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No.-l-Cnu ' . Important Notice. Bank, 4 LL persons indebted to the subscriber tor wood, or -.otherwise, .will please 7 " mr MrfrtAoe fwx is emptv. I will be'eosa pelled to je to the rear, "without oute. - re 'V- r- w!- 5EE - i . 1 . CI m I 1 1 I V tl II 1 m f : ft 1 i 4' V II 11-1 X... . II I. "1 XV II II I ti . - - , u-' -'' : . " : -. IffiYOTED TO VOL. 1. Linked to a Star.. ! In making public the great sorrow of my life, 1 will speak briefly and plainly. No amplification, n graces of writing that I possess, can move the reader's, compassion, if this una dorned narrative fails to i If any one asks why I come before the wfoild with my sad storyj, I answer that I desire the world's Sympathy. It re lieves me to onlx)som myself ta the widest- audience that will give me a hearing. - " - . t: 7. .: .-. Once and lo all, I do not believe in the 'supernatural explanation which. some excellent people most of 4 them ladios who rterteonallv knew of the occurrences nere set uown, attacn 1 ! ..-'t ''. to them. I bold them to be coinci- j dences only But upon -me they have had an effect as controllipg as if the Deity had made to me a special reve lation. This 13" my candid statement, as I look bck to the mysTerious events across the Idreary interval of two and a half 'year's. I am. and have been for a longtime, head book-keeper? in a great dry -goods house in the city a plain, matter-of-fact man, of whom I will say no more here than that the gray which thickly studs my hair is not a mark of age, but of disappointmert and grief. - - j -I live where I was born, iu a hal lowed old house, about1 twenty miles up the river. Trains run to and from the city many times a day, so that my homo is quite as convenient to business as a residence in town. My moiher ant two sisters occupy this hcus with me. It has fair grounds about it and some noble trees, and cottimauds a distant view of the river. The outlook from the roof is verv fine. riwean see for miles in every direcr Kn. :At -uigui, oug iu iuc u.stu allilude and the purity of the air, such : ! an expanse CI nur-uiue tM, ntuvu j with myriads of golden fires, over Trr7L,i i hancrs us, as I have never seen save i uui xtyvu iut- ju j u , mAnc nir lf.t'Kir-r" r.iTa-.f .r e A was a had strayed across the Atlantic, after j a of unknown vicissitude", and': I got into an auction.ship, iu th e cii , l where in v father chanced to fee it, atul bought it to look at rci Wi th. rrlr 'ipaUy at sails far urs and d; a iwnh he river. In perfjrmance, fjr j "Jlelcscoje, was uucq;;:il!ed by 1 land anv: iiistrumeut I cave eve seen. ; Names of schooners, sloops, and bar-' ' ges, could easily b-c made out, eight to ten mi'esfolf. jBat it was in astro nomical observations-that I, as boy C and man, tcssted is remarkable powers I most thorough! v, and derived the srreatest pleasure from its use. The me 1 possession of this 'class made of i an amateur astronomer. Other peor p!c a hobby in chess,-or billiards, ar j Shakespeare, or .a hot-bouse. My ! amusemeut.1 on r&turniujr. J from the j dull mechanics of book-keeping every i night, to my country Lome,! was to i bring cut the battered brass andjeath- cr tube as soon as dark set in. and con the heavens." . I rebuilt the cupola of our house into a sort of an astron omical observatory, by heightening and widening it so as to allow the free , swiag of my long telescope, and put ting on a light movable roof, which 1 n!M dlil r: ft otir! 1oj.V nrfnirt lx- K . i i Tnll nfi ortr,r TKn cT.inij nr,inV.