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SALISBURY, II. C, JAI1UAEY 19, 1882.
70L XIII. TfllKD SJSBIJSSl
i t x - HO 14
Hie Carolina Watchman,
EStABbsHED LlTHE YEAR 1832.
KICE, $1.50 151 ADVANCE. .
CONTRACT ADVERTISING RATES.
I . . ' j FEBRUARY 80, 18S0. ,
f laches lmontliini's'sni's em's Urn's
on tr ;
Two for
$1.50
$2.60
.4.60
6.00
' T.50
M5
15.15
30.i5
$3.5
5.85
7.50
V.00
11.86
20.50
53.75
$5.00
. T.60
11.00
fS.OO
18.00
15.W
IS.Ott
r s.oo
Three for
Four for ;
i column for
r do. do.
t do. do.
4.50
COO
7.50
11.25
13.75
13.50
16.50
85.00
25.504 40.00
43.75
75.00
BiB. CRAWFORD & CO.
!ahe selling
1 : PORTABLE
FARM AND FACTORY
STEAM
-ALSO
i
Pot-
in nr
lUg, tier
and Caps.
: il -.; 'ALSO j .
Tie W RIFLE POWDER Kk
Ills, f aisf apns,
U; our own and Foreign make and
! BUGGIES,
- Fi4m the.Flnest to Uie Cheapest.
Rite Mtti, C&ampioa Mowers.
! :Hdrse Eakes, &c.
, Salisbury, Jan. 0, 188U ly
: i h ;
THE DEAD !
MONUMBHTS: TOMBS,
cfao."
GREAT REDUCTION
, , IN THE PRICKS OF
Marble Uonnments'a&d; Grave-Stones of
I Every Description.
I cordi.lll. iuvitejtlio public generally
to an inspection of my Stock and Work.
I feel jjistiGed in asserting that my past
experience- under first-class workmen iu
all the newest and liiodern styles and
tliattlie workmanship is equal to any of
the best 'in the country. 1 do not say.
that my Work is superior to .ill other.1. 1
am reasonable, will not exaggerate in or
der to accomplish asalev My" endeavor is
to please km! give each customer' tle' val-"
ue; of every dollar they leave with meP
PEICES 35 to 50 Per Cent CHEAPER
than eyer offered in this town before.
Call at once -or send for tWice list and de
signs. Satisfaction guaruutVl or no charge.
. 'The erection omarble is theJasfe work
of respect which we pay j to the memory
of'departcd friends. I
: JOHN S. HUTCHINSON.
SnlUbiiry, s. C, Nov; j , 1881.
iBIactmer anil Henderson,
Attorneys, Counselors - x
- ariJ Solicitors.
I SALISBURY, N.C.
Janaay52 1879ti.
J. M. MCCOHKLE.
McCOBKLE &
TH EO. F. KI.UTTZ.
KLUTTZ,
; ATTOKKEYS AXV (
OUEIOP,S,
r . Salisburv; N. C.
Iw0 oceton Con in ii
hirei-i, t j csile the
Couit II iise.
W. II. CaileyI
VANCE & BAILEY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS,
K - 'J , CHARLOTTE, rX. C.
- Practfe in Supreme Court of the United
Stale, iMipreine Court ofj North Carolina,
Federal iipurlu. and Counties of Mecklenbnrc.
Cabarnm, .Union; Gaaton, ltowanand David-
sen, i.-- ffJiOuice. tv6 doiirs eafit of InHpnpri-
ucuve 4uare. I 33:tf
t. O f t- a Week In Tmirnvn
Dwn. $5 Otitflt free,
.qmrea. om turntsh yOU ererythlnjr. Many are
tmAkLnKf0tt8; dlps mallei as much as men.
and boys and girls make great) pay. Keader, It you
tarn M- n Kntitnuai r nrhlnh 1. - , - ' . "
.".: ".veryinmo; new. caDltal not re-
SI vuo"ltCK3 " UK u yo 1 can maKe srreat oay
- n V.r . J v wr "s- w particulars to
, (?) ; it. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine.
