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, ; "f'N i -f in. ,n- mmm mmt-mrw- ' t-- 3t I f r . i;aa . uuv'iu --- - 4.," . r-Th$8 iUiould crrth raaiLcrt-icl T CttO Ei- r.L'nZ SRf! .3 -i ,n t t. i hi w it 1 ki.r sti-ir j conc'oiT id! BE SURE YOU AJRE RIGHT ; THIElSf GKO AHEABjjB. 'f-i - s :iz.zzzmr. :1 Try: TEBORO', N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBEK. 20, il87K: .b."rcd A VOL. 1 ?X I'll J j VV I. i 7fX I: , L . ! f A v LlC, l u. k a.l ; I ' 55 i p in r,r ni c, I W. -n il 1 ! S 1 f . J i ' ' i : ' ' ' " v -'f!T ' ? .?;.. 1 tt"" " ' " 1 tt. - - QENURAL DIRECTORY. TABBOBO. Mto H. I SUton, Jr. Co-iasrav-auU43arK Howud, Joel H. Brown, Ibc B. PMttOntota, Jmm B. Bl montea, fnnlc Dncy. S-KnstAxt A TuuniE J ot O. m. Cr or Foucb John W. Cottra. AMiBT-jrr Fom-J. J oo-e, John Mdr, Wood W Inborn and Iwe Bynm. if; COCII a.L. sutoa, Jr." " , JUgUterof 1W -Alex. McC-be. S yor John I. Baker. K-Pr-F.8. Hick. ScAooi Examiner. -VT. P. Mabon ir--tr Poof FAmm W. T.. Godwin. . N. -TUwrrir. Whitted, Clint Batr le, r.Danejr. . odiwit. vr DEPARITJBK OF MAILS NOETH AND SOUTH VIA W. 4W.R.K. U..T. TMKro' (d-ilr) mt - - 10 A. M ArrtTa-t.t-rbwfoM) " ' aP- vA9HIHaTON MAili VIA GREKNVILLB. L-re iarbor (danrV at - A.M irriva t Tarboro' (dUy) at - - 6 P.M. The TVIfUts ad lto lIaoliir Concord S. A. Chapter No. 5 N. M. Law rence. Hleh Prieat, Masonic HaU, monthly convocation flrat Thursday In every month at 10 o'clock A. JA. r r i.nAirt No. 58. Thomas GaUin, Master Masonic Hall, meet, first Friday night o'clockP. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. In every month. Reolton Encampment No. IS, I, O. O.T., Ld leunlngton. Chief Patriarch, Odd Pel Tows' Hall, meets every fin and third Thnra day of each month. TTdsrecombe Lodee No. 50, I. O. O. F., L Cnambwrtaine, St. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Monday night. Advance Lodge No. 38, I. O. O. T , meets eery Wednesday nl-nt at their Hall. Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on firsf and tWrd Monday night of every month at God Templar.' Hall, I. Heilbron. er. President- Edgecombe Lodge, No. 504, K. of H., J. M. Bpragtaa, Dictator, Good Templar. HalL meet every Wendesday night. CHCBCITES. Episcopal CAurcA-Servlces every Sunday at 10 1-3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B Cheehire, Rector. Methoditt CArcA-8ervices every Bun day at 10 o'clock, and atnigbt. Rev. W. 8. Koane, Pastor. Prayer Meeting on Monday even in?. frtioyxenn Church Service every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. No regular Pastor. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thursday night Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every moith, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive BpptUt Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Merchants' Hotel, Main Street. O. F. Adam, Proprietor. Tarboro' Hoow, .Main Steert. Chamber m Rawls, Proprietors. Spier House, Main Street. S. E. 8pier, Proprietor. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every oiorning at 9J o'clock. N. M. Livshci, Agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. IRANK POWEIiIi, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TAXXOJtff, IT. 0. JKf Collection a. Specialty. Office next door to the Southerner office. July 2, 1875. tf JJ0WABD & NASHr Attorneys and Counselors at Law, TARBORO', N. C. tjf Praciice in all the Courts, Bute and Federal. uov.6-ly. jpRZDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TaRBOXO', n. C. XS" Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, iu the Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5, 1875. 1 J ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. TARBORO', N. C. Will practice in th Courts of the 2nd Judicial District. Collections made r. any a part of the State. Office in Adams' Hotel, cornet Main and Pitt Streets. Jan. 7,1876. tf JACOB BATTLE, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. B Practices in all tte BU'-e Courts. March 24, 1876. 13 J H. & W. L. THORP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. CT. ORACTICE8 in the counties of Edge- wmuc, xiaiuax, wasn and Wilson, ana n the Sapreme Court North Carolina, also n the United 8tates District Court at Raleigh. gjTUART L. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, PLYMOUTH, N. C. Practices in Washington and adjoining 1 """"i mu pays special attention to aaiust 1 ng claims in any part of the State. Jnly 26, 1877.