Legislature of North Carolina.
it ,
NIGHT SESSION.
SENATE. '
-, Monday, Jan.
SPECIAL ORDEB..
2i.i
Bill for the better protection of life and prop
erty "was taken up and discussed until the late
' hour of eleven. .; J :i - v - ? ,. ; ..:'
1 Mr. Beeman -withdrew his . motion to non
concur, and the motion will the Senate concur,
was substituted. ' ; . V" "1
On motion of J. A. Hyman, (col.1,) the pre
vious question was called, and the amendments
were concurred in ,byithe following vote :
Yeas. 25; nays 17. ,
Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning
at 10 o'clock. 1
T
TuEsr
SENAT1
uesday, Jan.' 25 :
bills ' introduced.
By A. 'H. Galloway, col.,', to incorporate the.
Peoples Boilding and
.Loan Association, lie
lerred. - ' , ;
I" ..'" UNFINISHED BUSINESS. "
The consideration of the bill entitled "an
act to restore the credit of the State, and to
facilitate the completion ; of the unfinished
Rails oids,'. was resumed. ... .V
nivti- iVj.SYNOPSIS. J,. ,,: ; ;;, i r
The ;first section requires all Presidents or
other officers of Railroads, who have received
State Bonds, since May, 1865, whether such
officer is now in officeor not, to make a state-
t. 2. r. a - r J CI - - X 1 1
muni ii me uoverjior ;anu ouperinienaenu oi
Public Works ; 1st, What amount of bonds he
received; 2d, what amount of such bonds were
sold; 3dy what amount of such bonds have been
was reauzea ; ana 4tn,- wnat amount of sueh
bonds were unsold or- turned over to his sue-:
eessor, and whether any interest has been re
ceived on. unsold bonds, r -1 f, 1 ... :.
j Sec . 2d, requires these statements to be
. made on oath. : ". -if '
Sec, 3d, requires all unsold bonds or securi
ties for which bonds may have been exchang
ed, to be returned to the Treasury or deposit
ed in some solvent bank. , . : ,
Sec 4th, requires the Governor to notify
such President ;or other officer, -within five
days after the passage of the act, to comply
with, the requirements of the first section.
Sec. 5th, gives such officer thirty days to
comply.. . ,; r , ' ? '
.,. Sec 6th, provides that bonds and securities
required to be returned to the Treasurer 'may
be re-delivered to the proper officer of - the
Company,' on satisfactory evidence ; that a cer
tain nmnnnt. nf work has hfipin rlnnp' t.Tifi rp-flf-
livery to be in proportion to the work..:
Sec 7th, requires bonds, &q., so re-dcliver-
ed, to be stamped so as to show they had been
surrendered and again delivered. ' ; :
Sec. 8th, forbids the Treasurer from paying
any.bonds until so re delivered and stamped.;
, Sec 9, imposes the penalty of imprisonment
wita the requisitions of this act ; .prosecution
to be brought, (Sec 10) in the Snperior Court
of Wake, or may he transferred to some other :
county lor cause. x.
Sec 11, the Attorney General is required,
also, to bring civil suit against any President
failing to comply,r and demand a receiver, &c.i
The remaining sections provide for the man-4
ner of moving, &c, 111 case of defaulting ; the
last section declaring the introduction of this
bill notice, against any further sale- until the
matter is disposed of. i ' : fn :
The most important amendments adopted
are as follows, to wit: : V
Mr. weiKer, proposed to amend the pill so
that when the bonds are returned that thev
shall not be sold for less than 60 cents on the
dollar. -
Mr. Cook, Henry Eppes,' col., and A.' H. Gal
loway, coLv voted against its adoption.
r Mr. Jiitneridge, onered the iono wing as a new
substitute, to wit:
j In case any President-, or other officer, who
may come witmn tne provisions 01 this act,
shall be absent from or reside beyond the urn
its of this State, and shall upon the notffica
tion 01 the (iovernor, retuse or neglect to an
swer, or otherwise appear to any action insti
tuted in this act, it shall be the duty of the
Governor, and he is hereby required, to make
requisition and demaod lor any such rresident,
or other officers, upon the Governor of anv
State, -where such President, , or other officer
may be at the .time, or in which kemay re-?
side. .- , ..
'Messrs. Cook, Galloway, col, Lassitef, Mar
tindale and Smith voted against its adoption.
