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JCJj
leajly all diseases originate from Indi
gestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and
relief is always anxiously sought after. j f the
i.ir ! Regulated in its action, health is al
most invariable secured. Want of action in
the Liver causes Headache, Constipation,
Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills,
Dauiness, Sour Stomach, bad taste in the
mouth, billious attacks, palpitation of the heart,
depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hun
dred other svmtoms, for which SIMMONS'
LIVER REGULATOR the best remedy,
that has ever been discovered. It acts mildly,
effectually, and being a simple vegetable com
pound, can do no injury in any quantities that
U may be taken. It is harmless in every way ;
it has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of
id rood and irreat from all narts of the coun
irT will vouch for it beins the purest and
SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR
OR MEDICINE,
Jj harmless,
II no drastic violent medicine,
In sure to cure if taken regularly,
II no toxicating beverage,
Jl a faultless family medicine,
Ij the cheapest medicine in the world,
lz given with safety :md the happiest results to
the must delicate infant,
Does not interfere with business,
lorn not disarrange the system,
Takes the place for Qulnnine and Bitters of
very kind.
Caniaina the simplest and best remedies.
FOR SA US BY ALL 1)11 UG GISTS.
TO THE
Wholesale Trade.
Judging the future bv the past, we enter
jlift
with confidence uMn this our new enterprise or m bad condition less order or system,
ef separating our Wholesale from our Retail i worse agricultivation. No hog and bona
Tr.de by having a seprate and distinct House ! iuy of bis ow rai8jng Rlia dependent up.
for each ; and in doing no we flatter ourselves ; ' . t j P' . L ,,,
that it will not oolv eet the approval of our ! on otber" for everything but cotton I here
numerous customer, but that an "Exclude 1 ma7 be. exceptions, hut no one can deny
Wholesale House" will bring us a large influx j that this is the geueral condition of the
f new trade, and of a character not heretofore : country. And worse than all this, there
enjoyed. . I is a lack of confidence iu man's integrity.
It must be obvious to every buver that ' r uu i
strictlv - Wholeaale House arranged and No Jman cn ngbbor-blft
adapted for that Trade only, with a corps of wrd ts as good as his bond is a myth,
experienced Wholesale Salesmen, with a-Slock ; Doubtless bad legist ttion and bad asso
carefully selected for that Trade only, and j ciation have had much to do with our
moreover the avoidance of coming in contact demoialization, but we are responsible for
with retail buyers, which ice and you all have e 1 -'
ii.nuiiuir luiiini hi nc mi iik-ouo, nn
, c t i i i r
so irksome, as it fre
quently happen that the retail buyer is your
very neighbor, (perhaps your own customer).
Buch a house, we assert, must and will com
aiertd itself lo the Trade.
V J 1 .L-. I
ruur years seo we auvenmeu inni we liucnn-
to us for circulars
Verv trulv yours,
Wirf KOWSKY & RINTELS
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RETAIL
Now a few words about that. We now oc-
espy the superb house heretofore bo favorably
known a. rh Messrs itrem. Rmwn k
t'o.'a Drv-troods House, to carrv on our Retail
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buiiiness, and as "Excelsior" is. and has always
been, our motto, we claim also in that line to
excel in stock, to excel in lowness of prices, and
to excel generally We will, in that house,
have a corps of thirty Salesmen and Bales
Ladies, all experienced, affable, and obliging.
ojT- We will make the Millinery branch a
pecialty.
W. A. R.
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 20, 1874 2mos.
Intelligencer Copy.
sdto make Charlotte a wholesale mart and 1 f K ear a"er 7T we IO,,ow u
urs'Ths Whole-ale House." We now havethe ; we route as doggedly as ever. It
proud ati. faction of seeing it an accomplished . seems impossible for us to realize the im
. portance of anything smaller than a cots
We now call your attention to the fact that lon hale.
have converted our suberb store into an ex- I m ' . jh- . ,r jii.. u
elusive Wholesale House, where you can find ' We wnd of dollars annually to
lines of goods necessary for a country store, j Nnrserymen and seedsmen for thiugs we
to-wit : Dry.goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, could easily grow at home, of better quali
Hata, Notions, Groceries, Hardware, Millinery 1 ty. Every city, village and cross-road
all in complete line, bought in large quantities Btore m te country has its Northern
nd from the verv first hands. I j i - , , ,.
Our stock is now arriving and will be com- ! rdn 8eed ff B,e nd. soppliee its sur
plete about the 1st of September, and will be , rounding With everything from a "Ros
in largest of any here, the pretensions of others ten ear," to a turnip seed,
to the contrary notwithstanding. We respect- Will any one deny that, with a little
folly invite your pewonul inHpeclion, or write paill6 uktn we w j z .
