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8lh Chatham Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., KDITOR AND l'HOPKIKTOK. w Cpipm 13 .A. TIES or ADVERTISING. Ono square, cm Insertion, Olio square, two Ioiit tiiins, One square, one month; !. l.oo TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One eory, one year, -Oneeopy , six months -Vneoopy, Uiroo uiouUis, r-oo 1.00 .50 VOL. 2. PITTSBOHO', CHATHAM CO., N. C., AUGUST 2V, 18S0. NO. 50. Poetry. "FOOD DHOWNKD." They liruugtit her up from Iho rlvor ooze, And laid lior down on tlin rooking wharf, With bor draggled ilrowt nml her tailored hIiooh, Anil lior bottom cmhhoiI by a faded nearf. Hurli r fair young thhiRl A l.iw, br. xi'l trow. Shaded by clii'nlnul swcetM o( Iin.tr; Iaiui: IhmIioh cllnfttiiK lu cheek of ttmw. And hldliiK th hlivp..f a dumb ilosj.alr ; Ktwl, uUollin, with tho I'O'ruk pain Of a (crlovod rhlld'H tthariieiied by Houiethlug aaddor. That blotted Iho faee like a dlnmal stain. And made ouo wuitler when It wna gladdor; 8 loin lor hands haiih'itif; lieliluesly down, Tho flngera taor, and whim, and muall, Vfltli ono dnlnty tip prlikod riniKh and brown By a needle's kiHii imlut thai wan all I Allf -"Found drowned! e. wnm.tn, unknown!" Tuu road Ilia nutleo, and no did I And tuoy look hor away to hor itrave alone, Aud nolHuly ennui as they Imro hor by MuNiily eared, mor wattled life. Gone out alone In Us durkneHH and wo", Fnt'lnK Iho world In dv5aralt strife, Air! crushed lu ltd niiro llko a lliiko of Himw! "A woman, unknown!" aw tho rooird stands. To be road by thaearolesi eyottof moil. And forgotten an If It wore tort on ibosande Pur tho restive wafoa Ui wipe out Sfftln. Ilut 1 wonder when she wna liorn, and whore What dhl tho yuan, of her rtill tli.-K brlntt lior? Was hor sky I.I no, and tier sunlight fair! Were her fl.iwere all r.wvaMhd iioulosM'.lnshurr ! wore her fool limit on Hi low, Kror-n si.oio, i And thru tho eool ahl.tt of the Hiuunior w.iodhf 1 11,1 win, ilrlnL Miwt .lew fr.im Iho oiutlli.A oiiiitt ot tin. iiiiiH niii'i' in thoir K.iiimii.w? i Oiuld nhe hoar what ilml nald In tho broalhloee '')"'". i That atlrr.,1 tho weird shade, of tho ,,lumy pine.? Did her heart Brow full, and her even (trow dlmf !ld .lot fool the far roal uf typo anil alus I Or wan Hho horn lu aome alley court. Keeking with lu. and filth, aud whainof Wan nhe her luothor'H l"y or hurl? Uld the huh nimn nmro Uuui Un atreot lamp'N flume? Were her liaby feet dlmpUnl? or did they Inek The pretty rouiidmvH uf pink and white? Did nho play In tho etreet with Its crlmy, blaek I'U' Hiiuy crivkturoH that hut t the slulit? IMd any ono klen her? n.id she a friend ? Had Mie a nlnior, or brother, ur hirer? 1)1.1 lir.iu.u,,.. H..l,l,.f II,,,,, tl.al uu.l ..n 111.1 i, i,v u it,., .i,.r. i.nrnini hr i How eaino alio thorn In that Ireaehenum river? Did HhHiipm.inuio brink, or imp out through inn iua.nT ,.,,, ,,.ut,i ,,iilii.i' lo uco licit Mr What inline won fr., on In tho pit Iful quiver . Mid loqUI'Stoil IIIOIIIOI lO St e lli.ll, itll. of u.wh.u.i11B.? iK-.!.heer,.,.,.lebulil?!Com.ton did not leavethe house. I iKNirianyone inihBher. in w he iMK,ine? i suppose it was not a right thing tn ie iiuiMHiy eorry ior nm ueing Kilmer J When aho doenu't iMiuo tiAi'k a. tho long dayu go Won't ftoino one be eekhu; her. half crazed lo find her? 1'oor little girl! )or, loot, thwarted lirel Wae .ho u.ibody'H "olio little ewe luuib" tocher lnh? Was she nolmily'N ihirlln? nnlaaly'a wife? JtobiKlyS mother? lluw dreary to iierlnh, And leave not a traiv uf mio to Ik wept uver, And kcit In H"iiie iiii-ni, ,ry like n rare M"-v,,,! lira.l ! mid pilti,,UII M llh llu llllee ur I'luV.T Tut.plll their Uiilm.-il dew uver her huni-m! t)h, It In eikd I 1 niu hrciikliit; my heart, Orer thin horrlMo diiniliueHs of death, That muekH at my cckliuj lo know If aume part, or iwr life wore uoi u-ttor ihau u.at drowned lHueath The pllllma river! who knows, or can know? Well, wo can hoie that, alnee God earoth for A hurt Hiiarruw, ho naw her, IiIh iiriu.