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.'lmtRhtT Owl, "hose only Son
Ver ln siad death the trtumpa won.
And ever lives to Intercede
i For tlH who Thy Rweet mercy need ;
" InHlsdearXametoThee we pray
For all who err an go astray :
For lnneri wberesoe'er they he,
u hn An net. sprvA and honour Thee.'
Tlig -""t. S an k y wM. pa&tn g' very
rwit thai Toui iTaa been"pur8aa.let1 by liis
gat in the afternoon, - when school-tras
oxtr, tho teacher of Tom's class made his
aptMarancc'atfthe Grants cottage with a
gr fagetf' Ho-srg9 "-orry - to nsay that
Tom had behaved so very badly that he
feared he most not let him corae to school
asymoire. f AfaiirAtS Iemut lie pun
SheU, ayd the ;ta(wr Jtbooghfe liisr father
would be the. best pcTBfm" to ve h i m the
fl(ging which he descrVciT. Tom had 1 e:iit
tlu-ovinff JWnest-ftt! some of ithe -other
childrwi,ad-jm' lken two panes in
the scKool-windows, iie had als) leen
very'saucyandhad 'made 'two or three
younger. biyfl9'jr)te las JilntSelf, The
teacher was the more jsorry for his cou-
(liicr, as iiu mm Huiuu nun uuiiiiivc in ju.-
class, aad nnxious to improve. Mr. Jones
didjnot know, Grant's temper, or he would
have hesitated before asking him to puu-
lsiniif iHj. .....
XpKooherhad Grant heard t lie story
tlKlU llv II l' lioul ins njL-tib III il tunti-
iiifjrnf, an) t,a4iugdwn ale;Uhern str.ip,
kjiwIc out rft necottas-dorir. ' Tom was
.loitoV'mg alout in the road, afraid to come
hi, knowing by. crience what his fath
er's temper, was. jlo van away and tried
to escape from the angry man, tvbo was
roaring at him to stand still. O rant 'made
a uVu4 at him, but-To avoided it, mid
iau hack into thefttfflge, and threw" liim
m If flown by the side of llhoda's lcd. The
teacher bait lefV thi, eottagef -and ifilant
rame in raging like a madman, and seized
tho hoy by thi' collar, in spite of Rhotla's
entreaties. . "
'(Mather dear, don't hurt him!' she
mctl ; he Won t no it again : lie is very
sorry.'
'You holdyouf longiie, Tass,' was Grant's
reply. 4 And now1, i yoil yonng rascal r I'll
j;i-ve it to you now I've got you ! How
dare; you to try to get away V J
Klioda hirher eyes, and heard with ter
ror the lasheA of the strap, and her broth
er's eriw of jiain, and then there was a
jiause, and he hwtked and saw her broth
er tlj a lali faee, Hmping out of the
pottage, nnd she heard her father bawl
after him, 'If you come Vaek again, you
nod-for-.notliing rogue, I'll kilt 3011!'
And then "she heard Tom say, 'I'll take
goodk'are not to come back" n"gnin !'
And then her fatlier flung himself down
on the settle" by the lire, and did not speak
another word all the evening.
But Tom did not appear again, and
when iK-dtime came he was now here to Ik
found. Nine o'clock had struck, and
then ten, and still no sign of him. Khoda
shared Jier mother's anxiety, but they
were, afraid to say much as Grant still
looked savage and moody, and made a
gesture of -impatience if Tom's name was
mentioned Kichard had, gone out earlier
in the evening, trying to find his brother,
bHt he came bacv after a; fruitless search,
and ishook his head Across the supper-ta-Ue
lit his mother.
Graut at last legan to grow uncasj lest
anything should have happened to the
laftaruT turned out into the dark night to
try -ahd find him, and came ;back in an
boar's time looking more siilleu than evr.
After this days aud weVks rolled on
without any tidings of? thc.ini8ing,rlJ03Vt
though his fiunilv made - extrX "effort to
trace him. .
Torn in the meantime, after his father's
fpiel bating, walked away from his home,
vowing in his heart that he would never
tome hack again. HU shoulders andarms
were smarting aud aching from the blown
lie had received, and he sat down under a
Teslge to recover himself.
