifjVIonday night, saw a vessel with j some ladies and . gentlemen on board. Some time after she heard screams rom that vessel, followed by the blowing of horns and shouting, and soop after she saw the vessel sail away. - , ; Then asrain several passengers to Cold Springs on Monday by the steamer D. R. Mar tin testify to seeing a woman answering the de scriDtion of the dead woman seated on the after-deck of the boat, aud Captain Clark, of thatt vessel, fewore to finding a woolen shawl and a bunch! of keys on that portion of the boat; The jwoman who was seated on the after-deck had such a shawl beside her on a chair; I . -- I- r;- - p -V' ;-;v:' -.- Biit the .strano-est1 oortlon of all the testi- monv was that given by an old fisherman of the locality, who swore that on Wednesday niirht he saw four men with shovels and lant. ems looking along the beach. Ho asked them what they Jvere looking for, when one re plied", "For the woman that had: been drown ed, when he told them that the coroner naa taken possession of .the body, at whioh they seemed alarmed, shut,-up their lanterns, and went away, j . : r : The following is a ! correct description of the body : Height, five feet two inches ; blue eyes, dark brown hair, a mole on her fore head, am 1 fonrif her molar, teeth are gone. Two gold rings were on the fright hand. The initials J. H. were on tne msiae them; She was about 25 years of finely developed. I - 4 ; 5 I Miss Jenpie Ilicksa fashionable dress maker of Troy, disappeared on Saturday, the of one ji ! age, and .were snlashed with jstones, and several pass engers wjere injured. Two arrests were made. Miehoal Doyleaged twenty-two, whose jseulience in the Boston House of Correction for jdrunkeness expired jWednesday, ia.. ehar gedjwilh fatally assaulting Micheal McCarthy in Marcli, 1869. The brother of McCarthy identified! Doyle, who lias been held for trial. ; A special dispatch, from Denver . says the election in New Mexico" Monday, resulted in a Republican victory. The Republicans elect ed their Delegate to Congress, and will have a majority iii; the Legislature.' I The sold at i Stj. Louis and StJJoseph raih'pad was public auction Wednesday afternoon foi $188,000, lunder orders from the United StatesfDistrict Court. The liabilities of the road are Armstroh. f The ind votes in inaterial i i Legislature iill stand 57 Republicans to 22 Democrats. 'The Democrats have elected five State Senators instead of six, as er roneously j telegraphed yesterday, j f The steamer Junita, which; went ashore on the Florida coast on the 24th j ultimo, arrived at Philadelphia Wednesday morning bring ing nearly all the passengors and all the cargo she had 6n leaving Havana. She was got off by lightening her of a portion of her cargo, which was afterward replaced. Her damar o-cs are not serious, but she will go into dock. While some men were drilling, the other day, into the roof at the west end of the Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts, the foreman discovered that the rock above them was moving, and shouted to them to run for their lives. THey had barelyj "escaped when a mass of rock, weighing twenty-five jlons, fell upon the place where they had bedn working. i I - I C ! t I A Louisville despatch reports that, on the th inst., bepnty TJ. S. Marshal Jackson and a party of soldiers made afraid on "the Ku Clux camp," in Russell1 county, Ky. A sol dier, named Crusoe, was killed, and a ser geant, named Strader, was wounded. Two men, named Caffrew ani Jones, were captur- ed, the lormer being cnarjgea wiwi tne muraer of Crusoe; . : j ;. ' j I ' ' Trouble is reported injBoone county, Ark., nrising from differencesibetween the Judge and Sherjff, both Republican, officers. The Judge deposed the Sheriff, substituting the Coroner in his place, ordered put the militia to protect his court, and kept jthem in service during the term, It i reported that the militia have committed depredations, and ip one or two instances attempted murder. The Governor jof the State hai been appealed to. A few days since, about fivp hundred r lar borers who work on the4 New York; boule vards yisited tbe new court house and rushed up -stairs: to tbe ChambeHainfs office, where hey. demanded their pay. iTIiey ;are owed miffion andl a half. Daniel R. g, of St. Louis) was the purchaser. ications are that