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VOL. V. THIRD SERIES.
SALISBURY N. C, JANUARY 8 1874.
NO. 16. WHOLE NO. 1910u
PUBL18HUD WEEKLY :
J. J. BRUNER,
Proprietor and Editor.
J. J. STEWART,
Associate Editor.
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THE OLD YEAE AND THE HEW.
An old man totters on the road
Bow d down with age and car ;
His locks are white and float about
Like snow flakes in the air ;
The clouds are gathering darkly
The night seems settling fast.
The winds sends forth a moaning sound,
The owlets flutter past.
The old man halts along the road,
He sees the gathering gloom
No hope has he no power to stay
His fast approaching doom.
He sees the children pass him by,
And sadly turps his face ; -He
knows too well that he must die,
the JNew i ear take his place.
He hears the children clap their hands
And shout aloud for glee.
He marks them hasten on their
The triad New Year to see.
And then he hears the midnight chime
Ring out his funeral knell;
His life fade fast he rests at last,
The New Year breaks the spell.
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A little fluid now leads the way
li is step is light and hold,
His hair is bright and floats about
Like threads of burnished gold.
The clouds are passing swift away, .
The morn seems soft and clear,
The night has pass'd the sun's bright ray
Brings in the glad fcew Year, j
Farewell, Old Year 1 your work is done,
A new one fills you place:
The darkest night will pass away
lhe morning dawn apace I
We cannot bring the dead to life,
.Nor wasted hours recall ;
But in the coming year we may.
i. erhapa, atone for all.
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The subjoined lines were suggested by
tbe death of the young lady from Ga
who was burned at Salem college a short
while ago :
From the Chronicle and Sentinel. Augusta, Ga
THOROUGH THE FIRE.
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amp into tbe sea and was drowned.
This drama surpasses the fiction of
Charles Readers "Foul Play." The
horror of such a situation as the six
teen men who composed the crew of
From the Tallahassee Floridian.
A Staghound Following a Buck
ta Sea.
During tbe recent camp bunt on St.
J ames Island by some o t our citizens, an
the Eden were in, is almost beyond the j iucident occurred which is perhaps with-
reuiu ui iiuagiuai.iuii, unu is auoiuer out a Parallel in the anna In nf hunting
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proof of the truth of the saying, that
truth is stranger than fiction.
Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. John
Tilkey, of Augusta, Ga.
BY PAUL HAYXE.
she passes as martyrs passed,
Through the awful pangs of fare ; .
But around her the arms of Christ are cast
(As the cruel flames expire)
And they bear her npto the central light.
O'er the golden streets to the sacred Height
Of a ransomed sours desire.
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II.
And get Bibles. Prayer Books, Hymn
Books of any kind you. want; Histories,
Biographies, Music Books, Music, Novels of
the best authors : Blank Books, Albums of
the most stylish kind; Stereoscopes and
Views : School Books, all kinds in general
is Slates, Inks, Writing Paper of the best
quality; Wall Paper and Wiudow Shades
in great variety, Music Teachers for vocal,
Pianos, Baujo, violins &c.
A WORD TO FAHMERS .
Rny a few dollars worth of books every
year for your sons and hands and take a good
newspaper, they will work better and be more
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WORD TO r AIvHSRS SONS.
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Yon have something to he proud and to
boast of. The farm is the keystone to every
industrial pursuit. When it succeeds all
Prusoer: when it fails, all flag, Don't think
vau nan't be a great man because you are
the son of a fanner. Washington, Webster
and Clay were fanner's sons, but while they
toiled they studied.; So do ye. Boy a good
book, one at a time, read and, digest it, and
then another.
. Call and see me and look over books.
O, mother ! whose bleeding heart,
In the torture s stress grows wild
O, father I whose heart-strings seems to part,
At the name of your perished child,
Think, think, of the woes of life
Its agony, passion, strife,
And comfort take as you look on her,
Clothed for the tranquil sepulch re,
With her closed eye and pallid brow,
That never more,
Yea, never more,
By sea or shore,
Can the frozen pulses, grown so still.