To J. J. Bell & wife Carolina Bell, Thomas
A. t'oughenhour, and William C. Cougheu-
You will uke notice that I shall apply to
the Judge holding at the next Superior
rt to for Rowan County at tbe Court
Je in Salisbury, on the 4th Monday after
7 'm" Monday in September next, to have a
? o made to me as heir at Law of John I. Shaver
r0 d ono hundred and seventy acres of land
' tuated in Kowan and on the Waters of Grant's
including the mills situated thereon and
oeioriffing t0 Jacob Coughenhour, deceas
" said lands having been heretofore
jaw under a decree of the Coort of Equity
Kowan County, and purchased by my ances
to' John I Shaver, deceased." 1 '
EDWIN SHAKER, Heir
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MY HUSBAND.
What man is this I must obey ;
Who, when I'd go, oft bids me stay,
And to my Yea, says ever May !
My Husband !
I
What one Is this whose lordly soul
Is so impatient of control,
Lest hie dear liberty be stole ?
My Husband I
Who is it frowns when bills come in,
And swears 'tis a shameful ein,
Through me he'll soon be Ruin's twin T
My Husband f
When I feel cold, who's ever warm.
And thinks a draught can do no harm
Thus always causing me alarm t
My Husband !
And when my bones all ache with pain,
From which some nostrum I obtain,
Who calls me foolish, crasy, insane 1
. My Husband I
Who is it thinks his angry brow
Must find an answering smile somehow
Temper in me he'll never allow ?
My Husband!
And yet who Is it I love so, ...
That if'be bid me stay, not go,
I change my Yes, to suit his no 1
My Husband !
When tho' he frown when bills appear,
Who buys the best for him to wear,
To please me Well is his greatest care ?
My Husbaud 1
What tbo' his anger sometimes arise
Who keeps me for hie loving eyes,
And shares with me both smiles and
sighs ?
My Husband !
Who such un scepter ed power can weild,
To which I fond submission yield,
With his fond heart for er my shield 1
My Husband !
Who is my sovereign here on earth
Despite whose faults, is fully worth
The fondest love that e,er had birth 1
My Husband !
Diversified Industry Our Only
Hope.
"Constant dripping will wear away a stone.'
One of the daily wonders of our people
is, why we lay up so little at the close of
the year's labors? We count up a crop
worth hundreds of millions make a grand
show upon paper our wonderful reeour
ces an- blazoned before the world ; "The
South, recuperated and prosperous," is
written upon our banner, and' yet when
our balance shiet is made out at the etid
of the year, we have uot a dollar, audi
must give lions or mortgages, to raise
money lo run the machine another year.
For seven long years the Southern plan
ter has devoted his whole energy to mak
ing cotton, arid this very day he is a poorer
man than he was iu 1866.
Hie fences are all gone, bis houses in a
1 I'l -I - 1 - . B 9 mi .11 1
uiiapiaeica condition, Ms lam. stoca dead
uo tic oi u.
We have not, and it seems as if we
never will, realize the importance of diver
sifying our industry. It is the burden of
every agricultural address - it is admitted
-.. .,, h
seed at home 1 It is a small matter. I
have heard one say. Tcs, that is tbe
trouble ; we will not recognize the value
of small matters.
We passed a farmer, a few hours ago,
ploughing. Hip plough was made in Penn
sylvania; his bridle somewhere North,
t wr . t l . . . ,
I bl hm" Northern leather; his back-
I I uLll f
uauu cosi mm seventy nve cents wueu
a yard of Graiiiteville drill would have
W
made three much better ones but this
was ready-made and looked nice, every
thing but his shuck collar was for
eign. We will not learn the importance of
economy iu small matters. We cannot
realize tbe fact that planting on the old
ecale baa been numbered among things
that were. Nothing like genuine, uniform
prosperity can be looked for until we stop
tbe leaks on the farm and surround our
selves with all the home industries which
go toward making us independent.
Patronize yourown mechanics encour
age every new enterprise which adds to
tbe capital, population, or the prosperity
of tbe country. Let cotton or tobacco be
your staple crop, but dovetail every other
species of industry in that you can. These
may be bard lessons to leain, but the
sooner we begin the better we will have
to come to it some time.
He who saddens at the thought of idle
ness cannot be idle, and he's awake who
thinks himself asleep. Kcuts.
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SALISBURY N.
Profitable Politeness.
The Boston Traveller, in commenting
on the prevalence of rudeness, tells the
followiug i.vcident that happened some
years ago :
There was a very plainly-dressed elder
ly lady who was a frequent customer at
the then leading dry goods store in Bos
ton. No one iu the store knawr hr nwon
by name. All the clerks but one avoided
her and gave their attention to those who
were better dressed and more pretentious.
