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' : t' " h7' 'v'.-'-H; :,!'.- A . . ' ; ' ' - k 1 . v- .-' . ' '; ; ,.vi v- "" j jji p : t! "VTT ." r1 r7T : " r ' r7 -7 w-"t.L,-.V,r'l1.Vl!V,1 ilvJi'rvnw!vgJ;.'JJlM''"'w''"''V i i ., " ' 1 - - I ,'... 1 1 J. JH''iJu mm ! . i -T - THE NEW S. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY. I '-J..- ' -:o: Bcutws apd Propnetors. FAYETTEVILLE, C NVcekW, One -ear, . . ; Do. J bix montns, i - , - . One. Square, 1 inch or lesjfcj first insertion, $ 1 00 eacti subsequent insertion." For one year, one square 1 or six months, " , For three 'months, '' : ' For Quarter Column, $ squares, 3 months, it 4. G 9 12 For Half Column, JO square 3. tt - - - v 1" 12 Por On Column, 20 squares. . 3 1 . 6 . it . . f .44 j -11) HI 4 t 1 4 (4 '!;::.) From tho New York Wbrlil. ' r Territorial Govennnents for the Southern States The South should feel neither terror nor depression at the growing favof vith which this wild scheme is regarded the Repub 1 i can ta r t r . 1 1 p r o v es! t li a 1 1 h e Re p u b 1 i ca 1 1 leaders despair ot getting their heels on the necks ot the Southern people by tiny other method. " They perceive that "'there is no other, Way to get contrpl ofthe suffrage and introduce the negroes to the ballot box; no as Sctierne sejeks to introduce, Southern juries :uuiu nut uc.iiiuugin io; agr(.e except on I Verdicts V acquittal, ; AU laws of that class ! would be i dead letter, wiiich Vain attempts j to execut ; w'uld turn into derision. 1' iThese iffiqulties and obstacles will be i i m''iiciu lu vuiigicsa as soon us the Ter - j ritona pi oje(t begins to be discussed in a $3 oo practical iew. It is contrary to all nrob- autiiiy in; t iiiie cumijciing views which will na turally ; exist can be so completely "recon ciled as n secure the assent of two-thirds af both It uss to' the details ot any plan )f!govern nent. But without two-third of JojthiHoij ;es it would be promptly knocked )n tlehe id bjy the vetofhe dead Iqckjap; earing in a riew place. - t i . ' ; .? jButjwt will suppose . that this barrier is jrbkeu th ough; that theMuritoriaI bill is passed :ov ?r the veto of the President; that the new o Hcers are all apnointed.and sworn tn;h anda warrant issued for the arrest of bipepopfosiug citizen. ;IIis counsel im mediately piwcutes the (oflicer for illegal CO . 15 00 ; 900 ..'6 00 $25 40 6) : 75 ' 40 i - 75 100 125 " 75" 125 V 150 . pwint carne o! upjby rapid "st a ires to the Sufjreme Court of the United States. There cam be no doubt whatever that die erritoria P lavy would be ( sietj aside s: UQC(nstitutioiial, and thus,the Te-ritoH;y Jscjieine, after jmonths of eas perntiujr' imitation' would sbe an ijinomini- us'.ab6rtibii.- j l; The Nil Our ph pefieiiced other way to carry such airntidinents they wish to cngrafr upon theGonstitution; i no other way to suojeet trie uometic con cerns vof the. Sonth to Federal control. Turn aluljSquirm as they may, they cannot escape the ugly fact that thirteen States tanddiko an tiriinovable barrier against ev ery amendment'of the Coustitut'mn which ! th4 ;ihnyi the Kadtcais wish to nave aiiopien; mat ine j rfo h'w number of States. musrrise to fifty-two to j itljeq a overcome the opposition; and that' number! t!;e siJiiic. Uvill not be reached in this century, if ever, f si;jiies Hence we see eflbrts al.ready,beiuii in bolii ' s ed to: sir , Ujouses, ot Congress tor. degrading those fStateaiiito .Territories, and til' Republican press ej'erywher whetding- into line to i march in this movement. The Sputh should take courage at this v 'p ractica confession by the Repub! ic;ii ;s that ithey are ''.reduced to their, last. trump, and (jean win only by a flagjaut violation of tim IConstitution. So lonj: as theSouthern com- munities are recognized as States, the Con- stitutihn stands between thcMii and further oppression. Unless tliey can be broken down as States, tjie Radicals are checkma- ' . .1 ; 1' - Ml J ' '.' ' J '. " ' I ' ;teu, ana.wm soon ueaaae t oeariuo oui eclared null and 4 Fi-oni tho Galveston News': KEXT YEAR- i plCKlUg phit)ches (La.) Times says: ifcitcils