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Dear Love, For Curs.
FEED RICK W. JLORINQ.
Do you ask me, starry eyes, ,
To describe the lover true?
Wonder not at my surprise, ; .
i Who should know as well as you.
Think of all that you hare seen,
All the lover3 that have .been ;
He is true whose love is shown,
For her sake, and not his own.
What he does, he does alone,
Yet he hopes it wins her thought $
All that in his soul has grown,
To her sovereign feet is brought ;
xu 111a soui ner image eimgs,
She seems woven in all
things, '
And each thought that in
him stirs,
hers.
3 not for his sake, but
This is the5true lover, sweet
. True , as ever I am true ; :'.'.
For my love is all complete,
' Perfect. since it comes from you.
Darling, yet, 'tis not troe--no !
For I could not let you
must keep you where you've grown,
or my gane, ana lor your own.
For your own, because; I love
More than any other can ;
More than ever love could move
Heart of any former man.
Ixxk at me and then agree,
None have ever loved like me ;
For whatever I may do,
Is because I hve in you.
i -
Kiss, and so shut speech away,
When old age our life has spent,
'Twill be time enough to say,
What is love m argument.
For the present all stars shine ;
ji'ou, are here, and you are mine,
Love makes licht, and soiicr, and
Cowers,
For whose sake ? Deai love, for
ours.
From the Haleigh Nsvrs.
Life Gf John Allen Ilotehey
' ' Salisbury, N. C, V
July 9th, 187 S. (
Early' .yosterdav-- morning the
citizens of this place wi're muclf
relieved by hearing the news of
the arrest of a notorious character
by the name of . JtuiiK. Allen
Ketchev. His name has been the
topic of con versationibr two days.
Crowds erather on, the streets and
talk ot his lite, narrow c sen pes
from death, etc. So inotorious
and desperate was he that the
evs had spread all over the city
before the sun was up. Persons
knowing it were Known to,, go to
thei neighbors, wake tliem up
and tell the news, " ivetchey has
been captured at last." ' IlurW
dreds visited the jail before ten
o'clock to get a glimpse of tjhe
prisoners For some weeks past
numbers of young men have left
the place and searched tor days
for-him through the country, re
turning without their game. AH
visitors to the ja-il were refused
admittance, -vour reporter anion
the number. Finally, howeveiv
, c,..a
'
report lor tue jxuieigu xcn, x
was told by the vSherifr to call at
hls office at twelve o'clock, and
-.-nnlfl Qflniit. irt flip, inif
. .. , , , , - , , , .
Accordingly at the appointed ti me
1 ealieu, waitea iora rew minutes,
When I was led. by tlie Shetitf to
one of the back doors of the Court
House, through a gardenT and
then into the back yard of the
jail. The building I found to be
a large strong three story bricK
building, situated in a beautiful
jot on the principal streets, only
one block from the public sqare.
As we reached ttye back door, -1
was made to promise that I should
not let any one in the city know
that I had been admitted to the
prisoner. On the first floor we
came to a large iron door, fasten
ed by large pad-lock, bolt and
chain. 'After w-e passed through,
I it was locked behind us. Upon
reaching the top ot the ste ps we
came to another door heavier and
larger than the one passed. Af
ter some difficulty we passed this
and came to another whicb open
ed into the passage, on one side
of which was the cell of the no
torious V
JOHN ALLEN KETCH EY.
We fotfnd him apparently sleep-
nig. ne biieritt called mm to
the door of his cell- and I intro
duced myself as the i reporter for
the News. He seemed glad that
I had called. I found him to be
a young man of twenty-seven
years, 5 half feet high .with a
very intelligent and innocent look,
black, hair, dark eyes, heavy
moustache, witp light side whisk
ers, lie was lying on blankets
that had been spread in his cell
for him. He is a fine looking
man, and seems -to be in the
wrong place. When called he
seemed slow to move, as he was
suflenngseverely from the wounds
received nine 'days ago. From
Ketch ey, with the assistance of
Sheriff Waggoner, I elicited the
following: "T'was born and rais
ed in the county of Rowan, with
in a few miles of Salisbury. When
I had become about! 16 or 18
years of age I was sent to school
in Salisbury by my father,,, to an
old gentleman by the name of
Grossclose. I Was much loved
by my school matcs,: and am sure
that I did not have an enemy in
the "whole place." Here the
prisoner raised his head, ave a
groan and exclaimed, " Oh, God !
how I do wish that I could Recall
air that I have done since I went
to school, could wipe it all out. be
a free man. I would then be. a
model man, agood man. I would
show the people of Salisbury and
the world what a rood man was.
