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KINSTON JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVUlY THURSDAY : . ,- AT :-r JW.HARPEB,3 V -Editor. tt or ADTzjrrxsxxs : One Inch opt Wx , - - - , - CATER Or SVBSCBtPTIOV : Oae TiUi ...-' Six Joeth, - $2.00 1.00 )f afiitrates Blaaks always on hand. A. (. torriv. onc bocvtrkk. LOFTIN & EOUNTEEE, ATT O UN IS Y 8 AT LAW, KINSTON, N. C. ' MW- Practice whererer desired . Offlc oa Q,eeea Street, oppoalte Post Office. sp25-tf JACKSON & LOFTIN, ' AITORSB YS t "t AW, KINSTON. N." C. ' practice la Leaoir, Oreeae, Wayne, Jaaee aa-. a-loiainr milto.' prempt aad efficient attsaiiosi paid all bas ms olrtd to them, " . - Suletaeau at estates of deceased parsoas a sociality. -..".'-.'-4V- Offlee oa Co art Hobm Sqaare, formerly oc aated bt Jo. F. WoaTEW. 4 ; $ y ,laal-12m C. H. 500NCE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, , TBENTOW, N. C. Practices in the Courts of Jones and adjoining coon tie. Special attention paid to Convey aneiDK.3 jan22-lm F. M- SIMMONS, ATTORNEY AT L A W, NEW BERNE, N. C. Practice In Craven, Jones, Onslow aad Carteret, u4 u tb U. S. Circuit Court at Mew Uro and In ?Wm. W. N. HUNTER, mWl COCET CLERI, PROBATE JUDGE, ; an kn-Officio notary rumac for Lonoir County. a- OfBca la th Jjoftia Huiiding, acarly oppo- ft Ue rt omo. (w Allleal blank required to be Probated kaal eoastautly on k-ad and furnished free of Charge. jaa.Vtf 1 T. J. WHITAKER, SUPERIOR COURT CLERK, PRODATE JUDGE, .; . AND Ex-O&ciQ NOTARY PUBLIC For Jones Connty. t All legat blauk required to be Probated kept on( tally on band. jan8-tf - aBBa-aHB-- ------ Dri. HYATT & TULL. OXXBRAIi PRACTITIONERS OF iIt3ilicind Sc Siii-ev;y Iff Ofllce at tbe Dr. Brow OtHce. jana-lyr Dr. A. R. MILLER, DENTIST. Holds himself in readinesa to insert "-tract, fill and clean, ArtiHeial Teetb. Ex- don by nc- idence. Board furnlsherl In nrlua (mm ka Ur- ian!M2n JOSEPH LASSITTER. Unry, Sale, aid ExehaBge Stables, Klnsloa, If. V. faklllr Ir. Henry Ittott's llcare iaflaanir inl.ui nf !. vu... .-J mi.i r,Ooaorrhu.a;(llet, Stricturea, Spermator- . ' ' r"ji iouuy, rs?nunM r;nn ra,ht oa by ricioai kabiu ia y.utb, Kxcesnr. Ac ' ! weakaaaa. LeMrrhn at U'hit v.-.k TSr!"'V'U,f rN Scrofula, Ulcans (itt(rKra aaa-.l I-. t 1 Ij r T ' B liaatoa, N. C by ISAAC Jl TATLOR, Dr't, Qaea atreeu Price, $3 per boa. TBt "--I. aecare from obaervatien, on receipt et tMy IV, 13. STANLY, '7tAeiaaAaJl. -GOER1L FURXISHLXG CXDERTAXER, . Goldsboro, N. C MrrAic and Wood Burial Cases in Stock.- AIot. , i vrii r )z 3 a SKEr s- Tor Childrkx, always on hand. . Orders by Telegraph from rrsponsible PKH-rrtmptljfjlUrt. aP25-tf o lOR SiVLE. dealC-tf U II. Fisher. Kinnton N. C. 5000 0,.fr ShalU fir Sale. APPlr to J. M. White, Or on Steamer Neuae. F. Cox, Kinaton, N, q janl5-3t t ALRERT MILLER, n. r , DRAWB IN Dry Coodl fiweerin k Crnt ral Mfrthandiw, iX't "". W he high. ' V T'"-entine (Dip .nd Scrip,.). A'V' wniatob.yioobarreU of Corn. .u .m . .. .. h , "" 9" uWVs on time LI" "J ' suWcieut. iual&-3m rvv -.tt trV VI 1 1 I 1 JJLe- r ao aaythins 'L4Zri Yr? aiatut. iCLs Ofllce at res ii-li ' I ' ' , ' - ' t , VOL. II. With his little soft hand in mine, And tbe light ojrhis golden hair, My baby after his day of play j Kneels down for his evening prayer. His eyes gaze into the unknown land. As he whispers each solemn word, And he speaks of "dying before he wakes," With the look of a startled bird. Then he tells with a quivering Hp. O f he deed he has done to-day-- 1 H ow a butterfly stopped at a rose to alp. And he killed it in his play. j j Ne'er to tvuarderous soal j . Comes angaish and grfar and fear, In a stronger tide than sweeps to-night O'er the soal of my baby dear, - - s - Bat I soothe the little trembler, , i. Aadhoklhlm.hi ay arm. . And giro him the eojufort mothers know HU grief soothe and charm. ! Till he whispers, rising his soft, blue eyes, Where the tears still shining fie "I dess tbe butterfly has a dood time, In the roses In the sky!" j ' Sunday '- Magatine. . ' j A Housekeeper's Tragedy. One day as 1 wandered I beard a complaining, And ttaw a joor woman a picture of gloom; She glanced at the mud en the doorsteps ('twas.