THE" 15AGtiE;":
PalslSs&i . eyeryJTtasiay; noxning
N:C..
KC. -T. McSween,
.lUS -KHTM aY2 PUBLISHER
y2E!IS OF STJBSC&IPTIOX ; " '
1 Cash ia advance -ot its equivalent, at the
On cody oa rear thr dollar, v
On ftpy.six mouths one dollar and a halt
- Fb? every etna of vrva cbceebes, at the
rite of three dollars a year each to one place.
at extra copy will be sent gratis for the aame
time. - --i v.. , ; ;
Ta orrt will be cent to one address at
tba rale.fef TWO.vSouu.'fts ax a bait a year
eae&o And twnti cor 1x3 ta one address, at
t be rata of tvo dollars a year each.
Teh copies ia one order will be sent a rear
for lu:;-itt-.-zi $ , jr I $25 00
Or nix "month for; i v 12 60
Oc three men-tb f-r , . . 6 25
Twenty copies iaona, order trUrb sent a
rear for -J 'i-- - - v $4 00
Oraixm&ntlnfor-t" ; : 20 00
Or three months for, V .- , . . "? 1C 00
Thi Eoi will be aent to Teacher. Minis
ters aad Disabled Confederate Soldiers at half
price. -Single pa pra 10 eents ,: ' ;
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MONDAY, 11ADCU 111S72
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! All adTertisementa mar be changed once
ererr three months without additionl charge.
For erery. other change there wilt be an extra
charge of twenty nts an inch. Twenty-fire
per -ceat i added to the above rutea for
epeeial notieea kep ;nside among editorial or
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reaain.3 maiser. . joitury duhcw ui mora iuhd
Jialf an inch are charged as adrerttaeinents.
I iCSpecial contracts made on reaMonable
terms. ' . ;
Hn4biH, OanH labels, Bill-fTertd, Clank
Forms; aw an Jcinds or ordinary fob . work
don promptly,, neatly, and ebeaplj.
Oration of Col. W. S. JIalliiis.
"Wo clip from the Chenterfield Dem
ocrat of March 1st tho foUowinr com
plimentarr alluMion tc our well-known
and talented friend, Coll W. S. Mu.1
lins : ' ' - , - .
On - TharsdaT. Iho 22nd nit., tho
Chcraw Ljceuih celebratoil ,ita eix
tcohth anniversary in a manner -that
witnessod tne interestfng exercises
Che Town Hall. Tho undienco was
unrtsnally largo ana very seiecw 4 tion
Un Q -v'olnr-lr tlin hnll . WPS 'filled 1
f J UW J VI vi i v v . . . v
with Udies and gentlemen, who had
rnmrt to bo pleased and elified. The
first xer?iae w,as a beautiful song, by a
trained choir of ladies and gentlemen,
under the tliretion of Major McLanch-
iia4 Principal ot the Cberaw Academy.
Then, after a short, appropriate prayer
by the Hector. IHood, General Prince,
BisnoF'ATTSjNsow.'Wih contact jsgr-
vices at ihe Episcopal churct i liere
next Sunday, and onthe'ereotng ' ro
vioas. Our poopler always delight .to
hear this 'able rand weneratl djyirie.---
Thia ia noUthe regalar anDharyisita?
Dr. tieo. Y alter Sites, editor pt. lue
Salem Prees, died on last Sunday, after
a long and painful illness, aged 1 38
years. , Dr. Sites was an able, forci
ble and polished writer, and , by .his
death the Conservative cause has
lost one of its ablest defenders.
The School -at Little Biver Acade
my, is prospering fijiely. ! The depart
ments are now oomplcte, and no
school ia this section now surpasses
this institution." All the higher branch
es pertaiuing ta male and female edu
cation are taught.., Jesse K. MuL.can
A. a teacher, of long and success
ful experience is Principal. eMiss - E.
P..Bevelle has charge of the music de
partment. She is a graduate of Wcs-
leyan Female College, Mff"ecsboro',
K. C., and highly accomplished. The
best teachers are secured in all the "do-
partments. : C. . '
isDESTncnBxa! ATao. The Jndes
tructible "ag ia aj great, eonvenieace
to merchants. It answers - tho com
bined tmrnose of a direction, label and
basiness card.1 Call at the Eaglk Or
Fice and get a supply, ;'
Snow in Jlabeville 2 feet, "Marion; 18
nches and Shelby 14 inches deep.
