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GEO. S. BAKER,
VOL. 1.
Church Directory,
Vrthod ist Church. Itcv. F. L.
Peld, Pastor. Services every Sabbath
at 1 1 A. M. and 7 . 1. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
at 7 I'. M. .
oinnVunion service the Second
Sunday in each month at 11 A. M.
steward's meeting Monday night
after1 the second j abbath in eaeh
month.
Sabbath School every Sabbath at
3 o'c oek i. M.
St. Pauls Episcopal Cnuncir.
He v. E. Dolloway, Retor.
Sericeg on the first and third Sun
day in each month, morning and
afternoon.
Holy Communion monthlyon first
Sunday.
Mniday school every funday morn
luir :it 9 o'clock
Railroad Schedules.
!r IT mi
Raleigh & Gaston R. R.
company.
SUl'KIllNTKXDETriFICR, )
Kaleigh, a. C, June 11th, '72.
On and after Monday June 17th,
IST'2, trains on the Kaloigh fc Gaston
ilailroad, will run daily (Sunday ex
cepted) as follows: J -
Mail Thain.
Leaves Raleigh .. .
Arrives at Weldon
10.00
a. m
3.oU p.nn
Leaves Weldon .......... v.lo
Arrives at Kaleigh ....... 3.1K
Accommodation Ikaix.
a. ui
p. in
Leaves Rultegh . . . . . ..... 8.00 p-m.
Arrives at Weldon;..'. . . . 0.20 a. m.
Leaves Weklon. v.iT. . . 0.15 a. m
Arrives at Haleigfi r... . . 8.00 p. m
Mail tram tuakts close connection at
Weldon with the seaboard & R mnoke
Kailioad and 13y Line Steamers via.
Haltimv.re, to and from all points.
North, NVet and Northwest t.mr witU
the Pftersbufg Kailioad vra Petersburg,
1 WushinffJon Citv. to
t nd Hum all points JNoith and North
west. ' .
And at Raleigh with the North Car
olina Kailioad to and Irom.ulL points.
Sou'h and Southwest, and .with the
lUleigh & Augusia Air Line to Hay
wood amt Fay ttte ville.
Acconimooation and Freight trains
contuct at weldon with Accommoda
tion and Freigut trains on Seaboard &
Roanoke Kailioad and Petersburg
Railroad.
Ad1 at Raleigh with Accommoda
tion and freight trains ou .North Care
iua Kaim ad.
Persons living along the hoe of the
road Can visiillaleigh in the morning
by Accommodation train, and remain
a veral hours, aud return the same eve
utng.
J. C. WINDER,
Gen'l Supt,
SCHEDULE OF THE PETEU3
BURG RAILROAD COMPANY. '
PASSENGER TRAINS.
Leate Weldon.
Express Train ..... 8,30 a. m.
lad Train.. 4.15 p. m.
Arrive at Petersburg.
ExprSsT... 12.10 a. m
Mail 8.05 p. m
Leave Petersburg.
Mail.. 0.1? a. m.
Express ..U.17p.m
Arrive at Weldon. .
Mail .......:9 30 a. m
Express. . ......... . . 7.00 p. m
FaEionT Trains.
Leave Petersburg. . ...... 9.00 p. tn.
Leave Weldon 8.30 p. m.
Arrive at Weldon... 5,00 a. m.
Arrive at Petersburg.... 4.00 a. m.
Gaston Train;
Leave Petersburg. ...... 6:23 a. m.
Leave Gaston... ........ 1.15 p. m.
Arrive at Gaston... ,....13 30 p.m.
Arrive at Petersburg .... 7.00 p. m.
Freights for Gaston BraDch will be
received at the Petersburg depot only
i:u MONDAYS and THURSDAYS.
The depot will be closed at 4:00 p.m.
!1o iroods will received alter that hour.
II. T. DOUGLASS,
Superintendent
Editor and Proprietor.
