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if Published by J. H. & G. G. Myrover, Corner Anderson and Old Streets, Fayetteville, N. C. vol. --xo.-.mi North Carolina Gazette. .J. II. & G.-3IYKOVEK, tekms of svr.svnirnox Oi:i,y-ar V in lvam;."), ... Si inoiilhrt "' - 'J'lllCI! " " . 1 -!-- 1" CU'H KATES: mie aililn-HH) witii an extra 'V J .V) 4i no 1(1 :iiit.i (Ht't t III " " .mi ' " ' " ',: lid a lin-miil t a ti.-lirin.i. valitf rt". 90 W) (-nt t....n.-alilr, wjtli an rxtra ly .j .. . . . I. . . . I .. idll I. all IHI 1 DM I u Jr.i U inn- i inipHu, ' - - - KATES OF AltVERTtSlSC: ),.. ...ii.no liiirs wiliil uouiiar il) otn- iimi i tiori f l HO 1 ' tvii " 1 -i .-. .. .. " " HUP Illlillllt - ."i( .. time " ." .. siv - .. .. ' " twelve " ) I.. .ii '. r .-rtiseiiK iit.-i rlianriit in pn.piirlimi to tin-:il,..v.-rat.n. Spw.il initio -J5 per nt. more than n-iUr siilvci tii-moiit.. Poetry. "A Tli In jr f Uciiiit y is a Joy Fniover. DREAM-THREADS -Wlicit foiv, I5c.-Hir, ilo vou sit, W!iU tin? IiII linmitMit; Hit, YA'itU-yonr luiinls 11JHHI your knee, III :l illeulIiV rt'V'-it! , Toward the z.-iiitli Hindis the sun, . Ainl your work is waiw lfir"; Ynil fnriM tin" lmiiselnt.il weal. l.e:iviiiLf tint-- viiur isjiitmiii-w Iieul. i You were wiin t to spin all 'lay, ('.M'olinu' tm-uMiiv i:ny;' c TliinkiiiK with ii merry lietn t. i )f sports in which you'll hear a purl; Ilappv tliat.your work would win Pretty ilotlies to ilress you in. ! Vliat list ina.le your li-lit thoii-lits st.-sil I'ioiu trie silent sinuiiiir wluyli Itesie, Miice you won't confess. Yoill' sweet seiret I can filli'ss; "When a inaiilen sits apart. Love is liili iiti in ln-r licait: V hen rln- looks afar ami m.-Iis, i.ovi- is iisiiiir I'oili l'fi ''-; l.isteniiiir to young love's appeal. l'oi i'otteii is her spimiilii;-tt heel. All. sweet I5esr.ii'. to luvak. Ale the ilieam threaiU that you make: Yel. some linteyoil iu,n-t heiiin. I'ra'ile woofs ol' liopello spin: Nevel- in.iiilen J'.iir aji' ji-al m ami turiieil her s'piimiiii;-w!ieel, . Hut a lover, soiiie hniflit ilav. ; j Came ami stole her heart away. j ! V: SILENCE. In Mleiiee tiitjflifr lliinirs are w rou trht: Sileiitlr huiliU'il. tloiuulit on tlioiiu'ht. 'I'l Ulll's tellljile greets the sky. Anil like a t-ituilcl wil h-to ei-s. ' The .-.ml wiili li'T suliM-i vietit jkhvi is. Is strenirtJ-i-il il-iisK. Siinilli-ss as chariots u tLi-1 sii'iu'. 7"lie"rs;jprniirs of the forest irv t iv--?i of mighty j;iiih: r'-.w-li niiuhtv star in sileiiee luirns. Ami every day in sileiiee turns Tl. txlt- of th 1 earth. The silent frost. with mighty hamU. I'etteis the livers ami tin- lands With universal chain; -And smitten hy iLe siii'.wt sun The rliaiii i?- l !-'. tli- r i -! ruu. i In- I on. News Budget. K Biw ltdiri' is Vu c r As ;tn-i-it j SUMMARY OF NEWS For the Week Znding Dec. 14th, 1875. 1iii:i i;. . Tlit- Ixmlou 7"i ", ftniM-etitiii on the IressieM"s un-ssaje, say.: "If Spain cannot oppress the t'ulian rehels. if (he island liuit-t he Lalf ruined wliile slie holds it. if she will not put an end to that institution which is the main wtim-e f ilistuihaiice. it would he hard to fxjirt 1 1 it ,1'niteil s'tares to let the work of devastation pro ceed utii'hii kcd merely out of teo;ird to the nomi nal sHVeri'i'ilty of Spain. Spain is on trial. The limits i.lt hci-j power to restore order will he the limit oflier rights." A 1'eiTiu telegram says tUf AJwual KiliiTals iii the lleichtai; Consent to tt MUi-:J rlausi ju the hill aiueiidiuo tt. C,vv inau pfttxS i-d-. ' Dtt.MKSTU. I,ake -.tTl;'afiin 5h I51iie-iji i -'.M-nd In- W for the winter Vt Syracuse, tttt t.e fs!i uit.. 'i'hos. If Hirers, wliile ilrtink, triwk h iff fcifciMv with u hauiiiier and badly lua M laM1it.f The I'oluinbiis (O.) anti-trauip State rmvskrti passed Yesolutious ,,1 le-Wari,. for ,.r. I'ond. a former wealth- eitiw-u f Wnt.er. JI-a.. bas liecti iirrrsled at San Franriiscti, ou ;t reijiiist-1 n.Hi from the (ii.venter of Maicltuxi ts, on a .hiU'jre uf forerv. REVIEW OF THE MAJtKETS For the Week Ending Dec. 14th, 1875. l.iVKiti'ooi., 9. Sale om a Iw'w of mid dling' upHlids, iiitltiti! Wtow kw iMtddntijr. del'ir--erable .laiotarr au.l Kehruarv. 0d. Sal Mi basiaof widdlina; Orleans, nothing heViw low tuid- ' llitir75lilej Ueceiubr ami Janourv ikt siiil 7 5-16d. ' ' December 10. Cotton thin; miiiiirini; utoauds 15-ltid; Orleans 7 -ltiI; side f l"(HMlB."s: for spwulutioii and export iAHH) h-.iW; m-i-ioftVtf l-'jOO t hales 0,IHHJ Amei icaii. To arii weali. at l-'.?2 denrer. . Xkw YOKK, Def. 9. GoldipetiM at 114? and closed at Govern nieut HC4iriiie dull ami :sle;id v. Flour Iull and uclJl. W'jH-at quiet And heavy. Corn jiet nud uueiutag4. 1'ork heavy new liters $il iritt tuririii? juiet " at :!Gf a37 eeut. Kosin jiet t 75i tor nirained. ( tlon Mitiet and irfrtulr, at Decemlier Hi. Gid 11 -If- (io veniiueoj war- ities UulL Flmtr quirt xil HiM-ltaagiHl. W'hotai dull and unclianireil -Vm juiet Mud. jiteadr. l'ork heary at 87.urpeMiu fitaiGr ait o7 cent. K,sin steadv at 1 7Zil 77 i r stiii'meil. WlLMlNC.TOX, V)ee. ftnirit nrwiriix. 