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: - 1 r - - f - ' i - , - , -, i .. i i - . : . . l - - ! . !- .. ; '" feK A 7ABD, AEiitor 'andr!: tlvprietor. r-:f ' - THE j OKGAN OP THE ROANOKE AND ; MEHERBIN SECTIONS. i-; " ' , " " UdkOKbb-flir Annum in Advance, h ' ' . " .. , L 1 -.. ! : ' - - - -- - -! ; ::;- T'-i -: .t . ' ; - 'i --i.r 'r - - i - - . . -.i j-. . . . j. . .. j p .fF , ' t, "... . ' 1 1 - i ' - 'i , 1 . . . . i . ,, , , ! - H ( ' ! 'I J : i ; ; . ! . ; : - j . -i - I i7! ' 1 ' r- 1 H-r- -i 1 r- II. MTJBFUEESBOEO, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877. NO. 14. 1.1 . " , f ' . - Ben Trovat, Iibvc pTifasea on your lipa o'erflow ritli; oli, stich fleetness.u , . As Mantalini sayfITaiotv " 1 1 . They're very nanght aItlioigli ' : TIiAvVa1" iKTl!r.r. -i.S:. ' ' -' -f " Vou'd sweat ou any sacred boo! !. Koran or Bible ; Ho deeply serious, too, you look, If one your nonesty mistook. " -'Twould be a libel. You swear you love. Your constant Shalt be tmtjjing? Vou nevee tninklbfTililut ; mcV Y"et though I smile complacently, I know It's lying. The whitest lies ! So I add to ! My obbligato. : I "We sing the sweet false measure thrbugh. Your story, though it isn't true, 1 1 Is ben trovato. Life music this ! Once each had beeri Of such despiser ; But you and I, my love serene, Ilava grown, since childhood's spring-tide green, ORler and wiser. NOT TO BE DONE. Confession of a London Detective. For a long time I had been! -on the track of a gang of coiners, whic , m my professional iride, I had vowed to cap ture. More then once I pounded down upon them in their haunts ; but all van uuable ished like magic ; and I being to produce ptaoofs, the chief, whom I desired most to convict, at me and my efforts. fairly laughed 1 ins naturally gave me considerable annoyance.; and with some heat eiacu- lattxl : ' You've escaped me tliis time,; J m Bradley ; but I'm not Joliji IBpiiull u you do tlie next." " When yon! cateh me, hold! mo?" : 1 ,un. -i - 1 I i. ttxiucu. - now nave you malign an innocent man ?" , Well, it was nearly nine mbr tlis be fore I again ran down Jim and liis gang1: then I detected them in a low, .Wretched street. The house tliey used j vas kept by-an old Irish woman. " Having watched the house ;t: 11 I was sure of my game, I went to! 'ijjootland Yard, saw the chief, rejwrted my new?, got some men, and on one dar i, gusty winter's night made a swoop upon them. leaving the police I had brought, at j, a little distance, I. knocked at the door, t Getting jio answer, I steppe looked up at the house. d back and It was dark as mtch. save a faint crlim- mer in the tirst floor windows. turned I felt certain I saw the - j As I re bliud of the lower room move. Trustincr. if I arkness had concealed my identity, i j-epeated my summons, when, after a ldn. delay, the door was opened by the bid land lady, bearing a flaming tallow candle. i " Did ye knock afore ?" she said, peer- 1 imr teeblv at me. vSnre. rmi mst ns deaf as a post, yer honor, and I don't hear a bit. Who do vou want! ? One of your respectable lodgers, 3Irs. O Bnen;" I answered, entering the passage, and putting my foot jso as to prevent the door closing. "PChanks, old lady ; I yon't trouble you further." . tiivmg a preconcerted whistle, my men came rapidly forward. " Oh, the perleese ! oh, holy St. Pat- rick ! have mercy upon a lobe widder woman ! Oh, good jintlemen, j what's the j matter, sure !" shrieked the hag. 1 Paying no heed to these ejaculations, 1' placed one policeman on guard, and tiits uiuera sprung lip siairs. i lieaching the landing, I 1 f iund all dark, save a faint glimmer which issued from under the door in front of us. tried the handle. It was locked, "We have him this time'" I whis- pered,- exultingly, for I had caught the sound of Jim Bradley's voice. I have examined the house well, and here is no means of egress either by the ::oof or the windows. They are trapped. Open, in the queen's name !" I exclaimed aloud, j " Hollo, is that you,, my dear Spind- ler ?" cried Jim from within. Happy to see you, il'm, sure. Remember what I said : ' Hold me when you catch me. 1 old boy I The thing is to trap your bird!" . "j " I will take care of .that Mr. Jim," I rejoined. " Open, or we shall break in the