-i lie beluw The water, and may In ho eared (or her mure. Selected Story. AN ONLY OFFEIt. "Aunt l'ho be, weve you ever pretty ?" "When I was sixteen I was consid red so. I was liko you then. Julia. I am fol ly throe now, remember." "Did you ever have an offer an offer of marriage, I mean, aunt .' ' "No. Well, that is not true : I did have an offer." "And ou refused it ?" "No."' "Then, he died, or went awuv ?" "No." "Or deserted vou ?" "No." '"Then you deceived him I sup pose ?" "I did not." ''What ever happened, then ?" Was he poor or crippled, or some thing dreadful ?" "He was rich and handsome." "Suppose you tell me about it?" "I never talk about him to any one." "Did it happen at the old place?" "Yes Julia, I never left Kyelands until I was thirty. This happened when I was sixteen." "Was he a farmer's son in the neigh borhtxid ?" "He was a tine city gentleman." .i. .... i...... :'..t....u,4;.. t i downvour embroidery and tell nie n . ...ii-,,, an -.,,.L- I,,,, b 1 . r i-eruaps auer m many years 01 silenco asudden lon-nn" forsviimi'thv mienio astitituii longin lorsviiqii.tiiv frshe liiinds, and smiling sadly, said: !r- unun m Keeping aureti sick "Twenty seven veais ago I wfts I for some puriKiso of his own, and I sUnding one afternoon by the gate at i dorniined to take the lust oppor Kvelands. All the work had been !to'-y of arousing Alfred ssuspicit.ns. finished early, nnd mv mother and vemng, when we were walk two elderly iisters hmi gono to thel-1''-1,),lip'l,'-,--1-0 a"1 not village to see a friend, I had watched j w1h1 H-' hls 'fhitives. them a little wav down the hillside, i "He trembled violently, and seemed anil was turning to go into tho house uIiaii T n Rtmn.ror on liorHoWel- coming up the road. Ho stopped my curiosity ; so I lingered at the gate. He stopped when ho reached it, fastened his horse, and asked, "Is Mr Wakefield iu ?" "I said father was in the barn. Mid I could fetch him,' which I immediate- dd fetch him,' which I immedi.it o- ly tlitl. ! in. or at least Dr. Orman said so. i never tired .Miss I'hioDo, and .luiia, her pocKei. no did not return. 1 he tory of the L uited States, and in a "He was a dark, unpleasant looking scarcely saw him, there were no letters in tho absence of a lover of her own. pocket-book which he had stolen con-; few weeks ho expects to celebrate its man, and had a masterful wav with in the rose bush; and frequently the found iu it a chaim quite in keeping tained his wile's $:500. On the prev- j completion at his Newport summer him, even to father, that I disliked ; dispute between the two men rose to With her ow n youthful dreams. i ious afternoon hho had bought a sil- homo. Ho will bo eighty years old hut after a short, businesslike talk, 'a pitch which father seriously disliked. One cold night, in the middle of ver watch for him and hadgivtnhim if ho lives until the 3d of next Octo ajipaiently satisfactory to both, he ' -One hot day iu September every . January, they hud talked over the old $20. I her. wont away without entering the house, Flit hor put. his haiiils in his pockets and watched him out of si'dit.; then, lookhi" at me, ho said: "l'ut tho simre rooms in'order, l'ho'be.' " 'Thcv we in order father; but is that man to oeeujiv themt . .v l.n nti.l l.w iviHont. ii voiniL' trentleinan of tine familv, who is m bud health." ' -Do vou know tho young gentle man father ?" 't !... it iu vnntiir lfiod Couil) ton that is enough for mc." 44. 4. .,1 Ifivl lunik wllil 1l!lM inst loft? I don't like his looks, father, i '"'Nobody wants ihte to like his ' looks. He is Mr. Alfred's physician I ft ).. )lnmn of Boston. Neither' of them are anv of thv business, bo ask no anore questions: and with that ho went hack to t he bain. 'Mother was not at all astonished, She saiil then? had been letters 011 the subject already, and that she had I boon rather expecting tho company. But,' she added, 'they will pay well, and as Melissa is to be married at Christinas, ready money will be very needful." "About dark a carriage arrived. It contained two gentlemen and several large trunks. 1 hud been watching for jfc lu-liiml the lilac -trees. Mill I 1 saw that our ntternoon visitor was i now aeeimnianii'il bv a slight, very fan-mini, dressed with oxtreino care jit tilt' VOl'V highest fiisllion. I SIIW also that he whs handsome, niul I was Hm.Q ,(0 Wls ()r (M.tor would wait 011 him so subserviently "This doctor I had disliked at first sight, and I soon began to imagine that I had good cause to hate him. His conduct to his patient I believed to lje tvi lllinical and llllkilld. Homo Idavsngo he insisted that Mr. Como-' ton was too ill to "O out thoii'di the ......... .v .....v - . x ,rA,,i,,i lrir,,,l fur a walk 1110111 iiiuiuuui uif,,,"! ' "" .....ii...,. 1, ,v,il,t t,il.