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PUBU8IIKD WEEKLY :.
J. J . BKUNER,
Proprietor and Editor.
J. J. STEWART.
A ociat Editor.
Omb If ear, p'ajuMe in aa vaoce. . . . .$2.00
Sir Months, ,k -J 1.00
5 Cp;ie tu one address, 10.00
' And with hU skinny hand
Tbea Scofield did a hellish thing
And it did work-him wo."
His ten shares clipped hint on the wing 1
And iaia the Quaker low.' - y
W - i J. I - -J1m I'Hii wavrw y -
the Distinguished Dcad-Mdt- n earl v May. Music by the band: "Down in
mi awa metrical Itibutea to-their M. wa mQf-" " - i
Hacaaes of the. (Irlnf. voi:4. tj -
i 'Terrible : Mortality at the Cuxitol
yr. a. iiays.
E. BliYCE SILL.
;? MEW
mmimw
- - HAYS
l' The EvilMen &o Zires
Wilsorjf Henry,1 of Maggachusrtts, died
of U. 31. (great hopes were euleruiued of
After Them. J bis recovrj), aged 61.
& SILL
Druggist1 & Apothecaries,
OALZSHUUTZ, W. C.
i Having purchased the contents of the
'iPrug't. Store formerly occupied by Dr.
Kdward Sill. We respectfully call the at
tention of the Citizens of Salisbury and
the surrounding country, to tbo new ar
rangement, and inform ihem that we will
continue to carry on the business at the
tame place, and the same excellent way.
We will endeavor tdTccep on hand all the
various goods the people may need per
taining to our line, and therefore hope
by strict attention to business, to receive
a liberal patronage.
Physician's Orders Prompt
ly Attended To.
Prescriptions accurately and
carefully compounded by reliable
and Competent Ejuggixts day or
night. x
TRIUMPHANT!
1 Uterriblft and wldeppread ravagea-of
mat extraorditary diseise called Credit
Mobilier are alarming! the1 whole nation.
The epizootic was! as toild as the measles
compared to it. It has already carried
off many most distinguished victims. It
did not .come from Canada like the epi
zootic to or from Asia 1 ike the cholera, nor
from tlje West Indies like; the yellew fe
ver. It is believed ta have started some
where n PtniiisylvaniiL, and meeting with
a favorable coudition of the atmosphere
in VYashinErton,
stayed Uiere, and
District : of Columbia,
was! developed by rea-
son or the detective; paiutary arrange
ments; in the political system of the capi
tal. Lrieat sympathy is telt for Massa
chusetts, so many of! her; distinguished
citizens having been swept off. The sub
fr
ills Honing spre time he bore,
JUiKe martyr on a rock.
Till bad Ifnax Atnes, 9F sinful games. "
Had eased hini of his stock.
His Msole"had ne'er into the void been cast
Had he "waxed" firm and struck nnto his "last.
Notice (Maw,) paper pUae copy. Memori
al services I at Fancuil Halt No. uri&h need
app'yf - i - ; .' ..... , i
Wiiaonv James P., of Iowa, died of 0
M. (astonished everybody, he had hither
to enjoyed sach excellent health aged 45.
Tears, idle tears I he knew not what they "meant
lut counted them three dollars for a share
They blotted but a life we thought well epent-
Ah ; was his sweetness nothing but a snare?
Kev. Dr Newman will conduct the services
and preachr the panegyric from his campaign
notes. . r ree list entirely suspended.
chair; and lie. tool swears th tliinv that I those who' h&vs AtrYA' th ..nn.U Ar
' -.It ' . A - w ... M, - O" " UUIf
a uut auu j mho uib uwu eigu manuuai on I f iuu pouotea oar uapttois. 1 u.
I. 1f j - J - A -tt a--- - . . I t t -
uw a , uuseu occasions ciea op 10 CoU- I vVJirnm,
uis wiiui. , uero 1a uarian. anotn
er of the same kind lacking thenlture.
tne maeiatigatjie .exhorter, the reformer of
other .mcaV sins, tho prjuclafmcr on all
occasions that neoullicauis'm ' was a sort
of theologyj of itself he, too, is shown to
nave received dishonest hire, and that by
no subterfuge, but in cash paid down in
baud, and u bis purchasers knew him to
have as little shame or scruple as any
painted harridan jof the 'street. ,The daii-
ly frowniug Logan, a Don Diego of chiv
,MTfivn xneaniugj of
: AX 'AND T..-
uppiPif. bout, and
VICE-PRESIDENT COLY
TOE CREDIT MOBILIER
DAL TALK ABOUT IMPEACH-
MEXT. . . . ;
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sua..
view
WHAT ? CREDIT MOBILIER-
We hare been! frequently asked the
the wards above which bave.