The exception was a young man who had
a conscientious regard for duty and sys
tem. He never left another customer tn
ait on the lady, but when at liberty he
waited on her with as much attention as
though she bad been a princess. This
continued a year or two, until the young
man Became ot age. Une morning the
lady approached the young man, wheu
the following conversation took nltuA ?
Lady : "Yoang man, do you wish to eo
into business for yourself?"
"les, ma am," be responded, but I have
neither money, credit, uor trieuds, nor
will any one trust me."
"Well," continued the ladv. "von eo
and select a good situation, ask what the
rent is, and report to roe," handing the
young man her address.
a he young man went, found a capital
location, a good store, but the landlord
required security, which he could not
give Mindful of the lady's request, he
forthwith went to her and reported.
m . w T u m . .
"Well she replied, "you go and
tell Mr. that I will be responsi-
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e."
He went and the landlord or agent was
surprised, but the bargain was closed.
The next day, the lady called to ascertain
the result. The young man told her, hot
added : "What am I to do for goods?
No one will trust me?"
"You may go and see Mr. , and
M. 1 and Mr. , and tell them to
call on me."
He did. and his store was soon stocked
with the best goods in the market. There
are many in this city who remember the
circumstances and the man. He died
many years since, and left a fortuue of
$300,000. So much for politeness, sc
much for civility, aud so much for treat
ing one's elders with the deference due
o age, in whatever garb they are cloth
ed.
Envy.
Envy is one ol the most despicable of
ptsaious. There is scarcely a crime to
vihic'uk will not lead its victims It was
envy that robbed poor Nahotu of his vine
yard, and added murder to the theft. It
was envy that led the guilty Absalom to
desire the throne of his lather David. It
destroys alttbat is best and noblest in
character. So subtle is it iu its woi kings
that we learn ou the highest testimony
that "envy is rottenness of the bones;" it
eats out all bouor aud mauliuess; it gives
steeples nights aud restless days. More
over, envy is utterly useless; it helps no-
boay, it effects no alteration, tt
svauo liu '
mr 1 . 1 J . . f
l A- rA . .1.0. o, -1 ..lf.i.- I
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still V nn Hl-li il I I ai'tirilh rpnn o m.idt
feel that there is marvelous silliness in
envy.
But if the indulgence of envy docs 113
no good, it is calculaud to do other people
much harm. Every passion tends to in
carnation in some way. Evil emotion
turus lo aciion, and becomes embodied iu
ignoble deeds! So deceitful is envy in its
operation, aud so successful iu its harm,
that the question is aked in Scripture,
"Who can stand before euvyt" It under
mines the very ground you arc standing
upon; it breathes itiuueudos against yoer
character aud reputation, which, light as
air to niter, are strong as iron and sharp
as steel to do you damage. Yes, envy
will depreciate the character it can not
publicly defame; it will explain virtues to
be vices in disguise; it will sueer with the
lip and stab with the sugg--sii.ni of an evil
hiut in your abscence, while in your pres
ence it will admire and applaud.
That the envious pay tue penalty in
their own misery does not mitigate the
wrong they do others. It does help, in
deed, to vindicate the way of God to mm,
as it shows us the dec-vine hand dispensing,
even ki this world, to each mau according
to bis sin ! But the misery they feel docs
not atone for the misery they inflict.
Envy is one of the basest of passions; it
is the essence of devilism. By it Satan
lost his seat in heaven; and by it meu and
womeu through the long centuries, sinued
and suffered iu endless ways. Quiver.
SAD OCCURRENCE.
We sincerely regret to learn that tbe
Rev. Henry Asbury, living near Dry
Poud, Lincoln county, died unexpectedly
on Thursday last, the 1st of October.
Early iu tbe morning of that day, about
7 or 8 o'clock, be complained of feeling
unwell with a pain in his body. Alter
bathing his side with Kerosene oil he took
a seat in front of the fire place in his
room, and it is supposed be fainted and
fell into the fire, or his clothing canght
in some way, for when the family was
aroused he was found in the yard with
his clothing nearly all burnt off, and in a
dying condition. Drs. S her rill and Roz
zell were promptly in attendance but
could render no material assistance to the
good, great aud dying man. He expired
about 6 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr Asbury had been a local Mioisier
of the Me hod i st E. Church, Sonth, for
over 50 years, aud did much good for the
cause of religion in bis day and generation.
He was over 75 years old, and all who
knew him believe that he was prepared to
meet the suddeu and unexpected summons
of bis Heavenly father, Charlotte Democrat.
