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fThe top f tin- morning to Ireland
I Ami tin- Sc teh-IrisL' Congress
!- toiiy!
II All hearts rei'iid at the banquet
! Win n U;i' Harp of Tom Moore
5 buds tin' way.
I Tl.i' bells of tiif Sliaiulrou are ring-
111!,
J '!'!,. ir ii u-i- ii'om over t ho sea,
fjUit miM r I liarp of her poet
I,, ,,. i .ouistaiii of oltl Tennessee.
iTli. - 'i, i f l!. i' Sh-imnVk aiul This-
t ii. iieh the visions of yore,
Ai ! ;i Hai p of Ola Turn awakens
A.: i n to the voiee of Tom Moore;
string, with memories sacred,
tf.iu'd to Liberty's key;
Aii.l the sonvs that i! at down the
Air a!was the sons of the free.
1 1 :-i!.s of the "Exile of Erin,"
lint h r exiifs are exiles no more,
Tor tlu Isle of old Erin 1ms drifted
(.'lose under Columbia's shore.
"Where !i'eity is, is my country"
H is guided her oyer the way,
And Columbia holds in her borders
The hi ait of old Ireland today.
Mai.iiattan and Plymouth and
Jaii: stown
Can b;..-.t of their heritage true,
T.i.t ekienbursj's fame is immortal
I When we number the stars in the
blue;
The Scat eii Irish Puritan fathers
First drafted the words of the free
And the sp.eeli of Virginia's Iler.iy
Is tlie crown of our liberty's plea.
The sons and 1? Til ndsons of heroes
'Who fought fot freed on and light
"Wit !i joy hail the dawn of the morn
"Mavourneen!" Awnke to the light!
Tl." maidens of Lome and Kilarney
Ai e su filing the chorus today,
r the castles of Oban and Blarney
Are only just over tko way-
Tin n welcome, a thrice hearty wel
come, To legendry, lyric, and lore.
Will' a pledge and "Guild Hielin'
welcouic''
To the voice an 1 the Harp of Tom
Moore;
A toast to the Shamrock and Thes
tle. And sunshine both sidis of the
sea,
As Ei iii clasps hands o'er the oceau
Wii'i Columbia in fair Tonnossee.
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Viiiicf ou I Ik Xejjro.
"It is not a question, that can
h" settled by long SpetclK'S and com
plicated statutes, but it .;3 one that
must be left entirely to the .Southern
people to work out "n their own way
and in their own time. OurRepub
liean friends on the other side of
the Senate chamber must have con
fidence in us and be patient with
those men- in the Southern States
who are honestly and hopefully
working to bring about a better con
dition of things. Those of lis in
(the South who have been brought in
Contact with the negro ever since we
l
jwere born are better able to work
jput this problem than those gentle
men on the other side of the cham
ber, who are actuated entirely by
political motives and the desire for
personal notoriety. If they will let
jus alone and keep their contaminat
ing agents away from the colored
people of the South the problem will
work itself out to the satisfaction of
all concerned.
'It is this constant interference
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i on me part oi ortnern politicians.
that causes most ,of the trouble
among the colored people of the
South. Why, at this moment I have
in my desk letters from colored men
ia my State asking me, to see a cer
t.'in Republican Senator about sonic
money claimed to be due for politi-'
cal work doneduring the last cam
paign. It appears that these color
ed men were employed to Vlo a
jcerlain work for the Republican
managers in the last contest, and
were promised a money consideration
for their lahor performed. Times
are h.n d and crops are not the best
down my way, so these Republican
porkers who put thnr shoulders to
It he Harris :u wheel want me to help
Hu'in get their money. I declare,"
Baid th ; Senator, smiling at the idea
pf presenting the letters in question
to one of the richest Republicans in
the Senate, "I am almost too tender
hearted to do such an uncharitable
k-ce of business. The question in
jny mind is which will suffer the
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j.c., in.- ocmuor, upon oeir.g
brought face to face with such an
unrighteous debt, or the poor dar
bies being kept out of their hard
learned money."
