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C " !- - H LiO GAL. SrT for coimmunicationa. vlBV L " -o-j - k a indebted to Col ArmGeld for a has been np- ifg'H -1-" p-. ' Yonp Sni improved the internal J fl.,f ln Hook store, and it s UMW ; fert'a health eoutinuea bad, and that all courts pn his cir- Sturgeon, .-f1ilHUIH Fide niinfl iu,tlieportljern part of the J.tr Teday nigfil. Crops looking IW"'- I' . ----- t . i -o- 'resit, Jiaafbeen on sale here Tho catcli of this tish be- flre iii vkv general niHi ileased sat- with the nomination of ' Mr. Ktrr Craige for Maypr A . .- . -; 3- o- i r rfinard. foi hieily rt clerk at the A -Vi. li- : !- M ........ .... TL.vJen' Hoifse, was ttHiuniittea to jail in ' Si.ii. . . J .. i...... .... xi i lew uays;usu, m uic ciiurge fr John C. Deaton hits been a terrible tnkrer froiu spinajt (neniiigiti for ,1 days. M condit o is reported to be improving ;j, :,l -.if, h- iVeicknclivletlgej tltc receipt of com jiliuicntarj" lickets from the Marshals aud jjr; jaiues iforah, at pavidson College. tonnucuceiifent tlienj June iitii, prox T u nnnnal meetihtfiof. the Stocklul- ! . . A t i T ? l r -;iKlnieIl at the office of J. Allen 3iL Pataldny, 10 6,clock, A -o- jr. GkiHpb MpKfpK, of Winston has netit us a bot'tle of superior black writing ink rlH)sewanijintf sncli an article by ihe'tinintitylcan tihiubtless ! obtain it on liLeiial terms btatiaixvi.sing linn. i , - I, :i i ;i M.. Miiv It Sjieajtingoj' line fish, tlienietu'orybf soine nrentetl usny, 31 r. J. r i. Cotton, of t Ik Xarrawn, wijl not allow. 'coast fish" to be juentKilil'UJii' iHmpai! :iu. - . - x We aw Jilad to leal n that Mr. Frank in .Williams of Javie, ivho was so badly hurt 15 Ut'log thrown from his buggy last week, i ituiiig M'clK 'jllis physicians, thinks tie vr ill he able to travel to his home early wst week. 4 ; ;L r. !- , jL:.-; "t r V MissionjMeeting h as been going on - iu St. Luke hiiiscopail church for about ten ilavs", c)iducted bv the Hector, assis- tdhv lUjv.ylr. Hyuni, He v. Mr-Curtis nj Hev. llr. button. The attendance las been kIhmI, jand it is believed the Ltbnrs f thojse able Wji in vaiif.". gentlemen iiave not nervo him to the execution of the fiendish conceptions of his sober natnre, is drinking the atitse of his crimes t Who are his tempters t And what will pre vent his procuring. whiskey! while the na tional government permits and encoura ges its manufacture f I leave the solution of these three postulates to common sense. There is one prolific canse of the for mation of drinking habits in. youth that is .- more prevalent than I is cenerallv thought of; habits which are not formed iu saloons, and which prohibitory laws are powerless to preveut, but rather tend to strengthen and increase. I will pre sent it through a truthful -portraiture of tiie main cause applied to one case.. lout lis of the most pure and fine grained natures, reared with the ntmost tenderness and watchful care, devoted to studjraud diligent in self-improvement. about the eventful J enoch when their voices chance from the treble to bass. begin, in obedience to tlie- promptings of our iiignest humanity, to feel a hvelv in terest in the opposite sex. , Far example, we will take one whose studious habits have so intensified j the diffidence of his retiring nature, that he would be less an paiiea iy the alternative of Sleeping alom in some dismal and i emote haunted house, during a wild storuiv nicht, than lacing ine-jirray . ot euciianung young beauties he expects to meet at his hist party, knowing, as; he intuitively dors, that the dear creatures are always merry, 01112211) and nrovbkincrlv self-iossessed. lie feels certaiu that he will blush aud stammer : be awkward, seltfcouscious and absent-minded whebeveriiny one of the young ladies speaks to liiiu : In short, he will appear at a disadvaiitage when he wishes to . lie most - prepossessing. Hut the iitstiutive inietus is irresistible, s he puts "Lxcelsior'j ou his! banuer, nai; it to the star!, and seeks counsel and sym pathyj from some trusty young friend, wno nas past his novitiate In such anairs. His friend, yith sincere well meaning, prescribes a dose otf whiskey or brandy, just before starting. witlMhe acc'oinpani ment of a few cloves or other de-odorizers iu his vest pocjeet. lie acts u the ad vice : finds it a charmer acquits himself beyond his highest hopes: jand at all fu ture like re-uiiionsj indeed, where-eyer he? goes, where diffidence niight iuterposo a barrier to the eniaviuent he would im part aud receive, tljis dangerous antidote is used with increasing freqnencv and recklessness, until t becomes a dailyvhe cessit". To pursue the ; tracks of the first false step ill the iabove exam ple of cause. ahtl etlect, is J unnecessary : All know that, in nilany cases, it leads to an early manhood of obscured intellect, blunted energies, sensual proclivities and hopes blasted wlieii brightest. If ardentrspirits had no existence, and the use of pure wines and light malt li quors prevailed instead, j the requisite buoyancy could be obtained with ho dan ger of ruinous results, as above. In addition to the danger of excess at all times, the us! of ardent spirits creates a morhitl appetite, almost irrepressible, in those of warm and xtremu social -temperament, while pure 'wine aiid beer do not. The ancient churchmen were such lovers of the juice of the grape th;t, while-incut- catinir temperance in the nse of it. as in all good gifts, theyl in all their writings, call, the church f'the viiieyard of the lonl.' A moderate use of pure wine is a social virtie. while total-abstinence is the conscience of weak and disordered stomachs. The HevM TheoL Parker, of Hoston, wrote home from Lnrope, '0ne thiril f the wholc of France is: cultivated in grapes : aiul besides the great quantity of past 4 years, in either of the Carolinaa. Hut