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liT1 : r I Ir is' It U". o i-i ALL POWERS, NOT HEREIN DELEGATED, REMAIN WITH THE PEOPLE." Constitution of N. C. Ron ill" DOFllTU er I II I II ti ll M H tl VI (C UESw VOL. $0. ribs; vol. x. J new se: GENERAL DIBECTORY. TABBOBW. Mto John Norfleet. CoamiMio!i Benj. Norfloet, Joseph Cobb, H. C. Cherry nd tieorge Mathewson. SiCRtTiST ixd Tti80ft Robert Whitehiirst. Cotabu J. B. Hyatt. Tows Witcn Harry Redmond, Bill Battle ami Jatnex . Simonson. CODNTf. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge -Johu Norfleet. RfUter of Deeds B. J. Kecch. Sheriff Bottle Bryan. tVrur-Wm. T. Qodwin. Treat urtr RbU H. Austin. " Surveyor Jett HarTtsli. ScAoof KxawuWi H. H. Shaw, Win. A. Darrau and R. 8. WUliama. limr Poor House Vim. A. Dujnran. Cm.m.Mmrj M. P. Edwards, Chairman, Win. A. Duggnn, N. B. Bellamy, ana Mac Matbewaou. B. J. Keech, Clerk. MAILS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS 2iORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. 4 W. R. K. Lwv. Tarboro1 (daily) at - - 10 A. M. A rrlT at Tarboro' (daily) t - - 3 JO F. M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA RF-ENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPAR'IA. I. ears Tarboro' (daily) at - - 6 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - b P. M. LODiiES. -uff. ThNlfUt-nd tUPl N M Uw. Concord o.timt. Masonic IUU, monthly r,-uons first Thursday in every month at ;0 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Oatlirj, Master, Maaonic Hall, meets first Friday night it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., Dr. Jos. H. Baker, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. H. Baker, N. G., Odd Fellows Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, FrieDds of Temperance, meet every Friday uight at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 113, I. O. G. T., meets averr Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall CHTCUCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third, 8unday at 11 o'clock. Rev. C. C. Dodson Pastor. Prtsbyterian Church Services second Sun day of each month at 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Rev. J. W. Primrose, Evan gelist. Missionary Baptist Church Services the 2nd Sunday in every moi.th, at 11 o'clock. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and 8unday of each 'month at. 11 o'clock. HOTELS, Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. Mrs. Pender's, (formerly Gregory Hotel,) itfaln Street, opposite "Enquirer" Office, Mrs. M. Pender, Proprietress. BANKS. Bank of New Hanover, on Main Street, next door to Mr. M. Weddell. Capt. J. D. Camming, Cashier. Office hours from U A. M. to 3 P. M. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at 9) o'clock. N. M. Lawbbxcb, Agent. ONE BOX PERFECT CURE FOR Chills and Fever. PERFECT PREVENTIVE OF Chills and Fever. No Quinine I No Mercury ! No Arsenic I Dr. Bellamy's Pills! This invaluable medicine involves a per fectly New Treatment of Chills and Fever, and will effactnally cure and root out the dis ease from the system. 1. All other remedies must not be taken when the chill and fever fit is on ; put the " Bellamy " Pill can be taken jtist as saf ely when the fit is actullv on at at any other time. Taken once a week during the season of Ihllia Hd Fever, they will Positively ward off and Prevent an Attack making a resi dence in the most imfected districts pericctly safe. 2. The " Bellamy " Pill is also a sure rem edy In all cases of Intermittent Fever, Remit tent Fever, Typhoid Fever ; 8ick Headache, Indigestion, and Liver Complaints of all kinds. 3. After you are entirely discouraged and boneless and all other remedies have failed, make one more trial, procure one Box of Bellamy's Pills and take them. The proprie tor guarantees yon an absolute and perfect cure. Reference is made to the extraordinary cure of Professor Lawrence, rrlnclpal ot the In stitutes of Elocution at New York and Phila delphia. He says as follows : " About ten vears atro. while residing in New Jersey. I had a violent attack of chills and fever. The chill would come on regular ly about ten o clock, and continues lor near ly two hours, followed by a burning fever for more than five hours, which no medicine would relieve ; and I became so weak that 1 Could hardly walk across the room, and could not ascend one flight of stairs in less time than tea minutes. M.y life became a burden to the. 1 loathed every kind of food, and every kind of food, and even water tasted to me like copperas. I could get no refreshing sleep either by night or by day ; the medi cines prescribed for