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i .-.,,' .,. , , -- ! "iif"-' ? -.V; t.itr .eiii ' 7 ' ' t , - i J WW g Tamils h$ev devoted to 4 geitdm' J: VOLUME XIV. STATESVIIJpE, ilSTi C;M0NDAY, JATjIlX 22, 1872. KXTIViBER 49. ', ' A A to VIM nil vni o i h t hi yavsaivj, - . ISSrivD WEEKLY BY - EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, Itditor and'Stvprietors. Sl'BSCnilTIOi KATES : Omi Ybah, , , . -t .. . . , . . . . Sue Moxths, . . . . A tt..:v,v tUrktly in Advance, 12 60 1 60 TERMS OF ADVERTISING : . Out Dollar a square tor the first week, ansi Fifte '""tits fir each sit.-eqitt!iit insertion. Veniit.c. tr ics constitute a square. Oe duction made in favor of standing matter to follow: j.' - ' 3 sos 6 sos.. $H 00 12 ob 15 00 25 00 40 00 ; '00 00 1 Tilt. One aqnare . f5 00 Two squares... 8 00" Three square.-. 10 00 Ona-lburttt col.... 15 00. Half column .25 00 One column - 40 00 $12 00 18 00 5 00 35 CO 80 00 100 00 ''tTnteas the number ol insertions lie walked upon theruannacripl, it will lie published till forbid, and charged accordingly. . proft ssioital (fartis. ' Br. W. M CmmwhelU I Dr. H. T. Ctwu. SDRS. CAMPBELL I COWM HAVE amHxHaled tliemwlveg in he prac tice of Hatieine mid Surgery, ami may ! found, when it jwofcuHioiiHllv eneapeil. al llitir Office, over the rtore of W, II. Morri oni Stateaville, N. C. Felmiarj 27, ly ?DB. T. J. CORPENING, dentist, WOULD rexpeorfullr inform the people of Iredell. andf the adioiinns counties.-that lie haa permanently loomed in Stateaville. and will be pleaaeil to receive the culls of those who may need hia aerricea. Chargea very moderate. Office 6er Carlton Brother" Store. February 18, 1868. Cm Dr. E. O. ELLIO iT OFFERS hie profeanional aervirea to the citiaena of Stateaville and aurronmling eonatry in the practice ol Alxlmine anil itr collateral branches Eypecinl attention will ba gie to all Chronic caes committed to b i rare. Office at Ins resutenre, lurmerlv Walker'a Hotel. jan 1, 71tf . Z, B. VANCE, 'ATTORNEY AT LAW, Charlotte, C. "T7ILI. practice in the Cth Cin nit, and in V V the Federal and Supreme Conrla al Baltigh. Maich 27. 18;Uj tf 1'REO. o. rosssox, lllornrj and Counsellor at Lair, . i DlBniTZ C.TTLIR, lUorney su4 CecnseHvr at Law, Z i ,'Wllmiiistii, It. C. ; BrSuOftice on Trincete etreet, lt wren Front and tfecoud strtpls. V .THOsTsT TUCKER c ATTORHEY AT LAW, STATCSYILLE, X. C. Office in rear f the Court-IIuiie.. adjiitii iijjT JuWf e Miichell's. Sept 22, 1868. " 32tf j7hussey, 1tt0hnet ind fouasellor J: AT L1W, NIWTON, CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C. WILL piacticein iheCountiea ofCataw ba, Alexander. Iredell. Burke and Liu coin, alao. fu the Snreme Court of No. t'a. and the District and Circuit Courts of the U 8. ' 22ilH70if 'ARCHIE C DRAKE, ATTOHNEY AT LAW, - General Agent, . Cbetop City, .....Kansas. A71LL attend to any Luaiteaa requiring VV the aerricea of an Afent, aa the pur rhaae btmI sale of Laixla, Cutleclimis, Jtc lla been long a revideut nf the Serthweat. Reiira t9 . U." Praka k. Sutii Editors of the American. - 44tf " II. UELLY, f.l. D f . Offer his aervirea to the Public, 1 and may l found at hia office when L not proftsionall enpnpeL v y Dm II, Kei.lv baa wmininl D. II. Y. HILL ia the practice of Medicine, who may be found a Llall's Drue Store; .during the idajy andat Hampton k Co.', at night. Jan. 1,1871 10 tf ,: jlGLO.' Ill LOT7RA1ICE, - rBAcncAi. WAuiiflISE?i &:JEELER, Ct STATX3V1LLE, K.'C, t 4-. ' i . Respectfully aolicils the pa'troh- "VQ g of the citizens of the jUce : ' an 1 aarrouBding country. Jt . Xar'.icula'r attention given to in; wwrk en trut ' 1 to li is care. . - AU work warranted to girt m.it-fMCiion. J rKooma first door east Post Office. Hay 8, IS71- - 12if lf f 1 f o r " . f 4 w h m . . mmmms .... ..J f 4 . , tr- ;;: :;to n.'c. -' - v JTeoJcri tJt Dry Cw.', Groceries, Product, : , J.