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VOL. 5.
REIDSVILLE, N. C, MARCH 3, 1877
NO. 9
4
Arrival and Departure or Mails.
Madison leaves every day (except San
days) at 7 o'clock a. m. Arrives at 4 p.m.
Leaksville leaves every day at p. m.
Arrives at 11 a. m.
IIillsdale leaves every Wednesday at 7
a.m. Arrives at 7 p. rn.
Lawsonville leaver Saturday at 7 a. m.
Arrives at G p. m.
Mails going North clo at 10:30, a. m.
going South, close at 2:30 p in. Sunday
fiSce hours from 3 to 4 p. m.
Arrival and Depahtuke or Tcains.
Mail going North, arrives at 11:12 a. m.
Mail going South arrives at 4; 11 p. m
REV. JACOB DOLL, pleaches in the
Presbyterian Church at Hci lsville on the
first nnd third Sabbaths of each month at 1 1
o'clock a. m.. aud at 8 p. in, Prayermeet
ing eyery Wednesday night at 8 o'clock.
Bethesda, second ami fourth Sabbath3 of
each month at 1 1 o'clock a. rr .
REV. P. H. FONTAINE, preache at
Reidsviile, the 2nd and 4th Sabbaths and
Saturday before 2nd Sabbath at 11 a. m.
Leaksville 3rd Sunday, and Saturday pre
ceding at 11 a, m. At Providence 3rd Sab
bath at 3:50 p, in. Madison, 1st Sunday,
and Saturday preceding, at 11 a. m.
Wentworth 2nd Sunday at 7 p.m. Sharon
Friday before 1st Sunday at I a.m.
.Kance's Factory 4th Sunday at 3:-"0p. m.
" Sardis & Wise's Schoc 1 house alternate
USunday at 3:50 p. m.
RevV. A Sharp, preaches at Cairael the 1st
Sabbath at 11 nm.- -Hethleh am 1st Sab
bath at 3:30 p. m. Lowes 2nd Sabbath at
11 a. m. Reidsviile 2nd Sabbath at 3:3() p.
M. Wentworth, 3rd Sabbath at 11 a. m.
Ruffin, 4th Sunday at 1 1 a. m. PeitSRru
4th Sabbath at 3.3J p. in. Lawsonvme
each 5th, at 11 a m.
REV. V. MILLEit, proaches at Went
worth, fst Sabbath at 11 a.m. a d 7. p. m.
Leaksville, 2nd Sabbath at II a. ui
Mad isoh 3rd and 4th Sabbaths 1 1 a.m.
REV. L. E. STACY, preaches at Eden
Saturday before the 1st Sunday in each
Month at 11 a. m. Mount Zion Saturday
. before the 1st Sunday in each Month at 4
p. m. Bethesda 1st Sunday m each month
at 11 a. m.- Madison 2nd Suirday at 11 a. in
and 7:30 p. m.
Mount Ilermon 3d Sunday at 1 1 a . in.
Wesl eys Chapel Saturday before 4th Su-
day. Leaksville 4th Sunday at 11a. m
and 7:y0 p. ra. Pravermeetinr every Wed
uesday nighat Madison 7:30 p. m.
MASONIC LODGES.
REGULAR CO-Ar.MUXrCA.TrOX.
Roman Eazk Lodqro. No. 334, 3d Friday
"TsfVcorv month a' 7 "o'clock, n in. -Went
worth Lodge No. 324, Saturday before the
, fourth Sabbath m eah month at 3 o'clock
p. m., and on Wednesday night of tho first
v eek of each Superior court at 7 o'clock.
Daa River Lodge, No. 2-9, Saturday before
second Saturday in every month. Leaks
ville Lodpe, Saturday preceding each full
Mcon. Mount Bethel Lodge, first Saturday
Si each month and on the Anijiversar ies of
en John the Baptist and St. John the Evan
tglist. Cherokee Lodge ....
Superior Court for Rochingham is held on
ths 2nd Mondays of May and November
of each year. . .
Th Board of County Commissioners lor
Rockingham meets on the first Monday ol
each month.
JO. W. GLENN,
A1TOHNEY AT LAW.