Every year of our lives we grow
nore convinced that it is the wisest
find best to fix our Attention on the
jLeautiful and the good, and dwell as
little as possible on the evil and the
I false.
Leisure is sweet to those who have
earned it, but burdensome to those
who get it for nothing.
VOL. III. NO. 1.
IIt TIX OVER A UKWH.
The Tomb of Uoorgts Washington's
Mother in Litigation.
Fuepericksburo, Va., Jan. 14.
The tomb of Mary Washington,
the mother of George Washington,
and the plot of ground in which lies
her body were brought into a court
controversity here to-day. The his
tory of the case is as follows : George
W. Shepherd, one of the wealthiest
citizens of the town a few years ago,
acquired by purchase from Dr. li. S.
Ilerndon for $250 the plot of ground
on which stands the unGuished
monument that was commenced to
mark the spot where lies the body of
Mary, the mother of George Wash
ington. Colbert and Kirtley. real
estate dealers, saw a chance for spec
ulation and they at once sought to
improve upon it. They now claim
that Shepherd executed to them a
sixty-day option of the property for
the sum of $2,500.
Some time in February last Col
bert & Kirtley advertised the prop
erty for sale, to be sold in Washing
ton, D. C, March 4, the day follow
ing the inauguration of President
Harrison. They appealed in the
advertisement to the women of the
nation to come forward and take an
interest in the sale as Congress had
failed to make the necessary appro
priation to complete the same,
which has been begged at their
hands for the last twenty yeais.
Whereupon the newspapers of the
country, from ocean to ocean, ap
peared with articles protesting in the
most indignant terms against the
idea of selling the grave of Mary,
the mother of Gen. George Wash
ington. The people of this city held
a mass-meeting and passed resolu
tions denouncing the sale of the
grave. In that meeting Mr. Shep
herd participated as a conspicuous
character, denouncing the action of
Colbert & Kirtley. After the meet
ing Colbert & Kirtley made a tender
of a sum of money to Mr. Shepherd
for the property and demanded from
him a deed for the same, saying they
had sold the property for $20,000.
Mr. Shepherd declined to execute
the deed, whereupon Colbert & Kirt
ley instituted two suits against him, i
one for libel, claiming $10,000
damages, and one for breach of con
tract, claiming $20,000 damages.
The libel case came up before Judge
McLaughlin to-day upon a demurrer.
The Judge took the papers and di
rected the sergeant to summon the
jury for to-morrow. Great doubt is
apprehended as to whether a jury
can be obtained in this city to sit in
the cases, so great has been the
feeling. The women of the city
held a mass meeting this evening
and adopted resolutions as to rais
ing fund3 to purchase the disputed
grave and complete the monument
to Mary Washington's memory. The
cases will probably last ten days or
more.
A COURT SCENE.
When court opened this morning
the room was densely crowded.
Mr. Kirtley, of the real estate firm
of Colbeit & Kirtley, took the stand
and his cress-examination was
resumed. He claimed that he had a
contract with Mr. Shepherd, the
defendant, to sell the lot with the
Mary Washington monument on it
within sixty days ; that Mr. Shep
herd would execute a deed to the
same on the payment of $2,500 to
him, and that within that time he
had tendered that sum to Mr. Shep
herd, who had refused to receive it.
The cross-examination was very
severe, and the attorneys in the case
frequently eugaged in heated collo
quies. When J. W. Colbert, Kirt
ley's partner, was introduced, he
was taken in hand by Mr. Dickerscn.
The examination had not proceeded
very far when Mr. Fitzhugh, coun
sel for defendant, interrupted Mr.
Dickerson on his examination of Mr.
