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. J. STEW ART,
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Mt. VittNojr, N. 0.1
f Sept, Mib, 1873. J j
DeailJ Watchman: To day !s SunJ
day. I could go to church and hear si
sermon j but I have concluded to stay i
home and write one. ! i
I shall take my text In the twentieth!
chapter of Jeremiah, at the Centh verse,
which reads that: i
"For II heard the defaming of many
fear on every side. Report, say they, and
we will report it. All my familiar watcbj
j ed for my halting,' raying, Peradveuture!
he will be enticed, and we shall take oar
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revenge on him" . . I
I These; words are eren more applicable
now tbah they were in the days of the
prophet. . Lying, has .come to take rank
; as one of the fine rarts, " employing the
earnest Industry oi scores of oar men of
genius and the admiration and patronage
of many hundreds of the common crowd)
Louis Napoleon, Colfax and Baron Mun
! cbausen are fair specimens of the forme?
This unrivalled Southern Remedy is warrant
cd pot to contain a tingle particle ot Mercvbt,
or any injurious mineral aubstance, but is
i n TiT,rr wrvnnn a tvt.ti
... . n . . f I or artistic class of nrofessionals. and MisJ
t.inin tiioA Hoamern noon ana iieros. i r r r i
vbich an all-wue irroviaence naa.piacea in t tress iarry ine-ag-ana-ieiiiue-,ew8 ana
Mister Makea-Taleand jBlow-it are every
day on exhibition as trust representative
of neighberhood gossip for the other por4
countries wbere Liver Disease most prevail. It
vUlCftoll D'utatt earned by Derangement of tA
The SvMrroMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter
cr Ud Uwte in the mouth: Pain in the Back,
Side or Joint, often mistaken for Rheumatism ;
Stomach; Lom of Appellee ; Bowels alter
ptulv costive and lax ; Headache ; Lom of mem.
or, with a painful sensation of having failed to
do mething which ought to have been done ;
Debility,-Low Spirit, a thick yellow appearance
f tli Skin and Ere, a dry Cough often mi-
uken for Consumption. Sometimes many of
theeyoiptonlt attend the disease, at other, very
'few; but the LiVER, the largest organ in the
bodr, U generally the seat of the disease, and if
i not Rtguuted in time great Buffering, wretched-
. Ml
nM ana ieath win ensue.
1 JUU Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will not be found
j tie Least Unpleasant.
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jauni
dice. Uillhms attacks, SICK HEADACHE,
Colic, Depression ot Syirita.SOUR STOMACH,
'Heart Bum, Ac, AoJ !
taaiBs' Liver Regulator, or Medicine,
It the Cheapest, PuresJ and. Rest Family Medi4
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Now it is not within
discourse to deal with the great men afore
said, who hang ont their shingle and
advertise the public, frankly that such it
their business, and that they can beat
Satan himself at it. They get their del
serts from the newspapers, which lash
them one day and lay a wager to outlie
them the) next. There; is jolly fun any
way in this sort of fellows I'll just let
them alone.
Bct, these nasty sneaking curs these
limy cotton-mouthed vipers, that go creep
tog around the bush, spewing their venom
upon the fair fame' of their honest neigh
borsexaggerating every thing yon do or
say what language is adequate to de
scribe the bitterness of scorn and contempt
in which they should be held 1
'Rep&rt, say they) andtcewiUreportitf'
Yea, that's their trade exactly ; and it is
enough to make any of their victims curse
the day he was born, I as Jeremiah did
and call ou the Lord j for vengeance on
them! '(.'(
"Love your enemies j" O, my brethren,
if it is not hard to love such! cattle as
these, then I am a liar too
The evil is not confined to the law and
ignorant entirely, of whom we could ex
pect no better, nor to any particular neigh
borhoodit is the "defaming of many,
fear on every side." Given, a man with
simple straightforwardness of manner
enough to be called eccentric, ideas b
duty lofty enongh to surpass the common
estimate, education or talent or iudepen
dence enongh to excite jealousy, and yon
have the neighborhood gossip's favorite
prey the Christmas feast of the slander- j
The Railroad Problem.
j New! York Graphic.
Every new hearing before the Senate
Commission on Transportation brings ont
In clearer lines this fact that the railroad
question ii the great problem of the time.