Mr. Bobbins offered tne following amend
ment, to wit : ; -
That no special tax shall be levied to pay in
terest n the bonds which may any time be on
deposit in the Treasury, according to the pro-
' visions of Ibis act ; and the ratio of special tax
directed to be levied in each appropriation act,
shall be diminished in the same proportion as
the amount of such bonds on depost bears to
the whole amount of bonds appropriated iii
each appropriation act respectively ; and it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer to inform
the- County Commissioners of the several
counties from time to time what per cent, of
special tax: must be laid on ' property so as to
carry out the provisions of this section in its
true intent and meaning. Adopted ; ayes 28,
noes 17,
Mr. Shoffher offered a substitute for the whoie
; bill, which was voted down, and the bill as
1 amended finally passed. -
On motion the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
,v . .. ... Tuesday, Jan. 25.'
Captain Robinson called up his resolution
introduced before the recess in regard to the
interpretation of the school bill, he declared
that the bill as it now appeared on the statute
book, was not the bill passed by this Legisla
ture. The position of Captain Robinson was
sustained by Messrs. Moore, Leary, Ingram
ana justice.
On motion the House adjourned.
, ' - ' t SENATE.
' ) 1 j, .: .Wednesday, Jan. 26, 187ft
t''i'l. , FROM, THE HOUSE.
Ihe following bills were transmitted from
'.: . "uyjiuuav, ituivu nuc IClCITeUlO appropriate
' committees, viz : i . .
i" Bill to incorporate the town of Mt. Olive in
5 me county 01 vvayne. . -
v V;. BUI tb authorize the commissioners of Dup
t . lin conntv to lew a snecial tax.
...... - vf HUtuul UiB tu kuuiuiisBluucn U1IIOD-
- - eson county to issue bonds.
- xsiuio establish the, Special Court in the
pities of Wilmington and ,Newbern,. with
. amendments, asking the concurrence of the
-Senate. - " . " -s
A. a. uanoway colored moved that the
ueuate ao. not. concur, t which" motion
vailed - - - ... r. -
-prej
r HOUSE OE ! REPRESENTATIVES. , v
: c-' ... Wednesday. Jan 26.,
House met pursuant to adjournments . ;: - .
Mr. Justice arose to a Question in resrard to
the attack on him by the Standard, the allega
tions he pronounced as false and ,co wardly,i
During his remarks he jsaicLthat the Standard
in doing the State printing was charging enor
mously and was 'perpetrating a swindle upon J
1 o i r j a Tiin.ii.ij 1
iuc pmipie, 05c. nc ueuuuuceuiiiiiieueia ana
his partisans in bitter terms, and charged that'
they were bringing disgrace upon the republi
can party, , . .:
, . ":;-' .V'.l CALENDAR. v, .; .... "
On motion of Mr! Jusitce the rules were sus
pended and the following resolution intro
duced by himself on yesterday was taken up :
Whereas, There appears in the public laws
of 1868-'69 an act to authorize His Excellency,'
the Governor, to appoint a State Printer ; and
Whereas, 1 he members of this House never 1
intended to pass any such actr therefore . ; - j
liesoived, I hat we regard the appointment of 1
M. S. Littlefield as State Prihter and Binder as I
creating- a monopoly 1 contrary , to the true '
meaning and intention of the constitution.
"Resolved. That M. S. Littlefield be, and he is
herebv respectfully requested to resign as
Sta,te Printer a,nd Binder, to the end that this
General Assembly may provide for the State i
printing and binding on the best and cheapest!
plan. '-:y.;'i '' :-
Mr. Justice said heintroducedthe resolution
from the purest motives. It was .well known
that the act as it appears -published ' in. the i
Public Laws of lSeS-,: was not such a law as
this House intended to pass, &c.
He was ; authorized ! to ' say that the: State
printing could be done for much less and the
binding done for just one half of What the
present State Printer now charges the State.
He regarded the act referred to as violating
the constitution by creating a : monopolyj &c.
He could not as an honest man and republi
can endorse the conduct of M. S. Littlefield,
and called upon- "membersi I as 'representatives
of the people, . to examine this , matter thor
oughly and then, as guardians of the people's
interest, to act as .their consciences dictated.- !
