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BE SURE YOU AEE EIGHT ; TBGElsr GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett, VOL. 54. TARBOKO', N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 187G. NO. 41. GHMF.RAL DIRECTORY. . - - TAUlttfKO'. M iKM Fred, Philips. .'MVissioNEns lesse A. Williamson, .Li fU r'eldenheimer, Daniel V. Hunt, A lev. M.-Ca!e, .Joseph C o Li b . Secketaby & TKKAStritKK-Kbt. Whi:o-li-.irst. Cinr.r of Police John W. Cot'en. Assistant Police '. T. Moo -v .las. F.. Si.,!-!iM!i, Allimore Mienair. Superior Court Clerk and Prolate Jwtyr H. L. Stabm, Jr. i:---iUt,-r i.f l-eds -Alex. MeCabc. .-;- nt' los.'pli Cobb. '('!.'; '"cisxrirt-lloM. U. Austin. .S(-c"!rac o.'Un . p.aker. Sttiml ird Keeper J. i, Hyatt.. S iotil !'. rn;v.iners. II. n. .- . tv,n. A. ?.,...- j..,r Ifousi Wm. A. Duff'i.ii. C-m:ihsioners J no. Lancaster, Chairman, Vv'il.-v Well, J. II. W. Norville, Frar.k Hew, M. Eem. A. MeC-ahe, Clerk. vr.i.'ivM, and T'Kinr.rrnK of mails NoKTlt ANIS01'TII VIA W. .t V. II. K. I..':ivi- T:ii-'"ini' (daily' :it - - li A. Arrive at Tarli..ru' (daily) at - - ;!''-' P. M W V.-jIliNoTivN" JHH; VIA i; liEKNYILI.E. FA LIv LAN!' AM' SP.VK i'A. Le -,-.! T:irli. -' Ot;ii!v" ;it - - f, A. M. r:iv,- at T.ir'joro' (daily) ft" 0 1'. M . lOIMIF"!, !"!ie Mslit and liio l'lace of HIcc-tiiiST- Concord H. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, Hi-.ru Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly :'o;ivn; aiii!i3 tirst Thursday in every month at i 0 o'clock A. M. Coisco'M Lrt'lsre No. 5s, Thomas Gatlin, M ter, Masonic Hall, meets tirst Friday ni;;ht it T o'.-lock I'. M. ami thin! Saturday at to o'clock A. M. in every month. Reppon Eucmpai-ut. No. R5, I. O. (V F., I. B.'p.ilamountain, Chicl patriarch, ( Md F.-i-,'ows' H d". meets every Urst ami third Tiiitrs day of each month. K.l'.'c-oic.bj Lodsre No. 50, 1. O. (.. F., T. Vv Toler. N. (5., Odd Fellows' Hall, m-'eto .-vry Tuesday niirlit. id'eeotnle Council No. l- , Kneed-1 ! '"nivran'-e, meet every Friday uijrht at the .il'FelUr.v.,' Ha!!. Advance Lod-re No. Ms, I. . (i. T., we.'s cv"rv iVediie-sday 1 1 i lT 1 1 L at there ll.ill. Zannah Lodtre, No. '.!:!.". I. O. I. 1'., meet on :';:t and third Monday uL'ht of every mouth, nt Odd iYlIowb' Hall, A. Whitloek, r.-L .-i.'u nt. cHCiicur.s. Eniicor),,! Ch un-h Services every Sunday H 10 l-U'o'clock A. M. ur.-I " P. M. lr. .T. ii. L iii's'uire, Kcetor. , M'-tixHtlst Church Serviee? cw.y I'tvjrth Sunday ol every month, r,ie,:-r.rez and lUL'iit. lt Sunday at niirht a!cl i.h ::'-smlay at nifht Uev. Mr. Swindell, l';c!"r. Pyxh'itrrian Critr-. ' cverv 1st, '' 1 and "tli SaUb it ::s. K . ':'. J. Al;!.-ini, I'.istor Weekly Pray, r T';;;rs d.iy tiiht UlssKiMry fiitp'isi ""' Service'' the !:H SniMlay ::i every moi : i:, inoritin .ir.d ::.u!it. K.-v. T. II. O'wcn, 1'aslor. r..-i'.n '.''- Dij-tist Church S rv':--." tirst irda and Sunday of each motitb at 11 o'eioek. ISO S CI S. Aduns' Hotel, cornrr Main and I'i'l Sis. O. F. Adams, Propric.or. KXI'llIiSS. onih'-r-ti F.xpress Olllee, on Main f Ids.'S every morrt'iiir at !'.' o eioeK. N. M. Lav.":esce, Ajrei.t. .T5W I'KoriiSsio-vAr. 5'ajsds. J.RANiv POWELL, Attorney ani CouriSslor rt Law, TART:' j no', x. c. i-a- 'i)tle l5ois s Spoci.Tlty. 'Ca ( i:i;y ;;evt d;,r to the SouiUei ut cilice. J.Pv :J, 17.". tf J 03. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, Jll , ATTORNEY A7 LAW, AM) NOTARY PUBLIC. D?7"0!iiee at the Old Bank Huildinsr on Trade Street. je-tf. f f OWAlii) PEUP.Y i R. Attorneys and Counselors at Law, TAUL50RO', n. c. Z'f Prac.ioe in all tli Courts. State and Federal. i.ov.