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i" M" - H 1 i i r GOVERNMENT WAS INSTITUTED FOR THE GOOD OF THE GOVERNED. VOL. I. ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1877. I I I ill r l iii i i i i i i I ; ' ... .! I ' ' - - - . ., ' t - ' ' ' ' ' NUHBER49. - c I J a " j 1 i I I THE RANDOLPH REGULATOR. iexcn 1 owi then, theater, nd TUttLlSIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY tle,aiIe' the n.anwr of finding it. To BY THE RANDOLPH PUBLISHING OFFICE 2 DOOIIS EAST OF THE COUUT HOUSE. One Year, postage piid... .....-2 00 Six Months, postage paid. i 00 BATES OF ADVERTISING. One square, one insertion Orie square, two insert ion.-..... "One squ ire, three Insertions... (One q'iar. four insertions (One square, three months.-... One squire, six mouth... ...... One square, twelve mouth..... j r-lVr Mrirr a lvertl.ieincnf liheral '- tract will b mi l Twelve lines siolid brevier constitute om- sqinre. All kind of JO H WO UK done at VKKOUIATO.li ' olllce. in the neatest tyle, an I on reasonable trrns. JlilM for . advertising considered due when pre BURIED IN A GOLD MlNli I am an old miner. Not one of the nowaday Washoe air Nevada strie, but an old forty-nine California, miijier. e i oo ..i 50 .2 Of) & oo h OO 00 the my surprise, they wero as much excited CO. Jby its perusal as I had been, and we all looked around perseveringly for the ravine, hut without effect for some lime. At last. Jack Hexbitt, who had been a miner since '48, said : ' I think there has lieeu a in vine here but it has been blind up by the raina. On chiKft exa initiation, we decided that hi suspicion was correct, and after Koine conhultatiou we deteriutnetl that the next uioruiug we would couintencu dicing. Moiuing came and we repaired to the KjHit with ; pick and Kbovel. Jack pnKscd tliut we khouhl ful.'ow the con ise of thi mvine, which apured to run into the body of : the hill, rather ' than to dig down in any one place. The rcHult was, that in a few duya we h;d formed quite u cave in the hide of the hill. i We worked at this tunnel for four low nm to crawl out ihrutih it? Leii i letter and th.t amount ia the bag was if it oiily succeeded in making an air- I proof enough that there waa.no con hole, it would ettablo me to rxut till juection between tlie two. I don't think my purtnM- cotdd come to my rtcue. lo, however, and I Ulieve that Jack'a I have beein ngii-e.l in all uYsctiplijons ,iavs without finding the bag. On the of mining transactions, except the nf-w. j fou, tj, dayj Jack )n,,0sed lhal j,e auJ fang'l one of mining stock in conma. j other pat i net , Bill Jeunii.gs, should nies "feel" I believe they cal it. j ry tlje lil t toWU to tUo , iver nlJ Anions .my vaiieo uiideirtakiiii's was one ppei'aM'on in Caiefolly cxamitig the course of the water, I Micceedrd in finding the tpot where it eutered tins cave, and to my gieat jy a&cettaiued thatl could cw In direct it, by cutting a ihwunel out of the Kide of my pi-Uon to the- maxa of earth that Mocke! up the eutrance to the tunnel. The air at ihta tune was quite hot and Ktifliug aud I becauie uwaie that whatever wan done mut be done quickly, ur I" should pt-rbJi for want of oxygen. After I had cut a channel for the water to flow towarda the eutrauce, Iculuiged the opening by which the slieaui cuieretl the eave, and delighked to oltset ve that it flowt-d with redoubled foice. Taking my ahovel, 1 puhhed i. through the moistened eai tii, as far as Iwiia able, aud thu awaited the further action of the water. In a few minutes 1 was enabled to piudi it hi ill further, till at lust it wuh out of my reach. Then plaeiug my pick-halt die against it, 1 pushed loth, as far as I could. With what eajjeniess'did I watch to see the liit opening made by assertion of having written the letter was untrue. V e could never asceitain t anything 'about Mr. Forrest, so we di vided the money among us. j ORIGIN OF WORDS. Most men, ani women too, desire fame o- notcricty. Yet n great fame may come to lae ttse. St. Kllcl !rcihts names .become shortenc1 to St. Atdn-, from whence comrs the wortl nnwdrv, signirving cheap and iraudv. It said tliat the images of that saint were so much over dics$cd by Iter votaries, that tley lhu uneon-scion-lv ftirnishcl the English lan guaije with this expssive term. Ami furtliet emlorsemeiit w?s given to the word by fairs IkjIiI on St. EtheldrciUVs day, at which articles of female finery were sold. Another sainted la y w,ho lived in the same century, the sevenUi, gives a hottscdoM name to the cat. mother knows how her he&rt U rent and torn by anxiclr. , , Enjoy )-our youth, yoang girls.