-3 I ofwindows, so contrived that I could j lower them at pleasure into the roof j beneath me, our f the wayl In this I airv loft. Ion? after the otLer members of mv familv had cone "to led have I j spent hours that spun by like minute?,'! lost was I in use ecstatic contem Potion of celestial wonders. TMany a nuht have I watched in the morning i star, and made ud for loss of'sleen bv ; naps in the ears. Occasionallv I have rjuuu uuuuiu oa 111 V UiUU SlOOl in the office, and then there were sly jokes about w here I had been the ntght before. ; I never lef.out the se- cret of my observatory but to a few of i-my most-intimate acquainiahces ; for j there was a general disposition, I soon discovered, to make fun of mv inno cent nocturnal pursuits. Several of my dearest friends called mehighlv eccentric and one, whose good opin ion I greatly valued, did not hesitate to pronounce me umooa struck." For two years previous to May, of a neighbor of ours. Erom child ! uooa we naa tnowa and loved each ) other. Ours was. the Erst love, which 1 somtumes is the true love, the love mat outlasts ail. She was a handsome girl, sweetly disnosed - and. in oniot. , sweetly disposed, andv in quiet,! rwlA V 1r a 1 i j. simple, hme-loviag tastes, much re - I sen.bled me. We should have married soon after I put the golden pledge PUT han.l j upon her dear hand, bat for the deU- ct health, She was - 5 iiiiugiufra.rsa luai. - j spiritual "- organization '.so often found in American girls. Manlike, I was' ,i, JfobG memorable year and month in jlatida ..v, v. , , hutnrr T ln.. i IXUt, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, POLITICS AND GENERAL' INTELLIGENCE W anxious to wed at once, and be. o'ff on a journey for her health add pleas ure. Y omanhke, " she preferred , to wait. - . I Much of our courtship was! carried on in the open air, beneath, the pavil ion of stars. It was the I poetry of heaven that moved me, first to the point of proposition ; and the; eternal, countless eyes above us .witnessed the. sweet registry of 'our mutual vows.: Many a summer evening, after our betrot-haJ, wpald she sit : with me for hours in mv observatory;" and - watch for trancient-meteors, or look through the telescope at objects which I would select, the moons of Jupiter, Saturn's ring arid. satellites, binary stars, nebu la?, and the like. -The jrfass wa3 mounted on an ingenious v. frnme, of my own contrivance, and while we sat side by side, very close in .. our easy chairs, I could turn the instrument, with the merest fiinger-touch,jto any quarter of the skies. For both of us it was heaven above and heaven below. Mi.lly took but! little interestj in as tronomy as a . science, fehe paid ? it m ade her head - 4che to thinkf of s the stupendous size and vjist distainces of the heavenly orbs. She feared, too, to detach her mind fi'om thoughts' of the pleasant earth, where shejhad so jnany devoted friend's, whose love and tenderness' were but the reflex of her own soft, and loving natur. The stars appealed somewhat toJu r relig ious sensibilities. But .she dmired them most let me say it at once for the same reason that swayied the minds of the wisest and best in the olden times, and even ioty lias not b(en banished, and perhaps never. will be. by the? decrees of knowledge. She believed the stars had some ir fluence on mortal atfair.4. She thought they might be the honfies of our futu re lives. This notion, si poetical audlKiautifuI although I thought it absurd J-"'ly. ! not try to laugh it out of b?f. Nor to ui.-?iiy'7C U as hew could I have dope ? No! I lovctt her all the more for her childish superstitions. s f! ulfsht of May 11, is3r and I were up in the cupcli. mother and sisters had been with us 1 iu greater pu 01 UiC u t-m: uut had withdrawn to the parlor, on some :I iausio:e pretext cr ctuer. out reauy, y . 1 1 I 11 op trt L-.ai-i Al r sM mp .uceu u,.