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WILMINGTON. N. (
1873.
FRIDAY, APItIL
mi; 'im;huv
Tie New York '
viewing the mouclury
the movement of lh"
that citv to enforce the
Sill VJiO.
' ;";' ''.S't I1-
tuthoritfes iii
nsurv j:iv.- has
created no little coinmotiou ;mong
Wall street people, a large part of
whom, having regarded the law- as a
dead letter, have violated it. Many
have been forced to do this or discon
tinue business, or submit to los.;:-s
which seem unjustifiable.
iv
J- OI ill-
t, .
stance, says the ox, among the
stock brokers, borrowers of money,
when the ruling pii e is ;Jnut seven
per cent., linve to ;;y the current rate
or Mispc'.ul. The amount which they j
borrow i designed to cover their needs :
for the day. Often they h;v.- balances
leftover, ami tlie.se they iW-1 compelled
to lend for as much as they can get, or ;
as much as they cost them, in this j
way. or i:i others which miprht be ex- !
kinod, ncarlv everv ;,ne in business !
in Wall street, it is said, lias at one
time or another violated the law. It is
veiy generally admitted by intelligent
observers and men experienced, that, j
with the New York money market free. !
rates would seldom if ever rise above j
twelve per cent, per annum. There j
would be no risks of prosecution to be
indemiiisied, and no temptation for !
speculators to leek up money, as u :
means to frigi.h u holders ot stock into I
seii:ii;.' tor no c
.1. t.w.llil k' axil;
htened
at twck'Cor '-'yiitee;! per ee:d.
.1 ii ( i
per
Minum, ana, men-tore, t!it:5 m
ins if
breaking th" stock market would be
abandoned as useless. It prosecutions
now threatened will hasten the repeal
of the law , thoy will be Welcomed ;
otherwise they will pro ' o worse than
useless. Now, that there is so much
clamor for more currency, it is desira
ble that every unnecessary restriction
on money be removed."
mii;ii.ha am b s e ; tj;:js s.
Has it occurred to General Sherman
to ask himself, "or to ask any one else,
when and where he derived authority
to order "the utter extermination " of
human beings without .judge or jury,
without even a drum-head court mar
tial ? Is it possible that Gi neral Sher
man has any prejudice against the Mo
does because of the color of their skins,
or that he does not consider them to be
human being." ? Have Indian:, sava
ges though they be, no rights that
white men are bound to respect? Gen
oral Sherman evidently thinks so. (W-h-eral
Sheridaii evidently thought so hi
January 1ST0, when by his order th" '
Pjegan Indians were massacred by
Colonel Raker's lore", under orders
from him. One hundred and seventy
three Indians, including women and
children, sick with small-pox, were
then slaughtered in cold blood and
their village burned !
Those Federal boy in blue do
not always, however, confine their
delicate attentions to people of
color. Variety is the spice of life.
The proof of this, without going
further oil', or further back, is to be
found in the burning alive, in his own
house, of brave old Reddiek Carney,
in Pitt county, North Carolina, by a
detachment of Federal troops under
command of Brevet Major Wyllys Jjy- '
man, 40th U. S. Infantry, on the morn- i
ing of Sunday the 'Jt'th April lKfX And
yc t we are a Christian people and live
in a Christaiu land, under a Christian :
Government, and pray Clod to forgive
us our trespasses as we forgive those'
who trespass against us !
Ts General Sherman the Vicegerent
of theAhnighty Rul--r of the I'niverse ?
and does he by some ilivine commission
hold in the h.ih.-v f his hand th
lives of his fellow melt V He Will loo!;
in vain into tie- laws and "o;.i ilntion
of his country for any warrant toordir
the " utter extermination " of suckling
billies, helpless women ttnd decrepid
old nun, mumbling in their dotige,
without the form even of a drum-head
court martial !
Rut what Federal officer in Ibis day
anil generation caves for anyln", hu
man or ilivine?
it oi ; 1 1 o one iice-:iir::vs--
Vi:ilY DIM.OVAI. SSIS fICOTS
A VF.ICV I.OVAI. .1KMTIS.
Here is what the New York h n'nij
'.vr, a "trooly ! ll" Radical shevi,
has to say about he: master Ulysses,
ft is iiiiiiiau'iial to us down here
whether the W and the President
ettle their little "point of breeding "
amicably or not. Jt is "none of our
funeral:" nor do we think tne r.u t
will affect us any wav. The W goes ,
-' . . . '
for our second Washington in the to.- ,
lowing disloyal words :
Addison says that "good-breeding
shows itself most where, to an ordinary
eve, it appears the least." President
Grant, in dealing with the postoffice
question in Charleston, lost an excel
lent opportunity to do a graceful and
generous act. A most happy conjunc
tion of circumstances ottered them
selves in his service. The report of
his approaching visit to the Southern
States enabled the citizens of CharhiH
ton to show their respect for his office
bv a cordial invitation to accept men
bountiful hospitality. Just then the .
mil
stionof a change m the postomce ;
came up. The postofhee is the one
Federal office in which all members of
il . -T -. i-r 4-.-vi 1 oiiil rf
me community "f '"-"IT,. "rZ
wnose manateineiii. evei une xi.x.-. xxx.,x ,
or less knowledge: in this case the i
person liolding the office had com
mended himself by his integrity, in
dustry and courtesy to the confidence,
respect and favor' of his fellow-citi-zens,
who in a formal way expressed
their wishes to the President. In his
official capacity General Grant had a
chance to show his thankfulness as a
man for the invitation just given to
him. His official duty and the ordi
nary feelings of a gentleman did not
rnn'counter, but in the samu channel.
Good-breeding ordinarily has nothing
to do with appointing postmasters, but
this was altogether an exceptional
case.
PrcniM.-.r.f Grant, however, is often
singularly heedless of the feelings of
persons and of communities. In so
far as this quality of character enables
him to discharge the responsible duties
VOL. 29.
I of his high office with a singl
j way praiseworthy. Unfortui
of his high office with a single eye to
18 every
fortunatelv he
: frequently yields to the importunities
of tlio politicians. He
He is unvieldine-
: amid popular clamor
. but he bends
J'' "Congressional bore. In the
.counsel with some one in authority
i among the professional politicians, and
j. under this innuence heaped contempt
: upon the wishes of the people.
The charge that the person ap-
i President'."! action as low in respect to
! morals as it is in respect to manners.
j 11 i-s a loor return for the revival of a
love ol our common country among
the people of the Southern btates to
find that the administration joins
hands with those through whose igno
rance and dishonesty the burdens of a
i oho. government nave oeeu auueu to
I i . e 1-1 i. j 1 i .
1 . . 1 . 1 1 IT 1 .
i no ureauiui losses oi tne late war.
As Mr. Bryant says, President Grant
j committed a "gross blunder."
i.oi isi wa,
is greatly to be feared that the
It
late outbreak in Grant Parish is but
the. beginning of a bloody struggle in
Louisiana. That unfortunate State is
now reaping the bitter fruits of Presi
dent Grant's unlawful interference
in its domestic affairs. What the end
5e an? mau cau foresee.
It re
quires no prophet to foretell that men,
and even women and children, will be
killed, property destroyed, and a brave
people reduced to practical slavery in
a Slate where acts like those detailed
in the following extract from the New
Orleans I'icayime, receive the sanc
tion of the highest State and Federal
authorities.