He had decided on no plan when lie
went away: lus one wish was to eet away
froni his fatlver and uetor o-see; hj m more.
r ' i inoirgni occurreo in mm,
jvhich was by no means a new one, though
It had never taken definite shape in his
mind before, t He had heard of, boys, go:
ngtowork at the mines abottt tweiitV
wiles off, and earning good jvages. , This
liadheen a-fiivourite topic of conversation!
with the ?Qutliton boys, who used to build
fMeVin flic afr 'about' getiing a lot . of
mneyund spending it jn all sorts c.f
Peasant ways. They never thought what
a "afil, unhoaltliy life it must Ik- nndr
sro.and, especially for boys who were used
toWu fiehk and fresli air ; and they did
t inow how much danger .there was.
atiendThg it, and that: tho, high wages
were, given as there was so much risk to
'urnJui rife. Several boys from the neigh
'wirliood had gone, and Tom heard now
'"I then that thev were doing well. The
I'gJi
wages, -however, weije little more
enough to support tliemselves, as
than
n pse niininir districts -the prices of
tohriiigs and provisions were high, and
h- underground life made them require
-. -hp good food they could get.
" And so Tom made up his miud to go
a')l work at the mines, and struck off iu
to road which led in the direction of
wtocwi, the nearest colliery. He had
alked teirmiles. and it was quite dark,
he had
Jost his way, and tired and
hungry. He began almost to repent 0
his decision, and to wish to turn back
again ; bnt his pride and the thonght of
seeing his angry, father kept him bact,
and he went to beg for food nnd shelter at
a farm-house at the ,roadside. The farm
er and his wife camd to the door and
thonght he was a tramp, and the dog
barked fnriouslj-. Ho began telHng his
story, and when he said he had run away
fromiiome they only laughed at him, and
advised'him to go back as : soon as he
could. Tom Wi-18 bcguiniug to cry, when
tho farmer's wife, who-was not an unkind
woman, give him a large lump of bread,
and said he might go and lie down for the
"night in some straw in one of the outhous
es, but he must be olf in good time in the
morning. Tom with a heavy heart lay
down in some straw in a wagon, and so
passed his first-night away'from home.
Net morning he 1 gptnp. early a.nd fin
ishing tlie bread,, some of which he had
kept for breakfast, he was sooa on the
road again. After eight or nine miles the
beautiful green country began to change,
and to grow black and desolate. Instead
of blue sky and bright sun a sort of murky
cloud seemed tsx cover the heavens, nnd
pthe sunlight struggling through it was
pale and sickly. The roads were quite
black, and grass and badges seemed chok
ed with coal-dust. All the ground ap-
pearej t4 lie in" largo mounds and hollows; I
ami as he went on further, great heaps of
coal and the yawning months of pits, be
gan to appear. There was a loud souud
of engines and clattering of chains, and
colliers, covered with black dust from
head to foot, were hard at work in ail di
rections. "After passing one pit, Tom
came to a second, and here he stopped, to
look about hint.
He saw groups of dirty-looking cottages,
whertthe colliers .'with their wives and
children lived.- He saw the great engine,
wiili what looked like a huge black arm.
lifting load after load of coal out of the
pit ; and then, at intervals, there were
men going up and down in what was call
ed a, 'skip,' a sort of basket drawn up and
let down by a. chain. Every now and
then lie heard the sad-sighing sound made
by the blat furnace, and among the other
noises there was an incessant hammering
of boilers going on.
Tom feJt so curious about tlie pit.ihat
as he saw some men go down he went to
the edge, mid looked over. He could see
nothing but a yawning dark gulf, which
seemed to reach down into the bowels of
the earth, and n feeling of fear and horror
so overcame him that he became sick and
faint, and would have fallen if some one
from behind had not grasped him firmly
by the shoulder. A rough voice said,
'What are you doing here, lad ? You
were just going to fall into the pit, if I had
not held you. Thank -God that you were
not dashed to pieces !'
Tom looked round, and saw the honest,
kindly face of one of tho engineers of the
pit. He soon told his story, encouraged
by Mr. Randall's kind manner; the stoiy,
perhaps, of many boys who have gone to
work at the mines. Mr. Kandall looked
grave when he heard Jie had run
away from home, but promised to find
some work for him, on condition that' Tie
should at once let his parents know where
lie was.
You'll find it a hard life, my lad, and
maylie tlie folk yon'll meet are far rough
er people than you ever met before in
your own village. It's a dangerous life,
too, I warn you ; and a man ueeds to be
prepared for death if he .intends to be a
miner, for death may; come at any mo
ment.' "'-
,,Thae was something about Tom which
trail interesjed,3lr. Randall. He was
struck by the boy's frank, open expression
of face, and his general air of 'candour and
straightforwardness, and he felt sorry for
him aud wished to do him good. He took
I him to his small neat house hard by, and
gave him some food, and then kmkly un
dytoOk to write to his mother, as Tom
was not able "0 write himself.
