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Rockingham Rocket. WALL. Office: OVER EVERETT, WALL & COMPANY'S. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : One year, ............ : Six months, ...... 75 thB..:.v..V;.". .40 J. HI OV ah subscription accounts must be paid in advance. , Advertising application. rates furnished on THE PAST IS MINE. . O Memory ! Oh Memory ! . Adown thy paths I love to stray, And view, now here, some lovely flower, Now there, a bramble by the way. For1 who may pierce, with backward, glance, The vista of the perished years, ,: ' And not discern some olden ill That fills the eye with bitter tears ? ' ! With vines that trip and thorn that wound, The brambles may well typify Those errors of impulsive youth " That cause old age the burdened sigh. -.'...;.' i But then there comes the image fair Of one who blessed our early days, Whose presence seemed a spirit sent From those who walk celestial ways. The soft caress, the gentle voice, . That wooed the weary soul to rest Oh, how they thrill the elder life Now swiftly Bihking to its west I ; So tare of ill, so filled with good, Thy paths, though long, appear to me, I fain would linger in them oft, O Memory O! Memory I IT. 2E. Newhall in Current, HIS S HAVING BRUSHES. ' -There was upon the steamer on which Ave returned from Europe an elderly Jewish gentleman who free ly told any one who would listen all hia nffnirs Tip. whs in business it UUWliUt --.-W " " was true, but he travelled simply ninocro-rtK imn clmnlv for ir vv o of his monev. and alwavs exhibited his pose'ssions with the statement of their cost. He told us how "expen sive" his house was, and also the sealskin cloak of , madam e, his wife, who was not with bim ; but he was always polite and anxious to do those civil things which people can do On shipboard. I never saw him in any unpleasant mood, or uncivil to any one, but it appears that some thing about him irritated a passen ger by the name of Barley, who had more than once shown signs of the fact that he' had a furious temper and a private bottle. The fact had become the talk of the passengers, when one day a lurch of the steamer threw Mr, Moses1 violently against -Mr. Barlev. It was, as every One saw, -an entirely unavoidable acci dent, but Barley chose to look upon it as intentional. The result was a quarrel, nearly all on one side, and before any one was prepared for such an event Mr. Moses lay on the floor, Mr. Barley kneeling on his breast with a pistol at his victim's - temple. The unoffending man seemed, though he was large and well devel oped, to have no power of helping himself. He had doubled his fists in a weak way just once during the quarrel ; now, his hands lay open on fieir backs at his sides, and he gasp . ed violently. i ve always wanted to kill a Jew," roared Barley, with his finger on the trigger: "and now -" But I have grasped, his wrist, and the bullet buried itself in the floor ing of the cabin. Amidst the smoke and smell of gunpowder I dragged " Barley to his feet and disarmed him, and others helped up Mr. Moses, and led him out of harm's way Before many minutes the captain appeared upon the scene and exer te 1 his authority. Barley was-cabin passenger or not--safely locked up until he swore to keep the peace on the big Bible from the cabin : and Mr. Moses kept his room for : two days,' At the end Of that time he re-appeared, and came to sit with us on the deck. L - . Madam," he said to my wife,-! your husband saved my life. I will not prove ungrateful. I was in dan ger. Moreover, the "fact that it was prophesied by a fortune-tel- Ier that I should be murdered shot dead before I was 50 years old, to ok awav mv courage. It was ari w o old nurse, Old Miriam, who foretold the event, reading it in the cards, This is why I have kept my room tor two days. Yesterday, was mv fiftieth birthday. I am now safe trom bullets ; but you saved my life, ana l desire to live. I have a very iianaaome wite, obedient children, a very expensive house, - and a fine b usiness. I am' greatly respected ...oy my mends, who think there Is .no on.j like me. 1 wished to live B Y H. C. if. C. WALL, Editor and! Proprietor. V()L. III. naturally. You, madam, think it quite natural, I hope." " My wife replied "that indeed she did," and Mr. Moses added: "There fore my gratitude to you, sir," is eter nal." ' 7 - In due course of time we arrived at the port of New York. Our lug- gage was examined. some 01 our purchases were dutiable. Mr. Moses had a few little things ; a shall for his wife, a