1 ' l)t aiirt er. ! ' . . ajg 1fllV-r C A Democratic Newspaper. Hulled every Friday in Louisburg ATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Copy year.... ,.. r 2.00 - 6 Months...-. ...;.. 00 " 3 Mouths., 75 XST TERMS CASH ' IN aD VANCE )0ctri). r Slain In Battle 1 1 Break, my heart, and cease this pain Ceaae to throb; thou" tortured brain'; Let madie lince he ia slain Jfclain in battle! B'esBed brow, that loved to rest In dear whiteness on my breast' Gory wai4ho gra?s it prist Slaia'in battle ! ! ' . i- "Ob I that still and stately form Ntvermore'will it bo warm ; Chilled beneath that iron storm 81ain in battle 1 Not a pillow for his head, Not a hand to smooth his bed, Not one tender parting said Slain in battle"! ' Straightway from that bloody sod, NYliere the trampling horsemen tradi tifted to the arms of God ; ' ' 1 Blarnin battle ! j Not my love to come between, . With its interposing screen--- Naoght of e'ai'th to intervene; Slain in battle J Snatched the purple billows oVr, Through the fiendish rge ann roar, J Jo the tar and peaceful shore oiain in uatue Nunc demilte thus I pray - What else left for me to say, Since my life is reft away ? ; Slain1 in battle! I Let me di O God ! the dart Rankles d.-ep within my heart Hepe, and jov, .and peact, dop irt ; Slain in battle I SELECTED ST011Y. BY TI. Alick Hawkins was a most mischicvr pus young fellow. He attended an fcaJemy in a interior town of Pennsyl Tania, where I lived when I was a I sow him on tho street, one iay bantering an urchin, named Tora Bhealer, about his fleetness of foot.and U finally told the boy he would give ra five cents if ho would run to a ebade tree, about a hundred yards dis-' tant. inhalfa minute. Never sus pecting that lie was about to bo mad3 )lo victim of a cruel trick, Tom close.d ith the oflfer, and when the student took out his watch to time him, ' lie darted away at a break neck pace. The moment he had done ' so, Alick picked up a solid little block of wood tbat had been lying at his feet, nd threw it with, all xh might at a carpen ter, named Daniel Goodwin, who was t work, a few paces, building some door-steps, and ono of the sharp cor ners of the missile 'struck him on the tack of .the hea.d-j-and it muat haye htt like fun. f ' v ; ' u Oh, Lord -p he exclaimed, drop ping his hand-saw, and clapping )iU hand to his head. " Who done that?- . . ... . And he very naturally looked around J ce who had probably hurled the missile '' :' ' ' " He saw but two persons anywhere aear him. One was Alick JIawkins, wbo stood camly locking at; bb watch, if to note the exact time i of day ; tbe other was tho notoriously mischiev ns Tom Shcaler, who was running my like the wind. Mr Goodwin was a high-tempered an, and with an imprccat on, he "tarted after poor Tom, yelling,' " Yo x little rascal 1 T beat tho life out of you P while the guilty JJawkins stood looking on-the chase and enjoying it very much. ' , , . ' Tom had barely time to look buck nd see the man of wrath at his heU ben he was caught, and the irate Carp'enter, lifting him up between eavn and earth, gavo bun such a Roping as he seldom got, out of ' 11 There ! there ! Tako that P shout. 'Mr. Goodwin, at every whack ; "and t i ! i i i t. s . i j sj ririiii4 - ii i an- i i iiii ii ii ir- it VOL. 2. that and that ! 70U young scamp ! You'll hU me with a block again, will you?' When he considered himself alout half done flogging the writhing boy, a villager who! had witnessed the whole affair from the opposite side of the street, came up arid said : " Why, he didn't hit you. Mr, Geodr win ! It was that racsally Haw kins." ' "What made him run, then?" ask Jed the carpenter, who of course, hd tear fio colloquy between the student and Tom. ' " "' Th other fully explained, where upon Mr. GoodNin drOpped the howl ing urchin, and with j anger unabated, started after the real guilty party. Then thero was a race. Such running hadjseldom been seen in that vicinity, andjthe v llagers starpd with, wonder. But Hawkins was blessed with legs of uncommon length, and Mr. Goodwirif after chasfog hjm three-quarters 6 a milo in vain, returned to his work, rub bing