Adliiiiistrators Sale
OF 'i I
PBUSO.AL: PROPERTY.
. ! Havjngqnlifled as Adininistrakor npon
the estate of Svdnev H. Hart, deceased. I
ULofltf for sale at imblic auction, at
o ii-sjocute 01 sai tiecejiisea, in ftit
LlU Toivnship, Uowan Countv, on Mon
day the 10th day January, 1882, alKthe
personal property belonging to the estate
said deceased, consisting jof four bales
of cotton, about 75 brtsiielW of corn. 15
uiets of m heat, , 1 WK) i lbs pork, th ree
' JttiUeA, onp cow and tatf, 7 hogs; some
4 lec, ,, itiil.
ENGINES. .
Blasi
Cartitas
gEMEMBER
M IUMU illKI KlICIll-ll Jilt-., If ..... ...... ..V
ton gw and gt.ti ut, tin iness
Willi "lwlllillltt ! .tli..i- ..i tl.A.. ' . rr.. . ... !
Bale eah. S. llisoifixr irl.ii
POETRY.!
, . For the Watchman, j-'.
; The following lines are allading to the
changing 6f rum jags to money jugs' the
money to go to cliarch building, etc. The
jngs now distributed over Salisbury and
in the neighborhood are to Traise money
to buid St. Matthew's Lutheran Cliurch
near Gold Hill. Drop in k penny and
look out for the jag breaking.
x1?lie Xittlo Brown Money Jug-.
Of jugs you have heard no little bout,-U I
' Somethings are very sau ana-some
very funny ; f i
Of rum jags and jail jugs4 and others no
doubt j i ! " 1
But have oa eTjr heard, of a jug full of
' : ..imoiiey t n j ; l 5 ; -JL 1!
Ch9ru8A. littl,,browa jugj-r-A litUe
brown jug ' . is
A little brown jug, A jug full of money.
The former have made the hearts very
, sad ; '
But this will, make it both gladsome
" " trod "Snnttyy ...... .4,
The notion, we take, is not very bad,
To pour out tlverum and put in the
money.
Chorus And have a brown jug, And
- have a brown jug, u
And have a brown jug, A jiig full of
money.
The little brown jug has musical ring
M And heavy it teels as a hive vtuilJof
. honey j, f . " :a : -
Tho' pity it seems, we. will break tlie
quaint thing, '
And count, as we sing the musical money.
Chorus And eount as we sing, And
count as we sing,?' . v,i
And count as we sing, The musical
money. v ' l
Butter forty cents a pouud :
Eggs thirty cents & dozen, j;
Chickens tn a strike, and all . : ' ; J
The bara yard loudly buzziu'
The cowsofeclare theyyill not milk,
. The hens they will not lay j
Was ever such confounded luck
Iu all this country, say t .
"Here is a sketcli," said the poet "
Uuto the editor gray, s v
"Which I tossed me off in an idle hour.
To pass the time away."
"Here's a club," was the answer,
In a bland and smiling way.
With which I frequently toss me off : :
Six poets iu a day," ,
The Iticlimond. and Danville
and
the Steamship Lines.
Tlie Baltimore Sun of Weduesday says
there have been rumors afloat in that city
for several days that the Clyde syndicate
which controls the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad system, have been figuring
to make an alliance with steamship lines,
so as jo establish permameut connection.
The Central Railroad W)f peorgia, as is
kuQWn has its steamship service, and the
Clydes hold the balance of power in the
York River and one or two other- water
lines that connect with their railroads
A Richmond & Danville official, in con
versation, said that the matter of water
connections has been informally discuss
ed, ami he-believes it will be settled the
current year. The syndicate wants wa
ter communication .between its roads and
the North, etc. .Traffic aIianceis now
had, bnt the Clyde policy is tocontro! 51
per ceut. of 100 in the stock of corpora
tions it meets iu trade compact ; 49 per
cent, dpes not please the Clydes.