To the wrench of a mortal anguish thrill,
OrherBpirit writhe with that speechless pain,
(A very madness of heart and brain),
Which rends your spirits now.
III.
And think for each pang she bore,
The angels have brought her balm :
Think, she hath only gone before ;
Think of the crown and palm,
Of mystic robes on a deathless form.
Whinh the handrof the Saints have given
Of the realm that never hath known a storm,
And "the great White Throne" in Heaven !
Legislative Summary. The time ot
the House yesterday was wasted by the
useless filibustering of Republican mem
bers. 1 he .game began over a bill to fur
nish improved anna to military schools in
the Slate. It came out during the debate
on tbe bill that Governor Caldwell had
refused to furnish arms to yt he military
school at Charlotte because Gen. D. H.
Hilt was one of tbe Professors of the In
stitution. 1 his display or partisanship
on the part of the Governor was charae
tenzed and denounced hy Messrs. Brown,
of Mecklenburg, and Jones, of Caldwell.
Messrs. Bowman. Dula and others on the
Republican side ot the House endeavored
to defend the action of tbe. Governor in
the matter and to prevent tbe passage of
the bill. Mr. Dula was particularly clam
orous for the production of the correspond
dence between 3ov. Caldwell an? Colonel
Thomas Superintendent of the Military
Institution at Charlotte, until Mr. Gorman,
a Republican, intimated that Gov. ('aid
well's part in the said correspondence was
as objectionable as that of Col. Thomas.
The bill passed its second reading after
much captious opposition on the part of
the Republican side of the House.
Again, on the bill to arrange the 4th
Judicial District and to change the time
of holding courts therein, was much valua
ble time wasted bv the filibustering on
the part of tbe Republican members. All
sorts of frivolous motions were made and
tbe yeas aud uays demanded on each of
the motions, to the complete clog of all
other legislation. They even attempted
to break a quorum by a number leaving
the Hall at a preconcerted signal. In
spite of their opposition, the bill passed
its second reading. No valid objection
was raised to the bill and the opposition
arose simply from lobby efforts.
The Senate yesterday was occupied al
most exclusively in the passage of a large
number of private bills. L he consolida
tion bill came back from the House with
a number of amendments all of which were
concurred in, with one exception. Eal
eigh News, before christmas.
and deserves to be recorded. A lare
buck, closely pursued by that famous stag
bound, Old Ring, belonging to Mr. Hop
kins, took water, and headed right out to
sea ; the dog without hesitation boldly
followed him in his voyage over the "dark
and treacherous waves." They were
watched with intense interest by the hun
ters until each was a mere speck upon the
surface of the sea, and until they were
finally and totally lost to view. After
some time, when it was supposed that both
dog and deer had found a watery and per
haps a bloody grave,. in nortal combat, or
been devoured by sharks, a small object
was discovered, which proved to be old
Ring returning from his long swim, much
exbansted, but reaching tbe shore in safe
ty. But to the greater surprise of the
spectators, after a time the dfer also ap
peared in sight, making right for shoie,
on reaching which he was shot down by
one of the h outers.
A Definition of An Editor.
We have seen many definitions of many
names, words and phases, but the follow
ing of an editor, given by Josh Billings,
is about the best we ever yet encoun
tered :
An editor is. a male being wboze bizzi
ness iz to navigate a noze .paper. He
writes editorials, grinds out poetry, in
serts deaths and weddings, sorts out manu
akripls, keeps a waste basket, blows op
the 'devel,' steals matter, fitea other peo
ples battles sells biz paper for a dollar
and 50 cents a year takes white beans
and applesass for pay when he kan git it,
raizes a large family, works 19 hours out
ov every 25, knows no Sunday, gits dam
med bi everybody, and once in a while
whipt bi snmbody, livs poor, dies middle
aged and often broken hearted, leaves no
money, iz rewarded for a life ov toil with
a short but free obituary puff in the nnse
papers, Ecchanges please copy.
tbSome skeptic carried a dark lantern to
ere entertainment of the Davenport Broth
ws, at Westerly the other evening, and
t hen the dark scene came, and the gui
lars and bells were bny, turned on the
ight. One of the brothers was found to
be untied and was lustily swinging about
the instruments. The performance came
to a very sudden close.
