VII THIRD SEMES.
SALISBURY. N. C. AUGUST 24, 1876.
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ffS IT WORTH A LEG ?
jtiraVini the autumn of the year 1782
i J,af geon in Boulogne, of the name
Etkniie Lefebvre, received a letter, not
wrinkafl? signature,, requesting him to
. Iptirbu iiie following day to a country
Jcie u)cD was 8'tuaten' " 4b e poad
Jading to Calasi, and to bring along in
JJom.ntB as would be required for j per
j laming ao operations Lefebvre was at
I Ajt periodjwell-knotfn as a distinguished
I -A .nrcessful operator ; no much sol iu-
inu . j
L;.rf that be was not untrequentlyl sent
r from great diatanjcee. . lie had served
fcf a "considerable time in the navy; and
jjamahnm had, therefore, acquired a cer-
jjjp degree i bluntness-; out, when you
iee became acquainted, wiib him, you
eooldnot belp liking him for the natural
wd unaffected goodness of his heart.
He was naturally: somewhat surprised
tiLi anon vinous communication ; for
iltboiigh the lime and place were, n al
ready tlatfd, mentioned with great min.
atnert, there "was no 1 clue afforded by
.'ipirji-ibr ft itei could be identified, lie
flLrltl''lr, ct ui.e to the c n ci llr lu II t If Ht
K.BiifnJ liij jocular "friends were leaking
fount liiui) nd lie did nut keep ihe ap
ptrt'iitraiit. ,
: tTirf 1 ys afterwards Ue again fei
fla lit utuhior.s, buf coucheA in
ltip jtiefrnig terms tltHti t lit first, and lie
.tfiniHd that at 9 o'clock in the iri'irn
iug !crtiage. would be sent to bring him
talhe iiicc wherejte anxiously ex
ffctfd Accordingly, next morning, sure
tniiiticb on the stroke of 9, a carriage drove
up to uitf ueor. . l lie uocioi" no longer
you
less
Engjishman, Uking up the pistol,1! will
noi ore upon you, and yet 1 wiIIcomp
youjto cut off this leg. What yak refuse
to dj) to oblige,! me, throngli loveofgain
or fear of a bullet, you shall do rtbrougb
namsiniiv. - ; -
"Uow eo, sir !' j i 4..-.
'i intend to shatter my leg with this
piltoT, and that, too, before your eyejr,"
answered the Englishman, who-'accord-ingly
seated himself, nocked the pistol,
and then-took deliberate aim -at his knee-
Lebvre roshedj forward ) to prevent
him but the Englishman, coolly exclaim-
ed : U" i j ' j j : . ' ;t;", .;.
'.3o not come near; if. yon do. I fire.
Now only answer me this question : Do
j - Prolong; my luflermg -need-
'Sir, you are ranid.Nanswered the doc.
toriji despair buhaveyour own way
I ari reaiiyo do you H ;
Everything was ready for the operation.
As soon as the" doctor took up his instru
ments the Englishman- lighted his-cigar,
and declared that lie would smoke until
the operation vjas concluded. Ho kept hi
word The lifeleM leg rested upon the
flotn. but the Englishman still smoked
on. The operation bad been pet formed
iu a mnt uiast'erly; manner, and, thanks
to l'r Lefebvre'a skill andattentwh, the
patient Boon became perfectly" recovered,
Ith nigh,' of course, he had to be supplied
will a wooden leg, ; He-rewatded the
mi eon. wh-Wn he ihad learned to esteem
un nil and more eveiyd iy ; thanked him
in u
my legfor IhouldThaVe feared repent
ance for the rest of inydays. - Had I
really done so, I should have every mo
ment said to myself, ',' Lefebvre,' you are
a madman." With highest consideration,
yours very obediently, ' j
v , j-Etjehsb Lefebvre.
In the year 1793, daring the Reign of
Terror,- the surgeon oLBologne, having
beeo accused of being ' an arisi ocrat by
one of hiaryouhger prflfeseional brethren
who envied him his practice, was obliged
to take refuge in London, in order to
save his neck from the guilotine. Being
without employment or acquaintances, he
inquired for the residence of his former
patient, Mr. Oxley. He was directed to
it, and ou arriving al the house he sent up
his name, aud was immediately admitted.
In a, huge, arm-chair, seated before the
fire, with a bottle of wino beside bim, sat
a portly personage, whose size was so
great that it was with difficulty he could
rise to welcome his visitor. Welcome,
MonsieHr Lefebvre" exclaimed the hoge
Englishman. uDo not be offended at my
receiving you in this manner, but my
cursed wooden leg won't allow me to do
any thing. You have come, uo doubt my
friend, to see if iu the long tun you were
not right."
