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A A r i f, : .7 gamxhi Qaytr, AtvoUA to QoMtz, 3$rmilhuct Mnnutrtnrtsommenet ;wd gUsccthticous Qcadhtfr NUMBER 7. VOLUME XIX. ST.A.TESVILEE, N". C APRIL 1, 1870. ,1 "? 1 ill 1 Vf 1 111 till .-M ; HA THE AMERICAN , IWCKD IUILI BT vkxr b. DRAKE I SOX, On year.., ............. Six month....... t THllTLT III tUTUI'L TKItMS OK ADVEUTISWU i . One dollar a Square fur the first week, ami '. ftttj wirti Vr rucH imhKaKttt Insert iin. Ten line or lew constitute ft Square. De ductions hi 'do la favor of xUuiitmg atattei a follows : 3 miw. 6iios. 1 tkah One square. f 5 (H) In (10 - 13 1X1 Two iun... It 09 11 00 in 00 TluVe squares. II) 00 IS 00 - 2.1 00 One-fourth ooL 19 00 M 00 S.1 no Hull Chll:Ul., S3 00 40 09 SO 0 One column.... 40 00 80 09 109 00 Unless the number of Insertions be marked tipon the maiioscript, it will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ft. r. AHXPIKLD, At SUteSvllle, N. C. OI60. K. FOLK, At Lenoir, X. C. Armfleld & Folk, Attornert ttHil CoHHtellort at ThRACTIORS IN ALL the Courts of the I aentll Judicial District, McDowell and Burke in the Eleventh District, in the coun ties otirckleiihurg ami howan. in the reuerai uourts circuit and UiaUict anil the Supreme Court of the Mate. MfCoiiiniunicatlinisaddres ed to the firm at either fHatesvillo or Lenoir will receive prompt attention. October 20, I87S. 3ft-tf - hTkelly, m7d.7 J l f OFFERS his services to ll.e pnb lie, and may be found at his Oflice ZP wnen not professionally engaged. January 1, ltrtl. lii-tf S. B. EVANS, M. D., Having located in blatesvllle respectfully effcrs his proffossinnal service to the Citizens of the town, and the surround ng country. Ho may lie foil ud at the Drug Store of Messrs. Tunstall & Felld, ur at the resi dence of Mrs. CVHa Alexander. April 23 11)73 No U tf. DR. T. J. CORPENINO, T 1? XT W T c rr " win mm wiLKKwono, Dunrya thh rinsr WEEK QFC0UUT .V MS T, and will be pleased to receive the calls of those who may need hU rck. April 3, HITS ; K" ' 0 1 1 1 8 ST. CHARLES HOTEL. OTHO M. BIRKLET. S Proprietor. mllK un.lerslBUOil, havlnfi taken cliarge I of the ST. CHARLES mu I et, In Statcsvlllfl, Informs the niihlie tl.at it b now own for the accommodation of ravel "r "and gote, ana will be conducted as a rimt-l'lHn lloll, the Table being supplie.1 with the W the Country affords ; atU'litlve N-rviinK e. ViV i,V. i.. - hn new v refurnlslied .'...I reflttwl. mil no Pl "1 Mred to give entire .atMactUin to Its patrons. - . . '. ... ....kiln ,witrniinw is solicited &,ests of tl'ie St. thmrles will always find a spienu..... Jnn 8, lHTo 47tf NATIONAL HOTEL, fMlghtf ully sltuatod.next to Capitol Square. BALtlCH, K. C. A NSW HOUSE. Fine Booma. well Fwrnlahed and Fitted up Ill wro wa. w.j.v. ittcmTiVE SERVANTS The Table IMti Supplied wWi thy Best this 1 " ,t otlier Market, afford. , . C. B. BKOWS, Proprietor. OOYDEN HOUSE, Mra. Or. Koevoa, nr'"" - C. unPll It lib new and elegant Furniture, car S'ts, hilvcr Ware, c. Clean sad iM-at noma We guarantee something good to eat; polite Servants, and s hearty welcome. JOHJSf T. DUTLBR DEALER IH Fine W'Alcafs, Clocks and Jnrrlrj, Silver and Plated Ware, C II A R L0 TT K, .V. V. '...- : - 17-tf - ST. tURLES SHBLB. STATBSVILLE, : : : : X C. W. A. DiMKI.H, Prop. THE Pmprletorof this Stable would In form the Public that he Is ready at all nines to hire Horses, Ungglcs, Ac., on the most reasonable terms. Passengers conveyed to the adjacent see. tlon st mmlerste rales, attended with care ful drivers. OrdiTs left at the St. Charles Hotel for the Omnibus will lie altcntbst to promptly. UT Patronage solicited. s7-ly NOTICE. ww k VI VII aol.1 mil uiv llakerv and f 'on 1 1 feet inner v to Mr. ItonKiiT'SowKaa, resoeelfully recommend hiiu to the public II. MK.VMXO. IT AVIVO bought out Mr. II. Mknsiko, I will continue the llakerv and ton- call KOllT. SOWF.IIS. Octols-r 10, IS73 ait-.tiii itch PHfNTINO neatly done, .11A .IflV sj a.-.'