-WEEKLY, EBA.
THURSDAY. J AS. 10. 1873.
IpTo a BeautlAil Stranger.
A Lance, a smile, I see it yet !
1 moment, ere the train was tUrUng :
llciwr strange to tell ! we scarcely met,
i.nd yet I felt pang at parting 1
Anil you alaa I that all the while
Us I alone who am eonfeaaing.
What thought was lurking in your emile
Is quite beyond my simple guessing.
I only know thoae beaming rays
Awoke in me a strange emotion,
Which, basking in their warmer blaze.
Perhaps might kindle to devotion. -
Ah 1 many heart as staunch as this.
By emiling lips ajlurcd from duty.
Has sank in passion's dark abyss,
"Wrecked on the coral reefs of Beauty T
And so, lis well the train's swift flight.
That bore awsy my charming Btranger,
Took her God bless her ! oat of sight, 1
And me as quickly out of danger 1
Jons Goprarr Sxzb.
Farm-Yard Scraps.
A thrifty housewife thinks that men
ought to Le useful they might as well
be smoking bams as smoking cigars.
The rery best way to clean a stained
steel knife is to cut a solid potato in two,
dip one of the pieces in brick-dust, such
as is usually used for knife-cleaning,
and rub the blade with it. .
To cure a balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horse's now and
shut off his wind until he wants to go.
So says one that has long tried it. The
remedy is simple and mercifuL
Lazarus Tillman, agriculturist, U the
man who owned the coat and six hun
dred dollars in greenbacks which were
burned with an old stump near Atlanta,
a few days ago. lie had dolled the gar
ment to show " the boys" what he
ceuld do at rail-splitting.
A rusty-looking agriculturalist en
tered a newspaper otlico recently, and
after looking around earnestly enough
to elicit an inquiry as to his business,
said it wasn't nothin' much; but he
had left a big cucumber here in the fall
for
. notice, and thought, as now he was
in town, he might run in and get it, if
he was through with it."
The Cassville (Mo.) Democrat savs :
In September last, aman with his rilles,
two boys, two dogw, and a small wagon,
passed through this place on his way to
the swamps of White river in northeast
ern Arkansas, on a trapping expedition;
yesterday he returned with 100 mink
skins, 550 coon skins, and 3 deer skins,
the whole valued at $oo0 which is pretty
good pay for ninety days work. At one
time he was 35 mile from any house.
See how they make honey iu Guil
ford county. The 5 reensboro Stale says :
Mr. Hosmer, who has astonished the Lee
men throughout the country heretofore
with his wonderful products of honey,
will set them entirely agog by his pres
ent announcement, that his bees have
done better than ever before, and that
when the sea-ton is over, he thinks he
shall be able to report over one thousand
pounds from one stock and its increase.
To stand in a cool snow drift and read
the following from the San Francisco
Bulletin, may afford a temporary diver
sion : It is a hard time for cattle and
sheep. The rain spoiled' the dry grass,
and the new grass no sooner apiearcd
than the frosts spoiled that also. This
is tho condition of nearly all the graz
ing country in the Coast Rngo. A
warm rain would very soon put a
brighter face on the hills. Most of the
large stock owners take the risks of a
dry or cold winter and short pastures.
A few of tho dairymen who have herds
of moderate fize, have erected barns
and sheds, and now make provision for
a month or six weeks of short pasture.
An experienced gardener In the vi
cinity of Washington writes to the
American Farmer how to raise toma
toes : lie sows the seed about the 2oth
of January in a hot bed. Whenever the
temperature will at all allow of it, he
. admits air, his rule being to keep as
' cool as possible during the day, but
warm at night; this he claims, produc
ing not large, but stocky, mature plants.
As soon as the bottom heat begins to per
ceptibly decline, ho replants the toma
toes in a fresh led, giving only about 25
plants to a sash, continuing the same
Ii.trdeulng process, liy the time the
teHon comes for setting out in the
gmund, the vines generally have fruit
on t lem as large as a hickory nut, and
the exposure they have been accustomed
to tit them to endure the change, and
being carefully transplanted, they grow
right ahead, and are fit for market
, much earlier than thnfeo sown in March
or April, and aro sold at from SO to 75
cents per dozen.
A correspondent of the Gardeners'
Chronicle who has been very successful
for a number of years in raising straw
berries from the same bed, gives his
mode: I cover tho beds with straw at
the beginning of winter, and let the
young runners kill, and take the place
of the old roots, whereby a deep laj-er
of humus is formed, Just as in old grass
land and by the Mine process Mv
composition i one pound each of Ep
som salts, Glauber's salt, pearl ash, and
carbonate of soda, and one-half pound
of muriate of ammonia to sixty gallons
of water. I apply it as soon as the plants
show signs of growth in spring, water
ing them pretty freely without a hose,
three times, at interval of about a
week, so as to finish before they come
into flower; and if tho season be dry I
find it absolutely necessary to supply
them lilerally with comniom water
afterward during their whole time of
growth, or their increased activitv will
rery quickly kill them.
Supreme Court.
January Sth, 1573.
The following cases were called and
disposed of:
Stephen W Britton vs W R Miller, et
al : l; r':v ?!"oort Mod and confirmed.
iVnih ; -fsted. Smith and
Nil. .1-' f. r and D O Fowle for
LAs.t-i.daut. -
Louisa Cason, Adm'x, vs Jos R IJil
lups, et al : Perquimans. Left open for
decree. Smith and Strong for plaintiff,
and Fowle for defendants.
John L Hi n ton vs I F Whitehurt,
Adm'x, et al: Pasquotank. Set for
hearing Thursday. Smith and Strong
foi plaintiff, and Ratchelor and Son for
defendants.
W B Ferebee vs X C Home Insurance
Company: Camden. Ratchelor and Son
for plaintiff, and Smith and Struma- for
defendant.
R Pax ton and wife, et al, vs R B
Creecy and wife, et al : Camden. : Re
port hied and confirmed open for de
cree. Batchelor ami Son and Anir M
Moore for plaintiffs. No counsel for
defendants. I
Stat vs Edward Williams, from Pitt.
