vi lie" I nrtors Soul hmiiT.
3t rcc & gndf pendent amiiu gourual
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"TO. BIGGS, Editor and Proprietor.
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lar 'iM Journals io North Carolina, and a
one ."f the institution of tiie Country and
lue organ ol Edgecombe County , it- con dw
tor will strive to direct it in the interv.-l of
the Slate and Country at large, and ho will
iarc no nninsto make it n litrprestiuative
ot tlie eltion from which it emciuites.
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DR. L. T. FUQTJA.
Office, Opposite the Court House, Tarboro.
Having discontinued my visits to Wehlon,
I shall oonline mystlf to tliis place, wliore I
may bo found prepared to reside profes
sional .services in all its branches.
Villi 'J IIVIUIO, U I - .- -
o'clock p.m.
Jan. 4-tf.
15. II. E tisx,
liocky Mount, NC.
Samt,. T. Williams
iluttlobolo, .N C.
BIVNN & WILLIAMS,
AUomcvs luiwv.
' OFFICES:
Rocky Mount, liattleboro ancl
Nashville.
O.'rici: at It cky .Mount open at all limes,
-.it HitilcUoro mi Fi'Ulay-s aiii!
ri.i.l :l N'asiiviilo 'ii Jiou'lays.
baterrViys,-
in. nines letters should be :iedic"ed to
t!:e iifiu rit H"cky Mount. '
ClUi.'L'iT: Nah, Edgecoribe, 1!-lifax
anil "Wilson.
jCjJC'laiius collected in f.ny part (
North Carolina.
-! -f Practice in tlie gt:prr;nio and Fed
eral Courts. -1. b-T-,'.
WALTEU CLAKK. J. M. MULI-IiS.
CLARK & MULLEN,
Allovncys at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C
i-raeticcinr all the. Courts of Hali'nx, Novlh-
ihc'supi eine Court of North Carolina, a
;tic l-'ed-ral Courts. Collectioiis made l
Kl'.eeomlo an.l .Uarnn couuu.-s. ia
ik any
-rt .if North Carolina,
v. i.-One of tlio i irni will
r.ttend at Ofiice
of uverv week.
in Scotland Neck on
jnarea 7-1 y: ar.
jS-ni-daj
SWIFT GALLOWAY,
AlUmiey ii lav,
O-TVT jEZ 111,
i:5-lf.
N. C.
II. L. SrATOX, Jr.,
AND
.ttwusettov il A.uY.
TA
!!:0K0, N.
office os
PITT STREET,
Ne.a-Iv op isite the Howard llctv '
GREAT A.TTRACTICN!
tViiklics, Jewelry, Silver
PLATED WARE,
AT
j. M. Freeman & Sons,
Hh Established S(orc or IS3I,
IVj. '-), Corner Maia and T-Ibot Sts.,
ioi:folk, vi.
Tlie 'iubscriber respectfully calls tlio
attention of the purchasiufr coninjunity
atnl visitors generally, to his stock ol'
IooiId, consitincr of
1'iue fluid Tluntinpr Case Levera, of European
and American make, for Gentlemen & Ladies.
3 1.ii.tiiiff Silver Leverri, of Ameri.au and Swiss
make.
Cold Lorintme and Chatelaine Chains and Tins
- C, -.it's fluid Wst ''hai:iH, Gi.ld lt'iiir.
Carlmnelc, Garnet, lluijy lVail, aud all Gold
l'.ar Kiiiurs and Itins in cetls.
l;amoiid Jlings JtiontV Seal Ki'iCH, an exquis
ite assortment 18 Kaiat 1'hdri Gold Itint;,
suitable forEnRaKement and Wtdibn liin.s.
(5arnet Huby and l'earl limgs Ladies' Gold
PiiiH in every '.hi ieiy.
f ild nlfi'vo and i'.wsoiii Buttons of every style.
Piti-hers, Casters, and a general assort
ment of PLATED WAKE.
With a reiicial apsortment of Goods nsnally
T.epi. in a Jewr'iry .Store, all of which are o3"ered
I'oil SALE at as LOW PIUCES AS AMy STOI1EIN THE
41 i-FlXE WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEW
ELI. V carefuliv repaired and warranted.
' J. M. FI1EEMAN A SONS,
At Cor. Main & Talbot Sta., Norfolk, Va.
.Iu!vl4. l:J7D. :2-tf
JAMES Tl. CIAIIK,
Wilson, N. C.
with
GW AT IT ME Y BROS. & CO.
( 0 l MISSION 31 ER ( II WTS,
Uox Ul).'. NOUFOLK. Va.
V. W. GWATHMEY & CO.
( O.lIitllSSICIV MERCHANTS,
box 674. 79 Water st., NE7 YORK
Consi'iiinents of Cotton, Naval Stores, Ac,
i -olicited. Liberal advances on cousiguDients.
.ept. 11. il-'jm.
