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PUBMSIIKD WEEKLY ;
J. J. BllUNER,
Proprietor sad Ediuor.
J. J. STEWART,
Antedate EJitor.
RATES OF SLBCMIPTION
O.VE
lYEARt aylIein advance. ....$2.50
Hit 5IOXTH8, 1
1.50
H Cb to opefaJJrcsa,
...10.00
HEAD & FOOT STONES, &0.
JOHN H. BUIS
rlENrKKSlii ctmplitm:nt to his friends
JL and the uuttllo. and in this mfth.ul irnnM
brine to their attention his extended lapiliti
for u eeting demands in hi line of bnsincss.
lit 14 now prepared to famish all kinds of
ftrave Stones, from the cheapest Ilead Stones,
to tha coHtlicht' mi mu incuts. jThojse prefeiing
ttep ana very costly work oot on hand, can
W aacomitHMhited on fchort tinsc. strictly in ac
cordance with specifications,! drafts, and the
ternil of the contract. Satisfaction puaran
tMd.j He trill not be undornold, North or
Hoatbi Orders solictcd. Address,
. 17;tf JOHN' H. DJ IS. Salisbury.
-4.
R. IVJURPHY
i .i -
Having aa in Organized for
liUMNEStf, have iu4t opened a
STOCK of GOODS,
lUirely new! mud fresh, j in t the room
f'-iiM ly occupied as the Hardware Store,
and next door ; toy Bingham & Co., to
the iiiipition of which tl(ey most cor
dially invite the public. Tljcir
ntire
iw carefully selected by ile senior m?m
ler of the firm in person, aiidiiought at
,rt.s wliicli will i enable tljtm to Bellas
w, fo CM 5, as
in j the
(it
in. r i . tr...
Tlu-jir SlotL In JCIieral, embracing
Jill the iajions branches of s
9
jro'crics, CrocHtfy Ware, Boats and
i Shots Sole Iscuther, Cutf and
I 1 : --
j lUnrtn(j ' Skins, Grain and
. Grass, Scythes, Cap, Letter
j and -'Note Vapcr,
ENVELOPES, PIJXS, IXK, dr.,
and a beautiful assortment of
jrlvc entire satisfaction. an! esfH'ci:illv !
vjte old friends and customer to call and
bfii'ff wth them their acquaintances.
They expect and intend trj maintain the
reputation of the Old Mnrpliy Honse,
which is well ktiown throughout Western
JSortli Carolina. All ihev-ask i
an ex-
amtnalin i of tl letr Stock land the nri
No trouble to show good?, so come rMit
V X 1 It It
mm
AMiug, :i neir mono,
omall profits, readv nan
QUICK SALES.
1
Vitli a good stock, low prices fair
dpaliln
and
prompt attention, they will
efideavor: tOUieiit their eh;ire of the pub
lic pittrohase Tliev are in the irk..t
for all kinds of trod lice. Hind siilinil iIIj
from' hot
i sillers and buyers.
n
B. & A.
MUftPHY.
ROBT. MURPHY.
i ANDREW MUUPIIY.
Si-bury, March 23, IS72. f27:lyj
M. SULLIVAX. j J. P. G0WAN.
OPENING.
fpIIE ulnhirsincd having! associated theui--X
selvesjiu buHiuess uixjer tho fitui uame of
A. M. SULLIVAN, CO.,
1 I T .A VE opened in li. J. Holmes new build
VX . next dour to the fllardwuxo Storj
where they will jbe pleased to meet old and
new fm iids. They have a magnificent room
the Urgit and bwst in town4-and
STOCK " OF j GOODS,
! ,'(T5.??fI,"STN0. rral irtmet. nard-
rr aim w it guarrantee as
irood bargainrf as c& be sold by an v llonsc in
thf th.l They will ieal hly L g&
and oouu'tr pMHlu. feuy.nf and Wiling, and
"t .r-M' v AX & Co.
inil! Hwl with 7 rooms and
ail nceessarr mil h-..,u.. . ,:...j . .
ft ; ' "rv1 mis omce.
1I0XU1IEXTS, g
iii'iinstoi
: : J
i mwmm
Stock
G ood
i! They feel assured of their abilitv to
NEW
From the Sentinel:
REPUDIATION fiV it t . witii
TtPI,?I FRAUDULENT PUB
UK INDEBIEDKESS, KOW UN
IMPERATIVE DUTY III STING
UPON THK INDEPENDESTiRE
PKESENTATIVES OF TUl PEO
PLE. IN THE ENSUING: GEN
ERAL assembly:
, &?.;JSfo the conduct of the
leaders of the radical republican part,
since the cloe of the war, proves most
clearly that they have no respect for jus
tice, or honesty, or humanity, or for the
great principles of constitutional freedom
I proof of these several propositions I
would refer. " :- y . - -
First, To the fact which is well settled
in our recent bubry;.tbatXyrjiirgl
proporuon or our old state bonds, which!
