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CHAPTER V.
WThou shouldst call me to resHm'
wbat roost I prtze, It ne'erwas mine ;
rVniv yield Tliee wbat Is Thine
I only yieiu Tby wm flone ,
rt bat my falntln heart be blest -with
Thyiweet. spUlt for its guest;
' r God. to Thee I leave the rest
yuoa' Thy will be doner
Ricliard was a goodjad, And was really
a comfort to them all; but bis scanty
wages was barely enough to feed himself.
Tom did what he could -,to help his
family when he beard of the trouble
1 himself a meal
ai uuiuc, h """
i'a order to be able to send a shilling or
two ra postage-stamps to his mother when
he received his wages. - i . .
About thi-tinie another baby was borti ,
and this increased the family's distress.
Poor Mrs. Grant was in too great anxiety
of mind to lie quietly in bed more than
two of three luays, mi ir spito otlthoda's
remonstrances,- insisted on' getfing 'up,
and, weak as she ras, going about her
usual work. This imprudence led to her
catching a chill, andleiug so, weak, and
ill that she "was forced to take entirely to
her bed, and the doctor pronounced her
jiase a veryjicrUms jone. iJThepoor little
baby was so white and weak that it seem
, ed scarcely alive, and a speedy death was
more than likely, as the matter was-sir
too ill to tend it.
All the cares of the household now fell
upon poor Rhoda, who, delicate and frag
ile aVshe was, seemed quite unfit for any
thing like hard work. But God, Who
has said, .'As thy layf Is, so shall thy
Btrengtli he'graciosjy amc ro. Jier aid
wlietf 8ltoja4 n inr perplexity. Her
strength was mercifully Icept up in this
time pttrLal; and She wac eqabled tobe
of the greateju use to her niother - and
family tlugh sheaelt.atirsttha all,
these troubfes;wwTd crush her to
1
the earth.
Sarah Was kept at home from school to
help her, and Rhoda found her a very
useful little maiden.; and the other child
ren seemed "to' try to give as little trouble
ai possible, and do what they could to
help. Richard lighted the fire every
morning before he went to work, aad did
many things foHier when he was at home.
The neighbours, too, were very kind, and
Jhey had many little helps in different
And thus the autumn was passing
away into winter, with Grant in prison,
ana uis wite only regaining ner siren gin
by very slow degrees.
As the winter drew on. Grant's time in
prison came "to "an "end, and he returned
home. HeVjfelt .thejdisr.ce o Jiis im
prisonment, and was more moody and
Ment than before j but this punishment
seehied to have had no, good effect on his
moraLf.harafJtr., ,. Hi4jnsejcw;puld
Bottakehimbackagain, andhe had to seek-
work at a mere distant farm, where the
53ges were Iqwer. iArtjjrant(was now
gcttuig ilittli betUrjanaiiacllAbvi corr-
wry to all their expectations, seemed likely
to live f bdtRhodaf cottgh came 'back to
her aiain with the -celd jdaran- dav. and
she felttha wljenlhdr nfot wjis able to
be about again she would have to take
her place and lie in bed. She kept up as
long asrshe could-a od tried - to .jro about
the house-work cheerfullV : but it was a
hard task, and her mother soon found out
lww ill she .was feeling. She might have
Sows on for'some time truggling aninsti
her illness, il she had not received a sudderi
Wow in the shape of a ph?ce of" bad news
irom the mines. , r
It was a foggy, damp afternoon, that
herwentliut f buysoine-cpttQu for her
mother at thlirtilnilkge 4li(fp, which
a8 iu th'e lane not far from th e cottage.
She ought not to have, gone out in such
leather; but the Jiul ren had not come
bAck fronxVchool, anc! she and hoivmother
anttd toget oin with some sewing before
- W dark, for thcTdjiys closed in'early
Vhil 8he was in the shop a Mrs. Brown
me with jp, ewspap.eu aa her iaiul.
c wag one of those thVugllftess 'people
'ho always eager to tell a piece of
news, either good or bad, without consid
' 'nog for tnoment the pffect it may
nave on the hearers.- Directly she saw
,llWfl 4he began, Ha ve you heard the
weadful news J There's loen an expio
in the Eastwood mlne,'and fifty men
d8 have been killed, and '
i there the careless voman was check r
4hy seeing what a 'shock the news had
jjetf to Khodaj'wJio was trembling from
d to fwt, and segmed ready to faint.''
'Xp rs Brown, how could you be so
Wogtyfekr saidVIrs. Giles, the mistress
pf ttt shopj yoa kngW tjj; Ufcr brother
!there ;, v .- .
4Mihen the kind woman took Rhoda
"1nto the battpSVfour, andlncdtocom
n her, .
j fJoat take on so, mydei?)' shiid,
ingly, Mayoe yoPjjrOtlier wanot
PitatthrthW
'Ah.
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k5Glv mn tlkO-Cwnowaninwr
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!JMat may read all-ftbout it.T
Mjrg. Brown, who was really a kind
ned person, was shocked to ce the
e she had caused W her thonght-1
hess. anA f ...1 "i !. t J . : I
clumsy, awk ward gwaypa.fieT
j -.it. c 'iwspaner,
frOT haa betterldarehef klonr "fe. And'this heavenlv vision threw in- y
-nyOd MditfuJ&tifeQ gtofa9 'earthlyjifs, with, bright sun- Jv,
strong, and it's quite a shock to her, poor
dear!