REIDSVILLE, N. C,
Will practice in' the State and Federal
Courts. Special attention given tho collec
tion of claims. Office opposite the Labarbe
House. '
, DAVID 8. REID,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
WENTWORTH, N. C.
W 11 attend to all business entrusted to
his care.
S. FERD, W ATKINS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Public Administrator.
Wentwonh, N. C.
Prompt attention given to all business en
trusted to his ca e in the Courts of Rocking
ham and adjoining counties and in the U. h.
District and Circuit Courts at Greensboro.
N. B. Office in Madron N.C., open on
1st Saturday of everv month.
THOMAS HAMZIN,
Attorney at Law.
DANVILLE, A.
Practices in the Cour ts of Pittsvlvania,
Rockingham and Stokes. Promp t in Col
lection of Claims.
DR. 8. J. FIELD-
LEAKSVILLE. N . 0.
HS HAD
superior advan
tages, treats dis
eases of the mouth and Teeth with unusual
success, and is prepared to perform any
peration required at the hands of a
SURGLON DENTIST
Warrants his work equal to any executed
in the United States Is the invento- of the
celebrated plate for Artificial "Veetli. and
ether improvements, which are endorsed by
thft Dental and Medical profession, and over
one hundred Ministers of the Gospel.
OKB HUNDRED CERTIFICATES OF
PROFICIENCY, AC.
y Parties desiring hia services will com
municate directly
1
-Ml
Wentworth, N. C.
This House has been . recently Thor
oughly Refitted and Furnished. An2
offers Substantial Accommodation to
th Public.
EIDSVILLE "CTOTEL.
'J'HE Subscriber has leased the above
House from J. M. Harris Esq. ne will
be glad to see its old patrons and as
many new ones as shall favor him with
a call. Satisfaction guaranteed
r. W. CHURCH.
NATIONAL HOTEL
Accommodation Equal to any
in the Citv
BOARD $2.50 PR DA Y
Delightfully Situated, next
to Capital Square.
RALEIGH, N. C.
In the basement is the best Saloon a nd
Billard Room in the City.
C. S. BROWN, Proprietor.
St. Oharles House
Cor. loth and Main Street.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Terms, $2,00 per day.
This Hotel is situated in the centre of
busiwess. and more conveint to the principal
Railroad Depots and Boat Landings than
any house in the city.
A. B. MOOiZE, Proprietor.
4C-12m
R.G- GLADSTON
TIN and SHEET-IRON WORKER.
and DEALEIi in COOK
ING stoves, &c. mm&
REIDSVILLE, N. C.
Keeps on hand all kinds
of Tin Wares, Stoves, &c. Tin Roofing
and Guttering done on short notice
Agent for Blatchley's celebrated Cu
cumber Pumps. Pumps put in and
warranted. All jobbing done in a work
manlike manner.
T00UR COUNTRY MERCHANTS
Don't 1 IluTMlMisrsred if you want
CONFECTIONERIES. Buy them of the
old Established House,
LOUIS J. BOSSIEUX
1413 Tlwlit St. SStrtmioiiet
Five Doors Below the Dollar Savings Bank
nt il,;-t,7 winra (tfandinn-. and tl!6
onlv ori"inal manufactory ot the mimuaoie
nwuau w ...... ;v.u - .7
doubled Refined Steam Candy Cakes,
Crackers, Canued Goods at Baltimore prices
LOUIS J. BOSSIEUX.
jyotions
WniTJE GOODS HOSIERS' AC.
WITH
L. H BLAIR & CO
1313 Main Street, RichMond, Va.
JOB "VoJRJi
of all kind done at the 'Xews" Office
done as neat, quick and as cheap as can be
done anywhere.
OdeL Ragan I CO
Greensboro C
WHOLESALE DEAEERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
ANDAGENGTS for
Ceder Falls and Deep River Shcctmg, Yarns
ana Seamless tsags, nou's- ana ivauuauuAu
gean s Plaids, rnes' "haiem Jeans
Charlottesville
OASSIMER
43-ly.
jmd ERKENBREECHER'S
STARCH.