.oiiv h wiiitkhkad sMt(ii N-r.;;iCKiiOL'K
W IHTEUEA1) & BUICKIIOISE,
V.IIOLKSALK DKALERd IX
aiSMUiTS ft THUK.
Nos. 40 aud 42 Iron Front,
VKsr btDU OF 11AKKKT fetlUAI'.l:,
Herman & Co's Old Stand.
Norfolk, Va.
.1 m v 13.
31-ly.
A. HREXr,
21 and 2fi Ulioii F.trocf..
Norfolk Vp
I ANUFAUTUllElt AN D h L,
iI .-r in CARHDG. 10i.-GT s ht'T,
1KS, HAltNF.SS, -SJbLES, CoLLAM
I.uues, Wb'ps. Horsa Clotliing, &2. '
. ALSO
;on.-, C.irt,-, Cart V.'ln els an . 3 Axles,
i to C. C. Lanier, Ta.-buro, M. C."' a
.luiv l:
H0FFLIX & CO.,
friiPimTrj
K rKir
01S,
jiJU IJLilJjItU 3i Ullil
iillillU U. illlJllull
AND DEALEHS IN
Genls' Furnishing Goods, &c.
,ITo. 33 Main st., Norfolk, Va.
i- mil.
13 tl
fffflli -fH ' ill : M ffiK
jp? jlljjjp Jl? ff?J5 ipL s JL ; ' JEIIi44w w4 4 4
U - . u
"I AM A SOUTHEKN MAN, Ol'' SOUTHERN PRINCIPLES ." J e fFe rson t
volume xlviii
XORFOLK.
L. Berkley. J. A. Yancey. . Sam. Hodden.
BERKLEY, TANCEY & HODGES,
Boots, Shoes & Hats,
AT WHOLESALE, -
Nos. 84 & 86 Wide Water St.,
AND 13 & L ELIZABETH ST.
Nqrfolk, Va.
i?y No pjood sold, under any cirenmstan
cch, except to Meifhauta. au. 3-ly
W. n. HI'DGIIVS & CO.,
IMrOUTEKS AND DEALERS IN
KOllFOKK, Va.
V
NVITE TIIE ATTENTION OF
Merchants to their lariro and coniTlctc
.Slock of Hardware, Cutlery, Gun.-., Ac, iul
will ctieeriully Uuplicaio any Northern liiil.
Sept. ll-lyl
TAYLOR, MARTIN & 0:,,
DEALERS IN ; -
Hardware, Ctitlerv,
15 .U IRON AND STEEL,
WAGON MATEItl'AL,
BELTING AN 3 PACKING,
House Furnishing Goods, &c.
Circular I'rout corner of Maiu btreet and
Market Square,
Norfolk, Va.
Nails at Factory Prices. Trace Chains
Weed, Hilling and Grub Hoes, Horse Col
lars aud liwines, Axe?, ffaws, &c., &.C.
The tradrt supplied at KortLciu priees
2G-tf
DAXCY, IIY3IAX & CO.,
. GENERAL
Commission Merchants
No. 142 1'oarl street,
NEVYORK. .
HYUAXS &1)A.CY,
GESERAL COWMISSTOK MEF-CHAXX
Tiv. 47 Wite Watks yi'itKtr,
(Rear of Custom Ib'use,)
NOB FOLK, VA..
!i l-'7. lv
ESTABLISH EI) Is,
V. CUKEXV.'oOa.
C. F. GREEXU'OOI) A- Li.'J.,
.-DEAIiKKS IN
Dianonas. Fiu3 Wntclias, Jewelry
fcilver-Ware, Clocks,
CA'tilUmiEXT & H EDDI.(; KIXCS
No. 47 Main Street,
NOUFOLK. VA.
Tif Special attention ijiveu to the repairs
iie of Wntelies, Cloi lcs ar.J Jewelry, i'nie
lUjPihor Jewelry uiade to order
1 1 1 ' ' v
J. L DEAA'S,
MAXlFACTUKKIl Ol-'
Sasli, niiiids. Doors, Mouldings,
Drackets, Scroll Work of all
Kinds at Xortlteru Trices.
Planing and Sawing Done to Order.
Comer Washington and King Streets.
lortsiTioEitli, Va.
Refers to C. C. Lamer, Tarboro, N. C.
July LJ. ."1-ly. .
SCW YORK.
A. T. BRUCE & CO.,
COTTON FACTOKS,
AND
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
1GG Pearl Street,
Jfc-n' York.
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON
Consigmneus. Sliipnients covered by
Insurance when placed on Cars or Vessel.
June 10.
Studwell I5ri)thcrs5
17 Murray Street,
1ST o "W "3T o 1,
Mdiiu'acturer8 and Jobbers of
BOOTS & SHOES
FO
SOUTHERN
TR
VDE.
ilave a :iiph't3 stoclv in all lines includ
ing their populir firanic State I!;tls., Kip
Tlow Shoed, and 'tl oiiHii's t'tb. Cals.