But, owing to a mistake in the direction,
this letter never reached Mrs. Grant, and
thus the family were kept three Aveeks in
suspense abputx. Hie missing loy. Mr.
Randall-promised to go down with Tom
into tfie pit that afternoon, and set him jto
work. 41 e also arranged for him to live
irf a roiiiers's family, paying sa mnch
a-week out of his wages for lward aud lodg
ing.; I '
I have a Bible-class on Sunday after
noons,' he added ; and I get some of the
lioys from the pit to come, and we have
some teaT and go to church together in
tlie c veiling. If you try, you can go to
church in the morning too. You will be
much happier if you try to keep God's
day holy.' -
'And then Mr.' 'Randall look Tom down
into the pit, aud put him to work with
other boys about his own age. Goiug
down in the kip made Tom feel sick and
dizzy, audJhe dreadful' darkness of the
pit was ver3 oppressive to him. By
degrees, however, he got used to the still
ing atmosphere, and he soon learned his
work; which, however, lie found very
hard. He found it a hard life altogether
"an3 many a time he wished he-had never
left home. The people he worked with
were rough and rude, aud some led very
evil liv.es and used bad language. Others,
though rough, were honest, straightfor
ward men, and many of them. were really
religious. . - .
Jbe man ant) his wife wth whom .Tom
jved were kind, though blunt people;
and though t$ere was not. much comfort
in their way if living, their cottage was
on the whole k safe shelter for Tom, where
he and their hree sons were kept pretty
much out of barm's way. -
Sunday wa$ not well kept at the colliery.
The men hadjbeen so hard at work in the
week,that thejf were glad to give themselves
a wash and have a good rest, making their
fatigue an excuse for not . attending God's
house. But ierri and there were some
who contrived to go neatly dressed, with
their, wives aijd children to the church , and
there found by happy experience that
their little effort had cost them nothing,
and that theij Sunday was just as much a
rest to them lis if they had loitered about
at home. Tom followed the bad example
of the people !hc , was ; with, aud hardly
ever wentrto norning church during the
first month 5 his'yolliery 4ife ; but )ie and
one or two of the boys often found their
way to Mr. landall's on Sunday after
noons, and stayed to attend evening ser
vice with him..
At times Tom got so tired with his hard
work that hejthought of giving it all up
and finding his way home. He received no
letter from his family, and this helped to
make him more uuhappy still. Once after
a weary day '4 work he made up his mind
that he would bear it no longer, but leave
the colliery life and go home. He was
walking away from the pit, when ,Mr
Randall met Mm and stopped him. The
good man made him tell him his trouble,
and then saidj, 'Courage, lad! you must
not throw it (all up localise the work is
hard, and the men are quarrelsome nnd
hard to get oh with. Ask God to help
you, for our tord's sake, to do your work
and try to live peaceably with the other
miners. . He "jvill hear you and strengthen
you ! You h&ve chosen mining,- and it's
your duty to fstick to it unless jour health
gives wav, or we see vou are not fit for
it.' ' ' j
And so Mr., Randall pursnaded Tom to
staj. He fell; a real regard for the boy,
and seeing that he was strong enough for
the work, ami stead3', he judged it best for
him to jierseyere.
Guessing that Tom's not heaving from
home was in Consequence of his first let
ter not having reached his home, he kind
ly offered to vrite again, and this time
the tidings of Tom's safety were not lost.
And so we wll leave him for the present
at the mines, find take our readers back to
his family at jouthton.
( To be continual. J
.ISTEYSJCTEMS.
DETEUM1XED TO COME.
Maj. Wilson, President of the W. X. ('
R. Rojid, is td be felt. This week he in
creases his convict force to quite 400. has
purchased four miles of iron and will be
gin laying it !n a few days.
Weverynuich regret that circumstances
which ueitheii President Wilson nor Gov.
t
Vance can control, prevent them from at
once availing jthemselves of the law allow
ing 500 convij-ts to the Western Road.
For want of funds to buy tlie necessary
tM)ls &cj ti,v ou- nave quite as v
of tlie convict as the company can handle.
Maj. Wilson j will .add to the number,
though in small numbers, as rapidly as
circumstances will permit. The business
of the road will soon begin to increase,
doubtless, and by the fall we hope to see
full 500 able bodied men hard at it. Maj.
W.hopes that all of us won't emigrate
from Buucomjbe, but just wait awhile, "and.
see if he does not menu solid, earnest busi
ness, j
Push ahead, gentlemen Heaven knows
we are all witling. Asheville Citizen.