L0U1SBURG, N. C,
Lord Palinciiton,
He died prime-minister at the
age of eighty-one, on the 18th of
October,- 1865. "The half-open
cabinentbox on his table and the
unfinished letter on ) his desk tcsti
fied that he was at his post to the
last." And so he died the last of
p, Uly nasty of great statesmen. A
thorough Englishman, both in taste
and temper, he made his country
men proud of him, because he was
proud of his country. He believed
in England as the best and great
est country in the world. During
his long administration of the
Foreign Ufficc, ho steadily adhered
to the principle of insisting against
all powers ..great orsmalHoii,the. i
rights of England. He' did not be
lievcin the modern doctrine of non
intervention or selfish isolation.
He always vindicated the authority
of the English name, ai:d believed
that a reputation for strength and
spirit was necessary to a great na
tion. But he had no love for war
and for many years, in the midst of
extraordinary difficulties, he pre
served the peace of Europe. He
hated tyranny, and he was the
staunch champion of constitutional
ism against despotism. Throughout
Europe, with libeial sympathies,
Palmerston identified England! He
m
was no fanatic. He was a nracti-
cal statesman. "He did what he
could." He acted up to the best of
his light at the time. There was
an entire absence of claptrap in his
speech and his conduct. He was
intent only on saying the exact
thing exactly; and it was this which
made him the best of letter-writers.
His letters have the unstudied
freshness of "written talk,- they
sparkle with a humor instinct with
strong common sense, and quite,
spontaneous. There was no desire
or effort to be witty, yet he could
catcli and improve any passing
humorous thoughts. He once,
laughingly, quoted the authority of
an eminent physician,, that contin
uance in office, with tire resulting
employment, was good lor the
health. "Would not active oppo
sition do as well?' "Xo, no; that
stirs up the bile and causes ascidity.
Ask Disraeli if it docs not."
He was a generous landlord, and
few of his letters are more interest
ing than the accounts he sends of
his plantations at Broadlands, of
the .Methodist gardenor whose
preaching he intends if possible to
stop, and of his improvements of
his estate at Sligo. From the latter
he got but little profit. He said
one day, that he had a thousand
tenants who paid under five pounds
each. "But do they pay?'V "Not
always: they pay when they can
when they sell the pig."
Lord Palmerston was brave, in
trepid, and honorable; no stain of
baseness ever soiled his reputation.
The manner in which he comporled
hia self to Lord John Russell re
flects the magnanimity of the En
glish statesman, the moderation of
the English gentleman. "If,? he
writes, ''Russell's man be a good
and proper man, I should wish to
appoint him, because yon know
Russell once treated me iu a vcry
rough way, and I desire to show
that I have quite forgotten it.
Temple Bar.
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 27, 187G.
Dont Be Sensitive. .
There arc many people always
looking out for slights, Thcv can
not carry on the daily intercourse
of the family without finding that
some offence , is designed, Tbcy
are as touchy as hair-triggers. If
they" meet an ' acquaintance, who
happens to bo pre-occupied with
business, they attribute his abstrac
tion in; some matter personal to
themselves, and take umbrage ac
cordingly. They lay on others the
fruit of their utter irritability. In
digestion makes'them sec imperti
nence in every one they come in
contact with. Innocent persons,
who never dreamed cf giving of-
fcnee, arc astonished to find some
unfortunate word, or momentary
taciturnity, mistaken for an in
sult. 4 ' ' '
To say the least, the habit is un
fortunate. It is far wiser to take
the more charitable view of our
fellow-beings, and not suppose that
a slight is intended unless the neg
lect is open au direct. After all.
too, Hie t liucsm a t reat
degree from the color of our own I crty, disease and crime. It fills your
minds. If w- arc frank and gener- jaijS) gUpphe your almshouses, and de
ous, the v 'eats us kindly: if, . mands your asylum, engcuders con-
on the COVMry. we arc suspicious, tro verges, fosters quarrels, and cher-
mcn learn to -ic cold and cautions ? ia;,,cs ri('t3- It crowds your penitent!.