3.14 cents Kosi,., titraiued. $1 424. Crude turiitine, foririrni and Yellow Dip and $ I 50 for Hard, larisl 70. Cotton, iniddliiiir, 12S. in ar?"1 ntii,e CM eeiitH." ' IW 'aif v n ""'t!- titnii"''1- OtMlo turpentine. for NellowI,p and SI f.O iW Hani. Tar Cotton., iunldlm?'. Vis. Home Circle. 'Home is t lie Sacred Refuge of Our Life THE FOUND AND THE LOST. There hal been a terrible storm along the coast, and the rnnior liad reactlis that the "Hva Gore" was lost, with all board. ; Then came the torturing suspense of brooding hope and despair. Oh ! the weary days ! and oh ! the wear' wights! sleepless, tearful nights, for which morn ing had no brightness in store. News came at last. The dreadful un certainly gave place to the more dreadful certainty. The officers of a vessel just arrived in New- York reported having passed the wreck of the "Eva Gore," a few days previously. There was no doubt a bout the matter at all; the name was dis tinctly visible, and there was every indi cation that all on. board had perished. How cold aud -unfeeling this language seems ! as though I were chronicling the merest bit of ordinary gossip. Hut my heart aches and mv tears flow, as the memory of that season of bitter suffering comes back again. Ahleu Yorke was mate of the "Eva Gore." lie had been mv plavmate throuirh in fan oy and childhood, iny lover and affianced husband dtiriii;thc bright fleeting years since. A fewi short weeks more, on his return from this voyage, vve were to be married, lie, was to give up' the sea, and we were io settle down upon a farm, closeby the old people bis parents and inine-raud peace, content and happiness were to wait upon ouf steps ever after. This was what I fondly imagined; hut now till was changed. Tlie darkness, and chill, and horror, of the grave had swal lowed up every hope. All the beauty and gladness of my. life had gone w ith the mortal form of my loved one, down be neath the cruel, treacherous waves of the remorseless ocean. And not for nie alone had existence thus suddenly become- a pain and a torture. Even in my own des pair I was not blind to the suffering of i:iy dear old friends my almost parents the father and mother of my lost Aldcn. lie was their only son, the light of their eyes and the pride of their hearts; an'd his final return, our marriage, and dans for our future establishment, had occupied their minds, and furnished nearly the sole subject of their conversation for the last half year. Well,-, we bore our grief with what pa tience and resignation we could as others have done, and are doing, and will con tinue to do, while the world stands and two years dragired tdowly by. Long be fore this time, .Mrs. Yorke and myself had abandoned al 1 t houghs of "ever seeing our loved one again, till the sea shall give up its dead; but Mi Yorke, although he bad lor the last few months refrain-ed from dwelling upon the subject -as be had done at first rehearsing possible chances of resct.e, and repeating remarkable in stances of such nature which he had heard or read of still, it was evident to us, reso lutely citing to the deceitful hope that ''his !iy" would yet return. Hut the doubt, St he anxiety, the "hope deferred,'' bore harder upon him than the dce.-id certaintv would have done, lie vsts r-s:less and nervous; sometimes r.n- 1 i!:i t nr.-1 1 1 v "i-Jioerfnl mid iii'Min rhioniv nml silent. I lis health gave away symptoms of heart disease manifested themselves, to our great concern and he ''grew old" much faster thau did his wife. At their urgent ef,ire, and in pity for their loneliness, I .bad"" takeh up mv resi dence with them permanently. Thev treated me iu all respects as their child, and I, in turn, gave them the love and rcsjiect of a daughter second onlv to what i .felt for my o n parents.' ( hie evening, during a severje northeast storm the kind winch was the most, dan gerous upon the .Jersey coast we were sitting, "gloomy and low-spirited, listening to the howling of the wind, the dashinrof the rain, ami the distant roaring of the surf, w hen there came a hesitafiug knock at the outer door. 1 hastened to "open it, and"" encountered upon the threshold a stranger, a foot traveler apparently, for be carried a valise upon a stick over his shoulder, who asked, in low and depre- 1 eating tones, if we would kiudlv give him shelter for the night. Without hesitating, for the . stranger and the needv never turned in disappointment from j the door elcotiie. 