North Carolina Newspapers

' . i . .- . i ! . - - I ' j J " I . - 1 . ' v 'I 7 sssaa k'OL. IV.TI1IRD SERIES! SALISBURY, N. C SEPTEMBER 11, 1873J i pUrxishbd Weekly ; J. J. BRUNER, Proprietor and Editor. J. J. STEWART, Aasoelau' Editor. RATES OP SCBCniPTION Ose Tear. payb1ein advance $2.50 Six Mokths,! ? ! " 1.50 5 Copies to one address, .10,00 The World AntonUhed. THE AMERICAN EUREKA. & Whom I crown With loye is royal ; Matters not her blood or birth ; -She is queen, and I am loyal . To the noblest of the earth. Neither laee. pnr wealth, nor tide, Lacks th man rny friendship owns ; Ui ditiuetiuutrue and vital. Shiiifs supnuje over erwus and thrones. , i . - Whrv true lmvil Wstows its sweetness, Wlir tri fr-irudhip lays its band. Dtvfllsall gr?U.e8. ail eompl,tj,us. All the Wealth of every laud. ' Mau is grt-aterthan condition. A'td where imtn himself bestows, to inaugurate tnat ppeai, ana u there be shoulder. Beau started np suddenly: and (rMMii An that t it An lot flrf Kffrstil m tt .Y. I flP t - m. w" w r z u oa wen. uis uat. lben be became indie mImi nownr mtkii thi BIMt At if Tjt I . . j .t . . . the United States Gcrcrnocnt, if it thinks pioper, call into requisition its whole military and narj power to quell the un i -coiistructed women of the South, and ...t B If-- .. mm fupprea "toe trntu xa nisiory. Many NO. 52.WHOLE K. 892 nant, wanted the train slopped whether or 3 ' .r . .... rio, nna lasistea so vehemently in bis right that the poor conductor was feared. and rather than lose time. k ap-retnl in pay for the hat and pass the gentleman hieh; he did. The storr orer. botu of .i annerenia nave awu prm-on 10 oreaa oon got out, and Beau was a dead-head me lauer, certainty, o jnjaicai power with tbateoodnctor as long as he remAiu- cauuot cnifh it. Butlqn-Hole, jjOverseaming .lT.XrthS: I . AND COMPLETE SEWING MACUINE uows. The first and onlv BUTTON-HOLE AND! SEWING MACHINE combined that lias made its xdvent this or any other country. t&P The following paeons are gienwhy this is the beet. l Family Machine, to Purchase. 1. BcauM it will doi; -7. Becanee von fan erervthihir that anv ma-muickly raiee or lower'the came can do, aewingiieea toaaapuiio mien or froio the finest to theitliin cloth. eoaraest : matenal. hem-n 8. Because yon bare a ming, telling, cording, ahort deep bobbin by braiding, binding, gath ering and sewing on. aUatantly drawn from tbe the same time rufflin qailtinjr.etc., better tl:n anv other machine. 2 Because uietensionsi are more easily adjusted than any other machine 3 uecRose 11 can wora beautiful button hole I - ' T rThia unrivalled Southern Remedy in warrant .(I nut to contain a aingle particle of MebcuBV, r aoy injurioua mineral nubstance, but m TXJVOa LIT VSOSTASLS, containing those Southern Roots and Herba, itliiL-h in alUwise? Providence has placed in countries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It t, ill Cut t all DueaM caused by Derangement of Ike ':- l.irr. I . The Symptoms of Liver Com plaint are a bitter or bad taste in the I mouth : Pain in the Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; W SlomaeK : Loss of A ppeiice , Bowels alter- n.taT rvwtive and lax: Headache: Loss of mem- "v -7. ... . .. , . ,-.,a . a be ory, witn a painmi 1 u. ..... makJng as fine a peart as do something which ought to have been done? by the hand. Jlebility, Low Spirits, a tUick yellow appearance 4. Because it will em-1 t4li Skin and Eves, a dry Cough often mis- I broidenover theedire mak r..r rnnmrtinn. Hometimes manv of ing a neat and beautiful! . .v ntnui attend the disease, at others, very I border on any garment III VTV T - 9 r Kiii tliaw T.iVF.n. the I&rireflt orsriin in the IxkIt, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not llezuiaiett in lime, greuiauueruig, wrcicuvu ' a w-v . II nes ana ukkth win ensue. JhU Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will not be found - the Matt unpieatani, For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaun, Ac. Itillious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colic, Ucpwsssionol Spirita, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn, AC, drc, Simmoni' Liver Regulator, or Xedicinc, Is the Cheapest, Purest and Beat Family Medi cine in the World! MANUFACTURED ONLY 8Tf J. H, 5SEIL1N & CO., Macon, Ga. and Philadelphia. Trice, $1.00, Bold by all Drnggixt. FOR SALfc BY TBEO. F. KLUTTZ, June 19 tt. Salisbury N.C Nfither miracle nor fable Is the water chauged to wine ; Lordaandladiei at my table Prove Lov'a simplest fare divine. And if these acdept my duty,. If the loved tny homage own. I have won all! north and beauty ; I have found(he magic stone. which the thread is eon 6. Because it will work a beautiful eyelet hole. 6. Because it can do over-hand seaming, by which sheets, pillow cas es and the like are sewed over am! over. centre ; the tension con sequently even and does not break the thread. 