Argued. Attorney General for State.
Johnston and .Nelson, Smith and Stronc
miu uvkis uupre lor ueienaant.
January 9th, 1S73.
Court met at 10 A. M. All th Justices
present.
Causes from, the First District were
called and disposed of in the following
order t
John L. ninU n rs B. F. Whitehurst,
Adra'r, etsl, from Pasquotank. Argu
ed. Smith A Strong Jbr plaintiff;
Batchelor A Son for defendants.
W. B. Fere bee vs N. C. Home Insur
ance Company, from Camden. Argued.
Batchelor A Son for plaintiff; Battle A
eons ana omiin x tstrongfordefendanL
Court then adjourned until to-morrow
(Friday) at 10 o'clock A. M.
From the Charlotte Observer.
; Iteply to General Early. .
Charlotte, N. C, Dec 31, 1872.
Editor Observer: In reply to Gen.
Earley'3 letter of the 24th inst. I
would answer, as to the Military
points : That I understand him to
concede every error Indicated by
me except one. . He still insists that
only "five companies' of the 1st
North Carolina Cavalry were at the
battles around Itichmond. To sus
tain himself, he quotes from the
report of Lieut. Col. (now Gen.)
Baker of the action at Willis'
Church, June30th. I concede all that
Col. Baker says, and yet I maintain
that the other five companies
reached there before the SOth. I
think, too, that Col. Baker's own
language in another paragraph,
implies the presence of the whole
regiment. It is this: "I accord
ingly proceeded with five compa
nies of my regiment, Ac. "not "the
five companies," as he would have
said, had they been the only ones ai
hand. No doubt part of each i:
raand was on picket or other duty.
I wish I. could here slop. But
General Early has gone out of his
way (as usual) to indulge his po
litical spleen: From his two and a
half column letter, I make this
choice extract:
Unfortunately, there were
foo many skulkers and deserters
from both States, as well as from
all other States. I never had any
toleration for a skulker or deserter
at any time, let-him come from
where he might ; and, now, I can
not endure one who lias gone over
to theeneiny since the war. Though
he be a Virginian, I regard his
crime as unpardonable, and worse
than if he had deserted in the time
of war. I do not admit that any
State did more than its share of
duty during the war. If all had
done their whole duty, fearlessly
and faithfully, I verily believe that
we would have won our indepen
dence, or continued fighting until
this day."
I myself had not said one .word
a . w . .r v . I kStl If! 1 I lw a"! r iv
and every fair mind must be struck
at the arrogance and coarseness oi
this paragraph. Is it possible that
Conlederate Officers cannot discuss
even Military questions, without
flinging into each others laces, the
dirt of party f I knew that Gen
eral Farly was eccen trie, and I had
heard that he had had a personal
difficulty with a Virginia Confed
erate, who chose to vote the Re
publican ticket. ' But I could hadly
cxiect an "explosion" in this cor
respondence. I am a Ilepublican
a lladical, if you will but I took
my position on the sufferage ques
tion in 18oV, and, as I see thing,
both parties have practically come
tome, not I gone to the lludicals.
Nor did I ever support the scoun
drels, who floated into office under
reconstruction. That was due, as 1
think, to the Stay-at-home-assert-your-dignity
Democrats. I did my
utmost to get our people, irrespec
tive of party, to accept impartial
suffrage, as a Southern measure,
and thus forestall tho plunderers.
When I found myself proscribed
for this, and the Republicans in
18G8, came squarely up to this vital
question, I had no alternative but
to vote with them. But I have
never hesitated to denouce and vote
against the incompetent or corrupt
ot that party. 1 have sought no
ofllce, and have even made myself
odious to a certain class of Radicals,
because of my unwavering support
of only good men and safe measures.
I, therefore thought, if there was a
man in the whole South, who,
solely for the sake of the country,
moved ahead and above all mere
party, it was my humble self.
General Farly must then see, that
if he intends this extract for me, he
does me at least partial wrong. If
he meant It (as teems probable) for
his Virginia comrades, Gen. Wick
ham, Col. Mosby, and others, who
voted for Grant, then he was wholy
unjustifiable in Iugjringit into thfs
correspondence. If it is mere
"sound and fury signifying noth
ing" then it is time General Farly
was taught some first lessons in
propriety, and I am reluctantly
compelled to uiultake the task.
Now who is 44 JJCvEarly ?" What
has h e achieved, either in peace or
in war, that he should assume to
charge the whole Southern people
with dereliction of duty in their
late mighty struggle ? What victo
ries did he tcin, that he should now
essay to tell the suffering millions
of this stricken Southern land, that
they had ended the bloody strife,
all too soon; and that they ought to
have "continued righting to this
day I" Who, of all Confederate
Generals, did most to cause deser
tion ? And who was the first to
flee the country, when the confed
eracy failed?
I take a single year a mere epi
sode in tho varied life of this
second Bruce this heaving patriot,
this exuberant statesman.
In 1SG1, Lieut, Gen. Farlv had
command of the army in the Vallev.
one of the bravest and best appoint
ed armies in the field. He operated
In a region suited to his supposed
genius a region made forever fa
mous by the countless victories of
Ashby, Jackson, Jones, Ewell and
others. I eater into no details of
the cause, known to all soldiers then
iu Virginia, but I simply re-call the
fact, that toon all was changed, and
the glories of. Jackson were well
nigh eclijed by the failures, the
retreats, the defeats and the das
tardly routs of Farly. A few short
months were long enough to enable
this oflicer so thoroughly to demor
alize his splendid army, that the
whole country was filled with his
"skulkers and deserters." At
Waynesbourgh, the scene of his last
disaster, his entire force laid down
their arms, and Lieut. Gen. Farly
was left without a soldier to com
mand. I do not chanre the truth of
the popular impression at Wavnes
v u i i j . .'
borough, that Larly deserted his oxen
men. liut JL do say, that he exposed
a , whole army to capture and to
slaughter, and that he managed to
take such judicious care of his own
person, that he alone escaped to tell
the tale. This ended the military
career of "J. A. Early." The public
ciamor Dytnis nme was so fierce
and strong, that he was forced to
1CLH U.