R. B. WATT,
Yancey ville, N. C,
E. B. WITHERS.
D anville Va,
JvVATT j VlTHEIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will give prompt attention to all busi-
ness entrusted to their care. .
Col. Withers will attend regularly to
all the courts at Yanceyviile, and whea
ever his services may be specially re-
quested, ne win aiso practice m u
the courts, in the town of Danvdle, and
the county of Pittsylvania, Va. feb.24
. .
TllQ RGldSVillG Flir
Market
Corrected regularly by J, W, Kerno-
dl, Dec. 1st 1876.
Mink's from 25 to $1.25
Rabbits " 15 cts. " .30
Muskrat 10 . 1C
Opossum " 3 ' " 10
kunk ' " : 15 " 40
Gray fox " 15 30
Red' fox " 25 ' 40
House cats" 5 10
Otter " 1.00 4.50,
Fisher " 2.00 " 7.00
Ground Hog 25 50
Coon "15 " 25
These prices will be paid for one
thousand rabbit, five hundred mink, one
hundred otter, ten thousand muskrats,
one hundred bouse cats, one hundred
skunks and as many of the others as
m
will be brought to Reidsviile.
J. W. KERNODLE.
A FANTASIE.
i
I tit beside my gentle one;
Her hand is laid hi mine ;
And thus we watched the parting sun
In goldea haze decline.
Across the fields the shadows creep,
And up the misty hill ;
And we our twilight vigils keep
At our own cottage-sill.
The distant brooklet's murmurs come
Like bell-notes through the leaves ;
And many an insect's mazy bum
Its deamy music weaves.
The dove's last note, in rippling beats,
Upon tjje air departs ;
The breath of all our garden sweets
Is creeping to our hearts,
t
The russet vroodbine round our perch
In clustering ringleta twines ;
The honeysuckle's crimson torch
Gleama through the dusky vines;
The sunset rays are trembling njw,
Amid the trellis-bars
They paint upon my darlings brow
A glory like the stars.
Her cheek Is nestling on my breast,
Her eye's are bright with tears ;
A prayer half-breathed and half-represt
My listening spirit hears.
Oh ! blessed be the changeless love
That glorifies my life !
All doubt, all fear, all guile, above
My own true-hearted wife.
THE UNCLEAN THING SOUTH
ERNERS ARE EXPECTED TO .
HANDLE.
How the Attack is to be made
.Meat for the Hungry and Rai
1ient for the naked-poor
Sambo to be Remitted
to the Shades.
Special Dispatch to the Atlanta ?on
tion.J Since tbe democratic caucus decided
h an almost unanimous vote that it 1
woiua not nniousier against me count,
the belief that Hayes will be inaugura-
. t i l-lI-.i ... -J .1,
iea nas seuieu into certuuuy, uuu uic
leading topic now is the tendency of
his administration. As I have dispatch
ed you before, the signs pointed unmis
takably towards a conciliatory policjr
for the South
I have just had a talk with Judge
Morton, of Virginia, a republican who
stands hig"h in party circles here, and
who is nearer to Senator Conkling than
perhaps any man who could be named
Jude Morton is in daily consultation
with Conkling, Edmunds, etc., and his
views may be ; considered, very nearly
authoritative. '"I say to you," said he,
'I believe confidently that we will carry
half the Southern States in the election
four years from now. The policy that
Hayes is going tondopt will command
the sympathy and support of thousands
of the best people in the south. There
are two things that have prevented our
building up a party in the south hereto
fore; first, the inefficiency, coiruptness
and unpopularity cf the federal appoiut
tess, and the general proscripive poli
cy of the federal government ; second,
the fact the negroes voted solidly with
us, throwing the whites to the other side
Now the first thing that Hayes will do
will be to raise the standard of office
holders in the south. I state this as an
absolutely ascertained fact. He will at
once displace every bummer, every in
capakle, and every man of odious re-
rmtf nnrl fill r.lipir nlnr.ps with wh ipvpr
, , , r 4, ...
1 , f , . T
terestea snau aesire. in oraer to con-
firm and complete his policy he will
dispossess many office-holders against
whose offidal recoid there isnQt awl)U
. .
