North Carolina Newspapers

Cljc Cuurtn, A Democratic Newspaper. I'uUUlicd every Friday in Lou is burg RATIOS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One Copy 1 yrar... .....2.0o " 6 Months. to " " 3 -Mb jI lis....... ........ 75 W TERMS CASH IX ADVANCE ' SELECTED STOEY A wonderful Deliverance. BY WALTEU WEST. IT was a beautiful summer's day, some eight years ago, that the young people of Milford set out on a picnic excursion to Lover' Leap," . ' Los er's Leap'1 was a romantic mass of rooks, seemingly thrown together in great disorder, and with one precipice of great height. I The day was. fine, not too sultry, njor ' yet o cool as to be uncomfortable. We were to go thiUicr, a distance of five miles, in four-horse teams, and a merrier company it would have been di:Ecult to find ; but I doubt if there v;as a happier couple in the party t han j - J She was a charming 8pecimen of a ..v. Wv.tivuu giii -'iiill, lilll, ami 01 exquisite form. She was what some would call a trifle wild,' but which ctfarncterutic in a male might be termed a mild Burt li reckleSs ' net. " ; . We had been engaged for nearly two yearsand during that time not a t'loud had aiarred our happiness, nnd we were looking forward to a happy copartiuriihip thereafter. Having ta ken an early start, we arrived at our ilrwt ! iin t inn lfV-.i- - 1... .1 ." . run A rVrIr t !..! A,:.. i t j mo ouu iiuu risen many:hours,aud were scattered through the beautiful grove in little knots, en ' joying ourselves as only young people can.. . There were a dozen or more of us ptanding at the base of o seemingly in Minnmintablc precipice, from which ntvoi-ding to an old tradition, two un happy Indian lovers had leaped iate eternity.' We were speculating as to whether the precipjee could be climb ed, and were tileasaiitly inviting one ...ni,H tu aufiuin me ascent. All. however, declined, excepting AdaTwho1 igJiiuglyrtlafed that if the- rest of ui would go to the-summit by the path lending around, she would ascend from where mho was standing, and thus put to shame us effeminate gentlemen. In vain we expostulated with her; she was determined t hi . her purpose, though the thing had never been at tempted before by men, much less by ladia. Seeing that argument was of no avail, wo did as she requested. nnd with eyes strained to the utmost watched her ascent. . She went swiftly at first, and with a paucy "see-if.I-can't" expression on her face ; b')t, as she reached a greater hoight, she proceeded more slowly.and hor face began to wear a moro ' deter mined aspect. But she Vent steadily on, now clinging to a point of rock and raising herself skillfully over it, and now bunging by her hands only, las a rock on. whkh she stepped gave way beneath her weight. , jWe grew diizy'watching, for it seem eil impossible for ler to reach the sum nut. Suddenly a huge stone on which her feet were Resting gave way, and she hung on by sharp, point abeve, with no hold for her feet. Her strug. gles were gradually lessening, and the point of rock op which she clung slow ly but surely giving away. She signalled to u that she was in; danger, and while some ran for ropos and others stood paralysed, unable to poak or to stir, I reached the foot of thj? precipute by the circuitous path and went up, with aU'posiblc haste, peiimd hor. I exerted myself to the utmost, when suddenly i the :rock t ttliieli bhe was clinging gave way. ! 'j I w'ai unprepared for this and felt ' body fall heavily upon m: I can remember clasping her in my arms and falling backward ; and then all was darkness. . , , 1 When I again opened my eye, . I was lying upom the soft grass, with a Company of watchful friends around me. bly first thought was for Ada, n"d I'tricdJo raise my ' bruised body tlat I might see her. But ijas un Jiweswry, for she was standfug close Miind j iae. She had - experienced t ome K avy bruises,'but was not badly. Wt. " VOU. And then came the exidanatinn W had fallen several feet, and fortunately caught upen a crag where we remained till assistance