- U3:, ' , iXtifal. V h w7nd hrou-h to u the odor 1T .DI of the season chirped oa Icveir side, There wa no moon ? but the light of a multitude of stars, oa the .'steel-bine erround of skv, made outlines of; objects near me quite, visible. I could see, or thocsrht.I couldi the violejt of. sweet eves : the deep chestnut; hair ; the little dimples in' her !ho was nairr than usual tha I knew, bv her little nervousj thrills tnnws mat sne saiierea irom sosie inu?ruai mv motaer and sisters below- She said she was very comfortably there, and would star a while ongfir. SV e 1 1 I : tJl nnnnr. .ha rfoK bad been rcvinir idlv among the stars, and chatting a good deal about our- j selves, though there was one topic j verv near to both of us, which, by ! common consent, we never alluded to. That was mv darlimr's heartaffection. ! Xritherof us dared to talk of it. We j both silently hoped that the dapgerogk ; symptoms which had shownj would ! disappear in good time. Thatjmnlady was the spectre, as- from the grave, i that rose between us often m bur gay- est moments I folded her shawl more closely about her, for I somehow fancied she was chilled with the night airj Then said I, with a light laugh, and a Claude Melnotte-ish air, uCome now! Milly, tell me -what star shall be oui" home, when love itself becomes immortal.' " "Are you ia earnest, Albert V1 said Milly, more seriously than I ejxpected. 6f course, darlirsg. Onlyjlet it be. one of the first magnitude. No second class for you and me ia cars, hotels, or stars. There are Aldebaran,Regu!us, Arctrras. Capella, Dcneboli, Lyra, and plentr more of Hheni. Which, now?' ' Milly glanced about the heavens a ueats. Her caze suddenly ;ew momea became fixed on the beautifu constel- Corona. Her face seemed to up with a look of decision, as she laimed ; 'There, that's our star!"' Her small white hand indicated the ! clitterinir Crown. .f .. 1 We were so used to pointing out ! stars to each other that I knew in stantl v which she meant. " ! I L it aMr ThWraiP with tbft 4iI see it. 1 a - . 1- ! sofi w hhe liirht, chanln a little as J look at it to a faint veilow. and oer- hsps a blue. Tis; only of a second i magnitade a Neverthtless. Albert, 'tis kur star. s cai is its namcr I looked at the star attentitelyftak irtg its bearings from other wcpl-knowa , N". C, FRIDAY, X tarsj in the vincihity: ''This ps' very strange, Milly," said I, "but fl don't remeniber ever seeing that star before. 'Tis a fixed star, you see, by its sharp, flickering light ; not a planet or a tail less comet. How does it happen, then, after all inv studying of the heavens and Harebell's catalogue, till I thought I had both by heart, that I cai't name thestr?" , "Perhaps it'sv a new star,"1? said Milly, still, gazingsat it intently. ; i "Impossible,"- I laughingly replied. . ' "We can't have hew slartnuade for us expressly, you "know. Xet it may be new in one 5ense," I added, more seriously, "that is, a variable star, re-appearing after years of obscuration. I will look at the catalogue when we go dpwn-stairs. Meanwhile we call it new, and we'll christen it 'Milly,' your star." . . . . "Our star,' Albert." . , - I jtvas about to respond vith some plea.auc jest', when I marked a deepen ing 'pallor, like a faint aurcral cloud, pass; over her face.' j , Star and telescope were furgottcn in an instant. The phantom1 rose be tween us! "Darling," sail I, "you are ill. I knew this night iir would hurt you. V Let us descend. Her eyes were still fixed, japt upon the soft, white star. I was ibligcd to takej her gently by the arras, nd move her jto the trap-docir, wheme a safe flight of steps led t the atic. She obeyed ! me silently, like qie in a trance ; but,, to the last, befori we had passed through the roof, her backward gaze rested upon that. star. By the time we joined my mother and! sisters in the parlor, she va3 bet ter, j ; "Only a passing faintnea," she saidi. In a little while she reiovered 1 her 'usual spirits; and I acconpanied her bojne to her father s house,which was but a stone's throw from ui As iwciv ?.tr! tbe"Oii?Il air. I roiced to see that a fleecr cloud covcrc the i Northern Crown, for I.' felt there were j mysterious reasons why we should not r look at that constclatlon, She i need UP' at tllC Str. OUt said loth- ! 