door !" "Oh, plaze, jintlemen do yr9 good jintlemen, for the love of thei saints, a poor don't make a, noise. Therefs sowl ist partm' this life up stairs, an his dear young widdy's a'most ciisltracted ! Sorra a one of ye jintlemen hey any pity. Don't terrify the colleen, nor the partin sowl, who, sure, has troubles eh0ugb." " Silence, you old crone V Ifexclaimed "and fetch a light, or 111 halve you ar rested as an accomplice.". .With a regular howl of ppointi ment, Bhe hobbled away, dec ? she'd do anything for us, implorin pity ior a poor done woman and compassion for the partm' sowl up stairs. oisia i i lann 0 l! j V4.xv4.XAj v nuxu Uvx x v. i. vxx xx. AYtUC no one could i pass 'us on the stairs, and t believing Jim might be trying to de- stroyj the -niolil3, we put, our shoulders against th6 door, and drove, the lock from the box. I had pre or the light to be bx- tinguislied and a rush made. I was disappointed. Jim sat coin- posedly at the table, with another nian, playing cards. " Hollo l; you ; don t stand ' on cere TOoiiyv'Jollijlrj friejid,'.he remarked, ' laughing; I thought every man's house was ins cas tie." : " Jim, until he makes it a shield for law breaking," I answered. I ? I intend to, I hope ; so you will con sider yourself" my prisoner, while I search." J Please yourself, and take the conse quences," !ie replied, and carelessly went on with! his game. Putting my men on guard, I begun to examine tlie apartments. I sounded the walls, crroped up the ' chimneys, jtried the flooring. J No, lipt a sign; while Jim Bradley's ! utter indifference, I own, perplexed me. i "Done again !" I muttered when I heard a heavy step in the room above. " Whjit'fj that, up stairs?" I asked: "Yoij snotild know by this time," answerejd "im. "lean only say that confoimidBtl Irish hag is always screech in' as a jshap's a-dying, wliich ain't much concernj ot mine, as long as he keeps hisself jo jiisself, and don't groan too loud. 'Igh, low, game,, without even the Jack, Phil" he added, to his companion, putting down his cards. The sick man's ' a rue, perhaps, thought I. " Come, lads," I said, aloud; "we'll go np." v f Regardless of the old woman's en treaties noi to disturb " the poor dym' sowl," we mounted. The back attic was as bare as bare t could be. When I was. about to enter the other, the a or opened, and a grave looking. resrectai)iv dressed man crossed the threshold. "Husli If ,he said, i-i a low tone. ' ' May I ask. the meaning of this dis- turbance ? It.is most unseemly and out The poor fellow in here has of place ! ibut a few moments to live. His unfor tunate young wife is distracted !" I looked jkeenly at him. , "If it isn't an impertinent question, sir," I asked, . " jn-ay who may you be ?" "Who 4m I?" he smiled. "I am Doctor Alexander, of Jude street, close by. Now, in my turn, who are you ?" I instan' try acquainted him with my business ested. - He looked serious and mter- " Humph !". he said, drawing nie a "X have only visited this or twice, but I own I have little aside place once l had my doubts of its respectability. We medical men see strange scenes. Still I dnn't fanoV the noor woman and lierlius- band have had any connivance with the people below. He is a bricklayer. Though, oi course, in such matters you are the best judge. Such persons are capable of all manner of tricks. It is, of course, your duty to make certain. Only, in case you are wrong, be gentle with the Gome in." wretched wite and mother. ! We entered. The room was almost de- void of furniture, and barely supplied with the commonest necessaries of ex istence. At one si de was a miserable mattress, laid on the floor, and stretched on it was the dying man. Kneeling by him, her head bowed down to lis, her black hair streaming over the tattered patchwork covering, was the young wife weeping bitterly, as she pressed, her baby to her bosom. I'm not hard hearted, and the sight took me tack, especially the .counte nance of the husband, upon which the hue of deatjh had already settled. I was following the doctor, when, ab ruptly, he leaned forward, then, drawing back, placed his hand on my arm, "I thought as much," he whispered, "'all is over!" ' The words were scarcely audible, yet they reached the wife's ears. 1 shall never forget the