The reports have named the old relia
ble Merchants and Miners' Transporta
tion Colnpany of Baltimore, with its doz
en steamships and $2,000,000 of capital
stock, as the corporation which the Cly de
syndicate would like to buy their way
into. Mr. George J, Appold, president
of the steamship company and one of its
large stockholders, recently, in answer to
direct questions as to how much of truth
there was in the statements that the syn
dicate were43gming to control his 11 uie,
said: "There is positively nothing feasi
ble in anything that has transpired. ! I
do not like to talk about it, because some
of our people might believe there is real
Iv something in the rumors afloat. Mr.
Clyde called to see us and 'asked if an
amount of the stock a large amount
could be bought. He was told that 5 we
-are not so positively weddd to the old
line that some price' would not buy its
control.- Almost all property can lie
reached at some price, I assure you, and
that isxall there is for me to 'say. There
has nothing feasible transpired."
St. Louis is to have a million bushel
grain elevater. f j
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The Mountain of the Lord is a solid
rock, 100 feet in height, ) rising above the
Street1 level, at Mauti, Utah. The Mor
mons are . building ou. this eminence a
temple of fine marble, 95 feet by 170 in
area, and handsomely adorned. r !
Great Britain employs in uadergrpund
occupations no fewer than 378,151 persons
and the length bf the galleries where the
miuiug is carVied on is found to be 58,741
miles. The greatest depth of t the coal
mines it 2,800 feet below the level of the
sea. -y V
It is worth remembering that nobody en
joys the nicest surroundings if in bad health.
There are msef able : people about to-day
with one foot in the grave, when a bottle ef
Parkers Ginger 1 on ic would do them more
good than all the doctors am! medicines
mey nave ever irieu. -ec aav.
Ocl3-Novl3,
Christmas Stockings.
What teas Alleged to be Fnd TheretH by
v. Some Peojplc. -
The Burlington. Hawkeye publishes a
list ef distinguished people who opened
their; stockings on Christmas .. morning,
with the following result . ,f
Hallo 1 another railroad f - Poot Wil
liam iVanderbilt. r . j i .
What! more telegraph wires f Jay
Gould,' the: Almshouse Boy., , i
VVhoever; put this baby m my astock-
ing is a liar.'Ben HlU,
'Blast my tarry, topljghts, but heiV
steamboat Secretary Hunt. t
'Since I have come back to tne larni 1 1
donray
It! looks as though i wouia ue uang up
inatAad nf mv Atorkinp,R.'--finitearj. "
- -
'Hallo, a spoonful of brains! Just what
I needed., Thomas L., James. ,
'The man who sent me that bull fiddle
ia nri wntleman' Theodore Thomas.
f
'What the mischief , do I want with
a Guide to Matrimony Delegate Cap-
i i . : t ' :'"'
non.i i . i
Somebody has cut off the foot of my
stocking and thrown away tho : leg.' S.
J. Talden. r i
'It looks like a hole : it is a hole. I
will crawl into it and pull it in after me.'
-De La Matry. I
'I can lick the slabsided luuatiCwho
spilled that bottle of 'Anti-fat' on my
candy.' David Davis. n
'Kow, what did Santa ClausBuppose I
wanted with Anna Dickinson's phote
graphl' Little Fanny Davenport.
Whoever put that bottle of Imir dye
and scalp renewer in my stocking is no
gentleman.' Young Hannibal Haiulin.
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Bovt
iivtviit i,uais n ...... i, ...... w
comie along. pmnivorous Louisiana Al
ligator, i i
' W ho goes there 1- By Mars h is gan n t-
let r Here's the whole United States army
audi three Indians in my ;8tockiogl'--Sec-
retary Lincoln,
infinite gall! Measureless cheek!
Here's my scarlet stocking plumb full of
brimstone. Well, this is-ha, dreadful.