"I am a
lep
ing
irtui e tle iurg
h".tet from En
Ijiclosed you w
my
clu
lis any hesitation, but at nn.ee took his
itatht the carriage. Asliewas gelling
in,ic iisqaired of the coachman where he
a W be taken to.; but the tnanappear-
;"4 riih'er not to know, or did not-1 choose
to tcHI 'bur, as ihe ppoke in English,
Ifeovre said to tliimself. "So it U an
tuglibiuHii to whom L am summoned,"
ml li accordingly prepared himself for
uj r ihihition of eccentricity on the part
tf uf'if,lhat Nation which even now is
ttlitennderfttood 'by Continentald At
Irtijftii the carriage sjopped, and :: the
dtie!i( hastened into the house.
He. was received at the entrance by a
"iie-lQoking young man of about twenty
jhe.jj years of age,T;jwho requested, hiiu
-to walk iutoa laise and handsome
room- on the first floor. His accent show-
djiuntobean Englishman. The following
eiwwjrsation Uien ensued between tliem :
:?"fou.have sent for me," said the doc-
Ur. , -
"I am very much obliged to youNfor
tie troublr you have taken - in ; coming
wt. reioiued the inglisnman. "Ue so l
i)od lo seat yourself at table, where
Jou Mill ond chocolate, coffee, or wine, in
tut you would like to partake of any-.
the operation.
i But first show me the patient, I wish
i w lamv mvseli tnat an oueraiion is au-
jlolately necessary."
"It ia necessary, Monsieur Lefebvre
j pray be seated. I have entire confidence
in you ; only listen to me. Here is a
pirto; containing 100 guineas, which . I
nffer Vou &s a ft-e ior tli nncrrttion vnu
'aie.i'aked tonerform. no matter what the
teiult njHV be. In case of vonr :reftisinr
compliance with ray request, you: see thia,
putolj ii is loaded, aud you are m my
pof eh As I hope for salvation, 1 will
bw -your brains out." I
.!?irI ara not to be deterred from do
ing liat 1 consider proper by any fear of
yoiif pistol. ' But what do youf desire ?
nhat am I exnected to do t" ' J
Turn musticut un risrht leg off
I. ' Willi . all .m v li.' iri " miu'Mriil tlio
'It ? i "J
lOrgeoBj tbiiiking that this was a character
piecimen of tijoae mad EncUsh; 4tand
Jonr hand, also,! if nece8sary;or.desirable
0etr, unless I am greaily naistaken,
your leg i perfectly sound. I saw you
.aik do;wn stairs with, the greatest aclivi-
'J- ; Vhatcan be the mailer with? vour!
" r'Kothing ; hut it must come off.'
orf you are mad.5" !
That U uo concern of yours, Monsieur
fobvte.'' ;
on ii llut liandinmn lilllh
kaTe'doticl-'
jNSie'ai all : still you must make up
yoailnd ,'to -umpuJale it." i
I ."'r 1 have no acquaintance with yon;
rfWfejtUft'iouie prooT iliat you are in sound:
ni Hd," naturally demanded the doctor.
!f"Ul yen consent to mv wishes. Men-!
'soon as yon can . assign any ade-
Oj0ateor reasonable motive for so unneV;
ii not at nresent enter into any
'xplanationsih a. year, perhaps, ,1
WlM do ao. lint T will bet von. sir. that
yu will acknowledge that my rea-i
kionaforjjjy preeenl8eeiBjUgly extravagant J
i are ioet- pure, manly, and uoble.
-eve rational." '
i It is ouiie imnossible for me." reraoo
'ji1"6 urgeon, 4,to comply until you
Pillion and lrnilv.'
f0a atlall ka miti nn.inlait trWIl tl
Ult3 TJarlicntii. amn Inlnra timn hilt
f Wtijrn T'hper vou lo consider
fcfon of honor,; ' ; ' H I 1
man or Uonor does nomiter unjus-
,r.U threats a gainst his guesti ' I have
tom. . -. ...jj-i... .t.l
: riuiiu a amy even lowarus, yon,: no
laaiijg 10 accede lb your absurd request
M you mast admit, sound and just
; Tou wish to be the murderer of
" innocent father of a Urge fanaUy 1
a
M Ii i
tears inhis efeu for the great
n under which' he. had laid him
short time started for England.
obli
; and
Abno; tw( months alter liis patient's
on received th'e-f.dlaw-
inland : j
11 receive a token of
boundless graliiude a bill of ex
ige on my banker in Paris- for 0 50U
fra i ;.. Yon ha e rendered me t he
t of men by ridding me of a
hap
limb
fugitive seeking an asylum
amoug you."
"You shall stay with me, for you are really
You will corsole me. Uo
had
it
leg
th was an obstacle in the way of my possibility of I
a wise aian.
you know, my dear Lefebvre, that
not been for this'aboraniable wooden
rendering me useless, I should by this
time have been Admiral of the Blue. I
spend my life in reading newspapers, and
curses that I ant tied here when every
body else is up and doing. Remain hen ;
you shall comfort me."
