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v SVOL.2. fyt mxplmu If armor, PUBLISHED WEEKLY, -AT- ZCsT. C. t AT . -'. ; $2.00 a Year, in advance. a to 9a ... ,a o 5 I U5r So , og .:- &f; "Sift ft ft H ce 888SSS8S T 888888gg UMt-'l-'-' .. ..'- 8888888 " 88888888 88883888 88888888 r- - V-1 SJ Hi. CO CO K) !- 88888888 S3 5 oo os3 I -. i ? S8888S8SI r era &i - g j3' 4 a - HM 2 P 3 so CD i .4 H . w Si'-' .. - S a o it: ii- s gs , 3 O a a i : Twelve lines solid Nonpareil type " constitute asauare. . Tour sauarea estimated as a quar- I ter-cOlumn, eight squares as a half-column, and sixteen squares as a wnoie column. ; o ? -' -JOS The FAJHiEEIt has a large and grow ing circulation among the best class of farm ers and planters of the South, espeeiallyi in the two Carolinas, . - Th Pbitase enthe Farmer; Is only five- cents per - quarter, ' payable ' at the office where the paper is received. .- , : Kg-Post Office Money Orders may be obtained in all the cities, and in many of the large towns.'' We consider them perfectly safe,' and the best means of remitting fifty dollars . or less. ' '' - Y - - ; JB& Resrtstered Letters, under the new sastem,"which went into effect June 1st, are a very safe means of sending small sums of mo- ncy where P. O. Money Orders cannot be easily dbtMnetp6enc, the' Registry fee, as Veil as v postkgeV' must be paid in stamps at ; the ofilce : where the letter is mailed,' or it will be liable; to be sent to the Dead Letter Office Buy and '''e.j&j)oe and registry put in the money and seal the letter' in the presence of , the post-master and take his receipt for it: .Letters sent to us in this way are at our risk. Qisailamriits. ABurfflar Enters a Souse Is Shot by a Woman, and Abandons Mis Finn- ,der'. ' , -, . , f , From the Leayenworth Bulletin, June 2. . For sometime a gang of burglars, or else one very'' enterprising ; thief, have been making nightly raids upon pur citi J. zens. I; Last night a daring burglar entered the residence of Mrs. Dankley, at 143' North Fourth street, but was successfally repelled and badly wounded. From Mrs. ; Dnnkley our reporter gathered the follow ing facts concerning the raid: 1 About 2 o'clock last night Mrs. Duhkleyy while in - bed; h6ard a slight jar at the back door,1 Y which ' attracted'- her attention J ' Upon ? peering out through the darkness she dis 'r cerned the outlines ot a man softly glid- ing through her bed:room to -the parlor 4 She listened very attentively, and cou ; f eluded that the' midnight adventurer was ' making a raid on, her silverware, which v was very valuable, and consisted of many ; pieces. . In order, to state - the situation ,1 . more plainly it would be ; well- to ; inform 'Vi-the reader that Mrs. D.'s little boy had taken the key from the front door of the . ;' parlor, while playing, duringlthe day,? and ivneu up tuc ivcj xiu jiuu n upua " i. ? i her bed-room, i The lady remem- WILMINGTON j N. G , FRIDAY, bered ot this, and at once knew that the burglar would have to make his exit through her bed chamber. 'Mrs. - Dunk ley, it appears, always sleeps with a'pro tector m the shape of a six shooting re volver, and it happened that her protector was neft? at hand. She calmlylaid in bed until the robber came from the parlor. Shortly the men ; made his appearance,' walking very softly, and Mrs. Duukley cautiously raised her revolver and fired. The ball evidently struck the robber in the shoulder' as no mark - of thebullet could be found in the house, and tb thief dropped his booty on the floor and stove. In the meantime Mra. 'D. J sprang ' out 1 of bed in order to bringsther fight to close quarters! ;.The man then-drew a pistol and fired at the ladyVand the ball "passed, through one of the panals ' of the door leading' from the bed room into the parlor. The burglar;- after firing, employed his legs very vigorously5, and left theheroic lady master of. the field.; She cried for police to pursue the .wretch, but he had too much of a start to be captured.1 V Mr. Burtfton, who lives in the ? vicini ty, was attracted to the house by the fir ing, as were also other neighbors. 