1 took J I11,J lU t, 'sllil Kirellcn, ffave Ijllil dr" gafJlitiitS fur to exchange iiit (Irijl- 1 tiiug jjfcs, and after i)r-j4n- aim ta uar- take t'.K lood, w hich lie declined, eoudwet ed him into tL fitting room, feeling gld, all the uhile, that something had trans pired to break in upon oar moornfui thoughts, aud hoping that woJd find it iu h'm heart to- lie talkative and ciiter- jdui, in rcUini for my trouble. Even the merest gossip, I ft-ltt would t an agreeable elange from tins elootiif taetit- luruity vkieli, in sjtite of us, had tteemed likely to prevail throughout the evenhig. I soon found, however, that w e iieeil ex pect nothing from our guest, in ihe vav of entertainment. He took the chair 1 had placed for Liua near the glo will g grate, muttering iimetiiing a.iumt weak eves as he did so, neated lnmself, and shading his face with hi hand, relapsed into silence. Mr. 'tk made one or tu ajt tempts to draw hiiu into eoni'tfiation, but without mmens. He leplifMl in a eon stramed, htwtAtuig manner, aa though Ulntg under an impediment in his speocb, and always in the fewest- words possible, 1 had somehow got the imnres siou that he was a, -young nmn, though of his faeej(all the lower part of which, was hidden by his heavy dark beard,) I had as yet obtained but a partial view. .tir. j oi Ke waiciieu mm iiiruveiv; ana at last, after a silence of some ten minutes ;or more, during which trrne the storm had "seemed to rage with increased violence, he made another effort towards sociability. "This is a fearful night for the coasters," said he, moving his chair a little, so as to sit facing his guest. ''Yes, truly it is," the stranger responded, evincing more interest than he had hither to shown. "Yon and I may well feel thankful that we are on solid land to night!" - ;'IIave you ever followed-the sea" asked Mr. Yorke, looking keenly at him and trving to obtain a fietter view of his face, which was partially concealed by his hand. "Yes, for several years," was the reply. "A coaster, or did you trade to other countries?" queried Mr. Yorke. "Uoth, though the latter mostly: was the replv. "You have undoubtedly seen some verv rough times," said Mr. Yorke. "Were vuu ever wrecked yourself, or did you ever meet with other vessels in that condition?'' He was growing excited and nervous. Mrs. Yorke and I exchanged anx ious and sorrowful glances. "Poor, weak., old man," I thought, "now he hopes to hear something of our lost one," and, dread ing the effect of so exciting a subject, we both tried repeatedly to chauge it, but in effectually, for not only Mr. Yorke but the stranger returned to it,"and persistently fol lowed it up, after interruption bT us. j Finally the stranger related, iu his slow, stammering, labored way, how he had once been shipwrecked; how hi shipmates one after another had perished lefore his sight; and lastly how he was almost miraculous ly saved. 4 Mr. Yorke's nervous excitement increased alarmingly during this recital, and Mrs. Yorke and myself were scarcely less agi tated; it brought so vividly to our minds the sufferings of another and "a dearer one," 'to-.'whom no friendly succor was vouchsafed. "How long ago was this?" asked Mr. Yorke, tremulously and with emotion, w hilst it seemed as though ho would pierce the strnnger with his eye, so searchingly did he study him from head to foot. "Let's see," wa's the hesitating reply. "It was about the time ypu remember, do you, when the Eva (Jure was lost?" 1 "Hold, sir!" shouted Mr. Yorke, rising to his feet, and supporting himself by the ! arm of his chair, w hile he bent towards our guest. "Hold, sir! You are feign ing! you sire disguising your speech! Let me see vour face! Remove your hand, and look at me! Great (rod it's him! Its my, hoy! I knew it!" aud with a shuddering moan, he sunk hack senseless in his chaM". In my concern for him, iny terror for the consequences of tins fearful excitement in the feeble state of his health, I had failed to take in the full meaning of his agitated exclamations. And even now 1 am unable to ssiy when the knowledge fust forced itself upon my mind that the man; who was bending so wildly over the still form of my dear old friend, calling him "fstther," "and uttering broken sen) (dices now of grief s.nd pity for him!, but more often of blame for himself that he had done this rash thing, allelic while chafing the fast stiffening fingers, or other wise assisting us iu our endestvors to re call him to "life and animation that this was really and in fact Ablen Yorke. That the consciousness did come to me during that fearful time,- I am certstin; for J knew we spoke to each other asking md replying to questions, and directing each other in our hurry and agitation; but I experienced neither surprise nor joy; gnet and anxiety at the situsition of my friend and second father having for the time swstllowed up all other emotions. All our efforts, assisted bv those ol kind neighlrors and our family physician, proved of no avail. 