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- . . . .'.V'i t r.:::ihj kxyer, derated to (Jaiitic, Jl$r tad lure, Jjtxwfiu tares, gammer ce, hud $;lkcellaneans geudm$. " ,. I VOLUilE XIX. STATESYILLE, i. C., SV.TUJRDA.Y IA.riCII 18, 1876. NU1IBER 5. mkmla. is II Mir V. V J i lit lit I 0 Tim AMERICAN .EUGENE 11. DRAKE & SON, ... . -Editors and Proprietors. .- . .SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One year Six months BTKICli.1 Ef ADVAHCE. MISCELLANEOUS. T BUFFALO HUNT. :- TERMS OF ADVEUTISLN O : Om) dollar a Square for the first week, aul '"t&y-cettrVtor eaeu saoseiiuent 4itwttnm. Ten lines or less constitute a Square. De ductions nude in favor of standing matter as follows : ;' - ; 3MOS. CMOS. One square...... 5 00 $8 00 Two squares.... 8 00 12 00 Three squares, io 00 ir 00 One-fourth col- 15 00 25 00 Half column.... 25 00 40 00 One column...- 40 00 60 00 Unless the nuuiher of insertions be marked upon the manuscript, it will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. 1 YEAR. $12 00 18 00 25 00 35 00 80 00 100 00 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. XL P. ARMFIELD, At Statesville, If. C. GEO. K. FOLK, At Lenoir, Jf . O, Armfield & Folk, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, TR ACTICES IX ALL the Courts of the I Tenth Judicial District, McDowell and Burke in the Eleventh District, in the coun ties of Mecklenburg and Rowan, in the Federal Courts Circuit and District and the Supreme Court of the State. "Communications addres ed to the firm at either Statesville or Lenoir will receive prompt attention. October 20, 1873.. 36-tf H. KELLY, M. D. OFFERS his services to ll.e nub ile, and may be found at his Umce wnen not professionally engaged. January i, isi. - it-ii S..B. EVANS, M. D, Having located in S'ntesville respectfully otters his prottessional service to the Citizens of the town, and the surround na country. He may be found at the Drug Store of .Messrs. runstau & rend, or at tne resi dence of Mrs. Celia Alexander. -; April 25 1875 No 11 tf. DR. T. -J. CORPENING, I) E N T I S 'J1 Will be at WILKESB9R0, DURim THE FIRST WEEK OF COURT IS MAT, and will be pleased to receive the calls of tuose wno myneea na ieriicea. AprU 3, 1875 , 8tf m o Mis ST. CHARLES HOTEL. 0TB0 M. BARKLET. : Proprietor. THE undersigned, having taken charge of the ,- v ; . . -f,- .. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, in Statesville, informs the public that it is " now open for the accommodation of travel ers and guests, and will be conducted as a - V First-Class IIotel, the Table being supplied with the best the Country affords ; attentive Servants, &c. The House has been newly refurnished and refitted, and no pains will be spared to give entire satisfaction to its patrons. .-, A share of public patronage is solicited. Guests of the St. Charles will always find splendid assortment of Cigars. - OTHO M. BARKLEr, Prop'r. Jan 8, 1876 -' ... 47tf NATIONAL HOTEL, Delightfully situated,next to Capitol Square HAL.EIGI1, K. GV A NEWllOUSE. . Fine Rooms, well Furnished and Fitted up s a in tne Jiest style- ATTENTIVE SERVANTS.' The Table Daiiy Supplied with the Best this ; vond other Marxets afford. C. S. BROWN, 2tf .. 1 : Proprietor. BOYDEN HOUSE, Mrs. Dr. Reeves, Proprietress. SALISBURY, .....i . N. C. VW We study to please our Guests. When yon visit Salisbury, don't fail to stop at the BOYDEN HOUSE; a fine House, filled with, new and elegant Furniture, Car pets, Silver Ware, &c - Clean and neat Rooms We guarantee something good to eat, polite Servants, and a hearty welcome. BOTLER, - " ' ' DBAI.KR rs '. .-. , ' , . -V, Fine Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c, . C HA RhOTTE, JT. V. 1 : ' iV: V' 'V 17-tf ST. flllRLES STJBLK STATESVILLE, : :. : i N..C. W. Al'DAXIELS.'Prop. THE Proprietor of this Stable, would in form the Public that he is ready at all times to h''e norses, Buggies, &c., on 4he most reasoi.alde terms. t ; ;-c s Passengers conveyed to the adjacent sec tion at moderate rates, attended with care ful drivers. ', - - Orders left at the St. Charles Hotel for the Omnibus will be attended to promptly, t"Patronage solicited. ' , 47-ly . HAYING sold out my' Bakery and Con fectionery to Mr. Robert Sowers, I respectfully recommend him to the publics ' : , -' ,y ' H. MEXSING. A VING bought out Mr. H. MESsrso, I wiil continue the Bakery and Con fectionery Business at his old stand. . Give me a call. BOBT. SOWERS.' October 10, 1875 y - os-3m : - IIZ xtt!y done, and with It was a calm,'-beautiful morning in the month of October that my friend Bob Morton and inyselfinouut- $2 oo ed our horses and rode up the jNorth 1 00 bank of the South' Platte on a hunt after buffaloes. You will understand that the Platte river, at St. Yrain's, nakes a great bend the rivet above the fort runnings almost due; north. and tui ntu? . aitnost ljBe,E:3t aJtht. foot. We thought we would ride up the river a few miles, and then, stri king northwest into the bad open prairie, -where we should be most likely to find our game, return by a short cut across the prairie to the fort ; though it made little difference to us whether we returned to-night or to-morrow, as we were accustome(f to camping out. .'