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CAHTIXG.TIII. iiomwcopu
Kditor are nothing if not enter
prising:. Tliej have taken a prom
ineut part In the politics of the
country frota the first, have made
and unmade President, Senator,
anil all kinds of oGJcials high and
low, ami almost in every instance
without receiving or even asking
for reward. It has got to be so
that the rvat public esixxially
I. am la II coutniue to be a that portioti of it which claims the
conspicuous target for the inm-can votes of the remainder, look unou
i '
not and .treat the editor ns they would
brigade. The
vnt to disturb
the least, t
flzxi ug does
his equanimity in
liie success as a lawyer of
.1 Uriah I. Benjamin in F.nglaud has
U-n iiuxt remarkable, although
th pnffMiou is crowded there- as
it U in thi country. It w&s op-
-tain wlitrti 51 r. Benjamin fomxl
riH'iii. '
- - -1
I he raurtis comes to grief
again. After day and weeks of
iMllotiug in !,e "Hampshire
lgil.i tun-. Collins, who was the
luiuut nominee, withdraws from
ll.f t-.ntrst. 7 fMt-rctary Chandler
rem to the coming man. Ijol-
im t!oe not Mttrmpt to conceal bis
digut and indignation.
.lurire
an umbrella an indispensable ur
tide in a storm, and a priceless
treasure when it gets a little too
hot: but on all other occasions to
be stood up in a comer and never
noticed.
The Fabrr-weilders of Indiana,
that is the Democratic portiou of
thorn, do not propose to have it
tht way, however. They are go
ing to make themselves felt at
othrr times besides campaign and
election periods. In plain terms
they have gone into the nominat
ing business in connection ith
their other labors. A number of
them met at Logansport the other
day, ami pAssed resolutions unani
mously endorsing Senator McDon
ald as candidate for President of
: ui viiiuia,
ha written a letter to a Virginia mil. the Coiled States and actively on-
itosing the old ticket of "Tilden
1
!iionni not nave uceu
i jtiAt and fair llepub
itiHan in Washington in which he
dtclanvs that he has alwavs been n
pl KVpublu-ui and a warm sap
ltitiTot the,' coalition movement,
but lately- he ha come to the cou
- t-Iiiioii that Mahone methods are
in opposition to trne Ilepublican
principles, arid that in the futnro
he (Hives) will antagonize him
with nil the jHwer he iojtesses.
lie claims that the removal of Col
lector Iutt.- ,'u.m a piece of spite
ork. which
allowed by
lican :ul mi it L-t ration, and if Much
nrtious are uMtel the Democrats
will -n regain control of the
State of Virginia, He signs him
self. "More of a Kepnblicui thaii a
ciuliiouit. 1
The Philadelphia Tmcjaays
of the i:pul)Iican State convention
winch i to be held at Harri burg
to-day : There are "Hcveral enndi
d ates for each of the two iHsitiotis
on the ticket, and the only thing
reasonably certain seems to be the
nomination of Ilepresentative Niles
for unditor, general. There are,
however, ftnr or five others with
more or leas nupport who want this
nominal ion,' and there may be a
pretty contest. The nomination
for Sutc Trea.aref is sought by
live or i MTotis whose, relative
ft length it.' i now imMAAible ! to
determine, uud it cannot even be
nafrly i;ue.seI what the result will
U In many respects the conven
tion will lw-j one of the most inter
esting in !ome ycurrt, although
there will not In a large-attendance
of outsiders." '
District Attorney Uoyd sub
mits a statement touching the presentment-,
made by the Federal
grand jury j against Dr. Wheeler,
lie ay the charges were thorough
ly investigated, and there was no
foundation whatever for the action
of the grand jury. The interence
is thkt the -grand jury ,ra cither
iuio-el on or acted from Impmper
intivcs. lKubtle the members
of the jury will In prompt toresent
Mich an inference. Whatever may
Iw said of the. method employed
by the ditlrict attorney in the in
' vestigatioii of the chargestit cannot
lieaid that the prvj-entmeuts were
pigeon-holed, :is the Ii.strict attor
ney tliinks is inferential fnnu the
pn Illicit ius hithcrttirnade. When
the ipleiinn of Dr. heelers IlOIll
ination comes up for confirmation,
the whole' tmlter. doubtless, will
U-scrntinln ri and pnbel. If in
iiiH-eut he is entitled to ti complete
viudicatioti. If guilty his apjioint
liient should In.' revoketl.
and Hendricks." They then tackled
the tariff quest ion, upon which
they were ilivide!, with the great
majority opposing protection. The
State ticket also received consider
ation. The Democratic editors of
Maty land held a similar conven
tion not long ago, but did not go
to the extent of naming Presiden
tial candidates. The Indiana con
vention is a significant one, aud
the non-journalistic jioHticiaus will
do well to study its ntterances. At
the same time, it is well to not be
too sanguine as to the result of
such proceedings; anybody can
nomluate beforehand, but it tak.es
a properly constituted national con
vention to get candidates regularly
on tho turf; and, while it is always
commeudable in the Indiana Dem
ocrats to uphold their favorite son
especially when he is so excel
lent a man as Senator McDonald
it may yet !e shown that the wrirt
ticket" is not so dead an a great
many wish it to be. '
men
Tlli:.iTLMOMPI.,l PA MTV.
The projKvseri auti monoto!y par
ty the one which it was attempt
til to lorui at Chicago a few days
jiu mint iitfcasarily I a com
plete failure. The party' U alto
gether too itictniMstent to be able
to get any foothold in our Klitics.
