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THE WILMINGTON JOURN L RATES OP AnvF.Brrraiwo 'i V ENGELHARD & SAUNDERS, Editors and Proprietor 0 WHOM ALL LETTERS OH BCSIBKHS MPS! K ADDRKSSKD. One Square, one week. r. ......... ...f j- ene Square, two weeks....... One Square, one momta....... ............ 2 3 One Square, three monthf...... I W One Square, six montlis...........,,..i. 13 00 Additional Squares at proportional rate". A Square laequal to tbjt solid uMOt ad t EK.ttS OF 81TBSCRIPTIOX q iF IHlbY JOURNAL, s mailed to s b i.. r at Kkiht Dollars per annum ; Fo- n l Vli au f.r six months; Skvkstv-civk Oknt . er month tor a shorter period. IT... ... ..-i.-i.-u i v .lonitNAb t Two Iol- I II I , ....mini : ONK Pol.LAK t. Hoi.LAK for nix months. Teruaingtype. - "i r Cash, Invariably advance. - ...i....ri,.ti..T. receivcil to the Wkeklt for' han si months. ipp jyj i wjii ijyi jyp 111 jp juijip 11 ip VOL. 30. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1874. NO. 21. I IIK irilBK'V. SI ATK BANKS A communication, bearing the stamp t-i the "People's National Rank, May ith, 171, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," says: Suppose au increase of $100,000,000 of National Bank notes should be au thorized by Congress; you want your proportion of it; how will you get it ? Start a new bank with a capital of liM,0;ii; before getting circulation t-.ni have to deposit bonds with cou- tnsiier you send to New lork or to per cents. For U;e h.m.ls s purchased in the favored States you get 90 per cent circulation --say H'A ,"" ' Y. a aeml from Air! get ba."k . hom e. 111,000 . y o.ooo fi' 1,000 Now, how much more money will von have, au 1 how much less will they have m the more favored section ?" A respectful enquiry is always enti tled at least to a respectful answer, and we take pleasure, therefore, in expressing onr views in regard to the point made by our Correspondent. A sufficiently practical answer might be made by saying if it be true as by inference intimated by onr Pitts burgh friend, that the greater the amount of National Bank circulation a community issues, the greater the drain it will create upon its resources, it is passing strange that the shrewd New Englander was so eager to be im poverished in the first instance, and that the lapse of ten years of both war anil peace have not convinced him of Lis mistake, we preter, However, to, make another answer. j 'I tie argument ot our nttsburgli j f-l-.i..! fll11- .1 1 1 l "kr'fl f 111 ilia lis- I Mission on the Currency bill in the I'uiteil States Senate by" Mr. Schurz, if we recollect aright. That it has fore:', v, e do not deny, but it is a force that is properly expended only when directed against the whole National j li.uik system. The question with us j i4 not whether we thijk the National! bank Currency, with all its disadvan tages, a desirable one in itself; not whether we prefer it to any other cur rency, but it is whether we prefer it to no currency at all. And this must be the sole question so long as by law the National Rank Crrrency is the only bank note currency permitted to circu late in the country. When t no Federal Congress shail r peal the law imposing the prohibi tory tax on the currency issued by our own State banks, then the force of the j argument indicated hy our Pittsburgh : Co-respondent will lie without an ! answer. J We are opposed to the National j Rank system as the exclusive banking j system of the country. Wj see no reason, whatever, why the tax upon the bank notes if issued by banks in corporated under oi.r State laws (should not be at once remov ed. If this were done every :tate and everv commuuitv could at once supply ties in the matter its ot own necessi- . currency. c j th Carolina of J have property in North Carol value suilieieiit and knewn to our peo ple to be snflieieiit to render bill-hold- r.s perfectly si cure. What objection then-fore there is to permitting State banks to be chartered, with power to isue notes ndetniable in National bank Notes and Greenbacks, just as in oM time-, they were redeemable in .s(M ci-, wo have never been able to see. Local demands for circulating medium would thereby be met, and promptly met, while at the same time the Green back and National Rank Currency would meet all the demands that un ilonhtedly exist for a currency that will ciicirate freely and without ques tion in one part of the country as well as in another. We need a local currency ft r local use and we need a national currency, s t; speitk, for national use. At pres ent the National Ranks have virtually a monopoly in the money trade and e are opposed to mom po!is s of all sorts. And then too, there is an obvious advantage in having a local as well as a i!ution;tl currency, arising from the fact that interior provincial com uni ties will be independent of the great metropolitan money centres in times of panic. Our local currencies while answiiag every purpose for home use, will b. comparatively worthless in New tnrk, tii. iv by assuring uri a complete indept l.dence from the slavery to that cty that Las so oppressed us since the iloc ,.j H... war. For all purposes of travel ' i b:i incsa, or other intercourse Ui i. dm. jvnt sections of the couu tiy s ol e or less remote for cacli other, b t i,back aud the National Rank ciUT.-i.e meet all tiie requirements not m t by by drafts, checks, or other bills oi e, !, ,,;,.,. uj)im individuals or banks. f- II t 1 KICiKX'l . 'oi:ii!nn,!e.xtion under cover from j'"' I National Hank, Norwich, oitn.-cneut, referring to the JornNn editorial about the currency, says: "The soph.ry of this aiticle is in the taibu-e to distinguish between cur rency and eap.tal. The South needs more capita . In oUlcr worJil it neetls j tue uc'L'um:':.ttni!i Irom vears of iniliKtr,- v. t t ill I II rf-Mll I I.l II IT i ... I It ; '; i , '"-i irugamy. impoverished by the war and bv ' WI1 II iiltuiii v. van, prions circumstances well enough un- I .,! . "'Ht l,.v its ne.vuess! MtSTXSl ! er from Craven and Eppes, the col p.ai, ul.er of National j;ank i, .te i ored Senator from Halifax, Hyman, ti, ; or the comr.nuiitv who I - it ,riii.,-r e a- - . certain:; ti n " i. t v . V V ,s ' 1 'Oil'' 111 irivo l,,l- dm... "J II.- larg, tion 1 i . . 1 li ' V I 'r ll.l inn n pier. uo-) oi the Bank circnhi- ',":"" give that up when the U ..t o ii. i. 1 out ever i. w wouwi wiii organize - . aim ii. It would indeed have been an un grae,ous thing for a Norwich bank not hav admitted that New England J1 a large projortion of the bank m.lat.on, for that city with a popu ,u wn uot brwr t)..n n, r -. r.f Yv-i " u,al oi me city Wilmington, has more bank circu latum (lir. i, . P " " WIloie tate of North Crohna, with more than a million of Population. Norwich has fti Rfn 1? , --I Bk note a.orth Carolina hasonly 1,819,300. - aumiswon therefore Proper to be made. is one quite But to the main point; Is it cur- rency or is it capital the South au.l West lacks? What is capital ? Do fer tile lauds, -with stock and farming tols aid provisions, ready for cultiva tion, healthful and pleasant climate, water power sufficient to turn the mil's of the world, the most valuable miL erals and metals, known to geologists and mineralogists; the greatest varie ty of the most valuable products ot the soil, the greatest number of the ; mt)ftt vft.lftilfi Wf.nil nf t)l frtr..t these tlnng, ready at hand for the la- J lor skilled and unskilled, of over a a million of inhabitants to operate up- i iili, consilium capital r n so iNorin . . . 