Mr. Sinclair opposed the resolution, and
spoke in defence of the course of M. S. Little-
JS 1 Jl TT - ! .1 ill! 4, , ij .1 1 t
ueiu. n buiu ina,t uie uuuuiui ui uuuserva
tive members had ; succeeded in demoralizing
the republican party in; tbis House, with its
two-thirds majority.. He charged that .these
measures, aimed at ceatain parties,' were inau-j
gurated for the purpose of having some influ-j
ence in the coming elections, it looked too
much like- a' death-bed repentance, and he
thought party.should now stand up to its past
policy and not desert its friends and support!
ers, &c. ' . ! ".' : : ; : '
Mr. Smith, f Martin, moved to make the
matter the special order for Monday at 11
o'clock, but if a vote was forced to-day, he
should be compelled .to Vote for the . rcsolu-t
tion. .
Mr. Ingram supported the resolution.- -Durf
ing his remarks he said that while this House
was engaged in making hue appropriations'
General Littlefield and Lallin : were . always on
hand; there was no difficulty in finding them
bUfnow these geutlemen were making lhemr
selves exceedingly scarce, and he thought that
the State printing had been mismanaged a$
well as railroad bonds, and he thought the
circumstances surf puuding this matter, as well
as railroad matters. went to prove there had
been foul blav. .He 1 opposed the 'motion to
postpone.
Harris, of Wuke, colored, spoke in ppposn
tion to the resolution.
Mr. Smith, of Martin, 'withdrew his motion
to postpone. : i '' ' :-
larns, of, Wake, colored, onered a suostl-
tute raising a special committee of three, con
sisting of Messrs. Justice, Ames and Argo, to
investigate any alleged, mismanagement of the
affairs of the office. " r "
Mr. Downing opposed the1 resolution and'
charged that th e introducer of it was actuated
by motives of personal hostility, &c ' f
..Mr. Justice denied the charge, saying that-
because he had the nerve and manliness to
protest against the continuance of this swin
dle upon the people, the btandarcl, assisted by
its . pets in the House, was endeavoring to
frown him down. He was actuated by no per
sonal motive, but Littleheld was charged all
over this State (and but of it too) with being
a. corrupt, man, -, and' guilty, of stupendous
frauds, .and instead of meeting these charges
(if he is one), boldly confronting his accusers
and daring them to the proof, he absconds and
shirks all investigation.
After some further debate the substitute
offered by Harris, of Wake, colored, was pUt
to 'a vote and rejected yeas 34, nays 50.
Mr. Justice called the previous question
upon his resolution.
The call being susiamea, tne resoiuiion was
put to a vote- and, adopted by thoj lollowm
ballot: . .
Yeas. 52. Nays, 34. . .
A message was received from the Governor
trahsmittinr a-letter from the Secretary Of
War, asking the consent of the : State to the
purchase of certain lands in the State for na
tional cemeteries by the united states, txc.
Oil motion of Mr. French the matter was.
referred to the Judiciary Committee yith in
structions to prepare a bill to suit the case.
By Mr. i rench : A bill granting tne consent
of the State to the purchase of lands in Wil
mington bv the United States for the erection
of a custom house, &c. Lies over.
SENATE.
Thursday, Jan. 27.
The Senate was called to order at 10 o'cloc
: BILLS 'INTRODUCED
By Mr. Beallc To repeal an act to amend the
1st section of the 9Sd chapter of the Revised
Code. This section authorizes the governor
to appoint State Printer and Binder.
Mr. ueau movea a-suspension 01 ine ruis
in order to put the bill on its several readings,
which motion was lost, and the bill was re
ferred. - I
A. H. Galloway, colored: Resolution request
ing the representatives of this State to exert
themselves to have the tariff increased on
foreign rice and peanuts, that their product
ion in the South mav be made profitable. Lies
over.- . .-
; FROM THE HOUSE. ' :
A message was. received from theHouse ask
ing for a committee of conference on the bill
r to establish a criminal court in the cities of
Wilmington' and Newbern, which was. con
curred in, and .the President announced Mr,
Murphy and A. H; Galloway, colored, the Sen
ate board of said committee. r ; h
' Dn motion of Mr. Beall his resolution set
ting forth that the Superior Court records of
...W - 'mm . . m . :.. A, .
Wake inrnisn eviaence 01 iraua ana corrupt
ion on the part of Milton 8. Littlefield, State
Printer, and requesting the Governor tore
move him. was taken up. - - ? i .
Mr. Moore, of Carteret, ' moved to lay the
resolution on the table, which was lost.