watch fof one daughter, and a musical box for another. He paid cheerfully, and laughed at the idea that a dozen shaving brushes would cost him more than he could have bought two dozen for at, home. "I have ten sons," said Mr. Moses, "the eldest is beginning to shave. I shall give them one apiece. You see there is a portrait of a different opera singer on the end of each han dle. They are of. imitation ivory." Finally we had lunch together, and said good-by. "I am living m Cincinnati," said Mr. Moses. "So we shall not meet often. But before I go, let me show you a little of my generosity. You have saved mv life. I am a most generous man, ana wnere one is grateful, why of course" he spread - i . . his hands abroad, and afterwards put one of theni into his pocket "I have but ten sons "he said. "One hsh for myself makes eleven. offer you the twelfth.. See the por- trait of Patti is upon the end. It is imitation ivory. Most ivory and bone shaving brushes have the han dle screwed on, I think. . It is thus convenient for packing m a short case; but this does not unscrew, you understand. I do not think the gift repays you. It is not value' receiv ed. Liite is priceless. 1 hat is your own opinion, I am sure. ' lie tlirust the brush into my hand, almost embraced me no oth er man ,can quite, embrace an American man and was gone. We laughed a little that night over Mr. Moses ana tne example of his generosity, and my wife hung the brush up and fell into a habit of calling it my medal, and speaking of it as the reward of my life-saving exertions. As I never saaved myself, but always confided my chin to a barber, I never used the brush. Five years passed. lhey were trying years. I slid back two leet for everv one I climbed. At last I did that maddest of all mad things I endorsed a note for an acquaint ance. The end was ruin, I stood one day in an empty house, from, which the auctioneer had that day sold eyery stick of fur niture. The house also' was gone ; wife's mother had "asked us home." She - was a v widow, living good soul! on a tiny income just suffi cient for herself, which, she assured us, would "stretch' I was in tha condition of mind which leads some men to suicide. I owed I no man a penny, but "I1 knew not how to be edn the world oyer again. Sudden 'Papa" cried my little boy, "they 'didn't sell the shaving Drush." He) pointed to where it hung on the wall, Overlooked or uncared for by ahy one; and :One of those sud tlnn fltfoMTH hf.Tnrv "wrnrii Imh ns fh wreak our ; wrath ;n inanimate ob jects, seized upon me. I clutched' the little brush, ut tered what my boy instantly de scribed as "a naughty word," and dashed it furiously upon the hearth As it fell, it broke into -twenty pieces, and my wne, with a little cry,' stooped to pick"it'up;; ! ; ' "Look !" she cried, as she raised her head.. : !'Look ! . Oh, what does this mean?'-'. h ' She held in. her, hand ,a , little I f 'wash- leather1 bag that had been hid -den in" the handle: of the brush, and a, bit of paper, on wjiich, as-' we strained our eyes over .it in the twi- light of the :empty room; we read these words : "Mv Preserver-I have,' in these twelve . innocent ' shaving brushes smuggled half a million in diamond Life ris priceless. - I am generous man.'.. These. contained in ths bag are worth ten-thousand dollars Rockingham. Richmond County, N. will deal fairly with you. Go to him ( you wish to sell them. Otherwise wear them for my sake, or let your wife wear them. It is not value re ceived ; it is a thank offering. Yours ever, Isaac Moses. P. S. I had these brushes made o order, as you see they do not, like most of the sort, unscrew from the handle. They invite no suspicion. i - - he little pictures are welded in af- ter tnenanaies are niiea. , 1 am called very acute by my friends I believe it myself. : v : I. M. Those diamonds saved me. I should like to tell Mr. Moses so, but I doubt if I shall ever see him again. 1 oeneve mat ne aid not sail under his real name , but surely he sketched his real character. He was grateful, and I have had, in deed, a sample of his generosity .-r- New York Ledger. v- THE WEDDING WAS A JOKE. A "Bit of Fan" Whem a Girl Cansas Trou- ble Later. Miss Flora A. Hastings, who was married "for fun" at Alleghany Sta tion, Val, Oct. 9, 1876, to James O. Kelly, has had the so-called mar riage contract annulled by the courts. At that time Miss Hastings was about seventeen years of age, and Kelly was about one year her senior. While she was standing upon the station platform about to take the cars, Kelly said her, "Let us be mar ried for fun." He represented that if she would consent to have the cer emony performed he would always regard it as a joke and would never claim that it constituted a legal mar riage. 