11 A. J It. T (- t . I Carolina is far richer iu capital than she is in currency, and it is currency and not capital that we lack. But suppose a man has real estate in the city of Wilmington, the value of which is unquestionably at least 100, 000 andwishes to borrow 85,000 to put up a building upon it, what will behave to pay for the money ? At least fif teen per cent, per annum ! Why is this ? Is it because the security is doubtful ? Not at all, for the lender of the currency himself will admit that the leal estate is worth at least twice ten times as much as the money loan ed; in other ivords we have capital but not currency. When the City of Wilmington has i s much currency as the City of Norwich, our citizens will probably be able to borrow money at as low a rate of in terest and not until then. iooic 'ro.ii.tiY ! pooh TOD ! who as position Iustrue- The unfortunate youth pires to the important of Superintendent of Public tion in North Carolina, has come to grief again. Nor does the future, any more than the present or the past, hold out a bright promise for hi3 peace and happiness. Truly was it said "man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward." The Winston Sentinel says it is un derstood in that section of the country that Tommy was a Ku Klux, and as serts, in fact, that there are persons in the town of Winston "who say that they were present and assisted in initiating him. Mr. Pool asked him the ques tion if he was a member of the order and Mr. Purnell did not answer it." When it is remembered that Tommy lived in this section of the State his reason for refusing to answer may be ! imagined. Now the mere fact that Mr. Purnell belonged to the Ku Klux would not necessarily be anything to his discredit, but the trouble i what will Governor Caldwell do about it ? If Governor Caldwell could not reconcile it to his views of propriety te le au hojorary member of a Literary Society, with that very estimable gentleman, Captain Shotwell, because he was said to be a Ku Klux man, what will he do about Tommy ? Will he cut him off forever in the bloom of his youth aud the pride of ,lis intellect from the effulgent light 0f u;s gracious countenance ? if tv- K!,,v Kbtvi-r-ll i nn imnrnnpr . . . .... ... L L personage for the Radical Governor of North Carolina to associate with, what about Ku Klux Purnell ? Or does our Radical Governor make a distinction between Democratic Ku Klux and Rad- beil Tvn Ivlnv Poor Tommv. That when you allowed you a candidate. And just to think of it tin Radical candidate 'or Snperinten i dent of Public Instruction in North ! Carolina is charged with being one of of those terrible, naughty Ku Klux and he does not deny it ! Oh, Tommy, Tommy ) How could you be so naughty ! What will the Governor do ? l'oor Tommy ! Poor Tod ! IM !.KI.l. ASD I'lVII- UKilllS. i ; Mr. Purnell, it seems, has at last i made up his mind on the Civil Rights i Rill. At Halifax, it will be remem I hered, lie floundered so in his explan i itinn df his tiosiuon that John Rrvan. the colored member of the Legisla ture from that county, .le.-'nred he did not know where he stood. Rut H' he got up West among the white people, Mr. Purnell'.s ideas brightened, and he told the people in his speech at Winston, so the Sentinel of that place tells us that his reason for refusing to answer at Halifax was merely to tease Colonel Pool! The fretft in its account of the dis cussion says : The Civil Rights bill seems to be the principal subject of contention just now, and Mr. Purnell explains his po sition to be in favor of the colored peo ple enjoying the rights guaranteed them by the Constitution, but declared the Sumner Civil Rights bill, (not yet a law) impolitic and unwise and could not benefit either race. The office of Superintendent of Public Instruction he said, was merely executive, and he of course, like all good citizens, would abide by aud be governed by the laws of the country. Col. Pool made a good r.peech de j daring himself also in opposition to I the Civil Rights bill, j Col. S. D. Pool and T. R. Pnrnell, I Esq., are both looking well and are in fine spirits. Does "honest John" Rryan, the col- ored memuer irom nauiiii uuueii,uuu -w , TT.l.'f .T . A a . I vliat llIS candidate things oi the ivu . - . . ... . . - .. Rights bill now ? What will Dudley, the colored mem- Senator from Warren and the colored candidate lor congress, nnim me coi - . , . . 11 11.. 1 ored member from Edgecombe, and all the other colored men who by the ' bills they introduced, the speeches they made, or the votes they cast, de clared themselves to be in favor of the Civil Rights bill, what -will all those men, we say, think of the declaration of tho nominee of their party that the Civil Rights bill now pending before Congress is "impolitic and unwise and cannot benefit either race ?" If we read aright the signs of the times we think these colored men do not intend any longer to be ruled by the "would-be-aristocratic element of the party. The nomination of Hjrman a colored man for Congress inthe 2d District, the nomination of an entire legislative ticket of colored men in C.aven county, and the candidacy for t'ie nomination of Smytheand Mabscn, both colored men, for Congress in this District, show beyond all doubt that the colored wing uf th party have de termined to have its share of the spoils, and that they will no longer submit to do the voting aud allow a handful of white men t- get all the offices. ' II E AKIiAHSAS MI'ltDl.t:- iikooi&s i;ivi:s liKAr a pidci: of ms iniwu. The following letter which we find iu the telegraphic columns of both Northern and Southern exchanges, is the full reply of Mr. Rrooks to Presi dent Grant. How it happens that the letter was not sent to us also we do nor know. Mr. Rrooks certainly puts his case very strongly.- As he well suggests it will be very difficult for the President to point to the clause in the constitution of the United States that makes him the arbiter of disputes in any of the States. If the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas has decided that Mr. Rrooks is the lawful Governor of that State and has juris diction in the premises, we can not see upon what ground the President can interfere to sustain Mr. Raxter. Little Rock, May 11. 