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vol. xxiv; SALEM, IV. O., MARCH O, 187G. ISO. 10, 1 L. V. & E.T. BLUM, i PUBLISHEBS AND PROPRIETORS tkhmsj-casii in advance: - " On coiy,vne " year...- .,......'...........,$2 00-. i. V -. ' - six iiiojiths,. ........ 1 00 j. three months,............;...... 75 LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO CLITIZS. A Fearful Pall. Yes, seven thousand .dollar !" snid Robert White to himself, us. be plodded his way, onu moonlight evening, toward the mountain (town of Nevada, California. "Seven thousand dol lars""' and' lie slapped the heavy hunches of gold tliat he'cjiiiried'in his poeket. " Well they dont think much of'saidi little pile in this country; but let mo once get back to the At lantic shore with it, and I'll be called a rich mart. r Yes, I'll bo satisfied with what I have 'and gor and it won't be many weeks before I see Isabel" ngain-;the; dear girl and we'll be married." : ... ,-' His heart. liounded with the thought of his; Ertstorn home, to which he had just, made up his mind' fcx return, ajul of pair of rosy cheek and bright eyes that would weleomo hm. , lie. had walked twenty miles that day, over a very rough country; but now the few twink ling lights of Nevada were before him, .and half a.mile more would finish his day's journey!. . He intended to rest during the nighr'at the mining .village, and proceed by stage j next morning towards San Francisco, there to em bark tin a steamer for home, lie had encoun-r tered some ierils'in the mining camps, but he little thought that now, within a stone's throw of the quiet village, there awaited him a great-; er danger than he had vet seen. While walkf ini'.ilin- Lalkinsr audibly to himself, he bean . slitrht sound behind .him: and a sudden feel 4 ing ol dread eafue o vet him, be knew not why lie looked around and saw three Chinamen, : few steps behind him. " ' ' ' i - . - "Oh. ha!:ha! Mjc lanchedJ "The idea o getting scared at them!" then raising his voice! Jiesaid: "Hello, John!" . . j .fbis Johu" was addressed to nil collect ively. K : ; -j -' "How do?? rescinded one of the Chinamen! whoso round face, adorned with-an cxpruesionf less grin, loiked uncommonly dull and stupid in the moonlight. t , , . 7 , v - " I'm pretty well, tlianlc you." said lloliert White, jocosely. How are you?" I, I Velley gooil," rejoined the Chinaman, and lie added something in the Chinese tongue which sounded like this: ' j " H-i-i ah-yahyung-ung what-oo-young ying- lngee! . ; " What did I Understand you to say ?" asked Robert Whi'e, waggishly. Volley go d day ho uiucheb like John, replied the siiokesman. There was something peculiar in the manner r the Chinaman, however, and llobert mute noticed it. and lg:ui to crow suspicions. In fact, ihbnre thought prosiMitod itself that they ' might try to rob and murder him. lie knew v thry were none too good morally, , but lie thought VtlieVr were not good enough physically,, ai.d ho nrtitlred : . . ' ! " Pshaw! who would be afraid of forty China men?" - i As tho road was somewhat winding, ho left Abruptly and struck out toward the village in a straight line,.-across a series of little red clayey ridges ' -j ' -Y ,.i : ; ;.' The Chinamen did tho same, keeping at his lie d's and iablicringin their aiarvclluus tongues. 1 " Strange."-' thought RoWt White, . John iMi t generally so fond ot a 'Melican man s coni- " jinny... .What" are they sticking at my huels , for?" . - ... ; . . He stopped suddenly, with an excited excla mation. ' .: -;. Well he mighfcranother step and he would r-bayo tumbled into a yawning shaft that had been sunk into the earth in search of gohl ? ,lhero were a number of tliem in that vicinitj-. most of which were several hundred feet deep. "Ong! Hee-oe-ah, yaw!" was the eubsUinee of an exclamation by one ol tlw Chinamen, and Kolnu tf White turned just in time to see a knife irieaftnnir above his head. ; He sprang nsidVwith the quickness of thought . i , i i i .i. .i. t i ii .. : - .i anu avciofMi n-ugree sii OKe iiiaL ii;iti ovuh ;uiih.-i t at his neck. - instantly the threo Chinamen I rushed uptn lrrm like wolves, and ho now lully realized that their obiect was to secure las gold mnrdrr him, and tumble his body down one of the shafts to conceal their crime.- You yellow scoundrels he ; exclaimed. . semlinir one of them reeling with the blow of his fist; for tho attack had been so sudden that f he liad not had time to draw his revolver. i iTwo of Ins assailants-wero armed with lieavy clubs, .which" tliey had been apparently us ing a walking sticks, and Uio third with a murderous knito. The latter again made a savage stroke at his ; nc'k, but Robert White ;. weiztnl his- wrist, and a desperate struggle com menced. 1 ho Chinaman proved stronger than . lie had exacted. Still, he succeeded in disarm ing him, and with the knife now in his posses sion.- ho defended himself: with it; giving one of his- assailants a horrible gash upon his cheek. ''JSlUjtf s(JLbenv hejgeeiyed. a iea vj, blow on the head trom,a CLuo, and tell prostrate. All three sprang ficrcelf "upori'dViiri, ami while one dealt hitu sev'eral additional blows, the others rilled ,hia toekeAs vnd took his revolver rom his belt. -tJiftllio miner was not. stunned, and htf'iignin "iHtggled-tcf his feet; ,bnt his strength was fail- ingf anil efound himself agnin on the britik of the shaft. He tried to spring away, but ho was pressed too closely. ? i Blow after blow was rai n- . ed uixn him, and with a scream of horror he fcll backwjir1' Jnta theshaft disappearing in a twinkiihsrliaan tlio,faeoof thartiu r ) Withltufr1VwDKfclnttMitions 4lk inurilerers gathDTed up the gold, and some of their own ctVectSv vhich :had. been droppt'd thtring tlio ' struggle, and ran away toward the-village, dt recting their steps to a part of the town com posed clfffliilpTCI-v0.'T"V17'j Arrived at their quarterSi tho face of the wounded man was bandaged up, and they pro ceeded to d:videthe spoils; feeling perfectly se cure, from pnnishment, and not doubting that the ra?ined!bntytof .theirryictim lay deep in tlio earllu whefi attortal eyd would never dis- ' cover ft:- i .