scream she gave.' Starting up on her knees, she gazed wildly in the face of the dead, then DXXJL ACXVO.1., , l IXX xxxxxj uiyvuixuglj I IU tUO doctor, " on. no me that ! Not dead ! Oh, Tom, Tom- dear I Tom, Lizzie !" speak to ine-i speak , to And casting herself on the body, she j went off into violent hysterics. " Poor thing," said the doctor, raising her. j 'Piray, my good fellow, take her to a chair, while I close the poor man's eyes. That done, he rejoined me. You want to search the room,' he said. I " It's a pity that this should have happened at such a time, but duty is dutyi Pray do your3 quietly before this poor womah recovers. Her trouble is enough without any addition. " j Duty was duty ; yet X felt like a hard hearted, mean spirited cur as I performed Tpin and professed to have lacked my usual acuteness, for 'more than once the disciple of Galen aided me in my sugges- tions. j Ndthing, howtever, came of it I could Hot find a trace.! 1 ; "iet ," I said, " I'd take my oathjhe dies are in this house, and it's one liunT died pounds in -my pocket if- I find them." j ! " Then I most decidedly should try," said the doctor. " That sum is not to be got every day." , " No ; and I'll keep a watch in this house till I've found them.; 1 " In tliis room ?" he asked. 1 " No. I ain't quite made of stone," I rejoined, a bit hurt. V But 1 shall in spect all who go out or come in." " Quite right ; and I wish you success, for there's no telling the sufferings these coiners occasion. " I We then descended, and the doctor left, -after telling the old Irish woman he would call, as j he went home, on the parish undertaker, and give the necessary orders for the funeral. Well, I needn't lengthen out my story. I Rented the parlor (by compulsion) of the landlady, and established a watch night and day uon who and whatf went out of and entered the house." j i f i Jim; Bradley came and went, of course, unmolested, and chaffed me considerably when we met, while without the slightest demur he let me visit his room whenever I pleased. - j " ; 1 What did it mean ? I also made ai call now and then on the widow. i Poor thing ! she was always crying, and so meek and full of grief as she moved I about the room where her coffined hus she wouldn't leave it band was for that the sight was pitiable. ; Tlie medical attendant dropped in once to iniquire how l got on, and shook his head on hearing my want of success. j " I fear if the dies are really here," he said, " the fellow you call Bradley is too deep for you. " t "Not if I kn0w it," I said. " I have applied at headquarters for permission to make a better search, and I'll take up the flooring." j " I fancy that's the most likely place. What is that ?" he asked. ' J " Only the undertaker's men," I said,! putting the door open, i " It's the poor fellow's funeral to-day."; j ! "indeed! -Ah, they hasten these! matters with the poor. " ; . Just at the' moment the wretched coffin and its bearers passed along the: passage, followed by the weeping widow, leaning on the old Irish woman. They wereHhe sole mourners.! ! Tlie doctor respectfully removed his liat. and we stood in silence until it had gonej by. " Poor poor tiling l i my companion remarked, with a sigh;ijthen, giving me his card, and asking me io call if I proved successful, he went away. , 1 I Well, the hours crept by, and the! silence of the house begun to surprise me. ; Bradley had gone out early, and hadn't been home since.- My assistant came in about eight; (but neither the widow nor the landlady! returned. i I waited and waited. Eleven o'clock! struck. ! j I begun to geit suspicious. I Had I been done ? 'j I turned hot and cold; then, seizing the candle, darted up stairs. Bradley's) room was as usual;, but the attic the! sight of it made me feel ready to drop, j " Done cleverly done !" I cried, wav ing my candle around. ! i - 1 Yes; bitter the humiliation I had beeri duped ! il had been the victim of sensibility and a clever j trick ! There was the mattress, ripped up; and there, where the boffin had stood, was a hole in the. floor, where the plank had been removed. That had been the place of concealment. , j i But where wpre the dies ? Where- why, in tlie coffin, of which, no doubt, the dead man had been one of the bear ers. F . . . ' I 1 Nonsense !" man must have likely he could I ejaculated. ' The been dead ! It isn't deceive the doctor a kind hearted fellow, but a keen one; I'll go to him !" 