7'j LT. S. (jrant, I'renident : On the 9th of May the Attorney General submitted to me a proposition that he said had yor approval. On the 10th I accepted the same out of deference to your wishes, feeling that in doing so 1 was humiliating myself and the Courts of the State. This I did solely in the interest of peace, sup posing that Raxter would be required to assent to your proposed plan of set tlement. In accordance with the proposition of the Attorney General, I issued a proclamation convening the Legisla ture on the fourth Monday of the pres ent month. To my surprise, Raxter has declined to submit the questions of his election to the Legislature. In conversation with the members thereof he boldly proclaims that he does not and will not permit an investigation of his right to the office, yet you ask me to recognize a call of the Legislature at the instance of one who declares tbe question at issue and for which you in sistou its being assembled, shall not be settled by the tribunal you desire con vened. An attempted organization was made to-day, which failed, al though persons were sworn in as mem bers "from districts in which no vacan cies had been declared. Roth Ifouses now have a quorum in existence. This quorum should pass upon the election returns ana tne quauncations oi me newly elected members, insteiid of the newly elected members themselves. This action I cannot and will not will ingly submit to. Spc. 1, Art. 4 of the Constitution of the United States, de clares that full faith and credit shall be given to the judicial proceedings of every State; and, if in the face cf the decision of the Supreme and the Cir cuit Courts of the State, deciding that I am and recognizing me as the legal Governor, you can recognize Raxkr as Governor, it is your duty to respond to his application for Federal help. If you cannot it is your duty to assist nie to suppress the present domestic vio lence. To disband my troops at thii time, under no other assurance than is contained in yoiir telegram of to-day-would result not only in the assassina tion of the Judge "of the Supreme Court, but of many of my friends, and especially the colored men who have been guilty of no crime save fidelity to law and order. I shall hold my troops together for tee purpose of protecting the citizens of the State, who believe the expression of the people at the bal lot, box should be enlorceu, ant! lor wis a sad dav i t,:c I'-otccting of those who stand by ' the Constitution, ia'S and the adjudi rself to be made ltio!lS of t'ie courts of the country. Federal bavonets can put Baxter's Legislature in the State House, but I ' Ww u, "l.Y"' siiiuuon miner wnieii inc i ichiueui. has this power. Nothing else will. I doubt if you can compel them to deter mine who is Governor. It is time the agony of doubt, aud uncertainty was over. The interests of humanity demands it shall be set tled, am 'f you have the power under the Constitution and Jaws of theUnited States to settle the question of who is Governor of Arkansas adverse to the decision of the courts of the Si ate, set tle it and settle it at once. I shall no' resist what you may order the United State troops to do, but shall with all the power at my command repel auy and all attempts by Raxter's forces to take possession of the State House. I am confident that a legal quorum of the Legislature will not respond to Raxter's call, r,nd J elisdl not assent nor be a paitj- to convening the yegisla- tur uiuler any other agreement man that submitted by yourself through 1 the Attorney General on the bth mst. f Signed Joseph Brooks, Governor of Arkansas. Rrooks still occupies the State House and the surroundings. Whether he intends to vacate or not under the President's instructions, is not known. Roth Houses meet this morning at the Ditter building. There were 11 Sena tors and 41 Representatives present lacking three of a quorum in the Sen ate and two in the House. It is gen erally conceded that there will be a quorum in both Houses to-morrow, The Baxter men are jubilant at the idea of Brooks haying to. vacate the rOLOKED CANDIDATES FOBCOS ;ltr.SN IS NORTH CAROLINA. Whatever doubt there may Jiave been as to the purpose of the negroes in North Carolina to enjoy all their civil rights, that of holding office in cluded, has been removed by the nom ination of John A. Hyman, a colored man, as the candidate of the Radical party for Congress in the Second District. Hyman owes his nomination to noth ing save the fact that he is a negro. The issue has been squarely made. How will the white men of the Radical party in that District meet it ? How will the white men of that party in this Dis'.riet msrt if ? If cannot ho shirked. CONORESSIONA, EXECUTIVE CO.II.IIIXTEE FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT. In pursuance of a resolution of the Magnolia Convention, the President has appointed the following as the Ex ecutive Committee of the Third Con gressional District: Cumberland. Joseph A. Worth, Chairman. Harnett D. H. McLean. Moore Geo. S. Cole. Rladen Jno. D. Currie. Brunswick S. R. Cliinnis. Columbus V. V. Richardson. Sampson Luke A. Powell. Duplin J. N. Stallings. Onslow Dr. R. W. Ward. New Hanover S. W. Vick. Carteret W. V. Geoffroy. (jo wnsr voi sti iti aw, jo WKsr. Mr. Greeley's advice to all young men who went to him for assistance, has quite grown into a proverb. If the Srtge of Chappaqua was right the j remedy for every ill to which flesh j is heir, was to "go West." We have every one of us, doubtless had onr laugh over the in junction iu season, and out of season, to "go West young man." Rut alter al1 the advice has proved good, at least in some in stances, and in none more notably than in the case of the young man Mr. Pnrnell. This amb.tiouB young man began his career as a candidate f--r the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, in a speccn at Halifax. Now, Halifax is in the Haft and the audience there was largely, very largely composed of negroes. When called out by Colonti Pool in regard to the Civil Rights Bill, Mr. Purnell was un- able to define his pr sition to the satis- faction of either white or black. But the speech was not remarkable for this alone. We learn from our eotempora- ries ami from auother source that we deem entirely reliable that it was in- terspersed with jokes and anecdotes that cau be truthfully i naracterised by the affairs ot the Western Judicial Dis uo other epithets than those of filthy trict of Arkansas. The existence of and obpeene in the most disgusting de- gree. This is the character that is given to the speech. 1 1 we uo arr. Purnell injustice in the premises, we will gladly repair the wrong and here- by tender him. the use of our columns for that purpose. This was done down East. Shortly thereafter Mr. Pnrnell following Mr. Greeley's advice went to Winston, and thereupon straightway quite a change came over the vouug man. Now Win- ston is iu the West, and there white men most do congregate His vision in regard to the questions involved in the civil rights bill became clear, so clear indeed that he says that his only purpose in failing to define his position at Halifax was to " tease " his oppo nent, Colonel Pool. Nor wi s this all, for by any means from the accounts given of the discussion at Winston by the newspapers, we presume Mr. Pur nell omitted the recital of the filthy and obscene jokes with which he sought to amuse his audience at Halifax. We trust that hereafter all youthful Radical candidates who, by way of re commending themselves for the posi tion of Superintendent of the public iustiuetion of the boys audgiil-. of the State, tell upou the stump filthy jokes of the most obsence character will at once be sent West. Whether it is the simple f act of going West or that cf going among Ku-Klnx that has wrought the change, we do not decide. ' AliKA'VS-TIIK Ki:JI'M.i OF i iai: a;i. Roth Houses of the Leg'slature met on Thursday last and adopted the fol lowing joint resolution: Whekeao, The legislature of the State of Arkansas has convened, a quorum iu each House being present ; whereas the capital of our State is oc cupied by armed and contending forces; and whereas the State-house is now in the possession of armed troops: Therefore, be it Jtexolred lif tfie ; n rat Axxf inbly of the State d Arkansas, That the President of tho United States be, and he is herebv, requested to put this Legislature in possession of the Legis lative halls, ami Ihn.t the public pro per.y