: -r-r
NO. 21. WHOLE NO. SGl: :
n so much talked au.d written
we civ below, from the Chi
cago Trdunet a plain and salUfactory ex
planation of the term : ' '
A correspondent aks the meaning of
the words " Credit Nobilier." . "Several
. Washington, Jan. 28. Tho
taken that no original action could lie in I Congressmen, hav asked the same qui-
the Senate against Mr. Colfax, wai eus- tion.) We prrsupe he wuhps to b iu
tained by the coarse of that body to-day. formed ionceruing" the original derivation
Abe request made by Mr. Colfax for ft j And nseUf the tcrtn. : We will endeavor
2.1 . r . t i - I 1 v ri i.rt j-,w
nlrie Inftin.. nA nkt . .tJ v. special couimuiee 10 invcsugaie nis vrenu , 10 expwn iu ti e "vreatt roncier nas
tl i1t:j c.-L- . .1. tt.. V- Mobilier transactions was shown by Mr. : long been the central liale in France for
iiumiug uiririiprii : ; me uuicr Ill)lr- I m .1. t.. 1 .1 o Tilt 1 i ' if
h.tn . pm,;,.!n;( v til- - 1 b - barman to be one which the Senate had associ .lions that advance money 011 land-
Mounter was tue name civen to a pow
erful corporation, hrgamzed in France in
1852, fr advancing money on moveable
property. The biidj , was adopted evi
dently with tbo purriMrc t of off rding a
ready definition ol the ol -ct of the arso
ciation.
MoUlie
: ' I wuiiuiiy w grain, i ur ocnaiccTinrin
..ri... " .i.- .... " " x y wa lhe opinion that if any proceed
L u,cT.se , , at aj, were Ucd for asraiust the
" u L7 T Vice-President, it was . f . r th T House to
JSiwl f-lf 1 ghhe b"ebf take the initiative by impeaching him.
and shuung I ghta laminar oneand .11 T,i(.re Wa eXtiemenT wUUver die-
'i me xteuiiunrau neavens. ana vet not a l t j : .1 . a . j .1
r .1 i t .i. 1 j J 1 . pypd in the matter by Senati rs, and tlie
man of them but traded more or less in . f u. n tf . ' , ' .
5 1, .... 1 - , . 0 ""rCB 1 request of Mr. Oolfax was altuost unaoi-
vjreuu aiouuier i ana is more or less at
joined list of deaths will be read with
painful interest by the; public:
Ames, Hoax, of; Massachusetts. Died
THE REPUBLICAN READERS.
The Credit Mobilier venality of the
foremost Republican Congressmen is the
of Credit Mobilier! (lcig lingering), aged greatest shame to which the couutry has
60. I ! I - I ever been;subjected. The corruptions of
0 lofty worth, whoi vir ues were unknown , e Tamrjjany Ring by which the City of ranks of what has assumed to be the party
0 sainine liKht. whose klamor was unseen; ew lor wa? Pun.aerea 01 u,uuu,uuu ; ot great moral ideas. H. X. JleraUtJ,
TVhose latest Kpasm bf godlike work has shown the corruptions ot the carpet-bag govern-
w nat men are not.hut what they might have I ments imposed upon the Southern states by
which they were plundered of more than
is more or
tainted, according as under fear of expo
sure he ?rew out soon or late. Recognized
leaders all of these generals and lieoteu
ant generals, admirals and vice admirals,
oi the ltepubhcan forces no poor JUtle
brigadiers, with a detached column of
knavery, like Tweed ; no scrubby icap-
wuub ana corporals ns:e tne carpet Lag try,
but the very first and foremoet meu in the
been.
ThOuloldVt the truth, tho' hid 'neath many
cloaks, j . j . ..
. 0 thou concentrated essence of a Hoax.
Alj stockholder of jthe Union Pacific
Railroad who received; a higher dividend
thau-7&0 per eentJare cordially invited to
attend the tunerali i:
MassachuseUs papers please copy.
W. , L w'K&V jll fcd
w vrr & -v TWJ 1
1
I) i W ARDS OY Y ITTY FIRST PJIE-
i MIU MS and Gold and Silver Medals
were awarded to. Cu ales M. StIei-f
for the best Pianos in coruiK;tition
with all the leading mantifactur
j , n era 'r of the ou.ntry.-
Ofllco and new Warerooms,
"2o.9 North Liberty 6Y., JA LTIMOIlE, MJ,
The StilTs i'iuivo.-i contain all the latest tm.
pruvementft to he foiuul in a first-class Piano,
with additional improvements of his own. in
vention, not to he-fuunu'in other iiiftrumerits.
The tone: touch and fiuith of their iut.u
hicnts caiinot ho excelled by any lnauufactur
. ed. . -
A large a.-ortment of second-hand Pianos
; always ou hand, from $75 ta$.5(0.
, lirlor and Church Organs, some twenty dif
ferent styles on hand from i"0 and upwards,
cad for Illustrated Catalogue, containing
nvm Of over twelve hundred Southerners
.(five hundred of which are Virginians, two
hundred North Carolinians, one hundred and'
. fifty Enafc TennesMe'aus. aud others throughout
the South) who have bought the StiefF Piano
since the close of tho war, r :
.J-f ir J. ALLliN DROWN, Agent,
, 22:40t yPalibnry, N. C.
