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'4y THE EOttSTlTUTlON 'AND 'THE LA W S TH E 4 0 U AUDI AN S OF 0 U R . L IBERTT HILLSBOROUGH, N.' C.j DECEMBER 6, 1865 No. J31aV 7 i . i is ii ir iii iii art i i i i r i a ie THE OLD CARTMAN. " ' A ttVt ITOBT. r ' I fcavt a mind to tell little story. Thit it it brief tnay seen at a glance, and that it is true 1 wt emphatically avow, tf tht reader -despises it because tf the "first, r the editor rejects it Terr the reason f the last, thru wilt I eschew truth in the fa tare, aad devote rajtelf to tht elaboration of lies lato chapters, and the purest fiction into wolumes of teventeen hundred -page each. ; ' With this understanding 1 proceed at ore to re ark that five years ago, or there about!, John Ainsley or "Tap Ainsley," at he was familiar! catled was the own ar of a hand cart, and earned a living by conveying miscellaneous parcels from one section to another, aad receiving therefor :hc reasonable remuneration of fifty centi per load. . To desnate tht occt nation ia tht pro ; steal language possible, lit was a hand-cart- saan, and when not employed, could always be found during workrng hours at the cor aer of Montgomery aad California streets. His hair and long- beard were quit gray and his limbs feeble; and if ho could hot thove os heavy a load through the deep and or op the steep grade above htm as the stalwart Teaten on the opposite corner, therebv losing many a dollar, all the light loads ta the neighborhood fell to his lot. end krad-hearted ntea not onfrequently travelled a square r two out ol their way to give an easy jo to rap Ainsley." Four wart lost September. (I recollect the month, for I had a note of four thou andfollart to par and was compelled to do seme tpretty sharp financiericg to meet it, having two or three dozen volumes of boots to transfer to my lodgings, I gave . Pap Aiwsiey' the task of transportation. Arriving at any room jutt as he deposit ed the Iat artnial on te table, observing that the old man looked Cfwsiderabljr f- vigsrd, after cl mbing three flights f stairs .... ... wvt or six iiiwei, i invueu mm io ukc a las of brandv a bottle ol which I usu ailv kept in mv room fur meriicin! and so ptrific .uroe. , Allhnujh grstelut fur the invitation, he pnlitelr ueclinel. I urg ed, but he was inflexible. I was greatly 'astnniohett. Do vou never drink ?" said (. ' Very seldom," he replied, dropping into a chair at my request, and wiping the pcrii'iratinn from off his forehead. Well, if vou drink at all." I insisted, vou will not And in the nest six mouths so fair an excuse for indulging, for you seem laligued and scarcely able to stand. To be frank," aaid the old man, "I do tot drink an now. 1 have sot tasted in toxictting liqoor fur fifteen years since since Since when? I asked, thoughtlessly, observing his hesitation. The old man told me that sixteen vears ago be wa a well-to-do farmer near Sjrra , coie.N.Y. He had but one child a daogh ter. While attending a boarding choil in that cits, the girl, then but sixteen vear far, formed an attachment foravoung phjiu-ian. Acfjuainiins her father witlt i e circumstance, lie flail? refused his con sent to her union with a man he had never seen, and rerouvinj? her from chol. di patched a note to the vounz callant. wis! tht somewhat pointed inf.nin.uion that hi Jireience iq the neigMwhooil of the Aius av farm would i-ot meet with favor The reader of c'Une urmie the re- salt, for such a proceeding could and can aave hut one result. In IrM than a month there was an elope- Mini, a ne uwer luanen ms iiouiiie-bar rel shot gun, and swore venrranret hut failing to find lU fugiiitm, he took tuthe bottle. IIi good wile tld hin not tndrs- pair, but lie dratik the deeper and accun tier of encour;i2in2 the cli'iieinent. In three iinititlis the wife died, and at Us expiration ol a jrar the young couple retumrd to Sviacu.e from Connecticut, where they lenmcd that the old oiin, after the death of his wife of which ther had f course been apprised, had sold Ins form snsandercd the proceeds, and wis almas weititute. Learning of their arrival, Aim- lev drank himself into a frenzy, and pro reeded to the hotel where they were stop ping, attacked the husband, wounding him in the arm with a pistol shot, and then at tempted the life of his daughter, who hap pily escaped uninjured through the inter position of persons brought to the spot by the report of the pistol. Ainsley was ar rested, tried, and acquitted en the plea of insanity. The daughter and her husband returned to Connecticut, since which time tht father had not heard from them.4 He was sent to a lunatic asylum, from which he was dismissed after remaining six months. In1851 he came to California. He had lottowed mining for two years, but finding bia strength unequal to the pursuit, he re- turned io iniscuy, ana me n-si is Known. " Since ihen,M concluded the old man, bow ing his face in agony, I have not tasted liquor, nor have I seen my child." I re gretted that I had been so inquisitive, and expressed to the sunerer me svmpamy i really felt for him. After that I seldom passed the corner without looking lor ' rap Ainsley,' and never saw him