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vol a UADESBOROTJGH, IT. CJ .TTEDIfESDAY, APRIL 12, 1870. , f Pee Dee Herald. OTRY DNESDiT. " tXTBSCBIPTIO B4TBt 0u year, ia drBM'.M.M.......100 BIx Months. ' W lr 1 8m. .la, ?a. 3JJ i BOO '500 10 00-1800 SO 00 3sqs 3.00 769 1400 , 20 00 35 00 4 sqs 4 00 0 00 ., 18 00 25 00 45 00 oL 5 00 1050 8200 30 00 5000 JcoL 1000 SO 00 4000 '00 140 00 teoi."S000 v 8800 ?5 00 100 00 -15000 CWADESBOBO'V 3; General Merchandise. f C, iatf Saddlery, Harness, Ao W. t- Steele. . - . i ""'. Surgeon pentlst. J. F, Morton, Tko. V. Brpwa, ' , . - ' 1 Proprietor Brown House. CerUfto MeXeadon, . j, Cf Maraball C;, L ..: , ; i j obbai. mbbohaspisb. P. J sppe4i Co., OENBBAI. tfEBCUANPIBB. ,r wforeT Cf owaler, . CRT GOODS. W,. H , Marrer, aEBEBAIi MERCHANDISE ff , H. Patrick 4c Boa, ' OBOCBBIESAcOKFECTIOlIEBllS -Jtorgaa 4c Pernor!"? - ATTOBNV AT LAW. P,X Baylor, . r.i ,. CABBIAQS JUWCrACTCBIB. If. H. Patrick, siwixs XAcniNi aqest T. Cevlnstos, " " vT A." Marry r ' 1 . . - ' mulss n irons ii unrACTcw:er .. W. JT. Patrick, : if Tailor. W. P. Garrlas, .MT.(Uli MI. CISAM, CHARLOTTE, H,X.,KUHk, . . , r . Book Binding. J.S.PkiUlpi, Mercbant TUor. J. MeLaBKhlla, . - ." Baeaeaf 4('AJ1B,'-'M' ' - f 4 ;. f Groowlca. Vr..pMa Badb, f Milliner. Ckarlotte C.ty W, ' , . ; . ' .... Flour and Veal, CathkertsoB 4c lom, 1 -' Orocer and CommUeloa Verehanta. A, B. KUkt 4 B;, . - . . r Confeatlonerlca. ParfeaairiokoUA C. ' 'ti j vl ... - . . - Tnraltnre. Kalila 4c Baa,, - i - i uii froprletora Cbwlotta Hotel. Hre .P, Qaerr, ?- t 'r -'-Milliner. .i.'k ,Ct,.'JfiM?keo)ai?rpB.qrka. p. A3'Biitk '4 pen, f. . Pqrnltnre. K Parafor, i-v - t. J -..jf t"ti, tat i ) '' 'W Books. CHAELCSTOK. ' ' Steam aWp Agents. Mr B. H, Deacta, t ' .r " Jfrlvata Boarding Houm, Cifti.Ilatkcr, i Baildlng Uaitrlal l . , TO TBI BXBAU, KJTED AND LOTED TOGETHER. Thought iagg8td, after havinf tilled to induce mj wife to spend bar wjntatB ia thU beauUfU Clty of E." - ; - v "We're Uvad and loved together, . Through many changing yeara; , We're shared each other pleasure, And wept each other! tears." v ; But now, lore, we fcara putad, ; " And I am hH alone, Tm aim est broken hearted, ! ' ' " I'm aad, and quite undone. . . .You will not low, eome witb me, . ' To lira aa we hare lived, O, what would I sot gira thee, - For such wish aohiered. v fis lonesome, lore, w.lthout thee My fate is wore than tad; 1 Oh) how cap you thus doubt me ? .Twill almost drive tntmad. We're shared each othec's pleasure, ' In daya that's paaeed sod gone ; We've reared a little treuure, ' r'k ! , Whomnttedusinone.-' And, oh t by heart ia bleeding, ' To part with thee, my lore, : Could I, by constant pleading, .-; Thy prejudice remove. I'd bend me, and while kneeling I'd tell thee of my strife; I feel It o'er me stealing, Alas I alas! my wife. r How hard it is to leave thee, Too parted for time, ; , I i. This part log It doth gnevs me Thou art mine thou art only mine. v. But well ahertly be together, ' For many days to come,, To share each other's pleasure, Wher'er on earth we roam. LnrLi Bocs, Ark., Mar. C, 76. TRAPPING- RIVER 'So you have come to make me rack mj.braio for another remi niscence, hare. you? Well, old man, I am prepared tor you, and I will give you an account of tie mygteribas wharf murder, which paralyzed the city with ; borror some fifteen years ago r ' ' Thus eld Clew addressed me as I entered his private office one afternoon, note book in hand. 'One . morning '' a"., messenger came to headquarters, from one of the nub-stations, with the. in formation that the mutilated bedy of a handsomely dressed man had been found thumping with the tide against one of the East Rivet hnlk-headg C 'The distriot roundsman was making his circuit at an early hour, when a.whar(rat came np andBaidr.:!