the recount of the Sari Francisco,; Cal., ! will make no change in the result. The" Stale and has not since been heard whose attention has been Called km v that in'all pi obability. from the facts developed up to the present, the body of the luufortuhate, lady j ;tha.t ot Mss Jennie Hicks, of Troy, 2d instant, from. Detectives to the affair f J t --" ' weeks' wages at from $2 $2.50 a er Stopra informed bepaid when, the about six day. Deputy Comptrol them that they would Comptroller returned,1aiid tjiey were subser quently told they wouJ4 receive th,eiy money to-day. A posse of police drove them from the Chamberlain office to the lower hall. Such is tne confidence inspired by the cprupt admin isti ation of peniqcratip. It pfficials, , Aliens ! were arrested, but Sabers, who, it is said, struck the fatal JLlow, and his companion, 'Hayn'cs, are stiU at large.: The difficulty originr ted in the conduct of a young lady present, who 'preferred the so ciety of Goudon to ithat of the Aliens. . i . i 1 A boiler ' in Curtis' hat factory, at New- buryport', Mass., exploded on the 11th inst, killing six men, nariied Charea Boyle. Micl days aftr receiving- bU was tax-pollcctor of tliat injuries county. The New Orleans Picayitne, in discussing the collego system, argues that tlie troo policy is to strepgtlicA and buUd, up the cdu cational institutions which arc already atrong and established, and to cconmgo tho few great centres of education atid conservatories Killing six men, nameci vuai4v xoyie. "'cu- i i -.t i . . i. , ii i t nc r t t i J of learning, rather than, try to erect a roultu eal purcell, Reuben Mace, James L. Jackson, tn t ;,, o t '.t i i 7 ' i ' LUdQ Ot minor COWorrp. of thn (Innl n rv1 f.turtK . ts.v ii 'j il.t u rn I T ' o r M vieorge Jiiueriuge aim aiuci i. u. x age. x wo insjopj, 8th, fast, others, named Charges Randell and Nathaniel -Pni-I-ific Win'o stfr?rnslv ininrpd: Thft boilor- , ' 'I j . i i "j , ki says a largo number of responsible cotton hnnso w?is dpmniishfn. find a nfeirdiborinr I . J 1 M L -i " ! -... ii u x .i.. factors of this city say, hi, keferenco to tho CD i A Mobile, Aja., disjiatol of tlo j efpoiml 9 I nrrtonntla rr tIia srtr w-vx 4bnl On. & badly daihaged. The explosion happened i - r " "Ty. , . -.7 just before'thd titne for commencing work "UU,U8 - in' the factory, Sr the loss of life would hama and M.ss.ss, are ol tho .moat un. probably; have beeb greater. - j . . T, 4 " . " . . i -. j : . i : - i ii I it .tint nt dama'ro to thn rrrnwinrr tmn frnm A man was bought before an Illinois I . . . nu ' L ..f.:...X. mated at from one-half to two-thirds that of magistrate and fined $6 50 for being drunk. squire, didn t see; any other way against you thanj this." He smiled blandly, and drawing out a dollar . t l,;il ooMyAll ,-rrY,t TVKctor TVfnrrlafroto Tl I'll! OUlUt 4 11' V AJAAUVV' .''. '- V lVVt A I n. M . . I n J !. , T i, -i - , lhe.Chcraw (S. C.i JJemocrat Iearp thai. suppose you remember when I sold out my , , : . . x , M , j ., , , , , , x' ii t v j 4U i enough stock has been subscribed ta insura saldon lnPerkmlhad $5 50 on the slate .... . . v i .7 , ; -ixr-A 1 j ii t -ii t"6 building of the adkin raMroa4 from i against you. With this dollar that will ex- . . , ImVI t'.i , i i -ir i . - Salisbury to- Wadesboxo. 1 Thu road, tho actlypay my fine. You must excuse me, f I t T . forthis; little spree of mine ; but II .,1M . ' , iii , ' . .,, ontpe nmingion, Vuanoueanu iutucriorq V other way of collecting my bill 7 ; , , . . i.aproaa wnerc uo road now ocing con atructed from Cberaw mtericcts the -latter. A double murder was committed qi Sun- a,Ka flirn oni1 - u.,if mtiJ Mmt Wd.. ; day night,5 the 10th mst., at the house of has been selected for thu mtcrsecUon.' ; John Hafiper, owner of the race horse Long- .i . , . , , nA, I ' i . :LUj 'Ti, . Qn the night of the 0th ns.. another of uuw, uva.yu.un, . 7T . 7 X f thesp Ku Ivlux outrages which lave become Harper, brother and sister of John, had their ii i! . . j ' . F T . . i - . . ' t o common ot late, ?m perpetrated at Alan, throats cht, iVia8upposed for the purpose of , J , vc- a robbery, p Three negroes living on Harper's ' , "I . , ?.? !, ' 'ut j ' negro lxy whp had been oommittad to iaij oa place weje arrested the nex tday on suspicion, . . . . , i "rl- f ,, , !, v- t. ' 1 .u the charge of an attempted i-app, ; waa taken blood having . beenfound on tlieir clothes. ou( of ai? mnd ; Others employed on the place have disappear- f J- rrJ ' . ft y-- - ! ed,:and party ofCitizens are hunting for 1 doori ! The CproneT'sjuryiu the case pi tho stea- U . 