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! I I VINDICATOR, J AO 5 J RUTHERFORDTON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 18, 1869. r 111 - i NO. 30. I' w - : , ., I nMo) Wornlnr, Oct. ! $2 00 1 UO - Si! ojr, ? fWnirla cous. lis IttUoUiH, in mUnct, , . .A4verllnff Kates i On Square, ten Ymvm . . . .fl 00 Each BuWqutmt inwrtioa ....... . . : &r Liberal rates V. monthly and yearly advertisers. Special AUvcrtislnir States (' ) fa mo I iawt Jw Oa iqMr. Two square, Thrr a m 4 00 7 00 14 M 20 t S 74 6 00 0 ,14 IK fl .3U 00. 5 00 8 00 11 W 10 XH- M 00 17 14 34K 6 mod 1 1 year $ J 00 12 00 1 00 20 UO M su oa fit) 00 19 00 - y oo 3i 00 40 11 M 8 90 00 AGEXTS FOR THE VIShlVATOR. Th. felUwtnR fatlM ar aatWwd to act as fBta for th WBflW TIKTom : Cp. Vf. I). Jot, Fitron, K C. Tiomt tc Bbwtb na, Charlotte, " Job L. Moos a, Sbi.lby, " U. P. C. KoaKMTs, Stockville, 11. Hicks, Columbus, , Ti " ... Hiu...i & Mkmct, 41 rik JRcw cw ot. Coa, WttnmiLt ft Co., I'hilaaelphio, r. Hosacs 1i.u, 23 ConKri'M strort. H'"""- -Wai.bck, Kta ft Coswi:i,t., Olntrlton, f. i PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Churchill &. Whiteside, irmwJEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, KUTHEKFOI'DTON, X. c. 1171LL practice in all the Court of West TT crn North Carolina, in tho bupreinc Court of the State, and in tU District, Circuit and Supremo Courts of tho L. o. i. . cuvacmLL. e whitmhw:. aprl'2-tf Prolbssional Card. DU. J. t'ltATOX havinsrutunicd iroin the North, wilt attend to all -ro-fuMHional call an hn;toforo. Dr. J no. W. Harris, WILL fci'c prompt uttuiition to all pro fessional ralU, and hopts to innt a continuance of hiH lon i-stnl.li.thcd prai tic-. Han constantly on hand a fine mpply ot IlriiL'M at Lis otheo inKullirin kiiuii, o - pure dtt 1 ') A JJr. Hicks, ' ' nUTilEHFOUDTON, N. C. CONTINUES tho practice of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifcr), in lliithcrtorJ and th surrounding counties Charges mod erate : ' . mal l.vr Jus. L. Carson, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLIC ITOR IN BANKRUPTCY. KUTIIKHFOKDTDX, X. C WILL givo his undivided attention to the practice of his profession in tho Su preme and Federal Courts, and will attend to all husiuess entrusted to his rar ill tho courts of Law and Kquity f-r the Seventh and Eighth Judicial Districts of Xorlh Carolina, doc 13 spirit of emubtion, quickens energy AWflTTTT and imnarta lfnirwlpdrw nnA Annfidonra ' AAlUAAAA Agricultural papers have the same ef fect on the farmer that political papers have on the politician the Bible on the christian. The farmer has nerves and brains, and needs to be stimulated and quickened. A good weekly and monthly agricultural is tho very thing to do it. ' The three great essentials are : First, the theory (true plan) of farming; sec ond, the art of controlling labor, and executing all work to the best advan tage with least labor ; third, (last and best) success depends on a quick per ception, wise judgment, that seldom or never errs. How is this to be acquir ed,' except by the use of books, in con junction with practice ? In conclusion, I will say, to succeed you not only must be superior to your laborers, you must be so far ahoad of them that they shall know that your plans are wise, easy to put in practice, and certain of success. Then they will follow you in a charge, as good soldiers will the best of generals. The laborer must have confidence in the man who directs. How are all these qualifications secured ? I repeat, through books, hard study, observation and practice. Very truly, vours, DAVID DICKSON. Filibnstcr (!) in Wilmington. Dr. Thos. S. Dully, COXTIXUES tho Practice of M.dieinc. Special attention paid to Operations in Surtry. Office hours from nine o'clock, a. m., to one p. m. dec 16 31. 