-", i :., ;. "t Ail c, " r Cth. icon. Iron, it, fill ed at the lowed Ui i ; r; on commU ion. Eelr-5 connected t lih an Ir"n Foundry, in XlJi etn'-'f, I;ir Iron, Flaw ; tonlda, and other Ja nUj?",-;, t ecu ! at lowest ory i v. II. , I LL1AMS, . M. . sriKRtui.i, An-1471 , K. W. BOVD. I I I L J Writte n for lite StuUjritU AmrrieaH llattorlcstl. During the troubles w ith the Indians 1 io5-63, while the people jabove here were staving at Fort Dobbs, some men had a still in ojieration near Morrison's Mill, on Third Creek, above Watt's Mill, where Mr. Hart now lives. They had at one time some liquor ready to finish off, and went over one evening just at night to attend to it. They started the fire three times, and it went out every time. Becoming al armed, they thought it an indication of danger, and retired to a house some dis tance off and spent the night. . Return ing to the still early in the morning, they discovered a party of Indians leaving the still-house who had been lying in wait for them. At the place where the late James S. Byers, Esq., lived and died, fourteen miles from town, on tlfc Beattie's Ford road, there was a mill in operation, it is said, in 1751. This is evidence that the country had been settled about there for some years to need a mill. It was owned then by a man named Lambert, after whom the creek is now called, though it was owned subsequently by John Olyphant, who lived at Sherrill's Ford. Lambert was famous for hunt ing bears, which abounded in the conn try at that time. At one time he came home and learned that the Indians had been at his house abusing his family and taking what they liked. He put his hounds on their track, which boob came up with them and Ireed them. ; Having amused himself by pointing his gun at. them, he called off his dogs and let them go. They; did not trouble him any more. - , In -those early days, soon after the' first settlement of the country, some hunters passed through here catching buffaloes. - -,- -v-j-'if- They fell in with a large drove about where Bethany Church is, of which they killed a great many, gave the meat to the inhabitants, and took, the hides away to trade. ' ' Near, where Captain Eagle lives-. was a block-house or fort, which has alto gether disappeared. A man by the name of Henry Reed lived about that spot. , One Sabbath day, as the parents were at church here, some children were left at home, the oldest about fourteen. A large buffaloe came near the house, and the little boy ran his father's gun throngb between the logs and shot him ; for which daring act his father the next morning gave him a severe chastise ment. - : . t - ---- i - - - -- ' A little below there, on Fourth Creek, a Mr. liearo was ouiiaing s iiouse. Thej' had the walls complete, and sent up a man called " hopping John " Wil son, because one leg was longer than the other, to fix the rafters. While he was at work on the top of. the house they sent up a bottle of liquor to him ; but as he was raising it to his mouth he espied an Indian lurking in the bottom among the bushes. ; Without drinking he sliped down, took his gun, aDd ran off. ' 'So one knew what his object was till they heard the report of the musket, lie killed the savage.. There are people in the eastern parts of this county who, from the tradi tions of their ancestors, think they can trace through the woods ti e trail fol lowed in ancient times by the bu:"iloes from Rencher's For J, on the f'jzi' Yadkin, across to the liu.T.;!oe iLhor i Ford on the Catawba. So there arc manv i.vdters of hislorv worth noting down ia the possession of the people of the country. , iJut tuese traditldhs ate fast passing away. another incident of the fexncd and " ' ikdian war." ' : ' ' ; f A certain town, which wasr a county seat, had often been alarmed by reports of the attacks of Indians and their al lies,' as usual, by .night. - ; It was situated on the side of a hill behind which was & large mill-pond. In & very severe "drpuglit In summer this pond dried up, and one night a mul titude of gTeat bulI-fror9 crawled. put upoTmufe top 6f the till that over looked the town and made a loud and united croaking. The people heard the noise,"'and not knowing the cause, their active imaginations converted it into the war-whoops of the savages, and the commands of the French officers de signating the citizens bv name for mas sacre" CoL Dyer ! Elderkin, too !" sc. They roused up, collected together, and armed themselves with such weap ons as were at nana pitch-forks, axes, Ac, and marched out. to meet the enemy. It would be dangerous at this day to mention bull-frog " to the peo ple oi mat piace. From South Carolina Gazette, Feb. I7C0 Extract of a Letter from Au gusta. An affidavit made before Mr. Varm at