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yOL. VII.-THIR) SERIES r. . SALISBURY, N. C, JUNE 1, 1876. 4 'in 110 34 Wr(:trjrr: BRG3?EB Ed- and Pro pr. rTrj.'JJ T. Ki BIJJXER, Associate Ed. gpUSCBipTIOX RATES ! i ifcar. payable in advance, -...J.. ., . $ 2 00 1 5 ADJFTSIXQ R4TES f.K nubUc&tlon, ...... ; 00 . 1 50 ' .. f 1 HI! f T ' .V.li ...it trTU Contract1 BUCKEYE BEE-HIYE. persons wishing to purchase .f to nee or Bell thin most perfect inven- n ih the following1 Counties, will call on the hhtened, to wit :j 4 ' v - I Cabarrus,! Stanly. Davie, Catawba, V - .jjfell, Burke, McDowell, Lincoln, Cleave- P JIW,f" r....J ,ui , ft,. rtohta frm llaxe l?o determined to offer County and T.rfriship rights at a very reduced price. TuT K ' ; j IIENRY CAUBLE, oOmo?. ; " t Salisbury, N. C. Attention FARMERS' GRASS-SEED. n 1 i 1 t.Lrpived a fres-h supply of Clover kl Orchard Grass. BI'n Grass, Red Top . . T it 11- t ... .rJ Timotny -woieu i win sen enrnp ni Will buy oife Box of Concentated Lye' at i ENS' 133' iTllE OLD AM) RELIABLE fi SALISBURY Marble Yard. 2YXain Street, -: EFNt door fo the cocirr-iiousE rT(HE cheapest and best place in North Car 1 oliiia to buy lirst class Monuments, Tombs, Hea(VSUmcs,ic tc. None bat the bust ma ipriftlased, and all work done in tborbest style nfthpiirt. A can wui-naiiMj' ou oiiUiw iruiu f ttin ftbovei Orders solicited and jpromptly filled. Satisfaction guaranteed or iio charge ,mio. I JUU. li. rropr. i.:oijis ; - SUPEEIORl COURT, ! I j - J tKowjiii County. Jane E. Cliamers, . j . - I , Plaintiff, l I Against 1 Isamuel Uiarabere, Defendant. ummong. j STATE OF NOUTII CAROLINA. fot!eShVrlfTof Rowan County, GreejLi): YOB UE IlEREBV COMMANDED in the natne orihe State to$nmm6n Samuel Ihnfheni Defendant, in the libove action, to ipijbr at the next Term of the Superior Court -cf iM Countj of Howan,nt the ConrUlIoHPe in : 'jlwiburT, mi tlte 6th -Monday after the 3d - )lojwlay"in March 187, then and tlire to an iwertheromplaihtof Jane E.-Chambers, rtnin- jtiffjin tlii ftiit And you are further comman 1 di to notify the said Defendant that if he fails to nwer tli complaint within the .time pe ciSd by lav, the said Plaintiff will! apply to itheCourt for; the relief demanded in said com plaint, and for all costs an d eharccs in tbissnit lnchrred. ' Witness, J. M. Horah, Clerk of onr ij Tourt, nt office, in Salisbury lliH the 15th dajof April, A, DISTC. s j T J. M. HUllAIl, Ckrlc Sup. Court Rowan County. - 1 t 23:Gt:i'd. ; ON and OFF Slick as Grease ! WE A! EAGLE respectfully announces, his continuance at nis old rtsud in his olid ! line, on Main streeti opposite EitoU't Dnig Sfore. He is always ready and I Anxinus to accommodate customers in the Boot nd Shoe business in the best manner possible. u prepared to do first class work and can , totnpete with ahv northern shop on hand made f Jobs. lis machine, lastsviic, are of the latest -ranq best paterns. lie keeps: on baud ready. ji maae work, and tock equal to any special or der. Footing Boots. in best style, $7. New Boot,bej5tjuality,$ll. Repairing neatly and I Promptly d,me at reasonable prices.; SatWac- i.tWn rnaran teed or no charere : r'sli'ora,Qrs by mail promptly filled. ,J . . . i . ! WM. A. KAIiliK. tn. 20, J876. ! 15:Gmo tiong ago the world was convinced that sew can be done by machinery tbei only qt'es wontiow is, what machine eoinbines in itself J(fhat!jn numuer o important adVantages. I FLORENCE lnC9 111 tfltlli it oir i-ofritlot-inn- fnneum cniv ; fejm mnslin to leather without chanpe of-J - K Ie then frm ri?ht to 'eft and ftr . Twhie one style of the machine sews .j?T-','0w thef operator, ds'may be desired and -g j0 ,'tehah'keon both sides. In ieleganceof a and fiuoothnes of enerationl variety of "01 k ana i , , . .. ... J , - iviisonauieness in price, ine Florence OrL 1 1 Ie distinction. F. G. Cartiand boro,x,C.,is the Agent. He is also pHor l . i ! i - ; r Bickford Knitting Machine f 2J kicH paini. of Rockir bare been icuit ndu'r,W,'ihfut pcam and wtf-perfect hwl " ibr d8' S1' rfs, dpves, Ac.. W. 8pon this Roman's Friend, which YiT5 4 ! j - .-, or 8eV8pud5nce in relation' to either Knitter lj orV . g r10'"6 I invited, and ! samples of V:iiijnt9pon pplicatin. AH orderjiby mail J iaeceive prompt attention. Machines ifhiu- , ;pi4rV ny,Prt f the -Stated and satisfaction I Adit icnts Kanted fn every Conntij. , . 4 . u communications to j v i ;- A-f J- E- CA RTLAND, Salisbnry. : Or, p, G. CARTliAND.'Gen'lJtfft. V it ; . I . s jGreensboro, N. C 1 i Vr c hPnce. of Salisbury agenti call on t:,- cmoss. atbe National Hotel.! f23:lv - SI f - I ' 1 lv1 1l" :'l-''Ljfb :- WHITTIEE'3 CENTENNIAL HYMN. v " . j ,.; "".