1 Lieaving my assistant in charge, I liasfened to Jude street,! with his card in my hand. j : ":; ' ' ; j The red! ' danger signal " indicated the house, and knocking, I asked to see the doctor, i The servant, showinr me into the surgery went m to summon him. In a few moments he appeared that' is, a gentleman appeared; a gentleman; of about sixty, with silver gray hair. "I beg your pardon," I said; "it is Dr. Alexander I wish to see." "Alexander! My name, sir, is Lind-jj Bay, and I am the only professional man There must be a mistake." '1 Impossible l'f ; I ''cried. here is his card !" See, sir, I " Humph 11 have" never heard the. name in ihe neighborhood,' he remark- perusing n. . wait a moment it you will allow me," I will see." : P Taking down one or two thick volumes from the book shelves, he! ran over lists under the initial A; f j r i.l Nbhe saiL: " As I thoughthis name is not here. I fear the title of c actor must be assumed, and he is not a certificated medical men." I then told my story. "Sir," remarked Dr. Lindsay!, unable to suppress a smile, "I fancy you have nc it only been duped by a dying man, but also by his medical attendant." And so it jproved. The whole had been a clever trick from the widow, to the doctor and " parish " funeral. , Nevertheless, I might have remained doubt to the last, had not my "pride lU ofj place " been so wounded that I did not rest until. I had tracked Jim -Brad- ey again, and, this time, succeeded in capturing him and his gang; and among which I not only discovered the young, disconsolate widow of the dead husband, bit the doctor, the greatest rogue of the lo t, as it was he who," under his gentle manly appearance, circulated the spuri ous coin. To my satisfaction; I saw them all sent ofif for a considerable term to Portland, with small chance of a ticket of leave. Water Supply for Towns. The subject of water supply is one that is now engaging the attention of tlie authorities in many large towns. The extended drought in the Eastern States during the past summer has revived the inquiry for advice as to the best ! means. ofj providing an inexhaustible supply o water. jThe city of Orange, N. J., and the ad joining town ,cf Montclair, both rapidly grjowing places, liave during the past summer been exceedingly short of j water, towtJieincovenieneef many of its citi zens rMontclair lies at the" foot of Orange mountain, and th city of Orange Bcaxcelv one mile from the base ! of the Mr ' same mountain, on which inexhaustible springs are found by digging only a few feet.- It occurs to. us that the above places, as well as many other towns, sirailarly situated in the vicinity of mountains, might readily be supplied in th manner in which Dubuque, Iowa, has recently (by accident) acquired a novel and practical water system. Same time ago, in one of tlie bluff, a lead mijning company met obstruction from water; and to obtain relief the bluff was; tunneled, when it was found that a copi-j oua fountain had been -struck,. which ran to waste for several years. But the water was most excellent, the supply exceeding ly iliberal, and the head so elevated that the idea of utilizing it was seized by a ! i i -i i company, tne property jmrcnasea, ana a System perfected which gives the cheap est and best water supply known in the country. Scientific American. Drunkenness as a Disease. George M. Beard writes Pi as follows : He who drinks to mtoxi caiion for the fun of it, for the sate of the pleasure it gives, or to drive dull care away, is vicious. He who drinks because he cannot help drinking, wlio is borne on against his wishes and strivings by an irresistible impulse, is diseased. Drunkenness, as a vice,, may and often does lead to drunkenness as a disieae, and the two forms are frequent ly combined. Drunkenness, a as vice, may be and often is stopped by signing j a pledge of total abstinence, which the I victim sometimes finds no serious i diffi- ' cultv m keenincr. so lonf? as he I is not , ml- I u surrounded bj evil companions. Drunk- eiiness,?as a disease, is rarely cured by sigjning the pledge or by