Sunday was a sad day for many in
Gloucester, Mass. Year by year a death
roll of those who have died at sea in the
fish nig fleet is kept. The year 1S73 shows
one hundred and seventy -four marines
lost iu the icy North, and services were
held in their remembrance. All the dif
ferent pastors and congregations of the
town joined in the service, which were
held iu the town hall.
Pay as You Go. Johu Bandoloh
once ejaculated, iu bis shrill tones, while
a member of the House of Representatives:
"Mr. Speaker. I can cry .Eureka, for I
have found the philosopher's stone. It is
"Fay as you go V 1 be example of the
French is given as a case in point. The
French, "who never go in debt, and who
have been saving money since the days of
the first Napoleon, have become the
richest people in the world, which seems
proved by the fact that the German in
demnity of a thousand millions of dollars,
wbich thev were obliged to pay, has been
all discharged in two years, while we have
been struggling for eight years with twice
as much, l'eruaps the wealth ot the
French farmers arises as much from the
small farm system and the high cultiva
tion they give the soil. There is a vast
difference between farming in s loose way
and having all work done in the best man
ner.
A Lake Mystery.
A Frozen Boy Steering a Yawl Boat.
Sunday morning two fanners and thier
families, who were driving to Maiden to
attend church, noticed, when about eight
m'les below, or east of the town, a ship's
yawl on the lake, heading towards the
beach, and abont a half mile away. They
could plainly make out a man in the stern
sheets steering the boat with an oar and,
although there were no vessels in sight,
and the morning was so pleasant and the
sea no smooth that it was supposed that
tbe man bad put "out from the shore to
pick up somet hing, and Lot little attention
was paid to the yawl. Passiug tbe same
spot on their return the men found the
yawl hard on the Beach, and the man sit- tlngnished
tiug stiff and motionless in her stern.
Leaving their wagons tbey discovered
that the man was ' lifeless and frozen as
as bard as a atone. He sat bolt
upright on the seat, the oar out behind
and both hands clasping the handle, and
it required hard work to wrench it from
hi death grip. There was about one
foot of water in the boat, but the craft did
not show rough nance. The man 'a 1mm erl McClellan's staff during his on
were almost covered with iee as far up as tue armT hve shown him great
HIS Knees, and the hnrav had dflahed rvr nun.
his back and
Statutr oh Limitations A
is made and now pending before Jaajlge
Henry, involving the question of the run
ning of the statute of limitations. Tbe
motion is based on tbe idea that the Or
dinance of tbe Convention of 1 90S. re-
enaenng me Urdinanee of the Com
of 18C6, repeals all acta ai
operation or tbe statutes of limitation of
tbe Revised Code. This ordinance was
paaaed March U, 1868, and it is claimed
that tbe limitation run frem that tfsae,
inatead of from January 1, 1870 aa tffw
held by tbe Supieme Court.' North
State.
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General and Mrs. Geo. B. MedeJfesj
are spending the winter at Nice. WbJse
in ram lieneral McClellan received d-
attention. He was riven a
prominent seat when be attended the
French Assembly by invitation, and at
the trial of Baaaine was alee tieelad jse a
guest deserving tbe highest considerate.
Of tbe latter tribunal General McClellan
writes that it was a most dignified court,
and iu proceed inga appeared to be con
ducted with a strict regard to tbe
ui jupuce. me urieane princee
A QUIET LIFE.
A little crib beside the bed,
A little face above the spread ;
A little frock behind the door,
A little shoe upon the floor.