.Jlta tUsOttfuebt tut AKsirrtua MISCELLANEOUS., SHlSGTOrSJVE STWPESL A vurreaHmlent furni'Aiea the M lowing to tbo Savannah Moinhig love ueuerally aneartyTj allyauoaef one llisu Wmwlf. So it was ivU V Msliingtoi Ills Grt boyish lionit-wouiul, itat aeeinvil iinnlt-At to Ileal, wan infltcW by Uio Lolsttil JiaiU)',Vklioti.iUMj, tUf luir inaitluit, w!iw real name nevt r .iiKar in lua Mas. It wasaseailv a il i, venire lie was uiun ) eai- out, ami wiuiu lie was at ;liuul,liul nig eoumelry and survcyiiiir. These ilry stuilk-a were rulivveii by tlio awed pangs even ot liuiHiloss love. If lie ever ventured to uinke known lo licr aolf bit boyish reelings, which Ilia liyuess uiukes quite improbable, llie "liowiumi lieauty 'may uave iX'H)ini- wl to ins aluiia and aiulictt in turn or more likely, if older than lie, she tvganleil Hun as a raw school boy, ami iuockol ins protestations una laugli eil at las verses. J lie latter she raiglit well do, for liis amorous lines inuko pullry and limping verses, ab ortive en nigh to thscoitrago any one uui a very yoiitliltil lover. Uecnn not doubt the reality of his iiofcs nioil ; it lusted for years, and lliu pa ges of bis jourmil, while lie was re' timnjf Willi ins brother Lawrence at Mt. einon, or was buried In the woods around' Oreenwnv Court, re- veiueu me irrief tlialtnue nor absence coulil obliterate or conceal. In li v ing's pages we catch a uliiniise ot the nil state or a woe-worn lover, "sigh ing nee a nirnuee," or irossiHi in ho)vless love. 11 is not an uninteresting coim-i- deuce in the chain of ciicuuistunces connecting the lives of Washington and our Lee. That well founded tradition identifies the "Lowland lieauty"' with the chartninsr Lucv Urynies, of Aiiddlescs. who five or six yeuis after Washington's plain tive wooini!!. mnrrieit her cousin. Henry Lee, nnd liecaine the. mother of Light llorwt Harry, and ao the i ruiKlinotlior or fert'(Mrs r' and. lived nt Leelvania, Hie bus-' baud's seat in I'riuce William. The old feeling iu Washingloii's huurt vi..l,UI Lo fate, but its delicacy and n flned aenliinent still reinaine.1. It bad stifled a new inlei'twl.lhut threiit- enetl to crow up strongly lor In sec olid tweet heart und its Imppy niein- orius urvoii o win n imiiiugtuo . constant favor, twenty years alter wards, toward Henry Lee, Jr. His fondness lor this young General, I cannot be inislnkeu in ascribing to the love and udmirtilion he had Indus wi,ih flnva for the mother. Hee- coilect Lee's youth when the Revolu tion bcinn; born in U5t ; it captain of cavalry at twenty ; at twenty-one the clilei".. oi niiiiiiw guard ; at twenty-two ft nmjor under U'hviih'hL Slonv Toiiit, receiving tor his serviocs at 1'nuUls Hook tlielhiinks ,.r rumici-ss mid a uold medal, a I0' .tiiw-iioii that no other olllutr below the rank of general received during Hi., wnr iviileiiuiit colonel ov iweniy I..MC ..f h uion. raised expressly 101 him by advice of Heiieral Charles Lee, and at Washington s l-ersonni iniiTi-essioii to Congress; look at his w..tnl.iel'iil fijil'efl' with UVeen in the South in the next two years, and le member that all his honors were gain cd when he was Just turned of twenty-five, and 1 think we need dome other explanation of his good luck than his own merits, great as they were. This explanation I believe to have been Washington's interest in him, as the son of the Lowland lleautv." which prompted him to give , hi meritorious young officer every opportunity for advancement, ipwiuimj - ""-T-' . audio follow him c9,UUU'T ". Vn " r.-V;.. ..,"7 . .1. .Uj-S--1-1"""'' """ 14V bumkv SuwTrti'aMhingtoirs heart flutter was Mary lace tluit muile Cary, of'Celeys" in Elizabeth Citv County, neat Hampton.;, This affair, singular to say, .follower) o soon on the previous one, deep as was its im pression, as rather to rebuke by it; and thus the growth of deeer feeling was probably hindered. Miss Cary was the sister of Mrs. (Jeorge William Fairfax, and she was spending much of her time at Belvoir, the seat of llie Fairfaxes, near Mount Vernon. Young Washington was often a guest of this happy homestead, and thus In the society of Miss Cnry, the feel ing was likely quickly to supplant the old. 1 have no Idea that he courted Miss Cary, and his extreme youth, for he wasjust turned sixteen, forbids me lo credit the tradition that the bashful lad the next year ventured to visit "Celcys," and asked old Wil son Cary (or the permission to ad dress his daughter mind you, not "to have her," but for "leave to court her" a -respectful precaution Unit not many young men now-a-duys take, and was extinguished by the sharp reply, which left nothing more to be It soit t "If that is your business hefe young man, I wish you to leave the house, for my daughter has been used to ride in her own coach " 1 discred- k this storv for another renson : 1111. 