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SALISBURY, N. C, OCTOBER 30, 1868.
VOL. I, NO. 43
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. eaTae or uMCBinioK.
IN
TnHlIAN ft OLD MOUTH STATU.
tu.VUELT 0U NORTH 8TATE
M tfa.Ua. i.W
TUB PglNTCBII HOIIERLINDKN.
Ta oo whsi our (had V loir.
iQWIMniN BrovwBTUg stow,
a f.w ppni kMf ow
IMn shall m a sadder alght.
When done peer lo tress mora to alg at,
Coamaadiag every tlxpaoe bright
To Wrkdorsrspdily.
Oar hones M Brwarrayae.
ball - " plH
Tks to despair we're ahnut dirrao,
TWt'i praeWaa Bub w of livia'.
What our test topper" rudely given
hw kinds that hM k lovingly.
tW target yHthota tew htil ftow.
Whse iaawaat'f UM oa Mow.
Uaglh'aiBR oar ehia a foot ar to,
When gating at tksst hopalaaalj.
Ta p4a4 fot tima upun a aaa,
Batf there W
PaaasattBg pay urocWutly.
The yawpest aarkaoi nm. pa Wave !
Who wmU aw fary bacon a. ;
Win., aatwai, all your pretezta wsl.
Aa4 pay tha Priater afcaarfuJly .
Ah! ItMwMyttatMl
A arwsWlatiamt
Asking of MaeWraoaipt
far jsfr tejtra wa;'My-
Porta Wttcaaaa a OMIarta Mate.
LunraTov, N. 0.,
Ah- ttk, 1868.
io. iUtrft Heme, Salisbury, tf. C
My Dear Sir : I wish moat reassctfallr
to tail your attoatioa lo what I conceive
to be few oWapanciea in roar aaeoud
artMa ravkwiiur Judte pHiaai'i UiL.r
In Ike f rat propoafdeo
afea ky tka Sapreme Court that ike RecoD-
amaaik.il AM of Coafreaa ara anecntliia
Uooal anal void would not rTrt tha valid.
ky of the Stata fovertnn nU already or-
p hi ponuaaee of their prorliioiii.
Nor would a repeal of tbe law iurlf ff.-et
(ketB, bat onfr prerent thaorraniaaHoa nf
owera In Hiatee la which ruck reorraai
aaOoa baa not yet beeo eoaaamataied."
It bj eJear from tka abore, yon contend
tkal neither a deeiaion by the Hupreme
Court tkal aaid acta ara aneonatitutional
nor a repeal of them by C'ongreaa would
iatmt tka "eaMity" of a creation of aa
maM area tar. I that not a diterenan
y a tacre aa a aafMf ara rem man t
naed in penoaaea of meaauret which
oauiomi Coort pronounce invalid !
n laaaeerma propontion Tou iav Tiom
aacU araailaaa wa armed, m an article
which appeared in the OU Norik State
oa tha 30th of J line, (bat there waa Hp
eonelittttional meaaa by which we could
frtndol tkeae eowernmentv, wwieM wo
oarry both beauee af tbe aeit Con
which wa cannot do." Tua it?.
m inch premiaej." Ice. If rok look
rat propoaition, or the argument la
' Brut propoailKin aa your premi
certain! caaae lo the wrong car
a yowr eeewna, or roar articie o;
30th i for in the flrat yoa My that a
MM sajpreme Uowrt or repeal
i "would aot affect the "valid-
tbe Bute gareromente," ar enable
t rid M them, yet hj a negative
t in the aecond. von admit that
UMjr L he gotten rid of, aa you aay
"that Bare waa no Ooaelitulawai meaaa
by whit w. could gel rid of tboaa gaa
ernmenfttiailrM we could rury both nou-
oi .mnext Conrreaa." thai clearlv
. aw ' -- rrm
JOHN QfJINCT ADAMS
Bit FaVaW on lie- Situation of the
&Mk - Lvyalt, oimUJum WkiU
Grant' EUciion InttUmUe
Wtmkntm f Ob Dtmmrtic Plat
form Grant' i Aiiminirtraiion lo
Rotor Pm$nd Pmptrity.
