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VOLUME I.
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A Richmond Romance.
A VI KG IX I A MAIDEN IN BOY'd ATTIRE
ALL FOR LOVE.
From the Richmond DispatcJi
Commission houses and the counting
room have little romance about them,
and consequently they are the last pla
ces where the world looks for the ro
mantic. But very recent developments
i:i a Richmond establishment have very
beautifully 'illustrated that the lines
of Walter Scott's that
Love rules the camp, court, grov e, and
mart,
and sheds its influence untramelcd as
the sunshine, investing with its warmth
and brightness the darkest and most un
inviting places.
Two months or more ago, a vacant
clerkship in the house referred to was
applied for and filled by a yOuth appa
rently nlout sixteen years of are. lie
of the firm "Wanted,' a youth, who
can write a good hand and come well
recommended." Out of sixty odd ap
plicants our hero (or heroine) took the
palm for the neatness, legibility, and
'regularity of his chirography ; was sent
for, presented himself, and was installed
into the position of entry clerk. He
displayed remarkable aptitude for busi
ness; was quick and accurate at fig
ures ; ever ready to run an errand or
lend a hand at anything that was to be
done. In manners, he was polite;
blushed when looked at or spoken to ;
wept when chided by his employers or
chaffed by his fellow-clerks because of
girlishness of appearance. Time wore
on. The busy season came, aild brought
with it a gentleman from beyond the
Blue llidgc, who had occasional deal
ings with the house. Desiring to ex
amine the stock, the entry-clerk was
called from his stool and instructed to
show the gentleman over the floor.
Their eyes met those of the strange
gentleman and entry-clerk the gentle
man stammered, "Great God!" and
staggered into a seat ; the clerk blushed
scarlet to his car-tips, then burst into
tears. Then came the denouement. The i
.gentleman explained that he recognized
in the clerk the long lost daughter of a
citizen of his county ; that she ran
away in August last, and had since been
mourned by her parents and friends as
dead, as they could gain no tidings of
Iter whereabouts or fate, though all the
considerable towns of the State, inclu
ding Richmond, had been searched by
the father in person, aided by the po
lice. The daughter in clerkly disguise then
explained as best 6ho could between
sobs, and it was " the old story told
again." She had loved and seen her
love thwarted by parental opposition,
the most relentless and unfeeling. Her
lover, youthful as she, being also oppos
ed by his parents, left his home soon
after, and came to Richmond, where he
was not long in obtaining employment.
a secret correspondence was opened
between the two, aided by other parties..
This lasted for some time, strength
ening the cords of affection, and draw
ing the twain nearer each other, though
separated by the misty mountains and
many miles of cruel space. At last, in
one of those fatal moments of a girl's
. .
weakness, sue resolved to give up all
for love home, and heaven, too, if
need be and left the house one evil
night when the family were absent,
equipped in her brother's Sunday suit.
determined to join her lover in Rich
mond. This she did so ; and though
he timid boy was at first frightened
at the step his sweetheart had taken,
she, by artful stories of her treatment
at home, infused into him a manly spi
rit, and he bold boy resolved to be
come the protector of innocence, while
he buried the secret of her sex in his
own bosom. He took her to his board:
ing house, procured for her a room sep
arate and apart from his own. It was
agreed between them that she should
preserve her incognito, and sink her sex
and identity in male apparel. Thus,
with his assistance, in this disguise, she
had sought and obtained the position of
entry-clerk in the establishment where
she was discovered as we have related.
Well, having told her romantic story,
the girl, who shall be nameless, gave
the address of her lover ; a messenger
was despatched for him, and he came.
He made a clean breast of it, confess
ing all. They had both been indus
trious, working hard each, in their sit
uations, with the one object in view,
and that was marriage, so soon as they
had accumulated enough money to pro
cure a bridal trossean, rent chambers,
tive -parents of the true lovers were in
formed by the telegraph of the situa
tion of affairs, and they telegraphed
back at once, " Marry them and send
them home."
One day last week witnessed the re
turn and conciliation beyond the moun
tains. The House's Petition- A curious
storv is told, in ancient books, of a king
who had a bell put up, so that any one
who was injured by another, might ring
it, when the king assembled the wise
men, that justice might be done. From
long use. the lower end of the rope was
w orn away, and a piece of wild vine was
fastened on to lengthen it.
It so happened that a knight had a
noble horse, which had served him long
and well, but having grown old and use
less, was meanly and cruelly turned out
to take care of himself. Driven by
hunger, the horse began biting at the
vine, when the bell rang out loud and
clear ; and lo ! the wise men assembled,
and finding that it was a poor half
starved horse that was sounding the
call, and thus asking for justice, though
he knew it not, examined into his case,
and decreed that the knight whom he
had served in his youth, should feed and
care Sot him in his old age ! And the
king confirmed the decree, adding to it
a heavy fine if the knight neglected his
duty to the faithful animal.