his head and vowingyjngeance Hut he was not a bad-hearted man.and next day he. fgaveyAlick earning him in a kind offrlendly way " never to do such a thing again V Saturday'- JSKJkt. . Words, Strange, mysterious things are word". The repie3untative3 of mind; tho em bodiment of thoughts, feeling, senti ment, and passion are they. The eye may discoursed language eloquent a .d impressive; it may be a recognition of an invisible, spiritual essence surround ing us, an intuitive pVrcp'ion of ui spoken thoughts and fielings; ,LuV words, with magic ski.!1, clothe this it -visible presence, thete su'otla 'op'ra:ti cs ofminfi; prtsent' them; as it wore in tangible farm. Words have a f.arful power. Swif winged messengers are they lor g yod or evil. Could each human soul p(... sess a tablet upon by some my teriuus agency, words might be engra ven in appropriate chnracterF, how varied and full of meaning would those charac ers be, and how potent their spell!' L'ght word?, the interchange of fricndljj, civihtiw, the '.'ittlc occur recces of cv.rj-L.y lifr, woul 1 !e bu' faintly impressed and rJci-gaizd, only by the charm ot investing them. Gay Words, the poin'e:! and bril i nt scintil latious of wit and fancy, sparkle asj'i3t dropperl from a diamond point. ; Bit t r words of reproach and scorn, en graven as with a pen of iror, aud dark ly enveloped with gloomy' .shadow?. Noble words, the erabodimeai of the glowing thoughts and conceptions of geniu?, set with gems, end enriched with a halo of glory. A.nd words of mercy, loving words of sympathy, burning with a radiance n;i!d and love ly as the breathings of an angel pret ence. This is not all fancy. Words are indeed engraven upon more endms ing tablets than those of itory or brass that of immortal mind?. Take the continual interchange in the particles of matter; particles thrown off from one substance fiilling th.ir places in the formation of another. So word are the particles which minds are; throwing off to become incorporated with other words to be as imi rishable as the mind itself. : It becomes us then to consider well the power of this influence for good or evil in our keeping. That careks--, thoughtless word ot - thine may carry with it a thrill of sgony almost too bitter for the sensitive spirit to endure. A kindly word may awaken some sou1 energies which shall burji onforever ; or it opposite crush toearttiEome tinv-. id soul, and destroy within it the pow er to rise." A. vford of encouragement, fitly spoken, may cause tbe.sweet Sow ers of hope and joy to spring up in the heart, and sweetly lure the bright buds of promise to unield in beauty. One little may touch some chonl, wh!ch shall vibrata touea of joy or sorrow through tha endless ages of eternity. nellow, my little man.' said a gen tleman from a window m tho second story cf a mansion, to a little urchin passing by, who was gazing up with apparent wonder. I guess you think there b a little heaven up hero, don't you bub? Woil, yes sir, I should if I hadn't seen-the devil stick hb head out the window. ' ' ' J u i bi ti m it u it i Li iiiiii iiiii rn i ' i v"i vr i . ' vij-y Aj7 A. ii o tl-ft satw ti- ilifi. V 1111 IIII II r y ,W '.-I . r y r r-T.. a" AKA 1AV AV a DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATue( - 1 - : ' ' " - T.OTTTQJT3 rTT-Vi a.-r Z. Z - ' iivxuvt,. 1N. jujn 27, 1873. Tcro qk " ; ' - 1 1 1 . A.;Tip:as Bonded, FKIGHTFUL MtTtDER OF FOUR SLEEP ' ING MEN. ; Dallas (Texas) Herald, June 7. The following vivid details of a most harrowing , and heait-freezing butchery of several cattle men 'while asleep, was given us by a gentleman from the neighborhod of the tragedy, yesterday : - ' , .J- On Friday last a most fiendish mur der occurred on Elm Fork of Trinity Ttiver, near the "village of Head of Elm in Cook eounti One of the numerous' herds of cattle being driven over the' Kansas trail had been corraled for the night, and after supper tho e that were not ojduty as guards soon rolled themselves in their blankets, to get what little; rest a " cow boy" can have. ' " " About 10 o'clock, a Mexican, who was one of the hands employed, and who was acting as cook, stealthily