so-called moral. measures; of any kma. witn sucn per sons lif e is a constant pledge ; they wish to be delivered from their suffering as much as the . dyspeptic patient wishes to )3 delivered frora his indigestion, or the neuralgic patient of his jpain. j j The inebriate may pledge himseli" to abstain from alcoholic liquors,! and may put himself into a position where he cannot get them, but to this negative treatment should often be added positive medica- I tion, if we expect a permanent or even I Ti-TVYi"i'rv -Tirf Tn n. word, inebrifitv is a neurosis a functional disease of the nervous j systeni and should be treated on !the same principles as other and allied ij nervous diseases. The Census. The Massachusetts cen sus report for 1875 contains' some ; curi ous findings. For instance, there are 100 "ladies" in the State and 298 "gen tlemen,'.' and there are "-five old Irish ! gentlemen." Then there are nine ; "gamblers, three 'hermits," three "loafers," ten j" pedestrians " and one j "prize fighter. in this house nay, in the street. A SUMMARY OP JiEWSJ Items of Interest from Home and Abroad The State debtirf Maine i $5, 129, 107. Thla governor estimates tnat tax of Uiree and oneh uuxux iuiiin uu luu uuuar win ue au uiai, win db necessary to meet the I current ! croensea thik year..... fn: the. Mamfijeld (Taw) coal district three thousand niiiiers axe on a, strike. I . . .Over one hundred taisoners at the Ohio Deniteixtiarir were made sick, with Symptoms indicative ox yvxovu, m vUiUbu veins impure paiung powaeiiH! used by the cooks of the building. . . . .William Windom was re-elected United! States scnatdr uy the Iiegislature of . Minnesota , . i . .Jlassachii setts dnnng the past year reduced her State debt $336,000. In 1875. bv lartrfi P.Tnf.T,ditnrri for public; improvements, the debt was largely jj mcreasea.....ln the Umted States court at Yankton, t. T., John McCall, convicted of tlib murder of," Wild Bill," was sentenced by Chiejf Justice Shannon to be hanged on the first df March. .... James G. Blaine Was ejected by thfe Mame f Legislature for the short term in the United States Senate, and also for the tall tenii fl of six years, beginning March 4, 1877. .(. .Unit4l if Htates vessels patrol tne luo Urande to prevent 1 uutrageH oy ine iuexican anuionties. . . . . l Ae State debt of Pennsylvania is $22,865,021.58. . .1. The late Commodore Vanderbilt was in actlw i . . . : i r x x ! j i P. uuoiucsiut5 n u in j5iA it'u io eigmy-iwo, a penofi of sixty-six years. . . . .Six thousand men are alt work cut tin er ice in the Hudson river .T1 three richest men in tlie United ! StateB Asto Stewart and Vanderbilt have died within fi teen months. j Tlie fourth incendiary attempt- to burn thb1 town of Darlington, S. C, resulted in the de struction of the Soutlterner office arid one dr two other buildings. . . .At the close (of 1875 New York city's debt was 8116,773,724.09, and at the close of 1870 was $119,811,310.39. . . .The extradition treaty between Spain and the Uniteil States has been signed, jit applies to ill crim:-l nal offenses except those of a political nature .1 . . . .The German authorities have issued a cir cular forbidding their officers on the active list from entering "tne Russian army Coles Moi-; ris, a well known New York lawyer, moving! i t fashionable society, misappropriated funds! to the amount of nearly half a million from let - A X i t 1 ir 1 1 ' x XJ laies iu ins cuarKe. ne maae sucn restorauon as was possible, but still is $150,000 jfhort.j. J. Louis Guinette met Frank (iluav. an old ao- ! quaintance, in a street iu Montreal, Canada,: and discharged two shots from a revolver! at ! him, inflicting a severe wound. Guinette then! s committed suicide by taking oxalic acid, j It i is supposed that iealoUsv was the cause. L Mecnamc s nail at Stannope, -N- J talued c(t ! $11,000, - destroyed by fire a. . Tliei boiler df Ohio, and severely injured lour woodmen, ovfc near aianetta of whom will, probobly die.. . .Tlie Northciii racmc is xo lie gramea eigni years more umo, Tlie Maine' Democratic coniinittele passed) resolutions declaring Gov.l'Iildon elected, iT-esi-dent and that all attempts to defeat him I liy counting in a minority candidate be opposed bv every legal and constitutional remedv. . . . ihei. M. E. Church at Antwerp, jN. Y., was destroyei by fire. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $10,000. " The $11,000 package stolen recently (from the treasury has beeu-sent bck , the.robit-waa ai clerk named F. K. Winslow. . . . . .Twinty-ninej foreign nations have given to the Uiuted Htatt s their exhibits of national resources shown at the Centennial, and Prof. Baird has secohded Pres -dent Grant's suggestion- for taking steps 1 to make a pemianent exhibition of these donf -tirms. .... .In the Ohio House a 'resolution was adojited calling, on the railroad comhiissioner for information as to what condition ;the Asl: -tabula bridge was in when last inspected jbr him, and when such inspection occurred . . . ,. . . The steamship Arnerique,iof the Transatlan i line between Havre and New York, ran ashore at Seabright, near Long Branch, N. J., in , thick fog, while in charge of a pilot.! .The p&t sengers and crew were all rescued by the lif ? saving men, with the exception of three of ths5 crew, who were lott by the upsetting of a boat in winch they endeavored to lana;1 . .. . i-oan-modore Vanderbilt was buried at New Dorp,. Staten Island, all the funeral arrahgements be - ing simple- and unpretending. . In Mexico,1 the Diaz party has ordered a new election for President and members of Congress j. . i. . .Alex-' ander H. SteVens says he fears nothing mor i will ever be got by the swindled depositors I o f the Freedman's bank at Washington ...... Th j country is full of theatrical and show peopls' out of 'employ. This is the hardest winter tni j class of people lias known since 1860... ..An effort is being made to have Utah admitted as 1 1 State.. The Mormon church believes it can carry the project through. ' f ' . A meeting of South Carolina taxpayers passed resolutions sustaining Wade Hampton as gov j ernor. . . i . .Gov. uilhams was inaugurated gov- ; ernor of Indiana, and on the same day botlfr rival claimants to the executive chair of Louisi ana were inaugurated at New Orleans... . A $30,000 lire occurred in Marlboro Mass destrovinc: Smith & Hin's sawmill and, the adf jacent six buildings . I . . 'I he steamer Seminole) of the Boston and Savannah line, during' a thick foer off Cape Mav ran into and sunk th stpamer Montgomery, running from Ilavaha !to New York. The second officer, font of the crew and eight Spanish passengers were drown ed. . . . . . A broken rail threw a train from the track near East Wallingford, Vt., and ho pas senger cars turned over an embankment twenty feet in height, injuring severely a number o passengers .. The vanguard ot the liussiait fleet has arrived in American watep. I Grand Duke Alexis is in command of the squadron. By his will the late Commodore, I Vandeii bilt bequeaths to his wife $500,000 ii United States bonds, at par. in performance of th ante nuptial contract made between the two bearing date the twentieth day of 'AugustJ 1869. He also gives her the family mansion with 11 the household goods, horses, carriage?, etcl j Bhares stock New York Central andHudsoik In a codicil he mves his 1 wife two thousand Paver Railroad Companv. To five of hiB daugh ters, to be equally divided among them, h gives f 2,500, 000 in bonds, including jl&k6 wnore and Michigan Southern, . Union Trust! Co. and New Yrork and Harlem railroad. To Mrs. Allen a sixth dauirhter. he erives the interest of 8400, 000 in United States bonds, the principal, af tet her death, to tro to her children. To Elizi Oecrood. the seventh daughter, he gives $300, 000 under the same restrictions, i To Mrs Lafitte, the eighth daughter, $500,000. To hiii son. Cornelius J., he tnrea $200,000 under tho same restrictions, no part of the interest of tha X 1. r X - : rt . InMitnanf name io ue paiu io uy msisiguco uinji the sou, but the interest to be used solely for th eon's sunwrt. To his sister Phebe ZI.IUV pel- annum. I To his brother Jacob 50,000 of iirst mortgage bonds of the staten lsianai-aia-oaci and to other relatives various sums from 5,000 1 20,000. Rev. Chas. F. Deems, of i he Church of the Strangers, receives 20,000, and Mrs. Granerer. wife of Gren. Gordon Granger; $10,000. I All the rent of his property he give to his son, Wm. ,H. Vanderbilt, and appomts hif son. WiUiam H. VanderbiltJ his crandtjon. Cor nelius, son of the Baid William II. j and alo, when he shall become of age. his grandson Wil Ham, another son of the Raid William H., anj ins nerjhew. Samuel isarton. executors, in a codicil to his will, dated Jan. 9, 1875, he givei to his crandson. Cornelius. 