It calls NitM-lf an anti monopdy Kir
ly. and then spreads itself hjku a
pla t form which propose that! the
federal government lie given anion
o'loly of t!ic telegraph nysteni. in
doing which it commits itself to the
lions policy of centralixalioa of
jHimer in the hand of the feileral
government, when it is pretty gen
erally known that what all true
anti mouoH!i-.t want i decentral
ization -more power in the hand
of the people ami their immediate
representatives, and Icam iu those
f the more distant fedend govcrn
iiieut. 'An old part can -perhaps
jitTonl to !e inconsistent for "awhile,
but a party which exhibits such
glaring inconsistencies when it
makes its first bid for popular fa
vor, as does the proposed anti mo
jiojoly Iarty, cannot hope to live
ami make a history. The most sen
sible thing doue by the Chicago
convention was the ousting of Den
is Kearney, who was present in the
. role of an anti monoj-olist states-
'ilUD.
MOSTLY KIM1LM.
The extent to which most
are endowed with the caiacity lor
acting the fool now ami then re
ceives unusually brilliant demon
stration. There, has just come out
a very amusing bit of evidence to
show what phenomenal endowment
of this kind even sensible men may
have. Albert Welles knew very
well what ho was about a quarter
of a century ago, when he estab
lished the American College of
IIealdry.,
lie bad sized pretty accurately
individual American human nature
on the subject of great-grand fath
ers, and knew that his bait would
take. He carried on a thriving
trade in ancestors and genealogies
ami crests and coats of arms. Dut
after a time death removed him
from his sphere of usefulness, and
for once at least one man's demise
left a void that could not be filled.
He bad had no apprentice to his
trade in ancestors, and the "Ainer
ican College of Heraldry' was left
without a head. And it also sick
eued and gave up the ghost. Its
mortal e fleets are soon to le dis
losed of under the hammer. If
any one has any lingering doubt
that Carlyle was right In his classi
fi cat ion of the inhabitants of this
mundane sphere as "mostly finds,1
he can 15 convinced by consider
ing some of these effects.
Among th who were enrolled
as life members of the college were
Kdward Kverett, William Cullen
Dry ant, Charles O'Connor, Hamil
ton Fish, James It. Kccne, James
A. Garfield and numerous other
notable dues. The collection of
letters from these distinguished
gentlemen is a striking proof of the
yearning for great -great-grand fath
ers that makes an aching void in
Democratic America's breast.
Among the other inuring para
phernalia of the institution was n
Doomsday llook, in which, for a
com pe u sal ion, names and family
histories were entered, and .",0(X)
inhabitants of this democratic
country, wherein a man's own
worth ami ability are upMMeri to
be his only passports, were made
sujerlatively happy by having
their iiameM mid a jargon of gen
ealogy written within it cover.
Perhaps they would not hae felt
their general worthiness enhanced
quite so much by the fact that they
wrc thus enabled to repeat the
names of their ancestors for sever
al ceuturies if they had known the
brilliancy of Welle's imagination
and his fertility in expedients. He
seems to have gone ou the princi
ple that if people want iedigrees
they ought to hare pedigrees, no
matter where these come from.
.The Wheeler Presentment.
ICunwpNkW Pstriut.
ruknsboiio, July 0. In you
ixsuo of the 20th ult. yon pnbliAli
a letter from J. W. Payne, clerk of
the court, iu reference to the pre
sentments made by the grand jury
at April term 1S31 of the district
court at Greensboro against W II.
Wheeler, then collector of the oih
Korth Carolina district, for viola
tions ot the criminal laws of the
United States. It may bo inferred
from Mr. Payne's letter and j our
comment thereon tha nothing fur
ther was doue with the present
ments after their reference to mo
by order of the district judge. As
the matter has been mentioned in
the papers I think that it is due to
Dr. Wheeler, to the public and to
me that a full history of the cases,
so far as I am concerned, should
be given. The presentments against
Wheeler were referred to me as in
all cases of presentment by the
grand jury for investigation and
action in the event I found from
the testimony of tho witnesses
named hat a criminal violation of
law had been committed. In the pre
sentments against Wheeler I rande
the mostthorough investigation. As
soon as the term ended at which the
presentments were made I wrote to
Gen Ilaum, then commissioner of
internal revenue, iuclosiug him a
copy of the presentments und ask
Utx the aid. of his department in
procuring "testimony upon the
charges and prosecuting the cases
if there had been a" violation of
law. In obedience to my request
the commissioner sent an agent
of his department (Col. Kellogg)
specially designated to visit and
examine the witnesses named by
the grand jury against YA heeler,
and such others as might be found
having knowledge of the charges
preferred, and report to me the
names of such as the agent regard
ed as important in order that I
might have them subpoenaed to
the next term of the court. Col.
Kellogg went in person and exam
ined every witueas named by the
grand jury and such others as he
thought might be material. From
about twenty which were ex
amined he found that the
great majority of them knew
nothing of the charges made in
the presentments. Then? were live
or six of them however whom he
thought it best should make their
statements to me. I thereupon
had these snbiMPuaeri to court aud
they attended at Octoler term 1881.