The magnitude of the interests involved
in it, the number f people of all classes
concerned! iu its eolution, the earnest ne
cessity for immediate action upon it, all
combine to give j a prominence and im
porta uv that jn other topic assumes.
Chtap TriupurUfioti means a total change'
in our lailroo-i pplicy and management.
Canals are nut juf .: the count. "Tbey are
poor makeshifts at the best. They are
too slow, cumbrous and costly to meet
the present demand of our agriculture
and commerce. I bey are closed one-quar-
ieroi iue year nyi ice. xi is pieaeaui io
hear genllemew lof antediluviau tastes
dilate on the posstbiluies of the canal sys
tem, and entertain themselves with fine
spun speculation! on the results ot an en-
argemeut of km& and tbe substitution of
steam for donkeylpower. And bow shall
the railroads, now owned by private con
porations and managed in their interest
without regard to tue interests of tbe com
munity, be turned to public advantage 1
This is this point Ion which the whole dis
cission turns.' i I
It is idle to thing of keeping this ques
ion oat of politics. All great question of
public interest naturally and inevitably
find their way into politics. And at tbe
present time, when no great practical is
sue divides the old parties, which are kept
apart byj names and traditions and tbe
trades ot leaders trainer loan by any essen
tial difference of opinion, it is inevitable
that a great question like this which coo
cerns an classes -ana au secuons oi me
whole country should be made a political
issue, it is a Domical anesuon. It re
lates to the whole theorv of government.
It concerns the ; principles, and policy of
legislation and administration. No amount
of agitation or criticism will compel the
railroad corporations to surrender tbeir
charters, j or even reduce their rates of
transportation. I They have the power in
their ownj handstand will be likely to keep
their advantage until forced to yield by
legislative or judicial decree. And now
that the free-trade question has been ham
mered so; thin that it is impossible to tell
whether ii is on the anvil or not, and there
is no topic of Urgent and vital importance
before the country, nothing can hinder
this railroad question from becoming the
real political issue of the next decade.
Tbe movementsof parties in Illinois Iowa,
California, and j tome other States, point
conclusively to this result. And when it
is 6een that cheap transportation, which
all classes -are clamoring for, means the
control, if not the ownship, of tbe railroads
by the State, and is a matter that cannot
be compassed by any number of secret
societies and co-operative associations out
side of the sphere of political action, there
will be an immediate and general divieion
of ours pursued!
' -?!!
It baa! been, suggested that tbe whole
difficulty can be obviated by preventing
any combination or consolidation of rail
road companies1:' that, so lone as each
The Arena1 of America.'
Cast a momentary elanee "over the sur
face of this broad continent. ' Yon will
see at once that it is the most magnificent
theatre npoa which human power has
ever had an opportunity to exert itself.
Remember that upon it forty millions of
beings are already! placed, and that the
futute will doubtless contribute iu annnal
millions in au ever-lnei easing ratio. You
will also note that, flocking in from aboard,
come the Celt, the Teuton, the African
the Artec, and the native of far Cathay ;
all ruhitig in to form parts of one huge
U7 From! the lmtita'JciiniaL "' -
Grant and His Pets.
Our military, President does not like
speech-making muchbut he has a decided
foudness for letter-writing. He likes his
friends, too, and will never desert them,
even under the most unfavorable dream
stances, if heean save heui ty writing a
letter, and giving them a certificate of
character. . , ,
"When Tom Murphy was forced, by the.
pressure of . public opinion, to resign the
Cnllectorsbip of New York City, the
President came square" up to bis relief
with a letter endorsing him in the strooe- conglomerate mass pf restless humanity.
est terms. The people juried in aurnze Pnn whose fiat depends the realization of
ment, even Republicans, tucmsetves, be- u,e ("guest nopes ever yet formed oi ap
ing astonished. - 4 -s proatbing the image of a utopkn common
Later still, the President, shocked the wealth. Surely never in tuy pieceeding
moral sense of the country by Ttis ettdorse- record of human history has there heen.lt
ment of YieePresidentOolfaxajn hi flrr opening for the full devtdopeaent
retirement from the office, reekinirwiih f the noblest aspirations for rood, which
tbe fumes of briber r and rwMrv. the Divine Being has been nleased to im
But it is not by letter only that our plant in the bosom bf his creatures. Here
President shows bis appreciation of bad
men. ' be recent appointment of Mr. A.