Mr. Love, offered a substitute for Mr. BealFs
resnlntlon. ' : ; : " - ' "
Mr. Moore, of Carteret, moved to refer the
whole snbiect to the' Judiciary Committee with
instructions to report a bilL If they deemed it
necessary. : :i y , , , ; . w Ej .
Mr. Jones, of Mecklenburgj thought- the
question could be decided by the Senate with
out any reference. . i - ' " j
The motion of Mr. Moore, of Carteret, to
refer to the Judiciary- Committee was voted
down.;' i) .."it . ,..- v. r ,
Mr, Lindsay's motion to refer to a special
committee was voted down. ' i"J
Mr., Graham called the previous ; question.
It was voted down. .
Mr.' Martindale moved to postpone its ' fur
ther consideration : until Thursday next at 11
o'clock, which was voted down.
Mr. Blythe moved to refer the whole matter
to the committee on Public Printing,' which
was voted dowri.: ' '' ' J' - "
A. II. Galloway, colored, moved to' lay. the
substitute on the table, which motion was re
jected. The substitute was voted down by the fol
lowing vote: - .- i-, ...
Yeas, 16. Nays, 24.
The original resolution was voted down by
the following vote : r ,. - , , ,
Yeas, 15. Nays, 25.
On motion the Senate adjourned.. ; ! : , ;
HOUSE. OF
REPRESENTATIVES. ...
t . iThuksday, Jan. 27,
,i PETITIONS. .
"Mr. French presented a petition in regard to
a petition relative to cutting a ca.nal from Colly
Creek to Black River rv Lies over. .,
RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS.
By Mr. French: A resolution to h'old night
sessions ou and. after the 31st of January.
Lies over. ; .. -j ,
The same: A; resolution raising a special
committee to repbrttb thevlHonie the most
important measures tfcM should be acted on
this session. " Lies over! ' " '
The same: A bill to Wcorporate the Excel
sior Planting, Company. Referred.; . , - ... ..
The same: A bill in behalf of the VMeditera-'
nean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Referred. : . . . : ; : '
' On motion of Eagles, colored, a message,
was sent to the; Senate proposing to raise a
joint ' committee three, on the part of the
House and two on the part of the Senate to
take into consideration amendme ts to the
bill in relation tothe Specials Court of. Wil
mington.,, . s ,:,; ' ,
: j, , , UNFINISHED BUSINESS. . :
J. H. Harris, of Wake, colored, moved to
reconsider the vote by. which the House
passed the resolution yesterday, requesting M.
S. Littlefield to resign" his position as State
Printer.-- -:'M ''-: r
After some discussion, , Mr. Justice moved
to lay the motion to reconsider ' on the table,
and on his motion called the yeas and nays.
:The call being sustained, the motion to lay
on the table the motion to reconsider was
adopted by the following ballot : , . . f ; :
Yeas, 50. Nays, 45. .
By Mr. Jarvis: A bill to repeal1 certain sec
tions of the public laws of 1868-' 09, , The bill
repeals eve ry section in the yarious railroad
acts levying a special tax. ! '- ;'
The bill , was referred to the Committee on
Internal Improvements, ordered to be prihtcd
and made -the ; special - order- for Wednesday
-next at 12 o'clock. , , ., . .;
Mr. Downing offered the following resolu
tion: w . .
WnEREAS, Charges have been made in
this House against the'' State Priuter ; there
fore,. .. f e.:::, . . - v; ,... . ,
Be it Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed by the Speaker,' ro: tern,' to investi
gate the whole matter and report to this House
at as early a day as possible.
Harris, of Wake, colored, offered the follow
ing as a substitute: ,
Whereas,' Rumor has charged M. S. Little
field, State Printer,- with i charging an unfair
and enormous price for the public printing,
&c; therefore, ' : J '' '
Resolved, That a committee of three be ap
pointed to investigate the matter and report
to this House at the earliest day practicable.-
liesoived, That Messrs.. Ames, Argo, - and
J.' M.' Justice be appointed as said 'committee.
On. motion of Mr. Moore, of Chowan, the
preamble of the substitute was amended sd as
to read : "! ' ' , - '" :
"Whereas, Chirges'have been made by the
gentleman from Rutherford. &c." .
Air. Ingram movea 10 aaa an aaoiiionai sec
tion that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers.
Mr. Kobmson proposed a substitute for Mr.