- Get all the fun you can out of every hour. Your . troubles are only imagi nary. Be as merry and, happy as larks ; and If you grow weary of your lot ami murmcr bccauc you see no way of clianging it, think of the thou- A CHAT WITH THE GIRLS AllOUT MARRYING. IFrora the Sunny s4uth.l , I now ask a place in your columna to talk awhile with the young ladies. Marriage is the topic of all topics most interesting to them and tis a bout this selfsame subject I wish to speak. I kxow how cirls arc for it has not been very many months since I' nf arril. women, who aigb to ... - I . . rnt tlifttr miwAm mm xt luJ!.. M .X " I was one mvseir. More than half '-'.--wiwi ww the time, my "brains were filled with ra',DtU e wear and teat of their m r- whom I should marry, what I wonld do and where I would live after mar rying. O, I had quite i a nice little castle loftily built in my imagination and peopled with my king ami tne, who would alwa-s love each other to distraction, and never, never fuss. This would Iks unalloyed happiness I decided. You see girls I was like the rest of my sex ; and like me, you will one day find marriage the most respon sible, matter-of-fact existence in the world. So don't build castles in the air nlvout it, but enjoy your own " Tabby" is Faid to have come from wash it, leaving n:c to dig in the tun- t!,e water, and 1 was hoou ifiHtifitd bv a luiiuei in wniqn i j ,.i I,, 1. I , I f.i Qltil tllU I i:l II II iM'U I'lI'MlllWl lll llll llll. 1 I . .1 mi 1 ..... r , . -..0 ... ..v .j ... j tnwiii ai least "'make mer ,of IS52. One afteruoon in that ywir, as I was carrying up a bucket of water fiitnn the liver to our tent at the top of the bank, my feet caught under a large stone, ami my jierpendicular was at once iUang.d t. a noi -uonuii post Uie, t ,a(1 tlwht so much about the object while the overturned bucket spread it- L,f our Kf uich, that I had become utter- sell in various uiteciionH. vv un a lew v ,,.,,11 (Jf anxthing expletivea of lather forcible character, i , way, they thought we obsei ving that it flowed in usti aily friil vvliil.. I. . r.. .1... i: :.. ...i i'. i i .1 a"' r Mieaui in me uireciiou in wiiicn i nau searching for the . hiddeu money. I pushed the pick aud shovel, thought the ilea foolish, liut as they I a few minutes I discovered a faint had "nteml so -eagerly into my views gliUering in the distance, which might regarding .the bmied bag of dust, I le an opening o;-the tTect of an excit- made no objection to the plan, and dug ej imagination, I scarcely km-w which. .way with rci.ouW.rd energy. In tact, Bt the doubt soou resoUed itself into while yon may, for when you give tip . . ... .1 I 1 ! 1 St. Abbe. Two sons in Eimland arc ! J"ur maiucni.iioii romance is gone aim named in her honor. Tablcy, but reality logins. 1 ! nniiiefmni thft eorrimtl n im t- r.di " CI1 VOll liaVC gornt Homes and Boston' as some few people know, i kin(1 parents, stay with them as long is St. Butolpir,town, shortened, and ! M ou C-"1"- staying as hmg as you can. I mean until your "day of in the matrimonial market has quite customary and common in that region aud petiod, I raised myself to- my feet agtiu, and picking up the buck- . '' ... . . . i et, was nljout to ret nice my steps to the river, when my attention by a fold ed paper, which had Iku placed nnkler the Ktono causing . iy full. WU ix lay foot tripped, the stone was oier turned, , and the paper, folded