The I'icaiuitc of Tuesday last, says:
A body of negroes committed a crime
against W. R. Rutland and his prop-
erty. He made an affidavit against
i tlft-m before an officer of Mr. Kellogg's
I appointment, who issued warrants for
, their arrest. The officer who was des
j ignated to execute the warrants, at
: tempted to execute them, but did not,
owing, it is said, to an armed force
arrayed against liim. He then
summoned a posse to assist him,
' when there was some little skirmish
ing on tne part or tne negroes.
Mr. Kellogg's officer then sent a certi
tied copy of the affidavit and of the
warrant, 'with his return that he could j
not execute the warrants, for the reason j
above stated, to Mr. Kellogg. Kel- j
logg would take no action on.it, al-
thousrh his officer called on him for a '
sufficient military force to enable him
to do so.
W. R. Rutland then asked the arrest
of the 2arties under the Ku-Klux law ;
but was not favored with Kellogg's
assistance.
The negroes and white men, whose
arrest Rutland had asked for, came to
Ibis city and made affidavits before
Commissioner Shannon, and he has
issued warrants, under the Ku-Klux
law, for the arrest of about fifty white
f H, .,0ivl. unnninnu.! i
Jill .1 f"1 WTXJW ....... .1.1XXU.-,.V.V.
to arrest the netrroes. and. we are in- !
formed, officers left the citv vesterday ;
orvesf ' !
President Grant knew well what he J
was saying when, in his inaugural ad- j
dress, he spoke about the rapid transit j
of thought by telegraph and the great
changes it had wrought. It enables
him to overturn the legal government
Our President, who, we are happy to
know, has recovered from the "severe
illness" that afflicted him for a short
while after his return from his late
New York trip, spoke truly when hp
suid that "rapid transit of thought
and matter by steam and telegraph"
had wrought wonderful changes."
CA.MIV'S SlT'CI-SSOIl.
Our Northern exchanges, in speaking
of General Jefferson C. Davis, who has
bee
wdc
cted
as
f' it
General
would be
Canby's
difficult
successor, say
to find an officer of the anuv more l
prompt to carry out to the letter the
ord' is of ins superiors; and those who
served with him in many engagements
express the belief that if it be the
desire of the War Department ami the
President to exterminate the treacher
ous Modocs, they have in General
Davis a man who will allow none to
escape the vengeance of his troopers."
It is, perhaps, no business of ours to
express any opinion in reference to the
fitness of any Federal officer for any
position to w hich lie may be assigimd.
But w hether it be any of our business
or not, we propose to say that, in our
opinion, the Secretary of War in
sending General Jefferson C. Davis to
look after Captain Jack and his Modoc
Rand, has emphatically sent the right
nam to the right place.
This General Davis is the man, as
we learn from our Northern
j exchanges, w ho, during the war, shot
' and killed his superior officer, General
I Nelson, in a private brawl. He is the
r ... . xl,.,x rtn,,,.n,l llia TndQQftprii flt
, mau ia. -
t-1 - ".-ix,t- " Idio dotmla of which
i . i- n .. . .. .1 xi,
i are aoom as loiions, utouiuub w
same authority:
At Ebenezar Creek, in the rear of
Savannah. Davis' command was so en-
cumbere I by negro refugees that it
dropped far behind the other corps,
and was in danger of attack and anni
hilation by the Confederate forces on
its flanks and rear. In this dilemma
Davis resolved to save his corps at all
liazards, and, stationing guards at the
bridge of Ebenezar Creek, stopped all
the refugees (some six thousand in
! number) until his troops and trains
liaci pa uy .r. "
wuxum "lc "Vk Yi.'r" t
negroes on Liie uuuru muc ux xvx,
made a forced march, Paved his corps
and participated in the attack upon
ZZZaZah. At this time Wheeler's
cavalry was close ; upon his rear
LCI O
and
on arriving at the bridge, WTieeler,
smarting under the escape of Davis,
madly charged upon the poor negroes,
and men, women and children were
driven into the muddy waters of the
F.benezxtr, where many were drowned.
It is evident that if there are any
colored men to be slaughtered. General
Jefferson C. Davis is the man to do it!
Verily, we have a nice lot of Christian
soldiers to the front just now.
Sherman, the hero of burning Atlanta
and burning Columbia; Sheridan, the
hero of the Piegan Indian Massacre;
and Davis, the hero of the Ebenezar
Creek Negro Massacre! WTe confidently
t- what fltre or what country "can
KOI -"C7 -
match them?"
of th State of Louisiana and to install that Mr. Hadnot had made his escape, i i ,. l,MililCiU l08PefaUors ftml meanders.
- x i Tf L.,,1 collect ic -i ban d of tweiitv-ti-Y ' Juru's 111 tlie Fc,ll'ral t!l,urtli. sl,:iU I nf.utunatelv the authors and con
another moi'e to his liking instead. It ami toi.t . ui.g a o.oi i oi iweni n. . .e;,;.,ia.i na .n. ,..-..,,-.,i.i.. 4.. i i.x . x. -. - r - ,.
., , . -x - i imen notiiied the ne;roes to send awav 1 ' "V"V' " - i uueioi ox iiu.s ue.aiious ousiuess nave
enables General Sherman to sit in his j tVh. ,V(,meu aU(l d.jMren m he in- ! ,ue mae prescribed by the laws otthe so far escaped the condign punishment
ofU.-e, m Washington City, and order ! tt',Utle to atx.u.-j. tht,ui ' Tj)fi ! State in which such Courts are held. j they deserve. The people of Louisi-
the utter extermination of unnumbered j news brought to New Orleans by the j i'his provision is merely .lnectoiy and j ana are worn out with usurpation. Pa
men women and children thousands I steamer ,WT,yv, furnishes the Hilly carried out l.ef.n-e the rebel-j tienee may cease to be a virtue When
mfn, woimn ana uuurei,, moasano , ,,,,,,,,.1 ti.h ..p,-., t iha ! li,,n- Mien the I. mted States Courts ,t becomes established that there is
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iivllil Iff
AX i:THAOItDlAKV ni KDER
TRIAL.
A remarkable murder trial has re-
... i . x I X 1- - 1 . xl . x . e
lrtJicu Jil lut "J
i -Tyrone, Ireland. In June
1871, Mr.
Class, the cashier of the N..rtheni
i i A, , , , -A ,
i 111 llK uaujk' a,Kl v-,u su,
i eqneniiy ascertained mat a roblJei-y
i ltad been committed, nearly 2,000
j having been abstracted. A sub-in-
spector of police named Montgomery,
who had been on terms of intimacy
with the cashier, was arrested and
brought to trial on the charge of being
the murderer. An officer of the Royal
Irish Constabulary occupies the same
social position in Ireland that a com
missioned officer in the military service
occupies in England, and the proceed-
i ings in the case of Montgomery excited
intense interest among all classes in
tie community where they took place,
The first trial occurred last year, and
the feeling against the prisoner was so
strong in his own district that all jury
men living within five miles of New
townstewart were excluded from the
jury-box. The result of the trial was
a disagreement of the jury. The second
trial took place about a fortnight ago,
and occupied more than ten days.
Eighty-three witnesses were examined,
and the counsel for the defense made
a speech ten hours in length. The
jury deliberated for twelve hours
without being able to agree upon a
verdict, when they were discharged,
and the case was assigned for a third
trial. .This has been the most pro
tracted case ever on trial in Ireland,
and it promises to furnish occupation
for courts and lawyers for a long time
to come.
Tin: in.ooov i th is i: vk i
I.OUMAM.
