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' ' ' "' ' ' f ' "".:!.'.. j " ' . . ' '. J. W. HARPER, 1 pMTi,tltftM : . - ir. - - - , .J,' a, TC1TE, "Wam" ; -. .. :.; . .- : .;; : . ' ; ; ,. , - ... i TttO-gl SO Tn Tar KINST01J, N. C;, THUE8DAY, PEBBTJAEY 20 1870 ivo. io. Z T ' : ' " i 1 " : , J. ft, WMT. M o W- ' SST. 0. WEST h CO., Oeneral Dealers In ychandise, . and Xf enU for ' The LiTtrpool tpd London and Globe, tsd other (lrt cIim Fire Insurance Companies. Drsl HYATT & TULL. j : . , ? OIXEBAi, PBACTITIONKBS OF - - ' 1 . . ' ' ' ' Medicine Hiirgrery. 9f Offlce at the Dr. Brox Office. Jana-Jyr Dr. A. R. MILLER,1 HPA'TINT. &"-7 Holds himself In 7 'oreadlnefs to Insert Artificial Teeth, Ex- rZtZf tract, fill and clean, (IlrfflJy . J-Jfordo anything n-c- - ' . X, eu Slavic Vkr a DentUt. Offlcw at residence. Board furnished to parties from the coun try. I .. - ' Jan3-12m i - ' -.- J. M. EM MI. - T. J. FHERSON Ems & PRESSOR House Builders & Upholsterers, KIN8T0N,,N. C, Art prepared to build and repair Houses and maksall kludsof Furniture in rood style and ut rsssonabls rates. Also Hurries and Carts built and repaired oh short notice. janl-12m GOODS AT LOW PRICES!. AT I. MYER8'. Now in storo a good stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SUOES, HATS, &C, &0. Alto constantly receiving a fresh stock of ' PAI1LY OltOCEUIES, . CUTLERY, CROCKERYj and HOLLOW WARE, ' SOLD AT I LOWEST CASH PIUCES. k continuance of the liberal pat ronage heretofore bestowed upon me is respectfully solicited; janlr-12m N. D. MYERS. A. HARVEY & CO. Manufacturers of Fink Brands of Oliewins: Sc HmoldLncr T O B A 0 C O, Janl12m. Kinstoii, N. C. 0HA8. F. IIAUVEY, NOTARY f UBLIC j and - Iifcricr Court Clerk for Lenoir County. Probates Deeds, Mortgages, Lien Bonds aud other instruxneuta required to be Registered. ( . ' tfcir plank Deed, Mortgages, &c, famished free on application. janl-3ra LOUIS GREEN, FASHION ABLE BARBER and HAIR DRESSER, KINSTON, -N. C; Offlc 0rer relletler Drug- Store. fjanJ-lyr . L. t. HILL. C. C TAYLOR. L. J. HILL & CO., Boot & Shoe Makers, KINSTON N. C. ate prepared "with the" best . JIJU, French Calf Skin and Louisville pAk CJote Leather, to make and re pair Boots and Shoes to order. m 8aUsfkUu tinarauteed. ' ' J. F1. Xarrott9 Uiller and Lumber Dealer, .. ' ( Kinston, N, C, la now prepared to fill all orders for FIRST-CLASS LUMBER at the lowest Cash rates. , . fcaT Also keep on hand the celebrated Tuckalioe Family FJour. janl 12m JACKSON &.L0FTIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, : KINSTON. N. a tniZXSlTSrfit ttenUonpaid all bus. l5clll'tTnU Tm - : W. J. EASBEEEY, Attorney la.v9 ; KINSTON, N. C. ; : JcX2 .tmd U: CottrU of Lolr Greene and Offlce on Court Hon, Square. Janl-lSm J. W. HARPER, Attorney jVt Law, Offloe over Post Office; KINSTON, N. C. ' Mb. Editor: The following linea were written hj a frieud of mine some years ago, and I hare long . desired to see them in print. They were written from a conversation with his betrothed, the last evening of her life, b. b. u. ' Kins ton, N. a, Feb. 19, 1679. How bright the summer day has been ! Look, how the golden sun -Sinks down behind the locust trees, - His work of glory done. The 4ay has ceased its sultry course, The birds their warbling cease, The flowers fold up their silken leares, And aU things breathe of peace. ' How silently pnd languidly. The long night hours have past, And yet, they seem so short for me ! I feel they are my last ! To-morrow is my birth-day yes, How darkly now appears The record of departed time, The mass of wasted years. Too late I've learned to prize the worth Of hours forever lost. When I repined If but one cloud, My sunny pathway crossed. Oh, could I live my life again ! Methlnks 'twere boundless wealth, ,Only to tread the fair, green earth . With the fre4 steps of health. This very hour this sunset hour, One year ago to-night We sat together side by side, And watched the fading light. That birthday we had hopeful hearts. Then first we spoke of love, And dreamed that years of wedded bliss 1 Our constant faith might prove ; : And now, with hectic on my cheek, And fever in my eye ' " And with your hand clasped close in mine, My God