A little lad with dark-brown hair,
A little blue-eyed face and fair ;
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little blithesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within his laid ;
A little cottage acres four,
A little old-time household store.
A little family gathering round,
A little turf-heaped, tear-dewed mound ;
A little added to his soil,
A little rest from hardest toil.
A little silver in his hair,
A little stool and easy chair ;
A little night of faith-lit gloom,
A little cortege to the. tomb.
A Pithy Sermon. Many a sermon
has been spun out to an hour's length that
did not contain a tithe of the sound, moral
instruction and counsel to be found in the
following brief and pithy sermon from the
pen of that witty and racy writer, Iter.
Dr. John Todd, deceased :
"You are the architects of your own for
tunes. Itely upon your strength ot body
and soul ; take for your motto self-reliance,
hon'e&ty, and industry ; for your stars, faith,
perseverence, aud pluck ; and inscribe on
your banner :
'lie just i.n l tear not. Don t take too
much advice ; stay at the helm aud steer
your ship. Strike out. Think well of
yourselves. Fire above tbe mark you in
tend to hit. Assume your position. Don t
practice excessive humility. you can't
get above your level water don't run up
bill. Pull your potatoes in a cart over a
rough road and tbe small ones will go to
the bottom Lnergy, invincible determi
nation, with tbe right motive, are the
levers that move the world. The great
art of commanding is to take a fair share
of the wqrld. Civility cost nothing and
buys everything. Don't drink ; don't
smoke ; don't swear ; don't gamble ; don't
lie; don't deceive or steal ; don't tattle.
Be polite; be generous; be self-reliant.
Read good books. Love your fellow man
a a w
as welt as you love uoo. rove your
country and obey its laws. Love truth.
Love honor. Always do what your con
science tells you is your duty, and leave
the consequence to God?
Take Heed.
Kesp out ok Dkbt. Hilf tbe pei
plezity, annoyance and trouble that men
have in this world is in consequence of
getting into debt. It seems to be natural
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Strange Effect of a London Fo I 7" i "ZITa
upon Cattle. paying ready cash. Give one of this sort
The London correspondent of the New a chance to buy on credit, and tbe ques
York World, under dale of Wednesday, tiou of price and conditions of payment
the 11th iust,, the third day of the r matters that he cares but little about.
extraordinary fog that euveloped the city, But what a crop of trouble springs up
mentions, among other things, the great from the seed ot debt. How many sleep-
mortality it had caused among the cattle 'ess nights result from it ! How mauy
exhibition at tbe annual show of the gray nairs u onngs, ana now oiten u suort-
On Monday, two days ens life sometimes leading men to com-
mil suiciao or muraer. Ana yet now
easy a thing it is to keep clear of this ier
on
Smithfield Club.
before, there was not a single case of
sickness among the large number that ap
peared before the judges, but by Wednes
day at least one third had disappeared
from the stalls. The explanation of this
singular fact is that the long continuation
of tbe fog had so vitiated the air as to
poison them outright. Twenty-five died
in twenty-four hours, and ninety-three
had to be removed during the same time.
None of them, no matter how big and
hardy, seemed proof against the attack of
this strange enemy, wbwh seemed to single
out cows, bulls and oxen for distinction,
leaving sheep and hogs unharmed tbe
latter not appearing at all affected.
COME TO THE
A PERIL OF THE DEEP.
The ship River Eden cleared from
London on the 1 5th of September for
Valparaiso, with a general cargo, in
cluding something over one hundred
tons of gunpowder, and a quantity of
lucifer matches. Nothing unusual oc
curred on the voyage till the 7th of Oc
tober, when the master, Capt. Bowden,
commenced to behave in a strange
manner. His conduct was attributed
to insanity. On the 14th of the same
month the bark Elizabeth Graham was
sighted. The chief mate of the Eden,
Mr. Clarkson, sent a boat to the Hdiza-
KatIi firn lio in f f vast nicf linr onm m o nilor
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, to come aboard. He did so, and had a
consultation with Mr. Clarkson, whom
he advised to place the Captain under
no restraint, as he seemed hamless,
but to soothe and keep him quiet, and
to make for Pernamhuco. About mid-
Wa will give you a good pieture or notlet llt -u- ' fftnn j ti on
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you lane it awav ; ior we au i iiueou t-t , , t
any bad -ork Sail Ro from this office to in- In in attempt to secure Captain Bow-
ure as aud the business. Call and try. den, he wounded the second mate by
Up Stain between Parkers and Miss Mc- a pistol shot. The crazv Captain had
nnnrpJ namfinp nil nn hia ruhin floor.
