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. - : : , iff - f.if'.-' - . ' ? ' , t Vvt ,-,'.-:-, i . C. L: HARRIS, Editor. Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace-unwdrped, by par! kj le to live like hrotherc' IW. M: BROWN, PuMishers: VOLUME I. 1 n rTHURS DAY, MARCH 15 , 18T8 I 4, RALEIGH 5 .9 Official Organ of the United States for N. C. " ' !,!,. i ft ... i .1 . I THE REGISTER Weekly nglQ edij one year; " " six nxouilis, " " three months, ! i 1 00 - .50 " clubs of tweuty. oue year, each, 100 I u variably in advance. Postage paxa at this oinca Vtlvertisements insertedathe regolar rates, ; Pablisheramd- Proprietor, T l . The urossjiiarfc. r One cross mark indicates that your subscrip- i j. j. ' i- i .1 a : i- 5 . f ion is aDom 10 exixe, uuu iwo marKa maicate fiat it has expired, and -will bo stopped if not enew' 57ie Raleigh Register Oijice, - th o! the Court House and formerly the -Si south i Sen- tinel office. life, ijy riJEj yoQD ; BY GEOiFFREY RANDOLPH. Some three or four years ajjro. Jonas l.utler penetrated lintoi the kfld ; regi6n around the head-waters of the Delaware Uivcr, about twenty miles above' Delhi, for the purpose of cutting railroad-ties and peeling bark, in accordance with his con tract with some parties in Greene county. Butler was a yigorons and skillful wood man, and he erected quite a comfortable cabin, where he, his wife, his daughter Jennie, aged sixteen, and an infant child, made their home. It Was a brave little family that were thus? gathered together, ? "and they applied all their energies toward helping each other, and making an hum ble beginning in the world. Affairs moved along smoothly for a year, during which Butler made a satis factory advance in prosperity. He gath ered pigs and fowls about him ; his fami ly and himself enjoyed. the best of health, and he was able to economize in the way of rent and many of the necessaries of life, so that there was, every prospect of his venture proving a profitable one in all respects. In the dead of winter, in the month of December, 1875, Butler was absent from home on a Sunday, his wife and two chil dren being the only ones in the cabin. At that day and in that section there was no thought of danger, for the dwelling was out of the line of tramps, and the time had long since gone by when any thing was to be feared from the attacks of wild animals; .- - : J- True, a black bear was eneqnnted now .and then, but he generally asked that he might be left alone, for .which he was pretty sure to keep out of one's path. A loaded rifle was in the house, bnt the only use to which it was put was in the way of hunting. , t , ' J .; The geason ws. that of the shortest days in the year, and the afternoon was already drawing to a close. : The sun had set, and the shadows of night were creep ihg through the woods, upon which rested a solemn stillness in accord with the day. The mother 'and daughter Jennie were talking quietly together, when the for mer suddenly started. ( . "What was that?" 4 ' "I don't know, I'm sure." ; -Both listened intently, and the mother added : , , ' . , . "Tliere it goes again. It is at the pig pen." - 4 - "Somebody is stealing them.' All; doubt as to the quarter whence c3n. the. disturbance was put at rest the next instant by the piercing scream of One of the porkers. - , n The old adage asserts that a pig under a! barn-door, with t man sitting on top, makes a noise only: excelled hp tjvjolpiigs placed in the same predicament. At any r;ite, the mother and daughter wero;thrill d by a screaming of such an earTsplitting nature that both sprang to : their feet at the same instant, and rushed outdoors fo learn what it meant. Tne sty was but a few rods distent, and consisted i of a log inclosure, in which tine e condition that f they could not fail to e tempting to any' wild animal a-hunger- ' a and wandering that way Jt was not necessary to reach the pen t(J learn the cause of the tumult; Mra, liutler had no more than' crossed her Own t'ireshold. wl I Win. 1. 1 - - 11 " "i nan ar had entered the Rfv nnr! cmVnrf . t . o weighing over fiftv nhnnds xvhu& h - .1 5 Ml. V. MVAm vvt mg over nity U-.. 