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; i. 111 BT P. M. BALB ill W. I 8AUNDKRS. . Published Daily (except Monday) and Weekly. Bans or Subscription u advanc. DallT. one year, mall postpaid, t 8 00 " six months, " . " three " Weekly, one year, mail postpaid, m , tu months," " ee t 00 1 00 100 "tVclty subscribers The Observer will be de livered daily at twenty oenta per week ; seven t..gre eentt per month; two dollars for three ninths. Awaie and Willie' Prayer. - BT MBS. 8. P. KNOW. V Twu the Ere of Christmas Day, goad night had been said, And Annie and Willie had crept tr.to bed ; There were tear on their pillows, and tears In their eyes. And each little bosom was heavy with sighs ; For to-night, their stern father's command had been given. That they should retire precisely at seven instead oi eigiw ; ior iney troubled him more With Questions unheard of. than ever before He had told them he thought thia delusion a' IB, No such being as "Santa Clans" ever had been, I , And he hoped after this he should never wort; Ifow hrambied down chimneys wiU preset eacnyear. - . And this was the reason that twff little heafe bo restlessly tossed on their soft uownv bertsJ Sight, nine, and the clock on the steeple toUM en . ... Wot a word had been spoken by either till taV-n, When Willie's sad face from the blanketMKi peep, j And whispered, "dear Sissy, is yon fas a seep' " "Ho, I 'aint dear Bub Willie." a sweet voce replies, if Tve been trying hard, but I cant shut my are. rur u mazes me reel so very sorry. Decani . Dear papa said, tnere aint no fanta Claus. Mow we know there is, and it cant be denied For he came ever. year till dear mama dirt ; But I have been thiiikiuir. she nsetl to ml. And God did hear evert thing uama wouM say, And may be she asked Him to send aa-ta Claus here, With the sacks full of presents he brougtit every year. -.-- - , . - , "Den, why tant we pay, dist like mama did den. . ; And beg God to send him with presents adeb T" "I've been thinking so too.'' And wit&unt a word more, . Four little bare feet bounded out on tbr floor. Ana rcrar iitue Knees tne son carpet press, And two tiny hands were clasped close to each breast, . "Now buba, you know, we must be sure to.be - Heve, ' The presents you ask for, youll surely receive, And you musnt say a word, tilt I Bay amen. For by that you'll know, your torn has nine then. ' "Dear Jesus, look down on my buba and me, And grant us the favor we are asking of Thee; I want a wax dolly, a tea-svt and a ring, And an ebony work-box, that shuts with a spring; Bess my pa, dear Jesu and t-auae him to see That Santa Claus loves as, niu-h better than he; Dent let him get so cross ard anitry atran, At my dear Buba Willie aud e, amen." "Peas dear Jesus, 'et Santa Taus turn down to-night, And bing i.a some peasants, before day light ; I want he sud div me a nice little sed. With bright, shiny runners, and all painted yed; A box full of tandy, a book and a toy, Amen ; and dear, dear Jesus, I'll be adood boy." Their prayers being ended, they raised up their heads, And with hearts light and cheerful, again sought their beds. They were soon lost in slumber, both peaceful and deep. And witn lames in areamiana, were roaming m sleep. Sight, nine, and the little French clock had struck ten Ere the father had thought of his children again ; He seemed now to hear Annie s half-suppresa-ed sighs, And to see the big tears stand In Willie's blue eyes, "I was harsh with my darlings," he mentally said, "And should not have sent them so early to bed; . But then I was troubled my- feeling louud venb . . For bank stock to-day has gone down ten per cent. - . But, of course they've forgot their troubles ere this, - And that I denied them, the thrice asked for kiss; But Just to make Bure, I'll steal up to their door, For I never spoke harsh to my darlings before." So saying he softly ascended the stairs. And arrived at tbe door, to bear both prayers. His Annie's "bless papa" draws forth the big tears And Willie's grave promise falls sweet on his ears. "Strange, strange. I'd forgotten." said he with a sigh, "How I longed when a child to have Christmas draw nigh ; "Til atone for my harshness," he inwardly said, "By answering their prayers, ere I sleep in my bed." Then he turned to the stairs and softly went down, Threw off velvet slippers and silk dressing gown, . Donned hat, coat and boots, and was out in the street, A millionaire facing the cold, driving sleet ; Nor stoppped he until he had bought every thing, From the box fun af "tandy," to the little gold ring. - t Indeed, he kept adding so rnnch to his store, That the various presents outnumbered a score ; Then homeward he turned with his hoUday toad, And with Aunt Hary's aid. In the nursery twas stowed; Hiss Dolly was seated beneath a pine tree. Beside a table spread out for her tea ; , A work box. well filled, in the centre was laid. And on tt the ring, for which Annie had prayed; A soldier in uniform stood by a sled, "With bright shining runners, and all painted "yed." There were balls, dogs and houses, books, pleasing to see. And birds of ail colors, were perched in the While Santa Claus, laughing, standing up in the top, - As If getting ready more presents to drop; And as the fond father the picture surveyed. He thought for his trouble he had amply been Andhe'said to himself, as he brushed off a tear, i "I m happier to-night, than I have been for a year; I've enjoyed more true pleasure than ever be- fore, What care I, if bank stock falls ten per cent. more; . Hereafter, IT1 make tt a rule I believe TO have Santa Ciaus visit us each Christmas Eve " So thinking he gently extinguished the light And tripped down stairs to retire for the nigot. ' AS soon as tho : beams of the brigut morning Pat the darkness to night, and the stars one by. - one. Four tittle blue eyes out of sleep openea wiae, And at the aama- moment, the presents espied; Then out of their beds they sprang with a bound, ; And the very gifts prayed for, were all of them found ; . --' .-- They laughed and they cried, In their Innocent gleef x -. , " . ' ' . And shouted for "papa" to com quick snd see, What presents Old Santa Claus brought in the night,1., i ' ' ' '. - (just the things they wanted), and left before '.light, i v'-w , - : ' "Aid now," added Annie, a a voice soft and "Touli belter there's ' Santa Class, papa, I -know "'"-- --Sf-- 1 ' ZT"' While deaf little Willie climbed up on his knee, Determined no secret between then should be. And told in soft whispers, how Aaie had said That their dear, blessed mama,' so long time TJsed ufkneei flown and pray? T he " berehafr, l. ..-r. And that God up in Heaven had answered her prayer; :' "Den we dot np and- payed dost as well as we And Dod'aMwered our prayer ; now "aint Dod doodt" . . . "I should say He was, if he seat you aH theses - Ana anew jutiwaH-praKiu would please; ' . .. (WelL well, let him think so, the dear little elf, TwouldTbe cruel to tea nun I did it myself.") Blind father,-who caused your stern heart tere- - lent? . . y,.-. -1 '- : f - " And the hasty word spoken, so soon to repent 7 Twas the being who maae you steai soiuy ui And made yon the agent to answer their pray ers. J iafe Dnitfe I heart a utue ugsfer, To make some darkling path seem nngnrer, To guide some erring soul aright, And point them to the land of light; .