1 he shock, to an al readv weakened fnime, wsis too much. That one blissful moment of recognition wsvs all that the mortal senses of the lov ing old man could liear. How Pooh Peoit.k Livk. Alexander II. gets S,2J0,000 a yesi? or 25,000 per day, and has the run of his entire domin ion, including half of Europe aud one-third of Asia. Francis Joseph receives $4,000,000 an nually, or 811,054 per day, w ith a large al lowance of beer. Joe lias a family, and the entertainment given Prussia proved so expensive that a little retrenchment has been deemed necessary. He has several pleasant residences in the city and country, with out-houses, stables, w ood-houses, ejc., and ti said to be very comfortably fixed up. Frederick 'William is not paid quite as trelt ais his neighbor over in Austria, but manages to keep up appearances on $3,- 000,000, or S,2 10 per day. He is said to suffer for want of funds, and forced to Viator Emmanuel manage to get along, in Italy, o -$2,400,000 a yar, or $6,572 per day, but this is owing to the fact that the climate being mild in hid duuiiuious he is able to wear eatton clothes. Victoria receives only $1,250,000 a year, or $4,000 per day; but sUe owns several large dairy farms, and her butter and tuilk command the highest price in the Loudon market; bitiik she supplies the first Cats' ilies with vegetables. She has married several of her daughters to men of fine ' tMtBJee, i"ho help her ta pay little bill w hew ias (S(i(U herself retnuix for tu-oev. Among all animals, man i Ue auiv one who tries to pass for more than e is, and so involves himself in the condemna tion of seeming less, -"The negro king de sired to! l)e portraye4 fl white. Hut 4o not laugh at the poor Aftieaii ie&d Heine, "for erery man is but anotL- lie gro king, ami would like to appear in a color different from that with which Fate has bedaubed him." THURSDAY, DECEMBER Froin the Chicago Tribune. "WONDERFUL DEXTERITY. V The Australians' Groat Feats with the Boome rang. A traveler tells us something of the singular weapon used by the natives of Australia, the boomerang. He saw them used bv the natives. Of them he savs: "They ranged from two feet to thirty eight inches in length, aud were of various shapes, all carved a little aud looking like a wooden new moon. Thev were made of a dark, heavy wood, and weighed from one to three pounds. In thickness they vary from half an inch to an inch', and taper to a point at: each end. "One of the natives picked up the piece of wood and, poising it an instant, threw it, giving it a rotary motion, h or the first one hundred feet or more it went straight ahead. Then it tacked to the left and rose slightly, still rotating rapidly. It kept this latter course for a hundred feet more perhaps, but soon veered to the left again, r -i ; i i :- i (lescniung a oroaaer curve, ami a moment later fell to the earth six or eight feet in front of the thrower, having described nearly a circle in the air. "Another native then took the same boomerang and cast it, holding it with the same grip. It took the same course, but made broader curves, and sis it came round the black caught it handsomely in his right hand. "Another native next threw it, and it lodged on the ground about twenty feet behind him, after it hsid described a circle of two hundred yards or upwards. After him they all tried it,-and but one of them failed to bring the weapon back to the spot where they stood. I "Carnboo, a native, then selected from the heap of looiuerangs another one, which J:e cast with a sort of jerk. It flew very quickly for forty or fifty yards, whirl ing like -a top. Then it darted nnto the air, mounting fully one hundred feet, and came over our heads, where it seemed to hang stationary for a . moment, then settle slowly, still whirling till he caught it. Two others of the $jaeks then did the same thing. - "Meanwhile I had with my knife shaved a little of the wood from the convex side of one of the boomerangs. Thisr-X-:now offered to one of them to throw. He took it without noticing what 1 had done, poised it,.biit stopped short, and with a contempt nous glance at my improvement, thew- it down and exclaimed: " 'Hale baclery !' No good. "The others then looked at it cautiously, but it was 'bftlc budgcrif also to ttcm. Xo one could be induced to throw it. "Myers, my companion, asked them why they did not use it, but they could not give a definite answer. It was plain that they did not like the way it poised when held in the hand, yet I could not distinguish any difference whatever between this and the other weapon. ! "Burleigh, another native, then walked to a distance of 'two hundred feet or more from the blacks, and bade Carnlroo throw to him. The latter looked at htm a moment rather curiously, then, comprehending what was wanted, he selected one of the heaviest of. the missiles, .and turning hsilf round threw it with great force in a direction sil- most opposite from that where Burleigh stood. The weapon sped smartly for