OVr.crs solicited and carefnPv Dlied at
lowest market rates.
J. E. MOOSE. Salesman.
Tllli UN LLUSIG MED OFFERS FOli Eii
llld . .
OFFICE,
next door to Lis rcwlnv on rilt Str:ct. It
(mo of the most desirable locations lor a
1'iot'esdninal liau iu Tuu. Apply to
Juuc 1W. Du. A. 11. MACNAJl',
MIES W. WHITJSEYj
Commission Merchant
AND DEALER IN
fiNE FAMILY iiiEIE,
Main Street. .M:
Store lately occupied, by
lias constantly on
fe'u tsars
Teas and Coffees,
Patapsco, Ashland, Family
and other brands of Flour.
Bacon, 'Mess & Hump Pork.
Sugar House Syrup, New Orleans Molasses, and Golden
Drip Syrup. A No. 1 Cider Vinegar. ; Butter. ..Eng-:
lisli Dairy Cheese, Pine Apple Do., and Swiss Cheese.
Prunes, Barley, Split Peas, Vermicelli, Maccaroni,' Cho
colate. LoriUard's, Miller's and .Kailroad Snuff 'and
Tobacco. Fresh Crackers. Smoked Salmon, Beef
Tongues and Dried Beet. Sugar Cured Hams, and all
articles to be found in a lirst-class Family Grocery
Store. Orders for Doors, Sash and Blinds promptly
filled at Manufacturer Prices.
Feb. 8, 1S72.
NOW-IS THE TIME!
1EL 33. 'I'JUjHiXj
las just opeved biliirc stock of New
Spring Goods,
ttmbracing overytliins froai a NEEDLE
to ;; CUOWBAR. This, of coarse, includes
Ladies' Dress Goods,
GENT'S
FURNISHED G000S
Hat s & Ceps
Boots and Slioes
&e., &c.
A Iai'go SclectioiL of
School Books,
In fact, cverytliinj; you want. Call im
mediately and examine for yourselves.
April 4-tf.
Baltimore:.
1UJ
L
CROQUET.
CompU tc nets at J3.00. $4.09, $5.00, $C.C0
$7.(JU, $8.00 to $20.00 a set.
FISHING TACKtE.
Hods, Hooks, Lines and Laakcla.
BASE BALLS.
All the Leading kinds at Ittdaccd Trices,
GUNS.
Double and Single Barrel Guns.
PISTOLS.
The Tubular and approved kinds.
AMMUNITION
Of every description.
N. B. All of our Croqnct excepting tho $3
sot, have Lradlfv s raUnt bockcti tor tho
Uridx"1, a gre at addition.
L' iikrs in Fportcmon s Uoods ami otliers
interc-Htod should scnd;for our Trioe List ol
Jointed Fishing Eoda, tho best and cheapest
Croodii in the ilai lict. -.
POULTNEY, TRIMBLE, & CO.,
: 200 W. Baltimore Street,
Baitimoro, Maryland.
March
G-ly
JOSEPH W. JKXKINS, K. II. FK.NDKK
of Ballinioio. ate of Tarboro, JN , O
JosGiJli W. Jenkins & Co,,
Commission Merchants,
28 AND 30 FREDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE.
SOLICITS t
j Col!,, n Nrwr.
CONSIGNMENTS OF
1 Stores, and all other Pro
ducts.
11 orders for Il.tgu'n::, Uipc, IJacon
and other snoiiles promptly lilleil.
Will make liberal Cash advances on a!l
consignments.
JTa -cb 2X 1G tf.
Water wheel,
Mill GearintsShaftmPulleys
y00UHIM0BE4-
LSEND, FOR A ClRCUiARife
TAHBORO', EDGECOMBE-COUNTY,
N: EAFRTCBV
hand a full line of . r
9 Cm.
TARHORO.
HUSSEY.BHOS. & CO.,
EU1U6I H1IIIACTI1IRS
TASBOEO, Jff. c.
Special AUenliou paid to Repairing
J 2C-tf
TO TBE'Cl'ILDIXC PUBLIC.
I RespectfV.lyannonncethat 1
itn now prepared with a ruin
wtt nnra'uer of assistants to
-rttract for and lmilil cv.tv
kitul of JtuL'SE, or anvthing tLo in tho
Carpenters line.
I would also say to the Farmers of tht
County that I have made every necessary
ai-raugemrtnl to construct everything oif
woon-wottK.
r.niioffi rrom a gin
Persons intrusting business into rev
hands may be assured that it will be at
tended to with the utmost promptness and
lldelity.
I have in my employ a strong force o
lu st-class Carpenters.
All citizens of tha county a;o respect
nlly requested to give me a cfaunce before
ontracting elsewhere.
Apply to me at Tarboro.rN. C. '
40 ly JOHN C. DANOr, (Cold')
TERRELL & RUO.