on o.a.e-no.ise qu.e i,e. p.e. under the supervision and control of i 1 i 1 this body, the legal custodians therof whilst iu session; and that he make such order for the dispersion of said armed contending forces as will more perfectly protect the State against do mestic violence and insure this body protection; and that a certified copy of this resolution be at one ; transmitted to the President of the United States. In the House a large n umbel' of no tics of the introduction of bills were given among others, for the calling oi a constitutional convention. The Senate having appointed a com mittee, to act iu conjunction with the House committee appointed Wednes day, to notify Governor Baxter that the General Assembly was ready to receive any communication he might desire to ilake to that body, it met in joint convention on Thursday and re- ived a message from Baxter. It simply repeats the story of recent events, and informs the Legislature that to them is submitted the ques tion, "Who is Governor of Arkansas ?' He suggests the propriety cf calling a constitutional convention owing to the great want of harmony in the laws, I both statutjry and constitutional. Twenty-seven ex-Union soldiers and Northern men haye united in a dis patch to Senator Morton and Gen. John Cobnrn contradicting the tele gram sent those gentlemen to the ef fect that if Raxter succeeds Northern men will be driven out of the State. Jt was ripon the action of the L?gis lature above recited that the the Pres ident based his proclamation published in the Jqvksati on yesterday. It is to bo presumed that the Presi dent will speedily follow up his prcc lamation of warning with action of a more decided character unless the "Brooks Troops" at once disperse. The suggestion to call a State Con vention, with full powers to reniovp from the constitution of the State all causes of trouble, seems to us a good one. If a fair election shall be held, we are quite sure that the Convention will be composed of men qualified by intelligence, integrity and experience sufficient to make a new departure from all the entangling alliances of the past that shall enure to the good of the State and its people, without ie gard to race, color or previous condi tion of seryitudo. Don't be Discouraged. Suppose you Artrfl "tried fifty reme dies" and received no benefit, is there therefore "no balm in Gilead ?" Verily there is. Your liver may be congest ed, your stomach half paralyzed, your nerves quivering, your muscles knot ted with torture, your bowels con stricted, your lungs diseased, your blood full of impurities yet in one week after commencing a course of Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters you will feel like a new creature, 4w HAicriioi.o.fir.iv ch.i.f.h, ksq. It was with very great pleasure that we made the announcement on yester day of the nomination of Mr. Fuller as the candidate of the Democratic Con servative party for Judge in the Fifth J udicial District. Our acquaintance with Mr. Fuller began twenty-four years ago, and as it has always been a pleasant one, it is but natural that we should feel a spe cial gratification at his nomination for the high and honorable position of Judge. -Ofpardp3rsou.il character of nat ural abilities of a high oi'der, cf un- doubted legal attainments, and in the full vigor of matured manhood, no man in his district, we presume will ijaestion his fitness for the bench, Our party is indeed truly fortunate in its candidates for judicial honors, With McKot on the bench in this Dis- trict, and Ftlleh on the bench in the District above us, a better era will j indeed have dawned upon ns. ii p r. a v ii hi i: n r of ji d;f. STOKV. The Committee upon the Expend! tnres of the Department of Justice is about completing its examination of large anj wide-spread corruption there is so clearly established by the proof. that the Committee will doubtlessly rep0rt a bill to abolish this Western Judicial District, thus consolidating the State into one Judicial District, In this way Judge Story will be got rid of without the trouble and delay of an impeachment trial, and alro the Marshal and United States District Attorney. The clerk of the court will be retained, as there is no complaint against him THE SEW CO!lVFCriCl'r SF.KA 41 OK-TUi; DKAO IIIUIOt KU V. The Democrats in the Connecticut Legislature held a caucus on Wednes day night last, and on the first ballot nominated as the candidate of the party for United States Senator, Hon. William W. Eatou, of Hartford. Mr. Eaton ia one of the most promi nent men iu his State, and has always been a Democrat of the most straitest sect. Residing for a few years, while a young man, in the State of South Carolina, he became an ardent admir er aud follower of Mr. Calhoun. Nor did he change his prineiplt s on h:s re turn to Connecticut, where, engaging n the practice of law, he soon became a marked man. When the war came on he was so open and avowed in his opposition to it, and to all measures taken to promote its success, that he became tho central figure of the opposition in ail New England. His character for honesty, integrity and ability is conceded by even his bitterest enemies. The, New York Eeeniny Post (Re publican ) speaking of the nomination says: As the Democrats haye a clear ma jority in bqtji braur.es of fcho Connect icut legislature rnd appear to be har monious, it is safe to assume that Mr. William V. Eaton will be the United States Senator from that State to suc ceed Senator Buckingham. Mr. Eaton was nominated last night by the Dem ocratic Legislative caucus, and the nomination is received with general satisfaction, the opposition to him at any time having beeu rather the result of local prejuchethau personal dislike. He will doyditleaa he elected on the fi b u Tuesday, each house ... -. i . acting independently "This nomination shows what stub born perseverance 'n politics, as well as in commercial afi'airs, may do for a man. Ten years ago we fchonld have said that of a thousand of the more prominent Democrats injConuccticut, Mr. Eaton would be the last to receive the honor he is now upon the verge of receiving. He is so 'strict a con structionist", in matters of consti tutional law that hp is apt to assume a false pqsitioii in politics. That is to say, while there cau b -. no defence for his stubborn refusal to acquiesce in the war measiiyes to suppress the rebel lion, it is bnt fair to attribute his atti tude at that time rather to his habit of worshipping the letter of the Constitu tion at the sacrifice even of the Union itself, than to any absolute eh-'siro for the success of tlfe reikis. We do not believe what has often been charged, that he was in favr of a dissolution of the Union, but he evidently did err in thinking that war was unnecessary and unwarranted. However, this question is not now in issue, and Mr. Eaton has lived down the prejudice which it raised ugaiiif i iiiui leu kis nyn. uaiirtci his error may have been, he ha 3 con vinced the people of Connecticut that he lias convictions, and is not afraid to maintain them against the passions of the hour, aud that it is betj er to err in such a cause than to stumble in the path of integrity. There has been so little real backbone in the Senate of the "United States of late years thai it seeuis as though the people have determined to put some of it there, even if there are some other bones in the skeleton not