-tt H. K. NASH, JR., OFFICE OVER BS. S. NASH & CO S STORE, Where he can always be found when not pro 1 fesslonally absent, "arbors, March 2, 1877. DIt. RICHARD H. LEWIS, 'Lite Professor of Diseases of the Eye and in the Savannah Medical College.) PrsLctlco JC4ai(etl to tlae RALEIGH. S. C. Office it. the Tarborongh House, next door J that of N. C. R. R. Office hours a. m, 10 P- m. Refers to the State Medical Society and to lie Georgia Medical Society. 15.-ly, DR. E. D. BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, BIsUn street, TARBORO', N. C. work warranted to give entire lafacUon. - : ..- - .i . jf HEW ASVEBTISElEENTSj. STEAM -EINOlJNpES More effective and more I complete, and more readily adapted to the mechanical and agricultural uses than any other in the mar ket. Practical Imdrovements accumulated from twenty years' manufacturing experi ence, with reputation maintained and suc cess established. Sand lot drcul Airs, de scriptive, and containing testimonial con cerning our Portable Stationary and Agricul tural Steam Engines. WOOD, TABER & MORSE, Eaton, Madison Co; N. Y. ; t AIM TUU- For particulars address Wilson Sewing Machine Company. 829 Brad way. New York City ; Chicago, 111.; New Orleans, La. ; Or Sa Francisco, Cal. COJVFIDENTIALi Notice to agents. New Organs 16 stops, 9120. 13, 96. 12, $85. 9. f5. Pianos, re tail price 650, only $175.1 DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, N. JT. WORK FORI ALL. In their own localities, canvassing for the "Fireside Visitor," (enlarged) Weekly and Monthly. Largest Paper in the World, with Mammoth Chromos Free Big Commission to Agents. Terms and Outfit; Free. Address P. O. VIckery, Augusta, Maine. - Extra Fine Mixed Cards, with name 41 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES & CO. Nassau, N. Y. TO HA B OOOD HFALTIl THE LIVER MISTK KEPT IM OSUK. "r V SfflUFl B For i amphle; addre Dr. Sanoku. New York.- SCROFULA The raost remaakable cures of Scrcfnla have been and are now being made by the use of Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy for that disease. Cure certain speedy and permanent. For reliability refers by permission to' the Rt. Rev. Thos. Atklnsen, D. D., of North Carolina. Geo. A. Foote, M. D., Warrn Co., and Hons. J. J. Davis and C. 31. Cooke, of Franklin Co. For certificates of cures, cir culars, terms, &c, enclose 'stamp to MRS. JOE PERSON, Franklinton,N. C. S200 PER MONTH made selling the Gyacopese or Planetary OD. Buckeye Stationary package! Magic Pen (no ink required.) Catalogue of Agents Goods tree. lJJ4.it I J SiOVJU,'J'X Vlncin- natti, O. I East Carolina MAUBLE wyOBKS, NEWBERN, N. C WHERE will be found a large variety of Monuments, Tombs, Grave Stones and other marble work at prices I that will com pete with New York and Baltimore. All work guaranteed. i : af POOLE, Prop'r, Cor. Craven & Broad 8treeU, Nov. l,-3m. Newbern. N. C. WrLMrNQTON" ADVERTISEMENTS. STOP AT THE. MANNING HOUSE, COR MARKET AND SECOND STS., WILMINGTON N. C. BUARD rjER X-A-Y $.50 ED. WILSON MANNING, Apr2a77-ly. j Proprietor. A. Adkiajt. I H. VollsRS. ADRIAN & VOLLERS, Wholesale Dealers In GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, Importers of German and Savanna Cigars. lis I Commission Merchants. 8. E. Cor. Dock and Front Streets, WIHHNQTON, N. C Having the largest and best assorted stock of Groceries and Liquors in the City, Dealers will find it to their interest to give us a call befcre buying elsewhere. Aprau.77-iy WILMINGTON MARBLE WORKS, MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELS; Tombs, Grave Stones and Monuments of every character and design. JAMES WALKER, Proprietor, Office on Front Street, between Princess and Chestnut Streets, Wilmikgton, N. C Aor.20-77. I lJ- 1 P. HEINSBEP.QEE, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER And dealer In Pianos, Organs, Sheet Music, Chromos &c, ' 39 and 41 MARKET ST., WILMINGTON, IV. C All orders promptly attended to. Apr.20-77. I ly- Manhood : How lost, How Restored I Just published, a new edition DR. CULVERWELL'S CELE BRATED ESSAY on the radi cal cure (without medicine) of Spsbmatob- SB03A or Seminal weakness, invoiuumrjr ffeitiinal Losses. Lwotbhcy, Menial and tk.;1 IncaDacitv. Impediments to Mar riaie, etc.; also, Cohscio-hos, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indulgence or sex ual extravagance, &c. . J3f 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 nnniMiiwncM of nelf-abusei may be radically cured without the dangerous use of Internal medicine or the application or tne anue , nnintintr ant a mode of cute at once simple, certain, and effectual, byt means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radieaUv. ! Rnt under seal, in a plain envelope, to any AAxvu,pott-faid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers,! Tire nrrLVERWELL MEDICAL CO M1 Ann St.. New fork. Post Office Box. 4686. j jsau-ly. NORFOLK BTJSH032& CARDS- GOODE HOUSE COR. MAIN & COMMERCE STS., Jesse C. Jacock8, Proprietor. BOARD PER DAY, $2 00- August 2, 1877. 