5 ' A light was made, and it was fouod that the raider was richly laiden with "silver-" ware. ; Among the articles 5 were r goblets; pitchers, etc.; also a largeglass? vase, which was broken by falling: against the stove. : The vase contained small articles of ! silver. Everything was dropped on the floor when he was shot in order to fa cilitate the escape. ? Mrs. Duhkley Is re- cently from California. She says 'she brought her silver all? the way from Cali fornia, and don't inteud it shall be carried away in that manner. She is a brave lady and deserves . to have' silverware.. ' She is the "noblest woman of them all." AITairs in North Carolina. ; The Governor? of . North Carolina has published a proclamation, offering rewards for the apprehension ' of various persons charsed .with murder; and others crimes against the peace and dignity of that Com monwealth. ' " ' " With characteristic bitterness, Mr. Hol den charges all these offences to the credit of the Ku Klux Klan,'andit is abundantly plain that he is most anxious to make po litical capital out of his proclamation. But grant, for the sake of- argumeut, that these crimes have all been committed by the " rebel" population or North Caro: Una, and then ask' yourself what must be the condition of society, what thefoppres- sions or a people wno are unveu ; tu suuu excesses ? s We know that before the war; North Carolina,- with a vigorous and learn- Wcii-govcrueu oitvi.es tu tuc uuiuu. Justice was administered " without fear, favor, or affection, and every desperado in the Commonwealth knew that if he broke the laws he was certain to receive punish ment. " So admirably was the criminal code ad ministered that she was without a peniten tiary until Radical misrule rendered such an institution necessary. , , Grant, we say, that the Ku Klux hang men' after the!' off-hand fashion of Louis the Xlth, and it only shows that they have been driven to this desperate, measure of redress bv intolerable wrongs. ,. When a man finds that an unspeakable wrong has been done his wife or daughter, and knows that- the courts over which such creatures as Dick, and Tourgee, an d jones.anaxiogan presiue, win noc punisn the criminal, should he , sit down like a paltry coward, or take the law ifi his own bands 2 j There i can Tok but one answer to this question, and .it. is in, retaliation for barn-burnings, thefts, murders ; and out rages 'without name, that Jed wood justice has been meetea out: oy. tne exasperatea neoDle of Alamance and ; other counties. There is a remedy , for this state of affairs, and we trust the people of North Carolina will apply jt. Let thpmrecover the gov- -ernsnent or tneir. otaie, auu uwus .cu. and exact justice to allmen, put do wn Leagund'lpitKturby the iws,2forfol Jwgtnum,;U0,i: DEATH OF CHARLES DICKENS. Particulars ot His Snclden Illness and last Honrs. ILLNESS AND DEATH. ' 1 ' London, June 9 10 P. M. The Globe in its last edition this even-. ing startled the community with, the an nouncement 'that Charles Dickens had been seized with paralysis, and was lying insensible at his residence, at Gadshill. near Rochester, in Kent. . v . The news spread rapidly and created most profound regret, but the, worsts was still t come. Telegrams have since been received announcing .' the ' death of the great novelist at" a quarter past six ' this Mr. Dickens was at dinner on Wednes day, when he was seized with a fit. Dr. Steele, of the village' of Strood; who was for many years the family physician of Mr. Dickens, was i mmediately called in, and remained until nearly midnight. ; The condition of the patient becoming worse and worse, : it was deemed " advisable to summon physicians fromi London. T Telegrams were promptly "dispatched, and this morning several London physi cians arrived at Gadshill. A consultation was held and the case at once pronounced hopel&sV The patient ' sank" gradually! and died at; fifteen minutes past' six this evening." Mt. Dickens had been ill for several day, but not seriously. He had even vis ited Rochester and other points .during the present week. . . ' It 13 stated that at the time Mr. Dickens was seized with his fatal illness be was en t er t ai n in g a small party ot friends at din ner at his house. A lady present1 who was seated hear him, 1 was the: first to ob serve indications 'of pain Upon his face. Upon being asked by her if he was ill, he replied that he had only a headache and would soon be better. In a . moment or two he fell back in his chair apparently insensible, and was immediately removed to a chamber. . His son and daughter re mained. by his bedside until he died. Mr. Dickens had been failing in mental activ ity for some time, and was conscious of the fact. He complained lately of much difficulty in writing, his thoughts no'longt er coming readily as in other days. It was upon warning from his" physician1 that he abandoned public reading " a few month's ago. . ' A Man Carried in the 'Air. Nearly Two Hundred Feet on the '? Roof of a House. r: . - - From the Deer Lodge City New Northwest. - During the past three weeks" there has been a succession of violent .tornadoes in the -valley, unpleasant; as . unprecedented. They last from one to three hours, and are succeeded by a perfect calm. Their gen eral direction is from northwest to south east. The