And must I die ? Draw back the casement curtains ; . . Once more I fain would view, The roses planted for your sake, The one I named for you : Amid how many doubts and fears I've watched its leaves unclose ! And look, how it repays my care, . How strong and full it grows I Yet, one slight touch has shaken down The blossoms from the tree To-morrow it may bloom afresh Whkrk will its Mistress bjeT And while I have strength to speak. Let my poor words express The love, and gratitude I feel, For all your tenderness. You've baen to me a talisman , With every blessing fraught ; And 1 1 I would my dying heart ,. Could thank you as it ought ; You said you'd love me until death, And well you've kept your vow ; -.And I, with many, many faults But you'll forgive them now. Look at my wasted fingers, love, To which, the turquoise ring, You placed there one short year ago, . Is now too large to cling : To-night it slipped from off my hand, And as it struck the ground, , That little noise struck in my heart With such a sSiemn sound, It seemed as if some cherished friend Had safd a last good-bye And h?f t me lone and desolate, All, all aloxb to die. How fast the evening shadows fall. In Heaven's azure dome ! One single little star appears, To tell that night has come. It seems a bright-robed herald sent . To say that we must part ; Nay do not speakI know 'tis best, Although it wrings thy heart. I try to feel resigned to die ; I know 'tis wrong to grieve, But life seemed aU so fair to us Oh, God! I long to live ! But raise my fainting head,-my love, And place It on your breast, Thro weal and woe in life and death, - My chosen place of rest. And let me feel your kind heart beat, Your hand upon my brow, I have been fever'd, wild and weak. But I am calmer now. Is this the hour I dreaded sot Can death be mgde so bright T Your hand once more good-bye my love, A long and last good sight. Sele ct e cl The Story of Raoul Surian. " Le style, e'est rhomme." Monsiejur 1 Buffon invented the phrase it is something more than a mot and the police furnish nrantieal application of it. The identity of all me vituiuais la measuraoiy arrived at by the police knowing the style in which they operate. TLys style is the key to what would otherwise be an im penetrable cipher. The instructed experts of the Paris police are able to determine with a precision and cer inj which seem marvelous to the uninitiated, whose hand it was com mitted a certain robbery, or violated the laws in any crucial way. Itaoiil Surian, a criminal of distin guished eminence, had a style of his own that, while verv successful in its pecuniary results, was very trouble- inma in t a M . i ' u iM wuseuence w aim, since it was so plainly marked as to be im mediately recognized by the police. Hence, each time rift 'onemfprt' K was sure to be arrested and not always safe to escape conviction. r As his operations were numerous and exten. sire he was often' convicted, and at vue age ot;40 had passed fifteen of the last twenty years of his life in prison. t rwioui ounan, called I? reluquet, was the eon of an optician and instru ment maker of Marseilles, and fnllnw. ed the trade of his father until his 19th j - 9 " aw J SVf - A. At 19 to seek his fortune. He first became known to the police through a rapid succession or swindling operations, very successfully contnved, for the delivery of goods which he did not possess and the appropriation of mon ey which was not his own. Finally convicted, he was sentenced to close confinement for three years, and grad uated from prison a very accomplish ed chevalier d'industrie. His op erations now assumed a bolder char acter, and he worked in a larger field. He was again convicted of deceiving a wealthy bourgeois and obtaining a loan' frota him of 100,000 francs. This time he served five years. A third conviction insured him a close confinement of five years more. At the expiration of this last sent ence Raoul Surian returned to Paris and announced his intention to 're form.' He had saved a little money by extra labor in prison, his father was dead, and he set up a small shop at Belleville for the sale of spectacles eye-glasses and mathematical instru ments. He was watched by