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v0i. VII. THIRD SERIES
r:tt"vx:- ' SAnsBUEYfir. c., HAY 25, 1876,; : tI?. f ;:r:;;r tl" r!: .i t-N 1 i i: "Tmi'vK
Ted TEEiLTJ.: J. BRCNEK, .0. and Propr.
SUBSCillPTIOX BATES
" WrTean payable3a advance,....
S3 CO
1 25
1 ADVERTISING RATES
-i. TiuKHratikn '.
$1 00
1 60
1 " lVO-pUUU-ttUHJ,. J.......
contract ratcs ior months or a year..
BUCKEYE BEE-HIVE.
persons ! wishing to purchase
1 ritht to ue or se ini most pcneci lnrfn
'iun th t'1 f'ow'ng iiniiw, will call on the
'jeiijjntd, to wit :
Rojrin. Cabarnw, Stanly, Daie, Ciiawba,
CaWtH, Burke, McDowell, Lintoln,' CJeave
hnd idao" Davi.lson., t .
I have reduced the price on farpi rights from
1 have also detcrfhintf to oner County and
Tnrtiliip rights at a-uy reduced price.
Cmo..
Salisbury, N. C.
Attention FARMERS'
ORASS SEED.
jitrpfvivd a fr'Mi ftipply .ff riovr
Orcbura 'jrnss. Iiln tjraes, Ufl lop
uiii'tLv"
wliuh I will Sell clirtp sit
ENXISS'
Will huy nun
Lve1 at -
Box of j Couceutated
THE OLD AM) HELI ABLE
! SALISBURY
s Marble Jard,
IVlain Street
r-Xcxt 4oor to the 0URTLII0USE
TpilEclu-apcst and best placcin North Car
Jl WtinA h bin y fust chts M on u tin en ts. Tombs,
irnfik:oiie.-vc . ic. one but the best ma-
teriiw nsed, and !l work done in the best style
f the art. A L:iilviu saiiMy you n me irum
4,ftfte above. Orunrs solicited ana promptly
Sntisuctioik Kvu;'ranr,,(1 or 1,0 cuarge
- ; JOHN II. V.UIS, Propr.
! i I7:Riu
made
SUPERIOR COURT,
ins:
Rowan Cousity.
JantE. Chaiubers, - )
j otitis ! I'ummon.
hanltieU4iamberf!, Diendant. J
STATE OF NORTH C A KO I.I X A. '
ThHiffShrnffof Ilownn County. U reeling:
Y1 ()U AUE HEREBY CONjiMAXDED
in the nahie of the State to sinnmon Samtiel
" t.h.ibber Defendant, in the above aclioi
Kif4lC at the next Term of'lieKnperiorC
"nftfteOouril.vjofRoWan.nt the C'ourt-Hou.
action, to
urt
ouse in
SsSwI'itrv, oti the Cili Alofiday
after the 3d
Monday iii Mnreli 187G, then and there to nn
- nwejlhe i-onijtlaint of Jane E. I'hambers, l'lain-
tiff ii.tlii siiit. Andyon are fitrther commnn
iled notify , the said Defendant that if lie fail
In answer the complaint, wrtliin jthe time .pe
. citidid !y lavi the said Plaintiff will apply to
iheinirt for the relief demanded in said com
lil.Tijnt,fand for all cnts an il" charges in thiuit
incurred. . V'itnes, J. M. Horah, Clerk of our
ai(j l!ourtfat office, in Salisbury, this the ltlt
"Jiv of April, A. D. 1S7C. ;1
J . Mi J lUliA II,
Clerk Sup. Court Rnvnn County.
! , t!$:Ct:p'd.
O N and OFF
Slick as Grease !
WM. A EAGLE
respcf tfully announces
j 1 1 uies 1 1 ii uuuut- "i-
tand in his old line, on Main street, opposite If
.intyisVlmi Store, lie is always ready and
anijoaa to accommodate Mistomers in the, Boot
ft'naShoc business in the best manner possible.
Hp prepared to d first class work-and can
cnnipete with any northern shop on hand made
H M. ' His machine, lasts, ie.. are of the Jatet
sqi best, paterns.,. He keeps on hand ready
wade work. and stock eqnal to any special or
in, Footiopr Roots in best style, 7. New
Botits, best quality, 11. Repairing neatly and
- prornptly (bue at rcasoaablc prices. Satisfuc
tion irnaranteed or no charre ;
'anh orders by mail promptly filled.
Ian. 20 J '1876.
VA1. A. I'iAlil';.
