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I 1$ BE SURE! YOU AEE lilGrHT : THEN GO AHEAD-D. Crockett. VOL. 54. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1876. i t t e i m. 49., - . as&fcSX iv fa t 1 J i m -m m m y m t y GENERAL DIRECTORY. TABBOKO'. Mxtob Fred. Philips. Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenheimer, Daniel W. Ilurtt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Skcretart & Trbasurer Kobt. White hurst. Chief of Police John W. Gotten. Assistant Police J. T. Mooc Jas. E. Siutonson, Altitnore Macnair. COl'NTT. Superior Court Clerk and rrobate Judge H. L. Statou, Jr. Keyister of Deeds Alex. Mc'Jabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. Ku ir John E. Baker. Standard Keeper J. Is; liyaitr. School Examiners. 11. II. Shaw, Wm. A. Dusriran and K. S. Williams. Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Duan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster. Chairman, WilPV Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Excm. A. McCabo, Clerk. MAILS. ARRIVATj and departure of mails NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. ft W. R. R. -pave Tarboro' (daily) at 18 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 P.M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA, liuave Tarboro' (daily) at - - 6 A. M. Arrive tit Tarboro (daily) at - 8 P. M. LODGES. The Night ad the Plnco f Wetlir- Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in CTry menth at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodije No. 58. Thomas Gatlin, Mater, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night t 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Itepiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O F., I. B. Palamonntain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every lirst and third Thurs day of each month. Elfooombe Lodire No. 50. I. (). O. F., T. W. Toler, N. O., Odd Fellows' Hall, noet every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 1"J3, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday nitiht at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodcre No. 28, I. O. O. T., nuets rv Wednesday night at there Hall. Zanoah Lede, No. 233, I. O. B. B., meet n tirst and third Monday nia;ht of every Honth at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock, President. CHURCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Bethodist Church Services every Fourth Sunday of every month, morning and nisrht. lt Sunday at nirht and 5th Sunday at night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Services every 1st, fcdandSth Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Pator Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day ni'ht Missionarf Baptist Church Services the 4th Sundav in every mOLth, miorning and niht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Saptist Church Services first Saturday and Eunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, eornfr Main and Pitt Sts. 0. F. Adams, Proprie.or. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Btrett, closss every oiorninpr at 9 o'clock. N. M. Lawrikcb, Agent. PKOFBK10!AL CABBS. JRAKK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARIORO', X. C. JH9 Collection a. Specially. Office next door to the Southerner office. July 2, 1875. tf JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAV, AND H0TARY PUBLIC. 'Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. JJOWARD & PERRY Attorneys and Counselors at Law. TARBORO', N. (J. T-C" Prac.ic in all the Courts. Stat, and Federal. hot.5-1v. w, H. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', K. C. Attends to the tranaaction of busi ness in all th. Courts, State and Federal. Kov. 5, 1&75. ly P REDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. Practices in Courts of adjoinirjt; coun tlw, in th Federal and Supreme Courts, kov. , 1&75. ly 7ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TARBORO', N. C. (Vill practice in the Courts of the 2nd Judicial Dist'i't. Collections made id any part of the t taie. t& Office in Iron Front Building, Pit Btreet, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's. Jan. 7, 1870. tf J ACOB BATTLE, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. B? Practices in all tie State Courts. March '24, 1870. ly J, n. & w. L. TIIOUP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, X. C. ffJ.