C. CCTOpR, 16, IK74
A Leap for LifeJIari fi Escape of a
Murderer 2rum Stranger than Fic
tion. Last week, in Harrodsburg, William
Wilson was tried and convicted for the
murder of John B. Williamson, and sen.
tenced to the penitentiary for life, not
withstanding the unceasing efforts of his
able counsel. '
Fears were entertained that Wilson
might be rescued or removed from the jail
for other purpose!, and so a eloee watch
was kept upon him. But now comes the
moat startling part of the story. Wilson's
counsel having taking an appeal, the pris
ouner was to be held in Louisville for
twenty days, to which city he started on
Wednesday in charge of the sheriff and a
guard. What happened is told by Mr.
Caldwell, as reported by the Danville
Advocate: "Wheu half a mile west of
Gethsemaue, Mr. Caldwell was sittiug in
the seat with Wilson (the latter on the
inside,) with the twe guards on the front.'
Suddenly, and without the slightest warn
ing of his iuteution,(Vilson doubled li in
self up and leaped fmin the car window,
head foremost, and fell flat upon his back
with his head toward the engine. As he went
out the window Mr.Cthlweli caught his
feet, but the motion of the train broke bis
hold. The train was going fitteen or
twenty mih'S an hour. ' Mr. aldwell
grabbed the bell-roue lo stop the train,
but it went at least 100 yards from where
Wilsou fell before Hr. Caldwell and the
guards could get of; they leaped to the
ground before the train stopped The
place where Wilsoa fell was well selected
to facilitate his escape, and lie was not
seeu after his "leap for life." He was
tracked for fifty yjirds, and then ail trac
of him was lost, although Mr. Caldwell j
searched, with about leu men of the neigh
borhood, all that evening and yesterday
morning. Mr. Caldwell examined his
handcuff just a short lime before he jump
ed, and they were secure. It is a iemar
kable escape, and it is almost impossible
to conceive how it could bo done without
the loss of life or breaking ot limbs that
would prevent further locomotion. No
blame can be attached lo Mr. Caldwell,
as the same thing would likely have oc
curred with any other vigdaut officer.'
Lexington ( Ky J Press.
ihe Way to Despotism.
Baltimore Gazelle.
Unquestionable, the most interesting
question to the people of ibis cunuliy at
ibis lime is the purpose to re-elect ihe
iitcnmbent ot the Preridetiul otlice for
another term. In the convention which
determines tint question this army of
nineteen bund ed thousand black voters
will exert a poteutial, not lo say porteu
tioiis influence. The Coinniunder-iii-Chief
the Worhiplul Gotud Master ot this nu
merous disciplined and obedient army is
Attorney Generil Williams. The organ
ization of his department, its connections
. t 1 m S
evirtt Ihn rn i w i . - it X lift fllMtMrMM IT A VuflL
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expenditures, its snpeiiutenuence oi pros-
i wr rs. - J . . l
eeutions under Jvu Klux and oiner pre
tenses; employment of the regular army
of the United Syites in the municipal
affair of the States, gives this prominence
to him in the Southern Stales. The
magnitude ot tins power may oe uiusira'
ted by a single fact. Some three years
ago Marshal Packard collected li-illiug
guoe to prevent Warmoih from joining a
convention which was lo choose tbe chair
manship of the Radical State Ceotial
Committee. Not a long lime after tbe
same person, under authority from Attor
ney Geueral Williams, employed the
armv to seize the Capitol of the State,
! and to place first a Legislature and then,
Governor of the Mate in office. Senator
Scnurz has lately said that the Republic
can party cannot afford to maintain Mar
shal Packard iu the emjdeymeuts he holds
and the acts he performs.
This does not sufficiently expose the
actual danger. The people of the United
States, if they value their constituiion
and liberties, cannot afford to 'allow the
Department of Justice 10 interfere in State
and municipal affairs, to employ the army
of the Uuited Slates either to set up or to
pull down State governments. The result
in tune will be that theexistiiiggoverum -tit
of ih -se United Slates will be pulled do n
by tbe same agencies aud instrumentalities
aud a dynastic government will take its
place.
Washington, Oct. 1. The marriage
of Miss Maria Ewiug Sherman, daughter
of Gen. aud Mrs W. T. Sherman, to Mr.
Thomas W. Fitch, of the Engineer Corps
of the United States Navy, was celebrated
at St. Aloysitis Roman Catholic Church
at 1 1 o'clock to day in the presence of a
very large company of distinguished
persons, among whom were the President
and Mrs. Grant, members of tbo Cabinet
now iu tbe city, members of the Diplo
matic Corps, distinguished army and
navy officers in full uniform, and prumi
nent citizens, nearly all accompanied by
ia; fi.. , ...mnnv wm iw.
isuic?. x iid uimiingc w. ,. . . r .
formed by tbe most Reverend Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, after which,
nuptual mass was celebrated by that
distinguished prelate. The crowd at the
Church was immense, and was unable to
gain admission. After tbe ceremony at
the Church, tbe wedding reception was
held at the residence of Gen. Sherman,
on 4,I" street, from one to four o'clock p.
m. The newly married couple left here
at six o'clock this evening for a bridal
onr North and West, and will reach St
Louis about tbe 15lb o October, where
they will reside. The wedding presents
wppp immprnn and many of them verv
yajnkle.