1 i . - ' ? k nowing dose' to his body, with one paw, in a loving embrace, while he was striyingrto get out jof the inclosure with out dropping hia prize. . A watch-dOg, . belonging to the family, was barking furiously at the bear, whose size and; appearance ware tod formidable for liim to attack. , The imprisoned pig, as a matter of course,- was wriggling and screaming with might and main and the scene was of the most exciting nature. The average hpuse-keeper cannot stand idly by and see her property carried off in such a high-handed manneri and the sigl; of the squirming porker in tho possession of thd 'daring' -' marauder. of ,the , woods. iired th'eliearof llrsHSuHer with right eous indignation. "Get the axe, Jennie 1" she , called to the daughter, who darted off a few steps and seized the1 weapon, while the brave mother caught up a heavy maul, or bee tle, such as is used in the woods for ham mering wedges into timber thafiis de-- sired tcvsput. . .: Thus armed, the two constituted qhite a formidable duet, though it can. bo seen that they were not in form to make an as sault upon such a powerful brute as a wild bear. " .The ladies must have been somewhat flustered, for at this time the loaded rifle of the husband was in the cabin, and with such a weapon they could have killed the animal easily, and without any peril to themselves. Yet they seemed never to have thought of that, but made the charge in the battle array named, and it required but a second or two to pass the intervening distance. Arrived M the side of the pen, it took but another second - to arrange the order of attack. That order was simply to sail in and extinguish the bear without any delay or nonsense. Accordingly, the two ladies hastily scrambled into thfr pen, and made a most determined onslaught upon the intruder. thPotpg taking courage from their pie and joining in the assault. As soon as the mother and, daughter arrived within striking distance, they dealt their blows with all the rapidity and skill at their command. The I daughter fonnd the axe a rather cumbersome weap on to wield, but the occasion gave her un usual strength, and tho blows iwhich she brought down upon the black, shaggy monster, though they did not disable him, made themselves felt with most unmis takable emphasis. ' Meanwhile, as may be supposed, the mother was getting her work in with the beetle ; but such a weapon, while very effective when brought to play upon the head of a man,- is of little account as used against the ponderous body and tough frontispiece of a bear. Tho former is so well protected by its coat of hair, and the sknll is also bo thick, that a bullet or cut ting instrument is required to do real exe cution. : And yet the dog, snapping ; and biting in the rear, seemed to annoy Bruin more than the other two ; at any rate, he acted as if such were th 3 case. The combined assault, thd carrying of the twisting pig, and the safe withdrawal from the pen, constituted a larger contract than he could manage. . j. I The porker was squeezed tight for a short time, and then the bear dropped him, and turned; his attention . to his as sailants!; ! ' . . , .. . Heeclless of the blows which were still showered upon. him, he turned suddenly about and seized the dog, before -the lat ter could escape from the inclosure. One tremendous1 hug: and tho bones of the poor canine cracked and cratinched ; and when he. was released he fell, limp and quivering, to, the ' ground, where - with a single gaspjie expirecf. t"' AU vj:- -'Tb0 ladies neyer ceased : lighting, nor did they thinki of retreating from their dangerous position, rendered doubly dan gerous frcm the fetj that Jhe bast jiad "given over his attempts to get away, and had in turnljccQh ;: v The dog killed, Hhe bear;; j with an an gry growl, made for the brave girl, who began reatihgfilowljf' still using her weapon with furious energy. It looked, as if her repeated strokes , must disable and kill the animal, :and very . probably they would fhave done- so, but for a mis hap, by which, with one flirt of his paw, ho knocked the axe from f her grasp and ueyoiiu iicr reaciu Tho terrified miss, .