-j-ly. ' H. JOHNSTON, r't Attorney and Counselor at Law, TAPiBOilO', N. C. "?" Attends lo the transaction of bus: no-s in all the Court", State and Fe leral. Nov. 5, 1ST-"). ly IP.EDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBOKO', N. C. V Practices in Courts of adjoining coin ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5, 1S7-J. ly w ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAV, TAlIIIOnO', N. c. tViil pr'-ictico in ilia Courts of the 2nd .; iicir.l I'ist' i-t. Collections made in any part of the c taic. ! V.' OilicB in Iron Front Huiidinp, Pit Street, rear of A. Vt'hiliock & Co s. Jut!. 7, 171. tf TACOB BATTLE, Counsellor and Attorney at Lt.vj, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Practices hi all tLc State Courts. March Ut, 170. iy J. II. & W. L. TIIOT;!', Attorneys and Counsalora at Law, ROC KV MOUNT, li. C. fjP.ACTlCF.S in tli-j cotintics of Ed'e comt'C, Halifax, N'.sli ami Wilson, and in tin; Sunn-mo Court. North Carolina, also 'n tic; United States Uistriet Court at Kaleih. DR. E. D. BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, main Street, TAFJiOIiO', N. C. l"-r All v.ork warranted to give entire s&lNlattion. I'eb.lS-tf. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, TAKEOKOV K. C. Of--; PX" !i'-i: Admits' Jfi.tt!, ovr S. S. Xtrsh $ C'o's Store. Care of children's teeth and Plate vork a ---ity. March 17, 170. ly' I VJ5 a' i Pies FKF.K. 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Also, an essay upon adverti-'iiijr; many tables of rates, show ing the eost oi 'adverti-ir.jr in arlous nevvspupei s and cvorythPiir which u beginner in advt r tiin would like to know. Address CEO P. KOW3LL iv. CO., H Park Row, New York. NEWSPAPERS OF THE UNITED STfiTES, A complete list, mimberin s, Ii;, with a Cazettivr orrec! to date, t-I a:l town ..t;d c-Lics In - :.:cll Newspcpers arc palji-shed; historical aiv; tati-iica! i.ketclcs ,. (ire .1 Ncv. er Kstaljlishment-; iliu v.itu tir.u. -'i;s 1 "iii'ra Vine's ot tin.' principal m-ws-p.aper '.liHlins. Book of Ui:. )'o.:-, just i-s'm-.!. M died, post paid, to uddicss for A; ply (.inclosing price) to Miperinten .!'. ;;' of the Newspaper Pavilion, Ccnt.'i i.ial (iroum!.-, Phil.i.'.c!; hia, or American News Company, N. V. Every adverli.-cr needs it. PRiVTAE Boardin? House. HUS. V. E. L1PSCOMU respi-ctfnlly an i.t2. nounees that shrt has op.ned a Private lio i:iiutr House :a T.irhoro, on the corner o! 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The celebrated author, in t'n.i a Imirahle Essay, tle.v.'ly demonstrates, from thirty years' successful practice, that the alarniins consequences of .self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous r."e of internal medicine, or the application of the knife; loi:.:i!'Sr out a mode of cure at one simple, certain, and etFccuial, by raofis ot which every snfferer, uo matter wlui condition may he. may cure himseif chep'y, private!)' and rr.itif'ill'i. r;- This Lecture should bo in t:io ha-nhs of every youth and every man P; the land. Sent under seal, in a plai.i envelope, to any address, jir.nl paid, on receipt otsix ceius or two postao siumpi. Address the Publishers, CilAS. J. C. CLINK cc CO., l'J7 Bowei y, New York ; P. O. Box, 4."s6 414 .BALTiMOELMD. LEXINGTON ST MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. 5 iy i i V12L ViV- Manufacturer of and v.'lcdesale do.t'cr in CJRRiACES. RU(tGIE.S, FARM WAGONS, CARTS, WHEELS ANI) AXLES, HAR NESS. COLLARS. II AMES. SAD DLES. LAPKOllES, HOUSE CLOTHING. WHIPS. Als so a larct- Stock of C.trrii'e Materials, j os. 1 , jii "1 and -o L 10. .11 Mi-eet. ' Norfolk, Va. April, 7 IsTi'. Old Reliable Jowciry Store, t- VEAF.3 ESTABLISHED, STILL IN FULL BLAST, Arthur C. Freeman, SUCCESSOR MO Main St., Norfolk, Va., offers to the citizens of Edgecombe and sur round'n'sr country, a full line of Diamond.-, Piatn G.-11 Wcidiiit: and Er.auu Went Riiies, Bridal Presmts, Ac. My lacHitics are ih-!i t:'".t iM-in.' connect ed wiili one of the lare:-' ifirortinir Houses in this Country, and bit'. exclusively for cash, enables me to otl'er SUPERIOR NDUOEritSJsTS. Send 1 our 01 '. us to ja-', ami you '.':!! save Li to '2 per c. '.ii. S!:o:;id 'ae ,;" ids n' t c-wl, laori-.-v ' ;!i be refunded. Addr,s-., Ai.THUUC. free:.: AN, Je v.-l-.r, Norfolk, Va. liioni.y Mtv.ii;;-.,:,T. I tt::p!oy none the most ii;fai Workmen in the Repairitij; 01 v, atet-es ami .wilry, auu if you wish to l'c.Vi- your vcaiches repaired properly and satisfaction e-ven, semi them t j me by Ex press carefully packed in cotton. IfiiiflAlIT rpHIS OLD ESTABLISHED LAKER' IS L now rca-ly to s-ipply tin- pcojdo of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds ot Bread, Cikr, French mi l I'l Candies, Xuts, Fruits, , nn t; e . . lir;l!'in"C...TV I!!!'