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:-J l ' '-'il-L-' " . I' Hi ; I' i ; 7! . . ' l 'x i . i j- - ";, " ' "V 7 ' .-' - - - - - f . : .- ; . '- y -""-11"' f " L'i -:-': : " : . 5 ! : I - - :,. ' - .1 : j .-.;- - .-. - - J - ' - - fi .-' . - - ; I-"- rv - - .: : -A- j-: i-: - y-, ' - ;: .- r - ... - - - ; ' l p7 ;; ,: if : ,:PA 1 WM - V h tfTll H HI : I. Ttl 1 Yk VII. THIED SERIES. r SALISBURY, IT. C, IIARCH 30, 1876. NO 25 I 1 . Weeklv-tJ. J. BTtCNEB,. Ed. a,3 Propr. T. K. BRUNER, Associate Ed. illlPtlOX rates : T .nt!lS- U..4. .....,.. 1 S5 Tf. .vdvertisiko rates: ! publicati on, J ........ T. 7 . j J - frirAi ' one line I'" ..vliiuHma ' (juotnlct; Frtes fgrmonttos year. . . $1 AO .. 1 50 EERNAL i h--i-.-i U S. IN' SPECIAL jlay 1. 1876, to April 30 1877. ANOTHER ROTTEN BOUOUGII rlf.. I STATE. A bill fortbe admissiou of Nev MexU co as a State of the Uqion was joggled through JliV Senate a few dajrs agO, and is likel7 tolie repurled favorably b 'a. mixed majority 7 from the Committee on Territo lies in the Hoaae., This scheme has been on foot, for several years, and is chiefly urged by the corrupt Itius who REVENUE have abeoliiie TAXES, i; the present delegate in c Hcviscd Statutes of the United States, J Congress, i a Grant Republican and the .c,tioii S232, 8237, 3238, and 3239, require head of thw hntn. n . !: i I " . -? T'"fe oSuiihS t.vcry person usY i uumucm, " Kepublican Senators that two votes : -I . control tot the Territory. and who 'have run it bv the rulp nf Grauttsm smce I-S70. S. B: El one fSTilSLISUHEST -OB "LACE OF BU- .lo. aura suppornor fine out wuicu other Sl!fiS ft' STAMP denoting the; payment -Vise could not .have beeti obtained", agd to of.wil SPECIAL TAX fr the Sjjecial-Tajr ind-nce several Senators to withhold op Tear beginning May 1, 1876,7ieforc com- position on l his partisan ground. w7j- , T ""J I,, ; JVrf embraced with in the provision of fa inl aJjotc quoted art the J 'allotting, viz: 4-titiets7 ...... U- -..... K ..... ;'.-... .$2oo oo KToi..is. n-tall Uqaor : I , S5 00 tl.iers. wholesale Uquor. .1. ........ iaf'KlJ malt lhiuors, wholesale.. Pfales utlnalt Uiuorv retail. . . . . iwiprs lu leal tobatjeo. . . . i HrtiUcValerslii leaf tobacco 500 00 r nd on sales of ;over $l,ooo, fifty cents for fi ' evcrr dollar In excess of tl.ooo. n..4.'!n manufactured tobacco ......... SaflHtacttuvrs of stills. ... 4 And tor ach worm manufactured Manufacturers of tobaeco.. . .' , -. junafaftuiTrs of ciirs . M ...... . .... ....... fwlrtlers of tobacco, first class (more than two noise or-otUer anlmal peddler of tobacco, second class (two horses r other animals) .4 . . . Pedilltrs of tobacco, Ihlrd class (one horse or iloilii'r animal. .i j...-. i.. . ..i .. .r Peddlers ol tobacco, fourth class on foot or nithlle convevance) . . ; Brewers of less than son hundred barrels Brewers or sou oarreis or more 100-00 50 00 20 00 35 00 5 00 50-00 20 00. 20 00 10 00 10 00 50 00 25 00 This Llkins is the aon-in-law of Henry G Davis, Democratic Senator from West Virginia, who urged his side of the cham ber to aid; the billronthe ground that two Democrats, would come to the Sens ater1 By- this arrangement the family would achieve the object o( their ambi tion, though one of the parties to it must bcinevitably-eheated.j No good or evenj plausible reason can ie assigneG for maKing rsew fllexico a State. Iis a barefaced job in the inter est of arj organized gang of th'eves.' Ac cording toi tbej exaggerated census of 1870, made to order bv officials wholly unwor thv of trust, the cionntation was returned fs 00 at D4,b74i I composed ot Mexicans, Span- .rJ. T..;..n K. 'I 1 .1 10 00 1 giciisrif, ttiiu uuTcuiur- 50 00 ers of all ktiids. who follow the tho Armv lOO 00 , , r, ' . : . . I on1 tiai r ofnni Yiia (n.tilin. -cnmpW'with the foregoing requirements will ?l lu,9 ppoi"0jn aoout. one-ienin iT.t. to Rrvre- nenalties. - - ! only speak the English language and Persons or nrma nauie to nay anv 01 ine nauno u uur usuiiauuu, eu uiui Special Taxes named above must apply to 1 in fact, about ninej or ten thousand people J. JMOTT, Collector pf Internal Revenue who have drifted down into New Mexico at Statcsville, 4JL., ana pay tor and pro- during the last quarter of a centurv. are now cool y asking fori two Senators and a Representative in Congress! . Until the admission of Nebraska and Nevada, the, law wag stringent and care fully drawn for adding new States to the Union.; jThe departure "la those cases was prompted by a partisan object only, and to give rlie Republicans an ascendan cy in the Senate wljereby all iheirvio lent measures culd he passed over the opposition of tht? minority. - They suc ceeded for a time, autl tho country to-day is prostrate under tho baleful effects of some of that extreme legislation. It is now proposed to apply a similar process to New Mexico, and to put in the hands of three "men, holding their places at the discretion of Grant, which practi cally means at the will of Eikins and his Territorial Ring, the' absolute control of the polfcicai machinery for organizing the proposed btate Government. 