1 gave ner tn parting kissat her door how sweet mv meniorv! and , ; . - - " . ; y memory i-aua sieucu r r iy o on1 n r ta thn yrr1 wi t lo lin. 1 , ut w teiu auu iiercuci s canuusniu a uauu, , frtrthn.nrrbt: nd Ufter waiting folly three hrs for S -ome rift to open up through vhich I imkht : have tliraDses of thl Crown ! j ad of MiI!y" (as I fondly 4lledthe I unknown.) 1 tock m my.tclestope and Xo But long I awake. ponaenng perpiexeaiy, saaii over tne Next day, my thoughtsjso ran on thn star and mv bctrothet for the "ue a?r .i, r1 l f several mistakes in the ledger. May , several mistakes m tne icteer. -May . ; &corwiiu uMre pcuauiie , i other wh$!e monfth of that rear. " I . ; t iasthow sldw timi an(j snaiMike the-ears ere . ... . I dragged, t up the Hudson shore ! at last I v s at home ajrain. On mv way to tl bouse I alwiays called on Milly. hat even- in? (the sun had not vet anc down) she! was sitting by an open window, where she often sat, looking right be- t ween two lilac trees beav t with pink - wnite masses, watcnimr tor me. ran to the window to ?reei her. Ah ! bow pale, but' how; beautiful! Her eyes had the introverted lojk of medi tation. They did not seem to see me, but some point in space just short of mei ; 4fYou are not well, dear," said she, plaintively. The very words I would jave spo ken to her! but I dared not utter tbeni. Something has troubled yot to-day, Albert. Our star, perhaps," she said, sjujiiiu, at me same nmeioofcus' over h Kill nz 1TI " .titVt" 1 w .f 1 - T vnt,V-to rtAintw. It Ktrarnrp. "TrL. 'ir. f.r?w. . v at mnih T rrca tA hint? orAtt cto in tow:n," said L uThs ledger is my onlv atlas there. One star more or i less, where there are millions, ii noth- icg to me, vou know; but the nistake i of ia cent in balancing that's every thing I've been very busy to-day. Then, to change the subiect, I land- ed her a new volume of Doetrv. tWt 1 hadboughtfor her. This i effectiallv diverted' her thoughts or seenei to do so Irom the unpleasant subject. i leaned on thewmdow-siii, so fiat) j my cheek almost touched hers, and - 1 we turned the pages, of the boobto- I gether, glancing at the pnncipal poeris. i One was headed "Lines to a Star." I She paused, as if to read them. J Let me show voti a lovelv ode fur- j theron,?' said I. and I thumedadozen tie- rniir I.V rn what I wanted and read the poem to 1 her !a a' low monotone. . What it was MAT 28, 1869 7 all about I know not, at this time." My thoughts', all the while were only of her and' her namesake up in the sky. '' r 7: - - I ; The sun was then setting,.and,Milly. always thoughtful of otfaers said-I must go horne to supper, for mother and sisters were waiting for me; J ' I was less reluctant to : leave her V than usual, for. I burned. with a desire to sole that star-problem. . 'Let me shut the window for vou." "Ob, tio, Albert ! teaVcr it-'open. Again the skywxird.-glance, as- she spoke I ' ; r: "Then, good-night good-night,Milly, God bless yon." I kissed her. hand, and hurried away, just as the twilight began to gloom softly.. Supper was dispatched mechanical ly, I chatted at random-witk mother and sisters. They knew that P ras sad about Milly 's declining health, and I knew that that made them unhappy. We shunned that subject of all others.. : Almost rudely pushing my plate asiae, i excusea mvselr end ran od the observatorr. I carefully wined the glasses of my telescope and placed it in position. . J n the chair which she was wont to occupy, I spread out Her chel's catalogue its pages open .at the Corona