!.- :KI!-ll!v l-,.llt I,. 'l?;.:f Class E aoiiii-.,, i I be kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned aUs a coutiiiuatior', with the promise of satisfaction. 1'riva.le I .vi-.tii.es r.-;! jilivuy liavo tltcir ( akt"i :i;krl Eics e ait s'lurt jiiticc. Onlexs for Factics Balls promptly tilled. C.li and examine t-ur .look, nevt door to ilaiTu of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOR WEBER. . GREAT SENSATION AT ROCKY MOUNT TIIEliF. h is just been opened by an experi enced Artist a fine Photograph (iallery, and he guarantees satisfaction to every woman and t'ni'.d. His pictures are as good as can be any where, and they who want to be Dead sure of a e-ood pieiure, should visit his (iallery On 31;; in Street, where they can uet any kind of a picture known to the Art for prices to euit the times. Picture? are furnished in India Ink, Crayon, Pastel, Oil or Whiter Colors. Copying old pictures (cnlanrine; to any size) a specialty. S. I). POOL, Rocky Mount, N. C. .July US, 1 Vol. :i:u Lager Beer & Wine rTEKPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL i the Fine WINES and LIQUORS, TO BACCO and CIGARS, opposite Adams' Ho tel. ERHARD DF.MUTII, Oct. S, 187.".-tf. Proprietor. SPRING GOODS! SPRIMG GOODS I SPRING GOODS I Dress Goods, Linen Lawns, Percals, Ladies' Hats, LadlCS aild Children S iSlioos, Gloves, Hos isery and White Goods ! ! BOOTS and SHOES, BST" All bought for cash at panic prices, and will be sold very low by T. H. GATLIN. N. E. T. IT. Gatlin is Agent for " Domestic " Paper Fashions. Tarboro', April 7, 1876. Written 1-V;j.'res!v f..r the Scuihcrncr. A SILVER HUNT. RV ARAC1IEL. Uncle John was up at dawn and out to soc after the horses. When I tiwoke L found Fielding at the crock before the door, with each ft.ot planted upon a stone washing liii; face Ly dirininir v.n the water which i lowed cic; fklir.-' between hi-s legs. As I approach ed, bent ui)on the same business, jr sptittorotl out-, the Water flVlli ,- ' , . "', ' , irom his ion- nustacuod : Have a was': .LUC liOWi IS Jll- wavs full m;1 alwnyy pcurisg out tne d.viy w titer, d uiwtivs fetch- mg in some more c:eaa. Don' t this beat the bowl-and-pitcher busi ness !' As he stood on the hank, comb in:: RP the stiff short hair on his ; hcttd, pretty much in the manner of j currying a horse, I walked into the creek and attempted to locate my 1 feet upon the tops of two slippery ; rocks that lifted up their smooth ; round heads just out of the water, j Of course 1 missed both, stones ; an I found myself knee deep in my wash ! bowl. Sockheimer threw down his i comb and reared with 1 icgliter. In ! fact he laughed so loud that the ' hounds came runr-mg out barking I furiously. Put I made the Lest I . could of uiv m'-niinr bath and went 1 in the hou?e to dr7 mv feet. As we were ttii cs: tti 11 jz down to breakfast, a loud halloo was heard at the gate. 'Twas a man hunting for a physician. I was rcjiv.'.-ted by Hoyden to come out. The man was mounted on a very ma!l pony that seemed hardly able to hold the weight that rested upon him. 'Are you a doctor V queried the stranger. 4 i c ?, v.he:. I a: 1 :t U-Jine 1 n died. -! il right, s::i 1 iie, inount vr,:;v horse and come wi'.h. mo tlp-i c's a- mi I want v J ..oman iu at mv uouae. 5 a to see her quictt an-.t soe if vou c:t:i her.' uiive nt any 1 hi, toh:d 'But you don't krv.' me. You iiiu.-t not tasetho svord 01 every stran- ger tnat comes uig tl;ro;i 'b your rnouiitaiti?. I may be an impo; - tor. ! ' i'ou bet 1 don't kr.w you !' said i the nir.-.i with a grin. ' I knew vou i were hero hist night before I went 11 cice uii'i (,11' ia.v. 1111 ,wu. 1 . . 1 .. . .... " . Call out uncle John, he'll tell you ! I'm ail right. Yon need no: fear i any harm, stranger.' ' Uncle John appeared promptly i at the call and greeted the man with : 'Why Cragie,.wh:it's up:" 'All clear Uncle John, your party will have no trouble if it don't snow this morning.' At this I looked up at the sky and noticed for the first time that it was covered with a dull leaden canopy of uniform cloudy appear ance. As I took another look at the rider of the pony I noticed that the stranger had only one leg. 