are mute throuer h in is- I . I I are busily engaged ginning and Hoilits have thiMr e.rnri. rt;nlv for thtj narkt:J pur planters; are not discour- agd jby tie disastrous year they have ex- jeni (ijire!i art,UuiiI; ; M -their i - erei to t faiHifullv The G Remarks oh tNe same su vor I s on, '!lt ram, urougiif:, over now and n; on the cohtrarv they seem Mi ited aritl ready, to try an provided they can. procure advances: aild the '.necessary ! ' - I Mainy have; in) corn or ' cotton rt with, siill tliev have the re rgy: with some economy on their - - From the ilaftonio Trowel. ' , AH. IlICIDESir OF THE WAS. place to sleep. I replied in the affirmative, y "Another man, vvill soon. be here toT re lieve me, but the lieutenant has given ;me orders to remain in the house aud protect lt ,rm.depredations by stragglers." ;.lhe; mJstic sign had prevailed. I was left, not vvith ten days, but with more than ten ninths provisions; my silver and gold weriruntonched; arid my housermider the careiuE guardianship of the sergeant, wns nover molested during the remaining stay t6f the; army." ; rI never saw Lieutenant B- acain " lirtcMlo f.w, T5,,f ,u XV COUClUUino; 1U tal 'hut: of angry and jnercenary passtons which al- f 1 'novv of ,nm' that -whoever he was ' . .-O.i-.- !-. . , , llrt VTR4 i trinA ml trim Titter... ways nrevail to too ereat ait extent nmunt? r " : T. r wu. n - O " i Cheraw is a considerable village, or per haps, rather, a small country town, in the Northern part of South Carolina, but a few miles from the confines of the neighboring State of North Carolina! . . Sherman's army passed through it an 1-rem aided there some days 4n the mouth of February,. The irnabitants vere, of course, subjected to all the losiel and sufferings which in 'all ages and in all countries have been consequent upon the inroad of a triumphant army into the" region of, .what ;it " deems 'v? peculiarly the soldirs of an invading and .-otiquerin- .7, f l.a.son." NVno reaus this httle story, host, the stillsmall voice-of Masonry vvill.V- -' ' 1 be heiirdnd felt. . V, .prppod ill,- Vinuigine',, refuse his assent to "the tion. . f : . . . ' ." Dr.,K ,-.an inteHigeqt Maspri, and a I most.wprthv citizens! Cheravv,.has' related ' r-fc'r- : to mtTthe.f6llnwhrVr arVfilof i w1nU ThetlJjlow A 8CA:DIiiAVIAff STOIiX". OWl'lJI is from ja. woik entitled . .. . ' i -Some time: vrevioux; to the appearance une evening six men went on a of Gea. Sherman's army," said-the doctor 8earch- tne Ml&V wAks, with their "I tritn5iHrted from '? my idautution .' to. my lader, who was a strong man, and. da'unt- resident in Oheraw,;.a larue- amount of 1 les wiuiai. u heu they had reached the nrovisioiis. which I had caused To he s ror- Hiarthcsf point of their search, a storm came ; Western Cities. Ciiiciunati, St. Louis and Chicago are ' engaged in a perpetual struggle fori preeminence. ' Boasting of a vote numerical iy, superior thtowii id the fecent State elections, the Cincinnati Com mercial makes an invidious'compaiisbn, as follows: t u t:. -; -. ' 1 When one leaves the shanties .that hang upon the skirts of 'Chicago, thi prairie opens to view, and there is nothing but a poorly developed country within a consid erable distance. St. Louis subsides rapidly into an oak, barren, ornamented with sink holes. " Chicago is cm both sides of a river, arid so Is this city, tfiough it' is callc-t! Cin cinnati on cne side and Covington on the other. A' magnificent suspension bridge, now alm.ost completed, spans' the Ohio at this poiut,'andisa work which to the vaunted improvements of Chicago are insignificant, and with which t. Louis has nothing to COrh-parerf- $ Caiuiiiug -Covington n'JNew- T KIPOIlTAirr IJiTEKNAL BECIS-' " Deputy, Commissioner IIarlanlbas vrit ! ten the following reply to a' letter ,from Collector Sloanaker, of the. FirstilVnnsvl- auia district, in which the question is cd:" i2 i t ha di'sfilleil spirit. but not a rectified article,,.require a .Gene- i ral-Inspcctor of spirifs brand and guug? t thereon, to preveut it from being subject tu' ti snlrt in the usual uiou ui iijtiiixct: 1 r ; Treasuuy DEDAirrMENT, ,. r; v Office of Internai. Revenue, 5 ' v. I Wtshimiton. Nov. 20, 1SGG. A. B. Shd mikex,. Esq., Collector 'of the First I had caused to be stor-1 farthest point of their search, a sto ed. for safe keening in the attic, nioms of 0,1 witlrrt heavy snowfall, and the men lost ' .