Gen. Lee tried to soften the blow
Dy a letter of personal sympath
iiui an to no purpose,
was done for.
At last the surrender
the first flash of the
Gen. Ear
ly
came.
On
news,
this
would-be hero, who now talks of a
"continued war" for independence,
fled the country, leaving his unhappy
comrades and countrymen, to meet,
as best they could, the untried nnd
untold horrors of subjugation. But
no sooner does he sees that his fears
of losing his neck w? re all imagin
arythe creatures ofj the vain con
ceit of his own importance than
he returns, and returns too, ' with
the air of "one who Jnever surren
ders." And now descending to the
noise and bluster of K regular brag
gadocio, he turns his battery of pop
guns on his late companions in
arms? Was there ver such con
summate impudence? Such unex
ampled arrogance? ;But the hero of
Wayneetwrough servest like many
other failures in life, "to point a
moral." lie has added another ex
ample of the oft-noted fact, that
those who are no4- most blatant
and prescriptive, vere the very
ones who did the least effective ser
vice, while the war? was going on.
'1 :.e historian Froude observed the
Mime thing in regard to the subju
gation of Ireland, avud puts it that
"noise and action Were usually in
an inverse ratio." . I
I. trust that all Confederate sol
diers, who have not . kept the fear
of General Early before their eyes,
and who have, had the nerve to
think and act for themselves in po
litical aflairs, may survive this last
attempt at bluster ron the part of
the redoubtable Jubal.
I venture a single suggestion
more. It is this: XJen. Early be
longs to a class of politicians, who
can never more control this coun
try. Their peculiar-mode of politi
cal warfare is ,fat recoiling on
themselves. They'vill ttnd their
guns, for the futuf, doing more
damage at the brecajj than at the
muzzle. " !
Yours, &c, V
l Kufus Baiirixger.
Novel Interviewing.
A Western reporter has inter
viewed Miss Thompson with the
following results,-among others .
"Is there any truth in the story
that you are seven months older
than Charlotte Cushman ?"
"No, sir; there is not a word of
truth in it."
"How old are you ?" he asked.
"I am thirty-two at least I will
be thirty-two on the Oth of Febru
ary." i "llow do you account for the
stories as to' your advanced tigeY"
"Well, I'll tell you. I went on
the stage when I was fourteen years
old. and immediately lumped into
notoriety. We were poor : very
poor. My stepfather lost all his
money; Lhe family was large ; my
mother had three sons at one birth,
and when they came tho older chil
dren wore compelled to earn their
own living. I had "lcon educated
for operci dancing, and had been
successful in' my 'studies. One day
as I passed along the streets I met
two actors, who accosted me. I
knew them, and after a few mo
ments' conversation one of them
asked me why I did not undertake
the part of "Silvet Hair," in Buck
stone's pantomime, about to be
produced. We all went to the thea
tre, where I was introduced to the
wife of the manager. She ques
tioned me, took down my hair it
was longer than it is now ; I could
sit on it then and examined my
limbs. The result wtis my engage
ment, and I went "on the first night.
I never shall forget that night. It
was at the Ilaymar!;; t, and the
theatre was crowded. O, such a
coward! I was awf't jy frightened,
and in the first 'few words of my
speaking part I could hardly be
heard. The manager stood iu the
wings and told me to speak louder,
so 1 fairly shouted it out. My dan
cing was good, and all the people
applauded me. That was the first
scene. In the next I set my teeth
together and determined I would
succeed, and I think I did, for the
Times came out tho next morning
with a splendid notice of me; oh,
it was a magnificent notice; it was
that long ;" and she held up her
two forefingers, about six inches
apart.
"Weil," she continued, "I played
mere a ntue wmie, ana Av on con
siderable of a name for myself.
Then I travelled and played all
through Middle ' Europe. ' Alter a
while I went back to London, and
.everybody remembered my name,
and supposed that I must be an old
woman. That's f ho way that story
started.
"Will you allow me to look at
you. Miss Thompson, with a view
of giving a personal description of
you?"
"Certainly.";
The reporter inspected her closely.
"Do you wear a wig, Miss Thomp
son?" he asked. ;
"Why, no."
"Is your hair bleached ?"
"Certainly not. That is its nat
ural color."
"I've heard that your wear a
wig."
"You can try it if you'like."
She took Her hair down, and the
reporter grasped it in both hands.
He put his foot on her shoulder and
pulled. She cried for mercv, but
he had made up his mind not to let
personal considerations stand hi the
way of his investigations in tho
cause of science. 1
"Are you satisfied?" she gasped!
"Not yet," he answered.
He took a bight around, the leg
of the table, and hauled. '
"I think its a . wig!" "he shouted,
as he took another turn.
The table leg broke off short, but
he caught the door-knob and pulled
her over a chair. The chandelier
caught his eye", and he threw the
hair over it. Hand over hand he
hauled, and up she went till her
head touched the burner. Taking
a hitch around the sofa, he folded
his arms and stood contemplating
her. ,
A-tu UiO UJ 1 11 . DHL? V1CI WlUUtU.
. "Do you own up to a wig?"
"I do, I do I", t
A lcniaL
Our "Monopoly" friends have just
sent out two documents to the Pub
lishers, which convey a decidedly'
wrong impression. , They did .call
upon us, several months ago, and
made the proposal.; We told them
distinctly at the time that we would '
not agree to such an arrangement, 1 W0UJtl ,iave left him more but I
as we are, and always, have been, ! lhiXik that -the ten thousand dollar fee
opposed to all ltings and .ilonopo- he charged me some years ao, in the
lies. We are tired of this Circular case of, was enough for him."
business, and hope it will be un-: Let the l.uvvers read,
necessary for us to make any more ! .... -r-explanations,
as we intend in the f w.. : . TZ : ; . f
future, as in the tasr. to "P:hM!a ) Wiliuingtoa Lile Insurance Co.
our own canoe."