I was busily engaged in court nud
Mr. Ball, assistant district attor
ney, at my request, took these wit
nesses aud examined them, wrote
down the statement of each one
and had him to sign aud swear to
it. I still havo the original affida
vits of these witnesses in uij pos
session. After Mr. Hall had taken
the testimonv of all the witnesses
in the matter and in the manner
I describe und before I had read
the evidence, he gave it as his
opinion that the charges against
Dr. Wheeler were unfounded and
that there was no testimony to
warrant a prosecntioii. I read the
testimony and without hesitation I
concurred with Mr. Hall in his opin
ion that there was no violation of
the criminal law on the part of Dr.
YS heeler shown by the testimony
I then took copies of the affidavits
of the witnesses and forwarded
them to commissioner llauni who
after reading them agreed with Mr.
Ball and myself iu our conclusion
and congratulated Dr. Wheeler up
on his complete exoneration from
the charges which bad lieeu pre
ferred against him.
Very respectfully-,
Ja. E. Boyd, U. S. Att'y.
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;tinr.ST op
TIONARY
TIIR KP.VOLU.
VVAIt.
Margaret Mcllrlde, of Guilford.
IFfMaCM-utherttketrhci at North Carolina.
Among the , Scotch -Irish, who
first settled in'Guilford; was llantz
McUnde, a man of good character,
steady habits and. respectable
standing iu his neighborhood. He
lived and died on the place he first
settled, which was seven or eight
miles, south by east, from the pres
est town of Greensboro, .and mid
way between the Alamance and
Buffalo creeks, where the two
streams areabout three miles apart.
lieiug a member of Dr. Cald
well s congregation, he was, of
course, a Whig in the Revolution
ary war and. from first to last, did
what ho could to support the cuse
of Independence. He was too old
to be on the muster list, but, as he
was known to have taken an active
part, when the British army or any
embodiment of the Tories was
about, be found it necessary to
keep out of the way. His family
was large and. mostly daughters,
but, whether sons or daughters,
they were all Whigs and some of
them were so enthusiastic in the
cause that they deserve to bo re
membered. His son Isaiah, the
oldest of the famity and, if I mis
take-not, his ouly sou, served two
or three campaigns and was re
garded as a man of courage nud
firmness.
In the summer of 1781, when the
Tories were so troublesome, bis
daughter Margaret, or Maggie, as
she was familiarly called in the
mostly-tho Fox and Muscadine,
which were very luxuriant, and
with their broad, thick leaves, com
pletely hnt out the rays of the
sun, 8o that, altogether, it formed
a perfect jungle, and a man, or any
other Object in tbe 'iuside, could
not be seen by an outsider at any
distance. These places were de-
iigntfal retreats from
heat of a summer's day; so cool and
refreshing; no human habitation
within miles; no public highway to
bring the traveller or man of bnsi
new along, with his noise and bus
tle; nothing to break tho silence or
disturb the repose. They were the
very places for the love sick, the
weary, or the contemplative : but a
man would be strongly solicited to
take a nap, if he could be free from
all apprehensions of danger. The
rich . clusters of grapes hanging
over his. head, the humming of the
bees in the flowers, the carolling of
the birds in the trees, the pensive
sounds of the pine tons as the fit
ful breezes passed over them.
which, if tiot variable, were quite
as soothing and somniferous as the
tones of tne -tEolian harp, all in
vited to repose. . j
Here many a pack of wolves, be
fore they were all killed or driven
from the country," held their mid
night revels, their festive oriries
and their deliberative-assemblies.
Here in these sequestered retreats,
it is said, the Black-Jack Lodges
of Freemasons, freouentlv held
their meetings dnriuc the wan and
here the mowers, from Buffalo and
Alamance, iu the dog-days, when
oppressed with the heat and weary
or toil, retired to rest awhile and
family and ueicubornooti, was
about thirteen or fourteen for one Urink tbeir ffro aud whet tbeir
Mr. L. a Wool, Newbera, X. C,
says: I u.s-d Brown Iron Bit
ters and found them an excellent
tonic ami apiietszer."
IUw CMlIthm Wrka la Vlrglul.
(Baltimore America Jatr S.
Ex representative Dezendorf was
met by your correspondent iu
Washington to-day and asked what
he thought of Virginia olitics.
"Well, said he, 4if yon mean Ma
bono politics I think the people
know pretty well my opinion of
them, and my predictions made
some time ago that Mahoueism
would nltimately erish,havc been,
even at this early date, nearly ver
ified. Is it not shameful, he con
tinned, "to see in this consolida
tion of revenue districts life loug
Republican turned out of place
to make room for Mahone's hench
men T The idea that this pandering
to Mahone by -the administration
will benefit the party is the most
mistaken ide; in the world. Wher
ever and whenever it has been
trie I it has hurt the party. After
Grant's second election he tried
coalition, and the result isuell
known to the country. Hayea suc
ceeded in almost wrecking the par
ty, and now,, with all these evi
dences of disaster in the past, it
passes my comprehension that the
administration should stiirkeepnp
its endorsement of Mahone in Vir
ginia, and Chalmers, in Mississippi.
The Republican party in Virginia
is almost wijed out aud thousands
of republicans will either remain
away from the olls or else vote
against Mahone. This unholy alli
ance ha losi us many votes in the
North of honest aud conscieuscious
Republicans, who cannot consist
ently vote for a party which en
dorses such men as Mahone and
his folio wera.