9. Because the passer- foot tarns back ; that the cloth can be easily remov ed after being sewed. 10. Because toe best tnerchsnics pronounce it i e best nnishad and made on the best principles of any machine manufactur ed. It Iijs no springs to break; nothing to gt oat of orar. , 11. Because it, la two machinesinone. A Bdt- TOK-BOLK WoKilKG and Rkwiso Machiks combined. COME TO THE BOOKSTORE EVERYBODY. No other Machine can accomplish the kind of sewing stated in Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6. Parties using a family, sewing machine want a Whole Machine, one with all the improve ments. . ; ! - It is to last a LIFETIME, and therefore one is wanted that will do the most work and do it the best : and this machine can do several kinds of sewing not done on any other wiackine, besides doing every kind that all others can do. The American or Pidin Sewing Machine, (Without the button-bole parts), does all that is done on the Combination except button-hole and overseaminp. ; A MEBONEY BRO., Agts. I Salisbury N. C. Examine them before purchasing any other Sewing Machine. A VIGOROUS LETTER FROM GEN JUBAL A. EARLY. Gen. Early Las written a very sensi ble letter 10 Petersburg Appeal. We copy the more important portious : What is it that Mr. Davis has said, which has rendered some of oar faint hearted editors so eager to purge them' selves of alt complicity in his sentiments, after (and not; until alter) Northern jour nals had indicated their disapproval! Why. he sa'ijlUhat "we were cheated rather than conquered," and he declared bis opinion that if the results of the sue cess of the Washington government and of our overthrow, which have taken place could have beep foreseen, we would not have been conquered ! He had reference to the resolution of the United States Congress, the diplomatic circular of Sew ard, and thel proclamations of Lincoln, declaring that the war would be conducted solely with a view to a restoration and preservation of the Union, and that the Slate governments would remain intact, with their constitutions, laws, customs and institutions the same as before ; and it was in tbis connection tnat Mr. JJavis saia many of the people of the South had been cheated. Is this not true T If it had been anticipated that it-vas the purpose of the Washington government not only to abolish slavery, but also to destroy the regular State governments of the Sooth, enfranchise tile negroes, and subject the white people tp their rule, does any sane man, North or South, doubt that tbe Con federate Government and-its armies in the From the Washington Chronicle. BEAU HICKMAN. SKETCH OF AN EVENTFUL CAREER. i ed on the line. His advice to strangers about into gambling-houses was also ! You want to tackle 'Faro !M he going good, would - say ; "well now le me give you a little advice, and know all about it. You go in. ana 11 mere are many nlnvera. and anv big ones, you ret ill and play lirht. The dealer will be mad 'aa hell when hs iMi Finale 0 Vagabond Life Some 0 Beau' it, bat you need not mind. He's bound Tricks- How Ut Beat-People and to let you win. aud ro for the htr onpa. Wtwm He Beat The Step from AJ- Then, when you get a stake, don't be too fluenee to Btgffary Sixig-Jivc Years of greedy, but leave.'! For this rood advice Tit s I Zf- ' i I I 1 , iic wouiu aiways aaa, "ion owe me about an III spent Life. The announcement was made in the a 4 red chip would always In! asking for money he call for chits, designated "PULL THE INE." -The first year of married life is a most I important era in the history of man and wile, (generally, as it Is spent, so is al most all subsequent existence. The wife ana tbe basband tbfn assimilate their views and their desires, or ejse, conjuring up i.unr uisiikcc, iney t aaa luei to tnetr prejudices and animosities forever after ward. "I have somewhere read," says Bev. Mr. Wise, in his j Bridal Greeting, "of a bridegroom who glaried in his ec centricities. He requested bis bride to accompany him to the garden a dsy or two after the wedding. He it hen threw a line ! over the roof of their coitare. Givinr his wiic one cua 01 11, ne rctreatea to tne otlicr Side and exclaimed : ! Pull the line,' "She palled it, at his Request, as far as she could. He cried : ! " 'Pull it over.' ! u 'I can't she repliedt "Bat poll with all year might, shout ed the whimsical husband. TWO WOMEN-i)ECAPlTATED. Frightful Scene on a German Scqfold-l riteous Appeals for Mercy. " -7 " VII, av VUII C, UCtllUIKU I i.n . 