-.! " ' . ! Written f Jt the Opening of the 1 nternational Exhibitioui Philadelphia. May 10. i87G. J Onr fathers Godiffrom out whose hand The centuries fall like grains of sand, i e tneei io-iay unueu, ire, . And loyal trt our land and Thee, To thank The fur the' era don6, And trastThee for the opening one.' Ifere,"whJrt!of olj. by fThy desiirt, The fathers Bpeak:that word of Thine j Whose echo is the' glad refrain : Of rendud bolt and falling chain, 4 ' ! lo grace oar festal tune, from all The zones of earth our guests we call, i Be with jas while the New World greets The Old WrUthronging all it streets. Unveiliug ajl the triumphs won By art ortojl beneath the. sun; An-1 unto common good ordain This rivalship of hand and brain.' Thou, who has here in concord furled The war flaes if a gathered world. Beneath our Western skies fulfill The Orient's mission of good will. And, freighted with ilove's Golden Fleece, Send beck its Argonauts of peacer For art and labor met in truce?, -For beauty made the bride of use. We thank Theei but, withal, we crave The austere virtues strong to save. The honor proof to. Jplace or gold. The manhood never bought nor sold ! Qh, make Thou' us, through centuries long In peace secure in justice strong ; Around our -gift: of freedom draw The safeuardsjof Thy nshteouaw; Aud cast in some di viner mold. Let thse new cycle shame the old ! Atlantic for June, A CHILD, OF. ROMANCE. A ScJtool- Girl Elopes With Her Friend's Betrothed AVRcmarkable History. rFrom thepfew York Herald.l Eldbed. Pa.,Iity 6, 1876. Among the young people of the best circlesof Eldred IMessie' Cooktori.aged 16, adopted daugh ter of Jerome Cooktona rich farmer, was an acknowledged leiader. She recently re tiirtted home from a Vhiladelphia board ingschoolj where she had been a pupil Tour yeairf, making occasional visits, home. Oii onef of; these visits about a year ago, she tnet Alva Evans, the son of a iron founder, of London, Canada. He was visiting this section with a party "of other young men for the purpose of trout fishing. Evaosifell in love with Miss Cookton. The result was thata cones pondence was opened and kept up be tween the two and a marriage fixed upon, to be consummated when Miss "Blessie" sh uld have reached the age of 18. The rdotu-ra:ile;and "partrcular friend" 1 of the yo"ung lady at school was r ranees liters, o! leterville, N. Y. Sho was two yi-ars the senior.. ofBiessie, and lef' school sonief lime before the latter. Miss Peters is a blonde, exceedingly at- tractive, anil of ui uasuttig ana recKiess natcre. At . thej lionse of a friend in Philadelphia sh met Ieaac Bell, a young man, represented to be of an old family and wealthy. The young people formed an attachment for each other at least Miss Peters fell decply in love with Bell. As her parents j had other -matrimonial prospects marked out for her at home, she kept her aeqnaintar.ee with young Bell a secret from them, but; it seems, promised to marry him, at some future day. Not being able to fiave. her lover visit her at home, Miss Peters made an arrangemeni with Miss Cooklon by which she was to pay the latter a visit, when Mr. Bell was to go also and stay aTew days. To' add to the completeness of the ar rangement, A'BIessie! wrote to her Cana dian betrothed, and he was to join the visiting party, j I Miss Peters csame to Eldred about the middle of April and in a few days there after Isaac Dell made his appearance. Miss "Blessie" jiked him from the first. It was near the-iatter part of April be fore .Mr. Evans .came from Canada. Dur ing the two; weeks that had elasped since the coiuing.of Mr. Bell, 'Miss Cookton had transferred her affections to her friend's betrothed, and his love toward XI iss Peters! bat visibly grown cold. It did not take thie jealous eye of Miss Peters and the yonng Canadian long to notice the change, as it .affected them respectively, bat they had no idea that it was any thing -more than a temporary flirtation, pn 1 the arrival of young Mr. Evans "BlessieT planned a May-day par ty fr an excursion to the mountains. On Wednesday morning the party started, in accordance wUh previous arrangements Miss Cookton 4nd Mr. Evans in one car riajre, and the risiliog couple in another'. On ieaclingjthe woods the party stroll ed at tandiJm. iThey naturally got some what senarated: but while 'Miss Peters and theCatadisn were always in hallooing distance of each other it seemed that the ,vtt, nnnlp stfo ed lurt her away. 1 lie occasion seemell to be one of no pleas ... t. V.vnnjJ and Miss Peters, and they, after an hour or so, met near the edse of '-the woods and and sat tho return of the other couple. Theyfeat there talking for an A' a there was vet no isrn of either Bell or Miss Cookton, both Evjins aud Miss Peters betrayed evidence of uneasiness