Largest Peach Orchard in the
World. It is not generally known that
Col. J. M. Heck, of this city, Dr. W. J.
Hawkins, Peter Davis, Esq., of Warren,
and W. A. Johnson, of Delaware, are
planting at Ridgway, on the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad, more than two
thousand acres, (making two hundred
thousand trees,) in peach trees alone.
They have, besides, a large amount of
apple and pear trees and many thousand
grape vines Such enterprises as these
will soon tell on the wealth of the whole
State. Hal. Sentinel.
Earthquakes continue aloug the coast
of Chili and Pent.
Rutherfordton, N. C, November 30,
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Governor's Message.
The following are the most important
extracts from Governor Holden's mes
sage to the General5 Assembly. Th
entire document would occupy too much
of our space : and would interest but
few of our reader s :
STAY LAWS.
The law of creditor and debtor is of
the first importance. The? relations of
these two classes should be plainly and
carefully defined, and , contracts should
be promptly enforced. Our State gov
eminent will not be in complete opera
tion until every impediment to the col
lection of debts is removed. Stay laws
which give indulgence beyond the usual
dilatory plea, or beyond the ordinary
stay of execution on sufficient security,
are, under any circumstances, of doabt
ful utility. The evil day" of payment,
as it is termed, is postponed in many
cases to be felt withi added force by the
debtor. A sound an judicious credit
system should not be discouraged, but
should rather be fostered and maintain
ed ; but such a system is mpaired, if
not destroyed, by general Jaws which
may be said to place the creditor for
years in the handsofthe debtor with
the certainty in many:cases of the loss
of the debt. The debtor may plead for
indulgence and leuity as long as it is
reasonable to do so, or as long as there
is a well grounded assurance that he
will be able to pay but complaint may
justly proceed front the creditor, who
has certainly wronged no one by first
extending credit for his property or
goods, and by subsequent indulgence
kinds have been in operation in this
State for years. I say nothing as to
their constitutionality ; but even when
the unfortunate condition in which wc
have been placed during tnis period is suing ycarB including his salary, will not
considered, it cannot be assumed that exceed five thousand dollars. I recom
the debtor will be harshly treated if mend an appropriation to cover that
now required to meet his obligations. amoun
The losses incurred by the rebellion are
not confined to particular cases. I hey
were general, affecting the whole people RlcllM0NDf Nov. 20. Chief Justice
of the whole State in every walk of so- Chase wU1 arrjve Qn Monday topreside
ciety. If a debtor cannot pay in the at the Fall term of the United States
last resort, after reasonable indulgence Circuit Court. Hon. Jefferson Davis, it
has been extended to him, he is a bank- is understood, will appear by counsel,
nipt. What renders him a bankrupt at present arranged, unless the Gov
whether the rebellion, or his own im- eminent should make a different re-
providence, or want of economy or
foresight is not material to the argu
ment. We may lament his misfortunes (fcjr Col. A. C. Avery, of Morganton,
and sympathize with him, but still the who was elected to fill the vacancy cre
fact remains that he is still in posses- ated by the disability of Col. C. W.
sion of property which justly belongs
to his creditors, some of whom may
lave been reduced to hb condition by
lis failure to meet his obligations. The
only refuge of such a. person is to com-
nrnmise with his creditors, or to enter a
court of bankruptcy, or to make such
an exhibit and disposition of his prop
erty and effects as will satisfy his cred-
itors that he is fixed in an honest pur-
pose to do them justice. I do not by
any means concur in the opinion that
an honest bankrupt has incurred any se-
rious loss of character as a business
man. or that he should be distrusted or
avoided. Such a man, on the contrary,
has displayed honesty, moral courage,
and candor which entitle him to the re
spect and confidence of his neighbors,
especially when we remember that we
have just emerged from a condition in
which nothing was solid, and in which
nearly every one was involved in pecu
niary disaster and distress. Failure in
business or loss oi property snouid nui
stimulate to renewed exertion. The
honest, industrious and upright citizen,
howsoever reduced or depressed Dy
misfortune, will always find friends to
aid him in his efforts to improve his
condition.
I recommend that the stay laws be
1868.
repealed, and that creditor and debtor
be placed on a footing similar to that
which they occupied previously to the
rebellion
The homestead exemption provided
in the Constitution, even if not good
against former debts, will nevertheless
operate beneficially in the future. It
will secure a home for the family in any
event ; and it will have a salutary effect
to a certain extent in checking extrava
gance in the credit system.
THE MILITIA.
Attention is invited to the Report of
tne Adjutant General, herewith submit
ted. The views and suggestions of the
Adjutant General have my entire ap
proval. he opinion of Washington,
uttered in 1790, that a "free people
ought not only to be armed, but disci
plined," and that a well-organized mi
litia is certainly an object of primary
importance, whether viewed in reference
to the national security, to the satisfac
tion of the community, or to the pres
ervation of order," is not less weighty
or important now than it was then.