Colbert. Mr. Dickerson replied to
him in rather a curt maimer, saying
he had better wait for his turn for
examination, whereupon Mr. Fitz
hugh threatened to give him a
thrashing. At this Mr. Dickerson
invited him outside of the court-
room'several limes, but Mr. Fitz
hugh declined to go. Mr. Dicker
son called him a coward, and at
tempted to strike Mr. Fitzhugh with
his cane on his arm and broke it
This weapon being rendered useless,
Mr. Dickerson seized a large bottle
of ink that was on the table in front
of him and threw it at the face of
Mr. Fitzhugh.
Mr. Fitzhugh dodged, and the
bottle lauded on the breast of one of
the jurors, scattering the ink all
over the jury, counsel of both sides
and bystanders! Great confusion
followed, m which the audience
took part generally.
The following incidents then oc
curred with bewildering rapidity
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A reporter grasped Mr. Dickerson
around the afms in the rear.
Mr. Shephard, the defendant,
struck at Mr. Dickerson. -
Mr. Kirtley attempted to cane Mr.
Shepherd.
- Mr. William Lane, of Xcav York,
held Mr. Shephard.
At this juncture, there being a
large table between Mr. Dickersoiv
and Mr. Fitzhugh, the latter gentle
man deemed it a favorable opportu-
nity to turn his attention to the ink
on his clothes.
Judge McLaughlin, who had been
calmly looking down npou the
scene of turmoil from the Bench,
then arose and in a cool, dignified
manner demanded peace in the com
monwealth.
Counsel for both sides rushed to
the rescue.
The city Sergeant pushed the men
aside as if they were straws before
the wind, and arrested all the bellig
erents. In a short time the storm was
over, and everything wife once more
serene. The offenders were arrainged
before the court, and a fine of $50
each was imposed upon upon Messrs.
Dickerson and Fitzhugh, and they
were required to ghe a bond to
keep the peace for twelve months.
Messrs. Kirtley and Shepherd were
similarly treated, and all the provis
ions of the sentences were duly com
plied with.
The taking of testimony was then
resumed, and proceeded until the
counsel for the plaintiffs gave no
tice that they would rest their case
and introduce the rest of their evi
dence on rebuttal. Mr. Shepherd
was introduced and the examination
of him by counsel on both sides
wa3 begun.
The town is all excitement over
the cass. Many witnes:CJon both
sides have not vet been examined
and the case will probably continue
ten days longer.
ItuIcM r lien! III.
Eat plain food.
Be regular in your habits.
Begin your morning meal with
fruit.
Wear woolen clothing the year
round.
It is safer to filter and boil drink
ing water.
Bise in the morning soon after you
are awake.
Don't go to work immediately af
ter eating.
Be moderate in the use of liquids
at all seasons.
Keep the feet comfortable and
well protected.
If possible ge to bed at the same
hour every night.
Exercise in the open air whenever
the weather permits.
Brush your teeth at least twice a
day, night and morning.
In malarious districts do your
walking in the middle of the day. -J
Don't worry, it interferes with the
healthful action of the stomach.
A sponge bath of cold or tepid
water should be followed by friction
with towel or hand.
See that your sleeping rooms and
living rooms are well ventilated, and
that sewer gas does not enter them.
You must have interesting occu
pation in vigorous old age. Continue
to keep the brain active. Rest
means rust.
Verrinictory . Kissing;.
Heaven preserve me, however,
from the perfunctory kiss of two
women. There is something about
a kiss of this kind that is as dismal
as the desert of Sahara. There is
not even one oasis in it to mark the
dreary waste. It is worse than mel
ody measured out with yard stick or
poetry doled out by the quart. There
is no inspiration about it none
whatever of any kind. What a dull,
sodden affair is the face of a pretty
girl! How the same face becomes
illuminated with the fire of the
soul when it is kissed by well, per
haps this is getting to be an over
delicate matter, and something ought
to be left to the imagination of the
reader. However, there is no rhap
sody in the kiss exchanged by two
girls or two women. It is as uninvit
ing as the fields in winter.