Perhaps.
w York 8ni.J
The efforts of some of the Repub
lican editors and politician iu this
State to discover harmony and to
persuade themselves that they
really discover it are highly enter
taining' They Lave been so un
happy that they cannot be blamed
for trying to find something hope
ful iu the prospects of the grand
old party. Their hopes have been
chastened by misfortuue,aud though
they venture to whistle a little,
when nobody is near, they do not
whistle very loud. They think that
perhaps the party is not so badly
offin New York us it war last year.
This' pretty cold comfort. If they
get any satisfaction out of it no
body will grudge it to them.. Let
them roll np their sleeves and go
to work. Perhaps they can pro
duce harmony enough to reduce
the Democratic majoritv to VAKQOQ
next fall. Mr. John F. Smyth is
out of the w&y..
advantages of education or intelli
gent society, she was a girl of
strong native sense and, having
never been in the school of old il
liam Penn. she was not much dis
posed to be grave or taciturn.
Tbero was nothing about her that
was at all inconsistent with the
modesty and delicacy of her Hex;
but she would have some opinion
of her own on almost every sub
ject and would generally take the
liberty of saying just what she
thought. When men or old peo
pie were present sue was silent, as
became her, and paid a respectful
attention, but when with her co
evals, and especially those of her
own sex, they were not apt to com
plain of Ihaviug a "Quaker meet
ing. In short, she was one of
those girls who love everybody and
fear nobody, who aro. so sprightly
and fascinating, so frank and open
hearted, so generous and confiding,
that no one can be their enemy.
and every one who makes their ac
nuaintance becomes a friend. Of
course, she was just the girl to be
enthusiastic iu the cause ot free
dom, and there was not a warmer
advocate of .Independence in the
whole country. She would never
drink a drop of tea while the world
Bjood not she, if it implied an
admissiou that the English, or any
other nation, had a right to tax us
at their pleasure, and she would
live on bread and waterall the time,
if necessary, that the men
fighting for their country might be
fed nud clothed until the 'red
coats," the slaves of arbitrary pow
er, were all driven from our shores.
Wheu among her associates or
youthful acquaintances she ' could
reason with no little cogency and
declaim with a force and propriety
that would have done credit to an
older head. For the Whigs she
had the highest regard, aud gloried
in the name, but a Tory was her
abhorrence. .
To the north and northwest of
M 4 Bride's, was n small tract of
country lying between the two Buf
falo creeks, four or five miles iu
width, and ten or twelve in length.
It included the present site of
Greensboro, and extended ou. both
sides of the Hillsboro road, to the
Buffalo bridge. Then, and tor
years after, the whole regiou was a
wilderness, and not unlike a west
ern prairie. Nobody lived on it,
and there were no roads through
it, except such as served for occa
sional intercourse between the two
settlements, north nud south. The
only growth of timber was the
pine, aud trees of this description
were then neither very large nor
thick on the ground; but from the
fact that the pine was the princi
pal growth, It was called the Pine
Woods, or "Pine Barrens.' If
any person made it their home,
thev were probably thieves or ren
egades; and must have shared their
covert with the wild !easts, or
sheltered themselves in wigwams,
covered with leaves and pine bark,
like the Indians. No man. of any
respectability ever thought of
building or settling himself there
with a family, because tho soil was
deemed too thin for cultivation, and
it was valued only as a place of
range or pasturage for cattle. So
rich were its resources in this re
ect, that for a numWr of years.
stock of every kind could live on it,
and keep in good order through
the winter, without any care or at
tention from the owners. In the
summer, it was covered with a
scythsL and crack their jokes.
About the beginning of the au
tumn jf 1781, a small body of To
ries from the south side of Guil
ford, or the north of Randolph,
came up and pitcbed-their camp iu
one o( these sequestered glades.
Although, they must be supported
from the surrounding country, it
does not appear that they had any
design of making war on the Whig
settlements, for that would have
been madness; but to keep them-
selves concealed and carry on their
operations in secret. The two con
gregations above mentioned, which
then included all who lived north
and south of these "Barrens, for
miles in every direction, had been.
from the begiuning, decided Whigs;
but there were a few on the out
skirts nud along the margin of this
uninhabited region, as there were
in evefy community, who, though
nominally Whigs, were so felack
twisted that they could neither be
"pig all the time, nor pup all the
time. j In other words, they could
be very easily changed by flatter-,
ing their vanity or by presenting a
moderate bribe, aud the Tories in
the "Barrens, having previously
had acquaintance with some of
thesi families, were exerting a very
bad influence by visiting them ; in
the night, exciting in them preju
dices against the Whig neighbors,
and offering them inducements to
come over on the Kiug's side; but
this opiuion could not be long con
cealed; for those whom they were
trying ; to influence had neither
good sense nor prudence enough to
keep their own secrets. Rumor,
with her thousand tongues, began
to be very busy over the Whig set
tlements, everyone having some
thing to say, wherever they met,
about the Tories iu the 'Barrens,
aud thq iuflueuce they were exert
ing on such and such families.