but to think of the sad story he had told me. One chilly, drizzling day in the Decem ber following, a gentleman having purchas ed a small rnarbte-top table at an auction room o;poite, proffered the old man the job of conveying u to tits residence on Stock ton street, rsot wishing t accntnpany the carrier, he had selected the face, probably, giving the best assurance of the careful de livery of the purchase. Furnished with the number ol the house, the old rartman, after a pretty Irving strug gle with the deep descent of California strtet. reached his destination, and depos ited the table in the hall, 'lingering a mo meat, tht lady did not seem to surmise the mum, onfil he politely Informed her that rer husband (for uch he took him to be) hsd probably by sccident neglected to set tle for the cartage. Very well, I will pay you," said the lady, stepping into an adjoining room. She returned, and, stating that she had no smaller coin in the housr, handed the old man twenty dollar gold piece. He could not make thr change. Never mind I will call to-morrow;" ssid he, turning to go. "No, i.ol" replied the lady, glancing pitjingly t his white locks and trembling limbs ; " I w ill not permit vou to put your self to so much trouble," and she handed the coin to Hiidget, with instructions to set if she could get it changed at one of the stores or in some of the markets ia the neighborhood,. "Step into the parlor until the girl re turns, the air is chilly, nd you must be rold,'' continued the" lady very kindly. MC'ine," she added, as he looked at his roui'i attire snd heitatrd. There is a griii fire in the grate, and no one there but the ch ildren." " It in Mimewhit chilly," replied the ol! man, f Hon ing her into the parlor and tak ing a seat near the fire. " remap 1 may find some silver in the house," said the lady, leaving the room, "(or I fesr llridget will not succeed in getting the twenty dollar piece changi-d." "Come here, little one," ail the M man coaxingly to the younger ufthetw . children, a girl about six years ni a'. "(N.me, 1 lue It i tie children;" an. I ;u child, who had been watching him im curiosity from behind the laige arm c; air, hesitatingly approached. What "is your name, dear!" inquned the crtman. . " M ria," lisped the little one. "Maria?" he repeated, with the great tears gathering 'm his eves. 1 once had a little js.it I n-Mtrd Maiia, and you look very mmh a h did." Did you?" inquired the child, with interest; "and was her name Maria East- viction there, suddenly rose to leave the louse. "I cannot meet her without be triying myself, and I dare not tell her I am that drunken father who once attempt ed to take her life, and perhaps left her husband a cripple," he groaned as he hur ried toward the door. The little ones were bewildered. -' You are not going?" said the mother, at that time je-appearing and discovering thi old man in the act of passing into the hall. , , lie stopped and .partly turned his face, but seemed to lack the resolution to do aught else. 1 " He said he had a little Maria once, thit looked just like me, mother," shunted the child, her eyes sparkling with delight. The knees of the old cartman trembled, and he leaned against the door for support. The lady sprang toward him, and, taking hint by the arm, attempted to conduct him ts a chair. "No, no!" he exclaimed, not till you tell me 1 am forgiven." Forgiven ? for what r" replied the mother, in alarm. Recognize in meyour wretched father, and I need not tell you' he faltered. " My poor father!" she cried, throwing her r.rmi around his neek; "all is forgiv enall is forgotten." All was forgiven, and the husband, when he returned late in the afternoon, was scarcely less rejoiced than his good wife at the ditxnvery. Whether or not Bridget succeeded in changing the double esgle, I neer learned ; but this I do know it took thehonet female all of two months to un ravel the knot into which the domestic af airt of the family had tied themselves do ing her absence. - Pap Ainsley still keeps his cart, for money would not induce him (apart with it. I peeped into the back yard of Dr. Eastman one daylat week, ana" discovered the old man dragging the favorite vehicle round the enclosure, with, his four grandchildren piled promiscuously into it. .13 Mernlul God!" exclaimed tht old man, starting Irtm his chair,. and again dropping into it, with his head bowed up en his breast This cannot be! and ye! why not?" He caught the child in his arms with aa eagerness that frightened her, lid gazing into her face until he saw con- dexico A Shady Side View of the le publlcan Cause. The Louisville Journal publishes the fol lowing Irom a correspondent wh. has just returned from a year's residence in Mexi co : There are no war going on in Mexico! There has been no semblance of war since tht seizure and surrender of OJaca in February last 1 That was the close of all ref nbtican demonstrations against the Em pire. Not a battle has been fought since between Imperialists and Liberals any wlvrt in Mexico, except aome skirmishes it Sonora, where the Liberals were driven fnvti the country by the Sunorians theta srl.e, agisted by a handful of French, will ,i of out four or five, all told. June is reported to have a few thousand mi with linn, but they are on the North en frontier, and give or receive no battle. Ve ma.i uf, those who are opposed to MiVMiilati are those who woald most glad ly weicsme his success those who have v-in di-appointed in his slow progress I ii -tin the most of those whose opinions and triiimentsare of any value, lit has op p Sent, as fu all governments that ever es te.l in Mexico, composed tf the class ol " o i ta" that want t be in." These constitute about tht only classes of opposition the new order of things has. Aa tt republican opposition, I venture the assertion, without considering it a venture, that t'tere is not an tit'.est, intelligent man Mm all Mexico who believes it possible for rrsuniican tt.iuiit io exist in ojcxico without an infusion of other people. It lias tried republican forms in their tvery variety, and yet every President has bstn as umch of a "despot, and necessarily st, as ever rulrd in Turkey. AH classes in Mexico now admit that Santa Anna was the most successful ruler they ever had and they admit in the tame breath, wlut all know ttbe true, that a greater tyrant never lived. It is the merest aid boldest pretense which claims republican sympathy for up setting the present order tf things) and if it should be upset or abandoned; Mexico would be delivered bark . agiin f into the same revolutionary turmoil which has' dis tinguished and distracted her for'forty-firt years. Is that a case to which an Ameri can republican dare ts lend bimsfelf in the name of humanity," forsooth. ' 1 Mexico has got to be redeemed by some foreign power. Tht world needs the use f hef wealth and her geographical position. It is an expensive job to redeem her. We have shrunk from it every time when1 the temptation aad tpportaaity was right be fore US ; . . -, "t , . We would wisely shrink from it aaia to day ; and for a still greater reason would we shrink Irom shouldering Mexico and a war with one or more foreign powers at the same time. If France,' Maximilian or aay ther Power, will give Mexico to peacea bly emigration, and irejtnre itjo law'and order, and open its fabulous wealth to the world, no country will prosper thereby one hundredth partes much a's will the Uaitec States, and that without expense. i ; t " i , 1 1 j y , , IL r i ft-. t'' NEGRO CONSPIRACY IN UISSISSirFL' - 4 -. .. . .. . t fi Cairo, November 23, 1865. A well knowa citizen of Mississippi, ia whose statessents we place '.the utmesi con fidence, informs us that some time since the citizens of Ripley ,"Miss., were led tt believe, from certain movements of the ne groes in that viciaiiy, that something un usual was going oa.- Negroes wert -discovered making mysterious visits to La Grange, going and returning frequently.- This aroused suspicion, and the citizens I'eterminvd to ferret out the designs of tht negroes. They accordingly held a meeting, and appointed two of the number' detec tives. The citizens, tt whom the duty of discovering the plans ol the negroes had been entrusted, performed their duty well, and obtained tie information they desired. They dresed themselves in Federal uni forms, ingratiated themselves into the con fidence of the negross who appeared to be the leaders in the mysterious movement, ascertaining that a conspiracy had been organized among the blacks, extending Irom the Mississippi river tt South Caroli na, and that au insurrection was content plated about Christm a. The plans tf the negroes were being rapidly consummated, and had they not been discovered, would undoubtedly have resuited in. tht horrois of San Domingo and Jamaica iu the Southern States. Four of the ringleaders have been arrested, two of whom have made confession, and divulged inform. tion which led to the capture of the arms and ammunition tf tht conspirators. Great excitement prevailed far a time. A let ling of security has been created by the fact that prompt measures have been taken to oip in the bud any future attempts sf the insurrectionists. A terrible accident, says the WilmiUg tan North Carolina Journal, occurred ia that city last Friday afternoon oa tht oc casion of the perfurmanee at the Theatre, rtsultisg in the immediate death of T, N. Hu title), of Naahvillt Tennessee, the tight rope perfonner. He had ascended tht rope, which was stretched from tht stat ing of the theatre to the third tier, and was in the act of descending, when be fell, a few leet oft' fio.n tht gallery, striking ia the parquelte and breaking his neck by the fall, as well as terribly mutilating the head and face. It is supposed that he bad not the necessary skill and expertness to maintain hiuuilf on the rope, and being only a novice, lest his I fe in the perilous venture. He is ssid to have appeared very nervous at starting, and as it mistrusting h's success. Iluntly was net more than twenty years of age. . The President lias issued his proclama tion restoring the writ tf habeas corpus in all the States excepting those heretofere declared insurrectionary, the District of Columbia, and the territories of New Mex ico and Arizona. t
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