When the -war 'was, getting pretty
hot I was conscripted, but neer
served long. . jl was ahvays being
arrested and court-martiafed for
many thingsthat I was forced to
do? Here the prisoner was
asked what he did but he gave
no answer. " Near the close of
the war I deserted and
home ; staved iu the woods until
its : close ; was -arrested several
times for stealing money, but. al
ways managed tb make my escape
from every jail I was in. In the
5'ear l8G8 I was arrested in Salis
bury while sitting on the street,
upon the ' charge of stealing a
horse in town of Greensboro, was
tried at Spring Term of the Court,
found guilty and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for a term of seven
years ; broke jail about 10 o'clock I
the first night -after I was seiv-
fenced ; was recaptured the next
morning abo tit sunrise ami taken
back to prison - remained there
for about a month, when I again
broke jail -'and,-, made good my
escape. During this time there
were many primes committed,
such as horse -stealing, house
breaking and burning, and a rape
committed : all these I was charij
with. The' (dlicers ot the law
were looking tor me all the time ;
but I Was no troubled with them
until last Christmas night, when
I was arrested bv three men from
Salisbury, Sam'l. , Iveeves, David
Bringl i and John Beard. They
came upon me at tne house of
Jonn bwiiik, situated njie mile
and a half from Salisbuiy. I
made no resistance whatever ; was
brought to 'Salisbury ind lodged
in jail that night. rOn the 10th
of. February, 1873, about seven
o'clock in tiie evening I managed
to loose . myself from the chains
an d h a n dcu fr's, with which I was
fastened to the floor, forced open
the great irou door of my cell,
tan down stair. and made - good
my escape. The rape for which
I was arrested and am now charg
ed with was committed about the
latter pail of jbne 1872, on a
white girl 18 years ht .age, very
pretty and said to be respectable.
1 know nothing about this, never
dreamed of it until! was inform
ed that I was accused of it.' As
soon as I broke jail, I left home
and went down on the W. C. & R.
Railroad and got board at a sta
tion l)y the name of Lilesviile;
went from thereto Wilmington,
remained only a short time ; from
there 1 went to Goldsboro and
Raleigh ; stayed in Raleigh a' few
days ; walked about the city, eaw
the Capitol &c. In traveling I
never try to conceal myself. From
theretl went to Weldou, thence
to Petersburg ; stopped in Rich
mond two days ; f went fronl there
to Acquia Creek ; thence to
Washi ngton City ; stopped at the'
Metropolitan Hotel. Before I
left Salisbury I heard that Sheriff
Waggoner had beenaccused of
aiding me in my escape from jail,
so I told my brother Louithat
before the Sheriff should lose his
omce on my account, l would give
myself up to him. While" in
Washington, ! saw an extract tak
en from some paper that; ! had
escaped and that the Sheriff was
suspected of being instrumental
in it, and that the Court was
about to make it' go hard with
him. I thereupon sat down, im
mediately, and wrote a note to Mr.
J. J. Bruuer, Editor of the Salis
bury Watchman, exonorating him
from all blame. I asked the Edi
tor to publish it, and was glad to
find afterwards that he did so.
From Washington, I went to New
York, Philadelphia and Boston ;
from there I returned home, by
the way of Baltimore. In every
place that I would stop at, the
first thing I would do 'was' to buy
a newspaper to see if it contained
any thing about me. I love to
read and write 'dearly.' I was of
ten much amused byseeing pieces
iu the .paper about me, where I
had been seeuwhat crimes I com-
nutted, &c. All these were lies.
I had not been at home long, be
fore Sheriff Wa:p:oner; heard of
itand fori, weeks and montli I
was hounded down, often think
ing that my time for going up
had come. I evaded all of them
until the iUstof June, 1873 ; some
of my supposed friends betraypd
me and informed the Sheriff
wlierc-abouts I frequented. o
on the' morning o.the 8.1st, Sher
iff' W affdner , after haviiiir froni
L fifty to seventy-five men pot look-
ing icr me, summoned a posse of
seven- men, together , with his
Deputy, Moses A. Smith, who I
could have killed a hundred times
before, and concealed themselves
in a dense, thicket of black jack
bushes' about a mile and a half
from Gold Hilt on the Salisbury
and Albemarfe road, where 1 was
to pass that morning. About
seven o'clock in the morning I
was walkiiig up the road Jjy the
side of m v v o u n b r o t h e r. L oui s
B. Ketcliey's waggon, he. and a
man by the name of Brady
were nding in . the wa,gon, I
walking. T was m contintTal fear
of being shot down all the time.