- raining), And this was the wall as she wielded the broom: " . , . . "Oh! life Is a toil and love is a trouble, And beauty will fade and richea will fl.ee; , Aad pleasares they dwindle, and prices they double, .:,;,-. .t .i, And nothing is what I could wish It to be. "There's too mach worriment goes tb a bonnet ; There's top much of ironing that goes to a eliirt: - - J There's nothing that pays for the time voh waite on it; - - ' , ;. There's nothing that lasts but trouble and dirt, "In March It is mud; it's plush in December; Tin midsummer breezes are loaded with dust; Ih the full the leaves litter; in muggy September The wall-paper rota and tbe candlesticks rust. "There are worms in tbe cherries and slags in the roses; ; '- ,?' And ants in the sugar and mice In the pies; Tbe rubbinh of spiders no mortal suppeties. And ravishing roaches and damaging 11 leu. It's sweeping at six, and dusting at seven; It's victuals at eight, and dishes at nine; I Vtt plotting and planning from ten to eleven; Wo Hcarce break our fast ere we; plan how to dine. 'I "With grease and with grime, from crnoT to cen tre, ' : , Forever at war, and forever alert :; ?fo rest for a day lest the evening enter I upend uiy whole life in a struggle with dirt. "Last niM in my'dreams, I was stationed forever O" a bare little isle in the midtt of the sea; My one chance of life was a ceaseless;endeavor 'To sweep off the waves ere they swept over me. "Alai, 'twas no dream! Again I behold It ! I yield! I am helpless my fate tej avert!" She rolled down her sleeves, her apron she folded; - And laid down and died and was buried in dirt. - : v '? . Selecte d. Hqw it Was Cleared Up. It wa pearl j 3 o'clock (when Mr. Gwinnett, who Was hardly ever known to be in a hurry, bustled into the front office with a check in his hand. 'Here,' Kendall,' calling me from my desk, I must have the; money on this before the bank closesj and there isn't a moment to lose.' . ! I clapped on my hat, tool, the check, and was off. ' The payiug teller, "as I entered the bank, already had his thumb on the spring which held up the small sash with its pane of ground glass which was accustomed to drop every day go exactly at the instant the bland of the bauk clock pointed to 3, that one might have supposed the same machin ery governed both. . j 'You're in time,' said the punctu al official. j 'And that only after ashrap ran on you,' I answered. j The bad joke was either) unnoticed or treated with contempt j The mon ey was counted out in silence, the priug touched, and the sash fell. Within half a block I encountered Elnathan Ganche, a fellow! clerk, has tening to meet me. j 'Mr. Gwiunttt was obliged to take the first train to B said Elnathan, 'and couldn't wait your reitnrn. An other leaves half an hour later, and he wishes vou to follow oa that with the money. j Where will he ttop in Br 'Oh! I had nearly forgotten to tell you that. At at the r-House,' A glance at my watch proved that I had no time to spare. A smart walk brought me to tbe depot, whence I started after I had taken ray Beat. It was night when I stepped from'the train at- -. A touch on ithe should er made me turn about quickly Your name is Kendall?' said a sharp-visaged. keen eyed man. in a mixed tone of question and assertion. 'It is" I answered. George Kendall?' r I bowed stiffly, thinking the strang er a little inquisitive. He held up Via finger, and a couple of policemen approached, j 'You must accompany these gentle men and myself said the! sharp-vis-agto man. , I 'May I ask why? I returned. 