- . f jbisbe thy labor 1 : . To bear our Father's will m meekness, r J , To straggle with each human weakness, Content on earth the Cross to bear, And e'en the crown -of thorns to wean 4 . . . This be thy spirit ! ; . ; Then laying by thy robes of sorrow, -, - , And walking in tee heavenly morrtwj J Before God's throne a crown to wear, . -; And kneel amid ihe glories there; This thj fruition I - Dee.85,18TT.,-rr c;0 HARHIED. nOVKUZB-&BX)rt&t BttitflBectorjJ Wilmington, jim, jjecemoersukOf munonAdktxTF. 4xreEa,of MaoUa, DAYIS HART8FIHD. On the 80th instant, bv the Rev. 1. B. Mann, lit: f una e. VjLtw and Miss Kanl A Hantsrwi.aU of WiimingtoBw BLACB.WIU1EK LONfl.-r-By the RevJ. C, -nartopti at Catawba.' on the' evening of the 13th December. 1877. Mr. JOB IW. ucxwhe to in, Mr. Join m. 9lac jussuoixn HaivT Cottow RMSMrsAftef show ing, for several months, a Steady falling off as compared with the -pre vtoas ' year; the receipts of cpttoo have, taken a start. . The arrivals -of cotton daring' the -week" jast dosed are 2Q,X;t)aJei-aTseT.ilwn In ny previous week, on, record, being 232,052 Trst. 9 RALEIGH: N; O TTTT?. '. I'AL KI(iH7 1ST. C tlSSDAT. JANUARY 1. 1878. CHRISTMAS. To the readers of Thx Obskbvkb we wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New fear's day, and that each returning holi- aaT season may find them merrier and naPPier. abundance for the feast and. abundant cause for feasting. Toe closing rear has been a hard one, it is true ; thou sands throughout this broad land are even on this day sorely oppressed with business troubles ; and there are many homes to which no thought of merry-making has come with the coming of Christmas, But while the parents and the children of the more prosperous classes are rejoicing to gether in the happiness of tbe season they can make that happiness many-fold brighter and sweeter by resolving that the desolate and needy and desponding 4hall share it with them. And very gen erally we think they know it and feci it and act upon it. For they are few who have not always thought, or learned to think, "of Christmas time- when it has come round apart from the reiteration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that as a good time ; a kind, forgiving, charitable. pleasant time ; the only time in the long calendar of the year when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut- up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow- passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other jour neys." Christmas time I It has done us all good; it will do ub all good; and we .may well say God bless it, with him' who wrote that the man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like ajovial feeling is not roused in whose mind some pleasant as sociations are not awakened by tbe recur rence .of Christmas. There are people who will tell you that Christmas is not to them what it used to be ; that each suc ceeding Christmas has found some cher ished hope or happy prospect of the year before, dimmed or passed away ; that the present only serves to remind them of re duced circumstances and straitened in comes of the feasts they once bestowed on hollow friends, and of the cold looks that meet them now, in adversity and mis fortune. Never heed such dismal remin iscences. There are few men who have lived long enough in the world, who can not call up such thoughts any day in tbe year. 1 hen do n H Select tbe merriest oi the three hundred and sixty-five for your doleful recollections, but draw your chair nearer the blazing fire fill the glass and send round the song and if your room be smaller than it was a dozen years ago, or if your glass be filled with reeking punch instead of sparkling wine, put a good face on tbe matter, and empty it off-hand, and fill another, and troll off the old ditty you used to sing, and thank God it's no worse. Look on the merry faces of your children (if you have any) as they sit round the fire. Que little seat may be empty; one slight form that gladdened the father's heart, and . roused the mother's pride to look upon, may not be there. Dwell not upon the past ; think not that one short year ag67 the fair child now resolving into dust, sat before you, with the bloom of health upon its cheek, and tbe gayety of infancy in its joyous eye. Reflect upon your present blessings or wnich every man has many not on your past misfor tunes, of which all men 'have some. Our life on it, but your Christmas shall be merry, and your new-year a happy one. Who can be insensible to the outpourings of good feeling, and the honest inter change of affectionate attachment, which abound at this season of the year ? A Christmas family party I We know noth ing in nature more delightful ! ' There seems a magic in the very name of Christ mas. Petty jealousies and discords are forgotten ; social feelings are awakened in bosoms to which they have long been strangers ; father and son, or brother and sister, who have met and passed with averted gaze, or a look of cold recognition, for months before, proffer ' and return the cordial embrace, and bury their past ani mosities in their present happiness. Kindly hearts that have yearned towards each other, but have been withheld by false' no tions of pride and self-dignity, ' are again re-united, and all is kindness and benevo lence ! Would that Christmas lasted the whole year through (as it ought), and that the prejudices and passions which deform our better nature were never called into action among those to whom they should ever be strangers 1 .' And so we say again, Merry Christmas 1 The snows of another winter may whiten the graves of many of as who speak the words this da v. and to others the New Year may bring joys hitherto unknown.' But whether across the threshold of the coming year we shall find life or death, joy or sorrow, a shroud or a wedding gar. ment, to-day' we have Christmas. It is a grand old festival, let us enjoy it to tbe fulL ' ' - ' ! Anew Pompeii has been discovered in Italy. At the foot of Mount Gargano a buried town has been laid bare, the houses beinff twentv feet below the surface. : A temple of Diana was first brought to light, then a portico composed of columns with out capitals, and, finally, a necropolis coverlmr nearly four acres. ' The Italian Government' has taken measures to con jtinue tbe excavations on a large scale, and has already discovered a monument erected In honor of Pompey after his victory' over he pirate. 1 Ihe town Ia the ancient Bipontum,j of which - Strabo. and 'Livy speak, and which was buried by an earth quake. V '-" " ' ' - ! Thibtt Texas papers have died within the last twelve months, and sixty" new ones sprang into existence during the Same tune. , , , . - . ft i Rxv.' Dr. J. U Rrraou,i!foc ;mani Veart a professor to South CaroUn Col kge, died at Greenville last Wednesday. MORE TROUBLE. The man and brother meets with slight consideration in the States to the Nonth of us which needfld not, or knew not, recon struction. It was in Ohio that there was trouble the other day : It is in Maryland that there is trouble to-day : In both States, about that poor negro in whose be half Mr. Haras's feelings were so deeply stirred in the brief space between the re ception of tjhe election returns and their setting-aside that he lifted up his voice and wept. In Ohio only "white male citi zens' are allowed to form military com panies, and so the man and brother of our Yankee brethren discovered to his cost when the Adjutant-General of that State disbanded and disarmed two companies just ready to display themselves in all the pomp and circumstance of mimic war in the streets of Cleveland. In Maryland "only white male citizens above tbe age of twenty-one years' can