Mrs. Brown, seeing that her presence
did more harm than good, left the shop ;
and Rhoda, taking up thepaper, tried to
read. But her eyes grew dim when she
saw the healing, in large letters,
'Alarjokg Colliery Accident.'
Mrs. Giles took the paper, and read it
through quickly to herself. There had
"been an explosion, and part of the pit had
fallen m and buried fifty men and boys,
who,it was feared, had all died from the
eflects.pf choke-damp. They were get
ting out the bociies, but they had not been
able to find all yet. There was a list of
the names of those missing, and that of
Thomas Grant, aged fifteen, was among
them.
Rhoda watched Mrs. Giles's grave face
anxiously, but from the first she had had
no hope. . . ' ' ,. j
'Is his narao. among them V she 6aid.
And -she guessed the . worst when the good
woman said nothing, but threw her arms
round her, and kissed hef with tearful
eyes.
'Let 4110 go home to mother,' Rhoda
said, 'and tell her the news before it reach
es her in any other wy. It might kill
her ,if Mrs. Brown told her as she told me.'
Mrs. Giles had offered to go with her,
as she felt-that Rhoda was trembling so
mucluthat she could hardly walk alone ;
but the-girl ?said, kissing her, 'Thank you,
dear Mrs. Giles ; perhaps I had better go
alone, and try to tell mother by de
grees.' And Mrs. Giles sighed and said, 'God
bless and pity the poor dear girl !' .as she
saw her hurry away through the- dark,
fggy December afternoon. .
Mrs. Grant was sitting by the fire when
Rhodaeamejn, and she saw' at once by
her daughter's white face that there was
someting wrong. Rhoda came and flung
herself xhmn ou-a-lowr stool by her moth-4
er's side,- and triedrhard to break the o'ews.
to her gradually. But it'wasi no use try
ing to control her feelings. She contrived
to say her brother's name, and then buried
her head in her mother lap in a fit of
weeping. .
Perhaps the sight of Rhoda's bitter grief
was a good thing for Mrs. Grant, and
helped for a time to lessen the heavy blow
which had fallen upon her with such stun
ning force. Though it bruised her moth
er's heart, it had not crushed her as it did
Rhoda, to whom the ews- verily came
like a death-blow. Unmindful of her wet
shoes, and clothes made damp by the fog,
she had caught a severe cold, aud next
morning found her very ill.
A dark cloud of sorrow had settled
down on the household", and GrantJ rough,
hardened man as'he 'wasfelt deeply that,
but for him,-'Toirtw'0u(d haye stayed at
home, and woutd not 'have5 gone to the
mine.
' All the news they obtained from the
mines confirmed the first bad tidings, and
neither message nor letter came from Mr.
Randall.
Grant and Richard got leave from their
masters, and started Off to Eastwood as
soon as they could get away, to identify
poor Tom' body. When they arrived at,
the scene of the accident they found that
the people, hd-nt finished getting the
bodies' out, anu it was an heart-rendering
sight to see the poor mothers and wives
waiting about at the pit's mouth, to claim
the. black disfigured dead, which were
brought up slowly one by one in the skip.
The last body which was taken out was
that of a boy, so much burned that he
could not be identified, and this Grant
and Richard guessed must be poor Tom.
Mr. Randall was most kind to the poor
father and brother, and gave them shelter
wiiile they waited for the humble funeral,
which took place with so many others
next day. They went and swwv the people
with whom Tom had lived. These good
folks were mourning the loss of a son,
who had also gone down . to work in the
pit on the morning of the accident. They
had not much to tell about Tom, except
that their poor Johnny was 'terrible tak
en up wjhjiim. Andsp(Grant andJRicb
ard retuTifcfl toJ their hoiue. . i
lljiodas illness now increased day ly
daf ana shedecltaieo: so rapidlv that the
doefdr tiU srieVoulff hbt Us 1 m'oi re than
a few weeks. The "wearing cough and
other symptoms of consuuiptou had set in,
and were wasting her away to a shadow.
But in all these -earthly -trials sho bad
learnt true resignation, and could say
frotoiher hfti'-'FAther, riot my will, but
Thine be done 1' She had an inward
peace, which no one could take away,
and she was content either, to live or die
as the Lord willed ; for she felt that for
her to live was Christ, and to die jwas
gain: She thanked God that He had rer
stored her health at the time of her fathr
ers imprisonineniand her mothers illness,
so as to enable her to be of great comfort
ubSyswep there was soro need; but
Mowi'thSt fatfier jad gone back to
work, and her xfbfeftf$i stronger, she
was content to le dowi anj&e, jf Qqt)
thought it best. It had eff tainj been a
great happiness to feel hersell" jejting
better and stronger, as she did in tTe past
spring. - Life iad been a dear delight, as
it Isl to most Vung people ; but by God's
r .1. 1 ; 1 : .. ,1
brighter life, A
life that knows no chansnnff is an endless
shine and flowers. She had come alo to
think calmly iid happily about hex dear
Tom, for whoin she had prayed so much,
and whom she so dearly loved, and she
trusted to meet him in that better world..
