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BE SURE ; AEE RIGKHT ; TBLEIS GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. o:jpia ra-Jfp&BBORO',: n. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17; , IffTjB. NO. 11; VOL. 54. GENERAL DIRECTORY. TARBOIIO". Mator Fred. Philips. Commissioners lease A. Williamson. Ja cob Feldenbeimer, Daniel W. Hunt, Alex. MeCabe, Joseph Cobb. Skckktaby & Treasurer Kobt. White hurst. Chief of Police John W. Cotton. Assistant Police John Madra, .las. E. Sitnonson, Altimore Macnair. COUNTV. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge II. L.-Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds Alex. McCabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper J. B. Hyatt. School Examiners. II. H. Shaw, Wm. A. Du?gan and R. S. Williams. Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Duppau. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman, Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. & W. R- H. Leave Tarboro' (dailv) at - 10 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 Y. M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. l.dirA Turhnro' f(inilv at - - 6 A. M. Arrlvo at 'larboro' (daily) at C P. M. LODGES. The Nights and tbe Place of Meeting:. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in evury month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodre No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every mouth. Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., I. B. l'alamountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every lirst and third Thurs day of each month. Edsreeonibe Lodjre No. 50, I. O. O. F., T. VV. Teler, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday uiht at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. tM, I. O. . T., meets every Wednesday night at then Hall. Zauoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every mouth at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock, President. LlIllttUES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, 1'astor. Presbyterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Pastor Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every mOLth, morning and nieht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Servises first 0aturday and Sunday of each month at 11 'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts. 0. F. Adams, Proprietor. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every oiorrina: at 9. o'clock. PROFESSIONAL CAKDS. ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TARBORO', N. C. Will practice in the Courts of the 2nd J dicial District. Collections made in any p rt of the tate. Office in Iron Front Building, Pit Street, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's. Jan. 7, 187G. tf JRANK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARliORCP, X. C S- Collections a Specialty. - Office next door to the Southerner office. July 2, 1875. tf J OS. BLO tJNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. BW Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. jc25-tf. JJOWARD & PERRY, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. TARB0R0', N. C. Practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. nov.5-ly. H.JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARB0R0', N. C. Attends to the transaction of busi ness in all th Courts, State and Federal. Nov. 5, 1875. ly JjlREDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5, 1875. ly j n. & w. l. Tnour, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. PRACTICES iu tbe counties of Edge combe, Halifax, Nasb and Wilson, and iu the SHpreme Court North Carolina, also in the United States District Court at Raleigh. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, DENTIST, TABBOEO', N. C. With over eight years experience in the practice of Dentistry, I feel assured of giving satisfaction In all cases, unarges moaeraie. Office ODDOsite Adams' Hotel and over S. S. Nash & Co's store. Oct. 23, 1875. tf DR. E. D. BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, main Street, TARBORO', N. C. All work warranted to give entire satisfaction. feb.io-tr. TAHBOHO' Laaer Beer & Wine SALOON. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL the Fine WINES and LIQUORS, TO BACCO and CIGARS, opposite Adams' Ho tel. ERHARD DEMUTH, Oct. 8, 1875.-tf. Proprietor. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. $12: a day at nwme. Agents wnieu. . . ... . ipnll C V. tp j uutnt auu terms iree. inui. CO., Augusta, Maine. . FHcE riOKcT ,"To Phihf!p.!nhia ?.F.21 ii?hT& AlKm-R- K.Tick.at.tl..J- I k elSCri t CI ii, f. to U.-.ilfuuu Oro.iuJs) . H furour pi.er, ui nr-ii, a. n"l -it ca if .it. E 'srtiiuisrii frrt. hend a irtiecs on poiln I ctnL b J 'i receiw copy of iiwr also, ifwi n ci. am .mj. 11 itfy cl, aww x urk. AGENTS WANTED ! Medals and Diplomas Awarded for AOLMAN'S NEW PICTORIAL BIBLE. 1.S00 illustration. A.J. HOLMAN Phila. Address for new circulars, & CO., 630 Arch Street, $77 A WEEK guaranteed to Agents, Male and Female in their own local ity. Terms OUTFIT JTKKJC. Ad dress V. O. VICKERT fc CO., Agusta, Me. THE Tanite Co., Stroudsburg, An., Emery Wheels and Maehinery. $5 to$2orfrtri-m ome. Samples worth KSON & CO., Port- land, Maine. WANTED Agents for the best selling Stationery Packages in the world. It contains 15 sheets paper, 15 Envelopes, golden Pen, Pen-holder, Pencil, Patent Yard Measure, and a piece of Jewelry. Single package with pair of elegant Gold Stoue Sleeve Buttons, post paid, 25 cts., 5 for f 1.00. This package lias been exam ined by the publisher of and found as represented worth themoney. Watches given away to all Agents. Circu lars free. BRIDE & CO., 765 Broadway, New York. U FJSYCHO .vfANCY, OR SOUL CAARM JL 1NG." How either sex may fascinate and gain the love and afiectlons of any per son they choose, instantly. This art all can possess, free by mail, lor 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM fc CO., Pub's Philadelphia. Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell fc Co., established their advertising agency in New Y'ork City. Five years ago they absorb ed the business conducted by Mr. John Hoop er, wha was the first to go into this kind of enterprise. Now they have the satisfaction of controlling the most extensive and com plete advertising connection which has ever been t ecured, and one which would be hardly possible iu any other country but this. They have succeeded in working down a complex business iato so thoroughly a systematic method that no change in the newspaper sys tem of America can escape notice, while the widest information upon all topics interest ing to advertisers is placed readily at the dis posal of the public. SEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1S75 NEW FIRM ! T. E. LEWIS & CO. Invite their friends and the public to an ex amination of their largely increased stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, MESCELLiXEOlS WORKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES. Tobacco & Cigars OF ALL GRADES. Having purchased FOR CASH, we are en abled to offer such inducements as will in sure ready sale. Call and See. T. E. LEWIS & CO. Tarboro, Feb. 4, 1870. 6m. TI1IS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply tbe people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kind ot r j Vl Z7."m Candies, Nuts, Fruits, $c, c, $c, embracing every thing usually kept in a First C a.s Establishment ol the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise ot satisfaction. Private Families can alwar have tbeir Caken Kaked Here at tbort est notice. Gr&eps for Parties & Balls promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, next door to bank ot JNew mnover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. GEO. L. PENDER, WITH UriifF Fanllmor & fln Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry (jiood, Notions & Unite GOODS. 275 W. BALTIMORE STREET, j. e. Ruff, i Baltimore. A. u. t au inner, Wm. R Hallett, ) nov!9-ly. I.OUI3 HlLLIiRD, MAKCELIX'S MOOBI Greenville, N. C. Formerly of N. C. HILLIARD & MOORE, COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants I McPHAIL'S WHARF, . NORFOLK, YA. Keep contantly on band a largtt and varied stock ot Bagging and lies. General dealers in Standard Fertilizers. Liberal Cash advances made on consign ments, je zo-tl. 15 to $20 Maine. Per Day at homo. Terms free Address ii. Stinsoh A Co., Portland 7 HEW GOODS WEBER'S BAKERY ! ADVERTISEMENTS. R A BOOTES'S ACORN COOK. Witt r without Portable Hot Water ReMrvcir and Clone. "Bat tay a oU-fcuiioajd Store, tat gttjw t. With all latest improYements. Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long wood Ventllatsd Oven, Fire 8ack and Fire Box Bottom k sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't so!! floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Barns but little wood. -. Hat Mica or Solid Iron Front Carefully Fitted Smooth Casting. Bo OH Scrap Iron. Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Edes and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't crack.- WASSATED EATISTACTOE?. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N-Y. Sold bv ait EnUroriiina Dealer in every Tow W. G. LEWIS, Agent, Nov. 12, lS75.-6m. Tarboro', N. C. FALL STOCK. - NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED. Dress Goods, Embroideries, Collars and Cuffs, Kid Gloves, Merina Ycst and Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, . Cassimeres, Jeans; Bleached and Brown Muslins, Ladies and Gents Boston and Phil adelphia. Hand Made Shoes, Crockery, Hard ware &e., &c. Call and Examine. A pleasure to show Goods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 187o. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS. GILMORE & CO., Successors to CHIP- MAN, HOSMER & CO., Solicitors. Patents procured in all countries. No Fbes m Ad vance. No charge unless the patent is gran ted. No fees for making preliminary exam inations. No additional fees for obtaining and conducting a rehearing. By a recent de cision ot the Commissioner ALL rejected applications may be revived. Special atten tion given to interference Uases beiorc the Patent Office Extensions before Congress, Infringement Suits in different States, and all litigation appertaining to inventions or ratents. send stamp to Uilmore & uo.- ior pamphlet of sixty pages. LAND CASES, LAND WAR RANTS and SCRIPT. Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the U. 8- General Land Otnce ana depart ment of the Interior. Private Land Claims, MINING abd PRE-EMPTION Claims, and HOMESTEAD Cases attended to. Land Scrip in 40, 80 and 160 acre pieces for sale. This Scrip is assignable, and can be located in the name ol the purchaser upon any Gov ernment land subject to privat6 entry, at $1.25 per acre. It is of equal value with Bounty Land Warrants. Sena stamp to till more & Co., lor pamphlet of instruction. ARREARS of PAY and BOUN TY. Officers, soldiers, and Ballots of the late war. or their heirs, are in many cases en ti which they have no knowledge. Write full history of service, and 6tate amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp to Gil- more & Co., and a lull rpiy, alter examina tion, will be given you free. PENSIONS. All Officers. Soldiers, and Bailors wounded, ruptured, or injured in the late war, however sngntiy, can ouiaiu u peoaiuu uj uuuicsoiug Gilmore & Co. Cases prosecuted bv GILMORE S CO., before the Supreme Court ot the Llnitea 8tates, the Court ot Claims, and tho South ern Claims Commission: Each department of our business Is con ducted in a seperate bureau, under charge of the same experienced parties employed by the old firm. Prompt attention to all busi ness entrusted to Gilmore & Co., is thus se cured. We desire to win success by deserv es Address. (jilmuki. k v.'., 629 F. Street, Washington, D. C. TERRELL & BRO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND STAPLE DRY. GOODS, Near tbe Bridge, Sept. 80-ft Want to SelL WILL 8 ELL MY TWO STORY DWELL ing on Church Street, corner of Thomas street five rooms ana closets. ' 1 be fSt house is newly painted and in excel- 1 lent repair, one, acre ; ot ground is ii attached under new paling. There are also the necessary out houses. It ts a bargain for somebody. I will also sell a good Piano ana other Fur niture. Also several vacant lots on Church Street. All in Rocky .Mount, N. C. DOSSEY BATTLE. Oct. 29, 1875. tf mhota? Boniktxntx. Friday March 17, 1376 It Might Have Been. A STORY OF LIFE. Ah! how time docs take thelo maDce out of our lives and leave us high . and dry on the lee shore of conceit. ' It "does not seem so many years ago that Mary Jane and we attend ed the same country schoolhouse, divided the. same appie, chewed the same, piece of gum, and slid down hill on the same sled. It does not seem many, years since we stood together and pledged each other by all the faithful promises that we knew, that around the same love our young hearts would ever twine. rate called us away from our early home and separated us from Mary Jane. Distant lands sent forth a call for us and we went. And the parting the tears