-ACTICES in the counties of Edge . 'JIIlt'-- Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and lu the S.iirpi:) Court North Carolina, also In the Lusted St ites District Court at Raleigh. DR. E. D. -BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, laln Street, ' TARD0RO', N. C. ViT All work wan anted to eive entire satisfaction. feb.!8-tf. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, DENTIST TARE0H0', K. C. Ojjicc opposite Adams'1 Hotel, orer S. S. Xash f to btorc. Care of children's teeth and Plate work a spe.i-ialty. March 17tb, 1870, ly, NEW A DVERTISEMEWT3. 7QTE GOODS AT PopIr Prices ESTABLISHED 1860. Frederick Loescr & Co's BROOKLYN MAMMOTH ESTAB LISHMENT ! Dress Goods, Millinery, Fancy Goods, Silks, Liri's, Hosiery, Buttons, Ribbon, Gloves, Underwear, Ladies' and Children's OntfLs. OUR 'FASHION LIGHT,' published monthly, contains choice reading matter and givraall the latckt ini'oi i;i;ition on lshions. It will, on application, be mailed iree cf s.harj;i. Order from the country solicited and filled with great caie and le patch. Orders from flO upwaid forwarded at our expense when prepaid by P. O. order or draft. FSEESEICr L0E3I2 CO., Fulton, Tillary and el.iu2tou St. , Brook lyn, N. T. J.&P.C0ATS have been awarded a Medal and Diploma at the Centennial Exposition and commended by the Judges for "SIPISIOE STEBXGTH AND Excellent Quality -OF SPOOL COTTOR." SEAL. A. T. Goshorn, Director-General. J. B. Hawley, Pres. Alex. R. Boteler, Secretary pro U-m. O?! Extra Fine Mixed Cards, with name, rnttj 10 cts., pott-paid. L. .) ones & Co., Nassau, N. Y. (?KJ a 'eek to Agents. Sam- f a pies ililit. l'. u Vick- ery, Auj-usta, M H?"' A A MONTH a ccrtainy to auv epOllxJ person selling our LETTER Book. No press, brush or water used. Sam ple Book worth $3,00 sent free, .lend stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR CO., 17 Tribune Building, Chicago. The Little Rock and Fort Smith RAILWAY HAS FOR S-IjUS Fanning Lands, Grazing Lands, Fruit Lain Vine Lands, Coal Lands, Wood Lands, some Prairie Lands, Bottf m Lands, and Uplands, on terms to suit the puochaser. Six per cent interest on deferred payments. Ten per cert discount tor cash. For full particulars, maps and pamphlets, apply to W. 1). SLACK, L;.nd Commissioner, Liuie Rock, Arkansas. THE ADAMS' HOTEL, formerly the " Edgecombe House," is still open for the accommodation of the traveliug public at the low rate of Two Dollars per Day. The Proprietor will state to the e'i'.i.-r.s rf Tarboro, that he docs not intend to '.e run off with r ard to private hoard, lii.it hr- pro poses if he can get a lot of regular boarders by the wtek, payable weekly, that he will board them for $3.50 per Week, strictly cash at the end of the wet-k tor table board and $4.50 each per week for Mian and wile, with Oo4 room they furuIi'i'.it iheir ow-.i lights au i luel. Those wishing Board at thse tales eau be accommodated O.F.ADA. Ms, Aug. 4, lS76.-tf. Proprietor. PRIVTAE Boarding House. MR3. V. E. LIPSCOMB respectfully an nounces that she has optned a Private Boarding House in Tarboro, on the corner ot Bank nd Pitt Streets. Good Fare, Pleaoant Koouiw, Cotcior table Ued. lioard JloCeratc. Feb. 19, 1875. ly C. J. AUSTIN'S WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERY, Prices Low Down for Cash ! nr Asent for PETER'S AMMONIATED DL-SSOLVED BONE, prepared expressly for Cotton. mar.il-ly. Manhood : Ilow liOSt,6 How Restored ! Just publishrd, a new edition of Dr. Oulverwell'b Cele- brtkd Essay on the radical edicinel of SDermatovrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, lmpotency, Mental ana rnysicai in capacity, Impediments 10 Ma'-Tiase, etc.; al so, Consumption, t-pnepsy anu rus, muat ed by self-indulgenca or sexual extrava jf- Price, in a sealed envelope, only six The celebrated author, in this admirable Votair rlparlv demonstrates, from a thirty years'' successful practice, that the alarming consequences ot seit-aouse may do rauiutuv :ithriit. tbe dantrerons nse of interna". medicino or the application of the knife ; pointing out a mode of cure at one Binople, certain, and effect nal, by means of which every sufferer, no matte;- wh9t his condition may be, may cure himseit cueapiy, pnvaieiy and