Call and examine my stock of Wall Paper; firT:f The tprrifirl erew had
only to leave the ship. The Captain
refused to go, and Jwas left by the
crew, wno puiiea on ooara tne Dng
Jannita which was fortunately near.
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When you want Hardware at low I V wswiuuwa.
figures, call on the undersigned at No. 2 " .ap. waep ,,ana succeeaeu,
Granite Row. l&nd almost immediately the River
D. A. AT WELL. I xJAien Diew up. uour aays aiier tue
No matter how intimate you may be
with the friend with whom yon may have
business transactions put your agreement
in writing How many misunderstandings
arise from the loose way in which busi
ness matters are talked over, and when
each party puts his own construction on
the matter and it is dismissed by each
with the words, "A'l right; all right."
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And Get a Good Picture.
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Window Shades. Writiug paper. Inks ice
Mino I dou't intend to ut under sold.
Feb. 27, tf,
II 1RD WARE.
Frequently it comes out all wrong, and
becomes a question for the lawyers and
the courts. More than three-four! hs of tho
litigation of the people of the country
would be saved if people would put down
their agreements in writing and sign their
names to it. Each word in our language
has its peculiar meaning and memory may,
by a change in a sentence convey an en
tirely different idea from that intended.
When once reduced to writing, ideas
are fixed, and expensive lawsuits avoided.
Nathan Rothschild.
v t we- .at a t ir
In Harper s Moutuiy ior January, air
Junius Henri Browne contributes under
the fanciful title "Tho Knights of the Red
Shield." a history of the Rothschild fam
ily, with portraits of its principal members
Those of our readers who may not be
millionaires will feel a grim satisfaction
in pernsing the following which may serve
to make them more contented with their
lot :
4 The wretchedly rich Nathan Roths
child never went out alone after dark,
never entei red an unlighted room, . bad
servants within call of his bed chamber,
slept with loaded pistols under his pil
low. A fellow Frankforter, dining with him
one evening, and observing the luxury of
his household, remarked : "You must be
happy, 13 iron, with the power to gratify
every wish."
" u Happy, indeed !' was the response.
'Do you think it happiness to be haunted
always by a dread of murder, to have your
appetite for breakfast sharpened by a threat
to stab you to the heart unless you enclose
a thousand guiueas to some unknown
villian V
"On one occasion, when the great
financier had been to an evening party,
and bad gotteu into bis carriage to go
home, a friend, wishing to make an ap
pointment, stepped out to speak to him.
The timorous banker mistook his familiar
friend for a highwayman, and thrttsf a
istol out of the carriage window, with
lav oi ate cry of 'Murder !' before he
could be acquainted with the situation."
rible monster. Every young man should
form a fixed and unalterable determination,
before commencing his active business ca
reer, not to incur one peuny of indebted
ness under any circumstances. Never
borrow. Never buy anything unless you
have the muney to pay for it at once.
Pay no attention to splendid opportuni
ties," "-bargains," "lare chances," and the
like. Such affairs are only traps which
m m
debts set to catch victims. If you see
anything that you would like to buy, or
if any offer is made that you would like
to accept, look first at your money pile,
and make tbe answer depend upon that.
Always pay aa you go. If yon are short
of money, you should gangc your demands
accordingly. Foster habits of economy,
live within your means, buy nothing
that you cannot properly afford, and you
will go on through life free from the mis
eries aud troubles that forever beset the
path of the debtor.
is back aud sboulaers and froze there.