It is astonishing how much easier
it is to do evil than bear to be told
of the evil we have done.
Idleness is hard work to those who
are not used to it, and dull work for
those wlio are.
He raises the tone aud feeling of
his inferiors who always treats them
with courtesy aud dignity and a
Kinaiy mieniion.
Dispose of the time past to obser
vation and reflection ; time present,
to amy; ana time to come, to rrovi
1dence.
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY '44.
Jogging Ilia IMemwrjr.
A clergyman in Iowa relates the
following auecdote, which, as he
says, ought to be a hint to all couples
who are "going to be married.- A la
dy called upon him and announced
her name as Mrs. M , a widow
living in a distant part of the State.
Her husband had been killed in the
civil war, and she had applied for a
pension. But it was necessary for
her to prove her marriage. This
she had not been able to do, as her
marriage certificate was lost, and all
the witnesses except the minister
himself were dead.
She had come a long distance to
get the minister'! evidence, insisting
npon it that he was the person who
had performed the ceremony.
"But I do not remember anything
about it, madam," said the minister,
after listening carefully to the wo
man's story. "I have married hun
dreds of people in the last twenty
years, and canuot recall your case at
all."
"Why, you must remember that
evening. I wore a traveling suit,
and my husband was a tall man with
black whiskers."
"I have married a great many tall
men with black whiskers."
"But don't you remember, we
came in when you were at supper,
aud you asked us to wait in the par
lor a few minutes?"
"I don't remember it."
"Don't you recall how my hus
band was very much embarrassed,
and duriug the ceremony knocked a
vase off the table near where we were
standing? And then he apologized
right in the middle of the service,
and we all laughed about it after
ward."
"I don't remember even that. Oth
er things like it have happened
since. Can't you name something
else?"
Other little things were mentioned
and the clergyman hunted up all his
old letters and journals in hopes of
discovering something that would
recall the ceremony and enable him
to truthfully identify the widow.
But all in vain.
Finally the lady with some hesi
tation and confession, said: "There
is one thing that I am sure you can
not have forgotten. My husband
had driven over from the next town.
In his absent-mindedness he had left
every cent of money at home.
"Now, don't you remember that
after the ceremony he came up to
you as if to hand you the regular fee,
and then instead of doing that, he
stammered and blushed, and finally
lsked you to lenil him five dollars
with which to pay his hotel bill,
promising to return the money the
next day. Surely you must remem
ber that!" '
"Ah, yes, indeed, I remember that
very well!" exclaimed the minister.
And he could not help adding, "I
havn't seen the money yet."
The widow received her pension
shortly afterward, aud not long af
ter that the minister received a ten
dollar bill, with the words: "Pay
ment for good memory."
. A Horse's Memory.
"Say, friend, you are on my
horse," said one gentleman to an
other as he reined his horse before
the door.
"Your horse! Oh, no; why, I
bought this horse two years go.!"
"You did?" answered the other;
"well, I lost my horse it was stolen
just two years ago.
The conversation took place under
the far spreading oaks of an eld
time plantation home. A planter
was surprised to see his horse return
home after two years, and ridden by
a gentleman, who evidently had
bought the horse in good faith. Af
ter some conversation the old owner
of the horse, with much earnestness,
said: "Well, sir, if yon will dismount
and unsaddle the horse and he don't
go to the fence, take the bars down,
walk to the welhand if he don't find
water iu the bucket let it down
the well, and then walk off to his
old stable, I will give up and that
horee isn't mine!" "At your word;
the horse is yours if he does all
that," cried the visitor, and leaping
from the horse, unsaddled it. What
was his astonishment when the horse
went straight to the fence, let down
the bars, crossed over, went to the
well, and finding no water, let the
bucket down, and then, as though
he had. left home but yesterday,
walked to the old stable. The ani
mal remembered the trick, and the
owner recovered his horse. There
are those living now who can attest
to the truth of this story, though it
happened years ago.