had become fatally vitiated as ajgainsttheJ
new State, through -a voluntary transfer
by their owners, during the progress and
as a means in direct and of the late civil
waf were neverthless, for reasons now
pei fee ly apparent, still unrecogniz-d as
valid against our impoverished tax payers,
by the late loyal Coustitutioual Couveu-i
tion. - ' -
Seeondly, To the perfect consistency!
ith this notahle befflninff. exhibited hvl
w
the first, and which most fortunately was
the last radical General Assembly, in leg
islation, as to enable certain radically
dishonest, but still loU" .radical rings, to
rob the honest tax payers nf the State, of
at least sixteen millions of dollars, in .,U
4tion to the above neculiailv ulin nn.
, j r r
eration. -
Thirdly, To that insidious and vilain
ous provision, found in the 'o called"
Constitution "to "maintain the honor and
the good faith of the State untarnished
the public debt regularly constracted be
fore and since the rebellion, shall remain
inviolable and never be questioned"
even by the tax payers.
And Fouthly, To the infernal kuklux
war which was waged by Hidden and
Pool (there averments to the contrary not
withstanding) "to repress," or in other
words to knkltix the spontaneous and uni
versal promptings of the integrity and pa
tiiotism on the part of the houestyeomanry
of the State, whose rights had been out
raged as above stated all of which when
properly considered and fuUy nnderstood,
cannot bdljo disclose to every honest and
unprejudiced mind, the evidently precon
certed purposes of the robber, the usur
per and tyrant, -as well as the concentrated
impudence and duplicity the old devir
himself whenever he would assume for
purposes of his own, to be a saintly patriot,
and consequently undertake 4,to "maintain
the: honor and good fiith of theTState un
tarnished," or to protect through a direct
violation of our fundamental law (in the
suspension of great writ of hubca corpus)
good, honest, abiding, and loyal citizens
in the enjoyment of "p ace," and quietude
and regulated self government.
The loss of the 'constitutional amend
ments, and the probable election of Cald
well as Governor, constitutes therefore
another triumph of the carpet baggers and
other conspirators and swindlers, ho
framed and fashioned our existing State
government "after thetnannerof their own
hearts," over honest and patriotic tax
pa-ycis of the State. (
The question of the public debt, conse
quently, presents the most important is
sue to be met the next 'General Absem
bly. The taxpayers who snpp rted the pro
posed Constitutional Convention last year
aid who aTso voted the Conservative
ticket this summer, still demand relief, as
a matter of simple justice, from all liabili
ty to taxation in ihefnture to meet interest
on the principal of all vitiated or fraudu
dent public indebtedness-they are as
suredly entitled to this relief, and the
General Assembly cannot possibly con
tinue to postpone or evade the obligation jto
exie id it, unless the party voiding the tna
jotity are prepared surrender to the whole
question to the Bondholders' Iting, a:d
thus to become arjiceps criminis with
the j arties in all ot the monstrous oppres
sion und injustice meditated by them
all f which way still finally overtake the
people, shouldGiantism be sustained, with
its policy of Kuklux legislatioo and bayo
uet tlection bills, wh'ch were evidently
copied from jut r North Carolina statutes,
and which were enacted here, as m now
well understood, for the especial protec
tion of carpet baggers and other loyal and
officiaMhieves iu extremity.
The bondholders' mortgage (nor Con
stitution being nothing moreaffords an
apt demonstration of the manner In which
the honest taxpayers were to be Ku klux
ed according to Uw under the nreserih-
Kj l. . .: . i . f . ..
cu udiu m support, me constitution, art
manner of chicanery and even dowurighr
rascality' perpatrated in connection with
the regular. y constituted" pnb'ic duhe,
js evidently intended to' be full shielded,
and at the same time made. Obligatory
neverthhss, against the taxpayers and
taxation in the State, even the poor mnV
cow aud- calf is sulyected with Shy-;
tock precmo.u. under the eaiuo oiuh:
through the requurd 'appropriate legis
lation " to the sherifTs summary levy and
sale, without the slightes: regafdtothe
utterly uupovished ' condition of the great
ca t ot the people.