be admitted to the Bar. and so the man and brother learned by the unanimous decision of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, denying a license to practice law to Chahlxs Tattjob, a colored citizen of that State. Worse than this, the de cision is based upon a decision of the Rad ical Supreme Court of the United States. And worse still, the opinion in that court was delivered by Mr. Justice Bhadlxt Bradley of eight to seven fame whose feelings also were so deeply interested in the welfare of the poor negro that he set aside the election returns to prevent inva sion of the negro's rights. The Maryland law as to lawyers being as explicit as the Ohio law in regard to soldiers, tbe question before the State court, was how far its pro visions could be considered as modi fied or repealed by the fourteenth amend ment to the constitution of the United States. That question bad been fully and definitely determined by tbe Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Brad well vs. Tbe State, in sixteenth vol. time of Waixacks Supreme Court Reports. ustice Bbadlxt delivering the opinion of the court said that "the right tocoutroiand regulate the granting of license to practice law in the courts of a State is one of those powers which are not transferred' for its protection to the Federal Government, and its exercise is in no manner governed or controlled by citizenship of the United States in the party seeking tbe license." J ustice Bbadlxt further adds that "in the nature of things it is not every citizen of every age, sex and condition that is quali fied for every calling and position. It is the prerogative' of the legislator - to pre scribe regulations founded on nature, rea son and experience for the due admission of qualified persons to professions and callings demanding special skill and con fidence. This decision was conclusive of the case before the Court of Appeals. It determined that tbe fourteenth amendment had no application. It follows that the provisions of the State law, which are ex plicit on the subject, are left in full force. It is to be hoped that the colored troops in North Carolina, who daily rejoice in, the right to muster, and the colored law yers in North Carolina, whose voices may be heard in our courts, will duly note the difference between Southern practice and Northern profession. Is the vicinity of Rio Grande City, Tex., there has been no rain since April, with the exception of one slight shower. In consequence there is no pasturage, and tbe suffering stock is only kept alive by feeding on the prickly pear from which the thorns are first cut. Akothib Fibk Thoboughbrkd Hobsb fob Edgboombb. Outcast, the thorough bred four-year old, raised and trained by Maj. T. W. Doewell, qf Virginia, goes to Tarboro, Edgecombe county, N. C. Out cast is a bay colt, four years old, 15 hands high. lie has great length of body, and does not appear to be as tall as be really is. U s bead is singularly clean ana neat, witn large spreading nostrils, an Arabian muz zle, and a game expressive eye, between which is a white diamond that adds much to his handsome countenance. The head loins the neck at a beautiful angle, and the neck is blood-like and shapely, with a throttle that we do not think can be ex celled.' - The breast is broad, and the meas ure around the girth great. Tbe shoulders and arms are very broad, and 'well ribbed to tbe hips, and they are large and per fectly - formed, with much space be tween the joints, whiriebone and stifle. The hocks are clean and strong, the legs are broad and without a blemish. Outcast is greatly admired by all who know him for his great beauty of form, but he at tracts most attention and admiration when inaction. He is very much like his great sire Imported Leamington, so favorably known to the American turf. He was bred by Mai. L. W. Doewell. of Hanover Junction. .Virginia, in whose hands he ran as a three year old, but came out this spring at Baltimore and won the four year old stake, beating seven of tbe best four year olds of tbe country. Taking into consid eration the - heavy track, it was the best race of the meeting. Time 1.46, 147, 1.51, Outcast is one among the best bred horses in America. He by Imported Leamington, out of Orhwna: she out of Nina by Boston, tbe Dam of Planet, Algerine, Exchequer ana several oilier race nurses, xiis peuigree goes back to the reign of Charles tbe 11. VVe can congratulate his owners, Messrs. Sharpe & Bynum, and more especially the people of Edgecombe, in now having in their midst one oi tne very nest tnorougn- bred horses in America. Julgecombe is beginning to appreciate fine stock, and will be able ere long to challenge the State for competition. Commxbob ov thb Pobt. The receipts of cotton at this port yesterday amounted to 623 bales, the sales, as reported, to 50 bales, snd the exports to 5,669 bales, of which 263 bales were coastwise and 5,406 foreign. The aggregate weight of the cot ton shipped to Liverpool and other foreign ports was 2,518,275 pounds, and the valu ation f 273,674.66. The total valuation of foreien shipments yesterday amounted to the snujr little sum of $282,754.66. . The receipts and sales of cotton were, however. unusually small. trumtngwn aiar, aa. i t Womah's Triumph. The - cure of country church, where the men sit on one aide of the aisle and the women on the other, being annoyed in the middle of his sermon by a babbling of conversation, gently reminds' the congregation , that it should be silent.; , v - - 4 One of the women arises and triumph, antly exclaims ; 'I want , you . to notice, Father, that the chattering isn't on this side of the aisle tms tune." - r & i All tbe better," replies the priest, meekly i "It won't last so long." WorkL mi NEW YORK COBRESPOXDOCE. (Correspondence of The Obsbbvxr. Nxw Yobic, Dec. 21, 1877. Mxssrs. Editors : A bridal couple fmm vu otauj arnvea nere last evenine George W. Kidder, Esq., of Wilmington, and Miss Florence Hill no longer Hill of ii..urjf, Hi woicu latter town near the mountains they were married on Wednes day. They will remain here but a few days, and on Wednesday next will depart for Europe. As the crand.dancrhipr r.f Judge Toomer, -and daughter of Col. Thomas Hill, my old and much esteemed ineDds, tne Dnde, aside from her own beauty and worth, has my best wishes for many years of happiness with tbe excel lent gentleman who is to be her companion in life's journey. . I, know of no vonncr couple who have commenced that journey under more auspicious skies, and that these may remain cloudless to them I most heartily pray. it is interesting to wall by the shops in any -fashionable locality, particularly at night, with the brilliantly lighted windows filled with thousands of thines for holiday presents. I think there has never been s fine a display, and tbe crowds inside and out attest the interest which people take in this annual show. Where the vast variety of things can be distributed is as yet an unsolved conundrum, but somehow, even in these hard limes, everybody will be dis posed to make a Christmas gift to some body, from the one cent trumpet for a street gamin to tbe solitaire diamond for the city belle. Occupying a middle eround between these extremes, it is gratifying to note a far larger number of books than for several years past, and that they are gen erally ot higher character than ephemeral holiday literature has usually been. More of these have gone South this season than usual. The Vanderbilt trial drairs its slow length along, and the testimony