R. Shepherd to be Governor of the Dis
trict of Columbia, is a striking instance of
bis babitual dtsresrard aud defiance of
public opinion.
Mr. Shepherd, it is well known, was
the Vice-President of jhe Washington
City Board of Public Works ; it is also
well kuown that tbe District of Columbia
has been completely bankrupted by the
action of that Board. Congress, at its late
session,. Toted 54,000,000 to carry on its
schemes, yet the Treasury is empty, and
tbe debt is counted by millions; tbe
tea
the
tbe bouds of tbe District are unsaleable.
This condition of affairs. . which his
become a byeword and a reproach all
over the country, is the renult of the rule
of Governor Cooke and Vice-President
Shepherd. Governor Cooke resigns and
President Grant writes him a letter ens
dorsing biin, and thereupon appoints
obepberd to succeed bun !
m
verily, mere never was a man more
open in his defiance of public opinion than
this same letter-writing and anti-speech
making President of ours.
is ample spaee and jverge enough for the
most far-seeing statesman, the most per
snaeive orator, the most profound philoso
pher, tbe most exalted philanthropist.
uric io a unu llic UfcC OI WU1CU ATCSIOUO
or Plato nver trodl Here are problems
on which Cicero never could have specu
lated, or Bacon exercise his wonderful
sagacity. Answer me, if yoa can, I pray
you, shall it indeed be that this marvelous
scene will be occupied by actors worthy
of their place, who will strain their utmost
powers to rise to every great emergency,
and do for their fellow-men, all that mor
tal power has been able to effect, since the
chers in the public schools are unpaid ; forfeiture of parage T C. F. Adams,
t "improvements" are unfinished, and .
A California Cloud-Burst.
Sale of Blooded Cows.
We respectfully ask every subscriber
to the State Agricultural Journal,
to read tbe article in another column on
the sale of Hon. Samuel Campbell s cows,
near Utica, N. Y., on tbe 10th inst. While
we eannnt in some years to come, expect
to approximate these prices still it is well
fur us all io know what others are doing
in the raising of improved stock. Wa
will have to give away at our coming
Fair, some of as fine calves as those, and
sheep equal to any in the world.
Iu this connection we would call espe
ciaT attention to our coming .State Fair,
commencing Oct. 13th. Stock raisers of
the North have presented our Society
with some of tbe best blooded cows, pigs,
aud sheep, that can be produced in the
world. Mr. M. Templeton, Wefct Middle
town, Pa., has contributed a pair of lambs
of his improved stock; the ram, gratid
site of these lambs, be paid six thousand
Those strange phenomena, the felicit
ously-named cloud-bursts, that sometimes
devastate the California valleys, are often
terribly dramatic in tbeir appearance and
effects. In Yoero! canon dwelt William
McGiHing and bis four daughters. On
tbe 12th of Aug. a smill cloud appeared
iu tbe sky, rapidly approaching tbe moun
tains, and increasing in volume and density
until the sky was: obscured, and iu the
canon it seemed as if night bad come sud
deuly. r earing danger, tbe family started
to tbe high grounds, but tbe eldest per
suaded tbe others to return and endeavor
to save the dearly-prised article of a Call
tormo girl s heart, the piano an instru
ment, it once lost,; difficult to replace in
tne interior. iui aeuy was fatal, and
involved tbe untimely death of the whole
family. We readj
"Scarcely bad they reached the door o
the cabin on their return when, wub
noiso like the discharge of a thousand
pieces of artilery, the darkness suddenly
parted in the centif, and simultaneously.
an immense sheet of water decended upou
the doomed house tike a shot from a gun
One prolonged wail, a few short shrieks
and tbe silence of jdath closed over the
scene. Wben tue, water bad subsided
Yogo canon ceased! to exist. Whf re the
canon had been was only a part of the
adjoining hills, the debris caused by the
cloud-burst having 'filled it up to a level
with their tops."