-' .. V-f , lAt us see whether tliev were right m tueir calenlutiotn nr not; When llolert'Wlite fcfl inttho shaft he fclt iluvt his time nad come, and expectehin another moment to bo dashed to pieces, hundreds of feet below the surface of the curtluj- ! A f4 flglitfdf fln gold,"now in the hands of . niq eximant vmnamen; inougut o , ms iioyiu - in tle East; of, Isabel, whotu ho should never see again ; andwitlr a in-ayerton his.lips an4 coniciusncss fading, he sank irtto the gloomy earth.' " " - ,!- ' !- . - ';?. - A suddon shock hroughfe him to , his senses 5 110 opened his" eyes, to find himself at the bot' torn of the shaft ten cet below tho surfaco of .- :;the earth. . : r . Yes, for that was the trifling depth of the x shaft intd which: it had boon his good luck to ' behurledi V, . . 1 ' It was one that had been -commenced years before, and for some reason abandoned. There was considerable rubbish at the bottom espe cially some timbers, .which had probably once , formed a frame work a1out tho month of the Rhaft; and with these 'Robert White who, al though badly, brnised, was not dangerously hurt -sot about building a rude scaffolding, to enable him to climb out. j jit took him about ten minutes, and tho 'would? be murderers had scarcely reached their quar ters in fancied security wlieti Robert Vhite br.ee more stood jupph tho face of the earth in the moonlight, i j j -I : i jf Ho ilid not 1 hesitaie long as to wltat to do. Merely pausing to take breath, he hurried away to the village, and" there told his story to the landlord of the principal tavern,"1 with whom he was well acquainted. ' j ': His npperance-f-fpf his clothes were torn 'and stained with blood attracted some attention, and several miners, who happened to be in tho bar-room, gathervd around liim. ' When tin'' haj learned, what had happened the greatest exeUonnint prevailed. : 'Had a row occurred, resulting in the1 shooting of a man or two, they would havd thought nothing about it; that robberv had i been committed and murder attempted fired every heart ' Where are thev?' " We'll hang ein!"j Where did they come from?" ! "i t What was their apKahince?" , jj "AVouhl, you j know them, if you should seo thd again ? M i; j -.I ' ' .-j.. jTIvesd worOfii few of'thd questions hnrriedly asku4. :1'; -i'-'--- - ff I think I would know theni,'v Said Rolxirt. One of them, at least, ought to bo found by tho cut I gave him,".! j , ; "That's so! ! Letlgo and look for them." !j Wait,! said tlie j landlord. It would bti liest .o proceed as quiet!" jis possible, or they'll get wind of it and run anjay. ' You see, as the case stands, they think htJ.is at the. bottom of one of the deep shafts, und that they are- porr fectly safe.: Now,' I jth'iukf one of you ought to go with Rob first, and take a look at them. As soon as von find where thev are, come and let us know I M iiimiii-n -j n irt tli till" ! M "All iriglit I'! i'esiinded tlfe 'miner, a inan noted for his.L sagacity ami courage. "Come :dong. partner !,! i . , I- i ' - And ho aiul kobert; left tho hotel- on their ro- connaisance. 1 ; 1 i s In lesSf than ten minutes they returned. " We've -"found, 'em!" saiil Ned. What!! Have yu?" was exclaimed. " Where?'" asked the hmdlortl. In th he icahi-u down by Ihe ditch," where Ling ! I Geo lives! HeVono, f 'elu! The r:useals are. counting out the dust and dividing it! One has his face tied up!" ;.; . j "Uome on then.. a here are the ropes r ; : "llerp.'l said ilto landlord. The party, pohsistiugiif half a dozen jwrsons roc'eoeu jo iiie; cuuiu uesignaieu i eu. an.i peeping . in;ai;iue winuuw saw 1110 nm:e iuiua-j men sitting jupou the ground with a candle burning in ihj'lf. Mil On st, deliberately parcelling the round near them lay Olik IIH'II .Hlt. several buekkin-bags, inj whih tho gold' had been carried, land also tho rovolver which Ih; longed to their; intended, victim, and tho latter fully rcttogjiisjedjlhe iv-appn. " Now,"! whisjered the; I:i 1 1 mdlord, " yon stay out here. 4 'oh, till we gi in and get huld ! them, i Then comb in. and 1 reckon they will bo a.vtaiiislietl; tolseo you, though not over -vi id above pUi.ised.'f . lhe i).irtv then proceeded to the tloor. wi noli was not failelieil in any way. oened it, and all walked in rxoept White. IT he intrusion some what surprised tho Chinamen, but they still did not suspect tint LheiH crime was known Where! did iVoii 1 get iso much dut. Ling (iee?" ivsked LNdtl, ad h'essing the ono whose face-was bit ndaged. Willi eyei' ;appraranc of truth. Ling tre proceeded jto explain how lie and his coin pa 11- ions had bren out prospect, hi anl struck, it rich," as tin: paving gos. t I -i " What b the;iuater with your face? asked Ned.! i I ! ! ' I r . JiiiiiT Uec, ho laltco tlown cuttco taco ou .-.tone." I!;"- I '. - . ."Comp tn,!lol!" tlio landlord called out And to the ainazcnicitt jaud consternation o the wretches; tho' ml in they had robled, and whoni L theV Siippostd to I bo lying deep in tlio earth, walked in. . ', . v ' " xpu Uuniglit yort killed : me, did you I?'' 10 said.! ;. I - i i ' . Seeing ttiat thev w-iiro detected tin: Chinamen vt once returiied the.idl ami begged for nier cj; nm, i j course iuey were liuiueuiateiy leu . m ... ,? A 1- , t tit and hangpil-j i ; ? v . . next tlay Kobcrt AVInte procoeint on his way lejoicing. i-'i r ; ; . . THE OLD CLOCK'S SECRET. '.You shall marry Godfrey Marsh,; Marcia,' Mrs. Stanhope said, sotting her teeth together. in that grim jJaShioh ! of hers, which - told that her mind was made ;U"p, i ? He is rich.