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VOL. 2.
FAYETTE VILLE, X C, DECEMBER 20, 1876.
NO. 8
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' "the voice of the nation.' f
Hark ! Tw the "voice of millions iU the
nationK angry cry !
"Oar glorious banner trail tin- earth, thoagh
once it waved on high;
n urooptn nangs, uiuonoreu, mi a a iuui
, arul faithless ban J,
That f r yean have been the rniu tctn the
cun of the fair land " . ,
That for years have foully plundered us and
tnirujx-tl us in the tjust.
Till wrnie of us are Left without a innny or a
cniKt ! ' .
In vain the lalorcr walks the street- all day,
with drooping head.
In M-arch of work to satisfy his children i cry
for tread;
In vain the skilled mechanic Ki cks the work
shop or the mill
ThuVpindles are all idle, and the haniimrs
ore all still; ' '
And all because ihe men iu piAcr, iti spite
V of prayers and leans
Have taxed the ground am! cheated us
, through all these bitter years. -
"With all our vast resources is it iu t t sin aud
shame
. Tliat such a deep di-grace ami lislin.:
1 shnold have fallen, ujKin inr name?
That Libor, honest Labor, tliat h id stood
ert-ct-before,'
Should now l forced,t liatifj it luad, nt-d
bt; from door to door ?
I What corner of all our lioajtiiuj-iill "
mer.ns and terming sml,
Tn have done this foul dishonor to the horny
Land of toil?
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' But now the hour is drawin:; nigh that drill
nyiiige the past, .
And scatter those conspirators, tho tr.iitop.
to the blast! -
When honcHt men Khali keep t!i at. p. an 1
inet them face io face. .
And wrest from out their sordid t;rnsp the
reins of Power and lVace '
When the workhop ami the factory and the
mill Khali ring once more,
Till the echoes of our industry awake oil
r ry Khore !
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Concord .Vim : An oltl negro man
'and his "bettor hair pave :i wool pull
ing entertainment to quite n crowd of
bystanders in town last Saturday. The
old lady had. been threatening to
thrash llim ever since he "voted the
servativo ticket,' but it was. not until
the time mentioned that she gathered
her muscles to test his. metal The
good husband took it easy for awhile,
when thinking the un had Listed long
enough,' he gathered her up, and, "as
the sapling is bent to tho wind," so did
he bend her atr ss his knees and play
ed the farce of the school-master, the
.paddle and the bay, to his perfect sat
isfaction. The last heard from- her,
she was going" around, hunting for a
"poor-us" plaster.
The New "York papers tell about a
'drawback on sugar." .That's nothing.
Thero has been a fearful pull back on
lasses all the summer.
Sketch of Hr. Randall-
Saniuel Jr Randall, the new speaker,
was born in Philadelphia in 1828. His
father, Josiah Randall, was an eminent
lawyer. Young Randall chose a nier
cau tile life; and was very successful
botli in business and politics. . Ho be
gan his earnest political cireer iif n
Democrat, and as such was elected to
the City Councils, the State Senate, ;and
finally, in 1BG2, to Congress. It was
not loDg beforo, his value became . ap
parent, and his constituents appreci
ated it by re-electing him seven tirars.
Mr. Randall has been a member of
every Congress from tho Thirty-?ighth
to the Forty-lift h, and in the fourteen
years of his service he has always been
known as an earnest worker, the clmru
pion of honesty, and ,the friend of4.hc
workiugmeu. The latter Mr. Randall
has proven himself to bo by his advo
cacy, almost a'one, of several" measures
in which workingmen were interred
for their, rights. For sometime pivst
many have regarded. Mr. Randall as
the leader of the Democratic sidj of
the House, and last year there waa a
hard strtigghfor the .nomination for
speaker between his friends and those
of Ir. Kanyjkvho was successful. itf
i;jg appointed Chairman of tlu C ua
mittee of Appropriations, he f adop: d
"Retrenchiiient for the j)eople s sace"
as his watcltword, ami went to cutting
down the expenses of the Govemm nt.