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i Alley, John, Bi, oi Massachusetts,
Died;of G.3I., (riot Oboleta morbus
was discovered with t le disease two late
for tlie physic), agjed about a ceutury. -
O'er this sad wreck let mankind never dally ;
fraud knocked down every nine-pin in this
Alley. . j . 7
This is nobody 's funeral. !
Allison, John B., ofl Iowa, died of C.
M ,) ftu overdoseojf dividend hastened his
departure), aged 60 years.
. Long dead to usl sweet Allison,
. If so soon done, jwhy wert begun,
I Thou fragrant! son bf Alley ?"
Itemains will be embalmed.
Bingham, John! A., of Ohio, died of C.
M., (supposed to have caught the fatal
infection from Dawes)j aged 62 years.
Moan for him, welkin, he'll wake yon no more
With shouts against theft, Buck-eye Bing
ham. - j
The death bells shall boom bow he garnered
Iiis store, 1 !
. And gentle Ben Buller will ring 'em.
I Announcement of funeral hereafter,
f Ohio papers dleacej copy.
$200,000,000, were do such shame to the
United States as the less profitable venal
ity of the Credit Mobilier Congressmen.
Neither of these public scandals inculpa
ted the real or the reputed leaders of a
great political party. The Credit Mobil
ier scandal inculpates tho very foremost
leaders of the Republican party, lweed
3 . -
was
THE EVIL OF THE DAY.
Addison, in his Cato, makes that illus
trious man declare that "the world had
grown to be so wicked" that he 'iWas
surprised at nothing.'! The developments
of our modern national demoralization:are
so multiplied and heinous as to disarm
astonishment , however much they excite
a prominent Democrat in a single indignation and wound honest and patrio
cipafity. He grasped at power in tic sensibilities. It is very much the fah
tate! and the Democratic party de- ion to attribute the fashionable degeneracy
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un-ciuiiaiuu uiu leimeu- , . J , tt.. l . .
w ' . iiv uc uinuc 1 lx luc x u u b Xj xj iLiMiirrniiia"
cy. in one section men grew suddenly ,t... : ..- ...
tereupoii was denied and immensely rich by dishonest speculu- , , ,-,. 1 1 , i 1 ,1
f, v . . , ... , 1 j 1 , , , 1 movement to this end can be made by the
Convention in the tions, and this sowed the seed of creed tf j f
... '"
S3
. liNl'llH IN
Georgia Home Insurance Co.
Of -COLUMBUS, Ga.
IxcouroHATEi, 1850. X'a pit a u $350,000
IIIIODES BROWNE, PrMnt,
I F. V I LLCOX, Secretary . i
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All - Losses Equitably Aftj nstcd
And Promptly -Paid in Full!
Trotterty' owners desiring to obtain reliable In
surance will do well to protect themselves lv
securing a "Policy in fSeorgia Home Insnranee
Co." Agenciesat prominent point9 in all the
fioutheA latest " ' -. - ' ' '
J.' ALLEN BKOWNAAgent; 1
Office No. 2,'Cranite Row,
raumcip
the State! aud the Democratic party
nied it to. him. He grasped at power in
the city, and by the purchase of venal Ke
publican .legislators at Albany be obtained
it and held it long enough to consummate
his Tobbea-ies, bat
recognition , in the
Di-mocraijc party aud within three years
was expelled from power, sued for hi
mouey, aod pnsecuted for his crimes.
In the field of Federal politics he never
figured ndr'attempted to figure, and upon
the principles or policy of his party in
the city or State he exercised no influ
ence. He twore the Democratic livery
because iji gave him better opportunities
of plundetithe, Democrats being a. major
ity 111 New York.
The cal pet baggers of the South were
confined to a few blates, aud although
imposed upon by those States by the
votes ot the Kepublican party m Congress
it was indirectly, the denial of power
to the natural leaders in the section and
01 the day personal, official, and govern
mental to the war and its influences,'
These, doubtless,
req
mo 1. sly refuted.
After he preferred his request the Vice
President left the chair, and was not seen
in the Senate Chamber for the remainder
of the day. It is undeniable that the re
cent testimony before the Poland Credit
Mobilier committee, including particularly
that given to-day, places the Vice-President
in a very awkward position before
Congress and before the country. ' It in
very certain that perjury has been "com
mitted by some one, and painful as it may
be to give utterance to such a suspicion,
it is a fact that not a few of these who
have been among the warmest personal
and political friends of the Vice
President are not satisfied as to which
party this crime can be fastened upon.
The Vice-Fresident expresses Xhe utmost
confidence in his ability to clear himself
entirely of all damaging charges and suss
picions. It is now4 very plain that the
opportunity which he asked of the Senate
to-day caji be afforded him by no other
process than that of impeachment.
Rumors were very thick abont the
Capitol this afternoon that the motion to
impeach the V ice-President w uld certain
The "Sutiete Oenerab- de Credit
' became! a great and pn fiiable
enlerpiize. It lmd ?mtiui priviictces an-
1 -
der its charter. :lt assisted ciMUrullv iu
1 -
the construction tf railway? and the pro
motion of mii.inir. schemes. Among other
enterprises in which it. was notably inter
ested w.-re the Government loan on ac
count of the Russian war, the Grand Cen
tral Railway Company, aud the General
Omnib.s Company of Paris. At one
time itdvauced!2.'0,000,000 francs, and
at another time 375,000,000 francs, to the
French Government. lis business was
so great in 1&55 tXat it declared a dividend
of 40 pier cent, op its capital. tYhile it
was manifestly the mcaua of doinsr much
good iii France, It evmtually failed.