sixty or seventy feet, then tacked in an instant and flew directly at Burleigh, and had he not most expeditiously ducked he would have received a hard thump, if nothing worsel It struck the ground twenty or thirty, paces beyond. This feat brought out si broad grin and something like a chuckle from the w hole of them. Carnboo cven intimated that he would like to try another cast, but Burleigh expressed him self fully satisfied. ! "Mr. Smith, however, offered to1 'take a shot,' but not at too short a range. We were standing in front of one of the store houses. Csirnboo placed Smith in front of the door and stood with his back to him, With Smith's hand on his shoulder. None of us knew w hat sort of a msinoRuvre he had in mind not even Myers. Standing in this position the black threw the boome rang straight ahead. It immediately curv ed in the air; then it disappeared around the corner of the building, and before he had time to guess what was meant it came round the other end (hsiving passed com pletely around the storehouse) and gave him a sounding slap on the back, which made his eyes snap." A Snow Plant for the Cextexxial. A notable curiosity which California will contribute to the Centennial will be a snow plant, brought from Csilaveras Coun ty, near the lig Trees. Mr. Koozer se cured the plant through the agency of a character called "Trapper Smith," who is remarkable in that vicinity for his endur ance in long marches, and the anionnt of whhkey ho can carry, besides other lug gage. The plant ii the largest ever exhibited on the cuajit. The cones numler fifteen, aw blood red, and grov together in a bund. The plant derives its name from the fact that it force its way up through the snoiy tu the spring of the year, and the dg of the none have an appcar au of frost covered by a. flue H'hite fringe, which groii t the (orw oi a ehrvstaliza tion. It will be kepi is that &tate until next J unef u Ueu it will be (orSJt44. to llue 43eBtBttSal Pkiladelpkia Star. TLo&dore Parker fnk it jftely u Lea be said tUsii he measured hid sermons not by the dial at the other end at thi hall, but by d&aj ou t$ue aouutetianceg of his hearers, : - j .v It is astonishing how much more impass able Simdav mud and how much more penetrating Sunday rain are everywhere than the mud and ram of other Kys. 10; 1S75. , T IFrom the New York Suu.l A IIKtIIWAYMAX'S career'. "William Hill, a patient in a private in sane asylum, near Glasgow, Scotland, died a few weeks since. Many years ago there lived in Iredell county, Nprth Carolina, a respected Presbyterian minister named Curry, the pride of whose life was an only son, Nixon by name, in whose training the good man took peculiar delight. The young man won theaffections of a young girl attending the same schoOjl, and so ar dent was their attachment that no rivsil was allowed to come between them.--YVhen the girl reached the age of fifteen her devotion to young Curry became so manifest that her parents, wishing to se cure Tor her w hat the- considered a better al liance, forbade further intercourse between the two. As a natural consequence, clan destine meetings were resorted to, and con tinued for three years. Ajt the expiration of that period the hand oit the young lady was sought by the son of a Southern states man, and her parents tried to compel her acceptance, whereupon she eloped with young Curry. The couple were pursued by the frieuds of the girl, and Curry turn ed and shot his rival, who led the pursuers, killing him instantly. Renewing their flight, they took refuge, after a long and heated chase, in the Alleghany mountains, near the headwaters of the Catawba, and there, outlawed from all society, he be came a highwayman,! and speedily achiev ed a dreaded notoriety bv the number and cuaracter oi nia ueauiy exploits. rue Governor of North Carolina offered $5,000 for his surest, and many, lured by the tempt ing offer, tried to huut him down. Sud denly he 'was missed from North Carolina. It was supposed that he had died, or that he had changed his base of operations. One day, at the time of the first -settlement of the fertile delta of the St. Francis river, in what is now Arkansas, an immi grant appeared in the district, calling him self John Hill. He was a handsome, a iniiible man, and, though having only mod erate means, extended a generous hospi tality to all who visited his beautiful little, home, rendered doubly attractive by the presence of a lovely wife. In a short time he became the most popular man in the settlement, and so he continued for ten or twelve years. He was repeatedly elected to the Legislature, and there he was dis tinguished for powerful and impassioned eloquence. He became a leader in the ranks of his party, was a" member of the convention that framed the State Constitu tion, and represented his district in the Senate of Arkansas. , Hill's most intimate