The most brill'ant qualities be
come useless when they are not
sustained by force of character.
T AND ARB.
Come Down a Few 1'ens.
Yankee Blade.
Cue morning scarcely a fortnight
after Gen. Jackson's arrival at the
White House a shabby-genteel-looking
man presented himself at his
parlor and, after the usual salutation
and shaking of hands, expressed his
joy at seeing the venerable old gen
tleman at last hold the situation of
chief magistrate of the country, to
which his bravery, his talents and his
unimpeachable rectitude fully en
titled him.
"We have had a hard time of it,"
said he, "in our little place; but
our exertions were unremitting; I
1 myself went round to stimulate my
neiLbors, and at last the victory
was ours. We beat them by a ma
jority of ten votes, and I now be
hold the result of that glorious tri
umph!"
The General thanked him in
terms of studied politeness, assuring
him that he would resign his office
iu an instant if he did not think his
election gave satisfaction to a vast
majority of the people, and at last
regretted his admirer's zeal for the
public weal should have been so se
verely taxed on his account.
"Oh, no matter for that, sir," said
he, "1 did it with pleasure I did it
for myself and for my country" (the
general bowed); "and I now come to
congratulate you on your success"
(the general bowed again); "I
thought , sir, that, as you are now
President of the United States, I
might, perhaps, be useful to you iu
some official capacity." (The gen
eral looked somewhat embarrassed.)
"Pray, Bir, have you already made a
choice of your Cabinet Ministers?"
"I have," was the reply of the
general.
"Well, no matter for that; I shall
be satisfied with an embassy to Eu
rope." "I am sorry to say there is no va
cancy." 'Then you will, perhaps, require
a headclerk in a department of
state ?"
"These are generally appointed by
the respective secretary s."
"T anijvery sorry for that; then I
must be satisfied with some inferior
appointment,"
"I never interfere with these; you
must address yourself to the heads
of departments." !
"But could I not be postmaster in
Washington ? Only think, general
how I worked for you !"
"I am much oblighed to you for
the good opinion you entertain of
me, and for your kind offices at the
last election, but the postmaster for
the city of Washington is already
appointed."
"Well, I don't much care for that;
I should be satisfied with being his
clerk."
"This is a subject you must men
tion to the postmaster."
"Why, then, general," exclaimed
the disappointed candidate for office,
"haven't you got an old black coat?"
You' may well imagine that the
general gave him one,
The Fastest Press In the World.
Baltimore Eun.l
If expectations are realized a great
quadruple press, which Messrs. Hoe
& Co. have undertaken to build for
the New York Herald, will be the
fastest printing press in the worjd.
It will be the first of the kind ever
built, and ninst therefore be con
sidered in advance more or less an
experiment. . The speed and capac
ity of this press is estimated at
90,000 four or six page papers per
hour, which is at the rate of 1,500
copies per minute, or twenty-five
per second, 70,000 eight page pa
pers per hour, Hi ten or twelve page
papers, or 24,000 twenty-four page
per hour. All these papers will be
delivered from the machine com
plete, cut, pasted and folded. The
result of this experiment will be
awaited with interest, particularly
by publishers, as its success would
be another great step forward in the
production of lightning presses for
which the firm of Hoe & Co. have
already made a world-wide reputa
tion. The Herald has also placed
an order with the same firm for two
additional presses with a capacity of
48,000 six page papers each per
hour, with a corresponding decrease
of impressions where there is an in
crease of pages.
Bits of Wisdom.
There is no secret of success but
work.
The mind of a good man is a king
dom to him, and he can always enjoy
it.
Many run after felicity like a
man hunting for his hat while it is
on his head.
Take pleasure in your work. .A
task which appears distasteful at
first sight soon becomes pleasure.
1S90.
Scwsinjers as Life Preservers.