procured an axe and- commenced, in cold blood, -to "murder the unconscious sleepers, lie succeeded in filling four, when just as he was in the ; act of dispatching the fifth one, the sleeper suddenly awoke, and dis covered his danger, gave the alarm, pl he. with the. remaining ones,' es caped. I One of the murdered men had his j head conpletely severed from his body, wmie tho others were mangled in the -most ghastly and almost unrccogni zable manner, The Mexican was1 not. looked upon as being 5 dangerous', and, no cause I ws given; for this fearful deed. The only object was to secure the money and stock belong-! ing to the party, which the fiend was only prevented from doing by the alarm which wa3 given, during the excitement of which he precipitately fied. ' ".- ' Domestic 3Xiiua;g-ciiiit. ' No folly is, perhaps so common in the present day as that of families liv ing beyc.nd the,ir incoaies. This, arises, of course from the w nt of reflection on what the consequences of such conduct must .infallibly be.' It is the duty of a1' tJ n0 matter in -wuat ran pf ! life ' they' move to regulate their expendi tures to ther incomes, as nearly as can be calculated, and; if possible, tV live at a much low3r rate. If a family have a thousand dollars a year, it should live upon seven hundred ; if it ! have only five hundred it should do with four hundred at the most. A little experienca in housekeeping will show the propriety of" this reguUtion, for unforeseen outlays are continually aris ing and must be provided against ; be sides, there are urgent reasois for ma king borne provisions against the day of sickness and death, calamities from which the family is exempted. We are willing to believe that most persons are disposed to live within their means, but their intention is never so string as to enable them to" withstand the temptation to fall inio extravagant habits. They are generally borne away by acquaintances, some of whom may have a better income than them selves, or may be reckless of how much dVt thy contract." s Carried away into the commission of excesses by exami pie. and dreading to be ridiculed for not doing as other families do?' num. berless families bring themselves into a series of dbtressing pecuniary dim tics humiliating to good principle, and not unfrequently -productive of ruin in their worldly prospects. Prayer is the bow, the promise is the arrow; faith is the hand which draws tie bow, and sends the arrow with the he-ui mefstge to Heaven. The bow without tbe arrcw is of little Troith-; ind both, without' the strength of the hand, to no purpose. Xciiher the pro mise without prayer, nor' prayer with out the promise, nor both without faith, avail tbe Christian: anything. What Was said of the Israelite', "They could uot enter in because cf unbelief," the same may be said, of many of our praj ers; thy cannot enter Heayen' because they are net put up in futb. i An Extraordiuaiy In f 11 11 1 I The followin'literary curiosity ap pears n alemphis, Tenn .paper, and as a specimen of 4high-falutin,' is so grand that the author might let him self out for a gas-meter or an assistant dictionary or epelling-boolf for public schools : Died, in this city, on the 22d, - infant daughter of and , aged two months and five days. The shades of eternal night has clouded forever the infantile -, who rose as a star and beamed lucently with a meteoric resplendency along tho horizon of her parents, lightening their pathway with the sheen of hope. A lovely gem of beauty gleaming brightly in their casket of jewels has her earthly lustre eclipsed to confis cate with renewed effulgence in the spirit world, A gentle rose-bud, whose vernal freshness impregnated her parental heart with its fragrance of love blooming sweetly in the bou quet of flowers that garlanded their happiness, has, by the blighting upas of disease, faded away; to bloom with more ; brilliant angelic hMes in that land of peronial purity and bliss to which little children by divine behest are welcomed. I -V Self-Xaiiffht Boy. The Duke of Argyl, who lived in Queen Anna's reign, was one diy walk ing in his garden when he saw a