; 1 be usual oath to support tlie Constit
ution howeverfs ojily an additional sfe-
guaroltb the legitimate purposes 'and spirit?
of that compact betweeu the people, and;
consequently Jeaunat consistently be
conslrnced as to impel inteligent and
honest legislatiotrvto the spiritless pei-;'
foTrmanceof constitutional duties so callecl
whieb are intrinsically absurd and treach
erous, if not treasonable in fact and which
if regarded would result inevitably, in the
total prostitution of the entire machinery
of the State gvemmejrijij to the exclusive
personal use of stock-robber and public
plunders. They have already secured an
t
(nnJcrnpnlounl Executive for four' years
I; TMrlia be. antl fan exhausted Judiciary"
tor eix y-are to cotu1, and to aid them hi
their eoul lees devices
f" IMie conservative, party having had
Coiftiol of the general assembly for the last
two years, have sought in good taith and
by j every possible expedient, to set aside
the bold holders fraudulent lien, and to
substitute fu its straight forward - Nurlh
Carolina Constitution, securing to the tax
payers an : honest, aud cons quently a
cheap government, with the piivilege to
quertiou as matter of right, and without
letor hiudiajice, all public indebtedner-s, as
Sn essential; pren qutcite to their own se
enrity against alt foul play, on the rrt
1 of faithless and dishonest officials, who
alone oUldf;find auy inducement to seek
to aeny, oti in any wise restrict such right
I" aMH-i1 -ne representatives of
the people: Who will! still control thles:-
fslative branch of the State goverment
have hot ekhaused" their authority no
map of ecfisb, however, will expect them,
tn view of ohr recent experience, to repeat
the effort njjade toniu. nd the Const it ui ion
so long M any of the cousnir "tors who
came in with the Hidden and Pool and
Litth fiVfd dynasty, are still occupying the
highest iosilious uuder the State govern
ment, i A
Thee whiit is the remedy 1 I still an
pwt emphatically repudiation there is
now fo alternative judicial legislation
that italkiiig-horse of radical usurpation
In Nirth Carolina, having ieH-nh d, or in
btbih-f words, repudiat d all limitations to
taxation as formally established in the
Constitution, by the acceptance aud rati
ficaihm uf the people, "to repudiate re
pudiation," ( r in other language, to vindi
cate! tax payers against legalized robbery )
has therefore become an absoluted aud com
matiding necessity -I may be met how
evei with the oljection that repudiation
might injury "the party,' but I say unhesi
tatingly, since lam heartily tiied of such
timiflity, in answer to the plainest d;
ruads of justice in belief of the taxpayers,
iha "the party," has already become a
uosjt discreditable failure, it this view of
is duty to the State is to prevail any
oiiger.
Let the Geneal Asserahly therefore
immediately after b ing organ zedforbusi
ies this winter, proceed to appoint special
committee, composed of their mon exper
ienced and decided men, and invest tbem
with ample authority ,4 o take the animal
by the horiis," aud to question, investi
gaie and note, the history and character
of every claim outstanding against, the
Slate, and then to classify them in accor
deuce with the facts either as valid, or as
vitiated and fraudulent, and finally to or
der the publication of the reportand classi
fication, as formal notification to all whom
it may concern that the p-ople of North
'aroluia will never be taxed by the Con
servative party to pay . a single dime on
account of any claim which Ins been found
to be fraudulent or vitiated.
This step is now absolutely necessary
in order "to maintain the honor and good
faith ot thejSiate," aud to ensure a fair
discrimination in favor ofcall honest clai
mants, ami to. prepare the way fur a final
adjustment) wiih tin ro.
In conclusion, being an old man and
peijjaps opposed on that account (but I
trust nevertheless still as an ardent and
unselfish hfver ot my country) to exer
eise the privilege of counseling briefly the
younger mm hers of the Ge i rd A-sem
bly who belong to my own puty. Be
tue'mWr tljat your fathers had fallen un
der the bah of the tyrant - party, and are
rapidly papsiug awa) then he vigiUnt
hxk well lb your own safety arrant con
spirators 4re in "your midst, even within
the Swcn Sanctorum of official respon
sibility, aijid upon tlierefore devolves in a
prominent degree the duty "to support,
preserve, protect, and defend,"' the en
oy ment of your birthright as freemen, and
to perpefua'e its blessings unimpaired
through tjjie coming years to yourchildreu
as their inalienable inheiilaticd
You must take care at every step to
demonstrate your u.,f dtering fidelity to
the people conform as may be particable
with the Constitutional amendments (boih
in letter utjid spii it) since every oueotihem
is devigntd to reduce the burdens now
resting upon ttie oppressed t;;x
payers
egn.
the
good woik by a rompt reduc-
tion of yojur own per diem to three dollars,
and yonr
tion on y
milleage to leu cents. 1 his ac-
our part will go-very tar to es
tablish your reputation as true
worth reformers - follow these
111(1 tlUtt-
tiling
up
with an inflexible adherence to the riirh:
s
and an uncompromising opposition to all
partisan tt ickery and official extravagance
and you cannot fail uliimatcly to secure
the respect-and the confidence oft the
majsses. Then stand by rhe people and
they will soon rally and stand by you, and
bejp you uude'r th favor of Providence,
to f rescue; and sav our free institutions,
still the Hope of the world.
i lA CITIZEN OF STOKES.
September lOih.71872.