me by physicians gave me no relief, and I was fast sinking into the grave. One day lady persuaded me to pur chase a box Bellamy's Pills. I took three at twelve o'clock noon, and three at night. Af ter taking the two doses I felt better, and that uight, for the nrst time in three months,sicpt lor fully eight hours. The next morning I felt much better, and took three more pills. As ten o'clock approached I prepared myself for my daily chill, but to my intense joy my on welcome visitor did not come; and after eating a hearty dinner at one o'clock, 1 took three more pills, and at night three more. The next morning, after a delightful night's rest, 1 arose at seven o'clock, feeling quite well ; and although still very weak, yet I was able to enjoy my food, and whether eating or drinking, everything tasted sweet and pleas ant to me. In about seven days' time I was strong enough to walk four miles, and felt , perfectly cured. Ten years have elapsed linae then, and I have never had anothei at- acK oi I'nina ana ever. P. LAWRENCE, " New Tork Conservatory of Music, "5 East 14th Street." In conclusion, the proprietor has only to state that he will guarantee to cure any case of Chills and Fever. No fee will ever in such case be exacted. The patient is at liberty to pay or not. All that is desired is, that he will forward a certificate of hut cure at an ear ly date. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER BOX. Sold by all Druggists throughout the States and Territories. Sent by mall to any address on receipt price. of l II I Ij I P I.AWIIENCK, PROPRIETOR, 23 Dey Street, New York. For sale by WM. HOWARD, Druggist, TUro',N.C. OLD serik; MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. J. Walker's California Vin egar Bitters aro a, purely Vegctablo preparation, mado chiefly from tbo na tive' herbs found on the- lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, tbo medicinal properties of whifib aro extracted therefrom s;ili,T3 almost of Alcohol. What is tbo cause of tho dajAn-aifelcd success of Vinegar Bit ters?" Our answer is, that they rcmovo tbo causo of disease, and tho patient re covers his health. They are tho great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the eystem. Never before in tho history of tho world !ias a medicine been compounded possessing tbo remarkable qualities of Vinegar Litters in healing the eick of every disease inan is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inliammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs in Bilious Diseases The properties of Dn. Walker's Vinega Bitters aro Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant Sudorilic, Altera tive, and Anti-Bilious. tt. H. McDO.VALD & CO., Drtiirpists nrl Gin. Acts.. San Francisco, California, and r-or. of Wnshincrton and Churlton Stg.. X. T. Sold by- all Druggists and Dealers. KEARNEY'S FLUID EXTRACT The or.ly kruv.vn remedy for BRIGHT'S DISEASE, Ano" a positive remedy Jor GOUT, GRAVEL. STRICTURES, DIABE TES, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DEBILITY, DROPSY, Non-retention or Incontinence of Urine, Ir ritation. Inflamation or Ulceration of the , BLADDER & KIDNEYS, ! SPERMATORRHEA, : Leucorrluea or Whites. Diseases of Uie Pros- I trate Glar.d. Stone in the HaiMer, i Colenhis Gravel or I'rickdu:.t Deposit and j Mucus or Milky Discharges. ' KEARNEY'S EXTRACT BUCHU Permanently Cures ail Diseases of the BLADDER, KIDNEYS. AND DROPSICAL SWELLINGS, ExistinH in Men. Women and Children, MATTER WHAT THE AGE. Prof. Steeie savs : " One bottla of Kear ney's Fuid Extract Buebu is worth, more than all other Buehus combined." Price, One Dollar per Dottle, or Six Bot tles for Five Dollars. Depot, 104 Duane St., New York A Physician in attendance to answer cor- respondenca and givp advice gratis. Send Stamp for Pamphlets, free.'tjj -TO THE- Nervous and Debilitated OF BOTH SEXES. No Charge fur Athicc and Cuitw.lltilion. Dr. J. B. Dyoit, graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, author of several valuable works, can be consulted on all diseases of the Sexual or Urinary Or gans, (which lie bas made an especial study") either in male or female, no matter from what cause originating or oi how long standing. A inactice of !J0 years enables him to treat diseases with success. Cures guaranteed. Charges roasonablo. Those at a distance can forward lettes describing symptoms and enclosing stamp to prepay postage. Send for fhe Ouule to Health, l'nce 10c. J. B. DYOTT, M. D., Physician and Snrgeon,101 Duane St., N. Y. JAS. LEFFEL'S IHPEOVED EOUBLE Turbine Water Wheel. IPoolo e&c Hunt, Saltlmoro, Manufacturers for the South and Southwest. Nearly 7000 now in use, working under heads varying from a to 240 feet ! 