'Where's your other leg,' I asked, and 1 had a good reason for ask ing. Yankee's lost legs sometimes. .'Left it ia Virginia,' was the an swer. ' Stonewall Jackson led the charge and I went rushing on with two legs, soon got satisfied and re tired, in an ambulance, with one leg on the field.' I mounted my horse immediately, saying : ' That will do stranger, I will go with you anywhere it's all right now.' Up the mountain we went, leaving ray two comrades to follow, in an hour and to call for me at Cragie's : As it threatened snow, wc had con cluded to go on up to the silver mine at once, make our explorations and come back to Hoyden's to sup per and lodging. Sockheimer had told me that there was no more any danger from ' wild cats ' and that the lean man with the rifle, wo had seen at the mill, would not hunt any game that day. lie said that the guide had told him this when they were feeding the horses this morning, and that the old man had laughed a good deal at the scare our party had given some people that he knew. Up, up, still higher we climbed, the pony keeping ahead of Flax mane, till I touched that fore should er. (How glad I was that Sock heimer had given me that informa tion about the fore shoulder.) T Tiiiiml tlto tcum 'i n imieL Tiotf.ir i in fact out of danger, a sudden at- taci:. I made a simple prescription, and talked to the nurse while Cragie was taking care of his pony ; for he had ridden from twelve o'clock the night before, looking for medical help. The scow now began to fall thick and fine. A call at the gate announced the two friends and 1 sallied cut to meet them. Up, up again for three miles, till we reached Chilton's, tho high est residence, perhaps, in Western North Carolina. When we cached this house, the snow was three inches deep and still falling. In the opin ion of Chilton and Uueie John it was thought the snow would con tinue all day ; but Sockheimer and I thought it would soon cease. ' You don't know anything about it, men,' Uncle John said to us, i but it don't make any difference with me. Zcome to serve you as guide to the Balsam and I'll will go with you", Enow or shine ; but let's get Chilton to go along too he's good on a trail, and it's been five yenrs sines I went up from this side Chilton answered this re mark; on hhvpci't, by going in hie house and tarowing his coat loosely over his shoulders, he was in his sbirt sleeves before, and saying, as he stalked oit of the yard: ' This way, men.' I saw at ence that this man was in favor of action and that wc need not fear his talking too much. s pur ne w guide strode into the forest with long steps, Sockheimer and Uncle John rapidly dismounted and tying their horses under a shelter nearby, called tome to come on. I was Kitting on my animal looking on ia wonder at the rapid ity of the movements going on around me. Chilton was now near ly a hundred 7ards distant, crash ing through the thick undergrowth that bordered a boisterous ycung mountain stream near the fence that enclosed his premises. And as soon as my two friends had call ed mo to come on, they darted in pursuit of Chilton. There I sat on my horse wondering if they wctc going, really, to walk up tho Bal sam mountain in a snow storm. A shout fnra Sockheimer recall ed me to the necessity of immediate action. Flas-raanc was inching along towards the shelter where he was desirous of joining tho other two animals in the discussion of n pile of cats which they found there. The shouts camlriter up the g:;-rge into which the little stream held plunged. I should he lelt behind if 1 did not quickly re s"''e u:-.oa seme action. I wa3 no walker, rather thought lit Ll waucjug, m iaet I don t Know T . - 1 that 1 despised walking. 