and alinn. Ibe Canadua told his companion to remain in her seat, .,! be would walk back over the hll and look forVRlesaie," as he was fearful she hadj lost her, wy. II was absent along time, and filially returned, looking pale A 1 lilt had seen nolhinir of phlif-r of Uie missing voung Tolks. Mi88 TVi er was reall y agitated over resajt ol his search, but neither she oorEyans at thatrimeentertMined iheElightestsuspicJon iliatthpnroynsTid absence of the two was bv desiso or that they were together.' They iKa farm-house where .the carriage had ben left, in order to give an alarm and Lave a thorough search made iney louna ithat the conveyance in inch. Evans land VBlessie" had come was gone. Jt or the brst time: a. lcrrtblc suspicion crossed their minds.; A farmer told them that a young man and a young woman had come off the mountain about noon, and, getting into the carriage, had drivnen rapidly off in the direction ofMinot Station. Evans would not believe that the conduct 1 of "Blessie" and J Bell was anything more than a girlish prank, and was confident that they would find them at home. On reaching the farm they found they were still absent." Miss Peters hastened to her room to hide her emotion. In a few -minutes .she sought and found Evans walking in the yard, and placed a note in his hand. It read as follows: Dear Fkank: So greatly do I love Mr. Bell that I have given up all for him. I hope yon will be brave enough to bear up, and think of me as the : most cruel creature in the world. 'Tel LAI va I have not the courage to write to him nor to father and mother." We are going to be married, and intend to return to Eldred when the gossips are; through with us. Farewell, Frank. Bid Alva farewell for me. 1 hope he had aVned to hate me before this. ; B. C. Evans cooly handed the not back to Miss Peters', and remarked quietly : "I am glad to have found the young lady out before it was too late." .The same evening he wasdiivon to the railroad and returned to Canada. The farm er's family took the matter very calmly. Miss Peters, however, was found lying in her bed, about 7 o'clock the same evening covered with blood. With a small pen knife she had severed the large arteries of both arms, and was nearer unconscious from loss of blood. But for the timely jliscovery of her situation she would soon have past all aid. Her wounds were bound up, and a doctor summoned, who now has her in charge. Her parents were sent for and arrived here this morn ing. They will remove their unfortunate daughter to her home as soon as they can with safety. ''Blessie" Cookton .has a remarkable history. She was fouud, in the summer of 1860, on the doorstep of Fanner Cook ton's house, in a basket. Accompanying the infant was this note : This child's father is the son of a Sen ator of the United States. Its mother is a Gypsy girl, who has been converted to Christ and can not bear thy thought of this innoceut creature growing in ignor ance and vice. Is there room for it here? Its little wings are wear)-, and, like the Jesus, it has no place to l.ty its head. Turn it now away, but keep it, for 'the love 7f Christ. The child was a bright' little thing, and as the farmer had no children he aud his wife concluded to adopt it as their own. It came to be such a sunshine in the hoHse that they cave i the name of "Blessing" which was subsequently turn ed into "Blessie." HON. W. M. ROBBINS. from the Winston Sentinel. We take the following extract from a private letter to a gentleman in our town: ."The North Carolina delegation in Congress stands high. We could hardly be better represented. Your immediate, representative, W. M. Hobbins, has made decided reputation. I have noticed his course with considerable interest and I will give yon a few points which particu larly commended him! to his constituents. No member has been ' more diligent and punctual,, and I believe he has never missed a roll call, except when on bom mittee duty. He has done a vast amount of work in the Committee on claims, a very useful kind of -work, and all the more wearisome oecause in us nature obscure, never bringing any notice or reputation to the members who serve on said Committee. . He has been of essen lial service, so I learn, to the Committee of Expenditures of the War Department and was one. of the three men who brought down Belknap. His counsels doing muck to aid the progress of that case he being in fact the author of the impeachment resolutions, and has also helped to nn earth Babcock's crimes, and Reynolds' and Insalli!', and all the rest of t lie nu merous cases which that committee has exposed. It is said that when tho record of its doings is published it will be found that pointed and direct style of exam