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Jnoi II. Dillard. Jno. A. Gilmer. Murray F. Smith. Dillard, Gilmer & Smith, ATTORNEYS AT LAW t and SOLICITORS IN BANKRUPTCY, Offioe orer Bank of Greensboro, opposite lien bow Ueuse. PRACTICE in State and Federal Courts, f Special attention given to matters id Bankroraey, and causes arising nnder Inter nal Revenue, in District Court of Westers District of North Carolina. Collections in State and Federal Courts solicited. Jud26, 1872. 205:ly. C. P. Mexdexhxix. John N. Staplks. MEN DEN HALL & STAPLES, i ATTORNEYS AT LAW, (iKEEsnouo, N.C., Will practice in the Courts of Guilford, Rock incbam. Davidson, Forsvthe, Stokes, Ran dolph and Alamance: also. U. 8. Circuit and District Courts. Special attention given to collections in all Darts of the State, and to caws in Bankruptcy, .py Office one door North of Court House. Jan.27:ly " ! RALPH GOKRELL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ' Greensboro, N. C, "11 TILL practice in the courts of Alamance, T V: Davidson, Guilford and Randolph, and Baukrupt courts. Office, No. 5 Law Row on ' West fide of Court House. Prompt attention given to collecting, and all other business committed to bis care. April 27, l71:ly ! Waller Clark. J. M. Mullen I Clark, & rVtutten, AttoineyH .At Law, HALIFAX, if. C, PRACTICE iu all the Courts of Halifax, ; Mart'D, Northampton and Edgecombe countie. In the Supreme Court f North Carolina and in the federal Courts. Ce" Collections mad in all part of North Carolina. mar 14:ly THOS. B. KKOGU, BALL & KEOGH, ATTORNEYS A. T LAW, (Up stairs, new Lindsay Building,) ; ORKEX8BORO, N. C. j Janl2:ly It M. SCALES. J. I. SCALES. ! SCALES & SCALES, Attorneys at Law, Greensboro, N. C, PRACTICED the State andFederalCourt. ! A. M. Scales will attend the Probate Court of Rockingham County at Wentworth on the 1st Monday of every month. j&nl5:6n?p D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON, Surgeon Dentists. Having aseocia ted themselves in the practice of DENTISTRY, respectfully oflFer their profession al services to the citizens of Greensboro, and the surroun ding country One or the other of them can always be found at their office on Lindsay's corner up stairs, entrance East Market Street. Satisfactory reference given, if desired, from oar respective patrons during the past twelve or fifteen years. 21$tf STOP AT THE T 4 Raleigh, C. I U. IT. DlaXAUCU, I lUtJClUl. ' REIDSVILLE, N. O. DoafdlO PerDtr Prat ron age of oar Friends andthe Pub ? lio Solicited. Livery Stables connected with the Hotel J. W. 8MITH & CO., mar7:tf Proprietor. PLASTER'S UOTCL Tbis House Im pleanantlylocat ed on East Street near the Court llonse,and is ready for the reception o Boarders and Travelers. 1 THE TABLE Is always supplied with the beet the mar ket aflords. I T H E STABLES Are infharcH of mi p fill and attentive host. len and no pains arc spared in any res pect to render gtiests comfortable. Avached to the Planter's is always sup plied with the bebt Wines, Liquors and Segars. J- LlXER STABLES Have lately bew attached to this Hotel, and parties wishing conveyances, can be accomodated with (ood Teams. rPrices as low, if not lower than any other hotel in town. JOHN T REESE, f5:ly Proprietor. DO YD EN HOUSE, i Main Street, Salisbury,: N. C. A FIRST CLASS HOTEL. EjYERY DELICACY IN SEASON TJassengers and Baggage Conveyed Fret JU of Charge. S C. S. BRWON, Propria tor i CENTRAL HOUSE NO. 1408 MAIN STREET, kiohmond, Virginia, m t? 1VCT IT'-VY T, j ... . . . . Xiiioii.-, a iwini, wild ioaging, i per day. Board per week, $5. f Bar supplied with the Finest Liquors and Cigars. Meals at all hours Oyster Jf,every tJle- D- J Mccormick, Jaly20:ly Proprietor! , ' . . . VI EstabUshedlin 1824: Business Cards. J . A--Hr 1 tcls 6XX. 9K3ns- v Cabinet-MitEr Undertaker. ANNOUNCES to the citixens of Greene boro and Guilford County that he is bet ter prepared now than erer to provide them with UNDERTAKING. lie is prepared to furnish, at TWO HOURS' NOTICE. Coffin of any style, and has a fine HEARSE built expressly for the use ol the public. All orders for FURNITURE. COFFIN8. Ax., promptly attended to at moderate charges. Any aarketable produce taken in exchange for work. feb 22: ly J. E. O'Sullivan, . Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker, DBALKft IX Ilajilshe Japasntd 4c Stamped TIN WAKE, STOVES. PUMPS, Lightning Rods, &c; StencU Plates, BRASS CHECKS, for Hotels, Saloons, dec. Gas Fitting, Roofing, Guttering, c.,protnptly executed. Merchants are invited to examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere. jan 25:ly A. J. BROCKMANN, Manufacturer of Cigars, SOUTH ELM STREET, KEEPS constantly on hand a large stock of the finest cigars, of Havana and do mestic leaf : also finest brands ol Smoking Tvbaoco, Snulf, Pipes, Ciirar-Holders, and a selected stock of musical instruments. He keeps constantly manufacturing cigars, and can promptly fill orders on shortest no tice. jan 25:ly-pd w. Watch-Maker, Jeweler & Optician, Greensboro, IV. C, Has constantly on hand a splendid assortment of i ashionable Jewelry, and some splendid Watches and Clocks, Which wJUbe sola Cheap ftv Cah! CiVVstches, Clocks, Jewelry, SewinMa- chintM,nd Pistols repaired chesp and on short notice. Call opposite the Old Alonght Hotel, Last larket Street. li-ly C An assorted stock of Gnns, Pistols, Cartridges, &c, always on baud. DAVID SCOTT, Jeweller and Watchmaker, North Elm St., East side of tb Court House Will Work fbr Half-Price In repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. april 25:ly N. II. D. WILSON, LIFE FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Greensboro, N. C, REPRESENTS first-class Companies with an aggregate capital of over THIRTY MILLIONS' DOLLARS, and can carry a fall line at fair rate. ryOffice, np stairs over Wilson &. Sho ber's Bank, under tbe efficient supervision IT. II. HILL, who will at all time be glad to wait od all who desire either , Life or Fire Policies. mar 14:ly GROCERIES AND PRODUCE 1 J. W. Scott & Co., East Market St, GREENSBORO, N. C KEEP constantly on hand a full and well selected stock of groceries and country produce. Also hard ware, wood and willow ware and tin ware. Price as low a any reliable boose, jan 25: ly Ghas. Q. Yates, MANUFACTURER OP Tin, Sheet Iron Copper Ware AND dealer in Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Wood Ware, Lamps, Crockery, Mid Glass Ware, Groceries, Stoves, and as sorted Goods, generally. No. 21 South Elm Street, Greensboro, N. C. Goods sold low for cash, or barter. jan 19: ly N. H. D. Wilson. Ciias. E. Shobxr. WILSOX & SIIOBER, BANKERS, GREENSBORO, JVr. (7., (South Elm Street, opposite Express Office. BUT and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes, State and Government Bonds, Rail Road Stocks and Bonds, Jkc. Es Receive Money on deposit subject to SIGHT CHECK; and allow interest in kind upon time deposits of CURRENCY or SPECIE. - 131 count Xluaineas) Paper! Collections made at all accessible points. Sept. 16th, ly s f C.W.0GB1M' 9 G, .VSBORO, Christmas Presents. Alarg. and elect stock of Books, Ch na and L va Ware, Mechanical Toys, tc, suitable for Christmast Presents, j.s. re.eived. Call and examine. B. SMITH, (Formerly of Guilford,) Qrocer&CommissionMerchant Charlotte, N. C. DEALER io all kmd of eountry produce, such as grain, flour, meat, bacon, lard, batter, ejfe. noultrv. frnita. lio linrm. Inhuvn. Ac. Flour a specialty nov 13:3mpd M rs. c. r. Leo, Having received a new 7-oclavo Piano, is prepared to giv satisfactory Lkssons m MostC at red need rate, OLD INSTITUTE, ! 16 fctf Greensboro, April 6th. DLOW8.- The Watt Plows all sixes Extra Point and Slides for sal by 1872. JA1IES ELOJLNS SONS'. Jung. . J3. 1 frTv?h.o: C3 A SWEET SOUTHERN SONG Mrs. SL A. Yaico'sharp U ncr.unitning. For three) yean ah lias brooded io sad ness over her widowed lore. She La been berefl of the hasband who, no doubt, inspired the following beautiful line, published in 18C0 : . TO COLIN. Come orer the bright seas, my Colin, to me; I'y watched for thee long am still wait ing for the ! I'vs built in the fair South, a rose-bower-ed home, Where the blue, leaping wave is besprin kled with foam Where the clear sky above, with its star jeweled wreath, Is scarcely more fair than the green earth beneath. Why dost thou linger T Has love lost its , wings That I'm calling thee, like the sad bd that aings And plaintively woes back her bright plnmaged mate, Who has wandered too far and whe tar ries too late ! The bird love her mate and the flower its breeze, But I love my Colin far better than these. Knowest thou not of the Lesbian maid Who broke her weet harp when her love was betrayed f The passionate children of love and of song Yield up the fierce life that is darken with wrong ; Her Phaon was false, but my Colin is true As the star to its place in yon heaven of blue. They tell me the land which thou dwellest in now Isbright as the smile on a beautiful bmw! I know that 'tis fair I've dreamed of that clime 'Neath the shade of the myrtle in sum mer' sweet time, , But I smile at the folly that thinks there could be One charm in that country to win tbee from me. Thou art coming I know by the gleam of yon star Reflecting the glory it sees from afar; The dewy-lipped zephyr awakens and sings 'Tis fanned into life by thy beautiful wings Thou has cotne by the 6hauows that move and depart, And surer than all, by this joy in my heart. Memphis. Teun., 18C0. Saved by a Cipher A Detec tive's Story. - CHAPTER