shed the last embrace the promises renewed under the flaming branches of the old oak tree. -.lb. ! how fresh they are in our memory even to this day. Mary Jane could not be expect ed, much as she loved us, to spend her time moping and mourning. She must go to singing school, to paring bees, and to candy pulls. We arranged all that, rerhaps we were, selfish; in selecting Tom Jones to do escort duty for us, fcr lorn was bashful, freckled, a little lame, slightly cross-eyed, and anything but a "girl's boy." Ue was a good fellow, Tom was, and if we had been half-witted we must have 6een the intelligent twinkle in his eve as he promised to do his duty jell. nc iBceiv eu. "' a tale of Jove they tald ! How mia- erable Mary Jane was, and howdif- lTt,M' uo -jjri rT.'"r V1 kUC ttUOCUL uu, u oer B1ae : now we wept over inose rauuauy mube ieers oi xuary Jane's did not make us weep. There seemed rather mere of Tom Jones in them than we liked and we wrote a cruel, wicked letter, telling Mary Jane that if she thought so much of Tom Jones to take him. It was the last thing in the world we meant, but jealousy is a blind braggart, you knew, and w jolou It was too true, alas ! and the next thing we heard was that Mary Jane and Tom Jones were engaged. We smashed up her daguerreotype and burnt the hair chain she made us with her own hands, tore up her letters, and drew a picture of an Indian on the broad prairie, with his victim tied to a tree and the fagots heaped all about him, ready to be set on fire. The victim very much resembled Tom Jones the Indian was ourself. 'r The other day as we stood by the poet-effice a family wagon drovo up,-and for the first time in many years we saw Mary Jane, izow very stout, she had grown, and how very red that auburn hair that was so soft as it twined about our fin gers ! There was a young Tom and a younger .hzekiel, and a still youn ger Hezekiah, and a pu? nosed, freckled faced girl, and a pair ot twins. There was old Tom Jones, too, more awkward, lamer, more cross-eyed and homlier than ever. And when Mary Jane scolded old Tea for not helping her out of Lvsiui v the wagon, the notes that once so much reminded us of the nightingale now fceunded like a raft scraping a- gainst the abutment of a bridge in a spring freshet. Then we thought of what the poet wrote: "Of all sad words of tongue or pen. I he saddest are these it niigat have been." We do net hate Tom Jones as badly as we once did. Chicago Ledger. fFrnm th fWir Jonrnal I jrcovery oi Ancxner jaammotn oave r i j l m near voiumoia, nsnrac&y. v: ir x...i w i Three Human Skeletons of Ex traordinary Proportions Found in a Subterraneous Vault. , , it . , ,, , , adous me miaaie ot i n jpasc week two young men named White, while idly wandering in a large tract of wild, dense forrest, in the southeastern part ot our country, discovered what they supposbd te be a sink-hole or fex-den, and with that idea proceeded to explore it After a little trouble in making their way through the entrance, the caye (for such it proved to be) became large enough to admit of their walking upright. They had proceeded thus in this passage prebably one hundred and fifty yards, when they ' emerged into large picturesque gallery, the beau- ty and grandure ot which will rival that of the old Mamoth itselt. The room, according to their calcul&tions is about loU by 1UU leet, and abounds in all the varieties of the etatacities and stalagmites. 13ut 'tis not the things that we natural ly expect to find in caves but the cmions remains that were that I wish to mention particularly, dis- covered iherein.r Jn the northeast corner of the first gallery for there are fie, of which I will hereafter speak,) about i five feet from , the ground, they noticed some strange characters, or hieroglyphics, neatly carved iii the wall, which, upon close examination, proved to. be the head rock of a vault. A fewmin utes' prizing served to loosen- this and disclose to View' the iaterior of an enclosure in the solid rock of above five by ten feet, which con tained the remains of three human skeletons,, rwhich measure eight " feet seven and t ahalf inches eight feet five inches, and eight feet four and three quarter inches in length, re spectively, ,The heads were laying towards the east, each body paral ed to the other. Beside them lay three huge what looked to be swords, but were so decayed that