Washington Star.J
' General Bussey, the Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, has a novel
use for newspapers. The other . day
when the weather was sharp he was
preparing to go out of the depart
ment building for lunch. A report
er who happened to be in the room
at the same time was surprised to
see him unbutton the lower buttons
on his vest, fold up a newspaper and,
placing it over his abdomen,
uuttotH
the vest over it.
"I always do that," he said in re
ply to a surprised inquiry from the
reporter, "when I am going to be out
in the cold. The newspaper is
non-conductor of heat, and when
placed ovct the stomach preserves
the supply in what has been called
the reservoir of heat of the body. A
newspaper is a good substitute for
an overcoat, and in cold weather is
the best device that people with
scanty wardrobes can adopt. Insnf
ficient bedclothing can be reinforced
in the same way, and the newspaper
may be said to be the poor man's
friend in more senses than one.
When chilled by sudden cold a news
paper placed over the stomach soon
restores the normal temperature of
the body and prevents an attack of
pneumonia. I have frequently rec
ommended this use of newspapers,
but I find that practically very few
people really appreciate its value."
She lilearheil the Horses
At Batesville, Ark., a recent shoot
ing affray brought into notice a wo
man known as "Sorrel Sue." She
always appeared iu public riding a
sorrel horse. It was believed she
belonged to a gang who stole horses.
A surgeon, who was summoned to
attend one of her admirers who had
been wounded in the row, mistook
his way and wandered to Sue's cabin.
Before he could be hustled out he
saw certain tilings which aroused
his suspicions. These he reported
to Sheriff Simcoe, who, with a posse,
managed to surround the den of the
horse thieves, capturing Sue and two
of her gang. He found that Sue
had applied the means of bleaching
her own hair to that of the horses.
When the posse entered they found
a horse enveloped in a jacket made
out of rubber coats, being treated to
a sulphur vapor bath. The appli
ances were very ingenious, and
worked very well. A black or bay
horse would be stolen -and run into
the bleachery. After its color was
chauged and its tail and mane trim-
GK'd, the disguise became so pro
nounced that without any great risk
the animal could be taken in daj-
light through the very district from
which it had been stolen. It was
Sue's business to not only superin
tend the bleaching, but also to ride
the animal out of the country.
The Mlleagre of Congressmen.
Those few members whom stress
of unfortunate circumstances had
not compelled to draw their mileage
performed that pleasant duty yes
terday. There is a great deal of
humbug about this mileage business,
but still it will never be abolished.
I he government allows each Kepre-
sentative and Senator twenty cents a
mile for every mile-traveled by them
in making the journey to and from
Washington to each session of Con
gress. As the majority of these
gentlemen travel free, or, at least
are supposed to, the mileage compen
sation is little short of an. actual
gift. The delegate from Arizona is
supposed to live at a more remote
distance from Washington than any
of his associates, in either branch of
Congress. As a result he receives
the largest compensation paid
$1,600. The Oregon Kepresenta-
tive come3 next with $1,350 to his
credit. The California Representa
tives aud Senators average $1,300
tt "I J it..
apiece, wnue tne aeiegauon irom uie
new State of Washington are paid
about $1,200 apiece. The Texans
eceive about $100 less. The com
putations of the accounting officers
show that the Representatives from
the States of Florida and Illinois
travel about the same distance to
reach Washington, for they are paid
in each case about $4,00. The av
erage mileage credi' to the Represen
tatives from Maine is $200. To
their confreres from Massachusetts
an average of $185 is paid. The
Maryland men fare worse. Mr. Gib
son gets the biggest tee. lie is sup
nosed to nav twenty cents a mile
each way for 108 miles. His mile
age is $79.20. Mr. McComa3 comes
next with $51.20. Next is Mr.
Stump, whom it is supposed to cost
$27.20 to come from and return to
"Outingtou Farm." The two Balti
more Congressmen are supposed to
spend SIC in going from home and
back. Poor Mr. Comton gets only
the beggarly pittance of $7.20 for
his trip from Laurel and return.