- Ho can give you a! home scond to none in all thofcoun try round. I' Ho lean jgivo iyou position ami in fluence, f 1 I don't'want'a home, if I have got to marry for that and nothing else, answered Mama bitterly.. .1 I don'tcare lor all the position um lnnuenco UcnUrey Alarsh can give me. it 1 Have got to accept liim with them. I hate him. Ill married him! I would not live with him aycar." - itui aiy h ionisiii 1, iir inouivi Jiiiswerei sternly., :A very foolish girl. There isu another girl m Ihlbtiry that wouldn't jump, at the chance you have.; - And I don t believe you will let it slip out ot your hands when you think it over as a sensible girl should. I shall; never chah gel n mv mind.' answered Marcia, with! somethin her mother's grim determination in hei; voice Never.' ' I II Yon anf thinking of Dick Gresham, of course.' sneered MrsJ Stanhope. He is a niuch inoro desirable fellow thart Gotlfrey Marsh, I supiM9o. I infer that you -would notl hesitate to accept the position anil inllueiicc Ale "could give you, as Mrs-Gresham.'l I ! . --' I have never said anything of the kind.' an with a. rising flush. 'lie ha. to say anything of the kind. swered Marcia, never asked me I am j siirie, and I certainly shall wait until Dick Gresham is an honest, res- I am asked. pectiiblo. man. and the peer of .Godfrey Marsh in every way". Godfrey Marsh' money I count put of the huestton entirely.' , j l understand now tuo ease stands,' sam nirs. Stanhope, jsternly. f l h':ve told you before, and I repeat it again, that you may understand mo jhilly-i-never,, wfth j my consent, shall' -'you marrv Jek Liresliam. I'don t oeiievo uu cares you .keep your lancy yourself; I Feoplc are notlbliml." r, 4 And tlicn JUrs.fetanhopo went out and iuarcjn sat and thought.'.'! Thoso last words of her mp- thor's might hold a good deal of. truth in then. She' had sometimes wondered if Dick Gresham did carp for her M she acknowledged to herself that sho eared for huu. He was hot like most men.' It was' not his'nature to lie demonstrative. Perhaps ho w:is' waiting tx be sur of his own heart-iinjd -of In r i regard for him. .Jshe had been witl ' him a great deal. She had wonder-; ed more than onco if he loved her. If ho did. he' had 'never told her so Sho belicved'that ho did: however.' I ; 1" t ' .'V'UJ1 V There was the 'rattle- of carriage wheels tnt the gat6i j She looked Put. with a froWh gather ing on her face She knew who was there, well enoughl "'i" '-)' 'j-,-.! """f" :j! Is Marcia nt home ?!'. : sho heard , Gotlfrey Marsh ask her mother." tf he is, I sltould like to take her out for aMrivc this afternoon.' Yes.' she! heard her mother reply;- "She'll .jbe-delighlM to.'go. I-.TH call .her. '. Hi ' J won't go,1" sho thought, hurriedly, with a little angry gesturet Then, slie thought better of that decisionl It would offend her mother if sho refused, land their life was not a 'very Har monious bno of. late. And perhaps Dick Gres ham might I. soo theni,' aiid conclude', to speak out. - ! :-. i'";r- vi-; .v.: ' So shejgot midyand wont. " ' ' .''' " I ! i to While t ho was gpuc, Dick Gresham camo see "her. ;Mrs. iStaniuHxi inct T:uu coldly but Tl! tT i ' J-V. T ' t r&it yod hero to-night? I' have iLmu ia Hrwuti'l-hmv if 'ii nmt imn urn mil. to ( - ' IT n m itdi Fi.W Hi mt J iriM ifi 111 rV It I i . : - r . . j r r " "I , , "f";" .'Vf 't;r voa wrote and left for me he "V" " 1 1 awav.-' l never knew there had be j politely. He inquired for Marcia. Sho has gono out to rido with Mr. Godfrey Marsh,' Mi's. Stanhopo answered, with an in ward chuckle at the discomfited look on Dick's face.; .-.'.j - ! ' ' I am very sorry,' he said. I wanted to seo her very ranch. I am going away this ovening, and I do not know how long I shall bo gone, nor how far I shall go. i .1 wanted to say some thing to her before I went.' . Dick knew that Mrs. Stanhopo hated him. Ho felt it. But he w:u frank and honest with her. . ' I can't say when sho will bo oacky Mrs. Stanhope said. ,M think Mr. Marsh intends to stop for tea. I From that I infer that they will be gone most of the afternoon. - 1 Yes, quite likely,' answered Dick absently.. I shall not seo her then, but I might write what I wanted to saj', nad leave it for you ton give her. " 1 . , Yes, you could do that,Lvsho said, 'yon will find pen and paper in the secretary there.' i It is tho best that I can do,' thought UicK. I would much rather j have said it; but, if I can't do that, I will have to do tho next best thing.' ' ' I 1 ": " ' ' ' He wrote down1 what ho camo to say to Mar cia Statniopc, ami sealed. it in an envelope, up-. on which ho i wroto her name; 4 If you will give it to her,-he said, laying it upon the table by Mrs. Stanhope, ' you will be . . - ..... doing me a very great favor. I had rather not lell you what I have written, though, perhaps. you have a right to know. Marcia may tell Then ho said good-bj'c, and went away. I have -.iVight tti know, accoivllng to his own admusioii.'.Mrs. Stanhopo said, and tore away the envelope. She read his letter through carefully. f - . ' I think fate is playing into my hands,' she ."aid grimly. I ' It will Ikj quite a long timo bo- fore your h-tier is answered, if I am not mista ken. Dick Gresham' 1 " . ..!'' Shu went to the old clck in the corner, open- ed it, and dropped uiu letter uovvn into its inys- teriims depths. There!' she said, shutting the door upon its secret, 'that is disposed ol satoty, 1 UiinK. Tins next morning sho spoko kip suddenly to Marcia, as they wero at work in lhe kitchen to gether: " ' !::?!'