The
Western
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY BY R. A. SHOTWELL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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Rutherfordton, N. ft, December 7, 1858.
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A Colored Man to Colored
People.
11. II. Cain, a colored man, member
of tho "Legislature " of South Caroli
na, and editor of the Missionary Record
of Charleston, gives some good advice
to his people. We publish below one
of his editorials. Because he told the
aiegroes some truths, they threatened
his life promised to burn his house,
etc., 6tc. :
WHAT IS THE REAL DUTY OF THE COL
ORED MAN IN THE SOUTH UNDER THE
l'RESENT CIRCUMSTANCES ?
Within the past week we have been
the subject of abuse by our own race
more bitterly than wc ever could have
conceived. When, three yoars ago, we
came to this city to occupy the position
of an humble missionary, we entered
into the work of instructing our race in
what we regarded of the most vital im
portance to their well-being. "We en
tered upon the work of preparing their
mind to .enjoy freedom as we understand
it. Freedom to enjoy all the rights and
immunities of citisens. Wc were aware
that the people had just emerged from
bondage and ignorance. We know that
no white man, North . or South, could
feel for them as we who are bone of
their bone and flesh of their flesh, and
therefore bound to them by ties which
could be severed only by death. We
were aware that, flushed with the new
born idea of liberty, they might go into
excesses, which would do them more
Jiarm than good. We addressed our
selves to the task of guiding them in
the path of peace, and at the rame
time maintain their honor and dignity.
We knew that two races were here
who had been educated differently, and,
of course, were unprepared for this new
change. The whites, who had been the
masters, could not brook the liberation
of their slaves with calmness, would
have their peculiar views, and would ex
hibit their feelings on all occasions.
We knew also that the colored people
could not possibly understand all the
momentous questions which would arise
in the course of reconstruction and the
political changes which were taking
place in our country Hence we de
parted from our strictly ministerial work
ifcid became interested in their political
education and elevation. We have
sought to respect the prejudices of the
-white while we allayed the murmurings
of the colored people ; we have been
earnest in defending their manhood
against all attempts to wrong them by
nny class of men from the North or
from the South. We have stood in the
breach and amid the hottest of the
fight ; we have lived to see the estab
lishment of the law of justice to all men
by the election of U. S. Grant, and the
sanction of the whole nation to the pol
icy of reconstruction Having seen
this, we feel that our mission is ended
in the political arena so far as parties
are concerned. We now stand as a cit
izen, identified with South Carolina as
such, and bowing to the supremacy of
the United States. Wre believe now
that the colored people in this State
ought to turn their attention to business,
to the agricultural and industrial pur
suits of life. We believe that the col
ored men in the South should now seek
the friendship of the whites.
We are all free and equal before the
law, and that is as much as any reason
able man can wish ; we know thnt the
whites have the superior advantages
over us in this country J wc know that
our race can not compete with them
now, if ever. The whites have govern
ment, country, law, commerce and all
the superior means of civilization ; they
are superior in numbers and intelligence
We are but coming out of Egypt, and
poor.
ifmorant. hrdnlpsui- nnrl u-p noor
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the helping hand of the whito race to
assist us to rise up to honor and distinc-
up
tion. It is mere folly for the colored
people in the South to say that the
whites cannot live without them ; capi
tal and labor must go together, or nei
ther can flourish. We cannot succeed
while wc disregard the mutual obliga
tions which exist between both races
The poor man must depend on the rich
for emploomcnt ; the rich, by their su
perior cducution and position, create
business for themselves and give em
ployment to the laborer.
Colored men of the South, it is time
we were turning our attention to other
duties than following the lead of irre,
sponsible politicians. Your wives and
children's interest demands vour atten
Hon. You should secure land, become
tax payers and industrious citizens. The
whole country have their eyes upon you
to sec how you conduct yourselves with
t he freedom bestowed, and if you mako
bad use of it you will be the sufferers.
Be warned in time, and secure your
own peace.
Signs and Tokens.
As there may possibly be some of
our readers who believe in "sigrns and!
tokens," we give them the following as
the very latest discoveries of the sages.
They will be found as correct as any
given heretofore :
The Gridiron To take down the grid-
iron from the nail where it is hanging, j
with the left hand, is a sign that there j
will be a broil in the kitchen.
A Funeral To meet a funeral pro
cession is a sign of death.
Pocket Book To lose a pocket book
containing greenbacks is unlucky.
Nails If a woman cuts her nails ev
erp Monday, it is lucky for her hus
band. n Itching Ear If you have an itch
ing car tickle your nose, and you will (
have an itching there, and ill
-luck will i
be averted.
Salt To spill salt accidentally into
a stew while it is -on the fire, is a proof i
that the family will meet with its alter
ations, (alter-rations.
X Cat AVhen a cat prepares to wash
its face, it is a sign that one in the house
will shortly receive a licking.
Warts To have sixteen warts on the j
left hand is unlucky ; to have the same
number on the right hand is. a sign that
you are unfortunate.