"Your charming wife can dpubtless do
that better than 1 can.
"Oil, as for tha, no. lUr wooden leg
prevents her from gadding about as:(l
dancing : so he lias, h a lesourre, given
herself up to cards c itul.il. There is no
Te Hamburg Affair. The Sooth
Carolina Hamburg affair, about which so
much has been said in order to make poJ
illfcal capital, has turned out rather an
unprofitable affair for the Radical politi
cians. It was proven, when application
for ball hi behalf of the parties accused of
complicity in the Hamburg riot was made,
that the shooting wits commenced by the
negroes ;4hat the negroes, for days pre
vions. had thrown out threats of a determ
ination to force a! fight upon the whites ;
that ammunition; and; cannon had been
ordered by the negroes and stored in their
armory seyeral days before the collision.
That n number of riegToes had freely and
publicly declared theiir intention of killing
out the whites in! their section before the
election; that ho negroes only ob
structed the highway, in order to create
a collision.
' . A large number of affidavits show that
not a single man am ng the fifty or sixty
white persons charged with murder was
present at the time of the alledged killing,
especially' proving alibies in cases of Gen.
Butler, W. J. Butler, Harrison Butler,
Thomas Boiler, Henry Gaston, Thomas
Oliver, John Oliver aud John Lamar.
Ail the parties were admitted to bail
to make their appearance at court to an
swer such charges as might be preferred
against them by llie grand jury, and were
discharged. j
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
mmtmtimmm mhhi
j the Secretary of War t
regard to the deposit U
a
tlie
lor
hapuines. Lrariii. then, the reason of
whU you termed my madness. You as-
surtjd iihj that lheii could be no justifia
ble inotive for so jpiugular a mu.iilation.
(. ofjfir you a wagejr, and I think you were
right ia refusing i. After my- second
retujrn from lheE-)t-Indies I became ac
quaiiiited wiihpuskn Black, the most ac
complished and fascinating of women. I
sought her hand ii) marriage. Her fir
tune and' family wire sucIkus met with
lentire approb ilion of my parents. As
itli',i I thought only of her charms. I
was; eoon happy enough to guin her affec
tions, a fact which she did not attempt
toleny ; but she, al thetsame lime firm
ly refused to become my wife. In vain
ili ljl beseech her jto do so ; in vain did
herj relations all second my desire. S'le
wa$ inflexible. Pur; a long lime I could
not; discover tlie reason of her opposition
lo a marriage whicli she herself confessed
woiild make her j happy ; until at last
ouq1 of her sisters revealed, the fatal
secret to me. Susan was . a marvel of
beaiuiy, but fhe; was "so unfortunate
as to have lost a leg, and had consequen
tly condemned herself to eternal celibacy.
My resolution was quickly formed, and I
determined to become like her. Thanks lo
yoq, ray dear Lrfebyre, rry wishes were
soon accomplidhed, i I returned with my
wooden leg to Loudon.. 1 hastened to
iratu information ol Miss Black. The rc
poit had been spread, and I myself had
taken care to 'wrii.e to my friends in Eng
land to the same effect, that I had had the
mi jforlune to jfracture my leg, and that
ambulation hail been found absolutely
necessary. Every) ono expressed the
greatest concern at my misfortune. Sn
sarji fainted u the, first occasion of my
presenting.inysellf. She was fir a long
tiido inconsolable, but at length she con
seiited to become my wife. It was
she is a
aiiuie
od
iih
w
euough
her ; in
wo-
?" exclaimed
otuer respects,
man." :
"What. waB Lright. th.-n
surgeon.
"Oh, a thousand iin-s, my dear
Lefebvre ; but say no more on that sub-ji-ct.
1 as an unutterable fool. If I
nad my leg back again-I would not part
with the nariii!? of a single nail. Between
r c
ourselves, I must have been crazy
keen that to yourself."
but
A LESSON
FOR NORTH
LtNA.
CARO-
The recent overwhelming Democratic
victory iu Alabama has a leon for us,
which we may profit by. Tho voting
population of Alabam i, according to the
last United States census, is 202,046. Of
this number, 97,823 are colored, and
105,474, white, giving the whites a ma
jority at the polls of 7,651. This white
plurality is now increased to peihaps
10,000 in round numbers, owing to the
emigration of negroes and the dispropor
tionate dealh-rate.