1 , m , tliat lmi la. fallow. . A m. i . . 43,11 Vm,n wcre tne efforts Of tbe r ' - - mm - m ww iii ut w m. sm a et-A iiii . Hickman." one of tbe . Ions-eat ai,d best $5. and a blue cfiio. t20 th, .a.ral .Dnd? .l0 PuM lue ,,ne '-IonK her has known characters of this District, had sums being levied according to his esti ma been stricken with paralysis and sent to tion of the ability of the giver. When Providence hospitaL There he has since he "struck'' a man tor a blue chip, if he remained, receiving the kind attentions of did not respond, Bau would not consider the good Sisters, and although life still it beneath his dignity to fall even to the remains in the his body he is unable to white, which be then accepted with thanks, move or speak, and his death at auy Abut 185G or 1857 Beau began to go moment will not be a sarprise. Probably down hill. His natty clothes looked the country in days zone by as "Beau", and his feet a series of 'knot, from com.' eelber II wi" U wllL 08 .,-"g awaaa a oana ncta on to tbe onoosite end. But when he came around,' and they both palled at one end, it came over with great ease. "'There,' said he, as-the line fell from .U ri iii 1 . . . FFct iuc you Bce now ojra ana ineneciaai neck, Dannr thi, opcraUvU they beg. was our labor when we both nailed in Vi Ji. .... , I bcu kuc uuaimig pikcousiy 10 aavc merer opposition to each othet ; but how easy n T. m Ml and pleasant it was when we both pulled fort lbenT v. whe 1.,. On the lltfa of July Atraa Priester, sged U2, and Frederica Rappert, 27, were beheaded at Dessao, the Germaa Ducky of AnhalL Both, were married, and con spicoons among lhe vast crowds that wit nessed their last moments were their Lus bands. Anna Priester and Frederica Rappert hsd paid a visit to the aged widow Gaming on the 12th of ApriLTbi old lady had shown them a large caskei filled with precious stones, abd after thei had left her they determined- io re tarn and appropriate her valuables. iThey frond the widow in bed, and imo iiered her U death by pressing a pillow xxfoa her head. They obtained the predoui stones and other valuables, but on tbe following morning they were arrested, aad loom after convicted of murder aid sentenced to death. Their life in prison was an al most unbroken scries of sickening scene of fear and despair. On the morning of tbe day of their death executioner Prilster entered the cell. After tying their hands to their backs and connecting their feet with a short leather sirsp, he cut off thi opperpart of their dresses, exposing theif and although bis glory bad departed be- j which caused him to walk lame. He was sr a 1 : : a , a- it 1 a 1 . . . a a a lore me rising generation anew 01 uim, 1 men 1101 so particular about uis puces, a . m a ii .ale . . some sugnt notice ot tus career wtti not oe 1 out would even take aa low aa ten cents unmterenting . When asked to drink, be often - was. his Among the older citizens of Washing- invariable reply was, "No thank, you; ton there seems to be qaite a diversity of I'll take ten cents or a smoke " During opinion as to his adve.it here and the the war he bad considerable luck with causes which led him to adopt bis peculiar army officers, aud got considerable money, mode of gaining a livelihood, but the fol- but his personal appearance did not im- lowing personal sketch is thought to be prove. At the close of the war he again correct, and shows that he is very res pec- degenerated, aud any day could be seen tably connected : hobbling about tbe hotels with his seamed His name is Uobert L. Hickman, and and wrinkled face, awry necktie, tobacco he was born in King William couuty, stained shirt-front, worn clothes and bent Virgina, being now, aceordiug to best ac- form, totally unlike tbe Beau ot thirty eounts and data, over sixty years of age. I years ago. He was one of a, family of six children, He had somewhere in the city a room. THE three boys and three girls, two