1 fl" circumstances co,( snlh I siiiereillous and shoddy speech have ! come from a Virginia gciuleinaii of the olden tioie. , . life avxt fox buuting and batxl tiding of Wellington's rough life j with old Lord Fail fax, kept him much , wav from llvlvoir and the return of! Mi Carv to the low country wpara - led thein for giMaL Jtlt then our hero went into the wilderness lo sur vey Lonl Fairfax's vast dominion, ami carried with him in the wilds of the Shenandoah valley the visions of will luce nll'l brijrlil eyes lllal Miss AinlJir, of Jamestown, a gentleman 'riilgh imsitmn in the colony, lived t see her (pMinilain admirer crowned wiih the honors of tbe rerlilutiim at the conquest of Voiktoan. A tradi lion anecdote relates that she was iu Villittlii-burjr wheS (icticml Wash ington passeil through that city nt the close of the war. As lie recog nized her in the erowd, his swonl waved to her a military aalu'-e, and me rnsli was so great that she 1s nid to have fainted. III. The third maiden, whom tra dition reports as ensnaring the heart of the sureeptilile Washington, was Ida ibetli Faimtleroy, of the Xortli 0111 Neck on the Rappahannock. She was of a Huguenot family which came into the colony hcforo lite Hali tes and the Maurya, as we find the (Irst of the family settled in Northern Neck before 1051. Wa.diinguirtn. iniuint.inee with her is a very obscure tradition, the year even being doubt ful, and nunc of the circumstances ire now verifiable. She was the Hrst woman whose hand henctuallv asked but she flatly rejected his suit, und if lie was ambitious, nitidc a creui mistake in raarying a Mr. Adams on the James river, and thus lost the chance ot being the honored wife of the I'ater i'atrue. : IV. llis next unsuccessful suit was for the hand of Mary Philips Manor, on U10 iludson. Khewasthe sister of the wife of Beverly Robinson an early friend of Washington, and son of lliu famous John Robinson, Siieakcr of the Virginia House ol liiirgesscs. lieverly Robinson hail married one of the Puilip heiress. , and built iu I (.r)0 a One country sent on the Hud son naunillitiorlv after liis moth Ss.AJk X l.i. Itoliiiiuill 1:111111 v mav in: wrull in a recent ntimlwr of Applelink's Juur iin. It was here I ha, the tmitor, Arnnlil, hud Ids lindiuaitera and car ricd on his correspondence with An. die. Tbu meeting of Col. Washing Uin and Miss Philips came about in a very 'natural way, A military visit lo llostou was necessary to meet uen. Sliirlev, and the young I olom i ireu Iroin the honors be had gained uti le!' Ilraddock, set out wiiu his auivs- le-cainp, and his black servants in livery, lr that ilisiani euy. ins tour was all ovation, lor 111s -name mil faine had preceded linn l .ew Knidaiid. On Ins , .return through New Voik, ll 'sloplaid to see Ills oui school male, and there, as oil a simi lar visit to Itelvoir, he saw the iH-au- liful sister of his hostess. lemler- heaited vOnnii man I he eouw wiiu- aland liiiiian Imlleis, bill not lieaiily "s 1H1n. es. and the shafts ol love pu re .I iiiin iii'iiin throuich and through. I'l,.. sioi V is told attain by li ving,but .... Iuirv'in was made.-- His dillldePee wilhln 11 hiiu from so sHfdy a declar- ulion ns his lime left linn, or lie lull ed lo make the necessary' impression .... ilio irov-Now Yorker, or else his absence his line figure nnd bis 1.1 ilii nii. i.