1 he in traduction of the terras "t redit
xoncier aud Credit Mobilier into
American are due to Mr. George Fruncis
Train. I He established a '"Credit Fon-
cier" with Omaha lands which he hawk
ed about the country some vars ago. He
gave tlie name of Credit Mobilit-r of Ameri-
a corporation wiih universal piivi-
A'hich was organized in Pcniisyl
It Was i appiopiiated by Mct-trs,
AmesDiirant Co., to herve as
the patty of the1 the thud part in the fa
mous
1 a ' 1
lue matia:T4 ol lue
DO CLIMATES CIUXGEt ?f; Ut
Oor people complain that the atixo&i tjt!
warmer, col Jer, or more ratnj ihaa wbia ,
they were yoaag. Their commtoU aift
ridiculed because moit praoot bliet' V
Out no very marked changes hare cretril
will take place in a section of eoan try
where auuiliiy tn nature i a fctuod Ucl.
that is, snows in wiuter, show en la .
April, aud trees have leaves in spring, f r '
. Atmospbene alteratioo is etrtaialy fpJ
ing on from age to age, morn'ttrocgly
evident in some parti of tea country ttta
hi others. ' , ' . ;
litre are illustrations. Two tboasxid
years ago the climate of, Italy wea ix
colder than now. .The Loire and BIcbef'
in ancient Gaol, ased to freeze over ah.
noslly. Juvenal ssy I the Tiber fnixeVo 1
firmly io his' 47 1 lM Lad to W '
cut to get at the water. ' 'Horace Indicate
tin presence of ice and snow la the strte'i
ef Rrrroe, atd Ovid asserts that the Blxtk . .
Sea freezes over every year. . ; . , .
So extreme was the cold at thai fxr-43" ,
period in history, that it stands ebrooielfi
i v .1... : .1... : r:i r? L.
Pannonia, and Thrace, snows poaitirer
covered the ground so long as to prevent
tne cuuivaiion 01 otives, grspef ana oiorr
fruits, which are raued there at the pm
rent timo iu abundance. Ice or mow. It
any considerable amount, would now Ve
apbeuomeuon ia Italy.
Brooks, Jim, of New1! York, died of C.
M., (prnstesting tb -tbe la8the was well
111 lioaltu, no remedies were administered)
agedj 62. M
He chattered, chatteiied as he went
To join the grat Salt River ;
Hoax might threat or Iloax relent,
i1 But he' deny forever,
'Mong well-filled"baiik8"hi8wayhepicked
1 With watered i'Creits," ever
McComb might fdarnj,'? McComb convict,
3 Jim Brooks denied itor forever.
His funeral will havej bo olitical significance.
Cblfax. Fmilfir. of Indiana, died ef C.
M.. 1 the aironies of this poor victim were
intense ; to the last he insisted that it was
something else besides Credit Mdbilier),
aged 42. ' '
A beautiful smiler came in our midst,
Too lively and fair! to remain :
Thev? stretch him on racks ti U jthe soul of Colfax
i Flapped up into Ilave again.
NIayj the fate of poor Schktyler warn men of a
smiler, j i
Whci dividends gets cn the brain !
however illicit ; in another sectiou
the accumulations of a life-time we're
swept away at one ft-11 swoop, and thjat
virtue would have been incomparable, in
deed, that could in every such iuetaLte
have withstood the temptations of exj
g' cy. I
In a more maiked degree, perhaps, the
war told for evil on our political sj-stem
and national life. "The tinkle of the little
bell,' that could consign free and innocent
citizens to the damps of a dungaon was,
in a very large sens', the knell of Consti
tutional liberty while the license of those
days gave to office the charm of great
authority,' with the additional attraction
of great gains, not always lawful. Anid
yet, after all, the desensus Arcrni muft
have commenced before the war gave the
downward impetus ; and the fact is 00
flattering commentary on the stability pf
Republican institutions. j
The great and trying political evil pf
the day is the luet of office. It is the
giant evil which has prostituted the char
acter of the Government, which has lent
fuctitiouaJiuportauce to bad men, which
has made men of previous good name
fale to prestige and to principle, apd
which has ruptured the peace and dis
turbed the tranquility of communities ap.d
States. 1
But, behind this effect lies a cuusel
by the gift of suffrage to an ignorant class
incapable f of conceiving of its use as a
trust, or even of its prudent use as a per
sonal emolument. Their plunder) was
huge. Ten times the sum stolen from
rich New York by the Ring, for tho car
pet baggers stole Irom the devastated,
disordered, impoverished bouth. Bat even
thouirh -pjeirroes vole, all men know the
time of the carpet bagger is short. The
foremost of them are running for snug
Quarters in the benate. but they do not
expect to j keep their hold on their States,
they do not erasp after the combined
political power of their section. They
do not figure in Federal politics and will
not attempt to figure, except as they will Men would not be 00 greedy of office, as
sell their votes for every land grab, every there not patent the damning lact, tliiat,
Indiana papers please cpy
Daweer Henry L.,
died of C. M . (he had
of
Massachuetts,
jthe reputation of
a powerful constitution but it was eviden
tly a delusion), aged 51. j ,
Retrf nvher ! Leader I, Thqu has left us ;
Plymouth Eqck thy lossjwill feel;
For a pottage-mess bereft fs, i
Old lloaesty is oj epUtt.