in letter form, lay exposed to view. lit inline else. I had lie.amt (f it whu sleeping, mused on certaiutv. and an oiM.lu" some live inches in diameter seedily'disclosed itself. Lar?er and Iarrer thi opening grew ; tump upon lump was washed away by the stream until the channel liecame larjre enough for me to place my hatal in aud halloa lustily for assis tance. Just as I .vas drawing my hejid it' when waking, and it had obtained complete control oxer my mind. Day after day we worked -I digging and my companions washing; yet, strange to say, 1 did not la-come discouraged. iack, I caught sight of a buckskin bag. They said nothing about the ling of gold Hastily seizing it, I found it was the dust; and I aked them nothing about the result of their washing the excava ted soil. We had worked about three weeks. oyer, I. picked it up, and proceed ii to jand had formed a tunnel extending to examine it. It was wtitteii vf it h ! about fifteen feet into the hill, wh-n. M:ucil, in characters very in egular and 'on one afternoon, completely tired out, stillly formed, as if nuide by a peiWm with a wounded hand. The conttints ; were as follows : I this . letter, should fall into the hands of any person, I wih to inform them that I have - bet;u attacked mortal ly wounded by my two partnjers who wished to obtain my money. Fjiil ing to discover it, after wounding ne they fled, leaving me here to iie Whoever ;ets this letter will find bpr ied in a ravine at th foot of a bla? ! "tree,' twenty dive paces due North -of this, a bag containing five thousand dollars, in gold dust. That, it may prove more fortunate property to him thau it has to me, is the hope of A xdhew Fonr-Ei:sj I stood for sonic minutes after refid IOje. the letter iiko one awakeneU liiom i s:t down t rest in the cave. I had only intended to sit a little while, but live minutes had not elapsed -before I r , , r ,, 1 safe, old fellow the .f T 1 11 I was last-asleep., l was awaKeneu iy a crash, aud found my feet'and legs com pletely covered by a mast of dirt and stones. The front part of the tunnel luui lailen m, and 1 was in a manner one we were in search, and which, but for the accident, I would never have found. Wishing to surprise mv com panions, I concealed it, and redoubled mv cries, in a few minutes they. came running up the hill, and soon li belated me from my unpleasant )Hsition. " Well, Ntd,"haid Jack, as he shook me by the hand, lu glad to see vou're more so as Bill and I have lieen deceiving-vou a little. You know we have been trying all the summer to get you into a tunneling operation, and you have only laughed at us." "Yes, said I, wondering what would come next. ; " Well, when you got that letter, Bill aud I uiade up our minds that we would go into the job with you ; not in there is in the American as well as the I English Boston a street named Butolph,' after the saint. Among the mo3t curious derivations is the Turkish name of Constantinople, StumlKjul. Tlte coloquial phrase among the Greeks to designate the place was eis ten iolin,M to the city." Of this the i Turks made Istainpool,' and, Q. nullv, Stamboul. in an effort to pro duce English words in Turkish charac ters, a Turkish scholar could i;et no nearer scoundrel" than "Ascour.drcl." The transformation in this case is as curious as Stauiltoul, pronounced Is- tamboul, from eis ten polin. York, from the Latin Eboraciim, would seem to present at the first glance little re semblance to its original. The pro cess of change in common usae was grace 3nmpl.himr as follows- Rhnr-MrniM Kt. i ruac, Eorforwic, Eoric, York. nearly waned. But I advise no wo man to live an old maid; For at soine time she might lc lei- all alone, de pendent on herself for support, and there is no end to the je&rs and scoffs a woman has ft) endure when left alone in this world. Yea girls, marry, all of you. but don't le in j a hurry aUnit it. Consider the step long and well before you take it. It is no child's play ; remember jou arc resigning freedom, girlhood and