Ingram's amendment that said committee have
power to send for persons' and papers, take
testimony, administer oaths and examine wit
nesses. ' ,
Mr. Ingram accepted the substitute. .
The substitute offered by Harris of Wake
was adopted as amended, ane! the proposition
as amended was then adopted.
On motion of J. vv. Leary, colored, the
rules were suspended and the bill to incorpo
rate the rcople s Manufactory, .Loan and I rust
Company of Lumberton- was taken up and
passed its several readings.' 1 ' '
Uu motion the .House then adjourned. ;
The 3LaIor Oearili iai Oeorgiai.
From almost" all sections of the State.we
hear complaints of the scarcity of labor.
Some planters have as much as they need,
but their cases are. exceptional.., Various
reasons, are , given for, this, dearth, and
among them : that planters are preparing
to cultivate a great deal more land, than
last year. This may be true in some few
localities, . but , in s. the country at large,
south and south-west of this point, we do
not think. so. . Speaking on this point a
day or two since, to one oi the most intel
ligent arid progressive young planters in
South-west Georgia, he said it certainly
was not true in his case. He said he would
be obliged to cultivate from one hundred
and fifty to "two hundred acres less this
year than last, on .account of not being
able to get hands. In his section the
dearth was partly accounted for by the
negroes setting up for themselves on small
patches of poor rented land, where they
would about make a, half a living, eking
out the balance by "contributions' from
their white neighbors. Macon Telegraph.
liutus Uhoate . was , the worst penman
ever connected with the Boston . bar, He
could riot decipher" his own manuscript,'
and made it but only by recalling the sense
ot the subject matter in hand. .After his
death his friepds could make little or no,
use of the manuscript matter which he left,
and to this circumstariee is mainly due the
fact thatu no complete volume, of hia life,
writings, kc, nas yet oeen puoiisnea. v .
; New York sewing women make balmo
ral skirts for seven cents tapiece, and they
can earn, about fourteen cents a day. ; f 1
Tliei
Milliner
. , Milionaire. , i- . ..
Some time ago we, published ' a state
ment to the effect that Miss Gray, a , mil
lion er of Fort Edward, had become the
fortunate heir fo $19,000,000, which her
lover, a young Englishman, had willed to
her. upon his r dying bed; ; -The, maiajfact ,
in the case, the heirship, is true, but we
now learn that it was, not to the lover, but
to his father, that Mi ss Gray ; is indebted
for 'her extraordinary good : fortune. ;It
seems the lover, on his return to England,
like too many others, proved" inconstant,
and married another lady, against his
father's will. ' Whether it was remorse ,' a c
his faithlessness or from some other cause,
certain it is the young man died in about
a year after his marriage,' arid ; left 1 all his
property to his father. Tlie old gentle
man was without heirs, and not having
become reconciled to his daughter-in law,
upon his death left one-halt of his pro
perty to the government of England, ' arid
the remaining , half, ,$19,000,000, 0 Miss
Gray, j:her FprtiEflward : milliner. : .The
sum was so large that many people were
disposed to doubt its truth when' it first
appeared in print, but Miss ' Gray has al
ready received the first installment of her
fortune, a trifle of $5,000,000, from , the
British consul in New York. On Tuesday
last she received a dispatch rom the con
sul announcing that the" money awaited
her order, and on the following v day she
left . Fort Edward, for New York, where it
was. , paid over to her. Troy (N. Y.)
Tides. ,"' r,:'; :4f' " ' '; '
The jLasst Moments oft George
When Dr. Benson reached Mr. Pren
tice's i bedside ion Saturday evening he
found that his patient was rapidly sinlsr
ing. He was yet conscious, and remained
so up to the moment of his death. One
of Mr. Prentice's- earliest literary prod UcL
tions-Avas; a story, called, we believe.
"The: Maniac of the Lake," an extract from
which has been making the annual rounds
of tlie -Dress for the last thirty years." 3 A
few days ago Mrs. Dr. Benson who took
a deep interest in the spiritual welfare of
Mr. Prentices, clipped the extract from a
newspaper, arid requested her husband to
ask Mr. Prentice to read it. The; follow
ing is tbo extract: . '.' , ; ?