Funeral strictly private. 0 wake.
Garfield, James A-, f Ohio, died of C.
M. (struggled hard, against the dreadful
epkU mic, bat it wai no pse. He caved in
unexpectedly),. aged only 42.
Hera rests his head upon itp lap of earth,
A youth to fortune land misfortune known ;
Jlobflier frowned upon hisihuoible berth,
Aiid Hoax Ames hencefdrlh marked him for
)is own.
i
Will be buried at Congressional Cemetery,
Washing, D. C. No cards.!
AprliV72
,N. C.
SMITIIIS IMPROVED
terf' 1
. AVe caU tne attention of the puolic to this
adiniraliiivauiiMU It is especially recoin
mepded to private faiwlles' beiri I conveni
ent for net fiHi-ng-selt emptying and ea?e.
in drawing. Fur.4vxability iLis uusurpass-.
ed havitr "(Tn Iron eorered Top. fhe-wnnd-,
lass, n)fjl iaJ,Vuclifct are prutectea from tlie
'tVKathr: It IrfSlr'atfanffed a to kenm ah'-
aolut SKftTVrmn'ncHdent. eveu in thehnudi 1 end! in supposing iti
of the mopt a,rwleis8, and'wpUfully ineg:H"ent f plaint), aeed -50 ycirs
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'MEIIONEY & BRO.
7r-tf.- -1 -
person V.
J)rsSuiamerell &
UAHlvEEt CO'S m?, Store
t 'i . a T7D ,C7 A mS :
ers
Aug, 2, 4G:'
iom.
Kelley, William D., bf
Pennsylvania,
died of O. M. (too machliron in his blood
and too little protection jof himself made
him Ian easy victim to the fell distroyer),
aged CO.
Weep not "pig iron' public dear,
I lie is not dead, tjio' sleeping here;
, His thunder's hnshed, Ins eye is'dim,
; ' jlobilier put a hejad on! him.
life remains will bej"potiected', in a metallic
casket. A one horse Ijunreal.announced nereal-
Patterson, Jamed "W.L of New Hamp-
shire, died of C. M.i (his; sufferings drew
tears from his friends : he persisted the
was! a different com-
PmptfiA be Uriah's slumber, i
. :1 II a.'Ped he is in bursal low ;
Thirty'shares his boffin jcumber,
4 :i How it Is yourself yoa know.
Mfln mi nff bv Senators for ilhirty days. A
granite sarcpohagus vfll-enclose the mummy
1. it "'" tir - se 'rt 1 I
OcoQeld, weuni W ., ox. x:eunayi"i-,
subsidy for internal improvements 'every
ship building job, and every ;ariff scheme
of the protectionist1, like the repeal of
tea and coffee duties aud abolition of all
internal reVennc.
But the! Credit Mobilier Congressmen
are the foremost men in the whole Repub
lican party. Not to Orwell upon the fact
that Thadens Stevens, the most venal
and prostitute politician of his lime, who
a iid his votes and influence to these same
Pacific Railroad men for $80,000, was
the first among the foremost Republicans,
the leader tn the House of Representatives
during tho whole of the war period- here
is the chief Republican representative
from Indiana for .seven snccessive Uun-
gresses, the- Speaker of the Thirty-eighth,
Thirty-ninth, andr Fortieth Congresses,
the presiding officer of the Senate apd the
Vice Presideut of the U. Stales, Schuyler
Colfax proven to have bad share in the
Credit llotrilier corruption, to have, pub
lish' d a false. denial of the fact. to. have
attempted a sneaking concealment of his
crime, ahdf when confronted with an un
exp'Cted and couclusive proof, to; have
retreated into flat pWjnry, silly, useless,
obvious perjury which does not even throw
dust in the; eyes of his dearest friend.
Hero is Henry. Wilson, long a Senatrr
from Massachusetts, just elected Vice
President qf the pnited States, as much
as any man responsible fr the policy of
his party, engaged actually in the same
vile jobbery, and only seemingly inno
cent because his trafficking was - carried
on behind the name of his . wife. Here is
Henry L. Dawes, for so many years in
Congress from th same State, and the
successor it) the House of Thadeus Ste
vena in itsi premiership, being the fore
most man ii the financial questions which
liave succeeded the reconstruction issue,
just as Stevens was foremost in the recon
etruction d4ys he, too, bought stock at
corrupt valuation, paid far it, drew divi
dends thereorv and then nnder oath; denied
any ownership in the premises, bat ad
mitted that he held on to'his bargain till
there was danger the Iight,would strike it.