Bit of iintcaUty that Didn't Work
Well. As anlevidence of tlie class of men
that U.'S. Marshal Douglass has kept in
his employ, we will simply relate an in
cident which 'occurred in tliis place last
week, upon which comment is unneces
sary. Deputy Sheriff Rich, the jailor for
this county, 1 visited Douglass' office for
the purpose jof obtaiuiug the necessary
blanks to be used in making up his ac
count for kee
county jail.
ling Federal prisoners in our
Marshal Douglass' Clerk
one Cronenberger, furnishes the blanks
wanted and v
olunteered to fill tlie same
up, "they would then be all right.'' Mr.
Rich said he Could fill them up. Cronen
berger said he was Col. Douglass' Clerk,
and he was paid b3 the Government to do
this work. Whereupon Mr. Rich left his
statement of iaccount and the blanks with
the-clerk to be filled. Subsequently call
ing for the same, the3 were handed him
preared, but at the same time he was re
quested to sign a note for $25,00 for the
work done. This he refused to do when
1
Cronenbergeij demanded that he sign a
$10,00 note before taking tlie accounts,
1
stntiug that i was customary for him to
get pay for such work. Sheriff Rich not
beiug the mat be was looking for on this
occasion, ho flailed to" get his ten dollar
note sigued, Tjirhieh made him wrathy.
Tlie whole transaction was au imposi
tion, a fraudj but doubtless one which
Crouenbergei is in the habit of perpetrat
ing upon those whose fears he can pla3
upon. Asheville Citizen.
1 ' -
Many a mdn with every qualification for
a first class town crier can not ask God
for the simplest' favors in the bearing of
others? "Their have no "gift" fjiat yay.
JUDGE SETTLE'S WORK" IX SOUTH
When Judge Thomas fettle was isent to
South Carolina last winter to look after
the Electoral vote of that- State, every
one knew that he was thre in the special
interest of the Hayesitc and be received
his pay therefor by his ffppoinment to-the
District of Florida. IIpVetended to be
the zealous friend of, Chatyoeriain- and pf
the Republicans of thafcvState, but this
friendship and his IpeciSl'mission 1 is hut
evidenced in the following which we take
from a special report to the Charleston
Journal of Commerce giving a synopsis of
the speeches made attendant npon the
members of the Mackey House applying for
admission into the legal Hampton House,
after the dissolution of the.so-calletl Cham
berlain government. Pending resolutions
requiring that the claimsofall applicants be
referred without debate-tbt-jolnl -comittit
tee of the' two Houses Representative
Hamilton, who had for merry, left the
Mackey House and joined with the Hamp
ton wing, made an eloquent plea for the
men who had hitherto abused him. We
quote from the report of Hamilton's speech,
which report draws out the facts regard
ing Judge Settle to which we referred : ,
"These men jtvere wrong, but they wei
not so much to blame. He had told them
they were wrong, bnt thej wen-led to be
lieve that their rights were safer in the
keeping of the carpetbaggers. There was
no doubt that they were intimidated by
soldiers in the last campaign. He had
seen one corporal and one soldier intimi
date hundreds of black Democratic voters:
They even tried to intimidate him ; for on
one occasion he had heard Sn ails tell his
colleagues to have Hamilton and Meyers
arrested. These men were wrong, but
they were led w rong by abler men for an
object. Everybody knew that this was to
secure the vote of the State for Hayes.
Didn't . I udge Settl :, of North Carolina,
tell him, Hamilton, that he ought to stay
here in the Mackey House, until they got
in Hayes, He was right to go to the Con
stitutional House, rut nr, orc'iiT to iiom
on iNTir. Hayes was all right, and
THEN ClIAJWiER'I.AIX COl l.I) CO TO THE DE
VIL." The Chamberlainites, and the Repub
licans of Louisiana w ho suffered a similiar
fate, can now see how they were used to
make a President and then ignominious y
kicked overboard. "Man's inhumanity to
man,'' &c. Ashhcrille Citi:-n.
GENERAL LAND AND MINING-REG
LSTRY.
North Carolina,
Department of Ar.RicrLTUHE.
Jhdcifjh, May K, 1H7.
The act establishing this Department,
ratified in General Assembly, Mavch I2t.li,
Ir77, proviles for a General Land and
Mining Registry, in connection with and
under the control of the Department for
the sale or disposition of real pro pert 3 as
follows:
E '. 1. I he said Department isautlio-!
vized and dim-tel to establish nnd keep
in its office, in the city of Raleigh, a Gen
eral Land and Mining Registry, wherein
shall be recorded (if the owers shall so re
quest) all the farming, mineral or other
lands ottered for sale in the State, with a
brief aiid truthful description of the same.