friends were the Strongs four brothers men of wealth and ambition. A close intimacy sprang up between them, and Hill, in an unguard ed moment, made the eldest Strong con versant with his previous history, telling 1dm that he was the notorious Nixon Cur rv, of North Carolina. Strong then re quested Curry to resign his seat in the Senate, but Hill refused, and the brothers conspired to ruin him. Sending to North Carolina, they procured a requisition for ins arrest and a copy of the reward offered foiHiis capture. The lour hrotliers. i . . , 5 pow- ertuta-nu determined, as Bliev were, as thev well knowing the character of the man with w hom they were to deal, secured the as sistance of a dozen men, and surrounding his house attempted to effect his capture On approaching the main entrance and demanding his surrender, one of them was shot dead and three others were danger ously wounded, and the attack was aban doned. 1 The Governor of Arksmsas published an additional reward for Hill's arrest, and hastily packiug a few articles Hill set out with his wife and children for Upper Ar kansas, where he knew of the existence of a band of desperadoes, whose members he had reason to believe would protect him. He was overtaken at Conway Court Honse, anth halting his wagon and admonishing his wife and children to keep their idac-es,- hc stepped forth iu the face ot his pursuers, and in a few eloquent words told them why he quit North Carolina, at the same time assuring them that he would not be taken alive. The gallantry of the action opera ted in his favor, aud the pursuit was aban doned. Constant pursuit had made him morose smd quarrelsome, ami he began to drink heavily and resort to thcHgambling table as a means of support. One day in Sep tember, 1845, while seated at breakfast, he told his wife that he had a premonition of death, and felt that he should le killed that day before sunset. Calling his sort William, a bright boy of fourteen, he made him swear to kjll the man who should kill his father. The Circuit Court of Pope connty being in session, he attended it with a young man named Howard, who was engaged to his eldest daughter. As soon as they reached the village Hill began to driuk, and exhibited an unusual disposition to quarrel. He insulted every one he. met, and finally threatened to clean the Court House, and pnshed into the court-room to the consternation of judge, jnry and law yers. Young Howard tried to restrain him, bnt, glaring like a tiger, he turned upon the youth and felled him to the floor, at the same time exclaiming, -'Kill me, or I'll kill you!" The young rnaii, in a moment of extreme anguish, drew a knife and bur ied it iu the bowels of Hill, who died soon after. - - Howard quit Arkansas, and was heard of several years later at San Antonio, Tex as, where he joined the Confederate forces under command of Col. Long. At the close of the war he was met by William Hill, who, rememlering the oath he had taken at his father's instance, shot the former and fled to Europe. He joined the Freuch army, aud served through the Franco-Prussian war, but was subject to temporary insanity. Finally his case be came hopeless, and he Was placed by his friends in an asylum near Glasgow, Scot land, where he recently died. A REMINISCENCE OF WATEKhOO. AVhen the French and allied armies were nearing each other ou the fateful feld of Waterloo, all men recognized the in terest of the final struggle, and looked at it from their different stand-points in dif ferent ways. Old Baron Rothschild saw it with financial eyes, and perceived that the opportunity was too good to be lost. He followed the allied army, and at a safe distance awaited the result; So soon as it was definitely known thsit the allies were victorious, he started by relays of horses for London. He arrived at the Channel; a storm was raging, and no one could be found to take him over. At last a poor boatman was found,, w ho, on the payment of what was to him a fortune, risked his own life and that of the Baron on the stormy strait in an open boat. They cross ed in safety, and the Baron mounted the horses already provided on the English side, and hastened on to the capital. He had caused all things to bo in readiness, for he foresaw the chance of turning a knavish penny, and was prepared. He arrived in London late at night, and kept his coming secret until the next morning, while his agents were spreading the reports of a terrible defeat of the English. Early next day he went ou the street and aided to swell the panic by sorrowfully shaking his head whenever the British army and the battle were mentioned. Meantime English stocks were falliug with lightuing speed, and his clerks were buying, at ruin ous selling rates, all they could And. So it,went on all that day, everybody selling, and Baron Rothschild alone buying. Next day came the government vessel with the