1 he fol lowing extracts; from the bill tell the whole siory so plainly that he who runs may. read the designs: "Seci 3. AH persons; qualified by law to vote for representatives, to the General Assembly of said Territory at the date of the passage of this act, shall be qualified to be elected, and they are hereby authorized to yote for and choose representatives" to form a conventiin. under suchj rules ind regulations as tbe Governor of said Territory, the Chief Justice, and the Uni- -B. B. : JlaXkck Sentenced to Four Tears H 4 in tht AXbinq Pen itintiary. TVAsillNGTOX, March 17. B. B. Hal leek, convicted yesterday of the larceny of $47,000 from the Treasury! in June last, was sentenced to-day by Judge Olin as loiiows : i j ! f I have nQ doubt but that each of the jarors by whom7 you were tried would ua.ve been gratified to j bare returned a verdict of not euiltv. but they have done their doty, and believe that they could not, under thetrj baths, have found any other verdict than they; did. There is no doubt but that you stole the 'money of embezzled it, j. By this crime an innocent wife and young child must suffer, and perhaps a gray-haired lather will be car ried to his grave.: The law is to be en forced, as by its, enforcement others ore deterred from , the commissi, n j of crime. In your case there is no excuse.' 'You are no ordinary thief. lYou enjoy jthe confi dence of the Government, and you betray ed the trust placed in you. Your crime is on account of this bejrayal more serious. I am sure after your confession that you took the money. JThe sentence of the Coort Is that you suffer imprisonment at hard labor in the Albany county peni tentiary for the period of four years. The; prisoner bowed and was about to take his seat. The Court added : I might also impose a tine of some thousands of dollars on you, but you have lost most of the money you stole, so I will not impose the fine. J; The prisouer then walked to his seat, and Mr. Henkle, his j counsel, asked to file a motion to suspend the execution of the sentence. The Cpurt answered that he might file soch a motion with the. mo tion for a new trial ; that there -would be no unusual haste in hurrying the prisoner off. W. .1 o : .1 TV. Cl , " ture Hie. ?tcci;ii-i ii-x p in 111 w mi oiuuiiis iiicv need, prior t May 1, 1876, and WITHOUT FUUTIIEIi OTK'E. , 7- 7 ; I). I). PRATT, - ' Commlsxiorier of Internal Iieteaue. OOTCE OF ISTRKKAt RBVENTK, " W'Asuixtiifox, 1). Cj February 1, 1S76. . .1 J (23:2tinM:2tinA To AMOS HOVES,lTcn-rcsiaent: Take notice that the following Suni !moris and Warranttjf Attachment have been .-issued against you : - , . . - sf PEIilOIl COURT, X. - V : I Rowan County. Thomas .t Meronev and Phillip P. Meroney, trading Under the j tirm name of Meronev & Broth- Summons. '.. tigtiiitt. x , Amoi'IIowes, Defendant. STATE OF, NORTH CAROLINA, To the Sheriff of lioitan County Greeting : : VOV ARE HEREBY COMMANDED I1- in the name of the State to summon Amos Howes, 'defendant in the above action, to appear at the next'Tcrm of the SuiK-rior Court of the County of - Rowan, at ,ihe Court-House in7 Salisbury, on the 6th Moiday after the'3d,Monday in March, 18?6, tlieft and there to answer the complaint of Thfimas J. Meroney iand Phillip P. Meronev, , trading as Merouey fc Brother, plaintiffs in this suit. And vou are further conunanaeu II. Ottraan, charged with the lar ceny of S47,000 from j the Treasury, and receiving stolen and j embezzled money, was next put on his trial, after an effort to the proceedings postponed until Monday in consequence of the absence of ex-benator Carpenter, who is ;of counsel or Ottman. tl to notdy the said defendant that if he fails constitntes T a qua .tied voter in to answer the complaint .within -the- time f J . . , specilied by law, the said plaintiffs will take New Mexico remains to ,pe e ermined uuVmpnt nomine him fir 4fi4 50. wit 1 in- I. oy ue pupremo vauri, oeiwre wuivu una terest on $4.!59 24 since 1st September, 1874, and for all costs and charges in this suit in curred. Witness, J.3I. Horah, clerk of our said Court, at office in Salisbury, this the tU day of February, A. D. 1 870. ; J. M. HORAH, i . Clerl- Sup. Court ltoiran County. very question is now penning, in me mean time: the. Governor, the Chief Jus- tic and the District Attorney are era powered t6 make thy "rules and regula tious" for electing a convention without anV check or supervision by a revising power. AgainJ "Sjiid apuortioiiment shall be madt for said Teritrory by the; Governor, the Uuited States District Attoraey, and the Cniet J ustice, or any twa of them : and the Governor of said lerri THE SAVING FREEDMEN'S I BANK. It-appears, says the New York Sun, ial tu the course of the investigation nto the affairs of the Freed men's Saving Bank, now in progress, one of the former officers ot the swindling concern acknowl edged lhal $300,000 of the deluded de- tors' money was taken for political nse in 1S72, wheu'Grant was running for his second term. If the whole