Latin book lying on the grass. Thinking i. had been brought from his library, he gave directions for it. to-be taken back, when a lad called Edmund Stone, then ia his ;eighteenth year, a son of the gardncr, claimed it as his own. jTiie buke was surprised, and on questioning him was still fqrther astonished- at his answers "Bat how," said the Duke, 'came you by the knowledge of all these things V Stone replieel, "A servant taught me ten years since to read ;" and on being further pressed by the Duke he thus Continued , . M first bamtd to read ; the masons wery then at woik upon your house. I approaced them one day, and observed that the architect used a rule and com passeF, and then he made calculations Inquired what might be the use and meaning of thcs2 things, and I was h formed that there w'ajs a Ecience cslled arithmetic. I purchased a book of arith metic, and I learned it. J was told that there was another tcience called ge- metry ; I b ugh; the necessary bo)ks, ad I learned geometry. By reading I f ,und that they were gfd books on these to sciences ia 1-tin; I bought a dictionary aa. I learned Latin. I understood th-c also there were good books ot the 'me kind ia French ; I bought a dictionary and learned French. An, this my lord ia what I have done ; it swes to m that we may learu everything whea Xee know the twenty-six letters of the alphabet,' Edrpud Stop, aitcrward published sone scientific weiks, and was chosen a fellow of the Royal Society. All my readers know the twentj-Jx letters of the alphabtt, tbut h.ow' tew have thought the knowledgt oi them so va'uable as o enable them to learn everything. What's is a Kiss T What'i in a kiss? Really when people come to re flect upon the matter calmly, what can they see. ia a kiss? The" lips pou-V slightly, and touch the cheek softly', and then they just part-and the job is complete! There is & kiss in the ab stract. V:ew it in the abstract take it as it stands . look at it pliilooph:caJ ly. Whatiiitafur all! Millions 01 oa millions of souls hare been made haPpy while miihors upon uiiUions have been plunged into misery and despair by this kissing; and yet, when you look into the character of the thing, it is simply a pouting and parting ot the lip-. Ia every grade, ot society there is kissing. Go where you will, to wlm country you will, aud you are per!ectly sure to fiind kbsing. There 1?, however, some mystt rices virtue in in a kisvand we devoutly hope it may never go out of fashion. Western, men are getting their names into the local papers by wearing the first straw hats of the season in their repective localities. : I cIENCE AND ART -A.u Election Story. In an old Pennsylvania town, where they voted the Pomocratictickct gound (so thi.storj goes,) in 8G$ the exper iment was made of putting a republi can ticket in the field. A-Mr, Green was the candidate selected, but by rea son of sickness he was unable to go to the polls on election day, When the returns were published, Mr, Green had just one vote. Chagrined at this, and annoyed by the accusation that he had voted for himself, he annouced that if the per son who had voted for him would come forward and make affidavit to the fact, he would reward him with a suit of clothes.' i J) A few mornings afterward a bnrlv utchman called upon Mr. Green and abruptly remarked : ! I vants dat suit of close. Then you are tne man who voted for rn-?" . , Yah, I'm dat man. 'Are you willing to make an affida vit on it? ! Yah. I swear to 'em,' Mr. Green accompanied bj the in telligcnt voter, went to the office of the justice of the peace, and the re. quired affidavit was made,' upon which the clothes were purchased and given to the deponent. At pa: ting, Mr. Green said :. Now my friend just'answer me one question. . How came you to vote for me? 4 You vants to know dat?. 'Yes.' And yon't go back on de does ? 