. We rode up the river until almost noon, seeing many deer and wolves for one could hardly ride through this tall grass a mile without seeing them yet, as we were not looking after this kind of game, we paid no attention to them until nearly noon, when, feeling somewhat tired and hungry, Bob, who was an excellent shot, killed a fine; buck ; and, dis mounting, we made a most delicious meat on the young tender venson. Mounting, after dinner, we struck northwest across the broad prairie, where, with the exception of the tall grass, there was not a tree or shrub on all the vast expanse, except along the river bank. " It was about four o'clock in the' af ternoon, just as we were beginning to get discouraged, and we were think ing of turning our horses' heads to wards home, when we discovered the objects of our search. They were two buffaloes quietly feeding on a little rise of the prairie the first rise we had discovered since leaving the river. We were now many miles from where we had left the river at noon, but boped we were not far from the fort by a direct route across the prairie, though we did not know how, far, neither of us having been out there before. 7 Hurrah, Fred I exclaimed Bob, put ting spurs to his horse ' and getting excited. "Now for some sport, and buffaloes' tongues for supper," and away he went at a reckless break-neck Speed.' V 1 - -',"- 1 y'--;i Our game was a long distance off when first discovered, and disappear ed oyer a rise in the prairie, and was out of sight. . we agreed to separate as soon as we reacehed the top of the ridge, and each take our game and charge down upon hem and capture both, if pos sible. 4s we came dashing up to the top of the hill they discovered us and immediately took to flight - Buffaloes can run very fast, notwith standing their weight; they seem to gather momentum as they proceed, and are not easily run down. . We made our choice immediately and gave pursuit. My horse was fleet but the tall grass tangled his feet, and I had a long hard chase before I came up with my game. --.'.'I paid no attention to Bob ; his game had taken a differ ent direction from mine, and we were soon widely separated. ; After a hard chase I came near enough, I thought, to venture a shot perhaps, if it did not kill iiini, I could cripple him and thus stop him somewhat ,in his mad career. I brongh my rifle ' to my shoulder quickly ; but as my horse stumbled slightly, his feet having . become tangled in thegrass, and .1 missed my aim, bat struck the beast in the shoulder instead of the heart ; and the ball being large, made a terrible wound from, which the blood flew in a stream -Ml . , Z- i., ". This maddened him ; and . turning quickly," he charged wfthv a -.terrible half snort, and half roar down upon me. My horse was taken by sur prise and frightened ; and in spring ing partly to onQ side, asif to, turn suddenly and fly away from the mad creature,his feet Caught in the tangled grass, and he fell, throwing me many feet over his head " : : The fall did not, hurt me, and I was on my feet in an instant ; but be fore I could reach my. horse he was up and -f bounding, away over the prairie, leaving me to my fate. I had no time to think whether I fancied the situation or not, for the mad bull was upon me almost; and with a look of despair after my flying horse, I ran I knew not whither, but with an instinct of self preservation ; all this happened in an instant. I had hoped the maddened creature would pursue my horse but not so the buffalo knows well who is his worst enemy. I was fleet of foot ; for I had ran for my life many times ; but the tall grass impeded my progress, and I knew I could hold out but a fewmo ments. . . . . , ... .i ; I saw not the slightest chance for my life. Here I was, upon this broad ocean of prairie ; Bob was, I knew not where, nor had I time to look ; the grass tangling my. feet and taking away my strength,' and a wounded buffalo within a few yards ' of me, and gaining upon me at every bound. I thought of my revolver, and that I would. s.tJl.my.life as deady as possible;'-' I always carried it i rnvbt'lt. shoulder and shoot the bull in the eye. I had no hope of the ball doing I him any hurt if it hit him anywhere j else ; for you must know that these j animals always have a thick mass of hair ou their foreheads, that is. so matted together with sand and dirt, that no ball from a rifle will pene trate it. I knew if a-ball from