New York Correspondence Chicago TrlbttDc)
! . Who is Dapiel Prattf
: Almost the only fool honored by est
sjonal mention is Daniel Pratt, the Great
American Traveler, and hardly an j body
knows who he is. lie was formerly a
printer, I understand, and, never having
possessed much good sense, was made a
universal but of by his fellowcraflsmen.
uulil.he lost the litUe sense Nature had
provided him with. ) lie went to Liver
pool once in a sailling-vessel, staid three
or four weeks inEngjaud, returned borne,
and talked so copiously of what he had
!.- t ...! .I'll ..
seen aoroaa mat nis oroiner-composiiors
dubbed him tbe Great American Trave
r. They ran all sorts of saws on him,
put stones , into ins mouth of bis
wanderings in Asia Minor. Greenland.
Australia, and Ethiopia : and so bewilder
d the the poor devil'that he came to be-
icve not only that be, bad told them, but
be had actuajly been', in those countries.
Since that time, he has never been more
than 300 miles from New York ; and yet
be i a positive monomaniac on the sub
ect of travel. His acquaintances, aware
of this, kept out of hif way for fear of the
ate of Narcissus. Taey frequently send
him to certain persoui by telling htm that
those persons are deeply interested iu
orein lands, and would be delizhted to
hear his account thereof. This is a stand
ing joke among typosand is put off upon
any one tbey can think, of.
North Carolina 4hxad. It appears
that of 317 Senators and Representatives
ouly about 87 are graduates of Colleges.
A 5 to States, says lb Nation, "tbe roost
notable, is North Carolina, for six of her
nine members are college men, which is
the bizbesl proportion' to be found in Con-
c? as
grees), and all of them are graduates of
ber State University. 2s ew 'York has
nine out of thirty -three-; Pennsylvania,
six out of twentv-sixt Ohio five out of
twentyooe, New England is not much
better bavin? less than half: and ten
States,-extending in age from Maryland
and Delaware to Texas and Nevada, have
not a single graduate; As between the
North and South and the East and West,
not much can be said, for North Carolina
and Nebraska are the: only Slates which
come up to thu proportion of two-thirds.
Sentinel. j
The First Gun in the!War.
A-Philadelphia paper ears: It baa
been generally thought that the first
of the great civil war, was that fired oa
I on Sumter, while other aecnuuta have
given the doubtful honor to battery fa
j. cuMwii MTDor, in x lonoa, WAcre Ad
miral Porter, then but a lieutenant, dis
tinguished himself by reinforcior'the
United States garrison with 'extraordina
ry vigor and promptitude before the actual
outbreak of tbe war. But the war depart
ment at Washington has ascertained on
clear evidence that the original overt act
of hostility 'was committed at JMeksburg,
on the Mississippi, when an attempt was
maae, some a ays before toe yhariestos
and Pensaeola affairs, to stoa a steamer
Eassing down the stream with stores ea
oard belonging to the federal government.
As the armament of the place at that tin
consisted of but one four pounder, tfta
property of the city, and intended :
salutes, itis not surprising that it steamer
went by unhurt ; and tne circumi lances
had been almost forgotten in the rreater
events of which Ylcksburg was the scene.
.Ml. f f ! , . I i.
unui lite inquiries revivea tne memory cT
them. The gun was brought away wbea
the works of Pemberton were dismantled
after his surrender to Grant in 1863, and
wu taicij iuuuu in iuo ordinance stores
at Washington, whence the President has
directed it should be aent to West Point,
and presented to the academy as a public
memorial oi me inumpu ottibe cause
against wbt?b it was used for the first act
of defiance. i
eorporatmnis kept entirely distict from all doIlar8 'or- And ??r. 8toj qa7
others, monopoly is rendered impossible, lPur W!U " "Jtinn and disposed
and the law of competition will keep the ; OIf W9 oe
;nefit of the Society
"Nasby" Joins the "Grangers. n
Nasbv has turned up in "Illinoyf
W0HD T
TAJXXanTLtt.
Bar a few dollars worth of books, every
jftr for your sons and bands and take a good
newipaperthej will work better and be more
cheerful. ' Try It.
a t7ohd to r Annnxia aozxs.