Width of the storm-track is not over a mile, its greatest violence being con fined to a belt of 200 or 400 yards, - cross ing the valley diagonally a short distance below town, and occasionally the side cur rents giving us a lively shaking tip in the village, notwithstanding -the7 protection; guaranteed us by the Organic Act and the Immigrant t Association. The , first two wasted their fury on fences, trees and mod erate sized bowlders, tossing them about ; like jack-straws, and just by way of va riety wrenched a couple of logs out of the Decker building, in the lower end of town But on Saturday last ' the - third and; we mostd evoutly join our - prayer with Mr. Elliott that it may be the last of j these cyclones played a piece of diabolis m not on the bills, and we believe unprecedented in the explorations .of; the ; Rocky,, Moun-.. Mr A. Elliott recently .purchased the J Hail farm on , Cottonwood .creek, a half mile f rem town. It has on.it a double log-., house, one story, ; having a roof area ot 17x40 . feet. - On it there is a v dirt roof. Mr. Elliott was engaged in) re-roofing it with boards, and had. it about completed on Saturday when the storm . began,. ; (His son, a lad of a dozen, years, was on one corner and he on the comb. As the whirl-j JUNE 17, 1870; wind dipped-he called to his son to jump down, and Mr. Elliott clasped the; comb projection on the boards to prevent being blown to the ground. Just at that instant the entire roof, rafters and all, vwas lifted from the building, .and, risingwith the whirlwind, sailed away, attaining an alti tude of about forty feet at the greatest and landing 168 feet from the house, where Mr. Elliott was dumped by the concussion; the roof performed a somersault over him and was scattered in a thousand fragments up the valley. : Strange as it may appear, Mr. Elliott is only slightly bruised. ? . . The lad was uninjured, , the board roof gliding out from) under. him,- leaving him sitting disconsolate on the dirt roof, while his father was abandoning him at the rate of sixty miles an hour. When it. is con sidered Jhat the roof contained 1,200 feet of - lumber, was nailed to heavy log rafters and that the whole affair was carried 189 feet intact, a some idea of the force of the whirlwind maybe obtained. The distance isgiven us by Mr. Claggett, who measured it immediately. after the occurrence. , Thq escape of jMr, Elliott, was a miracle. f , sY-iY-, ! r y ' '. t .; s An Ohio Belle. . ( :.- : '. A singular shooting affair Occurred' & centlyat IMcArthur, Ohio. A local paper says : v Miss Sarah M. Sage, connected with one of the best families in the village, and one of the most beautiful and brilliant young ladies in the community, has been for some time blindly infatuated with a young man by the name "of Mack Will, who is also of the most respectable con nection and of good talent, but whose hab its of intemperance ; have become of .the most fearful character. ; The lady devoted herself to him, making every effort for his reformation, but apparently without the slightest success, and, becoming : madden ed by the fruitlessness of her effort, con cluded to hold the saloon-keepers respon sible for her failure. Qn Thursday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, she visited the -saloon o Patrick O'Keefe with a loaded six-shooter, and opening the door, fired upon O'Keefe without effect . J. t - She then entered the saloon and accuse'd O'Keefe of sellinsr liauor to Will. He de-; nied,; and some altercation ; eusued, when she shot again without effect. "A bystand er thoa- grasped her , hand, an d threw - it down, and in this position she again fired, th6 ball, passing through . her - shawl' and lodging in the thigh of O'Keefe, inflicting a serious and painful - wound. ; : She was then placed outside of the door, and went away. The next morning she was arrested and taken lefore a justice, and discharged on some technicality. On Friday she was re-arrested on a warrant from a justice at Hamden, where she. waived " an examina tion, and wa3 held to answer at court in the sum of $500. On the same day Will and a marriedkister of Miss Sage appeared at Hamden, and the party proceeded to Jackson, when the belligerent lady .and her spirituous lover; were safely linked in .'; A Remarkable Bet. The most remarkable bet on record was that of Mai or William S. Morse, of Wash ington, a corporation contractor, who was so sanguine of the result of the municipal election that he made a bet with Mr. E. B. Hughes, of the navy yard, that - if -Mr. Bo Wen was not re-elected he would crawl on his belly from the City Hall to George town, a distance of about three miles.