Here is Patterson, "of New. Hampshire,
generally speaking, office is the ";JJ(? sc-
suwe" to concealed treasures, and I hat the
possession of an official, title is the keyj to
the possession of great official and uuo
cial perquisities.
It is this lust of office, more than atj
tliins: else-niore than party rancor
or
the
ic
politicil hate that has embroiled
governments and imperilled the publ
tranquility of those States of ihe SoOth
where a cormorant crew have set at d-fi-ance
the law and determined to ruin if
they cannot' "rule,' O; rather, gather he
spoils of place. j
Aud it is more mehmcholy still, per
haps, to be compelled to realize that this
lust of office has infected others who, pot
m it tee is erroneous. I he investigation
into the Credit Mobilier being conducted
with opeu doors, all the statements which
bave been made lmpiuaiing Mr. Colfax
and others ir matti rs i t c u.uiii notorie
ty. It i?, lucnfuie, WiiLiu tlie province
oi uuv uicuiner oi lue li.ife i.i i,.,-. in bis
placn, ret iie the fal!-g-tti;ns ;iaii,et Mr
t 1 'a
lo tif. an I m-'Ve lr itistructioiiS to Uie
judiciary committee to u-pnit articles of
impeachment. The ll'iuse, Liin in the
possession of the Mm- inloi mation a has
been spr ad Ltf.i e ihe country, can instruct
or reluse to insli u.t the judiciary commit
ten according to its discretion. 1
Aithougit : lie mmors which w ere Boat
ing aiound the (Japilol this afternoon
were repeated with more confidence in
the saloons to-night, it has not as yet
authentically transpired that any member
of the House proposes at this tiue tr) cal
for articles ot impeachment airaiust the
Vice-President. Yet if that officer is sin
cere in his expression of a desire to courl
the fullest investigation, it would appear
that he must himself favor the only
method by which lliat investigation can
be obtained. It has been reported that
Senators Patterson aud ilsou would
ask the appointment of a Senate commit
tee, which they have the undoubted right
to do, to investigate the charges made
against tbem. This 'mixing np of the
Vice-President and Vice-President elect
in these very unpleasant transactions is
regarded here as extremely unfortunate
by those of all shades of political opinion,
aud the wish and hope of all would l.e
that gentlemen who had been so highly
honored by their fellow-countrymen had
it in their power to prove the absence of
aught that could reflect in slighlett
degice upon their honesty and integrity.
ca
leges.
vauia.
Oakes
triplicate agreement," by w hich
Lniuti Pacific Ivail-
road hit out the cor. tract oi building ilu
road td themrelyes, in pavinent for which
they modestly took the rovl its-lf, all
the first mortgage bonds, nil the United
btatcs lands, etc., at a profit of over 1,000
per cent, on an entire! fictitious capital.
This is what "Credit Mobilier" means, iu
the modern American and Congressional
useof;the word. The transaction was
literally a Credit on movables the Uui
States: Government furuishiug the credit
and the money, and Messrs. Oaks Ames !
5c Co., taking the movables - that is, the
securictii'S and the piofits.
It appears that, in this countr", the
Credit Mobilier is a ring fanned to enrich
those interested at the expense of the
natioiial government. In order to effect
this object, of course, influential persons
bad td be bought or bribed aud Coi.gres
sional'aid became indisponsable. It was
charged during the late Presidential cam
paign that meo'bers of Cougrcss had been
bought with Credit Mabilier stock, which
charg was tben bitterly denied, aud pro
nounced a Dolitical li. This matter, how
ever, is now uniU-rgoing investigation by j
a Congressional Committee, and it lias i
already been made lo appear that a r.um
her of Loneresa have beeu more or less
n
aeepiy couccrnca in mis in
iob, ubich ameuntt lo a conspiracy lo I
rob tho national; treasury. 1 he investi
gation of this matter is still progressing,
implicating person in higii slalion, Ler
tofore coiijeitd ubove repioach.
A New Lvr Ffiorosxo. Georgia )
in the hands of her best and truest neb.
Radicalism is dead in the State. And In
consequence of this, a happy conditioner
affairs exists' there at this time. j
That the tax-payers have control of the
State is duo in a great meaato the godd
election laws which they have. Be for a
man is allowed to vote in Georgia, be inert
exhibit his poll-tax receipt; This excel
lent law works like a charm and'enablM
the Conservatives tolteep! the State oft
of the hands of nnedacated negiocs and
unprincipled bite men. j
The law is a most capital one, Mjn
who arc too poor or too good-for-nothing
to pay their poll-tax have no right tola
voice iu the government of the the coot
try. j
The adoption of ibis law is proposed io
the L-j;islature of North Carolina by oar
esteemed coteinporary of! the RiieieH
Xnrs; and we think it weald be wise tn
the G-neral Afsembly to enact it at onrts.
It would prove one of the best safe guards
to Conservatism iu this Stat. Charlotte
Obsrrter.
Truf every word of it.