arrived. It took seve ral weeks for me to recover from my broken arm, and terrible bruises, but I had a gentle nurse, which made my sicknsss almost a pleasure. You may guess who that nurse was. Ada andj I are now happy man and -wifc, bat. wofte4hinkf thatfearfal adventure, and thank God for his good ness in preserving our lives. Waver Jay Magazine. JSrx-mie Ii-eentinieiits. A paper published in England, gives an account of a, strange presentimnt experienced by a miner, Samuel Fin ley, who was killed in a pit. As de ceased wjis "setting a tree," a quantity of rock fell from the roof of a pit, and fractured his skull. The jury return ed a verdict of ' Accidental death.' In the course of the evidence it . was sta. ted that, during the night preceding - -1 the accid ent, deceased awoke his wife and told her he felt a tm weight of rock upn his head. She endea.vered to persuddo him that it was' headache, but he wjas quite free from that com plaint, die said he could not sleep, and requested his wife to place their only child beside liiin. In the -morning he appeared very reluctant to go to work, an 3 on his wife reminding him that he vould be late if he did not make haste, he went to the bedside where the child lay, ancf said, "Let me have my Lst kiss." But strange liis may appear, it is by no though-1 means tire most singular incident con nected w tli this melancholy affair. It appears that deceased has a cousin alo a miiier between whom and- de ceased there had always exited a more than ordinary friendship, and that this cousin who had been on the night shift in a neighboring pit, was returning home, and just about the moment the accident occurred he saw the deceased standing before him in the highway. So struck! was he with this occurrence that he j hastened toward deceased's house, there to receive the melancholy confirmation of the doubts raised in his mind ly the apparition he had seen. In this locality miners have had pre 'seutimcrits of their fate. Not very long ago k miner who resided at Blow- lCll Wentlodlis WOrk. but whan nhrmf half way ito the pit, which was about a mile, and a half or two miles from home, he had a presentiment that he woild that morning be killed. Here turned home, and requested his wife to assemble the children, and when this was done he read a chapter ia the Bible, and then engaged in prayer. He then took farewell of his wife and children, and having done so, went to but had not been at work his work many minutes when he was killed on the spot by a fall of rock. The above facts come out on evidence at the in quest which was held upon the dead body. Heuvcn. Many curious speculations hare beeo indufged: regarding the exit of the soul ol a rguieoui man how it passes through the T air and etheral regions; and Lowj leaving atara and yatcms be hid.it soars with strong, swift pinion, into the august prctsnce ot Diety. Such spi :ulatioDS are far more inquisU Jive than impor!ant. TbeJact that the holy 8ul is immediately transferred to the highest biavens ia icfiaitelv more jnteicsciiTjr and conacKtorv th.n th. t - --j . method of its itransmission. It has no "successive ascmioDS," everchanging its home, and therefore never at home; using (r um one height tj glory and b'eseedoesB to another still higher, only that each height my be gaiced and left behind. 3: :arcely has death broken down ' tlie middle Wall pt partition scarcely j! s he lilted the vail, when a bound! ss territory of btightness and joy stretches out 'fore the naked spirit. Not a sun-l has time to Ull. One step, and ti e sc ul is in glory. 