22.39G shares of Nev York and Harlem stock, and 31,650 1 Bhares of New York Central and Hudson River, j To his grandson, Wm. K., he gives 20,000 shares of Ne Kiouumii, ti ui.. xui ju jj' ""(""" " York Central and Hudson River stock. To hU crandson. Frederick W.. 20.000 shares of NeW York Central and Hudson River, and to hit wife. Frank A.. 2.000 shares of the sam0 stock. These grandsons are sons of William H vanaerDUt. i.i s&iu vua wm u po oon tested At & meetinK held! reeentlv of the Indiana Dteniocrats to consider the ixjlitical situation, resoluticps were adopted setting forth that a nsptraty existed to (falsify the votes of tlie tieople i and impose upon them a President and lce-Prejsident whom! they had,, not elected; declaring that if the vote was justly declared in Florida 4nd Ix)uisiana it would elect Tilden and Hendricks, and protesting against the action of the retuirimg boards. Of tlidse States ; declaring ;pit istbedutyof a just and efficient govem pient !to prevent the mtimidation of its voters hd t(j restrain and phnish all lawless persons tttho j trohld molest these voters or interferu vnith th(i freedom of election, but the offenders should tnly- le punished, and those jwhoK rights have " been disturbed should not suffer disfrajichisement -..forjthe acts of such offend ers." j Tjie Democrats of Ohio, who met th fiame day to consider the same matter, adopted Eimilar resolutions. Some of these were as fallows That while! clear in tho conviction that i f StmuM i J. Tfldcn and Thomas A. Hendricks (have tecpived not only a j large jiAaritV of the popular vote .but a ma jority oif the electoral vote, and are therefore elected Resident and Yice-I 'resident, we yet de clare thit any decision made bv the Senate and House o Representatives will bo cheerfully nc quiesced) in by the whole people, and that any attempt to inaugurate a President simply upon the "proclamation of the president of , the Senate , itrill be ajn act of usurpation that will bo resisted try th ppople to the last extremity, even should t&at extremity be an appeal to arms. That tho Inauguration as a President of a candidate reject fed bjf lye people and counted in bv fraud is revolution, and if acquiesced in, fatal to repub lican -gberament. That the national Democratic mmittee be requested to call a national Demo cratic convention, to meet at' Washington tn the tfeelfth bt February, 1877. I ' j I J ; - - fl James Gordon Bennett, of the New York WaW, and young May, who, a few davs be fre, j ha tl assaulted Bennett in New York city, fought a bloodless duel on the Maryland and Jielawarjb line, and near a small village ;Three ' shots Wi th pistols were exchanged betwecu the j parties, and then they shook hands and thus ; settled; their, troubles. It is believed by many Xiai uiep piiois were not loaueu, uio kccohun of both parties carrying on a. httle farce, as it was wela known that Ik:nnett-and May and eir ! seconds were liable to criminal nrosecu- bn nncler the laws of New York and Maryland. ..TiB trustees of the Lick estate, San Francisco, ve come to an amicable settlement with Jolni Lickl a natural son of the deceased philan- j tliropjstl by which thev pay him the sum of 58533,)001 out of which he pays the other con - tstantjSii572,000. The amount vnvolved was ck-ei 4$,00,000 iTho safe in the post-office at Vot Jervis, N. Y., was blown cpen by burg lars and robbed of s?50 in monev and a mmiber regiiitered letters. Tho Legislature of ;enn3sfee elected ex-Gov. I. (r. Hams (JJem. ) serve Ihe long turin . . . .The cai)tain of tho earner I Montgomery,' which was- sunk by tin--minoll. exonerates the officers of the latter psse jfiom all blame, and says that owing to the hoaly fog he mistook the Seminole for it hoohet and acted accordingly. hcn ttic iteistake Kvas discovered it was toolkte to rectify U....!.ilt is claimed that Wm, III. Vanderbilt will arrajpgp,with the heirs to hw jather. estPt l that Wthe conmiotloi e s wul snail not ie con- ?sted.f It will take 4. 