- O' ' - .7 " vicinity, filled with elegant suburban resi dences, and we may add forty thousand to our population.' Covington had "twenty thousand inhabitants at the last census: The vote of Hamilton county, it has been my dwelling houseThere were living wit h tlicir way; .not knowing where they me. at' .ti.e time, " my wife, ' iry cinldreii.f Aftcr a long Avalk they found theinselv county, 1081 j noted, was 40,445 to that of 21,135 in St. were, t eS 111 i nmri.lr ti-.i. ) O "TO 1 r -.- rt J o'- rrn this 1 1 1 ' 1 . l . cml iri U1 fill. I I..HMI.I. I.rr ..I arm a iauy wito was a orstant relative all " ' V' " " "uwu? tv "," . , : The ii-ures require the inference that dependmg on tne, fbr protection , and sup ross a nouse, tney,KuocKei at the uoor rcit iljcludin aswe must to do ourselv port. U;i the day alter the appearance ots b". . " . ' "3y an4! i"stlce, the inhabitants of Covincton a tut; in ut v in Ljii x (ia liij i ii iii, , i m a j j n . v. v uuu , 1 door of iny mansion J when an ' ollicer ap Bal(i il waJl a new - thing for strangers to proached, accompanied by a iruard , auu( con,e and pry about his dwelling, and followed bv a larie bjrase wasun. He! ,oolJ with ungleetul eyes on his quests. introduced himself as Lieut. , B- of The leader spoke for them all, and told him Wisconsin, when the,- following 'conversa-H,,oxv.tllyy 'wppneu to come thither; having tion took place: told the old nuin tins, lie stepped inside the -Have you any specie in-vour house?" I door with "all his men, without waiting for i "I have not." " ' " : the inhospitable mans leave or refusal. -Have you any gold or silver?" ' When they 'had sat for awhile, meat was :' "Yes, 1 have a gold watch, and my wile rount llie,u 011 shes, by a young damsel n ore sou fini ie than who is B 1 It js tnuiv c exerrion, to raiie adv f - . rces, . wu hope they will be help, as help is always off d ntace willing to work es (Texas') Inquirer has some ibjjer: leering to see the earnestness with iwhalii people are-be-sinuinjf to 'make heir arrajigeiiients for thquext year s crops wuite a niimoier or our pianrers are m um ofkeeping'this dahgerous'question un settled They feel that it is incumbent on fthe'iri to put this subject at rest in some way, and fijiding all othef paths effectually; clo sed, tjiey attempt the- desperate expedient jofdegra'dhg. great, populous States into Territories, and governing them trom Wash ington." . '--; ;'; " " -j;" " 1 The South ought to rejoice to see the Re publicans reducetlto such straits, because it is perfectly. certain the attempt cannot succeed, and that its failure will weak- ten, and perhaps divide and demoralize the I (party. .Th'e first difficulty the Rupublicans will encounter will be m agreeing upon the details of the Territorial bill. Vi the State governments are abolished, other govern ments must immediately "be substituted; for riot even, the Radicals ; would wish to abandon the SoutlKto the horrors of an archy. Tlie negroes would not be safe ,iii a community or outnumuering wimes wuu out the protection bfrsome kind of govern- nlent If the new Territorial governments shot i Id rest on universal suffrtige, the pre- inoiiilrjiiiiMV of the. white notnlation would t-........ , -- ti secure t he election of hostile white officers. But this is llie least of the obstacles to the success of the :riew plan.- he execjitiye a n d j u d i ci a 1 o lii ce r s o i . Te rr it or hi 1 go v e r n -ments are always appointed jby 'the Presi dent, nd so long as Mr. Johnson remains in office the" Radicals I would gain nothing by the substitution ofUis appointees for the Governors and Judjies elected under the rtianisrhiiJritsifor hands, and are even now engaged ill puttinjr their lands "in cood con- ditioh'-for.HLLarly.