Snow fell in Greensboro last .weft
ta the depth of two or three feet the
heaviest since 1857, , 'j,, , , T. '
The colored people "of , Greensboro1
are to Dare a iiDraryana reartintr
ii n 1 it' "n-'it.i ' J"f ' - r:
'President of the Lyceum, introduced,
as tho orator of the day, Hon. W. S.
liollins, of Marion:
flTe would faini present an abstract
of the able and interesting address of
MrC Kullins; butk the want of spaee
-and the pressure of busines forbids
SatfSce it to say that the address was
Just what "might have been expected
. from a man of theT rfch? intcllectunl
endowments and true oratorical ' skill
of W.S.Mullins. Although the speak
er consumed an hour and a half, there
' was riot one of the large audience who
would not have listened much 'longer
vith''pkaoro and with profit.' 'j
The Southern Home, of Carlotte, says;
Mr. Brown, of SteeL Creek,, w.ho ;
abltshed a notioo in our paper of the
23rd of January, of the euro of his
wife of consumption, by. the. use, of
kerosene - oil, ; has been so troubled
with letters f inquiry as to. tLc man:
ner of its use lthat he rcqnesU ns: ..to
make the statement through the' col
umns of the Hoie. Mrs. Brown took
1 0 d rops nightly on goi n g t o bed,'" ' i n
three1 ' tablespoonrulH of water:- The
kerosene war a pure artfcle,- such asjs !
used tor bartirng. T i
7 1 i ,
5Ve are in rcclnt of a letter from
Hon, 3.M. X-eacb.in vrhioU ho-expres-t
ses tue opinion tnAt the tux on tobacco
will bo uniform, and some where be
tween sixteen and twentys cents. A
test vote shows that the liouso is in
favor of this measure by majority, of
cighteeB.-y-reensioro patriot. t ; .
There is a great scarcity of corn" In
tW eastern, portion of this ! connty.-
in consequenco-oi vno great umucr
of defendants and witnesses who"" had
to attend the Commissioner's and Fed
eral .Cqhrt, last su m me'r, many J farms
were 6tf Uaif caltivated an'd very
abort crops. were m&de.RiUAerfyrdton i
Cqr-5x.--Scaall oonrt this weeV.' -Few.
lawyers from a' distance in atten
dance, bad . roads.- we suppoRev the
cause No con:rt , Monday ; Tnesday
adjourned'; for agricultural meeting";
Wednesday jury charged; several cases
of submissions, hat io! cases ' of im
portance th u s tdr.Gretn&orPatriot
There-are firo tobacco t factories at
Oxford.' One of these manufactures
exclusively plug tobacckjwo of Ihem
exclu8ivelyt smoking tobacco', and two
o'f them manufacture both- plug and
smoking tobacco." , ' '
The celebrated school of "Messrs
Horner & Graves is in an unusually
prospsroas condition and te deport
ment of their soholars has never been
excelled for gentlepanlji propriety.'.,.
The ofScial report of the officers of
TFUmilgtODi N- ibowa the debt p f
tbit city to.fci pip,j0Z.rJ,
A cheese factory will ! be in op-ra-
in -Ilaywood county next sum
mer.
' Governor Vance will deliver the -ad
dress .before the. Literarv Societies of
Wake Forest Colle;e in Juno
GjeeuB.boro' is. about .to organize a
fire depar.tmeut., s: i . , r
-if " :: i'i.rl'f
-- Warrenton is orffftniVino- . -v-.T--.ra-t
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huuw.i-ju 18llaer company (:X
U Wake Forest Coileg)haAiX00.;stu-
Tbe'Southera .Baptist- Con vention
caeets in Raleigh on 9th. of Meyr . . :
T " 5Che' StOckhoIdeV of tba TTr rt KavaraV -
12tn-iast.r."r?--. "
"-. The steamer Caswell ; has. corn
menced. running between Kewbern
and Einston, ? . j ',' 7 s ,4,
An Act forExcaans-ng the stocks
; , of the State icr Bonds with which
snch Stocks jeri obtained ana
it. nCii!.
Mrs4 Mcnningor, the wife of theSeo
rctary of rlie State, cowhided Tim Lee,
tho sheriff of Wake, last week for talk
ing about her. ; ; - . ,
There .was a vry heavy storm of
wind j and rain at Lumbcrton on
Friday night. Many trees and several
small buildings were blown down.
We learn that all the TJ. S. troops,
now stationed. at this place and Ruth
erford ton,-are 'to be removed to 'Lin
colofon and Charlotte on Monday next,
Cleqveland Banner. ; . V : :
, At the various sales of real estate,
which took place at the Court House
during this week, there was probably
as much as fipo thousand acres of
land sold in ditTercnt tracts, tho rast
of which was , bid off at , very, low
figures. Rockingham OUervcr. , 1
. Rather Severe. The Raleigh Jr,
edited by Xjewis XIX, is rather severe
on Andrew. Jackson Jones, Ex-President,
of tho "Western Railroad. Lewis
ghonld not speak as plainly concerning
the crimes of his erring brethren, : His
party is made, of such as Andrew Jack
son Jones. " . !
1 Col. John L. Bridgers. of Edgecombe,
has been invited to address the -rotational
Agricultural Convention, which
assembles in St. Louis in May. ? :
; Fifteen thousand pounds of., tobac
co", vh3 sold at 'Mo re head's Warehouse
in Greensboro on Wednesday, prices
ranging from $4 fo $75 per hundred.