of Cornelius, the younger brother of W. H., is shockingly damaging to the latter. How he ever allowed such a case to come into court and into the newspapers, becomes more and more amazing. Half of bis ninety-five millions would have been well bestowed in gifts to his brother and sisters to save his own and his father's blasted reputations. They would have been satisfied with a mil lion each, and then have left him eighty five millions ; but the love of money is a consuming passion. It used to be said of a prominent rich man in our State, that by judicious expenditure of fifty dollars a year be might have acquired the reputation of a man of some souL But be would not part with it ; and perhaps we ought not to wonder that Wm. H. Vanderbilt refused to give a tithe of his father's estate to save bis own and bis fathers names from uni versal contempt and odium. There seems to be no doubt that the will will be sus tained. The Surrogate's leanings that way are quite apparent ; and probably few peo ple, whatever tneir wishes may oe, doubt that tbe Commodore knew what he was about when he wrote his will, and had a clear legal right so to make it. A fool and his money are soon parted. says tbe proverb. . This time it is the fool and her money. A "Miss Thomson, of the United Mates," bas bad her mare shod with gold shoes, including gold nails, at Edinburgh, Scotland, at a eosl of $1,000. The mare was bought by Miss Thomson, two years ago, has been across the. Atlan tic with her, and . is now about to return with ber to this country. Probably Misa T. will have a berth fitted up for her in her cabin. The shocking calamity of yesterday afternoon, in my immediate neighborhood, makes us think of the hourly daDgers which surround one in a great city. No one can walk a mile in most parts here without passing near perhaps a half a dozen or a dozen boilers just as likely to explode as that. I had occasion to be in Greenfield s a few days ago, and to note the busy scene, and it seems wonderful tbat the proprietors and the throng of custo mers should have escaped; and only the employees perished. - . liaby snows are tne present rage in tnis part of Yankee land. One of tbe latest, in Philadelphia, broke up in a row ; and another, in this city, was for colored chil dren, and was held in conjunction with a circus at Uilmore's Garden. Premiums were offered for the blackest, the whitest, the handsomest, tbe fattest, for twins, for triplets, &a, &c . Ob, humbug ! Writing of babies, a queer scene was enacted in one of our city courts a few daysago. . . ' " Bernard Lynch was cnargea witn nav- . , . ,r,, - - Jl . tng abandoned nis wue jiiuen anu ma two children, one of whom is six months or a vear or so old, and the other four or five. Mrs. Lynch said that her husband refused to give ber anything for her support. Mr. Lynch said that bis wife had locked him out for five nights in succession. In spite of these injuries he expressed himself wil ling to do all be could to support ms wue if the judge would let him go. "I don't want you to support me, said Mrs. Lvnch. , "I only want ye to keep these children from starving. You take these children and I will take care of my self." Take the children r answered Mr. Lvnch. "and I'll be glad to do it," "You'll have to feed the baby," warned Mrs. Lynch, "she ain't weaned yet. He must feed her. Judge."; . "All neht. said Mr. Lynch, "1 can do it." Then he put bis bat firmly on his head and stretched out his arms to receive the baby. Mrs. Lynch laid it in them doubtinglv. "Well Mrs. Lynch." said the Court, "if vou are satisfied, vour husband can go." " . r . r J t. ': - C airs. AiYUCU saiu iuui euc was. mi. Lynch started for the door, with . the lpng dress of the baby trailing on the ground. and a very broad smile on bis red face. Mrs. Lynch looked at him for a minute and then burst into tears, screaming. Give me back my baby 1 You can't take her from me!" .When she bad. been quieted, Justice Otterbourg gave an order that Lynch ' should pay his wife $2.50 a weefc. The maternal instinct proved too strong for the infernal. Another case before the same court was between a man and wife who had quarreled and separated five weeks after marriage, at the very end of the honeymoon. The hus band sold all the - furniture and his wue s clothes, even to her wedding dress. He ascribed the trouble to his wife's mother, and to his own age, he being thirty-two and h6 wife preferring a younger man, This is a queer world. ' Nbw Yobk, Dec 22, 1877. Mbssrs. Editors : A lady related to me fast night the distressing particulars of a case of suffering and destitution which had come under the notice a few days ago of one of the many charitable institutions which abound in this- city, and which. many as they are; hardly begin to alleviate the sufferings of the poor.' My informant is one of the directors of a church mission school, to which came a rather interesting' child, whose features were of tbat pinched cast ' that indicated a - want ' of sufficient food. The teacher' questioned her about her residence. ; and went with her to it She found a woman on a straw pallet on the floor of a small room of a tenement house, with a baby eight, days old by her Bide, both scantily covered; and two little children clothed in raiS sewed together. The child who had been sent to school was the onlv one of the family who' bad whole dress. The woman.', for want of nourishment for herself had none for her child. " had been out to pick : up sticks to warm some tea for the ' babv and in (bat way had become chilled and obliged to lie down. Uf course tne cnanty ecnooi aia not allow such a case to remain unrelieved, but provided food and clothing. But how xoany such cases there are la Una gretX cltj - 1 - which do not come under the notice of the charitable, who can tell? A drunken hus band, who could find nothing to do. was i me Doitom or ail this suffering, though there are many husbands "who are not arunsen, whose families suffer for their want of employment. - The winter has so far been wonderfully mild, but when the eoid comes, as come it will, there will be ssd times for tbe poor here. . . ; ; ' Surrogate Calvin appears not to have as liiu au opinion ot newspapers as the ltev. lr. lalmage; but if he had been wise he would have kept his opinion to himself. and thus have escaped the following neat rebuke from the World; : :.. .: . 5 ."In the Vanderbilt trial yesterday the Surrogate said about newspaper attacks on men : "Of course no sane man of ordi nary intelligence would think of being an noyed by them, unless . by accident the paper should state, the truth, which is not ufcery to occur " Thus he is rerjorted. I Perhaps he did not say so. " Perhaps there i-IK no .'VaiufarhHt: trial ' ' Parhana than in ' f v V VWV ItllMI A . a AA f'0 MIV( V AO 1 no Calvin, butonlyftUgment of the mibds oi tne reporters. Our knowledge on these points is derived only from tbe newspa pers, just as is most likely the Surrogate's knowledge, if there be any Surrogate and he knows anything, of the fire in Barclay sireet, u there was any nre in .Barclay street, wnicn, it truth in newspapers is the exception and not the rule, there proba bly wasn t. Surrogate Calvin's little joke may be called judicial, for the jokes of j great judges are not always as good as their law. But bad jokes do not of them selves constitute Judicial qualifications. and tbe Surrogate's bad joke was not only pointless but inaccurate. We do not re sent it on behalf of the newspapers but on behalf of the