The expenditure incurred thus far
on
account of the militia is quite small. I
did not deem it expedient or necessary
io avail myseu ot the power conferred
upon me to purchase arms. A consid
erable quantity of arms, with necessary
equipments and ammunition, has been
procured without cost, save for trans
portation. It is important that the mi
litia should be enrolled, bat it is not
deemed essential that the entire body
should be disciplined or drilled. The
recommendations of the Adjutant Gen-
will, the approval St the General As
sembly. It is estimated that the expenses of
tho Adjutant General's office for the en-
Trial of Mr. Davis.
Luirement
Jones, and Col. Oates, of Mecklenburg,
elected to fill the place of Mr. Hall
deceased, have been denied their seats
in the State Senate, by the Radical ma-
jority Further consideration of the
matter has been deferred until Decem-
ber 10th.
ti Any person having . old papers,
letters, or other manuscript, HKeiy to
afford information concerning the early
nistory oi mis county, us lammes,
growth, Ac, would confer a favor by
furaishinS them to the Editor who Pro"
Poses to publish a series of sketches of
County History, &c
(0The Standard gives Grant (offi
cially) 12,009 majority, with Sampson
j and Yancey counties to hear from. The
j official majority for Seymour in Yancey
was 1C9.
fj3r Holden estimates the vajue of al
the property in the State at two hun-
, , miUion. Others estimate it at two
hundred and fifty mniion. After four
year5 Radical it may be estimated
at or near thb figure 000,000,000.
'.
The official Democratic majority
in Georgia is forty-six tbessand five
hundred and fifteen.
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( IN ADYANCK.
N. C. Synod.
The Synod of the Presbyterian Church
of ISorth Carolina convened in Wil
mington on the 18th inst. The open
ing sermon was preached by Rev. A.
Currie, Moderator, at the close of which
the Synod was called to order. Rev.
Jacob Doll, Stated Clerk, proceeded to
call the roll. But a comparatively small
number of Churches were found to be
represented. The Synod then proceed
ed with an election for Moderator. A
vote was taken, resulting in the choice
of Rev. D. D. McRride for this position.
Revs. J. Rumple and L. C. Bass were
elected temporary Clerks.
Thursday, Nov. 19.
The Synod met according to adjourn
ment, and was opened with prayer.
The narratives on the State of reli
gion from Orange, Concord and, Fay
etteville Presbyteries, were referred to
the committee appointed to prepare an
address to the Church. " '
The Moderator announced the regu
lar committees.
The report of the Trustees on Union
Theological Seminary waf read and re
ferred to the committee on the Theo
logical Seminary. An Overture from
the Presbytery of Fayetteville, on the
division of the Presbytery, was receiv
ed and referred to the committee on
Bills and Overtures. Statistical reports
of the Orange and Concord Presbyte
ries were received and ordered , to he
spread upon the Minutes. The reports
of Orango and Concord Presbyteries,,
on Systematic Benevolence, were read,
pare a sketch of the Rev. W. S. Pharr,
was read and received.
It having been reported to the Synod
that Rev. John D. Wilson and Rev. W.
B. Watts, of Concord Presbytery, hsd
died since the meeting of the last Syn
od, the following committee was ap
pointed to present a brief memorial du.
ring the present session, viz: Rev. R.
hapman, D.D., D. A. Patrick, JrH and
lderW. A.Wood.
The report of the Trustees of tho
Synod was received and referred to tho
committee on Trustees report.
Rev. Neill McKay, the Synodical
agent, submitted his report on Educa
tion, with accompanying resolutions.
Lengthy addresses were then made on
his subject by Rev. Dr. Haoner and
Rev. Dr. Baird.
Friday, Nov. 20. Morganton was
chosen as the place of the next meet
ing of the Synod, and Wednesday be
fore the first Sabbath of October, 7
o'clock, P. M., 1869, the tixae.
We condense the above from tha
proceedings in the Wilmington Star and
Journal. fs'
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One vote and a contrary pig were the
means of the declaration of the war of
1812 with Great Britain. Tea fieigb-
bors, having ad joining farms in Rhode Is
land, got into a dispute about the deprc
dations of a pig belonging to one of then-.
They went to law about it, and ca tb
day a United States Senator was to be
elected by the Legislature, ttay were
obliged to attend court. One of thesa
was a member oi the Assembly, a Hart
ford CcuventioaUts, and oppecsd to th
war. His vote would have eleeted ca
anti-war Senator, but in oonsecucpco oeT
his absence a war man was .chosen, and
war was declared by one majority in tho
Senate. It is farther related tnat this
member of the Legislature
elected by cao vote.
fc3R. W. Logan, Esq., hsa'pcTchased
half mteresita the Rutherford taf.
Brcn James Rothschild, hssd cf tb&
Hcrs, fa dead. '
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