P- Maj.Smythe at Atlanta for instance
who is one oi the oest leaerai omce
nlders in south, can easily be tak-
r .:,i r
and that be filled by some native Geor
gian, who would give general satisfac
tion. So the Atlanta postmaster, the
revenue collectors, &c, might give way
to some man who would more generally
satisfy the people ; and so of the post
masters throughout the State.
Nothing can be more certain th in
that Mr. Hayes will, shortly after his
inauguration, take steps to discover
what men will most generally satisfy he
various southern communities in the
vaiious federal officers, and he will ap
point those men, no matter to what
party they belong. To make it plain :
Tf the citizens of Atlanta should unite
earnestly and sodidly on any man, and
present his name for any federal office
in the city, and your congressman
should endorse that petition, he would
get the appointment. As to the negro
appointees, there are very few of them
who will not have to be retired. The
most of them are actually disb.on.est.
There is no proper colored material
with which to supplj their places.
They will be supplanted by white
men, chosen without regard to party
This will drive flocks of them to the
democratic party. That is what we
want. We want to see the race -issue
destroyed, and the colored! line broken
down.
Now, the two great parties are not
divided on any great issue at present.
Both are for hard money both are for
retrenchment. There is parij divi
sion on the tariff. 'The sole issues of
the past campaign were the low stand
ard of southern officeholders, the race
issue at the south, and the proscription
policy of the government towards the
south. Let Governor Hayes wipe
these three issues out, and by the course
indicated above, he will do it, and then
what will prevent great numbers of
democrats in the sonth from flocking to
his standard and ceasing their war up
on the administration. The earnest
ness of the list campaign rea.ly rested
upon a question of patronage, and the
patronage will now be so adjusted as to"
satisfy the southern people alnst as
well as if they had won the fight thera
sehes.
"Hayes must build up a party in the
south . As senator Conkling said,
'With a proper support in the south the
republican party would become the
grandest party that ever existed ; with
the south solidly against it, its action is
hampered, its power put under frequent
paralysis, and its very existeuce in con
stant jeopardy !"
After this conversation, . the judge
suddenly asked me how the people
would like to see the Hon. Herschel V.
Johnson in Hayes' cabinet. There is
little doubt that a most determined ef
fort will be made to disintegrate the
democratic party of the south. Mr.
Johnson's name is used, just as Hill's
and Lamar's were by reason of his
protnlnen'knd &f i Auence i but none
of these men would think of accepting
a favor at the hands of a usurper, as
Hayes surely will be when he takes his
seat. In the meantime those applicants
for sm iller and non partizan offices,
who gave up ah hope when they saw
that Tilden was defeated, may now find
it profitable to reopen the question. I
ha ve little doubt that there will be many
a good opening in official circles in
Georgia in the next sixty days.
H. W. G.
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Returning Board Hayes, Esq., Re
turns Thanks yor the
Fraudulent Presi
dency.
It is asvuiijed that the policy of the
Fraudulent President will be concilia
tion, after manner of the cock amoug
the cattle, who said, -'Don't let us tread
upon each other, gentlemen !" In fur
therance of this purpose, we suppose,
the first copy of R. Ji. Hayes's Inaugur
al Address has been presented to the
Sun in advance of all the other papers
It is as follows :
Fellow itizens : The first dutj oft.
a man, who has been elevated to a high
office, is to return thanks to those by
whom he has been made successful.
Accordingly, 1 begin with expressing
my profoundest sease of gratitude to
Mr. J. Madison Wells, and his three as
sociates, who, by such a rare exercise
of ingenuity, audacity, and fidelity,
were enabled to turn a majority of 6,000
in my favur. 'lhe leat s altogether un
paralleled m political history, and shall
receive, as it deserves, a high reward.