judiciary, including Surro gate Calvin. If judges make wanton mis statements, under a mistaken impression tbat they are humorous, people may begin to entertain a contempt for the administra tion of justice, and that would be a mis fortune.'' A letter in an Arkansas paper gives a glowing account of the Industrial Univer sity of tbat State, located at Fayetteville, with handsome compliments to its presi dent, Uen. D. a. Hill, late of Charlotte, N. C. There are nearly two hundred students. Another president of an insurance com pany, Dr. Lambert, of the' American Popular Life. Insurance .Company, has been convicted of false swearing as to its financial condition, and is now in the Tombs. The penalty may extend to ten years in the petiltentiaryThi8 Is another warning to officers of banks and other moneyed institutions, and the end is not yet- There is a rage just now for paying off church debts. A Mr. Hi rn ball, of Boston, bas succeeded in persuading tbe congrega tions of about a dozen cburcltes in various cities from this to California to subscribe amounts from twenty-five to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. His first failure has been in Dr. Tyng Jr.'s church in this city, which was $245,000. He raised about , $160,000, including $25,000 pledged by himself. Should it stop here, tbe attempt fails, as all the sub scriptions are dependent upon the whole being raised. Tbe Rev. Dr. Cook, of St. Bartholo mew 8 cburen, pursued a more quiet course, and got $145,000 to free his church from debt. Wm. II. Vanderbilt gave $50,000, and his son Cornelius $25,000. The World says that Gen. Grant has an income from 1,200 shares of stock in one of the nioet -productive -California mines. This accounts for some of his great wealth, all acquired during his Presidency, aud it is understood by way of gift, from a bull pup up. , H. Kewbera, New Bern, New lterne, From the Newbern Nutshell On the 23d of November, 1723, "An Act for the better settling of the Town ot Newbern, in the Precinct of Craven," was passed "by his Excellency the Palatine, and the rest of the true and absolute Lords proprietors of the province of Carolina, by and with the adviee and consent of the rest of the members of the General As sembly met at Edenton for the North East part of. said Province,' which "de clared, confirmed and incorporated into a township by the name of Newbern," the little burg over wnicn mere nas oeen bo much wrangling." Notwithstanding this emphatic settlement as to the name of the place, only a tew years eiapsea oeiore some enterprising person took it into his bead that New Bern should be spelled with a capital B, and that two words should be made out of the name, we have notn this mode of 44putting it" in ancient papers published here; in the .charter of St. John's Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., granted January 26th, 1775, and in an al manac, now in tne possession ot Air. xsaac Patterson, of this city, published in Phila delphia in 1774 by Wm.- and Thos. Bradford, (one of whom was Benjamin Franklin s partner in the printing busi ness.) in which it is stated that "New Bern is 10 miles from Kemp's Peny, on the Neuse river." When the Federal forces captured Newbern, they did not fancy either Newbern or New Bern, as a mode of spelling, and therefore when the law incorporating .Newbern as a town was amended, aud the place was incorpor ated as a city, they commenced spelling it with a final e, and flew uerne was ior a long time the popular, mode. After the close of the war, and the return to their homes of many of our native citizens, the name of the place as a sort of bone of contention. The '"rebels" insisted on spelling it the old fashioned way. and the "yankees" reiused to ao away witn tne new tangled idea. The subject was talked about, wrote about - and quarreled about until everybody got disgusted, and nnaiiy settled down to the determination of writing the name just as they "dog goned the incorporating act, because we believe that is the only proper way. " However, it any of our patrons desire to remit money to us, they can -'use either of the three modes they see fit in directing their envel opes, and we will be very apt to get the remittance. . r ; An Arctic Vorase. Special to the New Tork Herald, 83d London. Dec. 23. Captain Wiggins, an Englishman, just returned from the Jenisei and. Obi rivers, in Siberia, reports that route as practicable to the North Pole, with an open sea all the way. . He also reports that there is an immense commerce into Siberia from China. .. . . ... , Captain Wiggins,- with his schooner of forty tons burden, sailed from . the capital of Siberia to St. Petersburg and anchored before the winter palace, where his vessel was visited by the imperial family and by great crowds of. people, r Steps are to be taken to organize aline of trading steamers, and thus open to the world the marvellous timber, , grain and ' mineral resources of Siberia." 4, ' , ' .v y ,-en tons of gold were taken from one mine this year. Wheat equal to that from California is sold at $15 a ton; beef is one cent a pound. . There are telegraphs every where, and the large cities and fine people exhibit the great spirit of enterprise that Russia has carried into the country. In England, people, will not credit the. exist ence of. the Opensea as reported, nor the possibility of such a commerce. It is only fifteen days from the. Jenisei. liiver to London. ' 1 ' 'rj . RxcmPTSOF Cotton in Chablottx. The receipts of cotton in this market since the first of December pre 12,213 bales ; total receipts from 'the first of September to this date 33.046 bales. The transac tions in cotton last week were the heaviest ever known in this, market, ': and tbe re ceipts from the 1st of September to date are considerably larger than -for the cor responding period of any previous year. CkarlotUOUerver. Jndg-lng- From Appeatnutcew. From an Old Magazine j In the woods 'forming what remains of the forest of Ardennes, about a mile from a small village : called Solenthal, a narrow path leads from a high road to a spot once occupied by charcoal burners, but now abandoned. It was a gloomy place. Tbe ground for about an acre was black, where charcoal had been burned and stored, while a small fringe of green grass, had perched itself forward from the forest, and com menced regaining the lost ground. In tbe centre was a deep hole, to be entered only on one side by a path of narrow dimen sions. . In this was a small hut, of wretch ed aspect, ' one of millions in France, where glitter and glory hide misery' worse than that of ; Ireland in her. worst days, where sound and show conceal from us 16,000,000 of paupers. . This hut had no window. - It was. curved in shape and cioseiy resembled a wigwam of the poor, est class. .