Spirits If a married man, while his
wife is in the room, takes up a bottle of
spirits with his right hand, it is a sign
that she will shortly be out of spirits,
and that her husband is going to liquor.
Stock Raising If a one-eyed-bull-don
flies at a stock-raiser's legs, it de-
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notes that a misfortune will happen to
his calves.
Bridal If you get on horseback on
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Monday mornidg, it is a sign that you
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will have a hand in a bridal.
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Luckv To stroke a green-eyed cat
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with a white spot on her nose is lucky,
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ami heavv purrs will be the consequence.
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Marriage If vou are 1:1 a house and
hear a baby cry) it is a sign of a mar -
riage or if it isn't it ought to be.
Imbvo-
glio.
The cause which js said to have led
to this sad tragedy said to have been
the publication of the following article
in the Southern OjAuion- of Saturday
last, the 21st inst :
AN ELOPEMENT, iStA'ALLED, ON CLAY
STREET AN UTTER TEN FAMILY CON
CERNED DREADrL DENOUEMENT.
" Oh no, we never mention them." Old
air..
The Indian Summer had passed away,
and with it had passed a fair and ra-1
diant daughter of oneof our first citi
zens a nabob of Clay street a gentle
man who, suffice it to say, holds the
very first position in the wealthy and
fashionable circles cf the citv. The
daughter, the rebellnnt lltlene of the
family, is beautiful beyond description,
but her beauty did not prevent her from
falling desperately and irretrievably in
Love with a young gentleman of semi
tmlitaire connections, who, it appears,
some months ago, plighted his troth,
and accepted the tiny hand, grasping it
within his own
"Never to be parted; never for aye."
Nobody expected a mtssaUiance, much
less the father, until last Saturday night,
when the daughter, who was the light of
bis household, fled to parts unknown, or
at least only guessed,, hi company with
one (a masculine) who should ere then
have been proclaimed his son-inrlaw.
The runaway parties have been heard
from, and it is now said that the lady
pryclaims herself a wife of some six
months, and that her affianced is the
choice of her after life.
What God iiath!J6merff together letno
man put asunder."
The gay young man who has wished
away the angel, is a Lothario named Ho
race Ford, of Goochland county, which
county ought to be proud of him, as it
doubtless is. Horace is an orphan, just
plunging into his teens, and has lost
both of his parents by death. Much
property accrued to Horace in the shape
of money, chattels, goods, &c, and hav
ing converted the whole into "ready
i rhino," Horace ventured for a swim in
t of av life ancl love He met
r;ss jary Grant a beauty
"3Iet perchance the usual wTay ;
talked delicious nonsense, won her
heart, then half inclined to earnest
ness, threw it away. Ah ! me !
Then he sailed
"Oh, he sailed, oh, he sailed !"
the same as Captain Kid did.
Horace went to New Orleans, and not
having been shipwrecked by the way,
telegraphed or wrote his beloved. Thus
it went on through the sultry month of
August, the crimsoned period of Octo
ber, when the forests change their gar
ments, down to dull, chill November.
Alas, that love should never run
smooth, in an even current, but love
never did and never will, so they say.
She responded, all unknown to the weal
thy dad, and he replied. Thus affairs
progressed until Horace announced last
week that he was off for Texas rhrht
away, and couldn't stop for trifles like
an affianced.
Then it was that the girl of the period
made up mind and bundle. She would
follow him -yes, she would follow him
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Being of age. and no longer the slave
of parental control, Miss Mary, on Sat-
! nrrlo v itifrlif lief tiorinrr Villi! lli-rnanf nrl
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j herself becomingly, deserted the pala-
tial mansion on Clav street, and cast-
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' mtr behind her wealth, society and
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friends, sought the office of a gentle
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man on Broad street, whom she minor
tuned to buv her a ticket to JSew lork.
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This gentleman, who is the pin of pro-
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pnety, refused, and Miss Mary sought
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; elsewhere and found the ready means,
j At all events she procured passage on
Thc- Grant-Pollard
the cars, and embarked on the 8 1-21
o'clock train, which carried her north
ward at the rate of wenty or thirty
miles an hour, if not as speedily as her i
hear heart desired. On the train, be
tween Richmond and Acquia Creek, she
was observed to weep bitterly by the
conductor, to whom she related her tale
of woe and distress.
Her departure created, of course, a
hubbub in the mansion on Clay street,
and amid the . wringing of hands and
loud expressions of distress, the tele
graph was invoked, and parties sent in
hot pursuit. It was surmised that
young Ford, instead of going off tc Tex
as "right away," as he announced, had
put for New York, there to meet his
Mary, and thither the detectives direct
ed their steps.
The upshot of the matter is, to make
a long story short, that Miss Mary has
been heard from ; that she is now in
Philadelphia, and that upon the whole,
there is a very sorry family history con
nected with the case, which is not with
in our province to reveal.