should the unwise policy of, ostensi ble, prohibition prevail, I predict that! in six mouths from date of saloon closing it will le a hotbed of, drunken sottish news. 1 emitters" mow are Quixotic figments: thai they will be countless - realities ; secret and uuntterably dangerous, though unintentional and geuial. I will dilate on this now no further than tosjivthatl legislative attempts to advance reforms that itertiiin wholly to individual affairs and conscience, only spur Up resistance to law and order. s I will here-transcribe an epitaph copied from a tombstone iu an Italian uravevard :"! was well : wanted to be better : took medicine ; and hero I am. Mr. John tVhjtt'lieairs numerous friends Alill b j nibro -gratified than Mir iriiunlo learn that he has lately obtaiu 1 iiiarks of Jextra mei itat the Fliihulel qrfiiii Medical College. H He is one out ot foiiriiiT a cass of piore than a hundred Uiut received perfcctinurks ' t- in his "cups." 1 am entirely! j impersonal, bnt have many noole meu' iu my mind when I say iiuib iueie is luncii iriiiii in me common Hayingtf- "di inking j is the" good man's weakness." I im above portraitures of some criminals, L have drawn from wide observation, reading aud calm thought. 1 hey are a tnm as birth ' and sure as death ; : and " their j prototypes are of the whole world, past and present: and they are drawn solely for the evolution of cor rect general principles, from which to ImIII' .....M .I.....,..?.. . .. . . .1 ... A 1 U" o iivuuuiuun, iiiiu w prove mar, i , . . - ' V wuue uruiiKeunesS la the cnnnn nf nttr I . . """""ft f iwu.iw t : t - - B . . . . m misery to its victims, it is not the canse:VZUUKi tt. S001 '? ;-niers. if of crime agaiust societv, t any great ex J W 4 remain however, at the end ;( f Yirrnrv lint fut I . umin mc i uc ! Vn; ZFJX tinted gni ust them, and will slanirhfer about jthe dec sioii, at the pedis, of the iSf' w,,,eu "d c,,ill without mercy, quesuon hi issue, i ill i, uau any tear of i Vi A "tempters" at all, it would be of the jugs tl'e,u ft the Q"U of Spahl KJt of genial frieudi,! which will abound wheV T e U"A fb Vcrtl fld lf salwtus areoM cf ! do Mt have she will put them to the I thank "More!Anon"for stating afact, f11- ! Thi a well-known ofwhichlwas ftireviously ignorant, viz SJ" W "?-d thata maucauriotikeen a siThntn unle 'i.gs for oO cents apiece, and, leaving hi he has a jrofei'gKMl, moral character." It will be of use- when I reach that point, where la defense i of that much abused Hott the Xegroes of the Sonth are Cm- t ! ell j Swindled and DecelTed. v i Washington letter ot !th to Rlciunond Dispatch!. ; I finve n letter to-day written to Geh. Kiug, member of Couirrrs from Louis. iaua, by a lady of that State who owus a large plantation, aud .whose danghterrU married to n well-known English Earf. She writes that agents have been among the uegroea of Concordia parish and told them that the United States government ha ordered them all to leave Louisiana class of citizens! is jin order. V II. Xeave. For the Watchman. When the subversion of effect for cause is, as is often the case mere harmless folly, it merits only the lJotice of jocund ity. ! Hut when it takes the form of grave pronuueiameutos agaiust drinking as the main vause of all crime, it is fruitful of misguided gwtd intentions and redolent of the inspiration of -spiteful ; bitterness. It assumes that drinkers have no rights that teetotalers are bouud to respect : and arrays the latter against the former; as terrei-s against ratrf. To illustrate forci bly this fallacy, I will present oue rank section of crime, in Which the natnfal uepravitr or one sober man, is the cause of m licit drunkenness, and crime, , in others. The Champion" rascality, and master spirit of crime is the'sed action of the vir tue of gills and young women; it is in finitely worse than the combined csseuco of murder, arson and robbery. And se duct ion is n-v-eminently a crime of sobri ety. I have often wished that women were empowered to legislate so far as to enact laws, for the utter extinction ot these incarnate fiends- I would have them .'pilloried and pelted for a day aud then crucified altera nameless mutilation. The seducer .is worse than the garroter, for he needs courage: but the seducer makes his cowardly attack on unprotected female weakness. He is worse than the thief, tor he steals perishable goods : the seducer steals character, h; ppiness aud the crown ol ieinaie loveliness, wnicn is j v,,,, ...,, -jg 1. a. -,. ,..- wiIArA "exodus" villaiuv. we en.. to .!. ..m . . . t e j - T " 1 i - " w virrue, auu uieu u ies to conceal uie .xn white and black, go to indulge thing that will not be to Mr. Whitthorne's iiupiiuuu oi in ui u.uir, Htiuc ihwi , the c, jlvulJ, aiutetite: but in the orivate Itii I'lntnti l.r c 1 .1 lid I ! t .. . . . liin i llliui, rtii . ; IIHJUI in- lxillltOt I' silt Klllll fl-lMltll ivlmt'li .in I 1 HIS U'lllllA "YnllH" U-llPlllR Id O. Ilr the poisoner, w-ho plies c.OI1)p.jUY w.,, jfomrads of "liirht heart" f scoundrelism. The monsters who are destnty physical lite : tj,c 8l)Ciai gjasi hamled round, with at the bottom of it kuow perfectly well happy smile and; pleasant repartee. 