24 sizes, from r;!f to !K) inches. The most powerful Wheel in the Market. ADd mopt economical in use of Water. Large illustrate i Pamphlet sent post free. MAXL'FACTUKEKS, ALSO, OF Portable and Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers, Babcock & Wilcox Patent Tubulous Boiler, Ebangh's Crusher for Minerals, Saw and (irist Mills, Flouring Mill Machinery, Machinery for White Lead Works and Oil Mills, Shafting Pulleys and Hangers. SEND FOR CIRCULARS. Feb. 20, 1871. (ra ART GALLERY, No. 17G Main Street, Norfolk, Va Jas. F. Carr &. Co., (Late WALTER,) Finish all Classes of PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK from the Card Miniature to Life Size. Oil Colored Portraits in a thoroughly ar tistic style. Also, vieivs of Buildings, Steam ers, Yachts, &e. feli. 3m. ADVERTISEMENTS. Nearly all diseases originate from Indlaa tion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief la always auxioiwly sought nfttr. If 4h- Livar is Rfsrulated in its action, health is ftlmos in variablv secured. Want of action In the Liv er causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, DUi ncss, Sour Stomach, bad taste in the moots, bilious attacks, palpitation of 0hSnoM'haB pre?sion of spirjtftitfs, T which SIMMONS' drWR' REGULATOR is the best ramedy that has ever been discovered. It acta mil 41y, eilectually, and beng a simple vagttakl eonipound, can do no iujury in any quantities that it may be taken. It is harmless ia vary way ; it has been used for 40 years, and buo dreds of the good and great from all parts of the courtry will vouch for its being the pu rest and best. SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR, OR MEDICINE, Is harmless, is no drastic violent medicine. Is sure to cure it iaku regularly. Is no intoxicating beverage. Is v faultless family medicine. Is the cheapest medicine in the world. Is given wiih safety and the happiest fMwlto to the most delicate infant, Does not interfere with business. Ooes not disarrange the system. Takes the place of Quinine and Bitten of every kiud, Coutaius the simplest remedies. J-On SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Piedmont Air-Line Railway. RICHMOND & DANVILLE, RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. W., N. C. DIVIS ION, AND NORTH WEST ERN N. C. K. W. CONDENSED TIME TABLE- In effect on and after Sunday, June 14, 1874. GOING NORTH. stations. Mail. Expra. Leave Charlotte 7.00 p. M, 8.85 AJf. " Air-Line Jct'n, 7.25 " 8.6f " " Salisbury, 9.52 " 10,64 M " Greensboro' 2.15 a. h. 1.15 l: Danville. 5.13 " 3.8 " i " Dundee, 5.25 " 3.43 " Burkville, 11.30 Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 P. M. 11.04 " GOING SOUTH stations. Mail. Express. Leave Richmond, 1.38 p.m. 11.45 P.M. " Burkville, 4.41 " 2.62 A. . " Dundee, 9.25 " 8.1& " Danville, 9.29 "" 8.T " Greensboro', 12.40 a. m. 11.58 " " Salisbury, 3.38 . 2.51 P. x. " Air-Line JncfD,6.24 " 4.64 " Arrive at Charlotte, 6.30 " 5.00 " GOING EAST. GOING WEST. STATIONS. Mail. MaiL i L've Greensboro', n 1.30 a.m. dArr.ll.40AM i ' Co. Shops, S. 3.15 " 10.16 44 " Raleigh, & 7.30a.m. 3 6.41 " 1 Arr. at Goldsboro,! 10.20 " (SL've 2.30pji I NORTH WESTERN N. C. E. E. (SALEM BRANCH.) stations. Mail. . Express. Leave Greensboro' 1.30 A . 4.06 r. M. Arrive at Salem, 3.00 6.50 " Leave Salem, 10.00 p. m. 8.00 A. X. Arrive at Greensboro 11.30 ' 8.45 " Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 6.41 P. M., connects at Greensboro' with the Northern bound train ; making the quickest time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick ets same as via other routes. Trains to and from points East of Greens boro' connect at Greensboro' with Mail Trains to or from points North or Somtta. Trains daily, both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave Richmond at 9.42 A. M., arrive at Burkeville 12.35 P. M., leave Burkeville 4.35 A. M., arrive at Richmond 7.58 A. M. Pullman Palace Cars on all night traJaa between Charlotte and Richmond, (withont change.) For further information addresa 8. E. ALLEN, Gen'l Ticket Agent, Greensboro, N, C. T. M. R. TALCOTT, Engineer & Gen'l Superintendent. TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT. This residence 01 Airs. ai. t,. Lewis, ' ajc with about four acres of land. fff The house contains eight rooms. Ou ' 4"llt the lot are KITCHEN, SERVANT'S HOUSE, DAIRY, SMOKE HOUSE, GREEK HOUSK and STABLES, all in good repair. Thta property is - VERY DESIRABLE, being situated in the pleasantest part of the town. Br The FURNITURE will be dispottd 01 pnvateiy; Apply to M, WEDDELL CO. Tarboro', March 13, 1874. tC SIO lo OQflper day. Agenti J)U wanted everywhere, Jfav ticnlars free. A. H. Blaib & Co., at. Lofds, MO. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, THE FRIDAY. AUG. 7, 1874 A NIGHT OE TERROR. Mr3. Discomb,' said I, One even ing, to a middle-aged lady with whom I was spending an hour in pleasant conversation, 'you appear to have met with many adventures in your younger days. You relate a itorj so well, that I never tire Of iHJBg to you; so, if there has been any thrilling episode in your life that I have not as yet heard, I should be pleased to have you nkrrata , and 1 can assure you tuat I shall be a most attentive listener.' 'I am afraid you're great flat terer, Mr. Williamson,' she replied. However,' she added, 'I will comply with your request, for a Startling event recurs to my mind at this moment. 'Twenty years ago my husband was a dealer in jewelry, and also in most articles of great value. He traveled almost incessantly, and stopped but a short time in each city or town. I could not bear to b parted from him for months at time, so I always accompanied him in his wanderings, and endured many hardships and dangers for the sake of always being with him. There were not many railroads in those days; they were 'like angels' visits few and far between.' Late in the Summer of 1852, we were in New Orleans; he had finish ed his buisinesa there, and was ready to leave. On making inquiries he found that there would be no vessel for Savannah, our next stopping place, till the end of the following month, so he decided to take the overland route. 'Well, we got as far as Opelaka. Georgia, without meeting with any very seriou3 annoyance or danger. Opelaka, at that period, was little more than a village, inhabited by half-breed Indians, miserable, treacherous rascals, and a few whites, whose general character was equally as bad. Every two weeks a stage left Opelaka for Griffin, the terminus of the railroad from Savannah. We got there in time for the Btage, but through the stupid obstinacy of my husband we were left behind in that miserable place. He had three irunks filled with valuable goods, and the stage driver wanted ten dollars more than my husband had ever paid anybody else- -that is, for an equal distance for carrying them to Griffin. 'George, give him what he asks,' X said, 'rather than stay in this wretched village for weeks. If we remain here, we'll be murdered and robbed by those villainous-looking Indians.' Annie,' he replied, '1 won't pay uch exorbitant charges to that scoundrel; no, not if we have to stop in this place for a month by refusing to do so.' 'Well, as 1 said before, the stage left without us, for the driver re fused to take the trunks for less than ho demanded. 4 There was a squalidlooking hotel tavern rather in the villa ge, kept by a dirty, ruffianly-appearing half .breed, which my hus band and I entered on the depar ture of the stage. iGan we get a team to take our trunks and ourselves to Griffin ? asbed my husband, of the host. 'The roads are in very bad con dition, and you couldn't get more than five miles from here this after noon, and you'd have to stop at a house where a man was murdered last week for two dollars. You'd better stop here to-night; I'll tnake you as comfortable as I can,' he replied. 'Well, then, J guess we'll stay here till to-morrow morning,' ob served my husband. The host went to prepare a room for ua, and as he left the apartment a white man stepped up to my hus band and said : ' Mister, you'd better not stay in this shebang to-night, for you'll surely get murdered if you do. There were five men killed and rob bed in this ranch within the last two months. I'm a teamster, and I'll take you to Griffin if you want me to.' 'A pleasant prospect, indeed,' said George. 'If we stay here we're likely to have our throats cut, so he tells us; and, if we go on this afternoon and stop at the old tavern over night, mine host says that the same delightful fate will await us there, xietween two evils choose the least; but confound the whole affair I I don t know which 13 the least. My friend,' he added, turn ing to the teamster, 'I reckon we'll remain here to-night. Be ready to start early to-morrow morning" at daylight.' If you and your wife isn't as dead as a door nail, you mean to say, mister,' said the teamster, with a grin, as he walked away. ' ood heavens, George !' I cried. when safe within the apartment that we had been conducted to by the host ; we'll be murdered, and only because you acted like an ob Stinate mule,' and then I burst into tears. ' ' My dear, he replied, ' be a