1 roused Fkx-raane with that fore-leg movement before mention ed and said cheei fully to the now shivering animal : 'Old 'eilow, we inn1: t to the ; this snow We'll go on see where Vis all y and comes from.' So following the foot prints of my companions we went sliding and crushing down through brush aud anion." loo:-e stones. It was nearly a half hour before I overtook the party. And when I rode up nil three trazed at me with amazement so well depicted in their countenances that I was forced to ask : ' What is the matter !' Chilton who could hardly be per suaded to stop Ion? enough to sav one word, spoke first pointing to my horse : ' What are you going to do with him V ' Rido him,' was my prompt re ply. ' Where V said he. ' Up yonder,' said I, pointing to wards the white, snow covered mountain that now, since wc had left the little stream and turned up a ridge, rose away, away above us into the clouds and driving snow mists, Chilton only looked at Uncle John, with an interrogation point plainly visible in his eye, and touchs ed his forehead. ' JJ1 right, Chiltop," said the one thu3 addressed, 'they havo queer people over the KiJge, where he comes from. Beside he is a doctor and if he breaks his neck He can ' set ' it himself.' And Uncle John winked slvlv at me and nodded to wards the mountain. And rcy dull brain understood that Uncle John endorsed my plan of riding up the mountain and thought it was feasible. Chilton moved off rapidly again in a long swinging walk, soon get" ting a long way in advance. Then the rest of the 'party followed in Indian file, with myself bringing up the rear The snow now came down thick er and fistor, in particles smn.ll as fine dust, fiilling eyes, nose and cars. But wo breasted the storm with bowed heads. Chilton's foot nrints a few mo snow to fill ments sufficing for the them up. Flax-mane was not en tirely in accord with tho present mcvemer.t,;Ifor frequently he would stop and look back, neighing pit eously. But tho application of the birch to tho tender spot always re ' excelsior ' vy-as minded him that the word now. So up, up again till a nearly perpendicular wall of rock seemed to bar further progress. I had been traveling with head bent so low that I had not noticed that those in advance of me were out of sight, till I lifted my eyes to seethe cause of tho stopping of my horse. My horse shook his head violent ly ; whether to release his ears from the snow that had blown into them or to express hi3 determina tion to go no further, is aot precise- ly known. At any rate he planted hi3 forefeet firmly, forward and stood stock still. I heard a laugh Looking up again through the driving above me. I discerned mists of snow the dim forms of Uncle John and Sockheimer sitting upon a houlder about twenty feet above and enjoy ing my discomfiture. ' Why don't you come on, old fellow,' said Fielding, ' touch up Flax-mane and he will show you how to do it.' Flar-mane responded promptly, as ho always did, to the accustom ed stimulus, and immediately turn ed to the right, walked about twen ty feet in a slanting direction along a narrow ledge, then abruptly turn ed to the left, still sloping upward, the same distance; then again turn ing to the right brought me safe, upon a level with my companions. Then half a mile of level way, then another wall of rock ; and a littlewhile after that still another obstruction of the same kind, all surmounted in tho same way by my sagacious animal, then for the first time after the stopage at the foot of the mountain, 1 saw Chilton. He had following the old Indian trail without once losing it, though it wa3 covered with snow. lie was standing under the dark boughs of a spreading balsam pine, with arms folded, and with his coat hanging over nis left arm. As we came up to him, he point ed at his feet and said. ' Want watci- ?' I glanced towards the spot indi cated and saw a dark circular hole in the snow and a fountain of sweet spring water bubbling vigorously from the bottom. On looking around as well a3 the blinding snow would permit, I saw that w? were on the edge of aa 4 uM field,' forming part of tho first ' OOiiCU tain, gro-pcc' the L-u the-. of the great Balsam moun- Blackbcrry together in die, had no In :, cluster. bushes were latches, but thorns upon a little