'Upon the strength of these representations Flora gave her con sent to the marriage ceremony, which was then and there performed. She almost immediately proceeded upon her journey on the cars. Miss Hast ings always regarded the ceremony as a joke and never lived with Kelly, who never contributed to her sup- port, ohe diet not see the young man from that time untii June, 1883, although he was aware of her place of residence, and at that time she again visited Alleghany (Station ana saw Kelly. He instantly claimed ier as his wife, and asserted that the marriage ceremony was legal. Several years ago Miss Hastings brought an action in the Supreme Court of this State against Kelly, asking that the alleged marriage cer emony be annulled and declared void. She contended that it was the intention of Kelly at the time the ceremony was performed to falsely represent it as a joke and thereafter to claim that it constituted a legal marriage, and that he had procured her consent to it by false and fraud ulent representations. The case was referred to Abraham King, as referee, to take testimony and report with his opinion to the court. Upon the reference the following facts were brought out: In 1872, when Miss Hastings was about thirteen years old, her resi dence and that of her parents was in San Francisco, Cal.,,. She was an at tendant at the Notre Dame Academy at Baltimore, Md., and ivas taken by her mother to spend her vacation a the Sweet Chalybeate Springs in Vir ginia, where she became acquainted with Kelly. She spent her vacations yearly at this place, always stopping at the residence of Kelly's father, with his sisters, one of whom was a schoolmate of Miss Hastings. She went there in May, 1876, and re mained until about Oct. 9. : On the evening of that day Miss Hastings, in company with Kelly his two sisters and a priest, the Rev. Wm. Walsh, left the house and in an open carriage proceeded" to the railroad station, some nine miles dis tant ; They arrived there between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening. During the drive Kelly , in a jocose way, suggested a marriage, but noth ing further was said until their ar rival at the station. While waiting for the cays Kelly took Miss Hast ing's hand and said that it would be lots of fun to get married. The priest was standing alone on one side of the station platfcrm,: and Ivelly escorted Miss Hastings oyer and ask ed him to marry them. The priest inquired: "Jim, do you want to marry Flora ?" Jim laughed and i said "Yes." Father Walsh then said to Miss Hastings: "Flora, do you want to marry Jim ?" ; Her reply was, "I don't object," and he an swered, "All right, yes;" This ap pears to be all that occuTeo?atCthe time, and after it had happened Miss Hastings asked the priest if it was a real marriage, and he replied, "Nonsense." t Miss Hastings bade Kelly good-by at the station and in company with his sisters took a train for "Staunton, Va. Upon arriving there she went to a hotel and occupied a room with Kelly's sisters. The next morning she met him at the breakfast table at the hotel, he having arrived at that town by the same train with Miss Hastings, but without her knowledge. He made no reference o the marriage ceremony, and left the hotel that same afternoon and re- urned to Alleghany Station. Miss Hastings departed for Baltimore, Md.,to attend to her school, and con tinued to pursue her studies for sev eral years later. Kelly did not dur ing that time claim her as his wife, and made no efforts to see her. She was always known by her maiden name. Subsequently Miss Hastings re turned to San Francisco to her pa rents, and on April 25, 1878, she was married to Mr. Winfield Scott Keycs, by the Archbishop, at the Cathedral there. It being rumored that Kelly claimed her as his wife, Mrs. Keyes visited Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Va.J in 1883, where he resided, to earn the character of the rumors. She had an interview with him in the course of which he told her that ie considered his marriage with her a legal one, but would write to the priest and ascertain if it was legal. He did iwrite and said that he had received no reply. On July 17th, 1883, Mr. Keyes brought an action in the Superior Court of San Francisco against his wile to annul their marriage upon the ground of her alleged previous marriage