PtTBRMrM, Va ,
Oct. 18. 1868 f
In a eon rersa lion with Joha Qniney
Adama, who waa qn the ear on hi return
home, he aaid, The aont hern people were
aa kraal aa a peaei in the north. The
two raaaa ha foaad iriaadljr jiajaaaad lei'
Ward each other, and the negroea were
peaceable in all capea, except where they
aaaaa haailaa! aw ialaeeacd by earnet bar
gert. Nothing waa raiaalkilaw to dv great
er harm than '.he dinfrancbiaeraent of the
white, which waa more cxtenarra than be
ever had any idea af, and if the people of
the aorth aouU tee the condition at lite
aouth a he did, recauatruction would aoon
Tbaaegra rajaajoje
ly, but that could not hut.
far When jfcffiapWwWa propyl appeal
to oa tkat -neatten, tka aorth would
aabmit that lea af a ha Btttaa
ignorant and
adaaJnio
af tha aa
them.
I mutt
diacrepan
fallacy in
tition yoa
Bupwa V
Acta are i
aot affect t
wrong term t
lion f) of the
able. It ia i
t if wa eoald eet both bouae
CoDgret we could get rid of
1.1 v aabaait that there ia a
nd that it grow ant of a
flrat propoaition. lira pa
"that a (Jecieiaa of the
that Ibe lleconatrnction
ituiional and void would
MMMp (la not that the
hould it not be orgaataa
te rorernmaola, iaunten-
ded by ome ol tbe
I 0,iXecTof tbe Pr
it waa now toe late
Tlenet Own.
reaidency be
to rbang the
of Oen. Grant
a UarrubW. aad aaeh.a Mwameat
?11Ua.tcrall,.lW!
rna aemoeraey. mmmn. mFlR'trW.
Mr. thaee euUld hate earned the aay
Btahjn Grant, and certainly not now l nor
wa there, be thoabt, an aratlaUe wen
In the field, even If liin.i wera fT.irdcd
He condemned ;he platform of Ibe demo-
crary store man taa canoaaate, anu
llnturht the only iaaue noon which thT
ihoufd barn anua before the Deonlc waa
reconatnittidn. 'ilia finance and other
aw-.. . . . , r..
anutara in. .urn uare aoea tau ror ruiure
aitlemeut when peace and tha Union
watw reatored, In reply to a qneetion whe
ther Prank Blair letter and pecckea
id not lerioutTy Injure the democratic
rty, he tid ho hd not read hi tpeech
i, but bi It road bead letter wa certainly
idioreri and had damaged Ike patty
ernntidered it atao very uufortunate
lat ucb man aa Wade Hampton, For
t and other like them ever participated
impalgn, though of Hampton ke had tbe
igbeat opinion aa a genUcroan and a
Citlten, whoaaintt hiaowu will bad
forced Into politic. From tbe ad-
niatrallun of General Ureal be bad- the
t hope that peace would he reatored
nd that thla qaeatlon of negro domina-
n ana rain in the aoatb would o apeed
ableet and moaaminent iuritu and law
yen that etatarl wkfek are unconatttu
tional, and all act done ia pursuance of
them, ara not rail or of force or binding.
fiw thoueli they lye not been acted up
on by the Snpr. mi ourt . Th-y contend
iaa ii is a grea taaey 10 auppo.e inat
rnaetaieate nf bjgbhaat are binding and
and ol lorce. uotrert bagraaX. aUocioua
and unconalitullonal
To illutrate the lSinapction of tbe old
Declaration of Itightrtayhich i male part
af the Conaiiintion bylb 44it aeetion of
tha old Slate Cooalituln, aay "that the
freedom of the Preaa iVie of the e reateat
ere tore onrnt
OR ASS HOPPERS IN TEXAS-A
LIVING CLOUD,
from the Dalla (Taxaa) Herald. Oct X)
We hara many rumor of the ap
pearance of graaaboppera ia the conn
tie treat of u, within thepoat month,
bat, op lo the time of writing this
notice, none hare been aeaa nearer
lioro than MunBcld, in tbe aouthern
part of Tarrnt eoontjr.
We have heard of them at aereral
place on the frontier at the Sulphur
Springe, on the Braaoe; in Hood
county, a gentleman in forma aa they
appeared in clonal on Monday, the
Blat alt., aad ale up every kind of
vegetation. When the Bret appear
ed, ft waa thought by tbe campers
around the aprlngt to be a clond, and
preparation were made for rain ;
they made a noiae in their Alight very
intilar to a storm of wind aad rain ;
when tbej came nearer, however,
tbey began lo descend and covered
tbe earth in every direction, contntm
ing all garden stuff and other green
vegetation they could find.