5m SMOKERS ! G. M. CORDON'S, you will find the A T J. Celebrated BANKER'S CIGARS, - HALF DIME, CAROLINA, . GLEE "CLUB, AND MEHEGAN'S OWN, and other Fine Brands. Manufactured by W. A. MEHEGAN, NORFOLK, VA, The tobacco used In the manufacture of tkose Cigars, is selected with all tha-care and necessary requisites as to deserve the accepta tion of the mst fastidious smokers. , Nov. 6,1877. " " " LOOTS HTLLIAKD, XaJICUiLaS XOOBE, Greenville, N. C. Formerly of N. C. BILLIARD & MQOR. . 2 y COTTON FACTORS Commission Merchants, McPhail's Wharf, 'J ' Soxfolk, IrlrgniA. Keep constantly on hand a laifge and vat ied stock of Bagging and Tiea. General dealers in Standard Fertilizers. Liberal- cash advances made on consign ments. . leb. e.-ly - S. W. SliLDNER, TIC WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER r ' , No. 31 Roanoke 8qpmi:iJ2.' Norfolk, T"a. Orders promptly attended to and satisfacT tion guaranteed. , scpJ27-ly B. F. BAXTER & CO., Wholesale Tobacceniste. 28 & 30 Commerce and 87 & 89 Water Street, . , Oct. 18, 1877. ly. MORRIS BROTHERS, WHOLESALE . Noa; 6, 8 & 10 Roanoke Square, -T Norfolk, Va. Sept. 27, 1877. ly G. W. McQmiHos, J. W. Fibbt, Hertford Co., N, C. norroiK, va. McGlauhon & Perry, Cotton Factors AND GENERAL. , Commission Merchants. Tunie' Warehouse, foot of Fayette Street, ; Norfolk, Va. Will attend promptly to sales of COTTON, GRAIN, LUMBER, FISH, NA- V AJ S i UKKS, S.J. W7 Bagging and Ties kept constantly on hand and sold at lowest market prices. Nov. as 1S77. - am. Manufacturer of and Dealer in all kinds of Carriages, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars. Carts, wheels, Axles, Farm wagons & Gear, Horse Clothing, Lap ; Robes, Ac. Nos. 14, 16, 24 & 28 Union Street,? r - Norfolk. Va. Full line of Carriage and Harness Materi al. My Buggies and Carriages are sold by J. H. Brown, Tarboro. sep.27-ly Turner W. Battle, Rocky Mount, N. C. Bennett Bunn. ,. Joseph D. Battle B1TTLE, BUJNh & CO OOTTOK FACTOBS. AND v Commission Merchants, Town Point, NORFOLK, YA. Liberal advances made on consignment. Bagging and Ties furnished at the lowest rates. WeUrhine: and delivery of oouon nave the especial attention of -a -member of the firm. ! aug. iirif. Redcliffe Breeding Farm Near Suffolk, Va. I offer for sale, Trotting and Harness Hor ses, Alderny Cattle, South Down Sheep, Berkshire Hogs, delivered at Suffolk-" or Norfolk, Va. Ik ;i i f Horses Trained nl Boajfsledl sat a Moderate Price. - Parties having Promising Young Trotters can have them. trainedat Redcliffe -by a old trainer, on half mile track, lower than 'any farm in the country, and broken from any bad habits. The Stables are well ven tilated, and kept in the nicest order, and with modern fixtures. Orders lett with the Southebsub, wifl be promptly attended to. For terms, address C. L. UPSHUR, t 154 Water St., Norfolk, Va." 8ept 24, 1877. 8m' OUR CUSTOMERS ARE EARNESTLY desired to test Whann's Super-Phosphate, Bradley's Phosphate of Lime and Bradley's Sea Fowl, ALL FIRST CLASS FERTILIZERS. Coffield & Lewis We earnestly desire that every bag sold by us shall be subjected to the most rigorous test according to printed analysis on each bag sold by us, and Wt! will warrant and Stand by the Test COFFIELD & LEWIS. March 23, 1877. j! tt H. BRUNHILD & BR0., Rectifiers and Wholesale Dealers In . RYE WHISKIES,: : U -. IMPORTED' $ i" W LIQ.ITOBS AND-CIGJlBS, No. 3 Granite Row S. Front 8t:; , TIT THEM ADVERTISEMENTS. Pharmacist & Druggist, Successor to Dr- A- H. Elacnair, Main St., 0pp. Court House, A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Faney and Toilet Articles, Ac. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours (Night and Day.) . Prompt .Vttentiori given to Orders from COUNTRY PHY8I CIANS. SUNDAY HOURS : 8:30 to 70 A. M., 2KW to 3:30 P. M., 6:00 to 7:00 P. M. July 27, 1377. ly. P. EWELL, Watchmaker, Jeweler and General Sewing Machine Agent, Williamston, N. C. IS now ofiering his stock of Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks,' Sets Jewelry, Gents' Gold and Plated Studs, Collar and Sleeve Buttons, Watch Chains, Guards, Spectacles, Gold and Silver Kings, Sewing Machine At tachment, Needle, Ac, very low for cash. Agent fbr the New White and D Dmestic Sew ing Machines. REPAIRING of all kinds done, and warren ted twelve- months. Orders and work through mail will receive prompt at tention and satisfaction guaranteed. Nov. 29, 1877. 6m. THE ROCKY MOUNT COTTON MELS. TkTTB ARK NOW MANUFACTURING, TV of the best quality, for the home trade, COTTON YARNS. COTTON PLOW LINES, all sizes IIEAYY 4-4 SHEETING. Orders from prompt customers filled without delay. TERMS : Net cash, within thirty days Addresp, Dee. . BATTLE & SON, Rocky Mount, N. C. Is the most arenUO IOaam ve vaed by STTj rjj ...k-na fnm Kip Sail. Ul 1T- Wtntinc: matter; earns it to fee expeeto-'t rated, and atonet ehecw tno ?DSml which produces tho coueli.t A stnsedojo reUeves the moat dlstvesslnsr. paroxysm. soothes norronsiieeB. 555 . co a wm.o-- w A a t.ina, oAiiinAi. akn1 enablttl tne lur- Wkch9 nd is P Ji lilii;d for child re xi What others say about TutvsMcpectorant. Had Asthma Thirty Years BAtTlMoaav Ftbruarj 3, 1875. ' I have had Asthma thirty yens, aad never foum W. F. H0GAM, Chsries Si A Child's Idea of Merit. Kiw Oklkabts, tfovmbr 11, 1876. kt.,i.'d ff-ivtfinint i. a familiar name in mv house. My wife thinks it the best medicine in the world, and the children ray it- i-4nicer than snolassa candy.' NOAH WOODWAHU, 101 n. royara ox. "Six. and all CrouDY. "I am tJiemother ef sUeHMrea ; aH or them have been croopy. Without Tntt's Kxpectorant, I dont think they could have umvea some p tne attacju. lnsTEVXllS, FraakforV Ky. A Ttnfttrtr Advice. "In my practicfTl advise all Amilies to keep Tntt'l Expectorant, ia edidu emergencies, for coughs. croup, -P-gJfcjj- M.a,.1topBrtLJl Sold by ntl elmfffri. rtee fl-OO. Office 38 Murray arreea, jyoic "THE TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT.' il r..M.t oni.nM nrth their weight in firold." REV. I. R 8IMPSON, Louisville, Ky. Tntt's Pills are a special blessing of the nine- t,enthcenturv."-BEV. F. rb OSGOOD, New York. t I..-. cA Tntt'STTTTor tornor of the liver. They are superior to any medicine for biliary dis orders ever muc 1 .1 ' . I. P. CARB, AHerney at Law, Angusta, Qa. I have used Tuti'S Piils Jive yeari in my family. F. R.v WILSON,- Georgetown, Texas. kt id TdH.'s WsSTSSe with flfftat bespit." W. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Register. " We sell fifty boxes Tutt's Pills to five of all others." -SAY RE & CO., CrtriU, Ua Tatts Pills have only to be tried to establish their merits. 1 ney wora uic W. M. BARRON, 90 8atnmer- 8fc, Boston. There is no medicine so well adapted to the cure Of bilious disorders as Tutt'sjtli is." JOS. BRUM MEL, Richmond, Virginia. - AND A TrfoWlVlD MORE. 2S cent a box. Office SS Murray, Street JTew Xorc, TUTTSHAIRDVE HIGH TESTIMONY. . : " FROM THE PACIFIC JOURNAL. 7 b., been'meHf ,OTew To which restores youthMjeanty-tohe hair. That eminent chemist has sneeeeded tn prodoelrtK a Hair Iye which .imitates niture to perfection. .OW baeheiors may. now rejoice." , . . , Heuy York. Bold by all druggist. ! it tDecemljer'20, 18777 Paraphrased from the Lord's Prayer. By special request) we republish, this beautiJul and toucbifigly tender Paraphrase, written f or the"e&CtHEBHK8 by an Eastern gentleman well known in the Srorld of letters.' Oh, Tbon, who art in Heaven above. Like Jesus teach me bow to pray 1 Grant me, oh Father, bat Thy love j . Thy mercies show in Thine own wsy ! Thy name be hallowed evermore, Thy Will m JUeaven and JSarth be done t this, tbv servant, lorxl implore, Thy glorious Kingdom soon may come ! My daily bread this day impart, Temptation from my path remove j From alt vain glory cleanse my heart And evil thoughts in me reprove. . . Power, Kingdom, Glory all be thine Forever and forever more Duteously alone be mine To praise Thy name and to adore. , . : ' As I to others pardon grant, All my misdeeds oh Lord ! forgive In mercy hear me supplecant Through Him who died that I might live. Written for the Socthtthseb. A Law Student's First Expe rience In Court. BT BIGMA. A court of