- It consisted of three poles stuck in the ground, meeting at the top. these tied together, and then, of course, thatch and mud. A hole was left in the top for the smoke to pass through. : The floor was of mud. In one, corner ; was a pile of straw, which, with two chairs and a table, formed the whole of the furniture. It was occupied by : two women and a large dog. At the moment . when our narrative commences one only was at home. She was about fifty, poorly but not meanly clad. She was clean, neat and tidy, and she plied her needle with unceasing energy. She was sewing for a livelihood. ; . A short distance off, on the edge of the wood, another woman, or rather a young girl, ' dressed in the same manner, was picking up wood and laying it in an out spread cloth on the ground. She, too, plied her work industriously,'-for until sufficient fuel had been collected she could not cook their humble dinner. Presently she seemed satisfied with what she had done, and was about ts proceed, when two horsemen issued from the wood and came along, walking their horses slowly. One was a young man, about five-and-twen-ty, rosy-cheeked, handsome and full of health ; the other was ten years older, and evidently an habitue of the boulevards and the cafes of- Parian His pale face, made paler by a thin black mustache and jet black hair, bis hollow, sunken eyes, spoke Of the man of late hours and pleasures. His face was cold and repulsive, -while that of the other was open and frank. ."Wlmt a . wretched occupation, for so pretty a girl," said the young man, riding quickly on, so as to speak first ; "surely, na there, you might put your taper fingers to a better use. , Here's will buy you fire wood for months." And he cast a double Napoleon at her feet.'. ' ' ' ' ;-. The girl raised her angelic face to bis, sadly aud reproachfully. She was about eighteen. Her white skin, her blue eyes, her curly golden hair, her simple, child like manner, was something he had never seen before. Her expression was timid and yet proud, and, looking into her eyes, the young man was not surprised at the reply he recei ved. ' Monsieur, 1 have done nothing to give you a right to insult me. What you have done may have been meant kindly, but I ask.alms of no one;" " Pardon, mademoiselle," exclaimed the other, confused and stammering. "I meant no insult. . Pardon me, mademoi selle, I pray you. I thougnt you poor, and my impulse was to aid you." "Thank you, monsieur, for the first kind word I have heard these fifteen years, except from my own mother,? said the young girt. " But go your way, or else the whole country will shun you too." "Begone, wretch!" exclaimed the other, riding up aud raising. his whip menacingly; " begone, viper, and dare not speak to an honest man.'. - , . The young man listened . in amazement. "ldid not speak to monsieur; mon sieur spoke to me," said the ; girl gently, with, however, a smile of pity and con tempt. . ., . " Raise your accursed lips to me again," cried the other furiously, "and I will scourge you with my whip." - "Monsieur is perhaps a coward," said the gentle girl, stung to anger for once, turning at the same- time to face his in sults. " What ! yon dare answer me," and he raised his hand again. " JNay, Edward, you would not hit a woman?" " "A woman ? Do you call Madeleine de Pierrepont, tbe child of the assassin oi my Uncle Dubois, a woman ? bay. rather, a fiend," screamed the usually calm dandy, " Madeleine de Pierrepont 1" replied the other, staggering so that his friend had to turn his assistance to him. , "Madeleine de Pierrepont ! , And this is Madeleine de Pierrepont ! Truly," he muttered, as be re mounted his horse, "she is not a woman." The other imitated him, and they rode off. leaving the young girl to weep alone. Tn a few minutes, however, she wiped her eyes, and then fearful she might be sus pected of appropriating the gold piece, she took it up, wrapped it in a piece of paper, with the intention of returning it to its owner. She then lifted up her bundle and walked slowly toward the hut. "Tell me the story of this girl," said the young man. gravely. The other told it: "Fifteen years be fore, the father of Madeleine de Pierrepont and a Monsieur Dubois, a rich proprietor. had been intimate friends. De Pierrepont was comfortably off, from the fact of his having several occupations, c He was col lector of the rent of a rich member '. of his noble family: he was tax gatherer and adjoint to the Moire. The Moire was M. Dubois." a rich - man, but somewhat of a miser. It appears that one afternoon Du bois asked Pierrepont to walk,, over to a small town at some distance to receive with him a large remittance, with which he bad ' to pav a bodyjof workmen em ployed on public works, and otherexpeases incurred in the building qf a church and school-room. Dubois felt safer with a companion. It was afterwards '' proved that they received the money, dined to gether at the Soleil d'Or, : drank rather more -than they were used to, and then, desnite everv representation, set out to walk home, though De Pierrepont wished to hire a gig. Next morning the body of Dubois was found about a hundred yards beyond the house of De Pierrepont, which was at the foot of a hill that lea up to the village. ;l All his money was gpneas well as hia watch and rings. - "A starch took place instantlyand De Hierrenout as his companion was visuea by the police agent; De Pierrepont de posed that Dubois on his reaching the bouse bade him go in, for that he could go the hill safely alone; but still he requested him to keep a bag of 1,000 francs in silver because it was so heavy until morning. This'l.OOO francs hegaveuptothe police. Of " V . . .T-i ,5j i i lo.uUU tranc8in notes ne soiemniy aeciarcu he knew nothing. On this he was arrested as the assassin, tried, found guilty and sent to the gallevs for life.' His wife solemnly Hpciared that she heard Dubois wish her husband eood night, and say, laughingly, "I'll send a carl for the silver in the morn- , . i . . a. i : : . I. n ing. But insteaa oi oeneuung iuiu w we eyes of tbe world she became nis accom plice. - To avoid being hooted at ' in the streets she left the village, and every penny being scent 'ere her husbands trial was over, she obtained reluctant permissiou to dwell in the charcoal-burner's deserted hut. But all shunned her and her child as they would lepers, and to live she was obliged to walk nine miles in search of work of the coarsest description. . Leave the country she would not because . she , was born there, and she felt convinced that her ' husband would be ultimately par- "And vou loin. , Edward, in the infa mous persecution. Supposing the father guilty (which to me is not ckarij rxoved and you know I am a lawyer), ' why should this poor child suffer for the' sins of her father ? . Why, the savages of JNorth America, where I have just come from, are more civilized than you. I see in this heroic couple subject of wonder and admi ration, but not of hate. Poor creatures! Fifteen years of misery have not satisfied you all, but you must still, treat them as outcasts.". ' ; ' "My dear Arthur," you ' have just come from America, where it appears to me you pick np very singular notions. For my part the wife and daughter of an assassin, and the assassin of my uncle, are detesta ble wretches whom I must hate," said the other, in his usual cool way.- His fit of anger was passed, , - ; - . "Injustice, infamous in justice !, Poor girl ! I think I her . meek face now, looking at me so proudly and yet so sweet ly. I never saw anything so lovely in my life." , ' - -.- ...-,.. : ; r "Why. the man's in love !" exclaimed Edward Dubois, the heir to the murdered man's 'property. -; " "Malt ; and what's more, Edward, do you know I'd marry tbat girl to-morrow if she'd have me, but I know she wouldn't. "By my faith," said Edward, "you amaze me ; and 1 am . not easily amazed. Of course you are joking." "lime will show. But now. my dear fellow, adieu ; you follow that path in search of pleasure, I this on business." "Adieu, ademain" "Yes. You breakfast with me at the little inn, you know." ; i "Agreed, my philosopher. Adieu." And Edward Dubois galloped down a narrow path leading to the ' chateau of a certain Count de Jesson, who that day gave a grand dinner and evening party. As soon as Arthur saw that he was out of sight i i , i . . i .i . uc lumeu uis uorse s steps ana gauopea hard toward the charcoal-burner's hut. 