North Carolina Newspapers

'51 A t a hi 1-nY BE SURE YOTJ AEE EIGHT ; THE1ST GrO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. VOL. 54. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 187G. NO. 38. GENERAL DIRECTORY. TARIIOHO'. Mayor Fred. Philips. Commission-bus Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenlicimer, Daulel V. Hunt, Ales. MeCabe, Joseph Cobb. Sccketary & Treasuker Kobt. WhUe hurft. Cuief of Folicb John W. Cotteii. Assistant I'oi.ice J. T. Moo c Jas. E. Siniouson, Altimore Mauunir. COl'NTV. Superior Court Clerk and Prolate It. h. StatOD, Jr. Rciister of Deeds Alex. MeCabe. sheri ff Joseph Cobb. C'ironcr Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. Surceyor Joiiu E. Baker. ( Standard Kecpn J. B. Hyatt. S.-'iool Examiners. H. H. Shaw, Win. A. Dustran and R. Williams. lOrwr Poor House Wni. A. Dugsan. Cnrimiisiimers .Tno. Lancaster, Chairman, VVilev Well, J. B. AV. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Eseui. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. A W. R. K. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at - - 10 A. M. Arrive nt Ta-rboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 1'. M. WASHINGTON' MAIL VIA GREENVILLE, FALKLAND AND SPARTA. I... vive Tarboro' f daily) at - - 6 A. M. Arrivo at Tarboro' (daily) at ti 1'. M. LODlitS. riie lt;Iilfc ml tue Places of Meeting-. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, Hiith Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in evsry month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. oS, Thomas Gatliu, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday uijjbt it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Kepiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O F., I. B. Palnmountaiu, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every l'.rst aud third Thurs d iv of each month. Edgecombe LoJire No. 50. I. (). O. F., T. W. Tolcr, N. ., Odd Fellows' Hall, mets every Tuesday nijjht. Eilci-coinbe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meat every Friday niht at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 2S, I. O. (J. T., meets every Wednesday night at there Hall. Zauoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock, Pre-ulent. CIU'IICHE. Episi-nval Church Services every Sunday a 10 1-2'o'clock A. M. and 5 V. M. J)r. J. B. Cheshire, Hector. Methodist Church Services every Fourth Sunday of every month, morning and nii'ht. 1st Sundav at night and rt!i Sunday at nijiht. Uev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian 'hurc! Servk-cc every lt, 3rd and olh Sabbaths. Uev. T. J. Allison, Pastor Weekly Prayer ting, Thurs day night Missionary Baptist Chvrch Services the 4th Sunday in every moi.th, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and 8umlay of each mouth at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adims' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprie.or. Soiifhern Express Office, on Main Strert, closes every morning at o'clock. N. M. Lawrence, Aent. PKOFKSSIO AL CAKOI, F RANK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO' , y. C. Collection a Specialty, "a Office next Ior to the Southerner otIL'C. July 2, 1ST5. tf JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASI NOTARY PUBLIC. H" Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. II OWAP.D & PERRY Attorneys and Counselors at La w, TARBORO', N. C. ffp Prac.ice in all the Courts, State and Federal. nov.o-ly. w II. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBOKO', N. C. fgT Attends to the transaction of Vuisi ness in all the Courts, State and Federal. Nov. 5, 1&75. ly piREDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney aad Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in tho Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5, 1875. ly ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TARBORO', N. C. !Vill practice in the Courts of the 2nd Judicial District. Collections made in any part of the feme. Pp" Office ia Iron Front Building, Pit Street, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's. JaD. 7, 1876. tf JACOB BATTLE, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. ft& Practices in all the State Courts. March 24, 187(5. ly J. II. & W. L. TII0RP, Attorneys arid Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. TbRACTICES in the counties of Edge m. combe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and in the Supreme Court North Carolina, also in the United States JJistrict Court at Kaleigh, DR. E. D. BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, IHain Street, TARBORO, N. C. JTp" All work warranted to give entire satisfaction. leD.j-tr. yM. HOWARD, DHUGGI8T DEALER IH DRUGS. PATENT MEDICINES, 5eO,, ScO., SbC. Next door to Mrs, Peudei 'b Hotel, TARBORO N.C, MISCELLANEOUS. 