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PROFESSIONAL CARDS. '
J. W. HARRIS, M. D.
, Phjfwian, Surgeon hik! Obstetrician.
OflT I'i" professional services to the ciii
ttoot R'Hherfordion ami vicinity.
AH canes entrusted to Ins cure will receive
prompt attention.
He may be found atj his Office or' Residence'
when not proieaaiooally absent. . I 1 y
OLIVER hicks; M. P.,
RuTurnroRDTON, 'N. C.
, Continnesthe practice of Medicine,
Sargery arid Midwifery, in Rather
fordton, and the surrounding conn
try. :, 50-ly.
V GAITHKU. JXO. G1IAY P.YXUM.
GAIT HER & BYNUM,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' ' MoiUMXTOX, X. C.
" Practice in the Federal (Courts. Supreme
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- W. H. COX,
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AND
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38: ij RUTHERFGEDTOX, ! C.
DR. J. A. HAGUE,
Physician; and r. uron,
llviiivr Uwald tit Hijihcrfordton. . X.C IO-
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the cjtizenj of the Village and surrounding
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" .J. B OA UP KNT EH,
ATTQl'X I . Y AT LAW,
Rl'THF.!iFOI?l)TOX, 0.
GoUeciiotM pratpi'il-y tt imcti to. lit
M. II.V .JUSTICE,
attorsjy at law,
ItYlHEnFOKpTOX, N. C.
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Olh"nd 11th Jmiieiid 'Pitrcts. in the Su
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IIOTEj
, ' CHIMNEY 10 CI HOTEL.
The; undesigned ha vinjr taken full con'rol
f thild ai;d favorahly known House, on
t the Hickory Nut Gf.p Turnpke, 17 miles
Ht of llutlicrfordtou and T. nii es east of
Ahevilie. re.peclluilv notille:-? pWasu'.e stek
i-er, end the tra'vell.njj public thaK he is fully
prepared toatvotn Tipd ite them. ,Itis unueces
. jtary tos t;te that this pi ;ee is in the midst ol the
, tint scentry in Westeni o; ih CaiVliua, aud
p-r.ou iesirin either health or plt-asui e,
ill tinl no better place to 'while away the
summer fuoiiihs Aiv terms shall he 'reason-.
aide, and no tuiins will he soared to .-make
gut! comlortalle. Ui.ve me a call.
le-tf J. M. JUSTICE.
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' CHARLOTTE, N. C
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Long deartome your gladGorne play,
Ye sunbeams, 6.v the hills of gray,
When at the bhibhing hivak of' day,
With many a prank, .
Yet chased the .tardy shades"" away
....I;'Qni roJkajidJbank.
X. watched your veiled gleaming leap
At eventide o'er valley sleep,
Or o'er the hill -lops lightly, creep
In sombre Jine;;,
With touch too soft to break the sleep
Of noddihg pines.
"
New far from. me your glances grace
The tow'ring mountains rugged face,
No longer I your q-f iiiop-s t:aco
Thrmigh changing hues,
Which o'er tlie-ayiug foliage race
When Z pirvQoes
I see no more the swelling hilTs--
Birth place of merry, rippling riils-
JJonotony of level 'fills
'lhextendfKl spice;
No oft repeated echo thrillf? S
From mountain base.
But o'er the bounaless praire sea
Succeeding waves -of shadow flee,
Frisking away in frolic gle3
Luring me still,
As when they crept o'er forest tree
. And verdant hill.
JH1.HI . JlJHlUWJPMlTfl Ti.iTfr irr""-''"-'1, araPMraan
Ax Old Stokv oe a Disastkij
at Sea Rktold.
Some of the lesidents of the ci
ty of New Tork may yet remem
ber these days of jirivaiu and pub
lie .a iron v. in 'October, 1854, wh-n
the Collns steamship was over
due and supposed to. be lost-at
sea.
V The Collins' vessels were so re
gular that merchants, tinied the
"delivery of jdie mails almost t the
l our ; and wheti d iy alter (lay
Isned 1 v and neither the vessel mr
j'aiiy tidiuixs of her game to hand,
the gloom.' became deejer and
deeper. Mrange to reiaie, one m
the most dcsiH)iiliug was Mr. E.