-iiiiu were effaced from her .....min e bv the warinnllenlion of his gallant comrade on liraddock's stair, Cuputiil Roger Morris. At all events be returned lo Virginia, and never .in. I. ..I- iiirnill. It was, "loiililloss, A bitter piece of news to Washington, wnen '1: ing for the nc? cuinpaign iu Virgin ia, that his fourth sweetheart had be came Mrs. Morris; but inHiijAt .14i;VT;..Vr-fnt1.l.. when ll... great soldier, just twenty yenrs luU-r, hs leailerol the Ainein nii army, oc cupied Morris'; splendid insnsiou at llai leui as his lieadituaricrs, his for mer Ind.v love and her husband, his once intiuiitle friend, themselves fu gitives from their home and prescrib ed eiiimieS of America. Perhaps we ought not to lie sur prised that Washington had such hard luck with the ladles. We tniist not forget that ho was a bashful mail, not fond of gaV society and unused to fashionable life ; hot wealthy, nor as yet connected will) the ruling fam ilies in Virginia, and had not receiv ed a college education, or its equiva lent tit the English public schools. His outdoor life luid left 110 leisure l'i ir the cultivation of those winning manners that charm women, and his modesty restrained hi in from those Id ild demonstrations nnd impetuous solicitation that take female hearts by a cuvp main. We need not re gret his defeats; matrimony wilh it, lo give him the necessary independ ence of the world and to crown with the blessings of wealth a character that needed Do oilier auxiliary to hap piness. And this was to lie wilh a Human inferior to none of his youth ful loves, and to be brought about by a similar accident lo those which had hilroduucd him to Miss Cuty and lo Miss Philips. VI. She for whom he was destined, w:is, nt the time he was vainly try- s biif la.woo n bride, a hannv wife and t tuutber at tbu Whito'llouiw on tbejU. ' '. ' " ' ,a tMUM.ue, 01 ... 1 1 . r, a 11 aiie.1 l i (11 Jbn, a ; li ving givtn the .nii'.l "w liiH-r a JmrL 1111rri.1l liMs h Bur, las- T . j . . .inatillif and rlvhfi'l' ai fr t"-tv-r.iiirth year. 1 1 l,w .iestiiuHl JoiipU W(te brii)iU togetli. er. The aecideAi of Virginia Coum-il s failing U k-iffHiipplie fr Wnshinglou's lvi ivjiiwi't-, 1 .iUlinl his hrfV " " li nnil.iMV irr rtrci i nu( 154 ; the aifitU'ttl ol hi m,i M friend, Mr. ChaililH-ilaviA" Vcv'ssed the famnnkey iW-fy V -W" allied for diniiei . kn'-nsl hi vill, and llie oc f &f h e young vidow Custi lH'hiffcr jie - guesia w of the Chamber!; I -, ; an ine 1 I. .1 circumstances fie about a marriage it irv lla tiring eh 'ovidi nee has designed, 't h tisif. li was a case of mutual lo ; 111 tht. 1 er haps the tradition Ciist is was In face I m : Hiat .11 rs. h:0C fe nnlle as if eon hp-.ify, who win ister of knew iiolli, savs, n Mary Cary. If so. memo l ien of the old love, kinli with the bright allr.iclions th'Inew, the visit to Williainsbur; Iwa jforgoUen, llie widow's charms :i bt e vei sation prolonged the dinner tn Ithe after 00011, nnd so, the nigk omiiig on, he made a willing virile .ttnecessily and staved, Not till lute the ms quit the hospital mans iy lliil Ho but ere he left, as If rcinciiilitti'iiiiMt' ixiericncv with the maiden of l'liili,, manor, he hail pressed his ami siH'cess- tully tiint they had pliiitd niulual vows, the ma rrmire to l td tilacu 011 his return from tho F'J Detpiesne I'Xiiedition. Tlii'V wetJ separated till near I he close of tlit-jear. In its last weeks the iirepKiiioiis were made, and the g'raiid p leant which filled St, Peter's Clmk-h ill New Kent, on the (lib of J iunrv, lToll came to cr.icc the biiflal train ol IJeorgo Washington nnikMarthu Dan- dllilge Lust la.- An elaborate paintiiii of the inar- rinire scene still lianirs in one of the old innnslons of Virgiis and I will close this already Imn' -irtitle with ilwH..4UUU "ilwMwue 1 ..... iv .n imrlsh cbnixh of St. Peier's county .,r New Kent, colony of Virginia, linns Cth or January, 1 las. "In the foiTground, nnd rear, the altar npH'ar the Rev. Lr. Mossum, the olllvinling oleigymen, in full ea- nonicals; h is siiout vi prescm me nwriitige ring. Hie di no-groom is a suit of blue an sliver, mien nun 1 KilU-embroidcrvd wai-u-ont, small lothc, gold sin' slid knee buckles, lress-swoid, hitit In f"H owder; the (i ide in a suit 01 wm'e sauu, ucu lOinl-lace rilflli-s, liearl ornameiils jn Iter hair, pearl nctkUce, ear rings ind bracelets, white s-'kin iiigii-ueeiec. hOcs, wilh diamond Ifi kles. ttlie is titteinled by a group if Indies ill gor geous costumes ol in ancient period