8"f ?t 0 :l Week to Aleuts. San ti,J U f i i pies FREE. P. O Vici ii ill - k- ery, Augu-ta, Maiue. (2- (J day nt home. Agents wanted. elOutlit and terms free. TRUE & CO-, Augusta, Maine. f (JjOft Per day nt home. Samples worth ? l mf gi fro,.. STIXSON fc CO., Purt- land, Maine. SPECTACLES. Grady's B. P. Specks pre serve the eye-sight. Write for particu lars. L. G. Grady, Halifax, N. C. -THE IIF.ST FAMILY MEDICINES. Tested by popular use for over A QUARTER 0Y A CEXTIRY! Dr. Strong's Compound So.iialivo Pills euro Constipation, Billiousness, Liver Com plaint, Malarial Fevers, Rheumatism, Ery sipelas, and all diseases requiring an active but mild purgative. Dr. StrougS Pectoral S.oiuucli Pills cute Coughs, Colds, Fevers, Female Com plaints, Sick lleadaehe. Dyspepsia, and all di -rangemeuts of the Stomach. C. E. Hull & Co., New York, Proprietors. Price, Twenty-Five Cents. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH EDITION. Containing a complete Hat of all towns in the United States, the Territories and the Dominion of Carada, having a population greater than 5,000 according to ihe last cen sus, together with the names of the news papers having the largest local circulation in each of the place named. Also, a catalo gue of newspapers which are recommend ed to advertisers as as giviug greatest value in proportion to prices charted. Also, all newspapaperintheUnitedSta.es aud Can ada printing over 5,000 copies each issue. Also, all the Religious, Agricultural, Scien tific and Mechanical, Medical, Masonic, Juvenile, Educational, Commercial, lc surance. Real Estatee, Law, Sporting, Mus ical, Fashion, and other special class journals very complete lists. Together with a com plete !bt of over 300 German papers printed iu the United States. Also, an essay upon advertising; many tables of rates, showing the cost of advertising in various wewspapeis aud everything which a beginner iu adver tisinjr would like to know. Address GEO P. UOW3LL & CO., 41 Park Row, New York. NEWSPAPERS OF TIIE UNITED STATES. A complete list, -aumhenug ,1'-".', v, ith a Gazetteer correct to date, of all town and cities iu which Newspapers are published; historical ami statistical sketches of theGreit Newspaper Establishments; illustrated with numerous engravings of the principal news paper buildings. Book or IIUO Pages, just issued. M illed, post paid, to address for Koc. Apply (inclosing price) to Superinten dent of thts Newspaper Pavilion, Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, or American News Company, N. Y. Every advertiser needs it. PRIVTAE Boarding House. TRS. V. E. LIPSCOMU respectfully an iTA nouuecs that she has optned a Private Boarding Hoose in Tarboro, 011 the corner of Bunk atld Pitt Streets. Good Fare, Pleiitant II 00111s. Coiufor turtle Heri. Board .Tloerute. Feb. 13, 1S75. Pest Poison is not only a Safe, Sere and Cheap DESTROYER of the Colorado Beetle or Potato iico, nut or iu. imkbcts whkhprey on Vegetation Cut and Abmt Worm Obekn Flt, &o. Unllko Paris Green and other Poisons, It can be entirely dissolved in water and applied by sprinkling. Not Injurious to Plaktg. Not DangbMicb to Use, Beyer Fails to Kill. Costs about 25 Cnts an Aci. Put op in half lb. boxei, enongh for two acres. Price 60 Cento Send for Circular. Made only by the KEARNEY CHEMICAL WORKS, 66 Cortlandt SL P. 0. BOX 3139. HEW Y0KJK, CHOWAN Baptist Female Institute, MURFREESBORO', N. C. ."''EXT Session begins 1st Wednesday ia Xll October. Number of boarders limited to one hun dred. For the instruction of these, ten first class teachers are employed. Facilities unu sually ample und charges very moderate. i or catalogues, address A. McDOWELL, President. July 28, lS7b 2in. C. J. AUSTIN'S I'HOIISAI! & RETAIL GROCERY, Prices Low Down for Cash ! IVfT A2ent for PETER'S AMM0NIATED DISSOLVED HONE, prepared expressly for Cotton. mar.24-ly. Manhood : How Lost,1 How Restored ! Juflt publishrd, a new edition of Dr. Culverwell's Cele brated Essay on the radical ctire (without, medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments to Ma'riasr, etc.; al so, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induc ed by self-indulgence or sexual extrava gance, &c. J2? Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be radicallv cured without the dangerous uso of internal medicine or the application of the knife ; pointing out a mode of cure at one simple, certain, and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matte.