altogether to their liking. - Mr. Eaton is a straight forward man in business as in polities, and it is gratifying to belie e $hat his course in Congress will ntver pe. look ed upon with suspicion by tho-e who regret the prevalent immoralities of legiilation. He is well informed in law and in public affaire, and h is an op portunity to be, if not one of the ablest, one of the most usi f ul members of the Senate. He is a Democrat of the old school, one of the few that train under that nume who adhere to Democratic principles, or in fact to any principles, long at a time. The Magnolia Monitor says: No matter what name, no, matter what section furnishes leaders in the march. All we ask is let them send forth the true ring of a Democrat when sounded; let them prove their ability as commandeis in the contest and we safely assert that old Duplin will ever be found in the front, followiny any where so the way leads to victory, and undaunted by 11 arrows. o,f sarcasm or spofu thrown f hey. And that is the true doctrine. The Munitar has hit the nail oa the head. vVhen our leaders have been choseu and the ring of the trne Democratic metal has been heard we fall in there ju?t as naturally as soldier. do at the word of command. We ask not what section our candidates may oome from but only is he the nominee of the party, is he honest, ia he faithful, is he capable ? When we hear that ho is all of these, we hear the ring of the true Democratic metal and we will say too, the ring of the true Duplin metal and straightway fall into ranks. PAT8IOTIC LETTER FRO.ll COL ONEL, A LI. EX. The following 'admirable letter, which we take from the Magnolia Monitor, contains just such sentiments as those who know Colonel Allen ex pected him to utter. We regret to learn, as will the peo ple of the whole State, that they will be deprived of bis valuable services in the Senate. Colonel Allen is one of those men whose fealty to his party and whose devotion to his country are dependent not upon reward or the hope of re ward, but upon duty and patriotism. Kexansville, Drpnix Co., N. C, f May 9, 1874. Hon. R. r. Wakiko, Chalotte, N. C: Dear Major: Yonr esteemed favor of the 7th expressing warm sentiments of personal friendship for me, and great confidence in my patriotism and uiiselnshness, was received to-dn'y. I most highly appreciate the kind feel ings and good opinion which you and oiner lrienas entertain towards me and nothing could afford me more pleasure than a continuance of the pleasant ofhcial relations heretofore maintained with yon and other valued friends in the Senate of North Caro lina, if eirenmstanees favored such a rasult. The hope expressed bv von. however, of seeing me again in my old position in the Senate next winter cannot be realized. My long neglected professional interests imperatively de mand my individual attention, and for bid my becoming again a candidate for Legislative honors. You do me no more than justice when you say that my labors for "true Conservatism" have been in the past, as they will be in the future, "unselfish," and to pro mote wnat x conceive to be the best interest of my country. Col. McKoy, who has been nomi nated for the J udgeship in this Dis trict, is a gentleman of Inch character deservedly popular, -and will reoeive a nne vote next August m DuDlin oountv. the best Conservative county in the C!t. i J iL . . J obaie, aiiu me mosi generous ana un selfish people. Our people will do their whole duty in the approaching eiecnon ior me wnote ticket, as on former occasions. I feel always at liberty to speak for the unselfish pa triotism and devoted Conservatism of the people of Duplin. Whether her own sons, or the sons of other counties are to be honored, she is true" to the mark, and will continue to stand firm in her devotion to principle. Her Conservatism is a fixed fact, and with her sister county Onslow, will continue to be a beacon light amidst the dark cess that surrounds them. I trust the State will long continue to have the benefit of your valuable services. Wishing you everv success, au.l thanking you most heartilv for vo ir kind expressions of friendship, I am, very truly, your friend, Wm. A. Allen. Sut I.ovengood at a. Cand)- l'ulliii. I had a beep ov trouble last Krist mas and I'll tell yu how it happened. Deken Joneses gals giv a candy pull in, and I got a stool as tha sa in North Karliny and so over I gose. Sister Poll and me went together and when we got to old man Joneses the house was chuck full. Dog mi kats ef thar wuz room to turn roun. Thar wuz Suze Karkins sheze as big as a skinned boss and six other Karkinses and all the Scrogginses, and Williams es, and Simmonses. and Peddicrreses. and the school master and his gal, be sides the old Deken and the Dekeness and enuff little Dekenses to set un half a duzzen young folks in the fam ili bizness. Well byuie by the pot begun to bile. and then the fun begun. We all trot our plates reddy and put flour on our ! nans to Keep the candy from stickin, and then Sve pitched in to pullin. W ozzent it fun I never saw sich lafin and cuttin up in all mi daze. I made a candy bird for Em Simmcns. rler and me expex to trot in dubble harnis one uv these daze. She made candy goose fur mo. Wozzent it fun ? Then we got to thro win candy balls into one anuther's hair and ruu nin from one side ov the house to tuther and out in the kitchen. till everything on the place woz gaumed all over with candy. I run till I woz out ov breth and sot down to rest a spell. I sot on a pine bench and Em Simmons sot close to nie. Wozzent it fun ? Suze Harkess, confound her pickter, throw- ed a candy ball sock in one ov my ize. 1 maac a bulge to run after her aud heerd sumthin rip. My stars alive wozzent I picked ? I looked around and thar woz the gabel eend ov my brand nu briches stikin tq the pine bench. I backed up against the wall sorter crawfish like and grinned. Sut," sez sister Poll, "whoi's the matter ?" "Shut up," sez I. "Snt," sez sister Poll, "cum away from that wall. Yule git 11 over greezy." "Let her greese," sez I, and I sot down on a wash board that woz lyin across a tub, feeling wiis than an old made at a weddin. Purty soon t felt sumething hurt and, purty soon it hurt agin. Ice whiz 5 I jnmpt 10 feet hi, kickt over the tub, and out flu ole Joneses Krismas turki, and you ought to seen me git. I cut for tall timber now, you jist bet. T jr,rcpt stak and rider fenses rmd smashed down bresh like a ' runaway herikase till I got home and went to bed and stade thar tu daze. Ef old Delaa, Jonqs barn burns down next winter an I'm arrested fur it an ehny body pears as witness against me lie bust his doggouet lied ! Thems mi sentynients,, HtT Lovkxuood. N. B, Wozzent it fun ? From the New York Times. Thirty Vears Alter. This week an Emperor of Russia is once more to become a guest of Eng land. It is now thirty ears since his father trod the halls of Quoen Victo ria, just two months before the pres ent Czar's son-in-law was born. The circumstance brings home to the mind the extraordinary length of her majes ty's reigu, aud the huge volume of history which, has accumulated since the magnificent form of Nicholas, tow ering above all around him, was stun entering the hall of Buckingham Pal ace, where bui salu.e to the hostess was so hearty as to be distinctly heard at the furthest corner of the spacoVfB apartment, and draw a emile frorn the maids of honc,r. Qf all the Monarchs reiguing o.n that day in Jnue, 1841, the Queen of England is the sole sur- vivor. Lven Jrius Ia. vas then put a Cardinal. Of Cabinet of England at that time, two member-; alone sur vive the Duke of Bacclcuc'i, and M r. Gladstone; and time's changes are here again cprjously conspicuous, for Mr. Gladstone was then the colleague of those thorough-going Tories, Lord Lyndhurst, the Duke of Wellington, and (the lute) Lord Derby, under Sir Robert Peel. In France, Louis Phil ippe, four years later a fugitive as Mr. Smith, seemed then comfortably set tled. Frederick William was reieninar . 