11. Justice, ATTORNEY AT LAW, KUTHKKFORDTOX, X. C. ClLAIMS collected in all partd of the State. ) doc 1 5 Drs. Uuckcr & Twitty, TTAVIXO associated in the practice of I A.X Medicine in all its hranches, respect fully offer their services to tho public. Thankful for past favors, they hope, hy prompt attention to all t ails, to merit a con tinuance of their established practice. Charge raoderato. Office in tho Androw Moore House, first door above J. A. Miller &. Co. janll AGRICULTURAL. . , Book Farming, r ' From the Southern Cultivator. V: Bmbta, Ga Feb. 24th, 1808. Vifort Southern Cultivator: Some men aro bom generals, some mechanics, some- orators, some farmers some adapted to one profession and some to another but tho great mass of menhavo to read, ttudy and practice, to become effi cient in any calling they may select, and if they apply themselves faithfully and do not rise above mediocrity, they should quit that business and' try some other. Whatever ha been accomplish ed by man can be done again, ' and ought to bo done better, with all the accumulated knowledge of the past be fore us. What is book-farming ? It does not mean to take a hook in your hand and go to the field, but it means you should read and 6tudy everything that you can possibly bring to bear on farming, aud store it away in your head. But be bure to master tho subject, and learn the true plan. This is the science of agri culture. Study bad practice as well as good, and learn of the latter the errors that you may avoid tboui. Read books until you become so perfect in theory, and iu the u-e of tools and manure, that you will have coulidf nco and tho nerve to act, aud act ut cuce not lose time running about to your ueighbors, to see when to do a thing and how to do it. Do not let frost or wet or dry wcathrr rau.se you to doubt cr dally. Fortify yourself with books before you begin such books as will teacli you everything necessary to your success ; aud do not forjret that you can Jearn something from ulmost every profession. liook-lariuing means for the farmer, just what book-learning does for tho physician. The medical student must read all tho books and attend all tho lectures, aud tho dissecting rooms, until he can puss, then take his medicine uml instruments, go out to practice, and test his knowledge. So with book farming. You must road and study, not only Agricultural books, but all books that will apply in any way to that profession. You need the knowledge of a gener al, to enable you to discipline your la borers to como to time to move all at once to know when to charge aud whon to retreat. You need the knowl edge of a banker, when your money is made, to know how to invest it, (and this is a very important point. You want the knowledge of a book-keeper that you may keep your accounts cor rectly, lu this, many farmers fail .1 f 1 . 1 1 .1 " 1 i, i mi , rnej wui uiemseives, not snowing now i smau ooat. j.ne .Vip.'i.i, wa to keep debtor and creditor accouuts chartered by the Governmet, th) 'et in debt ana beeomo bankrupts be fore they are aware of it. You must havo some knowledge of mechanics and machinery, or you will never know how to keep implements and machines in ordor or use them ; and if the far mer is iffnoi ant, how cau ho instruct the laborer ? You should even have a sufficient knowledge of law to know how to keep out of the courts. You should havo some knowledge of com merce and trade, for you have to buy and soil. You should learn from the merchant order and punctuality. This is no email item in a life-time business. How is all this to be acquired ? By roading and hard study, aud making an application of the knowledge acquir ed. Knowledge is power, in airricul- SCANDAL. Why Char s JMckcns Sep arated 'Oin His Wife His Owyr.ltatemont. lemi fBoBton ffolioj The great no" list prefaces "his letter as follows x -ttT a' have not only my full permission I show this, but I leg you to show th!, to anyone who wish es to do me rigL or any one who has We therefore t&!)'Yleasure in present ing his statement to our readers : "Mt Dkatb'M "j : Mrs. Dickens and I have live&tonhappy together for many years. ftr?dly any one who has known us intimC-'aly can fail to have known that we ere, in all respects of character and trmperament, wonder fully unsuited to each other. I sup pose that no two people, not vicious in themselves, ever were joined together, who had greater difficulty in und r standing one another, or who had less in common. An attached woman ser vant (more friend to both of us than a servant), who lived with us sixteen years, and is now married, and who was, and still is, in Mrs. Dickens' con fidence and mine, who had the closest familiar experience of this unhappiness in London, in the country, in France, CIDNEY & M'AFEE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SHELBY, X. C. OltACTlCE in the Superior Courts of Went JLi era North Carolina. maylO-tf JOHN T- BUTLER TIUCTICAL Wntcli and Clock Maker, JEWELLER, Ac, MAIN ST., CHARLOTTE, DEALER in yk.ee Watches and Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles and Watch Materials, ic. Fine Watvhea, Clocks and Jewel ry of cvury description repaired and warranted for twelve mouths. . C3T Work lelt at the Vindicator Office will bo forwarded at my expense. jan!5 N. C. i Harness Manufactory. A. Dr Farnsvvorth, 10GAXS STORE, X. C. RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has opened a new Harness Shop, near Logan' Store, whe e he is prepared to do all vvoi'K in nis line ana at prices to suit the hard times. Give u a call. fe'21-ly W. P. LOVE Cc7, : SHELBY, N. C, 1VHOLESALE dealers in IJqtivrs ot f V i ell kiads. The tmdesuppl rail at lowest rates, and dealers are respect full v invited to examine their large stock. fanrl'J-tf Tinware. I AM now prepared, at my old stand in Jtuthcrfordton, to furnish tho public with Tinware. I have secured tho services of a Xo. 1 work man, enabling me to fill all orders. REPAIRING done at short notice. Tinware sold by retail or wholesale. II. D. CARRIER. " fclfi-tf 3?iano lor ISale. frrril a nrwr or v-r r . . . f li.U JOT saio low for cath. Apply to -Tt (f TJPITOR ViypiCAXOR. turo as well as other things ; and how are you to get knowledge ? Ouly by reading, study and application. With knowledge you can use the hand as well as the tongue, more effectively. You niu&t learn the use of tools. A man that has a perfect use of tools, can do double the work oue can who knows nothing about their use. Railroads and steamboats have brought men to gether, and have furnished a partial remedy for want of books. Messrs. Editors, cau you tell what the farmer is now gaining by the uso of manures, and by the knowledge re ceived through agricultural r.apers? Or can you tell what is lostjto Georgia by not taking tho agricultural papers, and keeping up with the improvements of the day 't Jiy reading agricultural papers, each farmer mayj learn aud practice all tho improvements of every farmer in the State. Who ! would not subscribe and pay for an agricultural paper, lor such a reward as that ? No man has a right to put his light under a bushel. Farmers come out aud let your lights shiue ! If you can not aiford to gie it away, by contribu ting to the Southern CuUicator, put it in book-form and sell it. If you have improvod tools, take out patents for mem ana sen the rights, or give them to the public. Young men, road, practile and qual- y yourseivea lor one ot the noblest ot tailings. Do not commence wheie your lathers did, but whero they are now, and w hero the best fai mers in tho state are, and being younl, active aud vigorous, make every effort to surpass the best. Be assured theio is much to learn yet. Meftrs. Editors, call on all the far mers to subscribe und pav for your pa per, and contribute to it : and at civmi periods, condense all the matter, put it in book-form for tho use o the present and future generations. ldo not think you have a single reader that would contend that, if all the agricultural books were sealed up, and all the agri cultural papers stopped, and associa tions of farmers abandoned, that agri culture M ould advance much this gen eration. It would certainly fall back during tho next. Agricultural reading (especially monthly paper) ljcla a From the Wilmington Journal, 7th.l Considerable sensation was created in our city by the arrival of a regular ly commissioned Cuban man-ol-war in our port last evei.ing. This vessel sails under the name of the "Cuba,'' and arrived in tho harbor below Saturday afternoon about five o'clock. She put in for coal, having none but hard coal, almost entirely unfit for use, on board, and with ono of her engines disabled. She had also encountered the late gale, and the captain claims that he put in in distress. One of the officers arrived in the city Sunday morning and chartered the tug Alpha to proceed to Smithville and then take a small vessel which had been chartered in tow, bringing her to tho city and towing the boat back after loading her with the desired supply of coal. The custom house authorities got wind of the matter and a Govern ment oifcer was dispatched ou the Alph a and reconnoitred and reported the true character of the vessel. The olBcer w ho had engaged the coal after return ing to the city on tho Alpha, got w ind of the position ot matters, and loft on Sunday night about two o lock in a th-.