history f the canvass of that year could be writ ten, it would be the most shocking s:ory of wholesale fraud and corruption the country has ever known. The. whisky ring exposures have afforded some light upon the means used by the Grant party to swell their corruption fund, though but a Bmall part of the truth has been made known. Many of the worst facts never be proved, if the policy adopted by Grant and Pierrepont to intimidate wit nesses is allowed to prevail. But about the meanest part of tho whole business was that stealing of the poor freedmti's saving to use. for the purpose of keeping the venal administration crowd in power, willi continued opportunities for plunder ing and oppressing the people. THE STpl&t TKING'S VICTIMS. THE CREWS ftW0 VESSELS LOST ON NEW JERSEY'S COAST. ! A Solitary Sailor the Rigging of a Wreck Swallowed tip by the Wave in igltt of the Life Saving MeuTAe Destruction of Jhriyperty ail ovtt the Coxmtry. Lo .no BtAKcn,:Mrch St. All day heavy surf wave have thuutfc on the Jersey coast, and pie ce of the wrecke J j vessels 1 that went down in the storm of Monday bight have been thrown upon the beach. Masts, yard, ropes, planks, and cabin appurtenances dot the edge of the coast from San dy Hook to tar below LOng Branch.; The most complete wieck is t)at of the Maggie : M. Weaver of Glen Creek, N.f J. ; Bhe was driven upon the beach early on Monday evening about two miles and a half south of Sandy Hook point. Iter entire crew were lost.f At about 6 o clock on Monday evening a smack man, Benjamin Bee be, who lives in New- Londan, Conn.1, and who has been stop ping on the coast, started down the shore to hunt for rabbits in the snow, j The gale had increasea to a tempest, the snow was falling in blinding show ers, and as Mr. Beebe was turning back tie saw far out in the waves an incoming vet-jsel . She seemed to be unmanageable, ami drove right on toward the coast, the storm was so thick that the smack man could only Occasionally make out iter out lines. The vessel st. uek'the sand bank at about a quarter past live o'clock. : TJ.e place at which she nrst struck is not more than luU yards from the line of the snore. The men in the licrbtbouse could faintly discern the; figure of a man moving about lierdc.k, and then, in a few moments, they raw a boat containing live or six men not off. It had scarcely been launched ere fi monster wave ro&e far over the deck of the schooner, and in an instant the boat disapoeaied. ; She went down in a second and uothiug has since been seen of either bo-U or men. Beebe afterward Saw the form of a solitary mau upon the wrecked Vessel amid the liftings of he storm. - f i . Then the schooner drifted off the beach and went to the. north a short distance and again she struck upon the i-each. Beebe saw the sailor on the stranded ves-tel hurry from the lee of her quar ter and spring on the main rigging. He cliined for the mast, and Ids voice could be lnard distinctly as he shouted for aid . j Beebe made signs to him to go toward the bow, and the sailor obeying the directions ran down to the deck and climbed into the lb re top mast rand shrieked: "Save me: for Uod's sake save me !" Beebe then ran north along the beach to Life having Station No. 1, and the crew of that station hurried down and met the men of Station No. Si, who had arrived in the mean time. Both llfesaving crews went to work at once. The mortar bearing a life hue was hied and the bomb fell over the bow of the schooner. The man in the rigging seemed to pay no attention to the Hue that had fallen below him, but still stood at the masthead and shrieked, "Cod save me !" His cries gradually grew fainter and fainter and as the storm pf snow shut in closer he could be seen only at intervals. At length there icaiiie! a tremendous storm-burst from lhe south. ? A black, overwhelming sea caught the vessel and lifted her fairly out of the waves. She wasj crushed ijke an egg shell. Her spars shot up toyarl the daik sky, and the form of the sanor f trembled lor a moment and then dropped out of sisht hi; the chaos of billow. His last cry was lib: rd distinctly as he shrieked, '"Oh, for God's sake; help ! oh, help !" Then the clouds of the snow storm swept down thick, and nothing more couhi be see 11. 1 An attempt had been made bv the life-saving crews to iautich tin lile boat, but just as the cralt was pushed into the waters a great billow-jammed it upon the shore, and the heavy boat was caught np and carried far inland and smashed into pieces. No other ert'orts were made tor the rescue of the crew. i. YSrjN. j Then followed a (lengthy account of other heartf rending disasters along the eoast, and of heavy losses of property on the land in differ ent parts of the Country. senses to plants, the lower animals, and I husband has cogent reasons for desiring man ; and he backs his belief with a cogent to sever his con pi gal ties. array of evidence, which, while it fails to I 'Jngal'what !f she asked, demonstrate absolutely his position, shows I 'Hasn't! it occurred to you, madam. very clearly the drift of scientific opinion, that your UusDaod may nave ran away I Dr. Asa; Gray, ; after speaking of the 'Good graciom) , no !' , transmission of the excitability of sensi- 'It has to me. I was studying both of five plants from one part of the plant to you before he went out. I saw that he another, the renewal of excitability by re- was of phlegmktic temperament, while pose, and the power which lhe organs (ot yon are vivacious.