justice is probably the ast place in the world, oxcept a church, where a person would ever think of going for amusement ; yet, as every lawyer will testify, some very amusing oceoes and incident! happen there, and that, too, at a time when they are least expected. The laugh oftenest occurs at the expense of tho poor frightened wit- nees ; but not unfrequently the sharp, badgering Attorney has the tables turned on him by the victim of his persecutions, and that so in nocently that he cannot possibly complain, though his deep chagrin is apparent to all. Even the stern gravity of the dignified Judge has been known to melt away. like clouds from a stormy sky, at some happy jeu d' esprit of the law yers, or an unintentional bon mot from some poor, tired creature who has, perhaps, occupid the witness stand, subject to a galling fire of running questions, until bis patience and temper have alike become thread-bare, and be hardly knows whether he is standing on his head or his feet. Not the least amusing thing on such occasions, is the pertinacity with which everybody laughs, whether they have seen or heard anything to laugh at or not a laugh is as contagions as the small pox and the assiduity with which the poor shenn tries to quell the uproar. Hardly nas the dreaded Uautocrat of the court rcom uttered the oft' repeated and stereotyped phraze, "Mr. Sheriff, you must keep order in this court," than he has run half over the room and frightened a score of poor devils out of their wits with a shake and a whispered threat that closes their wide-open mouths with a snap and changes the beaming look on their countenances for one of sheepish terror. Possibly Borne of my readers can recall a celebrated murder trial that took place at Hillsborough, in the county jf Orange, some fifteen or twenty years ago. The murder er belonged to a good nld North Carolina family and tLe most stren uous effort was being made to pre serve his neck from the halter. It was an aggrated case, he having shot a negro boy, while in a drank en debauch, out of mere sporty and then sunk the body in a creek. " 1, for one, shall never forget it. Compelled to hear the trial nolens volem, I had all 4he circumstances so indellibly fixed on my mind, and in such a manner, that X propose to relate the story for those who have never had the opportunity of prof iting bvfa sirnuar "experience. J wa8.-tbeQ & student at the TJniversi ty, and,Ith some twelve or fifteen of my class mates, was reading law under Messrs. Battle and Phillips, two of North Carolina s most dis tinguished sons. Nothing . had "been talked of for weeks but the approaching trial and everybody was anxious to . go and hear it. xsy dint of extraordi nary good conduct, faithful promi ses or iuture amendment in. that particular, and the hardest' kind of begging on our part, we obtained permission to attend, the- trial, pro vided tne "Uia naex would ac company us, and have an eye to oar good behavior, which he very kmc ly and obligingly consented to do, Earl; on the morning of the day of trial Dave Moore was in front o: "Old Goth's" hotel, mounted on the driver's seat of the band-wagon, (an institution that every Chapel Hil- lian of those days remembers,) be hind four gaily prancing steeds, and blowing his bugle till he woke the .... .-v t n . a echos about tne "Uia soatn, ana sent us scurrying; from all quar ters across the campus, in hot haste to arrive first and secure the. test seats. Bov will be boys, evea 1 though they are embrjq.lawjerjB J Thursday, With - many s nwrry. sbout,- ad the soft, sweet notes of the bagU vibrating oil the; early morning air, we rolled out of the-village and on 10 me roaa to uwisqorcenr - ,,-,,7 kji course not one 01 naa rprmr pd and e.T.rtre.t6d att aaOua:ttt & :.7T rr-X tne guiu or tnnoeenee of xm mense concourse of people JtrpoO,' parts: of the; ; county; The; e&t hat "was intenaely hot, 'and ithebpurVi: room crowded to strffocation ' Thri court aaa Been ... openeaj. aDawie crier was at the doororiing the jurors as we walked: IB; at the heels of our distinguished : chaperon, ..ail ookrag dignified and self-important, as became. the future distinguisbti awyers and erudite judges we were destined to become. None of us but felt indignant that the sheriff did not meet and, escort us; to the best seats in the bar; This feeling; however, soon gate place, to bne'Qf exultation when the presiding judge invited Judge Battle to bring his class up on the bench, where they could be accommodated with seats there was hardly standing room anywhere else iu the room. With what a feeling of exalted pride did wh:"dotlke,igio bie crowd beneath us, and the in significant lawyers ! 