LxTiiAoiriJiSAKY AxswxKS. A pupil
of Abbe bicoid gave the following extra
ordinary answers : ; j
"tVhat Is gratitude I" j r
"(iratimde is the memory of the heart?"
What is hope ?" ! !
"Hope is the blossom of bappmeas
"What is the difference between bog
and desire t - i
Desire is a tree iu leaf. Lope it a tree
inflower, enjoyment is a tree in fruii."t
'What is eUrnity t" j f
"A day without yesterday or to-morrow,
a I'm that has no end."
"Wlut is God !"
"The necessary being, the ion of ettt-
liitv, the merchant of nature, the eyes f
justice, the watchmaker of the najvene,
ar.', the soul of ihe world." '
Does God reason?"
"Man reasons, bt cause be doubts; is
iiev siealit." 'deliberates, he decides. God-ia erarp
onty sieam.0 ,
scieni, lie never uuuuu , 440 uicieivio
I S
1 t:tver reasons.
NORTH CAROLINA ROMANCE.
The Norfolk Journal of Friday gives
the following interesting account of a
'Story of a Ring" in its local columns, in
which a citizen of this State is made to
figure conspicuously. The Journal Eays :
"inincen years ago uapt. 1 . a
GciicruJ B-i'Xr Tlcr.tlinkJ S-ivcth'ng.
As1 General Butler, the valiant b-'CiLar-ditr
of pat belligTent scenes, was pass
ing through th(f c rridtr .f the Il-mse of
Represeuiativf s Thursday afieruoon, he
was accf'fited by Mis. Brown, of South
CaroSna, a l'it(;giew by birth who has
stood by lit r hiisbaud in his various trou
bles :
"General," said she, "can 1 say a word
to ycii ?" - j
"Madame," responded the bombardier.
griiff lone, "1 have always
Distressing On banday normrtg
last. Miss Anna By num. a most estimable
I young lady, about sixteen years of sgf,
daughterof Benj Bynum, Eq., of Stokts
ennntv, was found lying deaii in her roc p
: wiili her head in the fire. Ve learn tha'.
sh wasaffiicted wiih disease of the beat,
and it is supposed that white reading sb-
Ml dead. Miss Anna Bynum was a
favorite with a large" circle of friends wk.
sincererly mourn her sadden and c-arlr
I d. ath. and her afUicted.reUUves have th
hcMrtfeli svmnathv of all their friends
t , a. 1.1.. I tr-f vi men t '
1 111: ik LLiiiuic a we fc
in'nsfott ScntincL
in
a j loud ,
1
made; it a rule i.ever to speak to a womau
111 the capitol. ,
The Foor Qckstioh. It is estircate-I
that during the interval between tha har-
shrill clear voipe, "have always made it to feed her ppnlation, mast pay to fo
a rule never to spak lo a mau that I cigu. countries S17,000,OO0 lor whe;,
1 rorft ih.t' m.d S50.000.GOO for corn aod other loofl-
altogether avaricious of the emoluraeuts, gallant son of the Old North State-, be
have a hankering for office, for the niere came enamored with a lovely young lady
SflLfi nffiffirp.. Timo waa In n na mi ulrrmnt of hia imlivp State, and nfrtr th hkiiuI
. J r . ' 1 j ' . . I W..,.. .. i. .,, T , 1. ,.A ftcil
nniversal rule, office sought the man. We courtship eucceeded iu gaining her consent j 7, .. e-..cU...... , ! I.o.mi h-v this, nroincttba
' e. . I . . r . . - .. . I have iloTtaitiirl from it 5.1 this uri'M-lit Flia arilXllOU CSOSfcO OT UlU prOSDCCW na,
nave a recent casein point in our own to tbeir union at a not very distant day. i. , 1 I 1.1 , ri,;.,Kr tnnrh "
State. Governor Caldwell, with wnat- As a pledge of their betrothal the lovlr "1 , i , .... "",7" Sa"?i.r. SvZ!uJlI:
ever motives (we will not quesiion them), gave the bride expectant a splendid subs f m.u",a,"V, " , 7 T f V.m anJ for li
. j : . i . .r o -IT: j: x n: .. . t&cv.Xac Work Jlcrald. the preservation of game,j and tor if .
in iutiiriiiir liim HiiTUiini iiifiiL he ryj. nprin i LHirt: ukiiiimiiii i mm n on1 uu. uii . i i
i. r ij..ui: ir it -.4 .i. i - : mainlenaiiC
found a man who, without solicitation or I marriage at the appoiuted time, the lovers
a a m -m m si m - -s i
agency on his nart. is cmiueiiUwauauhcd quarreled (as an lovers do.) and li
A McRPERu'us Wkapox.- M.Kranka, i,,obi!ilJ ac
tho iiiventor of the breecu-lfa;ier u Licl
k r.i paiks in the hands of tl
d gentry. j i
I?