radical! i. t'iT This Lecture should be in the hands of every youth anil every man i'j 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. O. 3ox, 4ofct5- Superior 414 LEXINGTON ST 1 hhi 1 is-n nir 11111 MISCELLANEOUS. V. WRENK Mauufaeturer of and wholesale dealer in CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, FARM WAGONS, CARTS, WHEELS AND AXLES, HAR NESS, COLLARS, HAMES, fAD DLES, LAPKOBES, 1IOR3E CLOTHING, WHIPS. Sc, Ac. v Also a larjre Stock of Carriage Materials. Nos. 14, 10, '-'4 and SC.Uniou Street. Norfolk, Va. April, 7 1876. ly. T. 31 FREEMAN'S Old Reliable Jewelry Store, 4S YEARS ESTAB11SHED. STILL IN FULL BLAST. Arthur C. Freeman, SUCCESSOR 100 Main S'.., Norfcik, Va , otTors tf. the citizens of Edzecoiube ant sur rounding country, a full lino of Diamonds, Plain Gold Wedding and Engage ment Rinsr, Bridal Presents, i&c. My facilities are such that beinir connect ed with one of the largest Importing Houses in this Country, and buying exclusively for cash, enables me to offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS. Send vour orders to me, and vou will save 15 to 20 rer cent. Should the troods not suit money will be refunded. Address, ARTHUR C. FREEMAN, Jeweler, Norfolk, Va. HtonLY Important. I employ none bnt the most skillful Workmen in the Repairing of Watches and Jewelry, and if you wish to have your watches repaired properly and satisfaction given, sets.J them to me bv Ex press careful!;; packed in cotton. FUEITITUIIE ! A large lot for sale cheap for cash. A'.po IjL Furniture made to order, by .1. IZ. ISIX3X01V9 PITT ST., TAREORO', N. C. 0i Call and see before you purchase. promptly attended to. Keeps on hand and makes to order, Maho anv, uaiuut, ropiar and I ine Cofuns. Also on hand a full line of METALIC CA ES. Hearse for hire on burial occasions. Terms cash. Jan. 1, 1S7G.-Iy. J. E. SIMMONS. s mv THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds ot Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Canutes, Auts, Fruits, ffC, J?C, j-c, embracing every th tig usually kept in a First Ulass liiStaoiisnmeiit ot the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation. with the promise of satisfaction. Private Families can always haw tbeir Lakes (S ikert here at short est notice. Orders for Parties & Bails promptly 'illed. Call and examine cur stock, next door to Bank ot ew Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. RESTAURANT Boarding House. MEALS atTail HOURS ! QYSTERS SERVED IN EVERY STYLE. A good stock of CIGARS and TOBACCO always on hand. Soliciting your patronage. Yours respectfully, S. E. SPIER. EST" Good accommodation for Transient Customers and Table Boarders. Tarboro', Sept. 1st, 1S75 THIS PAPER IS ON FILE WITH Wlxero Advertising Contracts can lo made. W. T. TAYLOR, Manufacturer of YLD0W FRAMES, DOORS, Plain Panels of every style DOOii FRAMES, WINDOWS, SXS1IES, DLIXVS, MANTLES, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, SCLOLL WORK 9 Hill St A5D Tobacco Box Patterns, Whitaker's, N. O. Also, contracts to put up buildings, furn ishing all material, complete turn-key jobs, or otherwise, as parties may prefer, all with kiln-dried lumber. March 24, 1876. ly Friday, Las- 15, 1376 Oar Washington letter- Congress Optirinj Scenes Blue Jeans, "Jlr,dtcrsjn Ben Hill, S. S. Cox, Mllivn Sayler, Alex Stephens, Fernan do Wood, ILuinan to the Front The New Speakers Hinging Words, and Their Echo" "Providence Favors the Biim Battallions" The Senate, etc., etc. Fi'. m our IJegu'jir Crresnoudarj. 4 Wasiiignton, D. C, 1 Dec. 5th, 1ST6. Ihe Democratic side of the House cf Representatives was filled before- the Republican side, on the morning of the 4th. In the gal leries and lobbies there wa3 the usual overflow. Members who have been climbed or been 'boasted' into national reputation wore the cen tres of sroup of admiring frieuds on the lloor. or of a plunging fire of eyes and from the gallery. The Governor-elect of Indiana, (Blue Jeens) who had come to in troduce his successor, Mr. Hum phries, was conspicuous both on ac count of his stature and cerulian hue. lie bore Lis honors and received congratulations with the easvsrace of a hero worthy of v.ctory, not in the least annoyed when an old half witte l woman, with cork screw rin glets, and striped shawl, a chronic lobbyist here, button holed