Rev, Robert G. Iugersoll.
I do not know what this bottle with a
rubbea tup is for, but this is Annie Gary's
stocking. The stripes on mine run up
and Ylbwn.' Clara Louise, Kellogg, j
'That is not my stocking with the rub
ber rattle in it. That belongs to Clara
Lonise. Mine is hancing on tlie other
side of the chimney." Annie j Louise
Cary.; ' !
i
f Merry Christmas for me ! Hej-e's two
polar bears, an eighty-acre icebei;, three
live seals, with, real $2ii0 Backups on, a
walrnsj a swan's down duck and a uus
band.' Mrs. De Long, j I j
Guitcau's Ninth Week.
Washington, Jan. 9. When die court
opened its 9th week of the Guiteau trial
the crowd filled every nook ami
cranny
of the cold room.
Ladies were decidedly
in the 'majority. J
Tlie prisoner arrived atthecou
at 9:20, and was taken jto his
i. l ...
waiting
room. He appeared rather nervous, and
his condition indicated anxiety.; When
he had taken his seat in the dock he
i , t - r
glanced arouud stealthily over the audi
ence and immediately began a harangue
evidently intended for the jury, f
Ii have received, he said, some eight
hundred letters, a great many f them
from ladies. When I get time I shall at-
tend to them. 1 want toend m greet-
fnr tl.rf -.rmnatliv. The'v do.'t
wait me to !be hanged, j Public lopinion
is fast changing. I received on Saturday
a check for one thousand dollars from
stalwarts of Brooklyn, aud another for
hve iianarea uottars iron, sraivrans of
, , 1 ... ,. . Js-s A - 1
AbalitThere tried to silence hiL when
he turned upon him in the most! vicious
manner and snarled out :
You keen auiet and mind vonr business.
j ; i : i
Don'tinterferewith me when lata .talk-
r"" r"aTur ""Mtolo an v other act. But whei von
ueTBUiuuour -f .
With this opening breeze proceedings
y
in due form were begun, and Scoville re-
sumed his argument.
Scoville proceeded without , interrup
tion for. an hour, his remarks being lis
tened, to with marked attention. He laid
great stress on the proposition that ! nine
insane men out often know the difference
between right and wrong, and for that
reason conceal their plans; that tlie bene-
fitof the doubt should attach to jthej plea
of insanity when raised iu this case, with
tue same lorce as wneu raised in: connec
tion with the commission of any Other
crime.
It is one of the j'unexplaiuable
things pf moral ethics how people
decide so promptly as to how lit
tle rain! and bad weather jit takes
to keep them away frotn prayer naeet-
- "! t -J . l-m a " ' " mS ' i . 1
injj, and how much is required to
keep tliem away from a good shew.
u-y vi...-1 , H r. ' i : '' I' I "
The State of West Virgiuia has no iu
debtedness, the constitution of the State
forbidding the creation of any liability iu
the nature of a public debt. .
THE LAST ACT.
A Packed House-to Witness It.
Ddvidge Compliments the Jury,' and
Argues me uaieisui une
Insanity-and Here There i$ None,
Washington, ! D.' C, Jant 12.
The audjeuce which assembled in the i
court room this, morning to hear the
argumenttothejuryintheGuiteaucase
was a jarge aim u,u;...gCfc uCf w.i.v;u
entering the room at an early-hour
waited' patient! pf the
court, counsel and prisoner, f . .
The marshal eave the . spectators
ment.thevMichnW
,;1J. , , - ! ,
www www r a - aa w w maw m . i u mmmm
cess, ana erapnasizing his remarw e
ordered that the main door should be
locked. ; ,
: Af ion n'lnib1 sfinrn tliA in'rv pn.
tered and a few minutes , later the
court was called to order.
Davidge then took his position in
front of the jury and opened his Speech
with a disclaimer of any intention to
make a set speech, but expressed his
simple desire to render the jury
what aid he could in their present
solemn duty.