ining the witnesses has answered a very useful purpose iu serving to concentrate in a brief space the substance of each case, which, but for that, would be left scatter ed through columns. Knowing that it was nearly useless to attempt to get the Senate to agree to' any legislation sucli as we wanted he has not wasted time in in troducing many bills simply for the name of it, but he has however, offered several, among theni a very important amendment to the Bankrupt Law, and he has been warmly urging the diminution or abolition of the Internal Revenue Tax, making a speech on this .subject which attracted attention, aa did also his speeches on the Belknap case and 011 the Centennial. The latter was an outburst which electrified the Houss more than any ; speech of the season, and it has also done much to bring about a restoration of feeliiigs of justice towards the South. It is noticable that no man in the House, has,ince thathad the face to abuse the Southern people as they were doing before. But though he thus offered the ! olive 'branch he is no crouching beggar for Northern favor, for he was quick to denounce Blaine's attack on us as ali infamous slander" -he lakes care to observe polite and kindly relations with all persons in the House worthy of rpspect, and he is very popular and much liked by all, and exercises as much influ ence on the course of business as any man here of equal length of service." ' - v.i r4 rr ' . The Christian' armor will fust except it be furnished with the oil of prayer. ANIMATED SHOT-GUNS. Animated, not because they kick, like so many of lho gons onr leaders are fa miliar with, but because they swim; be cause they shhot themselves off, not ac cidently, like lordinary guns, but purpose ly ; because they shoot to kill, and to eat what they shoot j more remarkable still, because they joad themselves with water, which they live in, and shoot their game in the air, which they can't live in. V They are about six inches long, and the naturalists call them 'foxotes jaculator. They look very imnch like perch, only more beautiful. Their general color is greenish abovp, and greenish silvery gray below. Across the back are four short dark brown stripes, shaded with green. Those who have seen them flashing through the water speak with enthusiasm of their lovely. and ever changing hues. No wonder they are favorites with the pet loving Chinese who keep therainjars, as we do gold-fish, and. a mine themselves by tempting the fish to display their skill by dangling a fly over the water. The Toxotf s are natives of the water of Java, but Ijave been widely distributed throughout the East as an ornamental fish. It is said (hat their aim is so ac curate that liiey can bring down an insect from the height of three or four feet above ihe water, i This fish has a near relative. Chaet odo rostratUs hy name, which iuhahits the Chinese seas and rivers, a beautifully colored fish, which pay be called an ani mated rifle, from tho iact that it shoots, not a shower of drops, like the Toxotes, but a single drop bringing down its game with wonderful certainty and precision. In this fish the jaws are prolonged into a sort of beak, which serves a rifle barrel. In other respects it resembles tho scaly shot-gnu above described. St. Nicholas for Slay. ; GOOD JOKE ON. A MARRIED MAN. A joke is fold on a ceitain gentleman of this city which is too good to be lost. Our-friend, who shall be nameless, pur chased a pair of pants a few days ago, which, upon being tried on at home, he found lo be a Icclle bit too lon That night he remarked to his wife that he wished her to take off about an inch from each lejr which would make them of the desired .length. Being fond, as a root wivs arc ot teasmir her husband, she told biiu 'flat-footed" that she shouldn do anything of the kind, and he retired finally without havinz ob lained a promise from her that she would, attend to tho matter. Soon after he had li ft for his room, however, she, as a mat ter of course; clipped off the superfluous inchas she had been requested to do. The family is comprised of six female members, injaddi:ion to the urood man." 1 and it. chanced that, each one nf ih oihpr live, who were in adjoining rooms, iuclua ing the mother of our frierd, heard the dispute between the man and wife about the pants, and after the laiter hatL taken oiF the inch and retired the old lady, de siring to ''keep peace in the family,"" and not knowing what her daughter-in-law had done, cautiously slipped into the room and cut off another .inch. In this way did each of the five ladies, unknown to the others, and all with the, praiseworthy ob ject of preventing any misunderstanding bet ween themai ried couple, clipped an' inch