You have something to be proud and to
bnatt of. The farm is the kevstoue to every
industrial . pursuit I When it succeeds all
prosper; wben it fails, all flag. Don't think
you can't be a great man because you are
the son of a fanner Washington, Webster
and Clay were farmer's sons, but while they
toiled they studied. So do ye. Buy a good
book, one at 4 time read and digest it, and
beo another. j
Call and see me and look over books.
COME ! TO THE
ons ghoul and byena! Ibis man tbey i 2iaul wfln a wlihe of straw. It is the
will follow through life, more assiduous inevitable tendency of corporations work
cod tireless than blood hounds; and the 1 ig on pHrallei: Jinea, with interests lhat
taste of the red lile-current from his heart ! are practically identical, to ca-operate, if
. . , , ' , T. .j i not to combine. No legal or legislative
of hearts will not satisfy them 1 Ih?y ! barrier that can: be raised will prevent a
could, tbey would dog bis steps into tne
very-courts of heaven, and try to make
the angels believe there was some mistake
and that he was not fit to be there 11
"All 5 m xr familiara wfttehpd fnr tnv
halting;" Just so. Not merely that low
down common-liar. Every higher circle
of the community has its J udas, who by
tome means has insinuated, himself into
that place, and whose fool tongue nobody
escapes Beneath the surface of society
everwhere is a smouldering fire kept alive
by the "unruly member," which has Its
volcanic eruptions occasionally, in the
shape pf murders, divorces, wars and
tumults. Is it not so, brethren 1
Finally, what is to be done about ft 1
It is easy enough to repeat the stereotyped
phrase,' "Let a lie alone, and it will kill
itself." But, like many other old sayings,
there is not much in it, when it comes to
practice. You might as well tell me that
yoa will Jet the thief alone, and that your
purse will take legs unto itself and walk
back to you. And if-you would follow
w i
him to get what Shakespeare calls "trash.
what should yon do with m about your
I L J ' . .1 . t
rates of transportation at the lowest possi- I " 8 pmposea io gei ria oi una 8,oca,
It fa an attempt to bind a fcUc,"V ' 6" 1.."t u.1 b
bl
point.
at a Uilt Uoncert, on 1 hursdav, during
the Fair. Tickets may be had of J. J.
Litcbford, General Agent, or from regular
authorized agents at
throughout the State. Price of singl
ticket oue dollar.
State Agricultural Journal.
Desperate Attempts at Highway
Robbkry Assistance Arsives Flight
OF TBE Mobbcrs, &c-Anotber attempt
at highway robbery was made near this
citv on Saturday nicht last. Mr. Abe
Williamson, residing near the Onslow line
had been here in attendance upon tbe
market and was returning home when
about 7 o'clock, just as be hud reached
a point about five milesTrom the city, near
the residence of a man by the name of
Spicerj three -colored men suddenly sprang
out of the bushes and 'made a furious as
sault upon Mr. Williamson. Fortunately
for that gentleman, a Mr. Summerell was
driving short distance behind Mr. W.,
i ' j
nearu tne struggle going on ana nasienea
to the rescue. Upon perceiving this rein
forcemeat of Mr. Williamson the robbers
became alarmed, jumped Mr. Spicer's fence
and made their escape One of tbe vil-
reached the fence, seized a
rail and struck Mr. W; a severe blow on
the arm with it, inflicting a very painful
wound, put for the prompt arrival of Mr.
Summerell on the cround there is no tell
ing what' might have been tbe result, as
tbe robbers evidently! were prepared to
How Youxg Mex Should Dxtsx.
8taod up straight like a man, your left
side to the bar, take the glass neatly and
brmly between tbe thumb and forefinger of
the right hand, letting the little finger
drop down to near the bottom of the glass,
swing the glass in a plane exactly corre
sponding with the top of the bar, uatil it
is precisely before you. Just then throw
tbe bead back a little, push the chin for
ward, so as to leave tbe throat, in a fall,
open, easy position. Uompresa lips tight
ly, draw a full breath through the nos
trils, and wub a graceful curve raise the
glass uutil the rim is riihin about three
inches of your cbin. Now is the supreme
moment. Just here, turn your eves co
wards, think of your mother, and open
your hand instead of your mouth 1 If any
one laugbs it will be an insult which you
should resent by not going there again.