Broad River, ; 29th ult.. bv John Downing, Jas. Butler, Barnard Hughes. Andrew Cairus, and John Macpherson, transmitted hither, bears, That on 22d ult. James Russel and James Crawford were killed by the Cherokees in their nation ; the first at noonday. Next day the Indians set off to waj'lay and kill Lewis Brannon. ; " John Kelly was killed at Notely by the people of that town and those of Hiwassee. On the 23d ten Indians came to Nocassee to kill Downing, but were prevented by the Man-lriUer." lhey add in their deposition that they were informed that John Elliott ana an nis people at Keeowee were killed, and that five hundred were gone to besiege x ort 1'rince George, and then to fall on the- back settlements. They set off 25th, at night, the next day, all James Butler's goods, horses, tc, were shared at Keeo wee. : Yester day one Atwood escaped from the Cherokees, arrived here, and confirms the above with thefurther circum stances in his affidavit taken by Mr. Rac. "'"V " The Mortar was "; arrived i in the Cherokees with oue hundred Creeks, but on what errand is not known. One of the soldiers at Fort London was shot at during the. very time Captain Demere was talking to the Little Car penter. Mr. Atkin informs us. that a great many French Indians are come in to the Cherokees, and that they cut Kelly's body into pieces, which they hung upon poles." This shows us how people in other parts of the country were exposed to attacks of the savages at the same time that the Indians were troublesome here. Look to Your Homes. . The studt' of agriculture may be very interesting, but the business of farming can never be pleasant and attractive until more of our people learn to make their homes tn the country more agree able. Ride through the State and see the ordinary' farm houses : if preten tious, they are painted a glaring white; with two-windows ranged on each side' of the hall, above and belowj that look as prim and precise as a Quakeress, and as grim as a Puritan. The front yards are destitute of flowers and shrubbery. There are no pleasant verandas, that captivate the eye, as much as they add to the pleasantness of the house,, Books are'scarce,' so 'that, during 'rainy days or bad weatherthe boj's have to retire to the barn and catch rats for instruc tion, or shell "corn for amusement.' 'lit the house are no pictures ; no attention 1 paid to taste Or comfort. ,' There is no, uowci' garden without doors to lend a I fascination to the scene by its fragrance;'; and beauty. No shade trees, no swings, no croquet grontids,''nOi any thing4 to .re lieve toil of , its hardships or make lefs ufe hoars profitable. Stingy and penu rious arc many - such ' farmers. They complain of an inability to 'do these things, and yet permit their hirelings to go forty or a hundred yards from, the, house to'get drinking1 water. from'L' rickety old well,'and so lose time'euough during the year to work a flower gar. den. Their cribs i .'are placed, oh one, part of the farnt, their stables on the other. With no tOol-housOj tfrc tools' are left where the work is ended j arid when wanted again must be vexatious! y hunted up. No wood-house , holds' its wealth of iuel during wintry 'days and .' snowy weatherj but the fue must be dragged up dripping and, saturated with . water,' making the paradox possible that before making a fire younust put it out. " .,' . ' ' . ' ; '';;'; , "' No wonder there is a distaste for ag-' riculture when such things, are permit ted. It is the promptings of nature to seek pleasant places. England's glory rests in her country homes. There," of all the world, you will find the greatest number of comforts with the least pre tensions ; and it is always a scene of lasting regret to the English to be com pelled to leave the country to live in town. Let our people make their homes pleasant and beautiful, set out trees and shrubs, vines and fiower-beds. Buy a book to-d.iyand a picture to-morrow, and without vLibly eii'.renchiiij upon their income tli !r-hoi -a wlil soon be arraj-ed ia be; ,-.ty, and wake the hearts of the child ri-t rejoice, Xnnhvilte Union end Aim; civ" h. From the New tfork Independent Typhoid FeTer,i.ii; 'i.