'You shall learn in good time,' re plied the other. You might - find it embarnuwipg to receive the explana tion here.' ; r. A hack was caMed, which all four of us entered witliout further parley, which I saw was useless, i After a rapid drive of several niin. j I ' a x io, loou. IVO. t, aaaaBBBBBaaBSBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBH nnii .1 i.in nTnWY 1 x Vl i ' ' ' " 1 - i - : KINSTON, N. C, utes we ahehted before s building with a bright light over the door. The sharp featured man immediately entered, followed by the two police men and myself., A man in uniform took down my name, age and such other particulars as, I suppose, it is usual to note on such : occasions, j Next I waa put through a rigid search. Among other effects found upon! me was, of course, the roll of bills I had drawn from the bank, . . J . 'Perhaps you can explain how you came by these,' remark the sharp-fea tured man, dryly.' 'Certainly I answered. ' 'I drew them at the Bank to day, on my employer, Mr. Gwinnett's check, with which he sent me to the bank for that purpose.' 'Isn't it a little singular continued my questioner, 'that after getting the money, instead of carrying it to Mr. Gwinnette you took the next train for B V j Not at all I replied- quickly. 'I came with the money here at Mr. Gwinnett' request.' 'HoWfdo you account, then, for his telegraphing a description of you far and wide, and offering a reward for your arrest?' I I wasthuuderstruck in thisanounce ment, and my manifest confusion was interpreted as an additional evidence" of guilt. I was locked up over night at the station house, and next day was taken bask as a prisoner to confront my em ployer, and answer to a charge of em bezzlement. . I had as yet entertained no suspi cion of Elnathan Ganche. I felt sure that he had fallen into some mistake, not yet cleared up, in communicating to me Mr. Gwinnett's message, and was confident thatGance's testimony would put everything U rights. Judge my surprise and indignation when, oft tbe witness stand, the villain denied having given me any instruc tions from Mr. Gwinnett, or even hav ing seen me after I left the counting house with the check. I told my story, but it was heard with incredulity.! The evidence of the pay-teller, Mr. Gwinnett, and Elna than Ganche every word of it true, except the infamous suppression of a single fact by the latter left the ex amining magistrate no room for doubt, and I was fully cemmitted for trial. ;, j . I was not long in divining Elnathan Ganche's. motive. We had been rival suitors of Martha Hale, and," my love had been preferred to his. Elnathan yielded with good grace., seemingly, and even protested to be a friend a profession accepted the more readily because I felt a secret pity for his disappointment His perfidy was now apparent; his purpose was to fix upon me the brand of a felon, thus j rendering my union with Martha impossible, and opening a way to the renewal of his own hopes. The nefarious plot was contrived with such infernal skill that its success seem ed well nigh certain. One evening, not long before the day fixed for thie trial, when the gar rufous old jailer; brought in my supper and he seemed more talkative than usual. Instead of thrusting the dish es through the cell door, as formerly, he entered in and sat down for a chat . ; The conversation soon turned upon the approaching trial, of the result of which I spoke despondingly. 'I wonder at your staying here so patiently said the jailer. It's hardly a! matter of choice I answered, I 'Well, a strong, active young fellow like you might find his wav out. one would think.' j There was a curious twinkle in tbe cunning old eyes which attracted my attention. j 'I'm but old and feeble he contin ued; 'what's to hinder you, now, for instance, from binding me hand and foot and, aftei changing clothes with me, taking these keys and departing at leisure? ril do itr I cried, springing to my feet; 'an innocent man owes no sub mission to the laws's injustice.' 'Come, don't jget excited whined the jailer, in the tone of mock alarm. 