with Kelly. In that action he also asked the court to award him the custody of their only child. It was on account of this suit that Mrs. Keyes , visited Kelly to learn whether he would insist that she was his wife. Referee King recent ly made a report in favor of Miss Hastings, or Mrs. Keyes. If the al leged marriage is to be considered in connection with the statutory re quirements of Virginia, the referee says, it is manifest that when the young and inconsiderate couple, in utter disregard of the provisions of the statute; without a license or the consent of their parents, and without the presence of witnesses, entered in to this form of ceremony, at a rail way station at night, they did not consummate'or lawfully join in mar riage. Th defendant's conduct in inducing the plaintiff to enter into this mock marriage and subsequent elaim upon her after the lapse of many years mustvbedeSmed a" fraud ulent one, and the plaintiff is enti tled to relief in equity from the al leged contract by which her reputa tion and her child have become in volved. The referee found that tfie alleged ceremony did not constitute a legal marriage contract. ; The re port of the referee has been confirm ed by Judge Andrews. New York World.; One pound of green copperas, costing seveln cents, dissolved in one quart of water and poured down a water closet, will effectually concen trate and destroy the fouletlmellsf On board steamboats, about hotels and and other public places, there is nothing so nice to purify, the air. Simple green copperas, dissolved under the bed in anything that will hold water, will render a hospital or other places for the sick, free from unpleasant smells. Tailors ought always to be able to please their customers, because it is their especial business' to suit peo ple. ' " V-: r V . TERMS: C, July 16, 1885. DARING DAUGHTERS OF DIXIE. X 'J' ''' ii ' - : Who Waa the New Berne Heroine ? The following incident was first related by the writer in a memorial address delivered in New Berne, N. C., many years ago. The name of the lady has never been divulged for prudential considerations, but it has been placed on record that her de- ints may know who she was, and, if worthyj of her, be proud to claim their descent from so heroic and daring a daughter of the South. The South was full Of such hero ines, and it is due to them that their deeds be published. The writer trusts that the narration ,of this fact will cause hundreds more to be writ ten. The "boys in gray" were not alone in glorious deeds ; their moth ers, wives, sisters, daughters and sweethearts vied with them in devo tion to the cause, and their good works should be preserved and hand ed down to posterity. In November, 1862, news was re ceived at headquarters, Kinston; N. C, that two generals of the Federal army, one of them commanding in North Carolina, would on a certain day pass from Morehead City to Ne w Berne. It was desirable, in view of certain contemplated move ments, to, capture the train and se cure the officers,. At 10 o'clodk p. m. I received orders to proceed at once to Trenton, take a detail from Major 'Nethercutt's command, and, if possible, capture the train. At 2 a, m. I reached Trenton, to find Ma jor Nethercutt absent on one of his usual scouting expeditions. Await ing his return at daylight I made myself comfortable, and was about to indulge in a morning's riap when the clatter of the feet of a horse at full gallop caused me to step to the door of the courthouse, of which I had taken possession for the night, to see what was in the wind. The sentinel on duty had halted the rider and was receiving from him a paper to be delivered to the officers in com mand. To my astonishment the note bore no address, and upon be ing opened the blank page of half sheet of letter paper nlet my eye. The rider, ail elderly countryman unknown to me, was breathing his jaded steed preparatory to return. He could give me no other in form a tion than, this: About 1 o'clock a. m. he was aroused from his slumbers and going to his door found a lady on horseback, who gave him the; note and told him to take it with all speed to Trenton and give it to any Confederate ofiicer he should find on duty there, as it contained im portant information. The rider was known to beja good confederate and his statements were entirely to be relied uponi In a few moments thereafter I was in the private room of a citizen of Trenton, and his kind wife was warming an i iron for in y use. Applied to the seemingly blank sheet of paper, heat soon enabled me to