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Mt. Verkow, N. C. ;
; Sept. 8th, 1874.
Dear Watchhah :-h's see what
was the subj.-ct i if my last epistle ? Oh. yea
I remember uow it was something about
the empty pewettck-uoddles the strutting
Solomons I tried to give the damnable
affectat on of sham indifference its dues.
Well. I want t baug away, th s time, at
Something which is close kiu, aud lives in
the same family with it.
It will be my aim. in the present writing,
to fire sulh a broadside at the piratical (uot
practical ) craft of sneering, as shall 8wep
the deck." Let me mount the hurricane
look-out of the good ship of Troth, and with
the spy-glass of Experience, scan the hori
xoue. Ymder the aomes, her black flag
floatiug up aud down the throbbing seas of
Society, lik an infernal raveu soariug above
the fairy gardens of Prince Rasselaa mock
ing at every beautiful flower in it. aad croak
ing : "Ah ! You are not half so pretty as
you seem !"
What, ho! Avast there, midshipmen !
Draw the light loads you have rammed iu
for salute-tiring, sea-gulls and porpoises .'
Pour down the big gun all the powder on
board ; and theu fill her up to the muzzle
with grap-sUot, eauister aud shell. ..g
chaius, patent cooking-stove aud Brooklyn
meetiug-bouses, all the iron Iu the terrestrial
aud all the sulphur iu the Platooiau region
give me a glass of giod buttermilk to
opv n my eye. ud a teaspoouful of electricity,
(not eccentricity.) to steady my uexves
swiug her slowly am i firmly, rouud so 'I can
draw a regular head give me the match
aud let me turn her loosf-sud let me cut
you mizzeu mast off as elenu as a chicken's
had. aud sink that black thiug so deep in
mid-orvMii. t at in its resnrreetion. it can uot
get to t if top of the Water till just a million
of years after the fi st peal of Gabriel's trump
has been heard !
Bjt. allegory nside, the busiuess of the
sneerer is to make the seusitive aud honest
mau I is victim to eliminate his own good
fortuue out of the accursed ill-buck of that
sterling individual's miserable lack of im
pudence aud hoggish uess to meet him in
variably and ou all orrasiofis with a sueer
to sneer st him morning, uoou aud night.
ou Lord's day and every other day. iu the
presence of straugers. frieuds. enemies, Jews
Geutlles, Couservalives. iudepeudeiits. Radi
cals, niggers aud white folks to sueer at all
he says or does as uoiisence" orgood for
notbiug" to sueer at his wife, his children,
bis houses, his lauds, his laborers, his horses,
his jacass, his cattle, bis oxeu, bis hogs,
his dogs, bis cats, his hens and his roosters,
his ii r tie vs. his ducks, his euineas. his fruit
crof). his wheat crop, his walkiugstick and
his Hshbasket iu short, at every thing of
which this sad neighbor, the object of con
stitutional prejudice aud jealousy, happens
, to be poss-ss.!. Tho s- eerer's life labor is
j to convince himse'f and the world that no
i gonl can or s all c ine out of that Naxarene
I ih:tt felon at large Mr. Nicholas Huues
! tus.
Does Honestus. in conversation, dare to
offer his opinion uf matters aud thiugs ?
Sapieutius fSueerbagger, talks riiiht on as if
he had'ut heard him any more than a dog
barking ; or assumes a lofty, wise, silent,
seltisa, owl like air of unconcern ; or goes
)Ueenug
bagger is entitled tor. graduate's degree aud
a diploma he has schooled the tones of his
voice, the expression of his face and the pos
tur ug muscles uf his body to all the varied
personifications ot contempt, till Booth him
1 f 11.11 i .
St IT (Mt! M URH U-SHOlkA Tftiin him in a hnvtrio
Ll "7 ::rrr
"P"7-" man
I'Htl DIM if 1 1 I 1 1 1 S t I i MTitiM.tr Stiiu.i h ior..r
carries about him a great puffy env-lope of
n .pear. a neer nagger
skeptical aud eyuieal humbug, iu which he
seeks to smother Honestus at every chance,
as the spider buzzwriggles aud enssw bollucks
the fly.