THE DARK DAV IN NEW ENGM
i 1. A i ll .
j On the 9th of Miv, the inhabit
ants of Xw England aud the adjacent
parts were the trehtl ling witnesses of a
phenomenon never een before nor since,
and whic to thi djy remains unexplain
ed. The year was celebrated for its
nTnero:is auroral exhibitions in this lati
tude. They eovered the midnight heav
et;s with corrusc 'lions of red and silver,
and streaiped out like lightning, seeming,
says one irriter, faijly to flash warmth in
tlie face.) The winter preceding was
marked hjr extraordinary severity. Snow
IhV on the gronnd from the. middle of
Novrnher to the middle of April In
Deeemberjand Jannary a storm continued
fturweyen -fuccessivel days, and the snow
fef to thftdepth of fjbnr feet tn a level in
this singld storm, and with drifls eieht
and ten feet high. Sheep were buried in
SALISBURY, N O.. OCTOBER
the drifts for many days and even men
and animals rxrwhed with the cold. Long
Island ound was crossed by heavy artil
lery on the ice. Narragansett Bay froze
over so bard that men traversed the ice
from Providence to Newport in skating
parties, and from Fall River "to Newport
loads of wood were conveyed on the ice
through Bristol ferry. Jnil . -:.
Previous to the 19ih a vapor filled the
air for several days. There was a smell
ot sulphur The morning of the 19th was
overcast wiih smne clouds, and rain fell
over the country. with "ligh'tning ami
thunder. Scarcely any mot ion was iu I ha
air, wlvat wind ibere was . came from the
south-west. By nine o'clock in the fore
noon, without previous waruing, the dark
ness stole gradually on, ' With. a Inminous
appearance near the hortiion, as if the ob
scuring cloud had dror-d down Mm
overhead. There was a yeibwuess of the
atmoi)here that made clear silver assume
a -grass green hue. Then a dense, unde
finable vapor settled rapidly and without
aerial movement over all the land and
r" ocean from Pennsylvania to the Gulf ot
St. Lawrence, the darkness it caused sink
ing by degreet until the sunlight was
effectually shut out. Ordinary cloud it
was not. The rapidity with which so
large an extent of country was enveloped
precludes the possibility of supposing this
to have been a natural cloud moving
laterally. Besides this, the day was too
calm tp imagine such a thing. Down
came the dai kness, thicker aud thicker.
By ten o'clock the air was loaded with a
thick gh'om. The heavens wete tinged
with a yellowish or faint red ; the luiid
look increased ; few, it auy, ordinary
clouds were visible. The sun, iu disap
pearing, took on a brassy hue; The lurid;
brassy color spread everywhere; above
and below. The grass assumed the color
ot the sky, and all out of doors wore a
sickly, WHtrd and melancholy aspect a
dusky appearance as if seen through a
smoked glass. By eleven o'clock it was
as night itself, aud from this time until
three iu the afternoon the daikuess was
extraordinary aud frightful.
The extent of the darkness was greater
than is related nfaiiy other simdar phex
tiouieuon on record, not excepting the
celebra ed daik days over Egypt and
Judea. It reached south to iUv northern
half of Pennsylvania, aud from tt.ence
along the coa.t northeast to the wilds of
Maine, eastward to the Gulf of St. Liw
rence and out, at sea 120 miles southeast
of Boston, and undoubtedly much further;
west to the valleys of L ike Champlaiu
and the Hudson River, aud north into
undefined regions in Canada. Pntland,
Boston, Hartford, New Yoik, West Point
and Alb-iny were. affected by it. But the
degrees of darkness diff-rcd in different
ulaces, the deepest night settled over New
England. A tract ot laud aud sea S00
miles in length and 4U0 miles in breadth,
embracing an ar-a f 320.000 square miles,
was known to be covered by the cloud,
and so far as ran be ascertained, a popu
lation of 700,000 souls sat for a portion of
t he day aud mght iu a gloom more or less
profound aud inexplicable.
Just how daik the day was is attested
by indisputable evidence. The hour and
minute could uot be discovered on the face
of a clock or watch by persons ot unim
paired eyesight. Caudles became an
absolute necessity both ont of doors and
in, as it was impossible to transact ordi
nary business with ut them. Fires on the
h'-ai llistone hone as biightly as on a
moonless November evening, and all diu
ner tables were set with lighted candles
upon them as if it were the evening repast
the keenest eyes in doors conhl not see
to read the common print. So far beyond
any ordinary fog was the effect that stages
on the road either put up at the nearest
hotel during the mid-day hours, or carried
candles or lanterns to-enable the perplex
ed driver to well see his way.
And the brute "and foathered creation
seemed pi.zzle anil agitated. The birds 1
ceased to ny, and hid themselves iu the
branches of the trees. As the dai kness
increased they sang their evening songs
as they do at twilight, ami then became
silent. Pigeons on the wing took to the
pheher of the forest as lliey do ut iiilit.