Near to the in Idegruiin is a oriuiain. group COmpilslBj; fie lilt irnui governor Ol irgmi serai cuk li-.li iirmv and navy fleers, then in I'ulnnial service. Willi .he very elite f the old r s in a suit of wilh bag-wig of Virginia chivalry oi'me. The (Joveim scarlet, emiiroiiicu and sword the glilenicn iu the rashion (r the time "But among the st interesting and picturesque of 1 soilages in lliu various groups is i p, the celebra ted body servant oflraddoek, ami then Washii)gtonHh whom lie ended ms nays, ;,. v than forty years. is vetritn soldier of the wars of Uc!e II,-. forms a proper study in u picture. His tall, atleiiuUstl f" 1 nd soldierly u si-ino. ' as wilhfN'U'd arms and cocked" hat in h pectfully, ho hl-iilnl iri-ntoi. give a touchii I. ..a mini'mic"''. Vsi to tno "whaW auene." lie is 111 a srlet coat, and is booted und spu having Just ins- mounted and reiin sheil the favorite 0 a groom. charger of his clii "Throiigli tile h folding doors of the church is su the old fashion- ed coneh Of the. br drawn by six horses; also, the 0 English chitrg- er iH'qucuthcd Washington oy B iddoek tiftef Hiatal field ofMon- ontroliela. From ie nccoiint of the marriage handed town from thoSu who were pi-esenJt its celebration, it npiK'ru's that ll bride and her la coach ; while the dies occupied tli provincial colom ode his aspirant charger, nttcndei y a splendid cor; leije or the gay id gallant of the land. Such w:i4Viishiiigton'8 mar- j nage in 17o9." A loving nil happy marriage such as these gawacenes witnessed, lacking but litre veeks of forty-one years, based on I li esteem and su- prcme affection, aired by ho dis- pules, grave of ilviul.and undisturb ed even by one lyj lent curse incom patibilily of tenl er is lint to iro- qucnl in these ib 'S that we may not stop lo admire it. Their faithful direction, loving uncord and mutual happiness attest lint these two heart s irtie mV a d rstiui man, ami were each the otic 1 that this martin was made in He ven, W. 8. II. A young man says his sweetheart has a "line black ev e." He doesn't slate shut the color oflhe other one I'.iiuuiih.y. Mu in'r seveiiMt nth i:miel I'aikee C The Ecllslsa Cart r lajrr. A privste soldier, by the name of Richard Lee, was t-kcn before the magistral of Ulaagow for playing cards during divine services. Tbe aeuoiint r it is thus given in an r-ng-lih journal : A sergeant commainUil the sol diets si church, and when the par son had rend tluj prayers the took the text. Those who hail a Bible took it out; but this soldier hail neither Bible nor common prayer- book, but pulling out a pack of cards. he oyroailiituiu jcfore him. l(c flrxt looked at one curd and thciFttuollicr. The sorgeat of the coniwny saw him and said: "Richard, put up the cords ; this is no place for thein." "Never luiud that, said uichard. When the services were over, the constable took Richard a prisoner, and brought him before the mayor. .'"Well,", said the mayor, "what have you brought the soldier here for?". ' "For playing cards iu the church." "Well, soldier, what have you to say lor yoiirseil f "Much, sir, I hope." "Very good ; if not, I will punish yon severely." "I have Horn," laid llie soiuicr, "about six weeks on the march. 1 have neither Bible nor common pray er-book I have nothing but a pack of cards, and 1 hoie to sattsly your worship of tho purity or my Inten tions.". Then spreading the cariH before the mayor, he Iwgan with th ace; "When I sire lliu nee it reminds me that there is but one Hod." . "When I see the douce it reminds me of the Father and Sou, "When 1 see the trey it reminds me of the Father, Son and Holy Uhost. "When I see llie four it reminds me of the four Evangelists thai pleached Matthew, Mark, Luke ami John. .; "When 1 see llie five it 'reminds me of lliu five wise virgins llial trim ined their lamps. There were len,'but live were wise, and live were foolish I .... .1., r..n.i .. " Wiles I See tliu seven it reminds me that, on the Seventh dajt Ootl rest ed from the great work vTTiii uich he had made, and hullowed ll. "When see the eight it reminds me of the eight righ'-cous persons that were saved when tiod destroyed the world, vix : Noah