1 he flight through the inimecsiiy is made "io the twiukliug ot an eye ;n the lilgrimage to the f phi res otxupits but a moment. Tb.re i no waiiiog for a celestial coo t y. A Iroop of angelic beincs. unseen crowd the chamWr of death, and are DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, rea ly with outstretched wing to bear the fpirit home to God ; the last quiver gaped from the btoodless linthe last ieh breathed ouf, and swifter than the beam of the morning, or the flish of lightning, they tower " with it to glory. ine wggar was borne to Abraham' bosom bvrswift winged I artels tiip dying felon had scarcely groaned his last ou Calvary whtn he opened his eyes in Faradiat. He psveed direct 'W to s throne from c .cam- mate ignominy to celestial honor, j Ere bis dying wail had t-pent itself, be had begun the song ot immortality ; ere his mangled trame was cold and stiff in death, his feet had trod the crystal pavement of "the holy city,' ; and his Sogers had struck celestial notes from a golden lyre. j "Oh, change! Oh, wondrous chano-t! , ; curst are the prison bars. This moment there so low, So agonized and now Bexond the stars I Ob, shange l stupendous change 1 There lies the soulless cloud : The sun eternal breaks: i The new immortal wakls j Wakes with God M One would imagine that on being io sudden'y-urshered into ths ; infinite sublimities of new and glorious worid the soul Mrould be overwhelmed, nay, annihilated. Great excitement has sometime driven reason lrom her throne, and burst the rejoicing heart ; and verily the joy and splendor of that movement is nvre than enough to con found the bravest and hnlifar Br,ir. But no : He who has protected it from all evil also shields when embodied amid that opuhnce cf celtsiial glorv, so mat it fxels serenely calm and per fectly at ease the moment it crosses the threshold ot its heavenly home, and is encompassed by the stupendous rcali tits of au in-ternal condition. Shall We Meet -A-ruiu. The following is said to be one of the most brilliant articles written by the lamented George D. Prentice : " The fiat of nature is inexorable. Tcere is no appeal forelief from ' the great law which dooms us to dusi. We flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest, and the flowers that bloom and ither in a day have no frailer hold upon life than the mightiest monarch who ever shook the earth with his foot-steps. Generations of men will appear and disappear as the grass, and the multitude that throng the world to-day, will disappear as the foot-steps on the shore. w.v-iii - wiiuii. mo great event of death until the shadow falls across thir own pathway, hiding frpm their eyes the faces of loved ones whose living smile was the sunlight of their existence. Death is the antago nist of life, and the thought .of the tomb is the skeleton of all .feasts. We do not want to go through the dark valley, although its dark passage may lead to paradise; ws do not want to lie down in the damp grave, even with princes for bedfellows. In thebeautii ful drama of Ion, the hope of Immor tality, so eloquently uttered by the death-devoted Greek, finds deep re. sponse in every thoughtful soul. When about to yield his young existence as a sacrifice to fate, his Clemanthe asks if they should meet again, to which he replies : I have asked that dreadful question of the hills that look eternal of the clear streams that flow forev. er ot the stars among whose fields of azure my raised spirits have walked in" glory. All were dumb, but as 1 1 gaze upon thy living face, I feci that there is something in the love that mantles through its beauty that cannot wholly perish! We shall meet agaiu Clem anthe JToiimle Omnment. Ladies who wemld shudder or scream at the sight of a black beetle or bumble bee can ytt tolerate , other insects on their person, and glory in a host eto inological spoi's in the shape of beetle earrings and necklets, sad tiny insecta attached to! the artificial flowers they wear .indeed, they are as savage! v bedecked with the spoils ( the animal kingdom as any aboriginal American belle, save that theirs are more richly set and stinng, and involve more labor and outlay on their manufacture. A lady may almost be clothed and de tmmvm LOTJISBPRG, N. jo,, MARCH corated from head to foot with the products of the animal kingdom. The insict tribes will furnish her silk robes and hes-, the5gac2y tissues she wears are embroidered with dazzling beetle winga. She tnay indulge in Decklets of beetles, aid