di3- what seem to t nee ofii were ;oen, be, cherry trees, x;oomsedge was every where. But Chilton said that even the Indians knew noth ing of those who 'cleared' this open ing. jS"ow, Doctor,' caid Uncle John, just tie your horse under this baN sara and let's go up to thoso 'cher ry' trees, as you ' call them and strip off the bark, for that's the 'Peruvian' I was telling you about: Sockheimer fastened my bridle to a swinging limb and away we went, knee deep in snow. We had not gone fifty yards, before the horse caught up with us, with a branch of balsam dangling from the oridle. Poor fellow; he was lonely and could not stand the looks of the weird scenery around him. We let him have his own way, and all the time we remained on the mountain, Fiax-mane followed us about, as a dog would have done. We secured fine specimens of the bark of the Peruvian (?) trees, after building a fire with pine knots. Sockheimer went off and climbed a tall balsam to cut off the top to make me a walking cane, at the risk of his life. (I have that cane now.) Chilton and Uncle John went up towards tha second 'bench,' just a couplo of mile3 ! higher up to see if the snow would permit U3 to visit the silver mine. Fielding and I ss. round the lire, telling stones and wishing for something to eat. It is astonishing what magnmcent dishes the hungry imagination can devise for the comfort of the inner man. Sockheimer and myself fattened .ourselves to corpulency (in tho mind) on that memorable occas;on. Flax-mane went to wark on tho black-berry bushes, very tenderly at first, remembering, doubtless, for mer experiences, but finding no briers he made a hearty meal. From a precipice, a thousand feet sheer down, that was near us, wc saw the snow coming up ! Fielding said it wa3 not fair to snow up at a fellow : but we were out of our cle ment and were obliged to take things as we found then. We went back to the fire and found the horse standing very near it, winking vio- if-i-' nt the irritation produced his cye3 by the blinding ; but ho enjoyed the fire, tin wo took our seats near the g fagots, with feet ankle-deep upon smoke blazm raeUing snow and slush. While engaged in o trying nur feet a voice sounded, very close- by. (lo go, Doctor.' Uncle John and Chilton were standing behind us having noises lessly approached. Upon cross examination, we elicited from the witnesses the following facts : The mine was mora than two miles from the 'old field' at least a mile of the way being very steep the snow was nearly, waist deep, time wa3 rapidly passing away, be ing now 2 p. m. it would be danger ous getting back to Chilton's house, if we remained up here any longer. So the motion to 'go for' the siN ver mine was indignantly postpon ed, laid on the table and an ad journment sine die was had. When Sockheimer and I find the silver mine, wc will invite all the subscribers of the Southerner to a big dinner near that spring on the Balsam mountain, and wo will spread before them all thoso good things'that wo had in cur imagina tions around that fire. FINIS. Gavsrxwr Tildsa's Inoosi3 Tax. The reputations of our citizens are the property of tho State. And when a character has stood the test of three score years, every in dividual has a personal interest in it, reaching far beyond the passing political excitements of the day. With deep regret, therefore, one sees a growing disposition even among some of our more coneerva tivc newspapers, to accept and give currency to defamations of charac ter, simply becauso the persons at tacked happen to be candidates for a high office. The form of the charges seem to bo something like this 'You swore falsely in 1SG2,' or 'You stole in 1802.' "'Nowprovo you did not, or stand convicted of perjury or theft." This is rather a summary mode of changing the burden of proof, and putting a man on the defensive. It may requiro weeks for him to look up or re call the facts which influenced his acts so long ago ; but in the mean time, as slander travels fast, the charges made arc echoed by the press of the whole land, and the wrong done can never bo wiped out. If public