One evening, about a month after the
colliery accident, the family were together
at supper, Rltpda lying in her bed, which
had again beep brought downstairs.
They heard some one lift the latch, and
then there was a step in the passage, and
in another moment Tom 6tood before
them. But i$ was Tom looking taller,
and paler, and graver, than they liad ever
seen him before. There was a cry of sur
prise and joy jfrom every one, and soon
Tom was in his mother's arms, and the
poor woman jwas shedding happy tears
over her lost boy. Rhoda, in her weak
state, had fainted away ; while Grant,
hard man as e was,, cried like a child at
the sight of his son. 'It's never ypu, Tom J '
he said. 'WBy, Richard and I . saw you
dead and buijed after the accident !'
'.Why, father, didn-t you get Mr. .Ran T
dall'g letter, which he wrote as soo .as I
was foirnd alrve ? And . then, I wrote to
you again whpn I was getting better.'
'No !'. they exclaimed ; 'we heygr. got any
letters.' .. . i
And now Tjom and his mother turned
to poor Rhodf , who soon revived, and her
pale face w ore a happy smjleas her eyes
met her brother's, aud, his hand held her
poor, cold, trembling one. As soon as
she was herstflf again Tom began to tell
his story, which was indeed a wonderful
one. God had preserved his life, and he
had been fouid aliyeWt in an exhausted
state, two days after it was supposed that
the last bodypiad beeu got up from the
pit. j .
Tom described to them the' whole affair
from first tcj last, and it was evident
how deeply h felt the mercy of God in
sparing his life.
'I had heard a sermon the Sunday be
fore,' he said, from the text, "Prepare to
meet thy God !" The clergyman had told
us that it,wa4 a good text for miners "'to
keep in memory, as their lives 'were so
uncertain. le spoke about our being al
ways ready for' the Master's coming ; and
what he said jseem'cd to sink deep into my
heart, and I thought of it again and again.'
There were aigood man' of the miners
there that Suhday evening, and I'm sure
many of tJient felt what he said '; for they
walked homc jso quiet, and there was little
laughing andjjokiug. Poor Johnny who
was killed, arid who was one of the boys
I lived with, fitltit, I'm sure. On Tuesday,
the day it happened, we all went as usual
down into the mine togther, not feeling as
if anything wiis going to happen ; indeed
I think most of the fellows were in rood
spirits. Some of the men were religious,
I know, and read their Bibles ; and there
were two or three who used to sinirhvmhs
while they w ere at work, and tried to turn
the talk of their fellow-miners to better
things; and there were other poor fellows
who drank and swore and I remember
that a few had been drinking on tliat
Tuesday morping, and were quarrelling
and using ba4 language. And then I re
collect Turner, one of the good men, beg
ging them noj; to quarrel and swear, and
telling them ithey were sinning .against
God. And tljqn I heard him singing the
hymn, j '
"There Is a: fountain filled with blood
Drawn' from Emmanuel" vlens,
. And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose aUj their guilty stains."
And then I rejmeinber, as we sa eating
our dinner by,. Lamp-light, that qnerf the
boys who had just learnt to write traced
in the coal dust the , words "Prepare' to
meet thy Gqdi J." and some poor fellows
laughed .and Jeered at him. And Turner
took. the boy part, and said quietly to
them some solemn words about watch
ing, as death jniight come, at any moment;
and he tried io point their thoughts w to a
Saviour Whoj was willing and able to save
them frpni eternal death. And then, in
the, afternoonj a sudden crash came, like
loudest thunder, and the mine seemed to
rock as if there were an earthquake, aud
the men ran j together like sheep. And
then I heard Jthe groans, and cries and
prayers to Gdd for mercy, and a hot sufib
cating air seenied to blow in, and 1 heard
no more thenj' ,
Tom went bn to describe how her bad
fallen on his Ijiands and knees, and found
himself crawling, through a. hole in the
mine. He "forked himself on,, scarce
knowing whajt.he did, till he came to a
larger hole, where he was able to breathe
a little better; and then he heard another
crash, as ifiljie passage behind him had
been the savihg of his life, as it had cut
off the poisonous gas, which would have
soon suffocated him. In this close, con
fined hple, he lay half-unconscious for
two days,, without sustenance and with
very little ajrjto breathe. On the fourth
day he, heard a. noise close to his head,
a.d jjatherinjj up is JtjM. remaiuiu
sfrpugt he cjried out as Jqud as he could
for hejp. , Itoj was luard, an4 he colters,
following the (sound, sooncame tp the IiqI
low place where he was lying, The . ef
fort exhausted what little power was left,
and he rwponpd, and for soiae tinie after
lie was brought to the light of day he was
thought tobe4ad- FoX; sxinje days he
hung between life-wid death. lie had
been carried to the cottage: whca he had
been livings hd' the poof woman, whose
son-Johnny had been killed 'io' the' e'njo'
awn, nuraea Mim .wiui u mosp ; p?otUriy
care. Mr. mwanii was.- wim" -mm eon-
ainfcprl-
stantly, and .had. .him Tconveyed j his
a
own house when he wa ell enough to bo
moved. . , " ' '
Tom's constitution had Veen severely
shaken, and it was nearly a month before.