DAUQIIY & CO.,
xTiniers- warenouse
and Advertisement Agency,
75 Fulton Street, New York.
North Carolina Orpban Asylum
. . CJhand TjODOw F. A. if. X. C,
Tuc&tlay Zavi hmj, Dtc. o, lbtz.
BRO, J. T. LITTLEJOHN'S REPORT.
The Board of Directors of St. John's
College regret to report that they have
failed to make any arrangements in es
tablishing a school in this Institution.
After advertising for proposals to lease
the property for a male or female school
or college, they received but one appli
cation. The terms upon which the college
was offered to this person, to-wit : $300
per annum were declined on the ground
that the rent was too high. The Board
has put the buil.ii;ir in charge of a
competent gentle nan -.vho resides upon
the premises a. .1 supervises the pro
perty, and pvr a small rent. The buil
dings are n-v iu a good state of preser
vation. The following resolutions were adop
ted :
"Resolved, That St. John's College
shall be made an asylum for the proton
tion, training, and education indi
gent orphan children.
2nd. That this Grand Lodge will ap
propriate $500 annually for the support
of the Institution, but will not assume
any additional pecuniary resomibilitj.
3d. That this Grand Lodge elect a Su
perintendent who shall control the In
stitution, and solicit eont;ibutions for
iU support from all classes of our
people.
4th. That orphan children in the
said Asylum shall be led and clothed,
and shall receive such preparatory train
ing and education as will prepare them
for useful occupations and for the usual
business transactions of life.".
Thursday Morning, Dec. 5th, 1S72.
Bro. R. JI. Kingsbury moved that
Bro. J. H. Mills be elected Superinten
dent of the Orphan Asylum at Oxford.
Bro. S. L Overby moved o add as an
amendment "and that the present
Board of Directors of St. John's College
be discharged."
The motion and amendment were
adopted.
Bro. C. A. Cilley, S G. W, introduced
the following resolution which was read
and unanimously adopted :
" Itcsolved, That this Grand Lodge
desire to express its appreciation of
the zeal and earnestness w ith which the
Board of Directors of St. John's College
have labored both here and elsewhere
to advance the interest of that Institu
tion." Bro. It. W. York introduced thp fol
lowing resolution which was read aw!
adopted :
" llcsolvcd. That the Superintendent
of the said Orphan Asylum shall report
to each Annual Communication an ac
count of his ollieial acts, receipts, di:
buTMmients, number of pupils, fcc, to
gether with such suggestions as lie may
see lit to oiler." Conv from records,
D. W. Bain, Gr. See.
APl'KAL OF S U RE K1STKXDEXT
MILLS.
Ail unexpected responsibility is
thus thrown upon me. The mag
nitude of the work looms up before
me in appalling proportions. But
here is an opportunity to benefit a
neirleclcd class of children. Other
.States have opened, asylums for
their indigent orphans, have fed
them, clothed them, taught them,
and made them useful citizens.
Jut we have been tartly. Let us
now awake to a full appreciation
of our trreat responsibilities. As
school-houses are cheaper than jails,
as churches are cheaper than court
houses, .so orphan asylums are
cheaper than penitentiaries. How
often do we look upon a happy
family of parents around a cheerful
lire-side! But death takes their
children to their final home, and
tho estate is found insolvent. Thus
the orphans, with deep desolation
brooding over their tender hearts,
are driven forth without paternal
protection, or even friendly gui
dance to encounter the evil influ
ences unholy examples, and the
sore temptations, ol a world lying
in wickedness. At any hour, the
happiest children in our land may
be reduced to orphanage and to
poverty. If we wish others to be
kind to the orphans we may leave,
so let us be kind to those whom
others have left. In Masonry,
every member is a brother to the
whole fraternity, and a reliable
friend and protector of every ma
sonic family. In Christianity,
every one's great life-work is to go
about doing good, especially to
those unable to return the kindness
bestowed. The great christian Ex
emplar is one who accepted poverty
and death, to give riches and life
to sinners when they were cut off
from every other source of help.
One thing lightens the burden of
the work for orphans: the cause
carries its own appeal. Every
heart is already gratelul for unnum
bered assurances of cordial co-oper
ation. The beginnings of the work
must be small, and the details of
organization tedious. Appoint
ments win ue made very deliber
ately and very cautiously. The
institution will be neutral in poli
tics and religion. All political and
religious creeds will be treated with
the greatest possible courtesy and
kindness, at the same time a high
standard of morality, and I hope of
piety, win ue Kept prominently in
view. Five hundred dollars, in
addition to the amount contributed
by the Grand Lodge, will be needed
at once. Col. Y . E. . Anderson,
Treasurer of the Grand Lodge, and
and President of the Citizens Na
tional Bank, will receive contribu
tions. Other receivers will be an
nounced in due time. The amounts
received will bo acknowledged ev
ery week, in the papers circulating
among the contributors.
1 he disbursements will alo be
published in the annual report, so
mat tne people may know exactly
what was contributed, and what use
was maae oi their contributions.
How much of my time I shall be
able to devote to this work, with
out neglecting other and impera
tive duties, i can 'not now deter-
, -mr a. i t i
uuue. jsnxy uie jjora maKe me
honest, competent and faithful in
this enterprise involving, to some
extent, the usefulness and happiness
oi so many uear ana desolate chil
dren. J. H. Mill?,
! Raleigh, N. C.
About a Will.
A well known old gentleman in
Johnston county died as rich as Croe
sus, j His brother-in-law was a poor
lawyer with a numerous family. When
the will was read the old gentleman
had bequeathed a small sum to this
Dr?lQerrllwaw ana went on to explain:
The old President of this Company
Col. R. II. Cowan, deceased, is succeed'
by t)r. A. J". DeRosset. Papers , ad vex-y
tising this Company will please make
the change.
Small
From the Fayetteville Observer of
. : Nov. 4th, 1852.