my rifle struck his forehead, ft would have no more effect than the wind f blowing against it. r : v: -r I put my hand, to my belt; but my revolver was gone, the scabbard was when I was thrown from my horse. It was with a feeling omwhat of despair -that I found it gone. It seemed as if there was nothing but A MIB.NIGHT SiSt HOB BERT. Yonn? Lady Relate Uer Experience 'with Burglars who vane to Kob ; i death before me ; for how could I cope successfully hope to escape. with, a wounded buffalo wounded as I knew, in no vital part, but sufli eiently to madden him. I could bear more plainly his half grunt and half snort close upon mv heels and could feel his breath upon my back in another instant he would be upon me would pierce me wtih his short stumpy horns weuld grind me to the earth with . his monster head, and trample me beneath his feet. I indeed felt that my time had come that no earthly power could save me and instinctively I breathed a prayer to heaven. . At that instant my feet became en tangled and I fell ;. the maddened creature bad just 'touched me as i went down, and was under such ter rible headway that he passed direct ly over me without touching me. As his tail brushed over my face I grasp ed it, and was dragged to uiy feet, as tLe buffalo, stopping suddenly, at tempted to turn upon me. But I had a new le.ise ot ray lite. 1 held on to his tail with a death grasp, and was dragged round and round. You ma- smile, dear reader, but the tailhold was my last chance now, and I held on with the grim determi nation while the bull wheeled rapid ly round and round, roared, snuffed. snorted and pawed the ground in his terrible rage, but could not shake me Off." ,. " " '-,..; But what should I do now ? I knew I could not hold on to him long, as my strength whs neaYly -exhausted, having run so far before 1 fell. I had nothing to kill him with not even a penknife. His wound was bleeding profusely, and my hope was that he, might be come exhausted first; but h seemed far from that now, while I seemed very near to it. I knew my strength could hold out but little longer ; and to let go was certainty death. The bull would suddenly take a freak and run and bellow with all his might, dragging me with velocity then he would stop and with a territfic snort attempt to turn on me, and it was more than I could do with ray failing strength to keep out of his way and several times his horns rent my cloth ing.: , ; .-"..' '-w.;. ,,'v ; This state of things could not con tinue; I was jerked hither and thith er, my arms nearly pulled from their sockets worried almost to death and aliout to loose my hold when, as the mad creature paused an in stant, the sharp crack of a rifle rang out upon the air, and the huge crea ture gave one plunge, and. leu upon Miss Mattie C. White, of Williams port, Pa., who was visiting in the family of Mr. John vWhittlesy, the cashier of the Northampton bank, writes to her brother, E. L. White an account of ber exUe.L-nce with the burglars. She says 1 " Abontwelve o'cif" or a little af terj. J'vii inirjrliHiM. our pence- we have often had pictured to us through the papers, an such as js hard to believe, and can ordy be rea lized through experience, such as we have now had. The first intimation that Laura had of what was going on was that a man was entering their room, over the sitting room, and he had a dark lantern in his . band and immediately sprang to their bud, while both screamed. They were then held by their throats, two men. then being there, and at once handcuffed and held down, ' I had not been asleep over ten min utes, for I heard the ton-n clock strike twelve, and at : half st twelve we were all under their entire subjection, there being a man or two in my cham ber at once. The first I knew a man entered my roomaud the dark lan tern wakened meI suppose. I scream ed, thinking it was John, and that the house was on fire, and sprang out ot bed. He put me back and choked me, and then told me he would treat me kindly if I would keep perfectly quiet, lie said I was caught "You are all caught, and:you may as well give up." He then told me I must get up. I begged him to let me he there, but he said "So ", and pulled me up and led me into the hall and handcuffed me. He then took in e in to Laura's room no. not quite yet. fter getting me into the hall he said I would take cold wij.hout morecloth- ffnti rArr1 ;f3 I tAkiU threw itbvtv jry his side in the death struggle. 