The following extract of a private
letter from our former townsman,
John 11. Cochran, Esq , dated at
Belknap, on the 10th of last month,
describes tbe fiiat appearance of tbe
peate:
"On yesterday, tho 15th, I saw a
sight which 1 hope no mortal man
will ever see again. About three
o'clock, r. at., I went to tbe door, and
baertring that me sun shone bat
nly, I looked for the cause. I caw
tn roe distant west what 1 took lo be
the stu'iko of an immense fire, but on
looking closer I perceived that it waa
not smoke. Whatia ill waa the in
quiry of nrery one, both old and
youug. It o-ntinued lo approach,
and iu about two hours came near
enough for ns to aee that it waa a
dense maat of moving objects. Near
er and nearer, dimmer and dimmer
the sup shines we see what it ia
My Lord I the Egyptian plagnel
From the ground upward, aa far aa
the eye could aee, on account of their
deiisences, was an almost solid mass
parents are deficient In. To do thla
tbe ehild must have sneh amuse
mania as its mind at that age wonld
Soot after, and there ia hardly any
ng so attractive te children aa that
which has animal life, something it
can call its own something that can
eat and walk and play, and something
that every other child dues not pos
sess, for thla phrenological develop
mont will aoon show ftsttf. "I am
matter of tha situation 1" "This ia
mine." A little pareutal advice,
prudently applied, may belp to calm
down this passion, and the child will
aoon team to snare ire pieiisuie wim
others, and find a pleasure in doing
Let it have tome of the pets by
ail means. The investment will pay.
Americon Stock Journal.
Wnr KOT BE JUST AND FAIR!
When Oen. Gordon, of Georgia,
one or ma bravest ana: most a.in
guitbed of the Confederate Genets
alt, declared ia a soeech that if
Grant ware elected President, and
any opposition was made to hit ao
cession to the prerideotial chair, he
would draw hit own sword in hit
support, the extreme Radical papers
And it convenient lo ignore that aig
niSoant avowal. Bat when some in
discret Southern newspaper dealt in
wild talk, it mad nonsense is seized
upon and circulated by every section
al paper in tbe north aa
an evidence
of Southern sentiment. The- truth is
that the last thing on tbe face of tbe
earth the Southern people desire or
dream of is war. They are at a loss
to understand how any one can sin
cere ly bold ao opposite idea. Neither
the election of Gen. Grant nor any
other man would lead to lesistance
in the South. Of all the prominent
Republicans, Gen. Gra-it, so far as
ho it personally concerned, is most
respected by the Southern people.
the fact that he hat the chief mm
tary prestige in the armies of the
United States, instead of working to
bis prejudice, tends to elevate him
with military people. Even if the
South desired to appeal to arms, it ia
as well aware of its inability to do ao
of moving insects grauAoppers.
"All l.i,.illi. atoll, I...A fnr
.r, .nr. i-M. ot .oofY. ,.-r enemies can i". it seems
i,w'.i, .IT... w.r. 1,inr hr. ma ttraiige that the North should be ig
j - . - j j - , . . , f c...l....
i ..... ....o I..,. .! f "" i inn uuuuraiii
...laira
nam afaa tsaaaawta HA laaaa I Is at la fxtta
-- Tklav Iwrl- t iaa-anaa' And aieil t UII Of 1 1 . Tils U t He
B aetllfLt3l B. J iitv IWJ VI awasBw,
were moving ahead ol a north weet i -7 T"T " B p";. j-
n.-- - ti- iu John Qu ncey Adamt ot Massachti-
wfde and as long
horizon Was to hi ;
before they approached near enough
Suppose the
bulwarks of liberty,
ever te be reetra
LaruOalnre wa to
constable of Salisbury it
tr your "Cattle" and
rant oWprdeewl and will
nrcf . t vpe. JpA. and ap
own use." The conatablaW virtue of
the authority, (lueh a it M.tted in bin
by the aforesaid act, eirtersVour castle
at - would
the town have been teen returning west.
tpowered ton-
withoat war-
I eause, year
it to hi
e.aad.