Capital.. Xo man in the coun
try has a keener sense of the ridicu
lous than the excellent Editor of
the Petersburg Intelligencer. And
he lately had rare enjoyment in the
failure of a "great" mass meeting
of the Locofocos in his city. The
people didn't come, and the orators
didn't come ; and Mr. Syme closes
his humorous account of the affitir
as follows :
We really do think that the few
country Democrats, who were
tempted to leave their business at
this busy season, and pay their ex
penses to and from Petersburg,
should sue the getters up of this
meeting for damages. Ve are so
sure that heavy damages could be
recovered, that we will bring the
suit, and look for our fee to a very
moderate commission on the amount
recovered. f.
To give our country Democratic
friends some idea of the case we
would make out, we will give them
the substance of the speech we
should make. We should say :
"May it please the Court and Gen
men oi" the Jury: I shall, before I
take my seat, make out, to your
entire "satisfaction, a case of the
most atrocious fraud and imposition
ever practised on innocent and con
tiding parties. Some weeks ago,
the Democracy of Petersburg pub
lished a notice inviting the Democ
racy of the South-Side to a Grand
3Iass Meeting to be held in the City
of Petersburg on the 22d inst. In
this notice it was stated that Soule
and Wise, and the devil knows who
besides, (we beg the Court's pardon
it was a mere slip) were to attdress
the meeting. Tempted by this de
ceptive notice, my injured and un
fortunate clients left the peaceful
pursuits of husbandry in which they
are engaged, at this busy season of
the year, and came to Petersburg.
Now, gentlemen of the jury, did
my much injured clients hear either
Soule or Wise, or anybody else
that was worth hearing? The testi
mony in the case abundantly estab
lishes the fact that they did not.
Who, then, did they hear? In the
name of everything that is prepos
terous v.; 1 ridiculous, ! ask again
who did u.ey hear? Prepare your
selves, ircntlemen. to hear the an
nunciation of an imposition which
has no parallel even in this age of
humbug. They heard
ISAAC It. WATKLN'8!!!
Here five of the jurymen fainted
and four were seen to rise with
clenched fists and teeth. Need I
say more, gentlemen of the jury, in
this case? Did you ever hear, think,
or read of a more barefaced fraud
and imposition?" Here the fore
man ot the jury would rise and say,
"Mr. Svme, vou need not fatigue
yourself by making any mure re
marks, lhe jurv areot opinion that
vour clients have been most d na-
bly imposed upon, and award them
a verdict of Sou.OOO." .
This will be the result oi t no case
of the Country vs. the City Democ
racy. -
Characteristics of IMckeus.
His
very idleness, Mr. Foster
savs.
was "strenuous," like his
work. He walked eighteen miles
V
in for hours and a half, in the full
heat of a glowing summer's day,
simply as a sort Of relief for the
strain of his nerves. On another
occasion, Mr. Forster says: " But
he did even his nothings in a stren
uous way, and on occasion could
make gallant fight against the ele
ments themselves. He reported
himself, to my horror, thrice wel
through on a single day, 'dressed
four times,' and finding ail sorts of
great things, brought out by the
rains, among tne rocks on ine
sea-beach." When he was liv
ing in Genoa in the middle
of winter, he dashes over to Lon
don just to try the effect of reading
the Chimes to ins intimate friends,
Between Milan and Strasburg he
was in bed only once for two or
three hours at Fribourg, and had
sledged over the Siitiplon through
deep snow and prodigious cold. His
dash into the editorship of the
Daily News and but of it within
three weeks was highly charicteris-
tic of the high pressure of his ner
vous decision. Apropos of this
matter, Mr. Forster says very truly'
that in all intellectual labors his
will prevailed so strongly when he
fixed it on any object of desire, that
what else its attainment might ex
act was never duly measured, and
this led to frequent strain and un
common waste oi what no man
could less afford to spare." Every
thing he did lie did with this un
perious resolve to let his volition
takes its own way, and it led him
no doubt into some of the greatest
mistakes of his life. He liked to
have everything just as he has im
agined it. His mintl strained in
tensely toward the particular ideal
he had summoued up in his fancy ;
nothing else would satisfy him for
a moment.
Fashionable Church Music.
This was tne nymn given out in
a fashionable church, and it goes on
to tell how the fashionable church
choir rendered it :
True love is like that precious oil
Which, poured on Aaron 'ti head,
itan down his beard, and o'er hid lobes .
Its costly moisture shed.' '
In the prodigious effort of this
performance, the ear-splitting com
bination of the several voices hardly
bore a resemblance to that oily cur
rent poured on Aaron's head, and
which
Ran down his beard and o'er his head
Ran down his beard ,
his robes
And o'er his robes
llan down hij beard
ran down his
o'er his rubes
Ilis robes, his robes, ran down his beard
Ran dowa his '"- '
. o'er Ins robes
Ran down his beard j
h-i-s b-e-a-r-d
Its costly 'moist
Ran down bis beard -
ure btartl - - his
beard n shed
ran down his beard
his
down
ldi robe its costly moist
his beard
ure shed his cost .his robes his robes
' ure shed .
I-t-s c-o--t-l-i-e moU tare, - shed !'
" It was of this very composition,
similarly, performed, that the late
Bishop) Seabury; on one of his visi
tations, was asked, bis opinion, and.
his reply was that he Jiad paid no
attention to the music, but that his
sympathies were no much excited
for ooor Aaron that he was afraid
that he would not have a hair left 1" 1
The Liate Mr. Syme on
Politicians.
New Year Calls.
You can't really enjoy the thing un
less hid behind the curtain. You can
overhear the flow of little pleasantries
and graceful greetings, and how beauti
fully it's done, how easy he is in society,
what a splendid young man, and the
delightful young lady, what a thorough
scholar, and by Jove ! how she talks !
But listen to these New Year calls as a
thin legged ghoul of an editor, who had
gone to collect a subscription bill (been
due three years) from the "old man,"
and who stood outside the door look
them down :
' "Ah! Miss Snooks, Iain really very
happy to meet you."