from the legs of the gentleman's trowsers. The following morning, all unconsious of yhat had taken place during the night, he rolled up the plants in a piece of paper and took them to Ids tailor to be shorten ed to the desired length. Upo i a hasty glance the latter ventured the opinion that they were already rather short ; but the owner was too well posted on that, score and insisted that they were fully an inch too long. The tailor had no more to say, and our friend retired. On the following Saturday he called for the pants and took them home, and the next morning, when he come to put himself inside of them, he was supremely disgusted at find ing that the legs reached only a trifle be low his k;ies. In other words, they had been altered! to the fashion of a century ago, when knee breeches were in vogue, lie straightway accused his tailor of hav ing ruined his pints, and his indgnation was expressed in langnage anything but mild. Ills wile heard him and came to the rescue of the Knight of the Shears, explaining that she had taken an inch from each of the legs ; and her acknowl edgment was followed by that of each five ladies, when it was discovered that, altogether, the legs had actually been shortened to the extent of seven inches ! Wil. Star. The W'ay New York Helped the Southern Confederacy. When the South was contemplating the folly of I secession it was a common thing to read in the New York Herald and to hear upon Broadway and Wall Street such expressions as these "The South shall never be conquered," "We will take up arms in def-nse of the South," 4iNew Yorkj will send, one hundred thou sand men toifiijht in the Southern aunies if the rail spslitter'LincoIn attempts to in vade her siicred soil with his hirelings." In sorrow, ih tears, in blood, in poverty, in woe unutterable have we paid for our folly iu listening to the lying" voice of those men iwho were the first to iuvade and the last! to leave our soil. Once, and what a terrible ; once, we followed their counsels and were led by their voices. Then there was indeed a show, a' shadow cf reasou about; their promises, Now they propose, to take us boldly by the nose and lead or kick us to the devil. If the Executive Committee of this district will give the people a chance, two men will go to j St. Louis opposed to Wall street and ftecie; resumption. Albcm irle limes. A DIFFERENCE. ? We believe, that a distinction existr bet ween Grantism and the best element! to be found in the Republican party ai the North. We accent Grantism to hi frke very essence the form and emWndi muni of all that is vicious, corrupt, debasing insolent and treacherous. 1 1 has flaunted its robes rich with a nation's gold a nd worn upon its forehead the broad philacl tories of promise but it has filched" the poor man's mite and the rich man's treas ure, whilst betraying every trust, and dia: honoring the good name of the country Its truth is leprous, its society corrupting7, its breath pestilential, its virtues a shad, its devotion to principle a mockery and a deception. Such is Grantism as we un derstand it. j We think better things of Republican ism as held and' taught by the better clais of Northern politicians. We bclicvfe there arc many honest, conscientious men amongst us, who see things differently from us because of their peculiar educa tion and surroundings. They are not all rascals, however little they may under-, stand our people at the South. We have considerable respect for such mien as Bristow, Judge Waite of the Supreme Court, Chas Francis Adams, Carl Shortz and men of that class who dislike Grant ism, and guard handsome for the Consti tution, and wha are guided by honest if mistaken political convictions. In our view, there is a vast difference between roguery and honesty, between Constitutional right and arbitrary law lessness, between justice and tyrahy, sympathy and oppression. For those men who are for maintaining and uphold ing the Constitution, for sustaining the national honor, for driving from office vecal-and inefficient rulers, and for the restoration of solid peace, tranquility, good tet-ling among the opposing sections we have respect. But for the Mortons and Blaines and Boutwells and Town- sends who would stir up strife, make bit ter the waters of the nations, awaken slumbering prejudices, and passions! for their own selfish ends and ambitious pur poses, we have only defiance and uncoui promising dislike; whilst for the Vast thieving, peculating, bribe-giving Jand bribe-taking set the Grants, Belknaps, Butlers, Babcocks, Robesons, wo have that contempt and scorn we eutcatairi for smaller criminals who are guiky of lesser crimes. But we cannot indorse that class of moderate Republicans who