- beginuii noxt-settetm. Tlje (liscdljraed feeling df the present year s sxradUally passing away, we think and li a s a n o t h e r ; a ui 1 f I h 4 ve 1 1 .e usual plate o f ' a respectable familv some silver i rks audi spoons, and things of that kind." , ' "Well, I will attend to those matters in! time, i What , provisions ! have you in tlie' house?" ! About enough to last my family a year. "Show them to me. I conducted him to the attic room, fol-j lowed by my wife, and he accoinpanied byi ids guard of soldiers. He looked at tins goodly. display of wheat; and -Inaize, and bacon, and corned beef, and then said: I lI have jin order from Gen. Sherman to take all of downcast mien. She whispered to the guests,as she gave the meat to them, 'Eat es nd . port contains a1 population equal to St. Louis and Chicago combined' We have almost double the number of 'voters in Cincinnati that are in Chicago; and Hamilton county polls nearly twice the vote of St. Louis county. Add Covington and Newport, and we have more than Chi cago and St., Louis together indeed, we have a handsome margin to spare after out numbering both those cities. . JistrictWciMsylcania: . ' Sin In reply -to your letter of the 19th 1 instj I would state that when the charac ter of spirits is changed, by being made i into alcoliol, the law requires that it shculdV be inspect cd nnd the packages containing itt-fr t(fm?tatt?TtT has. been jthus chan-'", ed, properly . branded by a United Statqs . Ueneral inspector ol spirits.' liut there, may jbe clrcuriTstauces when a package of alcohol need not have upon it the inspec- ' tor's mark, as whcnMt'haM ben inspected t;y ( for the iurpose merely of being placed itr J another plackage or vessel for use or for im mediate saleHb customers,1 without the ad ditional change in character, The abscr.co , of the inspector's mark on alcohol will be evidence sufficient to justify a seizure by the Collector, unlessjie is sUislied that the re quirerHents ofthe law have been complied -witlrf In order to save such packages from forfeiture, the party; in whose possession they are must be able to show that the lax has been paid. - I r ryj-ospectfully, - j ' Thomas IlAi;T.ANr, s' j.-. j - " Deputy Commissioner. otisy the meat on the edge of the dish far thest Irom you.' They looked, and were soon sure that all at the edge was mutton, but all tlie rest was human .flesh. When they had finished, the girl removed the meat from the table, and took the wet clothes of the strangers to dry them, and said in a low voice, 'lie watchful; do not take off your .... i ... .i .!' i i t uuui'i ciuuies, ueuiier, steep. it was a moonlight night,, and the leader lay iu a be in the shadow', and told his comrades that they should not move or speak aught till Longevity in PortsmgutiI. The Nor folk Day Book has seen the note book of a citizen of Portsmouth, who. is curious in such matters, and from it wc learn the fol lowing facts: . ; J : There are forty-five persons in -Portsmouth between seventy and seventy-five years of age; eighteen between seventy five and eighty; . ten between cii;!it5T and a j ninety and three who are between ninety i and ninety-five. Ail of these persons are white and iu the 'enjoyment, of fair health, and the most of them look as if they had a A COTTON FACTORY. Those who think of a cotton factor; n.y an unsigljtly object will be cured of thtis mistake by the following description tak. from the Columbia South Carolinian. Af ter dissertation on cottou itself, that paper says: ; ;; We have been led into this tiaiu of thought by a recent visit to the manufac tory. at Graniteyiile, C, winch is proo bly the largest in the Southern States.-.