, . A. 1 ries, and furnishes victims lor the peal-
toward cr . a person get the I M(U lt-ulhc life-blood of the gambler,
reputati . ol Ik ig "touchy." and thesuppurt of the midnight incendiary,
cverybo Ay ifj .r. or restraint and in and the prop of the hangman. It coun
this way the chances ol an imagin- tenancos the liar, respects the thief, aud
. i i esteems the blasnhemers. It violates
irv ;in? i s v niri h;icii. i
iiigiiig' In Tlio Xamily.
Cultivate singing in the umily.
Begin when the child is not yet
three years old. The son-is anil
hymns your mother sang, bring
thetr all back to your memory, and
teach them to your little ones; mix;
them ail together, to meet the simi
lar moods, as in afterlife they come
over us so mysteriously sometimes.
Many a time and oft, in the very
whirl of business; in the sunshine
and gaycty of the streets, and amid
the splendor of the drives in a park,
some little
thing
wakes
up the
memories of early youth the old
mill, the cool spring; the shady tree
by the little school-house and the
next instant we almost see again
the ruddy checks, the smiling faces
and the merry eyes of schoolmates,
some grayheaded now, most "lie
mouldering in the grave. And
j anon, "the song my mother sang"
j springs unbidden to the lips, and
soothes and sweetens all these mem
ories.
At rf lint 4imA 0 1Y 11 ifiicii
i viiivt iiluvO aasv uuu"
ing mishaps of business, and a mer
ry ditty of the olden time pops up
its little head, breaks in upon the
ugly train of thought, throws the
mind into another channel; light
breaks in from behind the cloud in
the sky, and a new courage is given
to us. The honest man goes sing
ing to his work, and when the day's
labor is done, his tools laid aside,
and he is on his way home, where
wife, and child, and tidy table, and
cheerful fireside await him, he can
not help but whistle or sin:
Dcy ain't no nigger on do top sido
er kcration," said a colored man at
Tennille, the other
haud to the bandaged
day, putting his
head, "what can
sing a hymn and put de gear on
kickin' mule at de same time."
Tho aiiniMter? Wife.
The minister's wife ought to be
selected by a committee of. tho.
church. She should be warranted
never to have headache or neural
gia she should have neives of wire
and sinews of iron; she should
never be tired nor sleepy,.. and
should le everybody's cheerful
drudge; she shouhl.be cheerful, in-:
tcllectual; pious, and domesticated,
she should bo able to keep her has,
band's house, darn tils stockings,
cook his dinners, light his fire, and
copy his sermons; she should keep
up the style of a lady on the wages
of a day-laborer, and be always at
leisure for 'good woiks,'1 and ready
: to receive morning calls; 6he should
be secretary to the liand of Hope,
the Dorcas Society, and the Home
mission; she should conduct Bible
classes and mother's meetings,
should make clothing for the poor;
and gruel for the sick; aud, finally,
she should be pleased withx)vcry
bodv and everything, and never de
sire any reward beyond the satis
faction of having done her own duty
fand other people's too.
Intempeviuiee.
it covers the land with idleness pov
..... .
obligation?, reverences fraud, honors
infamy, defames benevolence, hates leve,
Kcorns virtue, slanders innocence. It
incites the mother to butcher her help
less child, helps the husband to massa
cre his wife, and aids tho child to grind
the parricidal axe. It brings shame,
not honor; terror, not safety; despair,
not hope; miserv, not happiness. With
the malevplencc of a fiend it calmly sur
veys its desolation, and msatiated with
hnvoc, poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins
morals, blights confidence, stays rcpu
tation, then curses the world aud laughs
at its ruin. It murders the soul;, is
the sum of all villanies and curses, and
is the devil's best friend.
He bought a cheap coat of one of the
gentlemen from Jerusalem, and he ob
served next day that it was made of
two kinds of cloth, or else it had faded
from some previous wear and tear. He
went to the dealer with fire in his eyes.