"Thank you, Mr. Boosy. I wish y'ou
a Happy New Year."
"A great many calls to-day, I sup
pose, Miss Snooks ? Your friends could
hardly stay away when they all have
an opportunity to enjoy your delightful
society." '
" You really Hatter me, Mr. Boosy ;
but I must say we have had an unusual
number of visitors, more than I had ex
pected, indeed."
"New Year's Day, Miss Snooks, is
one of the most delightful days in the
year."
"Ah, yes! very delightful, Mr. Boosy."
" Yes, verv. Miss Snooks."
"And quite beneficial to society, Mr.
Boosv"
"Ah, yes! quite."
"Quite." .
" Yes, indeed."
" Yes, ves."
"Will you have
Mr. Boosy?"
" Ah, thank vou,
some refreshments
thank you. Many,
returns or the happy day, Miss Snooks,
" lhank you, Mr. Boosy.
" I really must go, Miss Snooks ; I've
a great many calls to make yet. It's
really very hard to go ; for I've had a
very delightful visit, 1 assure you ; very
deiisrhti'ul : verv delightful; very de
lightful, indeed.
"All! thank you, Mr. Boosy; you're
verv kind, very kind. We shall be
happy to see you again, Mr. Boosy, very
happy."
"Good bye, Miss Snooks; good bye,
really, very sorrv. very sorry to go."
"Well. then. Mr. Boosy. I will not
say adieu."
' "Ah, no, Miss Snooks ; but au revoir,
" Au revoir, Mr. Boosy ; au revdir."
Twenty-Seven Got License.
We read in ancient times of the Argo
naut expedition when Jason went in
search of tiie Golden Fleece, but in these
days we find twenty-seven young gen
tlemen making a visit to this city, by
nerilous iounievimrs. as per Era of
A W
yesterday, after the bare sheep skin
with which they propose to afterwards
fleece about and float about. They got
it to-day. The following are the names :
Theodore Pichet Bonner, Hyde county;
Thomas Jasper Swann of Mecklenburg ;
Joseph Shepherd Adams of Buncombe;
Robert Osborn Patterson of Buncombe;
Jarvis Barry Buxton of Buncombe;
Lawrence Pulliam of Buncombe
Walter Freshwater Pool of Pasquotank ;
Wm. Callahan Fields of Alleghany ;
Harvey Electus Cullom of Johnston
Frederick Augustus Woodard, Wilson ;
Oliver Harrison Allen of Duplin ;
Rufus Sinclair Bynum of Stokes
Robe it Johnston Shipp of Gaston
John Watson Mauney of Stanley
John William Bryan of Pamlfco;
John Sme-hur Leary of Cumberland
William Clement Munroe of Jones
Marmaduke James Hawkins of Warren;
Robert Martin Barham of Franklin ;
Joseph Henry Boothe of Wake ;
George Washington Brown of Ashe ;
William Cornelius Bowers of North
ampton ; John Wood Blount of Wilson ;
William Marsh of Surry; William
Whitford of Craven; Alexander Malloy
of Richmond ; and Franklin McNeill of
Richmond.
Alamance The Xewliix Cotton
Factory Sold, &c.
We learn that Mr. E. M. Holt has
bought six-sevenths of the well-known
cotton factory of Newlin and Sons, on
Haw River, in Alamance county, for
thirty-six hundred dollars. This fac
tory is ten miles from the North Caro
lina Railroad, and is even historic with
the old revolutionary war. The blood
of a slain tory is said to be now on the
walls of its interior. It does a tremen
dous business. The amiable wife of
Dr. Pinnix of this county is dead.
W. M. Rogers, aged 73, is also dead.
The Hutcheson & Co. distillery is in
successful operation.
A Curious Case Ai3Iau Loses
all his Hair. ,
A. citizen ot Greensboro who came
uown on tno cars tins morning told a
friend of ours of a very curious case of
a gentleman in or around Greensboro
(he told him his name,' but he has forgot
it) who has recently lost all his hair
from off all parts of his body. He had
large whiskers and says that the last
time ue shaved was tho easiest shave ot
his life, that the beard ' just pulled out
so. His lace is now as clean as a wo
man's and his heed ditto, the rest of his
body following; suit. The man is said
to have been perfectly healthy and to
have had no sickness of anv kind. We
give the case as it was told us and can
be vouched for as one of the phenomena
of these times. -
Paralysis. . ,
e nave news tins moraine ol an
other case of paralysis. Augustus W.
Steele, a private b;uiker in Fayettevirie,
had a bti oke the other, day, we learn.
This is one of several cases that have
recently occurred down in that section.
A gentleman in this city attributes its
cause sometimes to the constant use of
a steel pen in writing. He says that
President Felton of Hat-vard College,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, warned him.
against the use of a steel pen for this
very reason, some ten years ago. The
professor alleging that the steel pen and
the acid in the ink form a calvanicf
battery that shoots a kind of electricity
nr tho arm .1
Condition of 3Ir. Steele.
We learn from Fayette vill.e this morn
ing, that Mr. Steele- is paralysed from
his feet to the pit of his sto mach. You
can stick a pin in either' of his legs and
he will not feel it. He seems cheerful
and laughs and chats with his, friends,
lie is very anxious to get . up andoncp
or twice has said to his frie nds,."I must
get up, I can't lie here this , way.", And
the other day, when they ,b ad left, him
but a moment, they return ed and found
him out of bed. He had 3 managed, to
get out in some way. It is thought the
stroke was in a measure caused by a k -vere
cold Mr. Steele caug-'at in Nev?
York last October. ..... , '... ; ' , '7'!
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
ERA.
Daily, one year, -Weekly,
one year,
?7.00
2.00
iJvcry rost J faster in tht Mate
is an Authorized Agent.
i xn ixE.iiL.T.scon.n i ss I o s.