- - I Dick Gresham was here yesterday to see vou. lie said no was going away last nigiit. ind didn't know how far ho was going, nor how long In; would bo gono. i lib has joined the en "inecrinrr partv uouitr 'from Hilbury to thr West. Ho told me to tell you good-by tor -him. Tlwt.waH all?' Marcia said it sh irply, as if tho word cost her a great ctlort. Her laco was very palii i i ' ' 1; " les, that Was all, answered .Mrs. btauhope, busy wiih the milk mns. lie never carod lor 1 me, I m sure," Marcia whispered to her pillow that nightjaiid then crietl herself to sleep. ; - ; It was a pleasant afternoon in Oct olier "when Mrs. Stanhope ;ed. Theskv' was full of dreamy vagueness ra haze thnugh which the sunshine filtered goldcnlv. and lTid the mountains faritff. and made the hills neai by se-m like tho hilU of some ghostly land. Tho leaves-of the old chestnut by tho door were dropping softly and wilh a slow rustic that kept tuna to tho ticking of the old clock in the. corner. . Mrs. Stanhope bad Ixrcn failing slcftvly for years. Her hie had laded a-- the tlay fades; you search' can tell that the light is going out. hut tho first you know it is gone. It was so wilh her. The'light was almost gone out, now. It only flickered for, a uioinenl; then there would be darkness. B "Marcia," she said, faintly. " Well, mother?" " There is something I want to tell you. I ought to have told you long ago. Dick ("res ham left a letter for you whan he went away. I read it, and hid it in' the old clock. , It is there yet. When I am gone,. find it and read it. IJnt not till then, Marcia," she. looked up pleadingly into Marcia's face. j 'No, not till .then,' Marcia promised with a strange feeling of expectancy, regret and anger at heart. What did that hidden letter have to say? Perhaps and then she tried to put all thought of it put of her head until the time camo for her to know What Dick had to say, Hut she could not do that. . My and hyMrs. Stanhopo said sho wanted to go to sleep. : Marcia arranged her pillows, and lhe sick woman closed her eyes wearily iSh(isleiiVUiigSittd w ell, for iJio neyur woke I again. ; j The funeral was over. s And then came that awful sense of -desolation which follows after the burial."; Whoever has passed thiough this experience of life can never forget tho dreary loiiesomcness, the solemn silence that is about the house. Tho world socms to havw stopped for a little time. ' ; Tick! tick! the old clock kept repeating, that night, and Marcia went to it to solve the mys tery it held. She tmik off tho old door, and re moved tho curiously carved front In the bot tom covered with tho dust. of fiCtceit years, sho found tho letter she had never known of for so long.. - , . i. s ' . j j : j She read it through with a curious blending of pleasure to know that Dick had loved her, ami bitter regret for. what she had lost. If sho had only known then! Now her life must go on as it jiad gone so long. lmt sho should have it to think of that he had loved 7icr.: ; She laid her head down against the old clock nnd cried softly. His love wAuM have la-ea so sweet. ; It would have made life so pleasant. But it was lost. . It .had been lost for fifteen year's"- i ' ' ' ' There was a knock, at the door. SImj got. up drying her eyes hastily, .and went to admit her viMtor, hardly .conscious of wluit sho was doing. but. acting more trom lorce ol liauit llnu any thing clso. j .- .'.',: ,! - '-:.'; .. ;. A man stood on the threshold. Marcia,1 ho said, and held out his hand. 'You don't know bile, I guess. I am Dick Gresliam I came back to-day. : I heard of your mother's death, and I knew you would be lonesome, and I thought perhaps you would lie glad to sec an old friend, so I mado bold to como. Oh, Dick, Dick!' sho cried, and then broko down in tru'o woman fiishion. I wonder what just found the fore-you went en one until three days ago. ', You -can't blamo me for not writing as ybu asked mo to. Dick,' and then tho face of this wpman, whose years wero thirty-five, and out of, whose hetirt you would have supixjsed all girlish; romance lvad fled, grew suddenly hot with sweet shame to think of what her words meant.: . f ;;j i God sent me. I guess,' ho said, with a great gladness in his face, and he caught her to his heart and kissed her. I was sure you loved me, Marcia but the . letter I looked for never came, and I thought yours mother had got jrou to thinking as sho did. bo 1 gave up hoping for that which I took it for granted J had lost. ('and I stayud away because there was nothing to draw me back here. A month ago 1 got it in to 'my head that I wanted to seo Hilbury again and I came back. They told mo that yon wero Marcia Stanhope' yet and I think that net mo to hoping a little. You see it is hard to give up hoping in the first place, and it don't tike much to set a man hoping again, after ho thinks ho has given it up, for he can' forjct? ! And 'so, after fifteen years, tlio old clqck gave its secret up, and two hearts came together to never bo parted more, f . ! For a man to see and acknowledge his own ignorance and defects ; to pretend to no more than he really hath, is a. quality which argncs so' much judgment, that there are few better j testimonies to lie given of it. Cmrron. From the Wilmington Review. j Celebration of tho Centennial of the Battle of Moore's Creek. ! The brave little steamer XdrLh Etist o-lidi.d nflT from her wharf at tho foot of Market $ o'clock yestenlay moniing, with many citizens oji board, and a half hour after the staunch steamer North Male, carrying tho W'ilmino'ton xZiix. inianiry. apc r. laylor command ing, tho Capo Fear Light Artillery. Capt. II. G. Flanncr coomm.mding, tho 2 Cornet Concert CInb, Capt. S. A. Ashe, one