opinion permits this, we shall soon find very few honest men willing to allow their names to be placed before the peoplo for of fice. ls an instance of the evil we complain of, take the charge, which we are called upon to believe, that Gov. Iayes, during tho war, stolo 1:00 left with him by an executed soldier. The facts assumed are (I) that such a man was executed: (2) that he was soon to give the 10'U to Gov. 12 ayes ; (J) that Gov. II. has not accounted for it. Of course, therefore, Cov. IIaye3 is a thief. Bather a startling conclusion to a man who has earned, by a life free from reproach, a good name. Yet, if newspaper trial is to bo indulged in and accepted during the excites ments of a political canvass, there seem3 to be no way to avoid such violent warfare, better suited to the Sioux districts than the intelligent cultured communities where the slanders originate. But our main design in referring to this subject was to speak of Gov. Tilden's income tax for 18G2, which in some quarte s has become a very interesting and momentous subject. We ail necessarily feel a pride in Gov. Tilden's reputation. No man has stood higher, and deservedly so. Were we not ia the midst of an unusual political excitement, such a charge could not be repeat ed without beicg indignantly repell ed by every man or character in our midst. Yet now we see the slander assumed a3 proved, and boldly stated by newspapers and speakers everywhere, although the facta show that there never was a more baseless charge made. What are tho facts ? It seems that in December, 18G3, Gov. Til- den, like all the rest of us, made a return under oath of his income for the year 1862. That return show ed that he received in 18G2, sub ject to taxation under the law, a little over seven thousand dollar In a suit now pending on behalf of the St. Louis, Alton & lerre Haute Railroad, the Governor swore that he received in 18G2 twenty thous and dollars for services which were "commenced prior to the year 1859, ',and were rendered from timo to "time during a period of three "years.' These are the simple facts, and the whole of them, and on them the charge is made of perjury, as suming or jumping over entirely the one further promise necessary tor a conclusion and that is, whether, under the law, the twenty ty thousaud dollars received from the railroad should beincluded, in tho returns while the instructions of In ternaljRevenue Commissioner Lewis, issued at that time, state clearly and postively that it should not be in cluded. For the benefit of those who may have forgotten these ia structions, we insert tho following extract taken from them, as pub ii?hcd in our Iunt's Merchant's Ma;jazini tor August, Lbh-, pao 130: "A merchant's return of income "should cover thebusiness of the year "lS6-2,excludinj previous years. Un collected accounts inu3t bo estirna-. "ted. Physicians and lawyers should "include actual receipts for services "render cdin 18G2, together with an "estimate on unrealized or contins "gent income due to that year." Here we have it postively stated that the "actual receipts for servp "ce3 rendered in 1802," "exclu "ding previous years," with an esti mate ot "uncollected accounts, or "unrealized income" from the bus; ness or services of 18G2, aro the iteni3 to be included. This same idea wa3 enforced in the Commission er's subsequent instructions of that year, and more minutely to reve nue collectors. In fact, tho Com missioner made thi3 so clear that no one had a doubt as to tho mean- ing so all of us in preparing our returns of incomo from our busi ness, included what we had earned, and not what we had collected, in 1802 ; and if Governor Tilden ner jured himself in making his return that way. every honest man in the country did the same. Our citv newspapers concurred in this view, as may do seen trom their remarks published at that time in further explanation of what the Commis- missicuer said. Now turning to this 820.000 item. we find the answer states that it was received in 1SG2. but for ser vices which were "commenced prior it. lorn iu mo year xooj, anu were ren dcred frcm time