1. t i: .1 tt ai, jjernii, nuu . row umiu-u,. i4'C4 rieariy josb ma wo an mo utuiu or nu assassin. Rismarck was cheifly known to fame as what the Parisians call a gay liver, and Bunsen's dream of a united Germany seemed distant indeed. It aly has been turned topsy-turvy since then, 'lue .Kingdom of JSapIes, the vxranu xucnies 01 Tuscany. Parma aud Modena, the Papal States, have been wiped off the map. The quiet Prince William, who was Bunsen's guest in London in the August of that same year, add to whose military questions we are told that the Dnke of Wellington " readily replied," has more than realized the dreams of his diplomatic philosopher host who, it seems curious to think, was at the out set of Ins career Mr. W. B. Astor'a tu tor for he is now Emperor of Ger many. Perhaps the counsels of the warrior Duke mav not have been with out a bearing on the issue of that Sum mer dav at Sedau four vears aero. The Czar was met on landincr in June, 1844, by the same Ambassador who will meet his son, the venerable Count Brnnow now. we believe about to retire; and his august master took up his residence in London at the Embassy, but after a brief stay there ieic ior vv masor. mat was in Ascot week, which lives in many a memorv Nothing so brilliant had been known iu the way of royal entertainment since 1814, when the allied Sovereigns were tne guests 01 .tunerland. But during that visit his aim was not to paralyze but to please, and he won all hearts. There was a Russian rage. and it knew no bounds. Everything comoineuto mate tnat period brilliant. The Queen was then in the zenith of her career, enioyihcr those halcvon days whose delight she has recounted in her journals. At Windsor and Buckingham Palace all went mer ry as a marriage-belL Of those ladies who then so much con tributed to the brilliancy of her court. nearly all are now gone. The Queen's most intimate friend, the Duchess of Sutherland, passed away six vears aero. and an exquisite monument in the gar dens of the Viceroy of India's country- house at Barrackpore marks the spot where the beautiful and gifted Vis countess Canning loved to while away the evening hours of that splendid ex ile which ended in the grave. But if such memories coming thick ly over her mind tend to melancholy. and to incline the Queen toward the prolonged retirement whence she has at length shown signs of emerging, there are on the other hand reasons why the present visit of her former guest's son should afford her especial satisfaction. Baron Buusen, then accredited to Lon- uon as A'russian 3iinister, was on a visit to his Sovereign at Sans Souci. and was presented to the Czar on his way through Berlin to London. Writ ing to the Baroness he says : " He is every men ox him an Lmperoy 5 What courage to go for l;is pleasure into the midst of live hundred Poles who have sworn to kill him." Under far happier auspices is this visit of 1874 made. No political ob ject sare even spoken, cf. It is the visit of a father to an only daughter and to the honored mother of that daughter's husband a circumstance which, in a country where family and domestic ties are so close as in England, will serve to make the Emperor's welcome espe cially acceptable to the hearts of the people, who will not fail to recognise in it that proverbial touch of nature which makes us all kin. Mated front I lie liallows. The Sumter Republican gives an ac count of the negro, Henry Jackson, who was saved from the gallows in Leesburg, last week, f roni which we make an extract, which follows. After being jilaced upon the scaffold with the rope about his neck, he spoke as follows : "Town people, eoiue listen to what I have to say.' This is a solemn time. I dave to die. And why have I got to die ? Poor Henry Jaekson has got to die for that he did not do. I am inno cent of this great crime. And why did 1 say that I was innocent ? Recause poor Henrv Jackson did not do the the crime. Henry Jackson said others 1 done it ; but then he did not have the fear of the Lord before hia eyes. They came and took me away from my wife for that J was innocent of, and car ried me to Smithville, and pwor Mr. Warwick put the rope around my neck. I said others done it. I said poor Martin done it, but I am in Jesus now aid He is in me, and uow I say I don't know ouything about it. Iu this hour or the next Henry Jackson must die the i nocent death ; but they can't kill me. They say they will carry me to the gallows and hang me, but I will go straight to Jesus. This all comes of my not being good; whenever a raaa eaid anything to Henry Jackson he would go for him, and now you see what it has brought me to. I want you to raise up yonr children right. Teach them to go .to preaching aud serve the Lord- Had poor Henry Jackson deje so he would not have b.a to, die the innocent death to-day. Poor Brother Lester has put the love of the Lord in my heart. I want the Smithville people ift hear what I have to saj. here is Mr. Johnson ? Jt !;i;rts iiie as much as it does hi t did not kill the boy, and having the love of Jesus in me, if the real murderer was to come to me and say he did it I w ould tell hi in to go off and not tell anybody else, ami I would die for him' The sheriff aunounced to the crowd that there was a possibility of his in nocence, and the Governor had respit ed him, advising the colored people to yaise upon the spot the necessary funds to assist him to gain his life, if be was innocent. The two colored ministers also made soivp sensible remarks to them,, but they seemed disappointed, and soon disappeared. This is the substance of the state ment, and his repetition caused it to appear five times as long. Whenever he spoke of going to Heaven, or being confident of Jesus love, the negroes would applaud. TXw 'Kt.sOt EESPITEO. He was rambling on this way when the Sheriff was called down st?4ri. and handed a telegram frci the Governor in recly tG one which, had been sent by the officers of Lee county, asking a respite. A glance at it showed that the request was granted and, the Sher ill broke the ew4 gently to the pris oner, vho seemed surprised and con tended in round terms that it was not right to dely his sentence hen he was ready to die , Col. C. T. f fcoode has been regularly retained by the, prisoner's friends, but we have not learned whether tney will go to the Supreme Court for aid, or look to Eseputiye eltniencv in the r;riotner's behalf. Ilclwoen Ourselves, t.4iN The miiKt in ptiiuable ol ytir cba'Sas is a (e.fect set. ot te-tb,at:d Eotfcicg under the miu is ro certain tt perjtuate that charm us the duiiy tit a cf Soo-ivt 13elmblt'a Ructin is tne great family mci:C'ii: tur iliwaH- ol the kidneys ami kind red orgtus. Full directions ac-company each lwi'!. l.ook out for couoterfi its. Tbe genu in j hns the private proprietary stamp ot H . T lle'mlio d It is