-ri'i BT STEPHEN SMITf, M, D.j HEALTH COM - MIS8I0NER joi NEW TOltK,' .i Typhoid fever Is the great "autumnal scourge of our copntry. It attacks the high and the low,the rich "and the poor, the resident of thaeountryj village, and city. The familyjof tbe most humble and lowly seems no moreliable to it than the family or1' rnnist exalted in wea'th and rank." ,ik5M towfi-j specw-tor me royal Kiunuv or iineiand than for the poor peasant's household. rnnce Albert fell a victim to it. and tcday the heir apparent s prostrated under its remorseless grasp. Wo may gain some idea of the vast harvest of sickness and death which this reaper annually gathers from the following facts: It is estimated that trom 100,000 tol;i0,00Q people annually suffer from this disease in England alone. The causation of typhoid fever, tho' long enveloped m obscurity, is now well known. It is one of ths so-called "filth diseases" of modern sanitary writers. Its most ordinary exciting causes is air or drinking water befouled with excre mental matters It Is also certain that a person suffering front this fever may himself infect the air of bis room or the water which receives his excreta with germs of the disease so as to trans mit it to others. A single case may thus be the fruitful source of a wide spread epidemic. ' . : - The facts illustrating the origin"" of typhoids from excremental matters in drinking water are now very numerous and very instructive. Every experi enced physician can give striking ex amples occurring under his own obser vation. It not unfrequcntly happens that the actual source of the disease is very obscure, and can only be discov ered by the most persistent and intelli gent inquiry ; but the scientific student is generally rewarded with complete success. I he following examples will illustrate the methods of communicat ing the fever: W V In a small German settlement in the upper part of the cjty there was a se vere outbreak of .dysentery and typhoid fever,, -X physician, called to attend some of the cases, set to work to find out the cause. On inquiry as to the water-supply, he was directed toa spring on low ground jn the midst of the set- Uement, so sttuatea.-a ;f receive tue surface drainage. " The jf ater was pure and sparkling to the sight and taste, and was loudly praised by the owner of the spring. A quantity put in a "bottle and allowed to stand for a few hours threw down a thick sediment of most offensive matter. ', The people ceased to use this, water, and the epi demic ceased at once. ' . In a neighboring village, typhoid fe ver broke out, and prevailed with great violence m a given locality. ; feearcb was made for the cause by the attend ing physician, but, in vain.''. They ap pealed for aid from the health authori ties of JNew York ; and an expert ofll . cer examined the history of the out break ana tue locality, and predicted that a certain hydrant which supplied the victims with drinking water commu nicated at some point with house-drains or the street swer.. The water-pipe was examined, and at a distance from the hydrant a. house-drain was found leak ing into it at a point where . they trav ersed each other repair of these pipes was tlie cure, of tjic enidcaijc. While visiting in an interior township of, this ;Stato famous .for: healthfulness and the beauty pf its scenery I became interested in. the, history of ,a famijy which was suffering from typhoid fever. Of. eight members five had perished, and one was then fatally sick. On vis iting the locality the house was found situated on an elevation, and all its sur roundings werpadmirably arrange Jfor. upaltb. ,;.pneoul4, readily believe the statement. that, there had, not been, a case of sickness in the house for twelve. years. ."lhepUQwyig iatory .of jthe present. sickness -jwas given s ; A ; ff weeks before the fover appeared; the pump in the well broke, and the farm-: er, being dnvenwith. his, work, ncgJecfc ed tOaveJkii'jKrireclMeanti. the servant bronght the water from a spring at the foot of the .hill, T liicU soon be-TI came Iow,,owing to tneidrought: . lie tikea jesorted -to small, brook, and from this source the. Cimily .were eup olied for? two, or three weeks. , This stream, higher up, ran through, several farnt yards, an4s.ircce.rv.ed .the - surface drainage. . The first symptoms of pois , on -by this water, were, sligh t nausea and a: mild .diarrhoea alter several days ty phoid Jfever in its worst form, was ush ered iiw.;, Of. thQ.eBtire family but two escaped an attack, and they did not use the water, An examination of this war tev revealed a sediment of exci-emental matters,. lini:, :-!