- The regnlar. meeting of. Wilmington
Presbytery commenced its session at
Brown Marab, Bladen . county; on
Thursday, 7th inst . ; ? I
'. !;- - -! -: ... .-'..- .5 ; .-
Sheriff Robinson, ex Sheriff Powell
and Mr. Blatfey Williaius. of Sumpsoo,
who were arrested by the United States
troops for au alleged cousjiiracy agaii.st
the government,-: Lave had, an 1 exam
ination and been released, r ' " .i i .. '
I i f-' . vf
Peter ' -Leach, i- sen tenced to . ;:six
months imprisonment, for robbery -in
Robeson county, and John- Brown,
convicted of rape,-. have, been sent to
New Hanover county jail. - The latter
basSfppealed to the Supreme court. j r
The Rev. D. E. Jordan tho Presby
terian minister at ?Oxford,r who, ist a
r en tl e m a of cu 1 1 u re a n d abi 1 ity, has
been offered the position of. editor of
the N. C Fresbyferian to supplj the
vacancy created by "tho dcathof" the
lamcW'ted'Slerwboc.:-''AVe' learn that
he" has declined to accept. . ' r
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' I The s Raleigh Sentinel says : ""We
Jeartiod that the? Board' f Directors
hare received propositkJnii for the hire
of cvnvicts, authorised by &et of last
JJeneral Assem bl .front Or:-; Wm : J.
JJawkins, Ot the Kalcign ar-iinston B.
R:j; VL.f Y.TfMcAden,f of tho Atlantfe,
.Tcnnessed & Ohio R. R.; and W. McL.
McKay; -of the Wcste rn IV B.V ' s
t Three colored" 1 prisoners, confined
for varku $ ToffenceSi eseaped from ; the
jail. in'StatesviUe ona s night. flast
V . .e
week by removing witn somo lnsira
ment th-brickrwaU tiear an upper
story window, and lettih'themselyes
dowri by means of theif , blankets.
They have not been captured.' Y4 :
HEAVTfSNiwISTOkM:.-Qv last Frii
day iiight and day following the heitv-
iest snow Btorm 'prevailed 'in States1
vitle that has occurred there for many
years; the snow havtnj; fallen tot si
depth of sixteen Inches on a level, and
several feet in drifts "rfWest of there
the. storm was miysh more ' severe ' the
railroad cuts being filled to?a depth of
four andi.fiyVeatV Y t
The , Greepsboru -Patriot js in re
ceipt of a letter from Hon. J.M Leacb,
ia.whici pe expresses, ine opioion that
the, tax i9n. .Iqbcco abe t uniform,
and somewhere betweeq sixteen and
twenty oenta. Atest vote shows that
tba" Honsa ia iff favor cl this measnre
by i faarity ol eightedn; " ' 1 ,
H Sec. 1: The CGened Assembly of
North Carolina do eritfThaV;the Pub
lic Treasurer and Airney j General
shairadvertisefdr' siJPn th's in such
newspapers aslfey nay seect; and
invite proposal" i r n exebansre of!
bonds by lvhtcbthe-0at0--acttnTred
such stocks; any ih6r i bonds of
the State iat spwjiii tjix) where thjfe
stock bvot specially pjedged for tHe
redfwn'ption of bonds fesued to such
corporation; such bids feh all be opened
on a day appointed, anil those terms
be accepted wtuch mi? be j most ad
vantageousr to tlw fitted Provided,
That in nor jovent shall Sany of the said
stocks bo exchanged for less than par
value, or for less than threo bonds s of
samo nominal value, issued in aid of
Chatham Railroad, Jarluary tat, 1803;
and vrovidea f urther. No stock in j tho
North Carolina Railroad shall be ex
changed, unless in the sarri offer it is
proposed so take twenty shares , of
sakock in tlfe North' Carolina Railroad,
ten shares in the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroadand twenty shares
in tho .Western North Carolina Rail
road Company .(Eastern jDivisipn,)
and to pay therefor two bojnds of one
thousand dollars each of the State,
issuod to the North Carolina Railroad
under acts of 1848-49, chapter eighty
two, or 1854-'55, chapter thirty-tAv6,
one bond ot ono thousand dollars, is
sued to the Atlantic and North Caro
lina Railroad, xuqder acts! l854-'55,
chapter two hundred and thirty-two,
or acts -of .1836;"' chapter secnty-four
and seventy-six, and twd! bonds of
one thousand dollars, issued v to the
Suit is' to be commenced by the gov
ernment, in a short time, against the
Piedmont Railroad," runuing. , from
Danville,. Ta., to Greensboro N. C, to
recover the road from its present own
ers, the government cfaiming'to be the
owner thereof. ".The Road was bni't
dhriui.the." watby t he ' Cjjnfedracv.
of the Baltimore viuzette.. , ; ,
Pop -Oxendino wan tried on two in
dictments at this term of Robeson Su
perior Coart, one for receiving stoloi
goods, and the other for breaking j iil.
on both - of .which he was Acquitted
At the suggestion of the Solicitor, he
wns, released. after giving bond in the
sum of $200 for his good behavior.
i Another or, the Nobth Carolina J
.Octlaws Repibted Killed.t Wilminy
tont C.r March 9.- Wo have to-day
a seemingly well authentieated report,
that Boss Strong, one of Lowery'a gang
of ontlawff.-tvas killed last night-by
James McQneen At f Andrew Strong's
hone, ffive mile-; from "Moss Neck.