- plants have surmount obstacles to posi- 'Good land V - lion favorable to the proper exercise of 'Yes aaa'am. I saw him looking at rUietr functions, goes on to say that, when you as you were locking at tne lady who we consider in ibis connection the still I lends the eating stand. I could almost more striking cases of spontaneous motion read bis thoughts. I saw bim sigh. A which the lower alga; exhibit, and that all look of deepest sorrow crossed his face.: these motions are arrested by narcotic'or I saw him drawj away from you, as . if other poisons l lie narcotic and acid pois- your presence was disagreeable t' iu this respect with the lower forms of ani- him swear, 'cept-the time when I forgot mal life, respecting which it is impossible and left his boots in the oven.' 'Are your conjugal ties still tender and ntimental V he' asked. 1 :! ' to detei mine whether they have conscious ness or not. . - u Dr. Lander Lindsay goesrfurther, and regards mind and all its essential or con comitant phenomena as common in various sentimen I'm his lawfuj Wife she replied, look ing rather indignant. 'Yesj yes, I k jiow; bat perhaps your 'Ynn AA V AVvavas 4 'And I saw bun elevate his nose. 'Did he stick hp his nose at me V she demanded. r 'Yes, and as hk passed me going oat I heard him whispering to himself: 'I'll ieavq the old fade and hunt me up a ons producing effects upon vegetables re spectively analogous to their effects upon the animal economy we cannot avoid at tributing to plants a vitality and a power of making movements towards a determin ate end, not differing in nature, perhaps, from those of the lower animals. Proba bly, he adds with characteristic cautious- blooming1 wife. I am sorry for you ness, life is essentially the same in the ma am. , two kingdoms ; and to vegetable life fac 'You needn't, be, she slowly said, tallies are superadded in the lower animals, drawing off her yarn mitfens and button some of which are here" and there indis- ing up her water proof. 'So he stack up tinctly foreshadowed in plants. his nose, eh ? And he kinder drew off, Darwin has observed iiw the drosera eh ? Called me in old jade, did he ?' rotujtdiolia a faculty for selecting its food, 'It is a sad case, ma'am,' continued the -which in auimals would certainly be at- stranger as he saw her eyes snapping, tributcd to volition. Mrs. Treat has de scribed the same trait in the plant. On being deceived by the means of a piece; of chalk, the drosera curved its stalk glands towards it, but, immediately discovering its mistake, withdrew them. The plant would bend toward a fly held within reach, enfold it, and suck its juices ; but would disregard the bait if out of reach, showing not only purposive movement (or a refus al to move, as lhe case might warrant), but also a certain power of estimating dis tance. Again, Darwin has shown that the more perfect tendril bearers among climb ing plants bend toward or from the light, or disregard it, as may be most advatita- ou can't do any thin Elise, and wished Gretchen had had less vanity with her face7 7and fa rather large heart in her slim body. j Ouc dayit was in the time of the via Uge Eiiso went down to the Rhine - to bring in water, and as she dipped her pails in the clear ripples, she saw her own face reflected and turned away, wretched and discontented. She sat; down 611 a rocky stone, and watched r the sunlight' playing ou the castle-crowned hills, and listened to lhe far off song of the workers in thevineyarJs, and the thought of Carl, who was there, and of Gretchen,' who was there also. ; ' - ; i j Ah me V she sight d, what a gift" is beauty:!' - : . ' ;' 'Elisc,' said a voice, and, looking np, slie saw an old woman a very old Re formed womanstanding near jto her. 'Elise she said, 'I will tell you the secret of beauty, and you shall obtain all that you long for much. Go home, and jiever look in a glass, never sec the reflectjon of your own face in the water, never once again gaze on yonr own features, find yoa will grow pretty so pretty that all will won der at jibe change ; and Carl Cail will learn to love you.' 'r 'O'hI will never see my face again as long as I live never, never 1' said Elis 'Bat are you sure quite sure t' ) 'Quite sure,' replied the dame ; ' 'Bnl remember, if yon once see yonr own face your ugliness will return, gb home and bo of light heart, and every day your lack of beanty will grow, and every day more love will hover round you. - 'But how shall I know that it is- true if I may not see my face V asked Elisc. 'Can you not tell by the altered man ner of those around you V said the dame. Olt yes said Elise. How I will 'but of course about it.' 