The Baltimore Onrffr contaius the
following brief but clear account of
the bloody affray that occurred in
Louisiana on Sunday. By some
arrangement that we do not under-
Orleans of a later date than the
11th. Our Baltimore eoternporaries
aro it seems, more fortunate. The
,.,,,,, .
A iie.iin ruif Tes Urnknn nil
serious riot lias uroK.cn out m
Grant Parish, Louisiana, on the upper j
waters of the Red River. The insti-i
gators of the riot, according: to the!
statement published in the New Or-'
leans Pirajiia were two negroes, j
both members of Kellogg's Legisla- j
ture, who, with a band of negroes, j
took forcible possession of Colfax, thu '
ft.ntv s.e,r of Grunt l:irisb. ousted 1
the authorities, drove all the vmtv '
men from the place, and broke into
i.bin.iered their houses Those'
ami l.iUlitiereU Ilieir HOUR'S. I Hose
. ,
colored men wan did not svmpathi
with the marauders were also driven
oft'. The nouse oi Mr. J lad not was
entered by the ruffians, and the coffin,
containing a dead child, was taken
away and broken open, under the im
pression that nioiiev was secreted in it.
The body of the child was left exposed
Oil lilt HIIVH I" ... w.... . .1 ...
other
parties
nisi
1 .tn 1 . naootjK ioi tut: iiifscui mou.e oj pro
it leiuineil I) tie rr,, . ,. T ,
house
In tin
number
thoroughly armed, entrenched them
selves in the court-house and built
breastworks On Sunday Ifadnot's
force had been increased to a hundred
and fift,v men drawn from the sur
rounding parishes. The breastworks
. ,.1 ..,,.1 xl. 0fx,, X,,.,.
WCF tetl.x lill. ;x ix 111.1 laacu mm i "i.
hours' nghtin, ad the negroes then !
took ref.ure in the court-house, barri-
cad ing the doors. Fighting was then
resumed, but at a later hour the
negroes threw out a flag of truce, but
fired on the besiegers as they ad
vanced, wounding several, and among
them Mr. Hadnot mortally. Finding
it impossible to dislodge the negroes
bv force of arms, the court-house was
Het ou fire, and as they came out from
sanguinary affair. It is the first fruits
of the obstinate policy of General
Grant, in recognizing a State govern
ment which the Senators who most
steadfastly support him, have declared
to be illegally constituted.
From a telegraphic dispatch wliich
we find in onr Northern exchanges,
dated New Orleans, 15th April, we
get the ' statement of the Captain of
the steamboat . Southwestern, who
arrived in New Orleans on that day:
We arrived at Colfax Suuday eve
ning about 8 o'clock. Found that the
white people and sheriff, I suppose at
their h."d, had captured the town
after having a conflict with, the ne-
groes. it was reported to me mat
about 100 negroes had been killed and
many others wounded. We saw from
the boat fifteen or twenty lying around
on the bark dead. One white man
was reported killed, whose name I did
not learn, and two very seriously
wounded, Messrs. Hadnot and Harris.
Mr. Hadnot was shot through the bow
els and supposed to be mortally wound
ed. We brought Harris and Hadnot
down from Colfax to Alexandria.
Three or four othei white men were
slightly wounded. About 100 negroes
escaped, but it was reported that the
whites were still pursuing them. AM
of the leaders of the riot esoaped,
especially the white men. ,
The negroes having ambuscaded
themselves in the court-house, and the
whites, finding there was ho other
mode of attack left tkeiu, set fire to
the building. The whites numbered
in the neighborhood of 150 men. The
fight lasted from 12 o'clock until nearly
5 P. M. The whites are now in pos
session f Colfax, and when I left, last
Sunday night, everything was very
quiet.
It is said that General Longstreet has
been sent by "Governor" Kellogg to
Grant Parish to compose, if possible,
the difficulties existing there. He
goes, however, as a Peace Commis
sioner, and not at the head of his mu
latto militia. Kellogg's ideas of peace
commissioners must have changed
somewhat since the late riot in New
Orleans, when he resisted for a while
General Longstreet's desire to fire, on
the "populace" before the commission
of any overt act
Blantpn Duncan, of Kentucky, de
clares that "if principles arc to gov
ern, the Democrats haye a bright fu
ture before them."
But what will become of Duncan?
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I the burning b.uluuig they were shot ! J . . ? it" 7 xi 7 i -'itical parties m existence." The re
I aw y liduriated whites, it is . . iUn , , ' . , T- , luiiou was agreed to. Messrs. Bro
x.x';..,-.fed tied ..lie hundred lieivroes " ";'"
I r - i - s;eite m llw X;itioii;iI 1 aprtj iliidi.v wav. .losenli and 1 ittf-vniarv were
ili-ht "were' I.otlv pursued. ' Such is I th circumstances the present rule p(,inted the committee, and proceed
1-; T ,,. ,.i K-i-s tiU-intr nl- v-x.x i- j
tlie account winch we publish ot this y " -- j j . m qucsn ot Jaeuator 3lcUinre. llev
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRHaY,
FEDEUAL J I II IKS.
We are gratified to learn that Judge
Dick has made a rule of Court cliang
ing the practice, that has obtained in
I jitter days, in summoning jurors for
the rt.de"ral Court. Hereafter tit-pro-
MMon Ox the act of Congiebo of ltvlU
- ! ill be obeyed by conforming the prae-
tiee in the Federal Court to the mode
prescribed by the law of North Caro
lina. All that our people ask is a fair hon
est impartial trial before an impartial
jury, and we are therefore pleased to
see that the Federal Judge is disposed
to grant so simple a demand. It may,
indeed, lessen their appreciation of
this return to "the old paths"" with
some, to believe that it ought to have
been ordered by His Honor as a mat
ter of right and law and not as an act
of grace or courtesy. It has been so
long, however, eince Federal or State
officials have made the law their rule
of action in dealing with our people
that we are not disposed to be too
nice in looking into the motives when
they do happen to do the right thing.
We append the reuiarksof His Honor
in relation to the matter, protesting
that at no time since the war ended
would law and justice have been more
grossly outraged by the admission
into the Federal Jury box of the most
embittered opponents of the Federal
Government in North Carolina than
they have been by the men whom Car
row and Bond have permitted to "try
and true deliverance make" of the
issues between our jjeople and the
Federal Government. We protest
also aguinst the indecency of the spec
tacle when a J udge, Federal or State,
plead unblushingly and in open Court
as an excuse or justification of judicial
action "llie necessity ot the circum
stances," even though it be "with the
concurrence of the Chief Justice."
"Thus saith the law," and not the
exigency of the times ought to be the
rule of action for a Judge.
But, as we have said, we are not dis
posed to be captious or critical. It is
a sad state of things, however, that a
people should be compelled to accept
a favorable judicial decision, without
comment, upon the principle that
"one must not look a gift borne in the
mouth."
,, , , .... , TT.
Ve sh:l!l 1,0 tri1 KtmeJ it His
Honor enforces the rule to "form a
jury list of honest, intelligent and
p:itriotie citizens residing in counties
. . .i . ri .. ,
convenient to the Court. It will bo a
frwat chan-e and a great improvement
eertahdv.