of the
IS
urt and
and
r to
and- seize the pre, aVe.
you do t Would you give
stop your paper, lose your
wait ta trr il in the different
Superior GeiWnaf ifier ths
mo u tin appeal to tka Saerea
hn wait perbap for year for
and that too at an enormoa ex
tnmble. I tny, would yoa
would vou defend your cattle
tv. a you are authorized to do
Ceostitoljpu, by asking tho int
leave, and if be reflated te assist
softly laying your hand upon ki
if he (till refined by "cracking I
niuiu f" Aa a law-abiding citizen,
would vou do t 'l'han, if tbe
lha vreat men be true, that acta
authority of ntreoostilutional tawa
bindinnsven thaaurli a deeUion I
been aiade upon I ham by tka proper
nal. bow would it be whan aach a
" .a . I , VI a. .
ion a ball be rendered i co,
maw things hr
eonat itetional la;
tjheritr.of the!
foe debts eonti
to allow each.
new
valaa, i
years,i
to
aaaaa vw a a I .
each way at the "".'VJ? we. or e'?" wlr
tbit could be teen ! PeAec ar TOPfrW? HfJVf
i l i bad learned more of tbe Southern
oeioie iiioy ii.roacoeu uenr vunqrn , . . .A jv . .
to distingnislT what they warn-after P606 f"1. 'Vr fe,,D?n Ben,1'
they reached u. the view waa very j me"? ,h 0.t. ,h? hcould
'. j a ,( a have learned in a litis tune in Hauu.
cbusetfa, fie waVaotonished fit tbe
condition of the Southern people and
their watted, neglected fields. If the
North could see it as he hud done, all
our trials wonld be at an and."
When one of the most prominent
and intelligent of the public men of
Massachusetts concedes that he knew
j nothing of the real state of things, in
the South till be went there personal
limited on account of the dentdieat
of the mast. They passed over in a
northeast direction ; still we have
millions left of the first coming. This
is no exaggeration. X on may show
it lo Mr. Swindells. What will be
come of us I
P. 8. Since the above waa writ
ten we learn that the grasshoppers
klsaa dana nri m
maj bi u.. i. . .. . n I. I -m aw
nawu vi . i av M , win. uiavwu win Haw i tluniMae Ihm daLarnat
been forced Into polmc. t rom tbe ad- . Ziu l. M.
.ll afaw
none mat peace wouiu oe reaiorea i im Jtal swka
j aaA.i. r- i l .
c "3 T?.-'s. a.r f ouev m
Kn i ram in toe aoum wouia ow enevu-1 , . aw
:ji..i il 0 1 n " tOiraWa
17 aupoaea at, ana last ere long we wouiu a..k an BK
e again firlaa under tha cenaUtatioa a 33f
gOvtae doyony
done were
o the debtor, h
LaaWon .arV,,
Wi only
leilon,
Branca
gf void
TrnneCUnd when
iced by tk proper
tells to thorroood.
derU.I-V kw
he point in edly
Truly yoaV
FANCr PETS FOR CHILDREN'.
Children must have amusement.
The youthful mind cannot and should
hot be idle; Just to with the little
hands they want something lo do
icM do something, and should have
e in ploy men t ia a right direction.
Children are fond of something thai
has life in it. Vou may amuse them
for a time with dolls and Other toys'
but they toon oat grow a fond neat for
these inanimate playthings tbey
cannot show any gratitude in return
for the ca esses bestowed upon them ;
the child is quick to notice this, and
caste them ttdo at nn worthy of Ma
pure love.
Present a child of three or four
vears old with a pair of fancy Bab
bits, a pair of Guinea Pigs, or a pair
of Bantam Chickens, and the over
flow of it rejoicing w ill do you good.
Dora and cat are objectionable as
pets on account of their, liability to
hydrophobia. Then instruct if how
to care for these little note. Il will
lavish its caresses and cares on these
done under aa
t doe not reimer wajt ner er exoe
uek deeiaion, valid! r-turn aoon recognize their youmr
or mistress as uieir irieuu anu
or, and express their grati-
their antic gambols and
These are the kind it
been longing for, some
that could Appreciate its cares
ova. it will retire in toe even.
with tbe pleasant thought that
day has been spent in doing good
that its helpless favorite have been
fed and cared for by its own little
hands, pleated that it has found
something useful for them to do. In
the morning it will rise f.esh with
tbe thought on ita mind of earing for
its littlcpett and will not rant until
their wants are supplied.