1 wasssale but it came not a mo ment too soon. I, too, fell to the ground more dead than alive. The sequel is soon told. It was Bob" who had saved me. He had been more fortunate than I, and after a hard chase had killed his game, and; then looked round for me. The first thing he saw was my horse without a rider. and, then he discovered me in the dis tance clinging to the bull's tail for dear life ; and putting spurs to his horse, he came to my -assistance. It was sometime before he could - shoot, for fear of hitting mey but he finally succeeded in planting a ball directly in the animal's breast. '. -; - t! After resting, capturing my horse, and securing my revolver, which 1 easily found where I fell from the horse, we sat down to smoke and ? re late our adventures. - ' Self-Love. The love of self is the root and centre and animating spirit of all. evil. But- its forms . and aspects are indefinitely diversified.. It exists and operates on many differ ent planes of thought and life. . Sen suality Is its lowest, most general ex. piession. But it also takes the ap pearance of covetousness, or of some other of the grass and vulgar forms of vice. ' It is, however, compatible with all excellence, of external : be havior."1 For a tnan may "shun all open sin, and give alms, and be- very useful,' and do all this from love of self. He may expect his reward in the applause of men, in the ad vanceraest of his position in the world or iu promoting his success in- life. He may find full recompense for his self-restraint in the complacent be lief that, of his own Btrength and by bis own unaided efforts, be has be come better than other men. He has done the work, and he gives himself the glory for it He is a god unto himself, and his apparent virtues are the morning and evening sacrifice up on : the altar of self. This is the U'an'l-'iW ia -the vc---t, -form of ing, and I told him 1 would take my death of cold that wav, and he led me back into my room, when I ob tained more, clothes and he took me then. Yery shortly after Maria, Aunt Hattie and her husband "Walked in the same room, afHl the girl was brought in' with us. Jl&er thfcy- iad got us alt in that ropm they made us all get up separatelj and dress. Of course we wre rigged in er otbeF's -cloth ing, anil some were half essed. , They kepL hurrying us up, and we were all wonderfully possess ed. I was very cab?:, and acted ac cordingly. They opened L.'s bureau drawer, and took out her handsome violet cloak and handed it to her, saying : "1 guess tins is what you want." She put tkat on with her balmoral skirt, and then I was fixed up and they fell short of handcuffs.-. lhen Laura and I were joined hy one handcuff, and thev took us off nto the front room and put us in the bed and then tiwd our hands and feet with leather straps, buckled as tight is possible. Theu they took heavy opes and slippea through these, and brought the rope under the bed, and fastened it with .extra ropes be sides. They served us all this way. They treated John cruelly ; also Aunt Hattie. The last operation was to gag us with rubber gags. John was blindfolded and tied m' another posi tion. 1 hey then dragged him in the lower bed-room, and he was almost dead when found. Laura and I ' extracted ourselves first by the greatest effort, and we dragged ourselves, bed and all, to the window, about sevetl" o'clock in the morning, and with one free hand opened the window and alarmed the neighborhood. " We had to have our handcuffs tiled apart, and it was about nine o'cldck when'Laura and I were seperated.Y We are) alive and well, only that we are scratched and bruis ed, aud John's chest is. black and I blue. They held afoUtol at his head ( .1 - - . I . . - . !. . 1 , - niier.: niey , got uuu m iue uun-ruuiu, when they demanded the keys ' and combination. .They did not touch the silver, but took John's watch and chain. - Laura grabliid her's and flung it under the bureau, and they missed it. ' : A Chat With a laruier. Wo had a little talk, yesterday af ternoon, with Capt. S. B. Alexander, one of the best farmers in all this part of the State, regarding agricul tural matters. Capt. A. says he is about done with cotton. He is satis fied that our farmers cannot compete with those of the Gulf State9 in the production of this staple, and hence forth he expects to devote but a very smalt amount of his attention to It. He is goiug into the raising of grass es in future. -i He wver . in -his. lite sit w'sueir a veat .liiis - for growing. L.ast rail in September and October, though the latter month is generally too late he put in a crop of orchard graass, and it is now looking beautiful. Clover is also looking splendidly. It is more ad vanced right now than it was on the first of April last year. ? Capt. Alexander talked also about wheat and oats. He doesn't think wheat is looking so well now as it ought to at this season, and can't ac count for it, either. He has seen very little good wheat this side of Lexington, so far. However, there is no counting on this crop. In 18C3, at this time of the year, the wheat looked miserably yet this - State has rarely ever seen such a yield as there was then. His wheat averaged 18 tiushels to the acre, which is