1 5rG:no
onnwflflil I rat tuft'
ap cau be' done bv machinery the onlrdi'es
wnncar is, hat machinf combines jn itself j
we greatest number of important advantages. '
M herafhn
FLOBENCE
tyUJOS in with its Ri1f-refriiltiiif tpnstnn bi"p.
j'gfroin rnuslin tf leather without chanpeof
'Fead Or npptl ttiin fViim rirM fi Ifft nn,1 lf
0 right while one style of: the machine sews
Vn, operator, as may be desired and
Jptn Rtituh aIikft on bo ndes. In elegance of
jjMnsh and smoothness of operation, variety of
ad rcasondbleniiSK 'in price, the Florence
eiiHborp, K . C, is the A gout.
" uuvb JU1J I lift. I !'! A i-J . niivj
Ua i also
Bickford letting Machine
VPB which Tnrx rf cifi.L-w Kara linan . V n i f
' itli?ut iAnt add! with perfrct'heel
imVi V :ioo(js; bnasvls.. Scarfs, GIorestc,
aJ be knit nnttn thia IfA-ttU
but .'10. I x' j ', j.
'rrespondenee io rcUtbm to either Knitter
' till BepDP"n appliat"'! All orders py mail
F"a to RHv nart f ih iit.it n nA eatlf
rantr-ed. Aaents icanlcd in ererv Counlii.
QrtsiaJj communications to . j
I J. E. jCARTliAND, Rars"bnty.
Or, F; G. CARTLaND, Cen'l Apt.
I 1 ; ., Greensboro, y. C
the kllt0niA nf Cilicl.n.if r.jrnt ..nil An
-4
S "Scbloss. at the KatiaALlfot.l, ' (23;ly
Prow the New York Obserrer.
DEBTOE AD: CREDITOR
the la w or iivE Applied to the
PAYMENT OF HONEST DEBTS.
It
LETTER FE01I
PHULA-ptLPMU, April 25, 1876.
The undersigned bas been a subscriber
to vonr paper; for more
a ceniury, &n4 daring the period its col
umns have always been read with increas
ing interest and profit. The tone of tlie
aper has been uniformly. lih, ditin
guielring U irqm 4ny oilier religions pa
per coming wUhtrj hid notice. Especially
welcorae have i becri the articles pf
"Ireteug,1 wjiOBflt. facile pen inresta every
subject with peculiar : merest. In your
last wsiie, however, the reminiscences ii
Mr. A. TJ Stewart contain a paragraph
or two-o defective", ini a moral sense, that
he is cofistrawifcd ,to direct your aMeniioti
to 1 hem -"lie paid every one his dae,
and exaptid the same of every other man."
"He was no(;in the habit of signing off."
Now such In practice is not sanctioned
by high-tone! merchants, for in all cases
of failure, and as soon as insolvency is
declared, ihej
property of the debtor i
dedicated to
he creditors without. ptefer-
encc. . Eveiy
creditor can rightfully
claim and is
equitably entitled to his
hia full pro-rata share of the nssests, and
no creditor can take more without irj'ts
tice tr all the others. E-ven where there
is an appearance of fraud, a recovery by
one creditor,! by soit, ot the whole amount
of his claim, lit is questionable whether
the money thus obtained should not. be
distributed pio-raJa. In short no practices
re allowable, from a Christian standpoint,
that are inconsistent whir the rule to "do
unto others," &c.
y ., j "PEXX."
J - A KEL'LY. ' '
, My excellent correspondent, la every
line of wtiosb writing I discern the marks
of conscientious integrity and sincerity,
does not fully present - my purpose. I
stated simply the facts, without eudors
ot censwrine: Mr.
Stewart's practice.
There is an honest diversity of opinion
ie question involved,
and 1 was cautious tq say the truth and
to leave; ihc judgment to others. This is
what I said of t lie dead merchant :
lie pajd eve.ry in;in his dueand ex
acted the saine of every other man. tie was
not . in the habit of signing off, and letting
men go i W bankruptcy to wipe out their
debts. Ifu held 'that ja lawful debt was a
moral ob
ou;ht to
igntioiv, frdin . which no man j
be nde8el.
I do not know that i
he can led this so far
as some moralists
told that no
bankrupt law can
be morally t lighi."
"The question now
raised by "Penn"' is
very delicate. It involves feelings, prin
ciple and! practice. Gjood men, intelligent,
conscientious and wie, do not think alike.
I am'afrairj to write freely about it, be
cause some of triy friends will be hurt by
frai& speaking. They are just as
conscientious in; neglecting to pav aeots
as I am in tlitoking
pay them, f.t is ban
they me bound to
till.
for a man to see mor
allv clear when pe-
cuntary interests are
truth.