the I po lice, but seemed to conduct himself in the most exemplary manner, His passport at this time described a man of ordinary height and figure, modest but manly carriage, face rather pale, blonde hair, no beard, and large liquid, noticeable blue eyes. The face so the signalement declared, was ingenuous frank, open, with a i rather engaging smile, but none of the features were striking, unless it were the eyes. He was a great favorite with the police, who had necessarily a great solicitude on his behalf, for, instead of avoiding them, he assiduously cultivated their acquaintance, made them little pres ents and gave a few francs j now j and then to the funds for the support of indigent criminals, and for the burial of deceased serpents de ville. He ad mitted withjmany shrugs of the should ers, that he had been a bad subject, but claimed that he was shrewd enough to understand that in any contest betwixt him and the law he was! cer tain to fall underneath. ; He had tried it several times, and was quite j well satisfied with the punishement he had recived. In short, his reformation was definitive and complete. 1 After a few months' shop-keeping at Belleville Surian sold out his estab lishment. :. He had made a goo'dldeal of money, he said, speculating in shares at the Bourse, and did not need any longer to continue the drudgery of shop-keeping. Hej now rented a mod est apartment on the third floor of a handsome house in a street 'not far from the Boulevard des Italiens a drawing-room, dressing-room, breakfast-parlor, two ; bed -rooms, room for servant, and a small room! which he called the laboratory. Here he install ed Madame' Surian, a very handsome and vivacious brunette, understood to have been a certain Mdlle. Cytheree, not unknown to freauenters of the boulisses of the opera. In hislabora- toryfeunan had a stock of furnaces, crucibles, wheels and various other in struments, and casts and ground glass es ior optical and ; other instruments, for which he received manv orders being accounted a skillful j and ince ious workman. He had an assistant a stolid-looking Alsatian, named Jules Gochen. His principal work, however. seemed to be at the Boursewhere he speedily became known as a daring operator, who would carry the I heav- lest load or shares in the face of the most arduous difficulties, who always accented his successes with modestv. and paid his losses promptly at matu rity, i As the police kept the secret of nis past nie laitntul, and he himself, of course, did not disclose it, it came generally to be admitted that Raoul Surian was a very wealthy person who nad made his money by following civil engineering m South America, and returned to Paris to spend it like a gentleman. ! j In 1869 there was a tremendous ef fort made at the Bourse to 'corner' the shares of the Serbo-Moldavian rail way.! The 'corner' was broken prema turely, and a great slaughter ensued m - -j ; among the 'bulls.' Among those pun ished most severely was M. Rannl Surian, whose net losses.it was whis pered, exceeded 750,000 francs. He came up gallantly, however, paid every centime, and, as if to show he was not hurt, set up coupe of his own 'juadame, nad already long been the habit of drivincr to the Bois in in a very handsome i turnout! but j that, it was nnderstood, was hired only. Simultaneously an operation another kind agitated financial centres and attracted the undivided attention of the police. Bills on American account aggregating over five millions of francs were sold in Xondon. Paris- Amsterdam and Hamburg which were xound to oe torgenes. ; The police, after long consultation and comparison of data, found no room to doubt that all these operations were the work of one man, and that the 'style was that of the once eminent, but now reform ed, confidence man, M. Raoul Surian. A couple of the most trusty agents were detailed to 'work on' th and, at the end of three weeks, Surian was arrested and confronted with the parties in the several cities who had Deed victimized by the forger. It was known that Surian had Un tUnt from Paris, and it was hoped to iden- U1UI wyouu misiase. just here, however, a most unexpected hi tnYi re curred. The swindler was said to be something like Surian, but he had gray eyes, dark hair and light blonde beard. The witnesses were nnnimr.n. as, to the color and annearanrA nf th eyes, which were descrihed Kin as difierent as possible from the ! sus- pecied man s eyes; and f Surian ! was accordingly discharged. I Not satisfied with this, Surian went to police headauarters and mmnlinwi of the injury done to his character and business by this arrest upon so slight a fabric of suspicion. He laid before the head of the department what pre A 1 1 A. . 