The whippo-wiil, as if it were truly night,
cheerfully sang his song through the
gloomy hours. Wood cocks, which are
night birds, whistled as they only do iu
the night time. Bats cttoc out of their
hiding places and dew almut. The fowls
marched solemnly to their roosts as they
do only at nightfall, and ahci cackling
for a while over the mystery of so short
a day, became still. Cocks crowed as is
their custom at nightly intervals and the
e uly breaking of day. Frogg piped their
nnmii, auu uwgs wntueu or
howled and rati away as on the approach
of an earthquake. The herds of cattle on
New England's thousand hill- ...i,.,l,t .,
1 I V, W 1 1
shelter of the shed or barnyard, lowinas
they came to the gate, andheep huddled
.round the circle with their heads turned
inward the invariable
bended danger.
token of appre-
a a
family the effect was
I- Ou the human
still more curious and terrifying. The
mechanic I. ft his tools in the shop, the
farmer his plow in the furrow, "aud each
moved iu silent and marveling m)od to
wards the baru or dwelling. Oa the home
threshold they were met by pale and an
xious wumeu, who tremblingly inquired,
" Whal is coining ?" Thealai rued traveler,
seeking the sympathy of his fellow man
as one impressed with a sense of impend
ing peril, put ap at the nearest house, and
mingled his anxious questionings aud
foreboduigs with those of the family.
Strong men met aud spoke with surprise
on their countenances, and little children
peered timidly into the deepening gloom,
aud then sought tin? .sheltering parental
arms
behooia broke up in afrigbt, and
the wondering pupils scamDered home
ward with mauy expressions of childish
- mi .....it ii
ar. x ue inevuauie canne snone out of
3, 1872.
the windows of atl "dwelling. every
countenance gathered btscknt-sa all
hearts were filled with fear of an anproncb-
ingunparalleled storm, or the ccarrence !
of a terrestial convulsion ; bat it was not
the blackness of tb norm rUnd, such as
emtietimes, with a frightful axiuuimi,
breaks over single city it was tb sth-nt 1
.spreading of the pall elofh aw tb earth
by strong, invalid baud. Many auec- .
dotM of lerror are related. Iu Boston, I
from the hours of eleven tit mie till tbre j
o'clock, business was generally sas ponded ;
and 'shops were , closed. At Grotou, a
court was in wssion 1h a meeting house
full of largt windows, as was the old style f
oi.uouses of worship; but at half pail
eleven all faces began to wear a fomhre.
hue, whereupon magistrate and pewple
followed suit 'With New EneUnd, and
called for0 lighted candles. Connecticut
ent totally uitder iheeond.-Tb jour
nal bf her House of Representatives puts
on record the IaCt that None conld see
to read or write in the House, or even at
a window, or distinguish persons at a
small distance, or perceive any distinction
ot dress &c, in the circle of attendants.
Then-fore, at eleven o'clock adjourned tin
House, till two o'clock, afternoon." .Amid
the deepening gloom that wrapped about
the city, darkened the rooms of the Sate
House, and set the law-givers trembling
with apprehension that the Day of Judg
ment was at hand, when the motion of
aitj Mirnment was made, Col. Abram
D.iv. ii port, afterward Judge of Stamford,
Conn., aud State Councilor in ihe. Legis
lative Chamber at Haitford, said: I am
against lire aej .uniment. Either the Day
of Judgment u at hand or it is not. If it
is not, there is no cause for adjournment.
If it is, J wish to be found in the line of
my duty. I wish candles to be brought."
The darkness of the day having been
succeeded an hour or two before evening
by a partially clear sky, and the shining
of the mn, still obscured by the black and
vapory mist, this interval with greater
density, that rendered the first lulf of the
night hideously dark beyond all former
experience of prubably a million ot people
who saw it.
From the New York San.
EXTRAORDINARY CASES.
There is a charge of murder pending
in the London courts against a man for
permitting himself to be shot. Tlie cir
cumstances of the case are extraordinary
iu all respects. Two young tier man jfeil
llemen ot respectable family visited Um
dou, aud in four days man aged to expo i
the sum of S2 000 in the pursuit of pleas
ure. At the end of that tiuje, having ex
hausted their money, they came to ihe
Conclusion that there was nothing hit to
them worth living tor, aud agreed to die
together. A few lines of farewell Were
written to some girls wh. had assisted io
their revelries, after which they locked
their door and stripped themselves for
death. One ot the y.ung men, i a ned
Paul May, stood up, aud the other shoi
biin through ihe breast. As May fell to
the floor bis companion Go is bed his woik
bv shooting himself through the heart, ll
yo happened thai May was not mortally
wounded, but is in a lair way of recovery,
aud when he is convalescent be is to We
iaken before the authorities to stand his
trial tor w ilfully nun dering the companion
who shot him, in accordance with ihe
verdict rendered by the coroner's jui
which investigated his case, a in England,
where wo peisor.s mutually agree to com
mit suicide together, and only one dies,
the survivor is held guilty of ibe murder
of ll le one who died. Some of the great
est English judges have ruled that such
is tlie law. The last trial of ibis k:ud
occurred in the Old Bailey iu 1833, when
Benjamin Allison was indicted for the
wilful murder of Emma Cripps, a wnruau
with whom he had been living. The two
had agreed to commit suicide t gether,
aud drank three parts of a cup of lauda
num each. The laive nuintitv produced
.... " J
I vomiting in the in in, and he survived.
j These facta were proven on iht trial, and
I the man was convicted of murdering the
woman, and sentenced to death.