The advantage resulting from
placing anoH amusements before
children of that tender age, can hard
ly be enumerated or appreciated, and
they ought lo be followed with tomes
thing of more importance at the
chitd idvancet in age. Boaa attrc-.
tiont it a point in education that man
Stale senators, and another body of asm
called "electors'' wa provided for, who
ware expected to choose the President sod
Vice President. Wa suppose it was no
mora intended tbat these elector should '
ke bound to vote for certain candidates
than i bat the members of the several State
Legialalurea should be pledged beforehand
to sapport Candida lea for tbe place of Uni
ted State i Mai nr. If this plan had been
adhered lo, we shatdd never have bad a
Lincoln for President, nor a secession
too re men I, nor a war. "We ahould proba
bly hare lived at ptaea with our northern
aeighbora for many loag years. Bat deta
agoguitm, tbe bane ef govenuaanta
founded npon popular aqffrnre stepped
In and marred tka work ef tha fathers,
with saeh re aft as we need not recount
8o tons he to the merits of tbe sands
itself. But eircumatanoe having chang
ed, wa must change with tbem. To ad
opt tkia mode of concentrating public sea
timent under exUting circumstances would
be ta abandon the Held to tbe Radical.
Tbe Deotdo eoald not ka made to an
aland why they, should rota at all if they
were deprived of their candidate for Pre
dent and Vice President, and seme of the
Democrats would doablless rather veto
for Grant than to loose their chance of
easting a ballot for a Pre ideal. Tho
project thould not be entertained for a mo
ment. Indeed, it i too late to make any
sort of a change in tbe programme of ike
campaign. A we said a few day ago,
not h in? ahould have been proposed W hat-
ever wa worth proposing wa worth do
ing, and ahould have have been done at
once tcithoai notice to the world. Never,
nerer waa a eauvaas to wretchedly mis-
managed. Richmond Dispatch.
the clergyman apologized
Hliving toys, with a fulness of pleasure
t'lit nev er experienced before. They,
matt of tbe population i This ig
aoce is tho result of partisan misrep
resentation, seizing and perverting to
its own evil purposes (hose . very
agencies of diffusing ' intelligence
which it was once hoped wonld make
the different sections better acquaint
ed and draw them nearer to each oth
er. We dare say fir. Adams it right
when he says if the North could only
tee the real condition, of things tn
me Sooth as he had done. ifr trials
would soon be at ao end. The North
would then be touched bv the scene,
and it would also see what wanton
cruelty it la to ascribe to this helpless
people purposee of aclf annihiliation
by another wan The South wants
ao war for any canto, net if Gen.
Grant is elected, the South it far more
likely to assist, as indicated by Gen.
Gordon, in putting down resistance
than iu offer i ng it. Baltimore Sun.
A GLANCE AT EUROPE.
The Revolution in Spain hat thin
far been completely successful. 1 he
progress of' liberal opinions it rapid
and extiHorditfary, and foreign ad
vice indicate anything else than a
speedy revival of the worn-out sym
bols of Spanish royalty. Queen Isa
be! la hus taken the wings of the
morning and fled beyond the utteix
moat limits of her kinudon. The
Provisional Junta has become the
centre of authority and power, and
the wole kingdom it rallying to itt
support, lhe few lork lie rail,
commenting upon the matter, say :
"N'o provisional government certain
ly Iias ever done more in the same
brief space of time. Freedom of tbe
press, the right of publie'tiieeting,
the abolition of tbe order of Jesuits,
the threatened confiscation of all ec
cleuaeiical property, the prociama
mation ol the sovereignty of tbe peo
ple, and, of course, universal suf
frage, the condemnation of slavery
in the colonies, all taken together
reveal a spirit of liberality up to i he
highest requirements of the age, and
and an amount of activity and dar
ing seldom, if - ever surpassed." The
tendency of political matters in
Spain is unquestionably towards the
establishment of a Republic, but it is
still not unlikely that the well ascer
tained sentiment of the people may
be defeated by a coalition between
the wiPy and astute Emperor of the
ly, what must b rte ignorance hfthe more venal of the
Revolutionary movement. A com-
pi omise between the extremes ot roy
alty and Republicanism might Lie
readily effected in the form of an
Empire, based upon universal suffrage
and modelled after the likeness of the
frencn. line scheme, resulting in
the election of an Emperor, thorough
ly enlisted in the. inter. eta of Napo
leon, might accomplish much iu fur
therance of bia favorite idea -the iini
ticatioii of the Latin races. . The
inarch of events, throughout tho
world, is at this time so rapid that
we are prepared1 for almost any de
vclopment. . We thould not be tur
prised if within the next few years
we witnessed complete resuscitav
tion of tho ten kingdoms of the old
1 -AJ1.!.'