'I can't eh ?' she replied as she began watch them !' stacking up the baggage. 1 Elite went homewith a new and strange 'No, ma'am. 1 All you can do is to happiness at her heart a happiness that pawn your jewelry, sell your baggage changed her nature and influenced every aud return home,'- day of her life and made her amiable, and 'Stranger, wijl you keep an eye on soft, and loving, and kind, and consider- them things V she asked, pointing to the ate,a:id anxious to please, and ready to baggage, - - serve and help others. j 'I will ma'am, but 1 hope you will take Presently, people began to remark the my advice. Yen don't want to make a alteration in the miller's daughter, and to public scandal, Bo you Y" tell Ivcr how different she was from form 'Watch them' things,' she said, waving erlyjaud the maidens sought her out and her hand, and j she went out upon the' talked to her about their lovers, and the street. 1. yotit declared that Elise, the miller's Nothing wasfto be seen of "George." daughter, was the nicest girl that side of .1 . ... ... . I ol . 3 ? .1. . . 1 I rir: " I n 1 1 . rt ;t. 1. genus. Also, that the tendrils or. various one stanea up 1110 streei loosing very me a. nine, auu jari learut 10 iuiijk uow climbers frequently attached themselves I pale around th mouth. He sat in the different she was from Gretchen, and to objects presented to ihem expenmen- window ot the Darner shop, smoking learnt to love ner, and ail tdrongn tne away and reading a negro raimstrel pro- j n aineriand there was not so happy a girl gramme. She saw him as she was walk- nonia cnprelata that its tendrils "soon re- ing past, and she softly slid m and had him by the hair before he looked up. 'What on earth Doll why Dolly 1' be yelled, in his sudden surprise tally, but soon withdrew on hudiiywie support unsuitable. He says' of the big- coiled, with what lean only call disgust" from a glass tube or a zinc plate, and straightened themselves. Of another big- uonia, he says that the terminal part of - a as Elisc. And all this time she never once saw her own face, but turned away her head when-she dipped her pails in the stream, and through all the miller's bouse was not to be found a looking-glass. She 'Ye3, it's yokir old jade V she hissed J longed, (ah ! how much !) to see herself . '77" (warrant ok attachment.) l&tean. County In the Superior Court. 7 Thomas J.' Meronev and Phillip P. Mcro V'-nev: trading under firm name of Meroney & I tort shall, by proclamation, order an election Brother PLiir.tHra I of the representative aforesaid, to be held " VGKIXT b ' llirougooui ine Aejruory at, ucu nine as buoii , Amos HoVes. Defendant. ' be fixed by the Governor, Chief Justice and ' STATE OF" NORTH CAROLINA. United States Attorney, or any two of them, '":T0iU Sheriff of JlmeanCauHty-Greeting: whfch rproclamatiori (shall be issued within 7- TT a piiea ring by the affidavit to the officer ninety days from the passage of this act and at J granting this Warrant, that the plaintiffs 1?,, da-' V to the ime of sald elec' areentitled to recover from the defendant ""l;.. ;-. :j ui. ,i, nrna ni iff 4JC1I ! B IkU,f-.ll lllc&l ,uu mv. ... miles, . : 4iiu th .ui, 1 nf 1S7J. n l-;Ci 04 n.mp.l AtHm NeT iUIICO ; t3 1JL 201 SQUarC Howei, departed from this State with intent equal to t7.0q0.00p acres ; that there are to defraud his creditors, and is about re- nd railroads in the Territory, and that the moving his property from this State : 1011 1 meani of . fj T 1 are forthwith commanded-to -attacn ana safely keep all the property of.the said Amos decepion8?of ibis scheme stand revealed "owes m vour County, or soinucn inereoi 1 v ? r i.ij cotuinumcation are , limned ami 1 lU-n-K fA) arinrftplv cpttJprl r.nuntrv. llut kUll'i.u : wT 1 - - J 7 as may be sufficient to satisfy said demand, -. with costs and expenses. . 24:t:16 ! J. M. HORAH, Clerk l JL led a co-partnership for the purpose of purchased tools. Phasing nd i selling real estate in the These; rotten borough s of Virginia and North Carolina, and ntionaKlegislaiiofi. T " E. THE , UNDERSIGNED, have this day .V formed lurcha States resnertfnllv akU all nersons who have Real Estate for sale, including water powers, &c to place it in' our hands. -AVe advertise j generally ' throughout the North and Northwestern States. J. W. 3IcKINSEY, D.F.3IELLEN. 'i Bv lwrmiacifkii tr rinnMifllW TCWT to 7 Messrs; W. S. Pattoh. Sons & Co., Bankers fcj.A3r.fiySutherlin and W. T. Chuk. Co. : Danville, X&.; Hon. G. C. Cabbell. niember ff Congress. Danville. Va.: T. WKccn, No faiir election could be held, because no proper notice) could be given to be followed . by -preparation within the pre scil time.TS The bill, is therefore, a fraud, which waii concocted to give El kini and his Rihg associates complete direction of the whole organizing power, itist! as Kellogg hais directed the fraudu lent registration in Louisiana through his COUNTY TAXES AND THE RECENT DECISION. The recent decision of the Supreme Couit of North Carolina, in the matter of taxation, is of great importance to county officers. We have not seen the opinion of the Court, but are indebted to the Wilmington Evening Review for the fol lowing synopsis which, our contemporary says, is the meani ug of the decision : 1. Taxation for State and county ex penses combined! cannot exceed G6 2-b cents on the $100 valuation. ,2. 