In order to promote thecirculation
of the Daily and Weekly Bra, the
following; inducements are blfered
and commissions allowed :
Any reliable person (known to the
people of the community) f pncuring
subscribers for The Era is eirtitljed to 25
per cent, of all subscriptions for the
Daily or Weekly to single subscribers,
which amount he is authorized to deduct
from the sums paid into his hands, and
remittkig to us tho balance. ' Every
present weekly subscriber to The Era
can therefore make fifty cents by indue
ingany one of his neighbors to subscribe,
and forwarding to us the money for the
same; fifty cen'si for every additional
subscriber to the weekly papjer, and
SI. 75 lor every cash subscriber to the
Daily for a 3ear. i
CLUBS. The Weekly Era twill be
sent to clubs of subscribers at Ithe fol
lowing rates :
One copy, one j'ear 52 issues,
$2
00
Five copies, one year issues'
i au
13 50
24 00
33 00
Ten
Twenty " " " " '
Thirty " " " " ,4
And an extra paper to each Club
Address WM. M. BROWN,
Business Manager,
Raleigh N. C.
We rely upon our friend.-! every
where to work for the papeif on the
above conditions, and for tle inter
est they feel in the permanency and
success of the Republican pprty; a
permanency and success to be at
tained and secured in no better and
more certain way than by sustain
ing and promoting tho ef iciency
and permanent success of the central
organ at the State Capitol ; for what
would the Ilepublican party, in
North Carolina be without an organ
at Raleigh?
INSURANCE.
A
STATE INSTITUTION !
Safe, Conservative, Jnergctic
THE WILMINGTON,- !N. C,
LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
ITS SUCCESS ENCOUIIAGJ NG.
Its Stability Assured.
OFFICERS :
Dr. A. J. DeROSSET, President.
JOHN W. ATKINSON, Vice President.
10 T T flMl'DllV slla.v
Dit. E. A. ANDERSON, Medical Director.
DIRECTORS
J. W. Atkinson,
I. R. Grainger,
Ha mover.
F. W Kerchner,
Merchant.
General Insurance Aercnt.
President Hank of New
Grocer and Commission
C. M. Stedman. of Wright t Stedman
T. II. McKoy, oi W. A. Whitehead & Co
Fayetteville.
Dr. A. J. DeRosset, President.
II. R. fillers, Commission Merchant.
A. A. Wiliiard, of Williard Brothers.
W. A. Gumming, of Northrop Cummins,
u. vv . v imams, oi v imams it Jiurciiison
Eli Murray, of E. Murray & Co.
Rob't Ilennine. of Dawsou Teel & Ilcnninir.
Alex. .Sprunt, British Vice Consul, pf spruiit
V illlJSOIi. I
P Murphy. Attornpy at Law.
J. D. Williams, of J. I). Williams A Co
Fayetreville.
Jas. C. McRae, Att'y at Law, Fayetteville,
I. R. Kelly, Merchant, Kenansville.
J. T. Pope, Merchant, Luuiberton.
This is strictly a j
HOME LIFE C03I1ANY.
Its Officers and
Directors
are citizens of
the State, ol high charatf-r for
business
It offers
capacity, enterprise and probity,
every
Substantial Benefit
that Northern Companies do, with the great
aouuionai consideration Unit tue. capital is
kept within the State, and, therefore, helps
to ouiiu up ana losier noine institutions.
Another imnortant fact to be considered
is, that the Wilmington Life .had thus, far
obtained a very much larger interest for
the money invested at liome. than anv of
inejNew low companies receive lor their
investments, according to their sworn state
ments before the Commissioner of that State
Ihese unquestionable facts should oom-
mend this Company, above aM others, to
our people. Let it De borne in mind that
millions of dollars received for Life premi
ums have been sent North since the war,
which at once drains the South and enrich
es the -plethoric capitalists of the North If
mere was no oxner consideration, safety.
iiurneis aim Ktiesipnesx oeins? eoru ii. wn v
iioriu itroiimajis tsnouia isrsuftE at
I AT 1IOMB,
this were more tLuin sullicient,
The Wilmington Life
has excellent Special features. !
It place no restriction on Residence or I
1 ravel ; u maues no extra charge for Fe
male risKs; ami its policies are incontesta
ble alter i-ive Y ears, i
Its business Is managed economically. Its
risKs are laKon with equal caution. Its in-
vestmentsare made judiciously. ,
lis motto is;
" Economy j Promptness, Fairrie&s."
AGENTS WANTED in feverv Conntv. in th
nwm, wnii wiium wie inosi iiDerai terms
win ue maae. Apply to
JAMES D. BROOKS, "i
General Supervising Ajrent,'
or, TIIKO. II. HILL,
Local Agent,
Jan. 8 tUwGm. Kaleigh, N. C.
RALEIGH
Baptist Female Seminary.
w
F. P IIoboood. A. P.. PrinclDaL
Rev, A. F. Redd, A. M.. i
Associate Principal.
1 . a. lionLMASs, I'rotessor of Music.
rpilE SPRING SESSION WILL
-A open on the ' -
irti of febbuauy. lsra.
The building, having been enlanred.
i.-? nrttiyus, coininouious auu Handsome.
1 he Literary Department is provided
with a select Library." a larire collection
of Geological Specimens and a -fine
Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus.
. The. Music Department is provided
with a large number of good Pianos, two
ji mi auu a iiarp.
J.The lady, teachers employed are all
first-class, . Boarding pupila are re
quired to wear uniform drain. Tt,!i1
I and English tuitiorf J100 per session of
ti For particulars, apply for circular. ;
Dec 30. 113 dlaw6ww6t
MAIUtlAGElGUIDi:. ,
EVERY ONE HIS OWN DOCTOIt-I5,.lh
a private instructor for' married perM
or thoso about to Ikj married, both inalrl
i f i , t 1 .
nun lemnic, in . t-vcryi inng ennccriiin
the physiology and relation'. .f
ual system, and the j pront,.-; ; ,
prevention of offspring, iiielu.ai,.
new discoveries never let"re give
the FtiglUh language, ljv WM. Vol
M. 1. This is rcallyj a vain ihi,.
interesting work. It is written in
an I
sr.,
l.ii,,
language lor tho general reader, and U
illustrated with nuniero'u Kngr.u hi,..