of tho orators, and several representatives of the press, followed in her wake. A few minutes before wo left the wharf tho rain which had been ixmringdown in torrents, since daybreak ceased, the clouds be gan to break, and "old Trobs. promised -us a pleasant day : crowds lined the wharves, and amid tho cheers of nil. tho North Slate and her happy ocenpants took -their flight, and "to Aloore's Crock" was in every one's mouth. ; Tho little cannon, the same piece in use one hundred years ig. and captured by tho Amer icans from its Rritish custodians, (so it is said) wasnlxard, and would now and. then peal forth sounds ot joy, as it one hundred yars ago dealt fhatlrnnd destruction to tho sqbjocts of i King George. ;r , " As wo passed the Nav.assa Gnano Works a salute was fired, and shortly nfter the works wero passed the cloud- broke and dispersed and k. ...... 1 ..!. 11 f. , the sun shone forth, in all its brilliancy, yea, in double brilliancy, to do honor to the day..: 11 io ciay. j ".' ' 1 . By this time everything on board was life nnd gaiety, ale ami chaihp-iigne Inittles were un corcked, and as the liquid sparkled in each irlass. joy glanced from every eye. The gay musicians of tho Cornet Concert Club Band were aboard and addod to the gaiety by giving forth some of ineir swcoicxi. strains. At lU.'ij we passed the little steamer North Etist, and our Utile cannon pealed forth a salute.' t j Twelve mi!es ahovo the city wo left tho Cape Fear on our left and steamed gaily over tho dark waters of Black River, whose ink black waters, tortuous meandering and swiftly nar rowing banks were in strange contrast with the first twelve miles of the Caje Fear. Tlio curves in this tortuous stream aro numerous ami our steamer had to be piloted very carefully; once wr ran into bushes on ono side of the river, but polos were at liana for tho purpose of pushing tho lxat off, and again wr were in the middle of tho stream. "After turning in and out in this winding river, we finally reached the month, of M001 e's Creek, the landing, place, at a quarter to 12 o'clock. Awaiting us on shoro was the chief marshal j of the day and his aids, nnd' a number of ladies ami gentlemen ; carriages and vehicles of almost every description wero at tho landing ready to take us to the historic ground. Tho two Wilmington companies, tho Light Ar tillery on the right, tk up the line of march for Moore's Creek Bridge headed by the- Cor net Concert Club, and such others as could se cure room in a carriage or an ox cart, rode, while others walked. The battle ground is two miles distant from tho place of landing, and was rea'-hed about 1 o'clock, where a! large numlM.-rjof ladies and gentlemen, in iiuuiImt sev eral thousand, welcomed us to tins battle field, whol e Hir forefathers, tho "rebel" ancestors of "reliels'j fought so gallanlly for tho rights they held so'ilear. The companies went through the drilj and the Cornet Cldb again enlivened the scone with their delightful music. j The Monument J erected on the grounds in honor o("th battle, is neat, handsome and dur able. It is of brown stone, and was erected a few yea is previous to the war, and has the fol lowing Inscriptions engraved upon it. On one side " Ij.illington,'' ami on tho side opposite it bears tle name of "Caswell, " the' illustrious commanders of tho W'hig yeomanry. The! third face Ijears the inscription, "In commemoration of tho lfcittlo of Moore' Creek, fought here the J7th of K'bi uary, J77G. The first victory; gain ed by the American arms in the War of lhe Revolution"'; aud tho fourth side bears the in scription: "Hero lie tho remains of private John Gady, of Duplin count)', who fell bravely tighling lor his country, lhe first mart vr in th cause of freedom in North Carolina, and tho only Whig killed in tho battle." i The battle-field i is surrounded mostly by its native pine, nnd about fifty yard from tho site of tho Monument stand tho fii idgo on "which the fighting was done, and under it placidly flows tlio historical waters of Moore's Creek. We wero informod by a gentleman living in tho immediate count it that some of tho limber which was in tho old Bridge has not yet yield Od 10 mo dec-ty 01 an hundrnd years, and 1 now 1 part of tho present nridge; .1 his gentleman further Snformod us that there are trees which, having braved the storms of a century, yet con tain marks of the; bullets which wero fired in the battlo. I j I ! ' All went forth on this 2Sth of February; 187G, to do honor to the patriotic deeds of their fore fathers,! and how changed the scene front what it was tine hundred years ago; tho ground on" which our forefathers, on the 2fSlh of Februarj', 170, were resting, alter having gamed the glorioni victory of tho previous day, complete ly exhausted, and somo groaning with their wound, was now a sceno of gaiety, patriotical ly enjoyed by those whoso lndeiiendence they fought to gain and did gain; lUe fair daughters of North Carolina wero wood and courted by their gallant lovers, and ths htlle creek .which was tlioii, red with blood, and 'from which nil hurried wilh horror, now sparkled in th sun light, and many a weary patriot s sou stoo;cd and drank from its crystal fountains. j I THE CEKEMONIES . . j were commenced with a short prayer by the Ilev. Cplin Shaw.1 who begged"for tho assemb lage jirj'sent tho blessing .of Gful. :is they stood this day upon ground made holy bj' the asso ciations of the past; aflcr which Dr. S. S. Satchwjsll deliver.)d the address of welcome. which was couched in patriotic language anil whfchhe closed by saying that As our fore- lathers Jiad gained for us this freedom, let us al ways struggle to maintmi it." j . ! At the closo of Dr. SatchwcH's address the Cornet! Club rendered