'When Madeleine returned to the hut and began making a fire she told her mother what bad passed and showed her the gold piece, lhey were used to this kind of treatment, and the motlier did not feel it much now. The scorn of fifteen years had made her despise the world. But Made-, leine seemed hurt. . I do not care," she exclaimed aloud. at last, "for what young Monsieur Dubois said ; but I am vexed that the good look ing stranger should have , said that I was not a woman.'" - , , You are not a woman, but an angel." exclaimed Arthur, solemnly.; He had ap proached on foot and had heard a portion of their conversation. ,,".', ,The mother and, daughter stood still in dumb amazement. "You seem surprised, madam," said the young man, addressing tbe mother.. "Yoa will be still more so when I add that ! have returned with the deliberate inten tion of imploring you ! to give me your daughter's hand in marriage ; not now. instantly, but when you know me better." "Monsieur v exclaimed the mother, in dignantly, "this is too much. Go. The felon's daughter is still too good for in sult." . , ,- "Madam," said Arthur, respectfully, j "perhaps your astonishment will cease when I add that your husband is innocent, and that I have come sixteen thousand miles to prove it." " 1 ou are Bpeaking seriously I gasped the poor woman. "On my soul and conscience, " said Ar thur, solemnly. Oh joy I oh joy ! shrieked the girl, clasping the stranger round the neck : "the saviour bas come at last." "Becalm, my dear young lady, and I will tell you my story in a few words. You will then understand my motives in coming here. I scarcely expected to find you at Solenthal, but at last determined to try. 1 came yesterday night, and L soon heard of your heroic resignation and courage. Be seated, dear girl, and listen to tidings that will be joyful indeed to your filial heart." . : : , " . Madeleine blushing, ber color going and coming, obeyed, and seated herself on a log near the young stranger. 1 am a young t renchman, and about seven years ago 1 emigrated to feru in search of fortune. I started as a law yer, and found business plentiful enough. I knew many . . Frenchmen in the place, but a merchant of the name of Gaillard was my most inti mate friend. He was twice my age,. grave, even sullen and saturnine; but he had quamt ways, was very charitable, and I liked him. Besides, the others were married, had families, and be was alone. We used to meet at a cafe, play piquet, drink sherbet, and then walk home to gether. He was rich, and lived in great style, but not in any way up to his income. feopte wondered he never married, but he said he had been married, and - was not inclined to try the experiment again, i He looked with alarm at the prospect of my settling, in life, and did all be could to preserve unto himself one bachelor friend. "About a year ago he tell in, ana the doctoral once intimated to him that he would not recover. Apart from disease, it was a general break-up of nature. "When lie found there was no hope he sent for me.,. .-, Tersan,..said.he,7'li8tefl to a dying man. and interrupt me not. , i ou see on this bed an assassin, a thief, a murderer, Fourteen years ago, sitting in a hotel, I saw two men dining, one of . whom . had just received sixteen or seventeen thousand francs. A dreadful thought came into my head. I was not poor, but I was wicked. I, folio wed these two men. They walked on their way to aoienuiai togetner. i dared not attack both, and once or twice I thought of giving up my fearful design. But at the bouse, oi one lie nerrepont thev parted, and my victim. Dubois, ad vanced alone. 7 7 I was monster enough to think that heaven gave him up to me. I bounded after him; I gave myself no time for thought; I stabbed him m the neck;, killed him; took, his money and ned.; l spare you my thoughts ana my fifteen, years of 8uffeiing; l ned tne country; a oecame merchant rich respected; out l never had one happy moment. Not only had I murdered him, but Pierrepont was sus pected and sentenced for my crime, only not to death, because the jury hesitated. I thus ruined an honest man, and sent his fainilv to beg their bread! "He paused. I spoke not ; 'oo absorbed in my "De verssn, listen to me, my mena. iw not tarn against me, I Have left jou mi sole heir. 'Never wilt "Hark! yoa most and yoa will; Take my nroDenv. and thins when von eniov it wits puj on its irailLv nresent owner, snd I will make a public confession, pay the heirs of Dubois their 1S.000 francs, and, by proving" my own guilt ob tain the pardon of the innocent De- Pierrepont. Kefu'-e aud I will die impenitent, for my only mm a win nave aeaenea me.' "And mar heaven bless fu i " said the! weep ing and sobbing mother, while Madeleine hid her head in her mother s Up. I "An hour later, in the An hour later, in tne presence of the French and English consuls onrEaitlishmen and four Frenchmen two priests ana iae aicaiae uuu- l&rd. or rather Jiesnara, maae nis solemn con- fesston. which was signed bv all present, sea1 ed, and one of two copies given to me. - That copy is now in tne nanus m um i muster vi iu- tjee, aud nere," a rawing xorui a usircr, - is couv of vour father's free bardoa." - ' ' a wild snneK I'om ootn women was ai? re pit "And bow. Madeleine.' said he. Ukinc the girl's hand, -"before I have the chance of rivals mav i renew my request iot jour nam uu heart"- ! t -aiW'i '-Monsieur, na man on earth ean ever do for me what yon have done.. In an .hour I have lived years of Joy ; tbat joy I owe to yoa. Give me my father, and the love of my whole fife, if yoa vin it. ateU be vour noor reward." . - ' This sadden reseiutioa of the young lrl, so natural under the circumstances, was approved of heartilv bv the mother. Next morning there sat in a small inn In Solenthal, waiting for break fast, a man. not old. bat bowed by years oi woe. srav-haired and Dale. On each side -f him sat - wnnun-ou nut wue. wv wucr aim usukiuci, Thev had been talking lor Boors, ana were not wearied yet. yoang nu satopposite, hut lace beaming with delight. Several times the wait er had announced .breakfast, bat the young man had always bad aunt .be quiet aaa wan sua whiia. Atiengtha antrisd step was heard, and the KATES OF ADVEETISINQ.'' One Square (1 Inch) one day,.;,....., M u two .......... n u u three" - : t u ; r. flT9. ; " M - . atx no 1U S 0 ' 1(1 ;: , ssa Contracts for advertising for any space or tttnt i may be made at the office of The Observer, V Observer Building, FajettevUle Street, Baleen, North Carolina . -J young Edward Dubois entered. He started as if bit by a snake, and wonld have left the room. "Stop I " said Arthur sternly, as he caught him by the wrist. "Rather kneel and ask for pardon than fly. Read this, man," and he put In his hand the printed bill proclaiming the in justice of Pierrepont's sentence, hiafree pardon,' ; and containing the certified confession of Mes nard. Edward Dubois read It in silence. When he had finished he turned and grasped the ex-convict's hand. "No apology can make np for my conduct, v be said, "but what f can do .1 will. This bill will satisfy the whole country." " "Monwieur," replied De Pierrepont, In husky tones, "you did but as the world did. Appear, ances were against me and 'all condemned me." "Edward, my friend," said Arthur, "you see the danger of Judging from appearances. Had De Pierrepont