of tho latter which was taken care of by an old negress, having married General Eaton, of North and there he slept, and ate at one of the Carolina. It is said that on the death of restaurants. Persons who knew htm are his father he was the possessor of about I divided in opinion as to his having saved $40,000 in cash. any money ; some saying be had saved At that time a young man of good ap- $15,000 or $20,000, and others declaring pearanee, tasty in dress, extravagaut in I that he had not a cent : but it ia certain habit, and fond of life, he made up his I that when taken to the hospital he had mind to see a good time, and be saw 11 so but little. well that within a couple of years he was I On the occasion of the carnival he ere oppose each other, IT , t uie, my a ear. it we it will be hard work. If we act together, it will be always pleasin't to live. Let us always pull together.'" ; In tbis illustration, homely as it msy be, there is sound philosophy. Husband and wile must mutually bear and concede if they wish to make home a retreat of bliss. i One alone cannot make home happy. There must be unison of action, sweetness of spirit, and great forbearance and love in both husband and wife to secure the great end of happiness' in the domestic circle. ; LAST NEWSPAPER BY GEN. LEE. READ Ldo riothesitate to av the American Combination. ! federate uovernment ana-its armies in me aoauarupt. lue story goes tnat in uis atea considerable amusement tcr the crowd surpasses all other machines. Besides doing all ; field would have been far more thoroughly i distress he applied for aid to hia brotber-in which lined the Avenue, by appearing' disgusted with mounted on a sorry looking steady and lin to Beaver cloth. I have used Singer's Stoats , more ihan probable that, if the true objects i tbe action of his relative, sternly refused dashing at break-neck speed, in Guluin Howe's and the Weed machines, and find the A mer i 0i tl.e wai aSrainst ns had been boldiv ' all aid. but finally coucluded to eive him stvle. tin and down amid ihi hrmt and ican farsupeiior to them jail. ronld not cive the American Combination lor all of them.it will do all that is;claitned lor it in thetircn lar. !i I consider its upefipr to all others 1 hare evei seen Very Kesueetfnlly. Mas. Ceo. V. Harrison, We the undersigned take gret pleasurein giving , . v, ' . , . xt .. i xr I onr ieMDionj 01 uvur ui me mucinou caning iliograyhl. Muaie Books. Music, fcovela of Mcfine in preference to any otlicr. believing that the let autnors; Miana ijooks, aiduuis m it is 1 a a, a ...s... 1 avowee in tue begm mug, many itioueanas . a cot-ck tor 1U,UUU on condition that lie of those who look sides against us in that 1 would leave aud never return to his house a t a t 1 1 1 . 1 .1 -w x . a war would nave witbbeid tueir suppiri ; again. ieao accepted tbe proposition, from the Federal Goyernment, if they bad . took the money, returned to his old haunts, I have used Tbe Singer aud other machines and not given it to ua t In that event would and casting aside bis valaable but bitter would not exchange the 'American for any. i not our chandes of success have beeu far experience, was soon asain reduced to - , a o greater than they were, if uot indeed a want ; a condiiiou, it is said, which was certainty. Where then is the harm or hastened by the elopement of a colored tbf irupiudence in Mr. Davis' declarat in ojistre&, who took with ber considerable of hia opinio' that, but for the fraud ptac I MiSS M. RCTLEDOK. 1 have used six different Sewing Machines. The American surpasses them all. ii ; Mas. A. L. Bainet. - Mrs. H. N. Bkikgik. Salisbupt. N. 0., May 93. 1873. Veronkt 4 Bro.. Agts, American Com. 8. H. Sis: I have ussd the Howe. Hinger. Wheeler Wilson. Wilcox A Uibba -ewinir machine, and An.l eet Bibles. Prayer Books. Hymn U4M.U if nnv kind vou want: IHsloriea. th must .stvlish. kind; Stereocoies aud Viws: School 1 Books, all kinds in general ui.e. Slates! Inks, Writwic Paper of the best diuAlitvs Wall ' Paner and Wiudow Shades in great variety, Music Teachers for vol, Pianos, Banjo, violins o&e. A CT0JU to rAUxmsxis. truthfully recomni elided as the bet-t machine made. It is simple, runs very light and opes not get out of order or drop tithes. MR8. JAUKA ill. UVEKJIA, AliL. For8T, J. Allen Brown, A-' W. NOTDKKN. " A. E. Jokes, " Mi E Thom A8OV, We have seen naming advertisements and beard much said -by Agents of other machines. We will forfeit one nundreas aoiiars to tne con licid we would have been iuccj1iiI 7 The pitiably fatteuipt to distort tbin ie cUiaiion uiiojan atault upon the -.w- f Gf iral-Leeaid .10111181011, toi abfiinl to r autre lepecition. No one vtlio li-Hid Mr. Davis' utterances had tli reinoteit conception that such an idea was intend ed. I ot hii funds.