The time had now come in this tn-
al when the jury were to become fac
ac.
,ity
tors. Whatever disorder or levi
might have characterized the i trial,
there was but one sentient in respect
to the conduct of the jury. All com-
' .i: tRA ,iA.w.man
IlltrrilUtfll LIICII Uli!lllUCU UC1IUI tUIUIl
and their natieut and close attention
to the evidence, and he could not
doubrthat, as they had received the
commendation of all in the past,) they
would continue' to deserve it ii the
future "by, their decision of the ques
tion before them.
There is here gentlemen, (he contin
ued) but a aimple point for discussion
and consideration. The subiectlof it
is insanity. The court will tell you
that iti this land of law it is not al
lowable for a man coldly, deliberate-
Iv and treacherously to slayi an-
other, and then to say he had no; mal
' !' i
' rnt . 1 1 . 1 1 : I
ice. " The court will tell you when it
comes to charge you. that to constit-
. I
ute the crime; of murder the existence
i m- w j
of malice is wholly unnecessary, and
that, indeed, a crime committed lis in
finitely worse iii; the absence of; that
element thau if it was present In
the beginning of thevpresent trial (as
you all will recollect) an ineffectual
attempt was made in the direction of
J showing that, the death of the Presi-
dentiwas attributed to the treatment
..,!fill H.n.ioll ii; Jw;tK
w nn l i.;k iti.
9U iiiuvii uviciiit auu UUIiltJ. JL
1 attempt was short lived, however, and
was Very speedily abandoned, so that
there is now but a single question for
you to determine, and that is theques-
tien of insanity. Iu the progress of
the trial very many vague and gener -
al expressions have crept into the case,
We have heard of crazy men, of men
0ff their balance, of insane men, and
j)ence it was necesary to apply to the
C0Urt fr cleai aDd HS"PCUOU8 de
fiition as to what is insanity inj a le-
gal sense. : Medical experts have de-
1 fined insanity from the stand-point of
medicine, and it was necessary tri have
i Jt defind Trotn-the stand-point oflaw.
I Even if the man be deficient in intel-
1'geoce it docs not follow that he: shall
be permitted to commit murder with
imntinitv. It takes one decree of in
I .ii,. r.. i-
i icucub iui a. iiiuii iu in a iv c a uuuifuut,
another to make a will and aikher
. . I
J come to,
here, murder, "murder most foul and
uuiihaUiral," the law requires a; very
slight degree of intelligence indeed.
It was, gentlemen, in order to make
the question perfectly clear, arid to
abridge your labors so far as to pre
veut you being led astray by tjie in
troduction bf irrelevant matter! that
prosecution asked the court to
state succinctly what constitutes mal-
ice and insanity in legal intent.! The
court has spoken, and it has noi 6Io-
ken in any vague or ambiguous lan-
.... . I.
guage. it has laid down two instruc-
tions for your guidance, which J will
now read. fMr. Davidge read iudge
Cox
e's instructions No. 1 and Ko. 2.
In commenting on the hrst and sec
a 'a a mm . 4m'
ond instructions Mr. Davidge said,
that is, genJemen of the jury, if any
human 1eing has any degree of intel
ligence which enables him to under
stand the act he is doinsr. aud if he
lias sense to k now, and does k now,
that that act is in violation of the law
of the land or wrong; then, no fren
zy, no passion, will afford any excuse
whatever ; then, no disease of his mor-
uamic win consiuuie any excuse
whatever ; then, no belief, however
profound, though the man through
reason and reflection may reach the
Cdnclasion that thn art. Is ilia ctirrnroa-
tion of arirl Snnmrnnnrl hw A imi.tn I
Qod wiJ - what;v;r
f . f . , .
lftlfl - n, ,n .m m9tmmtk .
L. . . ftui:fplt;no. fhA .- f
Ij - jr,.. - uL.,- i. t : I.