They all draw their mileage, be it
big or little.
WHOLE NO. 105,
How They Mntlp It.
The New York Times prints an
interview with "one of the oldest in
habitants," who, in the course of his
remarks, says:
"John Jacob Astor had his store
in Vessey street, in the building in
which Dr. Ilalleck lived. Fitz
Greene Ilalleck, the doctor's son, was
one of Astor's clerks. Old Astor
got his start in life by hiring out to
a furrier to beat furs keeping the
moths out of them at a dollar si
day. He was economical aud saving
and presently began to buy cat furs
and muskrat furs, and, when he had
accumulated a lot of them, he took
them to England and sold them at a
large profit. Then he established
his own business here, and extended
his connections Westward and north
ward until he became the largest
dealer in the country.
"Commodore Vanderbilt was at
this time running a 'perry-auger'
(pcrianga a small ferryboat, carry
ing two masts and a lee board) be
tween quarantine station and the
city, and was becoming very popular
with boatmen and others who were
thrown in his way. Fulton & Liv
ingston owned an exclusive charter
to run steamboats between New
York and Albany, aud the monopo
ly was paying immensely. Two old
Jerseymen then started an apposition
line, but as they could not run di
rect between New York and Albany
they got around the difficulty by
going from New York to Jersey
City, and making that the starting
point for Albany. They encounter
ed all sorts of difficulties, however,
the monopolists going so far as to
wilfully run their boats elown and
otherwise crippling them, and they
were threatened with bankruptcy.
"One of the proprietors was at
New Drop one day, when he asked
old Mr. Guion if he knew of a man
who was competent to take hold of
their line aud make a success of it.
'Yes,' said Guion, 'I know such a
man. His name is Corneel Vander
bilt. He'll take your boats to the
mouth of hell if yon want him to.'
That's just the man I want,' was
the response, and in a little while
the bargain was concluded and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt took charge of the
line. The monopolists tried every
possible means to prevent the line
from doing business in New York,
and at last put a sheriff on board
with instructions to arrest Vander
bilt if he should attempt to move
the steamer from the warf. Van
derbilt got all ready to go and then
stood by with an axe, and when the
wheels had begun to revolve and"
there was a good strain on the haws
er lie up witn ins axe ana cue tne
hawser and steamed away to Albany
with the sheriff ou board. A con
tinuation of his vigorous policy
finally broke up the Fulton and Liv
ingston monopoly and established
the opposition line on a profitable
basis.
"Vanderbilt's daughters were a
wild kind of girls. They were per
fectly at home everywhere on Staten
Island, and were very popular. I
used to see them in a grocery over
there sitting on the counter and
swinging their feet and talking to
the young fellows who were chaffing
them.
"The Lorillards had a snuff and
tobacco business, and they made a
good deal of money out of it. There
were three brothers of them Jacob
and Teter and George. Jacob had a
butcher shop up near the Bowery
Theater that was" the Dutch of it;
it came to be Pierre after it had been
translated into French soil a few
months; Peter and George were the
snuff and tobacco dealers. After
they got wealthy nothing would do
but old Lorillard must have a carri
age and a coat-of -arms upon it. He
chose tor his coat of-arms: 'Who'd
thought it snuff bought it.' This
made the people laugh,-and to he
changed it after a while, putting on
in place: 'Quid rides,' which means:
'At w hat do you laugh?' His to
bacco store was in Chatham street."
Atlaiiln to the Sea.
Atlanta Journal.!
In another year a new highway of
iron and steel will be built from At
Janta to the Virginia coast.