- Then Beau coucluded that the world owed In m a living. Too proud to work, too lit(it'tt to steal, he adopted his vaga bond, Boheiiiiii life, and, levying a tax on all who came in contact with him. maJe it pay. At ihiaAiine, well dresfed, sporting a fine watch and chain, diamond pin, of good address, fond ot a story,' which he could tell with a gustf, he met in the plaudits of the people. Numeious incidents might be told of him in connection with prominent person ages, but they will do as will untold. His career has been an eventful one, and, as in life by his own act he was dependent upon the hand of charity for support, to in dying he is thrust opon the mercy of an institution as tbe recti pent of its un paid officers, and will probably fill a pauper's grave. But, are w'e willing to acknowledge that then annual visitors to tbe capital a class we did not contend for the principles of of wealthy gentlemen who were wont to eivil aud constitutional liberty 1 If so, then we were rebels and traitors. If we did fight for ! the principles of civil and constitutional liberty, then where is the .Buy a few dollars worth of books every vear for vuur sons and hands and take a good newspaper, they will work better and be more cheerful. 1 ry it. a word to rAHTyiima sola's. You have something to bo proud and to boast of. The farm la the keystone to every industrial pursuit. When it succeeds all prosper; when it fails, all flag. Don't think voo can t be a great man because you are tha son of a farmer. Washington, Webstar ! ana Clay were farroere sons, bat while lhey I toiled they studied. So do y. Bay a good book, one at a time, read and digest it, and then another. Call and see me and look over hooka. indulge his "beating lor the amasemen: he afforded, and paid him liberally for it. He knew enough to adapt himself to the different society with which he chane- tendint naitv. if after; fair trial before competent Virginian who will dare to sav. that he i ed to be thrown into contract, and in his jadgesthe American Machine will not do as well J notdp.fre .hat those who are to come ! earlv davs. not be'inr much of a bore, he irnnt tteuer. tha worKanne on anv oioer macnine. 1 . . .. . 7- ... and do valuable work that no other machine can ' after us shall cherish and maintain those found the men, ready and willing to pay do. ' 1 1 We have been Agents for Sewing Machine since 1856 have sold Singer's! Lad Webster's Atwater's and Floience's, and have abandoned all for the American. I Sand and get sample f work. , No40. tr. MKIiUNEl a, bku Ag st,. principles tribute. Even at this time, with all bis 1 Til ft - ! .3 COME TO THE i - PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, And Get a Good Picture. iWe will give vou a good nfetuwor not let you take it away ; for we don't intend that any bad work shall go from tbis office to in jure us abd tbe business. Call and try. Up Stain between Parkers and Miss Me- Juurrau's. ' Call and examine my stock of Wall Paper, Window buades. Writing paper. Inks ccc. ; Mind I don't i ate ti4 to be unaer sold. i Feb.g7itf. LINDSAY'S CSZJA.S12L21ZiZZZXL . THE GREAT POISON NEUTRALIZER. A Sure Preventive and certain cure for , CXXXX.Z.& axtd rzivzszi, and all species of Miasmatic diseases. $ud for cixcular. - C.R. BARKER U CO. April 24, 1873-5inos. INSURANCE I COMPANJ, of nicimoivD, va. 4 . ii . Assetts, 1st January, J873, $472,867.23 1 If' -" I F Issues Annual, Term, and ; -i! ! Participating Policies. If ; Farm Propei-ty a Specialty, i i i ' i. - I ' DR. H. G. DAVIDSON, President, f ji i JORDAN N. MARTIN, Vice-President I' J; E. NEISWANGER, ! ill S B. JONES, General Agent J. ALLEN BROWN, of Salisbury, II j Canvassing Agent I LEWIS G. HANES, of Lexington, y Loeal and travelling Agent May 22, ly. But is it said that it was imprudent for excesses, he was not known as a drinking a paiti r. Davis to say anything, because his i man, and, unless in tbe company of the j have n THE HABIT OF READING!. 