newas apie to te auoit again.. Even now
he was farroui atrpnand the. doctor
advised him noj to o back to the colliery.
work, again, pnt to go pome todug . natiy
air, and get employment above-ground
when he was strong enough for it. ' . He
had grown taller,, and was, thin and hol
lowed -eyed, and had lost his 'colour, .but
his face wore a much happier 'expression
than of yore, That colliery accident had
taught him a solemn lesson, which he
woujd never forget, and- by flic iWy
Spirit's help he intended giving up to
God's se,rvico the life which He had" so
mcrcii u 1 iv spareu . in
of th
one
peat 1
to lier neifrhhours than frood-iiKinrftil'Mrs
- cj--c t ? r o. , r f r 1
urown, wiio imd, so, carelessly told PJioda
01 me. joinery explosion.. ,
vcxt day'ronsell caaie iosee TomV
and to rejoice with the hajpy, famijv on.
iuu iiuau vl iu4v .sou jUiiv, jiroiner. lie
made Tom and all of theoi'neelhown
nuolirlv
1
given at church' on 'SpndaloVyom" and j
maiiy a kind work and pressure pf the
hand he received from" neKlioours coming
and going.
( Concluded. in our next.)
From the Xew York Observer.!
1' MADRID.- I
Although Madrid has, 10 cathedral or
ancient bldings of notc, there arc- piaeeti,
oj liueresi wnicft;we cannot, omit to meuv
tiqu. The lioyal Palace is,, one of tlie
iiut-H lu r.ui-wi., it is sicuateu on the;
western shlo of the city, overlooking the
Valley, ."of, the Maiminares and a wide,
sweep o( country, to the yest, reaching to
the Guadarama Monntfiias, which, standr
ing in' rugged and lonely grandeur,, coverr
ed with snows, Jimjt the view in .that di
rection. The palace was intended to sur
round a square, and to I 470 feet on each
side ami 100 feet high. t was laid put
on a giand scale, so grand that it would
have rivalled the Tuilltries, but it bus;
never been finished. Only one side of (his
.. ... ......
immense pile, with additional wings, is
completed. It is a palace 450 feet long,
built of white stone resembling marble,
and stands nearly a hundred feet high.
The Spaniards are fond of display, and
the palat e shows all the magnilicieut va
riety of tapestry, velvet, gorgeous furni
ture, rich marble and mosaics generally
found in princely mansions. The stables
interested me more tlan the palace. There
were about 150 horses for the use of the
young
king,
and nis household coach
liorses, driving horses and saddleliorses.
Each' had a name over his' staff. Thev
we re reared In
Fiance and Eng-
land. The Spanish poises, especially the
Andaliapj did not fhow tlie fineptpoin.
They hfMl short, heay bodies; long tails,
held close to tlw body; taperiug neyks;
fine thick breasts, but short, hollow hacks.
The carriages were superb. I counted
oue hundred of all soits and sizes rauired
in an immense room.
There wpre some, ten or twelve state
coaches-used.-from the time of Ferdinand
and Isabella, down.. They were iqyered
with go,d,, and .inlaid with ivi-j.-pn th;
outside, and lined ith Gobelin, apesry,
stin gold ?and ailvej cjoth wih Que
of these was .the carriage of Crazy;,Jane,
daughter of exdinaud and Jsabclja aad
mt'HT. sof, QhAiies .9i V., 4 who, s ud to
have carried, hr husband's body iu its
coffin with her for hvty years, uutiLher
death, hc harness are made in. the, Koyijj
stables and., are the most mg'nifigeut
trappings. tluit h,orses ever worp. There
is a guard of twenty horses and about one
hundred soldiers always on duty around
the palace, and they are relieved every
two hours. All this, for a country whicli
is hopelessly i,ii deb,tt -appears a most ex
travagant display. These appendages of
royalty are finer perhaps than those of auy
crowned head .in Europe.
Th.Qre.js, a. i naval museum at Malrid
whkji; Jaast wp, things which, interest an
American., ; .Que was the exapt. rnodslof
vessels iu which Columbus crossed the
Atlantic iu 14J, and a, chart of the wx)i Id,
on pacfchuien,t, wiid to have been xuade by
hiu on 4his oyage. Th i&i chart resembles
very much the .photographic pictures, of
the niflqu, which w see nowra.-daya, -iHs
portr4it ad, those of Coite and iKTrf,
inAy.boseeu here. . ; . , , . ,
TJie-Arneria real is near by the palace.
It is the ftnest.ool lection. of ancient urmqr
X. bajce ever jeeu- It is arran ged in a hall
27-&ut long. Hete are gathereiitJie armor
and the weapons worn by the greaft Jiwoos
of.Spaiuvfo centuries past. Along the
cejitreof the room are arranged.equefitrkm
rgare,;covt'red with the identietd armor
.worn iby -diflexent , knights and -.-kings; all
complete. Along the sides of the rooms
are Manding figures, alo arrayedia their
CQmplete panoply pf helmet, ire;i$k-piak ;
md.oat jof.maiL Therejare auuwbeof
uitsf aVtKjorn bj4CtoleA.Ufj!