and hie wife, his three sous and their wives. "When 1 see the nine it reminds me of the ninu lepers that were clean ned by our Saviour. There were nine out of ten who never returned thanks. "When I see the ten it reminds mu of the ten commandments which (Jod handed down to Moses on the table of stone. . "When I seethe king it reminds me of the Gnat King of Heaven, which Is Hod Almighty. "When I see the queen it reminds me of the Queen of Sheba, who visi ted Solomon, for she was as wise a woman as lie was a man. She brought ni'.h her tllty boys and titty girls ; all dressed in hoy's apparel, for Kinu Solomon to tell which were boys and which were girls. The king sent for water for iheiu to wash. The girls washed to the elbows and the boys to the wrist; so King Solomon told by that." "Well," said the mayor, "you have described every curd in l ho pack ex cept one." "What is that?" "The knave," said the mayor. "I will give your honor a descrip tion of that, too, if you will not be angry." "I will tnot," said the mayor, "if l term me to oe the knave." "I lie giei.w- , 1 the constable that brought me "1 do not know," said the mayor, "if he is the greatest knave, 'jut I know he is the greatest fool." "When f count how many sKts nre In a Buck Of cards, I find three bund red and sixty-five, ns many days as there are in a year "When 1 count the number of cards in a pack 1 Hud fifty-two the num ber of weeks In the year; "1 find there are twelve picture cards in a pack, representing the num ber of months in tue year, aim on .count.ng the ti icka I find thirteen, "the number of weeks in a quarter. "So, you see, a pack Iif cards serves for a Bible, almanac, and common prayer-book." To' Tim Point An exchange says: "Ciimnnre the ntlblisher of a news- pniHjr, who has got to go all around the country to collect his pay, to a farmer who sells bis' wheat on credit, and not, more than a bushel to any oerson. If any farmer will try the exiicriinenl ol distributing the pro Cecils or his labor over two or three Iu 111 11 lies, with an additional otie In two or three distant' pibics ior one i car, will guarantee that he will v , .,u.rl..i,ie. never, invei mm j.... - ..1, . .miiii.iu.r t. Hiiniilv him wilh paper a year or two without the pay fol! iti - - , Ti..iin-nr n hen enrries ecmvio lion with iu It makes a inim a bee .... leaver at oucv. k esdrrfal HortrsiaaThe Frlnre f Wales nllarues His Rraurk- able Feals. On the 2mh oflecember there was a levee at the Uovernment House Hist was terribly crowded. On tbe 29th the Priuco visited Sciudio, who did the honors royally, and as tbe Prince look his seat made a Salaam: with his hands clasiied together be fore he sat down on his left. Of the famous umlisnah, lr. Russell says: "lie can handle adivision of the three armies better than most, and as well as any rtiiii'n general, named in "Halt." An i horseman,, he is not to be excelled for lightness of hand ; and firmness of seat. He could not, perhaps, go across country in the first flii'ht at the very outset, but he can lilt a horse to stand on his hind les so boll upright that a hair trig ger touch on the bill would throw it over on its back : and setting so bal anced to a Lair, make it walk on its hind legs in an attitude the maddest equestrian of llie circus would not venture to urgu his steed lo emulate. He is rouiih, ihey say, in siieccn, out that his sentiments are noble enough may U? Inferred from his answer when the lloiuhay (Jovernmeut de sired to buy from him a site for a palace at Uiinesh Khind,near Poonah. l lie land Moaned to his lather, and Scindia was a native of the palace. "A man," said he, "docs not se'.l his patrimony, but he can give it to his friend." On his return the Piince nttended llie raoes. The 30ib was a blank day. On the 3Ut, besides making some minor visits, the Prince "ussmlcd at a grand exhibition of horsemanship by . . ... ....... X . . !.. . me irooiicra 01 1110 iciuu oiuive Cavalry. Indian tent-iegs are larger and longer and stick deeper than those used iif lent-peiming in Eng land. The troupers dashed full gal lop one after the oilier at the pegs, which were replaced as fast ns they were drawn. The rupees were put on the lonl-pcg lo las knocked oil' by llie lunce point without, touching the les. That was done belter and ol- tuner than the auccccdinir exercise ol I outturn or snenrinsr iir iii'- iiMst'W" Ui ntwn-SM n;..uVi.l. ot vt ra,l and tnissislWrsirgnV UlPnT"trpr man mnnagiMi to iaxu inree inslJl cession Iu llie samu gallop. 