McQneTt hiale this statement at Shoe
Heel this- mprninrr,- and a posse left
there to recover Strong's body, pre
paratory to claimiDg.the large reward
offered." ' ''nr--'?' - -
The Democrats and Conservatives
of Robeson councy held a meeting at
Lumbcrton Monday, over which, Col
onel N. A. McLeanr- presided, and
Messrs.; D. C McLean and W. S.iMc
Dairmid being Secretaries. The rules
presented by-.be Central Executive
Committeo for tho government of the
partyi so far as they relate to county
organization, -were adopted : f
. It was decided, that: ono? delegate
from each township be appointed to
attend! the, Greensboro' ' Convention,
and that this delegate bo empowered
to select' bno alternate d The following
appointments were made by the chair-
mantfii .r.-Jt !-...: - .mil 1
M.- N. iMelver, J.' H. McEaehin, T.
X McNeill, (Vlvin Black; R. B. Gre
ory. D. C. Mclolyre, Capthiri Robert
Lilly, Col. M. Mclfao,' Captain J." S.
McArthhrV A. C. Oliver. E. C. Atkin
son, John A. CollnS,"W. S. MeDair
mid,Col. E. Wbhart and W. J. Ro
gan.a ' '-!, - -c; .j -
.The .heaviest enow known in this
section fell Friday. night, commencing
with a h'ght rain about 8.p m., and by
morning wasl 14 inches deep. . Much
timber was broken down and the shade
trees in onr streets: were torn, limb
from limb.; Several persons ? came in
from Jlr4 E;,M. LynehTe 6 miles, on
horses, and had to? cot their way with
axes through the broken and bent iim-.
ber coming through , the fields, when
possible, ; They .were pear five, houcs
coming the 6 .miles. , Saturday ', morn
ing the cry for .tvpod was distressing to
teamsters, but more so 'to those .who
had neglected to lay in a supply. Y
- ' t ' ri m i iti 11 riir n ti - . i i 1-1 ! i rir t
Western North ' Carolina Railroad
(Eastern Division;) acts of 18G6-67,
chapter ono hundred aud ii"irr in the
aforsaid propottion. v V j U,
Sec. 2.-That any Railroad or other
corporation, which has heretofore re
ceived bonds of the State injexchango
for bonds of said corporation or per
son holding auch State bond- shall
bo entiled to a surrender pjf a bond
of ''mnehr-ro r oarati'CriwMi c
bond ot equal- amoanij wsupd nndor
the acts of the Gvnei-nl Assembly or
Ordinances of the Conrentioiji, author
izing such exchange, a i l upon a re
turn of all bonds indued under any
particular act or ordinance, the cor
poration, shiill hi entiled to a cant-elhf-tion
and surrender of any mortgage
executed to the State forxeeii ring pay
meiit of such corporation bonds, or
State bond'; coupons son Said , bonds
may bo exchanged in like manner
and cut off and retained on cither side
to make equality.
Sec. 3. To facilitate the exchange
proposed in this act, th Sate does
hereby relinquish all chiiin for.stock in
the Western Railroad above one mil
lion one bund red thousand ' dollars,
and surrenders to thesaid Company
two hnndred and twenty-fiveitbousand
dollars coupons cow ia State! Treasury
withheld on a former exchange of Com
pany bonds for stock in said Railroad ;
and also the State ..does hereby relio
gnish all claim to stock in said Com
pany above six hnndred thousand dolr
larsnponthe return to the Treasury of
the five hundred thousand -dollars of
Wilmington, Charlotte and itatherford
Company bonds, aud coupons hereto-
e very session.
See'. & That this act shall be in
force from-and after fts ratifications Y.
Ratified the : 1st day of February,
A. D., 1872. z)&?U-:i?$yh:J;-?y
--Jr;l812:AND18T2.
f : Sixty jyears igo,! the Biritish war
ship. Leopard, fired into the American
vessel," Chesapeake, andYtbe BVitih.
crovernment and asserted the right to
licwrcl a.trt erc"-m -Trrtee1-"ancli.ini
press .LAm erica naijma. Utu'gi
tuey were -rinau Baojecu. fium,r
rogrant claim that oqce a eybject, alt
Leoalitv or Investments in Con
federate Bonds. The decision of tho
Supreme Court of Appeals-, of Virginia,
in tho caso of Walker's executors- vs.