3 . f.. . . , b
niep. anu reason 01 me pariy.; Aliur
you win see tnat ne degree ot reason
ii ..i . . m
necessary to make a man responsible 1
;? , . t , r ...
,S 7.,,ra,iea ,D1 ' V,US Tm
k1. rz: "lt r.i,ir"
..... . r clo .. ,
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Za
the enme.
ere? mnr-
anu even partially insane
abundantly responsible for
What is the act committed here? mur
der. Murder bv lying in wait, what
is commonly called assassination.
As Mr. Davidge traced the process
of reasonrng by , yvh,ch the pr,soner
b.ak a &
gradually reached the conviction that
"but one little life" interposed be-
.. h, .,, .
T r-v
benefit, . Gu.teat, became restless,
and tor the first time since the open-
f of the court .nd.cated by Im nerv-
"s iwisung auoui tne usual prenmi-
naries to a series of interruptions.
l r
wMcb in this instance quickly follow
ed "hot after."
Said Mr, Davidge, no where "in
the records of heinous crime do we
have such plain and pointed evidence
as to the first' conception of the crime.
In this case the suggestion came to
the wretch in the night as he was ly-
in his bed."
"It came to me when the Lord got
ready to have it, snarled the pris
oner;
xaviuge couiiuueu, una uiuugui.
or suggestion came to him on the I8th
of May. Still thinking that he might
I a . a rm a a a
obtain the office he sought, aud keep
his hands clean, he made another tf-
a '
fort on the 28th of May to induce the
1 resident.
Guiteau call out from the dock, "I
wouldn't have taken a foreign mission
after the 1st of June if it had been
i a f
w.. w .
rv.J j-. I i. l ,1
mr. x'uviuge -ppa.tut.y uu ..ecu-
ling him 4on the 28th of May.
Guiteau;: "I am talking about the!
first of Jurie."
TV.vhW tvmmincr n momeiit. "hist
- -"t i n 1 j
listen to him."
Uiuleau, snecnngiy, -iney wouiu
.. " . At. 111. . "
listen to you but your talk is so weak
it is hardly worth listening to."
For several minutes Guiteau con-
tinuetl to interject his comments, with
I the evident intention of annoying Du
vidge, but finding he could not effect
this he gradually subsided into com
plete silence.
Cape Fear and Y. V. Railroad.
9-.
Greensboro Patriot
A letter from Dr. Canedo, Jan. 9th,
received here yesterday, says that the
contract for the purchase of the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad has
been signed by the Syndicate and for
warded to Governor Jarvis. This
I bee-ins to look like business. Some
to
iterations in the original charter will
have to be made, which will require
--!-l 1 TI.Io Intuitu.
a special session pf the Legislature,
and it will devolve upon Governor
Jarvis to issue the call. This he will
no doubt do at ah early day. The Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley road promises
now to be the greatest i scheme of in
ternal improvement ever conceived in
the State. If there is any disinterest
ed patriotism in the State a fine field
is here presented for its fullest exer-
a .a
I 1 & A 1 n A 4. I. A
ana ")y- " 5-"
mP 8ows ulc w X
"ne irom u ,UJ1" ' w
I TTuntinartnn. West VirErinia. Bv lav-
o
"'S a stra.gut ruieuu uu.Si.c
other on Wilmington it covers Wyth
ville, Va. Mount Airy, Ureensboro
and FayetteviHe. Work has already
begun on the Guyandotte end of the
road. A charter
has beeu obtained
from the State of
West Virginia, the
company organized and 74 miles of
the road from Guyandotte to limit
ton surveyed and; located.
"Who Robbed JelT. Iavis?
New York World..