The Republicans got possession of the
State in 1S6S, by means of the colored
vote. Supported by the Federal Admin
istration, they held the negroes in solid
mas againarthe whites. Witat the
result? Tfie color line was forced upon
the white people. They accepted it;
missed their strengh; and went lo the
front in solid phalanx aud ' triumphed,
j electing Houston Governor by about 13,-
000 votes. This, was two or threo years
! ag'-
j Radicalism then received its death blow;
prevent mouth, it
1 t .1 m I O.I
, Ann nn tho - titnr 1 '.A
. - J X -a . . I . ......
confessed to her the! sacrifice by means of weight of forty thousand majority. And
which 1 had at length been enabled to Alabama enjoys tlnU peace and repose
gib, -her consent to be mine. The avowal the couUict is over, and
increased her love. Ob! my excellent ; 'e victory won.
friend, had I ten legs to lose, I would give ! I" brief history lies a most valua
,l4m all up for the sake of rry beloved . 1 h9"nft T?'
T . . . ' nf Vnrlh IVirnllna la 911 A h W lilt la
Suisan. So Jong as I live, rely ou my . .
tlie oidvious policy suggeBieu uy inese
figures, viewed in connection with the
The Army and the South Cameron's
Letter to Sherman Ihtyonets in tlie Po
litical Campatgh Attempted Usurpa
ttons in rrosDect ii iijulatng or a
Desperate Plot. '
Washington,! Aug. 16 The letter of
to Gen. Sherman in
uiou lo be made or
ihe army confirms; the statements made
in these dispatches some six weeks since
concerning tho purposes of the adminis
lion wiih regard to the South. It is un
derstood thai the! letter, which as stated
by the Secretary ; of War, ii written by
direction of the President, was matured
in cabinet deliberation- Before finally
completing it the Secretary of War had
an interview with, the President this after
noon. If a large! portion of the army is
to be used to terrorize over the people of
South aud do duty in that section it
fully sustains those members of the House
of Representatives i-who insisted that there
was no necessity if 07 an increase in ihe
number of enlisted men, but the present
force was amply sufficient for all the needs
of frontier service. It is apparent now
why the Senate forced the House to agree
to the bill recruiting the cavalry by
tlueatening until thai was done no adjourn
ment resolution should be passed.
It will be seenUhat it is now proposed
to go fui 1 her than ever before in the mat
ter of using the tjoi.ps for political pur
poses. There ar.; but f'ur Southern
States iu which there are now republican
executive!-: Noitl Carolina, South Caro
lina, ij'ui.ina atiil r mini 1. 11 is not to
be apprehended! thai from any of the
other States -i here will be a call of the
constituted an'.hori ies for fedvral inter
ference. But the language of the Secre
tary Cameron to;General Sherman that
the troops are to be used to "assist" in
preserving order indicates that the con
tingency is contemplated of interfering in
the internal concerns of the States, irres
pective of their )na-n authorities. I his
altitude of the administration, and this
early unfolding of the plot to carry cer
tain of the Southern Slates for the repub
lican ticket, will be very apt to overreach
itself, as it is not possible that it will be
sustained by thej people of the North,
more especially as the inference is from
the words of Secretary Cameron, that his
present order is (o be followed by new
acts of usurpatioil. Dispatch to the Balti
more Sun.
A Judge Shies Father and Child to the
;l Jury.
Proposition lo liaise Troops to Fight S. B.
inc scnooi mil Amendment Falls
All Night Sesson Monday
Night Defense of Til
den, d'C.
Washington, D. C, August 15.
The House passed a bill this morning
authorizing the President to raise five
thousand volunteers for the Indian war,
and appropriated a million dollars for the
expense.
Tim Senate, at an early hour this morn
ing, rejected a substitute for ihe House
amendment to tbe Constitution, relating
o schools, by 2S to 16 -not two-thirds'!
Adjourned at two o'clock.
Both houses met at noon. The situa
tion of the school amendment is , as fol
lows : Blaine's amendment was passed
by the House. It was amended in the
Seriate by a majority vote, and the ques
tion being on the proposition as amended,
it was rejected for want of a Constitution
al two-third vote. The original resolu
tion fails, with the amendment made by
the Senate and the proposed amendmeui
to the Constitution is rejected.
Monday night's session of the House
continued until 6 o'clock this morning,
most of the time after midnight being
taken up in dilatory motions and manoeuv
res to prevent Cox from resuming bis
speech in reply to Kasson. At last, about
5 o'clock in the morning, a truce was
effected between the opposing forces, and
an opportunity was afforded to both Cox
and Kasson to make due apology to the
House and each other for the exhibition
of any angry passion, or the violation of
any paliaraentary decorum that either
might have been guilty of.
Hewitt, of New York, then took the
floor, and in a speech which was raptur
ously applauded by his side of tbe house,
defended Gov. Tilden from the assaults
made on him by Kasson, and eulogized
him as the etnudardbearer of the Nation
al Democracy.
The Honso-concurred in the Senate bill
authorizing the President to raise five
thousand volunteers. The Senate amend
ment proposes to raise calvary companies
to the standard of 100 men. It was shown
by the 1'Kairman of the Military Commit
tee that tlie recent army appropriation
bill givesthe President this power, and
five thousand volunteers was really in
addition to the proposition of the Senate.