-'v;i.'' "t-y;, 'iLook yer, Cop, Jyer jeV, go out on tb pir there, an', taka a look overvatiAyer will see some thin' that'll make yer hair stand 'What's there, my , lad ?' in quired th roundsman.' (T.Are'fl a iollr 'stiff Bflo&t -out Uher-an upper-tenner as .. wnn'rn lliffd nlil man." .' The officer well knew . what was meant by an 'upper-tenner and hastening dut ' to the end of the, pier, be beheld the body pf man, floatine face downwards. At a glanoe be saw, also, that it was the body of a well-to-do in diridual. : Getting a rope, he se cured the corpse to the dock, and then reported the case at bnoeto the statiou, from whenoe' mes-, saes were at once sent to the de tectiTeofiSce., " k' I happened to be on duty at the time, and at enos made my way to the wharf where the body was secured. I arrived ahead of the coroner, and was consequent ly compelled to await that,inde pendent officer's . arrival, as ao-. cording to law not even a deteo tive has the right to disturb a body until that offioial ie pres ent. w ,a , i v "h 1 C- 'It waa : full two hours berore that tardy gentlemsa arrived, and hy the time he bad come quite a crowd was gathered upon the dock gsaingHrmhnorhidmrioi Ity at the ' human form tht was thumping against the piles oJ the wharf in tha in-ooning tide. When the body was drawn from the' water, and stretohed out, all dripping, upon the dock, a smothered cry of horror burt from tbo Hps of the bystanders, as their eyes fell upon a terrible gash in the dead man's forehead plainly indicating that he was the victim of a foul muruet. 1 ' 'Upon receiving permission from the eoroner, f proeeeded to search the victim's clothes; bat some one his murderers, as I correctly' concluded - had antici pated roar I found nothing bat a few grains of burnt eoffe in hit vettpockst . 'The body was ordered to be taken to the Morgue for tdentifi eation, and I returned to the of fice, taking the coffee grains with ma I had already formed a theory, and s had f, some slight hopes of working oat the mys tery v, ;.:, ... -f H ?;.-'. For three days the body re mained at the Morgue ' before it was identified. A , Boston firm had teen the keeper's advertise ment, giving a description of the man's dress and general appear ance, and when one of the firm came on, he at once recognized the remains as those . of their confidential clerk, who had left Boston for New York about a week previously, on business for the firm. .. ;i - -. : I called on this gentleman, and learned ' from him that Mr. Freeman, the murdered man, had been the owner of a valuable watch, diamond studs, and sleeve buttons, and that he, most likely, had several hundred dollars in money about him at the time be was killed, j 'Having ascertained this 'ranch, I went. to work. - To me the coffee grains spoke volumns, and I read my way oat of tha rajatery cjuite clearly. Vi'ovtv"" 'My first dodge was the adop tion of a suitable disguise. I assumed that of a 'canaller,' the latter term, you know, is applied by thieves to alt greenies from the country. When - properly rigged for my purpose, 1 sallied forth, and commencing at a point some' ten blocks below where the body was found, 1 'look in' every drinking place from thence on the river front, np to ten blooks above. 1 was looking for a bar room where coffee grains', ill spice, and cloves were kept on the bar, as taste-killers. Bat they were all low places that I entered, and I did not find those condi ments set out in any of them, so I took one street baok, and tra versed the same as I had the riv er front, and finditTg none there. I took the next, and here I found my gin mill, with the coffee grains on the bar. It was situated on the corner of the street whioh terminaUd on iht pir ntar which the imfy had been found. ' ' 'So tar so good; was satisfied in my own mind that I was now in the house whioh the murdered man bad last visited, previous to being brutally murdered. 