But simple-hearted Honestus, to whose
, fnuk and open nature these aits of Sueer
bat;ger at 6rst appeared a bewildering puzzl?
aud a tanliliziug mystery, is begiuuiug to
cut his wisdom-teeth ou thai side of bis
uiou',h where Sueerbagger used to make him
smile, and to let slip some hard, rapid and
indiguaut phrases. After long years of this
brow-beating, snubbing and spiderbaggiug.
be has got sick aud tired of it, aud
has at last begun to discover that modes
ty is poor cspiial. and that it is never re
cognized now a-days that the complacent
Sueerbagger, with all his religion, his office
holding aud his affected wisdom, is consider
ably the iuferior of himself, in every respect
and Honestus has been galled till be begins
to wiuce and kick, and now aiid theu to
stand broadly aud bravely upon his iode
peodeuce. It would do your very soul good, dear
Watchman, to hear liouestus loading his
old bluuderbuss aud Wgiooiug to return the
fire of tbe enemy, wh eh has already swept
away bis coa' aud breeches, his credit, bis
peace of mind, his busiuess and his meat and
bread ! Click 1 Baug ! Boom ! Hurrah for
liouestus ! He has told Sneei bagger that "iu
tut re he, (llonests.) must be treated with
more respect, or, by the soul of his daddy's
old jacket, the next tire he will not leave
him a bag on bis ha k or a head on his
shoulders !" Slow t resentment, but sure
to hit ceutre when he shoot, is this redoubt
abla knight, of tbe Truth ! Sueerbagger
look around surprised aud scared, aud yells
out; "Halloo! Who hreu that gun ? Is
it P ssible that I, the ancient, immaculate
aud honorable knight of the
... . . ... ...
UriuisloQe
Beard, have been fired uoou by that find aud
knave ? How evideot it is that '-J-ost-ceding
to be popular-in this- country" de
pends ou the amount of brass iu a man !
Come in and sit down, dear Houestns ! I
used to have a poor opiuion of you ; but the
ring of your carbine aud the Hash uf your
claymore convince me. against my will, that
you may be a second Lancelot yet the de
vil's in von anyhow !" And thus does the
philosophic representative of his Satauic
majesty for this district console him-elf !
maiesty
Hold up your heads, ye honest meu !
This is the day when brass will pass better
thau gold. Have courage ! Snatch the
reins of power out of the grasp of these old
spiders these hardened, brazen rasca s !
Doot be sneered at, sneered down or sneered
out ! Give 'em as good as they send ! Hold
up your beads, I say i Aud dout let ignor
ance, impudence aod corruption bear tu n.
That's the way to fire such a broadside at
sneering as to sweep the deck,' aud to pot
our best men foremost.
To prevent all danger of misconstruction.
(not moonstrucluhton,) 1 suppose l
most
UitK gVv the plain English, the patent moral
and the free translation, of the nou-CuilyUan
rhan?dies. tbe non-Buuya- ian allegories
aod the ooo-fax-back-iuto-bietory and He-
ou iu luuiiiwK, iu so in. uy wnros. mat eVery reason for believing tbev can fly to
Honestus is scarcely worthy of notice, and is ,he Y,f Court and there judicially
always t be regarded as a mere cipher of ijr.u j. ji
hunmuity, a bore fool aud a predestined liar. I KT6 ,DB' ud tUrned loOM
. Mt e:it. Mr SiiMxr. '
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NO.
bfaie noTJ-sahaluttics. written above. 8o
eiety is too much under the coat ml of com
plaeent demagogues, soi veiling sneaks and
Pharisaical petsi whos- duty and privilege
it is to turn np their noawe at every body
who does apt think and act jost as they do,
and to aaswme the offices of "dady." guar
dian and jailer teward all tn.dest and aoond
pnncipled men. There is no escape for
good menlfrom t)ri species of sonondivlism,
bat to claim their rights, and to All the
places fur whirh-nature. morality and intel
ligence have qoalified them. Good men
must not stand buck now, and be sneered
the country is sinking for want of their
help.
1 hope I am nndeps.H,d if not. I will
get yon to publish au extra as big as a horse
blanket, and sprwed these id-s very thinly
with a feather ail over it patting he A. B.
Ce at the top and the loag-iaetre doXology
at the bottom. -
E. P. H.
r . . , ... . .
r rom me Astievnie Uittzen.
jXLuraer oy a u. b. MarsbaL
. PTts a a a m m m . . I
I ne Killing ot Mr. Andrew W.wdv. a
highly respectable eitisen of Madison j
coumy, a lew aeys ago, oy u-puty Mar
shal Rice, has already been announced
ill the Citisen. j Mr. Rice immediately
came to Asbefille, and under a writ
of habeas enrpu, was allowed to re
main simply in the custody of the Sheriff
or Buncombe until tbe case could be in
vestigated by His Honor, Jadge Watts,
which was doue last Saturday. The case
was thoroughly examined into, both sides
being ably represented by counsel, the re
Mil' of which w:is Judge Waits refused
bsil and committed Rice to jail to await
ihe action of the grand jury of Madison.