A conference was asked.
A RELIC OF ANTIQUITY". ;
The Philadelphia Bulletin savs : 4M.
Faichini, anjtalian gentleman, who ar
rived in the city several days ago, and
who is now stoppingat the Irving Hoase,
No. 923 Walnut street, has in bis posses
sion a monument of art which will prove
of much of interest lo archaeologists and
antiquarians generally. It ig 8aid to be
at least 1,000 years old, and has attracted
considerable attention in the different
countries of Europe. The said monumeut
is of wood, about three or four feet square,
and is composed of an immense number
of figures representing the various stages
01 ;ne world s history from the creation of
Adam to the Crucifixion. It cerfainlv
ehows ingenious skill and wonderful pa-
tieoce, and an examination by the aid of
a glass revealr remarkable carving. One
of the chief attractions, singularly enough,
consists in the ugliness of some of the
figures. On the right is a representation
of Eve holding tbe forbidden fruit, while on
the left is Adam, partly attired in his fig
leaf dress. In the foreground is seen the
Garden of Eden, with its nnmerous ani
mals, trees, etc. ; while on the sides are
Moses and the prophets, Noah and the
ark, the grim skeleton of Death, and hun
dreds of other historical and Biblical char
acters. In the background is represented
the crucifixion, with its attendant scenes,
while below it is shown the dark regions
of perdition; 'where the worm dieth not
and the flames forever burn.' There is a
long history connected with the monu
ment, dating back many years, and Mr.
v.. :!,:: i j - . i.
x aiuui.u ua uocumenis irom leadiug
archaeologists and men in authority
thenticating its antiquity."
au-
REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE.
From the New York Tribune.
The Senate gave yesterday another
point of ad vantage to admiiers of the
Democratic House. The joint resolution
for printing the Agricultural Report was
under consideration, the House having
limited the number of copies to 25,000,
which was more than enough. Straight
way the Senate passed an amendment to-
Rattlesnakes and IVild Cats
We learn that a colored man by the
name of Donas Robinson kill ed a rattle
snake near Mr.4S. Thomases' place, in
Brunswick county, a few days since,
which measured six feet in length and
about seven inches through tin; body,
being the largest monster of the kind
ever seen in these parts. He bad been
tlie terror of the neighborhood for a long
time, having frequently been seen before,
aud it is stated that some of ihe men em
ployed in chipping turpentine boxes iu
thn vicinity actually stopped work for
fear of encountering bim. He was found
to have sixteenrattles and was as
large around in tbe middle as a man's
thigh.
We also learn that an enormous wild
cat was killed in the same neighborhood
on Saturday night last, which measured
three and a half feet on the baEk'and was
as large around the holy as an ordinary
sheep. When discovered the "varment"
was seeking to make his way into a house
occpteo dv colored people, and it made a
circle of the boose three times iu i:s ef
forts to get at its inmates before it was
shot down. Mr.. Thomas secured the
skin and sluueu it, ana intends bringing
grititude. If ever you visit England, do
noji fail to com here, so that 1 may make
yoju acquainted with my-wife ; and then
! telil me'whether or uot I was out of my
sense'.!
An OU-Time Girl.
print 300,000 copies. A Senator had the
good sense to point out ihat there was no it to the city soon for exhibition. Wil.
ino;iev to uav for so many, and thereupon ! Star
the amendment was reconsidered. But
the Senate was bound to show its inde
pendence of the Ilouae, and so, money or
no money, it passed a bill to print-300,-000
copies, appropriating S130, 000 there
for. It would be a great stretclof aver
age political wisdom rn the Democrats
should compile a few facts like this for a
campaign document on the topic of economy.
fact that the negroes are massed solidly
against us, and iu the light of the experi
enced Alabama, to say nothing of that
of Georgia. Mississippi, Texal, Arkansas
low the example set by o.ir sister
' of the S uth, and ACCEPT THE
ii - f '.I I' ll. 1 f
i ionrs.iaunrut.y, H,1lldTlririniaj Manifestly, that we fol
! IT . .. i I I,.,-.. ... . . j nmixrl lit l..llnf Al ' '
ilMHIB. li"l'imu tins vt d v-u HIVJ iruci V 1
ft:
lji English friend hi the following terms :
f iSir : Accept my best thanks for your
yejry generous present for so I must
term what you have sent me, having been
previously m ignificently remunerated for
my trouble, as you were pleased to term
. T 1 t :
1 wisu you, HSi wen as your cuariuiiig
In Iredell county, between Statesville
and Mockiville, a country store is closed
aud a farm-bouse has taken the home
stead. A poor girl, a Miss Safret, lives
near, aud the farmer, named Lowery, is
said to have seduced her under promise
of marriage. But he married another
The New York Tribune, Republican,
of August 1st, confesses the iniquity of
j Grantism, and candidly acknowledges in
substance that if the party in the present
canvass do not cut loose from it they are
hopelessly gono. I: says that "the only
escape is for the party to say distinctly
iu its State Conventions in the first place
by its nominations, whether it proposes
the continuance of Giantism, and in the
second place by its resolutions whether it
approves the cource of the Reformers who
hae been kicked out by the President,
or the conduct of the President, in kick
ing them out. That is a question that
has pertinence, and it will be wise in the
light of recent occurrences to consider it
seriously." If anything further than the
above serious opinion expressed by that
able Republican Journal were wanting
is
We saw her on Fouith street yester
day. She wore a neatly fitting, plainly
cut-arid modestly trimmed calico dress.