27ow could we ne.p showing a consciousness of the distinguished honor conferred on ua and of our growing impor tance in tne eyes 01 tne assemblage ; JLom. felt it as. much as any of us. He cast his eyes around the room and drew forth frbtn his ocket a queer looking package! and, unrolling its rubber covering; exposed a square of tobacco, opened his six-bladed, white-handled knife, and cut off a goodly sized piece I .U:u u- -.1 -.j ? .1": 1 .-r.i ii.T uitu piaceu. in ine.ieic siae oi his etieek ; he then returned the knife and tobacco, crossed his well shaped legs and threw hims'elf back in his seat in the most dignified manner, while his thumbs sought the arm-holes of his vest. ' He had attracted the attention of nearly everyone in the court ; the stillness was oppressive ; a pin might have been heard to fall ; and the eyes of the Judge were fixed sternly upon nun. bo absorbed was Tom with his own thoughts that it was a con siderable time before the silence re called him from his reverie.. As he caught the eye of the Judge the color mounted to the very roots of his hair, oteadilv regarding each s other for a moment, the Judge at last slightly opened his mouth and pointed his long, boney finger to the left side, and, almost - simulta neously, Tom let fall bis lower ja-w and out rolled the offending quid on the floor. Not a word had been spoken, but Tom understood the meaning of that look and gesture as well as if he had said "Spit it out. 1 I felt mortified for Tom : I felt sheepish for myself, and all the rest of them looked so. I wished myself a thousand miles away from that court, but 1 was afraid to leave ; I even was afraid to ask per mission to "vio out, as school boys do. Never was any one more uneasy and restless than I suddenly be came. I turned and twisted in my chair, nut a glance from that tern bie eye always brought me bolt up right and staring straight out at the door m front of me that stood so invitingly open. I think should have jumped over the rail ing and run for it could I ht caught hie eye; turned in any ether direction, bot every time I stole a furtive glance towards him it was bearing tall upon me. It must have been a ubiquitous sort of eye for the boys all said, afterwards, that it was on them all the time just like it was on me, and J have reason to believe that it saw every thing else that transpired in that court. r .. ... An old gentleman, dressed in black coat and pants, and the whitest of white shirts, with long flowing hair, as white as the driven snow, and a pair of beautiful, bright gold spectacles, edged himself quiet ly and 8tealtnify into a nice cushs loned . seat that was . conveniently and invitingly near. J7e had hard ly made an impression on the cush ion ere our judicial Martinet thun dered out to the Sheriff to "Take that very nice old gentleman out of the jury-box : and bring him- op here." . . ' There was another, a military man, who had fought in the great battle of Waterloo, under the "Little Corporal and had had his nose broken all to pieces by one of the 1 Iron Duke's musket balls. but the French surgeons had patch ed it up very handsomely and given it shape and" symmetry by means of a silver bridge inside of it so that you. would hardly notice it With all its perfections it .was not equal to a natural nose, for every time the old' f elloV toot a long breath a-distinrt whUUewsejuri. The weather - was warm nl it was necessary to ! take" ao JongTi breath jjemetimej.: At the rery first lound er, but that did - not deter.ra&ani. (909 tatemgtjdlotog breath now 'f tliWra'lulTj iuteoded,- ; ' enteri0g--iBtwcry lelyjitoft- Iteft :iia iti,. .. 