I must also remember the services of
the illustrious High Low Commission,
which, sworn to ascertain what elettors
were duly appointed in each State,
stuck so manfully together in the nj
ble resolve that no evidence should be
taken to prove that anybody was elect
ed anywhere except the persons who
cast their votes for me. Where the
merit was so impartially distrihut3d, it
ight be invidious to single out parti
cular individuals for honorable mention i
but L cannot refrain from extolling the
nmes of O. P. Morton (Only for Par
ty Morton), who two years ago, intro
duced a bill authorizing either House of
Congress to reject the electoral vote of
a State, but, as a couaini&siuner steadi
ly insisted that neither House could go
behind the returns, where they were in
my favor; G. F. Edmunds (Great Fraud
Edmunds), who, two yean ago
denounced the ever blessed Returning
15 n rd of Louisiana as "a contrivance
of thieve," and not fit to b-' regarded
in seating a Senator, but who asserts
that it is to be sacredly regarded in
seating a President ; aud, fisally. the
immortal Jack Bumsby, mean Joe
Bradley, who, chosen as umpire in a
board equally divided, always voted on
my side. His fidelity can never be for
gotten. Let me. besides, compliment the per
spicacity and consistency of the Senate
which, having twice voted for Jlorton's
hiU, allowing either House to throw out
an electoral vote, at length discovered
when it became necessary to elect me,
that it was highly improper and uncon
stitutional for either House even to think
of trampling upon the rights of a State
especially wheu it was represented by a
board of knaves and perjurers. It is
no matter for a grave body of Senators
to overcome their often expressed con
victions, but in my case it was done
with the utmost facility and without hes
itation, As some of these Senators are
soon to retire from their office they
may count upon me, as they have al
ready counted for me.
Can I forget an enlightened and
faithful press, in this moment of high
feJicitations?Can 1 foget theTime?, which
for six months poured out a steady
stream of scorching abuse of my oppo
nent, whom only a little while before it
had praised as an honest and honorable
man? Can I forget the eminent Field
Marshal, who invented the dodge about
$2,000,000,000 oi Southern claims,
which had so much effect in the canvass
Can I forget the Evening Post of New
York, which for firty years having
steadily battled for certain principles,
which my opponent represented better
than any other man In the Union, and
which I did not represent, suddenly
deserted them to take up my cause?
What renders this case of desertion the
more magnanimous is that the three
editors of that journal, who alone had
given it any influence, were the inti
mate and life-long personal friends of
my opponent. It is tru its services
were feeble, but so conspicuous a dis
regard, for my sake, of public and prl
vate decency ought to be acknowledged
by a small share of the official patron
age. Great credit is 'also due to the
New York Tribune, which, after con
tending in 1872 that the couutry was
only to be saved by the overthrow of
the Republican party, became the cham
pion of independent journalism, but is
now happily converted to a high sense J
of public virtue and party fidelity by
the influence of an eminent gambler of
Wall Street my friend, Mr. Jay Gould
As our party is the party of moral ideas
and immoral practice it can have no
fitter organ than this journal, which
towers to the skies, but gells liquor in
the basement.
Having thus returned my 1 hanks to
those to whom I am chiefly indebted
for m!y place by one vote, against a gen
eral popular ma jorty of 262,000 against
a majority of one million among the
white citizens of the country, against
an electoral majority of twenty-one
votesf and against a decided majority in
the two stolen States that were counted
for me, it might be expected Of me to
announce my policy for the future. But
I have not yet consulted with Chandler
Morton, or Wells, and do not desire to
be premature, As, however, while I
was in Congress, I voted for every sub
sidy to tbe gigantic railroad . corpora
tions, for nearly every job, and for all
Thad. Steven's extremest measures of
Southern oppression, you may infer that
I am not going to forget my old friends
whatever I or anybody else may say to
the coLtrary. Returning B. Hayes.
Oatus. Men swear by the objects
which are most precious to them. The
natives of New Guinea swear by the
sun, or by a certain mountain or by a
weapon. The savages of the Brazilian
forests raise the hand over the head
or thrust it into the hair, or thev will
touch the points of their weapons. The
New Gainea savage, holding up an ar
row, calls on heaven ta punish him if
he lies. An Abyssinian Chief, who
had sworn an oath he disliked, has been
seen to scrape it off his tongue and spit
it out. There are still plaees in Gcrnna
ny where the false witness reckons to
escape the spiiitual consequences of
perjury by crooking one finger, to i
make it, I suppose not a straight but a
crooked oath ; ur he puts his left hand
on his side to neutralize what the right
hand is doing.