The controversy excited by . the
oKor k:u i t . "
v...& n,bU vjciierai ionnson was
misunderstood and misrenorted th
have made against Jefferson Davis, of I
having failed to account for a larce
sum of money belonging to the con-
fcrate treasury, has resulted in a
curious contribution to' the story of
capture 01 jur. laVlS. Mr. J. K
Schenck, fermerly acapUinof Illinois
volunteers, writes to the Binghamton
- Repu6tcan that he has heard the sto-:
rv from several membrii nf fh ri-
. " T
uiubuicu -ijnv is. it n MYofi ro tll.t I
" "'.Tr
-I merrm 1.- U If- T I 1
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party were a pair of sadd e-baM eon.
taioing $5,ooo i mMmt,. eoia.
iainintr .fuxodb in ednfl tJh
. - .
These were missed shortlv after the!
P""-e, and several circunutaiices fix-
ed tl,e .uspicionof having .tolen them
Ly , , prite in the
. . J ' T '
Michigan regiment who Jiad joined! it
I as a deserter from the confederate ser
vice. Lynch protested that he -had
tint tllA mnnov ln f i f a rtcanid wl n
waa w s La.aa. aaa- azv onnri rrw. w. a
tviieah not set forth, that he
h near tUe 8ceneof thepture
, tI 4 A . . . . , 9
and that after his discharge from the
army he returned and recovered it.
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. ? mmA'mnl ters who concur with me
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in her own custody some $3,000 in
gold, and asked him to take charge of
it, which he declined, assuring her
that she was safe in retaining it.
,i i t i j .
money stolen by Lynch and that kept
by Mr,. DavU, together comprise.1 all
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the funds iu possession of the Davis
party at the time of.the capture.
A Funny Legal Decision.
The following was translated from the
origiual by Dr, H. M. Scudder a Brook
lyn fi'lafrkr oiwl is nlninst na ln1 na aAmA
of th ,efial decUion, in our own land .
Four men partners iu business, btught
some cotton bales. That the rats might
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uestroy tne cotton iney purcnaseu a
cat Jhey aghat each of the four
I 3 1 ft II t I .t A Iwiiaii1awI 1aW a-kwf i 4 I w J 4m a
. - n ,ftrn , . . . . .
I nrn;imonli Mia 1pt Hnia nnnnrthtned tn
him. The cat, by an accident, injured
j one of its legs. The owner of that mem-
Mr wouud aboufc !t a rafi oaked in oil,
I l ne cat coin i too near tne nre set tne
. . .
8 on nre auu gn. pain,
, , . . . .
she was aecustonied to hunt rats. The
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cotton thereby took tire and .was burned
I nP It was a total loss. The three oth
r partners brought a suit to recover the
value of the cotton, against the fourth
nartner who owned the narticulnr leer of
i tj,e cat
"The judge examined the case, and de
cided thus: 'The leg that had the oil ou
it was hurt; the cat could not use that
leg ; iu fact, it held up that leg, and run
with tho other three legB, therefore car
ried the fire to the cotton and are alone
culpable. The injured leg is not to be
blamed. The three partners who owned
the three legs with which the cat rau to
the cotton will pay the whole value of
the bales te the partner who was the
proprietor of the injured leg.'"
Tlie discovery of a deserted city, sixty
miles long, cut out of the rock face of
a winding cliff, rewarded the efforts of
Mr.-Stevenson's Smithsonian Institution
exploring party during its researches iu
New Mexico and Arizona the past season.
This is by far the most itnporant find yet
made among the ancieut haunts of the
cliff dwellers. Some of the houses con
tain four or five dwellings one ou top of
the other, and on the plateau above cliff
were found many ruins of temples of wor
ship built of well eut square stones. A
com pa risen of the collections of pottery
aud implements gathered in the cliff
houses by the exploring party with those
obtained in the Pueblo villages strength
ens the theory that the Pueblo Indians
are the degenerate dsceudants of the once
powerful race that built the ruined cities
of the plains, and then, retreating before
some more warlike foe, carved out these
singular dwellings on the sheer walls of
dizzy precipices, and found in them it
may be for centuries,fortresses and homes.