upon being touched immediately crumbled to dust. Alter exuming the remains closely, but finding nothing that would serve to throw any liglk on the question as to who and from whence they arc, they closed the vault, but in doing so knocked their torch out which they had contrived before entering, leav ing them in anything but a pleas ant predicament- After search ing some time for their lost treas ure they concluded to try to escape by feeling their way out, but in this they made the matter worse, lhey stated that after leaving the first large room they struck a good 8. zed branch, and continued following it until forced to turn into another passage the stream disappearing suddenly in a huge perpendicular ' gulch which led them into another spacious hall the sizo of which they believed to be quite as great as the nrst. Out of this second opening tbey conceived t0 be three others similar at least in size their way Kfolnu(1 tn r,j,Iff aanAaA nntll their fa J Ud fc the discovery of light ahead, and finally emerged from their ugly confine meat through a hole about midway been cojfincd in tbeir subterranean discovery over thirty-eight hours. ine whole country thereabout is rife with speculations concerning the interesting discovery, and num bers of citizens will visit it as soon as the Messrs. White finish their work of rendering the entrauce less difficult to pass. xho above corrt account. and may be relied on, as the young men are of unirnpeachible veracity. With a party from town, your cor respondent will start in the morn ing to further explore, and should new curiosities present themselves will give you the then account of an eye-witness. Alex. Family Newspaper The value of family newspapers is by no means appreciated, but the rapidity with which people are wa king up to their necessity and use fulness is one of the significant signs of the times. Few families are now content with one newspa per. The thirst for knowledge is not so easily satisfied, and books, though useful, yea, absolutely nee essary in their place, fail to meet the demand of youth or age. Our family newspaper is eagerly sought and its contents devaured : then comes the demand for national and foreign news. Next to the political come the literary and the scientiuc journals. All these are I , , , . I : a,Tn , J T1tae.,craviu?s ot the active mind, family news papers are valuable to material prosperity. They spread before the reader a map on which may be traced character, design and pre- gress. lr a stranger cans at a no-- tel. he first inquires lor the news paper ; if a friend comes from a distance, the next thing after the famny greeting he inquires for your newspaper, and you leeldiscomfated if you are unable to find a late ccpy and contounded it you are compel!- eu to Say VUU UU UVl, iao.C H. X aw .1 A. J i liTn-n ilv newsnaners are iust as necessa- I 11 . . ry to fit a family tor its true posi- r . ,.- , ..... - tion in me as iooa ana raiment. Show us a rasped, bare-footed boy. rather than an ignorant one. His head will cover feet in after life, if I D he is well supplied with newspapers: ,1 lie will make his mark in the world if yeu gratif y that desire for knowl edge. Other things equal, it is a rule that never tans. A family newspaper is a family need. Fight it Out A story is told of a daughter of a prominent person now in the lec ture field, which is peculiarly. i teresting and suggestive ot uncon- scious wisdom. A gentleman was invited to the lecturer s house to tea. Immediately on being seated at the table, the little girl astonish a ed the family circle and the guest by the abrupt question: Where is your wite ( JNow the gentleman, having been recently seperated from the part per ot his lite, was taken so corn- I pletely by surprise that he stam mered forth the truth I don't know.' 'Don't know!' replied the infant terrible. 'Why don't you know ?' Finding that the child persisted in her 'interrogatories, despite-; the mild 'reproof of Her parents, ho cor chided to make 'a clean' 'breast of the matter,' 'and ' have . it over at once. So he said with - a calmness which was the result of inward exV pletives : r 'Well, we don't livo together ;,we think-as we can't' agree, we'd bet ter not.' .He satisfied a groan as the child began again, and darted an exasp erated look at her- parents. But the little torment wpuld j rkt '. be quieted until she exclaimed :.. . ! 