earrings and brooches of the same. Her coronal or tiara may be of the brilliant breasts and heads of the hummingbird, r other most costly nodding Dlmaes. For submarine spoils ne may nouige in elaborately Carved coral, cameoet, or other shell jewelry, with pearl riugs for her dainty fingers: Her gloves aDd her shoes will be of kid Her fan of ivory, of tortoiae shell, of peari, or oi leather trimmings may have much ornamentation fromthe hand of the carver ordelicate flower painter. Her opera glass may be of ivory, of mothtr-ot-Dearl. or ni mrtr,;.. shell setting. Indeed, there is no limet to tne obligations she will be under to the animal kingdom. . , Art Journal. Wfiat I Have TVoticecL i nave notieed that all men BDeak well of all men's virtues when they are dead, and that tombstones are marked with the rpitaphs of the good aud vir. tuous. Is there any particular cemete ry where the bad men are buried ? I have noticed that the prayer of ev ery selfish man ia 'Forgive us our debts,' while he makes sveiybody that owes him pay the utmost iarth- I have noticed that he who thinks every man a rogue, is very certain to see one when Le shaves himself, aud he w ought in mercy to his neighbor to sur render the rascal to justice I have noticed that money is the foql a wisdom, the knave's refutation, the rich man's trouble, the poor man's de sire, the covetous man,s ambition and the idol cf all. I have noticed that! whatever is, is right, with tew exceptions the h fc eye, kUt eg, ami iub lelt si Je ot a plum puddin rr I have noticed that merit is always .measured in the world by its success. I have noticed that in order to be a reasonable creature it is necessary at times to be dowdright mad. I have noticed that as we are always waiting instead of working for lortunes we are disappointed, and call Dame Fortunes blind ; but it is the beit evi dence that the. old lady had mcs: capi tal eyesight and i3 no granny with spectacles. I have noticed thut.purses will hold pennies as well as pounds. I have noticed that soma men are so honest that necessity compals them to be dishonest in the end. I have noticed that silks, broadcloths and jewels are often bought with other peoples' money. I have noticed Jhat all men are honest when well watched. I have noticed that in nearly all things money is the main obje-ct in view. Startliko Sckkb in a Menageiue. The 'wiasTimesof December 28rd says that at the uienagarie ot Signori Bide! and Fairnali, at Turin on Monday evening, the audience were treated to a perloiniance not announced in the bills. Signer Bidel, the famous libntamer, en tertd, as usurd, a large cage, in which wtre lions, lionessesa, bear?, hyeans and a lamb. After the feats ot leaping, fcc, ordinally shown in auch exhibitlona, the grand feature consisted in the simul tarieom appro ich of the wild animals t the Iamb and the exchange of the "kiss of fraternity.' This was accom plished luccossfully, the animals me thodically iouching n-acs.and then gravely atalking baclt to their places. The pL-rlormaucs waa io close with put ting the lam! s head in the mouth of the lion. Ko sooner had the jaws closed upon the head of the animal than it was evideut by the eyes aud move ment of the tail of the lion that loul play was threatened, and before the word of command could be givea streams of blood were seen ranaitg from his mouth. Children screamsd and women fainted, but tortuaa:ly the panic was of abort duration. Signor Bidel, with a tremendous blow on the throat of the lioa and a shout of ommand, forc-d the half-wild animal to reiicaaish h'u victim, and, though roaring feariully, he sullenly obeyed the fix! eye and ges ture of his master, retiring into a cor ner of the eager SUBSCRIBE FOR TUB COURIER, Only $2. i SCIENCE ANiTRT; 7, 1873. What a Man Kjjows. What a man can write out 'dearly, correctly and briefly, without bookfor 'reference of any kind, tha hejmdoubtedly knows, whatever else he J Cf rant of for knowledge that falls ahert. rvf lL.lL. .1 . . v luatuiowiiars wax is