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.v.:...:j - '" 1 f ' ' "' ' n y..n ii.ll ti.w .J. , ,. ,. ,, 4 I at ... I , ... .... ... ' - ; K ' J . H"11""111-11 SJPWiaraaaranw I -4 - " s , . jtMk, - . j ft - - - .. nr. m mma im mm- , iniaiiMii - . T- - - i r"iTTT r--ij-" th m iwn mm i - VOL: 2; THIRD SERIES. r ALISBUIY, N. a, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 18G7. TERMS: .WwMUV, 1 7tw. i 13 00 , , . WHMIIU, ,....,....,....1 60 i. . - RATI CP AOVCKTItINO f " 30. jj, na ioriKn, tac-n, bo T inm lo vrt an iwu to aUrminj nJ diitMcfnl. la lit eountrjr let tli cltoollopfned In overr olj school mrict. If yea can not gtt money u Iteretofore from the State witU which to pay year teacher, wake St up by private aubuHption. Do not neglect Ihia jrcat duly. All that la worth living for in the fa lore depend upon the character of those to ! keeping it i to be eommlttod The peace and security, the liberty and happinm of your children, alioold cer tainly arouse a deep concern In your bosom and fmpell yoa Jo duty. o JZJveatUmj-Thlt U the 'great qnes tioa ef the hour, and w Iru4 puVrcad ert will givo ns ihcir attention and hear , us through. . We know of nothing that wlthtffectthtJ future of on r lown, conti I ty, of Stale more, ellher for gvod or eil, than the jwlief -tbe-peordeof lbi - day wdtlrn miridopr wlthTeecr tarthe education ot (be yonnr, the iMwr and des-1 . Ittp wTtoTr? now take our places tnsociclj. lt.TlFIC.VTIONOFTUEXEWCXNJTI- It Is conceded by all that just in pro- TlfllOSS. portion at a ixx'plo are educated and re I V mint caraeiljr wl to tU CoucrtMof lined, are they exempt from tWnmner- JxT 6 JSC" W " ' M "2' ool crimes.' inhidcmcanors, and revolu- 1 ' ."., m , .. v .1 tlonary extremes by which society, law, CtnJlims (ltm a, oBor doi.,ars oPPo and government are outraged, revoiu 1 1 tii rrcuorciun aeti and houl loth go- tfauMrut. H m proi(lfJ ty I lit racobiiructiuo acta Ibat IMCivu gtnintbl of Ilia stale, aticli ia litwaiaioAal la lla aalura, aliall U eontiauad siit ibtBi i rattatad letitUnioe. Tula, ara laka ll tht U Ilia polity or ftaum wotk of ib goausi, aa4 aut to Uww Uo b.l tut office. Tba frama aroik may bt eoattaard, bat lL lieol ottiexr tan va turacd out, and ot obm ut in. Tba great ol jl of tba reconttrae lioD aula la U provida loyal govwometittlor tba Kuibvio SuU. Can tbia olynk b ac Well, upta X0. 49 WHOLE NO. 1790.- allied, bis negro Constitution' will, bt set aaide. Let the white tuen of XortU Carolioa be foqnd ia solid pbalani against if. If Iherv -wss no other reason why it should be' roted down when tlto 'time comes for action then that it is favored by ilolden, jhls U onongh. But there are many reasons of the most vital import ance which do not admit of its acceptance by our peoplo. To do so is to array the o'ate anew against tlieortlicro people who have just warned us in a manner that can not be mistaken to have nothing to do wib the reconstruction plans of vnnigraa, uui 10 oppoeo inem wiiu it in consistent with tli The whole scheme is pro. tionlxed, and sometimes overthrown. It is then of the first importance that the . cause of education ... U. upheld,, favored and ad vaneed. Tito peacw of society do pends pppa it, tbo permanency Of gov mment, as well at the security and wel fare of tba hu man race. - Wiihoot educaUoii, without the re- .