-':? - uated as it were iu a dimple on the CV.Vl I... 11 .1 Ul J1 .1." ... , , i nu tdiuu lUL-m. oiiuiuv uiier inev nan i .i i.. r. ..' . " . . ieoiu un unoioei. ueuaue. jx iiuoi u.aiiL is tlie rjespei tivej prsitions of master and se.r batut are Iboijiniiinf; s!oyfy to assume a pore pj'.tUfal j toir aiad worKl'd under taKe all vour provisions, except ten rations " v . , . i i ,i i i i tor ten days , tor.y our! tamilV. UMent tq'-fc0"0 l ''"J Vl" ,,,a" ! mc U1' Ami S" of the opinion that the list is not complete, woi k anu nn tne v anons. r "o iw ..v. h.uumo, uiulh- 1, looxec d on with .jonstor nation. Thpi. ed his breast, and said, -'leati breast and ideaof being'tttrtft-onryTtui- tKl ee wny he left them visions, all means of transportation taken! al, muttering the like well nigh at every .. .:ii .. i i ...i. ..ii i one, im at lasi, wnen ne came to tne head of the leader, and had felt his breast, he raid: 'Fat breast and meddlesome.' And, iu the same moment, he turned to a nook in the 'Lean MauV freedmen who the supervision of an "inxelliuenl mister ailheir lives, undertook tr tnanaj;p .1 heir . own out hssistance. but ifewi have anadi J concerns this, year W;lthi( tltatj eveij of tliese the majority,; by leas tlieir jcardless habits and shift. ess, im Kood consequence is crops, and tson of regular 'nianPerv f pierforming their . duties, have iildst jmbstfbf the benefits which slmuld liave ; accrued tb tiiem; and not only so , but tlie is. . i- . ) . " - . great niaiortty ot them have ;spent then money sii away, the railtoad and bridges destroyed, anu no possi unity, tnererore, or getting a: fresh supply, was any thing. but a dejec-j. table prospect, as it" aflurde'il" in tlie future'j a very closely approaching picture of ac- tual starvation. But I. thought that if he were. a Mason there was still somhope of saving myself and family! from the threat ened ruin; and for the first time in my life! long as I have been a member of tlie Order,!-determined to have recourse to it for that aid which it had proinise'd to be in time ot peril and danger. . . '; I commenced therefore in "the "mure hut because many elderly ladies and jrehtlemen are matrimonially, inclined, aud do riot like to expose their ages. now able) to Wit in uiiibiously th:1t: tlfey are ifot buv the requisite implements, food and clothiiiii for their n sufficient quantities to last until make another crop. ui(er says many young men have together. IfilmilitU. ; they cati' !.The; bpught or rented farms for the next season This is a f "ood si;n. It is also stated that tfie ilabomaw passed bvf the Legislature -I. II . .- anu otnei enroui Editokial, Likf.. -But few. readers ever think of the labor and care devolving upon an editor. Captain Marryatt says 'i know Mirw ;i tinriolirjl will vi::r 'nwti r'i.'s nv- room, seized on an axe, and i t turned with it j jstc.nCL. i ilseif it appears nothiia;' the to the bed ot the leader. But the latter, I ,abor is Qt lIlanifost. tur is it in thelabor; seeing what was to come, sprang nimbly j it is t.c continual attention it requires, oown fn.m the bed, whereon the cannibal j your H(e bt.comcs, as it werif tlic .Jublica dealt at him a b.ow, missing him, of course; lioI 0ne j no goonc. co-rri.ct. butthelradernoxy s.Mzed theaxeaudvvrung :l.(1 printed than on comes another. It it lrom the wretch s hand, who roared out: is the gtone 0f Sisvphus, an endless .repeti 'Lp my tvyelve, m the devil s name!' W j liol f toU and co-nst;Jht weight unpn nlie the. leader drove the axe into the old carl I intoect6 and g.,irir all! demandiuiTall the pate, aud he fell dead cn the spot. I hen I v -fi.sa of v.mr r;,Ph ;,t 1 1,.. ti.n.. expressive 'language of our institution, to the leader said, 'Up iny six, in Jesus' name!' yua ure coin.fCn0( to t!u, KL.Vt.rest drudgery. quire Pileejitptrlyas a beolhor of ui luus caueu upon u: iouovv- lTo writc for )or u vcrv Wet hut to e mystic tie. To niy signals lie pro'aVptr- frs a trap:door was opened m the floor, and ; ,-t . : t() ron.lt;llin vonrs.df tn slaverv." A VVi'lS" l'"v-v' V- i 1 1 1 r yi iiiu UCil'l VI u iiiuii. uii; ill tne mystic tie. to my ly jespunded, und in'af'eW "uiinutes can'Vinceil that he w.ast a Master Mason, j) leader was not long in cutting it off', and j 'Extraou pioce'eded in the saine mvstWlous nianner lhus killed twelve of them in tlie open ! ag"0f Pari DIXAKY. The five leaditi: lniir- ui rniitimi !ritr ntA frf-iiiivt:ii.. with niyih"'strgatfoi4 d Avas,.sati$fi.lr.Jrap-door of a cellar which was under the ' tiaV accounts -of-a- distinguished engineer that hewas also a Royal Arch popipauiou, floor; - v :. . ' . ' j whose head was turned perfectly wlnte bv and one bright too, in the ritual. Having After this they found the girl who., had ; y 1 iVili tt'nl dream. Tin. ini,wr hd ;sei by the; iegisiatui ; learueil this much. I resolved to try the cj- wited onithem in the evening. She turn- vylXiH a rouh and uufreouented mineral .. ...... 