vague,, haxy, indistinct, uncertain, I foi one profess no respect at all ; and I believe that there never was a time or country where the influence ef careful training were, in that respect, more needed. Men Hvejn haste, write in haste I was going to say think in haste, only that, perhaps, the word - thinking" is hardly applicable to that large num ber who, for the most part, purchase their daily allowance of thougnt ready made. Lord Stanley. Tlie Newspaper. General Jack ton, when President once said to one of his flercea news paper opponenta, send me your news paper. I know that you oppose me but then I should like to see your pa! per every day. 1 want to see how many lies you can tell on me." 4 General' said the editor, I think I do right in opposing you. and I shall continue to do so with all the ability of which I am mer." Here was a man after Jackson's own heart, and he instantly rej lied, with an oath, "air, -end me jour pp.x. fwr aside from your abnw of me. your pa pens a good one. Besides, I never sa w a newspaper ia which I could not find something worth to read." Just so. No man can pick up any newspaper without finding something cf interest. You may take the paper and tear it into fragments and ia each" fragment ua will u?e something to amuse or instruct vou- t The Yankee whose portrait Mark Twain draws in the folkwing para, graph would be worth knowin- as a curiosity 'Harris ia an American, a longvkgoed, vain, lig:,t weight villas lawyer from New Hampshire. If he had brains in proportion to h'u lega, he would make Solomon aeem a failure; if hi modesty equalled his ignoranoo 'he would maki a violet seem s'uck up; if his learning equalled Ira vanity, he would make Von Humboldt seem as unletterod as the backside of a tomb stone; if his stature were proportioned to hi. conseieace, h2 would b: a gem for the micro,cop; if bia Kieas were as large aa his words, ii would taka a man three months to walk around one of them; if an au lienco were to contract to listen as long as he would talk, that audience would die of old agt ; and if he were to talk until he said snmethin" he would still beoa h:s hind leg, when' the last trump sounded. And would have cheek enough to wait till the disturb ance was tyer, aud go on again Seme few Republican papera- atil manage to suUist in the Eouth. Bow they do it will be apparent frem the ex ample of one of them tew before c. In the fir.t place, it has at the heal of i;8 columns Official organ of the UaiUd States.- and then follows that by "Of flcial organ of the gtate." Then it is all right, and begins to be intecs-ly loyal and earn its wagea. Presently a little dainty bit from the public crib cornea to it, the State throws in a beterogen ous mass of reports, official proceedings, laws and ordinance. A few caxpft baggers advertise their warea, a Freed, man's Trust Company or two tempting ly invite the negroes to be thrifty and avirg. and give .their fScrs a living, and a few advertisements quack medi cines or fever and a2ue cures, probably -come from the North. So this paper, without a constituency, flurisheB. Let as examine a little further. Eight co umcs are filled with State advertise ments, fiy with those of the ITnif.l States, and there are five column. r.t . .halt of L-gialative proceedings, gome oi tne united States Government adrtr- usements are absurd. What ia it ecept to waste money-publishing in, -jr oouui v;aroiin, An act to pro vide fur adjourned term cf the Su preme Court of Arixjna!" It is noth ing lass than official bribery to Tmh:M. such a no.ice in auch a place. Bolt. Gazette. "1 wish yoa wuld pay little i'Ub Uoo to what I am siying. sir." loirtA aa irate lawyer at aa exasperating wit ness. -Well, I am p tying as little T caa,:' was the calm rcp'y. . 'ii NO. 19. An incoroprehcr.kiMe idiot nil. What is the d ffsrtCJe betwn . hnn! dred-ltc Log and a bl! doztn jenny M .... ' orange. r And then, with fiend s i d.. 1ij;'t, h.- anWi.ri: One is a e nh a !e au me OTner a rent a-pirc.