1 ' f 11 .... . . A wsuuea woea iuu extiibit of his bus iness affairs, arid which' shnWed i tK.t W 1 H W , " g after all his debts were paid he would -till 1 1 1 f n. AAV nu wave a surplus 01 d,UUU,UUU Irancs. One does not steal under such stances,' said Surian. : The delinquent agents were reprimanded and Surian went nome apparently well content ed. . ....- It is probable, however, that he sus pected that he was carefully and assidiously watched. He contracted his speculative operations very ma- iwiauT nuu n uiiiiiuii m goiu wmcn he had on deposit in the Rant nf France was drawn out and shipped to Aiueriua, io parties unsnown to the authorities. The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war. however tnnW Surian to the Bourse again, and he was long of 'Rentes, when tbo calamity of Weissenburg overtook France. n ... ounan went down with the funds and compromised with his creditors with a deficit of a million and a half.! Two weeks later he was again arrested for passing some 20,000,000 francs of fraudulent a uartesmasters' drafts . This time the police felt sure they had kjui iau, uuw tue uaming matter oi identity again sprang up. The actual criminal had a general resemblance to Surian, except that his hair and mustacne were dark, and his eyes as black as ieL The authorities dombfounded. The testimony howev- r mn A m a A .1 . . It ci, naa uat uuu unconirovertiDie. and, alter a searching raid ; upon v Su rians's house, where, however, nothing was discovered which tended to crim inate him, the ex-convict was again released. The Germans raoidlv threw their tremendous cordons around Paris, and . ft - 9 tne memorable seige of the great city began. Surian ioined a reeiment of voldnteers and went on dutv. The position assigned his company was the charge of a picket post outside the iort or vanvres, where the Prussian S ' asm breaching batteries were finally estab lished. One day he and four --of his companions were surprised by some XT I 1 . J - unians riding in the gray of the morning. The other men were speared. and Surian was reported missinc killed, or captured.' Twentv.fnnr hours later Surian appeared at his post again and reported for duty. He had fled, he said, under the cellar of a house, and could not pet awav any sooner. Three days later he was arrested with a show ot great solemni ty, and carried before General Villot. commander of the division to which he was attached. The Colonel of the regiment and many other officers were present 'Is this the man?' asked General Villot, pointing to Surian, and accosting a person in Prussian uniform. ; 'That is the man I saw at Versailles four days ago said the spy; 'I am willing to swear to him. lie came up the street escorted by Uhlans, and went directly into M.de Bismarck's headquarters. I saw him myself.' 'You are charged with an offense the penalty of which is death! Surian said General Villot. 'What have you to say ior yourseiu Uid you give in formation to the enemy?' 4 You say you saw me! cried Surian turning his full face upon the spy 'are you very sure vou saw vut The spy staggered back, aghast. Mon Dieu! no! no! I will not swear! The man I saw going into Count Bis marck's quarters had certainly; brown eyes: and yours are blue . Surian thus escaped a?ain He went into Paris for the first time since the seize began. Apparently the stale of bis domestic menage did not suit him. At any rate his coming created a great aisturoance in tne neighbor hood; the fair Cytheria left the house in tears and vowing vengeance, and the impassive Jules Gochen was ar rested as a Prussian sov: noon specific charges laid by Raoul Surian, convict ed, and shot. i Soon after this