And tlie Department shall act as agent
for the sale or disposition of such proper
ty as may 1h registered as hereinbefore
provided, and shall sell or dispose of such
property upon the terms and conditions
as stated and fixed by the owner thereof;
ami the Department shall be allowed the
sum of one dollar for registration, and two
and one-half per cent, commission on
gross amount of said transaction.
The said Department shall have author
ity to contract for and hold bodies of land,
for tlie settlement of colonies, with exclu
sive control of tlie sale of same at such
prices, and for such a period as may be
agreed upon by the owner thereof.
In accordance with the provisions of
the above section, I have now prepared
aud ready for distribution, blank Descrip
tive Forms, with explanatory Circulars,
to those desiring to Register their lands
in this office, for sale. As will be seen the
only charges made are those established
b3 the Act, viz: one dollar as a Registra
tion fee, and two and oue-half per cent,
commission on gross amount of transac
tion, and these were imposed for tlie pur
pose of covering the expenses incurred iu
effecting the sale.
The Agency thus established by the
Legislature is essentially- different from
any adopted hitherto by any Southern
State, in the important particular, that it
is well guarded against influences of spec
ulation, and this feature must at once
commend the plan to the favor and confi
dence of both the seller and buyer.
All communications will receive prompt
attention. " L. L. POLK,
Corn nur of Agriculture.
Behind the T7w.-Last week a greenback
man from Sac county. Iowa, who reads
nothing but Brick Pomeroy's paper, went
to New York, found his way to Peter
Cooper, shook hands with tlie old man,
exhibited bis recommeiidations. and ask
ed for the English mission or the Sac
Rock post-office. And rhe was so amazed
to learn that Uncle Peter bad not been
elected that he got up aud went away
without his hat and overcoat, and came
all the way back to Iowa .without saying
a word until be reached home, when he.
dropped into a chair and roared, "Don't
you never let me ei eye on ary miernai
lyin' newspaper agin, or I'll tear the house
up by the roots!" JiurUnfilou HaHee.
THE CtiOytbLEXCET 1XTHE
Tlie most remarkably fact in the recent
history of 10 outhertftates is the in
itant; and coniplete edition of political
ill.'turbaaices munlerviojenee ami hf w
lessness which has. followed upon the
stoppagti of Fedei-a mHitary inteiference.
tkansaa, for instance, was so given over
to, lawlessness' imder the' carpet-ag rule
that Repuhlieahs declared constantly that
they' would not daro to remain iu the State
if Congress did not oust the Democratic
Governor GarIandHand uiiniii the Re
publican Iirobks by armed forces. But,
happily, Congress refused to do this. The
State passejrl Into thecomplete control of
the. Dcmocmts in the spring of 1875,'and
and peace; order, oliedieuce to and respect
for laws at bnee took the place of violence
ed ever since,' no one making the least
complaint. Indeed, a large negro emi
gration began to set into Arkansas from
other States soon after it fell into the
K 1 . t 1 1 -w-v
nanus 01 me uemoerats surely a most
forcible commentary on the wisdom of the
policy of local self-government and Fed
eral non-interference.
There, is, therefuie, every reason which
experience can give us for believing that
the negro will be entirely safe in South
Carolina and Louisiana, and that local
self-government, wisely given them hy
President Hayes, will make both races iu
those communities happier and more pros
perous than they have been -since the
war.
THE SOUTH.
i-lii!ddelphi;i Times.
v
A fairer region than the Southern States
cover the sun never shone upon. The
soil is adapted to tlie most useful and
precious productions; it is irrigated I13
the grandest rivers that furrow the sur
face, of the earth; imbedded in its moun
tains lie inexhaustible deposits of mineral
wealth, and its climate is genial and pro
pitious to labor and tlie enjoyment of life.
The Southern people are a brave stock
gallant in the field, chivalrous in feel
ing and endowed with lofty traits of
character. We wish them well. We
desire nothing better than to help them
to. better days and to tlie revival of their
former prosperity. Let them throw down
the walls of separation that prejudice and
sectionalism have built up, aud their
fields will glow green again beneath the
fertilizing tide of enterprise, labor, and
capital that will pour over them from the
North, let them imitate the example of
Theseus, who inscribed a universal wel
come to the world on the gates of Athens,
and the busy hum of industry will take the
place of the lethargy that now reigns in
their principal cities, and the seaports will
again be the centres of prosperous trade
and commerce. Above all, cease to pro
scribe the stranger. If he seek his own
fbitunes.be will promote those of the peo
ple among whom he settles.