Page, "&c.; maintains the legali ty of
investments in Confederate bonds
made by fiduciaries ddring tho late
war,. The case refercd to was an ap
peal from the Circuit Court of Rich
mond. A bill was filed In that Court
to-et 'aside "a""alo made- by -O." Wi
Khndo! pU, in May,lSC3.- of. tb
v' '
How tirahf U'ennnft ariairof Ds
or TJie Wilderness" T v
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. JimJNyo, the Senator from Nevada,
made il grand jpread-cagTo speech, ro-
cently showing forth, tbo gloriea of;
General Grant He dwelt with.fp.
cial delight on his hero campaign ,
ift Virginia,. The. correspondent. ..of. :
the New York World ., gives an
acconht of tho' speech, and on
thi VHi.nTf rfti'nt. 'tnkra tin tho
orator, and shows how Grant got .ntO f .
and , put of "the Wilderness.?'- We r.'
quotof his interesting historical facts: -r.f
Nyjo launched into a fulsome eulogy i V
of Grant as a soldier, and ho was par-' f r
t inn tTAwAn. rr ftrftflt nnrf IS T A '
campaign fron the Rapidan to Rich
mond and Appomattox Coort House.
It ilKtiot for the poor purposes ot an
swering Nv. but to anticipate than
dere Of speakers who will bo, Ibtoned
to lar and wide next summer, wnen
they speak of that hideous campaign,
that X revlvo the true record of is
berei "Grant has been in tbo wilder
nesa beforor",doclarod N jer an(i: he
wm como oat ot It as be did oetore. ,
TVtl
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fore issued to said Western
Railroad
' ; Yesterday '; being sales : day r was
quite tut bu lent; towards evenincr :tbe
cloud "was dark 'but- wo believe It
ended in all thunder and no lightning;,
j The Sheriff sold but littlr property,
which went at the usual low rates. -'
The county- Treasurer, offered for
sale the entire list of delinquent lands
for. taxes; but the' duly- three parcels
were purchased by citizens, tho bal
aneenwaa bought in for the State3. No
delihqoehtl' capitaiions were 'offered,
not because7 there Was ubt7ny : quan
tity; Pf them;' but' tbey were too, high
for the law1 1& reacU'..D'r 5th
Company; Provided, That any person
acq uiri ng a sh are cf S tato j stock i n
said corporation, shall be entitled to
all rights and privileges with the pri
vate stockholders in voting, d in the
electioH- of the directors whose number
shall be determined by the stockhold
ers of said Company. The Btate also
relinquishes all claim to stock in the
Western , Norih Carolina Railroad
above four milliofia of iolliir.3.1 U.
' S'Jd. i. ,That aioon s the propor
tion of shares of stotlif for which ' the
State appoints ; one airector . in' any
corporation is exchaupd, the right of
the State to appoint such director shall
cease and determine. d oqe director
to be selected by lot shall be! deducted
from .'the nnmber appointed on the
part of the State; and upon acceptance
of this act 'by any corporation and
such guarantees 'given for jits 'fullfill,,
ment as shall be deemed sufficient by
the Treasurer. and Attorney General,
alt further rights to. representation by
the State either by directors or proxy
shall cease and determine. I .
Sec' 5. in at as as may be
practicable, tho Public Treasurer shall
receive the: bonds oum.u in excuange,
and in the presence ofthe Auditor and
AttornevY GeneraV 8"a" i cancel tho
same.: It shall also .be, lB dutyno
transfer the stocks and execute such
conveyances of the other interest here
in before mentioned ttslia 1 be deemed
necessary, such conveyance to be in
form to.be approved by the Attorney
GenerAl- t.,?; . r--; - -v '--i u.-t-''?
Sec. 6. It shall be the) duty of the
Auditor to make a minute of what
shall be done by the Treasurer in the
premises, and to mftt therefrom such
entries in the books of his office as
may secure a, just accountability op
the part of the,! Treasurer because 4 of
the transaction herein before men
tioned. inriuoJa- ' '-"' ;r- J . .; " -Uv;
! ; Sec.' 7 The Publio Treasurer at,an
makepecial reports npon tthe subject
of thia act to the General Assembly at
ways a 8QDJ&CS oi vrreat jjrifcniu, vutti.
allegiance existed -when .protection
was renou need by the citizenor refused
:by the govern men f; and the boarding,
searching and firing , into vessels? ou
the high i seas in . a ; time - of. ; peace
aronsed.the patriotiim and aaartioj
spirit of our people land the cry "To
Armsl To Armsli!' rang from. Maine to
Georgia. rQar nation, was then com
paratively yoqng and weak, and our
oppressor was the "Mistress of the
Ssas," .and boasted that her Aug hal
braved trinmphantly - the battle and
the breeze for a thousand years. Mr.