There was no uarae on the boat, and the
person who brougJit the information to
Windsor yesterday could not say. that
anything was found on the person of the
man to reveal his ldemty, or to show bow
he had been east adrift. It is not believ
ed that he put off from any vessel, but it.
is the theory of soma of the marine men
that he was driven from some of the is
lands or from same point down the shore.
No one could say hpw long he had been
afloat or when death overlook him , but be
must have been dead at leaat three daya
or more. There was neither sail nor mast
to the boat, and nothing in it but the one
oar, showing that the poor fellow had not
intended a long trip anywhere, and he
must have been blown off the shore. He
bad cscd his oar to keep before the wind,
aud had froze to death on his seat, where
he was so firmly held by the ice that it
had to be broken wilh a stone before he
could be pulled off. For days, and per
haps weeks, tbe frozen man sat there with
his icy fingers clinging to the aahen oar,
and the gales aud the waves spared him
to reach the shore and receive a cbristain
burial, while a score of hardy men who
manned a staunch propeller saw her go
down to a grave in be deep waters and
followed after. Trsjly, the great l.ikea
hate their mysteries! as well as the broad
occeau Detriot Free Press.
Salisbury, Iff. C., May 13-tf.
! rescue, Captain Bowden managed to
The Scientific American publishes a
full description of the proposed great tow
er to be erected in Philadelphia at the
centennial. As to height, anything of
pious device sinks into insignificance be
side it. Tbe towtr of Babel was a common
affair, in all probability, and the St. Pe
ter's, at Rome, St. Paul's, London, and
the Pyramids of Egypt, will "look like
pigmies." The tower is to be one thousand
feet in the air, of circular iron ; one hundred
and fifty feet at the base and thirty at the
top,' with a spiral staircase for the use of
any one who is foolish enough to attempt
to walk up, and an elevator for thoae who
are willing to risk a ride.
Whatever you would not wish your
neighbor to do to yon, do it not unto him
This is the whole law ; the rest ia merely
the exposition of it.
Japanese Women. Naturally, there
are no figurea more perfect than those of
the Japanese young women. The child
ren, up to the age of fourteen, or as long
as they have the free use of their limbs, 1
are models of symmetry. About that 1
time they begin to fasten long garments .
about their hips, the effect ot which is to j
impede their gait, and give them an awk
wad shamble. In course of time ii dose
worse, and interrupts the development of!
their limbs. Among the laboring clast,
an additional misshappening is accom
plishd by the practice of canying burdens,
from an early age, npon the baek, for the
support of which broad straps aro passed
1 1 i 1 M
over the shoulders and crossed in trout,
pressing directly upon the breasts. When
a Japaucee girl reaches the age of siiteen
without having undergone either of these
processes of deformity, she is a wonder to
the eye and remains so until twenty-five
or possibly a little rater. Then she ceases
to charm, for a certain, period, in any way
excepting her manner, and that is gencrs
ally preserved to the last. But as she
The Dean of Canterbury on Open
Communion.
The Deau of Canterbury was one of
the speakers at a public meeting held on
the evening of the 1 Oth nit. at Ezeler
Hall London, to receive reports from dele
gates resently returned from the Confer
ence of Christains from all Nations, held
in New York. The Dean said that since
he came home he had been some what
abused, though not more than his excel
lent predecessor, IV. Alford had been.
He has been charged with breakiug law,
but there was no such law, and, iu btdng
present at the comn.union in New York,
none was broken. Iu England, perhaps,
the attachment to the State Church had
I its disadvantages all was not gain. But
in America there was no established
chuscb. (Great cheering) lie believed
there was no stronger profanation of the
Lord's Supper than to turn it into tbe test
of the community to which all belonged.
It was just as gcrat an act of love for Dr.