1 i "7" Vi V --, V penmenfum a'uses and to make that last ap eu ont to be a larmer s daugnrer irom tA e- : r j ' f r lhti Purpose1 of exploring and i vi ; f ; . ( j. ' T, jc internum c uses uuu 10 inaive inat la yerysfavcrab)y on tne minds of the people. pL.al to which l hoped he would npt Wei are t leased to see that the Iutpnrer is, t-r r. j ..i .... neirroes nave hopeful tiatsoinethinr ahorc at 'ominami. 1 lit which is useful, to by tar the most iiitelliireut iortion of them are secuiinr for the coming vear such hotncsas. theVfWere A the si iijad, sonif experience thern. a'nil it-is said that Uti ialidrder. whom the old man. had stolen.- '.. . r ....:...t: .p.:. .! t ,j Tiwinirtr Jj 1 , KJ. k,,- u ..... ... M pOllillll LU u tUilll'uil V Ul Ui I O I a 1 115 IJIlUil .at im. inqurru sH attentivc.tqc upon itwas founded my hope. al,d would force, against her will, to marry ! tt rjcljlH.S3 0f a certain mine. The' night (ian oe,uout. .with of food lony; wife and children. , I ' his eldest son.. But she .had borne an m- ofImj arrival, and befbiv ascendin- into iwsition of tilings at this time wds T tellable loathing towards them all, chu tly , the njh,0) he IoI ,(, in a SIlja im)f unJ a,u.r I was standing: in the centre of tL because they killed every oiie that came to j ,1 .,.,, , ..,,,,1 ,. ,w,r'- ,.!.r.r,Q C' ' . v v iUtUUUIIU II MUUIld Ul i'viiv had lost Ins way, and then eat.uvntto bL( Hc r!ro;mie(i t,at ho- jiad visited ihe mine aild was being hauled iip. Tin thus. room wliere the provisions were stored; o them who had lost hi my right hand was my wife; 'opposite to h,s fish. j llere the State governments. To be sure, he would ajccjistjon :d 'Jo b?nre:-a;n2, as they "sity; j have to send their names to the Senate for ;Vit!h ilielbllowin extract 4rom the In- .. confirniatiopj.but all the Senate could' do :fjuireifs..i nteresting-'articlj?, we conchrde:' , i would be to reject tlnjin, and wait hew ap-i Thqir; iivvn oSsMaipi'duriti t'r pre- t iiointments by the President. . . 'If- the Sen- I sent yean ot-tunnoil has! convinced nnii, j me was the Lieutenant; the if 'i ate kct rejeetitig his appointments as fast ;who' hjavj its he made them,, the Territorial govern eharacte ments could never go into - operation, audi: sjtfiMhl; tt; the whole scheme would be frustrated." To accept such Territorial officers as the Pres- .idetot .wduld appoint would be no gain for the Radicals over the present system, vvhile to reject his appointments I would defeat the operation ot thej Teriitorial scheme. The nly effect of the -Territorial project Would be to exchatiire one dead-lock foran- Othef; tlie. present dead-lock between the I non-ratii'yiri States 'and Congress, lor ar dead-lock between the President and the; Senate. : - j . , , . - - . - . r i But, supposing tin t, by some ihgeniousj quirk, this difficulty could be flanked andj passfed jarid the hew governments put in! oper'ation against an adverse local public! just left with; the' first load of' provisions which tln-V .weie'convevhi" to thp below. I availed Ul VM.il Ol till; oimm-t m.L .. - l l lui" ty uttortlcd by their absence,, and by. the tact that my wiie was intently looking on tlie floor in a pensive attitude, to move back a step and to make tli- s'kthmI t, enjorceooience to the spirit of truc Mason cull) without pcrjurv,.rcfuse tb racts, the negrpes will perform jvspond. ' " mpOslte to 11,3 "U. j Xieie UK' hicii juuwu uiuny imc soldiers hail r,eus thjngs, and many sheep in the valley a tl l o t o u u h I k n o w 1 ed ge ' o f tlij.it with just sufficient legal re- fheir coin a yal uable.L nd, steady labor, support, them selves a lid contribute to the agricultural Ievel o t lien i of t lie co u u f ry . . i. -1- j- r .... - i . ' The Aypol crop of California for 1QQ? so far maktd, is about 5.000,000 pounds, ot They