him, while the gallery and h.Vf the mem bers looked on in amusement and edification- This was before the IIous 4 lex had been called to order. Sctpiieiis sat with his hat on encased in earnest conversation with 1 ernando ood. E very body , seemed to be congratulating Jude I Holman of indiana, but, whether 1 1 it was because ins district had de cided he was too good to be sent to the forty-fifth Congress, or, whether because through the elec tion of Mr. Randall as Speaker, ho is promoted to the Chairmanship of the commnittee on lppropria tions, is not important ; but, let me ay en passant : thai chair is ntw filled by the most careful and judi cious economist, with which l'rovi- 1 i 11 1 cence, m hiru times, ever Diessa an almost bankrupt country. Chan dler's margin for campaign assess ment will grow daily less, ar.d the Army 01 occupation in bouth Oar olina, a3 well as many of the array of office holders, will have to live on wind unerammed even with promises. Congress, it is said ho!d3 the purse strings, but, something more is meant when it can be said the purse string3 are held through 7olman. The very cut of his face makes claim agents and lobbyists shake with despair. Mr. Randall set quietly in his chair, the picture t.f good health, and infinite satis- faction. The disappointed candi dates for Speaker were evidently but little cast down. Sunset Cox was chcerr, Mr. Sayler serene and affable, Fernando Wood rigid, while Mr. Morrison wore a sterne expression that boded something more than Sunday School diversion in this Uongress. indeed 1 may say the entire Democratic side re sembles Mr. Morrison in this re spect. Conspicious on the floor, in f.-irvfTsation with tho anlfi vounjr member from Ohio, Mr. Southard, was Wm. Bell, Jr., the Oho Dem ocratic candidate in the close elec tion, last fall, that went so far to wards deciding the presidential contest. Ben Hill of Georgia loll ed as usual (he never sits) in his chair, and Henry Watterson moved about restlessly over the floor more observed than somo members who have had leases of years in which to make themselves notorious or fa mous. At 12 m., precisely, the clerk rapped the 7onse to order and be gan to call the roll of the members by States, geogriphically, commenc- at Maine. lUlS W0r was no sooner co;,ci'idcd, than the two par- ties 'went at it fiercely, but deco- rously on the presidential question. It came about in this way : Mr. Banks, hoary if not venerable par limentarian, offered the credentials cf Mr. Belford, Republican member elect from Colorado, and. holding up his certificate with its gilt seal, moved that he be sworn in. Mr. iolman the stubbornest Democrat on the floor said : let's elect a Speaker first, or words to that effect, and, after many remarks, on both sides, he had his way, for he had the majority, and, in all war, (vot ing is simply war by arbitration) Providence favors the majority, or, as Gen. Morean (not Napolean) said 'the dense battallions. Then Mr. Cox nominated Mr. Randall for Sneaker, and Mr. MoCreary nnminatfid Mr. Garfield. Jir. Ran- dall was elected and conducted to the Soeaker'a chair where he made a remarkable speech, concluding with the words : 'Let us forget that we are party adherents, remember- ino- only that we are American cit. lzens, witn a country to save wnicn may be lost if unauthorized and unconstitutional acts on the part of executive officers be not frowned . . , . l-ll down at once with relentless and unspairing condemnations.' The loud applause with which these words wera received, on the floor and in the gallery indicated, be yond question, the long parliament temper of the House, and the arous ed sympathy of the people. Committees numbering fifteen, nine, and six, were appointed to in vestigate the recent elections ! re spectively in Louisiana, South Car olina, and Florida. The committee for South Carolina with Mr. Sayler as chairman, started for that State to day. ' i J$t&:'l hastened over to the Re pdriw'S'SSSKiwyJof the'Seuate, where, I saw but little. The Senate had admitted the two Colorado Senators, called the attention of the commit tee on elections to the Southern muddle and adjourned. A score of Senators still lingered. Senator Morton, dark-browed and terrible, oat talking to Senator Blaine. Boutwell talked with Edmunds, while Bayard