-..! t- ! l .u I ... annum iiHiasawr it . .r-.. W(bHWW 00 , lsil.ly OoU oar race retrograde into barbarism and lbt. ,,y m,. ool ,B, cjfrraa by "ifon is the wotireof action, and HcentTous nets the Uod of devotion. Urnne is a pastime, and . tie. eccs of it the chief ends of lire. 2ow let us see If wo are in any dsn- power we Constitution, posed an experiment, inaugurated o ilside tho Constitution by fanatics for selfish purposes the most infamous and criminal, and upon its success are hazard ed free government, constitutional liber tj, the supremacy of the white" race, the rights 6T property, the freedom of speech the liberty of the press, and the peace of society. Shalt we ri.k all those to gratii a most villainous spirit of revenge and lust of power! Shall we disregard the voice of the great States of .the. .North 1 Never. Let us make up our minds at once to defeat the plan ia this State, and its defeat will prove its grave forever. Suite ury Van. Wtdnttday. TIIEMYSTEKIOUS AFFAIR AT THE KLSLDENCEOF Mil. J. S. MOON IFium tbe ScoUsville Register. Onr readers are aware that we have heretofore studiously avoided publishing anything in connection with what has occurred at the residence of Mr. John S. Moon, (five miles from our town,) do ring ktlOWa HO law but the law of lust. P tuiital act roida that tba loyal Ckmatilatioiial CvB4iUUuu of lbs Suu tnayitmova uoloyal Sui oHicari sud appoint loyal nan id tli au olaceal it our Klats Conveiaion cao la Irerttd lo fraiua m Coaalitutiou uujr alitcli odr btoila i lo lira, it mat ba (of a quarter of cti.lurjr. I .u ...I ti miit.t Im Muthnris.l lit .La llila urnflr. geroi reatizmg mat actnoraiizaiion biiu u ,)rrnird ,,,0,.1 only.) eiilly a. :f "e past icw monuis. Mr. Moon is a dime which are burn of ignorance sliohi--.rvmpily and jadiciou.'v dji.e, a o Wieva it ( lawyer by piofew.ion, and has quite an we neglect or vbslinately refute to dia- "ulJ K uu.l inaiwully aid oar iujal pe j extensive practice, but while he is well . , , ,1., ila ali. nili. r conie lo ui on i lie riitk:ition j know n to the public in this recpect, it is cliargeMho duty which devolve, uu . U 1UUul(ull. NV .uc exceedingly unpleasant to him to have a JMJgvo.ic,auuasac4riHuoiiiB- 1 w wyai Hro4a iMu.riety f.rc;d uhmi Lim by re liltr, to prvierly care for, the young, the tin hiai- lar aaVa'drd ibua f.rm Ui work i inaikable circumstance related below floor and destitute children' if whom we '' S"l, ""f wJ'to- ,''",,;e if the my stores are kept up, we will liava tnunlp Wi aimalr mnri najrlii-uLtrit "!L ' " " J ' -t r.-IUc-r office, which Is about 100 yards from (be honse. On this night an effort was made (oboist the window, which awakened his son. Ilejuiuped op, saw a man ran off, got Ms gun, and made an Ineffectual purauit. 'The neitnighta noise was heard lu tht diuiug room, and a man seen from an npper window to run off from the house ibrongli the hack passage door, which was found open, though carefully closed a suon niue oetore. Hits door had not been locked because of sickneia in tha family. in nezi night someone was heard to stumble on an open shed over the Lac passage door a loud crash hnmediafelr followed. Upon iroine out. Mr. Moou touna on mo ground, not far from the tie seemed to prefor eipoaing the front fr.,01 spiarancei, seen through the side part Of his person, and crawled with his and lop lights, uft probably 'wlih the back to lire ground. Upon reaching the butt end of a inpiktt. Ihe firat atroks fonDdatioB of the house, he reached aroused the wbote family. One" cf the round with his rod and smashed side! men fired through the door at Mai.' Mr. light in the faca of Mr. Moon's brother,! Moon's sis er ln bw ssw Mm from an npper window, ran around tho corner of the house and pauae to peep back Usee if he wss puraned. She fired at Mm twice from the window, which Wssop'en,"" with a little porkal pistol. lie fel'Uothe gmnnd the first