unusual. Year before last, too, it looked badly; in the early spring, and turned out well and yet the turn-out was poor. So there is little judging wheat this far in advance.. It may be an excel lent crop, Oats, Capt. A. says, arc looking splendidly unusually well for this season -Charlotte Obxercer. A Brotherly Feeling. Fraternal affection seems rather weak in some parts of Africa, judg ing from the conduct of the sultan of Harrar toward his brother, ami of the retaliatory measures takeu by the brother. The sultan had an only brother, whom he kept in prison for fifteen years-Ma fact, until he heard that the Egyptian troops were ap proaching tLo CapUal.. He then set his brothel- at liberty, and offered him his hand in token of reconcilia tion. Soon after this the suln, who 1 1 ho child was severely l.u scemc XoJi,i..., iCcct, ii ver aiild --Jj tl,.; n,M,; ,-,4- ; ,.1 r5c view of the injuries he had inflicted father rushed in nnd Imvin2 Raw koos rou burns. Ahvillc Pioneer: On Sunday, thn 6lb int., Clarence, son of Mr. .lames P. Saw year, was severely burned while standing in - his night clothes near the fire. The little fellow,' who U . only seven year of age, had just aria en from bed, and turning his back to the tire dropped his ulght-gown around his feet. The sleeve of the garment fell in the fire, and noon the whole of it was ablaze. His grand mother, who was in the room, extin guished the fl lines but not bt'foro urned. A Mistake All Around. The Fayettcville . Wide Awake says: We have beert informed, of a horrible fate met by a coloi-ed child two years old, whose mother lives about 2 miles from town, near ' the saw mill of 'Mr. ; James .-tMeNeiil.-. The mother,' Emma Hicks, had gone out for some brush', leavirrg-'her child in a room near a large fire. Soon she heard the child calling her but paid no attention to it whatever, and went abont gathering brush. 1 When she returned to the house she found the child lying, enveloped in flames on the floor with it feet, legs and all the lower part of its body burned - to a crisp.- The child lingered in in tense agony for a short time when death relieved it of its sufferings.- The A sheville Expositor says : Several .valuable mica : mines have recently been ..discovered in Swain and Clay, counties,.. and the parties are preparing to work them immedi ately. We have been told that Gen. iVM. Henry was offered by a orth- ein party the sum of $10,000 in cash tor the use of .a mine discovered on his lands for eight months only, which Was Jouii A farmer living near Washington, X. J. was awakened early one morn ing by the noise of some one enter ing his house. Springing from his bed he sallied out to meet the intruder, and as he entered the kitchen he saw the form of a man standing in the room.. Determined to defend his property at all hazards, he called to his hired man who slept in an adjoin ing room, and seizing a chair aimed a deadly blow at the burglar's head. The .darkness interfered with bis aim, and the chair struck T the' upper part of the door, and splintering to pieces fell at his feet. Before he could recover himself the hired man made his appearance and mistaking his employer for the burglar who had suddenly disappeared struck him with another chair and knocked him down. Lights were soon pro dnced and the whole family aroused, when it was discovered that the sup posed burglar was an employee on the same farm, who had been out on a "sparking" expedition, and had en deavored to gain access to his room without awaking the family. His employer informed him. as he caress ed the bruise on his body, that here after he should take a nightkey or keep .better hours. He thinus he will. '". A Man Killed hy a Mouse. v An extraordinary occurrence was brought to ligbtli at an inquest held on the body of a man in South Lon don. In a work-room where many young girls were at work a small mouse suddenly made its appearance on a table, causing, or course, con siderable commotion and - a general stampede.' The intruder was seized, however, by a young man who hav pened to be present, but the mouse slipped out of his hand, and running up bis sleeve, came out between his waistcoat and shirt at the neck. The unfortunate man had his mouth open ed, and the. mouse, on the lookout for some convenient place of conceal ment, entered -the man's mouth, and he,Tn his fright and surprise, swal lowed it. That a 'mouse .can exist for a considerable time without, much air has long been a popular . belief, and was unfortunately proved to be a fact in the" present instance, for the mouse began to tear and bite inside the man's throat' and chest, and the result was the unfortunate fellow died after a little time in hor rible agony: Several witnesses cor roborated the above facts, and med ical testimony as to the cause of death having been given, a