-.: .1: ,. -i ,i The death of.;Frince' Albert, by .tyr phoid f;ver gave to much discussion as to,: the-- cauea of : the poison.. .Exicrt sanitarians contended that he had been exposed to sewer gases or their equiva lent.,. Court .physicians denied that therewas any possibility of such expo sureat Windsor Castle, where he had spent several weeks preceding the .at tack A careful search was made of the, drains, sewers, etc., of the Castle, but-no leakage or possible escape of gases could be discovered. At length an old sewer map of the district was consulted, and it was found that before the Castle was built an oil sewer ran across the grounds, draining an adja cent settlement. Tlie sewer was now ex plored, and at a pointdireetly under tho library, where the Prince spent much of bis tiaie, there was a break, allowing the escape of sewer cases di rectly into the librai v. One of the. most important lessons tor nousenoias to learn is that excre ment al matters polluting the air they breathe or the water they, drink will cause typhoid fever. . It should be call ed r excrement fever," so that when the name is spoken every one is reminded of its cause. -Far too little attention is given to this most fruitful source of nuu ueaiu m ciues, towns, ana villages, and by country residents. Ex crcmental matters should bo at once disposed of, so that they cannot by any possibility taint the ir we breathe, or the water we drinks This may readily oe enectea Dy disinfectants, or which t"he best i3 dry earth. Drinking water should always be taken from wells or springs situated above the level of hu man habitations, or so deeply, as arte sian 'weels, that they cannot receive surlace drainage. . . Edward 8. Stokes. Edward S. Stokes, who has obtained a degree of notoriety by his cowardly assassination of James Fisk, Jr., which he could not otherwise have hoped for, was born in Philadelphia in the year 1841, and is consequently in his thirty. hrst year. His parents, who were pos sessed of amoderate fortune, and moved in the best society, removed to this city in i sou. lie received an excellent clas sical and English education at tbe Philadelphia High School. He acquired knowledge readily, but was especially noted for his fondness for athletic sports, in which he always excelled. From early youth he is said to have exhibited a .fierceness of passion and ungovernable temper amounting . at times almost to insanity. Always sen sitive to insult, and qnick to resent an injury, he has frequently involved him self in serious difficulties. He began life as a clerk in his father's provision establishment in Chambers street, and showed considerable business tact and ability. Stokes is five feet nine inches high, and weighs about 140 pounds. He is slightly built, but is very wiry and active on his feet. In conversa tion he talks quickly and to the point, and hurries his affairs through as ra pidly, as possible. . Stokes is a man of fine appearance, of a dark complexion, with piercing black ej-cs and regular features.' His hair, which was jet black a couple of years aero, is now nartlv crrav. and were it not-for his fectlve "movements he would pass for a man of rorty-five years. JVir. otokes married a lady or good family some ten years ago, and has by her one child a very beautiful girl of nine years of age. In J une of last year Mrs. Stokes, who was in bad health, visited Europe to seek some benefit from the mineral springs of Cen tral Germany, and when last heard from, as late as December 3d, was in Tans. The family, while in New York, had an elegant suit of apartments at the Worth Housey-corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street. These apart ments were furniShed with every article of luxury and refinement that taste could devise or that money could buy. .. Nearly two years ago Stokes became acquainted with J; lsk, and engaged with him in various business enterprises. Through Mr. Fisk he formed the ac quaintance of Helen Josephine Mans field, the. ci-devant wife of an actor. An intimacy sprung np between the two, which has just : resulted in the tragic death of Mrj Fisk. -' The