All young married people, or ilu.se in
teniplaling marriage,! and having-u)e
least impediment to married lii'-, s-liouKl
read this book. It discloses eureStliat
everyone should be luvpiaint. 1 v, :,,.
still it is a book that must be l .ck
and not let lie about the house. - v; 'j
be sent to any address Ion receipt .i ,,,
cents. Address Dr. j WM. Yor'xij
.no. 4io tpruce street, alcove F
ourtli
Philadelphia.
P3- A K I I, I CT E I A N n V N KO K C I . l K .
No matter whit may bo your divii-.,.
before you place your$t If under the ,;lri!
of any one of the QUACKS- native mid
foreign who advertise in this or any
other paper, get a copy of Dr. Yoi;nK
Book and read it carefully. U will I,
tho means of saving you many a dollar
your health, and possibly your li;,
Dr. Young can be consulted on anv (,f
the diseases described in hi pul-li, ;,.
tions by mail or at his olliee. N,,. 4 1 ti
Spruce street, above il'ourth, I'lulu,,, i-'
Phia- 1 l't-miia
JJALKItill ACADEMY.
;i:ngli.l mi! lafisl-.nl Sellout.
The Spring iSt..sov Owns Jan. ;)
ls:;i
The subscriber hay
solves lor tho urio4
o.-i;;!,Ml in.
I'lliUllli.- I, ;4
ball i i,
tin Nl.ite. A
iirst class Sch-fn.-J, will
able to the t'itv and
School in which (he ftiuids !' lusa
young nu n win no tiiorotiin v ti:iii (h
for tho discharge- of
nil the prarli. ,il
pursuits of life.
That so desirable
in end uiav !
eoinplished, I hey soijt
it the ration
oi mo plume.
The government ofjthe School i j ,.
mint, j ei m m, ami t.ic rules sm-lias w ,n
promote the best inlc
rest of the st ii. I, M.
Quarterly Hcporis
patrons.
Terms of 'IV it ion
will be ma,;,. t,
per Session, pay-
able Quarterly in advance
Ordinary English,
Higher English,
Classics ami Higher Ma!beinati
,; t o
Book-Keeping and
extra,
J
J
Januarj- 1st, 173.'
NOTICE to- Faitic.
DALLAS- M'K
Ei t ncii each.
M. wiirn;,
M. LOVKJtiY.
1 5." v ;;;
of tho , rVaiu"''
WILKINSON.
WANTED, full H.uuVtilais oi
Children or DcM-cndants of
i I ue
Al..
EXANDEU and WILLIAM DALLAS
DUNCAN M'KEKHOLL by his Wile
Isabella Dallas, and ol'JoilN WII,.
KINSON by his AVifo Janet Dai.i.a,
all of whom aro entitled to Share in
Succession of tho latQ I'kter D.m,i;as,
of Glasgow, in Scotland Urothei of the
above-named who; Died, Uninaniul
and Intestate, on d June, lSTli.
Tho Parties were a i Natives of N!ay,
in Scotland, and the Families oi i la
th ree first-named arj) supposed to l.c in
North Carolina, and, of John W'u iu:.
sos in Canada. J
Allidavits and Evidence of IV.lijm c,
Authenticated by a British Consul, i
lodged with James (Jalt, of Us Wc-t N iio
Street, Glasgow, Scotland, the Judicial
Factor on Mr. Dallas' Estate.
December 17, ls72.
in
NATIONAL JiOTML,
IlalcitfhL N. C,
HAS BEEN KErOl'EN ED i--i ;!,."
reception of the traveling pn'-lie.
A. J. PaktiS, General Man.i-..,
It. I. IIoiiton, OHico Clerk,
W. II. Billinus, Caterer.
J. T. Hakuiso.v, iii charge oi liar an. I
Billiard Room. j
Visitors may be assured that tin- j-ast
reputation of the "iNati"iial" while
maintained without! regard to e... i,s-.
Omnibuses always at Depot. .
W. II. BAG LEY A r.
F. J. ITAYWOQD, M. IK W. If. r. Wil.lY.
January 1st, 1873.
ll'.i d.Vw lin
w,
T. ADAMS.
T. It. At'AJH,
W. T. ADAMS SON,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
TEAM 10 IS" C 1 I JS !: S,
SAW AJiD JKlVr .Till. I.v,
i-47".
ti. f
FJoivs, IlarroiiN, Cnlli valor,
IEositing Inclilew,
and all kind of
All work' neatly and promptly '
cutod, by skilful workmen, on the m1'
reasonable terms, j
Tue senior partner has had over '
years experience in the business, a i'l
feels justified In saving that hecanpvc
entire satisfaction, i I
WANTED 100.000 noundsof oM Ot
Iron, for which the highest market pri'
will be paid, in cash or exi-Jmriic f.r
work. j
Works one Square West
of tourt
House.
Raleigh; Aug. 13, 1872.
9 W.)H.
Mil
Sept. 19, 1872.
HUTCHESON A JO.,0F GRAHAM
N. C. are now manufacttirn ?
about seventy gallons per dy 'f
purest and best old-fash ionetl cor T'er-
distilled rye and com whiskey. Th' T
have for their distiller Mr. Ilenrv 11" '.
son of Col. Jre Holt, who wlii k1'
was so well and favorablv known as tli?
best made in thw South. Henry i ;t
chip of tho old block." and can make
It just like his father.
Who!esalo nrice. ?i.fi0 ner callon, '".
livered at Graham denot. DrdeM
licited by all lovrs of pure whiskey.
i C! ' i ..-'lit
mm mmmmml
Sopt. 19, 1872.
14. -fini.
Comb with Your mill.
I have anv c.nantitv of Lone 1'(t
Yellow Pi iie. uue mile from W.
Augusta' 'Railroad, " want them sawt-u
intj lumber. Come1 and look at the
chance. ., :, , J . U. UTAh L.
Whiteville, Nor. 9, 1872. 22 wn-