7Tis what they are about, lhey have for then; here the appetite; Is formed, aud tlie germs object the falsification of the next ceu of a vice leadiii ! tit shame, ruin and a us. are sprouted. These! The "exodus" scheme is a census move- young men, all; of gMd society, would re- nnent purely. The negro is simply to be Local Option Probable Effect on the Better Classes of our Yonn? Men. f " (!h I do not, by any ! means, fet myself up as an example to be immitated by others; but merely wish to state a few facts in connection with this htcaf option move ment now on foot in Salisbury township. It is of iersonalJbservatiou and experi ence that I wish to speak. In the .first place, I am a young man who has, as yet, his first social glass of whisky to swallow. For the last six or seven years 1 have been, fighting against whisky drinking, (I mean personally ) and have so far come out victor. My temptations have beeu as i great, ;if not greater, than the cotton and corn crops both well uuder way has gone to the promised land of Kllw-la A South Carolina member came up while Geu. King was giving me the con tents of the letter referred to, and said the Hadical agcuts iu some parts of Lou isiana are distributing among the negroes, Mr. Ellis say , chromos giving a rosy picture; of farm life in Kausas. Iu a beautiful cottage, snrrouuded by trees, flowers and attractive home comforts, re sides, a colored familv. A oiauo is seen through a front window, and in a rocking cuair on the verandah sits a well dressed aunty, as contented as plenty and uoth iug to do can make her. The Jfegro Exodus. Here is another of those double-leaded, sententious articles from the Louisville Courier Joural which always means something: ! If Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, does - queen Yletoria's Abdication. i; Loodon Cor. Dundee Advertiser , . . Humors of a vague bnt somewhat alarm ing character have been current for some days with regard to the health of the Queen., I have hitherto alluded to these reports, but' they ' have become so t jter sistent that it would "be useless longer to ignore their existence.' It is said; that for some, time past Her Magesty's health has not oeeu iu a verv satisfactory state. The death of the Duchess of Hesse gave her a sliock from which she lias not re covered, and the fatigue incident . on the celebration of the marriage of the Duke of Con nanght exercised a depressing in flueuce ou- her health. The journey to Italy is not a mere holiday t;ip. Sir W. Jen tier consideretl that a chango of scene and an almost entire absence from official duty of any kiud were necessary for the Queen, and this is the reason whv she has barrieit herself on the secluded shores of an Italian lake! It is uodoubt in couse quence Of the somewhat ghMMnj' state ments regarding Her Maiestv's health which are passing in society- that other reports connected with the succession to the - throne are - also current. It is said that unless a considerable change in Her Majesty; health takes pi ice she will no longer be able to discharge the ? functions which belong to the sovereign . of the country, and rtiuior ltoiuts to the' posi- iniuy oi an abdication, it ts an un doubted fact that since the departure of the Queeu for Italy the prime minister has several times seen the Prince of Wales. On Tuesday he had an interview with his royal highness of more than an hour's duration, and the prince would seem to be since to some extent discharging the duties of the Queen with regard to pub lie affairs during her absence iti 'Italy.' In .a - - m a matter wucre there is neeessaniv ii good deal of speculation , it would be idle to make definite statemets, but there are those who think that a somewhat start ling surprise is in store for the I'arlia meut before the itresent session closes. young man. The greatest teuiptatidu of I not, press his resolution to investigate the He is worse than his black art to while the seducer puts his weful chalice to the lips of the spirit, and, with fiendish atrocity, false pretences of atlectiou and 1. ..II I.Vjiti.liltlitH.I llltf'i.tlllll II II II I'llO I ! . iiuuun jMuireiiiiiuiis ui utiiuuu, " ' 1 ' tll'U 11 Ka 11 S glJlVCj a xenuer auu uencaie, . oiu: 100 ieoieo lover to partake of a crime that entails upon her a life-long disgrace and misery ! And while Ac pays hardly the shadow of a nominal penalty to law, (strangely weak against this blackest of eriuies) and exultiugly noses around after similar vic tories over unsuspecting purity, she, on sent us an insult; an invitation to go into used, as the Hepublicaus have always a bar death to take ja Iglass, for that is they studiously j a void, it would blow to ; the jolly, social, oc- I less of his fate. what I used hiin, as so much fuel to fan the be a flame of sectional strife aud hate, regard casioual meeting; with friends iu private, and make theni "open moderate drinkers.1 i .A :;t .... . i I'Otii! Tins Tiiev j KiirmiC- I iitv tin "tut the other hand, is "a lost star." fclie is ; ianuf thev. ssfv in driukinir irlass mi Orange Presbftery. wine exported, the (tv't returns make4 to untold bounds f even fortunate if her mother still otherwise, she has not one friend. Even her own sex (strange anomaly) turn piti lessly agaiust her. She is shunned as a leper: and to retrieve is impossible. She is an outcast from every chance to earn a respectable living, even iu the humblest menial capacity. "Man's inhumanity to such, makes countless thousands mourn." Poor girl ! Vile huma'nity ! If instinc tive fear of death prevents' the culmina tion of suicide, there is but one avenue of escape from starvation left ojieu to her, prostitution. There is no scope noir to follow the grade of her brief career and rapid descent, during which, is she, poor, lost heart, to be blamed 'if, in self-defense, she, iu turn, corrupts others until the seducer's crime spreads evil and miserv Saysj an echange : Mr. John M. White head,' tori otfbr.'M. Whitehead, of Salis 1'ury, receti tjy passed his examination at the close of his second year's course iu tlie medical jschool fn the. University of I'rdiHhauia- with high honors. He was wie of only four out of a class of 12l who received tlidiK-ifecuiaiks of 100. Du nug tlie recess he has beeu appointed as Mtaii(pliyscian to "Dr Chase iu the dis lwusary of fthe i'resbyteriau hospital of ruUiiuelpijiii. fl J . EiiochrilTe Items. r Weirotictfthat quite a niyuber of per m, from a distuncc of several miles, Iraeiit the mercantile house, of this ldacewhicl goes to prove that the inei cnaiitj havehvon for themselves n reputa tioMir htuitsrv and fair dealiuir which istly tleserve We Itridi over oin plaint about the iuit'ulo creek, on the wuu iiauuig fioni here to China Grove. Solue of theirlooring plank are rotting and fteral holes have bten broken through.. ! :,n Civin the situation of churches in Wlast EiujchviJieltenis, it should have nom wie-io four miles, instead of ue to two. re it appear that the; French people drink t."