-unarmed and help less,' could 80 nothing but retreat to the further corner of the pen, where it seerri ed impossible for her to avoid being crush ed to death as was the dog. , i But the mother was still "on deck,' and,! realizing the peril of her child, she made her own blows so savage that they diverted their terrible enemy, just at the instant she was about to be seized in ah irresistible grip. ' ; - The brute wheeled again and made. for the tnother, who, it will bo remembered was not prepared in tho best manner to lo mnkfi a anfiepssfnl dftfensfi afftinst snrth v attack. She continued belaboring hin), howeyei, and succeeded for a brief while. in KCepingTnWDeyond reach. At the moment of turning, it seemed to occur to the mother that they had committed a mistake in venturing into the tight without the invaluable at?sis tance of the rifle. . The change in the action of the brut3 left Jennie free to do as she chose, and she probably would have caught up the axe and renewed her assault in the same fashion as before, but for her parent, who called out, jnst then : Quick, Jennie I Run to the house ; r- fetch the rifle and shoot him !" The despairing Cry of the imperiled mother told the child how deadly wasr the danger to both. In a twinkling the girl was over the inclosure, and speeding like a deer for the cabin, a short distance away. The instant she dashed into the door she sawjthe trusty weapon fri its usual place, ariJ she snatched it down in a twinkling, and whirling about, flew back to the assistance of her parent. It seems incredible that the latter should have defended herself so long and so suc cessfully. Brief was the time occupied by the girl in leaping, over the inclosure, securing and returning with the gun ; but on such an occasion life hangs upon a passing breath, as may . be said, and the bear never-let np in his attack upon the exam-tbrave woman, who could do nothing but retreat, and wield the maul with the en crgy of despair. Continually stepping back 'out of the way, she moved about the pen, the bear following, and showing a savage determi nation to seize and crush her to death. His month was open and the blood was streammg from the wounds inflicted, which, for the immediate present, only served to increase his ferocity, without detracting in the least from his prodigious strength. Had the foot of the woman tripped, it wonld have been all over in an instant. Curiously enough, tho mother was flanked in the same manner as was the daughter. A sweep of the paw knocked the beetle from the giasp of Mrs. Butler, whose heart left her at the same moment. Crouching down in the corner of the pen, she covered her face; with her hands and resigned herself to her fate. . At this juncture, a slight movement at one side of the pen seemed to attract the attention of the brute. If he turned his head, he saw black object thrust between the chinks of the logs. That object was the muzzle of the rifle in the grasp of the daughter Jennie, who realized the immi- nency of the case, and took but a second to secure her aim, when 6he fired. The distance was really nothing, and the bullet, as was afterward discovered, wentcrash directly through the heart of the bear, which toppled over on its haunches, and dTopped backward stone dead. Certain of what she had accomplished the; girl swooned away, and it was some time before Mrs. Butler could summon enough strength to leave the inclosure, when shs devoted her attention to her daughter, who was soon restored to con sciousness. It was found that the girl s flesh was considerably , torn beneath the arms, where the bear had grasped her, but neither person was much hurt. The next day, the girl made her -way through the woods to where her, father had gone into a temporary camp ; and was at work, and told him of the adventure. He returned with her and dressed the bear, whose carcass weighed over three hundred pounds,- Saturday Might. More Tobacco Seized.- Mr. Edward Zoclier, U. S. Deputy: Collector for this District, was in' town this week, and w understand while in the county be'ixci lot of tobacco at Toisnot improperly stain; - cd. It was from the factory of Mr. Bob bitt, and charged with the 6ameirregnlari ty as the lot seized a few weeks ago. The stamps it seems are all right, but it is charged they are put on in violation of the revenue laws. Wilson Advance A SOUTHERN SCANDAL. PAINFUL STCEY FEOM JCOKTII CAROLINA HOW k YOUNG- MAN WAS; DECEIVKD HC I; SHOOTS THE BETRAYER OF HIS YOUNG BRIDE. ' .Correspondence of tho Cincinnati En quirer; from Charlotte, H. C., March a jl878, says : Information! was received here this evening of a scandal which led to O' traced v in Clay count v. The