!
ith these comments, we give the
extracts, a.-s we find them in the .V c
X'trth Stuff. Judge Dick said :
"As I have 1
as to the manii'1
ard some complaints
in winch pjries are
summoned in the Federal Courts of
this State, I will explain to you the
! law
upon that subject, and give the
n . , ,
rcat
cedure,
J.ue .vet oi muv zo, Joi,
the war, Judge tirooks, presuung in
such Courts, endeavored to adopt the
State practice, and for this purpose, he
directed the Clerks of his Courts, to
write to the Clerks of the State Courts
in several convenient counties and re
quest them to furnish, the name3 of
, , i-x! 1 x e
iV'ialihed persons to form a jury
llst fcr ? V' h Courts' his request,
in many instances, was neglected, and
in others was positively refused. At
that time, there was a very decided
feeling of hostility in many of our State j
oiiiceiK, lunuiu i Tie ii.iici.n jofiii-
i ment ; and the experiment, made bv
I udge Brooks, showed conclusively,
that it was not practicable, or proper, )
to adopt the State practice in forming (
formed, was made, in accordance with
law, the necessity of the circumstances.
and with the concurrence of the Chief
Justice.
Those who complain of this rule as
a grievance, cannot justly blame the
Court for not complying with the gen
erous and liberal spirit of the law,
when the rebellious and partisan tem
per of the times rendered a strict
compliance unsafe, unjust and im
practicable. "As circumstances hayo greatly
changed, and a sensible, liberal and
patriotic feeling- now bogii'ts to pervade
the country. I will at this term make
a rule of Court, adopting the State
practice on this subject, and form a
jury list of honest, intelligent and pa
triotic citizens residing in counties
convenient to the Court.
"Of course, those persons who hate
the government, and publicly express
their feelings of hostility, ought not
expect or deshe to be called upon to
administer justice in its Courts, for
they could not lie impartial jurors.
"I wiU endeavor to keep all bitter
partisans of both political parties from
the jury lists, so that every citizen
who is to be tried, shall have his cause
submitted to an honest, unprejudiced
and impartial jury. If at any time I
have good reason to believe that a
juror is influenced by political feeling,
or any other projudice, he w ill be dis
charged from the jury and his name
stricken from the jury list."
FATE OF THE OUTLAWS OF
BANT PAIIISII IX IxOUISIAXA.
We take the following from the New
Orleans Picayune of the 16th:
In order that our readers may be
fnformed of the origin and character
of the tragical events, wliich within
the past ten days have transpired in
middle Louisiana, we present a suc
cinct resume of the facts, as we have
learned and understood them. .
The parish of Grant, on Red River,
has a population, white and black, of
about 4,500, which is nearly equally
divided. In the election of November
4th, the declared return of the Forman
beard, composed of men of high char
acter and in pSssessions of the re
turns, shows the vote to have been :
For Governor, McEnery, (Fusion)
515 Kellog, (Rad.) 405; for Legisla
ture, J. H. Hadnot, (Fusion) 522 W.
Ward, (Rad.) 338; for Parish Judge,
W. A. Lea, (Fusion) 522 -J. . Osdorn,
(Rad.)404r for Clerk of Court, R. C.
Register, (Fusion) 424 R Walker,'
(Rad.) 589; and' for Sheriff, 'D. W.
Shaw, (Fusion) 359-C. Nash, (Rad.)
' mo
Hadnot took his seat in the Louisi-
ana Legislature, and Ward was admit
ted into the Bayonet Legislature.
The Lynch returmncr board, so-call
ed, had no returns, and in this case did
not assume to declare the election of
the parish officers. Kelloersr. however.
undertook to appoint men to what he
called vacancies, but they did not qual
ity according to law, and allowed the
time stipulated by law to pass. Kellogg
then commissioned officers who had
really been elected, both Republican
and Fusion, white and colored, except
tne I'arisn Judge, a Kepnblican who
had already qualified. .
It seems that Ward and other Radi
cals, being dissatisfied at not having
an tne omces, came down to Jew Or
leans and remonstrated with Kellogg.
Getting no satisfaction, they returned
breathing thre&tenings, organized an
armed company of negroes and took
violent and forcible, possession of the
court-house at Colfax, a small village
oh the river ami the county seat of
Grant parish, and drove out the Sher
iff, Nash. The Sheriff then attempted
to collect a jxjne vtmitatu to- recover
possession of the publio building thus
lawlessly seized. A mass meeting
of the white people was pro
posed to express in a quiet
way their condemnation of this
high-handed outrage, but in conse
quence of violent demonstrations of
the armed negroes under Capt. Ward,
Register, Flowers. Brantly. Snowden.
Railey, Show, Green, etc. , the assembly
was given up. The posse failed to take
the Uuiliung or to disperse the mob.
Threats were made by the ringleaders
of organized negroes against those
who were obnoxious who had urged
Kellogg to commission men, not Re
publicans, or who had become conspicu
ous in the effort to stop their lawless
proceedings.
The negroes of Grant, having had
their minds poisoned against the white
people by the industrious inculcations
of a few scalawags and cariet-bagger.s,
malignant and bad men, were headed
by turbulent and daring fellows.
Ward and his gang had a short time
before killed two of their own color
with small provocation. Having oc
cupied the village as a military post,
they began to threaten the lives of po
litical opponents, gave some of them a
short time to leave the place on
pain of death, shot at others, broke
open and gutted dwelling houses,
driving women out and robbing
a female school teacher of hei
jeweny and euects, and even
rilling the conm of Judge Rut
land's dead babe and Hinging its body
in the middle of the highway. They
picketed the country for miles, seizing 1
horses and hrearms, and breathing
threatening ai;d sbmghter, sought to
inaugurate a reign of terror, to drive
out their political opponents, and white
people, and to become masters of all
they .surveyed.
For a period these semi-barbarians
had matters all their own way. But
the white people, whom they had thus
inenauced, attacked and outraged in
organized lawlessness, fortunately es-
oaiwl to a safe distance,
Sheriff! Nash got together a posse of
armed men, to the number of a hnn-
died and fii'tv, and returned to Col-
j fax. The negroes meantime bad
: fortifh d their ground wth breast-
' 1 - 1 .1 . -r r
worr.s ;oiu pvepareu. me uirt-iionse
for defense. When called on, last
Sunday, -to surrender the Court House
and dispcr-e, they refused, nnd a fight
followed. The result was, the entrench
ments were taken and the Court House
burned, and a number of negroes kill-
! ed. Collax is no longir a prey to the
gers of high handed oppression, then
affairs may be freed from prstilont and
fraudulent interference. For the ne
gro victims we feel sorry, and the oc
casion of this trouble is greatly " be
deplored.
Till: WAV THEY IxKGISIxATjE
IK
PKfSYLVASIA.
Just before the recenfc adjournment
of the Pennsylvania Legislature Mr.
Brock way offered a resolution appoint-
ing a committee to "invite Ho 1. A. K.
McCkire and the balance of the Liber-
a Republican j.arty to address the
House- on the corruptions of all the po-
so-
ck-
ap
ed
ras
soon found and escorted into the hall.
As he entered the members of the
House rose and greeted him and the
committee by whom he was escorted,
with a volley oi prqior missiles, consist
ing of a general assortment of all the
Legislative documents of the session,
in addition to cigar boxes, newspapers,
and large printed files of bills.