an exquisite airj after which Capt. Samuel A. Ashe, now of Italoigh, but a Ciiiio Fear gentleman born and bred, and a lineal descendant of that John Asho who. with Ilhgh Waddell, of Brunswick, in I7C5, re fused tp allow the British stamps to be landed. took the'speakers' stand, and delivered an his torical address, citing many incidents ot the Battle of Moore's Creek, with which a great many ycre yet unacquainted. Ho spoke1 of tho boldness, of our j forefathers in attempting to throw off tho yoke of British oppression, tho undertaking Ixdng the most daring recorded in the annals of history; 'Mint our North Carolina boys wrc cast in a mould of. heroes, and when they drew tho sword they threw a Way tho scab bard, and were determined on Liberty or .Death. Tho enterprise was a hazardous one, as they fought jagainst tho most formidable power of modern Europe.'' Then he alluded to the gal lantry of the Capo Fear section in putting down the Stamp Act. and ho remarked that "with the fliglitof His Excellency, Governor Martin, roy alty w:ka at an enll in North .Carolina. Tho vie-? tory atjMoore's Creek was an all but bloodless ono to the American side, only one man having lieen killed in tho "American rnnks. Where is the King of America? He reigns above, ami does not make havoc jiuiohg his subjects-like brutes jof England. Long after the battle was ever, and the declaration of indepondcii'co was declared, the pcoplo took Cornelius Harnett, one of Carolina's bravest sons, on their shoulders and cried out,' "Tho Declaration of Indeiieiid ence," inniid the booming of cannons, tho burn ing of torches, and tho cries of tho people. Oh! sons of North Carolina! If I 'could raise y'ur father? from their graves, I would tell tlmm of your trials, and as their Caswell, their Lilling ton and there Moore, 66 did you have your Fish er, your Whiting, your Pender and your Branch." Capti Asho's address, which occupied obont forty-five minutes in its delivery, was greeted with music and tho firing of a salute. Mr. Edwin W. Kerr, of Samson county, next took the speaker's stand nnd delivered a very tonching oration "Where civic honors aro to day done, ono hundred roars aero - tins sons of North Carolina rested, yet fresh with laurel of victory." lhe very first man who died in North Carolina for American Independence died where we now stand. The North Carolinians did not only gain the victory, but from this battle thev brought into the almost exhausted exchequer of j the State $85,000, and gave to the State as pris- 1 oners of war eight, hundred soldiers and one Brigadier-General.' Mr. Kerr spoke of Caro lina's sons not alone being the first in the cause of Independence, but he cited other instances where they .were-foremost. , "The first man that died for Southern Independence was a North Carolinian of Edgecombe county, who was kill ed at the battle of Big Bethel." He alluded to Leo's saying: "God bless North Carolina, tho first and the last in the struggle for right." Ho close,his speech with the following: "When me two nnniircdtn anniversary or the Ihittle ot Moore's Creek conies, may the-.brightest -star th;it glitters in the American flag, svhich waves over us to-day. shine and glitter upon our chil dren. ; :' Mr. J. N. Stall ings. of ' Duplin ' connty, was next introduced, and after having given a his toric sketch of the battle, he referred to the her oism of tho women of North Carolina, nnd re lated tbd following: "Mrs. Slocdmb. the wife of Lieut. Slocnmb, who fought in the battle, rixlo from near Dudley, in Wayne county after night fall, and on horseback, to tho battle ground to assist in binding np the wounds of tho wound ed." Ho closed by t. saying "as we remember nnTYherish tho principles that actuated our forefathers. I bog that we may all love union, and follow their example." ; The next and last orator was Col. Edward Cantwell of this city, the other invited speakers being unable to be present. Wo tike the fol lowing from hi speech, quoting from memory: "One hundred years ago. where wc now stand. John Gr"tdy received his death wound ; the ! sands beneath your feet were crimsoned with bis blood; he fought not for filthy. lucrc,"but for Ids country, and gave up his life "in its defence Cd. Cantwell spoke at some length of the pa triotism displayed in tho lato war, and then brought Ins oration to a cloe, A benediction was then invoked by Rev. .Tn lian P. Faison. and .tho Cornet Club gathered around the monument and played "The Old North State," after which the order was given to "fall in" and tho companies, headed by the band, faced for tho landing and the battle field, whero were gathered that day about 2,000 peo ple, was soon left in tho distance. i iiOMEWAKD BOUND. " . . - Tlio North State left tho mouth of Moore's Creek on tho homo trip at a quarter jiast 5 o'clock with a tired crowd onboard; those whu could find benches on which to doze, stretched out their weary limb for a rest. Others who wero determined "to see tho thingont,"indill"' ed 111 conversation or aquiet game of whist or eiiciiro. wldlo a large crowd assembled on the lower deck, and amused themselves with sing ing, and tho first refrain which they sent forth on tho still night air was: Cnrolina, Carolina, Heaven's. blcs"in5 attend her. While we live we will cherish, protect and defond . her. Mr. Foster, of the New York ITenild, Was then called on for a sjieech. :uul in a neat ami appropriate addles express! tho great ple.is 11 10 ho hal experienced at the Centennial, of Moore's Creek, ami thauked tho company for tho courtesey shown him. Several little spoeelH es wero made, and tho Cornet Concert Club again gave forth sweet music. - The lights in the city of Wilmington could be seen about 8 o'clock, as we came down the Cape Fear, and a quarter of an hour later the landing was reached, the companies under the li'dit of nanioe.uix went. asiiore and headed by tho band ,,i,leelebrationf,l.. ll .Hi . f Xf "XVC . laaii-tieii lo Liieo iirmorr room -mm tiio mninn. . . .