'Can't agree ! Then why' don't you fight it out'as pa and ma do?' ; 'Vengance' is mine,' laughingly retortedrtho visitor, after . 'pa' and ma exchanged looks of holy hor- aor, followed by tho inevitable roar. Is Dixie a Northern Inspiration? John Moore, in The Folio claims, that Dixie, our Southern Marseill aise, is of Northern origin, and was first sung a half cantury ago by some negroes who were sent South and sold from their home on Dixie's plantation upon Manhattan Island, New York. Looking back long ingly to the old plantation, they chanted its glories and their regret in a string of crude verso?, of which the following is a specimen : "When we live away up Norf, up in missa Dixie land ; We wo de happy field hands in niassa Dix ie's land ; O Lord ! send us L-ck to de good Diiie land, Way up Norf inio massa Dixiy laud, up norf." Dixie, much in the form in which it is now sung, , was composed and arranged by Dan Emmetr, the lead ing spirit of Christy's minstrels who heaid the negroea on tho landing at Mobile singing the quaint cli3 rus of "Dixie Land" as they load ed a steamboat, and conceived the idea that it would make a good ''walk around" song for his compa ny to use in their Southern tour as a wind-up of their performance. The popularity of Dixio is due, however, to poor, gifted, ill-fated Carlo Patti, who was a leader cf the orchestra in New Orleans when the war broke out. Mrs John Wood was there, playing Brougham's bur lesque of "Pocahontas," in which there occurs a march .and drill ef twenty-two ladies dressed as . zouave soldiers. Ia rehearsing the piece, no march that the orchestra tried could please the manager until Car lo Patti struck up the air of Dixie when all pronounced it the very thing. It was encored at the thea tre ; it got into the streets and par lors : the military bands took it up and glorious fighting was done to tune of Dixie, which thus became the Southern Marseillaise. Slirinkags of Bents h New York To still the grumblings and com plainings of people in the Seuth and enable them to tnke a brighter view of things, we cite a statement to show that depression is not con fined to the South alone but falls far heavier upon the North than upon us. The New York Commercial Advertiser cites several instances showing the great shrinkage of the rents in that city. A .store on h. Grand street, near Broadway, which has heretofore rented for 88,000 per yesr, has been rented for $5,000 for the first year, begin- iag May 1st, and &b,U00 per an num for each of tho two years fol lowing ; another store ia the same neighborhood, which was formerly leased at 5il5,(JU0 per annum ha been taken tor the coming year at $9,000, and 12,00 is the best of fer that can be gotten for another store which in more prosperous times rented for $25,000. In rents ior ordinary property tnere arc ib- dications cf a decline c m pared with last year, but in no caso so mtrked as ia the cases above nam ed. Charlotte Observer. The Ventriloquist and the Pig. Among the many amusing stories ot ventnloqui3 is the following : At Macon iairlranca, a ventril oquist named Comte, saw a coun trywoman driving a pig before her which could hardly move, so laden was it with fat. . . 'What's the price tf your pig, my good woman ?' A hundred Francs, my good-looking gentleman, at your service, if you wish to buy.' 'Of course wish to buy ; but it's a great deal too much. I can offer ten crowns.' - I want one hundrc-d francs, no more and no les3 ; take it or leave it.' 'Stay,' said Comte, approaching the animal ; 'I am sure your pig is more reasonable than you. Tell me on your conscience my fine fel low, are you worth oae hundred sous V 'I am measled, and my mistress is trying to take you in. The crowd that had assembled around the wofflan and pig fell back in terror, fancying them both be witched, while Comte; returned to his hotel j where the, story was told, with sundry additicns, nd he learn ed that gome courageous persons had gone up to the- woman,-- begged her to be exercised, -and'thus drive the wicked spirit out of the pig. A EfmarkaWa Discovery in Florida. .We lea.rn; that the Indian inoind on Murphy's Island ,y as jopened, or ratter entered, by a party a ( iow days'Sgb'. "" Tfjfs.'iribuna is one of the largest ":oii the river,' and ha3 excited more -than" Wdinary interest among eur -scientific .visitors! But