After running the gauntlet the entire"
lengthy of the hall the Senator took his
plaoe upon the Speaker' stand timid
applause, which was half earnest and
half jeering. He addressed the mem
bers as follow :
Mb. Speakek and Comjioxeksof the
State of Penxhtlvaota: I thank you
for the distinction you have conferred
upon me by your invitation to address
you on the subject of reform. I know
of no other body of men, either of
the present or past, that needs instruc
tions on the necessity of both public
and private morality so much as the
House of Representatives of this State
now before me laughter, or that has
so broadly and deeply experimented in
the line of individual and official pro
fligacy. Laughter and applause. I
am not surprised, however, that it is
no, when I consider that of the lneln
bers serving in this House from my
immediate locality many were not even
nominated, and few, if any, were
ever elected. Shouts of laughter.! I
sent you reform bills which cost -me
many days of anxious thought and
labor to perfect; but you danced not
when I piped to you, neither did you
weep responsive to my mc;unings over
the degeneracy of the body politic. I
must admit, however, , that you were
prompt executioners for . every TihT
that looked towalvl reform was nega
tived with a. yell as fast, as the rules
would allow. But in political, as often
in moral and religious cycles, the dark
est hour is just before the dawn of day,
and it is gratifying that after you have
consummated till the harm you can
possibly inflict upon the State, you
have by a unanimous resolution called
for a confessor. Laughter. It was
well to pause thus, just for the sake of
novelty or reference, ho that when the
tempest breaks you cs n point to tliis
becoming act of coatritiou for the
wrongs done to your constituents and
Commonwealth, f Applause and sar-
castlc shout.J Most of yov;
vho
nths
to
have
been
tiiO
past three
in the' phi
mo
ees
st rving
which other persons were elected by
the people have discounted the vetru
butive wave of popular reprcihation by
creating offices " by legislative enact-
APRIL 25, 1873.
to which von bone to retire.
i unprovided for, hope to be
SSf? indefinite pay-roll of the
pasters and fo of H in
accordance with the ttvalfcllt cus'tom
fsTouL0 oTZtteiTnj:
liberal counsels to have go geej j
co ii in i ne cuaos oi virtue mat .,lr
rounds you is a hopeful sign of Vx
times, and that if you do not cheat us
more than 30,000 in Philadelphia next
fall the places that know you now will
know most of you no more forever.
Laughter. But I turn to- the faint
silver lining on the deep cloud of yonr
record. One act of this House glad
dened the hearts of the whole people
of the State and reinsnired hone
throughout the length and breadth of
the Commonwealth. I refer to your
vote, in the midst of disorder that at a
Philadelphia fire would be called a rio,
on Monday evening last, fixing an ear
ly lay for your filial adjournment.
I Laughter and applause. 1 I have
heard of no citizen of the State who
did not heartily approve of that act.
Laughter. 1 I am happy to point to it
as the oasis in tlie withered desert that
you have made about you, and to ac
cord you credit lor it. Hoping, gen
tlemen, if I may be pardoned the use
of the term laughter, that the length
of your lives may correspond with the
measure of your virtues, and that you
will be succeeded by better men tiian
yourselves, I bid you good-night.
The Senator retired amid roaring ar -plause
and a liberal shower of paper
balls.
The Philadelphia Aye says it would
most willingly abate the severity of the
Senator's strictures upon the House,
but it cannot do so for they are just.
It says that one bill passed the Senate
unanimously, aud the House by atwo
thirds vote, and that Mr. Speaker Elli
ott, of the House, then put it in his
pocket and thus prevented it from be
coming a law. In other eases clauses
that had never been passed were stuck
on to bills, and in other cases still,
bills that had been passed were stolen.
A genuine carpet-bag Legislature
could scarcely "do worse !
LOCAL fNTELLIGEHCE.
Cape B-'car Agricultural .Association
There will lie a meeting ..f the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Cape Fear
Agricultural Association at the Purcell
House on Wednesday evening, Ajnil
30th, at 8 o'clock, P. M. Business of
importance will come before the meet
ing. All members are respectfully re
quested to attend.
A. xV. MoKoy, Pies'.
J. A. Exoei-iiahd. Gen. Sec'v.
Papers in tin's part of the State are i
respectfully requested to copy. td.
On. Jo iv Count.
The Wilmington J'uxt attempts to
get off sonie rather poor wit at the ex
pense of one of our largest and most
enterprising merchants, or of Onslow
county, or both, for it i:-. very hard to
. ' 1 V, , v - nU.t ...1 . X . 4 ! . . - X. 1
xv .x nxiii ui uuuui !ixiii, a.- nie iiiienu-
...1 -i-t w)lo xi...f .... .m
t i.vxx.w nill.ll till- rll'.l iTVlL. 1 ill! i
..t ti. ..,.i. !
The merchant in question did n :t go
through the cuniity of Onslow with a
large number of chums, with officers
ami appraisers, collecting by distraint.
He did go to Onslow for the purpose
of collecting a claim from one man
who was neither a native of Onslow nor
of North Carolina, who he had good
reason to suspect was making efforts to
avoid tlie payment of his debt, and he
4.1. i -1 1 -1 x. 1
11:111 uiii r mc u:jiti;x ilixu ictrui menus 10
collect the same. i
Our cotemporary forgets that in
Onslow county sheriffs aud magistrates
are not elected from that class of citi
zens who can be bought or persuaded
into lawless measures to forward any
process which may come into their
hands.
Our friend takes pleasure in stating
to us that, after a business intercourse
of twenty years with the citizens of
Onslow, he has not t?uly nothing to
complain of, but is free to confess that
he has never had more responsible
patrons in bis entire mercantile experi
ence. And during this last trip he is
not only under obligations to trust;
worthy officials, but to many citizens j
wno wert exceedingly kind to him.
XVilmiiisto.il 1'roduce Kxt-huue.
Quite a number of merchants and
business men met at the Hall of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterdry
morning, for the purpose of organizing
a Produce Exchange.
Col. W. Ii. Dellosset, President of
the Chamber of Commerce, called the
mre$iii to order and stated its object.
He nominated Mr. F. W. Kerchner for
Chairman, who was selected aa such.
Mr. A. A. Moffitt was requested to net
as Secretary.
Upon motion of Major T. H. McKoy,
the organization was styled the " Wilt
niington Produce Exchange,"
The following gentlemen and firms
were enrolled as membej-s : F. W.
Kerchner, Williams & Murchison, De
llosset & Co., Vick & Mebane, E. Pes
chau, Sprunt & Hinson, J. D. Woody,
J. M. Stanaland, Davis & Elliott,
Wooten, Bichardson & Co., Binford,
Crow & Co., Harriss & Howell, T. H.
McKoy, T. M. Smith, Gr.-eme & Dc
Kosset, J. Ii. Cautwell, G. Boney &
Sou, Jno. T. liankin, S. Louis & Co.,
Roger Moore, Moiiitt & Co.
On motion of Col. DeBosset, the
Chairman appointed Messrs. W. Li.
DeBosset, J. W. Hinson, D. 11. Mur
chison, T. H. McKoy and T. C. De
iiosset. a Committee to prepare and
report a plan of organization, with
such rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary.
Messrs. W. B. Binford, A. A. Moffit
and S. H. Fishblate, were fcppoiuted a
Committee to. bring the organization
so the attention of the business men of
the city and solicit membership.
Upon motion of Capt. D. it. Murchison
Dr. W.W. Harriss, and Messrs. C. P. Me
bane and J. T. Bankin, were appointed
a Committee to see to securing a pro
per room for the purposes of the Pro
duce Exchange, and report progress at
the next meeting.
The meeting 5 "ad joiirned subject to
the call' of the Chairman. Daily
Journal, SOt'A.
Civil Service Kcform, in a ISorn.