'No.' ''' ! ' Vel,' said be, slowly, with a sly twinkle, of the eye, 'den I tolo you made a 7nistake in de ticket ' Croldeii Grninw. Bible promises are like the beams of the sun, which shines as freely in at the window of the poor man's cottage as at tht rich man's palace. The only way for a man to escape being found out is to pass, for what he is. The only way to maintain a good character is to deserve it, It is easer to correct our faults than to conceal them. A moralist says : -Profanity never did f.ny man the least good. No man is richer or happier or wiser for if It commends no one to society ; 4l ia dis gusting to the refind, and abominable to ibr. good. - Every parent like a looking-glass fcr his children to dress themselves by Therefore parents should take care to keep the glass bright and clear, and not dull and spotted, as their good ex" ample is a rich inheritance for the'rising generation. Never loss an opportunity ot seeing anything beautiful. Beautiful is God's haud-tfiiung, a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fir sky, every fair flower, and thank him for it the fountain of lovelices ; and drink it in, simple and earnestly, with your eyes; it is a charmed draught, a cup of bkssiag. A gentleman took the following tel egram to a telegraph office : I an nounce with grief the death of Uncle James. Come quickly to read will. I believe we are hb heirsi-John Black.' The clerk having counted the words, said; 'J here. are two words too many, sir. 'All right, cut out 'with grief.' He met Miss Kitty at a ball. Af ter talking abjout the weather and oth er things, he asked rather abruptly, ' Where b vour mother ? Oh,' said the sweet damsel, I have left her at home.- I always do when I coaie to a ball. What b home without a moth er?: . ' - - A kodfish aristocrat always puts me in mind of a drunken man trying to walk a krack. Akordm to skriptur thar will be about as menny cammils in heaven as rich men. Jo?h Billings. I . "Very Amusing. Detroit has what itcalla a funLyman. An old man named Gregg, who mend furniture for a living, was fitting ia his shop recently, whea a stranger catered and asked the loaa of a dollar. Gregg bounded t the impudence of the re quest, tand straager Lean laughing uproariously T and shut and bolted the door, The stranger then took off his coat, rolled up his sleeve and stepped up and seized Gregg by the hair and lifted him pp at foot or so. Gregg at tempted to call in tbe police, but the funny man seized him by the throat and nearly choked him to death. 'Why don't you laugh I' siid the stranger ; saying which he began to twig his nose. A ataii-rod then came into requisition, Gregg being constantly requested to to laugh. Seeing that his lile was in danger, he did laugh, but it was not a hearty Iaagh,. and accordingly the stranger began hitting at his teet with a hatchet. A pair of shears was then procured, and the man began cutl ing off his hair until his victim was left bald. He then cut eff the maa's whisk ers and tickled his feet with an old curry-comb, threatening to stab Gregg if he made any alarm. Growing tired, at last, the stranger said he gueesed he would go. He was not in need oi any money, he 6aid, but he liked to meet a man who could appreciate fun, and he went out. The carpenter was alive at last accounts, bat the funny man is still at t large. It is thou ght that the case is Qnpjof emotional in sanity. . Men Wanted. Tho great want of this age is men. Men who are not for sale. Men who are honest, sound from centre to cir cumference, true to the heart' core. Me who will condemn wrong in friend or foe, iu themselves as well as In other. Men whose consciences ara steady as the needle to the pole. Men who will stand for the right if the Heavens lot ter and the earth reels. Mei who can tell the truth and look world and the devil right in the eye. Men that .neither brag nor run. Men that neither flinch. Men wl o ca hare courage without whirling for it. and joy with' out shouting to brinj t. Men jn whem the current ot wasting life runs still, and, deep, and strong. Mn too large for sectarian limits, and too strong lor sectarian b&ds. Men who do tot strir ncr cry, nor cause their voices to beird in the streets, but who will not fail nor be discouraged, till judg ment be set in tbe earth. en who know their message and tell it- Men who know their duty and do it. who know their place and fill it. who know their own business