Stoughton and others to take the commnn
ioq with him as for him to take it with
them. (Cheers) The whole proceedings
of lhe Conference hod been a surprise to
him. and bad been most cordially treated.
He believed he might have stayed a year,
travelling and visiting at no expenae ;
America was a grand and noble country,
and inhabited by a grand noble people.
A Philadelphia letter to tbe New York
Tribune aaya that by tbe recent failure ef
Jay Cooke & Co., Jy Cooke mmmm
estate belonging to him individually that
waa once thought worth nearlr tl,0Ov
000. Mr. iloorhead had $2,000,000 if
property, it is said, before he entered ate
firm, and is now, of course, psnwileaa)
The other members also lose large private
fortunes. None of them can possibly save
a dollar from the wreck, judging from
present indietaiona.
Tbe General Assembly of Virginia mes
in Richmond on Thursday. Tbe Senate
coosieu of 43 members, of which 34 Oo&
servati vee and nine Republieaua, two af
latter colored. Tbe House cooaieu ef
131 members, of which 99 are Corner
vatives, and 32 Republicans, 17 of tbe
latter being colored. Tbe Conservative
majority on joint ballot la 89.
The New York Times does not aee
to be kitidly disposed towards tbe Vh
ginue. It thus writea her epitaph :
"Blockade runner, filibuster, and beam
of a fraudulent register, her history begioa
and ends with deceit and violence. Tbe
blood of the men murdered at Santiago de
Cuba would have clung to her name and
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ner recoru even under a new registry and
a more creditable occupation."
Throat Cot. Christmas getting the
better of Plumnier Johnson and George
Bobbitt, at Littleton on laat Wednesday,
tbey fell out and went together to settle
a little difference of opinion springing up
between tbem. In the rencontre Bobbitt
cut tbe throat of Johnson very seriously,
and the latter threw up the sponge.
Then quiet was restored. Dr. Willis Ala
ton was called to aee the wounded man.
Tbe Doctor thinks there, ia no danger oi
hia patient dying. Weldon News.
pist
ln's
. First Frnits of the Forty
Third Congress.
The two houses of Congress having
adiourned over to Monday, the 5th of
January, 1874, the record of their doings
for this month of December is before the
country. It does not amount to much,
and it warns the country to prepare for a
long, exhanstless and compaiatively pro
htlesB session. Five minions ot money
have been voted to complete tbe repairs
commenced by the Secretary of the Navy
on our available ships of war ; a miserable
apology in the shape of a modification of
the increased salary and back pay grab
of the last Congress has been passed by
the House ; also a general amuestry bill
and a half-way re-construction of the
Bankrupt law all of which have been
hung np to dry in the Senate. A bill
providing for tbe redemption of the loan
of 1858 (sixteen millions) has passed both
houses, and this recapitulation covers the
legislative works of the two bouses since
the first Mouday in December. N. T.
Herald.
In his autobiography in "Ten Minute
Talks" Elihu Burritt tells bow he studied
mathematics. He couldn't afford time to
attend school, so he uwd to do certain
problems "in bia head" while hammering
away at bia anvil. Here ia one of tbem :
How many yards of cloth, three feet io
width, cut into strips .an inch wide, and
allowing half an inch at each end for the
lap, would it require to reach from centre
ot the snn to the centre of the earih, and
how much would it all cost at a shilling a
Mat Killed. On Christmas eve a
young white man named Eli Vick, recti
iug in Northampton county, K. C, io at
tempting to cross the Seaboard and Rnoj
noke Railroad track at a point betweem
Seaboard and Handsome in front of the
rapidly moving down express train, was
struck by tbe engine and so seriously inje
cd that he died early yesterday morning.
Portsmouth Enlerpist, 27fb.
The error in the line of Mont Ceoie
tunnel, when the headings were broagtat
together, was half a yard, or about aa
: I. .1 i . trt
i nc ii iu i-vcry uiouhuu ivei, wuua mm
Hoosac the whole . variation was ajajsj
sixteentba of en inch, or lest than one
sixteenth to the thousand feet.