Something must be done, and, in
a little time a troop of horsemen
were ready to go in pursuit: but no
one knew just wnere to iook ror
them. To venture into that wilder
ness, at night and without a guide,
seemed to be very uucertain busi
ness, and no definite information,
as to (heir whereabouts, -had yet
been obtained; ' but there was a
kind of vague rumor that they
were i a the southeast part of the
"Barrens,' aud it was supposed
that ; McBride's family would ' Iks
more likely than any other to give
them the desired information. Ac
cordingly they took np the line of
march for his house aud arrived
there some time after dark. Mc
Bilde himself was of course, from
home; but his wife and daughter
MaggjJ, with the younger children,
were there. Riding up to the gate,
the captain called, and Mrs Mc
Bride going to the door, asked
what they wanted. To this no di
rect ! iuiswer I was jriven: ! but
not exactly correct or not sufficient
ly explicit, she would say, "Moth
er, you know that at that fork, on
the top of the hill beyond our
branch, there is another left hand
path going up into the Butter road
and 'Squire GorrelPs, they might
take that.- Then, at the next fork,
would it not be better for them , tn
the sultry 1 keep the left hand until they pass
a ntacK-jack glade, aud then take
the right T It's a better road and
will be more easily found" At
length, the captain, observing hdw
much interest she took in the mat
ter, said to her, with a great deW
of courtesy, and in his kindest
manner, "Well, now, my little Miss,
couldn't you go along to thotc ns
the way ! Such a proposal rather
startled her at firsfc and, after la
pause, during which her active
mind, with electric quickness, was
busied with the reasons why she
should not consent, just as all
ladies instinctively weigh' every
objection before they ever think of
anything in favor of a proposal,
she said it would not be proper for
a young girl like her to go off; iu
the night with a company cf men
who were perfect strangers to her.
Then, if they should find the Tories
and get to fighting what could
she dot How would she get home T
and what would be the consequence,
if it should become known, that she
had conducted a company of Whigs
to the Tory camp in the night f
These considerations would hate
determined her to stay at home;
but the captain seeing that she was
half iuclined to go, and was kept
back only by her modesty or sense
of propriety, renewed his request
and pressed the matter, by telling
her how much it would be for the
credit as well as for the peace jot
the neighborhood to have them
driven outj-bow anxious he was to
find their camp, that night, as be
had come all the way for the pur
pose; and by assuring her that she
should neither suffer any harm nor
be subjected to any reproach for
such a step. She finally consented
and said she reckoned she could go;
Jut they must promise her first
that they would not fire on the To
ries until she got out of sight, for
il tliey should ever find ont that
killed Or put to flight; and the
"Pine Barrens of Guilford 1 were
no more infested with "such ver
min. ! . --r M
I In a few years after the close of
the war, Miss Maggy consented to
change her name, as In duty bound
to uo; ana Having become a wife,
and promised obedience to her hus
band, she was borne away from the
home of her youth with the tide of
westward emigration; - AVhat good
or bad fortune fell to her lot iu the
far West, we have not learned, but
have no doubt that she - has spent
many a pleasant hoar1 in thinking
of the night she conducted a troop
of Whigs to the Tory camp in the
"Pine Barrens of Old Guilford,
and we hope that he had at least a
competent share in the prosperity
and happiness which; have been
every where and so increasingly en
joyed as the result of j that freedom
and independence which were so
much the object of her Youthful
; Women u Inrentors.
"'Women have been 1 systematical
ly taught to distrust themselves, so
that housekeeping uns in ruts
and they tear to make I innovations
on the way found good enough for
their grandmothers lest they come
out oni something worse ; and so
fearing,1 they go on ith the rude
and primitive till some man, with
out tho fear of man before him,
happens to see the ; possibility of a
better way of doiug, land straight
way it is done. j
Nevertheless, and even under all
this" hampering audi discouraging
condition, handi capped from the
day of the advent of j their first an
cestress, it seems that women have
really doue something worth while
in the way of inventiou. Yes, the
caviller confesses, very likely
something useless, ornamental, fri
volous,! a feeder; of 'Vanity. How
well lie guesses I For it is quite
true. The spinning of silk was in
vented! by a woman, Tao, a Chinese
empress; and so was the weaving
of gauze t woman's invention, that
of Pauiphile, of Cos. j The cashmere
shawl,! too, was invented by a wo
man, Mbearai Misa, an Asiatic of
We're la the Mrket.'i
I We'fo in th market Sll! abd I , -Are
there x bachelor wantine to bay.? ;
;None who have manure enouitn to propose; '
None who have wisdom enough to dim-lone
That they're thirt without buttonmand jianta with
out vtrapaj i if,
They bare vent with fringed edxen, and roat with
I I torn Anna. i , i .
;Aod their but winter's boae are minua of toe. " '
! A nd tbeir Wneerered bee la are like to get froae.
For lack ptrach bodiea a Sallieiftad I
jTo attend to the wan and the woe we epy ? I
I We ire no ooqoette-Sallie and I I
So free-lovin dandies heed not pply
Beauty 'i admirer or Vit' devotee ' i
Need not approach for we nerer shall please:
But we know of a eircle whoee names are untold i
In Fame's shinning temples or mansions of gold. '
Whose: lives without spot, or blemish or blot.
Hare iron them the honor the world gireth not !
For such worthy bachelors, Hsllie and I ;-
gtill wput the marketwill he not buy i
frnsuUied Virtue, SalTie and il . ';
Only eaa offer to those who apply . If
i 1 earUj warm and loving we're strrf en to blend
.With hand ever ready in need to befriend)
Ami oar lips seldom romit, our feet rarely roam
lieyond the charmed precincts of childhoods sweet .
! home; t- ''.!,' . i, r r
And to wash, brew and bake,! small splatter we
to
or Uuiet and Thrift is the motto we
Oh. rm ftra ntrb IwiiuwivM . a .