'ttiHtoioWrtr,; ; cussion tali the legal point. io.tM IJFwouTd have given aoy thing lor .sehin2a,,.V "'"' ' "A''rV'' case, which occupied our timeidu ;tievfl 1 Wb;haya imong u?aieiuuaneSv ring the whole ridej a 5 j. i iqg Werry ihaJf.?STarited to';db .ittopi'iilW Arrived there- ,weixadan auv. adaasthiuarCD Keep me from stagna-! iadi'bcaied.'a sysiem of slerm aiirnala -1 cfta;Biivef rwoi8tle ihrthe Frehch matt.tiosevUhsEBherii? was told id i3toPf4ha(whiflti4e inlthia? courti or.sho that Graves 4ld,aoldierl the way to the. door. A . .The, Offense was 1 rrtt Wafff' rflriftAtWtf. b'nt the Wod I -J1 T W. - jt m . t... riow;r!inansa ;io - xirt tnac aay r put my foot f ud theTe SWaed'me? so "thattbe hood could run outofitoy foot;Tbatk aeaiu intonnY" legT"I Tiffed one foot little ways from' th floor and it fell as heavy as lead. I placed wi - j si td healths Sheriff tnrdered to come tolra it Anvrn lint T'teaB Alia r I mttv v.whm, ii uwawr i pointed He , did no such thing. He' said to me, "Young man, don t remove that foot from there until I '"' 7 tall you. Oh, how revived 1 felt I It was so nice to have itr up there, and it rested me so mueh I -; I .began to feel better and cake some interest in the trial f I even began to have a kindly feeling' for him. - But at r length 1 began to tire of the- position and wished very ; mueh to take it down. My knee ached and trembled, and my foot had no more feeling in it than, a ahoeIast. let it slip a little' and the terrible eye arrested it in a more tiresome position than; the first, r Five min utesvteu minutes, ftenir-one min ate more .1 sto d the, torture . and down came the leadersopt with a neavy thuiap on the iwor. A roar of laughter succeeded that shook the building from sill to ratters, u nknewn to . me nearlv I every one in the house had been ob- serrine nde and enjoying my troubles, An angry flush overspread my face j and.-J-WaA oh -the pbint "of saying! oiaeiaiag, uo mauer wnat, wnen ing tne uiaz ' government,: and so that same ubiquitous eye traversed giving it ,the increased strength and the distance between my foot and stability necessary; to enable . it to the rail, and the long bony finger repress lawless Mexicans and IndW pointed to the place it had lately ans on the border j Perhaps a state occupied. I understood him per ment of the Xfational f Union that fectly, and ap went : the offending Diaz would soon be reuoznized has 1..'1:l it.. r -: J - 1 . . wy auu icj; ua.o wo nweeu ui sa tiucr press, it took both hands this time to assist it to its exalted po sition, but 1 got. it there at last after one or two' ineffectual efforts, and my tortures ; began again. 1 turned my face, towards him with a dehant scow upon it as much as to say rir pay you for this some time or other' To my surprise the eye was cast on his notes and a little nervous twitching agitated tne corners ot nas mouth. When he .had iept m in this position For a short, tune he tam ed towards me and smilingly ask ed (it was the first time 1 had seen him. 'smile - all day) "Would you like very much to retire ?" I bowed, as ; well ,aa my constrain ed: position would - permit and mumbled ah' un gracious' answer. . UV.' JUT J.J.t'3 1- 1 LL J S. uu uau uo bo bbiu no auu any of the young 1 gentlemen who Choose; r TJ- ,i ,.Not one of them chose to remain any longer on that bench and when we had swallowed our dinners we wended our way back again to the mil, - sadder ' and wiser than when e came. Not i one of that class naa ever .graced, the bench as a judge' and it is probably owing to vuu uiBt?Bie we acquired lor tne seat ron tnat sultry June day be neath the stern eye of a judge who was netiiatucally a tyrant but Was probably rendered o by physical j soffering, r .He. is since dead. Jieq- ueiscat in pace. . . . FEOM WASHI1TGT01T. From our Special Correspondent. WXfiHtHeroir, D. C, 7 r;DjBcember-10rJlgT7 -. Thii National Republican of this mornlirg,' in"' ah' elaborate editorial, compares Mr, -Hayes to Judas 2s- cariotw U.bis .may not be directly from the , lios. or Den.of Senator Cenkfing, but Jt ,is evidently of his impiratoin.l' XtelUpublican' ew manager, A. M Clapp. is every where-eorisidered' as a represents- tive of the distinguished senior sen-1 an accompuBnea . constian . genne ator. from New, York. This would I man," is low church in his views, indicate ' that recent attemnta to make neace between Messrs. aves and Cnnklino- were not successful and are not expected to be success-1 foL , -.il The veerly- :holid4y recess which seems to be decided oa the . 15th inat. is namadwrili iwevent the transaction' of much business by Congresa. Thei Silver Bill comes Tnesdav. in the Sen - ate, b9t be debate will probably last beyond the recess. . . Not mnch nrocTesa on anv sub- iio. business is looked for until the reassembling on the 10 th of Janua- " 1 ,ift UUWrtunatO iOT f;tllOe in charce of the..WaahiiwrtQn .Mon-. ument .that popular. ambscriptions awsjiid... rjfc "he: -iure itha CoVen tat9;aWiiC;with prbbriatidn dams nnmberlftas.nlana far s, rri.iilifi t:n f 1 ' :.:..i rrt ; ..mwmiuvbmuu.ui-i ain MJA. JJi una. aecided tP Insist uponcontinuaBce Ciaa A ZL- f T a. 3 1 brinito classes of nronertv k th tlAOTaTr. 