agreed that the leader should remain, and one man with hiip. to comfort the girl. and to watch th sheep during the winter, tiiat they miuht nut starve lor want of care. But the others returned home. Next pring mi the leauerj brought the girl home, and after wards, with the consent of her father, mar ried her, and moved everything that he when he discovered "that the rope" was al- of nature, a few, miles from Aiken, yu;:' first view of it; embraces the tops of ii; houses, which peep picturesquely from t1.. heavy foliage by which they are enshroud ed: Succeeding the declivity, you pa; i villaue scliool. where murmur the vcicts a one hundred and fifty. girls and bc3 S ber . educated at the cxpeuse of the propiiei." of the factory; then throush a street bonu.j ed on one side byr a canal and store-Lout ; aud on the other by the neat cottages of the operatives, all constructed after the same style, and ornamented with pretty flower gardens iii front. In the centre of tlie village stands the reat stouc-sided, slate-roofed, handsomely-painted buildi:;;; " Known in the country around as "The Fac tory," from which goes forth the enterprin that keeps. the busy hive in motion. Its surroundinirs would lead one to think t!u:t the fair hand and taste of woman presidedj over the locality, for there are flowers and walks, a'nd hedges and vines in strange. contrast with' the practical sounds and shapes within the neighboring wa!! The interior ofthe mill has already been described in referring to the manufacture' of cotton. New and the most improved of English machinery has been iuti educed, which gives the factory about double its former capacity, or the result of twenty four thousand spindles; additions have been made fo the buildings, one apartment alono being 2G5 in length by 111 feet in width. Experts have been brought from abroad, new power added, and the establishment put upon -a foundation which will give ir . most marked advantages as a competitor with any" Northern iaclory, wherever it may be. If the example ofthe proprietors of flran- itcville" could be icneraHy followed in. found in the valley to the North; began The lieutenant, as lie recognized the larming, and lived a happy and-lucky life hail, seenied ;lor a; jiiouient suiprjsed, utfd vl- his'rwife to ft high aire. winch l- ii i ii opinion, a new deau-lock would iinme-j diately be presented, ; in a constant con- flict between prosecuting officers and South ern turies.? Laws' ar'4; of no force1 without; penalties can be inflicted only after a trial. For the punislnnent of ordinary administra tion of justice, Southern juries would doubt less give impartial verdicts under theinew; system, W they do now.; But in enforcing1 toe pPQ oj laws wmcu me Acmtonai dd bal ot 3,p00!,000 pounds have been purchas- thp mills in Sail trancisco, and the. i nee exported to the, Atlantic States.. lion, ihisiyear prouueeu not uir iiom his heel and retreateeLto ii window vvh.-iv. . he m down a kaf,ei -tis ht'adt u'lion hs f" lr0'V ""T 7 SV- , Laud, .,urtlylitt d,e., tl.U-Aft,iH b0C ,C ' f( .1?"?' at "e i ' .r , 1 ''r 1101 of:t hti -lew-erv stores in this city which a lew minutes tne soiuieis, who Aid i ..i,(. : .-.... . . u . t . most severed, and there was only a -single J five or ten years our streams could be lined strain! to support his weight, and that of j with factories that would absorb our cotton. the bucket in which he was being ? drawn and make the Yankee pay us the toll wo now pay bin:; South Carolina would (piick ly retnuuerate herself: for her los3 during the ;varv and we should outer upou a career of prosperity that would out shine all we have known. ' ' ,; 800,000 pounds of ivopl, f 1,100,000 lieutenant trose from his seat, aud in a gruff pounds tfeinji taken by her 5 Woolen mills, voice exclaimed: . ' ; . lip6,0004)ou;uds by San and tlie Balance exported i tl firci- lo,l u. 1 , f was owned anu lor a nuuiuei ui years ear ned their nist load in thewaon ri'tnmt-il . , . - t- r . , . i nnil ...-.. ,r.,. t m . red by Benjamin Iranklm. I he watch and weie pieparmg to-throwatiother Imd ,Ji r u r',.v'i; ii t .. tu..;.t i.i. a. . i. . 