of Delaware and Stevenson of Kentucky conversed earnestly apart. If we only knew what these gentleman dare to say to each other, it would make more interesting reading in this crisis than their qualified and guarded speeches. C. A. S. AN EFFECTIVE SPEE3H. Bsfcre a Puttie School. A joung gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence, but wiio, by- theway, is an exceedingly young fellow, conclude 1 to bashful pay a visit to a public school. He was particular partial to the intermedi ate department of the institution, over which an accomplished young lady presided. After the usual cx- nrpi.'Oj tlin r rrinncaossintr r-i r n r n tresg askpd her .j3 Jf thc tn . r r . t i. nub 1 i u iu utai i leu lumaiia from Mr. , and the unanimity with which the little folks answered "Yes !" made it equally as embar rassing for our hero to attempt to decline as to attempt a speech, and he arose and opened with thefollow ing exordium: "I love to note such advance ment as you are making. -ind I know yoa love your teacher do you not? I do! And that is, I loved my teacher when I was a little boy.' After this declaration laughter prevailed among the students, while the speaker was nervously handling an ink-bottle on the desk by which he was standing. -After cheering subsided, he again proceeded, still fumbling with the ink-bottle : "I have often seen boys and girls act the fool, but" At this juncture he tipped the ink-over which went streaming down the desk, and he immediately haul ed out his snow-white handkerchief, wiped it up, and then placed it back in the pocket from which he had taken it ju the meantime the scholars were giggling, while thc schoolma'arn shook her head at thpm ns miir-li !ia t.rt sav Krir would scttlc with thm in the morQini: for their bad demeanor. He then con tinued : 'As I was about to remark, when I was young I I well " He became confused. The per spiration began running down his burning cheeks, and, while he was endeavoring to think of something more to say, he drew forth his handkerchief, with which he had rid the desk of spilled ink, gave ic a wipe acros3 his brow, and then down each cheek. Happening to discover whac he had done, and coining to a realizing cense of hi3 situation, he grabbed his hac and went out of the school room like shot out of a gun, without even bidding the charming voung school- mistress farewell. Chans9 in Northern iasnt- iu-orn expressions in Northern papers and from other sources of information, it is evident that a revuiuuuu m uuuwu bbuuuicui 111 the North is steadily going on. It seems to be no longer in the power of the Republican managers to ob fusticate the questions at issue to the disadvantage of Mr. Tilden. No cry of 'rebel atrocity" avails to hide the true state of facts. Ine Charlotte Observer quotes passages from a private letter written by a strong Republican in New York City. Ihe writer says that from his own honest convictions from what he has gathered a majority of the Republicans in that city would hail with great satisfaction the news that Tilden had secured the vote of any one of the doubtful States his was penned before the Oregon development. The letter zoes no to state that the complete stagna- tion in business of all kinds has brought retribution for past mis deeds, never to be forgotten; and adds that "carpet-baggers, "scalla wags and negroes have killed "the Rer ublican patty." ilow like a prophet's word! That party will be killed by the present manoeuvres. Sl .1 il V 11 vo3erve one tuing mougu, in an this business; Self-interest is di- rectly at the bottom. This same correspondent says that in conver- sation with a person who has a large New England connection that per. son remarked: "The pco kple there are furious at the loss of "their Southern trade and say that "if the election had to begone over "Tilden would beat Hayes in that "section. It is a very common thing to meet Republicans here "New York who tell you they "are very sorry they voted for "Haves, and manv do not hesitate "to say they hope Tilden will be "President.'" The sublime moral courage ex hibited, by Gen. Hampton has won over thousands at the North. As we vi;- it the situation is better in thl-nHLc dsr)ger of a aon flict becomes less every day. The matter will be settled peaceably. Tilden will be President in the