1 hese were , exhibitions of liorscmanship which mitrht be dcsurils'd as of n circus character, but for this differ ence the horses were not ridden at I a regulation stride, at a skilluliy ml justed angle, but were ridden boldly about on tho hard plain, and every thing was done by hand, bit and bal ance. London Times. Tourhlng Funeral Incident. The Richmond Dinpatih bits the follpwing: . There was a funeral ser vice held in Centenary Methodist church, on Tuesday. Tiie pastor of the church, the Rev. Dr. Edwards, conducted the services. The subject of the solemnity was n poor white man, who had been a hack driver 111 the city. Ho had died suddenly in an obscure, locality. When the hearse bearing Ins remains reached the church-door, attended by a few car riages containing the immediate friends and relatives of tho deceased, it was found that there were no pall bearers. In this awkward extremity it became necessary for the colored sexton of the church and the colored drivers of the hacks, to assist the two or three white gentlemen present in carrying the corpse into the church. i he whole company present did not exceed twenty-five iersons. Among these were two young ladies, whose bearing and style of dress indicated refinement and culture. One of these young ladles had jn her hand on el 1 .. , ....... .... VeY-Lgtwfuagla cross, composed Of ton up by a skiirtiTHmdy'y got card to cost. The solemnities "wtTre concluded -In' the church with the usual remark of the officiat ing minis ter: "The further Services will be conducted at the grave." And then the collln was lifted by the extemK rizetl pall-liearers and borne down the aisle of the church ; on passing the two young ladies referred to, the one holding: the floral cross quietly arose ami laid it on the coinn or me poor and almost friendless man. It struck the spectators, of whom there were two or three otllsido 01 me ut ile circle of relatives nnd friends, ns a curious incident. The explanation of the mystery was that the occupant of that collln had, a few years ago, rescued the voting lady in question from imminent peril, and most prolv ably from sudden death. The horse she was riding became unmanageable and ran away. At the Intersection of Governor and Main streeta her horse, going down Governor street, dashed against the horses of the hack as it was proceeding tip Main street. The hack driver, leaning forward ami extending: his hands, grasped the j young lady and dragged her into the w.i fii,. never fomot the man: 1 ..-- ------ a ! and hearing: of hi death and funeral j Services, she attended In person, and I with her own fair hand laid the trlb- i uto of flowers, on his coffin. The young lady mentioned la, w - ! presume, Miss Matlie Ould, daughter ..l a. ri . ..l.f .'. .'i , I Ol wUUgo ivuiau s vsau - i rnrlleJ Fsmt la the tesrrt. Froin David Rideout, who has been ' engaged in preparing a section of a petrified tree for the CentetininT T..i ldbilion, we leorothrffollowing rela tive to t le petrified forest in the de ert of Northwestern llumbol.lu On the pla n, about thirty utiles West of the B.ackrock rang of mountains, ' sn Is one of the greatest natural cu riosities ever discovered In Nevada, it is a petrified fon-at, in which the stumps of many of the trees, now changed into solid rock, are still standing,' There are no living trees or vegelallou ofSnV kind other than f Hit; stuntdl sage bush in the vicinity. Some of these ancient giants of the forest, which flowrbiliisl. perhaps, thousands of years ago, when the cli mate of Nevada was umloulitcdiy more favorable for the growth of lux uriant vegetation than at present, ri val in sue the biu trees of I alifoinia. Stumps, transformed into solid rock, stand in an upright position, with their roots imbeded In the soil, as when growing, that measure from