(),(XMt,t)(K) gallonsdf wind a yeaf.which is about 22- gallons to every intfiibitaut, ohl and young. And I do not ' believe there is as much drunkenness among the :),0(JO,t)00 people in France, as there is anion": tlio 3,XXUXK), New Enland." The Hon. D. M. ihirringer, in his agri cultural address at Charlotte, in Idod, iu alluding to the culture of the vine, an nounced the astonishing fact, that outside -of England, he had not, in all his travels in Europe, seen an intoxicated man ! Every ty," he said, "drinks, light beer, and pure wines, but drunkenness is al most unkiKiwii 1 he Kev d Dr. Crosby, iu ii very recent address on the subject of 'True Teuiperaucej Reform" in the Anthon Memorial Church, New lork, said, "J he oft-teatel assertion, that druukeuness is prevalent among the European nations where wine-driirkiiig is the cotnmou cus tom, is an ab.Minl slander, as any person, who had lived abroad, could testify, i he grealestauiount of drunkenness js to bo found in our own country where total abstinence refbi intjis lo most abound." I tiavflled alii thiough Maine and Massa chusetts in 1852 wien the ''Maine liquoi law" was in full force in both. States. 1 had uerer drank an vthing intoxicating up tt that lime, and 1. was 5iZvears old. I had the most ample opportunities to know the "o iter and iiiher" workings ot the law : but. i reserve my owii observations and late docuiueiiilarvevidence of its hollownessjifor iiext issue. 1 may now state however that! in Massachusetts the failure, after oue vately, but it j would set a bad example, anil injure themselves sociallv, to enter a bar aud drink i friend's health iu public. Now, ou the other hand, remove all the bars, aiid force; all whisky drinkers to buy by the gallon, 'ami keep iu their, offices, and private rooms, the "horrid stuff." The temptations 1 have just described are brought to heart in ii greater aud more iiiriversal wayj j On all sides, the young man who has fought a good tight so far, is beset with mole subtle and tempting baitsJ "Uejbjlly fur once iu your life." "Sip from theiflowing bowl, just with me, my tnend. f 'Come, iny hearty, well drink; your health." Hrighten your wits and we'll take! a game," &.c, &c. All, young heart! can you withstand thesejuew mid dire temptations which are ! about tit forced upon you 1 say forced, I because 1 look; on local option as a force : measure. The ,'Hiue Laws of the 17th I century mav have been mythical, but the Hy a "short cut" we reach her in the last scene of her wretchedness, a denizen of sux-h a rendezvous as, for instance, the "hve iMtiuts, iu .New 1 orfc ciry, a mere ..ar niarks on local oniioii show a close re- i-epulsive shadow of the ".osfc girl," mad, atioii. Shall Jthe mvthical of the 17th be- . T''Umday Sx-hdol was organized her vast S:ilili-itit ;i. ii... 1-..11.....J .. U'ifi " - ""M fori, iwimiw iug oiiicers: a..Litakcr, Suiierintendeuti J. H. Ea- Assisfiilit ; A. Yost, Secretary, and J. Uigiit,neasuier. w. K 1 ; ! i i For the Watchman. ial1 Io;n.tJi Sohrlef y, Prospected The present ronsuli-inf litll if iir torn. Iaiaequstiiiij partakes bntlittle of the : V1 ?4frbare for all have the same f xv7 ,v,t1, ditrering only as to the route 'I'". "'V' ''Harily, scilmp space avail 1 tail; only pre- li -'t nmoiue ot "facts ami tan- jr ia von ug, view-i; aud even that, ! i -ligin,atie jf compression. There- must throttle ifta. dtttn kuA A triLi r,'nns npossibles and if I J,it wojiildjavolve such a "spread" of ndantpeiiHwity n,ul llo- ih t il my "cpm into -Kin.h ... i ,i L, K 'micniass, as to iucai re jit's re- T,Z 'H ,,J f-'loi Hi urn 3 i u,tvr oi nuer, 3fe''ehali; l ut aut be based IS IUf,!lVUvs illyVr nuer, with the terse Zfv rmm ved: orei udice. My -mode o ou the fact mu, ', "where the hermeticallv scalet 1 ivvuiMiw ciiect .wiiii cause. Tmil,i "H'f,,-,3 iueiitat iaiuu, tm t' j I uiBity, oy laise liuiuc- hw7 'T,eo,8 iHdnsiou8 and mis UiA?ViB arda8 "tlle bliutl leading victiiin ethi, Drinkh i . . '. dit-uk-i. "p .;-""isei ior urinktng are as . .. 1 1 r i U-rti. i i ?- '"! f "".orni us are ine m- Ufelr?041 at,r,ibJf humanity. ,i"Lt,I iijrni Awoirji to be.iifteilv bin- itatS VMiUictiy joy 'nature aud Hie edu hbfci "jtib", who has red munler Jj': nvsi,. but jhitc cowardice iu his are the in ns a begin pale ami ghastly, a creation, almost, of gcil soiled in uI i ii : a thing too hideous to show in daylight ; a foul lamp glimmering out its -dregs : every vestige -of hone long lost ; with no desire left for anything but money euoujrh tit insure food and shelter, ami to buy anient spirits to inspire the glee of the damned or the oblivion of the deal. The vile tenements -of such pandemoniums teem with like sediments of wretched human ity, as hives do with bees. 1 heir only fear of prisons is the denial of whiskey to drown their despair. Is it strange that crime, and nothing else, abounds, in these last retreats of fallen women ? A'o. Hut is it not strange that grave teachers of the tax, I suppose, on their analyliticai reasoning faculties, take these horrid effects of sober - clime and present mem as irretragaoic prooi or me truth of their dictum that drinking is the cause of nearly all crime? As compared with them, the sqnirrel would be wise, "iii its generation," that tried to digging its hole at the bottom. One more exposition of that ulcer on society, the seducer, and I am done with hiin. Even in the rare cases where the seducer of virtue succumbs to fear of the chastisement of the male relatives of his victim, and reluctantly marries her, the poor girl is saved, to le sure, but there is no virtue in Ids necessity. His crime, iu intent, still stands ; ami his act of ifsten sible reparation only rates him among the lowest class of seducers, the white liv ered ones, who "smile and smile and still are villains ;" who stab behind in the dark in every relationship of life. A thorough rascal, who values the confi dence you repose iu him only so far as it enables him to abuse it. There is one class of crime crushers, of the most blatant "stop! fhief species, ho, themselves ought to! be crushed tit silence, at least. They are those who daily commit the most gross ami atro cious, but.