Her modest face beamed with youth and
beauty beneath the graceful folds of a
gauzy green veil, and her -rosy cheeks
shone jhrough it like a pnir of large cher
ries. She didn't carry one-half of her
dress in her hSTid high up to gratify the
vulgar gaze of blackguards or to draw
forth ludicrous and uugentlemauly re
marks of corner loafers. Nor was she
pinned back so light she couldn't step,
and her heels didn't kick her tilter as
high as the small of her back. She didn't
walk like a mulrrwith a loose set of har
ness on and flies bad. No; she wasn't
dressed iu a style calculated to attract
the attention of any but true gentlemen,
and of these she commanded the utmost
respect, and it was paid her by all who,
in meeting, admired her.
WHAT THE SEVENTEENTH SEC.
TION OF THE CINCINNATI
PI4ATFORM MEANS. -
Ii 1 - '
- Seventeenth. The national admiuiatra-
tion ratrits commendation for its honora
ble work in the management of domestic .
and foreign affairs j and President Grant
deserves the continued and hearty grati
tude of the American people for his pa
triotism and bis immense service in war
aud In peace. -Cincinnati Platform.
Thus the Republican party and the
Republican press endorse Grant through
out his presidential career and continue to
hail j him as their ehief. They mast
therefore be held responsible in -common
withj Grant for the sins of omission and
commission that have disgraced the coun
try during the Grant period. It is now in
ordrto proceed with the Jndictment of
Gran and as one of the counts we sub
mit the following exhibit of official dis
honesty and fraud under his admiuiatra
tion; the administration which in the lan
guage of ihe Cincinnati Platform, "mertti
commendation for its honorable work in
tbe management of our domestic and
foreign affairs and entitles Grant to the
hearty gratitude of the American people":
Joshua F. Bailey, Internal Revenue
Collector in New York ; amouut of defaU
cation; $232,000! Escaped.
Barton Abel. Internal Revenuo Collec
tor iniMissouri, $S50,000. Unpunished
John Spencer, Internal Revenue Col
lector Kansas, and deputies, $lf0,000.
UnpunUhed. !
John A. Phillips Deputy Internal Rev
enue Collector in New York, (30,000.
Morgan L. Harriss, Collector in New
Yoik, $240,000.- Unpunished. . '
C. S. Stanton, Collector in Man-land,
819,500. Unpunished.
J. 1). Orner, Collector in Mississippi,
$0,500. rrrUnpuuiabed.
Wj B. Stokes, Supervisor in Tennes
see, $6S,000.-Unpunished.
Horatio Jenkius, Collector in Florida,
ai 5, 000. Unpunished.
John A. Harper, Collector in Illinois,
$15.000. No arrest.
Wra. A. Lawrence, Pension Agent at
New York, f 47,000. Absconded.
.1. I orbes, Agent at Philadelphia,
835,000. Unpunished.
W .: 1 . Lollins, Ageatat Waahiuelon,
60,009 Unpunished.
G. A. lialchelder, Dakota Territory,
S8,0p!0, Unpunished.
Maj. Dodge, a Penison Agent, pardon
ed ojt "of the Albany Penitentiary for
grabbing $300,000.
R. ,W Francis, P.M. in Louisiana,
robbing money order, office of 8,000.-
Unpunished.
Wj J: McLeon, P-M. at Atlanta Ga.,
5,000. Unpunished.
F! A. McCatney, Disbursing office of
P. 0- Department, $30,000. Unpunish
ed.; j ' ; . .
-rt Reed, P. M. at Jacksonville, Fla.,
Slt.OOO. Unpunished.
J.jW. Morton, money order clerk of
New York Pos: Office, $115,000. Un
punished.
Wj. T. Clark, P. M. at Galveston, $10,-
000. u ODunished,
AL S. P. Lowe, -clerk Boston Post
Office, 30,000. Unpunished.
JJW. Wood, P. M. at Indianpolis,
$4000, Unpunished.
N G. Hayes, New Naven Post
Office. $2,000. - Unpunished.
Charles D Edwins, U S Treasurer;
convicted- of embezzlement $8,500.