-ii era it loadinjr with coal was seized, and United States Deputy Marshal Netf, supplied with t ie proper papers from the United Stated Commissioner, went down yesterday morning, leaving quite early, for the purpose of seizing the armed vessel where she lay under the guus of Fort Caswell. The Marshal found the vessel to be as represented, was politely invited on board by the Commander, to whom he exhibited Lis papers. The officer exhi bited his commission from tho Cuban Government, not pretending to deny who ho was; he objected to being seized and brought up by the Government officials, as he had put in here in dis tress, lie consented, however, to come up to the city voluntarily, and gave his personal pledge to remain m port until the matter was settled by the Govern ment, which being agreed to by the Marshal the vessel proceeded up as stated last evening. The Collector of Cus toms then telegraphed all th facts to tho Government at Washington, laying the whole case before it for action. Many dispatches passed over the wires, but no disclosurers are m&de as to the dis position of ihe ship. ! THE VESSEL, ' as is stated above, is now known as the. Cuba, and was formely called the Hornet; and during the war was a blockade runner wmcli made one or more trips into this port, aud was finally captured under the name of Lady Ster ling. She is a line craft of great speed, and a sister ship of the North lleath sunk just previous to the evacuation of Wilmington by the Confederate forces, about three miles below this city. W II EKE FITTED OUT. The Cuba, as reported by the Captain was fitted out at sea. Tho last port that. she is known to have sailed from is llalifax, N. S., where there are re ports of her having been seized by tho in Italy, wherever we have been, year alter year, month after month, week after week, day after day, will bear testimony to this. 4 Nothing has, on many occasions, stood between us and a separation, but Mrs. Dickens sister, Georgine Ho garth. Fro:m the age of 15 she has devoted herself to our house and chil dren. She has been their playmate, nurse, instructress, friend, protectress, adviser and companion. In the manly consideration towards Mrs. Dickens which I owe to mv wife, I will merely remark of her that the peculiarity of tier character has thrown all the care of the children on some one else. I do not know I cannot by any stretch of faucy imagine what would have become of thorn but for this aunt who has grown up with them, to whom they are devoted, and who has sacrificed the best part of her youth and life to them. " She has remonstrated, reasoned, suffered and toiled, and como again to prevent a separation between Mrs Dickens and me. Mrs. Dickens has often expressed to her hor senso of her affectionate care and devotion in the house never more strongly than with in the last twelve months " For somo years past Mrs. Dickens has been in the habit of representing to me that it would be better for her to go away and live apart; that her al- made ways increasing est ramjrement mental disorder nuder which she some i Uuie-i labors ; mote, ttiat she felt her self unfit for the life she had to lead as mv wife, and tl at sue would be far better away. I have unfortunately re piiod that she must bear our misfortune, . Written for the Western Vindicator. In the Gold Mines. BY B.. A. S. Far down 'n?id the rocks in tho ravine deep Where the snake and tho lizrard day-vigil keep; Where the grecn-lcaf 'd boughs half shut out the light, And the gnarled old roots have woven tight ; Where never a sound but the trickling rill Disturbeth the weight of the silenco chill There alone, all alone, from the grey of dawn 'Till the sombre twilight drifteth on, I search keenly search for the scales of gold That covertly lie 'ncath the forest mould. What if the day seemeth long and drear P What tho' the night bringeth no one to cheer? Though lowly my cabin, and frugal toy store, Though bronz'd, and