constellation. The lantern, newly filled and freshly trimmed, stood by its side, shedding a clear light upon the text. I seated myself, my hand resting on the drawn tube of the in strument and caressing it. I trembled with impatience as I strained my gaze to the northeastern sky. One by one the brightest stars in thai region began to appear., Presently, under my faci nated eyes, the; Crown canie out, gemming the blue with its brilliant points ; and, set in the midst of them, the soft, white star. The moment I could identify it beyond a doubt, I turned to Hcrchel, as to a book of fate. Great Heavens ! There was no snch star on th? The import of 1st! the mystery fashed upon me like th e gloftKl of a meteor. JVIlIIV harl rficrtrTrl a r,nrr j.ruiv, ii was no Eiar. as eae uau said our3 by right of finding. re were entitled to ; name it. The star MiUr.' roimlarlr hristPned as PV'T - "-7;- v v vumu wivu.uw v ium Let me be frank. For the first time of superstitions life a feelinz crept over me. . Was there more - the old astrojogy than credulity a mposiure r nuti aia not aiiowtnis unscientific thought to keep "ascendant long. I recalled j all I knew, of stars suddenly appearing, of variable' stars, ; in Opciucbus, in ! Scorpio, in - Cassio- j peia, Hercules, and other constella tions. I remembered the theories that explained the prodigy, and gradually became calmer. I We had made anew observers might have made, it the cidentallv oni v hari Hterniinl Mill v'a ggj 0f 'that particular star. Its light,"rathcr softer and purer than that of 'Other ' stars in the neighborhood, 1 had guided her choice. I felt proud for Milly and mvself, but I laughed outright as I thought of the poor child's simplicity.. The idea of a star, bil lions of miles away, being any earth- born creature's ! future home ! The delicious absurdity of it made me love Milly all the more. "What is the ' darling doing now, I wwoader? n Aiy. Diooa suddeniv. cnulea in my veins as I thought- "She is at this moment looking at our star." jaastennir with an effort this mys terious and unpleasant fancy, I ad- dressexLervself to the scientific exami nation of the star, so far as I, a mere amateur, was capable of snch a task. By this time the night was quite dark, and 1 now discovered that the star was not sc brilliant a3 it had been the ! nierht before. From , a full second j' magnitude, it haa dropped at least 5 j - " in studvintr stars enabled me to detect l but. after all. in accordance with the' r 'r i' mJ utuuiuv ua J ivui l aitaviwa Their briilianev culminates and wanes in many cases with surprising rapidi- tv. e bad nrst seen it at its maxi mum ; It wa3 now on the decline. The flicker into, a yellowuh and bluish tint was noticeable, as, on the night of the ? llin- omc siupenaous cnemicax ac ir w i w 5 ou- going on. FossibIy, the burning out of the star! V ho knows ' 1 leveled my; te.escope at tni won uclAl" ULJLLl- - . . c" o , 0-- became apparenuv smaller man wnen viewea oy me oakeu ej e--a uiaxuuuu potni onir. au. iue cuwr cuiuujS going on the white was distinctly vis- ible. How Ions I st this scrutiny, I cannot telL The voice of sister Hetty from, the stairs .caiied me back to earth. fiM. auv ;MnjA.wniv v u v - A note from Mrs. Estwick, Albert." I seized it as she thrust it through j the opening in the roof, tore 5,way the envelope, and read : m 2i , "Dzab Albert," Milly, wants to see you very, much,! rCome over at once.. ' ! - ' f ir "; '. ; ; . Affectionately years : 7 i .