HAVt OPENED ON MAiN ST, NEAR THE BRIDGE
A Family Grocery Store
where they will always be dadto furnish their
iriends and the public w ith, such Groceries as
thuv m.iv desire.
L. C. TLitliELL. G. T. TERRELL.
fcb 10-tf
C. C. LANIER,
AGENT FOR
MESSRS. H IRDY & BROTHERS,
Commission Merchants,
Baltimore, Md
... FOR . .
STIEFF'S PIANO,
WALSH'S TOMB STONES.
THE " TAYLOR" GIN
FISH GUANO, .
"CO-TTON FOOD,"
CM IIO CJUAXO
. , . AND "
A Specialty.
Tarboro, N. C. Jan.ll-tf.
Still Alive and Kicking.
YOU DOX'T BELEIVE IT? EU!
Then call down at nry :
HUM II &H0CERY STDEE
- on
MAIN STREET, '
Where you will always find me supplied
with-the vet y best . - '
FAMILY GROCERIES,
whicli I sell at the lowest CASH PRICES,
My Bar contains the purest Kinds of
LIQUORS,
And tlie Choicest Hrands of
CIGARS.
The highest Cash Prices will 1k paid for
Hides, Beeswax, Sheep Skins, &c.
A cordial invitation is extended to alL
A. B. ltOANE.
Tat boro, April 11. 1 vr.
MHIfflJlffi ISIS.
MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES, &c.
f)f Marble, Granite, Brown-Stone and
Scotch Granite. Also
. I-Iarble Mantle?, Furnituro,
And l'l umbers' Siabs Furnished to order.
L B. PRICE, No. 3 Mechauic St.
Norwalh, Conn
OUR EN WILLIAMS, Agent
Api'l 1-ly. Taiboiu. N.L".
.OllTII CAROLINA, JULY 11, 1872.
The Tarboro' Soullierucr.
rivirsday,
July 11, 1S72.
Platform and Resolutions Adopted by
the Democratic-Conservative Con
vention at Greensboro', May 2, 1872.
The following resolutions and plat
form wero adopted by ths Conven
tion: .
Tlie Democratic Conservative party
of North Carolina, in Convention as
sembled, do declare that all experi
ence proves that in a free govern men
those to whom power haa been delo -gated
are proiie to enlarge Its sphere
Kit titizens. Thej present condie
ot our country demands anmeea o y a
designat whatever nat bn tert nv , io
oflli au srtereorn roes ptaodipto h,f
greater than any with which our Gov
ernment has been menaced since its
tnization. Constitutional Gov
ernment andi'vil It.w are threatened
with annihilation, and military p-ov-
ernment und bayonet law substituted
in their stead. Immense sums not
needed fcr any legitimate purpose are
drawn from the people .by means of a
system of taxation vexations in the
extreme and as unequal as the inge
nuity of the maker could fashion it
imposing heavy burdens upen the
people, not only to support extrava
gance and waste by government offi
cials, but also to meet tho demands of
wealthy monopolists, who seek to
convert the vholo government into
an immense machine by which the
publifc is to be plundered for their
benefit. This system has produced
an amount of official corruption that
has astonished the country, and which
will, if not soon checked, demoralize
the people. The Adminsitration at
Washington not only fails to correct
these evils, but by its conduct encour
ages extravagance, peculation and
corruption. In order that the patri
otic men of the North may not be
aided in ; their efforts to reform tho
Administraticn by tho Southern
StatetV a large number cf the men of
most expflriance in inose oihio uio uis
franchise and prohibited from takim
an efficieipilrt in the management of
political an&lrs. In addition to this,
and to keep those States under the
control of mere retainers and instru
ments of the central power at Wash
ington, oppressive and tyrannical laws
have Veen passed and largo bodios of
troops distributed. to overawe the citi
. ,I
zens and prevent a fair expression of
public opinion at the ballot box.
Ivesolved, therefore, Itmt the tima
has arrived when it becomes tho duty
of all parties, without distinction of
party, to unite in an honest effort to
restore Constitutional Government, an
equal and moderate system of taxation,
econjmy in expoaditured, honesty
among official and universal amnesty,
and thus secure tho permanent peace
and prosperity of our common coun
trv. Resolved. That tho present system
of internal taxes on spirits p.ud tobac
co is unequal, vexatious and tyranni
cal and ought forthwith to bo abol
ished and thus by its extinction re
lieve the? country from the curse of a
numerous herd of cfficc-seekers,whose
conspiracies and frauds are demoral
izing the public mind, and who are
harrassing and plundering the peo
ple, and, by their extortions, fatten
ing 6n the hard earning of a helpless,
impoverished and oppressed commu
nity. Eesolved, That tho late Radical
Convention of this State, by recom
mending J. C. Abbott to a seat in tho
Senate of tho United States, though
ho did not receive one-third of the
votes cast, manifested an utter disre
gard of the rights of the people of the
State ; a contempt of the Constitution
of tli9 United States ; and a plain act
of Congress, made in pursuance
thereof; a preference for the laws of
Great Britain, where the minority
rule prevails, and tho rights of ma
jorities are habitually disregarded.