verdict of "accidental death" was returned. ." How he Weighed his Wife The Lewiston (Maine) Journal has dis covered the method and thus reveals it i She is a woman weighing, it was supposed, about 250 pounds, but her husband could not induce her to be weighed. So the other day he was out driving-with his wife an'd drove up to Mr. Dormant store in Auburn. The wife did not notice that the team stood on Mr.DorS.T.'nVhay scales,- While he was talking with a gentle man at the door, his whole team was being weighed, ' He then drove over to Lisbon street and left his wife to do some shopping. ' Then he drove back to Mr. Dorman's hay scales and the team was then weighed minus the wife. It was but a simple sum in subtraction to discover the wetght ot the woman. ., On getting home the joke leaked '' out, but his neighbors declared that Caleb will never tie more sorry than he ' was the hour when his wife learned that she'weigh- eel two liuiKirvii .mi't.. luryy wu w - I . ' on uis brother, admitted In in into his secret counsels, told him that he had, in order to deliver his capital from the Egyptian forces, concluded an alliance with the Gallas, and ex plained his plan of operation, which was that a detachment or Gallas should on a certain night make their way into the town, and, with' the as sistance of the sultan's own troops, murder the Egyptian garrison. Upon this the late victim of the sultan's ty rauny made known the whole plot to Daoud Pasha, the Egyptian comman der in Harrar. who instantly seized the sultan, his nobles, and a number of Galla chieftains who were tarrying with liiin, and had them beheaded in the presence of the informer, whose vengranee must have been complete enough to satisfy him, since no fewer than a hundred heads were struck off on the occasion. liri proof Composition. j p'oxinds. A French journal says that, of th score of fireproof compositions tha have been brought forward within as many years .past,-'there, is scarcely one tuat possesses superior, or eve equal adaption, to tlie purpose, to following: Dissolve, in cold water, as much pearlash as is capable of holding in solution, and washordruib with it all the boards, wainscoting, timber, etc. ; then, diluting the sain liquid with a little water, add to it such a portion of fine yellow clay as -ii t. .1 . - - . iu luawi! iue mixture 01 tne . consis. tence of common paint, then stir in a small quantity of paperhangeiV flou paste to combine both the other sub stances. (Jive three coats pt thi mixture, and, when dry, apply the following composition : Put into pot equal quantities of finely pulva nzeu iron filings, urickdust and aslns pour over them size or glue water, set the whole near a fire, and, when warm, stir them well together. With this liquid composition or size, give one coat, and, on its getting dry,give a second coat. It resists fire for five hours, and prevents the wood from ever bursting into flames; that is it so resists the ravages of fire as, at most, only to be reduced to coal or embers, without spreading the con flagration by additional flames. It is found that a-quantity equal to twenty pounds of finely-sifted yellow clay, a pound aud a half of flour for making paste, and one pound of pear- lasti is suHicicnt to prepare a square rood on deal boards. Respectable Swindlers. To the respectable swindler, sa3-s tuc . ew x orK world, there is no more attractive mode of robbing his neighbor than by a fraudulent failure. Or course he is not always found out. In one-half of the cases of fraudulent failures and compromises the debtor who has been overtaken ny misiorcune oners to settle on a basis of say from twenty-five to fifty per cent., he really cannot give more. and ir rorced into bankruptcj' he very much doubts what with law suits, losses", delays and lawyers' fees, if even half the amount will be event ually realized. After a few meetings the creditors come to the conclusion to make the best of a bad bargain the- sign a paper for compromise on a basis ot titty, per cent., express great sympathy for the unfortunate debtor, and wish him every success in the future. In this case the u un fortunate debtor" has been eminent- ly successful, ne lives handsomely on the spoiles of his victims, enjoys their sympathy, holds his head as high as ever, and takes the darkest possible view of the immediate fu ture. He sees no signs of better times, business can only be transact ed at a loss", and everythihg is going behindhand. These . geutry have done incalculable injury in the way of retarding the permanent re-estab-lishmdnt of confidence ; they are the scum ' and outgorth of illegitimate speculation and feverish activity. Gen. Sheridan, in a letter to Gen. Custer approving of his plan of wri ting his war meinoires, alludes to a letter written by Gen. Lee to a friend ir. Warm