'The first glanoe I fastened upon the bar-keeper, satisfied me that he was a bad one a thorough , villain but a coward; one oi those ohaps who try to intimidate by loud talk and alang phrases. 'When I walked up to the bar and oalled for something to driuk. he eyed s me - disdainfully, " and came, seemingly reluotantly, for ward to wait pn me. ,; -, r 'But when I disclosed a well- filled wallet; and laid down f a twenty-dollar bill, his whole man ner changed . instantly, and he was quite agreeable. v' : At length he excused himself, went to the, door, and beckoned to a youth to come overp I un derstood that movement vat pleated, and you will learn why stiortiy, , , , , ,tll: , . The youth came over, when the bar-keeper- said : ,f . 1 'Johnny, 'tend bar for me a litt'.e while, I want to go to the barber s ; then, turning to me, he added : 'Don't leave, old man, there will be some of the lads in by-and-bye, and ill be baok in a few minutes. t M' Ton may just bet, Herbert, that I had no intention of leaving; thiagil were working nicely. It was mil twenty mmuro, umr the bar-keeper returned..' and when he did so, I. noticed that As had net been tkajoed, but asvlt meant to shave him a trifle close, I'dtd not botherfmyself aboat this, 'Five minutes after his return, the bar-keeper was followed by two of the worst-looking villains I had ever seen two 'sweet bads' of the first witer.-'V- .-r.-I was soon introduced to these Slugs, and invited to drink. I rank, of course. ' Drink follow ed drink, eards were proposeil, I played and won, and so the hoars glided, by, until night fell, it was a foggy, disagreeable night excellent weather for murder. i i 'My two friwnds proposed that we should so on board of a shin rant on the pier, and they would get me a bottle of genuine brandy from the captain, a friend of theirs. ' I will not pother your readers with toy expressians ! of reluctance to going out there, nor' the subtle arguments 'they used to persuade me, but at last I consented, qf eourte. We had proceeded half-way up the pier, when I conclude that it was two against one. and things had gone far enough .1 wanted them both, ; Turning suddenly I dealt one a rap on the head with a club which. I had kept concealed, and as he reeled and fell, ,1 quick ly clapped ,'wristlets' on the oth er before he fairly realized what was-going onVr;: ?. 'L: "What is this for ?' exclaimed the ruffian, with an oath. : ' . 'Murder !f I repl ied quietly, as I assisted the other chap to his feet, and ' adjusted the cuffs on him, and pinned him to the ether ooe.'.,.'v. . " ' Suoh volleys of- oaths and curses as I listened to while' tak ing these two pirates, for that's what they were-wriver pirates to the , office, was .a caution; but I -was need to that. i i " h ' 'At' the office we1 found the murdered man's studs upon them, and other small articles, which were afterwards identified as hav ing belonged to their victim. : 'My Judgment about that bar keeper was , correct; he , turned out to be an arrant coward, bile turned State's evidence and gave bis confederates away. : .When he left the saloon Pn pretence of goio to the barbers's he went to bring in the two pirates, and I was the ; intended viotim, bat they missed a fly-catch, just once. One of them died in prison, the other was hanged, and two years later, I had the pleasure of seeing the bar-keeper,' who escaped in the above case by turning State's evidenoe, sent to Sing Sing for twenty years, in another case; he got the full swing for his previous connection with the .famous dock murd er ? r;! a J r ' ' ' S "l ' : . 