Kesolved, That their endorsement
of W. W. Holden, who was deposed
from office for gross violations of the
constitutions of the Stato,squandering
its funfba, ttriA Ulecral arrests of ita
citizens, as well calculated to alarm
oTir people with the dread that in the
event of the return to power of his
associates, tho State is to be oppressed
with military arrests ; penitentiary
and railroad swindles,' and general
fcaste, profigacy, fraud and corrup
tion.'. ' ' n
Resolved, That the general tenden
cy both at Washington and in our
own State,, of Radical action is en
tirely in the interests of monopolists
and tho wealthiest classes and for tho
Oppression of the mnsses of our coun
trymen. And that instead of such
conduct, it is the duty of the govern
ment to aid, elevate and dignify tho
laborer, to whose "efforts mainly, we
must look for our prosperity.
: Resolved, That education and en
lightened public virtue are indispen
sably essential in a government of and
for the people and wo insist that a
fair and just proportion of tho public
lands, Or their proceeds, which be
long in common to all the States of
Union, Bhall be given to them at
once for the education of all claese3 of
people without distinction of race or
color, instead of -being granted by
Congress, as thev have heretofore
been, under the most corrupting in
fluences and in vast quantities to over
powering railroad corporations and
other monopolists of accumulated
wealth so dangerous to the rights
and liberties and welfare of the poonle.
Resolved, That while we accept i common Lite. Like Job b w ir horse,
and faithfully abide by the coustitu- J he p:niffe.j the L-ttk- from ai'.u-: Shod
tion of the United States as it U, -vith j !v i- cheap, aud huwbjg is cii .-ap, and
its amendments including cinauuiu-1 iluny Yt aid DctvLu 3 j ai.ut scriiijua
tion and equality before the lav;, thus
r - i . i i i . i I
comernng equal, civii ana political.
rigat3 upon all who are citizens of
this Federal liepublic, we oppose and
denounce the latitudiuous construc
tion which mates the discretion of
Congress or the will of the President
superior to the Constitution, and un
der pretence of enforcing tho laws,
destroys tho most inrportant provis
ions securing the personal liberty of
the citizen' and dwarfs tho State
themselves into the mere provinces or
corporations under the control of a
central government, with no rights
reserved to them or the people except
such only as that central government
may choose to confer.
. Iieselyod, That wo desire a real
and not inerelj a pr&tendwd-civil ser-.
j-viea 'reform, and that wd believe the
one-term principle for the Presidency
would greatly tend to produce that
desirable result.
Kesolved, That the patronage of
the government should not be brought
in conflict with tho freedom cf elec
tions, and that the elective franchise
should be freo and un trammeled.
Eesolvod, That the amendments to
the Constitution, proposed by the last
Legislature, if adopted, tend materi
ally to benefit the State ; and unhes
itatingly recommend their support, to
all citizens without distinction of
party.
Kesolved, That all secret political
societies are dangerous in a free gov
ernment; engender violence, combi
nations arrainst the noace of socie
ty, insecurity of person and property,
and ought to bo discountenanced by
all good citizens.
liesolved, That as an independent
press is tho palladium of American
liberty ; the Democratic press of the
State for their able, manly and per
sistent defence of constitutional and
civil liberty, deserve, aud are hereby
tendered, the grateful .acknowledge
ments and hearty thanlis of the peo
ple of the State.
Sx-Goverrer Allen on EL A.
Pollard.
The following artie'e, fr ni thft pen of
Ex-Governor Allen, of Louisiana, and
now editor of the Mexican Times, is
clipped from that paper of the 0th of
January, ft is a composition worthy
oi the immortal Junius. In its power,
i;i its force of bitterness and sentiment,
it is an unequalled piece of writing.
Of the personality of the article we
have nothing to Guy, but submit is to
tur readers as a specimen of most
; extraordinary ccniporition.
j no civii war in America is eu Jea,
and tlie '-banner of tho b ir" that waved
over Jackson and joined upon the
traak of Stuart's reckless "riders has
been put away as men hide tho trhiekets
of a dear, dead love.
A'though t he blood of Virgiui i's b, sfc
and bravest is ot yet dry in the val
leys, nor has the grass grown over the
premature graves of the mauly.Cou
t'ederates who fell before Petersburg,
yet Mr. E. A, l'ollard, a pretty writer
aod talented editor, in a long news
paper article, denounces ex-lVesideut
Davis, Gtuerals Lee, Johnston ap i
Ueauregard, and says ''the South ?ru
people disgraced" themselves forever
when they refused to fight to determi
nation ; and that they lack 'courage
and endurance statesmanship and
intelligence." lie criticises campaign-:,
ridicules strategical movements, sneers
at retreats, and laughs at every heroic
effort of the brave tnea who have left tj
his history au immortal name.