I. worked op many bard Lave cornered many no- I have cases aDd torions criminals, bnt never before or since have I been engaged in a case so complicated, or one which was so hard to clear up as that otn- art-Firstone mnrder case. Yon know that the Stuarts were very wealthy, and the old man had only two sons, Cecil and Gilbert; outlandish names they had, to be sure, but they were very proud of them, at least the younger one. As I said, he had only two to bother mm, ana to tuese or course ue gave , tli IwilL- nf bin nrniwrfr. CloH . was a cripple, the result of being drormed bv a careless nurse in h s ! infancy. a a sr Gilbert, the younger of the two, ! was early known to all the sports 4 a . as a jouy goou ieuow, paniy be-1 cause he would always stand treat, ! and would play billiards and such games ; and yet he was never : known to win them when playing or a wager. In this manner he sustained his reputation of beiug a ree-and easy fellow. But in the mean time his property was steadi- y decreasing until, at last, his share which, in the first place, would have been more than enough or men like you and me dwindled down to an insignificant sum, and he had to look in some other direc tion for money to pay his gaming debts. He had often applied to his brother for aid, and had often ob tained it, together with good ad vice, which he promised to heed.but never did. Ccil was always very studious, and had surrounded himself with all the old-fashioned books that he could hear of or obtaiu. And on account of his lameness this kind of company had a charm for him that we in good health would not feel. Cecil was always very lenient to ward his erring brother, but at ast, hearing from every source of ins scrapes, be was compelled, by a sense of duty, to resolve to refuse his application for aid. Aud it was not long before he bad to test his resolutions, for Gilbert, after an "all night" of it in a gambling saloon, came to him and begged for more money. Cecil reasoned with him, and with tears in his eyes begged that he would quit his wild habits. Bnt all was of no avail,and he was compelled, much agaiust his brotherly feelings, to refuse him the aid he sought. At this Gilbert flew into a frenzy of rage and left the bouse, swearing that be would get the money in some manner. As be was walking homeward. feeling anything but pleasant, he saw his deadliest enemy ridinsr with a young lady to whom be had been paying attention for some time, bnt who now gave him the cut direct.77 Maddened at this. be rushed into a saloon near by. and calling for whiskey, he Rwal- owed a glassful! id an instant, then went home, and called his bosom friend and counsellor to him. Albert Firstone, the friend, was a broken-down gambler a man WEDNESDAY,! JANUABrY; 22, ;187& who had spent a fortune on the turn, and was now nominally act ing as a jockey for Gilbert Stuart, but was io reality his I confederate in schemes of robbery, and, as the sequel will show, of murder. ' These two friends were closeted together for a long while, and time showed the result of ' their j conference, though I would not spoil my story bv revealing too soou their nefari ous designs. Of course you remember the ex citement in the up-town circles when the news of Cecil Stuart's murder was circulated I and the as tonishment of every one when it was known that his body had been found in the coal-cellar of Roger Lvon's brown-stone palace. As tonishment was increased manifold bv the intelligence that RogerLydn was arrested and charged with the crime of murder. Although but a few were inti matelv acauainted with Cecil Sta art, and a scarcely large circle bare lv knew him as a very eccentric man,yet the crime being committed at the very door of their mansion, made it seem the most startling one in the records of our city : and as there were many influential per sons who loved Roger Lyon better than all their friends besides, and many a poor washer-woman who blessed the day that he saved her bit of ground from the auctioneer's hammer to have him, the people's favorite, charged with such a deed, seemed to be an outrage upon all classes of our citizens. . i I well remember when Lansing, Lyon's lawyer, called upon me and beercred me to try my best to clear no the mystery. At this time had been in the detective force nearly four years, and, of course, knew the rones pretty well. But for a month I confess that at times I was nearly baffled. But I will come directly to my story. As a first step, I went to the cellar where the body was found, and. as I had ordered it to be left there after the inquest till could examine everything myself,it still remained there. Being some thing of a doctor. I naturally exam ined the wounds, and was satisfied that thev would not