for bia for
getfulnesa, and lhe atheist waa mnte
for tbe remainder ef the journey.
American Mtnenger.
Taa Hop Kzvaa Its Tbkihi.z Ita
SCLT. And now at last, cornea the bop
fever, which baa jutt proved aodiaatrou
and fatal in Wisconsin and some other
district of country. The great price of
bops ia the past two rear, owfag to the
antau ataa devoted to I Bait
the war, and lo a partial failure of
crop, carried many men into tbe bap bu
siness, under the nope of realizing heavy
profits, who would nerer otherwise kavo j
inveated a dollar in it. Tim am I Ban off
fine grain land planted to hops in Wis
coiuiu in toe paat aummer waa prodigious.
Multitude of farmers, tart of a golden
harvest, with bops at 60 eta. per lb., a in
1807, tamed M their eaergie in that
rection, neglecting lhe alower method ef
ordinary industry. Hundred of families
it I said, hare not raised wheat enongh
to ruruisn oread lor tbetr tamirte. can
while the uncertain crop of the stimulating
creeper Has been more than hall destroy
ad by mold and insects while at tbeiaasi
moment tbe price ni bops baa declined io
lbs market from hay or sixty to seren
leen snd twenty cents per pound. The
reaak la disastrous iu iba extreme. Men
who had speut all tbeir means upon
culture, and eren mortgaged their farm
in tbe assured hope of raising a speed
fortune, find tie -mselve reduced to waat.
their credit rained, and no meant left
them with watch to begin anew Will
their bitter experience be an effectual
warning to any of that great das who are
continually maxiug haste to be neb I
t if teinnatt Commercial.
ANOTHER POLPTIOAL PROJEGT.
Determined not to be governed by the
action of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, lhe National Intettigeacer of yes
terday repeats its strongly-entertained be
lief that Seymour and BUir cannot be
elected, aad proposes as a compromise the
plan suggested ia the following word :
"If the National Executive Committee
wiH act promptly, or in the absence of any
action immediately en the part of lhe Na
tional Executive Committee, if tbe State
Central Committees of the Democratic and
Conservative party in each Slate, far
themselves, (ball at once adopt a resolu
tion aunsaurlag tkal the elector of the
Democratic and Conservative party trill,
ta tbe meeting of the. electoral college, re
cognize and be guided by the popular de
mand, and vote far sack candidate as
they believe wiH be most acceptable to
the whole Concerrali ve people, many ef
the States new doubtful, aad even many
in which there is at present but a faint hope
of defeating the Radicals, may yet.be sa
ved." This is exactly tbe mode ia which the
framer ef tk Comututiou expected that
tka President and Vice Pre ideal weald
lcted7 The Legislature of the several
States ware empowered to choose U sited
Roman Empire, and all them banded men ought no tun to thine, no heaven
together under the skillful leadership to ram.
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rti rikdk r.iniaeimr niAi.iiiiifi t
iTIIE ATIIIEST AND THE IRISH:
WVflptAR.
During the month of November,
1843, a clergyman and an atheist
were in one ot me nigiit na ns tre
tween UticaUnd Albany, lhe high
being cold, the passengers gatiiored
at closely at poasibie around Ibe
stove. The atheist was very loq un
done, and was toon engaged iu a
controversy with the minister. Iu
THE AFRICAN JUDGE.
Alexander of Jiaoedonia came one
day to a distant province in Africa,
rich in gold. The inhabitants went
to meet bim: carrying baskets full ot
gold and fruit. ;
Do yon eat these frnitt!" said
Alexander. "I am not come to view
your riches, but to learn your cus
toms. '
So they led hi in to the market.
wbcre their chief judge held his
court. Just then a citizen stepped
forth and aaid :
O Judge! I boiiffht of this man a
tack full of chaff, and bave found In
it a considerable treasure. The chad
is mine, but not. the gold ; and thia
man will not take it back. Speak to
bim, O judge, for it it his."