nut safe to take any cth r None but tlii genuine guaranteed. John F Henry, Iiew York, sole agent. KoUthcr TIedleine ever attained such an unprecedented sale as Helmho d'B nncnu. It letme aud fame are knom "resy u"ere; and it tte-serves its Ereal ?f illation, 10 It lias hu- doc'tted merit. It is warranteu to cure all dis- I tunes of the kidnets and tbe urinary organs. J Beware of counterfeits. Genuine haarroprie- tary atampoi tx. x rieimooia on ecn notue. For the Journal. Jl'ST BEFORE DARK. An early spring pink ia kissing the skr, Why ! it certainly Is a pink you see. ' The Fall mast have let it softly lie Low in its boeam, where frosts ne'er be Admitted, and now, to gladden the world, It has iu odorous life unlurltd. Of course, 'twas a cheat of the lovelv thir g To come in advance of the flowers like this. But now, when the tender green of Spring 1 growing strong. vhi.t a perfect bliss To see a iuk. in its odoruua rose The chilly sky of Spring-time close. Yes above the tops of the baby leave?, Coiling nestles a blushing hue, And 1 let my thoughts for tbe piuk ntike leaves And yes. my tears of joy the dew That watered the rosv hues that be In the Father's sky 'twixt Him and me. Scot t. A VISION OF LIFE. BV J. W. SAVAOE. One evening in Summer after .lnv of great fatigue, and sore vexations and disappointments, I withdrew from the rest of the family and went out on the porch, and seate'd myself in an old willow chair. The rumbling of the cars which run near my dwelling, and the scream of the locomotive whistle arrested mv nf. tention for a few moments, when my thoughts turned inward on rnvself and my own affairs. It seemed to me as if everything went wrong, nothing pros peredmy spirits were depressed, there was heaviness iu my heart, a eloom overspread my mind -I was quite miserable and cast down. My lot in life I contrasted with that of others wlinne wordly condition was better than my own, and whose affairs seemed to be far more prosperous. Whv in it, I said to myself, that this man succeeds so admirably? Everything he touches turns to gold. Honors are heaped upon him on everv side wIiHa I lag a long way behind. Whatever he desires is thrust upon him, or falls into his lap while there is no good thing I get, but from the result of hard toil, and more than half the time, after all my efforts I get onlv disap pointment. Is it because he possesses . A 1 i 1 . superior laienis nas greater energy or industry ? Is it because he is more worthy, is a better husband and father. a. better noirrb V-t st Kn4..n- . No. this cannot. hP it. f- t i, 0 of these successful ones in mv eve with whom I should feel disc-raced tr be compared, in any of these respects. Why then these unjust distinctions tJ .w netween men on this earth. Some thing is out of joint somebody is to blame. Who is it ? God is . Just then, I was addressed by a beinsr standing at my right tide, whom I had not before observed. His counte nance would arrest attention any where, it was such a harmonious com bination of wisdom, gentleness and goodness ; besides there was an air of authority about him which made me feel at onoe that I was in the presence of a superior. ' Al ber t, " said he, 'you seem to bo discontented with your lot. and just now you were about to arraign your Maker as the author of your trouble. You assume that you are wiser than the Almighty, and could regulate the affairs of Divine Provi dence better than He. Vain, short sighted man, how little you know about the affairs of creation. Listen, and I will give you a lesson, that you may profit by. Look at that locomo tive just passing. Did you ever exam ine a steam engine attentively and if you have, tell me which is the most important part ? "The steam," I an swered at once. "You are in error again ; the steam is no part of the engine, It is the power that gives life to. it, aud nothing ! mere. He then looked at me as I thought with a more severe expression, and said: "You are vain; if you were to study all your life you could not answer the simple question I put to yon. How then dare you presume to arraign Divine Wisdom?" At this 1 felt humbled and abashed, and ventur ed an apology, which h rejected, and told me to ask forgiveness from Him whom I had offended. He then said: "Yo;,r attention encourages me to go on. Listen again to the lesson I would teach ?" I bowed my head most re spectfully, and he proceeded. "Al bert, the affairs of Providence are all accomplished by a steam engine; that engine is made up in all its different and complicated parts by the men and tvomen who "are on the earth at the same time. You are a part of that great piece of mental and moral ma chinery. You are not satisfied with the placed assigned vou. There are a great many others like you. Iu fact, dissatisfaotions reigns almost univer sal in this world, and simply because man is wicked, foolish and vain. -Would you be wise?" "I said, oh! that I were wise." A5 yet he an swered, "I fear yor. prize riches and honors mor3 than wisdom; how ever, 5 will do what I can to dispel the fatal illusions of your mind." He then handed nj a curious looking 8Py-glas3t and told me to look through it, and tell him what I saw ? "I see," said I, "-a vast engine moving on with uniform velocity, over a broad road, towards a dark looking depot on the borders of the earth; each side of the depot is covered with r vast mass of clouds stretching ou,t without end. Those c,3 the right side are luminous and gorgeous beyond description; those on the left are dark and threatening, with forks of lightning darting through, them," I took the glass from my eye. and turning to my preceptor, said, "Pray tell me the meaning of this ?" j His look vyas now that of compassion. 'Albert," aaid he, "this is a glimpse of the great highway of life on which you with the rest of mortality are now traveling. I will enable you to take a closer view, so that you may see distinctly the physical, mental and moral machinery of Providftiice which is continually at work on this road, in whi;.!, mau is ever busy in shaping his destiny and flt Vttiis his soul for eternaf life in the regions covered by the wight or dark menced on Friday evening with a Mip clouds at its tersamatioji. Each engine per, at which the fare was peculiar, which runs over this road is made up namelj, macaroni, Welsh rarebit, wa of three generations. A sundial is over tercress, salad, and the inevitable head to mark its progress. This dial punch. To-day John O'Gaunt's day makes a complete circuit once a year, known in the town as "Tuth" day, the and serves also to indicate the time of more important business of the season eacJi arrival and departure. In about is transacted at the town-hall, from seventy years, all of the vast multitude the window of which the town-crier now on the road will have completed blows the famous old horn, which has their journey, and passed off the high j done servic3 on these occasions for way of Ijje ior ever ; and others will i many long years. Tha tything or be hi their places to work out and c.ir- j "tuth" men thereupon proceed to the ry on the designs of Proviuehca. He ! then too tne glass. inU after adjust- ing it, handed it back to me, au 1 said, 'Looit again and observe the arrange ment and the materials of which this engine is composed ." "Oh, I see, isn't it wonderful ! why it's altogether hu man beings; from the smke-stack to the wheels it:s nothing but men, women and children all humar, alive aud busy. How strange and incompre hensible! This, I suppose, is the cn- irine of which you said I forme dnart? Do tell me to what part of this strange j tatio-n of which a troop of children fol piece of machinery I am fittetl?" "Al-': iow then through tho (streets, which bert," he answered, "you are xihere J are for several hours kept alive by your Creator would h$ve you be, in their joyous .shouts acd huzzas. The the placano one else cau till bo well as high-constable is elected at tho 'nuual yourself. xou ave not where yon t7o.ihI like to be, for like all tl e rect of your short-sighted, but vain race, you woulel prefer to be a part of the brazen bands which surround the boiler or the brass balls which glitter and make . . . . - tie moat show. No yon; are ft far; 1 more important-. rJa a nw nf - axle. If you, being of strong consti tution like iron, were made into a " band, you Would not add mnh hotntr to the engine, and if the brass band were converted into an yT it.