official report of a great victory. Stocks went up as fsvst as they had gone down; the Bsiron unburdened, sold out at a large advance, and pocketed, nobody knows how much some say t'3,000,000. . Now comes the "sequel. Years after Rothschild asked Horace Vernet to paint his portrait. Vernet did so, and after the work wsis done two thousand francs were tendered him in payment. This, to his notion, taking into consideration his own reputation and means, aud the fabulous wealth of the sitter, was a ridiculously small sum so small indeed as to enrage him to the last degree. Sending f back the money,- he asked that the portrait be returned. "Tell your msister 1 will paint him a portrait that will make him immor tal." The portrait was returned, and when Yernet's next great battle scene ap peared, it was seen how well he had kept his promise. In the back-ground were struggling groups of men and horses, half hidden by smoke and dust; on the ground lay dead aud dying, wounded trodden un der foot, v broken muskets, and all the other accompaniments of a hard-fought day. . , In the immediate foreground, with mean, disordered garments, disheveled hair aud pairhvstricken countenance, was an old Jew, running with all haste from the scene of conflict toward the observer and tightly grasping a mosey bag under each arm. The countenance was that of Baron Rothschild, and au excellent likeness. All recognized the resemblance, all re membered how the baron had profited by France's misfortune, and the revenge was complete. Rothschild applied to . the French Government to have the matter righted, but the Assembly declined to "have any government picture defaced," and to-day iu the lloysil Gallery at Paria, the old Jew still hurries away frofn the vi cinity of the cold steel and hot lead, and the eager guide relates to amused visitors the story of Bsiron Rothschild and the Battle of 'Waterloo. A gentleman in some unexpected way gave offence to a vulgar, quarrelsome man. The latter at onceibegan to disgorge him self of a volley of billingsgate, among other things saying: "You are no gentle man no part of a gentleman ! " The other coolly inquired: "Are you a gentle- man ?7 "lorn mit. mil nut " "YVd then," responded the other, "if you are a gentleman I don't want to be one." Mr. Moody said in presiching on "Christ as a deliverer": "I remember preaching on this subject, and walking away I said to a Scotchman : 'I didn't finish the sub ject.' 'Ah, mon ! ye didn't expect to finish, did ye! It'll take all eternity to finish telling what Christ has done for man.' n Correspondence. FOR THE GAZETTK. EEMIXISCEXCES OF EUEOPEAX TRAVEL. K UMBER LXXXIX. Messrs. Editors : Oar alloted time to remain in liaise having expired, we left on the cars, for a small but very noted town in the Dukedom of Baden by the name of Baden, ' This town is situated on the east side of the river Rhine, and is more par ticularly known to gamblers and all kinds of adventurers. Even a low class of wo men freqnent this as well as other water ing places in Europe, in order to be ad mitted to the tables. .Well, I will speak of these miserable gamblers after a little. Baden-Baden, (for that is the way it is al ways called in Europe, and why the name is repeated I hrjipt know,) as I have said, is a small town, and looks as though it had leen dropped down in lKstween the moun tains; It is one of the most romantic look ing spots in Europe. -In the gayj seasons there are many, thousand visitors, but at any other time there cannot le mtoro than 700 or 800 inhabitants. The streets are rcry WHOLE NO. 122. short, none of them being more than one-, fourth of a mile in length, while some are not half that long; they are narrow and without form or : sidewalks, being barely paved w ith round stones, each one of which seems to have a sharp edge. These stones do not lie close together so that one's feet slip in .between them, tfius makiug walk ing not only painful, bnt dangerous.- Be sides this, one is constantly going up and down steep ascents. The town reminded me of Staunton, Va.' not as Staunton is now, but as it was thirty -live years ago. I was glsul to fiud that, although, we were in Germany, we were relieved of the clatter of the wooden shoes that are worn by the German poor, and the sight of the black bread, which is made of only the bran, and on which the masses in Germany subsist. Bsvden-Bsulen , is badly built: -there are a few very fine houses, which ou- ly serve to make the otlters look worse. These fine houses have been built by and belong to noblemen, ahibassadors and rich merchants from other countries generally France and Russia. We came very near not getting any rooms iu the town, as lxth the hotels and fashionable boarding hous es w;ere full, and had been for weeks, but the propietors of rhll of them were very anxious to have tvsj take our meals with them. We at