la heart free from care, for the trials and burdens of a double life. ( The resjxinsibHity of a family is attended with vexations and trouble which the caresses of a kind husband may lighten but not re move. Marry for love, but be sure to love This an industrious, temperate man. And buried alive. About ten feet of the tunnel remained firm, and from my ol- servation of its structure prior to tht accident, I. was convinced that 1 had no reason to apprehend any danger in that ouarter. JMy partners had carried dirt enough to the river to keep them busy there for the rest of the day; so I had nothing to hope from their ussistanee. The question that first presented itself t - I - I . "WW 1 4 I a dream 1 could mt convince myseii io my mum u, mu ,.. .a .u - haVB never madt. than humh t that the letU;r ni my liahd was a getiu-ististaine! m tuis aumneti state.' l ine document, and' read it over and had read a dozen dinetent times, sta- ; f is almost ,etptal to the derivation of the name of a pickle from Jeremiah ing, Jerry King. Jer. King, girkin. But colooiiial changes arc not always to bo despised. They mean histor-. I'nc common expression "a game leg," lor a lame leg. would at first seem to lie making game of a misfortune. The true word is gain," old English, mean imr defective. We have Cambr'nl'ies in great numbers in the United Slates, in places where there is neither a riv er, cam. nor abridge. Every machin ist knows that a cam : is a nameuiV" The riv meanwhile, to wash the excavated dirt. This we have done; and, my boy we over again, thinking 1 might get sjjnie clue from the handwriting to the tfeal author.' It might be a trick got up! by my .partners 'to raie a laugh at my jex- tense. Ntri ' the ldace when; it was I found, and the purely accidental dis covery, rendered such a surmise very improltable. I sat dowu cu a log, and turned the matter over and over iuniy mind for some time, At latl got 'In p, and pacing ofT the i-equiivil distance in -.the direction mentioned in the letter, I came to a large tree. Caufullv exsm iuiug, I 'dUcov'ercd a scar, cleailyrin. dicating that the tree had lieeu 'blamed at some it inote -jM-riod. This was con finnation stnuig as proofs of Holy Wiit;M and I 'immediately went! to ; work to disctv'r the loc-alitv of the; n ..vine. Here 1 wjs at fault. Notll of the kind was to. lie" seen. To all . ap- tistics in relation to the amount of air Consumed hourlv bv a human Ih-iu! lungs, bet, like almost every lody else, had merely wondered at the time, and then forgot the figures. How much would T have jriven then to have leen able to recall them ! The next thought was. How can I proceed to extricate mvself ? Tlie question was ditFcult of solution. If I went to wo k with a Fhovel and pick to clear away the dirt that had fallen it was extreme- red dollars unv day since we commenc ed." "Then you think that bag is a hum bur. do vou V" Why, of course, Faid he. Well, I don't, and I intend to go on lookiie for it, said I. Now, what is the use of In-ing fool ish ? quoth Bill Jennings. We have got as much dirt as we can wash for some lime, and it mvk. I can't aeethe use of continuing such a wild jroose when you arc preparing to marry, pre pare yourselves also for work. This i you cannot escape, unless your suitor happens to be wealthy, which is rarely the case these critical times. For the eleven 3cars, Southern women have liecn forced to toil. Man a dainty creature who was raised in affluence and luxury has sunk; into a mere household drudge, with ; scarcely an Idea leyond the wash tub and cook ing stove. DAMN THE SUPREME COURT. These words of our -second Wash ington" promise to become historical. They serve to mark an era in history as well as the politics of tlie country. A great political party, proposes to a dopt as its own the sentiment embod ied in the homely vernacular of Pres ident Grant: Daran'tho Supreme Court!" Why not, if it auUioritr stands in the way of the consumma tion of the frauds which the electoral votes of a State