professing to uphold the Constitution and lo demand statesmanship, honesty and reforuij are yet fouud supporting men who have been the friends of Grantism. Faith without works is dead. Oxford Torch Light. The Value of the Sunfloiccr in Seicrul Ways. A few stalks of this grand, rank grow ing plant, in the garden or near the house, are highly, beneficial in many respectr: they are great promoters of good health by freely absorbing malarious gases in the air and purifying it. The seed is spleudid food for poultry in the winter and spiing. And, best of all, the seed of sunflowers is the mojt healthy food: that can be given lo horses in winter and spiing; half a pint a day keeps thein in health and spirited, with sleek coats and more animated, than any other foodi It pi events "heaves" and other diseases. All places, with the leasi tendency to malarial difficulties, should have numbers of sunflowers growing about the residen ces. Then they are great favoiites with little birds yellow birds, blue birds, wrens, and many others which ; will leave fruit and berries to perch upon and pick sunflower seed. It may not be gen erally known that the seed of the sun flower is the most infallible remedy yet discovered for the speedy cure of founder in horses. The direction which we glean from a brief article upon the subject in the Essex Banner, says : "Immediately on discovering that your horse is foundered, mix about a pint of the whole seed in his food, and it will perfect a cure." Note by the Epitou. In that most excellent book, "The Earth as Modified by Human Action" Marsh), is found the following mention of sunflowers! as a protection against miasmatic exhalations: "Maury believed that a few rows of sunflowers, planted between the Wash ington Observatory and the marshy bank of the Potomac, had saved the inmates of that establishment from tho intermit tent fevers lo which they had been for merly liable. Maury's experiments have been repeated in Italy. Large planta tions of suflowers have been made upon the alluvial deposits of the Oglio, above its entrance into tho lake of Isco, near Pisogn.and it i- said, with favorable re sults to tho health of the neighborhood. In fact, the generally beneficial effects of a forest wall, or other vegetable screen, as a protection against noxious exhalations from marshes, or oilier sources of disease, siina:edJo the windward of them, are very commonly admitted. Southern Planter and Farmer. A SAD TRAGEDY. The many friends in this city of Col. St. Clair Dearing, where: he has recently resided, will regret to learn' of his: tragic death, last week, at Grahamville, S. C The news was received here in a letter from a lady, a former resident, j Col Dearing, it setms, had just been married and was at Grahamville depot with his bride, ready to take the cars for the wed ding journey,, when he was shot doni and iiistautiv killed by a rejected suitor of the bride. "No further particulars are known here. Wilmington Bevicw. j It was pride that devils ; it is humility -angels. changed aogeljs into that makes men as From the New.Orleans Picayune. A MOUSE IKTa SPIDER WEB y The Wily We iter Ensnaring Huge Quint A nopderful JSarative. The wonderful little spider which cap. tared the mouse, and is elevating it' in Us parlor at Mr.Michael Gross's carpen ter Bhop, on Gretmenf between Elysian Fields and Mariny streets, of wlrch we gave an account f yesterday- morning, is still busily engaged fn its herculean task, and filing the numerous persons who visit it with amazement. This astonish ing little insect i of the black species, and very small, fact that renders the feat which it novf performs the more mar vellous. The rjjouse was accustomed, when on a predaory excursion, to emerge from a hole under the bench where pU ders dwell, and ijjass into the carpenter shop where the blench stands. The en-" terprising spider, who had no doubt watched for a log time the movements, laid a trap for lie unsuspecting young mouse, and on Monday morning when it started out on its daily rounds, the little spider, who wasfqn the lookout, tightened the thread which she had prepared for "her victim' whos hind legs had been en tangled in them s U. passed out of the hole, and soon speared it. Immediately after the . legs ha been caught the spider fastened another! thread to the mouse's tail, and after ysevei'al hours consfant work succeeded! iu raising her prey's hind quarters, nd continued so doing until the tip of the mouse s nose only touched, the floor. Having thus render ed it helpless, the-' little', spider industri onsly set to work multiplyingjts fasten ings. Alter a fw more hours' labor the mouse was raised one inch from the floor, the spider working as if with a