in rags, and oft weary and sore, I care not for Eolitude laugh at fatigue, And ciy song peals along the ravine as I dig, And my hopes grow big, and my heart grows bold, As nightly I gloat o'er my glittering gold ; For I know that far off in a cot by the sea, A loved oce is watching and waiting for me. Then why should care that the valley is still? That the wind shrieks sadly and cold o'er th' lull? I hear not ; I heed not ; I ask for no more Than tho clink of my pick the clink of the ore. There is joy in that sound awake or in dreams There is hope in each ray of the golden gleams; For oh ! is there not in a cot by the sea One watching and waiting with welcome for me Watchiug with eyes that oft sparkle in tears Waiting with lore unchanged in long years ? Autumn. There is a glory on the earth to-day, There is a spirit in the changing trees. There is a soft, low murmur in my heart, And on tho breeze. Sweot Autumn sheds a gentle influence now, Tho world is clad in beauty and in light ; Tho sunshine shimmers softly through tho trees, And all is bright. Some spirit has made love to every flower That breathes its love out on the passing breeze; Some magic hand has thrown a witching garb Upon the trees. For all tho blossoms blush they seem rare gems From the bright land of dreams. Inearth ward flight. Some seraph's wing has swept the trees and kit Gleams of light. Above us bends the silent, cloudless sky, And o'er its depth lone bird winjsits flight; Sjen for ono moment then, like gilded hope, It fades from sight. The spirit of tho wind has struck his harp, Hut altered is the inu.Mc of tho lav; Tho notes are wailing, and the burden is ' l'atsing away." V e lovo to linger out. Tho dep, blue sky Seems iwan-er now than when the summer's litre ; Kissing1 the Baby. It was once the lot of the writer to dwell in the white tents of Camp Har rison, in Georgia, in the lower part of the State, where families are always far between, and much more so in war times. For long weeks we had not seen a woman or a child. At last the railroad through the camp was repaired, and in the first train there was a lady, with a wide awake, blue-eyed, crowing baby. Some hundreds of rough soldiers were around the cars, and Capt. Story, of the 57th Georgia Infantry, was the biggest and roughest among them, if we may judge of the tree by its bark The lady, with the baby in her arms, was looking from a window, and he took off his hat and said, ' Madam, I will give you five dollars, if you will let me kiss that baby." One look at his bearded face told her .that there was nothing bad in it, and saying, with a pleased laugh, " I do not charge anything for kissing my baby, it was handed over. The little one was not afraid, and the bushy whiskers, an ghth of an ell long, wore just the playhouse it had been looking for. More than one kiss did the Captain get from the little red lips, and there was energy in the hug of the little round arms. Then other Voices said. Pass him over here, Cap r and, be fore the train was ready to move, half a hundred meu had kissed the babv. It was on its best behavior, and kicked and tugged at whiskers, as only a hap py baby can. It was an event of the campaign ; and one giant of a moun taineer, who strode past us with tread like a mammoth, but with tear-dimmed eyes and quivering lips, said, "By George, it makes me feel and act like a fool ; but I've got one just like it at home.' Figure Head Relioiox. The Mont gomery Advertiser, on this head, says : A gentleman from Autaga told us a day or two ago that out on Mulberry Creek ; the negroes hae changed the churches ' into temples devoted to Venus Anoth er from Shelby tells us that there tho negrous build fires and dance around them, worshiping the images . which their imaginations picture in the flames. Another tells us that a negro informed him that we cannot get religion until we die and are buried three daw and : return from the dead in another shape. This confused idea results from the fact ' that the negroes no longer listen to white preachers. It is plain to what it ' wm lead. Human sacrifices would be . the corrollary. We mast get back to a white man's government, or we will, have Dahomey at our doors- Radical-' ism, negro suffrage and figure-head' religion aro neccossary