Iionely old bachelors will ye not
tale;-r'
We're in the mark Kulti .Mil f
Fhall We be left in the market to die?
r wuuy you in s fleeting years orer ns an.
uunmer me rars imm none.! neuvin iiarht rinar
And the dimples where Cupid hath ehosei. his bed.
juo long icii nnKissed. wiu De wnnKlea instead
And oar hearts, like the May, will forget to be gay.
If Love fragrant bkwsouu ne'er dawn on our
V, war: i - i : -;
Bach is the petition SaBie and I
new
Offer to bad
a 3 a.
casre, auu tne otcar : oi rose.) was
- mmmvmm-m. "V - MMV ft. V UltH . .
she had conducted a nartv- nf Wlitn anotuer of hef inventions, yet i ten
to tueir camp, they would be cer
tain to kill her. The captain, know
ing very well that, if he could stir
prise them in! their camp before
they were aware of his approach,
they' would not be likely to trouble
her or any one else in that region,
told her, very well, he would see to
that, aintshe ueetl be uuder no ap
prehensions of injury from them!
The arrangement made was for
her to ride behind him ou his horse
nntil they came in sight of the
Elace, when she was to take the
ack track herself; for it would ;be
out of the question for him to take
care of her in the melee of battle
and in the darkness of the night;
but her resolution was adequate! to
to onej she perished in a suttee.
The discovery of wood-engraving
by twb young j Italian girls; of
bronze! relief by a Japanese wo
man; of pillow lace by Barbara
Uttmann, of Saxony j of the straw
bonnet; a century later, by Betsey
aietcair, ot Massachusetts; of un-
uergiaze painting ou pottery bv
Louise McLauchlin,iof Ohio are
all things ornameutal, in a measure
frivolous, and the feeders of vanity!
it maybe admitted; but whatever
tors pray will ye bny ? ; ; .
Hake Her Vour Confidant
w6man's advice lis general! v
worth having; so if you are in any-
trouble,' tell ydur mother or your .
wuej or your sister all about it. Be
assured that light will flash upon
your darkness.! Women $re too
commonly called verdant in; all but
."supposed -womanish .affairs." No
philosophical students of tho sex t
thus judge them. Their, intuitions
or insight are most subtle, and if
tueys cannot see a cat tn the meal,
there is no cat there. I advise a
man toj keep none of his, affairs s
from" his wife, J Woman is J more a
seer and a: prophet than a man. if
she be given a fair chancer As a '
general, rule the wives; confide the
mintjrtestof their plans and thoughts
to then? husbands, i Why not re-
ciprcatex ;.l f
Meet of The Stock Lvv.
A farmer from Beach Island. S.
U., Writing to the Southern CulU
else they are,
tjiey
.it
are also the
cause and source of What tremens
dous industries that keep the wolf
irom the tloor of how many myriad
homes. I For the spinning of silk is
a national industry) not only of
vatofi argued against the stock law
beciiinsobrSouth Carolina! the 4no
fence" - system had caused an in
crease in cereals but a decrease in
meat, jit; is true, he admits that:
the commissioner's report f shows a
decrease of $G2,104 in swine, under
the stock law, the increase, in value
of cereals! was largely in excess of
tbisJ so that the Statci really makes
an immense ! train W thri chanire.
The most earnest opponents of the
;"uo jrence'' movement bow heartily
endorse it, and its popularity goes
hand and baud with its .prosneritw
id L ill tiiLi h a
oonie oiuer oiaie wm nave to oe
appealed to lor arguments of any
kind against the successful work
ing (if the system.'
Th
Kwtanell.l
i.iquor tuextiou in m
Bishop Bo-kwith, of Ueorgia.
fciquo'r is jt great curse to ci vtlf ,
lion
7!i inn rprvrhprp I ItnriPVA in
- I -rfc HI v -..wnrvavv in
anything, when so mucin was at ne. ow " menca; rer- ,nt(oll ng it by ystetn of high
Mi:gh .1 il iiiiiiivi ll gg-aii . iv gi ATI W j 9 ,9 w i -m -a
axauou. n is tne oesc man in tne
stake, and when she saw that her
services were of so much impor
tance. Without further delay,
therefore, she put ou her bonnet,
stepped np on the low fence before
the door 'and jumping on behind
the captain, they all dashed ott lat
half s)eed. She had not seen the
encampment, nor had she been any
nearer to it than her father's house.
She would have gone as readily to
ward a den of wolves, but, some
how or other she had learned where
it was and knew the place ierfeet
ly well, for she' had been there
many a time when hunting the cows
in the summer evenings with the
younger children and had always
admired it as a place ko cool, retir
ed and silent that one might dream
of love as much as he pleased: or
give full play to the imagination
on any subject without, intcrrnp
tion. . :f '
When they had got so near that
the sound of the horses' feet might
be heard at the encampment they
reined up and went with as much
silence as possible. As they drjew
near, Maggy was straining her ntfck
and looking over the captain's
shoulder to gets a glimpse of th
once pleasant but now hated sjk)t.