His adversary, also a cttizent of the
place, antwered. "Thou art atraid
lest thou elm it hist let am something
wrong, and 1 fear to take it from thee.
sold thee this sack, including all
that it contains. Keep thine owe.
Speak to him to this effect, O judge!"
rr. ; i i i . i a i i i
me uug asaeu ine ursi u lie nau
ton. lie answered, 4aYct.n He
asked the other if he had a daughter ;
and lie also, answered ' Yes.
Friends," said the judge, "you are
both honest people; unite yottr ehil
dren to eaeh other, and gi ve theiu tbe
newly found treasure for a marriage
oower. l tut is my aeciaioftv
Alexander was astonished when he
heard this sentence.
Have I judged unrighteously,
said the judge of the distant land,
'that thou art thnsastenmhedP A
iiy no means," answered Alexan
der ; "but in our country it would
have been otherwise.
"Ajid how ?" inquired the African
judge. "Hie disputants." answered
Alexander, "would hayo fost their
heads, and the treasure would have
come into the hands of the king."
The jodge smote hit hands together
and said: "Dues tlm tun' shine with
yoa, and does heaven drop rain upon
yon I"
AtexandPre, "Yes.
. Then must it bo," he pursued, Hon
account of the innocent animals that
dwell in your bind : for over such
mm ?ci an
ACTS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE
I PEOPLE.
In Ike approaching stsetisu no stan
is disfranchised who ever waa entitled to
vote. i
2. A hew registration will begin oa the
13th of October, and every voter, old and
new, must register.
3. There are one hundred and forty
r ... ... . T.-.".
thousand white voter irtTtorth Carolina,
seventy thousand colored voters,! ia
rourtd numbers, a majority ot two to one.
4 Although the wdiele of the colored
vote thould be eat against the Conserva
tive, (Which will not be the ease.) and
thirty-nvensoaaand w
Blair will
State, if a fulKrote he poll
3. Military lAjrernment
rarthaWatehmaa A Old North Stota,
Motor. Fatten i Wffl yeo pleat ao
tioo ia year oolaaans tka saelmid aroesod
ing of a S-yoiourand Blah- Chik Meet
ing, held at tha Old Field DUt., Ashe
County, JT. 0., Oat. etk, 1868.
The meeting keieg sailed to order by
Her. Wax. M. Baldwin, afaa. W. Har
din waa elected Ckatraaan, aad It. T. Har
din, Secretary.
By request of tha chair, Ber . Mr. Ba hi
wia, proceeded to I late the objects of tha
meeting, alleging ia kit remarks, that lh
reseat frauds perpetrated ky tho Bkdical
rjtj, Jo oaodasling the slsoHoot of the
eogniay, wta an admonition to the Demo
cratic party to organize well leleeted vig
ilance committees ta tbe various aeaainel
to snperintend tbe constitutional rights of
ttie people, dot eat bands and bring to jut
lice any guilty ef its perpetration, sa well
aa te nse all proper mean to folly en
lighten every voter a to hi duty and
iutrrest duiiag thia presidential campaign.
Whereupon a eommi'.tee of ive was
named by the chair to select and name a
committee of aix suitable men, to act at
such a vigilance board for tkia district.
After a few minute retirement the com
mittee reported, aa a board of vigilance for
Old Field District, the Barnes of Jacob
Hooch, Frank Hardin. Martin Hardin.
Was. H. Goodman, VY. B. Call, William
liowell, Jr.
The chair named Rev. W. If. Baldwin,
Jacob Goodman, Frank Hardin, James
Carrey and W. B. Call, a committee to
draft resolution. Tbe fallowing were re
ported and adopted with eaasaal tpirtt
and enthuaiasm.
Resolved, That we are pledged to tin
Seymour and Blair ticket for the seat
Presidency, believinar that in ita aMcnaaa
depend the very eiuUcnce of free govern
uieut in Aaaenca.