-trackless crimes. They have uo compunctious of conscience (f) save in those cases where their tracks are too htosely covered. As affecting themselves, Lthey hold detection as the only crime: and their high standing in society 5cc, conies of brazen self-assertion, ami de traction of others. In proof of this, ap peals to other times and countries are ii n needed. This laud has teemed with dismantled inimaculates, during the past decade, iu every social and public jtosi tion in life. To these must be added those hordes of "highly resitcetables" whit are ouly oik -ide of State prisons for i' grand larcenv."" by sufferance ot faulty j books can be civil law, ana wnose uignesc seir-jasun u$allv eulighteued lUih law was rescinded,! year's trialJ 1 will give a svnjopsis of the' workings of "prohibit ion--now in force in Vermont, which makes it-a crime for a man to sell even a glass of cider ! The correspondent of the N. Y. World, resident ot Mont pelier, says he 'fhiis visited Rutland, Hurlingtou. St. Albans and other towns iu the State, and found, iti every place, that at hotels and elsewhere, liquor is .sold and no questions asked. Iu this, as in every other Mate where a similar law has been in force, people with money and influence can freely engage in the traffic, with none to molest or make them annul. The manner of prosecutiug"licruor cases. is by what is knovn as the "spy system." Every informer whocan secure the con viction of' any person, receives a share of the fine im nosed : land the class who en gage in this work,; are the lowest people iu the community J They .are despised by everybody; except fanatical temperance reformers, who employ and encourage them, A prominent citizen, who has held high office in the Suite, and is one of thi; substantial business men, said the other day, "The result of -the prohibitory law, has been to jkoney-cumb the social community with hypocrisy and .immoral ity." 1 have closelv investigated the cause of events since this "Temperance Wave"1 Lcatiou is, that others, (often myths) come a reality in the century ! While it may dogoiwl to some, I am con-' vinetjdthat the .'temptations of the young men iof the bi tter class will be greatly in creased, ami,; as 1 take it, is a risk too great to be tightly thought of. As it is, these social gatherings are few, but add t he-force law,j alrd necessarily, from the increased number of niitderute drinkers who are compelled to buy liy larger quan tified, these meetings become more fre quent consequently more daugerons. This for. e law does not strike me as the thing why use force T The heart of man rebels against if. When God, in his great wisdom, placed ! Adam ami Eve iu -the garden of Eden He knew their weakness that they would fall, ami fall, too, from eating the' foj bhhlen fruit. Why did He notiuse force ;toj preserve His newly -made people? Wljyjinot build a great wall around the tree-of forbidden fruit, aud fillip preventj gratification, if his people were tempted ? :i No ! He only said : "Ye shall not eat of, the fruit." Their disobe dience led to. their destruction. So, now, whisky, a tree of forbidden fruit, is in our land. We cannot remove it, let so-called reformers saj wjiat they will to the con trary. Cod ayij(, "be temperate." Some nre; and pass unharmed. Some are not, ami like our first parents, must suffer for their d'sobedieiicc. Hut some will argue, "djinkiug affects not only the man, but his family audi friends." Just so, and Adam's disobedience effected 'the whole human race fioithe last generation. Iu all sincerity and simplicity of faith, I think these! matters are in a higher ami more powerful hand, and it ill becomes the fol lowers! of i he meek and lowly Jesus to go outside! of their legitimate work, and try to coerce J or force temix-rance. As well lni.rht Adaiii have cut down the tree of forbidden fruit and cast it from the gar den of Edeu.i I ! V frheso are jinx humble opinions they may be wrong, but they are honest. It is for the young men, my friends in Salisbu ry, that I eiitertaiu these: fears; thought oY them and iuy self, prompted this effort to eall attention to at least one bad effect ofj local option, i Hovkki l. As a trick, it is the worst yet : a base- born, black-hearted piece of barbarous cruelty; which every vailliau who sup ports it kuows to be lufamous aud iu humaii. Mr. Whitthorne's proposal is of the first consequence. Let him proceed with it. The prominence which the Courier Journal gives the above, and the exceed ing vigor of the language which it em ploys indicate that it has good cause for say iug what jt says. The census expla nation is very plausible. The Republi cans will have made a ten-strike if they can run all the negroes out the Southern States, colonize them in Northern States, ami keep them there until the census of 1830 can be completed. Hy this means the representation of the Southern States in Congress will be decreased aud the re presentation of certain Northern States increased. Alter the apportionment is made under the new census the "nigger" can take care of himself; he cau come back to the South or stay iu the North west as he likes. r , This is, iu all human probability, the object had in view by the Republican projectors of this heartless scheme ; it may lie that it is some lower object;, certainly it is none higher. Charlotte Ob. Orapge .Presbytery .convened in its three hundred and eighteenth session at Eno church, iu Orange county, on Wed uesday last, 23d. There was an unusual ly full attendance, forty-nine mem Iters beiug present. Rev. A. Currie, of Gra ham, was chosen moderator, ami Rev. S M. Smith and Maj. John A. Woiuac secretaries. Matters of great importance were cousulered ami acted on. The new book of discipline, sent down bv the Gen is it . . . era i Assembly to tne pies by tones, was adopted by a vote of37to7. The Rev John W. Primrose was again elected evan ..... .i .. geiist ior ine presoytery ior the easteru portiou of j the State. At the request of the Rev. E. Hiues, his pas'torial relation with the Shiloh church, in Granville county, which has extended through a quarter of a century, was dissolved. The following delegates were elected to the General Assembly, which meets in Louisville, Ky., on the 15th of May ; Rev. J. C. Alexander, Rev. FVH. John stou, Maj. Thos. Sparrow and A. M. Mc Pheeters Alternates Rev. J. II. Fitzgerald, RevJ T.U. Faucett, CoLvT. M.Holt, C. G. Yates. The next meeting of the presbytery will be held at Alamance church, iu Guil ford county. Raleigh X etc. The Mad 1)9?. - t -t- fit; ! 4 !! Since , Ltst Saturday there Iras been ar" great deal .of excitement throughout this coaim unity, caused by a mad dogt Tiro children, oue nine and the other eleven yearsj amis of 31r. G. Caldwell, were very.J severely bitten by the dog early Saturday1 t rt.:. . .. - . l-i? i .. ..- rn arouun.ine yam at uie residence near Iickory when the dog came up and at-?' tacked them. The do ' seemed to be vwrr V- erocionsThnd bit them iu several olaces . ' befitre be ould be frightened away. j: Vz, Haker was called iu aud. rendered, medi- cal attention. The pureuts have... been much exercised about tne childreil undtir doing everything they cau 'to ta;tii'a dreiuled effect of hydrophobia. To thia f ' time, the children have sliovred no of nam, more than th& neli wonuds. uu) iuirii ? lliere is but itIe doubt that tlie dogi;i.lf referred. td was a genuiue " mad Aoe, Mr. " ' !: W. H. Lutes, of Ctavt laud ciiuutv. was ir Hickory tfiis week and intorm u mat j " ?':; dog, filliug the Kinie desciiptittn, hal beeuy--J Tr through hTsectioi).' It was first see u om ,i Wednesday about Hght miles bdovShel-.,J ! i . byit caiue to some hunters in the wimmIs ,tM t bit their I dogs aiid i made iti escaped Thursday! it came by SeuaUtr lloyle'a,' j store at Hjack Hock, bit his dogs and iey- , ; -eral ducks' aud geeW'Later the Sjimedar '' j ih oik one or i wo iiuto negroes , wno were w playing oil the road side. Friday it bit a . ':i young lady who was recently married im H : Air. JameS Wells. ! Sue receiveil several u severe wounds but finally succeeded in beating itaway frm her. The dog then.4 came ou through the llir liiIP settle- ' meet, thcfi through the nefghborhood of rf n Mr. James Keever'sr showing fight with I dogs, coxtls, chickens and ttvcrythiitg of tlie kmd AVitu which he came in couUicL. ,-if Friday, night he came to Hickory arid - jninperfori a negro man, who beat Jiim offmi wuu n ooaru, not,; nowever, unni ne had, lost part of his overcoat in the fight. Sat urday moiming, after he bit Mr. Cald-1 weirs children, several gentlemen guard- . ing at the; railroad works, followed the rabm animal aud gave him a silent grave near the ijpa taw ua river. . : Thjeabeve is aiiotlier illuatratioutde-,. inonstnitihg the iTccessity of a dttg law." We learn that there have been quite a ' number of tlie dogs killed through the commuliities above nieutioued, aud we say that it would be better to kill every : dog in this and Cleavelaud counties thaUi to eudauger human life to the deadlv ef fect of hydrophobia. Hickory I'res. 4.U The Western North Carolina Itallroad.' has swept, the State, 7 ml I find that, while drunkenness is not on the decrease, other forms of immorality are certainly on the increase. I would not permit my daughter, nor any -'respectable youug lady, over whom I might have; any influence, to even attend the meetings of these temperance societies, as 1 think it has been conclusively t proved that they pro- ri-: i r drinks enough whiskey lo coming fiom an influential and respected citizen, who himself practices aud mcul cates teinjiorauce ; principles, shows the feudeiicy of the prohibition movement in this State, j - 5 1 will "rcf" from quoting for the pres ent. Salisbury hi now, by far, the most temperate and softer of all the towns, "wet or dry." that I have beeu 'in, during the robbed them, which obliged them tit rob others : just asJhe common freebooter says, in palliation of his robltcries, "The world owes me a liviug." 1 Common hon esty seeks .ho su bterfuges, a ud owes no one. Without a basis of coinuion honesty to build on, all superstritcted virtues are hollow mockeries and dangerous preten ces: aud those lacking this one attribute, mote .immorality.!" Such a stateuieiitlshould forfeit all right to an ipse dixit iu social ethics, just as a penitentiary con vict is shorn of his rights of eitizenship. In all the higher and more intricate grades of crime, complete and systematic sobriety is au absolute necessity.. .. Even iu gangs of common thieves and burglars, ha member would be at once expelled vJ10 got drunk, because through the indiscre tion of drunkenness, -lie might "peach" : -ill ! Hiulks 4 !TwExrv-FivK Cents. We liiir. ie-ei veil .from the American Hible Society, in New York, a specimen copy of a Hible. and another of the New Test- niiient. w 1 1 i k it thev itfter for sale at 25 cents aud 5 t-ents per Citpy, respectively. It seems soWewhat marvelous that the printed so cheaply., espe- as tlieiwrk is done with so much neatness. 