1 - It was a" great red brick - farm hoaseC with; a roof all covered with green and golden mosses, and a bowery canopy of apple boughs surrounding it.', while just below the slope 1 of - the hill, a oolony of J barns - rose up, with doves cooing on the ridges, and hay-ricks finishing np the back ground. - Myron Walter stood still, and looked at the fair syl van picture, glided with the tints of sunset a frank,' brown-faced young mid,; with dark, pleasant eyes, and a wavy, brown beard. Home P he slowly repeated to himself, 'home Well, Jt won't be home any longer, when those floe city people come, going into ecstasies over , the cascade w , the woods, and attitudinising under ever , tree f ' " He sighed as he ca rue down the little) 'windiog path,' where Lloaiomlng looust filled the air with honied perfume,, and tall, fed, field lilies nodded their crest ed heads.' His mother, a rosy matron of forty or thereabouts, was feeding a flock uf downy, little chickens at the back door. She glanced up, with a smile. ? Why,". Myron,' what makes you look so grave T she asked.' t 'I was thinking how soon oar happy little home-circle would be Woken np, mother t Do tell me, what possessed yon to tell, these people they might come?' A troubled look came ever Mrs. ' Walter's dimpled face.- ' W by, y on , know, t the Sey mours - were so anxions they should eome and the house is large and roomy, and I thought the money would refurnish i the Sarlor, and but I never would ave- consented, had -1 known how mack yoa objected to it I" I i Myron raised his eyebrowa -: i -i 'Alot of smirking city belles, with painty powder, and pahiers I opera, concert, . and Stewart's at second hand sentimental poetry and the. fashions. - Never mind mother, dear, it will only be for sit weeks, and I can keep out - ol way asmuoh as possible.' ' u bo be went into the house to get his broad brimmed straw hat which made him look like a handsome Spanish brigand. With the next evening's stage, the 'city boarders' arrived at the old Walter farm-house Mrs. Creasy, and her two daughters, and niece. . Mrs. Cressy was a blooming, well preserved widow of fifty. Miss Louisa was a mature maid en just in the thirties and Miss Clara was tea years younger, and gotten np in tbe extreme of the fashion; with suoh an amount of frizzes, ribbons, sashes, and streamers," that it seemed as . if she coald scarcely move , without treating a brisk breeze. And Mary Lee. the niece, a slight pretty girl of seventeen, seemed to be eleoted to wait ' on all the rest. And make herself, generally USefu I !tt'w i -;? " rti i ' 'An outlandish lot of .'em,' said Myron Walter; as he watched them sail up the broad old-fash' ioned stairway that led to their rooms. 'I wish the six weeks was' oven : ''' i,',; ' V1 1. Mrs. Cressy. and the Misses Cressy were raptures over the 'de-lightful country ir aad scenery They played , creqaet, they gathered wild flowers, they quoted poetry, aad ate .black berries and cream in tbe twilight, until Mrs. Walter wondered if they would ever be satisfied.. . ' . 'Ik's hard work keeping board ers.'' the , plump : farmers wife said to herself, v especially tbe sort that can't close a window or fetch a glass of water for them selves.,. , Miss Louisa and Miss Clara are very i pretty, .but I've felt suspicious ever since A I saw that box of red,, powder on the bureau. And as for that Miss Mary Lee, she's too haughty "for anything."''.'' ! . ('" 'Mrs.. Walter P ' ? J : The good woman started and colored as she heard Mary Lee's soft voice close to her side. i- 'It was a' good thing,' she thought, 'thatshe never had fallen into the way of soliloquizing oal loud, like, the folks In novels 'I beg'your pardon for disturb ing you said Mary softly she was slight and pale, and pretty, like a wind-flower or. a . March violet ; 'but I think I heard yoa tell your son yesterday: that yoa would be obliged to engage a ser vant to assist you ia the domes tio labors.'. i'.' .icU-m1 'Yes,' said Mrs. f Walter, 'du biously. . 