1 he current expenses must be kept within the limits of the levy as above. In the case of any county therefore the expenses at present cannot exceed 2Sj cens per annnm. ' Jjf. That any new debt created since the; adoption of the present Slate Consti tution by any county, must be paid out of the amount levied fir counly expenses 4. That any old debt most be paid, as 'well as the interest on old debts, and lhe power of the County Commissioners to levy sufficient tax to meet such princi pal money and interest, is atfarmed. 5. l tiat every dollar levied and col lected for the payment of old debts, must be- appropriated to the legitimate purpose payment ot interest ot the old debt and for ho other debt, claim or demand. If this decision is correct then our peo- havo been paying exorbitant aud ille Gas Liyhtipg in Xeta York City. - Fifty-one years ago the gas was first lighted in house of S unual Leggett, the then president of the New York Gas Light Company, at No. 7 Cherry street, now Franklin square. In honor of that event the company, on February 2S, 1S7G, reduced tho pi ice of gas from 2 75 to $2 50 per 1,000 feet, which is the lowest price at. which gas has ever been sold on this island. During all these years the fire that was lighted when lhe company started has never been, allowed to expire ; aud w hen iuUS74 the works were remov ed from Canal and Center streets, the burninsr coals were transported to the present location ut 2 1st street, East river. Killed by Meteor. Aii intelligent black boy was lrti'lring highway at night 111 the vicinity y fj 1 b a ' . : r 1 f ot 1 alestiiic fi exas. 1 here was a negro woman riding ajhorse in the direction in which the boy wa going. The intelli- the tendril exhibits an odd habit, which trying to get Ijold with the other hand, in her new garb of beauty; bnt she re along a are .the dregs the violent .11 is are me Dane o natianarieffislaiioh. 1 hey that rose to the surface in fermentation'of eiyil war, yet their votes have determined many of the uiost im portant-questions. The population of Nebraska. Nevada, and New Mexico is as follows : Nebraska - y 'Nevada! - - New Mexico . ii : ! ( Total ! Under the ratio of representation in the - 122,993 . -42,491 - 91,874 - - 2.57,353 . ititt turn i riiii 1 111 r. 1 sir :u.j iiJinia aa i r T - oo o .ttd-'ISamueii Biiick, 1 President Miliersburg more than tfo members. 7Yet with New Jk Millefsburg, Pennsylvania. ' ' Mexico they wjmld have six Senators, '"S Address, Danville, Va.; Chatlmm. Pittsyl- nd 'offset tho votes of New York, Penn . ma county, va.; or Aitucirsuurg, uaupiuu 1 Bvlvania. anu uwo, witu twelve minions iCOltnttt I TAn .'' - i .i ' I - county,! penn. BanVille,'Va'.,- December 8th, 1875. Hl0;3mo:pd - - j " Cliean Chattel Moi'tgagcs, d variosrcr .bljks tor salejhcri - I WiK.f4Jr. Sun. of people itnd eighty representatives in the tlnuseif l h s . question rises, or ou ht ' . X.. . I in ! risej auove Dariy. as concerns - tue StabilitT and' piiiity of free government nd should De lieiraiueu 111 iuat niit ,7- - - ' u ' r - , t in an animal would be calledan instinct, for it continually searches for any little dark hole iu which to insert itself. The same tendril would frequently withdrew from 01. e hole and insert its point in anoth er. In like manner, spirally twining plants seem to search for proper supports, reject ing those not suitable. Speaking of phenomena of this Sort, Dr. Lindsay makes this strong remark : "In carnivorous and climbing plants, there is a choice or alternative between action or inaction, acceptance or refusal : and the choice made is not always judicious. There may be an error, and the error may be corrected ; but in order to such cor rection, there must surely bo some kind of consciousness or perception that a mis take has been committed : an exercise ot will in . making further efforts at suc cess, and a knowledge of means to an end, wiih their proper adaptation or 'application." According to Professor Lay cock, organ ic memory is common to both animals and too. - I , 'What's this'' who hold on !' claimed. j. For de Lafvd's sake ! What's yere mean ?' called lhe barber. merabered the old woman's warning "and he ex- therefore conquered her desire. . ' I ' la the spring time came her wedding all did day: and early in the sweet morning she was married to -Carl, and the young flow- Found that young and blooming wife ers peeped out to see her face as she pass yet V she sneered, holding Lis head ed by, and the tender grdss kissed . her against the wall. sweet feet as she went along, and the What, wije what ails ye are ye b'rda sang out a greetiug, and even I the crazy V he yelled. light feathery cloudftjeemed to stoop over 'Now, dew jstop d'i8 yere bludshed or her i head, as if wiih their shadowy hands lil call out de police !' added the barber, they blessed her ou her bridal day. Ah, waving the laber-brush around; happy Elise. 