philosopher and make the best of our felicituous ltution. There is one consolation that is, if our throats are cut we slmll have the blessed privilege of dying in each other's arms, Think of that, my dear, and be happy.' ' George,' I sobbed, ' how can you be so heartless as to joke when we are in such great danger of our lives ? If you'd had any consider, ation for my safety, you'd have given the stage driver what he aked. 1 shall never forgive you for acting eo no, not as long as I live. v ' Well, perhaps th:-t wort be very bng ; bo you'd better net treasure up any harsh feelingd against me, far if you should happen to die sud denly, without having pardoned me, your soul wouldn't rest in peace.' ; I made no reply, for 1 saw that ht was very anxious, and was try ing to cheer me up by making light of the situation. i About six o'clock the host brought us some supper, which we partook of sparingly, for we were in no! humor for eating. At nine o'clock George ordered two milk punches. When the host had brought them, and deposited the tray on the table, and left the room, my husband cautiously tasted and smelled tqe contents of one of the glasses. 4 This punch contain drugs,' he said; 'we have, indeed, got into a murderer's den.' 'The windows were both shutter jess, and our room was not more than ten feet from the ground. It was alovely,clear, moon-light night, and we could see those treacherous aarf-breeds standing outside,, gaz ing op into our apartment, and looking as if they but waited till we were aslsep, when they would be only too ready to assist the tavern-keeper to take our lives. ' It's a slight consolation to know that you have your pistols with which to defend us, if we are at tacked by those scoundrels,' said. ' Unluckily for us, as it happens, I placed them in my trunk yester-s day by mistake, and all the trunks are down jtairs. I should have had them brought up here, but I did not wish to do so, as I thought it might cause the tavern-keeper to think that we suspected he would rob us if he got the opportunity.' ' Good God !' I cried, then we shall have to stand still, and be killed like sheep when slaughtered by the butchers. What need you to have "cared for the man's suspi cions as loner as we had something to defend ourselves with. Oh, George ! you have acted very rash- 'My dear Annie, we've got into a scrape, and now we must get out of it as best we can. We must put our trust in luck, and hope we shall escape bodily harm.' '.Not in luck, George, but in God,' I solemnly replied. ' Our conversation had been car ried on in whispers, for we were afraid of being over-heard. About twelve o'clock the tavern-keeper knocked at our door, and asked : Are you asleep, and is there any thing you wish to have brought to you V My husband answered in the negative, ihree hours elapsed, when the same question was re peated. George made no reply, but a slender, though heavy log of wood in his up-raised hands, stood near tne door, ready to attack the first person who entered, I lay, trem bling in an agony of fear stretched upon the bed. The suspense was awful, and 1 was almost crazed with terror. My eyes were fastened on the door, and my husband, who statue like, stood beside it. The door had neither lock nor bo1!, so anybody could enter the room easily. Sud denly I perceived it move slightly, and by degrees it opened wide enough to permit a man to come in. To my great horror I saw, through the aparture made by tho opening of the door, the tavern-keeper, and in his right hand he clutched a large bowie knife. He thrust in his head cautiously, and as he did so, my husband struck hira a heavy blow with his rude weapon. The wretch, without giving vent to a cry or even a groan, fell to the floor like a dead weight. 'You've killed him, George,' I cried, though hardly above a whisn per. 'No, he's only stunned. Just hand me that cord lying on the table, and ?'ll pinion his arms so that he won't be able to give us any trouble when he regains his senses. ' I obeyed my husband's orders and he quickly bound the villian's arms and feet, so that it would be impossible for hira to move when he came to. At the first sign of con sciousness that he showed, George gaggod him, and then carried him to a large closet, placed him in it, and closed the door. 'At daylight.' said George, 'the teamster will be here, but few peo-. I pic "in ue up iiuu auoui, auu we shall be able to leave quietly. 