pulley. In its terrible cojhtortiona to release itself the mouse managed to sever the fastenings around its hind fegs, but so strong were the threads which suspended it in the air, and so securely were they attached to its tail that all efforjs to break them proved fruitless. Mr. Gross, taking great inter-! est in the proceedings, left the spider undisturbed, and dining almost the whole of Monday niglst, .with several friends, watched its wouking attentively. The little insect, afte taking her position on her victim's tail,! commenced manipulat ing the thread ajid workings Gradually could, the astonished witnesses of this wonderful feat see the mouse creep np, and the threads' decending from their i. ' fastenings under, the corner of the bench to the mouse's tail, increased in number, and during: the 4l hours ending yester day evening thejiihreads had so iucfeaseoi that it became impossible to count them, and the mouse,! which was still alive though quite weakened, had been raised from one to three and a half inches from the floor. The jjpider during the whole time of its work pat on the mouse's tail, only leaving its position at long intervals, when it would cutiou-ly creep down the tail to its root, ad there feed upon the blood of the mou?se. Then resuming its position on the oid of the tail, it would again begin its viork. This unheard of capture of a nionfse by so small an insect and its ingenioui manner of elevating it has excited the wonder and admiration of thousands of visitors, among whom may and be mantioned several scientific men physicians who jlssembled iu large crowds at Mr. Gross's crpenter shop to witness the progress of te gigantic task which the little spider lias undertaken and is so successfully brinting to an issue. Mr. Gross will leaveTthem undisturbed and carefully watch pie result, aa every one is anxious to seewhat the spider will do with its captive sifter it dies, and how far it will elevate it LoxcBovm Life in Egypt. The sheik of! this particular village was well dressed, in Oriental fashion, had a house of manyjjrooms, and even glass windows. He give me sherbet and oof fee, and then took me round his village. The mud huts ajrc all built one against another, like thefcells of a beehive, save where they are divided by the little lanes that run throughj the village. I chose a hut at random aijjd asked if I might go in. "Yes," said my companion, "but it is very poor, and there is nothing to see." We went to the ntrance, these huts hav ing, as a rule, no doors. An old woman . at least she looked old ; but the woman was old at forCy barred the way. I offered money, btt that was not enough to overcome her feelings that her house was her castle, where? no Christian should en ter, and the Etfeik had to insist. One small room mad walls, mud roof, mud floor -was all we found. Four bricks made a small fireplace, but there was no fire. A small bain of maize, five water jirs, an earthen pot for artificial hatching of chickens, a fcock and three henp, a small heap of sacking by way of bed clothes, constituted all the furniture of the house. Fonjr yards by five was the extent of -Use ho&se, and this wa3 partly taken up by the raised dais of mud wjuich serves, as thc fanily bed in every fellah habitation. A'lfamily of four lived in spacer The hfad of the family was con sidered prettyrwell-to-do by the fellah irftrM ns he is! the o wner of nvejeddans-t (acres) of land. I I tried another house taken similarly! at random. It was still smaller aud ifiore pitiful than the last. The mud be occupied half the" space.: Three yards b ' one was my measurement of the rest. A water-jr and a reed pipe were all the si;na of habitation. There irr-re no boxes Jor cupboards in which other goods oricuattels might be hidden.; A family of llree, laborers on the tana of others, livedf here. I have seen' pigsi hetter Times. housed! in England, Lon don Items from ihcBcaufort Eagle, i v '- j' .... !-f -I : f , - ; -' ' . . A turtle was killed here on last Mon which upon examination waB -found to contain ono thousand and fifty eggs. i 0nr farmers report that the' crona iii thisj County are looking well, good stand m cotton and corn having been obtain . ed. j - . !.; " . ,:y.,: ; . - There will be another nonvnennW on Cape "Banks June 8tb,f This pen is onW a short distance from Beaufort and ner sons wishing to purchase ponies will fiod it 10 ineir advantage. to be present. j Saw Ftsh.Tony Chadwick caught, a f aw fish twelve feet long, the saw being four feet in length. He made iwo callona of oil from the liver. 