to time during a 'period of three years." In other words, according to this statement, no portion of tho amount was earn ed in 1SG2, but all of it during tho three years, 1859, 1800 and 1801. could anything be clearer, thcro- ore, than that tho amount m ques tion was not to bo included ? And yet we find some of our best news papers and spoakers concluding up on these facts, and boldly stating, mat uov. lilden 13 guilty 01 perju ry I liow many men of established reputation are there in our midst who would to-day bo willing to sub mit themselves as candidates be fore the neonle. if nnbliri onininn ia - - 1 1 to pass by without protest such base, t r vn. . rccKiess charges f This 13 a ques tion not of party success but of nat ional interest not of votes but of morals. Chronicle. A Colored Carolinian. Ex-Sonator Heveis of Mississipi. This distinguished Leader of the Negro liace, Born in North Carolina, Unites Himself Politi call; with the White People. This colored man was afew years ago, a senator of the United States lrom tho State 01 Mississippi, elect- 1 by the republican party, to which he belonged. Io is well known among the older citizens of Lincolton as Rhodes Revels ; he lived in this town until he was about eighteen years old, and then remov ed to Ohio, we believe, whero ho received a liberal education and be came a Methodist minister. After he war he was sent as a presiding elder to Mississippi and was elected by the legislature as United States Senator. He was always a worthy and truthful man and obtained tho confidence of this community when a youth. We are gratified to know that in tho last election in Mississippi ho voted and acted with the democrat ic party on the ground that his own party had become so thoroughly corrupt in that state that no honest man could act with it, and that the safety and peace of tho state requir ed that it should he put out of pow er. The consequence of his exert ing his inllucnco in this way waa that the democrats carried the state by a largo majority notwithstand ing there is a negro majority in tho state. Thc.ncgroes followed and voted with him. The time is not far distant when the negroes hero will be set free from radical slavery and act like the negroes in Alabama aud Mis sissippi and ccro out for honest government instead or the corrupt misrule which now brings shame and disgrace to the nation. Let the negroes "ponder these thing3 in their hearts." Lincoln Progress. H377 Niagra Almost Ran Ery. On March 29, 1848, a remarka ble phenomenon occurred. The pre ceding winter had been itensely cold, and tho ice formed on Lako Erie was unusually thick. In the warm days of early spring this mass of ice was loosened around the shores of the lake and detached from them. During the forenoon of tho day nam ed, a stiff easterly wind moved it up, the lake A little before sunset, tho wind chopped suddenly round and blew a gale .from the west. This brought the vast fields of ice back again with such tremendous force that it filled in the neck of the lako and its outlet, so as to form a very effeccivo dam, that caused a re markable dimiuation in the outflow of the water. Of course, it needed but litttle tinu for the falls to drain oif tho water beiow this dam. Tho consequence was that on the morn ing of the following day tho river was nearly half gone. The Amer ican channel had dwindled to a deep and narrow creek. The Brit ish channel seemed to have been smitten with quick coaumption, and to be fast passing away. Far up from tho head of Goat Island out beyond the old Tower to the deep llorscshoo fall, the w&ter was gone. The rocks were bare, black andfor biding. The roar of Niagara had subsided to a moan. This extraor dinary 3yncope of tho water lasted all the day, and night closed over the strange scene. But during ths night the dam gave way, and tho next morning tho deep river was restored in all its strenght, beauty and majesty. Scribneris Monthly. nt I! ii Si it n i T : U if r i i f; t i 3 a 1 t
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 22, 1876, edition 1
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