4. -A , 1 "
mcti;exisitely ,wroughfc,,e fiaithe
rery- suii whid J: eBtexifunis-tn -OiAvt4ettifiMAn7Gtwcrnor llamp
triumph. and called JJorgonota. 3 Thje 'toll ia io,XaJljwpatljcj wjith Juji cirUhjs
diL.iMr oo ob iiv-itu
nmoaauUMl4i: A1U 8UMet
'thatevt0eifattrne4fromit?2Siritff tVe
armor k.beautUlljLhased and: wrought
m black enamel' android. All are'Bpeci
mens of flne hrtsr the stvle of Cellifii:
LHere are ttie swords 'of the Cid of Sutfey;.
1
ot Jt erainpd . and Isabella,, pf
Piiarrondrorte.Don John of Austria-
the hero of Lcpknto, and a host ofother
herpes. Jlere, be(amor of Columbus
as Adniiri .opaiBj. Ihe whole armory
is CttU;?.f HJP ofcfireat heroes. They
arfOrrongetonustrate .the.im-j
pro Yemen w 1. weapons and delence from
the eariiest.times.
This is opes othe rnost interesting ob
jects iii,Madridr , The is another place
which has a mournfuLuiterest for Protes-J
t-.iij.o, iiiai 10 mo x ins.ii ,uajor. i.uistis
OPhillin III.."bv itoVnofiloW7' When
the 'trials and tfte executions of tti& 'auko
. ; . V ' 7
da 'fe were held, a gre'at Jpiatf
oiuiiorui w as
erected for the judges of the Inquisition"
on oife :sfde6' the square! The front 'room
WngVasW the fjafcb'ny' in the1 center of
the'tforth; side1 of fhef sqWe,' liore' We
now seen the roaVarnis 'mi the' fnmt of
tire cfnseV ' The populace crhwded'fn'a'nd
filled thV square. 1 Tlius;nnder'trie''c6Mi?
tenrrnce ofthe king ifi'flie presence "bf:al!"
the high'dignttarifs bftlie' Church1, rfirnyl'
eil iif'tlWf jnTrstTy ro1es; the culprits vf&&
brmiglff forth.'ro be f fi6d by "the judgeWof
thTeTnqdisiion, who were apcnserf,1juffge'
and .irurf."' Tlit. trial generally coimuerVced
early " t nh b 'inorn'i rig andlastcd theHrirnre'
day, and ended in -the- lurid fires which
consumetltlieKwreched victims and gave
a grand finishing stroke to the spectacle
which wSs intended to sHrike teitrf Mtft'i
the hearts bf alPbehoMers. This acchrsed
institution did its' work well, and (ccooi
plislietLwJiat ,was intended by it. Ferdi
nand first established it in Seville in 1481.
lie was a gvasping, crafty prince., jHis i
object was to extort mqnej-, terrify, -bis
opponcute and to. revenge hiuislf on his
enemies, ..The Clmrch u.sed it as an epgine
to extirpate hexesy, ajul to perpetuate their-
power, c) orking jn, secret, its mysterious
igeuts .svajtered everywhere, inyincildc
! iu power., from whom no secrets were hid,
I il : ,
umniKciepi auu omnipresent, it struck a
dread fear to the heart of every Spaniard
and locked his soul, in suspicion against
every man; froze all the sweet and tender
sympathies of social life; destroyed confi
dence aud trust iu his fellows and shut
the door on hospitality. Three centuries
of this discipline has made the haughty,
reserved, suspicious Spaniard what he is
to-day. The sweet "amenities of social
life ..ire not .known aim?ng them. -Every
man live in and for himself. Every man
suspects, his neighbor. Revenge m a mo
tional trait, and Uie dagger of the assassin
has ever been the familiar weapon to
execute hiscliestf. in days gone by.no
Spaniard was without this weapon con
eealejl udeij his cloak, aud the cify of
Aiaurui .was nigntiy tue, scene ot some
sec vet murder. , .
jTJicffecti sought by the Church to be
produced ty, .he Inquisition has been ac
compiished. Men dared not think for
themselves. The yoke of priestcraft was
fastened ojft them, they became, body and
souljjhe property pf the Church, ant) $ul
ject.J.q.h.er ; dictation till they cannohmger
tjiinor yftas9n for themselves, Th Ip,
quisitiou, cp- the Holy Tribunal,... as they
called,, liem selves, , burnt 3,400 person
alive, lrPi Auigy, .imprisoned. 3:3,000,
.frnviSl.to' 0jind they confiscated he
g9i qf ,aW . thee persons, to.the usq of thp
king otiOjQliijrcJij Icxpelled the Sjoprs
antlhe Jjwswho xqrQ.their most, indus
trious, jnd cpuiruercial people, and, ..thus
(destroyed al) enterprise and progress in
the development of their resources. They
.became a nation of grandees, priests and
peasants, withoyt education, without in
dustry and without commerce, . f , -Thp;
criniQ has, been great. -Its lipid
fires have lighted up ages of persecution.
But Nemesis is now demanding and tak
ing her satisfactioa.