It now transpires that Mr. Savelle,
the Treasury Agent, did not visit our
city as a promoter of President Grant's
pej humbug, Civil Service lleform,
but merely fur the purpose of making
a "thorough". inspection of the books
and accounts of tne Collector's office,
of the Government buildings, of the
revenue cutter M". II. Seward and
other proper, y and appliances, oi the
tjustoms service at tms point. txe
went to work yesterday moiniug aud
left last evening for the South. The
inspection, therefore, of Mr. liumley'a
books in especial, must have been,
very "thorough."
As we espeuted would be the case,
the publication of an article yesterday
with the list of Custom House em
ployes," was a regular oh ho.i t!ut n,
the eaniD q tiiii Piiistiiie.!-;. P curt
reetassTwe. reassert,' with the exeeui
tipn that Mr, Alex, Strauss is not now
on- the list, having resigned last
it
December. We statfd yesterday, as
we do to-day, that George L.
Mabson was also not of the number,
ho having been "kicked out" -some
time since, for having dared to express
his preference, in a caucus at Raleigh,
for Settle in preference to John Pool,
for a cabinet office. Mabson is a col
ored man, a native citizen, and one of
the leaders of the colored people in the
tate. His rejection leaves only two
COl1ed men from this city, Burney
Lowrey, in the" Custom
House .-,qUaii. it i3 asserted
that the vacancies made by
the resignation. Mr StFausz and the
rejection of Mal-,n iJftve not been
refilled, and this w. therefore leave
me list oi tne squad at ii euongi. ju
all conscience, one wouhr n IQ ,0
tie woris ot three or tour icos the
f ize ot this.
If Mr. Saville had come down
as a real "reformist," and not simpi
re
as an " inspector," there would
have been, undoubtedly, some
rare lopping off of loval heads,
and the ..pay-roll of the Col
lector's office would have been
very materially reduced. He would
have found, to say the least
that one inspector can very readily do
tlie work now apportioned among sjx,
but then the said one inspector
conidn t nave very conveniently run
the Opera House, a carriage manufac
tory, aud several other private busi
ness; besides, there would not be re
wards enough to apportion among the
iauniiu, and the uustom House ring
would not be so owerful a political
machine an it is now.
The lit, with a very laudable de
sire to shield its friends and allies
from a possible threatened danger,
rushes very man-fully to the rescue.
In its zeal it has rather overrun the
bounds of discretion, and the general
tenor of its article seems a reproach
upon us for having entered the sacred
purlieus of the ring and brought forth
some few facts to the light. It forgets
that, in the light of old-time constitu
tional law, the people are the sover
eigns of the rulers and not the rulers
oi' the people. Let the people see to
I it that this same old-time constitu
tional law is preserved to them in all
of its purity and strength. Ditlfy
Journal. ISM.
From tbe Raleigh jVcirs.
Electing of tlie State Hoard of Knu
catiou lit tlie Kxrrntlrr Office,
April lUIIi.
Pursuant to Section 9, Article IX, of
the Constitution of North Carolina,
which provides that "the lioard of
Education shall have full power to
legislate aud make all needful rules
and regulations in relation to free
public schools, and the educational
; fund of the State, tlie Board of Edu
! cation met April 10th, present: His
j Excellency, Tod R. Caldwell, Gover
I nor, D. A. Jenkivs, Tn-asurer, W. H.
Hvertou, Secretary ol State, John
t ieiny, -iiiumix, !i:iu Aiuxaiuier Jiciver,
Suoerintendent of Public Instruction,
and unanimously adopted the follow;
ing rules and regulations in relation to
public schools:
1. The school districts of ihr
several
counties shall lie laid off as neaily
equal in form, as the situation of the
seveial localities will permit. Natural
i -1 ,- .
boundaries, as mountains
large water
. . .
courses, wnmps, ami unoccuoieii
lands, shall be adopted as tlie bounda
ries of adjacent school districts. The
convenience of each neighborhood
must be consulted.
2. Each school district shall contain
an area equal to a square of from fourj
to seven mnts square, and tlie schx!
house shall be as near thecentre of the
I school population of the district as
j may be practicable.
'
:-. It shall be the duty of School
i......;xx x. 1 , ,.iy i l i- x - x
"'P1" e - to lay ffriuHl districts
j wumu men lettpecijivu lownsnips, m
I accordance with the foreeroincr recrula-
firms, and sections 19 and '29 of the
school law. on or before the second Sat
urday in June, 1873, and record the
boundaries and designation of each dis
trict in the book of School llecords of
tlie township and report the same to
the Begister of Deeds, If a school dis
trict is to be hehl off so that itwill lie
in tws or more township-;, the School
Committee of the several townships in
terested shall agree upon the bound
ary; or if they fail to agree, they shall
report the facts to the County Board
of F;ducutiou, and the hitter shall
cstaulish tlie district.
The electors of the several School
Dif iricts shall, on the fourth Saturday
in June in each year, elect three resi
dents of the district to be styled "Dis
trict Trustees," whose term of office
shall-begin on the first day of July
following and continue one year and
until others are chosen. The white
electors shall elect "District Trustees"
for the school for white children, and
the colored electors shall elecP'District
Trustees" for the school for colored
children. The election shall be held at
such place in the District as the School
Committee of the township may
designate, and the three persons hav
ing tho highest number of votes shall
be declared elected. The School
Committee of the township in which
the district lies shall give notice in
writing at three or more public places
in each district of the election at least
ten days before the s-ime, aud shall
appoint two suitable residents of the
district to conduct the election. The
said cond'.ictors of the election shall
give to the School Committee a certifi
cate in writing of the number of votes
received by each person, aud the
School Committee shall declare the
tine? persons receiving the highest
number of votes for ''District Trus
tees" for the District. Vorrf f, That
whenever the District fails to make an
election, the School Committee of the
township shall appoint suitable per
sons "District Trustees," and shall
fill the vacaJKea that may occur from
any cstise.
3. It shall be tlie duty of the "Dis
trict Trustees" to have supervisors of
the school house and school piperty
of the district for wliich they are
elected, to obtain fund.-! by voluntary j
subscription to pay half the cost of j
the building, repairing and furnishing 1
school houses, to determine the time at
assistance as will supplement the pub
lie s kool fund so that the two com
I
wnicn tne puon? bWooj ie tnugnt, re- chimney, sat down m its bhadow, and when e ,,1o(k1 iltt,-OUi,.tf corrupttue ubui Re
commend tcaeiier who Will be accept- j looked up to the sky. It was callii aud j tin 1h rorruf.t aUo.Hi.d these oralis which nre
able to tht peop'o of the District, and full of stars. Its peacef uluess had an Wekerfrom functional deia.igeuivM.t will ui'.v-r
obtain by voluntary subscription such , instant intluence on her. Bepentant ,,,.. ti. iar mniarltT ot" female disease
bineil will pay the w ages of the teacher rac good !" Aud all the hate for May j it is in tbi v that iK. TUTU 'S s aksfak
for Bitch time as the people may de- j left her heart, and her love for Ned j liUA ANf UKKN's DEi.iflii r net, it
sire to continue the public school year, h.er vearning, acliieving love for hitn--T ' t-pecitie ctreet 'm o th mh!. li pmiaes, vit:ii-
and report to the School Committee tbe
scliocd'eonsus oi the district.