Pardoned.
jSMt'h Johnson, Clerk of the Treasury.
$50,000. Unpunished. 1
LUI l&LVi It 13 IV UU iuuhu til f ia-avani.ivy
it
True it
wife, all imaginable happiness
h that to give a -leg in exchange for a
beautiful, tender and virtuous wife is uot
too much, provided the happiness endures.
Adam sacrificed one of hi ribs to become
possessed of. our common mother
Eye, and more than one ram has laid
down his life for tho sake of his- beloved.
otwiUnundingall thisfallow metoadhere
to! my former opinion. For the present
you are doubtless right, forjfou re now
inj the ; honeymoon ; but at some future
time you will acknowledge the truth of
what I advanced- ' I beg your atteution
ioi what I am about to say, I fear that
inf two years yon , will repent of having
had your leg amputated about the knee
jojint. You will think that lo have it cut
Iqwer dowu would; have been quite suf
ficient. In three years you will bo per
evaded that-the sacrifice of a foot would
Siateg
COLOR
LINE, which the negroes themselves es
tablished, add to which they adhere so
faithfully and "persistently.
When the white men of North Carolina
once make up their miuds to this, then
Radicalism is ended forever in this State.
With our race plurality of sxty odd thou
sand, we can surely do what has been
done by the white men of Virginia with
ltrffty four thousand majority; Georgia
with her ticenty-s&c thousaand; Arkansas
wiih her fifty one thousand; Mississippi
with ber five thousand minority; and Ala
bama'with her small majority of ten thou
sand white voters. If we fail to doas
these gallant Democrats have done, it is
because there are white men in large num
bers among us, who are untrue to their
rice, their kindred and their country; and
are living In open rebellion against the
instinct which tho God of Nttuie has
implanted in every Anglo-Saxon breast.
Ral. News.
have answeredTall' purposes ; in four, that
oft the big toe fin five, the little one ; and,
M last, yon will; have confessed that to
have parted witlf a nail, without necessity,
would have been a piece of egregious
fnllliA All thi I assert without In the
slightest degree
your admirable helpmate.
yputhful daysI
"Well. Monsieur L fehvre." retdied thV feed ;ray lifc for my miiiwu,
impugning
the merit of
In E07 owu
would have, at any time,
but never
. Ku Kluxiwi Boyi.who remained a
KuyUu Jill bejf.fund Jt would pay, to
puke up the Kn-Klux, and turn Rod and
mi x np with internal Revenue nosing, has
beennominated by he office holders of
this jiiicifpOigresf ,1 gg;iiost,,Gen.
Scales. If ihe rank and file of the n boo
est tax-paying Rcpablica'ns pad been con
sulted, can any one believe that a person
like him, who changes bUrjolttics when
ever he can make it paV , would have beeu
uorainatd ? Itffnaotph Regulator'.' J
at her side, brought suit for breach of
promise fr four (thousand dollars. The
ma.11 fought it hard with the best legal
talent iu the Stair, and the
ever heard was said to have
by Judge Fowle at llie, last term of
Rowan court where the suit was moved.
He was of counsel for the defence. The
man denied everything. The young wo
man showed his lletters. He denied the
hand-wriiir.g. Her counsel proved it by
his own witnesses. She sworo Lowery
offered her medicine to produce au abor
tion. Judge Fowlj4-"Wbat did vou say to
that 1" j
Witness rising, and her ryes flashing
"I told him I'd die first!"
The court applauded.
Here it was proposed to show tbe lit
tle boy to the jury..
Judge Cloud 4-"Stand its little feet on
the railing and let the jury look at it, (to
the man): "Atvd you, Lowery, d'you
stand up there by it and let the jury look
at you." ; i.
The man moved np and the jury ex
amined both. The verdict was found iu
the girl's favor for four thousand dollars,
but it threw many other debts upon him,
and he look the homestead and the girl
only gets a pro rata part which will be
about two j thousand dollars. Young
Stevenson, of Statesville, the partner of
of letters from Republicans published in
that Journal. Then according to the
ft .!.:. .LI. T I 11 :..
fines 'effort " 11 11,13 aoe journal, as wen ao na
been made nu,ne,oa8 tvepuDticau correspondents, toe
ltepubiican party must cut loose iroui
Grantism if it hopes to win in tbe ap
proaching election.
TnE Men Who go for Hates
Boss Grant gops for Hayes.
Bibcock, the bribe-taker, goes lor
Hayes.
Boss Shepherd goes for Ilyes.
Belknap, the bribe-taker, goes for
Hayes.
Lindaulet Williams goes for Hayes.
Credit Mobiller Colfax goes for Hayes.
McKee, Avery, McGuire, Joyce, and
all the other whiskey thieves in State
jjrisons and penitentiaries are for Hayes.