It seems that there is a law of Congress
allowing the pets of the administration,
whenever they commit ou rages against
the citiseus of a State, either by tbe iak
ing of life or the destruction of property,
which is done quite frequently, to swear
tliey can t get justice to the State Uourt
u.io.g ..e w. iiktu uy me r eo through cbeaung elecuous aoU nxncislng
eral Conn, which is generally auderstood power for the one sole purpose of rob
to be a safe asylum for all such lawbreak krw
ers.
Quite a number of men have been kill
ed iu this district during tbe last few
years, aud tbe parlies have sworn them
selves out of the State Courts in every
i. i stance, we think, and as ulleo have tbey
escaped auy punish incut at the hands of
the Federal tribunal to which they fly.
So far from any punishment being meted
ouffto the offeudtrs, iu one instance we
hae heard of recently the guilty were
aritally allowed to compromise the mat
ter out of the Court and end tbe matter.
W as ever such proceedings heard of
before in the annals of jurisprudence 1 Is
it 4 wonder that these peculiar represeu
j ta'ives ol the great Radical despotism are
i so thoroughly careless, even reck I as as
regards the taking uf life, when they have
Why is it that. (J. S. Marshals have to
go armed with pistols aud muskets to
make arrests T Why is it ibey only find
it necessary to kill their victims f Why
1 x a rw . sv an
ao tno oute omcers execute all services
-It. A .1 .ft I
wimout aanger to tuemsetves or necessity
for killing otbersl Why this difference
. . , Tub It .1... 1 ' . 1. .
wweeu oniurra ai me iw, aworu ouiy vo
execute law and pot the citizens t And
why do these Federal pets fear to be tried
by a "jury of their countrymen" in the
State court f Bui tbey swear tbey can't
get "justice" from their own neigbors,
men who knew them b st, who may know
all the circumstances ot their misconduct.
They swear falsely ; it is justice at the
bauds of the Slate courts they stand
io mortal fear of, and well tbey
may.
a m m. a a
1 bis killing ot people with impumiy
by the f ederal crew has gone far enough
1 here is a limit lo the forbearance of bn
mainly. Let a few more murderers of
citizens be turned; loose by tbe power, es
tablisbcd as it is I claimed lo piotect the
citizen in life and property, and it may
become, very justly necessary for an an
ed ro'diery lo accompany tbe official mur
derers iu the neighborhoods of their out
rages
We heard a prominent Republican say
the other day that he can take aay writ
from auy court, against auy individual in
these counties and execute it witboot kill
ing or shooting onje or endangering hi
self, and that mental all fit lo be officers
can do the same thing. And lots is
true.
Oor people are a law-abiding peo-
pis Resistance tp law is unknown, save
when committed by the law officers, and
are protected by tbe courts. Arm good
responsible men with precepts, and tbey
can go anywhere aud execute them ; bul
ihe conduct of these appointees of the
Graut government has been ia many io
stances so outrage 'us, that the people
i have actually learned to look upou the
whole concern as an organisation ol self
protracted oppression, sustained by tbe
entire "army and aavy of the go. erumeut
thai can give them such a "protection !
Wno Discovkeed Amxrica ? A
book has lately been published by Profes
sor R. B. Axdkrs4s, of the Luiversiry
of Wisconsin, lo prove ibat CoLCMBCs
was not the discoirerer of America, but
that il was disco veiled by the Norsemen
several centuries bi'fore be visited it. He
says that neither accident nor inspiration
had any ibing to do with CoMJMBOg' dis
coveries, bul that he knew of tbe discor
ety of America by tbe Norsemen before
be set oat on his search, having gathered
all the informal ion accessible with regard
to tbe existence of a Western continent.
o it appears tbgt COLtrXBUI did not
discover America, arid that Shakkspxakk
did not write the plays so long attributed
lo bim. Il will soon be discovered that
there was no such man aa Geokgs
Washington, and ibat tbe "Little Cor-
poral"
was x my
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51. WHOLE NO. 55
Nine years ot History.
Proa the New York Sen, editorial
rp 1 rim-it .
li insieau oi ending the war in II
when their great armies serve rtdrred, tea
Southern people had tontinued Ui
with desperation, obatfnsey, and
if they bad shown a spirit of
promising hostility iu gaerrilla warfare,
in local outbreak and other dlsjaSsUa
tions of animosity. indmdoJs asaosjw
woold have been put to deaih
for
treason, and others would have
in proportion ; hat s a bode iWw
have bean far better treated than they kaew
been, and woatd be taday.iaAaSCrly Stas
ler off than tbey are.