"It cannot be tnat this earth is man's
only abidinsr place. It cannot be that our
life is a bubble cast up by eternity to , float
a moment upon its waves, ana sink in
nothingness. Else why is it the high and
glorious aspirations which leap like angels I
from the temple f our hearts are forever"
wandering u nsatisfied ? Why is ' it that
tlie rainbow and the clouds come over us
with a beauty that is not of earth, and
then pass off and leave us to niuse on their
loveliness ? vvny is it mat tne stars wmcn
hold their festival around the midnight
throne are set above the grasp of oar lim
ited faculties, forever, mocking . us . with
their unapproachable glory ? And, finally,
wl y is it that bright 'forms of human
beauty are presented to our ; views and
taken from us, leaving a thousand streams
of our affections to flow back in an Alpine
torrent upon our hearts? ;We are born
for a higher destiny than that iof earth.
There is a realm where the rainbow never
fades; where the stars are . spread out be
fore us like islands that slumber on the
ocean, and ' where the 1 beautiful bei ngs
which pass before us, like shadows, will
stay forever in our presence." ;
During the night the Doctor asked Mr.
Prentice if he Svould read the extract.
He replied that he was no longer able to
read, "Shall I read it for .you ?" asked
the Doctor. "Yes, yes," was the reply.
The beautiful words were read, but their
dving author wras too near the other world
to appreciate fully their significance. He
muttered a few sentences, with his failing
eyes turned heavenward, but the sounds
were too indistinct to be intelligible. In
the meantime two of Mr. Prentice's best
and most beloved friends, -Mr. and Mrs.
G. W Griffin, had reached his bedside.
To Mrs. Griffin, the poetess, of . this city,
the last poem he ever wrote was addressed.
She was much devoted to him, ; and he
ever spoke of her in the most affectionate
termsy always calling her "Alice." .She
approached, and, leauing over his pillow
a short time before he breathed his last,
asked him, t'Do'you know", me ?" . "Yes,V
said he, "it is Josephine" ; "No," said
Mrs. Griffin, "it is Alice." "Yes, yes, I
know you now," said he, after which he
spoke few intelligible words. For tlie
last hour he made no : effort to converse
with those around him. To the questions
that were addressed to him . he merely
answered yes or no. : His last intelligible
words uttered some two hours before his
death were, "I would like to know"
' The Ice Crop.
There is much reason ' to fear that the
ice crop bf the present season will be very
short, and that prices will consequently
rule high during the coming' summer.
The New York BvlUtin refering to the
subject says: " .-; ; V '
l A'The warm weather which, with a few
brief intervals of light frost, has continued
up to the present time, has prevented the
formation of any - ice in the1 waters from
which oar supplies are usually clrawn; and
as the old stock is nearly exhausted, the
quantity now held 'would. - not furnish a
fortnight's supply in summer time. This
is f a matter of serious' importance j and
should the crop- fail, much inconvenience;
and even suffering would result- among
those who cannot afford so costly a luxury,
even though it be at the same time a - ne-
cesity4t It U bopeVl?hpwever;:th)itU4
cient cold weather will yet be experienced
to siock tne ice-uouses in. the neighbor- . "
hood of the city. A fuUiupply, it is said,
has been cut as late as the middle of Feb
ruary. - Some years ago the season was so
mild that all hopes of ' securinsr ice were
abandoned, and a Boston firm larselv in
terested went to a distant ' town in Maine
and expended; nearly $40,000 in, cutting f
arid storing the articley but at a late day
the long wished for cold .weather came,
and the same parties supplied themselves
with 'an abundant liarvest inear at
home, which afforded an ample supply for t;
the whole season. , . , , ; , -
"Open winters are usually foilowed 'by '
sickly summers, and should an. epidemic' 1
break out in the densely popalated wards '
of the city at the time when. ice was scarce
and .dear, there is no telling to what fear- .;
ful extent its ravages'iriight extend.1 lriji
such a case a supply" must be obtained by
artificial means. We Jearn that machinery
i now; in use in - Ntw. - Orleans and other V
Southern cities, bv means of which ice can
be made as cheaply for immediate use as
our JNorthern Companies, f By this means
a sufficient, supply . could rbe,made fronr?
day to day .and the evil coneequences oth-: ,
er wise-inevitable might be -;m great part
averted. ; ?; 'r-' -'!- - "
Tlie Qo eerest Case YeV--II ow a
Bigainy; was 1?crpetrlecl Ju
Illinois A Man Finds Anoth
er Husband for his own Wife.
