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.TllE.--TOttCn-LI.CHT. 7. -JL DAVIS, waiters. TUESDAY,. ..AUG. 18, 1874. ' . . EDITORIAL SPUITERS. A very bail habit to get into, is a coat hot paid for. , . ' Have you a right to pick a photograph er's pocket because he lias pict-ures? Davisranjority in thi: District is 1636. Tool's it is tbclught will reach 15,000. What does ajrnan see iu the wild, whd, waves? Sea foam. Do (s)pray hush, AVillie ! A colored mjan by the name of Gilbert Walker, died recently in Orange county in the 103rd yjear of his age. It's getting k now that vou Ciin't even tell a man.. h pervarieatesr1 without getting maulu d. Freedom of .speech js limited. Everyboly Pattison who i she strike him to pat her son knows that it was Mrs. truck Billy. But why did Because she had a right ;l'attison.) . Mrs. Woodhf nil and family have Failed for Europe. So: weak a vessel should choose a tight ship across the oeean.-r- Rich. Enquirer. A kvood-hul , iron clad. s j-ingnlab how rap!dlysome young men from thei country lose their color when visiting arge cities. They go there very given, .and invariably come away done verv brotvn. i - ! ' .1 Flie latest case of absent-mindedness U a gentleman writing a letter at the breakfast tabid, who dipped his pen in his coffee and continued his letter. Notic ing his mistake, he put a lump of sugar in the ink anct then finding his second blunder, poured the 'contents of the inkstand into .the coffee-pot to, set it i Iirht. . " ' ? Indian War. j . The numerous telesrrams from th,' tror.tier published during last month indicated ah extensive In dian "War. ! It now appears that whilst thcro has been a few slight conflicts-with the savages, nothing like a general war exists or is to bo apprehended. General Sher mau says he does net consider the Indian troubles as of anv serious importance, aud tliat they -yill rnf. o.a cnnti na the oo-on nr?- CZT Durai": the warm veath r. while wo werQ trviii ' ; to "ran our "machine on sotia v ana lemonade, wo had hot snot ponr- rd in upon ins from various and mdry directions. An: lg other things some! people, wo ' :rn,ol joct to our paper bee::: j it has too' much temperaiu. J:. "We are temperance" boys and expect to stay so. We advise other bovs to practice what' we preach7 "We. are opposed to honor, "rattle-and- 5nap," faro bank. ; j three card montc, and cvervthir 2j.of the sort. The; a :vo ' our s timcnts and those who don't lr: bur opinions on thc:e subjects e n enjoy their own. ly hope that the readers c !' never r sultinr: which, ti .orch -Light will s columns such iii j of anv one as that ist number of the f Car- c? : ..rald heaps upon us., A Aeman occupying such a. high eial position and enjoying such an enviable Reputation as a journ alist ouEjht to be ashamed of hav uttered such uerlv words.- He is respectfully takes two to not likely to informed that as it make a quarrel he is succeed this time." XST" By some cause or othor our compositor omitted a sentence in the communication which ap peared in our columns week be fore last, in regard to the Com missioners report. The words in italic were (the ones omitted. It Bnonla road jthus: : j I confess I do not under stand that report. They say they find the county owing the school fund 2,1(3517 cmd thitthe Coifiiiy frmds had an -excess of 2,162,17. !v . A T7ar cf Eaces ' From Mississippi, 'there comes a fearful tale of riot and blood shed. The facts as wp get them from the different dispatches are as folio W3 : . . A negro insulted a Dr. Smith who drew his pistol and fired at his insulter, the ball miss ed the one for which it was in tended but struck a 6mall negro child who Was standing near and killed her. The doctor immedi ately gave himself up to the legal authorities and was placed in jail. The negroes of the town, not con tent to await the action ot the law made threats of lynching. To allay the excitement the prisoner was removed to Hernando Ark., where he was jailed. This did hot satisfy the colored , people who told the Mayor of Austin that unless the Dr. was brought back, they would barn the toicn. ?o no tice was taken of their threats ex cept the whites made all neces sary arrangements to defend them selves. At day-light on the 10th one I thousand negroes advanced on the town in which were about 200 whites. A skirmish ensued and the negroes" were driven back with a loss but at the time when the last dispatch was -sent. 1 assist- ance had been asked for by the whites. Armed white men are rushine to the scene of action from the States of Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas and we doubt not 'ere, this time the rioters will have been dispersed. The Federal government not having been' called upon has not as yet interfered. The loss of life we fear will be heavy but the .conscqueuces will be that when men who have com mitted crime have given them selves up to justice that the law will be suffered to take its course. P. S. Since the above was written the town of Austin has been recaptured by the whites and the negroes dispersed. Grassfccppers- What with fire, flood, and other disaster this year it seems that the country has been visited bv every evil that flesh is ; heir to. The Western States' seem to be troubled most" and are now visited with the plague of the grasshop pers.''