Who is Mr. E. A. Pollard ? II : U
a Virginian, the editor of the Rich
mond Examiner, "and the author of the
"Southern History of the War.'' We
have grief for the first, blu hes for the
second, and contempt for the last.
During all those years of carnage
and of blood, this Richmond Examiner
was an insatiate fiend of opposition
and hatred. Siep by step it broke
down the brave, food heart of Sidney
Johnston, again and again it iaecratad
aod gored the scusitive soul of Beaure
gard ; wck cfter wrek it denounced
the heroic efforts of Joseph E. John
ston; and now, when Jefferson Davis
is chained amid the waves of Lis rock
ribbed prison, it tries to stab his repu
tation and his honor.
It is not often that r.en like Pollard
and .Jordan can gioat over tne agony
of ench a spirit and the degre Jation of .
such a name. It is not often that
such a bosom as Lee's 13 laid brefor
the thrust cf every ruffian's spear, or
the dagger of every coward's hand.
It is not often that a desolated nation
writhes under the blows of its children
aod the cruelties of its own offspring.
It is not often that the world furnishes
human hyeLas to ex .ume the bodies
of her sainted dead, and howl in horrid
delight over the revolting feast.
Pollard's mother State lies prostrate
in the dust, her hearthstones desolate
and her idol shattered. All orer the
land he can see her bereaved daughters
weepiug for the young, fresh faces
that looked back to them from the heat
and yellow dust of the coufiets just
before tho horses feet trod them do?m
lie cm almost hear the brecscj from
the Wilderness singing ther me'an
choly dirges over Stuart,nnd Ashby,
and Pelhatn, and Hill, and Jackson,
dear to God. He has no love, nor
veneration, nor tenderness, nor pity for
any oi the?; but tear.ng opcu graves of
the immortalized dead, he blends them
with the living in one sacriligkms
anathema of contemptuous hatred.
l'ollard wanted extermination, but
be was in New York city, bob nobbiug
with Greeley, aod tellicg his pleasant
way of the four years' war.
He want-
ed fifty thousand men to fi,
;ht a mil-
lion to the death
beside them aud
but he never fell in
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are cheap; and sincerity, faith, honor,
chivalry manhood! how pure and un
popular. Drape tho picture of a nation its'
agony, and cover its laurels with the
mounting oypress. ' Furl the conquer
ed banner with a farewell look, aud
shriiie its memory ia our hearts; but
to the brutal hrrdihood of those who
curse and villlfy a ruiued race, give
vengeauce. scorn, and a uever-dyiug
contea.pt.
llibtoiy tells how Cjrijlaneus halted
his victorious regions beyond the
Yellow Tiber, but Nero fiddled a good
ly nice while Home was buTrii.g.
ximid the graces of his kindred, the
anguish and di'pair of brave men in
their crushing overthrow, an.id the
blue skies and jsreee f'eLs ol Lis ua-.
tivity. 1?, A. Pollcid dips his pen. iu
the gall of the New finglaod h;ite and
writes the record of his owu ovedust
iug iufr.uiy aud disgrace.
The Land of Ophir
'Tho gold ot Ophir." What vis
ions of untold weilth and mor ; than
regal splendor are awakem-d in our
minds by these familiar words, wnieli
have coujc down taus from the days
of the 'great kings" of Israel! We
think . the glories of the temple,
the altar of gold, the table, of gold,
the "candlesticks of pure gold, five
on the right side and five on the left,
before the oracle, with the Cowers,
and the lamp?, and the tongs of gwld."
In the royal palace the same "costly
metal glittered everywhere 011 "the
great throne of ivory, which was "over
laid with pure gold," in ail the ves
sels of the house, and even iu the ar
mory, which contained two hundred
targets and three hundred shields, all
of bbaten gold.
The g Id was from Ophir: Hut
where was Ophir? It is a question
about which scholars have differed
very widely. Some have found the
place-iu ths south cf Arabia, others
in India, others cn tlie eastern coast
of Africa. The ' eminent Ccrruan
geographer, IV. Pctermiun, of Gotha, .'
holds the latter opinion ; aod in a let
ter jus" published he announces the
interesting fact "the lrti3 locality of
the !aud ef Ophir of the L'ible," has
just been discovered. Tor some time
there have bei'ti rumors of vast struc
tures, evidently the wcr.i of civilised
men, standing de.-ei ted a id in ruins iu
cautheastcra Afric 1. At last au en-
! ferprisiu Gcrm ;a traveler, Jarl
Alaucii, has succeeded ia re-tcnin
theiu. At a place call .d Ziiubayet,
cixty n.nes west
of Sofala harbor, ho cam 3 upon rain
ed wails of grjat extent, s line of which
j are thirty feet lue.h aud fifteen feet
thick, a tower, and other similar struc
ture3. They are built of hewn gran
ite, without mortar, a style which In
dir.ates their gieat antiquity. The
country around them abounds in gold,
and the natives believo tham to hr.ve
been constructed by ' white n:eii' iu
very ancient times. This, Dr. Pe term-in
11 thinks, was the veritable Ophir
from which the navies of Solomon and
iliram brought the abii'idiuce cl
g 11 wherewith all Phooaiei 1 at-d Ju
de;i were euricli' d in their diys.