From the New York World.
An extraordinary case of monomania is
related iu a French exchange. A well
dressed, educated gentleman recently ap,
peared beiore a magistrate and gave the
following account nl himself: "My nam
j L, . I am a teacher iu a college of
the Department of Gers, and have c ra
to pass the vacation tn my native town.
I coino to ask you to be good enough to
P,rt ,ne in ome ylum until I can ovei-
com: i nangerous monomania w uicli pos
sesses me. I am not mad, but am simply
seized with an irresistible desire to strangle
a child. During the long nights, as I lay
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"epJessly in the dorinltmy ot onrcolWe.
j "'"'"o t 'he breathing of the scholars
' confi,1('ii.to ,ny crP. I have felt the ruosr
. vxiravTumniy sensations.
Often have I
i got up and gone towards the bed of one
.f the boys with the full iuteution of
strangling him to death, but at ti e mo
ment that I was about to seize him bv
the neck I have succeeded, by appealing
o my rea-on and all the resources of my
n r tire, in avoiding the committal of ci hue.
1 happily managed to ward off the diead
tul impulse until vocation came. But to.
day I feel that 1 can no longer resito
Even in coming here to you 1 cmiuliy
avoided meeting any child, for, had I doue
so, I must have killed it." At ibis mo
ment a boy of fourteen years happened to
be brought before the magistrate to an
swer some charge against him.. At th
sight of the boy a mad glare seemed to
dart from the eyes of the monomaniac, as
he rushed forward to seize biin, and was
only prevented by the officers nf the law.
The magistrate immediately sent the un
fortunate man to a lunatic asylum.
-a
r That is the only one we havj hearJ of
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8ENATOR 6CHURZ VINDICATED.
The psriinns of the Admioistratina
not long since Invented a ebarge against
Sfeuautr thati, to tDe , ffet that a lew
years ag fraudulently cor eyed lands to
Cfrtatti partio in Waiertown, WiWOniin,
when be 1.. i nerlr reekh-d. They re.l
so far as to say that he woulj uevt-r dare
again io show Lis fce iu that tnvu.
WtJI, beuator Schaix not only vUited
vV'aU-rtowL the oiLt ay, hut be tp.ke
there, aud his reception was an ovatiou
There were Urg deh-gti,M,s from adj i
ccul citn-a and towns and the stn-t-u
erejojou with bauners, and ifsonnd.-d
ailb the music of bauds and tlie acclama
tious of tlie m- pie. A dispatch says :
'i he proct-psiou filetl under an archway
of evergreens sptu dng ihe stm ts, and
between bouaes draped with flags and
adomed with leafy garlanls. At tbepeb
lie square were gajben-d fi.OOO men and
Women, who welciued the speaker with
cheer after cheer. Mr. Sj-uiz began his
addnss with the retnuk that h - a
greatly pleased aud Mt nmJy justified
by the cordial w icoue of bid townsmen.
He h id read at M. Lmj'is aetalemeut lliat
U would not Ine aff br bun to shorn biin
sflt nefoic hi h-aifrs Hetirive laughter.
He I lien S..k- al h-ng.li on the itoliiical
issues of tlie day, di-cusring :he qui i-tions
of amnesty for the Smith, carpe t big
abusK, Civil Service, thf cormptiou of the
Adminisira.ion party, the Si i D niingo
joti, the sile ot arms to the French, ami
the use ot levenue otfi.-crs lor ilnic.il
purposes. Emil Roth lollowed in a torcibie
ami convincing speech w h.-u tin- audit nee
again gathered around tbo Scuator to re
vive acquaintanceship.
lt-is prope r to say that General Schurz
has had the charge traced up and has de
monstrated its utter falsity. The Chicago
Tribune of Tm-sday last publish' d a
complete aud conclusive refutation of it.
His reception al Watertown was, however,
vindication enough.
WHAT DEMOCRATS EXPECT OF
MR. GREELEY.
Hon. Horttio Seymour, addressed a
gnat m-eting of the people at Oneida, N.