Madisou wtw then President, and the
clarion voice of Clay was lifted in. the
House of Representatives, invoking
his countrymen to the banquet of
death, rather than the submission to
wrong and" tyranny. Congress de
clared i war.; Oar naval heroes,. De
catur,' Perry aud others on the ocean
wave, and Scott on land at the North,
aryd Jackson with his Kentucky and
Tennessee boys at the South, defended
the honor of . the Stars and Stripes
with undying and unshaken valor and
intrepidity. From the crimsoned field
of Bridgewater, to the plains of New
Orleans, atrewo with Eoglish dead,
one universal voice sounded ...
t Strike! till the lut arml foe expires, Y
I Rtrikel for your al tan and your flii-es ;
God and your nati ve land !' ;
Ameiican patriotism, statesmanship
nod heroism on sea aud land, was vin
dicated, and they who ' had declared
that "the United States con Id not be
kicked into a war with Great Britain,"
stood rebuked "as disloyal slanderers.
" - How is it with this progressive na
tion in 1872? We are bullied by Eng
land and the .administration would
now shull v see the Alabama claims in
thelaeep tosora -st eeeftmmfcaTt
urnnc will nevor, ty wftnpwMtfcMwl-
leet a red cent. 'Tfo"JMcsoii procla
mations for reprisals will ever appear.
John Bull will never be seized by the
horns, so long as he shows a disposi
tion to butt or push. -Spain, too, now
in the slippered pantaloon of nations,
a fourth or fifth power,- can fire into,
and board onr vessels with impunity,
and, as tin. oM Tar, lately declared, af
ter a "full inspection of onr - War "ves
sels ".B'ow us ocit of the waters of
the Gulf in a month 1" Can' such
things be and "not excite onr' special
wonder ? Can our once glorious eagle
be hawked at Atul ' tilled " by every
mousing owl ? Soaring amid' the rolN
iug efondV ho" falls headlong from his
pride of place, his pin mage-" stained
with his own blood, and the fatal steel
impelled and feathered from hia own
broken pinions. lie lies "prostrate,
and pecks, the ' dirty earth with a
knowledge that f he i too feeble to
bury' his beak and! talons in any more
warlike enemy tlian a few half-starved,
half armed Indians and a number of
defenceless old men and women in the
Carolinas, and otheiSonthern Provin
ces'once kQowh'n States. " "How' art
thou fallen' from Heaven, Lucifer,' eon
of the morning! how art thou cut down
to the groand which did Weaken 'the
nations!"' '- '.'' ' -'-' -;; '-" ' :" y"'-::'
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The Columbus (Ga.) Sun Says:
"Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has just
completed his Co m p e 0 d i it m o f U n i t ed
States History;"destgned for'schboU,
coTIeges'hitd general " readers. : :The
vohim6f Jwrll ' comprise about- .;6000
pagepj5 psnal '"style, divided Into'5 two
books Colonial and Federal History.
It is being printed by a.. house' in
Columbia, S. at HY' .r :'J
- Candidates-poa .PftEsinENT.The
following are the Candidates now r. in
the field for the Presidency: , ; c
: 1st Judge Davis of . tho ; Supreme
"Court, tho; workingmeo's Candidate.
2nd Gen. Thos. A..Davics upon the
Candidate Oath and pledges. - jli
3d Judge Black, of - the .Prohibi
tionists. -- ,'
i 4th' Victoria C. Woodholl raoniBiTs
NOBODxI't.f ' -yit ' . U'":' J'1'1
: ?-';" " " ' ' " ' :' " ' -
Only eighteen candidates for: Con
gress in the Richmond, jVn.) district, r
l-4?.y t-:-!; - ii.'3-y!'i".-"i! Y. .-",'rr-f
f vlt is stated thai f a. major ity Ot the
city, council qf; Richmond, t Va., ? are
committed to, vote against annexation
with Manchester. ; . ; ' : Y
i.-t 'ii.ikih ' l:'.;r?"!it: 'l - . ::'' .-A ;.:'
I The editors of the Richmond ".Whig"
and A'Enqnirerwere placed-: under
$1,000 boiidsHo prevent a duel Wed,
nesdayvTPH'-'i- " iH-i.U:ev . 3fyv
Washington and Loe University has
been the recipient of ' $70,000 " by the
will of Gen. B. H. Bailjr, of New Or
leans H Yy;-- u Y-. y : y
! Richmond is still agitating the ques
tion of a he w hooI . ' Parties in New
York propose to furnish the addition
al sum required for tbo erection when
ever an amount not; Jess tbarf ' $100,-'
000 is subscribed in Richmond. 4 .
Miss Cameron's book; ."Salted 'with
Fire is treating a sensation ,' -V;-
! The President, of , the Granitcville
Manufacturing Company, in S. C. in
his fast Annual Report, ehows a grand
total profits of$290,50S83, fropu which
amount, after deducting expenses, or
dinary and extraordinary, including
dividends, taxes, insurance, interest,
repairs, improvements, and fifty addi
tional looms, he is enable to carry to
tho credit of profit and loss account,
8187,631 48, -this op a capital of about
$700,000, without omitting dividends,
or assessing stockholders. !