Men Men Men who will not lie. Men' who are not too lazy to work, nor too proud to hi poir. Men who are willing to eat what tbty have earned, and " wear what they hare paid for. Investigator. We are all dissatufhd with our con disbup, but if each one or ua shoul i change places wi h our nabr, we shjuld want to swop back tuamorow, It iz jast az eazr tew pull op a weed bi the rutcs az it z tew kut it cpb it iz az eazy tew remove a rice az tew korrtktit. He who iz every boddys friend, halct got time tew be enny boddpr. ! There iz no ma a living now days ithat kan Ull tha world enny thing nj-t the very best that a modern writer kao do, iz tew ahme np old thing. ' Don't tri tew make a friend oct or a weak mar, it iz like tricing tew carry water in a tier. Mi yung friend look oat for them m n who abut cp one ey, aatl talk t ju with the other. When bops dies in a man be iacs dark inids az an old tia Janterr, whote kandel baz gon cut. Death Iz the cnly sure in re for laz" ncs, and it tike a gooj dea! or th. Tap s-TToy with a g-oJ kocest laff, and it wi.l J1 run oat. About all Uat we k&n say most cen iz that tbey are livey dirt. If a man drops aa orange peel on the sidewalk, 4oot him oa ihstpotF? Ilumaa natar b the sum a all over the world, cept ia Nu England, and thai its akexdia to sarcumstanccs. The meanest man i ever na iraz the cne who stole a sugar whissel from nigger baby to sweeten a kup of kof-. fie with.JiosA BUUngs. . 1 ...... . ... RATES OF ADVERTISING. OO LISES OiiiE&SCJKSriTCTE A.UJUU One Square oc4ertko... One " Ech ub5eqhtt lascrtiotf.. eo One CUmonih ...... tnt Two mouth 3i3 Cne Three months , zj One Fix month; ...Jixo Ote Twelve month 15 oj Contract $ ft ur grr rce riae on libera torn 1 ADVERT ISEMENTS. IS OIiXJX C1XQ1V.V STATELIFE INSUBAHCE Compauy, Hl.aGn, NORTH Capital,- - $200,000. OFFICERS; Hon. JTemp P. Battle, President F. H Cameron Vice-rresidtnt. W. H. Hick, becrttary. Dr E. B. Hay wood, Med. Director, : ?rWnL "ter. Asa't Meet D.rctor. J. I. JJitchelor, Attorney. O. H. Perry, Sup2rvi4iugJ.g-0t. DIRECTORS; ' Hon E;-p P Butle, Hon Tod R Cald well. Hon Joha W Cunningham Col T M Holt, Uuq Ym A Smith, Dr W J HakiwLs, Hon John Mannsnz. Gea W UCoxulLW Humphrey? O Tate ilurpUy, Col Wm E Andeiaou, John G Williams, Col VY L Saundew, R Y Mc Aden, Co. .A A cKoy. I J Ygucj A Graham, F It Cameron, J ti McRae, J B B.chelor, J C Blake, VYaN ter Clark. W GUpchurcb, JJ bar John Nichols. 1 1 "Ti FEATURES AND ADVANTAGES It is emphatically a Home Company. Its large capital guarantees striuciU and lalety - . ... b Its fates are as low as those ol any uriUc lass company. It offtrs all desirable f arms of insur ance. IU funds are invested at home and cuculated among our o n p.-op.c, No neceasary restrictions imposed upon residence or travel. Folicic non forfeit yle aflcr two years Its officers and directors are promU nenl, and well-known North Carolin- iaus, whose experience as buainess men. and whose worth and integrity are alone uficnt guarantees of the Cora-; pany a strength, solvency aneT success Geo. 8 Biker. Local Agent,' u- A, Londoa, Louibburg, N. C, Dutrict Agent, Pituboro, N, O Good IgcnU, with whom libe ral contracts will be made, wanted ia every county in the Btatc. ma 21 Gai GREEN & ALLEN, Grocers And COMMISSION MERCHANT BoIIdt Coasisamentt of Cotton, Tobacco, "Wheat Flour-, Corn, and Produce Generally. -gents for ths ExceUenz Cotton, Feitilizer and tiaUtiu improved Bteel Broth Cottea G.cs. o.ll jCAmjro d;ret Pt'barj, Ya, It. It. Jladlson, WHOLESALE . -1 T T tTT rTk T-P1 a -r-.- . uu njem lur iue saieoi Manufactured :tobacgo. . CISARS; C. . .. ; . lOei oykro otieet, J Pe;erburg, Ya. r to-, er Wtr AaACiItlW J. II. IWATII, Saddle :& Harness llaker. Court St., Locinjcaa. N. C. ' Havizg t ployed a young raaa to a -tend to toy Bar, bereaiter my .ntire at. tent.n will b given to making and re pairing Saddles Uaraess, &c All crdtra for work ine my. line will receive pxompi att-ntion. : The citizens f Louuban and sarroupding Cunntry mil do w.-il fu . idte me a callb.fjre purchasing else wher, . " . 0 yril 4 3m. J. H. UHiTIL .

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