., list Thuisday. In the coursr of his
H-ech, h said ;
As the Democracy have made great
sacrifices, it is not uugi-neroas to expect
the Republicans to dolikewie. We have
accepted a man as our leader who basal
ways been bitteily nj.jMised m us. We
have met the Lthi-rl Rentlicaua raoio
thai ha. I way. Meet us one q-iuter
;';eai applause. Cries of "We w ill."
fie- Grant men n-k us how me con i:gnl
lieeley t.ir lojr years t 1 le v have w.r-shipM-d
him for 30 years. We a Iltm-
cr.ts il t ask a Republican to nhmdou
auy of his pii.icpb-s, nor do wc off t to
ch.tn' ours. We want a ew order of
thing. We "t-.ly a-k Mr. (ireeh-y, wlien
be ,:.. s to V.' a-hington, that b- dmw us
the l oks. Apfilaurr I do iet w mt anv
exjwisure lor vindictive pur jx.-i s ; but on
ly tor direction in the future. You used to
say that then- was something wiong in
New Yoik, and you were rijrht. S c
say there is something wrong in Wash
ington, and aud we demand to ( ihe
hooks, If this great R torm movement
shall result in laying bare all llir cor nip -lifoi
and wrong c: ih present Aminls
(ration, so ih.tt the morals of ihe nation
shall be improved. I ask again thai a
Liberals we iu el upon coitnu mi ground.
If ibere IS a ate ll will be corrected,
and the integrity of the rising generation
secured.
GEN GORDON'S SPEECH AT
LOUISVILLE.
The iouiarille Courier Journal says;
We thank the gallant and gitu-d General
Gordon, of Georgia, lor ihe ay in which
be di-postil, in Ipa speech lal Wednts
diy, ol the piiilui atieuipi ot tin- stay-at-
iMMUe BiUlboiiS IO llls.iti cl fo.-uier Con-li-i--al4-
robltr on accotiot of the clause
in ihe L beral Oemociatic pl.iilorui n fi r
ring in leiiu- of coupl iU' lit to ihe I'nijii
soldiers. Said (Jen. (joidou j
"douivthing has been sanl about the
plank iu the plat torn about do.ng honor
to the l'Yderal soldiers. I, auio.r others
In l tie Sou:h, have been ta inted -ai'li it
in Georgia by some of my straghwut
triends, who, if my recollection serves me
rihl, wue not v ty i bi llions during the
war. Tiu-y siy my blood must have
enroled in my veins alt- r consenting lo
support' a candidate standing ujx.n tint
pla.form, as I passed bf the b.itilc fields
of VirgiiiM, win-re my comradi lay boned
Now 1 have got this lo say about that :
I am ready to honor any man who battles
ui any cause fu.tn a Sense of duty. I am
ready that the North should pile" to the
very clouds tin ir monumental bloc&s of
granite to their brave soldiers, aud I
claim that the higher they pilo tin iu I be
greater tribute they pay to the brave
men who held ihem i i check for f mi
years. I utter sentiment to-day which
I would gladly ulU-r iu Fanruil Hall,
Boston, and my sjxech I know would
find an echo in the heail of Haucock aud
all irue men w ho fo'ishl on the ether eide."
Gordou gave expression to the senti
meut of every tiui: cX-. ontcdi fate soldier.
Death from Lxad Pite Mr. Geo.
O.-giMMi, f irmerly pmrrietor of the Sum
mit House, in Athol, died t week at
Salem, Missouri. Hi death res nl ted
from the use of watter drawn throurb iiew
lead pipe about two years since. This
poison first showed itself at the tip r.f bis
lingsr. gradually woi king into bis aiina
aud iicctw. I hence iuta bis beail, rrsalliug
in his death St. JjOuis UcpufAiCin.
In sentencing John Gaffney nf Bafftlo,
to be banged fir murder, the presiding
julge said: Yon are the victim of the
towardly practice 6f carrying arma
N03. WUOLE O: . ,
EXCELIXNT CRITICISM.
The New Y,ik WorU aaket the toll1
lowing aduiirable criticism P Mr.
Greeley's speeches, that is alike ftKchoes
and just : .
. Tbns far they have been exrcDcnt, axd
pel haps it ia not rer prale ! sr4-;
tairabte. Bri-f w hen tW -ccaaUMa call
f.r brevity ; Wngvr when tie occtsjom
jnsufiea nre fiUWss. Uat tscver, prolix, .
or tedious ; perp-tuUy vaiird accVdlc
lo the aadieueti sirapU?, ponUReoasttJ-'
iudid. but lite S band ulteraocea of'l
man of stuble, earnest coviclMms tree
Imta inveelivt: r any spproach te!dis
ehuilesr, and saffuerd with the braKef
spirit f magmawtmAns patria'Jsa( -wkkk
seems to flnw as (nn an ioe-kbaustibW
fountain, lb- errr ready and alwajt (
pertinent sp-i cl.es w ill rib- Mr. Grealr-,
in litesiimliHi ul bia cosntrj tan, tvea
it luey sh mid have no great tlTtcl' Id
pitmuting bia tbeiion. . '
ANOTHER RADICAL THIEF
S 00,000 STOLEN. - ;s 'A,
One of Grant's oBrers in the Sab-Tre-sury,
in New York, absconded a few dayt
ogo carrying ff two hundred ib-aasaad
dollars of the people's tcooey. When tkt
defalcation or tbelt ll first annoUBCed.