suits arid ' counter-suits between Fisk On the one hand ami Mansfield and Stokes on the other hand have occu pied the courts and filled the columns of the newspapers for a jear past". Stokes accused Fisk f endeavoring Uy deprive him of property to the amount of $200,000, which be had accumulated in the oil-refining busiricss. This charge was '"repelled' "by Fisk," who 'arrested Stokes on A charge of fraud. The fraud not being proven; the latter was released, arid brought suit against Fisk for false imprisonment.. The litigations growing ou of this and other causes have continued without interruption for nearly twelve months past . . ' ; These expensive1 : proceedings have ra Did ly absorbed' 'tho J remainder ' of Stokes' fortune, arid it is said, that' her would riot have been' able 'to; maintain the' ilgM' longer from lackof funds.) He has expended nearly wrtytnousana dollars Jin lawyers' fees alone- in the hopp that "he, would Tec-over ten: times that amount from' Fisk. The quarrel has undoubtedly been stimulated and the fued increased by Miss Mansfield, who was herself pecuniarily interested in the result of the procoedingSr-r-Teto York Star.', .r- n.7 ,t.v.'. :-' NoN-ExptosiVE. Here is bit of grotesque humor from New Orleans " Mr. Gray discovered a non-explosive fluid. To show uqw sale tue new com pound 'was he invited a number of his friends; to meet hirri in' his rooms', whi ther he had broright a barrel of the flu-1 id, which he at once proceeded to stir with a red hot poker. 'As he went through the roof of his house, accompa nied by his friends, he endeavored to explain; to his nearest compagnon de voyage that the particular fluid in the barrel had too much benzine in it but the gentleman said he had an engage-1 ment higheT up, and could not wait for an explanation. Mr. Gray continued his ascent until he met Mr. Jones, who informed Urn t' at there was no neces sity for him to go up higher, as every body was coming down. So Mr Gray's widow offers for sale the secret for the manufacture of the non explosive fluid at a reduced l ate, as she wishes to raise money enough to buy a silver-handled eoCin, with a gilt plate, for the iate Mr. V ra v. Xo cards'' f"; i -ay,1" One's Debts. : . ; To pay one's debts is obviously one of , the simplest dictates of honesty. The basis of all dealings among men is the expectation that an obligation to pay will be respected by the debtor. The credit system in the advance of ci viliation, scarcely known in barbarous States(has grown outof this confidence, and with its growth has come the op portunity and temptation to be dishon est. The system is necessary in civili zation, but it has been extended beyond all bounds bf necessity and has demor-1 alized the country. The man who buys goods on credit, or borrows money with out giving security," or who induces his neignDor w e nis enaorser, incurs a liability to do his neighbor wrong! and in many cases the rashness with which he took the risk Was criminal, and his tailure to pay may justly involve him in positive dishonesty! Yet very few men tnink tliemselves dishonest simply because they fail to pay their notes when due. ,. y . HONESTY IN BANKRUPTCY. Then comes in a bankrupt law which releases men from the legal obligation to pay their debts : a law which in the opinion of many- cannot be moral, be cause no law should relieve a man from the obligation to do his moral duty. Great hardships would result from the establishment of this doctrine, and it is not at All probable that a commercial age like ours will tolerate the principle ; but it is true, nevertheless. Greater hardships result from the bankruptcy itself, and those who advocate bankrupt laws never take those evils into account. But men who go into business, incur liabilities and make promises to pay. ought to have the consciousness that no law of God or man will ever let them escape from the positive and per petual obligation to pay their debts to the uttermost farthing. It may require toil and care and economy and fasting and suffering ; but no honest man will ever imagine that a bankrupt law has taken off from his soul , one straw's weight of duty to pay principal and in terest, every cent he owes. " PUTTING PROPERTY IXTO YOVH WlSfE'S HANDS. There arc many ways in which men avoid pac ing their