came the surrender and the Commune. During the ephem era reign of VL Ensebe Birambrot at police headquarters, a dark-browed beauty came and laid on and incivum against M. Raoul Sa naa. She gave her name as Mdlle. Cytheree, and said that Rnn'.n of the adroitest robbers, of the in. who continually escanff1 AnviAiiAn through hisjubtle disguises; had been in constant cnmmtinWtinn ;k k. Uermans during the siege. Her char ges were supported by one Gallaud, formerly of the police. On the other nana, ounan, who was present, and was a Communard Holnnel nf A ti lery, and high in favor with the sec tions of Belleville. Uallaud was an ex-mouchard and a JNapoleonist, knd that Mdlle. Cytheree had compromised herself with Jules Gochen, Prussian spy, lately executed. Birambrot dismissed the charges and the witnesses, and Surian returned to his cannon. On the nfoht after th V;n;.. broke into Paris, Surian disappeared. He left thelattery at Belleville, pro posing to return in five minutes with some percussion fuses, which were needed. He did not come hack at all. He was dressed in a verv rnn. spicuous uniform, and was grimy with Muamuu snioae. ine next morning a Com nan v of Versailles mUl.r. u longingtQ the OnA, ITnndr! mrA Fifty-second Battallion of the line, was hurrying along the Rue Nueve des, Petits Champs, under the gui dance of Police Agent Gallaud, in search of CommunisU and Petroleurs, a pleasant-lookino; genlleman, in the garb of a cure, with shovel hat, well defined tonsure, brown hair, and orient Dlack eyes, stepped out of a cellar-waj, over the door of which was the sign, 'Collaert, marchand des habits.' The cure touched his hat. smiled on the troops, and walked nn gently trimming his nails with a small pen-xniie. Uallaud started; he spoke a Word to the CantAin mmmn(4imt the troops, they called a halt, and Gallaud sprang across the pavement, and laid his hand on the cure's shoul der. 'Raoul Surian, I arrest you!' 'My son. are vou not hstv? A the cure p-ent.lv T nm Vaika O J , mM A. UKUVI JLUVIU as, one of the cures of St. Sulpice,' uuj uc ucuw ma uiacK eyes upon, (jrai laud with a look of mild reproach. 'He lies!' shrieked a woman from across the street. I watched him! I saw him go in there! I have never lost sight of himr And the prisoner was conlronted bv the infuriated Mdlle. Cytheree. 'Daughter,' said the cure, 'this is some unfortunate mistake. Who it that you take me for?' 'It makes no difference?' , screamed the woman, 'blue eyes, black eyes, gray eyes, it makes no difference! lI know you for Kaoul Surian, convict, robber, murderer aud Communard!' 'I will settle this,' said the infantry Captain. He took a file of men and ran into Collairt's dingy shop. Pres ently he returned. One of his men bore a bloody and smoke-stained uni form, and two more had the trembling Collaert, an old, dirty, snuffy Holland- er, oy tne tnroat. 'Attention!' . said the Captaiu to Collaert. 'If you do not answer truly and nromntlr vou shall be shot right here. Who did this uniform belong to who left it with you?' 'That man there!' 'Who is that man?' 'Raoul Surian!' 'How came he to go to you? 'He has been in the habit- I have kept his clothes and his disguises ior nve years: un pray, do not shoot mei 'Enough! Surian. steD out! Lienten- ant, detail ten men! Corporal, hind his hands!' Surian thrust his foot behind Gal. laud's heels, knocked the Oantain down with a blow of his fist. tUnt his elbow into the Corporal's ribs, and aarxeu on, - escaping into Collaert i cellar with surprising agility and &U11U m Toncy ox musKeiry. ne was instantly pursued by half the com pa ny, who rushed into the cellar and presently were heard bounding stairs. The boose was a tall one, u but soon shouts came from the ' roof n4 those on the street had hardly time to i i .i - iooa up, wnen mere came two shots it quick succession, and a dirt Mr rolled op like a ball, rushed down through the air and crashed upon the pavement with a dull, sickening vwuu. Muuc vjujcree lam tea. Gallaud stepped quickly to the still ituiwiug uua kuu luruea it over. It was the body of Raoul Surian crushed almost into svielly. 