In Minnesota recently a coroner's ju
ry declared a man to have been "sev
erely frozen to death."
WATTERSON ON SPILLED
MILK.
The deed is done, and there is in this,
as in most matters, a certain inexpedi
ency, not to say unwisdom, in weeping
over spilled milk. The milk that is
spilled was good milk. The pail that
contained it was of stoat cedar with
brass hoops. What of that? The nrlk
is gone. The brass-hooped piggin is
broken at the fountain. You ask me
how I feel. lean only tell you fhat I
feel too much respect for myself, too
much respect for my people and my
country, to fall into passionate, unman,
ly imbecil outcry. 4Thp inauguration of
Hayes under these circumstances is
something of a calamity. But the
world will not stop on its axis. The
people will live, move, and have their
being ; parties will continue to exist ;
politicians shall plan and plot. I shall
not despair, nor beat my breast, nor
saw the air with my hands, albeit well,
let us say, the worse for considerable
wear and tear both within and without
in the course of what has been to me
the hardest, saddest, and yet, when I
come to think of it seriously and right
ly, the most wholesome aud invigora
ting experience since the war. I hope
that I shall never be so weak, that our
southern men and women, who have
borne so much will ever be so weak,
asto hang alFearthly hope on any public
or political event. Truly, we have had
much disaster and sore tribulation ;
and the partisan moveings of tne time
press us closer and nearer than our un -kind,
inconsiderate neighbors in the
North seem to think. But God isjust,
and there is in all human affairs some
wisdom,' some blessing,' that we do not
sec, that we cannot understand. I am
sure that I cannot see the wisdom, or
the blessing, in this present business;
but, for my part, I mean to accept it as
I have accepted many things, "on faith"
-faith in the creative principle of the
universe, faith in human nature, faith
in the people, and faith in ths future.
I earnestly advise every body to do the
same, especially urging upon. Demo
crats the good sense as well as the du
ty of doing these things to wit :
1. Preserve the party organization
intact, without a flaw or doubt.
2. Suppress violent thoughts and
extreme ejaculatiors ; for anger never
mended any cause.
3. Treat Hayes like a gentleman
until he proves himself a usurper by
his acts.
H. W.
THE HUMAN FACE.
Too often the human face is but a
mask which conceals the real character.
The men or women most famous for
heartless cruelty have been celebrated
for their handsome faces ; writers of fic
tion have never been unmindful ot the
fact, and Faust is repiesented as being a
handsome man ; while the German fish-
. i- j
erman sing oi tae sirens wuo ura;
men's souls down to perdition with
their fatal power of beauty. Some faces
are unreadable and tell nothing of tho
owners character. The merriest men
now and then have most solemn faces,
and the most serious frequently have
cheerful ones. Frequently the most
heartless coquette has all the shy grace
of a girl of sixteen, while the heart of
some woman who looks you through
with cold, steady eye?, may be filled
with lov e and tenderness that you are
too blind to discover. So, we all
go on. wearing disguise of different
device, never quite concealing, never
quite revealing, the life within. No
souls stands out without any disguise.
There is always a veil, howover transpa
rent, between it and the rest of the
world. And thus it will always be.
Brown says that wedding rings ought
to le rechristened uffer-rings. He
has been married five years.
A gushing writer says that "nature's I
l : ..-J ,1 I
cnoicest prouuet is woman, i.u u.vm-
ty Demg the interior that sunuses uer
with bloom, ladyhood, as the. tOMUm"
mate flower, the florescent acme
womauhood. a distillation from its su-
perlatires. draws from this fount a per-
ennial freshness." It may all be so;
things havo risen so since the war that
you can't most always sometime inva-
I riably tell what you least expect.
The grave buries every error, covers
every defeat, extinguishes every resent
menL From its peaceful bosom spring 1 nishes a first-rate motto for the patent
none but fond regrets and tender re- ! Congressional Returning Board nowsit
collections. Who can look down upon tii.g in Washington :
the grave of an enemy and not feel a
conpunctuous throb that he should have i
warred wkh the handful of dust that '
lies niouldenns: before him.