The cotton ' consumed 3,080.123
pounds or 6,845 bales, of 450 pounds
each, costing $527,625 74, and from
which was manufactured 8,954,875
yards of Graniteville cloth," a matcral
the valup of which, from its very gen
eral uso and well known excellence,
may bojr'eadijy estimated. 1 ;
The figures of th. Baptist Church in
the UniUd States for 1871 show:
Associations, 820; churches, 18,307;
ordained ministers, 12,013." -The in-
jlii immf n I ymmv dB"trt ' m TTT yy "
H-W.'f" "21: by 1' ttr. 47,003; by ex-
pruu!,Jio0J; .y ; esto."aliOD; G,Q3S;
total increase, 14,323.. The -aeoreaae;
of the year has been By letter, 51,699;
by exclusion, 18,513; by erasure, 2,917;
by death, 14,014; total decrease, 87,-
175. Net increase of the year, 57,148.
II aM k MtA.
reserves, -tviicn
iui.ua l ti j. ,
of infants attaekinK tha clec-rco uut ui.iL r
l-'-tr 1 VI - V-n-"t"ii' ix-- . "" ' r- tv. .-
investmehte made of the proceeds in"
Confederate bonds not under an orcrer
previously, niado, but sanctioned. after
wards, were not hg&Y i n ves t m en ts.
The Circuit Court on this Bill decreed
that the salo was void, and the invest
menta bad.' ' "' ' ' ,T
The Court 6fAppcals rcvorsed tho
decree of said Circuit Court, and de
cided "that tho Courts of this com
monwealth had tho authority to make
investments of the funds under their
control. in Confederate bonds is no
longer an open question "It is defi
nitely, setlledby legal enactmeftt,, by
repeated decisions of this Court recog
nizing the validity of such decreesand
investments, and by 'the Supremo
Court of the United Stages." '
1
t
Present total
As compared
year, tuo prese
membership, ' 1,489,191
with the . returns of last
nt exhibit shows an in
crease of 21 Associations; 652 churches;
1,195 ordained ministers, and 69,698
church members. ' ;Y ' -
Chicago is indomitable even in her
misfortunes. She claims to have
paeked twice as many hogs, the;, pres
ent season s Cincinnati, who has
hitherto borne the proud titloxf Porh
opolU, and threo times as many as St.
Louis, her emulous rival in all mate
rial greatness., ; Her . number , of
slaughtered swine has been 1.075,167.
The imagination - loses itself in the
sublime contemplation of tho cords of
ham, acres of chops, miles of sausages,
antl Icagcs of trichina ,
'Jews. From tho .latest official sta
tistics, of the attendance at the high
schools in Prussia, the ratio of Jewish
pupils ' strongly', preponderates over
those of other creeds. In Silesia, the
number of Jewish pupiU in th'o high
school is eleven times ' greater than
that of tho Protestants and eighteen
times thari of Catholics; and in the
eight provinces it'is nine times great
er than that of,Cath6lics and Protes
tants together. .' " ;'. x ' . 5 t' ';
"What do yob mean, Colonel," said
S. S. Cox to Fisk, "by.the'plaeo wlicre
the Woodvine twineth 7" To this in
terrogatory Fisk responded r-' MYoo
aee, I was before, lhat learned and dig-J
nifiod body the Committee on Bank
iog and Currency, and when Gar Geldj
asked me where the tnoney got-bv
Corbid went to, I-could not make a
vulgar reply and say Tip a spout, but
observing, while peddling through
New .Eugland, that every spont of
house or cottage had a wood vine twinj
ing about it, I said, -naturally. enough1,
where tho woodvine twineth."
YTho speaker of the British Housebf
Commons has a magnincent residence
finished and kept in repair at the pub
lio exnonse; and containing ono. hunt-
dred rooms, Tl He. receives a salary cf
$25,000, and on retirement, is always
created a Viscount, and has a p3rsion
of $20,000. which on his death passes
to hi3 eldest son. -.'
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vHur to i Repajb v Ragged Sautn.is
teb". Moisten one of the vtorn edges
and lap the edgesv Lay tb era between
two 'sheets of j writing; paper, and rub
the lapped; edges with the thumb. nail
nntil warm by friction. The bill will
be stronger in the fracture than else-
Wbere -; r: ;,r . fiY'-;';Y.v-r'-
bides the
the; JLtapidan, i 125.000. - Led. at.he'
same aaio, nau an.cnocttvo xorco.ot
52,000. Grant's reinforcements op to
ine Dame oi uoia-uaroor, uune a,
wet " 97,000. Lee's' reinforcement
up to the. same, date were 18,000.