- what his condition may le, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. XjsT This Lecture should be in tho hands of every youth and every man ii the land. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, CHAS. J. C. CLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. 0. Hox, 4,r86' .enor st.6ALTIM0RE.MD. 414 LEXINGTON 5 ! mm v XV ORGANS A St -W- MISCELLANEOUS. Coklen's Liebig's Liquid 1 7'. X TRACT OF UUU lilt AND TONIC INVIGORATOR, Recommended by the best physicians in England and America for Consumption, De bility, Loss of Appetite, Fever Ague, Dys pepsia, IadijjestioD, Female and Children maladies. OPINION OF DR. R. S. ST E CART, Pres't, Md, Insane Hospital, Baltimore, Md. " I can recommend Liebip's Li quid Extract of Beef as the most sufficient preparation I have ever met with. It com bines the virtues of loo'l and tonic iu a re markable way." OPINION OF Dr. WM. U. STORES, Physi cian to Mount Hope Retreat, Baltimore, " I have great pleasure in adding my testimony to the virtues of Liebig's Li quid Extract of Beef aud Tonic Iuvigurator, as the very best preparation used, ana there fore conlidently recommend it to the medi cal profession." AND MANY OTHER TESTIMONI ALS. PUT UP IN PINT BOTTLES $1.00 EACH, TAKE NO OTHER. SOLD BIT Druggists and Dealers. WHOLESALE AGENTS. Thomson, Lilly &-Co., Baltimore, Md. Purcell (& Ladd, Richmond, Va. Win. R. Burwell & Co., Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 10, 1875. ly FURITITUHE ! 4 large lot for sale cheap for cash. Alo 1m. Furniture made to order, by .T. 12. HM3IOS, PITT ST., TARBORO', N. C. JTi?" Call and see before you purchase. promptly attended to. Keeps on hand and makes to order, Maho anv, Walnut, Poplar and Pine Collins. Also on hand a full line of METALIC CA SES. Hearse for hire ou burial occasions. Vi7 Terms cash. Jan. 1, lSTO.-ly. J. E. SIMMONS. A CARD TO THE PUBLIC ! 1am now prepared ro furnish the Centen nial BOOT & LUCRE TIL SHOE, cheap er than can be gotten up in Northern cities, aud am ahead of t rade in tliii and adjoining counties. I use nothing but First Choice French Calf Skins and Extra Pebbled Goat. The finest grades of Sole Leather, English Bend a specialty. The latest style last are used in my business. Also keeps constantly on hand all sorts of Shoe-fmdiiur. Workmenbhip uuex:e!ied. Give me a trial, aud if my work don't suit will make sacrifice on any that is taken !rom mv house. O. C. DOGCETT. Tarboro, May 5, 187i. 8m. GEO. L. PENDER7 WITH Bruff; Faulkner 8c Co,, Wholesale Dealers iu Foreign and Domestic Dry Good, Notions & White GOODS. 275 W. BALTIMORE ST11EET, J. E. Ruff, ) llaltimoro. A. B. Faulkner, Wm. It Hallett, ) novl'J-ly. Manufacturer of and wholesale dealer in CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, FARM WAGONS, CAIW 9, Willi B.1.B ASiU AALLS, ilAIi- NES3, COLLARS, IIAMES, SAD DLES, LAPROBES, HORSE CLOTHING, VHIP3, i..p. Also a large Stock of Carnage Materials. jnos. 14, 10, z-t ana au union oireei. Norfolk, Vx April, 7 1876. ly. " VV. T. TAYLOR, Manufacturer of WINDOW FRAMES, DOORS, Plain Panels of every style DOOR FRAMES, WIKLOWS, SASHES, VLINDS, MANTLES, M0ULBIKGS, BRACKETS, SCROLL WORK ASD Tobacco Box Patterns, Whitaker's, N. 0. Also, contracts to put up buildings, furn ishing all material, complete turn-key jobs, or otherwise, os parties may prefer, Ul with kiln-dried lumber. March 24, 1876. ly THIS TAPER IS ON FILE "WITH Where Advertising Contracts can bo made. Greensboro Female College GREENSBORO. N. C. rjHE Fall Session will begin on Wednes- JL day, aard ot August, and continue 12U weeks. Board (exclusive of washing and lights) 575 Tuition in regular English course, S25 For catalogue, apply to Rev. T. M. Jones, President. N. H. D. WILSON, President Board of Trustees. June 23, 1876. 2m Want to Sell. I WILL SELL MY TWO STORY DWELL ing on Church Street, corner of Thomas gtreet five rooms and closets. 1 ne jffS house is newly painted and in excel- fjfini lent repair. One acre of ground is attached ucder new paling. There are also the necessary out houses. It ts a bargain for I will also sell a good Piano and other Fur .. . i i i. niture. Also several vacant, iuis uu iuureu Street. All in Rocky M out, JN.c. DOSSEY BATTLE. Oct. 29,1875. tf. 9 g Friday, : : Sept. 1, 1376 TRUTH. 