-. i.Awoi s vil-vn was over. As a fitting close tho Capo Fear Light Artillery saluted the city with several rounds os the steamer n eared the city, and tlio Wilmington Eight Infantry fired three volleys on trout street on their return. I-ist ni.rht , ball was to have taken place nt LiIIinrton inlion- or of the day, and thoso who wero Jiot worn out with tho fatigue, jumped in tho cars await ing them, and wheeled off for Eillin-non and the dance, i . I Other Suns than Ours. Mr. Proctor, in one of his lectures on the snb- .f I St. C - .1. i ... .... ... v 1 wiiiui ouiis man vurs, declared it a fixed fact that all stars wiue suns Every star visible to the naked eye on tho clearest night was the center of worlds like our own. nnd 'al- though tho most powerful telescoiies are slill unable to reveal the circling planets, tho inia"- uiaiiou coiiiu certainly tysccrn tho millions of worlds clustering arming each of these hundreds of thousand of bright suns, i Tin? nearest star to our system Was Aldebaran. in tho constellation Centaur, a star only visible in Southern lati tudes. This star was 200.000 times as far from tho earth as the sun is, and, its size was much great er than tint of our sun, being jdiout 1,12.",000 miles in diameter. Tho next nearest star, Si rius, was much larger than Aldebaran. As tronomers knew that this star was nt least a certain number of billion of miles from our sys tem, but how much more distand the' could not tell. Tho lecturer supposed that tlio progress of life in this myriads of world was about tho same as i. is in our systeni.-and for every in habited world there wore thousands of worlds upon which life was cither extinct or had not 3'et liegnn. The thonght of death, apd desolation were so predominant in the universe was not so melancholy to tho lecturer as 1tl might be to many others. Tho same change was going on 111 tho life and death of all these world as is seen on every hand and among all, tilings .that are at any timo endowed with life and being. Something. About Pern. j A brotlicr of Henry Meiggs, tlie . American railroad king of Ptiru, has been interviewed by a reporter. Mr. Meiggs says that Tern is rich er m the precious metals than any other coun try, in the known world. Our engineers in build ing the railroad from tho coast of Tunc have come across a hundred silver mines, any one of which might bo profitably worked, if -. in the United States. If these mines are worked, 'the railroads wc have built will bo a blessing to the country.' New discoveries of gnano aro being made, and it is estimated Hint there aro about ten millions of tons remaining, worth altout G 10s. sterling per ton, net.: The annual consump tion i about 400,000 tons, so that Pern is sure of an ample income from guano for n quarter of a century. Taxes aro very low. real estate being nimost entirely free from taxation! Amer icans who arc steady and enterprising get along well. Those who bi-come demoralized and fall into loose habits sink. Btitl do not know that thureare any American paupers in Peru. There are two classes in Peru tho pure-blooded de scendants of the old Spaniards, and tho mixed bloods, partly Spaniard rlly Indian, and in somo cases partly negro. Tho former aro high minded energetic iRjopl.i. Tho latter aro infe rior, but make good laborers, along with tho Chineso. We employ them by stent or piece work. One of our roads crosses tho mountains at 1C.000 feet above the level of tho sea. Some of the bridges, too, aro very lofty, an l built with skill that would do credit to any part of tlio world. ! Tlio science of legislation is like that of med icine in one rccct tliat it is far; mora easy Hint out what will do harm than what will do good. CoWm. i , What to Teach Our Boys. ; Not to tease girls or boys smaller than them selves. When their play is orer for th day to wash -? their faces and hand, brush their hair, spend s thejevening in tho house. . Not to take tho easiest chair in the room and put it directly in front of tho fire, and forget to offer it to their mother when the comes to sit down. - ... , To treat their mother as politely as if. sli were u strange lady who did not spend her lifb ". in their service. To be as kind and helpful to their sisUrs as -J to other boys' sisters. Not to grumble or refuse when asked to do some errand which must be done, arid whlck will otherwise take the time of some ono who has more to do than themselves. Not to make their friends among boys. To tike pride in having their mothers nnd sisters for their best friends. iT. try to find amusement for tlio evening that ! all the family can join in. large and small.. To tako prido in being a gentleman at . home. 1 . To cultivate a cheerful temper. ' , To Iljarn to sew on his own buttons. ( If they do anything wronirto take tlieirniotS-! ers into their confidence, and above all, never"' to lie nlxmt anything they have done. - ' To make up their minds not to learn to nuo, chew, or drink, remembefing-these tilings can- . not bo unlearned, and that they aro terribla ' draw-backs to good men, necessaries to bad ones. . ; To remember there never without these habits. i was a vagabond To learn to save their money and invest it from the first penny thev earn, and they arc sure to be rich men. ' . " r " To olserve all these rules and tliey aro sure to Ikj gentlemen. ' : -. : - Masked Bobbers in Pennsylvania; A KIGIIT IX THE' HOUSE OF THE SOUTAUT - INHABITANT ON GILE'S HOI.LOW. "I '; ' . -"- RosEvn.i.E, Pa.. Feb. 