1874. If this fellow had any accomplices he would have brought them with him ; he has no wife, so his people will not miss him till long after we are gone. If they knew how I've treated him, we'd have the whole tribe at our heels, and they would make short work of killing us and dividing the spoils, I fear. Once out of this detestable place, and we are safe.' ' Daylight at last came, though the time seemed long before it did, and never before or since have 1 hailed the first gleam of light in the eastern horizon with greater joy. The teamster soon made his ap pearance, my husband helped him to pat the trunks on his cart, and we were quickly driving rapidly toward Griffin, which place we reached in two days, and without meeting with any other adventure. ' So you see Mr. Williamson,' she said, in conclusion, 'my life thus far has numbered at least one thril ling experience. I can afford to laugh now at the perils and fears of that terrible night, but it is not likely that I shall ever forget it or them as long as I live.' The Present Condition of Latin Gram, mar. liy Prof. Gustavus Fischer of New Brun- I wick, N. J. Suetonius reports that the first teacher of Latin grammar was j Crates of Mallos, who after the second Punic war stayed in Rome as an embassador of King J.ttalus, being compelled to prolong his residence for a considerable time by a fracture of his leg, which had happened when he fell into an open gutter or sewer. Tbe fact was a bad omen. Scioppus, a learned German philologist of the last cen tnry, cynically remarks that since this ominous fall all Latin gram marians were nothing but cloacines, wallowing with delight in the mud of the sewers. Certainly the science of Latin grammar has not kept pace in our day with other sciences. The purpose of the paper was to show that in almost every part of syntax the present condition of grammatical science is exceedingly defective. This was demonstrated by a very abundant citation of pas sages from Latin authors and gram marians, and a careful analysis of the assmptions of the latter. The paper was long and far too technical in its character to be fairly represented" in this report. The following were among its con clusions : If we examine the treat ment of any subject in Latin gram mar we shall find it open to critic cism. The grammars leave us without any answer just where they ought to answer; they often answer just where it is not worth while to ask a question. In my opinion the time has come when we should ap ply to the study of language. The philology is one of the natural sciences, and accurate and minute observations is no less necessary in it than any other of them. Philo- ogy, indeed, deals with the mind; we may call it a physiology, but at the same time a history ot the mind. We have already begun to apply this microscopic investigation to the origin of words; it remains now to apply it to syntax in the same manner as many members of this Association have successfully ap plied it to some parts Greek gram mar. Such a treatment of Latin grammar would be essentially his torical, carefully separating the different epochs, and always begin ning with the oldest writers in which a given syntactical form occurs. Senator Qordon's Conclusions. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, who professes to be " very intimate " with Gen. Grant, and believes that he is welcomed at the White House with as much cordiality as any one, has been talking to a reporter of the Atlanta Herald about the pros pects of a third term, and telling all that he has learned of the plans and aspirations of our Chief Executive. How much Mr. Gordon really knows about the President's pur- poses it is not for us to say. Gen. Grant is not a garrulous man, and the Senator from Georgia, who has been only a short time in Washing ton, has, perhaps, fallen into the common error of new statesmen in overestimating the significance of occasional civilities and private conversations with which he has been" honored at Court. But what ever the premises upon which he reasons, he has reached a conclu sion at which a great many respec table people seem to have arrived, He is convinced that Gen. Grant wants to be re-elected, not as the candidato of the republican party, but by a strictly popular movement ; he believes the republican party " cannot stagger along much Ion ger under its load of infamies," such as " the Sanborn contracts, the Credit Mobilier. the moiety system, the District of Columbia jobs, and above all the carpet-bag scoundrelisms in tne southern States ;" and he appears to think that Grant will be wise to cut loose from such a rotten concern and run a3 the independent nominee. And others besides Senator Gordon are beginning to talk as if this were a rational scheme. Historical Facts Concerning North Carolina Worth Remembering. We