0-uiocrn.tic Executive Committee of North Carolina to tbc Demo cratic Central Commit tee of Kansas. LETTER OF CHAIRMAN COX. Rooms Democratic Ex. Com., Kaleigh, Aug. 10, 187 j. Hon Join Martin, Chairman Demo cratic Staie Central Cu,)i..Utee TvpcJca Kansas. Dear Sir: Your letter of date July 2Gtb, came daring my absence at the north, and has m 7 first atten tion on returning. In respect to statements in Chicago inter-Ocean, purporting to be a special report of the 6peech of Governor Vance in this city opening the campaign, wherein he is charged with declaring, '1st, That he 13 sorry he laid down his arms in 18G5; 2nd, that he is in favor of re-euslaving the negro; and if that cannot bo done at once, his idea is to adopt a plan which will bring about such a condition of things.' I have to say these state ments are wilfully and unqualifiedly false iu every particular whatever. And I assure you that Governor Vance has no desire and no 'plan to deprive the negro of educational privileges, to pay him low wages, to prevent him from purchasing real estate and deprive him of arms, am munition, stock and agricultural im plements.' Indeed, no such sentiments exist and no such purposes are euter- tained on the part of the democracy of North Carolina. If Governor Vance could have utterred what is above attributed to him, I do not hesitate to assure you that our. exe cutive committee would have at once demanded his resignation a3 a candidate of tho democratic party. Governor Vance, wiih ail the lead ing men of the Democratic pat ty in North Carolin.1, as well as the masses of our people, has accepted the political status of the negro in good faith, and the rights and privileges with which he has been invested we regard as fixed and ir revocable. Any desire or purpose to 're-enslave,' therefore, would be as preposterous as impracticable; and I do in all sincerity assnre you that, if the Democrats cf North Carolina could, to morrow, have slavery again they would reject it. Governor Vance, in coiamou with all the prominent Democrats of the State, desires the education of the negro. We believe that every in terest of our people demands that the negroes shall be educated up to the highest standard of intelligence possible for them, and to that end Governor Vance as have all our people of prominence or meaus, has cheerfully contributed to tho main tenance and support of their schools, churches, aud societies for their moral and social improvement. Respecting wages paid to the ne groes in employment in this State, 1 beg to refer to the tact that hired labor with us has, since the war, commanded better prices than ever before, and continues to rule higher, proportionate to the productiveness of our soil and our market f acilties, than in any State cf the Union, and the land holders have really been impoverished by the high prices paid for field labor and the low prices received for their products. The negroes with us are encour aged to acquired homes, and to-day they own m North Carolina no in considerable portion of , real estate, considering the fact that their sav ings are the accumulation of but teu years, and that they have not yet acquired those habit3 of per severing industry and aproviuent management requisite to the ac cumulation of property. In our system of agriculture tbey con stitute a fair proportion of the ten antry. The objection to the possession and use of fire arms and ammuni tion by the negroes has been raised in neighborhoods where they have dpredated upon the stock of the white people, and this complaint is now, I believe, not at all general, and w'll be less so as the people of that race become more provident, acquire stobk of their own and are morally improved. It will be seen, therefore, that people whose politics Governor Vance represents are directly in terested in the adoption and sue cess of a policy toward the negro just the opposite of that falsely given ouS by. the ltepublican prints as the policy or 'plan' devoloped in the speech referred to. I will give you, as briefly a3 I can, a sketch of the public services civil and military, of Governor Vance and Judge Settle. These gentlemen entered politi caHife together in 1854 as mem bers of the house of commons frcm their.