are to be stolen and counted for tha candidate of Chand ler and Jay Gould ? It is true It was only the Supreme Court of a State which Grant thus summarily consign ed to perdition when Its decision was quoted in opposition to his views ; but there is no reason to doubt that if it had been the Supreme Court of the United States, or. the Constitution It self. Uic exresslon nf his Excellency's i pinion would have been just as em phatic. What right has the Supreme Court of a State o set tip Its intcrpro dation or construction of a State law in opM)sition to the fiat of Clumdler -Hayes has 185 votes ami U elect ed? Of those 1 85 votes South Car olina mutt furnish 7V Louisiana 8. and Florida 4. otherwise Hayes is not e Ucled" and Chandler Is made a liar." Shall it lc permitted that a miserable, pettifogging Supreme Court," with its hide-bound notions of law and of the meaning of a statute, and its nar row and contracted view of the pow ers of a returning board, shall thus falsify history, wuen it has already leen recorded, and reverse the decis ion of the chairman of the National Republican Committee f Forbid it all ye powers of falsehood ftiid of fraud! ' To prevent such a'catastrophe In South Carolina Judge Bond was sent to Columbia, and the contempt for the Supreme Court which Grant only ex pressed in words IV) nd gave expret- ston to in act. Washington Union, linoi'si of fiudin" nnv ha" but Wcaus i - "3 I . ... e i " i.:. .i. , , . , en w a piece oi iiiocuiucry wuicu we knew you would work twice as hard i 1 J .. . . . . . i causes an eccentric motion. wiin such an limucemenr, inienuing, er vam is a crooweii river. Names of places in this country arc i meaningless in their application, ex. ccpt as in the case of old towns, show ing where the first settlers came from, like Chester and others. There arc man Nottinghatns, but those that date their letters in those towns Mo) it without consciousness that they-are noting the fact that the respected an -estoes of some of us were troglodytes and lived in caves. Suotinegham. the original name of Nottingham in Eng- - j A young man marries on a salary of seventy-five dollars jcr month, with rjo other income. He pays forty or fifty dollars per month ltoartl for him self and wife. Out of the balance of his salary the washer-woman, clothing and doctor's bill, have to lc paid. The result is, the en ! of the year finds him in debt. He sees ; no other way of getting things straight, so he goes back to live with the old folks at home, and many years may pass lcforc his wife can jxisscss that which is tlie greatest crave of every woman's heart a home of her own. Her family in creases. Shedoes all her home-work ar.d morning burden. I She scrubs at land, signified the home of the dwcl- j the wash tub or kneads her bread lers in caves ;" and antiquarian exam- while her baby clings to her skirts chase as the hunt for the lmg." 'Still 1 intend to follow it up." said ly likely that all which I could be able! to remove would lie immediately iv- placed by that which would fall from alKJve. This was pleasant ! 1 nicked mv brains to devise some meaus of lib eiatin; mvself, but without effect. Bill and Jack conferred together for a while, and then the former said. " Well, Nd we might HS Well tell you first as last. I wrote that letter in order to go into tunneling." "Aiid the 'blared' tree," said I ; how Leaning against the wall m utter deNpviideiicv, I wasaUiut to thiow niv- about that? The 1 blaze is cettaiulv self ph the ground aud await y fate, j to yeai-s ohl earances a stt earn of water neviS Iliad ! ben- I olserved that quite a current Jack hesitated. J Missed in the neighborhood of the tjiee , of watr on a small scale was making aWhy, you see, tuud he, "we found inal ions 'have found traces of the reni- fretting to be taken on her lap. And deuces of the-e cave dwelleis. Sucli i when night crmcs, heart sick and wea- are a few of the curiois trausformn-! ry. glaclly would she seek her couch. tion to whi h wonls and names wc 1 