I. Collins the manager
lift- inanarer or the
line, and the person alter whom
it was named. The crowds who
who flocked to the office to ue.s
jtion hini,antt wlio naturally ex
pected to see bun full of lope
found him pale, disintcd, and
often in tears, llis wite and two
thildred were on board ; but it
was thought that his. .confidence in
ihe staunchness of his vessels, and
the seamanship of those in charge
bf them, would make lum treat
ihe matter in a totally different
Spirit from x'-hat he .fid. Much
surprise was express d; but the
actual reason for his great depres
sion was at that time known only
to a few of his relatives and most
iutimate iriends. It - arose, in
truth, from a dream, which left
an impression beyond his power
to overcome, and which in the
end was verified in every particu
lar. A number of the directors and
various merchants were assem
bled in the private office of the
company on a -.Monday afternoon.
ii.ic vessel was then some two
(lays overdue, having beer, ex pec- j
ted on the previous Safin day!
evcniiig. At the time, Mr. CoU
bus lived - at a niao-mflcent resi-
dence in Westchester county, and
had remained in town over Sun-land
day, to receive his family on the
arrival of the steamer. lie spent
Saturday night at the house of
his brother, andn Sunday morning-came
down "totlie brekfast
bable so haggard tharit attracted
attenction. ""When Fpokeii -to
about it, he fankly stated that-he
had passed a resticrs night brok
en liya dream that tire Arciic
was lost. The matter" was-laugh-:
ed at by the brother ; but " when
Monday morning came without
the vessel having been reported,
Mr. ..Collins" again spoke of his
dream. During Monday he re
lated it to several others, and at
the hour ot the assemblage in the
private office -it was told "over
again with an injunction ol- sec-.
rtcy, however, which prevented'
it ft oni reaching the public. AiJ
one alteranother eameintothe of-JT
Mce.the v were pai n fu lly i;n pressed
with the gloom which was pictur
ed in the face f Mr. , Collins. A
line man, of crct statue, and mark
ed dignity oi manners, he did iiot ;
look like, a person- who 'would j
give waV-4.6 anv useless fears on i
anv occasion. j;ut he was tar
more quiet than usual ; he seem-
ea u.) sn nim irvrrtT rrwu
conversation, and his face Was of
a death-!ie paleness.
" What's the matter with Col
hns ?" asked one and another in
whispers.
4 Remember his wife and chil
dren are. on board the Arctic,"
observed some one, in reply.
4 Yes," responded another,
"jbut there is no occasion for
aiai in. The sl;iis a staunch one,
iind witiiin a tew h4o;us at most
will, T think, come uallantlv to
the wharf." .'
X ' in l ' T I 1
even saiu,a oeey s nemn
voice.
A 1 1 " ga v e a si i gh t start at the
tone and words, a7id turned in tlie
direction -from whence they jro
V'eeded. Tlie speaker was Miv
Collins -himself.
" I am satisfied, gentlemen,"
he remarked, in the Fame solemn
manner, u that the Arctic has
gone to the bottom. "
" Impossible !" cued all.
"I am quite astonished at that
opinion," said Mr. John Broyn,
a leading director. "No one
knows better than 3611 do, Mi !
Collins, the superior construction
of the ships of our line, and the
qualifications of the chief officer
aud crew in charge of the Arc-
tus
Any vessel may be lost,"
said Mr, Collins; 44 and while I
am satisfied that as directors and
public servants we have done all here who gave me a. letter to de
Ihnt'human bein-s could do in nver at the same place and to, the
such a matter, still K believe the
Arctic to be" lost. May Heaven
have protected those on board !"
Here his voice tailed him, Mid
his eyes wcresuflused with tears.
With his thoughts fir out ou 1
had seen thefaces of his wife and
children, among tho.e helpless
ones, and for the moment he
could say no more.
rl he scene was affecting in the
extreme, and perhaps never had
its equal in nnj counting-room in
the world. For some time there
was an entire silence, and then
Mr. Brown, remarked :
44 Mi. Collins, vou must have
some reason for your opinion."
44 None in the world," returned
Mr. Collins. ''f except a uream."
44 A dream !" reolied one audi
another in astonishment.
All sneered, and soiqe almost
laughed aloud.
44 Gentlemen," said Mr. Collins
with a dignity which was pecu
Harly impressive in him "gen
tlemen, you no doubt regard this
as a rreat weakn ess. Perhaps it
is. Dreams are general ly laoked
upon as foolish things, but I have
had one under snvli circumstan
ces that it has become to me a
presentment of evi 1 to this ship,
which no power on earth can re-
move."
Every person there listened
with his ears wide open, and
looked fall in the face of the
usuallv 'stronn-rnindfed mnn. wlm
) spoke these Voi ds so seriously
iinpresivelv.
" Last Saturday night," contin
ued Mr. Collins, 44 1 dreamed of
the Arctic. I saw her as perfect-
ly before me as I ever saw her.
It was her graceful model, her
spacious deck, and her noble offi
cers and crew I saw all of this,
andmore, I saw a hole in her
side ; therapy as a panic on her
decks ; peoplewereuning hith
er and tbither, and crvino- to be
saved : and, gentlemen, I saw -thatJ
noble ship go down !
, Hut all this was a dream,"
said Mr. Brown, after a moment.