cause instant death. Bat I did not rely on my own medical skill in this, but sent for a physician. He came a sharp fellow by the name of Deuning and probed the wounds. One of the wounds went close to the heart, but the other two were in the lungs, evidently intended to cause hemorrhage, which had followed, but sufficient to cause death imme diately. Roger Lvon's knife, with which the deed had evidently been com mitted, a silver-mouuted affair a present lrom some one lay near the wall. The doctor soon finished his work, and giving me a look that I interpreted instantly, went out,tak ing Lansing with him, to whom he communicated the result of his ex amination. When they had gone I walked over to the wall and picked np the knife: As I stooped over to do this I saw some marks on the wall that appeared to have been made by a sharp instrument of some kiad. While I was examin ing these, Gilbert Stuart and Al bert Firstone entered. I was about to call their attention to the marks wne,n a suaaen inougnt caused me w u,uulu ui'wu words that were on ray tongue's end. After obtaining permission they took the body over to his late resi dence. As soon as they were gone I again examined the marks, and I found that they were a combination of letters and figures arranged like this : S 1225 D. I copied them upon paper, and then, taking the knife with me, went to my office, down town, to study out, if possible, the cipher 1 had discovered. I had no doubt that it was made by Cecil, proba bly after be had been stabbed ; aud I was convinced that the cause of its being in cipher was, that no one would be apt to noiice it enongb to obliterate it. But by what means could I obtain a key was now the puzzle. Acting according to a suggestion of Lansing, I went to the public li brary, and for a week I rummaged its shelves for any work that men tioned cipher.writing. I continued briugiug home books until my den looked more like a reading-room than a detective's office, while in their midst sat Lansing, searching every page,and occasionally jotting down something in a book by his side. . - - One day I entered with my arms full of books. I noticed a look akin to triumph on his face as his pencil flew over the paper. In au swer to my inquiry he handed me a slip of paper, upon which he had copied a table, giving the relative uumber of each letter that is used in common English words. I look ed it over and waited for him to speak. In a moment be looked up aud said : 44 You see, the table gives 'e7 the prominence over all others ; call 'e' one. Then see t' is second best ; call t7 two. Then run your eyes up to tfie fifth in importance, and we have d' and '1 Take "last number five, and the figures, with the addition of the two letters that were expressed, read" 'settl'd.7 So, yon see, I have translated the ci pher in one way." I admitted that it was a very in genious translation, and was very much encouraged by it, although the word "settled77' might not have any special relation to the case ' in hand. But I did not doubt that it was nearer the true rendering than ; f t t .J , . r any we had reached vet. and it eon vinced me that the figures were to be changed in some way to letters ueiore me cryptegram could be en tirely solved. "'r1 4 About a week after thU Lansinff mm 1 1 A. . . . wtw uaucu out or tue city by the sickness of his mother. . As Ipart ed with him at the depot I told him to keep op his courage and to write out his defence, while I- wrmlri at tend to the remainder. - t i During all this ; time the oppos ing counsel' were striving in every possible manner ; to' make I an .ada mantine chain of evidence -t that should immediately condemn the prisoner beyond ' any shadow of 10UDt. '4 J ' ;, ; -' ..; j -, , ' - ' -'.'I: . , . . ; i i . ..VT .CHAPIEB,II. ii -I,',, In this way nearly i three weeks had passed since the mnrder, when I received a telegram from Lansing informing me lof .his return, to' the city. All" this time I had been shut up irf my office working it most be confessed with little ! hope of success. : 1 '" '. ' ' - The day that I expectedLansing's return I went to the place where the body had been found, and ex amined carefully the marks on the wall, but I conld find none other than the ones I had seen before, so I concluded that those were the on ly ones. As I stood looking at them, however, I saw what seemed to be a piece of stone lying on the floor of the cellar. As a detective sees a clue in everything, I picked it up, and found, to my surprise, that it was a piece of putty. As soon as I discovered this I searched the whole wall to find where the piece came from, and at last I dis covered that some marks near the others were filled with putty. I scraped the putty away, and the whole cryptogram