6. The School Committee shall in no
case give an order on the County
Treasurer in payment of a teachtr'o
wages for more than seypjuty-eents a
month for each yuil to a teacher of a
tlirJ gwuto school, nor more than a
dollar a month for each pupil to a
teacher of a second grade school, nor
more than a dollar and twcnty-iive
cents a mouth for each pupil to a
teacher uf u first grade shool, counting
the number of pupils, in every case,
by their average attendance.
The engsgcnyni! oi the. Dnke of
Euiiibargh tu the Grand Duchess
M.aia, daughter of the Cz.tr, will be
mad pnliliu fi"om Sorrento, shortly
ufter the Empress arrival in that place,
and the betrothed couple will meet
there.
no; 15.
For the Joumiil
Tin: oi,o tvPBEss tree.
! w hat was it struck lae thlu?
What pang is that I feel?
"has! too well 1 know the cause;
It is man's hated steel !
Young man, forbear, nhat'vc I (ki:i?
That you shoiililu luc so.
What iilcaeure can be to you
To lay my tall huad low ?
Long centuries I hve stood.
VuheeileJ wind or rain,
Kor have I e'er had a care,
r e'er felt ought oi pain :
Xever lackeil I clothes or food
In th' ages that have i.:seil,
AnU I'd thought till ! foolish
That this would always lar.
Near, tlie icil-iuaii slew thetiecr,
And "ne.itli my jprcailin,' shade
He vo"d his dusky fair one;
Here, many a ill Urli wns iu.;!e :
"Hound my roofs tlie blood hath flowed
''roin wild beasts did not pour
A 'la nj,,,, came v irh blada ami gn
1 he reijjjj,,, callia RO more
Tho dumb br m.gUcs a my fef.ti
The wild fowls ,.k Uke leaveg
Coming, find a rcfugt.,eri
Kaeh one my help recei .s
Thf n why arc you relentless?
How can you cruel be ?
Prithee, let we rest in peace, ,
A harmless cypress tree.
What gain you by lev'litig me '
What do jou see you need ".'
What profit expect to reap '.'
Wilt fell mc now, indeed?
The young man chops, determined,
Ko meltiHg mercy mingles
stops one moment, wipes his brow
And loudly answers " Shingles !"
' Hi;:."
XOltAirS DEVOTIOX.
"xA.li, how pretty she is!" ho said.
"Was there ever such a pretty lass,
d'ye think, Norah?"
"Perhaps no:, said Norah: and she
took her milking pails, and followed
JUay, who went on before with a lierht
step and a gay song toward the
meadow, where tlie cows browsed.
But when she was quite out of hearing
of Ned Wilton, sitting perched upon
the stile, she muttered to herself.
pretty! pretty! pretty! Ah, they ring
rue cuanges upon tnat, tliese men, as
the old bell-ring?r that knew but lii3
one tune used to do, down in the
church tower. Irettv! vrettv! nrettv!
It's never "good," it's never "honest."
it's never "true." It's always "pretty."
Then she stopped and looked up, and
said, with a quiver of passionate grief
in her voic?. "Oh, I'd give the worl 1
just to hear Ned Wilton call me pretty!
vv nac a iooi x am: ana sne went on
with her pails toward the cows Brown
Bess, Lilly White, and Pretty Polly.
Certainly Norah was not pretty; and
might J.avc .tremuct ot (hose deep j
eyes, ana tnat pure l-row ot hers; mt
nil mill viuttx, .( i.tt. xii' A iilllies,
...A.l .....1 I . 1 -..I ...I .....1 1 .
were the ivcogm.ed beauties oi the
joeuiirv, as inttec'i thev are ail over
dream, but Mary Britton s
coming broke it. Her beauty was very
1 , 1. , -l -v- 1 . x xi i
origin- ii.iii.1 line, stilt). .. en joiiol- lilt? '
nice girl he had been so fond of chat
ting with, for the pretty one who omiled
and glanced at him.
She was not so good as Norah ; she-
had not half her eartnestness and con- !
stancy ; but the face va3 all to Ned. j
So Mary Britton wore a little plain j
gold ring that he had given her, and
had promised to be his wife ia midsum
mer : and Norah knew it, aud out
wardly gave no sign that she suffered
only now and then, nr. at this moment )
when Ned bade uer notice May. j
They lived upon the coast c.f Lm-
coinsnire ana n was ears ago rsone
of them Knew how to write more tuan
their names. The farmer s deepest ,
love was tn market price of grain. )
Outside of them, the great world rob - ;
ed on without giving them any sign of j
its existence. And none of them had
ever read a novel or a poem, or seen a
play. J.ut tney mica cm . tlie drama ;
.1;
just ii weii, .-..ii. x,eo lo.eo . .av .-.in ;
l 11 1 "X"7" 1 1 1 1 l
what, there was 111 her nice slip mnn vn -
d. i;u .i.i 1,., k .1,.. i ...x i nnlJignted its tires but an hour or f
sel Had been 'rfj I T
have seen s.nnetl i 5 stranely fair and j f a
I S1?,,"?. T:. Jt1 . the sp of the man who held it.
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the world, tr suen loUcs as her lot j ntmght.of hcr fciec. He obeyed,
was east among: and Norah was Mav was in the boat,
spohen ot as plain, -t wo years beioi-e tt R courage until we come baek?"
she had taken into r.cv iocnsh heaa to bt, nnd rowed away.
luce Nen w.i.ui ery much; nd he Xor!h elnng to the chimney,, and
the farmers son. had thought well v , 1 ... 4-e, ,, , .
, i - --11 kept her leet lirm on tlie rooi ; but
enough ol the dairv-maid to sar some ti.ivx , ,,-i-i . . ru t
0 . x xi - x i x.i 1 i they were ankie-iieep now. 1 be water
very pleasant things to her. She had ..' ci,y, A 1 i...
a sweet
caieunoimu ioi oi:u., auu ! SM1 qniet, but with u strange regret
oved Ned and hated May. And May in WslWm, eyes. Th so,-v ,f hn
knew the whole, and triumphed over , .jiice had thiiiied his besirt. lb
Norah and cared a little, not mncii, ! oo..ld anvn ;lt UeK ,m wlif.h Vtiv
for Ned because of his broad should- ; 1)eantv of hor i(eautitui love and un-
ersuim iirowu euns.
about them, boasted that when the .
morrow s sun set she would be mis- ;
tres oi rne nonse, ana jsorau ner ser
vant. And Norah, thinking of the old
grand-mother who had begged her not
to lose so good a place, said nothing,
but stood silent, pale-faced and wan,
and felt a bitter hate rising in her
heart. Ned was away at town, and
would not be back uutil next ia.iroing,
the morning of his weddintf. The old
folks were asleep below.- How easy it
would be, in the dead of night, to do
this beautiful, Iniasting creature some
harm t . mar her beauty, or even to
end her life !
The thoughts grew so, uiid were so
horrible, that Norivh oonld not be sure
of herself, My, watching her, saw
oniy a deadly whiteness creep over her
lips, and, with the first touch of pity
in her heart, folded her veil away, and
said, unwisely enough, bt meauiug it
kindly:
'No doubt the next wedding will be
yours, Norah.'
Then Norah. without a look, tarned i
and left the room. SiiO nought to be
8life from herself, for fiendish tlioughhs I
possessed her, and longing for solitude, j
sheolimbed a ladder tlilitled to the tiled !
roof .Mu3 seeking the shelter of thegreat j
tears began to now. rhe prayed as i
simple ( tiildriili pray : "Please make j
softened into a sort of tender uioinory. f
Soon, with her white, weil-oeveloped
milk-maid 8 iis untler her head, hue
slept .pou the mossy roof under the
canopy of the stars.