From the Pee Dec Hera Id. '
J S,0Tjfnt CAROLINA AND-FiSJI. '
- In proceeding -f the South Carolina.
fegiHlaturefa 6:w days since, wo. notice
-theCioveruor in- ia message .covering, a
commimication from Governor Vanco in
regard-to iish. culture, and matters per
taining, thereto. . We do. not know exiictly
'what the Governor-of X- CV siiiiL toUthe
J&avernor of ..J" this time, , hut-. we. do
Jcbow thqt, .nVaje'the close pf pur - Legisla
itnrhv'a rvoliU ion .offered' by the Seimtor
from Ansoar parsed both Houses io; this
.D&ct:,. . .. ... ....-j f..u in .
:'.JtpolvaiiiSSkaL his ExoelksncrthoGtro
.erppr.b ..auUi ued nd iiitrntedtf)
correspom vyivi upyera
or if amotion of
SontrrChrotiharn teSraM to otrnctfoiffs
iHntbe-Poe IH jfrid Catawba -TH v?rP ttt4-
ialJ immjediateinaetiiieiitftf :hit8r
JtfieAtrjfit finjbijiemenkofe&icj at Jiiayjje
JP"16"0 to secure the free paMjf
nb in these and other streams leadlne
fg)m-thr3tate'to Bftfc'X
jjvatrer i n u , w e ilou 1 1 d n t hut that ke
-fe to striwf f entortrf aVriki the fitter
tit 4efrmaip2 th r
a AT rial WiffeV honrtingN'6rr the sqinir we
rseU-bdr fhe2 rovaVfamily,' 'the0nbh!e
min ''a'rid' ' ttt vcerffr.' Tire ' seat pof ' ili'e'
COL. STAPLES JIT- THE WHITE
AT amd-9trf HOUSE.: j 1..
Jlt3wiUqh4iieTi from nr telegraphic
commos-Anai.VAMQiiei stapies, who called
upon the President on ednesday night
last, denies most einnhnrirallv' tl
nienfs alleged rtr? hat been uttered by him
during5 the inter view '
w belie,ve aw pen . eret that ,
Colonel :S.tanle8 counsel - with., General .
Leach for a number of parties charged
with violations of the revenue laws, iirone
or!anpther''o teir' thousand oppressive
regalationa, amLforAvJiom.it, is mucji, de
sired, tQMPVWtftw President Hayes
full, pardon and amnesty. It is ' on this'
business we rjresirme, that thrf "interview
was had wirh the- President. ;
- The foilowins is the text of the state
neut referred to by; Col. Staples as we find
itnulJished in tTie Xew York Tribune hi
the TfihaV W 'special : telegraW ' fron;
WiiiiUmgttoV'M Jit .i-u. i.: w.
WAitiyaxAIay.24Ej?Cojjgressmau
Leach of North Caljna, a Democrat, who
recently wTe a remarkable letter sup
porting the PfesuTenTTpoTicy, is here. In
pdvateetiiixetsfttion, slid cointueuvH ithe
Aminfraipiwith.even gjqater earnest
ness.that he exhibited in 'his letter. He
getneV'wWHnt. gp!e, ChiHrnAm-W th
.) uairr.Vonnatt4D of .iliH:KortJi . (,'juo--
rtffeMieVubttea
fitnfMtfeeor,mt:ftft', Mid-' Judge
eWIU'Un4i tQe iitsttirae thajtI)eino
U$&i !Wlieiil)licjyiS! liAYA caijed togetji'
er upon.tha, President to assure him of
tlieir unile(!'su"pporl. Tlieltesulent seem
e4 Very-irfiifh'gnittliiL'd; ' - ' - J 5
''-The'on&i eiu-fr Lasted t,wo hoars and. a
haft'. , j)uiijigiUiat; .Umie.: the. Jeniocrat
gaye,, thQ .Pesidenta niost.coi dial jMsqja.
al assranc oftluTr sunpoff and preuict
dHhe aTnishliieTit of an admiwisf ration
pArty inXortJi Carolina : which would oon
eftectually rescue tJie State from Umijboi)
gontrQ, jit is u'ow the iJtentiou of those
who pre leading 'ffijs movement tp begin
ntxt rear t the jtidicialVlcctron-with an
ifrgaizjitioti to bo called the Admin istra
tioUu party ,asopi)osfd to ; the - IlutUoj)
Deinocmts. The name of the llepublittin
party Hylll prbD'aWy be"dnqiped. It is ex
pbctetl that the colored vote will divide as
mueh-as the. white rote, -and at all na
tivjvwhitQ PRbli with, the- coner
yaive,peyY)Cats4 fwhom Mr. Leach is
the leader win f'o-operafp.
Mr.'-Lesich is sard to be a very -porulaT
orator in the State, a man -with a strong
personal following, aud is the first Demo
crat who has had the courage openly to
break Vfitff h6ld1BonrboTi rradirionsltTid
aWianeew'. -Hh heartily supports the Presi
dent'a.polioy a a matttr of principle.
. . Pronj the Rateigh News.
DECISIONS.. OF IMPORTANCE TO
i 1 MERCIIANTS.