'I thouitht some o' lookia' out for help --thm 'Pray, excuse me, but how much do you pay them ?' u 'Well, out here we calculate to give two dollars a week,' Mrs. Walter ! answered, somewhat pussled. A., " :; And their board?' ',' Tes, their board, of course , : 'Mrs. Walter, would you en gairefnsf" t, S i'You, Miss LeerV i f . . JYss,' the gul . answered, put ting her hand to her throat as if to ol m souu obttruotion there. Iam weary of Jedin a decad ent's Ufa 1 1 want to earn oy own living.' f ,-. 'But, dear heart, yoa anV ned to that sort of thing,' oi led Mrs. Walter. 'Look at your pretty white handa' . : i can learn,' pleailed Mary. 'As for my hands, yori will see how busy they eaa be, in . spite of their color tii".'? v" v!1 1 Tra' afraid, eommenoed the farmers witV but Mary caught her hand.' 'i''if i.-.'uirA;-. Dear Mrs. Walter, she cried, 'try me before you decide. Only give me 'a. trial. -i I mast work somewhere ; if you only knew how cruel my aunt and cousins can be, I would Starve sooner . than to eat the bitter bread of depend ence longer -t mfiv .y And Mrs. Walter ' softened by the sight of Mary's 'tears, eon sented.v. f... When llyrod1 Walter . eame down the next day,' , he ! found Miss Lee ia a calico dress of his mother's: and a prodigious bib apron, washing Vegetables at the link. : ? j n .:(, . c W "it'l t'MlsiLel(,M?ri ; 'Mary,'' if ,'yon please,!' Mr, Walter,' she said, with a rogoub sparkle to her blue eyes I am your mother's hired girl now.' s , ; Are you la earnest?' V ' 'I never was more so In my life.- ,. ,1 ' : v 'May I ask the reason of this this strange whim?'' '' 'It is no whim; Mr; : Walter. Iam siok lof being dependent. I want to earn mt 'own; living. Your mother has kindly consent ed to try me, aad t am resolved to deserve her confidence.' ; i ; 'And I honor your noble self reliance t Myron involuntarily cried oat$ l i Uit4 ma Mr, Cressy was Indignant. Clara and ' Louisa shrugged their shoulders, ' exchanging ' meaning uUnoes, and opinion that 'Mary would sooa get tired of -playing kttohen maid. But Mary san About her work as blithe ki J I linnet, and seemed happier 'with very pissing day And when Mrs. Walter paid her, her' first week's wages, she felt rich. 1 i'1 1 never earned Buy money be fore shsjaidi I begin now to comprehend the dignity of labor. i'j'Msry said Mrs;" Cressy,' one sunshiny Bemptember afternoan, when the early grapes were1 just beginning to ripen against the outh wall. M'We are going back next week, v Of course yoa will abandon this fancy of yours, and return with as?' " 'Of oonrse 1 1 shall not t Mary Lee laughingly answered. ? ! Do yon mean td stay V J 11 Certainly f - i : '5 sh ii'For two dollars a week V. ha It is more than yoa ever! paid me aunt,' said Miss Lee, demnrs- ' 'Very well haughtily respond ed MrOreesyj Yoa are your own mistressr Do as yoa please. But wheal corns back here, next iumuier : f 'Yoa will not eome, aunt said Hsry.-catmiyri: .2 faA- M To bs sore we shall, said Mrs; Creuyv ' The place is beau tifal and healthy, the fare excel lent, prios moderate, ; and' 1 'Yes said Mary 'but we shall not take any boarders next sum meri" .f-,!'( k? 'h.'iUjW, iiJ IPs fj .f.V ;ivH ,U'-dV!f' 'My ; husband and myself, I am to t be- tnarrisl to 'TMyron Walter In November." ' , ' i ! 'A oommon farmer f cried Mrs. Creuy, who! had' nmanceuvred vainly and hard to secure l the well-to-do young farmer for her own somewhat pant hours. 'Quite good enough I for me,' said ' Uary, quietly. . But tn her heart she thought Myroa Wal ter tho, best and nooieat ot ail created beings,? ;,-j),V.