.;'--"' J ' - , ' ' ' Countless thousands of these pests alight on corn, wheat, oats, rve, and other fields and in one i ' night everything is bare. The fields of some" of the Western States, that were covered with a beautiful verdure are now bare and ; bla.uk. . So far : science has been ' able to do nothing to help the peo ple. May; God spare the South ern portion ; of our ' country from the infliction. : ET The" Gordonsville Gazette says "it is worth while for any one fond of seeing "shooting stars" to . regard the firmament these August evenings.- -Whilst the meteors can not be said to cope in battallions, the siugle spies are frequent arid beautiful,t and may le seen every evening." ; We admire the "'darters" and we have a peculiar fondness for the "single" ones.. We always feel happy in their august pres ence. er ., : ! Eev. Joseph S. Collins,, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and father of Rev. John A. Collins of the Baltimore Conference, died at Winchester, Vai., on the 31st of July at the age of ninety six. He had left the city of Baltimore in good health only a few days before. Hon. S. H. Rogers, a member of Congress, died in Raleigh on the 14th. from hremorrhasre of the hinois.TIijsflpath rnn&pd mnnh rrfipf. f i - 1 i y . My Trip to Beaufort, N. C. What l saw and Eerienced, therie. j As I stated in my last, Beau fort is a ""quiet old town situated in Carteret county." lnere are few places on this hospitable earth where the lover of nature and seek- er of picturesque can nna more to awaken his imagination or kindle his enthusiasm, man at tins popu- lar nlace of , summer resort. . One can spend days in wandering up and down the banks of the "At lantic shell covered-shore and constantly come upon grand views of natural -scenery. The ' rocks, the trees, and more beautiful still, the ever changing forms of the boiling, surging and rushing wa ters that form the 'broad Atlantic.' Here one can sit for hours without growingweary of the ever chang-i mg torm and majestic current be fore him, and with feelings of awe and reverence for the Deity, whose wonderful power can create and fashion such a grand work. You will never grow weary of the beautiful boat rides, fishing, -hunting, bathing, dancing, riding on the "spinning jinney" and'many other amusements I could mention. The most important feature is the most excellent Hotel so well man aged by mine host Geo W. Char lotte. The table is furni?hedwith everything the! market atibrds. The rooms are finished neatly and are so arranged that one can get the benefit of j the "sea breeze" night and day. j There is connect ed with the hotel, a large and spacious -'ball room" where the lovers of dancing can participate to their heart's delight. The pleasure seeker can enjoy himself by visiting the "Light House. Fort Macon and numerous other places. There is a "band of music" engaged for the season. Morning, Xoon and niht sweet music floats on the "balmy air" and enliv ens all that hear it. AVe would advise the boys not to visit Beau fort, for they would be sure to loose their hearts, for the beauty of a lovely woman is like m usic. What can one say more ! Beau ty lias an expression and far above woman's soul that it clothes. The expression ot beauty influence.all who see it, (it is needless to say, there are gentlemen with whis kers dyed and undyed who see none of it whatever. JWe havn't dyed ours, no not us.) And for this reason the noblest nature is often the most blinded to the character of the woman's soul, that the beauty clothes, whence I fear, the trage dy of human life is likely to con tinue for a fonc: time to come, in spite of the mental Philosophers,). who are ready with the best re cipes for avoiding all mistakes of the kind. Boys beware ! I might write many pages more and yet not tell half the crood qualities of Beaufort, the Atlantic hotel and of the gentlemanly proprietor Air. Geo W. Charlotte. Kind reader adieu. e W. A. Davis. A Good Education. The late Everett condensed in to a single brief paragraph his es timation of what constitutes a good education. Here it is: ; v "To read the English language well, to write with dispatch a neat, legible hand, and be master of four rules of arithmetic, so as to dispose at once, with acuracy, ev- ery question 01 ngures wmcn comes up in practiceI call this a good education. These are the tools. You can do much wTith them, but you -are hopeless with out them. They are the founda tion, and unless you begin with these, not with flashy attainments, a little geology and all other olo gies and osophies, are ostentatious rubbish." . s .