- respective counties. Vance was a Union whig Settle a demo crat of the state's rights school; and Mr. Settle signalized his entrance into public life by the introduction of a series of proslavery resolutions, of which the followinw is a speci men : 'That, in the event the federal government repeal or impair the efficiency of the provisions of the fugitive slave law, or refuse to exe cute its provisions in good faith, that it will amouut to a virtual dis solution of the Union; and it will become the duty of this State to take such measures as may be re quired for her safety and security.' Vance served one term of two years in the Legislature, and Settle three at the last of which ho was elected speaker. In 18f8 Vance was sent to Con gress from the strong Whig and Union mountain district, and was a Union member at the breaking out of the war. In I860, cn the assembling of the legislature, strongle democratic, Settle was elected Solictor of the 4th Judicial Circuit. At the same Hon. T. L. Clingman wa3 elected for a new term to the United States Senate. At the beginning of the war, in April, 18G1, Vance and Settle both raised companies at their respective homes,- and entered the military service of the Confederate States at tho same time. Vance was cho sen colonel of his regiment and re mained in service until the summer of 18G2, whtfu he was elected Gov ernor of the State, Settle remained a captain until the reorganization in the spring of 18G2 when he came home and again took the office of Solicitor. For the remaining period of the war Vance was governor, and Set tle Solicitor of his circuct; Vance ens gaged in executing the laws ot North Carolina, passed in conformi ty with the constitution of the Con federate States, which both had sworn to support; Settle prosecut ing under and by the ruR of the same authority. 1 have never hoard it alleged that either Governor Vance or Solicitor Settle were un faithful to the duties they assumed when they took the oath to support the Constitution of the Confeder ate States, the Constitution of North Carolina, and to obey and execute the laws passed thereunder. It is matter of record that Settle prosecuted tLe friends of Confederal ate deserters for harboring and feeding such. An instance is men tioned wherein some of the State militia, as deserter hunters, were guilty of cruelty to a woman who rt. u3--d to disclose the whereabouts of her husband; and though Gov ernor Vance says he ordered Solici tor Settle to prosecute those engag ed in this assault upon a woman, the Solicitor, it is charged, declined to prosecute and did not prosecute. The Republicans have sought to mike capital out of the fact that Governor Vance has not solicited the negro vote. In the present ignorant condition of the masses of the negro race, and the commerce and corruption of their leading men, it is idle to ttempt to detach any considerable portion of thorn from the political organization controll ing the national government and wielding its power and patronage. As the nsgroes become educated and grow intelligent they will be gin to vote the democratic ticket, and the race will then divide for the same reasons that political divisions exist among white men. At pre sent politics is with the negroes an ideal sentiment. They neither see nor understand any real principle in it, which may in a measure ex plain to our friends of the great West why they, as the weaker race, adhere together with such persist ency. At the close of the war they were, through secret agencies, made to believe that their old mas ters desired to re-enslave them; that if they voted with the republi cans tho property of the late insur gents would be confiscated and they would have a portion allotted to them, and when their fears and hopes were thus inspired to hold them in political vassalage the agi tation of civil rights and kindred measures in the national legislature gave to designing and desperate leaders further opportunities to mis lead and drive them until their re ligion and politics have become so blended that they are terribly pres criptive and even violeut towards members of their own raco who re nounce their political allegince. a L am tne democratic party se cures tne reins 01 government and teaches them by expedience the de ceptions that are practiced upon them, no reason or persuasion will induce the masses of the southern negroes to for-sake the republican party. The reckless and glarins false hoods in regard to the speech of v ancc, to wmch you refer, shows that the same tactics are now sought to be adopted by the re publicans in the great West, and threugh prejudice and falsehood to secure their ends. Our people are quiet and unostentatious and hail with pleasure the advent of every northern man among us who cornea to help us develope the resources and improve the industries of our btate. In other words, like your I ocivca, mey are men 01 common J sense, and desire to improve their 1 ii c condition, and they believe that prosperity cannot be secured through violence or agitation. Very respectfully and truly, W. R. Cox. Chairman Dem. Ex. State Com. Trip to IVasU Protracted JTIeetinir nt II armouy Pretty Ladies a Good Dinner &c Editor Southerner : Think ing that you are anxious to receive communications, and that