debts, which will not bear the test of honest investiga tion. , Many a man fails in business, and when his creditors come npon him for the rtroiicrtv which surrounded him. it is suddenly discovered that his repu tation for wealth was built upon the ... i . . . . : possession of a splendid house and grounds which he had made over to his wife. He bad been trusted because he was supposed to be rich. But his riches were false pretences. His wife was rich, and tinder our laws, which are far more favorable to women than to men, she holds the wealth, and the creditors are defrauded. -: . . EVADINO TAXES." ' " The subterfuges to which men resort, to evade the payment of their debts, are better known to men or the" world than to others but some of these ways and means are so common that they" have almost ceased to bo looked upon as dishonest; '- Probably few men 'have scruples that prevent them from" evad ing taxes if ' they can. It 'is' not the duty of a citizen to" "pat himself in the wqy of the assessor, 'and it is Very true that, ' in most eltiesV assessments are made without Justice and with great partiality. '-'But the wrong-doing of of ficials does not absolve the citizen from his obligation to tell the truth. The concealment of property, and giving deceptive answers are Just as dishonest when designed to evade a government tax, as wheri 'hlade to an individual to escape th payment of an ordinary debt. The Income Tax, perpetuated without justice or expediency, is an odious and demoralizing imposition npon the peo ple ; but he who makes an untruthful or partial return of his incotnej'to es cape his full measure of taxation, is not honest, and cannot keep' a good con science in the sigbt'of God. ' - s. Singular Dream. "TwO rears a'tro'Tatrick and'Mfclrtcl Kellev tanre to this Country, frorii "IrV land "with a view to bettering tliclr ror tnnes.: They" Were ' twin brothers arid very much attached to each other; and after Waiting weeks In New York, and not being able to get employment, Mi chael came on West, leaving Patrick in New York. " In course Of tunc Michael obtained labor on the railroad as a sec tion hand," occasionally 'hearing from the brother in the' East, and working himself to the end that he might visit hirri at nO distant day. yesterday mor ning Michael related to the boarders at1 the house where he "was' stopping: 'a' dream he had the night' b'efore, saying" that hti'h'ad seen' in his tl ream, 'his bro- for the storm without and the thoughts, ther lying dead and coffined nt fi house within to fill up with.i. Then whsl tho in New York, and tliaK while", looking Bout around by the fret no mwCter if at the corpse,it hac? spoken to" him, tellr tliesofa is a, settee, eaciiBhed at that, ing hirir'that' he,' PttfcICwonjd wait' If so 'be it is jus enough for two and for him.' The dream seemed to impress) a half .in it. How sweetly the tnusio Michael very much, ami Caused himtoof silver bells from the time to come be gloomy " Last evening when" he. falls on the listening heart tbes. How came from work he complained of, be- mournful swells the chimes of Mthe ing ill, and went at once to room.; days that are no more." . Under auch About 9 O'clock he got up and came circumstance, and at such a time, m down stairs, sayirig'tiiatnis brother was can get at. least sixty-nine ami a hhlt up in mo room nnu toil mm ro.-coinc.'". He fell down almost instantly in a fit, and died before assistance could be ren dered him.' The physician says he died of heart disease. This morning news was received here that Patrick died oi. Monday in New York." The abovo was related to our reporter, and vouclied for by Mr.- Carney,' with whom "Michael bo.irded Omaha !', Dec. 11. ' " Flat falsehood Lying on your back. "Cstsises -rCriFalisrs'. ' A writer in the NashVCIs Union and American, who Is strongly endorsed by that journal as M gentlenuus of elegant accomplishments, discriminating )odg mem ana soana common sense," as. signs, four principal reasons why South ern crops have for the past few yean beturlailures.