Yet in this matter
between him and the
of debt and credit is
the fundamental ided of commercial mor-
ality. Wrong here,
and our whole sys
the many, wel only
ere right, the sysleca
tern workaf badly for
for the few. i If it w
would be fqnally wll for all
I start with this
axiom, self-evident;
nothing, should te mkde legally right which
is morally wrong..
trust no one
will
dispute that proposition,
mit it to be' sound, you
But if" you ad
must take the
consequences. ;
You coqne to me and borrow a hundred
dollars. - You get irjto debt toothers also.
To pay I U impossible when you have
SDent the money and earned none. You
give up all your property to be divided
among y6ur creditors. It gives them
perhaps fifty ceuts on a dollar. You take
the benefit of a ;bankrupt law. It releases
you froinjthe.Zf(7aZ j)bligittkn to pay -me
fifty dollars and interest still due. If you
are a conscientious
you will feel the moral bond as strong as
before, and U you ever get the money you
will pay hie- ;But
the late frees you from
dishonest men, and
liability. Hognes
Christians with
it tie sensibility, take
advantage of the Act and wipe out xtheir
debts, geit i tch agaWPand snap their fin
gets at tfieir creditors. I have 6een rich
men at the communion table with persons
who were reduced fo poverty by their
bankruptcy!. A"d they took no thought
of those poor persons. Hence there are
men ef huinefl who never help their
creditors on the rad to this liberty
1 have : sitrivi offl scores of times, and
never lefusedJ 4 Air. Stewart (I am told)
wns not in the habit of timing off. Was
he to be blamed for -refusing 7 Mr
Western comes Xd New York with good
testimonials for. honesty, capacity and
enterprise. lie dels credit at Stewart's
and nine otber houses for as many thous-
ai ds of dollars iujgnoda. He takes them
tn, IU store In tliel West and sells them
on credit, and his! customers neglect' to
nav. lie fails. jTbetr he comes to Xew
York to settle: with his creditors. Nine
of them are williuk to sign off, give bio a
receipt in fall and perhaps let" him have
more gopda. ,'Mri Steart decljues to ao
any sucb thing. The 'nine are called
"high -toned" men, lie is set down as a
hard master. "Peno" thinks Mr. Stews
art is entitled only to his pro1 rato share,
and that the law of love requires him to
take that and sign off.
That would seem to be the end of the
diacusssion: for the law of love is the
highest law in the universe, and the prac
tice of high-toned merchants ought to be
rule enough for any - man. But ' having
said that my practice ii and always has
been just what "Penn" says it ought to
be, I now wish to enquire if my practice
is founded on the law of love or only on
a conventional commercial expediency
and courtesy.
Mr. Stewart, fifty years ago, had a lit
tle money; he bought a lot of dry goods
wilh it, sold them at a profit ; bought
more, paid for them, sold them at a profit;
aud so on till be had fifty millions of dol
lars and died. That is his biography.
It is not great, I grant. But it proves
that patience, prudence, perseverance, pay
ing as you go, may be just as profitable as
most rapid, hazardous, enterprising credit
system can be.v The most successful
merchant in the wm ld bought for cash.
In the year 1857, when commercial
houses were falling in the panic as if an
earthquake shook the city, I heard that a
business firm of large capital had failed. I
rushed to their counting-room and asked
what it meant. "I heard you have sus
pended payment 2"
"Certainly we owe nothing1, whv should
we pay anything 1"
And sure enough; there immense es
tablishment, employing hundreds of men,
had been carried on for- vears, without
giving a note to anybody. And -wuer.
business became so dull that it was better
to suspend doing than to-go on, they lay
still six months, and continued to' pay
wages to all their men who could not get
employment elsewhere. They bought for
cash, and now the' use thvir millions for
the good of their fellow men.
A flourishing concern, doing a large
business, took in a new partner who found
the plan of buying on six mouth was the
rule of the house. He prevailed on his
partners to alter the practice and gradual
ly to work iu a better. ' In two or three
years lime, everything was paid for when
bought ; the firm never gives its note to
anybody for anything, and stand A Xo.
1 on ail the mercantile Agencies lists.
Let me not be misrepresented as say
ing that it is Wrong to incur debt. I say
that success in business docs not make it
necessary. Sine and sure is a very un
fashionable motto, and quite antiquated,
but it is trood nevertheless. And as i' is
right to pay as
you go, so it is
riffht
to insist that every customer shall
I nnv von irheh he. nrnmised'to nan. If
thal ruje j hatmony wi h the will of
God, on which the law of love is founded,
then the law of love does not require me to
release my debtor from his promise to pay.
I do unto him. as I would wish to be done
by in the same circumstances. This ap
plication of the law would work a health
ful revolution in the business world. It
is in the line of the greatest commercial
prosperity that pecuniary obligations
should be held sacied as personal honor.