concomitants. Historical Remi&iscesce. Writes the Bay St. Louis (Miss.) correspondent of the St. Louis Times, under dato of September 14: At the distancs of a few miles west of Bay St Louis, between it and St. Joseph's Island, is the locality where tne poweriul .bnglisu fleet that came in 1814, under Admiral Cochrane, to as sist Gen. Fackenham in taking New Orleans, met and destroyed the Ameri can fleet under Commodore Ap Jones, after a desperate and gallant struggle. The remains of the ill-fated gunboats still lie here on the bottom of the shaP low sea, and the only remaining tnonu umont is a large 24-pounder that did good service in that naval action on board the American gunboat Seahorse, and which lies now within three hun dred yards of my front door in soven or eigh.t feet water. Upon the tar. Yes, there is music in the fallen leaves ; They breathe the spiiit of the mighty past ; They wake a cord In each heart as they sigh, Bright davs fly fast." and fight the fight out to the end ; that The rustling leaves a melting murmur cast tne children were the hrst considera tion, and that I feared they must bind us together 4 in appearance.' "At length, within these three weeks it was suggested to me by Forster, that even for their sakes, it would surely be bettor to reconstruct and rearrange the unhappy home. I empowered him to treat with Mrs. Dickeus as the friend of bo'h of us for one and twenty years. Mrs. Dickens wished to add, on her part, Mark Lemon, and did so. On Saturday last. Lemon wrote to Forster that Mrs. Dickens gratefully and thankfully accepted' the terms I pro posed to her. Of the pecuniary part of them, I will only say that I believe they are as generous as if Mrs. Dickens were a lady of distinction and I a mac. of fortune. The remaining part ofj them are easily described my eldest boy to live with Mrs. Dickens and to take care, of her ; my eldest girl to keep my house, both my girls and all my children, but the eldest one, to live with me in continued companionship of their Aunt Georgia, for whom they have all the tenderest affections that I have ever seen among young people, and who has a higher claim (as I have often declared, for many years,) upon my aSection, respect, and gratitude than anybody in this world. " I hope that no one who may become acquainted with what I write here can possibly be so cruel and unjust as to put auy misconstruction on our separa tion, so far. .My cider cliildren all un derstand it perfectly, and all accept it. " There is not a shadow of doubt or concealment among us- My eldest 6on and I are one as to it all. From the XeV Orleans Picayune, Our Baby. One more little life Its duties to fulfill ; To conquer and subdue, One more human wilL One more little heart To love through weal and woe ; Two more little hands Kind blessings to bestow. Two more Uttle feet, To shun the paths of sin ; To choose the narrow road. And loarn to walk therein. One. more littlo tongue To lisp the praise of Qod ; One more little form To lie beneath the sod. One more spirit bright To swell tho throng above ; And ono more cherub voice To sing lludeming Love. Sou'.hern young men should note of the dissensions, with their fatal re suits, that prevail among the Cuban in surgents. Jealousy of the foreigners brought about the assassination of two Generals, deprive Jordan of his inde pendent command, and necessitates a complete re-organization of the insur gent force. Foreigners are wanted only as so much food for powder to stop a Spanish bullet that might other wise reach a Cuban patriot. For such service Americans will do verj' well, but Generalships are for Cubans These are the plain facts of the dis patches in Saturday's issue, given out, too, trom Uubau sources, in connec- tion with this we quote the loiiowinjr from a letter of II. M. Wolters, late Major on Gen. Jordan's staff, written to El Cronista, of New York : Thora is not an American at tho present time enlisted, under the insur gent flag, from Gen. Jordan, the Amer can leader, down, who if he could get away would not willingly embrace the opportunity. Ihe Americans are the only ones who will meet the enemy in open combat, the Cubans always firing one shot and then retreating to tho bush. Col. War ren, of Brooklyn, who went out on the Perritt, having