Resolved further, That Ibe very letter
and tpirtt of the platform adopted by tho
National Democratic Convention held ia
tbe city of New York, July 1668, aot on
ly meets our approval, but wo will not
shun any sacrifice hi its support.
licsoivea further. That we oppose thia
platform to tbe piratical resolutions of the
Chicago babooury : and we earnestly im
plore every white man tbat loves bis coen
iry to come np and stand upon it. It is
a platform that is bound -to stand, Jaco
bins, Conspirators, Traitors snd Tyrants,
to the contrary' notwithstanding.
Resolved further. That tan U a White
Man' Government, and wo will stand by
it a such, let it coal what it may
Resolved further. That ike proceed in r
of this meeting be published in the Watch-
t Old north Utate until the ejection.
The meeting then agreed te take eight
oples of tbe Old Worth State doting the.
campaign andfnstracM Jacob Houck to
order the same.
Tbe meeting then adjourned to tbe 18th
ins I., at 10 o'clock, A. if. Several speak
ers invited for that occasion. '
JAS. W. HARDIN, Ch'mo.
B. T. IIabdin, Sex'a. ,
, From San Francisco.
8an Francisco, Oct. SS, M A heavy
earttiquake occurred here at o clock,
this moraing motion from East to West.
Tbe damage won eon fined to tbe lower
part of the city, below Mont,
1 Baa ia no
old Bonding an made i
Tbe Custom House, which waa badly
injured in 1866, it now eohaidt.wd tawa.
The officials have removed to tha Internal
ReveuuoouUding,, linns tktfjrw,
er part of the city is suspended f the streets
are ihroegtd;to gmetexritemero.
Parapet walla and chimneys of many
buildings fell, causing some lees of iife.
1 he damage will aot exceed one million
ef dollars.
The f hoe It was aerere at Oakland, dam
aging many buildings. Tbe earth open
ed in several places, smelling salpbarous-
l he court House at San Leandre was
demolished? kUJiBg on.
The shock was very severe at San Jose,
and buddings were damaged.
From Washington.
Washington, Oct. 28, P. M. The S-c-
retary of the Treasury baa rejected lb-
nomination of John T. Creamer, for Nonu
and South Carolina, and John F. Patter
n, for TOonesMe, aa Harsaaa oaparri-
antwer to a question of tho latter at
to what would lie man's condition a.'1
tew At.AlU llaa alllAWl ral.liaal
"Man W like Btr: when he !TBVJr
dies, that ia tho end of him."
Aa the minioter waa about tore TVeleion adnf
ill v, a reo iaceu iriau-vuuiui ai uie
end of the ear sprang np, the natural
red of her face glowing more intense
ly with passion, and the light or the
lamp tailing directly upon it, and, ad
dressing tbe clergyman in a voice
peculiarly startling aad humorous
from itt impassioned tone and the
richness of ita brogue exclaimed :
Arrah, now, will ye not let the
baste alone t Has ho not aaid he
was a pig I Md the mor ye pull his
tail, tbe louder he'll aquafe."
The Offset upon alt watetoctne;:
bite vets added,
Mill carry the
an.
ha ceased.
November i to
blc arm-
be free, a ia former time.
. Any peraou who shall
ed men at any. place of election, oa elec
tion day, is liable to a penalty ef $1,600
according to tbe Revised Code, page 308
9. W. A Graham,
Joont W. Norwood,
HxaarK NAatt,
Joatai Ttrmttta, Jr.
He who reforms himself, hat done
more towards reform ng the public
than a crowd of noisy, impotent par
mm
BH
On tha question whether doubled dis
tilled whiskey must pay double tax.
Evartt, the Secretary sod JUllias fail to
agree.
General Hancock hat departed for hit
hew Headquarter ia New York.
It i (toted tkal Oram wffl net return
till after the Presidential election.
Commodore C. H. Poor ha been pro
moted to Bear Admiral, viae Hobo, retir
ed. Nothing from West Virginia.
Reveeue today t99,000.
One comparer of regular infantry
been seat to Phillip!, is Watt Virginia.
A dispatch annoonoes that Goreraor
Boy mow will take the atomp making hi
liat sa nek of tho eaaipaiga at Beltlo,
N. Y., to-aorjpOw -
Beantiee often die old maid. Thev
on themselvoo that
find a purchaser before tho
I os on
-i i agewar:
t lnke enner concludes a
notice : "The, eonvivialirieo
evening, we are informed,
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na exbilaratiag.
aet such a value
they don't
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