Advice that was Heeded. It is re
' ported that a plain, honest farmer, the
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be doei no harm, or that his life is not a
s erica of crimes. :
For my own part, I go in for more
stringent legislation on the subject, or for
each one aggrieved to defend himself,
track the liar to his den, and extinguish
him. Every one who spreads prejudice
against you npon tbe minds of strangers
wherever he meets them ought io be tned
and convicted of a crime as heinous as
i murder or arson, and sentenced according
ly. Brethren, ana. J. Tight or wrong I is
1 E. P. H,
I
New Jersey people dont say "liar" right
out, but remark i "fair, yoa rewind me o
my lamented brother, who oould pervert
truth with tbe greatest ease'
3 F i '1
A "bridal ear ia now tun ,on the PacJ
I fic uailroad. i f
to: deal;: with a single corporation. ; inena oi iay, ueing solicited to oe a raDDed thc jJ8i(je nr hu handi lhree d B
a single responsible head, than with ; candidate for the Legislature, called on jndU8trjousIy to get up a satisfactory cal
lus. We address each other ez Farmer
practical consolidation which will be just
as injurious tq all the material interests of
the country as any that it is proposed to
Drohibiti Furthermore, it is safer and
easier
under
a score or huudied irresponsible companies : the great Mr. Clay, and sought his coun
managed by al mob of nobodies. One ! el as to tbe propriety of serving his coun-
man can bj held to an accountability, ' try as tbe maker ot lawa. "My advice to
while a mob will go free. Morever, iheie ' to you,' said Mr, Clay earnestly, "is to
U another point of vast importance to be keep out politics. They will up trump
... . w . . M . ' . II I.' J. ..I l . 1 I
condsidered. -It is a question ot justice , an Kinas oi ciiarges against you, ana nun
to the corporations. The public demand ' your character." "But," replied the honest
cheap transportation. But there are scores j old farmer, "they can't say anything
of railroads, built through sparsely settled j against my character. Everybody knots
districts in advance of any real need, on j that I have led a blameless life." "Try
purpose to induce emigration and develop ( it, said Mr. Clay, wbo knew bow it was
the resources pf tbe country, in the ex- i himself. "Try it."
pectatiou of creating a paying business at lle good old man did try it, and before
some future titne. They were built on
where with a set of broken down political
backs and office seekers, be is running
tht Grangers strong," He says : :
Wehev assomeda costoom in accor
dance wiih our new gricultooral deparch-
diflferetil points er We he he,iV7 nSr hoots, bloo ever re80rt t0 lne rooBt desperate measures to
Price of sincle hanlstueked iuto ern hickory shirts, and carry out their purpose believing Mr.
.aCU UV US Willi.mann In tivft nnitn m. mam of
monev in bit noasessioh as the result of his
cam, ana spnncie uy-eeea in our aair
every mornin. Blethers is sointhoosiastic
that he daubs clay 6u his boots every
mornin, and Billins tdok a wbet-stun and
sales in the market. Vil. Star.
Billins, Farmer Blathers, Farmer Pettus,
and Farmer Nasby, -atjd our cotiTersash-
unt is pnncipally about agnculiooral mat
ters. lbe oiber cusses bave more reel
however than discreshhn in this direcke
a
ban. Billings wuz oat in the country
with ns, and looking Wisely ez wuz lb
best looking winter oati he had ever seen
and he wandered if the farmers uv that
section planted corn yst in October : he
A Lively Timepiece. A dock ped
dler was tramping along hot, dusty and
tired, when be came to a meetiog house
wherein sundry friends were engaged in
silent devotion. Tbe ?perpatetic trades
man thought he would walk in and rest
himself, lie took a seat upon a bench,
doffed his hat, and placed his clocks on the
floor. 1 here was a painful stillness in
the meeting house, which was brokan by
oue of the clocks which commenced strik
ing furiously. The peddler was iu agony,
.a .a a
but be boped every ; minute tbe clock
ould stop. Instead of that it struck four
The Raleigh Netcs says : ' We learn
from a gentleman that just reached this
city from Western Carolina that on Sun
day the 7th instant, a iir. Bohjack, a high
ly respectable and useful citizen of Stoke
county, attended church in his community
to bold a class meeting, lie left tbe
church for his home without company aod
was found dead sometime afterwards iu
the road, the bridle and one stirrup lying
near bim. 1 be probability is that be was
thrown from his saddle, hour his foot in
tbe stirrup and was killed by the fall and
tbe violent action of the animal he was
riding. There was an uncredited rumor
that be was known to bave a -'considera
ble sum of money on his person, which
was missing when he was found. This
suggests the idea of foul play. il
Mr. R. A. Palmer has been doing the
breakneck business from a 'balloon at
Beloit, Wis. II is balloon had no basket :
he simply sat on a bar, and wbsn an eleva
tion ot 1 000 feet had been reached, he
performed all kinds of monkey antics.