hearts of his countrymen of all parties, and not pro forma, and the head of a triumphant party, merely. The Situation Thrillingly Discribed- Below we give the thrilling and eloquent editorial of the Indianapo lis Sentinel upon the perilous con dition of the country, For graphic description and burning, impressive eloquence, we have rarely ever seen it surpassed. It says : 'The very latest advices from Washington leave no room for-doubt or contro versy. The United States of America are on the eve of a revolu tion. In South Carolina a decided effort was made by the Supreme Court 10 maintain a government of law against physical force. It has signally Jailed. Fraud has trium phed or will triumph, if military force can avail Giant's order to sustain Chamberlain is conclusive. Coesar has issued his edict. He haa crossed the Rubicon. The telegram that convey .5 the information i3 the death-knell ot .American liberty. The great heart of the nation ceases its pulsations while it reads and listens. If there ever was a demand for crape, now is the time. Let mufiied drums bear, the funeral march of liberty. Fraud deep, premeditated and damning is guarded by Federal bayonets, Courts are overthrown. Law lies prostrate beneath the iron heel of a despot. The time is now at hand for calm councils. If the country has patriots, let them come forth and speak. If liberty is not dead I it should now stand up ana bo strong. If there are great and grand words to be spoken; in God's name let thern be uttered now. This is now the time for vapor ing. Every man in America should feel that he is an iron clad patriot, a single turreted monitor on a stormy sea, watching to give one broadside for freedom before she sinks forever: out of sight. The country demands statesmanship now. Cairn words, earnest words, that will sink down into the hearts of men like lead into still water words that will germinate noble thoughts and great deeds, and such sacrifices as have distinguished all auds and all men worthy to be ree. Grant believes that he owns the cemetery where he will bury American freedom out of sight. But rather than that, let 'cremation' be the motto, though he'll be the oven where its ashes are urned. Jeeas's Soberson's Last Illnsss A Jonesboro negro, while wait ing for the train to go out last night, struck up with several old acquain tances. 'i?ow is Jeems Roberjon,' asked one, after the usual 'time of lay' had been passed. 'Did'n you mean 'bout Jim?' queried the Jonesboro darkey. '1 am t heerd from Jim since he cut loose fum de chain gang. He it ".it am t uown witn do billiousness, is he?' 'Oh, no! Jim ain't sick, an he am t bin sick, iiq aes wanted ler ter ride Mars Bob Proctor's mule de udder Sunday, an' de mule 'peered to have anudder engage ment, I done bin fooled wid dat mule before, an' I tole Jim he bet ter not git tangled up wid her. But he lowed he wuz a boss doctor; an' den he axed mi fer a chew of ter backcr, an' got de bridle an' cotch de mule, an' got on her well, I spec I better go get my ticket. Dey tell me this train goes a callphootin.' 'Hold on, vou ain't told us 'bout Jim,' said one of his dusky audi tors. 'I done tole you all I know. Jim got on de mule, an' she sorter hump herself, an' den der was an' scuffle, wen de dus' blow 'way I see de nigger on de groun', de mule eatin' at de troff wid one uv Jim's gallus ses wropped roun' her hine leg. Den arterwards de kurn'er he cum sed Jim died sorter accidental like. Min's des like I tell you' de nigger wuzn't sick a minnit. Well, I got ter be gittin' on. So long, boys! When you reflect that at picnics one hundred years ago it was the custom for the girls to stand up m a row and let the men ki33 all good bye, all this enthusiasm about na tional progress seems to be a grave mistake. leep out ot bad company tor the chances is when the devil fires into a flock he will hit somebody, Good Words for North Carolina. The election of the Democratic ticket in this State by a large maj ority has greatly increased confi dence in cur people at the North among business men. We read in the Baltimore Sun that "the de preesion in business in the cities north of Baltimore since the Presi dential ection has been the sub ject of general comment by the press and in business circles. It has been a matter of interest to know how