fire, and moved ff after some hesitation. The mn .usied out a wro'ig dircctiou ia .haul Li biJU.lIo wss seen in the yard again thst bight. A little cl et window oerl"ki tli. shed at the back of the house tlis cos- -el otwns into an npjer chainbar tl ' hack passage window up sUirs hx'ks Tn t w wmdwt are .!.. II ! I I .1 aiiuu, neicrai tauies ana cmidren s mentB, , Taken from1he"ut)ief1)art of the house, and the remains, of two plates ta ken from the dining" room,, wrapped up in tiicio aiso a bible taken from tied in ing room mantle piece, a few feet off. child a bonnet wrapped up iu a roll of children s clothes was found on top of the sued. The next night was dark, windy and rainy. About midnight a pane of glass in one of the dining room windows was smashed in, and the sash raised. Some STLS- tt-??kly report : d the readedibeauoming ha loiiud turn ivnev'.iu 1 -v ..w. , v. . -.r ,, . .,,1 Hint ....II .,..... ..... 1. . v, . v- r..v. - .vv .8v at;..WM a.. I Zf but lliuil U Ut ct V. triui A .... . .v ... . . .... -... .e ...... i . r. u ... .r...... f ... ... B j ..... nawucr 01 poorciiiHjrcu iirniMu aunui - --1 womaniioou 111 a inuat uepiorutiie na:u nt Hter' .. 1 t 1 1 1 is 1 e 6eiiou, t-ii'iuiii, 11 mi niaii no, iy uo handled serioiiiily and ( ru t iit'ii I T-. J.,1. Uuakv, Editor JifuitUr, timiiluurfi ami ignorance. What is to becnme of them 1 f n ira.i iha C.r.gra m iliher au!lii;ri bcorrsvit-LK, Albcriuaile Co.. ., I The time which thev should now bo us C.-mo to J"h. r ''t !'" 'f iSovember 11, 1807. J . 1 : .. .. .. .r ii... ..j.. ..1 .I.. 1 1 im .iirTi. . i . . . . ...i . . ii.ain .n.j .iMj - , . . t vvoour icu iii(iun8 ago, a canuiu uox cient to ratify ths a ConaViWlioij. UUi, fijcd wilj, rnRS 6afurstwl xvlcy I . . ... .... m La k..ll. txt ihinirs 1 . . " . . . - . . . """'" - was placed affainst a side of Air. J. K Moqii's house, five miles from this place, and ignited. About 1 o clock at night the lire was discovered and extinguished; and ttio uiiburnt rags discovered to be fragments of garments miesingfrom Mr. Moon's house, in tho then past several months. Whether this effort to burn the house had any connect ion. .with what has followed, is not known - Mr. Moor we not again molested that he is aware of, until bnnng opened, when a member ot Ins family saw a man stand ing motionless a few tect in front of his house at night. Onanothei occasion two men we re seen to walk back and forth across tiie yard. On another occasion a negro woman reported sho saw a black looking man lri)llrllPli af fr Xfitnil frvilif rrata lain at and tho pt-Cfcf vatlon of tiie, twace of so- Xtaudura for this information that its ed-tnigh' ; and O t another occasion, also late ctety..- Arc wo not all ntst.d m bav-fit0T ?wlrfi 0P the paper, i entitled to ai n,UI m wouug man wasseen Inglhes. important trust. f fided t, our hands on the ground I ---Xti;: hous8 mose 110 arc educated, ana wno are j 0f respectability. : lJcgarding the paper as ) Diw ing Mr. Moon s abscence, attend1 wvrin wtufiuvmii rjf piibTicTTuisauce, tlJs obligaton' npou us ing courr, anout mat time, ti is parlor ing In learning the rudiments of a prac tical education is throw 11 away iu idle neaa. lo strolliuffalwut tho street corners, n.v not ba 4waa.--.le 4bs Uft p'aca, it ia airoog fha bar rooms, hotels and depots, learn l, top.'t TwoU0d 2 i n . , . . , ofh oter loyal mil; aod aacoud j, U would Ua ing all manner of wickedness, and form - a,nitl lotl. ia)tXt uomiM w.iir, ,d u juriooa ing habits Which will finally lead .to the t tha vbokt oantry, wbicb ia deeply interested commission of crimes, the moat revolting, ! l nf iairucuo, to permit aimaii tijwj.l,..lu.l .. nsmbvr of aultoa and ducouUjnUrJ rtbU to ds- the taost shocking and dangerous to the nsw CoWlilulit)0 by rf..i.g to-u.. I'itMfOCKiJ, upM k mU aubuulH!a.Ju tbs li'p!s k ill , I ' tfot hat. trejhf ito do I They in. HS.