44 1 believe it a reality," replied
Mr. Collins; 44 and again I say
may heaven have protected those
poor souls on hoard. However, I
beg that noil her my dream nor
convictions may reach the pub-
ic."
Soon after the several mer-
ehai.ts went their several ways.
Not one of them could shake off
the impression made by what
had occurred. Mcanwhfld. M.p
newspapers endeavored to sustain
-public -confidence by all kinds ol
plausible stories. Three days la-
iter, tue nrst or the
survivors
reached Americau shores with
collision to the Arctic, and of the
loss 0i 'most of those on board.
When all the facts became known,
they were exact in every particu
lar with Air. Collins dream, and it
may be properly regarder as one
of .the most striking and remark
able that ever occurred.
T- . .
Sosas I'Ost Ciioilier.
Robert M. Greene has been
knocking around the terrestrial
ball since he was eighteen. Un
der the same root-tree in London,
where Robert howled his first in?
I fant squall, an elder brother was
born. About hiteen years ago
this elder brother, too, began
playing the role of the rolling
stone, lie has, however, been a
r esi d e n t o t S t. L o u i s ii early three
years, and for nine months past
the brothers have been living
within a half dozen squares of
each other, walking the same
street daily, and yet never 'met.
The eider brother a few evenings
ago chauced in a hotel to hear a
ircntlemay say, 44 1 start for Lon
don toTu6iTOw." ,IIe addresses)
this gentleman and asked him if
he would deliver a letter to a cer
tain number in Terrace Garden,
London. "With pleasure," re
sponded the gentleman, 44 andby
tlie way, there is another man
I same person. Are you relatives 1
A reunion was the consequence,
j and the brothers, who had neither
on nor heard of each ofher for
nleii years, met.
-4
Usui's i" H ."Vainc ?
The Buffalo Globe has a . pleasant
column upon ihe peculiarity pf the
names of business firms, sue! as the
teachers Biggs & Hugswho adver
tised explicitly in their circular that
4Big.s teaches the boys and Hugs
the girls f the firm of plumbers who
seemed gratified to hurry up jobs by
working the whole twenty four
hours, Day & Night ; also Fish &
Ketchum. A hatter by the name
of A. Guhn died leaving his business
to his son James, who advertised as
James Guhn, Son of A. Guhn"
The Plain Dealer says Cleveland f6r
many years had a firm whose large
sign was conspicuous,and it was
supposed to do a .larger business
than any firm ,111 the city every
body seemed to patronize it. The
firm was "Fever & Ague." ,
Forsireitefor the
Unionist.
Black
From the Philadelphia Bal I eti n ,
Republican : The purpose of this
league' is to keep the black men
in tlie dust, and we arc niclined
to believe that to its operations,
to its 'brutality and cruelty, to its
exclusion of the negro from his
rights as aelttzcri aiid a man, and
to its attitude of unremitting hos
tilit3T to him, the conflict at Austin
and all other disturbances in which
the blacks unite as actors are at
tributable.. If such is the case,
there" can of course be no doubt
where the blame should lie. The
old reberelement has never for
given the Southern black that he
) has aspired to and attained citi
zenship and its accompanying
privileges, and it, never loses an
opportunity to wreak its spite
upon him in that barbarous and
inhuman spirit which has distin
guished it from the day that it at-
tempted to murder Mr. Sumner in
tneioenatc cnamoer to tiio time
wheiTitaiiade tlie Andersonville
prison a hell upon earth.- The
negroes do righKto resist it, and
while we may deplore the- fact
that such strife exists in ajiy part
of the country, we canhdtxbe in
diflerent to the solemn l'act if the
civil authority cannot or will not
protect these wretched beings
from outrage and insult, they
have a natural and divine right to
protect themselves.
It is hot difficult to find an ex
planation of the renewal of these
outrages at the present time. The
sudden manifestation of active
hostility to the negroes which has
been displayed recently in differ
ent portions of the South may be
attributed chiefly to theJailurpof
bill. The Southern negro-haters
have argued from- that neglect
that Cougress has . resolved to
leave the blacks to themselves,
and to withhold from them any
further protection from persecu
tion, and they have begun again
the practices which distinguished
the reign of the Ku Klux. It is
to be hoped that the injury thus
done to the negroes may be re
paired next winter by the passage
of the bill, Such action is need
ed not only as an . assurance that
the Government is determined to
protect the colored people inthe
eninvmpnt of their -riohts' lint as
an act of justice, without whichTperfctly nude state she thrust hep
the , work of ehiancipation will
want completeness: And, further,
if the White League continues in
active existence, we demand that
Congress shall again put the Ku
Klux laws into operation, and use
the power of the Federal Govern
ment once more to supjiress this
outlawry. .
A Wild Girl Hunt.