--.i- Sj that was the end of. Mrs Walter's experiment of, taking city bo trders.' . ...;, s i. . V . ( ' , . ' An MQlitnga asya:' f yuorbiye any. thing oM uke it to the Miitennial. lint what la a mit to do who has wxhiikg bat vnr old elothss, and cant borrow nr oth ers? He might got fapon a pedestal' and pmm blmseiroir tut old statu, while his 0o4hfi warn ou wxhlhitloa lu aothrde. rtrUant; biU vry fcw man UkeJiatUokxa utdrawt hi the fl:te arts it that. , 1 Was Anna Dlcksoa't nn to aatltled '.lowing an J RoRnlfig.' Ami au oil bt.'h. wouklbea mio apt'P" n stthjwtf ( ouldn't Sparai Itlm. 1 Mr friend. Col. Richard Win- tersmith.' says the' Waahinstton correspondent of the Ctacinaiti inquirer, was wataing np tn aveneuj one day,T accompaned by Mrs. W, and knother lady. Just la front of them perambula ted' a perfumed attache of ths French Legation.; budisniy the high diplomatio boot heels struck upon a particular smoom spot 01 ice;' there was a flash of feet in the air.and the whack of a heal with' hair parted in the middle upon the cold' snd ' unfeeling bricks; then a frantio getting np and a haaty glance around to see who was laughing. It htpnenel that ' the risibilities of the ladies who aocompenied Col. W. was excited. :iAi;'s:-h.ii The furious- Frenchman, pro duced delicate piece ' of 'paste ooara irom in pocKet 01 nis buk vest, and proffared the same to the martial KentuckUn. , ' : 'Sare, ze ladies yoa . have bj houare 1 to protect have offdr me le groogs insult I shall look to yoa for so satisfacshong. . V The Colonel? bowed with that peculiar grace 1 and comprest ment which would drive the late Earl of Chesterfield mad with envy a huadred times a day were he alive to witness them and re sponded ! 'My dear sir, I am 1 sorry that you taka that view of it, but It you iniist on satis faotiou, permit me to make i itiggestion, which I have ho doubt will commend to yoar judgement" My wife has two brothers, either of whom shs could spare more oonrsniently than she coald we, I am tho only husband she has, and shs coald never.'get another like roe It I should bo slaio. If it's all the same to you, please hold one of Mrs. W i brothers responsible in this matter ! And the Colonel bowed anoth er: of bis overwhelming bows, and f massed on, leaving ths astonished ittle t Frenchman absorbed ia blank stare at the nearest lamp post. ' n)f,i) 1 lAyr',.y. ; I ;in 1 1 1.1 ,1 1 1 ' 1. 1 1, 11 ' - . A Zaop Veaf fJoonat.: i ,:: " 'A, " I They stood together in the en try beneath ths ball lamp. -, n Then, Henry she said, ia a low voice, wherein blended de tcrmiualioa, melanoholly . and love, 'yod refuse my suit. ! 'Yes, Ella, he replied ia ac centa that weirs firm, though the speaker's voice trembled. I ad mire yeu; I Will be a brother to you and watch with pride your course through life, and if ever trouble should befall yon there will at least be one' friend 1 to whom you can Come, for succor; but I never can be your nusbind.' 'It U not beoause yoa'lre poor, nenry ? For oh f if that were all, I ceuld toil ; gladly from mora till night for yoa, ' humble as it bight be, bat our own ''t 'It' it Is useless ta attempt to Induce i.Ids1 to ohango my determ ination." Though I am but a poor,4 weak man, I can neyer change toy mind. . " " ' ' 'Then, crnel young man, so fair aad yet so faloe, farewell. To morrow yoa shall see my imbo gtod remains on ths lecture plat form, and know that it has beon your work. " But it will be ton late", aad clasping him to her bosom la a wild embrace, she fled into the outer darkness. 1 ;. :. I 'Exploring wants plaeea.' mid John Ilea ry, aa he pot ls ana around tha pretty cuantbriDiiiJ. Xart(Uon of the air.' said AIr.Unry, overbearing bun, auU aaiiing iuto hla raven eurlv Asa Anxlouw Wirev. j " , A Justice of the peace owrrM e mU ia FturiOa, some time slue, it wm 1 t Ami time bs aver did such a tiiln an J a gxtwlxwt Hawoandpbysyii!;, 'Suf fer tittU tkilJrtn to cuius unto at wmca tna brtto mnarka -Thrtiik jou. John tela ga That's ail wa wiutr AUmartUarkoy, , 'Boo C. aa a;ed Urkir, on swii". mastar-afr ra4ug s.itfr.1 latter timw thata into lb otm, sil 10 him, 'tl j- luU air mora lettofi, pib era to m, su aa i ean atod eia to my f.uder, h 1 . prwu. and to write to.' 'Wlwt cui yirtiflfr waul with my let r? i'urh t h t U Uu 1 1, aa b waa vary sick when, I ttmk yoti a . f.oiu him.' . )h no, hit Utl yw; (' h w he'd tnruly h wivt la uw-'
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