1 have no lime to read is the common complaint, and especially of women, whose occupations are such as to prevent contin uous book perusal- They seem to tbiuk, because they cannot devote as much at tention to books as they are compelled to devote to their avocations, that they can not read any thing. But this is a great mistake. It isn't the books we finish at a sitting which always do us the most good. Those we devour in tbe odd mo meuts, half a dozen pages at a time, often give us more satisfaction, and are more thoroughly digested than those we make icr diem A gentleman residing: in this city, and who returned from the ' Washington and Lee University, of Virginia, relates some pleasant facts connected with the last days of Gen. Lee. He says 'that the private room in the University which the Gen si occupied has been left jttstas it was when he went out of it on the: morning he took to his bed, and from which he never arose. lbe General went into his room at Ins usual hour that morning, pat on his slip pers, took a seat near a window, from which he drew the curtain partially baek, and began reading a copy ot the Nashville Union and American. Jle had been com plaining of feeling unwell, and after read ing a khort lime be laid; the paper on the table and left lbe room,; never more to re turn. To-day the visitor to tbe Universi ty is shown the room, which he is allow ed to enter, but is prohibited from touch ing anything. On lhedust covered table he sees the paper aa it; dropped from the hand of the great chieftain, near the chair, which is partly turned around, hi slippers. The curtain is in the same position in which the Goneral bad. placed it, and in the ink stand is the deeply corroded pen as it had been left when last used. A guard is mounted at the door every day to see that nothing about the room is dis turbed by any one visiting it. Nashville Union and American. cries of anguish and distress could hp hesrd all over the prison. When they arrived on tbe scaffold, the execuuoner'i assistants bad to support them. Thi) death warrants were read, and the htadi roan motioned Anna Priester to sdvance. The wretched woman threw herself on her knees and cried in a piercing tone, "Me cy 1 mercy !" Sbe had to be dragged up to tbe block, when her head was quickly fastened. The beadsman took bis are from a leather case. He tried the edge of the blade, and then lapidly stepped up' to the left side of the block; He looked a moment at the white neck sf the womaa, whose body was moving convulsively all the time. Then he lifted! the axe and struck. The blow had done its work well, for the the Jiead of Anna Priester rolled down, while her trunk rote up, a thick stream of blood spouting into the air. j Meanwhile Frederica, upon witnessing this horrible spectacle, bad tainted away, and the doctor had to hold hartshorn. Et der her nose before she resawske to con sciousness. She was already more dead than alive when her bead was fastened1 o the block. A second or (wo afterward her head, loo. had been severed from ike trunk. V- I And then ensued a still more revolting scene. Large numbers ot the bystanders hastened on lbe scaffold and tried to gath er some of lbe blood of thcjvicllm in t cups or tin vessels, the superstitious certain parts of Germany believing that the bloou of executed females is a cent'U remedy for diseases otherwise incurably.. STATISTICS. The late censns reports give some inter esting vital statistic: The total population of the country is about thirty-eight and a quarter millions. The to. si number of deaths in tbe cur rent census year, 492 2C3, or about 1,349 M words were likely to be seized hold of and profane, not at all profane: but when a distorted from their true meaning. Really, . vulgar story was started by any one in this is a strange doctrine for a country : the crowd, be could "see it and "go con- claiming to pe Republican in Us institu- eiderable better in the same line. tions. and where liberty of speech bat ' Ut course he soon became well known been regarded as one of the great bulwarks ! throughout the country, and in 1S49 had of freedom Edmund Burke said that, become so notorious that no stranger ever ticular effort to read. Tbe men who made their mark in the world have March, April, and May, from the most fatal quarter, exceeding anv other three generally beeu the men who have in boy-1 consecutive months by, over 13,000 A NEIGHBORLY MURDER. Intelligence of a very sociable tnuraer comes from Walton county, Fla. FoHoV ing, as it does close upon the bests of another tragedy, and