you would allow a short one of mine to parade the columns of your valuable paper, (especially, on account of its being my first attempt,) thus presume. I left home Saturday p.m., last,! in search 01 more congenial climes, and to attend a protracted me3ting the following day, in one of the most "hamoniou3" places of Nash County, (Harmony.) Having stopped over at night and enjoying the hospitalities of a friend not far distant, I proceeded bright and early to the above meeting. On my arrival I found a large con course of people from the surround ing country, gathered here for the purpose of hearing and being com forted by two able Divines, Rev. Mr. Parris assisted by the Rev. Mr. Page both of the Protestant Meth odist Church. Mr. Parris was the first to preach taking hi3 text from "Paul's Epistle to the Romans" 14 chapter 17 verse. Although not clothed in eloqueace it was a well delivered sermon : what you would term a plain practical one, and one that everybody must have been par tial to, as each word that left his tongue was clothed in sincerity seemingly, and to judge from the attention of the congregation it must have been highly appreciated, as well a forcible. After discours ing for an hour or more, he stated that Rev. Mr. Page would occupy the pulpit in the evening und then announced recess for three fourths of an hour, for the purpose of eating dinner &c. immediately after the morning services, as I was standing and look ing for some familiiar face, (being a stranger,) a friend touched me on the shoulder and pointed to one of the loveliest creatures that ever lazzled the sight of man, and ask ed me to go and receive an intro duction. Oh ! was it not a shock, but I soon recovered my equilibri um and after readjusting my coat coilar, i 01 course accepted the in vitation, and right here I heave an other sigh, a sigh for Messrs. Bat tle, Blount and all other healthy eaters, for 1 was in the midst of a "hail storm'' of invitations to par take of hospitalities that "old Nash" is noted for ; but it was not for mc to decide what group I should dine with, as circumstances had prcdeci ded and I soon found myself in the midst of one of the loveliest groups you ever oaw, and surrounding us a ige table groaning under the weight of a sumptuous feast in the way of a good dinner ; all that the heart of man could wish for. A very nice little tote a tete I was having with one of the "fairest of the fair," (but you know Mr. Editor how 'tis yonrself no person can serve two masters at once,) and upon perceiving that I was 'loosing deal, retreated in good order be hind the breastwork of a chicken, and being in the section of "Car ters" and fresh supplies, waived modestly and waded in, (not head and ears, but hand and mouth,) as ravenous as a starved Lyon would on the body of his prey. Alter fully replenishing myself with the hoapitalties extended, (and they could not be beaten in the State.) sauntered up to a group of the "fair sex," and imagine my surprise to find them as passive as lambs. I was not long in doubt as to this cause : upon following a young mans eye, 1 perceived at no great distance a couple of young men stooping under tne weignt ot hnge melons; how that young mans eye did beam and sparkle at the sight of thorn. Mr. Editor, knowing my weak ness for flowers you will not be surprised, that after seeing each with a huge slice in hand, I took french leave ; as my attention wa3 suddenly called to a very pretty pink at no great distance and how I did grapple to obtain possession of that pink but to no avail. Dinner over and each with a fair one retreated to those favorite re sorts, at such places, vehicles ! myself so fortunate as to be one of the number, and oh ! was I not un fortunate, for I got one that could say yes and no, and alas ! she did say no. All subjects being exhaus ted, both thinking, looking, sighing, in perfect state of enchantment, when the spell was broken by a voice, (seemingly,) in the distance to this effect : "Will you wait on me to the spring?" Imagine my getting nearer and saying: "Yes, love; un til next 8pring, if you wish," and my utmost surprise when she told me that there was a very pretty bubbling little spring at no great distance and would I wait on her to it. Ye Gods ! how cheap I felt ! And we wandered not by the river side, but by a bubbling spring, and what a nice time we did have, and i when that great luminary began to fade in the distant horizon, how I did sigh for some chain co bind the stuborn wings of time and bid him loiter on his way, from thi3 I bor rowed consolation, that pleasures, however transporting, unhapily