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Wonderful Freak of Nature.
One of the most peculiar freaks of na
ture ever exhibited anywhere may now
be seen at Ames's Museum, in this city
It is a young negress, about fourteen
years of age, with two distinct heads.
Both heads are perfect in form and fea
ture, each resting upon a separate neck
side and side, facing to the front. The
two faces are similar in feature and ex
pression, and what is most wonderful is,
that there seems to be a separate and
distinct brain organism, for the girl can
oll -mversn.tion r uthtti ' tiifferent "sub
jects at one and the same time. She is
very bright and intelligent, reading and
writing with accuracy.
Two gentlemen were conversing with
this wonderful girl yesterday at the same
time, when the one addressing the right
head made some ludicrous remark which
threw that head into a paroxysm of
laughter, while the face of the left main
tained an expression of the utmost se
riousness. AVhile there is a dual formation of
the head, there is but one trunk, the
girl eating and drinking with both
mouths alike.
A number of our first physicians have
visited this girl, and expressed wonder
at her peculiar organization. Ntw Or
leans Picayune.
A bachelor uncle, to whom his niece
applied for advice on the question of
choosing between two suiters, one of
whom was rich and the other poor the
latter of course being the most ardent,
as well as the favorite lover sentitious
ly replied ; "My dear, the question being
stripped of all ill illustory elements,
your choice simply lies between love
and beef. Nov.- love is an idea, while
beef U a reality. Love you can get
along without ; but beef you must have.
Therefore make sure of vour beef."
(Jr" If you wish to gain some valua
ble information, read the advertisements
in this paper ; and if you don't want us
to freeze to death, then bring us some
wood, or send $2 by the "small boy" of
the family.
Richmond, Nov. 27.
James Grant, who shot H. R. Pol
lard, was examined this morning, and
bailed in the sum of ten thousand dol
lars, to answer at February Court.
Memphis, Nov. 27.
Gen- Forrest has been arrested, on a
charge of shooting a Policeman in a
row at the race course.
Irritable Schoolmaster "Now then,
stupid, what's that next word ? What
comes after cheese ?" Boy "A mouse,
sir."
A Saintly Shindy, Almost.
1 he Washiagton correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun relates the following of
two Radical saints, the chaplain of Con
gress and the head of the Frcedmen's
Bureau :
The difficulty in the Congregational
Church of this city culminated in a per
sonal interview to-day between General
Howard and Rev. Dr. Boynton, Pastor
of the Church, who casually encounter
ed each other on the streec. General
Howard commenced the colloquy by
saving :
"I take this occasion to pronounce all
that you have said of me an unmitiga
ted falsehood."
Dr. Boynton "Do you mean to call
me a liar?'
Gen. Howard I mean what I say,
and pronounce your statement as an un
mitigated falsehood."
Dr. Boynton--Then you mean to call
me a liar?"
Gen. Howard "Yes, sir? I say that
you have lied."
Dr, Boynton "If sir, you had two
arms I should thrash you for insulting
me."
General Howard '"Never mind my
arm ; try it, and thrash me if you can."
At this point the reverend gentleman
turned away from the belligerent mem
ber of his congregation, and will no
doubt report the facts of the interview
to the "mutual council," which has been
summoned to consider and settle, if
possible, the unfortunate difficulties now
existing in this congregation.
The Milititw
In obedience to your order of the 9th
ult., I went North for the purpose of
procuring arms for the use of the De
tailed Militia, and obtained a loan,
which may be duplicated if thought ne
cessary, of three thousand Springfield
llifled muskets, with necessary equip
ments and ammunition, and at no ex
pense to the State, except for transpor
tation. Traveling expenses, $179 45
Freight on Ordnance Stores, 088 00
He proposes to substitute for the
present burlesque a volunteer force of
one-sixth of the Militia armed and
equipped, to be drilled three days by
company and to go into regimental en
campment four days each year.
He proposes to give the volunteers a
bounty out of the fine of $2 imposed on
those w ho do not wish to be enrolled.
He asks for authority to prepare a
"Roll of Honor" in which shall be re
corded " in letters of living light" the
names of North. Carolinians "who fout
for the flag of their country in the late
war."
Public Instruction.
Mr. Ashley reports that the Literary
Fund owns Railroad, bank and naviga
tion stock to the amount of $1,679,000
State Certificates 3S3.045
State' Coupons, 20,600
Coupons recently funded, 984
Total, $2,083,629
The total income from all sources is
about 32,982 70 per annum.
One million five hundred thousand
acres of swamp land also belong to the
Literary Fund. .
Mr. Ashley advises that this land be
placed in market at once.
He also asks for $30,000 for Normal
Schools.
Mississippi is becoming a wheat-growing
State. The planters are turning
their attention to this crop, and find the
soil admirably adapted to it. .
A marrying man in Brooklyn ha1
his fifth wife and five mothers-' 10
his house. His motto is, " 114
peace."