- Suicide Because sis Couldn't go to a Ball j A young girl named Larima posgrove, aged 14 years,Sind re siding at Moulton, 7 in Burlington pounty, J.,f committed suicide a a few days ago by taking lauda num because her mother would not permit her to go to a dance in the neighborhood. : j. The little child Sallie "WTiite, who fell out of a three-story win dow in Norfolk Monday, escaped serious injury by a miracle. - I'"'V,:? For the Torch-Light. ; i : - ' Hevspaper Scrroers. ,: : . There are a certain cias3 of peo ple in this, world whose services can be very well spared. They and keep themselves well posted are styieu newspaper-uurruwers -n reartl to affairs of State and all public mattera. We class these eopIe witll W10 give-their 1:1,1 children an education an for; it," which wTe' would very essence of meanness ins worse. -if 110th- Wheii a mdu subscribes. toa newspaper and pays his subscrip- tion the; reading matter contained in the same, is his and nobody else's. There are . gentlemen in this town who subscribe to papers solely for the benefit of men who are too stupid to pay the printer the small sum of two or three dol lars a year. ;: Have you ever watched the an tics of the' borrower, if vou have Lyou have certainly seen him go through the tollowing : J AsV80on as the mail arrive5? he takes his stand at the Post-office door aiid woe unto the uiiluckv wight, who in passing out with his mail- shows that his paper has come ; i The borrower "goes for" him jtion ot some people and keeps the owner w uknr whii I rlf- The friends of he "just looks it oyer." 1 &yhis ado recently seen the New he goes to the store of Mr. A. who takes the i :r, and without Babying a word to that gentleman, tikes up the paper (just laid down by Mi. A. so that a customer could be attended to) and regardless of the fact that A. has finished with his customer and is waiting for his paper, the borrower reads the paper through. Having perused sufficiently, he throws it on the counter, off-times on the floor, and with the remark Of "no news to-day," stalks out to the stores of B. C and D where he repeats the process, varying the programme occasionally by carry ing a paper or - two home with" him so that he "can read it" at his leisure. ! - " . .; This soft of thing has grown monotonous to a groat many sub scribers and they are getting tired of it and we ' don't blame them.- To stop rUhowever, is with them, all they have to do is to tell the iWrozccrthat he can't have tlleir paper, aud he, poor fellow will go and subscribe,. "A word to the wise." i : j "Polly." Lost. Some six years ago a son of a Mrs. Chancy, of Washington, S". C., ;! says the Raleigh Ncivs, was abducted from home 'by some parties j engaged lin peddling to haceo in. that" section, lie was af mirds seen in Oxford, in company With tli cV; same peddler, since which time he has hot been' heard from. Jhere has been since that time a standing reward of -85,000 for the recoverv of the child. It it not possible , the youth is still somewhere in the tobacco section of North Carolina ? : Does . .any one in these parts know anything about this boy ? ' The First Pair. " ' .it -.- Spectacles first became knowTn about the beginning of th four teenth century; an inscription on the tomb of a nobleman, Salvinus Armatus, of Florence, who died 1317, states that he was the in ventor. The person, however, who first made the invention pub lic, was Alexander Spina, a native of Pisa." He Happened to see a pair , of spectacles in the hands pf a person' who would or could not explain the principle" of them to him : but he succeeded in mak ing a pair for. himself, and he irn mediately made their construction for the good of others. ' . l e . . ;Da7sf:r Eesi. It is a singular fact that each day of the week is professedly set apart and observed as a period of rest among mankind. Thus, Sun day is appointed by the Chris tians, Monday by the Grecians, Tuesday by the Persians, Wednes day by the Assyrians, Thursday by the Egyptians. Friday bv the TurkB, and Saturday by the Jews. : The frequency of murders and outrages in some parts pf Vermont have made people very' suspicious of strangers. At Enosburg the other day, two' wohien rushed into the town in great fright, de claring somewhat - confusedly that they had been pursued in the woods by a bareheaded man on his knees. A hundred! hardy yoe- jman immediately turned out with call the ja villian whose singular tactics' j clearly indicated unusual. despera- - ' 't- j. ttion. lhe courage ana prompi- j ness of the pursuit -wais rewarded j by the "car ture o a colporteur with a hair of Bibles . and tracts j The colporteur aflUmed that he ? Was simply nrayingi when the wvs-WWfclftt mi ITT 1 111 r 11 J 1 villi his ex- j WUillCll 0-l llliil 41 ' -t. iiu i planation ne oixoreu nis persecutors some suitable puuiicauons 01 an awakening nature, and meekly went his way. ! Justice sometimes has difficul ties to overcome 111 Arkansas. ; If a man dies in his