-&. &iUrd. onaulo lo defray '1 M lfeiieiUB"of i"4ay s' FronVtho PTvfrilanJt7r(f, U Is drooling. Many ef them are fatherless, I conducted by the chief fugleman, or lead mot heiloas, frivndlcsjb.. Others have pa-1 j,ltr tpokesnien of the mongrel pegroac- rents, but they r too poor to educate thin in this State, we may learn . in ad thelf Jilldrcn. Ye.1 theso children are vanco what h to bo done when ifyj uu soon to Ittkd control of aflairs. To them constitutional, blackStato Convention as wearo' to commit llm affairs of the sctnbles at Ualcisrh. It sliould notbe chnrch,tbawtllUuigofiegovcnimeiit, ,,regume(i because we rely upon tile one was heard to jump in, and when the alarm was given, to jump out again do one was seen. The next night was windy and dark and the rain fell in torrents. Every door and window was carefully closed by Mr. n. except 1110 back passage door, and he Placed all ol ins familr in ins chamber- iu a room owning next to him. lie sat in this open door with his gun in his band about two hours, when suddenly his win aow nronna uie comer irom him was burstcd in with a loud crash. He rushed 10 me soor, out could not nave seen or heard a man movinir in three feet of him. - . 1-- . . on account of the darkness, wind and rain, and the outcry of his family. He then closed, aud locked the door in which ho sat, and in-order to keep from beinjr seen against tticskr, around to the front of the house, and placed himself twenty vaidsiu front of his front door, wheie he remained until about day. While there hu heard lite rattle of a sash fglus, but could ee nothing for the darkness. In that, the patty aroun I 11 side light to his front door, next to-the Incfc, had -been- cut onr, evidently uiih the intention of unlocking the door. An effort, which wns nearly successful, had also been inado to frco in tho side light bashes mid (lie panels below them. The next day wns clear, and Mr, Moon A hot gun, made arrangements tor eight ol Ins neigh- meuiaieiy. who Immediately fired through the door, uader the mistaken impression that he . 1 . . . .1 a book 1 loeoieriue nonae. lie was observed to move off rapidly, but with his body kept very near to the ground. me sine ngnr selected 10 ureak, was one tlirongh which the door could be unlock ed, with the key left in the lock every iiijjiu. aim aaino oigm no was seen on the outskirts of the yard again " The next night there were : fourteen men around tho house two ef them, however, made a rap bv leaving thfir p.?'; "fljJtt tho-iiighU-Mf-MWa uroiner was on duty about s xtv rant. j; .it . . . . . . -v y uirrctiy in iront. At a late hour he heard some one step boldly on theplat onii be fore the front door, and unlock the door and go in. Ha supposed it was some member of tho family. One of the ladies i. r ucaru m n nse oeiow and awoke Mr. Moon's son. She afterwards saw a man go out of the front door and cronch by the side of the platform. Mr. Moon'a son went to the window and tired down at the spot she indicated. The guard rushed to the house and found, as tber supposed, that night, a large blood stain 011 the ste, over which they exulted very much fruitless pursuit was made. The men came in, And had hardly gotten quiet, when signal whistles, fiequently repeated, were heard in various direc tions from flie house. (We have failed to mention that, what seemed to be ai nal