- ia mn - brittle and soft that it wonM nitW soon break, or wear away from the friction and weight which you endure ; with comparative ease. To be sure your position subjects you to much incnon, one this keeps you bright; without it you would rust entirely away; without the temptations and trials of life, what would you know of charity or resistance to evil, ' and how could you ever obtain a crown f for triumphs over the world, the", rlesh, and the devil?" Hero he paus ed a flood of light seemed poured in- to my soul. I had tasted nf viiulnm ? and would learn more. "Pray tell me about this vast machine? This sub ject has caused me much distress. On it I was nearly wrecked in soul and body. I would like to know more of its curious mechanism so that I might . enlighten and comfort others. Please . explain it in all its parts ?" "This " he replied, "would be useless; for . there are many tilings about the ma- euinery 01 uivme Providence that you cannot understand until your mind has " become enlarged and illuminated in the world above. I will, however, im part, snniA inotrrnt.'nn l: such as you are now capable of receiv ing. Re attentive. In the first place, , then, know that the steam is the life giving power which emanates from Uod alone. The great masses of man kind, the farmers, manufacturers and mechanics are located in the furnace, boiler, cylinders, piston rods and axles; merchants are in the wheels; clergymen' judges, authors and editors are in the ' governor and the bell ; artists, sculp tors and designers are spread over the surface; the breaks, and part of the governors and the valves are composed of rulers and statesmen ; most of the " governors have bright brass balls on each end instead of iron. These repre sent kings, osars and emperors. They are more expensive than iron balls, and require much to keep them bright They dazzle the eyes of the world, but really serve no better purpose than iron, which corresponds to presidents. The whistle of the engine is sounded ! b7 conscience. W hen. therefore, con. I sienee speaks, beware of danger. The vicious and indolent, the drones of so ciety, are used for packing. The iron frame and bars in front of the engine, called a cow-catcher, are composed of those engaged iu military service. There is a time coming -when this ap pliance will be dispensed with alto gether. But this will not bo until the engine in all its parts is warm ed with the heat of love to God and our neighbor. Then there will be no apparent necessity for differences to be settled by tho spilling of blood. A high court of nations will rule over kings, settling national disputes ac- -cording to equity, and also wrongs between tho people of a State and their own rulers, thus removing all pretence for revolutions. The engine would run but a short distance on the road, unless the machinery was oiled. Although the oil is seldom considered by those who look on an enrrine. vet it is as essential as the nuts aud bolts which 'bind it together. This sub stance is mainly comiosed of those persons who strive to make peace and harmony iu the world, and also of that class of honest, and what you term unfortunate puor of this world,, who bear up under their trials with noble heroism, and thus continually by the exampks they set of holy resig nation to the will of God, act as lubri cating lotions, uunointing the sore troubles and temptations of others, louwill not, I hope, hereafter look upon this class of persons with contempt. Iu the eye of the world this oil performs a mean and quite insignificant part. In the eye of God it is quite tho reverse. There are two great volumes escaping from the engine, one of which you would call steam, and the other smoke. The first is tho exhalations from deeds ofjehari ty, per.ib. n-e for fin, and love to God and man. it is that life giving power which at first proceeded from God, re turning again in a white cloud to God. The other is the exhalations of evils passing oil' through the smoke-stack. The lamp in front of the engine ia the Word of God, p laced there to illumi nate the track or pathway to Heaven. Publishers and printers are all in the reflector. The track is tho line of Providence marked out by the Creator. The train which the engine is moving forward towards tho dark depot i loaded sith records of the events of time." Here he paused again, whea I, not only having become deeply inter ested, but to feel quite familiar, said : "I would very much like to know if I am always to rem:;in in the axle ?" No answer was returned. I turned to where he had stood, to sjieak to him again,' and he was gone. J looked about me in every direction without discovering the sign of any living thing. I wa3 startled, aud the more I considered upon the sudden appearance and dis appearance of this strange visitor, the more alarmed I became. A shudder seized upon me, and I awoke, aud found myself still sitting in the old willow chair. The night wan far spent. The midnight train was just coming in. The shrill voice of the whistle was dying away. The dark clouds which overspread the firmament in the early part of the evening were all dispelled. The atmosphere was clear and bracing. ful tho stars ho"c f'rth with peculiar lustre. I'tirioii Ctittouis. Some very singular hocktidc customs ffo being observed at Ilungerford, in Berkshire. These customs are con nected with the charter for holding by tins commons the rights of fishing, shooting, find pasturage of cattle ou ! the lands and property bequeathed to j the town by John O 'Gaunt, Dake of Lancaster. The proceedings corn- u-gh constable s residence, to receive their "tutu poles, which are nsnallv i decorated with flowers and ribbons. llie iirst business of these ofhcials.who are generally tradesmen of the borough is to visit tho various schools and ask for a holiday for the children. This done, their task appears to bo an un ique cne, namely, to call at each house iu the town, aud demand a toil from the gentlemen and a kiss from the ladies, and to distribute oranges ad iibilurn throughout the dav, in expec- court held to-day, and one of the cun- ous customs is the sending ont by that officer's wife of a bountiful supply of cheesecakes among tbe ladies of the place. The festivities close with a banquet, given by the, high-constable 1 bis feUow-tradesmen and, neighbora. 1 1, v H i. ..fXy. i.
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