appeared as fol lows: S T 1225 D 124 A First one. (The letters and figures in italics had been concealed by patty.) I took another copy and went back; to ray retreat, leaving orders for no one to be admitted to the cellar. Here, now, was another mystery ; and from the revelation which I had just received I was astonished into the belief that Albert Firstone had something to do with the crime. But yet the cipher was still a mystery. While I was studying these new developments, Lansing came in. grasped his nana witu a pressure that made him wince, as I showed him the other letters I bad found. He looked at them a moment, and then, springing from his chair.fairly shouted "Firstone is the murderer, and his name is the key to the cipher!77 And he showed me that the word "Firstone77 in my copy was separat ed into two words, and that the line read: "A First one.77 By, this key the figures read, k b b e," and the cipher, with the addition of the part deciphered, read Stabbed by A. Firstone. We did not either of ns shout "Eureka P or any thiug else. But looked at .Lansing, wbo was trembling like a leaf, and said : . uYpu onght to have been a de- tectite.77 Haying writtenont the cipher acoordiug -to his translation, and being convinced that I had been outwitted, or something of that sort, by a lawyer, I leaned back in my cbair,and, 1 can't tell wby,but l burst out into hearty laugh,which Lansing soon joined. After my risible powers were ex hausted I raug theiell for the er rand-boy, and sent a note like this toDenmug: "Come up to my den this after noon' aud bring some handy instru ment for the detection of foreign substances, such as pieces of stone In blood.77 After sending this I prevailed upon .Lansing to go wuu me to uncueon. man nour we recurnea, and found Denning with a large microscope and several small vials. immediately went io my oessr, took but Roger Lyon's knife, aud landed it to him, asking him to see if there were any pieces of stone in the blood stains which still showed on the knife. He knew my mean ing in an instant, and, taking a vial, he carefully rinsed a portion of the stains with its contents, let ting the liquid run upon a giass slide which he had placed in the sun's rays. Impatiently he watched and waited Tor the evaporation of the iquid. It was soon all gone, when he nlaced the slide in the micro scope and turned the powerful sun glass) upon. it. On looking in the ens, minute particles or srone,some stained witb blood, were plainly visible, thus proving that the knife had been used to cut tue stone oi the cellar after the blood had stain ed iti "This is the result you wanted to reach, is it not f 77 asking Denning, as he looked me in the face. - "Yes," I answered. Then, taking a piece of paper, I wrote for a moment, aud then hand ed bim what I bad written, with a request that he would sign it, which he did. It was an affidavit certify ing that, according to the best med ical knowledge, the deceased must navel lived some time after the fatal blow was received ; and that from minute particles of stone which ad hered to the blade it must have been used by some one, probably the deceased, to cut stone with af ter the blood stains were on it. , Here, then, was the evidence ;TR : :: i-. "Oi-v.'lUJi needed to prove the innocence of the prisoner. I could not resist the temptation to reveal it to Dr. Den niog,and a happier, trio could hard 'y be found than , were assembled in that little down-town office. , , , i'-The trial was commenced 1 in about a week, and, of course, we were impatiently 1 waiting .for i the time to pass. , ? : , At last the day , arrived. The court-room was crowded, and manv of the detective force were present. -ajter some . otner business,' our case was called np. , The Judge "Gnilty or not guilty r 4 ' Lansing, in behalf of the prison er, broke 'the, silence with these words:' -. ;-'-;"- . "Not . guilty,77 and added, would accuse Albert Firstone of the crime that is charged noon mv ciieuc." . I sat next to the criminal when the announcement was 'made, and as the eyes of the court were turn ed upon him, his self-possession left mm. Ana, wnen, Lansing asked that he should be taken into custo- uy me poor ieuow leu over in a fit, and was taken out by a police man. ; 1 Fattening Young Women. Throughout the interior of Afri ca, and indeed in some oarts of Asia, a woman is prized for fatness. .Beauty is associated with excessive obesity : and such being the public sentiment, mothers seasonably commence a , system of diatetic treatment that makes their daugh ters irresistible. : Colonel Kea ting's travels give an account of the pro cess oi uiung young women lor a Tunis market. ! As soon as be trothed she is cooped up in a small room, with gold shackles on