There was a time in Londoti and Frank
fort and Xew York, when to let a note go
unpaid at the hour it was due, was a stain
I that no water could wash out. But now
it is not so hftre or there. It is not con
sidered dishonorable even for a church to
icipe out a dibt by selling its property
for what it will biing. For a church, or
a railroad company, or any association or
individual to do so, is A SIN and A
SHAME
Misfortunes may overtake the best of
men and make it impossible for them to
pay their debts. Of them I am not speak-
ing, but only of those who, being able, are.
yt unwilling to be honest
If the merchants of New York would
set their faces against debt, and practise j
upon the principle of pay ing as they go:if(
all donations for building churches and
colleges were made on the condition that
no debt is to remain when the building is
completed : if this principle were made
active and undividual by the firm, adher-
encc to it of men who are in trade, and
men who give of their wealth to works of
Christian benevolence, there would be an
immediate revival of honesty, that would
be of more advantage to the business of
this countiy, than the discovery of a
thousand gold mines richer than all of
Peru or California.
He is a philanthropist who aids in
maintaining sound commercial integrity
between man and mdn. And he does not
feel the first element of Christian charac
ter who wants his debts discharged in any
Other way than by paying them. To
shirk them,; to wriggle out of them, to
compromise, them, is not to get rid of the
obligation to pay them. It is God who
says, "Withhold not good from them to
whom it is due, when it is in the power
f thy hand to do it." The law ot love
requires you to pay your debt when you
have the ability, and no bankrupt law
that human wisdom or folly ever devised
can release you from the law of God.
Therefore, while freely confessing
that I have often and always acted upon
the principle which PexN presents as the
view of high-toned merchants," I am not
prepared to eensure those men of basiness
who say that in the long run it is the
wisest, kindest aud best way to pay your
own debtsjmd require every man . with
whom you trade to do the same. The
greatest good of the greatest number is
promoted by this rule, aud this is precise
ly the result of doing auto others as you
would be done by
iRESAErs.
Cl. A. M. Waddell was in the Superior
Court at Wilmington, on Thursdiy last for
caning of J. J. Cassidey, of the Wilraiofirton
Post and was fine J SI0 aud oosf. CAar.
Observer
Form the Southern Planter and Farmer.
; VALUE
OF GREEX CLOVER FALLOW.
It is said of a celebrated orator of an
tiqnity that when asked what was the
first requisite to an orator replied, Action;
wbat was the second, action ; the third,
'action. Now, if asked what was the first
requisite to successful farming, we would
reply, Grass ; if what second, we would
say. grass ; and the third, grass. It is a
common saying, and it is as true as it is
common; that without grass, no cattle ;
without cattle no manure ; without man
ure, no crops ; and, we will add, rapid de
terioration of soil. To the neglect of and
even. hostility to this invaluable element
may be traced the alarming waste of Vir
ginia's soil the gullies, ' the pines, and
broomsede old fields, which present such
a decaying and mournful scene to the
passing stranger. . Clover is the only
medium available to the average farmer
by which this sombre aspect can be chang
ed to one of a brighter hue. It is the
only practical mode by which the organic
foodrof plants can be restored to an ex
hausted soil, or the inorganic retained.
Detiioration of soil is occasioned as much,
or more, by the abrasions of heavy rains
as by the cropt? grown upon and taken
from them. Every one at all observant
has noticed the difference in the color of
the water after a hasty shower flowing
off a well-grassed field from that from the
surface of one destitute of jrrass the
clearness of the former, the discoloration
of tho latter from being saturated with
the finer and most valuable constituents
of the soil injact, the available portion.
The reclamation of worn-out lands by
means of so-called manipulated guanos,
in comparison with clover and plaster, on
the score of economy and efficiency, is
simply preposterous. They may be used
as auxiliaries with the primary object of
securing a stand of grass ; and if the in
creased crop of grain over the natural
production pays cost, the farmer should
be satinVd, and look to the stand of grass
as the profit for his ouilay. As to any
perm ineiir, direct improvement from their
use, it need not to be expected. They
are often so laden with inert ballast as
scarcely to prolong the vitality of the
young grass till it can be invigorated by
an application of plaster. Hence the ne
cessity ot immediate application of the
latter.
If clover is intended to be ploughed
under as an improver, it should be sowed,
without mixture, with other grass seeds
at the rate of a gallon or more to the acre,
lightly harrowed in, and rolled and plas
lered. as -soon as possible, and again plas
tered lightly the two following seasons.