'I'll not drive you to the use of force, which it would be useless to resist' ' And to see the cheerfulness with which he submitted to the substitution of his garments for mine, one would have supposed it was but a friendly exchange. j With strips torn from ray sheet, I bound the docile keeper hand and foot placed him in an easy posture on the bed, gagged his mouth comfort ably, took his bunchjof keys, locked him in, pulled his hat over ray eyes, and soon was a free man. Before morning I was miles away, and at the next seaport town shipped as a common sailor. . - i - In a foreign land I began life anew, and in a few years gained, compe tency. But of what value is it, or even life itself, when net shared by her whose absence, made all things worthless? - j, At times I was tempted to write to Maitha. 'But no 1 said, 'd&ubtlcs she, too, believes me guihv. How . . - Independent In All Things. THUESDAY, PEBETJAEY 12, 1880. can jhe do otherwise in the i face df the evidence and my own fight une day 1 was met and recornized by an old friend traveling abroad. Instead of shunning, he met me cor dially. 'Why have you never returned to visit your old home?' he asked, 'or at least communicated with your old friends? 'A strange question I replied. 'You have not forgotten the cruel suspicion Surely you have heard how all that was cleared up ' 'Cleared op!' I ext ! aimed, with the tremor of the heait one experiences at a sudden gleam" of hope which he dreads to see extinguished the next moment Quite cleared up replied my friend. 'Elnathan Ganche fell a victim to the epidemic last summer, and on his death-bed he made an ac knowledgment of all.' 'And Martha Hale?' 'Is still single and as beautiful as ever, though a trifle melancholy at umes. ner inends say there is a certain person whose presence, they think, would cheer :her up to the highest degree.' K The next steamer carried me home, where everybody bade me welcom, and Martha not the least warmly. She has quite explained the mys tery cf-the jailor's conduct He had lived as a domestic in the family of Martha's father when he was a child, and was devotedly attached to her. How he and she plotted together ali en t my escape, it would be a breach ef confidence to tell. Rejectee MANUSCRiPT.---There may be a dozen reasons for the rejec tion of your manuscript. The article may be too long. The subject, how ever, interesting in it may be to you, may not be of sufficient interest to the public at the moment to make it werth the editor's while to publish the arti cle. Or it may be upon a subject which is outside the range of topics the editor wishes to deal with. Or for there.are many constructions put upon the words the style in which you have written may not suit the tone of the magazine You may be a writer of brilliant and profound geni us, a Thackeray or a Carlyle; but even Thackeray and Carlyle were as famil iar with these words, 'Returned with thanks as the rest of us. Thacke ray's 'Yellowplush Papers' were in their day among the most, sparkling contributions to Frazer's Magazine. But Thackeray, writing an article in the Edinburgh Review in the style of the 'Yellowplush Papers' had to sub mit to a revision at the bands of the editor which made his recollection of the Edinburgh Review, even with the soliatium of a handsome check, any thing but pleasant Francis Jeffrey used to cut and slash at Carlyle's man uscripts dash out and write in till Carlyle must have been more than mortal if he did not use stronger lan guage than he put upon paper, and even after all this Jeffrey apparently came to the couclusion that 'Carlyle would not do' for the Edinburgh Re view. I have had manuscripts re turned again and again, but they have always found a publisher in the end, and I have an impression which is, I believe, shared by many public, wri ters, that the best articles are those that are returned the oftenest I know they are sometimes the most success ful, aad to compare small things with great that, it is notorious, has been the case with two or three historical works and works of fiction which, be fore they were published, were meta phorically scored all over by the pub lishers' readers with these words, 