her ankles. If her ) proprietor has lost a wife by death or divorced one,her anxies are sent forward to the new matrimonial candidate. When she has attained a desirable size, indk wicu uj uiiiug me pattern rings, she is carried in triumph to her new home. The preparation of food that actually produces that covetted dimension a mountain of fatness is called dough, made of the seeds of a vegetable peculiar to the country. Some positively die from excessive fatness in cn effort to surpass in that bewitching ac complishment rival .candidates for matrimonial positions. These fa mous mortals are not the poor girls. They are the higher orders in society, and therefore are ambi tious, like fashionables in some civilized States, of securing an ele vated position with a rich husband. Bruce, the traveler, saw a great queen in Africa a gem of women, the envy of her sex and wifehun tera who weighed over four hun dred. A Good Bustle Story. A merry party of ladies and gen tlemen had a narrow escape from a terrible death among the Thousand Islands at the St. Lawrence recent ly, but where saved by presence of mind and heroism of one of the la dies They were out in a yard at a late hour in the evening, when the clouded sky rendered it almost im possible to distinguish an object on the water at a short distance. They were sailing about tuougntiessiy and enjoying themselves as such parties are in the' habit of doing, when suddenly a dark object loom ed np before them, which was evi dently a large steamer. A collis ion seemed inevitable, unless the steamer could be signalled to change her course as it was impossible for the sailing craft to do so. The party were in a terrible di lemma, as, except a few matches, there seemed to be no means at band to produce a light. The young ladies except one, "screamed with terror, and a leartui catascropne seemed on the point of consumina tion. A slight jostling, however, was observed in the direction of the silent young lady. Iso one could see what she was doing, bnt she soon handed a roll of paper to one of the gentlemen.' In a moment it was ablaze, the steamers course was changed and the party were saved. When they recovered from their fright there was naturally much speculation as to where that important roll of papr came from, and it finally leaked out that the fair oue bad heroically sacrificed her bustle to secure the safety of her companions. The Laughing Plant An Ara bian Curiosity. A singular vegetable phenome- non was discovered during recent explorations iu Arabia. It is call- ed the laugnmg piant, irom me ei fect produced by the seeds. When they are pulverized aud eaten in small quantities the person eating them will soon begin to laugh loud ly, then to dance and do all manner of absurd things. This lasts for an hour, after which he goes to sleep, and having slept another hour, wakes up utterly unconscious of what has occurred. It has been sug gested that this plant might be made a substitute for alcohol, and that it would have the advantage of being cheaper, until the govern ment should see through the trick and commence to tax it. But it is scarcely probable that the Arabian plant could in fact be made popu lar in that capacity, for it does not appear that it inspires the person who partakes oi it witn a desire to whip his wife, murder his moth er or to indulge in any of the little pleasantries that the alcohol oi the period moves one to perpetrate. Good temper is like a sunny day, shedding brightness on everything. w 1 " 17! II 'I J ' j, r; t id t Hevf( Series ;No.- 255. "1- ,! , , . From th Washington Patriot. H , , " A Timely Tabled i i .The following summary of expen ditures, which extends over three quarters of a century, shows the -normous outlay for keebincr ub5 the Presidential Mansion,, and the rate or vprogre8s"1for that. time. rprogress" ior wmml nme. un- rgi; w ?S?Sad R13, Gen. Grant it reached 8323.8341 The items are . classm nftmM Af fnnilfnM itann i fnAl n tendants, grounds and greenhbusej fences, stables, and contingent ex penses. 1 but, if ' thoroughly sifted. they would be found to cover mbfe domestic objects; v That money can be thus illegally diverted, has ben shown by the erection of the . PreSL5 dent's stable (costing some $40,000) out of the appropriation made 'for the new Department of State. uTbe secretaries and clerks of, the rPresi dent are not included in this list:! i - t - r' 'Expended n Administrations. .White House John Adams, 1797 1800, $14,000 Jefferson, 18011808, 14,000 Aiadison,l8UU 1810, . Monroe, 18171824, " J Q. Adams' 1825-1828, Jackson, 1829 1830, 1 Van'Buren. 1837 1840 43,000 25.000 ( . i - - .? 30,000 ! 