The fi:st year's crop should be allowed to
fall upon the laud, neither mowed nor graz
ed till late in the season, and then very
partially. The second year's crop should
be effectually ploughed under, deeply or
shallow, according to the character of the
soil, commencing as soon as the clover
has altatned iis full growth. If a heavy,
stiff clay soil, shallow; if light and loose,
the deeper the bettcrr The clay should
not be disturbed for somo time after
ploughing, to allow the admission of air
moisture. The first harrowing should be
in the direction of the ploughing, the se
cond crosswise.
Bv seeding time the clover will be in a
decomposing condition, imparting warmth
to the soil and great vigor to the germi
iiatiug wheatacting as a hot bed.
The failure of your correspondent, Mr.
Gardner, to realize a good crop from his
green fallow must, I think, have beeji
caused by burying the clover too deeply
beneath, a heavy clay soil to be reached
. by atmospheric influences, thus retarding
or preventing altogether us decomposi
tion. He will probably hear from "it M'hen
it is again brought to the surfucc. In
the writer's farming experience more en-
couracme aurt satisfactory results have
been attained through green fallows than
he ever dei ived from the use of Peruvian or.
mauipnlated guanos. Coming into posses
sion many years ago of an old, worn out,
gullied farm, which bad, for half a cen-
tury or longer, been subjected to the most
exhaustive process conceivable, the pros-i
pect was gloomy indeed, and uninviting
, A remedy was soucht and found in the
practice pursued on an adjoining farm.
It was simple and cheap deep three
horse ploughing, clover aud plaster nnd
green fallows, as above described. The
first trial was wilh a field on which a
good stand of clover had, been effected by
a liberal use of plaster, aided by a favor
able season. The clover of the second
year was beautifully turned under with
three-horse ploughs, aud in places the
wheat lodged, yielding a crop of grain
and straw beyond the expectation of the
fl here are thousands of
acres now cultivated in Piedmont Virgin-
a, producing unremuuerati ve crops, and
annually becoming less productive, aud
other thousands abandoned to the tender
mercies f broomeedge and briers, which,
wilh a little energy, could be resuscitated
by this cheap and simple process.
Willi a reasonable degree of feilility
has been restored to the soil by mean of
green fallows and such other manures as
should -be accumulated, so as to enable it
to bear heavier-draughts, the period will
have arrived for resorting to mixed grass-
es, viz. : clover.; orcuaru ana
timothy
seed. The crop of the firpt year, and
also of the second, if deemed expedient,
may now be mowed. After tbe second
year the clover will have disappeared to
a considerable extent, and substituted by
the native grasses, blue and Kentucky,
which will contend successfully with the
others, soon forming a compact and ex
haustless turf. When improvement has
progressed to this point, stock may be
advantageously introduced as an addition
al source of revenue, and to add to the
manorial resources of the farm, subetitn-
ting the stable and barn yard for the UtS
oratory ot the manipulator.
In the last decade, a successful stand
of grass in Piedmont Virginia has beerit
tue exception instead of the rule. Late
frosts, spring drouths and hot suns have?
been generally fatal, involving much loss,
as well as diminished revenue. TheV
usual practice has been to sow the seed
and trust to Providence to cover them;
A better plan now being adopted, and
one from which happier results may be
expected, is to harrow in the seed on the
wheat land, follow with a heavy roller!
and apply three peckt or a bushel of
plaster to the acre. Timothy seed should
be sowjed in the fall, one gallon or more
to the acre, immediately behind the drilh
Clover and orchard grass hi the spring
early in March, a bushel to eight or tet
acres of the former, with half a bushel or
more of the latter. The harrow is iu no
wise damaging to the wheat, and may
possibly benefit it, especially otv compact
soils. The roller is an indisnensahlo imi
plemcnt to the farm; it is eminently useful
in properly preparing the soil to receive
the seed grain, and by compression has
tens germination and enables loose soil!
to retain moisture.
Timothy on moist, rich soil yields the
best and most marketable hay. Clover
is most valuable as a fertilizer. Orchard
grass is not generally properly apprecia
ted from experience ot its merits. Mixed
with clover, it makes an excellent hay if
cut when iu bloom. It is more certain to
stand on porous soils than clover or timothy,
affords the earliest and latest grazing of all
the cultivated, and resists the hoof, as well
as the native grasses. It is prolific of
seed, which is easy to save, and always
finds a ready market. Every farmer
should at least save his own supply, as it
is costly, from the quantity necessary to
the acre. As a fertilizer, clover standi
pre-eminent. Its long tap root penetrating
the subsoil to a depth beyond the reach of
theordinary plough; its soft, succulent steoi
and elaborate foliage ; its rapid decay un
der favorable conditions, supplying to the
cereals their appropriate food, gives to it
a value, as a creen crop, superior to ueaS.
buckwheat, or any other leguminous
plant. And when its merits, as such, shall
be appreciated as they should be, and
recourse had to itasati element of fertiliza
tion, the waste places in our lauds will no
v a ' & -
longer stand forth prominently as mono
ineni8 of our folly, but be clothed with
living green, fbreshadowjug the dawn of
a belter day.