see what I desired. Gen. Foster had returned to New Berne two days sooner than anticipated, and was to leave that very morning with a force, most accurately detailed on the sheet before me, on an expedition having, in my opinion, the railroad bridge lat Weldon for its objective point.1 The object of my expedition being thus frustrated, I, refused -"immediately at full speed to Kinston, and gave the information propped, thro' the intrepid daringpfbne of New Berne's daughters, to the officer in command. j Steps were promptly taken by the officer commanding the department, and 'such ban array of troops was placed in tront and on the flanks of the Federal General as caused him rapidly to retrace his steps. The lady's name appended to that note has never been told her secret has been locked in my breast ; my superior officer, respect ing my motive in desiring to keep it, only required my . pledge that the writer was worthy ot credit, l am sure she never knew into '.Sybase hands her 1 note fell, or the good it accomplished, till she heard me, sev eral years thereafter, relate the inci dent. . ' She was; sitting in .front . of the speaker's stand, and a gleam' of pnde passed over her iace as the. m- $1.50 a Year in Advance: No. ' 29. cident was told, and she knew the good work her! nieht ride had ac- complished. When I state that she was a young lady, tenderly reared, and then in the verv mornine'' of maidenhood, her ride at midnight, at great personal risk,to convey such useful information can be pronerlv appreciated. S. D. Pool. COVERNOIt HENDRICKS. TeUs Bostonlang of Real Reform. I hear a great deal said, and I take a great deal of interest in it, about civil service reform. I think I understand - the subject (Laugh- ter) -and; with your permission I will speak of. it but a moment. ' I had- when a younger man than I am now, occasion to judge upon that question as an honest man, as a man whose ambition was involved in ;tne proper construction ot it. Franklin Pierce, one of the stateliest and noblest of our great leaders ot the past, without solicitation on my part, in an autograph letter address- ed to myself, asked me to take charge of the General Land Office at Wash- ington. I accepted the appoint- mem, ana tor nearly lour years 1 stood at the head of that officean important office and its affairs did extend far beyond the reach of many a man- that takes a limited view of this question oi civil , service retorm. The surveys were then extendiner beyond, the Missouri, beyond the I uiuuuuim5, itiuiig uiu vtuiejs oi vai- i ifornia, and the settlers were going out from the old Bay State and from Maine, and finding their homes on the lands that were then being sur-1 veyed. When I took charge of that office, with 180 clerks, I found the Dusmess xour years Denina. rne pa tents that ought to have gone to the people living upon the lands were four years behind date. I said J at once, "This will notdo. : The man who has purchased the land of the government has a right at an .early date to his patent, so that he may sell it, so that he may obtam his rights, whatever they may be." I - - said at once, "There must be reform j m this office." My ambition was connected with the reform. I could not well afford to take that appoint- ment and go out of that office with- out having brought the work up to date ; so I did commence the work Of reform seriously and very earnest ly, and ' very soon I became I ac quainted with all the clerks in the office. With some I, became ac quainted by conversation, with some by reading the fetters laid before me ior my signature, witn otners Dy considering the records that they made upon contested cases, and in a thc dick of the composing stick, -short time I knew them nearly all. tne qmet office, give forth a sound And very soon I knew the clerks ; tv,n ,?nm!,;n nf miVH mnrAimnrPs. that would be able to help me with the work that' had to be carried through, and very soon those that limped or were unwilling or indif- ferent did step out. (Applause.) The "hickory broom" of Jacksonr that represented Democratic reform, was the sentiment and emblem of the reform that I sought to bring about and in the stead of the men who had to step out, there came in young and- earnest fellows tha't were willing to do the work; so that by one general order I required that the work done at each desk should be twenty-five per cent more than had been -beiore these men came in and took their share readily, and cheerfully and cordially. And when I left that office, nearly four years