fifteen to twenty-six feet in circiim ferance, and the ground iu the vici nity is strewn wilh llie trunks ami liuibs,which relein their natural shape and sisc. Mr. Rideout determined to secure a suction of one of these for the Centennial Exhibition, with two oilier men, sHjnt twelve days in cutting it from the stump. This was accomplished by drilling all around the tree and separating it wilh wedg- es. The Seeimeii is three feet high ;, and eighteen feet in circumference, and its estimated weight is tiireetonsi It stands on tho stump from which it was severed, ready to I loaded on a wagon. Mr. Rtdoout does not feel , able to incur the exense of bring ing it by team to the railroad, though he had once made arrangements to do so 4mt llie oilier party to the agreement failed to perform his part. -He is anxious to call the attention of the Centennial Coiumissiopcrs to llie matter and see if they will not fur nish the means to get it to the rail road. The country in which it is situated is an inviting field for geolo git.AYi-uiiM--f"'-- vc. 11..,.... Plvmnr ihvdar. that Mr. lWlkiuip'S misdemoanor 1 "110 parallel In our own niswj, i Lmi "nil 11a . r-Tn-i 1 1 .. . . "V ' T ""I lily purposely ignored llie ni dis own party, which unfortunately is a part of the history of this coun try. . That history shows that, in adi lion to the Fort Snelling land swin dles, in which nearly all tho great Democratic Itaders of Unit day par ticipated, and in addition to the-Jake 'I uompson (Democratic Secretary of the Interior) Indian frauds, Secretary of War Floyd transfcrcd troops, guns and munitions of war, nt the begin ing of llie rebellion, lo inconvenient localities ; that Secretary of the Na vy Toucy dispersed the navy in every ocean ; that Secretary of the Treasu ry Cobb deliberately did what he could to ruin the public credit, and that, in short, all of the Democratic leaders then in highest power con spired in the interest of tliu ''Dcutoc racy" to make a happy and united country an eternal iuios-tilUity. In the light of this colossal conspira cy, preceded as it was by the boldest the its of millions of money, the insignificant peccadillos of Belknap shrink into coinpaintive nothingness. As a rhetorical effort Mr. Clymer's declaration may have souuded very fine; hut it was simply a rhetorical fiction. If he had told llie truth he would have said that tlm most re volting spectacle in our bUtory re sides in the fact that the Democracy not only pardoned the thefts to which we allude , but made political saints of the men who mi rtici pitted in the conspiracy which followed them.--. And he might have added that while the Democratic motto ! and baa al ways been, "Let no guilty Democrat vsmt w, punished," me ttepuniican the heavens tail. irw4kllthoiigh lican. On Frldav niaht. aliout 11 o'clock, a desiierate affray occurred at a aiill bouse on Jonas' lunge, m tue eige of Burke county lino. Aden Wise man, Sheriff of Mitchel, and acung 1 1 ... Pi.....! J U. S. Deputy Alarsuai, ex-onei ui Pearcy and another man, proceeded to this distillery to arrest three broth crs named Barrier, who were charged witli violation of the Internal Ueve- nuo laws. Tho Bar.iurs were aware that parties were coming to arrest them, and made preparations W re sist it. The late hour at which the olBcr arrived at the still bouse put them off their guard, and they were not aware of their presence till Sheriff Wiseman appeared in a rcw feet or the door, when Isaac Barrier exclaim ed 1 "Boys, by God, they are on us," and Immediately presented a gun at Wiseman, who seized the oarrci ana stooped Just as It was discharged. Tue shot entered hia right shoulder and ranging around came out at the left In the meantime the Sheriffs assistants bad arrived, when a gener al fight ensued, in which some eight or ten shots were fired, one of them striking Jarhc Barrier, who was In the house.killing him Instantly. Th others aurrendcred and were brought hero on Monday night by ex-Sheriff Posjoy tod lodged ia iiiJhtmm ikJ..B-i.W,, .1-' V. "' . '"' I v.';--..., . .
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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