Springs Va., and is dated July 27, 1868 : "As regards the movements of Gen. Sherman, it was easy to see that unless they were in terrupted I should be compiled to abandon the defence of Richmond ; and with a view ot arresting his pro gress I rso weakened my force by sending reinforcements to South and North Carolina, that ! had not suf ficient men to man the lines. Had they not been broken, I should have abandoned them as soon as Cen. Sher man reached the Roanoke." The letter is published by Gen 2 lie-mf that raw ggs were gKl for burn he plastered him with them until he looked like a marble image striped with ochre. The effect was alnwxtt magical. It relieved the sufferer in five minutes, and shortly thereafter he ate a hearty break fast. Tilt Small-Pox It has been or. ficially reported that there U a cane of Small-Pox on the stearuMiip ' neer which arrived in tin- river near this city two days ago, where she has been quarantined. There will ftp no communication between the hteamer and the shore, except hy the phyii cian, and no d-mger can therefore In exacted from this source H'il mi ny lon Star. e are requested by the agent of tin Carolina Central Railroad to state for the ImmicGI of a mi 111 Iter of the merchants here who are ex pecting goods from New York over this line, that the explanation of the delay lies in the nbove paragraph. The goods were shipped from Xew York per steamship J'toneer, which is in quarantine near Wilmington. Charlotte OWnvr. AS INVENTION BY A GhaNVILLE lady Oxford Turvh-Litjld : We saw last week .at the residence of Dr. A. C. Harris, of Sassafras Fork, a capital bread toaster, the invention of Mrs. Harris. It consists of a sheet of heavy tiu, IC inches wide and 18 inches long, having about one inch of the edge turned up all round to give it a stiffness and forming a shal low trajv Over the whole surface of the bottom are cut a number of V shaped openings and the tongue of tin, forming the inside of the V, is turned out at right angles to the sheet, forming a number of sharp points on which slices of loaf bread are stuck to hold them iu place. Tlie whole apparatus is theu , set "up on the hearth and held upright, by a heavy wire hinge on the back. Those who have had the good fortune to enjoy .Mrs. Harris' excellent toast will appreciate an invention of such domestic merit. A bashful and not over-educated fellow went to see his girl the other night, and as he started away he put his arm around her and whisitered in her ear, "dearest, 1 love you ;" nnd she responded sweetly, "ditto," meali ng or course,, a reel pi tat ion of his lender passion. The young man could not find "ditto" in Ids vocabu lary, and asked his father the next day as they were hoeing cabbage, what it meant. The old gent rested a moment on his hoe, and pointed to the cabbage in front of him with the remark: "You see that cablMtce?" es responded the youth.. "And you see the next one there ?" "Yet." Well, that is called ditto. "Damn her 1" exclaimed the imiietuousyouth. '.'she called me a cabbage head." Focnd at Last. A story is told to the effect that a lady mciulier of a family in Mac hi us, Maine, nioro than a year ago, while "stirring up" a straw bed, lost a ring from her finger. Strict search was mad, but the ring could not be found. The straw was emptied in the spring in the stable and used as bedding for horses, and thrown upon the manure heap; the manure was hauled altout three miles and used on a potato lot. The crop of potatoes were dug and cellared, and lately, the man was cut ting some of them to feed his horses, his knife struck upon some hard sub stance, which on investigation proved to be the Identical ring lost in the (.traw bed mora than a year previous. Old Winston was a negro preacher in Yirginia, and bis ideas of theology and human nature were often very original. A gentleman thus accost ed the old darkey one Sunday : Winston, I understand you believe rery woman has seven devils. How . can you prove it ? ", " Well, sah, did you never read in do Bible how seven debbles were cast out'er Mary Ms ga in I" Oh yes I A ve read that." "Did you ebber hear of 'era bein' cast out 01 any odder woman, aahr" "o I never did.". "Well, den, all de odder got 'em yet,. . . 0 his "Wur:Memoires" The Affect. A Savannah dar key, shot in 11 watermelon field, thus explains his presence there 1 He said that religion bad grently affect ed him ; that the Lord called on him to'prsy in private, and he climbed the fence so as to be by himself He was praying, and he had no thought of melon. Ho accounted for the fact that It was pniied from the vine by the sudden jerk the shot Custer in t gave him. He was allowed to depart, in the March but yet. he can't til down la a 'chair
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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