'Re turned with thanks.' Belgravia. lie Acknowledged the Corn. The Sionx City Journal tells a good story of a Correction ville farmer, who sold a load of corn at that town the other day. When it was weighed he slyly supped on the scales, and then drove off to unload. When the wagon was -weighed he took good care not to be in it, and congratulated, himself that he had played it on the buyer in good shape. The grain dealer called him in and after figuring up the load paid him in full. As he buttoned up his coat to go out the buyer kindly asked him to smoke with him, and then talked over the price of hogs, and the price of the crops, and the likeli hood of the Maple Valley railroad building up that way, till the farmer fairly squirmed in his chair with un easiness about his chores at home. At last he conld stand it no longer, and said he must go. The dealer quietly said that was not to be thought of; he bad bought the farmer at full weight and paid him his own price, aud that he would insist on doing as he pleased with his own property. The raiser of corn saw that he had indeed sold him self, in one sense at least He ac knowled the corn and compromised the affair. -va.-pBH, The Religotis Herald, of Richmond, gives rather questionable consolation. AVirginia subscriber writes as follows: You are publishing the obituaries of the Georgia and Alabama preachers, Vknt & m is V.. .a mr i m v . . 9 . vviu v uai uu fpitc iui uun. The editor replies: 'Bear with us. ! Your times will come soon, we hope!' The Lime Kiln Club, There was a buzz of excitement, as the members of the club gathered to gether for the opening of the meeting. A dastardly attempt had been made on the life of Pickles Smith, one of the most energetic and respected mem bers of the club, and now acting as janitor ad interim. It is a well known fact that Mr. Smith loves peanuts.- Also, that he shucks them with his teeth toave time. Some unfeeling wretch having a knowledge of this factv sent a. pint of large peanuts to Paradise Hall, marking the box for the japitor. He was going about, broom in handand his teeth shucking fodder for his gullet, when ah explo sion occurred among his molars. He was lifted up, flung into a heap, and was in a semi-unconscious state when Elder Toots, Liniment Johnson and other early comers entered the hall. An examination showed his mouth had been 'sprung over two inches out of true, his tongue driven back over an inch, and a new pair of shilling suspenders broken square in two by the shock Of his fall. It was fully fif teen, minutes before he stopped spit ting pea nut shucks, gun powder, gum boils and other articles belonging to the trade, and for nearly half an hour after the catastroDe smoke could h seen ascending through the roots of ma iniir. MORAL. - De moral of all dis said Brother Gardner after he had opened the meet ing, 'am plain 'nuffto us all. Be keer ful in the fust place what you bite off. Be keerful, in de nex place, what you chaw on. People who go 'round dis wale ob tears bitin off and chawin away am just as apt to hit a railroad spike as a stick of taffy. De bereav ed hez de full sympatny of dis club on dis occasion, but de advice of de club to him jest de same am to de effect dat he shell either swallow his pea nuts' whole arter dis or else git de shuckin done outside his mouf. We will now condense ter de reg'lar pur ceedins.' . After the usual preliminaries the Secretary read the following COMMUNICATION. . . Qaliox. O . Jan. 24. Bro. Gardner, President of the Lame Kiln Club: Honorable Sir Benjamin Williams begs me to inform you that he has not left for Cincinnati! owing to his not having enotigh'money to pay his fare. He wishes to uk the Club for the loan of S'JO. He say he never was in Jail in his life. A to his standing in society he can rwfcr you to tbe following gentlemen who rwnide here; Hon. Fcter Metzer, Texas Or on in and Dinnis Hurley. Yours truly, - HON. I. CONNORS, Mayor of the City.' "De Sekretary will answer to de ef feck dat all members ob dis Club am 'spected to take de dirt road when dey go on a joarney said the Presi dent iu answer. De highway am al ius down on de ground, whar ye can't fall, dar am no danger of collisions an' passengers kin stop at all stashuns as long as dey want to.' BOUNCED. A party of fifteen citizens of Mil waukee signed and forwarded to the club a statement to the effect that Maj. Ambus Horn, an honorary mem ber of this club,, had been found guil ty of: 1. Pounding Mrs. Horn." 2. Pounding tbe little Horns. 