71,000 3940 Harrison and Tyler,1841-744, 18,630 Polk, 1845 1847, 35,033 xayior and FUmore,1849 '52, 37,265 Pierce, 1853-1856: 100,033 Buchanan, 18571860, Lincoln, 1861 1864, , Johnson, 18651868, Grant, 1869 1872,. l 94,900 108,733 184,500 323,834 Cure for Small-pox. The following is said to be a sure remedy for small-pox : A correspondent of the Stockton (Ga.,) Herald writes as follows I herewith append a recipe which has been used to my knowledge in hundreds of cases. It will prevent or cure the small-pox though the pit tings are filling. When Jenner dis covered cow-pox in England, the world of science hurled an avalanche of fame upon his head, but when the most scientific school in - the world, that of Paris published this recipe as a panacea for small-pox, It passed unheeded. It is as unfair ing as fate, and conquers in every instance. It is harmless when ta ken by a well person It will also enre scarlet fever; here it is as I have used to cure the small-pox; when learned Physicians said the patient must die, it cured : sulphate of zinc, one grain ; foxglove, (digi talis,) one grain; half teaspoonfal of sugar ; mix with two tablespoon fuls of water. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child, smaller doses, according to age.." If counties would compel their Physicians to use this, there would be nb need of pesthouses If you value advice and experience. il. ! . 1 - t , - use i,uis ceeeipi, lor mat femuieuis- ease. ! Worth Knowing! One pound of. green copperas! costing seven cents, dissolved in one quart of water, and poured down a water-closet, will effectually concentrate and destroy the foulest smells. On board ships and steamboats, about hotels and other public places,there is nothing sd nice to purify the air. j Simple green copperas, dissolved under the bed in anything that will bold wa ter, will render a hospital, or other places for the sick, tree from ' un pleasant smells. In fish-markets, slaughter-houses, sinks and when ever there are offensive putrid gas ses, dissolve copperas and sprinkle it about, and a few days the smell will pass away. If acatT' rat of mouse dies about the house, and sends forth an offensive gas, place some dissolved copperas in an open vessel near the place where the nui sance is, and it will purify the at mosphere - .-j New Tobacco Regulation. The In ternal Revenue Commissioner, in reply to a question as to whether tobacco stamped at 32 cents per pound under the old law is entitled, when exported, to j a drawback of 20 cents per pound and whether it makes and difference in what dis trict the tobacco is stamped, says that under the piovisions of the act of last June a drawback for such tobacco will be allowed the full ex tent of 8 tamps affixed without re gard to the district in which the tax was paid. This ruling is very favorable to tobacco dealers, espe cially that class known as jobbers, as under it they will have the privi lege of disposing of their ojd tobac co and receive the drawback of 32 cents, and lay in their stock at the 20 cents tax-Petersburg Index. Funerals. The stupid j indiffer ence with which Americans regard the passage of a funeral procession is -proverbial. Now,- tbeu French people, for a regard to the feelings of mourners, as well as respect for the dead, when they, meet funeral procession they stand still' and un cover in the street, while; the pro cession passes. A most 1 touching tribute to the memory of the dead ; and we wish our people had the heart to imitate it. -I The New Hampshire people are discussing the subject of amending their State Constitution,-which was adopted in 1782, and is , the oldest of any State in the Union. As lit is, ii pronious iaiuoucs ixoui uom-1 1 fa. s. 1 1? " J k J 4 ing office, and that ' feature ought most certainly to be abolished. A Wisconsin paper advertises for sale "a cow that gives i milk five years old,77 f' ! 1 ... .'t i tff T2ia ditto Trado cf tl:a4 Unl- 1 I f S tractates.;:; I j r i: Th ninth census ffivtaEOine in teresting statistics, of the number of cattle and the trade in the Uni- ttd States. There , are 13,500,005 i beeves and store Cattle, !8,935,332j j milch cows, 1,319,311 working oxen, j 23,447,951 sheep add' lambs, and 25,134,503 swine, distributed a- mong the, States epdTerritotirs.- In the State of Maryland there are a.U74 ueeves-ana score caiue, vo,- 194 milch cows, 22,491 working ox! r eni 129,097 sheep, 257,S03 hogs.: - 'i f ; , In the State of jVirginia there are j 227285 beeves and store cattle, oxen, 370,143 sheep, 074,070 nogs. Of the steers and fat oxen, not far; from 400,000 are j annually slaugh tered west and south , of Chicago , - . 