'Odd . llow ionjis to Levi W. Grod, distiller, ot "i'.v" " v,u"" mat moment the ur.... e ... .: .;.. m.,. i 1 Kii-.it- .in, in L..r' v . Francisco; 'mills, "1 "MenV put those thihrsL'tiftwn. ,.-L JMI I Co he here 7 The wdbf used value . ah iciuue io tneir looKot surprise continued, "I guess there isn't num. tlntn.is; sonicienlffljAflffr.tiitr . . by itlie Ricific coast mills varies in from six een to twenty-seven cents per pound. Oregon wool, being cleaner. and ol finer ( uality brings the liighest price Caitornih:voollo&es about Jffy-h.pX'P As he passedutof the door, he whispered U Oregon lortypier cent; in iclea-to a I sergeant ;who had- previously been f .? ; ; pUiceePtbere as a gnnrd over tho premises. ivuuL u mK vyiisper meant 1 soon, learned. cent., an ning. It is efetiEiated ;.(, The soldiers-dei.ahVd " ieirlYtV:: hanrfe,? and; with them tliefr; comhiiimiimt oiHr-r that ed the nf w tjCiiiciiiruitti trasoperjed. sergeant iat 60,000 people crossv After the cerMepartfiirei -the atU idge thedy it-H'l110 me, and iri a'respectfut manner t ii 1 s i" uuBv.u.vv. -vwuuiuiuuaic nim witu a into his possession several years ago. Mr. G. has satisfactory documentary evidence to show that this watch really belonged to Franklin. The time-piece is: of - the old lnghsh pattern, generally known as the bull-eye. '' The case is of heavy silver, and the movement is still in good running order. Independent of its interest "as having been the property of old Ben Frank lin, it is quite a cuiiosity in the Way of a time-piece. ; Mr. G roff has been offei ed a t a re price for this relic, by several assocTatTous, among which is the 'Massachusetts Histori cal Society, yvhich bus tendered him $3, 000 font. being fdrawn up. suddenly, wnen lie nau ascencea two hundred feet, the rope, he dreamed, gave way, and he uttered a fearful shriek, which aroused the inmates'- of the house, and when they burst open the dreamer's room,' they found a white headed man iu the place of the" black haired young gentleman who had retired a few hours before. "..The story is well authenticated, and his is ihe first instance, on record of a man s hair having been turned white fro; a the effects of a dream. ' . . The elder Mr. Weller was caught in a railroad car with a widow. Here is his account of itu . fit .was oil the rail," said Mr. Weller, vvith strong emphasis; "7 was a goiu dowu to Birtainghaui by -.the rail, and ! was locked up in - a close carriage witli a living w-iddtT. 'Alone we was; the widder.and me was alotic; and I believe it ws because we was alone, aud there was no clergyman. in the. coiiweyance, that. that ere vvidder didn't inarryfine afore we j reached the half way station.' -'.'Yen I think how she began a screaming aVwe. was goin' under tunnels in thi dark how she kept on a faintin', kitehiir 'hold 'o me and how I tried to burst open the door as was tight o j locked, and. prewented 'all escape Ah! it 1 was u a luiiuiuj uivsti uitiui. ' , ' . A Najion's Death. It ii a fearful thing to behold any being, endowed with intel- ! " Iect however weak, with sensibilities how- ever feeble, fall a victim to the hand of hint, ' who spares not relents not, at the, cry of high er low. It is inconceivably more aw ful to behold a nation iu its decline aud fall, which has arisen from a handful of needy colonists gradually increasing hi territory and population adding strength to strength -power to power, going forth conquering, and ..to' conquer. But when that people is the. chosen of the' Lord; when that land is the fairest that is lit up by the sun of . Heaven; when hcr. com-. merce -whitens every sea, and her flag is known and respected among those that go dowp to the sea in ship?; when it ij a land where enlightenment has attained to its golden prime, and .where all religious creeds afe recognized and protected, the sight may well cause angels to weep, and men to bow in humility, and acknowledge i fie vanity of earthly grandeur and. gloryl . - D. IV, I'vorhccs. I ; " 7 ... i- -V i-
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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