At last siiii liegan to dream, .iliey
ne guas siepr togotner m an upper . mellts ia!ivillfr on ur ,.
room of the house, and on the wedding ; Jier m;ublt, an,rsa.d in a dream r
eve, May spread out gown and shoes way.
ai d cheap white veil, and, dancing ; 'T c1l ,in....t,. t
i
i
t
were goilig V church MJ and Ned j raii or 2rPt r.r.d iUtressing injury. Ili.
and she heard tl3 wedding bells ; but i xott's l.ivr.u Pi-hs can ha taken at an
going ixs, M"thc door she saw, instead Uaies villi imrfr-c-t safety and without diet.
of gaily-dressed guests, mournem, all t x-. 7 :
in black, and a coffin before the Bltsuy j Vse Dooluy Vest Powder if jonrc-tsa tight,
and -gave a scream and awakened. j fwuet. whoiesome "BiFnuits, lio.e.-, ptry, .vo.
Bells were ringing, but not wedding j Vur grocer sells H, yuli weighi. tmd strcoii.
bells the lclla that tolled if there I 7 V '. ,
i t xi t ii, . i . i As mince ot y.rcver.tivtr is worth a pound ot
were any neeel of the men of the place , taLslM---if
the fire broke out or roboers were , kegulatou.
heard, or tuere were any rioting in t he '
town. Whit could it mean? Norah,
listened. A strange surging sound lell
upon her etu-s. Lights gleamed in all
the honses. The truth flashed upon
hei'- Years before her old. grand
mother had. told her how tlie old sea-
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wall had been washed away, and a tide .
had risen and swept in upon them on
that wild coast, carrying with it, as
it wont out, kino and flocks and
little dwellings. and even land
itself ; and how there was mourn
ing throughout the land for those that
it had done to death men and wo
men and children so that many a
household long remembered it with
woe; This had happened again. The
sea wall was down the floods wero
sweeping in. The bells were ringing
as they had rung before in the ears of
those who now lay in their graves
ringing to tell the same tale to those
who were then unborn.
The house in which Norah dwelt was
old, and near the sea far from all hu
man aid too ; and its occupants were
two very old people and two girls. The
only one who could have aided them
was far away, and the waters were ris
ing even now above the windows of the
lower rooms. She could see the star
light reflected in it in gleams and spar
kles, and she knew that the old people
must be drowned in their beds if she
did not waken them. She went down "
into the room where they slept, nnd
cried out as she shook them. " The
tido has risen again ! Tlie tide has
risen again! Hear the bells!"
Then she led them, trembling and
weeping in their helpless old age, to
the roof, and found May already
crouched there. "She was crying also,
and she turned to Norah nnd clutched
'er arm.
' Will the water rise so far ?" slie
aske?. "Shall I be drowned I who
was toe married to-morrow? Oh, it
can't be, v0rali !"
" Others U1 go with you," said No- -rah
" There four of us."
"But no othei 1 ,eside me would ha vo
been so happy and HO proud to-morrow,
' May moaned. The old people,
shook and prayed, anvCriea softly.
Norah, calm and silent, Vept watch.
Tlie lights floating about vhl that
boats were out. Help might come
even yet, but tho water was creeping
up. It filled the house. It lapped the.
very eav.es. Stilb it rose higher and
higher. -Those upon the roof climbed
to the very apex of its slope, and clung
there, but the water reached their feet,
and May was quite mad with terror.
when a light glimmered close before
tiiein and a voice cried : c
" Good folks, thero's room for some
here. How many of you are there ?"
"Four," said Norah.
I'We'va room for three," said the
voice, "is it Wilton's folk ?" "Yes."
Then a stout fellow strode oyer the
roof and carried away the old woman,
and then the old mau, and then came
back.
" Well return for the other as soon
as we can, saul lie ; "keep up cour
age," and seized Norah's arm. "In
with you !" he cried. "There's little.
time to spare !"
And May gave a scream and cried.
"Don't leave me ! Don't leave nie !"
Then Norah, w hose heart jealousy
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t rvive nor lor lus saKc.
- She commanded ; she did not im-
was littlohope, but she was very hat .pv
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near
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your love to-morrow.
Norah to any one?
What's plain
Who'll miss her but a poor old woman
who'll follow her soon. But she, May,
is half your life, Ned. Oh God lie
thanked that I can give mvself for
! lVTty, for your sake
And m the srarligut her lace shone,
calm, sweet and happy as the water
arose toward it. At. last her feel, lost
their hold, and her strength was "one.
j She was lifted and whirhtl away; the Ion".-:
1)rown3i-;r unloosened swept far behind
w t,jp ni;1.;1e f;l(V KlpaiiPll tUi.lin.di
ri f wtltrt tlmt tho Rtilrij ht 1Du'(i
a lmIo (f A V()ioe sfl(V,ill tlm,Uof, ir
Raia. Xotl , .j , ihllUn!, Netl .
w , tultl ih,.ro llutldu to be seen
;;at thi, nloi()T st;il rising, and the skv
i ,u,t ..l.o.-p '
Qu the morrmv Xo,;i1l Abbott's UW
was found lying close to the ohlehurch.
tvlinTien livtieir. Imixi iln. li-i.l
treat -, N , ,
v '
otb.rS) came t A.,v Ne
-(i,,- l.o.l vnvtml 1......1,
xorrtl-Abbott was prett y la-fore.'
Aml theiAie h
Tin' Scotch jury system, which h;is
been much discussed of late in New
York, as a desirable substitute for the.
present jury system, which lias prac
tically failed there to secure the ends
of justice, is peculiar in more than one
respect. According to Scotch law, the
number of a jury, both in civil and
criminal caaest, is -fifteen,' to wit : ten
common jurymen- drawn from people
paying the lowest average of rates, and
five special jurymen, drawn -from jieo
plc paying a high value of rates, and
therefore presumably superior in edu
cation, intelligence and social position':
' and thu verdict of the jury tbua-con
stituted is rendered by a majority vote.
tr IBpRltfi 111(2 fCaj;i-
lylpiu ii't only decoys health, but han
ibcs uapiiiuei.s fmiu t!i lam ly. A Jj3j;Pj.tir
1 not only m-harry li;nioh', but lie makes ad
aroaail himinliai.j.y.
DK. TL'TT'.S ViXiK-
T.AULK -LI Villi P1IA.S if a crrntin remoiy
tot 't. Tlu-v aro sure cure for cortivet.e.-.
ri.e l.i)e.( ihoHob istit- moot!."
XhifJ u
i.r.-eeed lro . tais canw. The trim policy l to
direct Hie remedy to the source of the dieaj-
le it, exieUiiig a dhitemiwr "n.ra the yeu.
He ware ! Calomel.
"And all iJioreuriai Ctii)i'j:n:ii.-. Heifer, far
better, !i'5ire rti-ae than t nu,H-r tvitli ihi.s
jriineral .xiifou, no matter how tfcrtjlnllj- j.x-e-
M'fii. Irs eteii-ie uhv Ihh nW-eudv iTcven
ifj" With Its elegant nfW suit of rcoias, ar.it
the great iniprovements in Hanover treet, the
American Uouss, Boston, hids fair to become
a greater favorite than ever with the travelling
public. Messrs. Kicc & Son deservo their pop.
ularity.
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