whistles, have been heard about Mr. Moon's house:' at iiiirhC Tor several mouths back so boldly and freoucntlv blown, that we suppose at least thirty persons have had opportunities of hear ing them) Iu the moruinsr. Mr. Moon found reason to question . whether the stain on the step was, blood or -not; but had no means of determining its charac ter. (We have omitted to mention that bag was found this night in tho pas sage, which would hold about a peck. In about 6" feet apart, and each fronts across me nne 01 vision. The next night. Mr. Moon's sister In law saw from the closet window a tall man coming from tha dirt c lion of the icohoufte door," which Is about twetitr. five yards fiom the KoufO. , Ilstf his torin was soon lifted above the shed, and from that on a hizh shelf below tho eva of the she J. She immediately reported to the three men then,., on guard in the hoose. Oueof them stationed himself at the back poasago window. Before the ladies left this guard,' footstep " were Heard on tins sited the scraping; of matches was also beard, aod a liirlit seen on the shed. The lady went back to the . closet window the man on the shed bsd beeti alarmed and had disappeared. In afow minutes, however, he appeared again, and Mr. M.'s sister' in-law again reported his presence to the guard at the back'pssssgo window. " She went back immediately to the closet window,' The guard stood ready to shoot" him if he c iino in sight. Just as she opened her closet winds w to look oat, "she 111 man crouched closo to the wall between the two windows a scraping of match es was heard a light flushed In at both windows, and the man on the sited, rush- by t'le closet wmdov ing by t'ie closet window hi the room of Mr. M.'s chamber, fired a utstol at one corner of it, a part of Mr. Moon's her, barely misting her bead, and sing powder and caps, which had been left ( ing hor eye-brows and hair. The pow 011 a passage table, had been carefully ider blackened the side of the boose next co. up so as not to mix with anything; to tha window, and the ball struck and ne that might bo put 111 fhe bag.) glanced off. The man ran over Mr. M. s Tie hxt night there were threa men .chamber roof and jumping down on the mm .1. m. .--:. v .-i... .,-.-1 .vl - - . ; mw.-. -t-...w..,-s.-. " g'liMu "'- i ui jni. v:ie 01 i-netll Toiiivr aiue, cacapeu. staii. ned at tho yard fouce, reports ilii ne saw a man rife up trom among h clump of buahes and walk off a short dinthuco and take a position as it to watcli tho honse. He fired at him with The man, he says, fell im He fired again at the spot hots to surround the house about half an; where :he fell. There was no result from hour after tho moon went down; which '''ia shooting. Mr. Moon's impression ia. it did that nfght about 11 o'clock. If any , "'at the object shot foil just befme the ono entered the house, it was understood ' hrst shot, or It may have been a uian that Mrs. Moon, at one of the windows j w',u defensive armor on. upstairs, and one of hcrshsters at the The next night were ten or twelve other, were to raise signal Jighti. Mr. inen around the house. Two of them re iuoon retired to ins chamber 111 his usual I port that they saw a man creeping on all way, 60 as to deceive the bnrglar, and fours albm? the e irdeu fence one of them shot at hi to with a p'stol without rcsuU. -At a later hour they saw the same object, and made chase, but he es caped among tho grape vinos and hih weeds near by. for some tew nights the moon shone Well what is to be done ! All answer I to cvpocc its foibles, and attract the at educate ihVhiMrc, jhe; riafiir general tcntign at'Jhii