- w i ' a i a . . - t v w i i . r t f i iv iiY e -mm i jisioriH iiam aui
for the position, and who, from a concur-, the engagement was broken off-lhe lady hi3 ceen adopted hy tin: hi lh partment . , , fc. - - . , ,
reucc of rircumstancee, can biing peculiar returning the ring. Eight years afier- t St. Peters! tirg for th Rusian army, " fW ,',UIW , fJ;' TJl .ari.I.
adaptabilities to a successful dbcharge of wards the parties, neither of whom lud basj.yt pu' lih. d a pamphlet at Prague, New.,,gUn d .U ut.us .eoaa J'" i
its important duties. The present incnm- married, became rccouciled, and after a . which be dcicriUa a new iuveuti iu cf l'KyS '" ar' "j , ! fri,
b nt, while prolesscdly deeply inter.a.d short engagement, were married. The hie called :u "ku'om. t," or I. ..d mitra'.ll-' P1 ,n .r ? -r EoUlns tl-:
in the cause of public education, aifd sure- diamond ring the pledge of the first eu- cur. The kuWnet, he 8a, it i ..f ..implo ( quite bard " Mynr7 ' P J1 V
ly not covetous of the inconsiderable pay gagement, had been s ld, in the meantime, constnicti in, aiid miy l ns. d hy the . "rtei are kept ct :a 5
attached to his office, refuses to vacate The happy groom, wishing to recover ir, soldi j on my rcuT.d, howvt r hilly, jast p-i.ed until the onion here th
for no other reason, it is to be apprehend- advertised for it, but all traces of the pur like a rifle. Ii is comparatively cktaper practice io eep mitt!.,ri.
ed, lhau because be id enamored of place ! chasrrwas lost, and there seemed liitle than the Wernel and other breech-loaders ; ,rot j. f . j
So true is it that the "evil commnni.-. chaneos of regaining it. ; nseil in :h Hurppean armies, and a solJicr , tr7 disagreea ,
I T
A few day ago Capt.
acciden-
diedof C. M., (passed off quietly) aged!
- i jr -t r i t ? i r. v. j?. ! - i lenain? sirenin io iue neuuuiicau uuaai
I T. f?T.lrl J ' of cnlthre'lnd morality by hia saintly
feiWW' '! - k walk and cbnvewation, ;ii:d the learned
times "corrupt the good manners" of men tally m-t the purchaser of Jii ring in this
naturally well disposed i . . cliy. flu mentioning the cause of liis
It would be to despair of the Republic auxiety to recover the ring the geiith njeii
... - i - . . .
to believe that this condition of things is
to last We have an abiding confidence
in the recuperative energy and sober re
flection of the masses of the people. The
day will yet come when we shall return
to the ancient and safe paths when hon
esty," fidelity t and capacity will be the re
cognized , qualifications of office w hen,
for instance, it will bo remembered, only
with shame, 'that there were such Con
gressmen as DeWeeee;. Governors Tike
Hblden.' or Bullock j such Judges as
Toargee and Boud, or Legislators like
reauuy consentea to sen it to mm. it was
tikr-n to Freeman's jewelry store, where
it was reset aud the gleefal husband td.k
it back to his wife in Washington, N. C.,
yesterday morning Thus, after the la pie
of an eighth of a century, .the riog is re
turned to its original fair possessor. Tlie
gallantry of the husband deserves apecial
mention, because the ladies say the men
are ' all devotion ant il marriage, after
anm d with it cm. under .tlTcirciiinstaiice
Fcraioni There ii:
ff I C I . 4." .m
nre inriee as ripiaiy as i.u ine z'iniu i-i ... . v .U .
j i 1 i i ' i ..! . m c . . . religious set in Hristol, t wnowaa.
drlgwebr. In l atile it wi4 fire tweniy- . . (. n-uL ;,. M b.el
.i i i ,i i "t :cu eih-rs ttt, ui mwa, rc .
onrrhoiW, wh.lc .U.rr b,e. ch-. . , farm their w.Uing
lo.?d,rl only Cte twelve or ihuteeu a. j . ,,t(W mo4 J.U
mrnnte. A -y nfl may L j erted int., rUns.-bmwn brd. if
a kulomet, and buy ca.:.;dg may Ik, used I J ; H-frday the kcp est
wun it. '
4-
Fotjt -Track. RiLaoAn. Commo
dore VandeiLiUiauJ the Nrw Y'uk Cn-
trial railr.i'l inumgement are conideiin
the expt'dieiicy u laying
tracks along tho entire route, making a
I rd and wnrk on SandsT. ! The wrine
. .. .l.. I k . IM,.
Blomner drrss.
which !fhey; think more of their comfert ! graod Ifoar-traek toad - frum' terminus to
than of i the divine passion (are the two ' terrniiifas. The freight -cars eaa
Incompatible I"
The dreuful nov kurricaD wbica ljr
inmLr aet .t i weut r i!iuiroU aod otLcr pnrtioca of tl
r.
t u Ljieihii'g juit anparsutd it
Sinus to t-v,:,itjT tnon. hut U tMimml rnr fr-f
infcs. T he freight can mr tifa m' i-iM.fti .ml kmJMAi f 4nU Kr -
i run mdependeutly of pisscugcr traffic. been froieo to death or buried alive iathtff
i -