10. Eliorhard Btil man, an eccentric old German, lived alone in " Gilo's Hollow, near this village, for several years, and as lie had received money from Gor many at stated periods, nnd neither spent it all nor invested t in any way, ; the inference was that he secreted it Beilman goes to bed at 8:30 o'clock in the evening,, not only locking his doors, but barricading the front door withtk heavy bar, and the back d.or with a lieavy cltest. At about C o'clock on Tucslny morning he was called from Ids bed by some ono wlio said ho was freezing. Beilman raited one corner of his window enrtain and looking out, ho saw two largo men masked and armed with clubs. Beilman inst-mtly decided to escape by tlio' -back way. nnd hastily putting on Ids pantaloons ho pushed the chost away from the hack door, drew the bolts, and sprang out; ho was seized. ' and before bo could utter a cry a largo hand was 1 " ciappcu over 111s mouth, liu captor whistled. and the two men ran to him fr.m in front of tlio house. Ho was taken hack into the houso and gagged and bound. The robbers thon tack ed a lied quilt to each window, nnd tlicn struck a light They tied Beilman in a chair, and then began to ransack the house. They emptied hitv chest and scattered its contents on tlio floor, finding ab-.'nt $200 in gold. Thoy ripped open a straw tick nnd round $200 in greenbacks. Continuing their search, and finding no mor money, they threatened Boilman's life if he did not tell them where tho rest of his money was, but ho would not. They thon sprinkled him wiih kerosene oil and piled paper and straw un der his chair and et fire to it threatening to burn him to death, and he yielded. He told them where $2,000 was hidden, and after ho had sworn on a Bible that that was his all. they took it aud went away, leaving" him bound in his chair. - Beilman invariably visited tho village every I S ""J morning 10 liny a quart of beer, and as he did i nv 'K niorn.llg SUSpiC.on. WS I aruci, nnd tin len n few villagers went to his place in the afternoon, and found him as he Jiad been.Jcft . by the masked robbers. Tlio room was in confusion, and tho tt.xir beneath his c hair was burned nearly through. The legs and bottom of the chair wero also burned. Bfilinau says that be has $8,000 Jcft, and that with that ho will go back to Germany. . A Frightful Picture. Tho Huntington Advertiser lias lhi about the woman whom a West Virginia mob shrank from hanging: Mrs. Meelings. the confessed accomplice in. lu "l"'ler of her husliand, is beyond doubt Um n,ost wretched female ever incarcerated in tlwr i:'' Jlt liarlionrsvillo. To her death would be !i n'ost "lrao messenger, but her guilt-stain- cl heart luis not the courage to suggest snicide; " " 5 ucu a mougiu ncr Hands would bo too cowardly to assist in "the self-murder. By day gory-stained phantoms flit before her gaze, while her sleep is accompanied with dreai.ns of skeletons, and fiends dance around lier bed-side, their mocking laugh deriding her for tho assassination of her husliand. . When asked a fy days ago what troubled her mot, the jiast or the future.' sho answered, the 'hor rible p:ist.' She paces np ami down her,strong-ly-barred room wishing for death, and occasion- -ally dashes her hands to her eyes as if to keep from her gaze the awful scenes attending the inhuman butchery of her husband. She has wasted in flesh to such an extent since hor ini pnonnient as to present tho appearance of an animated skeleton, her appetite Ins lttrted her, her mind is on tho verge of losing its wj, and terrible indeed most Ikj. her expectations respecting tho issue of her approaching trial for murder. Interest Charges in National Banks. . The question of interest ehargcablo by Nation al Banks has been several times before tlio couits, but it has at last lieen settled by tho de cision of tlus Supremo Court of tho United States in the case of the Farmers' and MercJiants' Na tional Bank of Buffalo against Dcnring. ;" Tlio points made were as follows : 1. The rate of interest chargeable by each bank is to lie that allowed by the law of tho Stato or Territory where tho Imnk is situated. 2. Where by laws of the Stwtc or Territory a . different rate is limited for Imiks of issue organ- 1 zed under tho local laws, tho rate so limited is allowed for the Rational Banks. 3. Where,no rate of interest is fixed the Na tional banks may cliargo at a rate not ' excised ing seven percnt. jwr annum. .-... . 4. Such interest may be received or taken In advance.-, . :,... '. . . .5. Knowingly reserving! receiving, or cliarg ingar.ite of interest greater than aforesaid hall 1x5 held nnd adjudged a forfeiture of tlio. interest which the note, bill or other uvideiicu of the debt carries with i t, or which liar been agreed lo I10 paid thereon. 6. lr a greater rate lets lieen paid twice tho amount so paid may lm rceoverutl Uick. prvil cjl suit be brought within two years from the timo the usurious transaction occurred.- "7. Hie purchase, discount or sale of a bill of exchange jiayable at another idaeo at not more than the current rat of exchange on night dniJt's. in adilitiou to the interest, slull not b consideretl as taking a greater rate of interest than that Jiermitted. ' : . V. Unit the national Uink act is constitu tional. -9. Tlio court construes tho provision. of 11m? act relating to tlio icnnlty for taking more tlifih lawful interest and hold that tho plaintiff In;- Itkir tvnd ctitit tt ravirn 1 ivl nai I if ffiM I note sued ii 1 less tho amount of interest un J lawfully rcscrveil. ' "
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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March 9, 1876, edition 1
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