3. Taking too many horns. 4. Stealing a rail fence. . 5. Selling his vote for salt pork. 6. Stealing a dog. And-they deemed it their duty as honest citizens to expose his record to the club and ask it to take action in the case. FargoCantelope at once arose and offered a resolution to expel the err ing brother, adding that he could not belong to any socity in company with any man who would ate dntr He had a dog of his own, and he knew what his feelings would be if Ee should return from hi da.il- (nil m , - .., -WM W . I I J ing, look under the bed and find that . a . canine gone, question being called, the resolution was adopted and the Major's name erased from the books. iFree jfYew. A Lost Unsound. One of the officials of justice alley was lately waited on by a man who said his name was Smith and who volunteered the further information that be waa about to get married. The only stumbliuz block waa the fact he would not agree to leave off drinking. He had come to consult his Honor on that point and see what was advisable. Well, I'd promue, I guess replied the justice. . 'It is a habit anyhow, and the sooner you break of it tbe better. Well, I guess I will answered the man and he went out In an hour he returned and said: What , do you think?4 .After 1 promised that she wanted rae to prom ise to leave off chawin' tobacco! " . Well, I'd do that too,' said his Honor. 'It is another, bad babit, and you'll be all the better off for breaking it up.',. Smith went away again, and when he returned be looked twice as sol emn as a frozen whiufisk. . And now she wants me to prom ise to stop swearing!' he gasped as he k IVO. fell into a chair. MIs she a nice woman? VmT M Honor She is.' And you truly love her?' I do Well, then I'd stop swearing. It is a senseless habit, anyhow, and you lose nothing by promising. The man concluded to promise, and departed quite happy, but when he once more returned after an interview with the bride-elect he was mad. -There won't be no marriiM K announced as he sat down and poun ded the table.' . Why? What new?' What now? When I mwmW fi stop drinking, quit chawin' and leave on swearing she said I must promise to clean up, shave up and pro to church with her!' And you won't do it? Judtrel' replied Smith, after struggle with his mental agitation. Mo you suppose I in going at itaud change mysen over to a geutleiuaii jun ior ine sate 01 marrying a 40 year-old widow with a mole onher chin? N. erl You can cro home! There woot oe any splicing to do, and from this a . Vtll a . urne out i n drink, and chaw and swear around four times worser than ever! It's Coo much it's the last straw upon the camel's tackl Lying in the Shade. A: Ulwar the political agent wished to plant an avenue of trees on either side of the road in front of the shoos, for the mir. g w pose of giving shade, and had deci- J 1 . a .. aeu to put in peepul trees, which are considered sacred by the Hindoos; but thebunniahe, (or native ihop keep ers,), one and all. declared that if thia werev done they would not take the shops; and when -pressed for a reason, replied, 'It was because they could not tell untruths or swear falsely un der their shade.' addin? 'and how ran we carry on business otherwise ?' The force of this argument seems to have been acknowledged, as the point was yielded, and other trees have been planted instead. A few days later, when we were nt Delhi. 