oaee hanging by bis toes to tbe bar, and
then dropping about eight feet and catch
ing some rings suspended beneath. II is
descent was safely effected, and he will
probably continue such foolery till he
gets a tumble.
Mas. Do Carlos. The wife of Den
Carlos is described as "a very majestic
and beautiful woman." She is only tG
years old ; her countenance is very pleas
ing, but at tbe same time indicates great
courage ; sbe is tall, and ber bearing is
noble; her eyes at times seem to be black,
but tbey are really of a very; dark bUeJ
and her hair is golden. Sbe. is the daugh 4
ter of tbe late Duke I erdinand Charles:
II., and is the niece of the Court de Cham-bord.
had found it better to Isub soil it in Sep- hundred and thirty tijnes, by the actual
speculation in: part, for tbe interest of the
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eeciiofiq iney fan inrougu. i nese roans
do not pay at the present high rates of
transportationj I How can the public rigb-
fully require the owners of these roads to
run them at a loss I W bat justice is there
in demanding (hat they shall carry pas
sengers aud frefght at a rate which would
ruin them in six months ? Every one
can see the injustice of a clamer which
proposes no practical remedy tor tue grie
vance of which lit complains. That reme
dy lies in the absorption of the railroads
by tbe plate, making them the property
of the public, ad opening them np for the
nse of individuals and companies, under
restrictions, fori the greatest public bene
fit. I Ii I '
Tbe following prices seem fabulous, and
yet they were realized at a sale of short
horn cattle near Utica, N. 7. Animals of
the "Duchess";! breed sold for $12,000,
$30,000, $19,000, $35,000 and $40,600.
The strange thing is that two noblemen
from England 'paid the last two sums,
when that country is most famous for rais
ing fine cattle fand this very "Duchess"
stock fijrst came from the "ould country."
A contemporary sagely remarks, when
cows and hulls get so valuable, what
wonder! that human life is assumed to be a
matter bf trifling importance.
We have seen it stated that some of the
American catt) brebders had surpassed the
English, and tbtese astounding hut genuine
prices Would eeem to prove it. Sentinel.
the cauvass was over he withdrew from
it in deep disgust. . Meeting with Mr.
Clay afterward he asked what were his
chances for election.
"I bave withdrawn," he replied some
what earnestly. aDo you -think," said
j he, "they not only charged me with steal
ing a sheep once, but, what is worse, they
came very near provm it I 1 am done
with politics."
The Pathos of Poverty.
A Detriot newspaper tells the following
story ; A boy about ten years of age,
leading a lively little dog, called at tbe
central station and asked if that was the
place where they shot dos. Being an
swered in tbe affirmative, be said, "Well
please shoot my poor little Dan. lie's an
awful good dog, and he plays with the
baby all day ; but father's deaf, and
mother's sick, and I can't raise money to
tember, so ez to give
prevent winter-killiti.
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Variety of FooD-i The Scientific
Americau is of ihe opinion lhat we require
variety in our food. It says experience
has proved that, foi sotuiieason unknown
to science, variety u esaen'.iat to bealtn
after reaching the age when we are free
to choose our food. 1 bet, perpetual recur
rence of the same edible, eveu though
their number be considerable, becomes in
a good start to I connt or every mend in lbe meeting ; lor
even me dcbi uicipnnti oi uiem cuuiun
help numbering the strokes. I lien op rose
one of tbe elder friends, at the end of the
four hundred and thirtieth stroke, and
said : "Friend, as ft is ivcy late, perhaps
tbee had better proceed on thy journey,
orihee will not reach thy deslinctioo, nn
less tbee is as energetic; as thy vehement
timepiece.