been trulv inultv. his wife and 1 child would have been pitied, not scorned. As it is, a vUe prejudice has made these two wo- . men for fifteen years outcasts and pariahs. " : Edward made no reply, as the breakfast came : in. He, like all the country round, was horri fied now they fonnd how unjust they had been; and never was wedding more tumnltuously hail ed and feted than that of Arthur de Versan and Madeleine de Pierrepont. . Still f have not heard that one man, woman or child in the forest of Ardennes has been cured of the evil habit of judging always from appearances, and visiting on the Innocent the sins of the guilty. The Children's Saint. Prom the New York World.) j It is through a confusion of dates that t St. Nicholas, under his New York name of Santa Claus, has come to be regarded as the great Christmas benefactor of chil dren. Our old Knickerbockers keep his festival duly on his proper day in the cal endar, which is the 6th of December. But that day is kept throughout Continental ' Europe as the special festival of children. " During "the first week in December the children, in the Low Countries in particu lar, have a little carnival of their own.. Thfl prmfprtinnerv winHowa nro fillprl with , little regiments ' of bishops modelled in -ehocolate, : representing St. Nicholas of Myra, after the likeness of his picture in the; j famous . "Heures" of , the Duchess Ann of Brittany, lie bears a crozier in his right hand, and with three fingers of : the left extended he blesses three little Children, who are rudelv renresented as rising out' of a little tub at his episcopal feet. This has' been interpreted by artful nurses as signifying the blessedness re served iatf infants : who ; will submit themselves"; peacefully,, to the dreadful . . operation of being thoroughly washed and -scrubbed. ' But it : has a deeper and more ' mystical meaning through which we arrive ' at . the ; transference over of Santa Claus into the sphere of Christmas, its gifts and its feast ing.v The story of St. Nicholas, as told in the 1 Golden Legend,' recites that upon ; a certain occasion the good bishop while on his travels lodged at the house of a "son of Satan," who for lack of pro Visions was used'to kidnap little children, Slay and serve them up to his guests. , He ' set some of bis . abominable dishes before the bishop, who, instantly discerning their , true nature, reproached tbe inhuman wretch with his. crime, aud going to a tub ' wherein lay the salted remains of three " poor little creatures; made over it the sign . of the cross. Instantly the little ones arose, and were restored alive and well to their weeping mother, "a widow dwelling near by. This excellent bishop was the patron of pawnbrokers, .. who seem , to , have been originally a confraternity of benevolent rich ' people, ' willing ' ; to " v help- the poor ' by lending them small sums on articles which they would other wise have been forced to sell at a great sacrifice; and the three golden balls borne for ages as the sign of pawnbrokers,' are - ueiieveu woyuiwiric turee purees ui koiu, . i: i . .. i . i." .1 w m l , which the good bishop furtively cast on as .; v many successive nights into the windows. ot a ruined noble, in order to save hisJs? three daughters from being driven bv pov erty into a life of shame. How the Dutch , came, to take St. Nicholas as their patron saint, is a matter of dispute. They proba- . bly borrowed him from the ' Lombards. W hether they did so or not, St. Nicholas, as Santa Claus, has preserved : that pious and benevolent character which. we are sorry to say has rather passed away with time from his devotees, the pawnbrokers,' and is now only retained, so far as con cerns them, in the name of those great Continental public nawnbroking estab- '- Jishments known as the Mom de riete. The Chief ef Sinncn-la Theory, From EjTgleston'g "Roxy," Scribner's Monthly. Wherever Mark went he was successful, and nearly everybody praised him. Mrs. Hanks, Koxy s well-to-do aunt, held forth to Jemima upon the admirable ability of the young man, and bis great goodness and self-sacrifice in '.'laying all his advantages of talent,-and wealth and prospects at the foot of the cross.' I tell you what I think,Henriette, "replied Jemima, with her customary freedom; "I think that s all fol-de-rol and twaddle-de-dee," Here she set ber iron down witii emphasis and raised her reddened face from her work, wiping the perspiration ,away with, her apron. "I think it's all nonsense for tne brethren and sisters to talk that way, jest like as if Mark had con ferred 'a awful favor on his Creator, in lendin' him his ' encouragement. Do you think it's seen a great thing to be Colonel Bonamy s son and a member of the In- jeanny ljegisiater, that uod must feel mightily obieeged to Mark ixmainy fer btdn' so kind as to let him save his immor tal soul 2 Now, I don't," and here she be gan to shove her iron again. . "You all '11 spite Mark oy settm' him up on a spmacle of the temple," she added as she paused a moment to stretch out a shirt-sleeve, pre paratory to ironing it. , ; "Jemima," said Mrs. Hanks. "Its - wicked to talk that way. -' You are always making xun ot tne gospel, .rm sure Mark s very humble. " - He. calls himself the chief of sinners. ... "I s'bose he does. That's nice to ant himself up alongside of Paul and say: . . i , i ... . . see, rum ana me was, ooin great sinners. That makes you think he's a-goin' to be ' like Paul in preacbin'. But s'pose one of the brethren lirot her Dale, now was to . say, 'Brother Bonamy, you're the biggest sinner in town. You're wuss'n old Gatlin that went to the peniteusbry, an' you're wuss'n Bob Gramps that was hung.' Do you think he'd say, 'Amen, that's a fact?' But ei bein the chief of sinners means anything, that's what it means." -, T. t T ' T .-I, . . - jemima, i ieu you, you re wicked. It's right to kill the fattetl calf for - the re- , turning prodigal." "Oh yes 1 know, and Jemima wiped her face again. . "But I wouldn't kill all the calves on the place and then begin on the ye'rlins so as- to make him think it was a nice thing to be a prodigal. I'd be afraid tbe scamp would go back and try it over again." .And nere jemima broke out with ber favorite verse t ' . ' . i r "Oh hender me not for I will serve the Lord, And 111 praise him when I die." ' .WJomks's Ways. I he late Chief-Justice Chase's mother once bore' her part in a little comedy which was almost Shake spearean. -With her husband .she was visiting two of bis brothers, who were also married. The. three, gentlemen, sitting and talking together, made some, playful wagers On the subject of their wives tem pers, and agreed to test them. So, walking into the room where the three ladies were seated at the fireside making caps, which at that time were very fashionable, the trials began. The first brother after some alighting remarks concerning caps in general, and his wife's handiwork in particular, commanded ber to -'throw it in the fire." Naturally the indignant lady paid small attention to the order. The next brother's attempt met with the same ' result ; but no sooner did the Chief-J us tice's father command Aii-wtfe to toss her cap into the fire than ihe' cap went into tbe flames, and that', in the most prompt, sweet, and serene manner. It may, per haps, be unnecessary to add that of the three husbands be was the one most thor- s ughlj well managed.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 1, 1878, edition 1
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