Pat is it not likely that the name of
Ophir had a wider significance thau
Dr. Petcruiann supposes? There were
co gold mines ia those days. Tho an
cients knew nothiug of quartz-crushing;
all their gold was obtained in
the form of dust, and to gain any
large quautity of this it mu-t bo col
lected over a very exteusivo region.
Now, from the earliest times until the
days ol'Oi liforuia aud Australia the
whole of Africa has been; before all
other regions, the "laud of geld."
One part of the westers border has
long b jrne I hu name of the Gold Coast.
Euglish gumeas, it is well known,
were so called beoiuse they wero coin
ed of gold from Guinea! Tho eastern
coast' is. equally rich. The traders of
every maritime nation, from the Phco
nicidns and tho Arabians to the Portu
guese and English, have tfalHekcd
for the precious dust at the mouth of
every river wliieh Hows from that mys
terious inland region
"Whnro Afr'c's sunny fountaiaa
J'.oli down their guidon saali."
Is anything to be learned from the
word Ophir itself? Phoenician bailors
manned the ships of Solomon which
made the voyage to the laud to desig
utiiA j, (mm i'nj', the Hebrews
doubtless learned its-j ruic. VJtner
Phtciicians 'cttled at C-.ae, oil the
northern coast of Africai-Vroin these
the Romans probably learned the word
"Afer," meaning African, from which
tho Latin word Africa lV derived.
"Afer," as pronounced by the Romans,
probably differed very little from
"Ophir," as pronounced by the He
brews. Both were doubtless derived
fronthe l'hwniciao word, whicli must
thereof have meant Africa.
I" this reasoning is correct, the
land of Ophir'' was simply the con
tioCDt of Africa, then, as now, tlie in
exhaustible source of gold, .The ruins
just disojvered by tha German travel
ler may have been one ct tne princi
pal trading stations of the Phoenicians
in that land ; and when we read that
the navy of Hiram "that brought the
gold from Ophir," brought a No
"great plenty of "precious stones," we
cannot but bo reminded of tho fact
that these newly-found ruins ara very
near the rich diamond fields of Somh
Africa. Thus every discovery in science.
or history, when rightly understood,
becomes a confirmation of the Script
ural narrative, and brings the singular
accuracy of "the Book" intof clearer
light.
A Davenport, Iowa, paper thus
quaiutly aunouuees a but too frequent
caul'; cf death among women: A girl
on Monday evening repeated the oft
trit i experi neat- of building a fire
wit b kerosene. She bucceeded. Age
tv.eii!;.
IV 0 T;r biro Son tilt's jhm.
A JMediuji for Bmines C.-nnmr.icutiou
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Miss Pryrum on Babi;
nv winnii:.
Of all created huinau (tit'ers .r 1
Miss Priscillar Prymni, emphatic-.!. v ,
I tic to despise a baby ! I used t,
retkou a snake about the in'osf. hate
ful; but a body knows ia giue.-al where
to look for snakes, and how to ho. p
clea-" of 'em, whereas there's no (.j -ting
out of tho way of a "bib. (!
where you will, in town or coui'ry,
on land or sea, you Sod the hc-isii---rnus
little critters ; and as f,.r hii c.r
cars and steamboats, anybody'il t'link
they were made fer their, special :,
cinuodai6ti. If I was a raiho.d
president, or a pteamho.it -..;n: i' .
I'd have ' babi-V " as well as l .'d;, "
oars and the won lor U, v.is isili.it. 1
hasn't been done belliie this; 'uveall
pay, sure.
The first thing a baby d . ;- i t
holler, a'ld it hollers till it's old
enough to use its hands nud fi . t
well us its voice, and then the m ,
chief it. does do Is beyond k.jlkil.r. nm.
Wl-j, I've h id my ink bottle ups..t . 1
my new 1 st carp.-t; cud my b. i. !;:.
tea set, w;th ih.i v!!ir r.iMibads on
'em knocked off the table leastway
a plate and two cups- and my "Ihn'ik.
of Beautiful Extracts" (that wa gi
en me by Portifield tirubbs hofor.;
took tc . keeping company " with th-n,
held minx Afathisy Wilson) torn t i
atcmsa'most. Arid all by a l-by, ur
leastwisD by a variety of 'em. li.r
they're alike "i a basket of peas. Ail
what's most aggravatin' of all is tkt
foolish mothers exeusiu' tie '-'.iti'.;
dariiu's," on the score cf cutti'i
their t?eth," or "beiegso remaikably
pt'ocoeious," or Eouiethlug t l.-e eq-ia! v
interestiug. I've nlway notice 1 iha't
whatever" badness a baby is g iihy of
it's always set down by its u: :her 10
either its teeth or its s-uartne-'.