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A National Deb cents There is
all periods of life, except i6fncy, not only terrible story, or rather series of stories,
wearisome, but poBitively5njurious. Salt boQt 8enator Matt.. Carpenter in the
po
Dork, salt fish and patatoes, wub pies,
poor bread and Japan tea,are tbe staples
of food of thousands of fancies during our
lonsr wiuters. It should lbe understood
how needful a change f diet is from time
to time.
nreservine as the omnipresent potato. All
theso vegetables need thorough boiling,
and more then tbey generally get.
in the country, are readily obtained and
preserved, and should be unsparingly used
Tbe edible roots, as turoips.carrota, onions
get a license." Then, turnir g to ihe dog' d beets, and cabbages, arenas well worth
the boy lifted him up tenderly and s:rok
ed him, saying. "Poor Dan I how Bdly
will cry when I tell him you are dead 1"
Great tears rolled down the boy face, and
in a little while those around bim made
up a purse sufficient to save his dog, and
a person went with him after the license.
The boy's eyes fairly sparkled at his un
expected luck, and speaking to the dog,
he cried out, " You're save, Dan I you're
saved ; let's go right home to Billy !"
(Jhicago Ames of ouuday last. If it is
not true, the author meat have an imagi
nation "as fool as Vulcan's slitby," and
any respectable sensator, could make tbe
Times pay a cool hundred thousand tor
Fre-h vegetable!, particularly printing lis character so black. If it is
i roe, or even iue uau oi ii, me oenaie
which knowingly retains such a member
Tit M. 1 m a
riu not aeserve io rape uigner man a
brothel.
The. suggestive name of "Brandy'
given to one of the Nevada counties,
is
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E. Cutbbekt, xsq. : pear Sir I
have had the honor to receive the note of
to-day, in which you asked me, on the
part of tbe New York Herald, to reply lo
Li m tiff .few. m.......... .
It would give me pleasure to have the
priviledge to do so : but not befng a citizen
of the United States, I do uotrpublish my
political opinions. Most respef tiful yottrs.
iv. qitsstqw.
A strange fatal ity has attended the
family of David Sable tt, of Indiana, hi
1857 a daughter; was murdered by hei
husband, for which the sonin-law wai
hung. Two years sro a son, George, wa
killed by tbe c&rsj while lying drunk ed
tbe track. Shortly afterward a son-U
law was ktllad in the same way. A year
ago another son-in-law was shot and kill r
ed ; and now, last of all, a few days ago
son was found murdered a short dislanu
from the family residence. -
It is reported that Senator Sumner will
begin to lecture oo a new subject in about
five weeks, and will delireru Jour or five
times a week until tbe opening of Con
gress, if bis health permits, as he believe
it will. On the first day of the seMMit
! he will introduce again his civil right
bill. lie expects to give fall attention te
his Senatorial duties. j
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HiKTroED, Sept. 19. Wm.M. Evarf,
in arguing the .unconstitutionality of the
Aiooiiiier uni, aaiu tuts suit is Droagm
under tbe authority of the fourth sectloa
of an appropriation act, and passed by aa
expiring ingress, ana agiutea wiin iu
own reputation. It has no pro cedent, n4
attendant and will bare no successor.
A cruel joke was played on Rambeau,
the forger, in Bridgeport jail tbe other
day. (Joe of the jail officers off. .-red bim
some powdered chalk as arsenic, and ad
vuea mm to poison uimseit. l be poor
fellow eagerly swallowed it, schooled bim- 41 In 1865, W. H. Seward delivered a
self for resignation and fortitude, repented speech at Annapolis, prophetic of th-t
of bis sins, aod forgave all his enemies, I which is now being accomplished by lh
ouly to find himself sold;. llis sebsequent j x armers Oranges of tbe n est. lie pr. f
languare lo that officer, says a local Daner. I dieted that the next conflict of secUoui
indicates a slight fallings from grace. I would be between the West and the canU
I talislsof the East, and appealed to theAi
f biladelpbU buried eighteen person last j Ian lie States to unite to counterbalance th
week- whose ages wer' all about nioety.J power of the Weak"
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