1 Large Sliecphcad. Mr. L. 1 res xt? sen ted Uol. Uuraphrey last week, a sheep bead weighing 16 . pounds. These fish are getting to bej quite plentiful in ouf waters, and larger numbers ef them are being shipped West and NortW ' j Beaufort Bar Ht. C. B. Stryon, branch pilot, informs us that there is 13 feet on our bar at dead low water, and 17 j feet on ordinary, high waterThe . above statement is correct, and Drove what oar people have claimed for years, that our bar is the very best south of jsorioiif. Governor Brogden was the only South erni Governor at the Centtennial, but his uame wasn't even mentioned in the list of notabl persons present. The Southern. Homo lifts up his voice and weeps as (ol- lows : 1 I -Alas 1 for poor Governor Cnrt He to 'Philadelphia did go, - -For to see the 10c .ial show. Oh how his phelinks'' they hurt Them big-bugs, Dion? Grant and Pedro, When they freated our noble 'ex-curt As oulyja email Po-fa-fo-o "X MODEL. GOVERNOR.' Brogden is tbexecutive meant. The IjijnchbUrg News reviews tha cases of Carson and Cowles, at present tuecibera ot r the Alabama Legislature, who were, until recently, citizens of this State, where they were indicted for infamous , crimes, and whence they fled to Alabama. 1 The News rehearses the fact that the sheriff, solicitor and other officials prefer red a request to the Governor that he. should make a requisition on the Govern-, or of Alabama for the fugitives, and the additional and shameful fact that although! three months have intervened, no requi sition lias been made, and no notice what ever has been taken of the request The News indignantly remarks : "The; miserable creature who stains the proud and pure annals of the Old North State by his miserable misdoings, refuses his aid in bringing fugitive criminals to., the bar of justice, lending 'the sanction, and authority of the Governorship to tho shelter of malefactnrs7 who happen to ben long to his own corrupt party. "If it is that the 'receiver is as bad aa the thief, is not the protector of the criuv inal an equal partner in his crime ? "We are glad to believe that after the. close of the year 1S76, this bad man will no longer lord it over the good people of Carolina." Heartily we echo this confidence, and express the belief that with Vance at tho head of the Democratic ticket the Radical party will be buried -under a tremendous majority next November. Statesville Landmark. - . Tlie Mustang Hace a Failure. 1 v Nf.w York, May 18. The mustang raca at Fleetwood park commenced at 4 o'clock this morning. The conditions were-that 300 miles were to be accomplished in fifteen, hours, with relays of horses, tho rrder to use one horse as long as he liked. The stake was $25,000 that it could not be done to $115,000 that i; could. The first fifty miles ' u-sm miHn in f honra and 10 minutes. And the first hundred in 4 hours and 41 minutes. At 2:30 p. m. two Hundred and ten miles had been made, but on the two hundred and twenty-six mile the rider gave out, and the race was over and a failure. Frank Perralto, the Mexieati who had been engaged to rido, in the race, aud who was too nervous and weak to attempt it, gave way for "Bndd' Parker, who mounted In a rough jockey -.1 1 ' 1 . I . 1 t . dress, rarxer aisinounr,eu uie arsi uors m the end of a mile, and quickly mounted a r . U ,.,...1 -....Ai, .nnlinnnJ -" throughout the day to mount, ride and change, seldom coinpellfng one horse to. make more than oue round at a time. When Parker cave out he was 16 minutes behind. tbe average time necessary to accomplish th proposed fat. - - , . i . Ri$ TartecVfe: sa-w lying un the warf of Davis Jc Brother a few days agot a tremendous turtle, measuring five feet length and four! feet in width. He weigh ed about 400 pounds and tbe shell could he conviently used by ono of our en terprising youth as a shiflf. Yh&n we last paw him he was iu the cart of Davia & Brother, completely filling it up.- He was caught by Mr. Bern Congleton. Wiit ing of this turtle reminds us, that l.t l .at It kv Tr A tiinn Lewis that he caught in a small net, in one day, 14 torilesj many of them very large, and "it was not a good day forturtles, cither." i ; Hqhting ly G5S- . .j ' i About silt v i veirs since lionilian was ' j. - - - - firaii lighted by, gas. . Soon thereafter Paris and other cities tn Europe were siraihrly lit. Baltimore baa the kwior F beiugjhe first city in the United States, to introduce this new illuminating me dium. A fewjyoars later Boston and New Yoik followed, iter example, and twelve yeari r thereafter about 1834 Philadelphia discard d her vile-smelling, dim, but costly oil-burninj lamps for- thq new, cheaper and better light. r ' : . x ! "it " w- . , . "t . - i ' ! - - 1 ........ .. .. i r-l:!- . , ( : . i . ! 1 ' t ; f i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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