As we neared the thicket I heard
a noise in the hushes, at tlie same
instant brother Louis spoke to his
horse which had become frighten
ed and hallowed to me to look out.
As I turned my face to the bushes
I immediately recognized the face
of Sheriff Waggoner. The wag
on in which was mv brother and
Brady, was between the' Sheriff
and myself. I-saw in an instant
that he had several men with him.
Determining to escape, I turned
and run in the opposite direction
from there across the road ; jun
ed a rail fence and started across
an open field. I heard the Sheriff
say : stop, John' Allen, and im
mediately afterwards they fired
nn nip. four distinct 'shots idmof
1 i rpi,n"' " -l.i.
took effect in mv loft 'hand tenrU
ihP-OT the fat ham of mv thttnfbfhullets: You will, I ruess, hear
inv
alid my fore i finger, also breakihg
the first three fingers. I contiiiu
running but had not gone more
than ten steps before I received
several shots, otic in the back
part of my head," one in my neck,
one in my teft leg, and three shots
in my right hand ; one pistol bul
let in my right wrist and another
in my shoulder and back. I be-
an to feel weak from the loss of
blood and found it very .difficult
to continue running, so I deter-
mined to make for the woods.
After I reached the woods I found
out that I was out running them,
but that they we're tracking me
by the blood on the leaves aud
bushes .which fell from my hands
as I passed by. I had on a hat
which I.took, put ray hands in
side and ran w; th all ; ray might
for, about a quarter ' of a ' mile ;
stopped and listened but could
, .
not hear anything of ihem. ,1
foundalterward that all the guns
were loaded with fiteen buck 'shot
each. My coat here has twenty
six holes in the left side of the
tail. After I had been wounded
for several ft ays I found that I was
suftering intensiy and. vaa com
pelled to have medical -atfeutiou.
My hands began" to rot and , get
ftiJI of worms. All the time I re
mained close to a branch of Water
so that I could bath my wounds
frequently. I sent for Dr. CaldT
well, of Salisbuiw, several times
but before he arrivlT got scared
that he would be followed by offi
cers, and I -.would bo arrested.
On the 5 th o f Ju ly, fi ve d ay sha (
ter the shooting, my brother
Louis told Sheriff Vaggonetwhere
I was ; but before he, reached me,.I
left and went near Salisbury, just
within" the corporate limits. Here
on the 7th I received medical at
tention from Dr. Caldwell. The
Sheriff heard that the Dr. had
seen me at the place, so nightbe
fore last, at 11 A- o'clock, She rift
Waggoner, accompanied by Mr.
William Brown, of Salisbury, ar
rested me. I was under a house
in the north western part of town ;
name of the place' will come put
on the trial. Mr. Brown saw jme
first and caught hold of me. . As
soon as I saw the Sheriff, T begged
for mercy, and prayed.him not to
shoot me, but to spare my ile
and I would willingl7 go with,
him. They then brought me to
the jail. ' y . ' . ; .:
The prisoner informed me that
he never drank an T liquor, never
played cards never used tobacco
in any shape or form in his life;
He sa3's that ho has a- pleiity of
everything, nd is not compiled
to steal for a living, but that it
has grown upon him" so, tliujt if
he were cl ear of every cri me that
he ever committed, and sent Iree,
if he Were to see a wod horseand
and a good chance to steal it; he
could not help it if his life depen
ded u-pon it.
John Allen Ketchev has been
sentenced to the Penit'entiary lot
less than eight' times for holrsa
stealing; has broken 4 into and
robbed several -srores and dwel
lings, and now stands charged
with the crime - of rape. For
more 'than eight vears he has
been a most notorious and darjhg
thief, and a terror to all the' poo
pie of this part of the State.
Sheriff Waggoner. certainly desr
ves great credit . for his energy
and the skill he has put forth to
.secure his arrest, liaving himself
been out in the woods away from
home, sleeping on the ground for
weeks af a; time, trying to rid
the good people of this county of
a most .notorious, and desperate
man. His -trial comes off the
the first Monday in August, and
the universal desi rc' and belief
here is, that he will hang for his
crimes. The people wH not bo
satisfied unless he suffers the ex
treme penalty of the law. lie
seems to be glad that his t rial
conies off so early ; says he feels
much relieved, as he has medical
attention at present. He 13 very
feeble and weak, and in a critical
condition. One of his hands will
have to be amnutated. "His whole
-body seeni3 to be riddled with
more bf him next month.