Orange County, Va. Jaues KewjiaS.
Note by the Editor. As interesting in
this connection, we present a statement by Prof.
Ne&bit, an English authority of great reputa
tion among his countrymen :
"A friend of mine tried this in Northampton
hire. He had a field of clover, which he di-.
vided into two parts; the whole was cut at mid
summer: halt was lelt to "row again, and tue
other fed off. In October he staked out two
pieces as regularly as possible, and had all the
roots dug up and carefully cleaned and weigh
ed. The result was, that where the clover had
been cut once and eaten once, there were thirty
five hundred-weight per acre, and where it had
been cut twice, there were sevontv-five hundred
weicht of roots per acre: beinc a difference
of two tons of roots per acre. Who will say
then, that two tons of vegetable matter, con
taining so much nitrogen as these roots do
were not an exceedingly good dressing? Of
course, the rexult in the wheat crops w;is per
ceptible at once, and, you may depend upon
it
that, with one exception, namely : where the
soils are so light that the mechanical treading
of the feet of sheep is a prime necessity, you
will always set a better crop of wheat after two
cut8of clover than by feeding off."
STRANGE SCENE AT A BURIAL
The Ovid Register savs: List Satur
day, Wra. Gi'soti, sexton of the Middle
bury cemetery near Mr. llerrick s and
Mr. Marshall's, located about three miles
southeast of Ovid, dug a grave, five fee-tin
depth, in which was placed a coffin
containing the corpse of a young man
named James Fuller, Jr. At the con
clusion of the ceremonies the friends and
spectators left the ground and the sexton
proceeded to complete his work and had
rilled the grave to within aboat eighteen
inches of the top, when his attention was
arrested by hearing several audible groatis,
as from some person in distress. Mr.
Gilson says he stopped shoveling on jhe
instant, and looked around on every side,
but could discover no one, and directed
his attention to the grave, when the
earth m the grave began to rife,
especially over the head of the cofSii,
toward the surface, this movement Deilig
accompanied by groans similar to those
heard at first. At this Mr. U. being
somewhat startled as he admits, cried iut
'My God ' what have I done that you
should come after me in such a manner?'
or words to that effect. He then called!
to some of the relatives who were pro
ceeding homeward in a wagon, and wjio
had reached a distance of sixty rods frOra
the grave. They retraced their way ?to
the grave, and Daniel Wilcox aud bis
wife Ellen, who had arrived first, wit
nessed the upheaval of the earth two or
three tims after I lie arrival. John Fuller
and Miss Jane Fuller, Stephen Bradshaw,
and William Austin also returned and
assisted in the investigation but not
iu time to witness the phenomena
described above. AJ'S- W. was so agita
ted by what 6he saw and heard that her
husband had to take hold of her arm 4nd
support her. As soon as the movement
ceased the sexton threw the dirt from the
grve and the coffin was' raised and ex
a mined. The lid was found screwed
down, and on opening the coffin, the corpse
exhibited no signs of life, and no evidence
that it had moved or been disturbed in any
manner The coffin was therefore again
nlaced In ks resting place, aud the burial
completed without the "occurence of any-
thiug peculiar.
Tn rominpr to Christ we need no other
qualification, bat our sin and misery.
THE CENTENNIAL SABBATH.
The final decision of the United States Cen
tennial Commission, that the Exhibition,
in. all .its departmms, shall be closed on
the Christian SihWb, has been received
with heartfelt satisfaction throughout the
country. I Some there are who would
have had t otherwise, but the mass of
our people are in favor of having the law
of God respected and obeyed, and of show
ing to theinationsfof the earth that we
are a Christian nation. The whole sub
ject is very terstl jr and properly set forth
iu the followiog extract from the remarks
of the President o the Commission, Gen.
Hawley, rhea the question was before
the Board : i
''Two years ago the Commission, in
laying out the programme, expressly stat
ed that the Centepnial Exhibition would
be open during the period from May 10
to November'lO, (rom 9 o'clock mornings
until G o'clock evenings, Sunday, except-,
ed." It wa$ the very first thought of the ma-
juruy mat one oi me aistinctive marKS ol
American civilization being the obser
vance of the Sabbath, the international
fair should be closed on that day. There
is no danger or criticism on the part of
fpreiguerst who may come to visit us,
whatever may beitheir habita at home.