as woman, wheth er lovely or not, is at the bottom thereof, the facts in tbe case are perhaps worth relating. Some months sgo Mr. George Parish, having some misunderstanding with bis brother-in-law, a Mr. Leyden, armed himself with a shot-gun and promp tly put his recalcitrant relative out ofihe way. Shortly sfter ibis sanguinary affcav, which made Mrs. Leydcrj a widow, jibe doffed her weeds for the legendary orange blossom, and became the j bride of Mr. Robert Bell. Tbe honeymoon sped by without a ripple on lbe surface of the placid stream of domestic ' fe'xity. In a short time, however, Mrs. Bell made com plaint to her husband of the amorous ad vances of one Mr. Wilfiam Nalhief, a neighbor, and afterwards Imade the same complaint in presence cf Nathie. Mr. Bell simply asked ber to stop ber DSise, "prudence when carried too far degenerates into a "reptile virtue,' which is the more dangerous for the plausible appearance it wear ; and this remark has been cited by by the New England Lexicographer. Webster, (or his editor,) to illustrate the difference between the words wisdom and prudence, f Tbe prudence recommended by our most politic politicians very often now assumes the shape of a "reptile vir tue. Why should we care what such journals as the New York HeraWNew York Times, Washington Chronicle, et id omne dee., say about us 1 Are not all our acts, sayings, customs, &c, the constant theme of misrepresentation, perversion and abuse in the daily papers, pictorial journal, periodical literature, and bo ks of the North ! If we cannot have political in dependence! let us have independence of thought at least. And now let us say, that if there be lime time-servers wba-e willing to yield the principles for which we contended, are still those surviving who believe that good government can never be restored by an abandonment of principles, and who intend to vindicate the principles in volved in pur late struggle, and the mo tives and conduct of those who fought to maintain them. Besides tbe appeal to the source of all power and justice, there is another Appeal from the so-called "ar bitrament qt arms" and the judgment of those who-kre over-awed or seduced by power, which lies before the judgement seat of foreign nations and posterity, and that appeal will be taken. It was the purpose of the convention lately assembled at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs tbooeht of coming to this city without 7 w w asking to sec him, aud willingly payiug the required amount for the introduction. About this time tbe hotel proprietors be gan to consider him eonsid able of a nuisance, and for some years he was not allowed to enter either Brown's or the National, but he always managed to see the guests of both and place them on his list. He had a remarkable memory, both of facts and faces ; knew all tbe public men of that time, and on their return dur ing the winter season never failed to arcost them by name and tell them the amount charged against them. What hia revenues were, of eourse no one knew, but he lived in good style, and in the summer he never failed to visit one or two of the springs, and never missed a race in fact, he considered himself aufait in horse matters, and in latter days he eoold tell you of famous horses for the past thirty years. He was excessively fond of. relating to the stranger, of late days. reminiscences of the great men of the past, of all of whom he spoke iu the most fami liar terms. With such a reputation it is but natural that there were many original stories told of and about him. one of the best being how he beat railroad conduc tor. a Bean had been to Baltimore to a race, got broke, and concluded that the railroad owed him a ride home. Accordingly be took a common card, ck it in the band of his high bat, and getting an inside seat stuck his bead out of the window. Along comes tbe conductor for his tickets, and, noiiein the gentleman seated apparently in a, deen study, he Upped him -on tbe W ' hood formed the habit of reading at every available moment, whether for five minutes or five hours. It is the habit of reading rather than the time at our command that holds us on tbe road to learning. Many of the most Tbe biiths number 1,100,375, or about intimating that if this reasonable dentand cultivated persons, whose names have third of whom are foreign birth been famous as students, have given only I Persons over 80 years of age number two