put on record the following acts that are worth knowing and worth remembering : The first English settlement in America was on Roanoke Island, in July A. D. 1584. The first Indian who ever receiv ed Christian baptism was Manteo a chief. He was baptized August 13th, 1584. The first white child ever born on the American Continent was Vir ginia Dare, daughter of Anancas and Eleanor Dare. She was born on Roanoke Island, August 18th, 1584. The first blood shed on the Amer ican Uontinent in resistance ot British tyranny was at the battle of Alamance on May 10th, 1771, be tween the Regulators and Governor Tryon, the Royal Governor. JLhe nrst Jonvention of the peo ple to declare an open resistance to British authority was held in Char lotte, Mecklenburg countv, in May, iO. The first resolutions ever passed by a Provincial Congress instruc ting their delegates to the Continen tal Congress to issue a Declaration of Independence, occurred on April 12th, 1770. The first men who were hanged by British authority for taking up arms in defence of liberty, was at iiillsboro , Orange county, in the year 1771 probably in the month of June. The first resistence ever made to the Stamp .Act was at Wilmington in the year 1776. Ihe first tea that was ever thrown overboard on the American Conti nent, was at Wilmington, not long after the resistance of the Stamp Act. It was done in open day by a number of prominent gentleman. We state this on the authority of a native of Wilmington.. We also think that Hon. George Davis makes a similar statement in his Chapel Hill address, delivered ten or fifteen years ago. in these particulars .North Caro ma waa ahead of all other States. Surely she was wide awake then and not entitled to the sobriquet of "Old Rip Van Winkle." We add some other interesting acts. The battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was fought on February 27th 177b. Colonel Caswell (afterwards Governor) command the North Car olinians, who numbered 1,000 men and Captain McLeod the Tories, who numbered aboat 1,000. The first pamphlet over published in North Carolina of a rebellious character was in 1760. It was written by Maurice Moore, and was printed by -Andrew Stuart in Wil mington. The last Royal Governor of North Carolina was Joseph Martin. His term lasted from August 17th, 1771, until July 18th, 1775, when he took refuge on board the Cruiser, a Brit ish sloop of war. The Provincial Governor was Richard Caswell. The population of North Carolina in 1776 is estimated to have been 150,000 one-fifth slaves. Newberne had in 1776 about 600 inhabitanes. It was the largest town in the State. Governor Swain thought these estimates er- roneous. He puts tne uoDulation at 210,000, estimating the slaves at 70,000. He thinks the free white males between the ages of sixteen and fifty, including Tories, Quakers and other non-combatants at less than 35,000. He says that nearly one-third of the fighting men were in the field in 1776. But enough for this time. Raleigh Sentinel. Simplicity in Language. Do not part with your common sense when you write. You need not make an idiot of yourself bes cause you have a pen in your hand Be simple, be honest, be unaffected in speaking and writing. Never use a long word when a short one will do. Call things by their right namesjnever smother your thoughts, with a cloud ot phrasee; let a spade not a well known long instrument of manual industry ; let home be home, not a residence ; a place, not a locality. Write as much as vou would speak ; speak as much as think. With your inferiors, speak no coarser than usual : with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say, and what you are. How to Preserve Flowers. Take a deep nlate. into which pour a quantity 01 water. Set a vase ot flowers upon the plate set a bell glass with its rim in the water The air that surrounds the flowers being confined beneath the bell glass, is constantlv moist with water that rises into it in the form of vanor. As fast as the water h comes condensed it runs down the side of the bell glass into the dish and if means betaken to enclose the water on the outside of the glass so as 10 prevent it evaporating in the air ot the sitting-room, the at' mosphere around the flowers is con tinually damp. The planis desig nated the " Hopean apparatus.' The experiment mav be tried on 1 small scale by inverting a tumbler oyer a rosebud ia a saucer of water. NO. Tie Bock Canvasser. About eight vears ego while at uinner w.tli iny tannly waz in formed that thar wnz a gt-niieman in the parlor who must see iv.o im mediately on very important buz ziness. Hastening from the