Colenel-Uart,' proprietor c-f tho is- and upon which the. mounds stands heretofore persisted in his refusal to have thisr relic of past dgds" dis turbed. Ou Wednesday, however, i was. resolved ito inspect. thor'ough- y this monument, ef prehistoric age, A party from the Putnam, with others, teok steamer tor the island, where they arrived in good time." t was agreed to open: the mound at its base."ATter maklrg a breach of thirty-five feet, they discovered a hard wall made of coquina or shell rock. This wall was cemented, and was ornamented wuli various fig ures of warriors with bows and ar rows, and various reptiles. After much difficulty a breach was made in the wall, aided by the light of a torch, several of the p;irtv entered ; much surprised, they found them selves within a vault eiht feet hiMi with room twelve bv fifteen feet ong, with armed warriors encased in niches, all in a state of petrifica tion, lhis is certainly a most won derful discovery, and has produced a most profound sensation. In view of this important discovery, Colo nel Hart has stationed a guard to prevent parties m iking away with these wonderful obiccts. Murphy's 7sland will no doubt, become the Mecca of St. John's river. Printing OSica Secrets. A properly conducted printing office i3 a3 much a secret society a3 Masonic Ledge. The printers arc not under a ly oath cf secrecy, but always feel themselves as truly in honor bound to keep office secrets as though they had been put through triple oath3. Any employe in a printing office who willingly disregards the rule relating to secrets, would not only be pcorned by Li.s brethren of the craft, but would lose his posi tion in the office at ence. Wo make this statement because t sometimes happens that a com munication appears iu a newspaper under an assumed signature which excites comment, and various par ties try to find out who is the author. Let all be saved tne trouble of questioning the employes or attach es of a printing office. They are 'know-nothings on sucli points a3 these. On such matters they 'have eyes and ears, but no mouths,' and if they fail to observe this rule let them be put down as disnonorable members of the crafc. It is the same with job printing. If anything is to bo printed and kept secret, let proper notice be given of tho desire fcr secrecy, and you might as well question the 'Sphynx as one ul th : printers, so that even the secret books uf lodges are printed without fear.. Eow She Punished Eer ?alss Lover The St. Louis Ileynllieim says ; 'iuere is a tact lately come to Iignt, ma smau town wncro mere is a great deal ol primitive simplicity that the presentation of u shirt by a woman to the man sh-.; wants to marry will cut the heart out ef love One voung girl tried it, and made her lover a glistening white shirt with her own pietiv hands, lie retired to his boarding house put it on, and went straightway to sec and raase iove witu another gir -i i i with another l Clad in a clean shirt, he felt above the seamstress who had made it, and she lost his cow; id company She did not sit down und whine over the linen that had gone astray out iook a pistol m ntr ueucace hands and tripped away to the boarding house aforsaid. She met the unexpectiug lover. and presenting the pistol, told him to take off that shirt, lie hesita ted and was lost. He saw despera tion in those eves and deatu in th pistol. He 'pleaded' and handed the girl the soiled garment whic.1! she took on the point of her piato and poked into the stove. And th flame died out and her love w. i up the chimney with the suicke. What is the Eifclc Like? It 19 like a large, Loautuul tree vhich bears sweet fru't for thos that are hungry, and affords shelter and shade tor the pilgrims on their way to the kingdom of Heaven. It is like a cakct cf jewels an precious stones, which is not only to be looked at and admired, but us'nl and worn. It is like a telescope which brings distant and far-off things of the world very near, zo that we can see something of their importance. It is like a treasure Louse a. store-house of all sorts of valuable and useful thing?, and which are to be had without money and without price;' " It is a deep,' broad, calm, low ing river; the banks ore green and flowery, where birds Bing and lambs play and dear little children are loving and happy. '''" Subscribe t the Southerner. 