Had tbey continued in areas and re bos
tility. their coonnest bw milii.rv V.-
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wonM o..k,-Ji I i . ...
severe; bat alter it was aecompj awdt
iL I J . . I a a
,I,e7 e"u, ""t in anv worse
condition than that of eabpgaf d pmvia
held under military gwvernotwoi, a
ministered by aatlrary men aeeordiitg
mibtaiy rules. Armies would have
maintained among ibesa la
and repress sedition, boi
II lie bey Would
have been govt rued sternly, it would bava
been an honest tumann-Bl. Araraw
would not have been its i inspiristg
piss in n, and its victim would bawv bad
to endure tyranny, but uot rkb ry or
fraud Thev w.nld have be-u sulHexted
tn ihe operation of a regular syetesa rga
larly admitiintered. I key would, bavo
had no political fi -u-uc, but ibrre wuald
have been no plundering addi ion u tb4r
public debt, and the La tea they would
bare been compelled to pay would not
have gone into private pockets of Govern
ora, legislators aad Judge, hiding
Instead of keeping op tbe war, tbey
submitted patiently and sincerely to
the government against which they
revolted. Tbey bad been beaten in
prolonged struggle ; aud now tbey hones
tly desired to live as citizens, and not as
enemies, in the mod where tbey wen
born. During the war their efforts bad
been so tremendous, and so oua turnout,
that it is not too much tn say that tbey
remain without a precedent in history.
Their pacification was equally as aston
ishing and unparalleled' I be war disap
peared as if by magic Its spirit, as well
as us manifestation, utterly
that we who were eonquerers
ble to disband our annie. and of the ama
million men that we bad enrolled for their
subjugation, hardly a corporal's guard
was retained under ihe standard to defend
our conquest through the whole enormous
area of tbe Confederacy.
iib tbe submission of lbs Sooth
a new drama as inbumao and revolting as
slavery, and more subtly terrible than the
worst evils of war. Prace was asked aad
promised, and the form of civil govern
men I; but while this promise was kept to
tbe ear, it was broken to the seose. Wa
did not call them conquered provinces,
. - - - .-a. . 1
bul Htates; and proceeded to let
ou :iiem an insaiiaote swarm oi pi
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whose like was never seeu. The carnival
of peculation, fraud and public plunder
which has prevailed in North Caroliaa,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama,
issippi, Arkansas aud Louisiana for
eight years surpasses belief, and
be justly appreciated at the prss t day.
Georgia and Texas have been saved by
the early overthrow of the Re pa aw cue
party within their limits aud ihe Iraoaier
of their Government ino honest hands;
but in the other Slates villainy has run aa
incredible not, and Legislators, Go
and Judges have outdoes all
conception respecting the potentiality of
theft. 1 he people are stripped;
property is ao worthies that it will
sell for the taxe; and yet tbe rapacity
tbeae official bricmods is
crushing load of public debt
is heaped
upon each of tbcee States; but tbe
ceeds have been s to lea, and there is
ing to show for what be cauaeaa are call
ed upon to pay. Aud to crown
e w
peiuele these wrongs tbe most ia
devices are pot in force to keep the
in authority and to deprive tbe psspls ef
even he DWibilitv of turning
vJ memng 0f ihe bal.ot.
Such is, t brief, ihe history of
slruclioii; aucn is tue pn-eeot condition at
the Southern people; aud each are the)
reasons why, iu 1874, wbew a portioa ef
them are driven lo utter desperation by
eight years of boundless extortion aad
bop le fiaud, it M ueceesary to stretch
out the military arm aod send bayonets
among them once IB ore. I he facta are
patent and unquestionable; and the North
crn people cauwo; ponder them loo wisely
or too well.
A Remarkable Accident Oe
Tuesday night alreighi train on the Val-
i
ley itaiirnau, approacning a iresue wot a
four bundltd feel long, below Woodstock,
came across two horses on tbe track Tbe
trestle is ealy crossed by a tea iacb plank
in tbe center, aod across this tbe Light
ened animals das bed at full speed, tbe
train iu hot pursuit, aud though the night
was pitch dark, tbey gl safely over tfsB
narrow plank. As tbey got ever, ewe
turned and got safely down tbe beak, but
the ether slipped on tbe track aod tbe ew
gins passed over bim, cutting bim square
ia two It is a mysierv bow tbe fright
ened animals, in the darkness ef the night,
going rn a run, followed by the etriekief
locomotive, roc Id have ciaosod a narrow
wal k- way at a dtaay height,, which it re
quires a man with a cool bead lo erase bl
tbe dav lime. Staunton it
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