1 had an opportunity of assuring myself oi me correctness ot this anecdote. A Hindoo merchant brought some goods lor sale to tbe bungalow where we were staying. His warts beitif w-r- W ft J dear I said to him. 'Would von ji-Ic n much if you were standing under a t a a -r a . - - peenui tree: le ren led '.No.' I r joined, 'Suppose yourelf iu ihat po anion, and tell me what under those i.ii circumstances, would be the price of tne article l require?' The merchani at once named a lower, and, I believe a correct sum. VUit to JJindoiUuu.' Not to be Trifled With. The stage from Santa Fe, rolling gentl alone- through the clouds of dust whir t belong to that region, nulled on aud denly ; to allow a- traveler in a long mustard -colored duster to ascend. lie was. of course, an English tourist, and observed to his neighbor: Rum place I stopped at for refreshment inat now. Woman they call Ax-handle fan. . &ne s got a big ax-bandle, and if the unwary traveler objects to the hash she lava him nut wltr. W T didn't grumble much myself, for I no- lirrl tl.af k.J l.U...l I I I I J like a prize pumpkin.' He is not only idle who does noth ing, but he is idle who might be bet ter employed. wat uii uuauauu II can looaeu No principle is more noble, as there is none more holy, than that of true obedience. mo necessities mat exist are in general created by the superfluities Tt -. . . . . mat are enjoyeo. - It Often klBMDI that thA -f mt nm we speak least on earth are best known iu neaven. . , ... Imprisonment For Debt. The TTrong and So fieri Poor Debtors Still Lndure in Eng laadU Tbe procedure in ordinary conn oonrts, in actions for tbe recover small debts, is, some what aa follows The creditor ansa the debUr for tba sam claimed, ad, provided,, the defendant appears to the aammona, the jodga in qnirea aa to his meant of payment he is not in a position to pay tbe a&jonat olaimed the court makae ao order for a settlement by periodical inaUlmenU; and, with the exception that tbe facts of the cajte are seldom, by reason of the hurried manner of condactiag bnai cesa, suffered to cume oat in their true light, there is not much to find fault with in this initial stage of the proceed ings. In the event cf any one ioaUV ment not being paid oa tbe date fixed execution ou the goods of tbe defecntant follows at the instance of, tbe in tiff; and when; execution cannot . be levied for lack of aaacts the defendant but be served with a judgment ajimmona lo ehow cause why be baa not eomnlie with tbe order of the court. Occasion ally further time is allowed, bet often. asfiguree show, the defendant la exmf mitted to pnaoa for a terra varrine from three to forty days. I should tell fmiS-$2.00 fcr Tctr. " th re . tse . a. f . aat . .tee . use ins artirfeliai.MWNk. Mallceta-ia, oa week Dave colaaaa, om weak CWracta for ad re'rUeta r'ur v , trsae mar fee uu at iW- mm .v. u- ?o-bxal,'-t Ota PoetOaUa, riatiTa, Vtmmtr Canty.yceUCir-.ra. i - yon, a!r; thai I am not a Uvyerlmt an pwiDfr from n.y own bitter expert nee; and, if ia any minor detail I abonld prove to be iaoorreei. no doubt amm off your legal readers Will set 'me right. There is a anperatitien extant that ne man is sent to prison for thia nnlia- form of contempt of ooart who realty cannot pay, bat I hope to eonvinee yon that the superstition in gneetioa bears the stamp of improbability en the faoe of it. A debtor belonging to the eoan ty of Ifiddleeex wi from reasena et the direst poverty is eom Bait tod far t torn, it toaj be, of 18penee is east to Uouoway Jail as a prisoner oa the civil ide. Having been apprehended oa a warrant of the- court, be is marched through the atreeU in cnatodv until b arrive at the frowniag portalVef llel- loway JaiL There ha la arlmlil-4 tbe janitor in chunre with the -anal K loqny in aneb caae made and provided. . ne ta next led across tbe nrison rard and np aflifht of atqe to.a aeries o! galleries Iiaed round with separate ealht. in arery material reepeot reeemblir the convict eatabliahmsnt at Teuton ville, where . hardened crimlnala" -in! teuced to penal " servitude suffer the most