The author should come South and test
for himself the "proscription" lie is talk
ing about. No one coming to take .his
chances among us in a fair and honorable
way have any reason to complain of pre
scription. Diarolical Efforts to Injure North
Carolina. Gov. Vance having been in
correspondence with the National Board
of Colonization, which lias its headquar
ters at Philadelphia, on the subject of in
ducing immigration to this State, is just
in receipt of a letter from T. F. Haunon,
Esq., the secretary of the board, in which
he states that he is making his best en
deavors to turn the tide of immigration to
North Carolina, but has the most unscru
pulous land agents to contend against.
The last of their infamous plans has been
to purchase a kind of wild potato, each,
about the size of a woman's thimble, and
distribute them as specimens of the Insist
ed North Carolina potato, the object be
ing to break down the statement of the
fertility of the Xorth Carolina soil. Yeri
I3, it does seem that the world, the flesh
and the devil have all conspired against
North Carolina to do to deatli her agricul
tural and commercial interests.
Mr Haiiuon has written to a gentleman
in this cit3 asking him to procure food,
large specimens of vegetables, &c, aud
send them on to him-that he ma3 exhibit
them as the products of our soil. Ucde'ujh
Xeica.
.
Fence Laic Under Consideration.
There is now a measure before the
South Carolina Legislature looking to the
establishment of a fence law throughout
the entireState. It is estimated that the an
nual cost of building and repairing fences
in that Stste for farming purposes alone,
will reach the sum of one million dollars,
omitting the cost of timber that is neces
sarily used. The press of the State are
taking a livel3 interest in the question,
and are doing their best to secure the pas
sage of the .lull.
The Xew Bedford (Mass.) Standard
threatens the solid "South with a solid
North. The Standard forgets, however,
that the South is ouly solid as against
Radical misrule and corruption, and has
in thjs particular the sympathy of a solid
Democratic Xorth. ,
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ItTs stated that over two nrmdred tiiou
und f Gerniaiis, mostly in independent
circumstances, living in tb'e mth of Rust
sia, are preparing to einigvate to the Uni
ted States to avoid beiu iti-afted into the
army. Tukiug the. usual tfgtimate that
every adult is worth'41 thvasantt ''dolhirs
to the S. tate where' he, hwiite this Iiiisso
G crnian lutst will a4d' t w6s h undred m il
lious to productive, industry'of tlie States
which they may select fiir ttieir "homes in
this country. '
.Here is an 'opportunity fosimiebiHly in
Xorth Carolina, the Governor or the Com
missioners of Agriculture . or' somebody
else" to take advantage of for inducing
emigration to our State. If the fact is so
and these people are really to leave Bns
sia then the opportunity is" 'pne which
cannot4e t6 p'rowpU. uhxc4.i-rtcir.
Xarrow Gauge Railroads. It seems that
Narrow G uage Railroads are growing iu
favor rapidly in this State. The subject
is being agitated aud preparations'are be
ing made to build them in several differ
ent parts of the. State. A co-incideuoe of
Narrow Guage railroad meetings occurs
to-day. A meeting is held in this place
in the interest of the C. & L. X. G. Rail
road, and one held in Surry county to-dav
looking to the completion of tlie Greens
boro and Mt. Airy Xarrow Guage. The
people in that section are wide-awake 011
the subject, and are determined to finish
their road, and we would be pleased to
see a like interest manifested here as to
our Narrow Guage. This road will great
ly aid in tlie building up of our country,
and nothing should be left undone that
would bring about an early completion.
Piedmont Pres..
.
...rage whc we
e limy take iresii cour
consider Georgia's financial status. The
New York Commercial aud Fuancial Chroui
t7c, of . April iith. quotes lleorgia State
bonds as follows : Ts ft? bid, lOlj asked;
7's, new bonds, l()7i bitl, ()! asked ; ?'s
endorsed, 104 bid, 10t asked ; ?'s, gold
bonds, I OS bid, 101) asked ; 8's 7t, V7. 10;
bid, 112 asked. TweKe months ago. Geor
gia securities were quoted at a ruinous
discount. The State was almost on the
point of utter rejection from the tina-ncia!