-,. froin him nil his books, though he l,.. nt, .,1 iiro-nidlv f.,r iliei'n pit.idod uigtutn ior in m. One afternoon the postman i !,( it,. i , l.,t tue l,;,.l. ',.,, ,7l , 1, i,,,,w,,-t .,,,1 fur lie nsked jf , i i .: i :. . t() ,u, lu.xt, town. do, but the handsome sick stranger,! so haidlv used, and so surrounded I withmvsteiv. had roused in me a sin-! cere sympathy for his loneliness and tiiifl'i4ii.r mid T U'lilkml llll'iltlirll thllt part oAhe garden into which his' window looked. We had been polite i lv requested to avoid it because tho j i sight of stiangois increased Mr. Comp - Mon's nervous condition.' I did not ! believe this, iindl tl. ten.iined to u v ! thecNperiment. ', j "He was leaning out of the window,, -and a sadder face I never saw. 1 1 luniiltilMid eoni toHied. and he inline- i ; diately leaped the low sill, and came toward mo. I stooped mid began toll1'1'""-' yet, when Dr. iirman I tie ui some hdlon carnations: ho ; to hnn he rose mechanically, as 1 stooiiod and helped inc. saving all the while I know not w hat, only that it seemed to he the most beautiful hui jguage I ever heard. Then we walked up and down the long porch walk j until I heard the rattle of father's wa gon. "After this we became tiuietlv, al most secretlv as far as Dr. Ormiui was concerned very great friends. Mother (1, ,.,,, l,lv ,,ili,l AllY..,l flint Kim I not only pretended oblivious of our: i friendship, but even promoted it in i 'many wavs; and in course of time Dr.: Onnan began to recognize its value. ! 1 1 was requested to walk past Mr. I jCompt oil's windows and say -Good j : morning.' or offer him a flower or' some l ine poaches, and finally to ac- .i ., ii i . i company the gentlemen in their short raiublesin the neighborhood i "I need not telfyou how all this re-, ' 1 1 ... - st rioted intercourse ended. Wt! were soon deeply in love with each other, 'and love ever finds out the way to '' make himself understood. We had : many a live minutes meeting no one I knew of, and when this was impossi-' ' ble a rosebush near his window hid for me the tonderest lit tlo love let tors. 1 In fact, Julia. I found him irresistible : 1 he was so handsome mid gentle, and : though he must have been thirty-five I vears old, yet. to my thinking, he looked handsomer than any young man could havo done. I "As the weeks passed on, the doctor seemed to have more confidence in ns. lr else Lis iath?,t ci.mpletelv n-1 tier control, aiiov iiati tuticii ieer. lw inivileti niul even 11 little wav nil , r r. " , . " ...T. ...tt 11,0 ,nl1' viinouiopiosiiioiior remaiK. i., i,;.. t ,.,.ivfl,1 tlm '"Ire that' in the greatest distress, and only hy the tonderest words could I soothe him. us half sobbing, he declared that speaking of the little romance of hor t he v were his bitterest enemies, aud'vouth. Often tho old and the young that Dr. Orman was the only friend 1 ' he had in tho world. Any further; eiiorts i made to gei at me secrei oi ! his life were fruitless, and only threw , him into paroxysms of distress. Dur- 'ing the month of August he was very ing the month of August he was very .one was in (ho fields or orchard : only , the doctor ami Alfred and I won; in the house. Early in the afternoon a ; hoy oiune from the village with u let - j tor to Dr. Ornmii, and ho soeined very much perplexed and at a loss w to nt-i. ai iciifjiii ne saui : -.tiiss riio-be, I must tro to the village for a i couple ol Hours 5 1 tiniiK .ir. Aiireu will sleep until my return, but if not, i will you try and amuse him 1 1 promised giaiiiy, nml ur. wrmaii ' wont back to the vitiate with the lues- senger. JNo sooner was no out ot snrht llian Alfred niincared, and wo ramnieii aooui me gartien as nuppy as two lovers could be. But the day was extremely hot, aud as the after - noon advanced the heat increased. 1 ! proposed that we should walk up upon the mil, where tlit.rc was generally " breeze, and Alfred was delighted at the larger freedom it promise.! us. But in another hour the skv grew dark ami lurid, nml 1 noticed thai j Alfred grew strangely restless. His I cheeks tlushed, his eves liad a wild I ii, ,.f .,.,,.. ;,. ti. 1,,, iv,, .1,1,.. 