Foreign gentlemen will use every means
in their power to observe the customs of
the country while, they are in it. I wish
to dictate: to no oi)e, but, as for myself, I
firmly believe thajt the one day's rest in
seven is toundeu? on natural law. and
further than that is mads binding by
Divine authority;! It is well to ehow the
foreign nations the American idea of the
Sabbath. ) Agas&jz, on being asked what
was the thing which most impressed him on
his arrival in thefUnited States, at once
answered that it was the Quiet of an
American; Sunday. Nothing loo earnest
can be said againet the arguments made
in favor of the yieldtug of the Commis-
sion. Ai nave aumittea mat there is a
fixed belief among immense masses of our
people in the Divinely appointed Sabbath;
and I shall raise by voice firmly against
any innovation op. this occasion. '
We record als the resolutions ou the
subject reported to the General Confer
ence of the Methpdist Church at Balti
more on Friday, expressive of the senti
ments ofjthe cntip Christian community:
Whereas. The Commissioners of the
Centennial Exposition have by an al
most unanimous vote determined to close
both the buildings and the grounds under
their care on the Christian babbath
and I I
Whereas, Suchaction, we are satisfied, is
in entire harmqnyjwith I he moral and Chris
tian 8entraent of-'a large majoiity of the
American people! as well as with the
facts of; our ' national history and the
efforts made by'qur fathers to guide the
sacrednefs of hhf holy day by all proper
regulations and restrictions ; and
Whereas. Wefregard the religions ob
servance; of the Sabbath as essential to
the prosperity ofj our country and the
perpetuity of its Institutions and liberty,
therefore be it .
Resolved, Thit the hearty thanks of
this body be tendered to the Commission
era for theirprorppt and decisive action
in this matter. New York Observer.
i PIOUS FRAUDS.
In his History of Protestantism, now
in course! of publication, the editor, Rev.:
Dr. Wylie, gtvejs the following account
of several Roman Catholic frauds at
eneva ; ?
This little town on the shores of the
Leman had Hie distinction of possessing
the brairt of Stf Peter, which lay nsually
upon the high faltar. It was examined
and pronounced to be a piece of pumice
stone. Again I the monks looked grave,;
while smiles nlantled every face around
them. The spiritual treasury of the lit
tle town waSj further enriched with the
arm of St. Anthony- The living arm.
had done valorous deeds, but tlie dead;
arm seemed topossess even greater pow-i
er ; bntj alas $t for the relic and for those
who had kised and worshipped it, and
especially thjise who had profited so:
largely bfy ire homage paid it, it was
found, when taken from its shrine, to be
not a human arm at all. but part of a stagj
Again there wjere curling lips and mock
in? eves. Ndr did this exhaust the list
of discoferies.sj Curious liltle creatures,,
with livid points of tire glowing on their
bodies, would! be Seen moving about, at
dewy eve, iir the churchyard or in the
cathedral aisles. What could they be T-
These, Isaid the priests, are souls from.
purgatory. Phry have been permitted
to revisjt "lhepaje glimpses of the moon'
to excite in their behalf the compassion
of the liviuer: Hasten with your alms.
that your mothers, fathers, husbands
mar not have Jo return to the torments
from which thev have iust made their
escaDeJ The Uppearance of these mys
terious creatures was the nr.raiung signal
of another golden shower which was
about to descend on the priests. But,
said the Genevans, "before bestowing
moro tnassesj let us look a little mora
closely) at tbejse visitorsTT We never saw
anything thafc more resembled crabs with,
candleis attached to them than these souls
from, purgatofy. Ah, yes ! tbe purgatory
from Which tey have come, e shrewdly
suspect, is ncjt the blazing furnace beldV
the earth, but the cool lake beside the:
city ; we sbiall restore them to their for
mer abode, f aid tbey, casting them into
tl,A motor '. fTherft csme no more souls
wirh flambeaux to solicit the charity Cot
the Genevan!." 1
"BtLKNAP jINDICTED;;-,vu
Charged with Wilful -Violation qfLaut '
and Corruption in Office. ' ;
Washington, May 9. The Grand Ja
a of the Criminal Court of the District
of Columbia to-day found a true bill of
indictment against W. W. Belknap late
Secretary of War. The i edict men t seta
forth that he. was Secretary o war on
Juneie, lS73rat which time ja cerlaia .
question, matter, cans3 or proceedings'
were peuding in relation to the appoint
ment aad retention in office of Tlhe trader
at the post of Fort Sill, in the Indian,
Territory; that be did anlawfully, wil
fully and corruptly accept and neeeiva '
the sum of 84,700 from one OaTefc J.