'Sneaked iij here iu hopes I'd go, did 'Thou art so changed said-Carl. 'Thy yon V remarked the wife. face is so different from what it formerly 'Wbmau, te you mad V asked the was. It does not ecem to me that it is man. ' I possible thou ait the same Elisc- I used If she hainft done gone crazy as a fox, to pass without even looking back to den I never sleed a 'possum !" pat in the gaze on thee ; but to-day in thy bridal barber. 5 - veil thou art a sweet picture, which mem- 'George' returned to the depot with wy will paint on ray heart forever.' her. The baggage was ihere, but the Elise felt herself thrilled with happi- straiivp man with a novel wasn't. She I ness. but never once told tho secret of " j- - - - - - - 1 ; sat 'George' down, sat down beside him, lhat change, though she herself did not gent black boy jrc-appcared 111 1 alestine plantgj aud cerlaia Uatms geeiu t0 exhibit that night out of breath and as pale as u in ft raarke(i degree in their antipathy he could get. He said he saw a ball -of to ccrUin t,.pes Tne boUniat urowll has 1. pie na1 ?a4 ta xes for jthe past e;ght years, and even the county tax assessed iu Wayne cohnty the present year (3S cents on .the SI 00 worth valuation) is iu excess of the limit allowed by the Supreme Court, in tlie case of Gtiffiu and others, by the Commissioners of Pasquotank, holding that the Board of County Commissioners have 110 power to exceed the Constitu tional limitation of GG$ cents on the $100 valuation for State aud county expenses 11 this case j it appeared that the taxes levied for the expenses i of the county eovernraent. if -restricted to the Consti tutional limitation would be entirely inad equate to defray the necessary expeuses ot the county. fire come out of lhe sky and strike the woman andisetither ablaze. The horse ran oue way with the woman afire 011 his back, and he rain back to town to tell the people what had happened. The people went to look after further particulars of this curionH incident. They found the woman tying: oil the Ground with all of her clothing burnt off, but with lile enough in her to tel lli.it she had been stcuck in the breast by ial ball of fire. The horse was found with his mane singed, and the womau died tlie next day. The people think she. Was hit by a meteor St. Louis Ilejiubtican MIND IN PLANTS. 'Tin my faith that ever flo'vei Enjoys the air it breathes." bo wrote Wordsworth long ago, aw very often the poet's prophetic spirit an ticipates results which 6lowly deuionslra- tiiiK bcience; arrives at only alter many vears of natteiit observation and logical Tlie average Milwaukee reporter having founa the skulls of an Aztec with a trlass eye, now finds in Lake Michigan a' sea serpent with fins fitrinHi like Ithe American flajr. Two - - drinks more would have put specta cles on that skull and irjiide the re porter see stars as well as- striies.- iV. Y.JIcrahL remarked that the trees which the lianas refuse to coil round are physically incap able of supporting the climbers. And not only do many plants act, as one might say, reasonably, but some ci' hihit the opposite quality. In bis "Veg etable Physiology," Professor Lawson speaks ot the eccentric movements ot the side leaflets of hedtmrum gyrans, which make it appear as though the whole plant were actuated' by a feeling of caprice. In many cases qbseivers are, no doubt, self-deceived, and mistake a mechanical and wholly unconscious mimicry of in telligent action for an actual exhibition of iiitillijrencc : still such men as Dr. Gray and Darwin are not apt to be deluded by mimicry or figures of speech ; and how ever much it may run counter to popular notions of what is proper to plant lite, the hypothesis that intelligence does not end with animal lite seems by no means in consistent with a multitude of trustworthy observations. and in reply to his explanation she press- ed her hps and said : 'You set rihtjwherc you are or there'll be broken bones !' uui, joiij i 'Yqu let Dplly alone ! We'll be alone biine by, and'you'd better git ready to shiver!' The stranger was a mean man. 'Dol ly' will nevej- believe there wasn't some thing in it. -Welroit Free rrcss. ELtSE'S VANITY. known that the real secret lay in her own changed nature. 