1 and starteih and in spite of all my ing by the hand a gentleman whom front door of the house is well-nigh efforts to booth him he grew irritable slit! announced as Mr. Alfred Comp I concealed by vines of morning glo and gloomy. Yet he had just asked ton. lies, Ac., but on reaching the yard me to marry him. and I had promised Julia was disappointed, to say tho j tho visitor i invariably confronted I would. He had cullJ me -his wife,' ! least, but she met him with eiithusi by a good-looking (icrinaii woman and I had told him again my suh- asm. Perhaps Aunt Pho he had ; whoso fueo is phiiuly writ in care, jiicions about Dr. (Jrman, and vowed jipiite unconsciously magnified the, Oncti within tho wall of tho little to nurse him myself back to perfect ' beauty of the youthful Alfred; cor j cottage tho visitor observes a sick health. We had talked, too, of going J tainly this one was not. handsome. ; girl in the front room and a speetu to Kuroiie. and in the eagerness and 1 lit was sixty at least, his fair, curling clod snip sewing away as if for dear delight of our new plans had wander- j locks hail vanished, and his tine tigiire life in a rear room. Tho (icriuan ed quite up to the little piue forest nt I was slightly bent. But the clear, ' woniim who has met the visitor tit the top of the hill. sensitive face remained, and he was; tho door will permit him, if ho bo a "Then I noticed Alfred's excited dressed with scrupulous cart!. I physician to examine the sick eham- condition, and saw also that we were The two women mailt! much of ; bor. This privilege whs accorded to going to have a thunder-storm. There ! w,w ,ln empty log hut not far away. ami 1 urgeil Alirotl 10 try and reach U' heiore the storm WoKe. Jiut lie I-, mi 1 "ecame sutiuciiiy iiko a cmiu 111 ins i terror, and it was only with the great- I , T . . .'ii .. est thlhculty I got hnn within its 1 shelter. I "As peal after lieu! of thunder i l i ' im, .meti w.-uk-h iw ! lose all control of himself, and. sell - ' Ollslv offended. I left llilll. lioarlv sob 1 'uig. m a corner, ami went will stood ! by invselt in the open door. In the . , 1 j very height of the storm I saw my 'll""'r' Ir- Dinian and three of our woikmen coming through the wood Tllt,.V evidently suspected our shelter 'K place, for they came directly to wul1',1. " " '.Vlf Alfred!' shouted Dr. Onnan. iiil,in thin advocacy of mv right and the tone of an nngry master, 'where al'1' '' sir t'onie here instantly.' "My P'ttishness instantly vanished. '11"" - 1 'J'oc.or. you have no W "V""" Allien in innt wa. is going to be my husband, and I shall not peiniit it i.ny inoiv. "-Mls;i " 'i1";1'1'1,1; 1:; '!llsml - "this is sheer folly. Look there! "I turned and saw Alfred crouching ; iu !l eorner eomplete'v pnralyeil with i " dog might follow his master s call. I am sorrv, Miss Wakefield, to destroy your line romance. Mr. Al fred Coinpton is, as you perceive, not lit to marry any lady. In fact, I am his keeper. j "Oh. Aunt l'laebe ! Surely he was not a lunatic !" '"So they said. Julia. His frantic terror was the only sign I saw of it : hut Dr. Orinaii told mv father that he I at all times really dangerous, and tlmt he was annually paid a large sum 'o uiKe cnarge oi mm. us ne oecamt uncontrollable n. an asylum. "Did you see him again ? "No. I found a little note iu the rose bush saving that he was not mad; ' that he remembered my promise to , i... i.: . ...:r I 11 1 j be his wife, and would surely come I some day and claim me. left in three days, and Melissa, whose 1 11: i. .:i.. i : mil inoy I wedding outfit was curtailed 111 con - I sequence, twitted me very unkindly about my line cray lover. It was a ' little hard on mt!, for he was the only lover I ever had. Melissa and Jane Iwith married and wont west with their husbands. I lived 011 at Kve I lauds, a faded little old maid, until mv uncle Joshua sent for 1110 to come to New Y'ork and keep his fine house i for him. You know that he left nie all he had when he died nearly two years ago. Then I sent for you. I j remembered my own lonely youth, ft,1l thought I would givo you a fairer ehance. deiu. wur Vl mm , I "Of him ? never. His eldest broth , i er died more than a year ago. I sup- - Alf 1 .lid ,v v..r h,.. ; t . . he was very frail and delicate. I JJ- S.'iVVi theiu I know now it was ill health." llt hMli f,. (l journey, to meet, an tip "Poor aunt ! j pointment for business, or anvtlung "Nay, child, I was very happy else, me poor sloths, mid are ill cal while my dream lasted, ami I never ' culated to succeed in business, or get will behove but that Alfred in his Iovo for me was quite sane, and per l Inn w Tiinre kiurere tlnoi niiinv wisi-r ;- ! After this confidence Miss Pluebe seemed to take a great pleasure m maidens sat in the twilight discussing tho probabilities of poor Alfred voiiipion me mm ui.iui, tutu t-n-ij . discussion left them more and more positive that he had been the victim I of some cruel plot. The subjiK-t ot some cruel plot. me sudjik-i : subject, until both felt it to ho ex ! haunted at. least fur that night. Julia ilrew aside the heavy sal m curt aius, i and looking out, said : j "It is snowing henvilv. aunt : to i morrow we can have a slei;,'!i i ide. Miss;Vhr, there is a sleigh at our door '. n iy, uiui. I A ho can i(. be? A gentleman, aunt. ;nua ne is connii;; neie. j "Close the curtains, child 1 my lawyer. Mr. Howard, lit .iseti to can to iiiym. "Oil. dear ! I wn I was hoiiin-' it was isoine nice Strang ! ; pei son. Miss rho be did not answer lie j iiiougins eie i.u nn. m in. mi" j had talked about hor old lover until , there had sprung up anew in her 1 heart a very strong sentimental nfl'oe-1 j turn for his memory; inn! when the servant announced a visitor on busi ness. she arose with a sigh from her live would in unionist s in ten bn pass rellcctioiis and went into tho recep-, t d unnoticed bv the pedestrian. An ; t ion room. j In a few minutes Julia heard her j voice in rapid, excited tones, and ere she could decide to go to her or not. Am,! tIi.i.Ik. ..nti.n.,1 tl.,. ihmii, I him. In halt an hour Delmonico hint furnished a delicious little, banquet, : ami aiireu iiraiiu "in ins pronnsou i wiie, .nss 1110 ix; t iiKt nt-iii, nesi ami 1 1:. ...1 ..f " . iovoisom 01 v. tuiioii. Miss l'hn-be laughed, but she dear-' 1.. 1:1.. 1 :i 11 1 :.. 1 lil.. 1 i iv lined it ; ami hand m naud the t wo old lovers sat, while Alfred told his 1 sad lit tie storv of life-long wrong ami L,.m..n... ,.f' ;,.u..,..!7 .?....,. ,r...... . ... .... ..,,. ... v 1 solt conscious nature driven to ox jtromitv bv cl'Uol Usage and lll.'UIV i wrongs. At the mention uf Dr. Or man Miss I'hiobc expressed herself n little bitterly. 'Nay, PIki bo," said Alfred, "what ever he was when niv brother nut 1 1 it in his care he became m v true friend, To his skill and patience- I owe niv restoration to nerfect health : and t'o j ability to manage my own estate I I owt. (he position I now hold, and my : abilitv to come and ask Ph.ehe to re- ,vm her never forgotten promise. ( 1.).,i1M1)S j,,;., ,,t (l ij,,!,, (j,.,..! ,,f f.lsl.i(1(,(i iOV(.vs, nlt t!,,.v, 1 nev. r tired of each other. Mi.'s . Phube uas not the loat abashed bv, ;nMV c()lltrust .,.,. .,. 1,1,1 an.V ; , ,.(i Aifl..i ,i i .,,.,. : i w,.irv ()f assuli,lfr hu( found :her infinitely more delightful ami womanly than in the days of their fust courtship. She cannot even call them a silly or foolish couple, or use any other re lieving phrase of that order, for Miss Pho be or rather Mrs. Couipton resents any word as applied lo Mr. Alfred Comptoit that would imply less than supernatural wisdom and intelligence. "No one but those who have known him as long as I have," ,,s)imil)(1 tlu. Wui.orior inf... niatio'i illflllin,i0 ;1i,,,,ui.t f 111V hush 11 ion mill uid." -Harper's Weekly. Always too l.ate. Some people are always too late, ' and therefore accomplish nothing .wort 11 naming. 11 ihcy promise u 1 meet vou at such an hour, they are !. . ..' ..a. ... 1.1 .1 . ' .... .... ! never present until thirty minutes ; after. No matter how important the business is either to must If or to them, they are just us tardy. If one of thi.-; class is to take passage by . steamer or railway, he arrives jurd as .the boat has left the wharf or the train the station. His dinner has been waiting for him so long that tin ! cook is out of patience. This course the character we have described al 1 ways pursues. Ho is never in time at church, at his place of business, at , his meals, or in his bed. p,.rsons of such habits we cannot but despise. Alwavs stall in tiun i i . . . i.. i ". ' ii . , -i I unl le ready alwavs nt t he appointed t .... M.. ......1 t , . :.. : - e .. . lllilll. ,im iu r,ie it u; nil ,1 man who is not punctual to his en gagements, and who never makes iq hi,; mind to a certain course till tin time is lost. Those who hang back, I '"'V to iit'i' never ; a living m the world. I A Mean Thief. A widow with six childrcu and s300 was induced one day last week , to marry an iiisimiating ttranger iu Ciuciunati. On tho morning after the wedding they breakfasted iu a restaurant.and auer tho meal was dis - pun-ucu mo uuai.am, Biu uu ouui. go out and get shaved, rutting his arm around his wife's neck he kissed her and at the same moment picked ner ami at me Bniue moment, picked Starving III Death, ; ;i mm tin- st. i,.h , Timi.i : M:ntii Siob ich is the daughter of 'a tailor whose scant earinns for iuore lliaii two yttts have mie to ' tho support of nil