7 i1Ko noo in tWit. and about 750 OOo'are sent to We cities, ' of - Hew ! t v: 7 ,i.t.,i.j! -o' K nnn 4 , . A annually, of which' more than '1, 000.000 were sold to' slaughterers in New York city. In -'eleven Wes-ij tern Statesfronrwnich! returns were received 'there, were packed! last season 4,868,449 nogsj veryi nearly 2,000,000 were received in; New: York all ve not far from 1,000,4 000 in Boston, and Philadelphia,! so that at least 10,000,00 are. yearly Biuuguvcieu iu nil uia jt,akcs. -From thai St.Lou! Gfoie.' , Hurrah fbr WOmenV'f . ' We love women old or; young. simply because they are women. Our mothers spanlcus ourjsweet heatts spoil ourjoys by flirting with our rival; our wives read us a geri-i nine : or moderate Candle lecture which we ' nsualljr -deserve. Wo men have laughed at oUr woes when indulging in the tender passion j rid-j died our hearts -with Eurasian . art rows, depleted bur pocket-book dis- turbed our! slumbers, spoiled our coffee, rumpled our starchel linen bosoms, bung to our arm with .her whole precious J weightj when, our corns hurt us most, danced us ; into iierspiration and.;caused ! ns to buy! lozengers for a cold ; but in ' spite' of all these we love her. i . We . set her up as an idol and prostrate our selves before her as before some d vinity. We . don't care a .copper what dry goods cost,' so' she looks sweet. . We will fight for her like a Prussian soldier Let Jlr. Holland say what he will to derogate 1 from the' sex, we shall "hang our banners on the outer wall," and cry, 4tHur- ran. ior women v j, . fiib hn m M 1 ' ' . ' :. 1 mmmm ! ' 1 ' 1 ' Antidote for Potsons.A i farmer writes :J "It: is .bow oyer -twenty; years since! learned, that sweet oil will cure the bite of a rattlesnake, not knowing it would' cure; other kinds of poison. Practice,1 obser vation and experience have taught me that it will cure poison of any kind, both on man and beast. The patient must take a spoonful !of it internally, and bathe die wound for a cure, to cure a norse, it requires eight times as much as for . a iman. One of the most extreme' cases of snake 'bites- occurred eleven- years ago.) It had been thirty days stand, ing; and the patient bad been giv-i en up . oy ma pnysician.lv jl : gave him a spoonful of oil,: which effect ed a cure. J It will cure bloat in cat tle caused by fresh "clover,' i! It wilf cure the stings of bees, i spiders o? other insects, and persons who have hpn noisnnfid hv iw.7' Li- i t . - - - - it t 1 5--. I'' ') - a -'.-t it - f. i i : tr r ':ff Godly New England and the- Go& less itoutK--The six New England States have a population bf 3,445,4 000 whites. who support !5,42J churches. ;i Seven Southern f States showing; a white! population ;of 3, 450,903, support! 11,567 churches- So much for churches and the wort shippers. Now. let us census compare criminally The show n the native white population! of the six New England States, 12.572 paupers j and j 2,099 criminals. In the native white population! of the Southern States we have j named, which foots up near a million i more than- those of the New p England States, we find 7,062 ! paupers, ior nearly 6,000 less than in that north! era section, aud 1,174 criminals, ov. about half as many as the godlyt preciucbf suows jx cw ,xotk JJay Book. . : -. . -- t ! "Carry me Back to Old Yirginny? The Terre Haute (Indiana) "Ex press says:-; "mere came across the river yesterday, and j moved cn toward the Old Dominion; an eml grant wagon fitted np as a comfort' able tenement, with sleeping and cooking arrangements land. con taining a, large ! family, j who , had tried life in Illinois till! they'd had enough of it, and were 'going back to their old t Virginia i home. nA young woman, who occupied a front seat, explained the .movement Jin this way : " We liked Elenoy well enough, but the shakes was terri bleP i: 1! Where our Gold- Gomes Gold is: found in Yermon land,-Virginia, North; and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten nessee, Kansas, 2 eyeda, j Oregon, and - California. Maryland .shows but $108 for her total.i Vermont $5,615,' and Kansas-$1,009. Cali fornia basv contributed! in twenty-! four years $643,1211499 1 North! Carolina's total is $9,865,253, and! Georgia's $7,250,000; , Virginia and South Carolina nave each over, a million. i ". : ;'! -b Accdent--Ar negro man, t name unknown, bnt a resident of States-j yille, while attempting to jump oq a train! on the N. C. R R.j while An motion, made a miss-step j. and fell under the engine, a wheel of i which almost cut off one of his legs. , The wound though painful is no necesr sary fatal. ;tr j xM j j- 1 ') ;It is understood that Hon j R, R. Bridgers, President of the Wilming-i ' m . a . . ! ' J , K wr-" w Mt m mitt vwvs SMk i w - swuu- ; troi ine Atlantic cs ' xioitU varolina Railroad. HA U ine editor oi tne jviarsnaii conn ty Nttcs, Kansas, has a $50,000 i Uh bel-snit on hand, , His assets foot up about j- j . I 5j 1- .! f i V mm- 'f