loca- r tioil ig in tlie chaiQ of the Blue Kidge, in the western part of this State. Miss Ada McClay is the daughter of the late Hod. jRfoh&rdc3a a wealthy, axa! esteemed farmer r and. politician 01 the county just named., She Jis twenty-two years of age, beantiful, refined and ac complished. She was educated at a semi nary in Lexington, ivy., having graduated there with the usual honors about four years ago. Just after leaving her Alma Mater 6he made her debut at the White Sulphur Springs, V. Ya.,jand has visited that place of fashionable resort every summer since. It seems that a year ago last summer she met there: a Mr. Wrn. P. Shelburne, a handsome and polished gen tleman of 26. The couple feU in love ; courtship followed, and j they were be trothed. He lived in New Orleans, and had visited Miss McClay only three or four times at her home in Clay county, but had kept up a regular correspondence. He had not seen her in i.0 months until last Monday, when he came to fulfil his plighted troth. The day et was the 1st instant yesterday. They were duly married, the nuptial ceremony taking place at noon. The company in attend ance was not large, but ; it was elegant and arist02ratic. The afternoon :and evening were spent in wedding festivities, and it Mas a late hour when the bride and; groom retired. Then Shelburne discovered that his fair bride was enceinte. lie threatened to kill her in his frenzy, and only desisted on the condition that she. would reveal the name of her seducer. This she refused to do at first, but finally told him that Simpson Forrester was the man. He lived adjoining the McClay mansion, and recently graduated at one of tho colleges in Virginia. lie was only 22 years of ge, but had the reputation ofsbeing gal lant, and at tho White Sulphur Springs last summer was a favorite with- the belles. Shelbu rue's bride declared that this gay Lothario had accomplished her ruin fivo months ago, and that she had sworn nevcVto betray him. He visited the house like an intimate friend, and last night was one of tho gayest of the .gay at the festal board. At 0 o'clock this morning Shelburne rmcd himself witli a double-barreled shct-gnn, and went to Jborrester s home. The young bride followed, screaming and beseeching him not to shoot her destroy er, that she had forgiven him. But Shel bnrne was determined. He aroused the Forrester family, consisting of two or three sisters and the mother, and called for the guilty man. Forrester feigned surprise when he faced Shelburne, and denied knowing anything abo.nl; thelady's shame. Only a few words ensued, when Shelburne discharged a load of buckshot into the shoulder of his enemy, who had no weapon of defense. The wounded" man exclaimed : "I am killed, and have deserved all !" The second barrel was not fired, for Shelburne thinking the man dead, turned and saw his wife, who wit nessed the affair, had fainted. . "The mur derer took a horse .from the! stable of Mrs. McClay, and fled the country, go iusr in the direction of Tennessee. The news of the tragedy soon .spread. Special Constable Dolley gathered a. par ty of men and Vent in-pursuit. The ex citement in the' neighborhood was intense. Dr. Heather was summoned to, attend the dying man. His wounds- were-dressed, but little hopes are entertainefl f his re ttoverv. To add to the scandal,' the bride gave birth in a few hours after the trage dy to a premature child. I DEATH OF MRS-SHELBURNE.: Charlotte, K. C, Mar&i 3,Mrs. Win. P. Shelburne, the unfortunate bride of Olav county, K. C, who was involved in the scandal, and who gave birth, in her exciteniert and f right, to a r; prematnre .-...du, ui- early this morning. Uler ! seducer, Simpson Foster, who M as shot by the bridegroom, Mr. , Shelburne, was not mortallv T wounded, asl was first J , j i. ' thought. The surgeon thinki he will re- cSyer. v Shelburne, who fled, lias not - been apprehended. It is thought he lias gone to sea. 1 UT DUELING. a rNioxE Affair of honor in Georgia I JOURNALISM AND THE CODE. II. y. Gbdy in PhUa. WeeklV TimesJ A nice ting that took place in Augusta, .Ga.,.abonjt two years ago, was a iraique oue in sonic respects. Several years ago a 301(0 g Irishman, C. D. Tilley by name, setpieei in Augusia. ne wag a remarKa bly hanclspme man, beiug pronounced tne finest specimen ' of physical. . manhood in