last' went to the second and third classes, where Those who had not all their rooms engaged for tho seasoa fronted us to pay for the-whole season. Although we could not exactly agree to that I could not see anything unjust iu t.he proposition, for, as they very , truly remarked, visitors w ere arriving from 'every direction," and if they could not rent their rooms for the season, at the expiration of tw o weeks they would le .vacant, and besides renting one or two rooms interfered with a suite, which w as also true. Well, at last we got lodg ings in a house, about which the only things I will say is. that the only way we had to protect ourselves Against burglars was to take the "door, that was off. the hinges, and lean it against the fsicing, so that wheJT the robbers pushed it, it would fall over on our sleeping forms, (for we slept on the floor,) and wake ns. It proved to be a most splendid arrangement, for it 'served to keep us always on the alert. The diet was quite in keeping with the lodging ac- commodations, aud the charge was extrajf-jj agantly high; bnt I have gone through so many and great vicissitudes that I look up on my visit to Badenl-Baden as one of the amusing episodes of mj' life. How ungod- ly most watering places are; But Badcn Badeu and Aix la Chapelle are more so, I , presume, than any others. At Baden-Baden every sort of thing is fitted up for men to lead lives of vice and dissipation. At this place there is a cathedral, and perhaps one or two churches. The arrival of vis- itors every day was very great, and wo had the bad luck to arrive with the crowd. ( J . The views around the towii are grand. iThe ruins of old castles w mated on the mountains, and that were - destroyed bv Napoleon I, arc very interesting, and the landscape views below the mountains, and w hich stretch off in the distance, sue per fectly enchanting. Although the roads are very steep, with great rocks frowning down on you on eacldoas you pass by, and everything is calculated to make a road bad, German like they are as fine roads as I have evereen. I believe that -.the roads arc worse in the United States than they are anywhere ele in tho world.. As we had walked over the little town, and seen all that there was to be seen, wo went to the gambling saloon. This building covers considerable space, and I am not sure but I am under the impression that it is only one story high. It has two immense rooms; the floors of both of which are well waxed. These rooms have very little furniture, in fact, none but a few very common, chairs and settees without cushions. When we entered I saw a group standing in thef cen ter of the room gambling at rouge et uait-, -and I do not know that I ever before felt myself sis highly complimented as I didi when, on-walking up to them, the one who appeared to have things in ehstrgo was so an fait at his professiou that it ouly requir ed a glance at us to see that there was no ; money to.iiejnade out of us. My friend, in addition to being very handsome and. fine looking, dressed very w ell and with much taste, with the exception of wearing a good deal of jewelry, yet there was some thing about us lotli which rendered us very repulsive to this garablerjwho scowl ed Iipon ns both in a maimer that raised our vanity considerably. Next after us walked up two of those-female characters that freqnent all such places, more for the sake of making acquaintances than for the lienefit of the tables. One of Uhcin put down a gold piece: she won, which produ ced some little buz. Next walked io three gay young men, who were dresaed like they might have belonged to a circus. Tho manager, on seeing, these throe worthies, became all smiles, exclaiming,, in, a, Ipmj voice, "Stand lack,- gentleman!?' ,J sooa saw that they were chums of the black:ieg. lany minutes had n6t elapsed before they liegau to make , "fathers" money fly, and it was difficult to decide which , were the most eager, the young mento.lay down the gold, or the gambler to take it up. As we left the establishment and got into tljo street, two gentlemen from Xew( -Y-ork, whith whom we lad spent much time in Venice, Vienna and; other, cities, earae up behind us and laughed at seeing us come out of such a den, . They insisted on our rooming with them, as they had engaged their roorusJmontliB ahead, but we declined, and made ready to leave tho town, i I will add that there "are 2G mineral springs at Baden-Baden, the hottest of which is IIol lenquil, or Hell-spring, having a tempera ture of 144 Farenheitsaid to be hot en- ough to boil meat. , It is rnmored that tho gambling tables belong to the Grand Duko of Baden,. which, if tmesis disgrace. ' VOTAGEtK.
North Carolina Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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Dec. 16, 1875, edition 1
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