Presently she exelainied. "Yonder
sia and Hiudostau can tell what
immense revenues come from the
ottar of roses and the cashmere
shawl ; women who Would other
wise starve in the- gutters bless the
name of Barbara! LTttiminn. who
gave them the means Of livelihood ;
wood-engraving jemploys in this
country alone woinen: enough, and
Hse un and
sisters bless-
straw bonnet
men enough too,! to
call the young Cunio
exl ; Betsey MetcalFs
is worth half a million dollars to
day in the industry born from its
manufacture. j ft
lint here we cease to make any
allowances or admissions to the
enemy, i Woman j ha?4 ! done much
more than to in Vent a few orna
mental affairs. According to the
records searched iuid sifted by Mrs
world to control the traffic'. I have
studied the question for years, and
ani convinced that you cannot
stop men from drinking liquor,
Who kvnlit to drink it. bv nrrthlht-
iory 1 legislation. This; has been
proved, j But take awsmthe temp
tation as much sis jossibIb from the
young. 'j'Let : them be taught ".to
know the value bf abstaininir from'
alcoholic liquor.! Even' time that
you close a saloon by taxation on
the public streets youi 1 remove a
temptation from the 3'oung. I be
lieve that those who have grown
bid and tare addicted to the cup
will drink anyhow, jjeti them go
on ahity burn up.
r. Let! th
, butRav
e the
Voung by keeping the temptation
bf the streets from them JT it is the
Gage, she has invented many bf only W to fight thetrajlic.
they
ground.
jumiNid to the
Then, i taking the back
are, and
the mosf useAil arts j and articles
belonging to our daily life. Not to
meutiou the traditional Isis, who
invented bread-making aud the
manufacture of flax and the art of
healing,! and was deified for it all,
nor to speak of jSemirainis as the
iuventor of cotton cloth, since that
statement may be fabulous, but to
cite only instance? j in our own
times, it was a woaiap, the wilow
of General Nathaniej Greene, who
made the first suggestion of the
cotton gin which bli Whitney ela-
The Horseshoe Mupertttltlon. 1
Th superstitious notions con,-
erning the good luck; horseshoe
that have been hauded down to ns
by t rid it ion undoubtedly originat
ed wljeii i horseshoeing was in its in
iancyi jllistorj informs ns that the
vulcaiiian i art was .pf actised by
briests 'ind other sacred men in an
cient times. The sacred smith not
only fashioned fthe w&apons, but.
shod the horses of heroes. The
J)ruid
track with the lightness of a ga
zelle, she never relaxed her efforts
until she found herself again at
home, all safe and well pleased
with what she had done. -.But as
soon as she alighted from the hdrse
the men all dashed lorwara at fun
iiHeAtft nro hau to have been
boratedjand perfected ; it was Miss UkiHfT,i Kvorkers in iron, and prac-
Knight who lnventet (the simplest tiscU the ynlcanian irt in great
he remarked, if he was not mistak- siieed and surrounding the camp,
'dense co.it of grass and pea vines,
waist high; and the farmers, north
and south, never thought of having
any meadow at home, but came
over at (lie proper season, into the
Barrens, and made as much hay ns
they wanted for the winter.
For Home distance along the sides
tbero were occasional rivulets,
which, being led by springs from
the higher gnninds, were perma
nent; but mast of it was a poor
sandy ridge, and destitute of wa
ter. It was, however, occasionally
intersected with Bhu.k-.Inck glades,
which were certainly not very ui
vitiug; but then there were some
spots that were like oasen in the
desert; hollows, or depressious of
small depth, through which a
stream of water ran, for three or
four months in the winter, and al
though they were dry in the sum
mer, there was a moisture, which
produced a different . growth. In
places, for several rods in diameter,
1 1 ' i.. i
iney were ueuseij tou-itu " , 11 .. r .-infirm
.. t .1. 1.. ..1 i added word, bv way of caution,
sweet gum. The mirgins werejbr for the purpose .of Prent'f
linetl with alders, wild briers, and j.uiistakes, but what si e hto Kiy
. . . 1 . i ti-a iirM-tMil tolier mother. uen-
otner surnnoery. ino trees wens - - ..i,-,. wa,
richly festmuied with graje vines, i ever she thought her mother was
I ! 11? 1 T .1 . I
en they wero; wnigs, gouu aim
titie,! and that he might consider
himself as talking to friends. Cer
tainlvshe said, and, if he was a
WhfL'he had nothing to fear on
flmt wore. He then asked her if
there was any erson in the house
or on the premises who was dispos
ed to favor the Tories T and she re
plied that if there was she was not
aware of it. Again, he asked if
she knew whether there was a Tory
camp anv where in the 'Piney
T Woods P and she told him that
she understood so. How far to
the place, was the next inquiry,
and the answer was, about two
miles. He then asked if she could
give him such directions that he
could find the road, adding that he
wanted to get there as soon as ios
siblejnndseeifhecouldirtlcariitliem better than to come and make their
quarters in a Whig regiou. She
told him she could try; but, as it
was only a path or bye-way. inter
sected bv other paths, and had sev-
eral forks branching on in tuner
eut directions, it would le difficult
to find esecially in the night.
However, she went on to give him
the best direction she could; and as
she proceeded he was ofteu' inter
rupting her to ask for explanations
or repetitions so as to get every
thing well fixed in his mind.
During this time, little Maggy
was standing at her mother's elbow,
a little back aud off to one side,
just far enough to have a full view
of the; men at the gate; and, iu her
anxiety for the success of the en
terprise, with hardly a thought of
what she was doing, occasionally
to tht? utter surprise and confusion
of their enemies gave them a full
broadside as the first salutation
Poor Margv had not run mitny
rods until she hoard the report of
some twenty or thirty pistols hud
the clashing of swords, mingled
with the shouts of the assailants
and the cries of the assailed, ,but
this only served ! to accelerate jber
speed. ' It, was like giving Jher
wings and a favoring breeze in the
direction of home. On entering
the house, with an exulting heart
and panting for breath, her first
utterance was,! "Well, mother,
those miserable Tories have got a
lesson to-night Which they will, not
soon forget, anti I hoe they will
no longer be a pest and a reproach
to the country." ''Why, my dangh
ter, you did not stay to see what
was done!" "Why, mother? as
soon as we came in sight I jumped
down and started back fts hard as
I could, but 1 had come a very lit
tle distance it didn't seem to, be a
minute 'till I heard ever so many
rnn mid then such slashing and
hallooing, you ueyer heard thelike.