can not last. Mr. Editor, if you hear of any one in search of a "better half" trot him up to iZarmony dur ing a protracted meeting and if he don't come away with a shattered heart, he is not worthy the name of man. While I write, my mind continually reverts to yesterday, and I ask myself was it all real or some pleasant dream I had while Lwrestlnig with Morpheus on last mgnt. In the section referred to crops are looking fine, and Na3h is de termined not to lose her reputation, (for old Nash Brandy) as there are a great many distilleries in opera tion, owing to the quantity of ap ples, &c, in the county. -rls for politics it is useless to write, as the present generation are determined to follow the footsteps of their forefathers by acting up to what only constitutes a man hon esty ; and by supporting no other party . but the true democratic. Well, a3 printers like others are liable to have their patience tried. 1 will close for fear of making them break the third commandment. -As my penis crude, you will weigh the contents of this, and if found want ing, consign same to your waste basket. Massena B. Politics front a Cokey Ulan 4c. Mr. Editor Dear Sir : I have never been much of a politician but I think the time has arrived when every honest Citizen of the good old county of Edgecombe should awake from the lethargy that has so long had possession of these and discard the idea that it will do n good to work. What if Napoleon with hi? gallant army of veterans, when he viewed tho high, and rug ged peaks of tho -Alps, had exclaim ed: "Soldiers, it will do no good to work, we cannot climb those rugged peaks". One of the most glorious and and successful campaigns cn record would have been lost to history, a campaign that not only chalenged the admiration of his enemies but the whole world. It will do good to work, and let every man put his shoulder to the wheel of reformation and give it a push, and wo shall see the fruits of it next November. There are several good citizens in this county who say, they are anxiou3 for a reform, but are not willing to vote for it. Such men as they remind me of an an ecdote I once heard. A frontier farmer and hi3 wife one night while sitting back in their cosv log hut, was surprised to see a huge bear walk deliberately in tho house in a very menacing manner.the husband t t was very mucn ingbtenea and sought refuge upon the joist, but his wife who was a plucky woman (as you know most all women are) seized an axe and went to work and soon killed the bear, the husband seeing that his wife had gained the victory, came down from his place of safety, and exultingly exclaimed : W e have had a devil ot a tight havent we ? Just so with the men that are anxious for a reform, but are not going to assist, when the tidal wave of victory shall have swept corruption from our midst they will gladly come forward and help us enjoy tho fruits of victory. But gentlemen do not wait until the battle is over, cojij and help us ; for we are going to bo victori ous. "The reform bugle" ha3 al- ready sounded and caused dismay in the radical ranks, and particular ly to some of their voung converts, who have already felt themselves gored and are wincing from its clar ion notas. That is right Mr. "Bu gler" lay on and spare them not, search out their corruption and show them at as they ought to be, and you will continue to receive the gratitude of an honest though down trodden people. And now, Mr. Editor, cannot Edgecombe County spare some of her silver tongued orators to go up west and reecho those notes, and let our Western friends know the true condition of affairs in this county. I am a western man and resided up there until the last four or five years, and know there aro a great many honest republicans that would come to our assistance and help their Eastern friends at the ballot box if they knew their true condition Avith such an array of intellect a3 Edgecombe can boast of, I know some of her patriotic sons could make the sacrifice of can vassing the West, they would meet with a hearty welcome, and I am confident do a great deal of good for the democratic party. With many good wishes lor a democratic victory. 