gdJtJ.nch,,telhe. jfiott. ,Vet (low few aro there' who take end thai it he guarded against, and abat hold of the matter. How few there are M if possible. to back Uieir eonvielicns. of duty with j j t)0 above, tho editor evidently be their purse. If the poor children a.e to trii'ra Jus alarm for tho fate of his negro J educated. eomotking,-more- i to- be Consritnfk?rr 10 byfranredrlle iccb Kiatr dona than talking, prOspectof its defeat at the polls hcn 1 III this city we have taken some steps, shall bo submitted for ratification, and towards establishing a school forthe ben I calls on the rump Congress for more sup- cSf'cf Ihe jHKir and destitute. Hut woJpleuiontal bills. door-which had been carefully shut and locked, l the- key being left in the lock, at night,) was found fnaniglitr so afterwards, a parlor window whictv bad been fixed with a straw stuck in a. crack of it. was found (6 JJuavebjEcn htualM01wstoxetxiom-door was tound.pnen, 1 unaccnuntabtriistW'- al morningf about lltat-ritno. In ititt firat lilaAA. tldi BIIU UIVIMHIV. WH UlVIUVIIini VUIW ltv M... ..... - I ' .1 J II J II proposed la not comtnensnrate with tho calls nf Cvngren .to"prqvide that the aecessitici w the place; or -father t lie lovaUwgrol Coiisiitational Conventions means aro Hsofticient to establish a f ihe State may removo disloval State aehoel qu a-aeoTe adeq italo lo --tliT-de ofleiwapfH't iiTei..eroe? - rnanda fit the place,' ItuT lot: irrfdt bie abandoned. Let what, is lacking bo made p by private subscriptions, a good old "Held teacher be cihpl6y4,"andt'lic' school be opened lo the destitute white Children, so that they may all obtain, at 'least, the rndimonti of atrtdocation, J It Is nnnecessary for us to say mora on the subject. All may see 4ts great im portance. Tho negro chtldien, whether the Bureau, Aldocieticsjir pjiyaJe en terprises, ore going to .acjiool, and ac quiring an education.' If we -failfp do our duty to the white children, the next gewetntion wilt fled the Tie'ciiof rm Jj ahead iir: point of c4ncafJon,but-in "inerars. "jTnk orirjewTio hiv'afihJ or iiioiiiiri' cT tif their 'ijracKTiT-rli-e ;.'.i ..i .. , -........ . .j v.. ....3.. second place, seeing no hope for the rat ificittion, of the prosjtective negro Consti tution, by a "majority of tho registered voters, he at.ks Oongrei8 to "provide that a majority of.the votes cast shall bo ur- fieient to rafity hc new -onstitfltio." Were there ever baser projiositions ut tcred by fiend or foe fv Will they bo en tertained even by Congress I It is to Le dtmt thersyesoin inltigresss6rno regnrubforjlhe Cousin. tutional rights of the States, somo respect fortha. liberty, wishes, and iuterosts of the jwople. If so they will not bo enter tained Iff that body. 'r " Let the people resolve Jo act worthy of theiusclvcs ttd HolJcu fears' will berro- A Iter this Mr. M. fixed his inside and outside doors and windows in such a way as lo know if they were disturbed, and fed ly opened. He good many nights nearly, "all ..night, but Uued to-Ue ter. oone dist urbed - the house-the ntgltts ho watcliod.- Ai. tateuud all tlio doors- ntid-. wnid wt. carefully. Ho was the first one to get bp the next morning, and found his inside dining room door " had bec-n oijened a store room door opening into the dining room had lcoii uulocktd and opened a door opening into the kitchen from the dining room had also been unlocked and opened, and tho sliding kitchen door had been moved bucv A light had been seen to Sash about. the hodso that iifght.afier .i ! -I I II I 1. 