Starting at this city, and equally
dividing the rich territory lying be
tween the Richmond & Danville aud
the Georgia railroads, it will pass
through Athens and Elberton, Ga.,
and cross the Savannah river at the
famous Fish Dam. Passing into
South Carolina it traverses the mag
nificent cotton belt lying between the
Savannah and Catawba rirers. It
will go through Abbeville and Ches
ter, South Carolina, connecting at
Monroe, A. C, with the Seaboard
system, thus pushing on to the sea,
and to the great arteries of trrffic
between the iNorth and boutn
Til r atiii ninn
nit aimiufltiu.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
JOB "WOEK
IN THE
JimEA TES T MA JYJVER
AND AT -THE
LOWEST RATES
Kuts Worth Craeklng.
J. It- Lendon, in Old Homestead.
If the cotton crop of 1 889 is as
large as that of 1888, 49,000,000
yaids of bagging will be required to
wrap the crop.
If the cotton i3 wrapped in jute
$4,900,000 will pass out 'of the
planter's hands.
If the cotton is wrapped in cotton
bagging, $4,900,000 will remain in
side the lines of the cotton States to
be added to the circulating medium.
The making of $49,000,000 yards
of cotton bagging will consume
100,000 bales of cotton, which de
creases the number of bales for mar
ket and euhauces the value of the
remainder one fourth per pound,
making the gain to the .planters
$8,505,000.
The J. R. Adams factory can put
a bale of cotton in its spinning
room for $0.77 less than it can be
laid down in Lowell, Mass.
If the cotton was spun in the
South, $47,390,000 would be saved
in the freight charges, etc.
A better day is coming for in 1887
the product of the Southern cotton
mills was $48,000,000 against
$1,000,000 in 1880.
It is a fact worthy of strong em
phasis that cotton mills are increas
ing more rapidly in the South than
anywhere else.
Common sense will, at no distant
day, compel the spinning of raw ma
terial where it can be done the
cheapest.
The way to have cheap goods is to
make them at the least expeuse.
The cotton of 1889, if sold as
heretofore, will give the planters
$300,000,000; if wholly manufact
ured in the South, the great sum of
$1,000,000,000.
The difference in the price of the
raw material and that of the manu
factured article is $700,000,000 in
favor of the South.
No other country in the world could
have existed as long as the South
has under such a system of drainage.
Let the day be ha;ted when the
farmers of these United States will
receive just profits for their products.
A .Monument to Tildeu.
The following striking resolution
was introduced in the House of
Representatives last week by Mr.
Cummiugs, of New York:
Resolved, That there is appropri
ated from the treasury of the United
States the sum of $50,000 to erect a
bronze statue of the late Samuel J.
Tilden, to be placed in the centre of
the rotunda of the capitol. That on
the tablet at the front of base of
said statute there shall be conspicu
ously engraved these words : "Samu
el J. Tilden, nineteenth President of
the United States, elected but not
seated." Applause Jon Democratic
side. That on the right of the
square base shall be engraved the
date of birth, election and death of
such President, and that oa the op
posite side shall be engraved an ea
gle with a snake in his talons, and
under them these words: "For the
right."
Resolved, That the President of
United States, the Chief Justice , of
the Supreme Court, the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives be author
ized to superintend the expenditure
of the money aud that a copy of
these resolutions, with the names
and dignitaries, be engraven on the
rear of said base.
Mr. Sweeney, of Iowa, inquired
whether the gentleman expected the
inscriptions to be in cipher. Ap
plause on the Republican side.
Where lie Uotlhe Fee.
"Mv first case in San Francisco,"
ml
said Attorney James K. Wilder to
an Examiner reporter, "was the de
fense of a young fellow charged with
stealing a watch belonging to a
Catholic priest. I was appointed by
the court because the prisoner said
he had no money.
"The jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, aud as the defendant was
leaving the court room I called him
back, and just as a joke, handed
him my card and told him to bring
me around the first $50 he got
"Next day he walked into my
office and planked down two 20s and
a iu.
'Where did you get all that mon
ey ?" I demanded, as soon as I gvt
over my surprise cuougu iv opeoik.
"Sold the priest s watcn,' ne re
plied, as he bowed himself out."
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