1 lie biMKs are prinre-r 111 agaie tVite 24-mo,jsind are substantially ltound. The managers of the society aiinounce that thev design to secure a wider circu lation of their iMMtks through the chaunels of trade; and. to make it for the interest of dealers i ii books to accoiniiHtdate their Customers bv! keeping for sale the Sici ety's Hiblesknd Testaments, they offer fit such dealfeMi nnd to tliem only, a dis count of tcn 'pef cent, from the catalogue price. ThejSoiiiety dites not seek profit, and in offering its Itooks for Side has re gard only to receiving the return of the cost of piodhrtiou. Charlotte Obsercer. rhcre is ft depository of the American books at ! Kitss Sc Green- where thev arc sold at cata- Tiie 'Tobacco Dealers' Plan. A cir cular is being sent to all the tobacco dealers in the country by prominent to bacco manufacturers of New York city, stating that an effort will be made to get a bill through Congress allowing the to bacco dealers a rebate- on their stock of tobacco on which has been paid the twenty-four per cent. tax..' They are therefore advised, before May 1, '"to take account of the stock of tobacco on hand and have it properly attested before a notary "public, in-order thaif there may be no question of the. validity of their claims i 11 case the bill passes. Tfie provisions iif such a bill would give to tlie 350,000 tobacco dealers in the country a rebate f eight cents on every pound, of tobacco low in their stores, except that which is iu the form of cigars and cigarettes. This legislation, will, of con rse, receive the hearty; support and co-operation of -that large and influential class which would be directly benefitted by Hie passage of the bill. Important Decision. The Juror's Test Oath Before the Sujtertue Court 1 he Act Declared L mcoh stitutional and Void. ; By telegraph to Wlluilngrton sun. Washington, April 23. The following important case was decided 111 the U. S. Supreme Court to-dav : Ge.it. Hurt' vs. Maria M. Ponjaud, from the Circuit Court of Florida; judgment affirmed. In this case, one of the assignments of error iu the court Itelow brought up the question of iurors disoiiulification on account of narticiitatiou in the reltellion, aud the constitutionality of the juror's Test Oath Act. , The Court held in au opinion by Justice Miller, that a furor is 110 more obliged than a w itness is, to state on oath, as a condition of qualification, his guilt or innocence of a crime which would ren der him infamous. 'Whether pardoned by a general amnesty 01 not, the crime of treason is oue which a juror cauuot lie returned to disclose iu this mauer. If he be guilty, his challengers must prove it by other conitetent testimony... Iu a separate concurring opinion, Jus- I o Jlalelgh Observer 26th. Maj. Jas. W. Wilson, president of the Western North Carolina Railroad, ar rived in this city last evening and has rooms at the National Hotef. The pro gress of the road is quite satisfactory. l'he cars are running to the easteru ap proach of the Swahnaima tunnel ; track laying is going ahead quite rapidly on the western slope, aud iu a short time passenger cars will be ruuuing on" tin' other side of the Hlue Ridge in the direc tion of Asheville. Summer travel to the mountaius this summer will be by rail across the Hlue Ridge for the first time in the hiscorv of our State, and even ac commodation and facility for the enjoy ment of the magnificent mountain scenery of Western North Carolina will be affor ded from the cars of the Western North Carolina Railroad. Open cars like those used ou Hie centennial grounds at Phila delphia, are beiug built for the mountain section of the road, and a trip to the moun tains has never been so enjoyable as the coming summer promises. f 1! 1' NEW.ipKK Granu Jury Report ox Liquor, "Lott e u t is xnE lk v atejj R a i t- roads. Xew Yock. April 29. The Ceiir eral Sessions grand jury niitdo a present- meut in court this iifternoou declaring that'-' ' most of the crimes tluit came under their i supervision were caused by in toxica ting liquors, rind calling on the police ana" "' excise authories to enforce the Sunday ,j liquor law, and reconiinendiug that future , . legislation cause liceued houses to close " from 11 p. m., to 5 a. m. I r Attention was ! called to the fact that- ; the Herald aud JZxpres were violating . ' the lottery laws in publishing lottery, ad- '' vertisements aiji tlie grand jury re-,... commend the matter to their successors. " and also the question of safety on the elevated railroads. : ' ' HARRIED. 1 Marrted--Ia AtweU jtovmstilp, April uth, bjr J. T. ' Mcuain, fcsq., air. 4ame uenry uau 10 auw aqbio B. Vanpelt, W0RK1 WANTED A sleady,T able and competent man (colored) ofTVrn bin iti a ti a gardener by the day. Persona lea vinaojr?, t'. ders at the Watchman office the dny before' .' service required, will be wailed vn earlr-ltt-xtr t morning. . Trice per day 6a cts. IoUkJU i - i - - ""!'' The loW price at which the celebrated Pratt's Astral Oil, acknowledged by alia. the very safest aujd best burning oil made(4 c;iii now be afforded h aves no reas tn wl y it should not in all cases have the pefe.