far the depression is felt in Baltimore. The jobbing houses on Baltimore, Charles and Hanover streets, in the various lines of trade with country dealers, state that busvinvsB h.3 br?en jaliaost atja stan still, except in rare cases," and base the cause of the increased dullness almost wholly upon the uncertain condition of the political affairs of the country. Houses doing busi ness with the South and West speak of the depression as not con fined to either section. Large dry goods and noticn firn.s, however, states that while their business has fallen off elsewhere their trade with North Carolina is good; that their customers and the people in that State have been greatly encouraged over the promise of an era of pros perity to follow upon the election of Gov. Vance," Llisspont Evenings. The boy who spends an hour of each evening lounging idly on the street corners wastes in the course of a year 3G5 precious hours, which, if applied to study, would familiar ize him with the rudiments of al most any of the familiar sciencs. If in addition to wasting an hour each evening he spends ten cents for a cigar, which is usually the case, the amount thus worse than wasted would pay for ten of the leading periodicals of the couutry. Boys, think of these things. Think of how much time and money you are wasting, and for' what? The gratification afforded by the lounge on the corner and the cigar is not only temporary, but positively hurtful, You cannot indulge in them without sericusly injuring yourselves. You acquire idle and wasteful habits, which will cling to you with each succeeding year. You may in afterlife shake tnem off, but the probabilities are that the hab its thus formed in early life will remain with you to your dying day. Be warned, then, in timo, and re solve that as the hour spent in idle ness i3 gone forever, you will im prove each passing one and thereby fi; yourselves for usefulness and happiness. Tha Question To-Day- AT. F. Sun. If the Republicans of the North do not meet together promptly and pro test against this conspiracy, which, if successtul, must result either n a subversion of our institutions or in civil commotion, it may advance with such rapid strides as to prevent the possibility of check before the gravest dangers are upon us. The Democrats are not in a position to act with the same eliect. If they step forward even with moderation, party lines will be drawn and then no power will be, strong enough to efface the distinc tion, or to calm the partialities and prejudices which enter into merely partisan action. Now is the propitions moment for fairniinded, calm and resolute Re publicans to taks this matter in hand, because it has assumed a shape far more important than a mere change of Administration, or the success of Tilden or Hayes. The peace of the country, properly, business in all its departments, values of every kind, are at stake. Shall these corrupt Returning Boards and carpet-bag rulers, backed by the bayonets which the President controls, be allowed to disturb the general tranquillity and destroy these great interests? That is the question to day, and it cannot be shrked. Vance and Hampton- Charlotte Observer. Col. A. M. Speights, editor of the Greenville (S C.) News, spent Wednesday ia our city, on hi3 re turn from Columbia where he has been for the past week, watching the current of political events, and he goe3 to his home with tho following impressions he formed of Charlotte during his short stay. He says : It is difficult to tell, in the city of Charlotte, which ot these two men are the most popular. The shouts for Hampton the anxiety displayed in his welfare and elec tion. are not surpassed by the de monstrations for Vance. The lat ter can ; hardly walk the streets without being seized and hoisted on the shoulders of the people; and is occasionally hugged by his colored friends: but if Hampton were to show himself on the streets of Char lotte, the demonstration would be quite as great. These peoplo stand to him to a man, and wherever he needs their assistance to sustain constitutional government in South Carolina, why Carlottewill be deci mated. They are a noble, patriotic reoDle. The way to make . money. Ad- vertise' - Thousands of men live, move add breatie pas3 off the stage of life, and are heard of no : more. Why ?.'