It is gravely related in China that ei
the audicnee given by the Emperor the
ambassadors were so overwhelmed by tbe
auguatnesa of His Imperial Majesty that
not one of them could apeak a word, uaai
most of tbem bad to be led oat in a
ing condition."
mat
yard ?" He would' not allow himself to
grows old she has a chance of becoming j make a single figure wkh cbalk or charcoal
quite delightful again. There is nothing in working out this problem, and be would
nicer than a dignified and white-haired ', carry uome to ins Drotuer an tne muiiipn-
old Japanese lady. She is al way s h ppy ,
for she is always much respected and
cherished by her youngers, and at a cer
tain age the natural high-breeding of the
race appears in her to attain its crystalli
zation. Whatever her station in life, she
is almost sure to suggest an idea of ancient
nobility, and to be surrounded by the at
mosphere of an Oriental Faubourg St.
Germain. Atlantic Monthly.
A Comet Truss a Bcxlkt
A discarded lover in Evans villa, ftnasV
ana, attempted to ahoot the lady be
not win Tuesday evening, one m
the window rolling down tbe curtain
the shot waa fired, but tbe ball, strikinf
tier corsets, tailed to injure Mr. Y
Indies who decline offers will noi
bly adopt the coret as a coat of
The proprietor of the London lelegrapJi
is about to raise the price of the adver
tisements to 2s 6d per line. The nutnbe
of tbem has become so large as to interfere
with the news, and he expects by increas
ing the price to make more, room iu bis
columns. Tbe daily circulation of tbe
Telegraph is now about 170,000.
Edwin Turner and Lafayette Groves,
editors of rival papers at Lexington, Mo.,
got into a personal difficulty about a year
ago, and after a aeries of severe editorials,
Turner killed Grorea. On tbe 17ib,
Turner was tried for the second time on
a charge of manslaughter. Waa found
guilty and sentenced to the penitentary
for two yean. ,
cations in his head, and give them off to
him aud his assistant, who took them
down on their slates, and verified and
proved each separate calculation, and
John Ly Pennington, formerly of
eigh, baa been made Governor of Dakota
Territory. Mr Pennington learned slat
printing business in Raleigh , and dnrlnaj
the war published a paper in ReJeWK
called 1 he Progrese and also publiebnaf
found the final result to be tbe right one. paper in Newbern, N. C. Salem
When the Legislature of Massachusetts, Tbe exsQuecn Isabella, who
which State waa opposed to the Mexican, sponsor of the youngest of hie
war, refused funds to eqmp a regiment,
Caleb Gushing did the work at his own ex
pense, and was appointed Goljnel with a
inn of Daniel Welater aa bia Major.
While in Mexico he waa made a Brigadiei
General by President .Polk, and waa one
of tbe three officers detailed to examine
into tbe difficulty between Scott, Pillow
and Worth.
A western editor met a well educated
farmer recently, and informed him that be
Would like to have something .from his
addressed a friendly letter to
Baxaiue immediately npon hearing
condemnation. Sue haa alweya
bered hw serviee to her throne wfeej
was a child. The Marshal replied
an eloquent letter, which Isabella ia
in have read aloud, weeping the
her friend.
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seed
tank te
pen. The farmer "sent hiia
charged him $9.75 for it.
a pig, and aa
Frog bunting for the Boston market ia
aid to be a nmfitable emulovment in
I? - r , j
Newbury port. The frogs are kept in tuba
and fattened with meal and afterwarda
shipped to order.
Twenty-seven Nashville ladies
mined to practice eonomy, vewed
wear anything more expensive than
dresses to church, smd they sti
none of them have attended
since.
"He winnows 1 her into Paradie u
fenee rail." is a nw phrate ia W
journalism far wife nur Ier. Now fur iay
. a a . m .
traopfnaii"n w? initiR tin is a
rapid. BrsidV. if good Mnftnlme
be believed, the sex dou't go there.
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