The dealer looked at the garment
without surpnse, and at the wearer
with extreme wonder. "y, mine
gootness!" he ,aid, ''you been wear de
7oat in de sun! You t'ink him maat of
sheet-iron, hey!"
A demurc-lookmz chap nailed a
I tt.M..1 vwuliiist vitri iir - nriArv
I VUuitVul ir,viuiwi nu va uuv i
uHavc you got charcoal in your wagon?
'Yes, sir," said the expectant driver,
stopping his horses. That's right"
obsercd the demure chap, with an ap
proving cod; "always tell the truth,
and people will respect you!" and he
hurried on, much to the regret cf the
peddler, who was getting out of the
wagon to look for a brick.
A CurLD's Monxixa Pcayer.
Some on,e asked why there m not a
morning prayer for children correspond'
ing to the evening petition, ''Now I
lay me down to aleep. The New
York IP orld replies tliat theo is such
a petttion. and this is it :
Now I wake and see the light,
j
i
TU God has kept me all tr- night.
a j To Him I lift; my voice and pray
I
That He will keep cc all the day."
Price: Five Cents.
NO. '2.
Threads of G-dld.": " i
Ererybodj can detect a error, bVlT m
not a lie. ' : " ;
, ';Wc do not possess what ire do not.
understand. . 1 .
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There arc two peaceful povcra jtt ?,
tice and fitness. ' ,
Sorrow showa u truths M the niht f
brings out atars "
l Right U a dull weapon, nnlca sHll 'r
and good sense wield it, "i
We are only really Aliro when we
enjoy the good will of others.
A true religious instinct .ncTer d-
priveJ a man uf one single joy; ' .'"
Unlimited activity of whatever kind
must at last end in bankruptcy. 1 't
The "best result to be derived from
history is the enthusiasm it kindles.
A great mistake to hold onoV jielf t 3
tooliigh and rato one's self too cheap., 1
Nobody looks any longer at the ram
bow, which has lasted a quarter of an
hour. " ,
It is an uncient proverb, Tho feet
of the avenging deities aro shod wi;U
wool, ' I .'
All that is wUe has been thousht al-
ready; we must try, however, to think
it again. ' J
-. s ' ' ,
Ix;t memory fil ao long as you can.
rely uponyour judgment at a raoment .
notice. . .
Love of truth shows itself in diacov.
ering and appreciating what- Li good
wherever it may exist.
Tho mind ' that busies iUclf ranch
with the future has need to be an un
commonly cheerful one. - -
A sure mode of never ?tuceedlng
with your own plans is to girc much
attention to those of others.
Iet him who would have mo fur a
listener speak positively; of the prob
lematic 1 have enough within myself.
I have cleaned my mirror, and, fix
ing my eyes upon it, I perceite so many
defects in myself, that I forgiTC those
of others. -
Pond as man is of sight-seeing, life is
the great show for every men the
show always wonderful and new to the
thoughtful.
Imagination is only regulated by art.
more especially by . poetry. , There is
nothing mire frightful than imagin a- '
tion devoid of taste. , .
Truthfulness is a coiner atone ie
character; and if it be not firmly laid 1
in youth, thcrcwill always be a weak
pot In the foundation. " ' ' " "
I hold ray peace concerning many
things, as I do not wish to perplex ray
fellow men, and am content to see them
rejoicing at what irritates me.
Self-esteem is a high bred steed,
that bound3 over the asperities of
Ulc. Self-conceit is a blind hack,
which knocks it3 head against every
impediment.
The weather mar look dark and
rainv: vcrr well, laugh between tuc
drop, aud think cheerily of tho bl no
sky ami sunshine that will surely
come to-morrow.
In every generation we should
seek to prepare men for anothsr
life; but the best possible prepara
tion for another life 13 ' one which
shall'makc this world 4 at the fame
time, a fairer, purer,' nobler and
better earth to be lived in. ' '