The following letter, embodying a deci
sion on several sections of schedule 1J of
the revenue law, by the State Treasurer,
is published for the information, of mer
chants i- -JTreascey Dkpautment, )
Ralekwi, N. c, May 5, ld77. J ,
Me$ser8t Lee. Whitaker d Johnson, Raleiqh
. n JJcKiRaYQura of the 23th inst.
received,, "and is now answered at the ear
liest pfacficabfeniomrTit!
Yort mUK !the4'oll6wing enqoniesf; '
Isf.' "Ar we as- merchants required to
pay one-tent hot one pox4?eut. on tucjcotr
ton. raised in this State and. purchased by
us from the ifarmgrs Who raised ltf
I jftn of ttpinion that you are liable to
the tax, under the language' "everv other
trader,,'1 By reference to secthuJ2, sclied-
ule Bvouvill see tjiat the .per centajic
tiix therein imposed, s on. purchases in or
out 01 me aiare excepr. in cases 01 pur-chases-'fronrjfftofeirtte
Merchant in the
State.- -! ? .-
a diQuT firn acts .as agents for several
uiiisra uui m Liijuiie tor v'e. purpose ci
. i . . 1 . I . . . L, .1. ,1. . ' I'
selling-: tor'one pour ; lof another hacon ;
for-anothereoftee and sngarv, Sic., r&e.;;
une we required .to paytlie tvx of live dol
lars ijyj; each person .ojr. firm fop, vhoin;jTe
act as.agejits f f ......
' Ydtf atd not liable to the tax Merit ohed
nk'iteUinrjhffcnte! rTM tax of fire dollar
w mi merchants wlio piM-oh;ise anil iseli n
tiieUown aceupU..,L thipk yon wouljl
i,roi?vrlA;i0swi.tUi,vtl9: iro;vio,ns,pf
section 17 as commission merchants. '
''Are we, being merchants, liabte'fo
the tax of fifty dollars mentioned in sec
tion 124 And if so, are we required to pay
it foe eicli. person or firm for whom we
act as agents . ' -i!To'n
nil; liable1 if vou act as drummers hi
roljcitHig ordets. 'yond ytmr tore ior
sale ot goods ot particgjfor.-irheniyoaacfi;-andfor
evey.hoiis.jy!r firm for which you
thus act, you aie rcqured tohavcu licenw
Hs'Jirovid'ea in section 24.
I rrgget, in reply to your remark trri
dertJUe thiul inuuirv, that tlu- law cannot
rdiseijnijnate ir J'ayojr of residents the
ntato aga,inst norj-resiuenrs, i!i view 01
decisions of Suiireme Courts-Of the United
States and this StrfR,' in cases to which
sectio 24 iiirvjjJias. These decjuloh ex-,
pressly docliU'edithyt a State couli uit eu
act such a law, A fonuvr Jaw of this State
"which did exempt residents of t It is StiU'
frora "the oiierations of tht 'drrimmer"?
I ReCtion',- reidered-ugtoTy by the d-
ci&ioDjiajid theet vpaagLLbydtJie :buc
Veedins' LegisLitaro removed the discjiin
nTatinj? feature. "mltciu1fr the provisions of
hhe' ctfoii'(tfow2'l)tieaT equally on nllr
R-'I'Tiflfri the airtw-ft-sHoAtfur-wal-oH'-J
quiries are explicit and satisfactory, .j.ti
c ry n"rp'ctfully, j
ofroflyelirfrfh'e Tn4iaBalivirigpyni
Oie-VeetrfltloiatvL4nwx, MadisonVroxitt-!
f ,7Wvefecen ill tlie habit ftf Volitfg.
Tney hare? bfPregahrly'iehAlIengdVaWd
b2tv orn III 0ir -ttes,- the-rhpectdj4
tfeveKfunig to-eeeit? them.- "Paf -ftO-
lhnJ4ranI4vefSMdWted;.'andJeW trial
haMiS.eetfM'Ichester-, D5 strip Jmlge
tCillace deQidiog tIatari iadian:liviogm
nMrescrvAtioi ahil to h iiVge'i tt-'sul anutas
ttaiitsd. that the - tt llwrrfo
l4og.Wjhitiirf rjh PaiMIJiA Ijanker at
Chariotto and a Dfiuioccat and Thomas
KeoBfJ ChafMtftllMrieh-1
TJef rsi to R(ikV)VAspeciaI UteKl
grah to-THE OBSEvEVrdm'' Gi&Wb
last evening says that Judge Dick, oftEe
Federal Court, refused" td remand the Ear
j et to the State Court frtmv wiiepce 4t
liad lieeitakn to the Federal CSrta,
writ of ctrtiorarLi-Tk ase was argued jtsM
tenlay by Judge Fowle and TVttK-Stmdi"
wick, Esq. for the State; and U. S. District
Atforney Ball for the' United "Stafet
will b3emlCTed 'that'-Ray Hnfyif
revenne offiehrts wehe ' charge withnftif
der -in Sirrry .eootaty nawsetflh!