GRANT AND WASHINGTON.
Wade Hampton's TwrXTY-sjECOvD
of Feb Proclamation, j
State of South Carolina Execute
Chamber.
Columbia, S. C Feb. 20, 1877.
nis Excellency, the President of the
United States, having ordered that the
white militia companies of the State
Should not parade on the 22nd inst,
to celebrate Washington's Birthday, ia
! deference to the office he holds, I here
by call upon these organizations to post
pone to some future day this manifes
tation of their respect to the memory
o ;tha aiustiu3Preideatwnose Wgh
est ambition it wo, as it was his c bief
glory, to observe the constitution and
obey the laws of his country. If tho
arbitrary commands of a Chief execu
tive who has not sought to emulate the
virtues of Washington, deprive the cit
izens of this State of the privi'ege of
joining publicly in paying reverence
to that day so sacred to every American
patriot, we can at least show by our
obedience to constituted authority,
however arbitrarily exercised, that we
are not unworthy to be the countrymen
of Washington. We must therefore
remit to some more sbspicious peril id,
which I trust is not fartdistant, the ex
ercise of our right to commemorate the
civic virtues of that unsullied character
who wielded his sword only to foun 1
and perpetuate that American consti
tutional liberty which is now denied to
the citizens of South Carolina.
Wade Hamhtox, Governor.
A Bride While Being Maurikd
Becomes A Corpse. On last Thursday
night, in the quiet little town of Thorn
asville, Davidson county, a marriage
between Mr. W illiarn Thomas and Mrs.
Forney, a young widow, the service
being performed by Rev, J. W. Lewis,
had progressed over half the ceremony
and the friends and acquaintances who
had gathered at the bride's residence
were filled with joy anxiously awaiting
for the minister to pronounce the words
man and wife. But such was not the
fate, for ere the ceremony was com
pleted the fair bride fell dead at the
feet of him who held her" hand, but who
was not yet her husband, She had feU-s
a victim to heart disease.
THE GOSPEL OF MERIT.
Where there is so much rivalry as ia
the manufacture of family medicmesht
who would succeed must give positive
and convincing proof of merit. This
is an age of inquiry. People take noth
ing for granted. They ruustknow the
''ways" and "wherefores'', before ac
knowledging the superiority of on earti
cle over another. Among the few pre
parations that have stood the lest,
those manufactured by It. V. Pierce,
M. I) , of the World's Dispensary, Buf
falo N. Y. have for many years been
foremost. The truth of any statement
made concerning them can be easily
ascertained, for Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi
cal Discovery are now prescribed by
many physicians in fcuring obstinate
cases of Catarrh anP incipient Con
sumption. Th Discovery has no e
qual in cureing Coghs, Colds, Bronchi
aland Nervou., Affections. Itauys,
all irritation of the mucous membrai.e
aids digestion, and used w'ith Dr.
Pierce' F'easaat Purgative Pellets rend
ily overcomes torpid licer and Consti
pation, while the favorite Prescription
has no rival in the field of prepared
medicine ui curing diseases peculiar to
females. Ifyouwihhto "know thy
self" procure a copy of "The People's
Common Sense Medical Adviser," au
illustrated book of neaily 1(KK) pages,
adapted to the wants of every body.
Price $1.50, postage prepaid. Ad
dress the author. It. V. Pierce, Bufflo
New York.
A wag tried to annoy a popular
preacher by asking him whether the
fatted calf was male or female. "Fe
male, to be sure," wsu the reply ; "for
I see tbe male" looking tbe question- -er
full in the face "yet alive in the
flesh before me,"
Pa," asked a Norwich boy, -what
. Paradise?"
"Paradise
my sQn repUed yu StaDton BloomiIy
-Paradise is the latter part of next
Mmtat mheu your mother 8oeona
j yQur grandfalber...
j m m r
Jenkins describes the rustle of the la
, dies' garments at a recent party to liave
been very musical. That wa. probably
because there were so many flutiu a
bout thstn.
The following line, fiorn Fenton. fur
Grave as Libauius, slumbering o'er
the laws,
While gold acd party ztal dicidcthe
cause !
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