1 jBysmtof th-coantry, th? tejvlai' siffhal 'iervica "'of th .OovirnmW.r v the firingeTcanola' aa'taYhllng of , cominef storms and others armliana"- mu luuuvui w uoiiars in crops and other Valuables during 1 ... Lii . "IT.. -. ' tus into Bovsre tnunn. m v irfrinis- . Maryland and Pehnsvlvania. . One ; , . of the ereat tleleerarib eornnsniea offers the free rise! of its wires, and IU is not unlikel v that another rear. may see the, plan1 of -the ethusraBtio'-'a t aBuingionian on tnau r;i rv-s -There is published thir mornins . a letter of PTK: 8. - Pinchbackv1 of Louisiana .whiche.ifriUulrawp irom iurtner contest tor the place . of Senator froi that -StaterThef r witbdral was not, of ".cdnrii, neCes--'' sary to the seating of Senator Eas tis, who, besides all the; Democratic 1 votes, will, have! those of many lie- r. publicans. Bat the letter is of in-f . tprABfc in nnnfnAi I w.v! -Tf nVi more plainly than anything else has i so f4r done, thol irrconcilable differ- encd that exists between two see- - - tions of the Republican party .The letter is very bitter. exDosincr the inconsistency of EenuWicau Sena- tors who voted Against him and then" voted to admit 1telW. 7t is thouffht that if the admini' tration, as is how saidV desires to preserve peace with Mexicoi it can. most effectively -do sa;by recogniz- wm ouiciai. sanction. Donn Piatt's Sunday' Capital. which of late bias i spoken ia rather enthusiastic terms of Mr. i7aves. had yesterday a vi corona assault on him, taking his inessagS as a text. FROM FLORIDA. Crops YiUow TnerSfiOO Methodists, , O AAA Di.'.ji TI lUlft-n :.. o,yw -uujjuuiia, .ii,wu MjpwcopauanM, r , and 1,000 Presbyleriana in Flit.; ' ' Honor able Mention of Mrihbditt Min' '-T ietert, Sfc. j j ; Madison, Ptju7Dec'7th, 187. Ed. Southerner As the year draws to a close the farmers are bu sily , engaged housing their crops, r two thirds of the short and more( -than one half of the lone staple cott6n have been picked, "and abodt ail the corn harvested. ' Judging the' crops of the State--bxthir andTtd joining tsounties,! cotten has- fallen ' off fully one third, while corn and . . oats have been more, than an avern . . The yellow I fever at Fernandina and Jacksonville- has created ccn-'; siderable excitement ambhg the peo ple on the line-Tjf the "railroad. Good many re ageesiafe at present!, this place, awaiting rjtr tr Jt is , hoped, . Jiow- r ; ., ' sojourning, in its abatement. ever, the recent freezes we xpe. r- if' rinncftrl last Wnalr will 'sn'ft'n 'tvxt&rm " ' ' minateit. i ' ' '( -fr.iin The various Chrisdan - denominaw ' tions of this, community have -enjoy- -ed a series,. . f . religious , meetings during the past year.v The Presby-. tery met and held, its session, in ' :' ' ' May, ; the ifaptists.ttieir protracted.... meeting in Jan, the Methodista ' their. cDistnct j conference' near the village in July, i Able sermons were r preached,' . good attendance- and at-;'; ' tentive congregations, i. ( oeveral ac- ,t cessions to the different branches of , -.' the church: Good; we' trast hsi' ' been .accomplished.' ' There is - no s ' I Episcopal;; churchy here,-; but.'the 1 "; Methodists, generally r famish theirs ;, r I to liev. uu namaon oi taat cnurcn t to hold services3r, , -oeris swd to be;. I and is willing to accord the same I courtesies to j Methodist ministers I tnas . naa oeen extonaeo w mm. The number of communicants of the I four different branches of the church I in the State is, i Methodists- 8,000, J Baptists about 3L00O, EpiscopaUans A l,100,Presbyteriane IMQ Wherev- er the light of civilization dawns, or ; I tne aweiiing piaoe w mw aeou, 1 whether in tha l eityttown, or wil- derness, there f will .be found the j faithful, witinng Methoat -.minis I ter in discharge of his sacred duty. I ready at all jtones( to .minister to t . j the wants of man in i his afflictida a wiui : aeat - ana?. earneBkneiB I preacauig amapie kuhm ot ws I gospel, -wjthout : disparagement, to lany, and oommendatioq ,to,alL ,; I 5 V I' I - r !1 7 '
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 20, 1877, edition 1
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