8aid that lhere rouldl nat havi been mer R. Lee; which burst her- boiler nor,r - t the nw fi baT Fayettvme,N.Con.the lith ot Augi victed hJrn u tbo wird i odtraso a rendered; a verdict censuring tbe United States t . . . i . 4 .. Inspected for fallowing the steamer to run Manchester by masked men. At one time some four years orjmore witliout testing the previous two negroes were taken froraltho boilers' and for "granting a certificate for jail and hung, and, at another, a whito. man this boatj1 without his being in the State at was liberated j All good citizens in ihat aoo the timfThe license of the engineer who tiou deplore the unenviable r'eputattoa which, was in charge of the boiler of , the steamer ...r i . ,,i,t Robert . Lee when it exploded, has been Franklin county has gained bv the occurrence . revoked by the Treasury Department. ' mentioned. . , . j. i , . ;' The funeral of Alice Bowlshy, the victim ' Near Knoxville, Tonn o Turaday laai, a of seduction and murder, whose remains prostitute named, Martha Steel, dUooveredi . were found in a trunk at the Hudson River the body of a newly born infant, with, a cord, .!WSS:- tied tightly ,roaa iU tL. Shi Wtcn4 ... . i ' - .1 mv and MriArfnil tliA (iit t lhA inst. All of Paterson turned out to bear w vv 7" ;v. tribute to the meniery of one who was gen erally beloved by her associates. The throng was so qense that scarcely room could be obn tained fpr the cortage to move. The ladies decked the I coffin j with numerous fragrant wreaths, and the bottom of the hearse was covered eight inches deep with f floral offer ings. '- '. v jj.j j I I :.'..''" Relative to the question among horsemen liether Dexter's time has beep beaten, the rashingtori Star I has the following : The turfmen do not seem prepare! to concede thnt the tinie ncrformance (2.1$) reported as " " - J J . V trotted by the GplJ smith Maid at Milwaukee, was truly and honestly made. Tlie Milwau kee track, it seems is low for a quarter of a niile on the back stretch, that the horses are not in sight of thej judges ; Goldsmith Maid isnotorious for "bjeaki ng ;'' thp maro Lucy, the only competitor Goldsmith Maid had in, the contest, has the same owner (II. N. Smith) as Goldsmith Maid, and it is intimated that 1 the driver 01; jroidsmitq juaia pup tne mare thronsrh in 2-17 on the run. i arid there being no other witness to the deception than .-. . , .1 f I -1 . . 1 T . I .1 HickoK, tne anver 01 jucy, 01 course mere was no divulgemerit or chain of foul. If this nspicion bej well founded, Dexter remains king of tbe;trottert. There is o rpuch W--crlity about ' ot matters, buyin'y, selling, trotting apd runrpng, that turtmen ip suspect ing trickery! of thp kind suggested, kppw how it is thcm,selves,', authorities. Several officers were sent to the spot designated, but when they arrived tbe : body was not to be found. Bevoral children who had beep left to watch it, utate that good Iooking.young woman with black hair, ' suddenly appeared and carried the corpae off. She, however, had not removed anything else, apd where the child was .lying' were seen a ipm's shirt and drawers, a woman' night-gown, of coarse material, an envelope ,; filled with letter paper written on, a package of Aycr's pills and a l.pose lxx of the same, a bottle of hair oil, an empty bottle w acveral ' bottles of liquors and bitters, a vial of ia dclliblp ink, a -package of lead pencils, per fumes, aoap matches, sevcrali boxes 'of cape, and miscellaneous, articles, looking like the spoils of a drug store. The police took charge of the articles, and Mr. Ryan mounted a horsej which ho borrowed jfrom One of the spectators, and started in pursuit, Accom panied by officer Col on foot, n differeot directions. Three persons saw tho body, ' Martha Steele, white, Nancy Alexander $iu4 Sopropa Jonc?, colored, who all teatifiedi tQ having seen the firing around the infant's peck and expressed, their Lolicf that it hadi . murd;r(!( by ar pnnatural parent,' I 1
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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