invalid ihtnhter i and a devoted wife and mother. ' mother is a couit !v (iennaii of L'ooil . face and manners, and her entire ut It is tentioii during the last two years has prom- been given at all times - in fact, id ' most oiistaiitlv--to her sick child. The illness of the daii'diter assumed a most peculiar character some weeks ago, and since then she has neither eaten nur oraiiK. a kiuu uisician, J)r. Jlindewald, has aflbr.ied all the nid in his power, but it would now fipptar without avail, as death is reck- . oned not lur away The house where tho Siebach trio .eiht - foot pine fence almost screens ! their cottage from view, and in seek : ing to enter the place the visitor must pull ami not push tho l irge ,,a ui,;,.). ,re,.,.tu 1.;,., ti,,. Leitchmau. The sick girl lay at full length on an ordinary bed, the eov- ering 01 wnicn was neaiiy reversed 111 pai l tieverai uicncs ituove ner waist, ! ir... .... ..1.... i f..n 1 1. 1 net arms weiu iiihu hi iiiii lengni, and her legs were stretchei 1.. 1.1 :. i: t i .. 1 siniilar- iv. Jxamiunuou showed a tair tem- pernture of the body, but a pulso of 1 Her feet were cold, so cold that ., i. ; i...,i i - l ..;..t .,u ,.,. .....w., ,.,..,,.-1. ineiii. ijuouiiil; nt net unlink in. Leiifhinan discovered only skin and bones, the former drawn tightly to the latter. Lifting the arm ho dis- covered remarkably rigidity and cot- : responding Inaviness. Tho joints: are mom or less anchylosed. The eyes when this physician made lib . examination, were closed, hut the mouth was wide open. Inspiration was quick and labored, while in ro- X spiring a most pronounced noise ue heard. "How long, mndanie," asked Dr. ' Leitchnian, ''isihco your daughter tasted food.'' "Nine and forty days," was t he nn ' swot'. "So long as that ': ' ''Yes, sir; no water. "Any medicine?" questioned the doctor. "No, nir. I have tried even to force victuals and drink down her throat, but f-he immediately throws every thing up." The physician continued his exam ination. Her stomach appeared very j hard, and when he touched the spot over the lower lobe of her left lung Miss Siebach moved as if in pain. ; "There," said her mother, "that part always hurls her; it is the cause of her sickness.'' Dr. Leachman gave careful cxinu- It ... , . " , , . , nuns, no said to me momer, ' water or matter which has come from water. Has she ever had lung fever V j "No; nothing, till this came on." j At this juncture the gill's frame, from the abdomen to the neck, moved I up and down with much force and frcqui ncy. The diaphragm was especially convulsive, and resisted ' w i'h ease the physician's hand w 1. il ii'ii,l 1,1,1,11 it Itiit f l. 1 placed upon it. Jut the most re markahle occurrence was tho sound of her voice, which, iuciviiMi g in pitch and volume, gave forth a noise like the low balking of a dog. The convulsive movements heied live miiuiti s, aud thu barking died away : with them. The physician bade Mr Nit bach good-bv. aud liromiscd toeall again, which he did on .Monday, when on tlie fiftieth day of her fust, he found her with a high fever. Miss Siebach is nut quite eighteen, has been pretty, and still retains a small mouth aud teeth which are as tmowv white, well formed and beau- tiful as woman ever possessed. . . . 1 . , 1 Itln lw 11113 uio'inuo nay t ly ot her fast, and at last accounts thi' re is no material change in her condition. , Yesterday evening hor mother tried to got her to swallow a teaspoohful ' of water, but the liquid ran out of her mouth, and dispite her mother's etl'orts she di 1 not diink a drop. , Last uight she seemed to he iu great ' pain and groaned iu a pitiful manner lor some time. Though uiiablo to articulate hor plaint ivo cries could be lit aid all over the neighborhood. Tho presold lit of sickness com menced olio day last winter, when she was suddenly taken with cramp while iu church, and had to bo car ried home. She continued to grow worse until she foil in tho singular tate m which she still remains, 1 Tho Historian Ihincroft. i Mr. George llatieroft began f ' live years ago this month his " fifty- live years ago tins month his ius- From Small Beginnings ! It is not necessary that a boy who learns a trade should follow it nil his i , lifii. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, ;wiw a country blacksmith once., Thomas Hayne, a rich and eminent 1 lawyer, also of Illinois, was once a bookbinder. Kraslns Corning, of New York, too lame to do hard work, eouiinohced as a shop-hoy in Albany. : When ln applied for employment. he; was asked: "Why, my little boy,1 what can you 1I0 i "Can do whut I on, l,i,l '' il, .,,,.,.,.,. i,,,.h cured him the place. .Senator Wil- puWwUeU there untler am.tuer son, of Mas.achuK.etts, was a shoe- j "? 11 18 'od point and we maher. Thurlow Weed was a canal-1 W1.KU jt B,,,f -?s ,u lts ue heKi- il" boat driver. Ex-Governor Stone, of j 'ul"gt"" ltevicw- Iowa, was a citbiiiet-maker, which I .,. . . ,. .. rade Ste,l A. Douglass ul-to I Snldi h' -lt-fiT- worko-l at in his youth. Large num-! Matthew WiUhn; of Himett, eonu hers of men of prominence now hv- J' hsl his birn tho other day by be ing have risen from humble life, by : K Ktruek by lightning. All thu dint of industry, without which till- wheat and lonigo in the bain was cut is a gold coin 0u a b irreu i-thtiic. f destroyed. His mule oomo near be Work alotie mak.'H men bright, aud , "ig burned. Ilahiigh Visiter, it does not alone depend on the kind 1 of work you huvo to tlo whether you I Ht'stMUl. rise or not; it depends on hjw you A chicken was found tho other do it. I day, iu the upper edge of Harnett j county following a 'he' partridge i around, with as much grace and com "Old Dominion." j fort as if the partridge had been its This term, which is so exprossive and sigtiilicant to every Virginian, is1 n:tid to Laro its origin as follows: During tho protectorate of Crom well, the colony of Virginia refused to acknowledge his authority, and j declared itself independent. Shortly Summers, in Guilford county, after, when Cromwell threatened to 1 iive(j Dftet, tVears without touching a send a fleet, and army to reduce Vir-, jrop 0f Water. jut he drank milk gmia to subjection, tho lrgiuians , am (.idPr. He was halo and hearty, sent a messenger to Prince Charles, wo,ked hard in the field, and was who was then an exile iu Flanders, I over 70 wUeu ho died. lteidsvillo inviting him to return on the ship Times, with the messenger and be King of; Virginia. Charles aeecptt d tho iuvi- yrst 0f Cottoil. tation, and was on the eve of em-1 The CharlotteObserversavsthat the balking when he was called to the tirst bale of new North Carolina cotton throne of England. As soon as he cttmo fr0IU njt,r tho very shadow of was fairly seated on tho throne, in tll0 lnoalltaiiiP. It was raised iu gratitude for and in recognition of , Cleveland county and sold in Shelby the loyalty of Virginia, he caused her on Monday at tho extraordinary prico coat of nrms to be qii uiered with of l.i cents per pound. Early eot thoso of England, Scotland and Ire-1 ton j8 notuuusual iu Cleveland; al htnd, as an rtidependent member of m08t tho first halo sold last year, was the empire, a distant portion of the fought in Shelby market. Old Dominion. Hence arose the! origin of the term. Copper coins of; Virginia wero issued oven as Into as i tho reign of George II, which bore 1 Vm. A. Guthrie, who left our town on one side the coat of England, lie- i ft fortnight ago to attend the supremo land, Scotland and Virginia. : Lodge of Knights of Pythias which a i meets in St. Lonis this month, dur- I ii ace ii racy iu Conversation, i l;rt bta.v iii Washington city 1 wus waited upon by a committee ro The tendency of women to exag- presenting a body of 100 Hancock g rate in conversation makes them I,,pUbliuins and importuned to ctin niireliable both as witnesses and re- Va.-s tho doubtful States for Hancock, lators nf facts. Indeed, m narrating Fayettevillo Hanuor. what tin y call "facts," we must he . prepared to receive the commnnica-; Drowned lion with some a'lowanco for the, Robert Perry, a white youth, som vivid fancy of the speakers. i seventeen years td age, was dro.vned Tins spirit of exaggeration which ' on Saturds r, in Granville, almost on makes the statements of women so ti,e iyai;e Ho was bathing in unreliable as a general thing, does tli() mill p0lltl of JoliU chappell, and not proceed from an inherent love of ulive(l frolll tuo Io uov,,r ro. untruth, or a willul intention to do- j appeared alive. When his body was 'i'ive. recovered sfier some hours, u wound V. omen nro npt to bo led nwny by W!W f011u,i ju his temple, and he must their feelings ami to color judgment imve, Btl.uoi: a nK-k or a snug, under more by passion and pr-judiee than tho water. Raleigh Observer, by a culm, cautious view of facts us they are. They "see through a glass , At Last Found, darkly," and thus seeing their state-j A lawyer, named Boynton, from monts are clouded by