000. 000 to settle this ar- KngeTOinit .The sale of the pews iif Ply- outh church for tho ensuing year realized 8,42l.0. In 1870 the sum was $'03,683 : in 10,319.50 ; in 1874, 59,430 'lhe hio TJetislature has appointed a committee to veHtigate the cause of the Ashtabula bridge rrorl .1 . . .The boiler of Geortre Donner s saw- ill ait Austin. Mich., exnloded. causincr the in- itant idt-ath of three workmen in the mill. Tho use Of lithe-, explosion, is unknown . . . . Attorney- eneral I Taft " made a report to ' the Umted tes Cfngress, relative to affairs in the South. wliijclk he said that evidcuco came to the ; I-esidedt that there was intimidation and vio lence ilk South Carolina during the late election, and ijtwas nscessan' to send troops there, not. it6 hitirffere vith the richt of the people, but to make it f safe f or people to vote. 'He says the titoopi wf-re sent on the demand of the governor ht tl4 P ate, and not to have sent them would Iive lien a denial of the Constitutional , right of the dvernor and people of the State. ! iThe Nicholls government in Louisiana on the djtv aftet the double inauguration obtained pos session bf all the police stations and court houses. Tlie Ifaefkard 'government held and occupied, the State house, which was barricaded.- On this daiyft the Nicholls militia, numbering 5,000 men and fully armed,' were reviewed and made ajparad, being loudly cneereu on tne route. Tle excitement hi thq city was up to fever heat. tjjfcn. Auger, m charge oi tne umtea mates tjip'opi kppt his command on duty prepared for afty empigency which might arise, and was in sfcrticttd jby the .secretary of war to preserve pfacei and prevent the organization of unau- MoriZDtt todies ot armea men. Seven passengers were injured y the ovcr- ttirnirid f a bassehger car which had jumjed tlie tifajck between Richmond and Louisville. U... rriiio fmallpox is movnig . southward in 31faniw)bii and not a single uninfected house Exists m Gimli. Big island, where the Ice landers settled, has also become nifecttd WrecNri misplaced a rail on the rcnsacola ?Floridial railroad, in conseouence of which i lircmiii Iwas "fatallv injured and the engineer sightly Jiurt. . . .'.Tlie South street Presbyterian ciurchi al Morristo wn, N. J., was debtroytd by fife canght from the furnace pipe. Lot-s, 430.- 000 ; Sibjurauce, t25,000 The silver pay- infents fitom the treasury fronii April 20, 187"., td tie jiixth instant, were $20,075,933.38. e amofint of fractional currency destroyed in t tibtttf was 15,704,542.30. Tlie amount paid' currency obligations and for checks was tlO,- 1,333 J. . . .Benj. F. lrescott was nominated governor oy me :cw iiauipriiiie inmu- ansni convenuon. . , . . .incw goiu uigginyn ve lieten discovered on Wood river, Wyoming rritjt)rt where the miners make 10 a day. allrxix is on the increase in London, and much anxiety is manifested by the authori ties. .iX iForged checks to the amount of 50. (K0 were feuccessf ully palmed off by men in Ala- toima ill exchange for cotton, Ihe checks were dawn. oh the First National bank of liorton. renort of New York s bank conmns- taonerishows the resources or tne DanKB to Ila been f 100,759,041 at the last return being over Hqjven Innllion dollars less than at the same date tlie previous year The secietaiy i of the tojaasusry has issued a call for the presentation o!f 10,MO,000 of five-twenty bonds of 18Go. Itky and November issne, for redemption. 7,- -A - MM , i . i a i (W0,00p &e coupon and t3,000,000 registered. Tbfe philanthropic Burlington Jia wu- ie tUya: Careless, thouglitles.s men, u (Douid do ever bo much good in this irroM stricken old world if you only nM. You can bring a flush of pler.B- UJ .W ImmfiiieBt woman that ever ro Wiiplea on her nose by saying to - u your Irive rindinflstaffeunaerione : y e ves tliat girl has !" jSlie might srltcii to be a liar, but she would sit- ktie owl whys gratefully remember you lu..-w K - Ciiristiati gentleman. a man is called by his friend:! t. but erratic," it means that he occasionally. At least tnax t means in Chicago. "When VbrilHaa will get drunk
The Albemarle Enquirer (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 1, 1877, edition 1
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