irksome poitiun of their punish ment One of the cells is appointed to him as a sleeping room. He mnst rise at 6 a. m., attend to hia cell and. to Lba ministration of the chaplain, and go to bed at a30 p.' . He is, ha waver, per mitted the dailj nee of t!io blank and bare corridor and to 'exm-ise In "the prison yard or garden. If safflelenil- well off he may purchase hia food, oth erwise be is fed en prison fare. . I have reason to believe that the Governor of nolioway Jailia a kind aod Christian man, and that he js in no- way reapon- ai Die zor tne terrible hardshipa and deg- raoanoaa inflicted upon the poor' debt or, whoee miaeriee he alleviates to (he beat of his ability. Prisoners are nar. mitted to aee visitors at certain stated periods; but X need scarcely ' add that, as a rule, the inmates are poor, rac-ced and forlorn wretchex, not likely U be visited many times or by xusny Dcraos-. Xow, air, I do not for one moment ven ture to anggest that offenders, snch as defaulting tmstees, ahould net be snb- jecte-i to the treatment I have endeav ored to decribe, put I wish to point eat some at least of the cansea hlch bring uunarwda oi honest workingmen to the position of docketed prisoners, besides inflicting gross wrong on the rate payers. . There are a apeoies of traders called tallymen" who supply the wives of tbe laboring classes with drees and finery on credit, to be paid by smalt weekly inatalmenta, and these transactions are generally in the first instance kept se cret from the bread-winner. t There can be no sort of doubt that these tally men" trade on the basis of the acull dsbte courts, trusting to ths Incidence of the law of imprisonment for "con- tempt cf court to obtain payment in the long ran. And that this is no fiction of ths brain a vialt to; stry outlying country court will abnndaaUy prnre, One such plaintiff often' has as many as a dozen sr-mmonses to puis scute at a single aittiog of the court I will, how ter, allow some of the judges ths cred it that they eocaslonalyj refuse te com mit in tally eases. Bat what applies to the "tallymen" doee so witb equal force to tbe chandlers of petty neigh borhood a. , They lead tbe poor grad ually in t debt and more often than sot encourage wires to acta 'of acjoatifiable extravagance. This sort of gentry deal in the worst goods at almost fabulous prices, knowing that while there ' Is a cbair in ths poor man's 5 lodgfcg fcury seize opon It or, failing that, ess ' ob tain bis committal to prison, thus step. ping his means of sapport aaddisgraa ing hia among his xaetes- Sir, ths wrongs which ths poorer sett of srti aaaa aaffer in tbU respect have never ben expeeed, and it is far above ths capacities of my pen to do jsaUee to the theme. Thia much, however, I am entitlad to eay; that if tbe' power ef committal for eouteapt of eoert fa all cases under tvas takes a way, from the jodgee tbe sosndaloaa traasaciioa of the tallyman would be put a stop to, and though tbe poor might snffer a little at fiist in hsvitg to pay ready xacmej for their eatables, in the long nta ths gross sum of soman happiness would be increased and a blow be arrack at the- prevaleet vice . of - dru nkrnneas among tbe loer ofieers- - If jonplesss atill to be patieat with me I will explain t greater length. !.'-;. ; -Ki The man who gats say 25' ahlHin'gs per week' aad can obtain errdit for his groceries and other supplies, often spends 10 shillisge fa drink oa the Cst rdaj' Ssnday aod 'Uoadsy, whsresaiftbo assail trader were sot poeeeaaed of the. lever oi tbe eoctsty ovnrt sad tbe ultixoaU appsal fcr . eoo- mittaL which, as statistics prove,, ia about nine cases oat of tea iadaess pay ment, be would net give credit, aad the head of the' family would eoaaequeaOy buy food instead of drink with i ready mone y .Londvn TelegrxrpK. 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The Semi-Weekly Sun-Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1880, edition 1
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