-' ' A youn? lady, writing oo iheBaHect i iasin3, aa)s: - I would aa litf hte .a good kiss as a Lew caihrnere And we would qnite as lief, if not Mler. give A1VEKT1SKMEXTS. FIRE IiSURAiCE. Great lVcstcrn Insurance Company Of NEW ORLEANS. Continues to make a speciality Farm i)rotxrtvnt mifoi.i.. " of Losses occurring in thl department, Druiillttlv .iiliiwrswl .n,i . i i All uudersigncl, w ithout the delay of ref- ..v., , w m nome uiiiec, as is re quired to be done, by local agencies u jngii.n vomp inies ..,,,,,,,, nun riaie Treasurers, of thottutes whoic law FnoiiiHn ..... 1. 1 . sucii a ueposit to be made. J. li. Mautix, IOC Maio St. Norfolk Va, Gen'l A"ut For Marvhind. Tii.lnv,!!-.. ri: ? . i " . bia, irgmia, .North Carolina, South t .iritllifi niil i ' ... . Geo. S. Pnker, Local Ageit. Ko, ia-3m. Henry T, Alley, 'Wholesale & Retail Confoc tloner. Fnuirs, Faxcy Goods, Tots, beddings & Parlies Furnished. Sycamore Street.Psteraburg.Vs. Not. 2-ly. H. BOH S T, FURNITURE 2 0 Bo!lnSVMJk Street, 5o l.ly. P. II. S M ITH CkELSET MAKES AND UNDERTAKER L o c 1 t a v a o X , C ; 7 mi reaajnasle tern UaatBTAXniO aSfXCTAUTT. The beat W&lnnf P,.,,l....'iti:.. . , ,(. I.UI1D WfflJI Mde OQtbe eLorte.t uouoa aad Vaat Lum.r, Carriage JManulactory, rcreoos wUhlcg to baj y ''.Carriages - vT."Jlh o,rJn",al woaM do w.Il to " it a jkvcp vaa Best Workmen and uao tlit But XI atmuax. tht U to U Li J I w'-vld stce last Mr. Feriwo loTta. V W W KM mm wit! mo sri! pnn-.s-r ,. ....... .Mp,u.vlacBM ixt MtUOUCtrd bT 'i 1 ua J ettritl It t. .r v. .. . 7?, T n l'Ji ia resin toLt aj work i pus no. N. HARP, IUleih N. C. jSTOTJOJi:. We Lavs made arrangements Lj which we caa Late executed ac the horttst nDtice and in tbj.rccut p proved stjle Joh Printing bl.tvcir cripMoo, auch as LetUr IleaJt; -.B-si- ntss Card, Posters EoTelopes. PartT tickets, Vwiting Cards &ct BAKER & MITCHELL. Editors of the Courier. Cr)f;(Eoa.ricr. .13. RATES OF AlVKTfciIXttr ' (10 i wesok Utto-mrtrnE a sqiisj OreFqnarvonla-rtk.N n f1 ;t? nwb .l eo ,c' " io innntli ;. 33 Cw? - Three month Cue Fixnioirth; JlOe Oi r u Tw el v raurt h ..... .. . T f Contr-et 8 1n torrr t;u maat "tmVUf trTui iiLAir(oi( For over Fjitt 1 1I4 PUUETjY- VKOrTTAlJLK. Irrra VT9iiKrirrr1 to b tfc GREAT UNFAILING SPiX'IFia. . for LtvRaa.Mrt.i3rr aH I -jr. r .tr.n7.IMp..,.,Vv..,p,toi. J..nlii f li Jlitu attack r. Kk rr4..t.. .r v " - m. 00 LA ; P,e1"Jr,f !pn8 Snr St Match, Jlaart- bum. Ch 1 ar il r.T.rr Jbi. 7. Af er jr f vi'4l. x riatntt. ta wnco-. a K-rt ytj urst Jnml a-r-"4 pridue rronaarortnal O.awJaft Pj... . THE IMiljSwIaJED ; a LIqnU form ? I j v a lUo'ciuria.' 1 proeruet.anlcffdr h It ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. Tb.IWcrr.rice before J tL90 Mr tet bj riiad. n ci w-L'ACTI N ! tri ::) . . - IhmtrAfiltri Ar.lti.... m. Tw - - - m mm r iltII r j. .r. w.ih Tr a iuk. n.tip ao4Wx- .J. II. ZElLLN.&jCO., Hacod, Oi.."aaJ r-UadILla. ' -: , SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. FALL 1872. L A. MAR BURY ILIPORTER OF Earthen waro, 1KD A, LW Doaleria awy dHcdpliii .f QUiitm, Lamp Loaaiot JU4 rUx4 . JTarka, kpoooa aa4 Yare k A la bow laraaeioicf Lia :l .kUn 1. Urf aad euatvU a an4 U wioaa aa i. ri a tba aiUBilaa orcaaa.ry Marebaau Oaaraataalac- ta allaa lMU.iti.Mi.. J utUaj aau .fLa, . , 7 ttaBX Trr. " GREAT ATTRACTION YAIlBROTJG:HJCd' FALL & Hia:ai3D3 We are bow receiviev as unniif Urge Stuck cf Pall aai TTist-' goods and e are prepare J Uefier aur iriends aa 1 cuatoarra.' . . . What Tlioj Kcca AT LOW PHtC.CS. St TUB LADIZ1 WB SlTXBSrrXJUSS AX EXTRA. ATTR1CTI0N8 HX ' j Fancy Dress Goods and NOTIONS , , Oar Slock ol TfimnaVT iVl.ttL Lad more co'rsa.ate ttiad' e'aars8va ,ttrcaa oi0Tu.jm this llu tiaim SPECIALTY. And all we aik it ae oppeneaitr tothow. The LkJi tsars lotlia! lu eai aad cztmioe our Stock, we oarsLt 10 tan mem - - We bve sla larze aari rail ssIectaH itcks of Relj Maie, CioUii.-j, Ikuje and ! o8, list k rntituiaas furaisalxij YAUiionuau &'co. Groceries QvoctrlX . Full lapply always on Iiand at 7 7 ? YAHBORUGII &Co? Conat OrJers taken la Trade, at ctirr.-ot rates, at . F,T. WILDERS,