it was bitterly denied by some of Gratit'a ,
Treasury f fficiaU, but they ktve at Lift
la-en f ic-d lo admit that a deficit of qaila
S200.000 ha come to light in the stamp
avcojnt of .1. J. Johnson ibe diilingVuh
ed Radical thii-f. Johnson has cleared
out and the people have been left H foot
the bill. This ia another specimen mi
(t rant's civil service reform and affords
not her strong argument, in Radical
months, for his re-election. W d hope
houest meii of all parties will bow coma
to the front, huil such men from powar
aud inaugurate a reform with honest Ha
race Greeley at its bead. Gdd&onf
MtS$engcr.
A PxTairtED Babt. A petrified baby
has been exhumed from a Chicago cemw
tery. The Times' reprt says : "All tan
i he mother of ihe Utile infant stod epwn
it, but she became neatly frantic wHh ex
citement frem the firft moment that the
body ws exposed to view. She Lad en
deavored to irtke it fnim ihec"funf CTylrg
bi'teilr. and wildly initiny ojioa tatifif
it with her to her home Her hasbatd
liehl her back and would nt allow bX
to remove it. The mother seemed nearly
distracted wiih grief at tb thought flu
Im ing n- iniered It looked so naleral
aud U-antiful. so like ibe baby that sb.e
bad placed iu ihe grave V n years ag,
that il bron-la np all 1,rr sorrow atresV,
as if she a as but now laying the loved
lailing m ihe e.ith. The body wa re
movd, with odors which the family bad
come there to eihurne, to Grace land, and
rcburied. Tin- family art Swedes, and it
was b arned reside a hort distance out
the city. The ch;ld, s nmarkably tvrew
served, ha 1 been buried for mora UlJA
ten years "
Amor T. Akerwvx The Baitimere
Giztttc, in an edimrtwl on the deeadefiea
of the F-tleral Judiciary cmler RepabU
can rule, thus paks of Akrrmat t
"The firt I ipse from the high standard
which h is her-Uifore regelated select ka
tor thts bigli ffice ( Allornry-General) wa
wh-n Amos T. Akermin was disiulerred
in Geoigia and brought n Washington.
So gross was the error of choice here tkas
assuming it to have leen accidental, tbe
Judg-s of the Suprern'- Court reraflnvstre
te oiih the Pres'd"! a thisg wkhsal
preced i.f eo'iv ev: - ' bstn tbsir epfw
Ion that llu- przbbc r teres Vs were tvt aafs
in the band of Artm in, a snggeition of
which the I're-i.ictit l'.k t.O tsotlce, lot
fi idn.g h s Attorin y n- fal in twjeiintrod
mg the dett-etive service in South aud
North Carolina, retained him. At fast
the scandal heearoe so great that AkefttaJl
w delegited to original in'igaificasee,
and the present ineurabent was sebstltttled.
There was at oucc a sense of re lief.
LrMrcn i now Povxr.Tr. Strgent, tkt
United States Senator elect frmn Call&r
uia, visiu-d Philadelphia twenty-five jean
ug to get oik a a journeyman prtatrr,
and failed ; Ltthsm, the miUMruairf, wkf
b is br-en in both house of Congress a4
(ioveinor -f the State, began life ttf
Kor; Broaleiirk was in New York Bo
ery boy in 1847, and the railroad kingly
most of them, began life as Uw down CJ
ibe little Bohemians at oar corner. Tkw
sons of the rich, the educated darlings
ihe great fa mi lie, are nnwhere. AD 1W
gilt were so many fatal temptations, ax4
they themselves are forgotten, like bad
copies of good pictures. "It is the roegfc
brake timt virtue must f? tbroegw.
C4onel Furne i AarcJotcsqf Fill Mm.
An iudusiriom col-vred man, Jo&a
Garner, residing n-ar Goi.Isboro, dealrvw
information about bis son, who was Sold
iu K nans vill, at some time daring the
winter of ltd, to a trader named Ur.
fcCarther. The said bov, when ae!d,
a very likely, sprightly lad and only
about aevrn ear old, nf a ma!alt
pfexion, and answered to the nameef Al
bert Korii'-gay. Addee) infarmatioti -cerning
this matter to tbe Gold be an
Mtsscmgtr .
MorUtlilf among Xegrocs. The sails
tica f Charleston show that the dealKa
among the negroes greatly exceed tbcaa
amotig tbe white. In 1871, 415 wegTw
children died and but J 91 white children.
Tbe negro population is oie-lwe!fJ great
er than the white. Under tWe Urtsiag
of Radicalism, the negro is bound to
appear as certainly as ihe IodlaA Vm
done. "