'Mv Cbdl cried Galland is black still, but the other. i$ blue! It must have broke in the fall! cried the shivering Collaert. I show yon where he kept them, rill M. uallaud, if yon will go with me . The troooa marched on. A n? bor kindly took Mdlle. Cytheree into her house. The remains of Surian were carried away, and Gallaud ac- IMffM n..!.J "1 .11 . v . . - com jj-uicu vsouaen. uniy the blood remained nnon th idwiv still After all, Surian's secret was very sim ui"c uuxi oi me inventions genius. - He had of very thin glass eyes, with perfectly ran pa rent pupils, and these he wore md chantrea as rwtnn mi demand. A little practice enabled W uu uiu witnout any lnconven- cucc, tne more so that the workman- shii P oi tne eyes was exceedingly per- feet. The Police have orders nw !n a similar cheat is suspected, to touch m wmiic oi Liie eve tritii iif iia w. ...w w w nun a iiiuo vin egar or a camel't hair brush, to see if fiwutei Buuusion. i "BEST THINQS." The best theolofr a neficent lifel The best law the golden rule. The best statemanshin self. POT. eminent. The be8t medicine rfriP0rrnlnM vMvvwiuve and temperance.- ine oest art painting a smile upon the brow of childhood. The best science T(Mtin m. shine from a cloudy way. i ne oest war to war against one's weakness. The best music the UntAi- nr.n . .... t '- au innocent child. The best jonrhalism printing the true and the beautiful only, on mem ory's tablet. I he best telegraphing flashing a raJL sunshine into a gloomy heart. The best biography the life which writes charity in the largest letters. The best niathemstir k:u doubles the most joys aud divides the The best navigation ti of the laceraung rocks of personal tnntantiAn The best dinlomsrv fToIn. . treaty of peace with one's own con science: The best eninneerinrr faith oyer the river of death -r Si Senator Nicholson's Public Debt Bill. In stating the Nicholson's bill to provide for the pay ment of the State debt, I did not think you stated the proposition in a shape that it would be easily compre hended by every reader ofyoor ralua- uic paper. The first object of the bill is to issue interest-bearing fractional bond. the amonth of one milll and with these fractional bonds to buy ilia nll i.ni.l.J! I 1 vi" wuwwuuiug uonusoi tne otate, then these fractional hoodc thn- :a out are to become a circulating med ium among the people, and to answer ever, purpose as a North Carolina circulating currency; and the second proposition is that should this circula ting medium become too abundant, or any holder of it desire to turn it into " four per cent coupon bonds of the State, such bolder can do so. and this oners ample security to all the interest- ' ucanng uonas Dased upon the faith and credit of the State. Now, the idea is, (that should thii bill be adopted bv the Tfri.r :i t tl m li j -.v, holders of the old outstanding bonds who live in the State, and deir tn convert their old bonds into a circula- ting medium that they can use as capiul, will come forward first and sell for the interest-bearing fractional bonds and then go Into the market and buy anything they choose, and in that way set tbecirculation afloat, and give it a start; and once under way. wuuiu ue one oi me grandest, things , wifc wu ever uone ior jNorth Carol ina, and especiallr at th nrfT. time, when there is such a grand and a 1 mm . exiezuire scneme oi internal improve ment on foot. This circulating med ium would pay for labor, buy provis ions, start up manufactories, and put . new life into enterprise, and start our good old State once more on the joy ful path of prosperity. It would be converting the State debt in the shape of acirculating medium by the people, V and utilizing it to their good, anor ' uuauy pay me aeoi and not tax them, one cent, and add to the prosperity of the State all the while. J Batabd Tatlob's Wmracs. He detested blind and slovenly wri ting, and used to say that any man could write plainly who would make flbrt. Ilis manuscript was the delight of printers. He wrote quietly and steadily, and produced, a great deal more 'copy in a given time than one would suppose him capable of who observed his apparent ease and ab scence of hurry. He was rather care less in his dress, but not, like Horace Grecly, enough so to be conspicuous.