Robert C Schenck, the professor of
draw poker and disgraced Minister to
England, goes for Hayes.
Columbus Delano goes for Hayes.
All the corruptiouists in Federal office
all the detrauders of the Federal revenue
go for Hayes. East Saginaw Courier.
Catawbi County. The Democrats
of Catawba have nominated Dr. D. Mc
Yount for tho House from Catawba coun
ty. Maj. S, M. Finger is the-Democratic
candidate for the Senate to represent Lin
coln and Catawba.
For county officers of Catawba, Mr.
Jonas Cline was nominated for Sheriff;
H. P. Rudisil.1 for Treasurer; Reuben
Yoder for Coroner; J. M. Brown for Reg
istei; T. L Bandy for Surveyor; Daniel
Wyant, Wm Rockett, G. M. Beatly, F.
L. Herman and G. M. Wilfong for Com
missioners. Char. Democrat.
Deaf
Raleigh Sentinel: In spito of Gov
ernor Biogden's efforts at secrecy, it has
leaked out that ho has appoiutcd John
Pool, of Pasquotank county, ex U.'S.
Senator and ex-advisor of ex-Governor
MK Clements, made a two hours' appear- Holden to employ pirates to murder the
ance for the girl, and hu effort - has won late Hon. W. A. Graham mid other prom
him much applause all through that oouu- iuent men In this State, to fill vacancy in
try. Her counsel only charged her fifty- the office of Superintendent of public In
dnllara each, and ahe paid, them in ad- structlon, and he has accepted. ' Mc
Vance. Ral. Sentinel. - '' Liudsay to the front.
Institution for the Education of the
and Dumb and tlie Blind.
Araons the benevolent Institutions of the
country, there is none that is doinzmore lor-tne
unfortunate 01 our race, than the "Inttitulion lor
the Education of the Deaf and Thimb and the
Blind" located at Kaleigh, ami yet, we regret
to learn that there are many deaf and dumb
and blind children in tlie htate, growing up
without the benefits of an education which has
been liberallv provided for them bv our" State
Legislature. All who have deaf and dumb or
blind children fthauld at once correspond with
the Principal of the Institution, and obtain all
necessary information as to the manner 01 gain
i ng admission, &c.
Ice Water. Ice water is denounced on"
grounds that it tends to produce conges
tion of the brain, impairs the digestive or
gans of the stomach and destroys tho
teeth. A physician says he regards
water as the most wholesome beverage we
can use, but it should bo taken at a tem
perature above thirty two degrees to be
tale. Ral News.
F A Maiden, clerk in I reasury, $12,-
000. Unpunished. - ; . .
J jj Johnson, clerk in Stamp Depart-
mut of New York Stib-Treasary, 8180,-000.;-
Absconded.
GJ II Dunning, Superintendent of U 8
As?y Office, S20,000. Unpunished.
;B; P Rankle, in charge of Freedmen'a
Bureau in Kentucky, sentenced for fraud
and iembezzletneut. -Pardoned.
j I November, 1874, $4,000.were etolen
from the Redemption Bureau of tha
Treasury Department and last year $47,
000 ' were ftolen.Nb arrests.
teo Stammard, Collector at Burlington,
Vt.,j pocketed $35,000. Unpunished.
One Bobb, Collector at bavanab uan
took $14.000. Unpunished.
R N Bowerraan, Deputy Collector of
Baltimore, took $12.000. Unpnnishe.
iNaihaniel Gale, Boston Naval Office,
S5 000.' Unpunished.
jlk Miller, Collector of ilobile, J7,-
000.
. Colonel Robert Des Agnes, Depulr
Culiector of the port of New York, iwiod
led ithe government to the amount of 1200
Opd before hi "ii regularities" were inter
fei red with. He was arrested, convicted
ro 4 sent jto the Albauy penitentiary r
Pardoned. . . ,
I ii 1 i neaiy, x o ma!, m
$3,000 Unpunished,
j paymaster Hodg, of the War Depart
ment, coavicted of embezzling 445.000,
wap sent to the Albany penitentiary for
ten! years. Pardoned by Grant. "
i' j A Brittou U S Marshall for Arkao
sasj, was found a defaulter in tbe too of
S1$1,000, waa dismissed but not proaeem
tedl and was afterward restored.;
J This i but ao imperfect count in the
Inrlgiand terrible indictment against the
Republican parry. . Can lioneat Repobli
eausiewallow tbe Cincinnati Platform t
XAp&tnqrk. (
ihe
Navy
I
Boatner ha the moat intellectual rirhj,
Xw York the most stvliah, Brooklyn ihe
prct.icer, uainuiwiw mo
eaeo tue sinaifB o -
Iowa jurie hold that in case a mar
riage engagement ia broken the parties
j must return all present, or their worth ip jj
money.
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are lo
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Fwhioiia" are the universal preference of
them; all. i"
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