. None are blessed by them none could point to them as the means of their redemption ; not a linaA they wrote nor a line they spoke could , t be recalled, and so they perished ; their night went ' out iu darkness, and they were nptremembcrcd more than the insects of yesterday. Will you thus live and die ? Oh, man, live for something I ' - V . ; Do good, and leave behid you a monument of virtue, that storms can never destroy. , Write your names by kindness, love and mere? or; the Hieart3 f thousands vou com? in cottiste? with, xjiir 'hf'rftpjfi. ajucLv you never will bo forgotten.; N6;"' r your words and deeds will be as legible upon the hearts you leave behind as the stars on the brow of the evening. Good deeds will shine as brightly upon the earth as the stars of heaven. ITegro Deinoi crats caeonoff for Til den- (Froni the New Orleans Democrat.) Over a hundred colored Demo crats, from all the wards of East Baton Rouge parish, assembled at the town of Baton Rouge, Sunday morning, to 6ee the gentlemen off who come down here to testify be fore the Returning Board as to the peace prevailing in that parish on election day All of these negroes were eager to come down here to testify; but as if was impossible to bring ?U of them here, twenty-five or thirty of them thcrefore-s3lec;ed took passage- on the Allen for our city. As the boat backed out from the landing, the colored demo crats of Baton Rouge .gave , three hearty cheers for Tilden and . Nich olls, and bid 'godspeed' to the men who were going to vindicate their rights and their votes. . Poorly Paid "Women. ; In the lato sittings of the Work- ingmen's Congress in Paris, Mad ame Uaoult proscnted a report up on the wretchedly paid labor of wo men; Many made chemises at three francs (GO ccutsl a dozen. half a dozen, a day being the average amount completed. Other work iva3 in proportion. The re port recommends that work women tii - ... bnouiu associate co-onerat;veiv in largo establishments; there they could not only receive wages, but share the profits now accruing to employers. Until women found a way of doing this successfully, no chance exists of ameliorating their condition. The Workingmcn's dissociations of Paris were repre sented at tho Congress by 253 delegates, and those of the provinces by 95. This Congress obtained a respectful recognition by tho press. His Own Medicine- Ilow many doctors would ba wil ling to take the medicines they pre scribe ? Or how many inventors are willing to risk their own lives to test their own inventions ? Once upon a time a man went to the duke of Wel lington with a patented article. 'What have you to offer ? asiced the duke. 'A bullet proof jacket, your grace. 'Put it on. Tho inventor obeyed. The duke rung a bell. An aid-de-canp pre sented himself. 'Tell the captain of the guard to order one of his rr.cn to load with ball cartridges.' The inventor disappeared forth with, and no money was wasted on that invention. 'Tommy, my son, what are you going to do with that club?' 'Send . it to the editor, of course.' 'But what are you going to send it to the editor for V 'Cause he says if any body will send him a club, ho will send them a copy of tho Souxniiitx er.' The mother came near faint ing, but recovered herself sufficient ly to ask. 'But, Tommy, dear, what do you suppose he wants with a club?' 'Well, I don't know,' re plied tho urchin, 'unless it is to knock down subscribers as don't pay for their papers. I suppose there are plenty of such mean people.' That boy stands a chance for the Presidency, if he lives. Sc:-ne in the Composing Room- Compositor No. 1: 'Who has any 'takes' of the 'Causes of Death ?' Compositor No. 2: 'I have 'Sof tening of tho Brain.' Compcsitor No. 3: 'i'vegot 'In flamation of the Bowels.' Compositor No. 4: 'I just took 'Poison.' Is it any wonder that Bach mor tality prevails among printers ? 'Things ia getting 6!ougucriways in dis country, I declar' to gnishU3 ef dey ain't,' said an old negro tho other day. Fust cum de cattypil lar, den de chicken kollery, an' now here cum de grassuoppers, an 1 hear tald de oder day dat a nigger was pizened with a mushmillion. Looks like hard time you heerd mjhorn. i i! Is H if n
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1876, edition 1
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