mai kefs of the world. The ban of la:ik
ruptcy hung threateningly over tlie com
monwealth. What has brought about the
change! Georgia's determination to pay
the honest debt, and repudiate the dis
honest portion thereof. On Tuesday the
people -of that glorious State put the seal
of their irrevocable eomleion.il ion on the
Radical fraud and rascality, which, aided
by unscrupulous, knavish accomplices on
Wall street, have overwhelmed that peo
ple with a fraudulent debt and impaired
The Slate'' credit just as was -done by the
same class of individuals in Xurth Caro
lina. This action on the part of the tax
pavers of Georgia, while it demonstrat s
their determination to disown anil repudi
ate the obligations illegally issued in their
name ha ring of thieves and plunderers.
places their credit on a still higher basis,
as l3 ignoring these dishonest and fraud
ulent obligations the State will be in a
better condition to provide for and
promptly' meet its honest, recognized lia
bilities. Why may not our State do likewise ?
Let us repudiate tlie special tax bonds ami
adjust the honest th bt. Hnhi'jh Xcicx.
The Xew -York Sn:i gives a tabular
statement of how the public offices are dis
tributed at. Washington, showing the num
ber of persons engaged as officers, clerks
and employee:; iu the Treasury, Postoflice,
Interior, War. State and Navy Depart
ments at Washington, witli the nirmber
each State and the District of Columbia
wouldjie entitled to upon the basis of a
division according to representation, and
the uumber employed from each State and
tlie District of Columbia. North Carolina
is set down as entitled to 173, and has
employed An analysis of this ntimhcr
would, we are confident, show that the
carpet-baggers outnumber the natives.
Not only with Xorth Carolina, but with
all the Southern States, federal patronago.
has leen applied mainly to the nourishing
of the carpet-baggers. The Greensboro
carpet-bag ring have-had the bulk of it in
this State.
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A Speech Worthy of Mr. Davis.
Mr. Jefferson Davis said in a speech at
Mobile a few days ago: "For the honor
of the comrades whose untimely death
you mourn, for the respect due the cause
you loved, for the pride you feel in your
ancestry, for the hopes you cherish for
your posterity, let not your eyes revert
constantly to the past, but, confronting
the present and looking patriotically on
the future, let you, efforts be made to re
pair what has been injured, and to build
Mrr ii'rs ttifdier mid broader, on a more solid
foundation, the temple of human libeny,
D-niudizciuent, yon lonnt-r.o ikhiic. km
.. " 1 . 1 -.1. .
r-
.w.iw.mnl :ldv;llira'e. VoU WVV I 1 ', 'tit t
bv no malice, and vour knijilitly escutcheon
is tarniahed by no sordid hate or desire for
mean revence. The war left you stripped
of all save luuior, and your chivalry wz Joy 10 tue (dewing) Would. At
as incapable of inflicting wrong as it was I nutm toiiy wiu cxpiiitLe lastttf iVs e
of submitting to it tamely. j q( ttevvmtiApiktioii
I pf the ewing macliine,, AvUdr hte.ona-
Mrs. Harris, of Mattoon, Illinois, weigh.'
100 no-mils. A more remarkable tluug in
thi 'connection i that Mrs. Harris has
just given birth to triolets. aU.hoy. The
little Harrises weigh '0 pounds all told,
Th;s triplet btiitiness is alarmingly on
the increase. If it should break 01 1
among the
Browns, and the Smiths v(
this region the rest of us would fxxm Ye
j noyed wnrier entirely.
.-., i -l FOR, THE liAJ)J&'(Srrf
Jenny LIiul' If lnW'hrlitte.'U--A
lady lias tleen awarded ahoiarktiiir-
in the law department of Universal "Col
lege, London. ' -
. ; A young woman in XcVdrti fjft re
covered $(iG0 from theirOdpntiSfr fbYrdii
iag her jaw wIiile-pulllagA tbotll. i V 1
-Courtship U bi-an-rde-'ht
young man. "YwfrfotVikbMmhtyMk1
blister,snarlcd air bhf fwfil&fr "
In Paris evei-thihgiuVeinliii'noVashlons"
is as tight as natirre calendar. harga
extends to husbands hrsome eases
Woman lovely woman majr yef seo
the day when the telephone will take tho
place of the knot-hole In the yard ence.,
The telephone wijl bfiseful 0.3 P4J
familias'to announce, tldfj daughter ,ajad -
her lover sitting Inj the jparl'iiits
eleven oVlnefc -- - . ": --ir-. , - - - '
tieyen o ciocjw., .. .,; I:,a b-f.,. -
Rev Mrs. Yan,Cott wiihea all tho gal
leries in the Metkoaistr chupt lies i wiadd
burn up, so as no longer to-gfct j-efkgejto
meeting disturbing sinners. ;- ?aiH -
A Vermont newspaerecelfot'
an obituary of a' young lady ' thusV-'wihe
had an amiable temper amt'Hvlti'unom?