-MS.E.V Appleton's Journals, t; . .f .... Ii '' .Continued. '. -L ; WAsmxaTox, Mav 21; The Presi dent has issued the following " ' By the President of the United States of America: , , y i. .3 . , - A 13t0ClAMA330X :v: Whereas the act of Congress ap proved Juno 35, JL5G3V constituted, oh. and after that date eight hours, a. day's work for all laborors ; workmen,, and mechanics " employed by or on behalf of the government of the United Slates and repealedi all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith; now, there fore i ; . : ; -" . ,;) I,. Ulysses S.. '' Granfe, President of the United States, do hereby1 direct that from: and aftar this ' date, no re duction shall, be made in the wests paid by. the government by. the day to. fcucu. uujorcrs worKmen and- mecnan ics on accoant or such reduction of the hours-or Iabor..: - . ' , In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and caused th seal of tnc United States, to beaffixed. Done at the city of Washington this 19th day of May, in the year of our ljord one tbousand eight hundred and sixty-nine and ot, the indepen dence of the United States the 93d. U. S. GRANT. By the President Hamilton Fisn, Secretary of State A few days since, a man well known in New York society not young, and who could not dance was sitting- at a party, near a young lady, and watch lug the mazes of the iecijian. He turned .to her, knowing her well, and said, "I wish yon. would let me put my arm around your waist." Of course she looked at him in amazement "Oh !' ?aid be, "you know I can't dance but t don't see the difference. All these youuiT men save metr arms r: &oour inF girls' waists, and : why should . not I nave uie same privilege, inoogn i sit still?" i That maa's bead ii level. I thinksso. A Bird in tlie Hand. . ; A colored man, to whom meat w-as a rare blessing, one day, found . in his trap a fine rabit. He took him out alive, held him under his arm, patted, him, and began to ' Speculate on his qualtities. - "Ohhowbery fat! De fattest I ever cia seel Lel us see now me cook him. . Me roast him. No ; he so very fat, he lose all de fat. Me fry him. Ah I he so bery fat he fry hinv self! Golly! how fat he be! Deh me stew1, him." i . .t - . - . The thought of the sarorv stew made the negro' forget himself, and in spreading out the feast to the imagina tion, his arm relaxed, when off hopped the rabit, and, - squatting - at a goodly I distance, eyed his late owner with great composure. The . negro knew there was an end of the . matter, so. summoning up- all his philosophy, he thus addressed'the rabbi tt : . . . "You !long-eared, white-whiskered. red-eyed rat, you not so bery fat, arter alll" . . now ruanv peoplb tBar i whose souls lay in them, like the pith of a goose quilL . . ' . "I am afraid yon will comf to want," said an old lady to her daughter. UI have come to want already," was the reply, "I want a nice young man." Tne question why printer?, do not succeed as welt as brewers is thus answered : Because sprinters work for the head, and brewers for the stomach and where twenty men hare gtomachs, but one hfls brains. i rn j 4t 4t -t : v.- To do thethinff properly in New York, at a wedding, the bride must ave eight bridesmaids and a hundred- dollar poodle besides the oneoshe mar I ... "What is the difference between a little boy and a potato-? One grows to be eaten, and the other is beaten to grow, ; - A raan once went to . an' eccentric - 1 lawver to be qu alined Tor .some pettv l- . . . odce. The lawyer said to hlE,uIIold up. your hanL . IU swear yoa, but all - 1 creation couldnl. qualify yoa." UOOD adttoe lieader. did vou i ever enjoy the eestati vlisa o court' in?r , Ifyon didn't, then get a little ganry- The Princiss Louise,' daughter of Queen Victoria, Is to bo married on the 27th of July next, to the Prince Royal of Denmark This will leave the Queen c&ly one unmarried daugh- 1 . - - - - Ur Inees Beatrice. , A man who gives his children Lab its of industry, provides for tbcm bet ter than by giving them a fortune. I square one insertion. I Kach subsequent imrtiofi, 1' aqnare Jone montlv 1 square' two months . 