This he didjto the extent of $3(),(Ui),
000. Throughout, the session the pp
position made him the principal Jfiuf
of attack; but lie'stbod lns'gronihl well
throughout! Mr. Randall is regarded,
as' the ablest parliamentary tactician in
CVingress, aiul probably in the country
and in the position to which he has
been elected he will have ample scope
to display his ability in this respect
He is also distinguished by his readi
nss in debate, his courage in assuming
and sustaining a position in the face
of great odds, -his great regard for the
Constitution, and his Lonsty of pur
pose, fact and foresight
X Sad WxicNixo. Wheu a Chrouicle
man lias taken his usual OlJorning
rounds he is accustomed. to meet about
087 "men, who grab him by tho coat
tail, lead hijn to one side arul proceed
to nsk him about the latest news from
Florida and Louisiana. This sort of
thing has hu ii jjoing on a couple "of
weeks, and is slightly verging upon
monotony, f This morning about 10:30
it sandy-complexioned mau rudely
stopped a Chronicle reporter iu the
strt-et, dragged him into a doorway,
and asked him to give the exact ligures
on the reuiainiug thirty-six parishes
in Louisiana. The reporter paused a
moment, prayed to be forgiven,'1 and
thn setit six shots from a self-cocker
into the man's bowels. He died with
out a struggle and will hi : buried this
afternoon at 11 o'clock. He was in most
respects an exemplary citizen, and al
ways paid his taxes like a man. His
wifu and'nino children will be cared
for during the winter by some of our
benevolent societies. Small subscri
tions for their relief will be received at
this oflice.- riryinia (Act.) Clmniich;.
An Indian's Last Shot
Accordiug to, his own statement.
Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, . made
lots of 'money while in prison. The
attendant who locked and unlocked
his fetters for he was ironed while at
Sing Sing brought him the stock
quotations every morning and took his
orders for his brokers in New York. In
this manner he recovered all "that his
defense cost him. . ' ,
On Monday morning;, August 21st,
four, white men, while out! hunting
about two miles from Dead wood, kill
ed a deer, and, while they were skin
ning it, one of them saw an Indian
approaching .them, leading his pony.
He Was probably trying td surprise
them, but being uncertain of their ex
act position, he had approached too
near, and they discovered him first;
one of the party snached up his shot
gun, loaded .with buckshot, and." fired
both barrels, bringing down the Indian
and his pony. The confident manner,
in which tl3 Indian had walked to
ward them had led them to suppose
that he was supported by a number of
others, and so they quickly retreated
toward Dead wood for re-enforcement.
A party started out to scout the couu
try, on reaching tho spot where the:
deer lay, the men saw the body of the
Indiau by the side of his pony, and
thinking him dead, they rushed for
ward. This action was fatal to one of
-the party, for a shot from the Indian's
rillo struck him in tlie heart. A volley
from :the others killed the Indian in
stantly, however, and ; his body was
quickly surrounded by the white men.'
Tli e Indian had been almost; riddled
with buckshot, one shoulder aud both!
legs having been broken, yetihe man-
aged to bandage his legs and to take
uuerriug aim with his wounded arm.
Kn;ying. thaLhis life.would bo taken:
without doubt, he had prepared to sell
it as dearly as possible, anil, lying, on!
his i back, he 'rested his rille on his
wounded legs and shot dead tho fore-j
most of his assailants. In his 'mouth
was another cartridge ready to reload
His ritle was the best and latest breech-j
loading arms issued to the army in
187o, and it was probable . that; he ob
tained it in the Custar er Reno fight,
sinco an old bullet mark, in the grip
of the stock showed that it had been
in action. r
"My son," said a father to his hope
ful son, "you did not saw any wood forj
the kitchen stove yesterday, as I tol
you to; you left the back gat open and
let the cow get out; you cut off eigh
teen feet from the clotlics line .to make
you a lasso; you stoned Mr. Robinson's
pet dog aud lamed it;, you put a hard
shell turtle in the hired .girls bed; you
tied a. strange dog to Mr. Jaeobson's1
door-bell; and painted red and green1
stripes on the legs of old 3 Irs. Polay's
white nonv: and hung vour sisT
bUstle out. in the front window. Xow
what shall I do to you for such con-!