tracks - with, his boots on the people are satisfied ; hut to hang a man by what is- f known' East as due process of law, : is so unnatural to thej Arkansian f himcJ, that it excited the feeling' ; OT indignation that makes the eitu- ple uncomforta- an Arkan hanged are i making it lively for the officers of tne iaw wlio assists 11 his taking oft. They have killed the sheriff, the Judge, end to the are now ! looking ior and then propose to at )rosecutmg attorney, the jury, and he wituess for the ..Government. The Chicago Tribuiie says that the telegraph operator! at Moawe qua,' HI.,; telegraphed that the pas senger train due there! at9:15 had leit on time." After performing this duty she immediately boarded the cars with a nice young man who parted his hair injthe middle and wore a pink moustache. They rode gavlv to Pan a, where the nuptial knot was drawn in a lovely bow-knot, and the happy pair re jurned on the next train. The tiewlv-made bride alighted from the cars and telegraphed the up train "gone," thus maldng a bri dal tour without missing 4 a call. "Uncle Peter" Gurley Warren, the oldest member of the Nash ville Typographical Union, died there last week. He was a native bf-North Carolina, was born in 1812, learned the printing busi ness at Murfreesboro'jLCnn., when a boy, and served4 through the Mexican war as a private soldier, being several times wounded se vere 1 v. jIIe was for a number of years foreman of the; Nashville 'Union ind 'American. Two days before the old typo arid soldier tlied his vo'ung'sont died, and his daughter was at. the point of death when her father w as buried. ! TIic South says: A North Caro lina correspondent Writes that a party bf gentlemen from Pennsyl vania have built avMage in Mar tin, and named it Wearing; they have also connected a railroad ten miles in length, connecting the village with" Roanoke ' river. These have inaugurated an exten sive lumbering business it is said; their project is a good one and is destined to have many imitators. i " - Aged. Lovers; :e I Yesterday during the session of the j Episcopal Convocation, now in . progress -at Accokeek church, Prince ' George's county, Maryland, the services were inter rupted by the entrance of a colored man 9G and a colored woman 108 yc4srs old, .who had walked a long distauce for the purpose of getting married, and yet did not have their desires gratified, because they had no license. Alexandria Gazette. j A man tried to smuggle a wag on load of tobacco across the B el gian frontier recently,! by driving at full speed, but the customhouse soldier brought down the horse with his rifle. There was 600 worth of tobocco in the wagon, and the horse was in ; armor and 60 .a"ued with knives about the bridle that one could not hn stopped him by hand without be- ui 10 pieces. NEW it AD VER TISEM2NT& ( 6 t)SYCn03tANCY, or Soul Charm JL inw." How either sex may las- cinate and gam iiie love a anecuous oi any person they choose instantly. .'This simple mental acquirement all can pos sess free, bv mail, for 2octs, together; witli-a, marriage guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dn anis. Hints to Ladies, Ac. A qneer- 5 J .... i v i - " -: - Coughs, Cold, Iloar s e ness, . . : -TTOl? :i . ' . - i AND AJ.I. THROAT - DISEASES,' USB ' L TFVTj.zr r.A'svAixn ttm.v.TS ; - PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES. A tried mid sure remedy. Sold by drug1- MAHY SHlltl COLIXCE. ; ErfAblivhed. in 1851. " This old and cele braiicd Female School is situated in the proverbially healthy town oi Winchester oil & -ooncn i., - Uiiiueriaim; '.uouuuuijs, 'iVilh, Commences -its annual, sessions of niii months on the FIRST MONDAY in Jp lTE MBEll. Still under its first antttily President, Z. C. Graves, LL D. Forlhorbuhness and cheapness of edu cation, is not excelled by any school iu the-South. Send for catalogue contain ing)! essential particulars. G. S Walms-ley.-Treasurer. " - - - - ' - - O AH PIANOS and ORGANS new oU Uaiid Second-hand, of first class makrtrs. wiU be sold at lower prices for cash or on installments, or ior rent, iu oityoi- country, '.during: this niomn, oy Horace Waters & Son, No. 481 Broad war, than ever liefore offered iu New York. Specialty, Fianos and Organs to let imtil the rent money pays the price of tbM instruments Illustrated Catalogues maihh A large .discount to Ministers, Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc - Rich Farming Lands IN NEBRASKA., ; - Now for sale very Cheap ! Teniyears'credit, interest only 6 per ct. - m f Send for "The I'loneer." ; A handsome illustrated paper, . contain ing e Homestead Law, A new number just published, mailed free to all parts of the woifTd. Address O. F. DAVIS, lland Commissioner U. P. R. R., ,..' i . r Omaha, Neb- HAVE YOU .TRIED Ir JTJEUBEBA . ?Weak, erTOus, or debUitated ? Are you so languid that any exertiou re quires'more of an elfort than you -.feel capable of making? 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