-and over streets very rough and muddy at this He lost the bet and crawled three miles btf his bellv in accordance with the agree ment, in the presence of a large crowd, preceaea oy a uauu w iuuaiv. . ' eiit lias invented a machine for indicating the eonditioh of an egg. , By an ingenious but simple' contrivance it can be made to boil an egg soft or hard,'rings a bell,when thev are dQne..teke8 themfr and is only second; to a cuckOb clock; ; J.ne great question DO w is , -1 r uu invented tne Koumaniant massacre noaa. NO. 33; i - v Cooking Oysters- f.-jfs v: . A correspondent , of the" Germantpwn V Telegraph sends the following receipts for cooking oysters, which -will be generally . approved alter a tnal, it is thought :i - - Spiced Oysters. Two hundred oysters 1 i two dozen cloves, nve dozen allspice,1 also mace, Cayenne pepper and salt to taste. -Strain the liquor through a sieved put it in a saucepan and add the oysters, spice, pep-' ; per, salt, and a pint ol cider vinegar, place - tnem over a slow nre,- and as soon as tney come to, a boil take them off,- pour them into a large bowl, and set them; away 'dod cool; When cdld, cover th em-close.-' " ? uystek rATTiEs. Mase a,ncn. pastenj roll it out half an inch thick, then turn V . teacup down on the paste, and with Jthe' fomt ot a sharp penknife mark; the paste -ightlyjround the edge" of; the cup.then 7--' - : il. . j ' . i:' fi: iT- ' t ' . . . . - . : . . ' .: . . . . . 1 I . .... reiiiwye me cup auu vui eunreiy imuugii; then with the point of the knife- make t av circle about half way through, place them k'.. done - remove the- centre . and: fillV 'with ; ' oysters prepared a3 iollows :v . Kinse the . oysters, but them in a pan 'over the. fire, ana wnen tnev oecome not stir in tne- cream, butter and cracker ; season to" your V taste with salt and pepper." When; they areliscalding 'h'ot they are4? 'sufficiently; -cooked " " ' Scalloped OvsTERS.-'One hundred oys-; ter3,' a baker's loaf -crumbled, four , eggs - boiled hard," salt ' and, cayenne pepper vto taste ; chop the . eggs very'; fine , and' mix"; nim nix: li uiuus, vvutv;ii scasuu xni;uiv - iu rh. cald (water, cover the bottom of a-jdeep v pie; dish with egg and crumbl then with a- iors: piace a layer at oysiers witn . two or ; . tnree smaii pieces 01 pucier, anu rfso con i iiuuc uuui ati aic iu, icociviuii euiiiwcuy - crumbs for the cover. For'those who like 1 it a little nutmeg or mace may be2 added Bake in a quick oven three quarters of an" hour and serve hot, , . ' " V. - Protecting the Trunk of Trees Against the . . Sun. - . The training ' of the branches of trees v low in a pyramidal form,' is one of the most effectual plans of shielding the trunk: against uie iu euecis .ux vue suu.i! uwe i trees already have higb-branehesj- a board i adjusted to shield the bark from the mid-; day sun will be found .useful.?- A western cultivator," trying this once, states . that since he tried it ne nas lost no more .trees,' and the bark on the side remains as smooth and soft as on any other part of thejtree Maryland Farmer. -; - - i : ' V-; , ' Hanging? a Man for Comfort.- 4 f-v The Austin (Texas) Journal prelates; the ; following:" ' ' ' . : v " -Tn 1ftS7 nr 1R3 th viiint.vnf had iust bfien organized, and the first iDistrictiv Court was held in a smau : room . xnai. nau::. bRen used for a grocerv. ' It was "the - fall t term, and a severe norther1 was Plowing,-. and there was no nrepiace or-stove ln. iue.: roomi ' A desperado was on trial for one out of many crimes he had committed, and tr the judge and jury were impatient to end 'j th casfi. v The county was sparsely ; set- tii flnri r.ftnspnnentlv too .poor to" make adequate arrangements for the comfort' of 1 !. nthin Va -ii.Tr TkrMirfVif a UD1".' - priOUeiiW TYUCU.U1VJU1J .miMq vj, diet of guilty, the judge' inr passing sen, tehee upon the culprit; saidiBob" Jones, mii havft had a verv fair trial : vou have been found guilty, and the court adjudges that vou be handed bv. the neck until tou aro dead ; but as the county is jusrprgan-x ized, and affords no convenience to lodge s a pris on er with any degree of comfort, lucre ueiug no suitauie uuiii6 . ding, not even blankets," thecourt do here- i': j i! i Vita v-norennol rnm- oy, in consiueranuu .fv"r" "w - fort, order that the prisoner be ?iaken to the nearest tree and there hanged until lie , be dead; and may theXord have mercy, on his soul!" He was then led out ? to a tree arid.hung.' '? C'l V -: ' - t'":-- - ;."'."-" f -vf . y . . y . c , I H The; London ' (Canada) '.Peniten-. uary.iias aicmaie lumaie oi -iweuijcsow years'. standing,. She entered there in her girlhood,'and is now a wrinkled,' prcrr - I ture old woman. . , I ; ;; ft
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