1 square thrse month. -1 square six month?, One square one year, Half coin run - "to- 6 00 M CO IS Or Si Co Special notice, nnder a prukL Iim wUbbo charged one dollar per square f each insertion. ' . r ". " Funeral and obituary notices wilt be ered at fifty cents per square. . Thesiuaple annonnceinent of a deata t marjjage will aot be charged. WATmTNSTElf. The imported Stallion, TTar , minster, -will make his first mmaezf' x Sonth for iU F; R. DarU', Tnmnlon and Henderson Xorth Carolina; Tcnu. " ' 50for thorocgh.brtfd. Mares and 25"for": others. 1 ! ! . J n J . .Warminster. i sl-ed Vy Newminjttr ath, popular in Epgland, and his fir? t dam i Black Bs by Satcatchr. and second dam Poljdora by Priain 4e.f &c., Ic, tee BroeeTa Studd Book for 1868. The liberality of his importer, R. W. Cameron E., ofKrr York, in presenting this fine Uffr to lh. ' South, sbonld.be appreciated, stares from! " a distance shall- he well attended to and charges cheapv . ?or particalars inquire of WTTERR. DAVI3, . April-2-Im,Warrenton, .V. C. ; SpecmlTHewspaper Advertising GENERAL COLLECTION AGENCY, FOIt NOltTII CAROLINA. nrun a. HEAitE co. SPECIAL AOKSTS TOB. : THJl 0T CAKOLSSA rSSS, A5D. OE5EBAJ. AOBSTS FOB TH . - COUECTIOS OF GU4VS "THROrOHOCr " " " " THK STArsj ' ,'. ' GOLpSBORO X. C;" '" BY-AUTOOitlTY, solicit fa person, md receive advertisements for the North Carolina Press, in the Commercial cities of WilnviAgtoiv Newborn, Norfolk, Peters burg, Bichmood, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and attend to the collection of claims of every description, throughout th" State of North Carolina. "Will also undertake the collection of all old dues to the Press of the State, in any of the above places. Refer specially, to Geo. V. Strong. Ksq. Goldsboro' ; Maj..J. A- Engelhard, Editor Wilmington Journal ; Hou Slate Durham, Raleigh ; lion. Geo. Howard, Tarboro ; xmd Gen. il.yr. Ransom, Weldon, N. C. Refer generally, tthe Conductors of the State Press. Messrs. Wra. A. Ifearne & Co., as above, are hereby authorized Special Agent for the txisa Pesest. i . - rjMIR SabsenbeK aanounccs to the publie that he has for hire, either for hauJLag or conveyance otpasstingvis. with Two and Four scat Buggy and wagen. lie -will furnish fire wood of all des- criptions at shortest notice and at reason- able price. -.. , , - . . - The patronage of the communify is te- spectfully solicited. i ' I hare on hand sreral t. of :Ha nes;f, which I am offering: a low rates, for Cash, or Country prodnce at market price. ' I guarantee entire satisfaction,-' having -had 13 years experience in, the buyiess RICUARDc ROWtKT. Nol-tf.' 1 ' 8. A. FLCXXIB, j.Towae, - FurxsfteB. pLCMMER, YOU.Ci & CO. IMPOETTRS ASl'-EAI.iaS I!f FOREIGN AND AMERICAN i H AE D W AB E. CUTLEBY; Saddlery . Hardware J and 5 CARRIAGE MATERIALS, , Xo 4 Iron Frtmt, Sycamore 8t PETERSBURG, VA. Agents for- fcale'of . F AIBB ANK'S SCALES, Leather and Rubber Belting, Mill Stones, Bolting Cloths, CxBCTTLAll SAWS, AHD Emery &- Soa's Cotton Gint. yp-s- . - . t . : . . i . . f STADLI8IIED I SOI. i A IIRST CLASS JETTELRTi STORE- Person Tisiting the itr, and eitizens penerallj, will find at JK M. FREEMAN'S, the feLrgect and finest atoek of Goods in his line and at aeeoinmodatin price. Con- . tutia; of i . , WATCHES, GOLDy SILVER t AMERICAN DCNTINO LEYERS. DIAilONDS, FINE GOLD JFVTXIJtT. S1LYER WARE. -. 1 - Constantly recurring JCew and Desirable Gools aa they rome oat. ' Hair Jewelrr mad te ordVr. CLOCESand FIXE WATCHES Impair ed by good and skillful workmen f M war ranted to jiTe satiCaetion. . J. M. FREEMAN. !Vo. 29 JIaLn and Talbot Streett tn-Cm. NORFOLK, YX Dr. J. n. coos. ' i II A3 EETtrRXEU T Warrenton, andrep!tly e?er hit r ires fTth raNk. f " nv tf . 1 II . ' ! S7 -1 - . -A- . f S
The Living Present (Warrenton, N.C.)
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