monlv Torid of ice creaflrj
A San Francisco lawyer chaVgetl'a lady
LjKi.-rvi uu couuucuug a uivorce case lor
her. He was obliged to- hery'atfd tho
jury awarded him $1(1,(300.' f '
. " f ' 1 . - i-.f a.if Milt
A Springfield cmgregatioii wasiiiued
by a-3-oung womaii who leaned her head
on a fellow's shoulder1. 'and '! 'ate 'camly
throughout the servfe'e.
go to WOl
impures a KntuckvAcx
-liauge
. '! -'.l i-I.-J ! i.f
In Southern India chihlreu are married
at eight years of age., XativfifaUiercon-r
shier it bad grace to liave! single in
the family, and widows are -treated very
badly by the natives.
A Lawrance young 'man has been "fined
for making two girls laugh at nieefitjig.
This policy is calculated to keepyoitng
rhen away from church amLthenrthe. girls
will be solemn . enoughT ' ' ''"
c " 1 l
Said a faded belle to a fresh 3-oujig ri
val : "You are having a great triuiupid;o-ni-Jit.
I wonder what your enemies jill
say now
-I w;u
p. -----a
L'OlllfC
toaskyuri,",yas
tlie keen retort. ,ni
A lady the other day meeting ' a girl
who had lately left her service inquired,
"Well Mary, where do you liv iwf
"Please ma'am, I don't livq nowhere,
now," rejoined the girl, "I'm married!
While a counlc of women were discuss
ing, the other day, the merits of a certain
physi( i:!n, one of them a.-ked the pthcr
what kind of a doctor he was. "Sure, I
dunno," was the repfy-'-buti I think it's
an alapaca doctor they call him.'
"Why is it," asks an exchange, That
wIiciTa woman falls down stairs She
screams at every bump, while a man holds
his breath till he gets to the bottdhir'
Why, it is because the woman doesnt in
tend to do any swearing at tho bottom,
while the man does, and saves himselffor
a grand, comprehensive "everlastingfy-
dad-durn-it" when he nets there. LoW-
rillc Courier.
. otl r
is
ALL SORTS
. -..1.
Ignorance is at the bottom of a great
deal of the crimcscominiftedin this world,
Many men do wrong because they do pot
know anv better. But then a ureal 1
ml
many
are wilfully iguorant. s"
Paul Morphy, the noted chess player of
Louisiaua, who is now"' practicing Ufoiu
Xew York city, wishes it distinctly under,
stood that he is not insane, statement to
the contrary notwithstanding.-
It is stated that au Ulldi.itilUuQerr
gia has a baiTelof powder buried Jjndejr it,
and means for au eploion.arratojiu
various' ways, so that the first re yepnejftf-
ficer that comes aiout will 9 senjir jno
fast air line to the moa.
t; rib-
Col, J. C, Harper is Tr'eidentof1the
Board of Directors of the Western Insane
Asyl irm . Job n .V . Dickson, ofMorganon,
vca mad-' Secretary and Treasurer. Con
vict labor has been dispensed with on the
work, it beiug decided that skilled' labor
. . . . i'j. aJi
w is less expensive, , .
Tho acute ami quick wit tod JtevuJjein
uel Hay nes, of YermouL well kuaKiilejirs
asro throuiiho-.it New .Enjrlan4R JOdce
li
, KllIC;v accosted' by an inmudOutJilfler,
I with tlie question :
! -l.-w .! -h l.vil im f 7
do you. suppose the devil iirL-ti.'uujust
keep your own family recid;'V Wittijhe
j 0iefi owners to .exact s rpTaifcysfroni
all manufacturers.- Fj-oitt thjs"!darefiry.
lody can make a machine. .-wjthpa detor
hi l.dera nee, aud we sh 11 rc pi ipf tgiiahjl e,.
Hereaftfr we can buy! machine nsch,eop
u tiuy rc sold in r;ugiud.."ioTiicqitcut
1 which expires to-day. uJofHtaeJioeeOlo
p!ate, an essential in every nchikc.--tl4
Of Mrrtner, th.
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A Tennessee paper. saysHie pijtrmonU
al harvest is ripe, 'ejl'wliy ttiun
der don t you get your .cradles readyjuid