the iytatiCJ . ins strength . . ri . ' Tt ; was something WO IK. Having been trained in the .best of gymnasiums he wai the superior of many professional atheletes." He was skilled in . all social accomplishment's and was a great favorite. In the same, city was George1 E. Radcliffe, a young Mary lander, who was also a popular and con siderable figure in society. Both were young brokers. It is said that there was or a long time ill feeling between these gentleman. A rumor prevails that Kad cliffe was engaged in a game of billiards with a party of friends ono day when Tilley entered and was asked to' take part in the game. As he consented Radcliffe threw his eue down, remarking that he proposed to. .play only with .gentlemen. Nothing came of this affair; however, even if it be true that. such' a thing took place!. A day or two after this reported occurrence, Tilley was approached by a friend who irif orpied him that a hideous rumor, affecting his position as a decent person, was being circulated about the city. ! Tilley at once set out to find the author of the rumor. It was soon traced to Radcliffe. - Tilley at once opened cor respondence with him. Their notes are worthy of publication in fu.l. Mr. Tilley wrote: ' ; . George K. JZaJcliJp ,. Esq: Rumors deterimcntal to my character, coming to my ears as having been repeat ed by you, makes it obligatory upon me to demand your authority. What these charges are it js useless, for me to men tion as I am sure you must be aware of their nature. I pronounce them base, false and malicious, and will hold any man responsible for the further repeating of the slanders. C. D. Tilley. lo wiiicli luiUcliue repJied, as roiiows -, Mr. C. IV Tilley : ; . " Your note of yesterday's date was re ceived. The rumors that you i-jifer to came to my ears' in the shape of k com mon report, and as. such were repeated by me. Thc ditKculti' that would attend ar. effort of the kind, compels me to decline to attempt to cite you any special author ity. The last paragraph of your note is so general, in its character, and based so entirely upon contingencies that may ind in the future, I do not feel called upon to answer it. Geo. L. Kadcliffe. ? Tilley replied, taying that Radcliffe, in lis note, had added insult to injury, and demiuHlcd; satisfaction "for the wrong you lave done me." Kadcliffc answered, 'The satisfaction you demand for the affront you think I have phtJ upon yon shall be duly accorded." ' ' At the meeting which was speedily arranged, aout thirty persons were pres ent- 1 he men were dressed 111 dark suits, anil stood facing cast. and west. The distance was fen,-paces, the weapons pis- ols. Both " men verc ; remarkably ''cool. As he was walking to his position Tilley rolled a cigarette 'with great.; precision- and it it. On taking posit ion3' ; Radcliffe carer, ess kjeked a clump ? of grass Mint! of th4 wayj so tluit he migljt stand squarely and firmly. The firing was unhsnalli quirk, oth pistols exploding : almost simiiltaii- eouslv at tho word "One I 'The men Stood like, statues -after the tiring, tmd it was though- that neither, -had been hit Neither said a wonhVThe lseconds walk- ed np.to.thcmi f Some? one called oiHar-' risi (Tilleyfs seconder f'Look.to your man there; he's hit." ; u As. Harris rcached hirri Tilley put out : Ids-right hand, still grasp ing his pistol, fell hevivilyi against him, artd dropped his ht ad,v- on his shoulder. It waa then knqwn that hoi had been Jut. m -m . a ' T -. - ! " v -. . Tllley's fplenticd vitality led him to hope that he could stand for another shot, ilfe raised his! frauie erect and, shook liis head hack as if summoning strength , for. the trial, but as soon as he had straightened , If ."1 .,1 1.-1 1.1 . A- xl. . . 111 nimsei r same neipiessiy..