1 .1. . tnowiatniiv nauNHii remeu. rrom uie locking the door, extinguishing the fighf, ana ftifetinig Hie bed Clowes, st with his gun in his hand. . A short time after the moon went down, soft footsteps were heard in his parlor, but the wind was blowing, and the sound might have been deceptive. His sou crept down and peep ing iiito the dining room, saw that a win dow had been In listed. Upon going back and reporting, the ladies doubted the res port.. He went down a second time, sat isfied himself fully, and cominz back, it was determined that ho should shoot the rogue as he went out of the pen win. dow. In a few minutes he saw a man about twenty steps from the house and fi red on htm. Tho signal lights went up : the iimii fell flat and crawled off. At the same instant that young Moon fired, a tnlti ruirbenveen about two hundred yards off, on the oth er sidq of tho yard, and was fired at by one I' fhetii with a pUtoI. Tho other guard could not fire for fear f shootink ono ol Ins companions. Hie next morn-. ing tracks, made by a coarse boot or shoe, were found, coursing down the lull from dint point. That night tho store loom door was found locked, but upon going in they found a bag with two apartments to it, left on the flour barrel, and about a dofltleWdTu? flour. A shawl, missing from the dining room; wits dropped at the spot .Mr, neuily all night, and the family wore not disturbed. Mr Moon ventured to Jeave home to attend the Albemarle Circuit Court, his neighbors having volunteered to protect the family. Upon returning from Albemarle Canrt on ll.o next Saturday night, a neighbor came to spend the night. lit-fore retiring Mr. Moop put him in charge of the main body f the house. He fastened every dtior-oiidrrodowrTcaTefBMjTMrvMv' going out of the back passage door to hit chamber, locked the door on the inside Since Uiis last described night, several weeks have elapsed, but no night has passed in which the burglars did not de mons: rate their presence, unmistAksbly, iu some way or other. Lights have been thrown in at Mr. M.'s windows every night and frequently over the heads of from ten to forty armed men. Sometimes a small light, no larger than a quarter of a dollar is played upon tho walla of his house sometimes a much larger spot then a broad or narrow streek some times a flash, and sometimes a broad glare. A bright, radiating light has been seen on the shed at tha chamber window, and 'at the office wia'dow.4-i - The Men who watched in Mr, Moon'a. parlor last nightr say that lighl-!waBJ thrown ia there, they suppose, at least fifty times, and apparently an effort was made to throw tho shadow of men on tho 4ho walls. Nearly every night knock ing or scraping sounds -have beon heard on the sides ef the' hor.se. Stones have been thrown On top or against the hou-e. foot steps hare bejn hoard on the shed and chamber roofs windows have Seen . opened, or attempts made to open them, or something of the sort has occurred. One morning a roll of cloth about six inches long, and an inch in diameter, saturated with ker seaa oil, and burnt at one end, ; ierideuttf 'ifefc-YorTrtifge light, was found on lop of Mr. Moou's , ahed. On another morning, a bottle" was iind leTt tltc kli oiursson shot at tho man. . It seemed to have been perforated willi three shots. Tlir efftMrTeifan etrof -thc-jhief had evidtentlfcniirll Tlirongli ' . tiie back" passage tloor by means of a false key, al- tl'ougii tho itoor was found loeked. Ihe window had been hoisted" to" escape tliro in case Mr. Mon ca'ihe out of his cham ber. Tha thief was disturbed by the whispering up stairs. false key froin4eiug put in the lock. This night young mo m alept at the office, mo nrt lima ir ennt or ten mirttt. lie says he had not time to go to sleep before the dg pegan to bark on the titer side of tiie vard. and he ueird some one walk- ... . i .1. 