lost all his men, and wishing to return to the United States, made an application to the President, C. M. Cespedes, but he refused him point blank, giving as his only reason that he did not want an American to leave the island, once ho came on it. Gen. Quesada, the insurgent chief, said in my presence he would as soon shoot an American as a dog, as he only cared for them for fighting purposes, without the least expectation of ever rewarding them with any position, civil or military, in the directorship of sffairs in the lu ture. if the cause should be successful thev are battlincr for I have seen wounded Americans left on the road side or battlefield to die of their wounds, when at all times and in nearly every instance the Cuban was cared for. Now, let the impetuousyoung filibus ter look before he leaps. Married Twcnty-S even Cents Worth. Humility. A fanner went with his son into a wheat field to sec if it was ready for the harvest. ' See, father," exclaimed the boy, "hovt straight these stems hold up their heads. They must be the best ones; Those that hang their heads down I am sure can not be good for much." The farmer plucked a stalk of each kind and said : " See, here, my child. This stalk that stood so straight is light-headed and almost good for nothing whilo this that hung its head so modestly is full of the most beautiful grains." authorities and being forced to pay a considerable sum before released. ARMAllEST AND MEN. The Cuba has an armament of some six guns and is manned by about one hundred men, with between twenty-five aud thirty officers. She is well fitted out in every respect and is quite a formi dable craft. orriCEKS. The officers are all gentlemen, and as fiue looking and handsome sot as ever walked a quarter deck. Commodore Iliggins, the Commander, hails from Norfolk Ya.; several others are Virgin ians, and nearly all of them hail from tho South and were in the 1 ouiederate army. Commodore niggins was a lieutenant in the navy before the war, entered the Southern army and was a brigadier-general under Pemberton at Vicksburg, and' now has his full rank in the Cuban navy. He, Dr. McNuIty, Captain Ingraham and Mr. Phillips came ashore last night and took quar ters at the Purcell House. They were T o wicked persons, who should have spoken very different of me, in consideration of earned respect and gratitude, have (as I am told, and, in deed, to my personal kuowledge,) cou pled with this separation the namo of a young lady for whom I have great attachment and regard. I will not repeat the name I honor it too much. Upon my soul and honor, there is not on this earth a more virtuous and spot less creature than that young lady. I know her to be innocent and pure, and as good as my own daughters. " Further, I am quite sure that Mrs. Dickens, having received this assurance from me, must now belive it iu the re- ppect I know her to have for me, and in the perfect confidence I know hor in her better moments to repose in my truthfulness, " Oa this head, again, there i- not a shadow of doubt or concealment be tween my children and mo. All is open and plain among us, as though we were brothers and sisters. They dressed in the regular blue uniform of! are perfectly certain that I would not the American navy, aud presented a; deceive them, aud the confidence among very firrc appearance. ns vithut a fear C New Haven has a machine that cuts 100,000 slate pencils a day. Dexter, it is said, can be trotted mile in two minutes. The Paris mint is issuing fivo-frank postage stamp bills. Count Kurowski, of the Polish Lan cers of the First Empire, has died in Pans, aged lUt The proprietor of the Revolution is cruelly styled a pantaloonatic. A Cleveland paper acknowledges tho receipt of a bouquet of fresh flowers, cut in California. The Spaniards are said to be gaining grouud in Cuba chiefly in tho shape of grave-yards. Parton, who abominates wine and segars. eulogizes Mrs. Stowe's fine taste and feeling. Tho rumored adoption of knoo breeches by polite society has raised the price of false calves. Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is called " His Bovinity" by his opponent. From Maine to Texas is now super seded by from Honda to Alaska. A New Yoik clothier has put in his window a pit-card announcing that he is in want of " thin coat makers." Texan papers say that more cotton will be raised in that State this season than can be saved. Prince Arthur has been sockiug after " a-moosement," but nary mooo did he cucrsed in bjrgrng. . In Virginia, where the law fixes tho marriage fee at $1, there is a reminis cence of a couple who many years ago called on a parson and requested him to marry them. " Vheie is my lee t said the functionary. The parties who were to unite their fortunes did so at According to a French observer, a section of a trunk of a tree is not a cir cle, but an elipse, tho transverse axis of which is usually in a direction east and west. More accurate observations, by the help of the compass, gives the interesting rosult that this axis forms tho same angle wit'i a trud east and west line that the plane of the elliptic doos with that ot the equator, aud the con clusion is drawn that it is the rotation of the earth that exercises this influ ence upon the form of a tree. II u moron. A store in Denver City conquers in this sign : FyNe KUT 2 bak O. A little girl describes a fan as " a thing to brush the warm off you with." Why can Americans who color their hair never become rebels ? Because rather than wear the gray " they'll dye. The first question that disturbed man was the woman question, and it bids fair to be the last. A New York druggist says he has prevented many a suicide by putting up cream oi tarter ior arsenic, u uior tunately it is too often tice versa. One of Brigham Young's daughters tried to elope with a young gentile, but was ruthlessly dragged home by Mor mon policemen. Papa, what is humbug ?" " It is," replied papa, " when mama pretends to be very fond of me, and puts no buttons on my shirt till reminded of it a dozen times." A petty punster whose ears will doubtless be clipped by the new mayor, says that New York city is now gov erned by Oakcy Hall, Tammany Hall, and Alcohoh A little boy on being asked to what trade be would wish to be brought up, once, and found the ioint amount t i replied : I will be a trustee bf the twenty-seven cents. "I can t marry poor, Dec ausc ever since papas occn you for that sum,' said the irate old gentleman. "A little bit ot servico will go a long way," suggested the male applicant. "Ah! no," said tho parson ; you .don't pay for the size of the pill but for the good you hope it will do you." The lass, intent on mar riage, began to weep, but the parson was inexorable, and the couple turned sadly to depart Just then a happy thought seemed to strike the forlorn maiden, and she turned and cried throu'h hor tears: "Please, sir, if you can't marry us full up, won't you marry us twontv-soven cents worth? We can come for the rest some other time." This was too much for tho parson, tie married tnem " iuii up, and they went on their way rejoicing a Mr. Johnson, Conservative, was elec t'ad to the Legislature from the county of Alexandria, Va., yesterday. In July this county went Radical by 125 majority. Mr. Johnson s majority in the town and country is 69. Samuel Portue. a negro member of the N. C. Legislature, was on trial for larceny in Washington. He was acquitted a trustee we've had pudding for dinner," The man who knew a bank whereon the wild thyme grew, is now in search of a bank where he cau get time on his obligations. He expects to find it 4 when the swallows homeward fly." Why, Sambo, how black you are 1" said a rcntieuian me oiner uy w negro waiter at the hotel. "Howui the namo of wonder did you get so black ? " Why, look here, massa, de reason ant dis : de day dis chile was born dcre was an eclipse;" " llow Is your husband, my dear?" asked one lady of another. " Oh, he's in a very bad state," was the reply. " And pray, what kind of state is he in r" persisted the other. " In State Prison." Early Thais ikg A Hartford four yesr old, saw his parents preparing for church, and asked them to take him with them. He was told that he was too little and must wait till he should grow bigger. Well," returned he. "you'd better take me now, for when T m hicrorAr T miv not want to ffo." Th?y ?rtv the point; hc-'WSts ran. J
The Western Vindicator (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1869, edition 1
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