1 am Yours Truly Cokey. A Narrow Escape. A man and his wife, seeking to break themselves of a habit of fret 1 t 1 . t . ting ana sconing, enterea into an agreement of this nature; tho one who first lost temper with the child ren, was to be published by the other as a 'scold.' The medium through which this humiliating in telligence was to be communicated to the world was not specified in the contract, but tho husband un derstood that it was to be through tho village newspaper. Tho wife nearly bit the end of her tongue off in the first day's trial, snapping up tho harsh words which tried to es cape her lips. But both ware dis mally peaceable until the afternoon of the second day, when the hus band flew into a passion simply be cause one of the children polished his stockinged foot with a blacking brush while he was taking his usual nap. At tho first burst of anger, his wife quietly arose and put on her bonnet. 'Where are you going ?' he in quired, suspiciously. 'To publish you,' she replied. 'Oh, well, go ahead, the boys at tho office won't give mo much of a blast.' 'But I'm not going to the printing-office.' 'Where, then V he asked In sur- prise. 'To the sewing society.' That brought him to terms, and earnestly he begged her not to make his weakness known throughout the length and breadth of the land. Finally, in consideration of a new silk dress by him to her delivered, she agreed to let him off. But it was a narrow escape. Detroit Free Press. (For Tarboro Southerner.) The Bantam Rooster, a Fraud' as a Fowl, and a Success as a Nuisance. Dear Southerner: Our little ones went to Virginia ; and brought back with them a pair of red ban tams. Then commenced misery. At break of day, frequently some time before, the little red hop-o'-my-thumb of a chicken would be gin his crowing Hq called it crow ing, but it really was a cross be tween a screech, a yell and tho whistle of a half exhausted locomo motive. The first crow of a morn ing would so delight the diminutive scoundrel that he immediately essays a duplicate of the same, not knowing that chickens of good breeding always take an interval of a minute or so between crows. The second screech would nut tho little upstart into such oratto pride in his own achievments that the early morning soon became hid eous with his irascible noise. Twen ty-four times, "hand roin?." beintr the minimum number of his explo sions, it is needless to state that, frequently, befre tho second dozen was ilnished, broomstics and walk- ng canes would fly through th leaves of his roosting tree in search of this pigmy of the barn yard. Commend me to a red bantam for a model of self conceit, igno rance, vanity and cowardice. Let clod ot dirt orcak over his head. when engaged in waking the babies of the neighboring village ! and then ensues a scene of mimic rage fear- iui 10 witness, ine crow becomes a half cluck rapidly running into steam escaping tnrougu a narrow orifice, catching breath at remarka- bly snort intervals, with evesaflamn with rage. Down from his perch with dire intent, with oui-stretched wings ho rushes to find the spoiler of his morning song? But alas for the pluck of a red bantam ! The sight of man with a stick in hand smootnes tne ruined plumage m an instant and he immediately re members a place be"hind the stables where he had forgotten to scratch . 1 i 1 n 1 me aay Detore, and forthwith re pairs to it with outstretched wing3, calling frantically for his mate to follow. We have now three youn? roos ters, worthy sons of thia noble sire. - w ' 7 who are seduously following in the iooisiepa.01 tneir parent; and even now, before the first curl feathers have come in their tails they aro daily waking the household. remaps we wont sell theso young fowls ! Try us with a small federal shinplaster that's all ! Arciiel. Dura a Fiy. Some years ago. Mozis Adduma. in an essay, headed as above, ven tured the opinion, based simnlv on close observation of the fly! that mes are lousy. Here is confirma tion of Addum3 opinion, eiven bv a correspondent of the New York rt ... oun, who has studied Hies under the microscope : "He ha3 discovered that they are lovers of gum, and that they buzz through the air in pursuit of that luxury. The gum does not come ready-made to the fly, but is at first the invisible animalcules, or lice, of the air, which gather to the glutinous wings, limbs, and trunks of the little insect, and are worked over into shape for mastication. Tho fly, repeats the Sun's corres pondent, it is a useful scavenger, and a good deal bigger one than tho dector, since it never brings in a bill for his services, and the doctor never fails to do so. "Watch a fly," he continues, " that has been soaring arouud your room, gather ing in air lice ; wait untils he set tles upon a lump of sugar, and then See him hoe himself down with his feet and eat gum, air lice, and su gar with equal gusto. Tis true.' 1 4 n i, . 1 !: 1 M i in EH t . i! 41 It! In 1 ! ii S3 h 1 1 Hi it Ml a ii! U Ml fjj 1! ifi i It II, ii i if it H ! i if V., il i H -I hi f t ,1 f .