1 but the cries or her teething child keep subject, while as yet the jieople were her busy half the night walking and unable to read. The sound changed j trotting him. Many a careworn moth the orUiogrrphr, and thus nearly eve y ! er will silently affirm that this Is a trace of tlie original disappeared in ! true picture of her own life, to which 1 STRONG WOMEN. i We hear of a Miss Barker in Cas- well county, who can shoulder two bushels of corn as cas j as p)ing to mill. Bnt the strongest woman lives in Rockingham. The widow Brooks is the best wrestler In all the county. Doc Horton settled at Reidsvirle and boasted himself the charapijmjielC till he was told one day there i was a wo man in the county that could throw him, and Doc swore he'd have a boot with her before sundown, and rode over for that purpose. The widow was out in the barn with the hands strip ping' tobacco. '"".' -Good morning Mrs. Rrookt; ray name is Horton; I've come over to rassle with you." ;' " 'Sir! do you mean to Insult me f asked the widow. Not at all. ma'am,' said Doc, but I've thrown tlie crack rasslers In this con u try. and I ain't goin' to have it said a woman can tlirow roe, so cut your capers T and Doc reached out for "all u nilcr holt" and made for the widow. i A bulk of tobrxco laid near tho loor. and as Eoc ambled 'up, tlje wid ow seized him by Ue coat collar with its way down the side of the cave. At 1 that tiee and wrote that letter, to suit first I was alarmed, as I 'thought it lit This was not encouraging ; and I i sat down on the ground and, read the letter again, to see if 1 had not mistaken sUne ! might loosen the earth above, aud bring " Tlien what do you think of this?' of its directions No ; i was in the right another mass down ou mv head. The I asked showing Lira tbo bag 1 had uext moment tlie thought struck me found in the cave. that it might be turned to my advan- Jack was nonplussed. On opening Lige. Why could I not so direct it the lag we fouml aloat three thousand that it would wash awav sufficient earth I dollars worth of gold. Jack would in iU pngresa to the outlet of the cave never confess, but always itxxUtcJ that between the statement in the Vlacehut wheie was the ravine? A 1 tap on tliO shoulder aioused me - 1 L . ! ;. . . J . iroin my meditations, ; ami on looking Up, I siiw my two partners, who loudly abused me for having neglected prepai ations lor their 6Ujqer. A the an the course or time. If the world were ! the premature wrinkles in her face in like condition now, with no printed jliear testimony. I pnjUeijt facts with bfxks and new.paiers to preserve the outonloring. I have given votiarecp correct spelling, wild work might le 1 into the matron's home.-young ladles. lone hand anl the hiportiiC panwwtui uiaile even with prominent names. Fel ! Of Cfurse. there are exceptions : the j the otiV;r. s n 1 s!e dashcI hi ra beSiU .lc!-fv would hardly tc recognize 1 by 1 woman of wealth lias no necessity to roreraost over the tooacco. Cat on tus the founder, could 1 e return. Raw It- jtoll like her less fortunate sister, tbo' back on tlc floor. . As aooo as breath ratr would be a puzzle to Ixnl Balti-1 her cares are aliout as nurnerous. All rctntncil Doc crawled out to gcthis more. 1 wo otlicr leading cities, when ! women w!k have children have cares. I horse, the widow inertly saying to the ?r, seem to have in Children, especially liabies, are trrrul t hands : mentioned together. the sound of their names, a distinction as to age namely New York and Newer Leans though Ue latter loos es a syllable in the second to the cn richment of the first. led with many veasc, anil what mother can Kvar her child crving with XT- -Don't stand kkia at that fool ; go on with your tUncsi." ' ' , She's there yet anl males the best -Upends many a sleepless night watdi-1 tobacco in IVxHisMxmJ , ing over the little infercr. and only a lrrr. . pains au:i remain iinmovel ? She i 1 j - si n ' u i .- - ' Ml J i i i : J i '
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