table I found myself in the presence .f a plainly dressed, but very nervous ir.nn, who informed me that he was canvassing mi distrikt for the sale of Erastus Spignot'.s ne"7 work mtiiled the " iNormal Circulashun of the Blood." I at once informed the man thi'.t I did not want the woi!;. lie then began a long account ov its value and importance to evciv human being, when i bn.ke in upon his eloquence be repeating ' that i did not want the hook.' He continued hi telling me that no library would he komph::' with out it. Again i deklared in the most positiif terms "thctidi l not want the work." At this point the strarigvr seated himself in a clair, and deliberately drew the book in question or ov his satchel, and informed me that no gentleman to whom he had offer ed it had failed to subscribe. Growing desperate i deklared in in the most emfatik tone "that I would not hev the book at anv Pi ice. Rising from his chair he took iph his overcoat, and, throwing it carelessly on the sofa, struck an at titude, and for ten minutes gave the most glowing ukount ov the blojd and the anatomy ov man that 1 ev:-r 1 . 1 tenca to. I once more assured him. in a beseeehing manner, " that i did not want the book." Seating himself acainin the chair. and wiping the drops ov nersnira- shun from his brow, he went back to the days ov Adam and Eve, and for half an hour talked ez no man ever talked before on the various diseases the human sistem was ob- jektto, closing up with a vivid re cital ov the circulashun of the blood. Again i insisted unon it that the book would be ov no use to me and that i would not hev it. Springing from hn seat with his 00k in his hand, and his eve3 Hash ing fire, and his whole manner in tense, he began to sho me its knot- ems, wmmonoing at the tltle-pagC. J saw at last that it wo than madnes3 to resist any longer, so i subscribed for the book, consol ing miself with the reflecshun that if ever i had a book to sell miself, i would hev it sold by subskripshun. lhe more 1 think ov it 1am delit d with the pious suffering of tho book canvasser. He is a man whom vu kant eskann any more than vu kan vour own shaddo, he follows his victim like a, ghost and hangs around him grin- nmg nice an undertaker. lhe only way tu git nd ov him is tu subskribe at once, and let him q :or the next phcllow. The shaving-sope man, and the life insurance agent, are verv cood in their way, but they don't kom pare with the book-canvasser for lively work any more than the pen sive cockroach doz to the red-hot muskeeto. They steal on vou like a kat on a mouse when yu ain't looking for "em, and, like the fly in theepider's web, the more yu try tu git out the lurther yu get in. 1 luv the bookMcanvassernow. I117. words are like hunny in the comb, and his logic iz like sweet iie, and tho he may sell me a book i don't want, and won t have, there 13 real phun in the way that he duz it. I subskribe now, at least onco a. year, for some kind ov a book, that i never look into, with a title to it as long as the tail ov a a kat, just t .11 . Decause tne dooic canvasser iz so polite and so utterly impossible to get rid ov. Barnum's Fatal Hippodrome. Mrs. Charles Davis one of the lady riders in the races at Bp.rnum's Hippodrome, New York, who was injured in the hurdle race on Fri- day nignt, died on Monday. On the night of the accident, she waa riding at full speed, and her horse, "Bpot, an English thoroughbred, gathered himself too ouicklv to lean j i. 1' one of the hurdles, and striking it with his fore feet, turned a summer sault. His rider came in contact with the hurdle and fractured her collar bone, also sustaining internal injuries of a serious nature. She had been suffering previously from a weakness ot the lungs, and the shock occasioned by the accident procured constant and violent hem- 1 11 . orrnages wnich caused her heath. The death of Mrs. Davis make the fourth fatal accident at the Hippodrome during the past month, not to speak of the broken bones and broken heads of other perfor mers. Barnum seems to look with indifference upon his human slaugh tering business, judging from the fact that he makes no attempt to abandon the dangerous sports of Iih colossal establishment. Upwards of twenty years ago, Franconi's Paris Hippodrome exhibited in New York, with a career something akin to that of Barnum's, until the auth orities interposed to modify the character 01 the performances, the aetioa be re-enacted. Let it i" ': tj it; ?'i IP"' 'if 1 sit 1 C'! (fij si; if il 1 r tf'i I!;? : 1 M r 1:? Itt'i IV. ,c it' ? m it' 9i i Is id 1:1 I m iM HE! I." !;: v : f T 8:1 h li t t III !! I ! nil 1 Jr. i 4 ! i