duct?" "Are all the counties heard
from?" asked the candidate. The)
father replied, sternly: . "No trifling,
sir. No, I have several reports to re-i
ceive froin others of the neighbors.' j
"Then," replied the boy, "you will
not be justified in proceeding to ex
treme measures until the official'' count
is in." Sbortlv afterward the election
was thrown into the hoase; and before
half the votes were, canvassed it was
evident, from the peculiar applause
that the boy was baulv beaten. v-
Flowers. How the universal heart
of. man blesses flowers 1 They are
wreathed round the cradle, the mar
riage altar, and the tomb.-; The Per-,
sian in th far Fast delio-hts in" their
perfume, and writes , his love in nose
gays,' while the Indian child of the far
West claps his hands with glee as he
gathers the abundant blossoms the
illumminated Scriptures of the prairies.
The Cupid of the ancient Hindoos tip
ped his arrows withe -flowers; and
orange flowers are a bridal crown with
us, a nation of yesterday- '.-Flowers
G M nil
bride, for. they are in themselves a
lovely t3pe of marriage. They should
twine round the tomb- for their per
petually renewed beauty is a symbol
of the resurrection. They should fes
toon the altar, for their fragance and
their beaut ascends in -perpetual wor
ship before the Most High. . ! '
A remarkable marriage recently took
place iu British-India in the; presence
of a large congregation. The bride
had no inuis, and the ring, had to be
Music. Let your daughters culti
vate music by all means. Every rwomah
who has an aptitude for music of sing
ing, should bless God for the gift," and
cultivate it " with dilligence; not that
she may dazzle strangers, or win ap-plause-froiii
a crowd, but that she may.
bring gladness to her own - fireside.
T!, : - i
ing the affections, is far from . being
perceived by many of its admirers; ! a
sweet melody binds all hearts together
as it were, .with a golden chord; it f
makes the pulses beat in unison, and!
the heart thrill with sympathy. But
the music of the fireside must be sitn-
ple-anu-unpretendiLig;. it does not re-
vjini c; ui liii.iiiL yji t acluuuu, unit icu-
ilerness of feeling a merry time for
the young a subdued strain for the
aged, out none-oi tnet noisy ciap-trap
which is popular in public. '
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Books. Books are "the voices of the
distant and the dead. Books are t the
true levellers. They give to all who
will faithfully use' them the society and .
the presence of the best and the great
est of our race. No matter how poor
I am; no anatter though the prosper
ous of my own time will not enter my
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uusuuie uweuiug. r sl leariieu iut;u uuu
poets take up their abode under my
roof -if Milton will cross my threshold
to sing to me of Paradise: and Shak-
speare opeus to me the worldsj of im
agination, and the workings of the hu
man heart; and Franklin enriches me
with his practical , wisdom L shall not
pine for want of intellectual compan
ionship, and I may become a cultivated'
man though excluded from what is c'-y-.
led the best society in the place I lVe." .
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There is a tradition in tlie EaW that.
wlipir Satan stpnned out of thf. JFardeii
of Eden after the fall of may onions
snpnrr iir ffrrvm- fh ennf. Jtvhero llP '
I HMI'I'I I I I 1 I I W I . II II II, f I I 1 1 LA 11VJ A.
that, which his left one tched.
(a little Chicago fouryar-old created
a ripple by remarking to the teacher
of her Sunday schorylass: "Our dog
is dead. 1 bet th'yttngls was sceard
wueii tiiey saw uvt. u.ik.
He is cross to angers." .
-"Did she rrn 3'Our love?" inauired
la symDathiff friend of a young: man.'
,.li.. fthis sweethenrf.. ftVaa 1
returncy .an(i -that is exactly what
the tr?m ls- he said she didn t want
jLondon a Jew. has been charged
the murder of a Jew. It is muI
llapfd on the third toe of her left fnnf
At the conclusion of the marriage cer-at thia is the firsfc tiuie sucVa thing
eniouy she signed the register, holding1 lIS happened, and thatthe last Jew
the pen with tier toes, m a verv dece? riu 111 -ngiana was hanged 00
"hand." " y. ; I jcara ago for forgery.