Marsh with intent to have his detasiea
and action on the tjaestioo pending influ
enced, and did appoint one John S.
Evans, and did retain John 6." Evans as
post trader in consideration of having
received said sum. The additional
counts charge him with receiving S1,5Q0
for the, same purpose on November i,
187?, January 22, 1S74, April 10, 1S74,
May 24, 1S75, aud November 5, 187,
and $750 January 15, 1S76.
THE
MYSTERY OF MARSHAL .
? KEY'S FATE.
' ! Charleston News.
An old story handsomely told.
A curious story is goinj the rounds of
the - Western press to the effect that
Marshal ISey was not shot, as history
tells us, but that he came to the United
States and lived for many years in the
South, where he was known as Peter
Stewart Ney. The story is not a new
one,; Some time about the vear 1830. a
French gentleman, known as Peter Ney,
?sided in Darlington or Marlboro; Dis
trict, in this State, and pursued the pro
fession of teaching. Many old citizens
are still living who were his pupils.
Some curious facts are related concerning
this gentleman which tend to corroborate
the suspicion that he may have been the
Marsha! Ney of the First Empire. At
the time referred to he i3 said to-have
been exceedingly reticent as to bis per
sonal and private history. In conversa.
tion, however, he showed a remarkable
familiarity with all the events aud battles
of: the Napoleonic wars, and very fre
quently commented upon them, admitting
freely that he had taken an active-part in
them. His martial bearing, style of dress,
and the sabre scars upon his head, show
ed that be had knowu military service.
Hfijs said to have been generally reserv
ed and quiet in his demeanor, but fond of
a social chat with men of his age. At
tithes he relapsed into fits of profound
melancholy, which occasionally euded ia
a spell ot intemperate drinking. Be
seemed disposed to couft retirement, but
on one occasion, wherv-on a visit to Co
lumbia, he attended a military review on
horseback, when his distinguished and
soldierly bearing attracted much atten
tion. I he story goes that some 1 rench
travelers, who were in the town at the
tiioe, declared very positively that it
could be no other than Marshal Ney.
Tins gentleman, moreover, always
betrayed a marl ed interest in every item
of news connected with Napoleon in his
xile, and one day, sitting in is quiet
chool-room, readiug a newspaper, which
he had just obtained, he suddenly drop
ped from his chair in a swoon. 1 be
paper onlieing examined, wai fonud to
contain the news of Bonaparte's death.
I hese are the facU as gathered from
some of those who iu their youth had
been pupils of Peter Ney. Whether
they warrant the conclusion that the ac
count; of the execution of MarRhaLNey ia
to be set down as a historic fable, each
reader must determine for hi-nself.
What Bishop Simpso)i Told tlie
Almighty.
X. Y. Sun.
'''The. most eloquent prayer ever ad
dressed to the Legislature of Massachu
setts," was the description of an invoca
tion once made nominally to Heaven by
the Rev. Edward Everitt. TheCenteff
uial prayer of Bishop Simpson was a
remirkable piece of eloquence. He cov.
ered a great deal of ground with fino
phrases beautifully arranged. He told
(ibis with prayer, mind you !) how thy
Puritans were led through the deep to .
3 land of vast extent, towering moun
tains.road plains, unnumbered products
and untold treasures that had been veiled
frcn the ages, andT from the ancient
worldr He told of the men of mind and
ipight who have done great deeds in this
country in laying the broad foundations
of the grand structure of civil freedom.
He reminded the Almighty of the immor
tal Washington and his grand associate?.
He descanted, as he addressed lheDivin-
ity, upon our labor-saving machinery,
multiplied inventions, valuable discover
ies, land periodicals that are scattered like
leaves over the land. He told of tlie
long labors-, anxieties and difficulties of
the Centennial Commissioners. He took
occasion to welcome our foreign guests in
bis prayer to the Creator. He referred
to the relations of capital and labor. Ho
told of the intelligence, purity and enter
prise of the women of-America, who, he
mentioned lor tue nrsi time in me uisiory
of our race, take so conspicuous a puce
in a national celebration. And be closed
his fcrtUiant prayer by telling the Al
mighty of-ihat one of oor-ccantry's
illustrious sons who was the first to draw
iex peri menially it was well to be precise
toulihis piatl the electric spark, from
1 i t. . : :JIA
heaven wuicu oa nice giiuicu tuu jwun
fShakefpeareJ with its celestial whispers."
It his be not an eloquent prayer, what ii
eloquencg 1 We have examples of pray
er ia the Scriptures but it is evident that
Bishop Simpson lias too ornamental a
miud ' to be able to model bis invocatory
style opon tbeiri. .. " ; '