Grant's total forced-including, rein-
forcements, vas 222,000. . Lee's total
forte, including reinforcements, was
70,000. Returns to respective gov "
ernments showed that when both ar- ;
mi'cs bad reached the James, Jane 10,
th number of Grant's army that had
been put Mors au cornea was in,-
000 ... ...
Up to tho same date, the nnmber af
Leo's army that had been pat hors du
combat' was 19,000. tirant had , mora ,
than three men for every one that
Lee had 222,000 to 70,000.! ' Grant
lost more than six men for every one '
that Leo lost 117,000 to 19,000.
Grant lost as many men as all Lea,
had -and 12,000 over half as many .;
more besides 117,000 to 70,000.
Grant having in tho first instance ,
mdre than twice as many men av Lee-"
125,000 to 52,000 yet had to be re
loforced Jby. moro men than all Jeo ey j
er had 97.00Q to. 70,000. .These.,
enorrnous armies did not suffice, to
overthrow Lee. This line, which was
fought on all summer, was abandoned. -
.L". .a mm . a
All that summer ana tno iau succeea n
ink and then the winter, and lalt the
. L- .1.!.
spring wero spent, ociaro, uy iuia ,
system of exchanging six dead or ,'
wpundod northern soldiers ior every
one dead or wounded soutnern; aoi- "
dier, tlj.o exhaustion of Lee and hilar 4
my became completo nt Appomattox a
Court liouso, ihis being the way In f
which Grant got out of tbo military
wilderness,' wo may imagine overr
01 U10 uobiaUrUu ul l 10 xn w 1 ry tie '
willif he decauffieapo Jrom the
Jeroexa of popnar doobt,mnd ' diWia-
vor that now eovironj hi path to re '
lis - . rf - -: ...,
CC11UU. i
! "Das Rice, the famous circus rattn,
has been thrown, financially, and bis
personal prpperty in Erie County, Par,
is advertised for sale by ' the Sheriff.
So says one of pur exchanges.' ' .
Hit is said: that the Washington
Ghroriicle - has changed hands and will
aoonf be published in the Interest
the anti-Grant Ropublcans.
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of
Better than Enjotmint. Never
quit your hopes. Hope is often .bet
ter than enjoyment, llopei often the
cause as well as the offect of youth.: It ,
is certainly a very -pleasant and beal-Y
thy passion. A hopeloless person ia
deserted by himself; and he who for
sakes himself it soon forsaken by
iriends and fortune. - ; y
A bill is before tho S. C. Legisla- ,
uro to charter a railroad from L'an- 4
ens to AshevjUe, North Carolina, by
the way of Grecnvillo.v ' ' Ai a
New Trial. Mrs. Laura D. FairY'
the murderess of.Mr. Crittenden, has '
been granted a new trial- by tno su
preme Court of California. T ; .': -
Tho Washington telegrams ar ,
nounco that Go. Ilolden baa declined
the mission to. Peru tendered him by
President Grant, . . ' -
Chattanooga has five temperance o '.
cieties. The other houses sell whis-
fails
are
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Love and Mathimont. Lov
where wo espy all faults. Faults
thick where lovo is thin Hot .lore is
soon cold. Lovo demands faith and
faith steadfastness. Lovo and a coagh
cannot be bid.- "Marry in haste, and ,
repentj-at leisure. Love knows not
labor. If thy estate bo good, match
near home and at leisure; if weak, Tar
off and quickly. If marriages ba mado
in heaven, some had few friends there.
Marry, marry, and what about the
housekeeping? .Who'weda ere he be .
wise, shall die ero he, thrive. It 1 a
satl house whero tho hen ' crows and
tho cock is mute. " U' J : 4
The art of conversation connfats" in
tho excrciso of two fin?' qaalltieaA-Y
You must originate, ind ; you must ,
sympathize; you mast possess, at the
same time,' habits f . communicating
and listening. The union Is rare, but
irresistible. ' ' f ,
Girls, r'emomber that tho man who
bo ws, smiles, and says many soft thlngi
to you, has no genuine love; whil ha
who; loves most sincerely, strugjle tf
hide tho weakness of. his heart .and.
frequently appears doQidodly awk
ward; ' ' " '-"
If ;wo would haro powerful mind,
we must think; if would hate faith-
ful hearts, we must love ; if wo would
have strong muscles, we must labors
These include all that is valuabloJa
Y.v ti VJi v i'vt.?
..Women, are cilled tho ."softer ex,'V
because, they "are so easily liumbaggsd
Out of one hundred girls, nipety-five
woqld prefer ostentation to happiness
a dandy husband to ft plod r
Why are persons with short memo
ries like politicians - in "offloef, 'Be
cause they are al way forgetting everything.'-
t '"". . . V ". I W . ." '";
", Why Is a' alt herring', Iiko ' an 'ura
brellaf .' ,Bccauso it keeps' one dry, , ' '
: "Water, redden the roso, whiskey
ha nose, and tight boots the toes, .;-
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