dieted in the Supci iitpConrt of that conn
ty, Jndgehencfte3idhgi--'HdMruVd
to surrender the'pattle' to "the Falerai'
authorities, when V wrhbf eettiontrt'-iteti
issued Jjy Judge Dick and tried hefoiliiirf
at Greensboro yestenfery with the above -resuiUJ2iJW
08eri&? A sell
MAyierr'f
On the 30th day ofApril last my hus
band Wi'fi: AHied leftlflitf?, sAfdWwa
gofiig-h! Chathanfcoirnt.v'toy &aPA oW
asaTatlor'sHl, W'lw'KfvifS4
WjtekPretliMttV Wc3ft?,dW .'durMgJ
day oWfcrf heleftl8nlg rV-o? Ml
he carried off with him a gjrl of theantl
of Mary Blair, who fired 'in the neighbor
hoodjWl wHonfTtvfTsu'glfCnad
lreii4fytrTir;rW' preotti to fnem'l
theyelfnfe rfttoVKflAl WWrflg!
6f th'F mtV o'X thersrayettVtay
mmiftitd Kvit !ehaHftce?YnorWB
in the dirccfidrdf iVfioliBt
1 r- ...
bu
(ui is niinuf. .13
oUj hopjty or 490 to
colored W and wh iskers LabQiiijfit
snrin r,;;.tva Y'i.7,.:nt
ituer quick spo-
lbs sli
i .1
countenance, seldom ever innkTn nt. tlm
person with whom.sj;? is conversing.
' w
VftW TObandit Jrhetrpre
his sides, and belly , to. 4, ofniofm, fvago
witli wtuciheliadoeen fce.qypqfly.w.agpr
ing to Rakigh,, hang. eggs iiujl chhplftiP
durillff the last t-Wt VI:U-. nnr infArnm.
tion of his whereabouts will be thankfully
received by his.distecssed. wife and chil
dren. M-lJicv Af.mrn
State papers please copy.
. ."V
Ax Oltuaqe. Notlong ago p. map,
calling,himsejf . M. Xong, .wentugh
parts of vurcounty ftxclungiua biUa f
ihe SUtejkok f6r the,bilb.of. ihn'.Rank
of the .State. ..jHageJgKcfeipgo
about $20 with old Mrs.hea wXP&ff
old ix'opleia thellippiir. part of theForlc.
We wain. 041c reade.rs ainnyuch
.himselfas ,lpngeaNvbcrr Q.
u
f .
i 3ii r-tit. sdi fca
Jlr Morton's letter js specially wgrthy
the atteh ticui of theopterp poople j It
admlto''ihost laRy; . . tjrati jhTtsrer has
len gl for th hn&fo
ed ftrTt- by he rsistel fC
'pjr&P ilhJffd ftp
Democracy, and fliatihe fuefjau?hse
ntcnt of thejgjjsXBjcled States wasTtho
result -tke-JiHciaTJv1il3fIo-
Lvwihtr followed lap blithe dettfhilMd
attitude? of ihd jHoity hf ifhetFtfr
fourth Congress?' The mh8afctyf Jthfe
ooara ana or- uie founta-yj-awthUitettet
'.shojys anew, ia4n the tf tinged focfcpfcrt
ty and iinal success of-Tthef gheat-vpposi-tku
-party which ha&i already lvfieed
.wibo Lvioft to its idi aai andtiu?'ad6ptioii
of its policy upon the lmmistritibnf
Pas -lenera aj- tn-Jx.,-ivv(rtA from
Chicago" to New-York i,000 mire)'irf 29
bour&T-if they ire not smashed tip T9H 'the
ay. i T4iet: lttsburg;i FoaiP W'aj a wl
Chicago. Raihaad" eoaapanrT'arrSlrgl
to rsaA fast' yustuat liiWppfrfc4i
to tUkAVab,Ta iHurf". VI t -wilt mmt(f4ii
Ciiieng -irft 4:3ft. fflLvhwiipnt pHeagt3
icu'Neif YorkbHroiou)Vttcbi taesas
deeding night; 4 wn ii ayb
.!r ;.-? ii.at iim7itu.-ii lotlui
, Wbei tloeordiaare(!t JJnfl reply
bmbeiaitionjiVI'baiJ iteyitrwibte4
iJltaaaTitwiLLttad rth. jlua-gjaa '
i'rofessor Voumans says : " Wfc4JitU?Uie
man is a pulllUtol'B'ftTO:y5hd his book
the Kh?tlieVt rttblirslr tftai Mi berff Mnt--eti
MitfKuno'reda'flsMfftn
nt
pfility?"" SzzsziLVi ;i! tsslavq
.14
Ub command e ftojee qCMs,ad
foreign .'aahliera radeij?theiiCIirnetc
erFnfeintnlrebffiit4d
wasflleil W batfiew-lgo JVeefiffy
f been prwdaimed k?godnd
nd HonV'wfth
a'n)l m"ifaifi,.last.tLey .wcje tlfdicatcd
,wtthcrtie' iuose august ceremonies, United
SteW CbiMul-frieral Wters IMfnaraotK:
the witnesses toUiifOTriTHrs aflair.Vi:
ken especily wheii linden tjiiggg, ce
Of liquor m-u4
built supposed to wei;h about 14X) r. 110
m jafed Mk Wth,y owagj
nthe dentil s!bd rftH,frnEri-iifs1i,