G. B. E.
Th Raleigh Zews says that on
Wednesday last twenty Masters!
of the; twenty five Granges now
in 6i0ration in this State assem
bled in Metropoli tan Hal r, fo r the
purpose of organizing . a State
Grange :. '.. '-X '' T'. -;
; Col. D. Watt Aiken, Grand
Deputy of the National .Grauge,
called the meeting to order, mak
ing some practical jemarks in re
lation to tlie operations and 'de
signs of the order, and the good
which wojld ensue from its ex
tension throughout the State.
J. W. Hall: Master ot Rowan
Central Grange, was called to the
chair, temporarily, r C, R. Joires
and R. T. Fulghum were appoint
ed Secretaries.
Messrs. J. S. Lorisr, C.R. Jones
and T. L. Vail were appointed a
committeelirough their Chair
man, Mr.Eongsubmitted a series
of by laws, which were adopted.
The election of officers of the
State Grange was next ono. into,
which resulted as follows : x'"
M aster W. S. Battle; of Edge-V
combe. ; , c :
Overseer ColurnbuspMills,, of
Cabarrus.' l-y ' ;
Lecturer John S. Ldng, of
Newborn. :r - ' '
Steward E. 0. Davids9nof
Mecklenburg. ( , ...;Ao-,t-;rJt
ssitartt Steward A. J. Gailo-1
way, of Wayne. " M
Chaplain J. W. Hall, ot Row
an. - -: . .Vy I '" '' '
Secretary G. W. Lawrence, of
Cumberland. , h
Gate Keepcr-J. M. Campbell,
of Moore. ' .
, Cerees Mrs, W. S. Battle, of
Edgecombe. .
Pomona Mrs. S. A. Mills, of
Cabarrus. . 'y' ;
. Flora Mrs, E. C. Davidson, of
Mecklenburg. . . ' v " I
lessrs. A. T.Mail, George Z.1
French and J. W. Hall j were
chosen as the Executive Commit.
tee.: ; : ,-',s . : U-"--
The first to hold office for.th re o'
3?ears, the second for two and th'e
third for one year, . i 2
On motion, deputies for. the
propagation of tlie order were ; ap
pointed as follows : . ; t
In the East, Jno. S. Long, for
the Centre K. T. Fulghum, and'
for the West, E. C. Davidson.'
A. T. Mial offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopt-
cdt ',-....' '.'':.,; ,"t-';.:
Resolved, JFhnt the Stale Agrimd-'
fural Journal, published in the
city of Raleigh, by R. T. Falghum,
be considered the organ of 1 the
State Grange ; Vthat Avc reeom-
m e 1 1 d if to f 1 1 e sup jo rtof al 1 the
members of the order. .
On . motion of J, W. Hall, the
State Grange adjourned : to me?t
again in this city-6n the 3d Wed:.
nesday of next February, .unleps,
sooner ca 1 1 ed by p roper author tyv
. One who was present informs1
us that a crowd of more than '
four thousand persons assembled
at Wilkesboro' on Friday 24, of
June, for the purpose of eceihg
the struggle of George Gi-aham,"
nntler sentence of death, on the
gallows. The prisoner was-
brought out to the scaffold,, and
as ( every preparation had been ,
made for the hanging, it took . the
audience by consieerable surprise
when the Sheriff drew frbmrhisi
poeketaommutation of sentence,
to imprisonment for life from the f
Governor. The culprit took lit
tie or no notice of fithis commuta
tion of sentence, regarding iher.
proceedings with stoical itidiffer
ence. It is understood that he
denied atiy participation in the.
miirder of Miss Seamon, but
mentioned under the gallows
while under the impression ; that1
he was. to be hung, the names of:
several persons who he said could j
tell all about it. Wo heard ,
none of the names. Slatcscilte' Ity
lilkkricer. v
!. (Quarrel in?
Itanythiug in the world will,
make a man feel badly, except
pinching his fingers in the crack
Luiwi $0 mail ever . faiU U) ,
think k-s of himself afterit than..
heforp: It degrades him m the.
eves of others, audi what is wors?,
bj 1 m ts hi s Be n si bil iti es ou th e 0 n e J
hand, and iucxeases the power of
passionate irritability -.'.ou ; U10.
other. The truth h, the more .
peacefully kiid quietly we get on., "
the letter for our ueighbors.'
nine cases out of ten, the better
course is, if a man .cheats you,
cease to deal with him ; if he is ,
abusive, quit'his company and if ;
he slu tide re yoti,. take care to live
so that nobody will believo him. '
No matter who he is, or hQW ke
misuses you, the wisest way is to:
let him alone ; for there is nothing t
better than this cool,, calm and:
quiet way of dealing with"" the"
wroujr0- -ve meet with.