I just know the ugly things! are
nsed up, and we shall now be tlear
of them. Well, I do feel sorry for
them alter all really sorry. j.Iust
think how they will be cut up and
rnu off like so many sheep killing
dogs; but then they had no jbusi
uess to be Tories. If they are so
mean and pusillanimous that they
want to be slaves or foot-pads to
King George, let t iem not stay
here and try to make ns as degrad
ed as themselves, but go to hi.f own
country and serve him there.l We
have no use forthem here and lam
so glad they are gone," Andpfag
gy was right iu her conjectur; for
in a very few minutes, they j were
used np, sure enough, being either
aud also one of the most useful of
all articles, the pape bag, and was
offered fifty thousand dollars for
it; it was Mrs. NValtqii who in vent
ed ji device for deadening the noise
of railway trains!; it Was a woman
who iuvputed the .phtti of battle by
which bur late) ciiil war was
brought: to a triumphant conclu
sion; itKvasa gijl of j sixteen who
invented a change blx for making
change nioreT rapidly j than by the
old way ; it was a little girl who
iifvented the gimlet-pointed screw ;
the graud-mother of Clara Louise
Kellogg 'in ven tea an! important at
tachment to the machinery of looms
in mills; aud spinning, and horse
shoeing, and wood-sawing,aiid
butter-making machines without
number are amoiig iha inventions
of women, as well as a rotary loom,
an ore-smelter, a chain elevator, a
fire escape, a screw crank for
steamships, a spark-arrester for lo
comotives, a process) for using pe
trolenm instead j of tv'ood or coal,
and another process for heating
without fire: aud all these are not
.1. l.ir; I
llltt II it It.
kecrei-yi Theluglo-tfitxoii Monks
are said to have been skillful
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13
iii iron. The smith's art
! Ironliiff Machine.
There Is no authentic record of
the number of piece of clotbin
that a strong and skilled laundress
armed with a flat iron, can iron in
an liour She may j do wonderful
work, but it would be insignificant
when com pa rod with the work of
ironing machines into vhich the
flat-iron has e vol u ted. Five thou
sand pieces an hour is the Rpeeth
claimed fur oue of the laHcst inven
tions. A steel j clyinder, six feet
long and two feet in diameter, is
heated by steam introduced inside.
It is revolved between two endless
aprons held firmly by two sets of
.1 r rrt... ...... r...i sv :
rowers.? iuv tiui hm , ici n tn
as they come damp from the wring
ing machine, and are dried, ironed,
and iolished in less than a minute.
These machines are nsed in hotels
and large institutibiis. In some!
the cyclinder is cheated by gas in
stead of by steam, ji
1
! . y I
workers
was so hiirhlv prized fin the days
jof king Kd gar . that 'he enacted
that the priests should learrr-anti
L. iL- i ..-a ' ui 11. .!.:.. ... I . ..a
jiu;iji;u 11. pi. 1U5UII, mi" v
niUlllU Alt.f IfllliV AF. ; ll'U
mug woiKer 111 iion,uj(euvi . iiie
10th betitury, and gave himself up
to a Solitary existence,1 practicing
ibis art! in secret. The mystery
connected with this saint caused
the simple of his day to venerate
him. St. Klrby was Bishop of
jNoy, France, in the Isventh cen
tnry, aiid by:orae means or other
became the patron saint or .horse
shoers in nearly every t country in
s : r it . .:
Agricultural Keport. ; " j
k i .. - j
WksjiixoTON, July 1 Oth. The
iJulyl report of the IJeiKirtnieL't b
Agriculture .indicates very geaerai
improvement in the oonditton , of
cotton.j The general ariage br
coiutitibn has advancel Jr-in So to
i . i w - i a! li , : - .
- -"(
'1
h-''
prov
July
Iast .1 n ly there f wtw a n i in
ement from 81)1 to U2. The
State averages are :
83, Xorth Carolina 91 J South Caro
lina
ian:J 91, Texas r9.,, Arkansas 84, I
Tennessee 88. Picking will com- "
mculoejii southwestern fextta about
the tiOth of July. The'general aver
age bf winter wheat hfis advauced
froni l t" D1 of Pprihg whe,nt
froni 98 to 100. The indications bf
July ibiut tola wiuter J wheat crop
of fiklly 3(K),000,(K)0 bushels alMUt
125,000,000 of spring frheat., ,
T le aggregate area! of the eojrn
crot i is iWjOOOjOOOacrM The aver
age for corn is 88, against 8." last
Julj-, 90 in 11881, and) 100 in 1H80,
In the Soutl average? range from
90 ill Tennessee to lft'5 fn Iibuisiaiia.
The average of oats is 99,: against
lasr Jlliy, auu w ariey ai.
area ! of tobacco' apiears to
ie dimiliisheil 7 per, cent, eondt-.
103
Thd
hav
Mori
J;
ti
93.
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