afterward, it was only four months behind in the delivery of the patents to the men - who Had . bought , the land. (Applause.) rom iour years it came down to four months, and that was as close as it was practica ble to brins the work. That, I thought, was retorm. ' -''' . WHERE THE RESPOXSlBIIilTr LIES I want to tell you r another thing, centlemen, When you men that gifre your votes ,at the. election arid pay your money to the taxgatberer i i l : ii 1 i -1 .. want to understands the" particular point at which civili service can be point brought about, I will tell is not with the President in it is not with the secretaries Job PnnCrni-. Having recently" purchased a- firs t class outfit, we are prepared to do all kinds of.'- PL A'AND FAGY JOB PRINTING - . . IN" THE BEST OP STYLE ; V V , .M J ATA. AA A. J- V tail; it is with the bureau officer that has to do directly with the work. (Applause.) I am not(per- sonally very much acquainted with the bureau officers emnloved bv the (Secretaries at Washington. I know some of them inthe In tenor depart- ment. I know, the Commissioner of the Land Office. I ' know the Com missioner of Indian Affairs.-1 know, by reputation, the: excellent gentle men who is in the Office of Patepts. I believe they, by their own judg ment and force, will bring about civil service reform in their own de partments. (Applause.) I think I am safe in saying that I know they have already taken steps in that di- rection ; that the people will not be sold out by them. (Applause.) 'fhat is my own history about civil service reform. It may be of no ac- count, but it is mine. (Applause.) And that administration, whenever - and wherever it shall be, that will fill all the bureaus in Washington city, with capable men at the head, and tell them that the work devolv es upon them, and hold them re- sponsible, will bring about certain and prompt reform. I think we are going through all right, it was a good while that the Democrats were I w .V kept out, a quarter of a century the' sentiment of the country had been enforced with cruel proscrip- tion the Democrats shall not share in the honors of the public offices of the country. (Applause.) It was a cruel proscription, sucn as. never au- vocated toward the opposite party, for I know there are honest men among them, and .1 would not.. to day, if I could do it, take the charge of this entire government dway frcm the opposite side. They pay their taxes, thev contribute to the sup- port of the contry, they help to JEghl the battles when horrid war comes upon us, and it is but fair that they should share honors. But it is not fair, and never has beea fair, that they should clutch them all and say to the young men of the Democ- racv "You are not to be trusted : j .. . you shall not share in them." (Ar plause,) The Artillery of the Printing Case. In a letter to the printers of Rai eigh many vears ago, ex-Gov. Hold n used this language, not heretofore published : " Go on, gentiemenin yourv efforts to improve and elevate the craft. You have a right to 'look up and be proud in the midst of your toil.' Those little weapons, with their nicks are m0rc potent than all the bayonets that glitter on the bat fipfi-iia t"Hp rntflp nf t.h tv and ili VlllV UVm Wli V v. a.if v give) more beneficent, and more effi- cacious to good ends, than the roll 0f all the drums. The ,'fightning of . the press js no chance flash from' the passing summer cloud. It pern vades the whole atmosphere of thought. If it sometimes consumes. it als0 purifies. It is indeed that. Lvpr-nrpspnt. all-Wrv&dino' element nniirmtps nnl r.ontrn1 soniptv and government, and without which even our blessed ' Christianity itself be impeded in its progress. We cannot too highly estimate this TinwPr Tt is to mind in all its de- - vel0Pments and explorations,' as in' all its efforts of whatsoever charac ter, what the sun is to the material worlds that glow in his light and heat. Yoq, gentlemen, constitute a v portion of that power. Honor then to him! that handles the stick, and makeg Upthe form, and works the l r nnA send off the sheets in numerable by which tlie world is made wiser, and better, apd happier!" State Chronicle. 1 ' What's that you have in your. hand ?" asked Mrs; Gimlet ;of her husband as he brought shomq.aToU of manuscript ' :.t "BrainsiTnadamet" replied .Mr. G, pompoqsly, ' "Are you snrpried at that fact? " ; J ; I you;; It ot m theleosV she replied, Jl-L "entail ' knew ypu.rnnnT carry tnepxm your- . ri j head. . u rapine. -
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