- 3 K r t '4 " -JL Parole's Tlctbrles. J ! The London Field, a sporting journal, in a lengthy article 011 the recent victories of 'Mr. Pierre Iorillard's American horse Parole, says : Unr . American -cousins have ou the race-course fairly taken the backbond out of us. , Hut a few days ago ami almost to a man we were prepared to bet our bottom doll r 011 England vs. America on the face-course, but our bot tom dollar would have gone, and now we fain acknowledge that we must concede the inioritv to the lntrse from over -Hie seafor it is more, than probable that at the present' moment Parole is the best horse on the English turf, except, ter haps, his stable companion aud fellow countryman, the Duke of Magenta. The second victory of Parole was nailed with acclamation, ami had his plucky owner been present he would probably ere this have biceps considerably stiff from the handshaking that woold certainly have been inflicted on him. Absent, however, us the owner of Parole is, our handshak ing must be done mi paper, and heartily, we congratulate Mr. Lorillartl and his confrere ami friend, Mr. Hobbius, on the pleasant result of the enterprise display ed iu bringing over a team of horses from America at a had scasou of the year to tackle English race horses on their own battle ground." e nee of consumers. t ' f J. D. Oaskill, AgeutiT As spirituous liquors will injure men, so opium or morphia will harmfully af fect the baby. IJjr. Hull's Haby Syrup is the remedy for the baby. It is free from opium. Price 25 j cents. - Tlie Mexican Dollar. What in tlie difference betweea the Mexica. dollar and.Tabler'a Buckeye . Tile Otutiue;r One does what it promises and the other doa not ' 'I'll Mexican 1 d llar-:iVN. ul am 'oht' huodryd tjents;" bu when you come to iaveak it you. "find it is only eigUty-five.- TableVa Buckeye; Pile Ointment nay-'"! wid cure, yot l of Piles;" and upon trialjl w framd to do so in. every case. It mikes "but Orie promise to' ' cure Pi les aud does so .without failure. Price 50 cenu a bottle, tor sale hf iq. Ii. liarktr, Salisbury N. C. CqusaenV Compound Honey qfTar has been so long and fvwrablr known that it needs nb( -encomium. For couch vcttld, sore throal, t hoanteneMK, etc-, it atftrd ieedy relief, and U , a most plynsant ami efficac 1011.4 remedy, lione-jr" and tar berfijj two qf iu ingreljents.' Thenkifl of the chemist, and the kuuwleilge,; of ft physj- ci;in were united in;its preparation, the reaujt' being a cdmpound which is-the favorite reine- ; ! dy in this; severe climate, and has no eipial aa a cure for cough, ciild.,boarseiess,hronclutis, '-'J ' ) croup, etc Use Coiissens' Honey ; of TafiiT Price oO cent. For sale bv (J. R. Harker, . Salisbury; X. (V j ' . ' 'J f Noam Uaroijna Rowasi L'oirsT : In SiPtmoft oct 2Gih April, 187. John W Friik, Adui'r of John Canuft,' PlaiolifT, j Samuel Can up, uiaiinah (jowdmsn'j CsmiH la Oooiliilan, Margaret Cmi, ieorfe AH'a imp, Janies V Caniip, Henry" A Camip Tliomas L Canupind 8arah L Caimp (the last two minors), Vina Campbell of. Cabarrus), Wil- linm Caninbell. David CampeM, ally lireen XAKUOW Ksi'Al'K FlMiM Dkath nv I (Slaiilv), Sfpbi Kirkparriek or her heirs (fc Bible fleld' store gue piicesf 10 tice Fields gave his views as follows: iiirree with the Court that Mr. Holmes tn -. - 1 1 iu this case, could not be required to ans- j 1 wei the Questions put to him. but I co . . -r further : I do not think that the act of Congress, which, by requiring the test oath as to past conduct, excludes a great majority of citizeus of half of the country froiu the jury box, is valid. In my judg ment the act is not only oppressive and itdious, and repugnant to the spirit of our institutions, bnt is clearly uncoustitntion al and void. As a war measure, tit be enforced iu insurgent States when domi nated by national foes, the fact could be sustained," but after the war was oyer and the insurgent Stated were restored to their normal and constitutional rela tions to the Union, it. was as much out of place and as iuoperative as would lie a law quartering a soldier in every South ern niau's home.- , j "0u.r Fiist Baby," is the title of a new Istok. ; It is bound in muslin, of course, and has a weak back.-A"mVov? Herald. Miss Sallie,' daughter of Dr. F. Scarr, whj is a sufferer from au asthmatic affection, huddenly; experienced a failure of her re spiratory organs to (erform their factious, aud in a very brief time was iu a critical condition. Medical aid was summoned and was speedily at baud. By this time the young lady's muscles were contracted ami her face discolored. After forcing her mouth ojien Dr. Giblton, with the as sistance of Dr. Graham, lost no time iu cutting into her wind pijte and inserting a tube througli-which she was enabled to breathe after her lungs were again filled with air blown into them by means of the tube. " After a brief time she was restored and last evening was quite comfortable, but is still breathing through the tube. Charlotte Observer. Indiana) and Caleb Cauiip heirs i in Illinois Delendanls. : Petition to sell land for uei. Uihmi the affidavit of llie Plxinlifll it is ot dered by jthe Court, tbist public tiou be made in the Carolina Wetduman for six snccesttve weeks, notifjing Sophiu Kitiipatrick or hfr heirs, and the heirs of Caleb Canny, wbo are nonTeientsof the State, 10 appear nt-the dt "' fice of tlie Clerk f the Suierir tiourl of hhikI county, cin Monday the iah Aj of Jane, A V, 1879, and answer the complaint which ha ; been filed in tlie above entitled action, and f they fail lo answer the complaint, the Plaitt-- tiff will apply to the iturt lor ine reuei ae- tuanded in the complaint. j Witney, J. MHO RAH, i Clerk of the Sufterior Court, Rowan oHinty. AX liJ'A COXOKESSMAX DlES SlItDEX- i.v. WaIshixgtox, April 28. Coiigresa nTau Rusli Clark, of Iowa, died suddenly in this city th'n afternoon. He was in good health yesterday and was seized at 3 o'clock this morning with meningitis, which terminated fatally at .! this after - i AXSOUXCEMEXTS! AH annonncementsirnder this hef will W'-: chargef at the same rate of business locafv, ix? faJcenU rter line for Jst insertion and tt csiii per line lorleaeh addiiitMial insertion. ll Itereb? anoouaea myself cauttdsie for mavur or Malisburr. al lht riecu-u " ..i.lheoth of Marinextr R VV. I'UKF ,M:li. 5 5 1 ;3 1 HI i -i i '!;, 1 t l' . "i It
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