- Tho first is that too large a surfaco is taken in hand. The writer says, the true way is to take but half the quantity and begin by thormifhly Ereparing, . enrlchinj - and - generally rcaking and sub-Sofflng the Fall be fore the seed are to be town. The sec ond is lata planting. ' He thinks that the corn crop of this whole section of country was reduced fully one-third by inattention last spring, ins thud is that our farming implements are gener ally behind the age, The writer sayg j " Our plows go in the furrows rusty, dull and misshapen. They are often drawn lazily along by an animal which ought never to be accepted as gift by a sensible farmer. It were ths height of folly for a mechanic to economies on the first cost of his tools by picking up at half price a rustv saw hem. a dull Jack-plane there and a broken chisel yonder; and equally so for farmer to put up with poor tools or poor stock. Better havo two good strong horses than four poor, weak ones." The fourth is poor teed. The writer says on this point i "If it pay and it surely does to, invest thousands in animals for breed ing purposes, will It not pay as well to get good seed ? B uy st home, if potsi. lie, abroad if necessary. Tricky ad vertisers and dealers are of course con stantly before the people trying to get large prices for worthless reed, and wa should nse, therefore, the more car to get a genuine article. It will never do to fall behind in this important item. My remarks, then, might be summed up thus : Deal in the best only, prepare and cultivate tire soil thoroughly, and we will be pt next Thanksgiving Dsy to thank the Lord for about twice our usual harvests." ; 1 One Huadred Tears A Ttt Wonderful Changes a Cen tury. One hundred and ten years ago there was not a single white man in Ken tncky, Ohio, Indiana, arwl I"!nois. Then what is tbe roost flourishing part of America was as littlo known ss the country around the mysterious moun tains of the moon, it was not until 17C7 that Boone left his home in North Carolina to become the first settler ia Kentucky. The first pioneers of Ohio did not settle until twenty years after this time. A hundred years ago Can ada belonged to France, and the dodu- lation did not exceed a million and m half of people. hundred years ago the great Frederick of Prussia was per- running uioso grand exploits which, have made him Immortal in military annals, and with Lis little monarchy was sustaining a single-handed eontest witb Kussia. Austria, and France the three Powers ef- Europe combined. Washlwrton was a- most modest Viri ginia colonel, and tht great events in history of the two words in whioh these great but dissimilar men took leading parts were then scarcely fore, shadowed. A hundred years ago ths United States were the most loyal Dart of the' British Empire, and on the po litical horizon & speck' indicated the struggle .which within a score of years thereafter established the great repub lic of the world. A hundred years ago there were but four newspapers in America ! Steam-engines had not been imagined, and railroads and telegraphs had not entered into th remotest con ception of men. When we come to look, back at it through the vista of history we find that to the century just past has been allotted more important events n taetr bearing upon the happiness of the world, than almost any other which has elapsed since the creaUon-ran, xronetsco uuuciin. IToMEWif e'and Satviday Night; IIapft"U't.hs man-who has a little home and little angel la It of a Sat urday jtuglit. ;, A house, no matter how little,, provided will hold two or so -rno matter "how humbly furnished, provided there fs "hope in it, let the winds felow-uclosetbe curtains. What if they are plainrallcq, wit boot border,, tassel, or any such thing f Let the rain come down, heap up the fire. , No mat tcr if you haven't a candle to bless yourself witb, for what a beautiful light glowing coal makes, rendering cloud less, shedding a sunset through1 the room ; just, light enough to talk by, not loud, as is the highways ; nor rapid, is the hurrying world, but softly, slew-. 1t whispering! y with Dauses betw miles nearer " kmcr lom come" Ha a any other point in this world laid down IB .Maiie l.ritn. r:nyte c l i sinih; at ILis j cret b-La f ci i picture ru !. ' lYiitateu- h ; .' m-m 1 . . icture, l i t there U a k-i-t A C ,;u't i.t ! r,,a ii t .! ;;i cvtry l t-s
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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Jan. 22, 1872, edition 1
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