error. : MiehigMi, was arrested in Wall street They do not pay strict attention to, rm)utly for offering toselltwo bonds, what they hear, and have never train- imo a South Ciiroliiia Slate bond for ed their minds to deal in facts. They $1,000, the, other a railroad bond for are apt to skim over matters, instead HR), which had been stolen from of diving down niter tho pearl of 'J'hos-Kerison of Columbia, S. C. trull. They deal more with fancy .during Sherman's occupation of that than facts, lacking methodical obser- city in 1S(I5. Hoynton said he had vations and judgment. i received them for proft 'ssioual servi- Trufh is something well worth at- ees from a widow whose brother was tnining, and is attainable by a little a soldier in Sherman's army. Tho trouble and properly disciplining the South would be a good deal richer if mind and the tongue. Let every all such stealing could bo recovered, mother, when a young daughter is Raleigh News, repeating what purports to be "ficts," . .. . . pin her down to a "plain, uuvarui.-h- Itl'lltal Mill'dtT. ed tale," stripping it of all exaggi ra- One of the most brutal and cold ted expressions and emb 'hisliments blooded murders was committed at of fancy. Make her state the truth Marion S. C, on the nightof (ith inst., in its severe simplicity, neither ad 1- ever known. Mr. D tvid Harrell a ing to or taking from, and let it be pious, inoffensive christian citizen, of tho truth and not hing but tho truth, that village, was killed. Having just Teach her, too, the proper mean- finished supper about dark uoid start ing of words and expressions. Let ' l b!U'k to his store, ho was nssault- her understand that it is ouo thing. "u VJ m,ul ou"- mHl wlls K"oeneu . to be sick, another to be ill. That a .lowu. Wlth nxo hatchet, break man may be bad, and yet not bo the ' iug his skull in three places, which : worst man in tho world; and that, eauscd death in about an hour. Tho vou may be very cold, and yet not be "mer" which is thought to bo tho irozeii to death. A bonnet may be murderer is now in jail, with sufu prcttv and tasty, and yet very far ! Clt-'ut evidence to convict him. Ho from' being "perfectly splendid;" and , Wl11 lu'Vt!l' have the pleasure of atrial, a young man may be agreeable and as uu undoubtedly by lynched. So propose ssing, and yet it is quite pos-. hoto it be. Lumberton Robcsonian. s.ble indeed, it is more than proba-1 .. ble -that he is not at all divine. A Swimming Ox. If this system of training the! A colored mail named Woodcock, speech is attended to early in life the has charge of a flat, reports that habit will bo acquired by the time while coming down the river yostcr , maturity is reached of strict veracity ; 'W' morning, and when about two ' iu conversation. Things will to rep-' "il(,s this side of Mosby's l'oint, his resented just as they are, and not an ' attention was attracted by a bellow they seem to tho "vivid fancy and iug noise, and soon discovered an ox cureless judgmeut of the speaker. , swimming in the middle of the stream. . , He knew the animal as soon as ho ... saw him as one belonging to Captain ; MllCHie. , liaison, ami he called him by name, John Buchanan, dean of the Elec- w hen the ox made for the flat, roach tnc Medical College, who was under ing which he managed to get his head heavy bail for his appearance before on the gangway, w hero he hold it un the United States Court, to answer til the men on the flat could place a charges of fraudulently issuing medi- i rope around his horns. The animal cal diplomas ended his ctuoer at 1 then swam on behind the flat until it o'clock on the 17th inst., by drowning reached this city, a distance of twen himself. Ho jumped front the night eight miles ; and there is no telling ferry boat bet w een Philadelphia, and how long he had been swimming when ('.-linden. His body was swept away, Woodcock took charge of hiui.Wil tiind has not been recovered. mington Star. STATE IffSWS. A Rare Otter. A young lady of Charlotte offers herself us a pi i;:e to the young man who can and will refrain from men liouiugthe name of eilhorof the 1 'resi dential candidates until alter the elet: tion. Greensboro' Patriot. Newspaper Jteinoved. The Fayettevillo Banner has de cided to remove to Lonrinbiirg, to ; mother. The question w how como that vouug chicken with a wild par tridge iu the woods ?- -B:deigh Vibi- tor. Livins; Without Water. V ftrA infornipil tliit Hio l.atf Luil- (iuthrie Complimented. We are reliably ini'ormcd that Mai.