4 , Nothing to Live For. , . A negro planter came to Vicki-. urg the other day, sold his eottn, - put his money'ln his pocket-kook, . nd started down the rier. Lean-1 ng toe far oyer the guards, as the oat backed oat he fell overboard. lis portemonnaie,' which was jn his pocket, floated out and rod r with , higha.t on the surface of the water, wliilejthe current carried the negro awajr. The yawl was lowered' and assistance at once' started towards the drowning man, who, perceiving his treagure floaling off, -raided his voice and shouted: 'Save dat pocket-book ! His head went under and he dis appeared. As he rose up again he gasped; : , ; 'Dar's 118 in dat pocket-book V Scarcely had he uttered the words before he sank a second time. The yawl came within reach just n timo to rescue the drowning African as he came to the surface for the last time. As soon as the water was wiped from his nose aid mouth so that he could see and peak, he asked : 'Dul did you save that pocket- book ?' 'No !' was the response. 'Well, den,' said the necr re gretfully, 'what de (Jebbil was the so of saving me?' Vieksbura Herald. E forming a Scold. In the early period of the history f Methodism, some of Mr. Wes- ey s opponents, in the excess of their zeal against enthusiasm, took up a whole wigon load of Metho- ists and carried them before a ustice. V hen they were asked what these persons had done, there was an awkward silence; at last one of the accusers said : Whv. they pretend to be better than other eopie, and, besides, they prayed rom morning till night. Th magistrate asked if they had done anything else. 'Yes, sir,' said an old man, 'an't please your worship, they convarted my wife. Till she eat among them she had a tongue. and now she is as quiet as a lamb.' Oarry them back, carry them back, aid the magistrate, 'and let them convert all the' scolds in the town !' Sesping Clear of Temptatica. One of the colored residents of Detroit was yesterday asked why ho fii1 nnr. attend tk pvulti chuw. A glad smile crossed his face as the word 'poultry' was spoken, but died away in a moment as the stern reality confronted him. 'Dere s heaps o chickens dere. lain't dcy V he asked. 'Yes.' 'But dey are all in cages, hain't Uey t 'Yes.' 'And you want me to go dere and stand around and gaze on dose chickens which can t come cut of dose cages, do you ? No Bah. I knows jess how I d feel, Bah ! I) droit Free Press. Warning to Lovers. A rather interesting story is told of a luxom young woman, whose honesty of purpose is fully equalled by her physical ability to resent an imposition even though the offender js hor lover. The young man in lucstion bore a rather doubtful character to tho outside world and was never suspected of being a te totaler by the young lady herself,' although affirming to that he never drank. All Was, apparently working to the entire satisfaction of Cupid himself, until one night he asked his fair Dulcina to 'turn down the light.' 'It's a taller candle, you darn fool ! you're drunk, you cant dective me any longer !' and she took him by the left cur and led him te the door. How to Prolong Liek. The great foe of life is indulgence under one form or another, The letting down cf the standard endangers the length of the course. To be safe, one must bo circumspect, prudent, rational, clear in judgment, firm in self-control. To the command over his appetite, a man will owe length of days only, not mere oontinuity, but which gives continuity, which makes prolonged existence some thing worthy of being called a "lease of life," and not a stretch of drowsy stupor. As vitality come3 to the system, it beats off its foes, and conquers one after anoth er the advancing years. The National Debt. The following statement shows the amount of the debt cf th United States at tho periods named: March 41861 66,1110,865 Sept. 1, 1805 ,757,689,571 Jan. 1, I860 1,716,851,536 Jan. 1, 18C7 2.543,325,172 Jan. 1, 18H8 2,508,125,650 Jan, 1, lbG'J 2,540,707,201 Jan. 1,1870 2,448,726,953 Jars. 1, 1871 v ....2,332,067,793 Jan. 1, lft72 2,243,838,411 Jan. 1; 1873 2.162,252,388 Jan. 1, 174. . . . , 2,159,315,326 Jan. 1,1875 2,142,698,802 Jan. 1, 187G. .' 2,191,832,195 TLe largest amount reached. . Mr. Jones, claims to be a gran ger because he raise3 corns and is the owner of many achers.
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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