Perhaps the hieroglyphic inscriptions
seen by Mr. Stevenson will one day be
deciphered and be found to contain tlie
tragic history of -the wasting away by
the wars and famines of this ill-fated peo
ple who, like the coneys of the Bible,
made the rocks their refuge. News dc Ob
server. i J ;
Manners are the shadows of virtues,
the momentary display of those qual
ities which our fellow-creatures love
and respect. ' If then we strive to
become what we strive to apitear,
manners may often be rendered
useful guides to the performance of
our duties. .
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Tlie President's Illness.
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tne Voctora Rill ! ' 4 " l
A prominent Alissouri Senatoriid
yesterday in reference to the passage
by Congress of a bill to pay the ex.
penses of the illnes.of President Gzr-tml
field,rowing out of the assassin
Uon : "I regard such a measure as a ) i
dangerous assumption of power. Mbmi
would be a precedent .tha would
very likely cause us much f trmih!ii r "
Our form of MwiriimLn"-1",
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gniw a favtred class. In;theva,:;;
fthe lav
law the President of: the Uni-
ied States ii no better than
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citizen. Strictlv sum Lln. L ;.n
. mcl,y Paking, he is like
. i VHIfl s
otrictly speak
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AT" public officer, a servant .ft
-f ."r eo.m,
. . v.
u.e peopie, ana Im lws no more ririit r
I in hiii. It. v . i . m i. -.
j -.o i
Z. T Y i T, T? d0Ct0 "
' f ! ntion treaSur,
' J " a lftmaster tt,t
serves hi vitf-lisv.-tL t i "
serves bis country AfWM n-l
uii uuiinm
per auuuiD, ine resident receives a
salary of fifty thousand dollars a year
besides a large appropthttion for the l
Tmham. WW.
Hoiatya; large portion of whiclVT,r
understand, is used for the suhsi." '
,.-' lur u,e buwis- ,
, laniuy. x regard ,
prosedmeasure and there arc
in tins view, as an improper usrxf
the public funds. The salary of the
President was increased in order thaT"
he could better ineet any ejtraordin- '
ary expenses" j j ; t. j
Upon being asked jif theXcase of
u,e Iaie x resiuents wa3 not an excep-
,: , 4 0 . . . t v.
tt t ' I ,Mk"0WW
that it was. but called ntftmn
the recent statement w
Field, that 636L89L72 had been
collected for Mrs. Garfi led, $311,600
of which had been invested in Uni
ted States bonds, yielding an income
of $12,440 per annum. The Senator
predicted that there would' be oppo
sition to the bill, and that it would
not come solely from4he Democratic
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ranns. tie thought,! however, that
it would pass, but not until several
Senators aud Rem-esentativeA hml
placed themselves on j record before
Its passage as agaiust making it a
precedent. II 'ashington Pod, 5th. i f
Best vs. His Assignees. f :'
We believe it has never gotten in
to the papers, and hence has not be-;
come generally known, that at the
last term of Rowan Superior Court,
held abeut a month age, Mr. W.J.
Best, by counsel, entered formal suit
against his assignees, Messrs. Clyde,
Buford and Logan, to oust them from
possession of the Western NortS
Carolina Railroad. The complaint
is very voluminous and the assignees
were given ninety days inL which to
answer it. 1 he case wi II come on at
the next term of Rowan court for
hearing, but as Judg Avery, vhq
will hold the court, is a director of
the road" unJer the administration of
of the assignees, it will be either
meved or contin uedl Statesvill
Landmark.
Guiteau's case is
stated in a nut
shell; by a New York gentleman,
who, in the Tribune, commenting on
the "inspiration' plea, says ; "Let us
hear what a writer, acknowledged by
the whole Christian church to be iu-
pirod, has to .say on this points
"Let no man say when he is tempted,
I am tempted of God, for God cannot
Imj tempted with evil, neither tempt
eth heSmy man. But! every man ii
tempted when he is drawn away by
his own lust and enticed. Then when
lut hath conceived, it bringeth forth'
sin; and fin, when it is finished9
bringeth forth death' St. James
i; 13, 14, 15.
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