112 II I J I . - ..I. .. ing arouuu me oiuce. , lie uearu hiso ine clank ot metal which he described to be such as soldiers make when having s i- bres attached to them. . 1 tie man kept close to the foundation t the houses bat iitade good "deaF" of JfttMse as if hu wislied to attract Uie attention of the dog. About an hour before day y'ouiy Moon shcceeded.ucatchinj .agluupse of him through- tbe -Wiudaw, aud BreiLat hiiffbiirbidzed itwr 1 chaTf w,Mch had btdeii ffe4agtHitThc w lit do s" ai t. t u fHDir n any one hoisted it. Upon being aroused, at tiie house, the. baek passage door was f mud open. Air. iuoou s ineiid nail lu-en uox- n in thNjtaHor he t. Jud h-.'itrd some. noise once or twice, but nothing to arouso Tli next ivIMtt It wna rlfltprtntnrd .t-fnJhim4lMv4HHiaU-r- AIM - HWldil of. let (lie rogue come in, if ho would, and the honse they had ma io showed that ti - to shoot -hri'ii in tho housa. Mr. the door cofuld ouly have been o;.ened two folds Of flannel, and having a leath er string for a loop to Indd U by. - Tho fisgiueitts of a broken glass vessel, pro bably about thes'xa of an orange, have been found on the top of the shed.- We should add that in the fast everaT week, ihe burglars have been s -en flo or six limes, and shot at twice. The de monstrations last night wer violent and daring. NoTEirBi5Tt3,'T3(Tr Moon's brot her stood gnu in hand, in the bacjrpttft of the assago twoother gen- ... .. v J,. . X.- n j l .i ' !. :.: i.".:.. .. ... ...i r Ann M. wiiHt-wrWd Hho -evMiirttfiassirt-hinTif iieceasarti-lat ndehl.1 whoew-iiTa,-arid1i'T-airout 'at hel-!?,.Tnr - ww,rT..T before, had been taken, and the whiskey out of a demijohn, known, to have been full the night before, wjis missing. I!y the sng.ar was a basket of silvexwaio wliTcli was not disturbed.- ' ; The next night Mr.-Moon's son, aboot: 31 f jettfoldpwaIeigaglii by iriiiontighT, a man was observed from" an up stairs window, crawling cautiously by a flower border, from the front gate, it seciucd to take him nearly half an hour To reach the honse. .- He had in his hand a bmir rod, which was supposod to be a gnirrod Arjpoaching near to tin house Itv S 'ma one who came in at the front ditorand lockcd.it behind him The re- aJLJUSMSBSil Since the 1 1 tli, his inajeaty. .'the devil,' r his emiesary, has ' been making hi. usiial yTTt'ajUfijS'af nrday tight last ha was ahot at twice, but he escaped--ruu- junaite--fleer,: uuJt-JUguXJia TOPyrtbrirw"h S't. : . ,.- For t h last few niihf a he threw, bis liht about the' prcmiscX On Wednes- day evvmng be was seen about duk. Mr. M.hmi offers 300 rewafd for his apprehension, . , , ' .' . . . uackfdOiTeaVjrrTg-ri open. -yy 7 1 The next week Mr. Moen was compel led to aitrnd court again. Atjersn in- Srvkl of several ni Jhtsjn laits two.! r.--Motn'- neighbors were inaide "watch ing the front door, some one cams to it. and-stnrck- forcibly 00- th door or aill,.. ...Gcn.-Lci and Ma Datul Tlia Ridtmoad Era mint r mt that Mr. Davis and Gun. R. E. " La inet-oa 'Monday nfgtt, 'fof- lte fit at lirus ainea tha w.rt in iSSLMSmiis, ' mlnft a vary cofdial, Dd ball aa hour waa arwnt ia phasaat eooraaUon. -n xebancu WW l.'.H J 1 U I HEM m I' . Ricliroood, Indianaa. It ia daactibed aa "coa. tir -of t atra, ttttl togher with a b!o r itb "oalop of ill W4, and rd"taa?aaua" peod4 t aaci of 4ie louf td of lla aUaa.-.-1'nca "
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1867, edition 1
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