I wonder what the worrying iin!;
varmints . are imd for, and wiiy n iiuro
couldn't h'e'v sent f.jll:s inn the" woihl
ready grown up, or at least old
enough to he of sevne use. Now uf
what earthly ue ir a baby, 1 shou d
Ukoio knew? A iittle shapeless In :i;
of flesh and blood, with its bald he.i 1
lolloping on one side, and its lw
gle eyes staring at nulli ng, and us
flibby fiste catching at everjthiiu in
its way, crying at everythin ; sensii.:
and grinniug at everything feolisii".
ud what nonsense mothers do talk
to their babi-js.' Why, 'twas only just
now! beard M:s. Si'iemons, next r,
chattering ou the back stoop to tlna
u-ildh..ided monkc- J of hei. "Muij
der's ovvuy darbu' itty piggy-viggv !
Is ho hoongry? l cn he sail !i ;b h,-.
tacher for eaty. One uieey ticey itty
taeker for umdd r'.s itiy preciou p'uei-
iMu. ai..)tj-uuiiip.ii,, Bugar-t-uiiiy L.a
by!" Pah it's enough to m.ike a body
sick, aud 1; for one, don't wonder 111 t
uhildren are so long in learning t
talk plainly, with such outl m.J.sli
gibberish diii-d.!-gi:d into their e.ii.s
day and nighi'. To my mind it's
more barbarous tiei'i French or Iuju 1.
And the r'dick'lous way in v.d.ii-'i
some fo-ks h::o dress their b.ibl.- !
All smothered up in satin, an 1 fytt it
ers, and laces, an 1 furs, fyr all t ie
world like a milliner's figgcr head. 1
declare to goodness that I sometimes
feel a srrtcf pily for 'on, jest as whci
I see a orrau-grinder's monkey new.-.l
up in a'miliugtary coat uud trowsei,
with a wooden sword by his siue.
showing off to a grimiiu cruwd in
the 8trc:t:; and which of the tw is
most !i!..lUble I'm sure it's lnrl to
tell.
'Innocents," indeed! Jest n' if
they don't know the badness the'i -about,
and don't mean tode.vi:! Wn.
I'veseMi'cm kick, and screech, an !
bite, and scrat-eh, and p-.!l p;ep!.:'
hair like young grizzlies; and to t.hit
day you caa't coiiviuce me tint, M.s.i
Jones's baby didu't mem it w!ien the
little wretch" grab'ie 1 hold of my new
curls as I was purtendiu' to ki.s ii
alore Deacon Peabody (tho iveek aftc
poor, dear Miss Peabody departed this
life , ic wa ). and pulled the hull 01
'em right oft af;rc his face, e vnb an i
all! If it hain't a'bce-i for tha 1
might hcv but, ahem! Ail t't i, 1
can no.v say is that I'm truly rc'jiee.l
I'm not likely to be pestered out i;f
my hie wilh one of tne v.'iv, JiU-,
g ood-foruol bin, litto varuiiuts. l)f
all the troub'es and trials of this inn' -
tl state and vale f -i djiiver uio
from a babyl
Occupation. What a gloriou
thing it is for a human ben t ! Th..j
w-ho work hard seldom yield to lan
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ced or real sorrow. When grief sit,
down, folds iu hands, and mournful: y
feeds upon its own fears, weaving t!
dim shadnvs that a little exertion,
might sweep away into a funeral pal ,
tho strong spirit is horu of its iiiirh.,
an 1 sorro v becomes our master.'
When troubles fljw upon your dare
and heavy, toil not with Waves ao I
wrestle not with the torrent : ra" In r
seek by occupation to divert tho dai c
waters that threaten to overwhelm y i 1
into a thousand channels, which li.i
dutits of life always present. B-sf.n j
you dream of it, those w.iteis will fer
tilize the present and give birth i
fresh flowers, that will become pu e
aud noly in the sun8inie which pen
etrates to the jiath of duty in sr;tu . if
every obstacle. Grief, alier a'.l, i, i.m
a selfish feelio, and motseliJa is t , s
man who yields himself to rhe 1 i lu,
gcaceof'any passion whicli. Oi Ls 1. )
joy to his fellow men.
A lady iu Milwaukee h is just h if.
ied her seventh husb-md. S'm islU
years of age, and was a lieih ;n i
charming w: low la t week, b if i-: pro -ably
married aguin by this time.
There is a bighndndo 1 clivs of
thieves in Wisconsin who go aboot
, killing shetp tu obtain thci. vl.uis.
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