7 i , How pleasantly they were all feasting; and Elise, longetf to be alone for a few minutes with her wonderful happiness, crept down to the side of the Rhine, and thought over the past. I'Ah, she said I am so altered too. Hap py Elise, thou art indeed altered. And . he said how pretty I looked iu my bridal veil. Do I, I wonder ? What would I not give to see myself.' " T Elise was forgetting, as she longed to see herself, how strict had been the old T- deduction. Is it possible that Words worth's faith Jin the capacity of vegetation to enjoy was, really such an anticipation, which enjoy ruent nreaupboses is 111 any decree a function of plants These js certainly a growing disposition on the part of scientific men lo accept sncli a ppsitjon, and the evidence in sups porttf it has already become too abundant to be overlooked or despised. As Dr. Fobes Winslow has remarked, vegetablb lifje is so uiitversally assumed to be, as a .matter of course, unconscious that it appirs to many a mere folly to express a doubt of the correctness of the assumption.1 But he continues, let a closo observer! anid admirer of - flowers' waick carefully (their proceedings 011 the as sumption that they not ouly feel but en joy life, Und he will be struck with the immense arhiy of facts which may be ad- duced in pppport ot it. Imicow them hypothtica'lly with consciousness, and they appear in a new and altogether different aspect. His conclusion is that they ith vkdoujjiedly iu t.be same category "GEORGE" AND "DOLLY." ninm-in a luorninfV B rnAI 1IT 1 1114 lhe vanity of the fair sex, it is said, is . f . wJni . f t-nrne.t of the samege as the fair sex itself. A aw feut her vanity kept saying to-her, clever writeriu defending this trait ot the , . ., B;,ta 'imnt lV.j.-. j feminine character, has said that it con- aaj gte t,yi,eif on tby bridal day but stitutes its greatest charm;, that without feBe hesitated and longed, and wondered it the sex wnld lose half its -attraction ; jf ..jnt Vould really follow if slm i and in support of this tlieory there is the u camol difference, j .ll inaint cCnrtr At till. I .oritl'kll miiwiitll ' - . .. a history which is so tender and pretty, jiuIe waya very little way round till tl.at .tis wojth rescuing from the forgot- .e-could see the shape of her head re, j ten legenos pi no ratneriana. . aectcd in the w!lter, and it seemed quite Rhine with pr father the miller. Now the maiden, Kvhose name was Elise, was not pretty, and she was cross and trcltat for she grieved for her own lack of beau ty, and thotlght that none would care for Two nice old people, man and wife, sat her ion account of the few graces Nature in the Detroit aud Milwaukee depot yes- had given t her ; so she did not even try terday, having comer from Cannada, and toilease, anjd j'et her heart was very large wailing to go further west. She called and, very kjndly. She spent half her him "George" as she ordered him to look time in fron of her looking-glass, lament and gee if that one-handed satchel was jug ber plaihncss, and thinking how itn- safe, and he called her "Dolly as he re- possible it was that Carl would ever learn ported that 'ere satchel was as safe as if to love herUwhile Grelchen, who was so mukfd to a tree, li v-aud-ov ho wauled i fjir ami nretl v that she was called me to smoke, and he went out and lit ins I Daoghter of bpntig, dwelt near .uer. nine and strolled into the barber shop. 1 Elise was not loved, tor she had never Left alone iu a strange town, the wife be- J tried to gaig love. Sho always fancied came nervou and uugety altera few mm- that it would be in vain to. eudeavor to ntcs, and walking over to where a serious J please, in ain to-be kindand thoughtful,; looking chap sat reading a paper covered and loving.! When nature had so slight novel entllieu me jjasuwiiuctwer a i ea iier, wnq.couia care ior uer, or luin o Daushter." she asked stranjre to her. tor sue had uot Been it tor w-S i I must, oh I imiat see the. face my iJarl loves, she said, ana lorgeiting the happiness she might lose in this offer- : ing Lo her vanity, she turned and looked at her reflection in the water, and sheTiaw what I - lhe same plain face she remeni-. 7 bere1 long ago; the same tho very same,. without any feature altered. With a stream of despair, she tottered forward a step loo far, and before sho could recover herself, fell into; the- waters which had shown her the dreadful truth. The tide. bn her away, and never again 7 was seen the miller's daughter CalV young briJe. Alas for Vanity. 7. Jours, an Alamance negresa. I 'You don't think lhat my hu.jb.ind has got lost do you V 'Is your husband of phelgmatic dispo sition, ma'am V he asked iu reply. She looked at him iu a puzzled way, and then hesitatingly said : her. or be interested in her I Ah V She sighed one day, 'if I coul bui-have Gretchen's beanty, Ishnuld bu the happieft girl in the .; Fatherland, 'for then I shoo sunny-haired Carl liut uarl never S.,lly ne av List week left.her baby locked ui it, Mb honsy while she sallied forth i our When she camn y pileoi uone-nsheson tue liraril.u aud a h;ilfiitterett in a dusky cherub Ainniij' lhe hnle angel bands, was all su J j on; a gadding If l batk, a liny pile of not fear any rival, and CarUh:wl - left.. When will people learn thai 3arl, might love me. J ; ' jit's just as safe to leave their keros'n ver caroe near her now, and, cans, as their urchin-, in reach of lire I Htf'a good-natured, aud I never heard, onjy thought ol her aa cyoss tud fretful j Ral Scntlnd f : - -i I -; I ; I . . ! V i-J. ; M - w m
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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