v 'From'lfte LtcMeld'miy Mnitorl'',
About four years agb as near as we pan
learn, there came to Litchfield 'from Mis
souri a man about 60 years of age, calling'
himself Cavolt;! Here he engaged -in the
occupation of .boarding house,, keeper and
: teamster. ' :'; With' .'him"' came ;a-.woman 4p-.
parently about 85 years bid, who presided
over the domestic department of Cavolt;i
She represented herself as the widowed
daughter-in-law of .the ma,n, arid had two '
children who passed as her children Jari'd
the man's grarid children i 'She ;was gen
erally known in the neigh borhood vas the u
"Widow Cavolt'.', Both the man . and the .,;
woman represented that her , husband., '
dying, had commended her and the' child-' '
ren to the care of his f ather withvthe tifg -ent
request that he would always remain .
with and protect and care for them., The..
fainily Were considered i by those .who
kriewjthem as honest,' respectable1 p6bple,'i'
and the fidelitv with which rGavoft! inhi i
filled the trust reposed in himf by . hisde-..
euloaium.5, ; ' V " " ' ' '' !' '
j As time 1 passed on ;;the OaVolts I ihtideV
many. acquaintances, and souiq frieods.,-r!1
Among the. latter was a young man.named
Reuben Akers an honest and .thrifty young
wnrkingmah. :Mr.' Akers;1 became a' fre-
quent . visitor at the - Covolt :hous'e,rntill
friendship, ripened int,)a ..kindred an -tenderer
sentiment. The contemplation 1
of the young widow's many graces of per-'
son arid domestic virtues was ' too many
for him. The oft-quoted - advice -j of old
Weller to his son Samivel(;to, "Bevare ot ,
the vidders," if ever heard, by "-Trim, was
forgotten in the intoxication of "Love's
yoUng dreaml and well, last 1 March he :
and the .widow became man and wife. 5 4
At least Reuben thought so, but doubt
less the law would take another view of
the subject, as, in fact, Reuben does1 nowj Ji
The ceremony over, the first to 'grasp Reu-.-ben's
hand and wish him . much joy. was
Cavolt, the aged and pious guardian "of
the deceased son's widow ''and 'children';' H
The blushing bride received the "' saluta .-
tions and congratulations of "her tr;ietfds,
and everything was happy, as say. tyvpn- -ty
or thirty marriage bells., :
; The; honeymoon passed in fact, - six' :
months passed " without : any ) apparent
diminution of the honey, or, its pailing ori-J
the taste. At the end of that time a .bro- ;
ther of the bride, who in the mean time, '
had come to Litchfield, let an immense
cat out of the bag; otherwise, he-revealed r:
the astounding fact that Cavolt was the,;
husband of his'daughter-in-law, , and the .:"
father of his graiiilchildreri that istb say,' '
that he was husband and father,-1 and not '.
at all father-in-law. and grandfather,; the i
dead son and his dying charge being .
high and airy creations of the playful
fancy of Mr. arid Mrs. : Cavolt.' J -'
Naturally, Reuben Akers was consider-
ably excited when he heard the brother's ;
story, and he w;ent immediately . to old
Cavolt to inquire as to' its truth. The r
patriarch acknowledged the corn frankly. r.
He said he was old, and had but few more ?;
vears to live, and not wishing to leave . a ;
young widow destitute to struggle for a '
living tor herseii ana liuie ones in an un
feeling world, be thought it :wou!d :be bet
ter to have her united to a worthy andjinTi t
dustrious young man, to whose tender care s .
he could safely intrust her when he called
to another and a better home.'" '
: Instead ot being, overcome with. '-.emo- -tion,
or soothed and - satisfied 1 ,with this, r
explanation,' Reuben flew into a rage,' and' ,
immediately abandoned his 4 half interest -
in the.cbniugal claim; whereupon; shortly
after, the Ca volts, young (;and :old,i with,;
bag adJbaggage, departed. Jprt: pwun 5
knowri":"-"; i' . "
What 'sticks in Reuben's craw is the '
handshaking and ; congratulation tof rolcL !
Cavolt on - the' -wedding;; day, . "Why
said he, 'the old. scallawag was the hrst to 1
wish me much joy.
: Cardinal Antonellif has , assured Jhe
French Ambassador at -Romej that
Pope will not t hesitate : to maintain ' ,th ?
'rights of the ChurchTaa equal to - those1
tne Diate. ? . .
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