Idaho, Aug. 15. It is a talc of
Idaho. There are romantic young
sters in the West as well as in the
East ; and two of them,, who aro
fond of the chase,' have had a ro
mantic adventure. They were
out repairing their flumes near
Idaho City. Near by a hardy old
miner had squatted upon a quartz
lead, but he was rarely seen and
t h e y o u ngsters we re not aware
that within that old man's tunnel
resided "a sytph-li ke crcatu re, the
joy ofthe old miner. Looking
over toward the old tunnel on the
hillside they saw a sight that
thriljed them with rapture. A
young girl, abjut fifteen years ol
aire, beautiful as a Cleopatra,
barefooted and bareheaden, with
a wealth of rich auburn hair drop
ping about her lit e a silken robe,
stood sunning herself on a grassy
knoll in the bright morning. Such
a divinity had iieyer been seen in
the wiids of Idaho before, and
they supposed she was a wild girl.
She was game that must be bagg
ed alive." Cautiously they crept
through the tangled thickets to
ward the spot where the heautiful
Nenetta drank iu the glorious
beauty of the morning. All at
once, from under Cover, the hun
ters made a dash for the wild
beauty. But she was off like a
frightened fawn at the approach
of the sportsmen. Suddenly ahe
disappeared aud 4 though lest; to.
sight to memory dear '""the chase
was not abandoned. Into 1 the
dark tunnel, as the Tikejiest pTaqi
of refuge, the keen hunters pfon.
ed, only to stand aghast at . the
sight that met their gaze.J When'
their eyes became accustomed - to
beautiful wild girl swooning ia
the arms of the rough old minerr
The burly miner had :&een ho
poor frightened fawn . chaseotO
the tunnel and saw the keen huu-r
ters at bay betoro him.' Ho? ?dis
crVgaged his arms from thednanK
T,.'..l.. TT. 'i
man; ueuuty. ne auvaiicea a iew
paces, made a little dration of cine
word : Ruffians!" then lifted
a heavy boot, drew it back a: few
feet, see-sawed with it a little in
the air and sent them back id
their saws and hammers at:rtho
flumes. That entire day the flume
was neglected. The young wdld
girl hunters were busy repairing
the canvas scats of t rowers ana
reducing swellings. They -have
no longer a desire to hunt i wiltj
girls in the Idaho thickets. Moral
Never go wild girl hunting
without the permission of her pa
pa if you would avoid pantaloon
rents and tailors' bills. V:
Strangest Wedding on Record.
By a strange perversion of legal
principles, it was supposed by our
ancestors that whosoever married
a widow who was administratrix
upon the estate of her deceased
husband, represented insolvent,
and should thereby possess hirn
self of any property or thing pur-
chased by the deceased husband,
tort, and would herehv make hirr
self liable to answer for the good
of his predecessor. Major Mosea
Joy became enamored of Mrs,
Hannah Ward, widow of William?
Ward, who died in 1788, leaylng
all insolvent estate, of which Mrs
Ward was administrix. To avoid
the unpleasant penalties of the
law, ori the morning of her mar
riage with Major Joy, Mrs. Wan,
placed herself in a closet, with a'
tire-woman; who stripped her of
all her clothing, and when in a-'
fair, round arm through a diaraorid
hole in the door of the closet, the'
gallant lajor clasped the hand of
the buxom widow, and was mar-'
ried in due form by the jollicsf
parson in Vermont. At the close
of the ceremony the tire-woman,;
dressed the bride' in a complete
wardrobe which the Major '.bad
provided and caused to be deposi
ted in the closet at the commence-
ment of the ceremony. She came
out elegantly dressed in silk, satin,
and lace ; and there was: ? kissing;
all around. Monipclier Argus.'
Didn't Kisn IJcr.
. A gentleman who has been recent: :
ly traveling in the lower ' counties,
tells us the following amusingstory y
He was stopping over"' nfght at a ,
i houso where the partition walls were
pamcuiany imn. xub uujujxiiu
room was occupied by a mother an
her daughter. After retiring ; the
mother began to rebuke the daugh
tor for an alleged partiality to somer
body named John, which soft ; imT ".
peachment the daughter denied vig
orously. ' ;':-- .
4-But" said the mother, 4tI saw him,
kissing you at the cow-pen, yesterday
morning, Amanda." - i
44No, ma, he wa3n t kissing me at
all. 1 - - "
"Why did you have your head - sq
close up to his fort you. deceiving
critter." - v -
t4VelL you soe, ma, t nao, Deeu ;
eating pitallas (the fruit of a species
f nfTis and vou see. . ma, -1 eroi i
some of the prickles in mylipsrzrand ,
"And what you wicked, wicked--,
critter." - -
'And I couldn't get them out my ,f
self, you know, and John pulled 1
them out with his teeth -bat J he 7
didn't kiss mc nary time." . : ; :; ;