-i.io. uu? gro,iiu lie vm 111 lew u ay s. JOURNALISTIC A.1FRAY3. , -There .have been ,.veryri few duels eveH fought between editors of newspapers The drivers of tho quill--which has been inaptly described as "the j pinion of one goose used tty spread ft buic of nnoth-er"- seem to recognizd thb, fact : tliat a good editor's" life is too prbttions to 1 k pnt at VislSj So tKcy gondsinjr and svvearmg J eli stead of blood, and pellets instead of bni lets until we begin to think that Dickens wrote wiser tluin hp knew when he gives us the pictures' of "Pott4 and Smirk," and that he produced there' a type rather than a carricatnre. TWliencvef they do nieet a special providence se'einii ' to 'oversee the matter, and they scarcely ever hurt each Other. Duels between Veditof and butsi ders are-qnite freojientBad ine. usual - ly attends the editors, ' who-; are better with a pencil than ; with , trigger. Dr. Smyth, ox an Augusta paper, " was severe ly wounded by Dr. Thdinas some years ago. Taber was killed while editing the Charleston Mercury, by McGraw. Barn well Rhett, however, while on New Oi lcans journal a few years since, turned the tide by killing Judge ;Coolley. In 1854 Rea, a yicksburg, editor, ' was f shot through both thighs by a lawyer named Evans, with the consoling reflection,.how- ever, that it took Evans four trials to hit him. As a general thing Southern edi tors are not personal toward each other. Bitter invective is seldom indulged in. As a sort of safety-valve, however, the Georgia Press Con vention, some timejago, created a sort of Board of Honor, before which disputes between, editors should be referred. There ! is but one editor in- Georgia that ever killed a ; man ; though there are several who- have 'seriously . thought of doing feo, and have even gone so far as to make arrangements' looking to that - end. The casual umbrella is so Betimes' whirled on high, but the pistol is not one of the agents of Southern journalism at present. AN INEFFICIENT CONGRESS, Congres is hopelessly behindhand with its work, and the prospect for the longest session within reasonable, memory is be yond qnestion. The appropriation com mittee of the House has never been so negligent and slow. The seventy-Beventlk rule of Jlie House requires that all of the appropriation bills shall be reported tp the House by the committee within thirty days from the assembling of Con gress, and yet three times thirty days have ' passed and only two bills of the thirteen have thus far been .reported from the committee. One of these, the, Mili tary Academy bill, J i now before the Sen ate committee, and the other, the consular and diplomatic, is still in the Honse. The important hills and : those requiring long discussion arerstill in comitteej and nobody, knows when they will come into the Hoiise. If the House does ttget on faster the tropical midsummer will find Congress in session. uThe appropria tion hills fet to be considered and passed L are the following : Legislative, extcutivts udicial, sundry civil, armyi navyv Indian, pension, fortification, post office, riycr and . larbor, deficiency and naval academy. It was said by n ;i prominent -rD4uai,o.- hat there never had been such an imtii- cient 'House ; that it seemed to. hef wholly without: lenders, and tliat - it seenud to stumble through, from day to-day with outanyVftpparent polujpi system; or any clear idea of what it had to do. He sa s such pr ocrast inat ion as the appropriation committee is gnilty :f was neve r kow 11 before, and he cannot help thinking that the3 fiscal year will expire and leave sev- era! of the bills stil hanging between the two houses. Most of. the welI-informcl men in both houses . have made up their minds that there ipiot the slightest chance of anything l'eing done with the tafiff a this session, Hxcfuingfi: --' Judge Henry. Judge Henry ha given entire satisfaction: . His charge . to the j Grand Jury was one i of tho; be t moral j lectures we have listened to An mariy a day. v Iritead of going through thcliolc routine of.offencxrs and: the names of tlie crime lie tola the i nry inai ' it was their duty to find a bill for any offence . committed, if wro'g; and that the law would hnda name ior. iu- Jie. iaiu uown tho rule fojr j them, to. bo guided by, to be right or wrong; if right 4 was not liable to indictment ; if wrong should be indicted. If more of our Judges : would follow the same course in their : charges, instead of going through the whole list of crimes as is generally the case, it would have a; dif f erent effect from what they generally do. We will not attempt to "give; any further accounr, as we feel our inability to do full justice and will ;only say that everyboody was perfectly carried; 'away, with his' re marks, and they are thought -well off by all claseia. - Wnshingtonl'ress ft: r. f 1: 4
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