or three hours a day to their books. I about 150,000. ; If we make use of spare minutes in the I l'ersons over DO years ot age number midst of our work, and read a little, if but about 7,000. page or a p ragraph, we shall find our l'ersons over 100 years of age number brains quickened and our toil lightened by I about 3,500. just so much increased satisfaction as the Of those over SO years, lbe females out- book gives us. Nothing helps along the number lbe males by about 3,000 per diem. The blind number about 20,000. The deaf and dumb, about 16 000. The idiotic, about 24,000. The insane, about 37,000 nearly one- as not complied with, he would be aider the painful necessty of severing the ciari taltie. Whereupon Mr. Nathie remarked that Mrs. Bell could always find a shelter under his thatch. This remark oporj the part of Mr. Nathie roused tbe sleeping demon f jealously in the j breast of Bell, an old-fashioned scuffle epsucd, ia which Nathie was somewhat worsted. Hjf two sons appeared at this juncture, and they made a united effort to suffocate Bell, by shuling off his wind, while; their respected parent sauntered into tbd house after a gun, tor lbe purpose 01 putting ana) cua monotonous daily round so much as fresh and striking thoughts, to be considered bile our hands are busy. A new idea from a new volume ia like oil which re duces the fraction of the uachiney of life. What we remember from brief glimpses into books ofleu serves as a stimulus to ac tion, and becomes one of lbe most precious deposits in the treasury of our recollection. All knowledge is made np ot small parts, hieh would seem insignificant in them selves, but which, taken together, are valuable weapons for tbe mind and sub- stantial armor for tbe soul. 'Kead any thing continuously, says Dr. Johnson, 'and you will be learned. The odd minu tes which we are inclined to waste if care fully availed of for instruction, will, in the long run, make golden hours and golden days that wq shaU be ever thankful for. " Home and Society " Scrihner s for August. in excess about 1,200 Of those over 100 years, the females exceed the males by about 1,000. Of those over 90 vears. the females are to the pleasantry. Bell nonaged to break away from bis friends ana wen 110 uiaowu domain for a shot-run. He procured his armament and appeared on the seen just in time to receive three buck-shot m his headfronSatbie's ; r illcry, which brought hm to tjje ground. Kecovtnng, lie 11 saluted his opponent wiihi one banel and mortally wouuded him. 'Nathie di?d in thirty minutes, while Bell recovered suffi- cienJy to attend the funeral the next; day. where, according to all accounts, b was the most prominent mourner. The little commanity hss relaprsd 'into its former pastoral peacefulness, and all hands are probably satisfied with lbs stituatiou1. Ecosomt ix Wowix'8 Drkss. Tbe New York Sun says that in the last four, years there has been an unprecedented growth in the trade of New York in ready made clothing for women. Five years ibis branch ot the dry goods business was comparatively small ; iu fact, there was Utile or no call fcr rraly-made suits by large jobbers or merchants from Western and Southern civies. Jjow, so great is lbe demand for this class of goods, it is with difficulty that it can b met by the sever al large and unnumbered smaller manu factories of the3e garropcois in New York, added to an immense importation of suits, redingotcs, cloaks, jackets and undergar ments from the work rooms of Berlin, Paris and London. ' A scheme is in preparation in a French War Officer for a musical academy in the army, iu which all soldiers giving any indications jf musical taste or knowledge will be permitted to study. When in structed they are to be drafted off into tbe regimental bands. i Here is Potts ville a chance fori the girls. A " patent" advertises ; hFair Offer To the Public I have two knaay boys, and no girls. Twajsre Tw'-1 1 will swap one or both of themfor s gtrl. W. H. B." ! I 1 liig It is reisted mat an Irishman once lbe Conservative mass meetiog in visited Lynchburg, and after having in- Richmond, Va., on Friday night, rwas a s petted the numerons hills snd mountain I grand affair. Gen. Kemper, Col. Withers, ranges, he claimed ; "Bcdad ! I niver j R. i Daniel, R. M. T. Hunter and other was in a country before where they had distinguished gentleman made speeches. so mneb land that they bad to stack it." Gov. Walker presided.